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EDPB – former Article 29 Working Party
With the entry into force of the GDPR on 25 May 2018, Article 29 Working Party has been replaced by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).
The EDPB is an independent European body, which contributes to the consistent application of data protection rules throughout the European Union and promotes cooperation between the EU's data protection authorities.
The EDPB is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The EDPB is established by the GDPR, and is based in Brussels. The European Commission has the right to participate in the activities and meetings of the Board without voting right.
The EDPB has a Secretariat, which is provided by the EDPS. A Memorandum of Understanding determines the terms of cooperation between the EDPB and the EDPS.
EDPB aims to ensure the consistent application in the European Union of the General Data Protection Regulation and of the European Law Enforcement Directive.
It can adopt general guidance to clarify the terms of European data protection laws, giving its stakeholders a consistent interpretation of their rights and obligations.
It is also empowered by the GDPR to make binding decisions towards national supervisory authorities to ensure a consistent application.
It acts in accordance with its rules of procedure and its guiding principles.
Tasks and duties
The EDPB can:
• provide general guidance (including guidelines, recommendations and best practice) to clarify the law;
• advise the European Commission on any issue related to the protection of personal data and new proposed legislation in the European Union;
• adopt consistency findings in cross-border data protection cases; and
• promote cooperation and the effective exchange of information and best practice between national supervisory authorities.
It also produces an annual report on its activities, which is made public and sent to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
Its guiding principles are:
• Independence and impartiality
• Good governance, integrity and good administrative behaviour
• Collegiality
• Cooperation
• Transparency
• Efficiency and modernisation
• Proactivity
All information contained in this page is of official source, accessible at the European Data protection Supervisor webpage:
https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb_en
Reports, Opinions, and other Policy Documents
European Data Protection Board, Guidelines 2/2018 on derogations of Article 49 under Regulation 2016/679, Adopted on 25 May 2018
https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_2_2018_derogations_en.pdf
European Data Protection Board, Statement of the EDPB on the revision of the ePrivacy Regulation and its impact on the protection of individuals with regard to the privacy and confidentiality of their communications, 25 May 2018
https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_statement_on_eprivacy_en.pdf
Former Article 29 Working Party
The "Article 29 Working Party" is the short name of the Data Protection Working Party established by Article 29 of the Directive 95/46/EC. It provides the European Commission with independent advice on data protection matters and helps in the development of harmonized policies for data protection in the EU Member States.
Composition and Structure:
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party is composed of:
- A representative of the supervisory authority (or authorities) designated by each EU country
- A representative of the authority (or authorities) established for the EU institutions and bodies
- A representative of the European Commission
The Working Party elects its chairman and vice-chairmen. The chairman's and vice-chairmen's term of office is two years. Their appointment is renewable.
The Working Party's secretariat is provided by the Commission.
Rules of Procedure:
The Working Party has adopted its own rules of procedure pdf (36 kB) and its tasks pdf (25 kB) are laid down in:
- Article 30 of the Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data;
- Article 15 of the Directive on privacy and electronic communications;
Plenary Meetings:
- Press release - Plenary Meeting June 2017
- WP29_PUBLIC AGENDA 111th Plenary, 7-8 June 2017
- Press release - Plenary Meeting April 2017
- Press release - Plenary Meeting February 2017
- WP29_PUBLIC AGENDA 109th Plenary, 7-8 February 2017
- Press release - Plenary meeting December 2016
(Find all the Meetings pdf here http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=50083)
Guidelines on Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and determining whether processing is "likely to result in a high risk" for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679, wp248 pdf.
Adopted Guidelines
- Guidelines on Consent under Regulation 2016/679 (wp259rev.01)
- Guidelines on Transparency under Regulation 2016/679 (wp260rev.01)
- Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679 (wp251rev.01)
- Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/679 (wp250rev.01)
- Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines (wp253).
- Guidelines on the Lead Supervisory Authority (wp244rev.01)
- Guidelines on the right to "data portability", wp242rev.01
- Guidelines on Data Protection Officers ('DPOs'), wp243rev.01
- Guidelines on The Lead Supervisory Authority, wp244rev.01
- Guidelines and FAQ on the right to Data Portability
- Guidelines on the right to "data portability"
WP242 ANNEX – Frequently asked questions
Guidelines and FAQs on Data Protection Officers (DPO)
Guidelines on Data Protection Officers ('DPOs')
WP243 ANNEX - Frequently asked questions
Guidelines and FAQs on the Lead Supervisory Authority
Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor's lead supervisory authority
WP244 ANNEX II – Frequently Asked Questions:
(Find all the Guidelines in pdf version here http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=50083)
All information contained in this page is of official source, accessible at the European Data protection Supervisor webpage: https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/legislation_en
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on transparency under Regulation 2016/679, 17/EN WP260 rev.01, last Revised and Adopted on 11 April 2018 http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=622227
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document Setting Forth a Co-Operation Procedure for the approval of "Binding Corporate Rules" for controllers and processors under the GDPR, 17/EN WP263 rev.01, adopted on 11 April 2018
http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=623056
Article 29 Working Party, Statement of the WP29 on encryption and their impact on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data in the EU, Brussels 11 April 2018
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on consent under Regulation 2016/679, 17/EN WP259 rev.01 last Revised and Adopted on 10 April 2018
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679, 17/EN WP251rev.01, last Revised and Adopted on 6 February 2018
http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612053 ;
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors, 18/EN WP 257 rev.01, adopted on 6 February 2018
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document on Binding Corporate Rules for Controllers, 18/EN WP 257 rev.01, adopted on 6 February 2018
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/679, 18/EN WP250rev.01, last Revised and Adopted on 6 February 2018
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion on some key issues of the Law Enforcement Directive (EU 2016/680), 17/EN WP 258, adopted on 29 November 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Statement of the ART 29 WP on e-Evidence, Brussels, 29 November 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 03/2017 on Processing personal data in the context of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), 17/EN WP 252, adopted on 4 October 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines for the purposes of the Regulation 2016/679, WP 253, adopted on 3 October 2017, http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=611237
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work, 17/EN WP 249, adopted on 8 June 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on the right to data portability, 16/EN WP 242 rev.01, last revised and adopted on 5 April 2017
ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=44099
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on Data Protection Officers ('DPOs'), 16/EN WP 243 rev.01, last revised and adopted on 5 April 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines for identifying a controller or processor's lead supervisory authority, 16/EN WP 244 rev.01, last revised and adopted on 5 April 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 01/2017 on the Proposed Regulation for the ePrivacy Regulation (2002/58/EC), 17/EN WP 247, adopted on 4 April 2017
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 04/2016 on European Commission amendments proposals related to the powers of Data Protection Authorities in Standard Contractual Clauses and adequacy decisions, 3284/16/EN WP 241, adopted on 31 October 2016
Article 29 Working Party, Statement on the 2016 action plan for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 442/16/EN WP 236, 2 February 2016
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2016/wp236_en.pdf
+ Work programme 2016 – 2018, 417/16/EN WP235, 2 February 2016
Article 29 Working Party, STATEMENT on the implementation of the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 6 October 2015 in the Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner case (C-362-14), Brussels, 16 October 2015
https://www.cnil.fr/sites/default/files/typo/document/20151016_wp29_statement_on_schrems_judgement.pdf
Article 29 Working Party, Cookie sweep combined analysis – Report, 14/EN WP 229, 3 February 2015
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document on surveillance of electronic communications for intelligence and national security purposes, 14/EN WP 228, 5 December 2014
Article 29 Working Party, Joint statement of the European Data Protection Authorities assembled in the Article 29 Working Party, 14/EN WP227, 26 November 2014
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document Setting Forth a Co-Operation Procedure for Issuing Common Opinions on "Contractual clauses" Considered as compliant with the EC Model Clauses, 14/EN WP 226, 26 November 2014
Article 29 Working Party, Guidelines on the implementation of the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment on "Google Spain and inc v. Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja González" c-131/121, 14/EN WP 225, 26 November 2014
Article 29 Working Party, Opinion 01/2014 on the "Application of necessity and proportionality concepts and data protection within the law enforcement sector", 536/14/EN WP 211, 27 February 2014
Article 29 Working Party, Working Document 02/2013 providing guidance on obtaining consent for cookies, 1676/13/EN WP208, 2 October 2013
Article 29 Working Party, Explanatory Document on the Processor Binding Corporate Rules, 00658/13/EN WP 204, 19 April 2013
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using System;
using Moq;
using Ninject.Extensions.Interception;
using NUnit.Framework;
using ProjectManager.ConsoleClient.Interceptors;
using ProjectManager.Framework.Core.Common.Contracts;
using ProjectManager.Framework.Core.Common.Exceptions;

namespace ProjectManager.Tests
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class LogErrorInterceptorTests
    {
        [Test]
        public void Intercept_ShouldCallLoggerWhenThereIsGenericException()
        {
            const string InvalidMessage = "Invalid Command";

            var loggerMocked = new Mock<ILogger>();

            var interceptor = new LogErrorInterceptor(loggerMocked.Object);

            var invocationMocked = new Mock<IInvocation>();

            invocationMocked.Setup(x => x.Proceed())
                .Throws(new Exception(InvalidMessage));

            interceptor.Intercept(invocationMocked.Object);

            loggerMocked.Verify(x => x.Error(InvalidMessage), Times.Once);
        }

        [Test]
        public void Intercept_ShouldCallLogger_WhenThereIsUserExceptionThrown()
        {
            const string InvalidUserCommandMessage = "Invalid Command";

            var loggerMocked = new Mock<ILogger>();

            var interceptor = new LogErrorInterceptor(loggerMocked.Object);

            var invocationMocked = new Mock<IInvocation>();

            invocationMocked.Setup(x => x.Proceed())
                .Throws(new UserValidationException(InvalidUserCommandMessage));

            interceptor.Intercept(invocationMocked.Object);

            loggerMocked.Verify(x => x.Error(InvalidUserCommandMessage), Times.Once);
        }

        [Test]
        public void Intercept_ShouldCallLoggerZeroTimesWhenThereIsNoException()
        {
            var loggerMocked = new Mock<ILogger>();

            var interceptor = new LogErrorInterceptor(loggerMocked.Object);

            var invocationMocked = new Mock<IInvocation>();

            interceptor.Intercept(invocationMocked.Object);

            loggerMocked.Verify(x => x.Error(It.IsAny<string>()), Times.Exactly(0));
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


A Supreme Court bench headed by chief justice Ranjan Gogoi was informed by lawyer ML Sharma on April 16, 2019 that despite the apex court's order staying the eviction of illegal forest dwellers, houses of tribals were being demolished at Kalmipara, in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. To this, the bench, also comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna, said that it would hear the plea on April 23, 2019. The plea said the top court has stayed its own order of February 13, 2019, by which it had directed 21 states to evict 11.8 lakh illegal forest dwellers, whose claims over the land have been rejected by the authorities.
It alleged that despite the order, industrialist Navin Jindal, Jindal Power Ltd, other companies and political persons, along with the state police, have started demolishing huts of the tribals in Raigarh and other districts.
"Demolition is still continued in the different areas of the forest/villages. If huts were demolished, residents will be compelled to be ousted from the land belonging to forest/villages, which has already been grabbed by the industrialist and company on paper, with the help of the then collector and state authorities, either via sale or acquisition proceeding based on false certificates of consent," the plea said.
Due to the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the demolition has been halted at the instance of political parties and it may begin again, after the elections in the state on April 23, 2019, it said. "Thereafter, demolition will be started again and huts/houses of the 'adivasi' villagers will be forcefully demolished, coupled with torture, so that they will be ousted from their land automatically," the plea said.
April 16, 2019: A lawyer, on April 15, 2019, filed a plea in the Supreme Court, seeking to intervene as a party in a pending case and sought a direction to the authorities not to evict any forest dweller in the country. A bench headed by justice Arun Mishra, however, refused to entertain a separate PIL of lawyer ML Sharma on the issue of eviction of illegal forest dwellers and instead, asked him to file an application seeking to intervene in a pending case.
The apex court had, on March 25, 2019, referred Sharma's plea before justice Mishra's bench, adding that in any case, the February 13 order, directing 21 states to evict 11.8 lakh illegal forest dwellers, has already been stayed by the court. Sharma, appearing for Chhattisgarh-based Tarika Tarangini Larka, had submitted that the issues raised in the PIL were of larger interest for forest dwellers and hence, the notice be issued.
The apex court had, on March 5, 2019, taken cognisance of another plea filed by Larka, seeking a direction to the centre not to allot possession of any forest land belonging to tribals, to anyone other than 'adivasis' residing in that particular area. The petition alleged that authorities in Tamnar of Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district have 'forcibly' grabbed a large area of tribal land and handed it to outsiders and now are trying to oust 'adivasis' from the area. "For this, they adopted simple strategy, declaring forest dweller as non-adivasis, to grab their land in the forest and village by rejecting their claim upon land," the plea said.
It sought restoration of land acquired by the government from tribals in Chhattisgarh for mining and other purposes and to provide them value of mined minerals. The petition has also sought setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) comprising retired judges of the apex court, to look into the alleged illegal acquisition of land belonging to tribals throughout the country. Besides, it sought a direction to the CBI to register a FIR under the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act, to investigate the matters brought to light by the SIT and to file their report before the apex court.
March 1, 2019: The Supreme Court, on February 28, 2019, stayed its February 13 order, directing 21 states to evict 11.8 lakh illegal forest dwellers whose claims over the forest land have been rejected by the authorities. A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra, Naveen Sinha and MR Shah, directed the state governments to file affidavits giving details about process adopted in rejecting the claims. The apex court posted the matter for further hearing on July 10, 2019.
The court had agreed, on February 27, 2019, to hear the centre's plea seeking withholding of its February 13 order asking 21 states to evict nearly 11.8 lakh forest dwellers whose claims were rejected. After briefly hearing the matter, the bench said: "We stay and keep on hold our February 13 order." The bench also directed that the affidavits had to be filed by the chief secretaries of the states, giving details of various steps covered for carrying out the eviction of the forest dwellers.
Although the apex court gave relief to the centre, it was annoyed as to why it was in a 'slumber' for such a long time and approached it only after the directions were passed on February 13. The top court said many of the points being raised now were never raised when the matter was pending.
Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the NGO, Wildlife First, submitted that bona fide forest dwellers will not be affected and those 'who have been granted pattas by the authorities will not be affected'.
The centre had rushed to the top court for modification of the order, saying the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 was a 'beneficial' legislation and should be construed liberally to help 'extremely poor and illiterate people' who are not well informed of their rights and procedure under the law. While keeping in abeyance its order, the bench said chief secretaries would have to disclose the modalities of the procedure adopted to decide the claims on forest land. The judges were of the view that many of these claimants may not even possess the requisite documents and asked the state governments to furnish documents, to ascertain whether the rejections were made after following due process.
The apex court directed that the authorities would also examine whether the state-level monitoring committee, which ensure that no tribal is displaced except in compliance with the formalities under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, were involved in the process when the claims were rejected. The top court asserted that under no circumstances should the forest land or the customary right of the tribals be encroached by 'mighty people'. The centre in its application said as the forest dwellers were extremely poor and illiterate, it was difficult for them to substantiate their claims before the competent authorities.
The apex court had on February 13, 2019, directed 21 states to apprise it about the action taken by them over the eviction of tribals and forest dwellers whose claim have been rejected. In the application, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs said, "It is respectfully prayed that this court may consider modifying its order and direct the state governments to file detailed affidavits regarding the procedure followed and details of the rejection of claims and till then, the eviction of tribals may be withheld. The eviction of tribals, without such information would cause serious prejudice to such tribals who have been residing in forests for generations," the ministry said in its plea. In the larger interest of tribals, farmers and forest dwelling communities, the centre wishes to 'take a holistic re-look' at the subject matter, so that their 'interests are fully protected', it said.
The application said that the Act was made with an object to recognise the rights in 'forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes' (FDST) and 'other traditional forest dwellers' (OTFDs) who have been residing in forests for generations but whose rights have not been recorded. "The FDSTs and OTFDs are extremely poor and illiterate people and not well informed of their rights and procedure under the Act. They live in remote and inaccessible areas of the forest. It is difficult for them to substantiate their claims before the competent authorities," the centre said. The top court is dealing with a batch of petitions on the issue, which were filed in the apex court over a period since 2006.


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May 27, 2016 — Torulf
Why you should make an Idle Game
I wrote last week about auto-play being one of the trends for mobile games currently. When pushed to it's extreme, auto-play becomes an idle game. That is, a game that the player hardly plays at all. By then, we are simply left with a Skinner box.
If you are unfamiliar with Skinner boxes, go ahead and have a look at the Extra Credits explanation of them here. He will also explain to you why core gamers loathe the concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWtvrPTbQ_c
If Skinner boxes are so clearly bad, then why are auto-play features and idle games a trend? I'm actually late on commenting on the trend already. About a year ago, it was already all the rage, as both Gamasutra and Pocketgamer pointed out.
First, notice the "good" game mechanics that the Extra Credits video suggested we should use instead of what he calls Skinner Box Operant Conditioning. These were:
Mystery,
Narrative,
Novelty,
Mastery,
Mental Challenge and
Really, that's only 2 things, with 6 different names. Mystery, Narrative and Novelty are 3 different names for Stories, while Mastery, Flow and Mental Challenge is just 3 versions of, well, Mastery.
There are 2 things we can conclude here: the guy making the video is likely to be an Explorer/Achiever sort of Bartle type.
And, games made with his suggestions can actually never work as (mobile) F2P games. Which is a shame, but also very hard to change. I believe Dimitar Draganov is right when he points out that making mobile F2P games for Explorers is very hard. Get his book from Amazon.
First off, no team in the world can create Novelty, Mystery and Narrative at the pace required to keep the game's superfans happy. Players will simply burn through the story in days, while it will take you months to create more. A game relying on these just cannot keep the players coming back for years.
The same is very likely to be true for Mastery, Flow and Mental Challenge. In an earlier post, I examined why traditional puzzle games with Mental Challenges cannot work as F2P.
Simply said, when the players get stuck, they will quit playing. With these sorts of challenges, there is no luck or grinding that can help you. When you're stuck, you are stuck and will leave the game.
Other sorts of mastery won't get your players stuck, but they are likely to feel stale after a few months of playing. It's rare that a pure core without any progression on top can keep players long-term. Sure, for some player types, Chess and Go will keep their interest. The vast majority of the population will not make even those games into a daily habit. They will need some form of progression in the meta game.
Even core gamers often degrade into pure progression players eventually. When I have stopped playing the core game, I notice that I still keep playing the meta game for a while. When attacking starts to feel formulaic, I will still go back to the game just to collect resources, and upgrade something. I no longer bother with actually playing, but I do log in to progress. I have noticed the same pattern in colleagues – both in mobile games and in PC MMO games.
All of this means that progression mechanics are really super important for successful games that can be played for years.
This also ties into the evolution of the collection mechanics in F2P games. Early on, Tamagotchis demanded you to respond at a specific time. If you did not, they would punish the player by dying.
When F2P really took off in the west, appointment mechanics were popular. In FarmVille, I could choose what crops to grow, each with a different time until I needed to come back to harvest. If I missed the harvest window, the game would still punish me by having the crops wither.
The next step has been the Collect Anytime mechanic found in e.g. Clash of Clans. They just keep producing gold up to some limit. I can collect the gold at any time, but I will not lose it if I do not. Once I am at the gold limit, it will just stay there, without growing or shrinking. Of course, Clash of Clans still kept some of the punishing mechanics as well, since other players attack you and steal your gold.
Idle game mechanics are one more step towards being nice to the player. There is no longer any cap on how much you can earn without coming in to collect your resources. You will simply keep earning. Of course, if you come in often, you will be able to re-invest your resources into new production, and hence earn even faster.
Tamagotchis to Idle games becomes a continuum between using carrots or sticks to get the player to come back. Are you threatening the player with something bad happening if the do not keep playing, or are you rewarding them with something good?
I would guess that keeping some threats involved can keep players returning more often – until they miss a week and are severely punished – at which point they never ever play that game again. In contrast, a game like AdVenture Capitalist will keep on earning resources for me even when I'm not playing. If I get curious again after a month of being inactive, there will be a huge reward waiting for me in the game!
Back to why we should make Idle games. Most game designers are core players, and find it harder to grasp the retention/meta game. By forcing us to make a game without a real core, we have to get it. Which means that should make an idle game as a sort of F2P masterclass. If there is nothing else in the game, we have no excuses. We have to make a good meta game when that's all there is.
With the recent successes of Idle games, I would bet that a small wave of them are now about to hit the App Store. As always, most of them will fail to find significant commercial traction. However, I think that even those games will teach valuable lessons to the teams that made them.
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Alba New York has been providing fine art services since 2001. They provide a wide range of services ranging from daily transports within the New York Tri-State region, to on-site installations of fine art and furniture, custom art handling and packing of artwork for shipment or storage, and custom carpentry.
It is Alba New York's number one priority to supply clientele with the best products possible for their fine art needs. Their meticulous attention to detail as well as their professional expertise with vast arrays of art have helped establish Alba New York as a trusted fine arts and fine furniture service provider for many galleries, museums, corporations, auction houses, artists, private collectors and interior decorators.
Servicing the New York Tri-State region daily, Alba New York can provide local door-to-door transportation of your fine art and fine furniture to and from any destination—whether it be an art gallery, museum, auction house, artist studio, private residence, etc. With their climate-controlled trucks and transit insurance, you can be rest-assured that your pieces will be transported with the utmost safety and care.
If requested, Alba New York can organize exclusive long distance transports of your artwork within the continential U.S. They have done such jobs to locations such as Washington, D.C., Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Laredo, and others.
Alba New York provides excellent expertise in the installation of fine art and furniture. They have been responsible for a wide-range of on-site work at galleries, corporations, retail stores, artist studios, events and private residences.
Paintings of all mediums, framed artworks, sculptures, fine furniture pieces and the like, are examples of the most common works requested for installation. Whether it's a single painting or an entire exhibitions worth of work, Alba New York will be sure to install every piece with delicate handling and precise leveling. On-site surveys can be requested before any installation to ensure that proper materials and estimated timing are taken into consideration.
How artwork is shipped from point A to point B can be done by any shipper. However, how it's handled and packed is something Alba New York ensures is done with the utmost quality and care so that your artwork arrives to its final destination safely. Whether your artwork needs a simple bubble wrap, or a custom wooden traveling frame, they can provide any service for your specific need. If your artwork needs to be stored for a certain amount of time, Alba New York can also pack your artwork within the proper guidelines to ensure your pieces are fully protected from the elements.
Alba New York fabricates a wide variety of custom carpentry pieces, such as traveling frames, crates, pedestals, shelving units, book stands and other custom projects if requested.
Traveling frames and crates are made with the best heat-treated wood and are carefully constructed in order to guarantee the safe transport and arrival of your artwork or furniture. Depending upon the size and fragility of the piece, traveling frames and crates can have the option of being foam-lined to help reduce the impact of any external shock. They can also be constructed with handles to help facilitate any manual moving.
Built with the finest of woods and crafted with the smoothest of surfaces, custom pedestals have been produced for many venues—ranging from art exhibitions at galleries, to museums and art shows, furniture showrooms, private client usage, etc. No matter the dimensions and weight of your piece, you can be rest-assured that your pedestal will be constructed to your specific presentation needs.
Custom shelving units are an efficient and space-saving way to store art. Alba New York has fabricated such units for art galleries in order to help create a more organized and safer storage system for their artwork. Whether it's for a gallery or private residence, Alba New York can customize your shelving units based on whatever artwork you want stored.


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Unió Esportiva Castelldefels is a Spanish football team based in Castelldefels, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1948 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at Municipal Els Canyars, with a capacity for 2,500 spectators.

History

The club was officially founded on 15 April 1948. Francisco Casacuberta, who was then the Mayor of Castelldefels, became its first president. The first kit for the team was originally red and white shirt and white shorts. It eventually moved to a yellow shirt with blue shorts.

In the 2007–08, the club served as the reserve team of UE Miapuesta Castelldefels, team moved from Figueres to the city who played in Segunda División B. The agreement only lasted one season.

Season to season

17 seasons in Tercera División
1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Notes

External links

External links
Official website
Futbolme team profile

Football clubs in Catalonia
Association football clubs established in 1948
1948 establishments in Spain

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Q: Numpy array bigger than the total size of images it is made up of I am trying to convert a directory of RGB images to a numpy array but the resulting array is way bigger than the sum of sizes of all the images put together. What is going on here?

A: That's because image files are usually compressed, which means that the stored data will be smaller than the original file containing all pixel data, when you open a image using PIL, for example, you'll get access to all RGB values of all pixels, so, there's more data 'cus it's uncompressed.

A: The short answer is compression, and in the case of PNG, filtering. The longer answer is...
Imagine you make a screen-grab of your lovely 5K screen of 5120x2880 pixels. You would expect that to be this size and shape in Numpy:
import numpy as np

# Mock a screen-grab on 5120x2880 screen
grab = np.zeros((2880,5120,3), np.uint8)

Now let's get the size of it:
print(grab.nbytes)

and it is 44236800, i.e. 44MB
Now let's save that as a PNG:
from PIL import Image
Image.fromarray(grab).save('result.png')

and check its size:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mark  staff  43010 18 Mar 09:14 result.png

so, it's 43kB, or 1000x smaller because of compression and filtering.

I admit that the case above is extreme, because a blank screen is very compressible, but in fact, it could have been worse. Imagine the screen was a high-depth 16-bit affair, and it captured an alpha channel as well. In that case, you'd have:
grab = np.zeros((2880,5120,4), np.uint16)
print(grab.nbytes)

Prints:
117964800      i.e. 117MB!

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DVB Debate: Systematic rape is used as a weapon of war
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July 24, 2014 in DVB Debate, Lead Story, News, Politics, Video270by DVB
In conflict, it is often the most vulnerable that become the victims. Burma has been engaged in civil war for more than 60 years, and throughout that time there have been consistent reports of abuses against women and children committed by the military.
In part two of a special DVB Debate show, panellists discussed the widespread use of sexual violence in conflict.
In 2014, the Women's League of Burma released a report that documented more than 100 victims of sexual violence at the hands of the Burmese Army since Thein Sein's government took power. Panellists discussed whether sexual violence is used as a strategy by the military.
"People are questioning whether there is a hidden policy behind this," said Dr Sui Khar, joint general secretary of the Chin National Front. "I would say there is."
Arr Khon, from the Kachin Women's Peace Network believes rape is use systematically by the Burmese military as a weapon of war.
"This is systematic rape. It is a systematic strategy to create a war mentality amongst the ethnic people and instigate war," she said.
"Whether it is systematic rape or a non-systematic rape, it is a violation of human rights. There is no reason to accept it," said Mi Mi Thin Aung, Gender Based Violence National Coordinator at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Rape is prohibited under domestic law, yet seemingly systematic rape in conflict areas continues across the country, and perpetrators are rarely punished.
Under Burma's 2008 constitution, any crimes committed by military personnel are to be tried by a military court, granting almost complete impunity to the armed forces.
Panellists discussed whether rape in conflict violates international law, and debated whether something should be done on an international level.
"Can we only end the abuse of women if we have signed these conventions or treaties?" asked May Sabae Phyu from the Gender Equality Network.
Law professor Myat Min Zan argued that signing an international convention is not the most effective way to end sexual violence in conflict.
"I don't mean that these cases can only be solved if the treaties are signed. What I mean is that it is almost impossible to report systematic rape as a war crime in the International Criminal Court. I am saying we need to face reality," he said.
Mi Mi Thin Aung said that no one knows the extent of sexual violence in Burma, but argued that now is the time to act.
"The cases [from the Women's League of Burma report] are just the tip of the iceberg, underneath this goes many miles deeper and we still can't reach the deepest point, so we don't need to wait until thousands of cases have been reported," she said.
In June 2014, Burma signed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. The international agreement is a commitment to end the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war.
The studio argued about how to make that happen, and what needs to change to stop these atrocities.
"In the conflict areas, there is only the rule of soldiers. There is no rule of law at all.
Those who have the weapons can do whatever they want. Human rights are being violated and the government needs to acknowledge that this is happening and be willing to solve these problems," said Thin Thin Aung.
The studio also discussed increasing awareness about rape in conflict areas so that victims can be better protected, and generally agreed that there should be more pressure on the perpetrators.
"We need to educate our society. If there is a rape, the society doesn't blame the rapist, it blames the woman who is raped," said Nyein Chan May, Vice-President at Rangoon University of Foreign Language Students' Union.
Thin Thin Aung said current campaigns to raise awareness are not effective. She said the onus is placed on women not to get raped, rather than telling men and boys not to rape.
"Some billboards posted by the police force say, 'to prevent women from being raped, please be careful what you wear, don't go out at night, don't let your daughter go out with strangers'. These campaigns are putting responsibility on the women. The campaign should be targeted at the criminals and the emphasis should be on not committing this crime," she said.
May Sabae Phyu noted that because soldiers are among the main perpetrators of sexual violence, the campaigns should be aimed at them.
"The awareness training is only given to ordinary citizens. Shouldn't we educate the soldiers that this is a war crime and they will be seriously punished if they commit these crimes?"
Guests in the studio agreed that perpetrators of sexual violence need to be punished, and that military impunity must be addressed to stop sexual crimes in Burma's conflict zones.
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Decriminalization of drugs: Toronto could ask the federal government directly
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The report, signed by Dr. Eileen de Villa, was released to the public on Monday and will be presented to the Toronto Board of Health at its next meeting on December 6.
The status quo in the face of the drug poisoning crisis is not working , explains Dr. de Villa in the document, which notes a dramatic increase of 81% in the number of fatal overdoses in 2020 compared to the previous year.
From 2015 to 2020, 1,618 people died after using drugs according to data from the City of Toronto, with a growing role of ultra-potent opioids .
If approved by Council, Dr. de Villa will formally ask Health Canada to exempt people within the geographic boundaries of Toronto from all criminal charges for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. Drug trafficking, including production and sale, would remain illegal.
Dr. Eileen de Villa has repeatedly called on Ottawa to decriminalize drug possession. While the opioid crisis is national in scope, this time around, she is calling for Toronto to be granted an exemption from the application of criminal penalties.
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Toronto Public Health had already urged Ottawa to act in this direction in 2018 and has repeated this message several times since. But faced with the health emergency of the situation, the Queen City will this time aim to obtain an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act rather than waiting for a national amendment.
In early November, British Columbia approached the federal government for a similar request.
Funding demanded from all levels of government
Toronto Police and Mayor support the public health initiative. For John Tory, it's about ensuring a strong addiction health care support system […] that are not currently in place or have too many barriers to access .
Dr. de Villa's report calls for federal and provincial funding to establish this system of support for people struggling with drug addiction. It also recommends that Health Canada provide standardized, controlled heroin to make it more available to consumers.
For Jason Stateman, a Torontonian who has struggled with drug addiction for twenty years, decriminalization is the way to take .
Jason Stateman says he lost several acquaintances in recent years in Toronto following overdoses.
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People are charged while under the influence of drugs, he said. It's a medical problem.
" Those who use don't because they like it. They do it because they have to. They are sick and they are on the verge of death or suicide. "
– A quote from Jason Stateman, consumer
The head of addiction services at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Dr. Leslie Buckley, agrees.
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Many of the products that consumers have access to are adulterated, cut or composed of different sedatives , she testifies.
So reducing stigma through decriminalization and increasing supportive and preventive services could encourage consumers to seek help. would be really helpful , before more preventable deaths occur.
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The brainchild of computer artist Gary Mankus, Santa Fe Editions founded in 1991, is the collaborative venture of 13 artists who use the latest in digital technology in the service of printmaking. This was the group's first exhibition, and it proved that the rapidly advancing medium can yield beautiful results.
The show demanded at least two viewings, one simply to ponder the perplexing process itself. Lush unimaginable uber-colors were generated, and photographs of photographs captured the minutest of details. But beyond technique, the works were stunning in the old-fashioned esthetic way.
Each piece was printed with archival digital-pigment ink on large-format, high-grade art paper in an edition of about 30, yet each retained the idiosyncratic style of its maker. Robert Kelly created his 2003-4 "Chords" series, for instance, by throwing a blue extension cord on the ground and photographing its random landings, then digitally manipulating the images and assembling them in a grid of nine squares. Johnnie Winona Ross's austere Agnes Martin-like fading horizontal bars of color were conceived directly on the computer.
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For anyone interested in the next wave of printmaking, this was an amazing exhibition. The unlimited possibilities of the computer freed many of these otherwise fine artists to make some of their best work.
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