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The Balranald congregation is being served pastorally by Dennis Rayson, a part-time home missionary from the Finley congregation. The Manse was fully renovated a few years ago, and the Rayon's have since beautified it with gardens and attractive grounds.
The tiny congregation at Batemans Bay continue to enjoy local ministry and there is some current evidences of newfound progress in the gospel. Over 50 people attended the Christmas Day service there – a first! Please continue to pray that this work will grow would be heard in heaven.
During 2015 and 2016 the Bega congregation rejoiced in the ministry of Jim and Vivienne Mobbs but it was not able to achieve financial viability, the Mobbs family had to return to Dapto because of the special needs of one of their children, and the congregation has now resolved to close Please continue to pray for all those involved and they will continue to receive good and biblical support.
In spite of the extraordinary efforts of the Session Clerk, Mrs Glad Hurley, the Bombala congregation has been closed, it is reflecting the decline of the town with urbanisation and depopulation. Please continue to pray for the people of Bombala and that revitalisation will come.
Joseph Park took up a chaplaincy position in 2016 and is currently working through a proposal (initiated through Bonnyrigg) that the ministry there be exercised under the oversight of Gracepoint with Edwin Kwok being responsible for Chinese-speaking ministry and Eugene Hor being responsible for English-speaking ministry. This is currently being trialled and is proving very satisfactory.
Thank God for the ongoing, faithful ministry of the Rev. Graham Flick and his wife, Marianne. Como is unusually located on a peninsula in the Georges River and is hard to access even by car. Please pray for this work to grow through strong, relational influences.
In Grenfell, the Rev. William Morrow (with Leonie) is exercising a very rare ministry with faithfulness to God and strong acceptance by the members of both the Presbyterian and Uniting congregations in that town. Please pray for effective witness to the Gospel in the wider community.
The Rev. Sam Smith, with his wife, Shelley, are doing an excellent job in serving the Narrabri congregation, Sam being the first ordained minister to be called or appointed there for over a decade. Please pray that Financial support will be forthcoming.
The Queanbeyan home mission station is now under the pastoral oversight of the Rev. Peter Gobbo of Tuggeranong. Having faced a very serious prospect of closure two years ago, the congregation is now being restored but there is a very, very long way to go. Please pray for all involved.
Praise God for graduating student Derick and Anna Yu having been guided to go to Temora and give thanks for the support and love they have received. Pray that they will always be faithful.
The Rev. Colin Spragg is the Moderator of the Terrigal congregation. Colin is now assisted by Dan Presland, a final year student for the ministry. Terrigal is undergoing revitalisation but the work is slow and demanding. Please pray for wisdom for Colin and Alison, with Dan and Aimee as they seek to discern God's will for the ongoing leadership of, and ministry to, the congregation. Please pray, particularly, for Dan's ministry and for financing two pastor's is difficult for a country congregation.
Upper Hunter
The congregations at Muswellbrook and Scone have progressively declined Over several years and, in about 2014, services in Muswellbrook with the congregation being joined with services at Scone. Sadly, the Scone congregation has also declined further and there is talk of it closing in the near future. That will leave Singleton alone as the only remaining congregation in the Upper Hunter home mission station and its survival would have to be regarded as doubtful. Please pray for focused strategic activity aimed at the expansion of the congregation by evangelism and gospel growth.
The Hawkesbury Districts congregation at Windsor continues to remain small in spite of the prayerful efforts of the pastor (Bob Thurlow), the elders and many members. Please pray that God will break through whatever hinders the growth of this church and bring revival.
Woodford was separated from Springwood-Winmalee and the Rev. Carl Grande is now free to concentrate his endeavours on Woodford alone. Some good progress has been made, continue to pray for this parish.
The following churches are now without settled ministers and, in some cases, the vacancy is excessively extended.
These are Byron Bay, Caringbah, Corowa, Goulburn, Manly, Moree, Mullumbimby, Rose Bay, and Tocumwal- Finley. Please continue to pray for these Parishes as they work towards being able to call a minister.
"Fresh Start" church planted by Paul Sheeley from Albury. M & M is supporting this church, now in its third year. (The Albury Session is now planning to establish its fourth congregation.)
Rev. Tim Lee has been appointed by M&M to plant a new congregation at Auburn. Public meetings started on 5/2/17. M&M is supporting this congregation in 2017.
After years of planning and preliminary work, Jeremy and Kezia Tan are now actively striving to establish a new congregation in what will be the most densely populated area in Australia. M&M is assisting with this work in 2017.
The Cornerstone congregation launched its newest congregation last year – at Homebush Bay. The Ministry and Mission Committee is supporting this work.
The Hornsby Presbyterian Church held its first public meeting on 5/2/17 when a host of visitors attended, some to check out a potential new spiritual home and others just to encourage the people involved in this dynamic plant. M&M is supporting this work in 2017.
Danny and Helena Ford continue their efforts, under the Ashfield Session, to re-establish a congregation at Petersham. Danny works part-time as a hospital chaplain while the new congregation is being developed. M&M is supporting this plant for 2017.
The Chapel Hill congregation at Rozelle has made such progress that the Ministry and Mission Committee is not assisting with finances in 2017. Michael and Amy Nhieu have done a very stable and reliable work to date. Please pray for them as the work of establishing the new church proceeds.
After the closure of the Scots congregation at Wynyard by the Presbytery of Sydney last year, work is underway to launch a new congregation in September 2017 under the leadership of the Rev. Craig Tucker, formerly of Western Blacktown and Drummoyne. The location of the Scots property and the peculiar constraints of the building make this to be an extremely expensive church plant. Please pray that this undertaking will have prayerful and financial assistance.
Southern Cross (East Lismore)
is in the process of planting another congregation in Goonellabah. It's early days for this work, pray for this new endeavour.


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Timothy Webster (born 22 November 1990 in East Melbourne) is an Australian former rowing coxswain. He was a national champion and won a silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships.

Club and state rowing
Webster's senior club rowing was from the Melbourne University Boat Club.

Unusually for an Australian representative coxswain he made no state representative appearances at the annual Interstate Regattas in either youth or senior men's eights. In his prime representative years of 2013 and 2014 he was kept out of Victorian King's Cup crews by his older brother David Webster.

International representative rowing
Webster made his Australian representative debut at the 2011 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam. He coxed the Australian men's U23 eight to an overall seventh-place finish. In 2012 he was again in the stern of the Australian men's U23 eight when they rowed to a bronze medal at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai.

In 2013 Webster was elevated to the Australian senior squad when he coxed the men's lightweight eight to a silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea.

The 2014 World Rowing Cup I was in Sydney early in 2014. The final featured the Australian senior eight with a number of experienced Australian rowers and coxed by Timothy's older brother David, along with a second developmental eight coxed by Tim Webster. David also coxed at Melbourne Uni Boat Club, had earned a scholarship like Tim to the Victorian Institute of Sport, and was in the Australian senior squad from 2010 to 2015. The Australian senior eight won at that WRC I in 2014 and the crew steered by Tim Webster placed fourth.

At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Webster was up front in an Australian coxed pair which placed third in the B Final for an overall ninth-place finish. It was his last Australian representative appearance.

References

1990 births
Living people
Australian male rowers
Rowers from Melbourne
Coxswains (rowing)
World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia

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Gurpreet Singh: From Nazneen to Naina, Kareena's acting career reflects milestones in contemporary history of India
by Gurpreet Singh on June 15th, 2020 at 5:20 AM
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This month marks two decades sine the emergence of a Bollywood diva.
Kareena Kapoor Khan's debut, Refugee, was released in June, 2000. Since then, she hasn't looked back and continues to steal many hearts with her beauty and talent.
The span of her 20-year film career speaks volumes of her capability to represent reality of the changing cultural and political landscape of India.
Her very first role as Nazneen, a stateless Muslim looking for a permanent home in Pakistan in Refugee, to the last one as Naina, a tough British police officer hounding suspected illegal migrants in Angrezi Medium released early this year, prove her strength and versatility as an actor.
In between these two films, Kareena has completed a journey of showcasing characters who could be anyone from an innocent sweetheart to a loyal wife to a villain to a historical figure.
Kareena has acted in more than 50 films. The list includes those in which she either made special appearances or played cameo roles.
However, the variety of powerful roles she has played help in understanding India's transformation from a tolerant to an illiberal society.
Video of Mere Humsafar Full Hindi Video Song HD Refugee Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor
Video: Watch a young Kareena Kapoor Khan opposite Abhishek Bachchan during the song "Mere Humsafar" in Refugee.
To begin with, the story of Nazneen educated audiences about the plight of stateless Muslims from Bihar in eastern India.
Nazneen's parents were uprooted when India and Pakistan were divided on religious lines in 1947. That followed the liberation of the country from British occupation, forcing Bihari Muslims in Hindu-dominated India to migrate to East Pakistan.
When East Pakistan separated from West Pakistan to become Bangladesh in 1971, these Bihari Muslims were forced to migrate again as they weren't accepted in the fledgling Bengali-speaking nation. As a result, they had no choice but to go to Pakistan, as it was difficult to return to their roots in Bihar.
So they took an illegal root to travel to Pakistan with the help of human traffickers. Nazneen, who falls in love with one of them, gives birth to a child in the no man's land between India and Pakistan, symbolizing the hollowness of false border lines.
This makes her role relevant not only for South Asian audiences, but for a global viewership in the light of the ongoing refugee crisis everywhere.
Refugee was released when tensions were rising between India and Pakistan. With India accusing Pakistan of sponsoring terrorism within its territory, the film delivered a message about how humanity continues to prevail in the hearts of ordinary people on both sides of the border.
It was a far better film than many others made during that time to mainly bash Pakistan and evoke narrow nationalism. The currently ruling right-wing Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power back then in India. And much like now, there was no dearth of filmmakers who tried to outdo each other to please the government in New Delhi.
The BJP is known for its anti-Muslim prejudices and often portrays Muslims in India as terrorists and Pakistani agents.
Refugee was first in a series of Kareena films revolving around the prickly subject of Indo-Pak relations in a highly polarized environment.
In 2003, another movie, LOC Kargil was released. This time, Kareena played Simran, a fiancé of an Indian soldier who died during the fight between Indian and Pakistani troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LOC) in the Kargil area of Kashmir.
Video of Sweet Saif Kareena scene from LOC
Video: Watch this scene with Kareena and her future husband, Saif Ali Khan, in LOC Kargil.
The actual events took place in 1999. The movie was certainly not like Refugee in that it glorified the Indian soldiers while vilifying their Pakistani counterparts.
Simran was a courageous woman who is willing to marry and live with a soldier in spite of the threat of war. Her story is similar to real-life war widows, irrespective of being Indian or Pakistani, who know how to live with dignity.
Then there was Agent Vinod in 2012. Kareena plays a spy of Pakistani origin, Iram Parveen, who wants to live a peaceful life. But circumstances land her in espionage business.
More than being a diehard nationalist, Iram is someone who cares for humanity. She dies in pursuit of the truth without taking sides by helping Indians facing a potential terrorist attack planned by international conspirators.
Video of Saif Ali Khan openly flirts with his wife | Agent Vinod
Video: In Agent Vinod, Saif Ali Khan appears opposite Kareena while an auction is taking place.
Her supporting role in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, released in 2015, offers hope for a better future between the two countries. As Rasika, a Hindu woman, she comes to the rescue of a Muslim girl from Pakistan who's been separated from her mother during a train journey.
Despite being born to a rigidly religious family that hates Muslims, she encourages her lover to locate the girl's family and reunite her with her parents in Pakistan.
Moving beyond Indo-Pak-themed films, Kareena has, to her credit, played other significant roles shedding light on Islamophobia in both Indian and western societies.
She played as Aaliya, a survivor of an anti-Muslim pogrom in Dev (2004). Aaliya loses her family in the violence engineered by right-wing Hindu politicians and fearlessly testifies against those involved.
Video of Dev - Jab Nahin
Video: Scenes of Kareena in "Dev" appear, accompanied by the song "Jab Nahin Aaye The Tum".
The film was produced two years after the Gujarat massacre of Muslims in 2002. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister of the state when the violence broke out under his watch. The storyline of the film clearly suggested that it was based on the ugly events that took place there.
In 2009, she played as Avantika in Kurbaan, which is about Jihadist terrorism and how Muslims are being mistreated all over the world.
Avantika marries a Muslim man in spite of the reservations of her Hindu family and ends up facing a situation of betrayal from her husband, who is part of an Islamic extremist group.
Video of Ali Maula Lyric Video - Kurbaan|Kareena Kapoor,Saif Ali Khan|Marianne D'cruz Aiman
Video: The haunting "Ali Maula" from Kurbaan.
In her real life too, Kareena has stood up against Islamophobia. Married to a Muslim, she comes from a prominent Hindu family.
Her husband, Saif Ali Khan, is also an established actor and has acted with her in number of films, including Kurbaan. She faced a backlash from BJP supporters for marrying Saif and adopting Khan as her last name.
Later, she later came under attack when the couple named their child after an Islamic historical figure, whom right-wing Hindu leaders accuse of being a tyrant.
In 2018, when Kareena stood up in support of an eight-year-old-girl, Asifa Bano, who was raped and murdered by Hindu fundamentalists, she was widely trolled on social media. That risked the fate of her film Veere Dee Wedding.
Video of Veere Di Wedding In Trouble, People BOYCOTT It Due To Kareena & Sonam Kapoor
Video: There were calls to boycott Veere Di Wedding after Kareena and other stars condemned the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in a Hindu temple.
Although she is not an activist, she has played one in at least two films worth watching to comprehend the problems faced by Indians due to corruption.
Incidentally, both Gori Tere Pyaar Mein and Satyagrah were released in 2013. She played as Diya and Yasmin, respectively, in the two movies that appeared around the time when people were marching in streets against corruption.
Yasmin is a journalist-turned-activist who expresses concern over anti-corruption campaigners supporting right-wing nationalist parties bent upon dividing the society.
Her role proved prophetic, as a year later Modi became the prime minister in 2014, riding on anti-corruption wave that completely blinded voters to his brand of divisive politics aimed at turning India into a Hindu theocracy.
Kareena's role as a doctor in Udta Punjab (2016) warrants special recognition now, in the time of COVID-19, when health-care workers continue to face challenges.
She plays Preet Sahani, a doctor at a rehabilitation centre in Punjab, who tries to expose those involved in drug trade, She puts her life in jeopardy by speaking passionately for those who are struggling with their addiction.
The movie was censored in parts due to political pressure, as it showed the inconvenient of the complicity of police and politicians in drug trafficking.
In addition, there is a long list of Kareena roles as a feminist and confident career woman, but her performances as a sex worker in Chameli (2004) and Talaash (2012) were outstanding. As Rosie in Talaash, she became a voice of thousands of sex workers who are killed with impunity all over the world.
Video of Jiya Lage Na Talaash Full Video Song | Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee
Video: "Jiya Lage Na Talaash", from Talaash, starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Rani Mukherjee.
The story has a special significance for Canada where so many women have gone missing and the police have remained indifferent.
Likewise, Kareeena has acted as a rebellious lover, who goes against the wishes of her family to choose a husband or a life partner in Jeena Sirf Mere Liye (2002), Talaash: The Hunt Begins (2003), Mein Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003), Jab We Met (2007), Yuva (2004), Kyon Ki (2005) 3 Idiots (2009), and Heroine (2012), while rejecting the social and class boundaries.
It would be an injustice not to consider her roles as Kaurwaki in Asoka (2001) and Dolly Misra in Omkara (2006).
Kaurwaki was a historical figure—the second queen of King Asoka of India. Kareena amazed audiences by playing Kaurwaki, who influenced Asoka to give up his lifestyle as a reckless warrior and become a Buddhist.
Omkara was the adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Kareena's Dolly Misra charater was based on William Shakespeare's character Desdemona, who was murdered by her husband after he's made to suspect her loyalties by his detractors, including her estranged father.
Kareena's performance in the context of Indian society, strictly governed by patriarchy and a brutal caste system, left viewers completely overwhelmed.
Video of Kareena Kapoor's Award Winning Act | Omkara
Watch part of Kareena's emotional performance in Omkara opposite Ajay Devgn.
Her exceptional performances as a villain in Fida (2004) and a person with speech disability in Chup Chup Ke (2006) were equally commendable.
As she completes 20 years in Bollywood, a lot has changed. With the beginning of 2020s, we can expect Kareena to bring us more insights and entertainment in the backdrop of new challenges facing Indian society.
Gurpreet Singh is a cofounder of Radical Desi and Indians Abroad for Pluralist India. The Georgia Straight publishes opinions like this from the community to encourage constructive debate on important issues.
Gurpreet Singh: Standing up for Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor

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Joseph Goldyne
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Born in 1942 in Chicago, Goldyne began drawing during his childhood because ill health prevented him from participating in sports. He majored in art history at the University of California at Berkeley, but fearing that he would be unable to make a living as an artist, he went on to earn his M.D. at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco. Art won out in the end; after completing his medical studies, Goldyne studied at Harvard, earning an M..A. in fine arts in 1970. Before attending Harvard, in 1968 he had made his first prints in black-and-white at the Impressions Workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After seeing the catalogue for an exhibition of Degas monotypes, Goldyne began to produce monotypes and lithographs. Returning to San Francisco after completing his studies at Harvard, he continued to print at the studio of Jeanne Gantz in Berkeley. In 1973 his first solo exhibition of prints was presented at the Quay Gallery in San Francisco. An immediate success, the show helped to bring monotypes to the public?s attention. In 1976 Goldyne produced a series of monotype books,and in 1985 he undertook a monumental book project titled Het Achterhuis/Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. It was shown in 1986 at the Jewish Community Museum in San Francisco.
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#pragma once
#include <aws/mediaconvert/MediaConvert_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/mediaconvert/model/NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Utils
{
namespace Json
{
  class JsonValue;
  class JsonView;
} // namespace Json
} // namespace Utils
namespace MediaConvert
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   * Noise reducer filter settings for temporal filter.

See Also:
   AWS
   * API Reference

   */
  class AWS_MEDIACONVERT_API NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings
  {
  public:
    NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings();
    NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& operator=(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue Jsonize() const;

    /**
     * Use Aggressive mode for content that has complex motion. Higher values produce
     * stronger temporal filtering. This filters highly complex scenes more
     * aggressively and creates better VQ for low bitrate outputs.
     */
    inline int GetAggressiveMode() const{ return m_aggressiveMode; }

    /**
     * Use Aggressive mode for content that has complex motion. Higher values produce
     * stronger temporal filtering. This filters highly complex scenes more
     * aggressively and creates better VQ for low bitrate outputs.
     */
    inline bool AggressiveModeHasBeenSet() const { return m_aggressiveModeHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     * Use Aggressive mode for content that has complex motion. Higher values produce
     * stronger temporal filtering. This filters highly complex scenes more
     * aggressively and creates better VQ for low bitrate outputs.
     */
    inline void SetAggressiveMode(int value) { m_aggressiveModeHasBeenSet = true; m_aggressiveMode = value; }

    /**
     * Use Aggressive mode for content that has complex motion. Higher values produce
     * stronger temporal filtering. This filters highly complex scenes more
     * aggressively and creates better VQ for low bitrate outputs.
     */
    inline NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& WithAggressiveMode(int value) { SetAggressiveMode(value); return *this;}

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline const NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening& GetPostTemporalSharpening() const{ return m_postTemporalSharpening; }

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline bool PostTemporalSharpeningHasBeenSet() const { return m_postTemporalSharpeningHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline void SetPostTemporalSharpening(const NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening& value) { m_postTemporalSharpeningHasBeenSet = true; m_postTemporalSharpening = value; }

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline void SetPostTemporalSharpening(NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening&& value) { m_postTemporalSharpeningHasBeenSet = true; m_postTemporalSharpening = std::move(value); }

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& WithPostTemporalSharpening(const NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening& value) { SetPostTemporalSharpening(value); return *this;}

    /**
     * Optional. When you set Noise reducer (noiseReducer) to Temporal (TEMPORAL), you
     * can use this setting to apply sharpening. The default behavior, Auto (AUTO),
     * allows the transcoder to determine whether to apply filtering, depending on
     * input type and quality. When you set Noise reducer to Temporal, your output
     * bandwidth is reduced. When Post temporal sharpening is also enabled, that
     * bandwidth reduction is smaller.
     */
    inline NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& WithPostTemporalSharpening(NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening&& value) { SetPostTemporalSharpening(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     * The speed of the filter (higher number is faster). Low setting reduces bit rate
     * at the cost of transcode time, high setting improves transcode time at the cost
     * of bit rate.
     */
    inline int GetSpeed() const{ return m_speed; }

    /**
     * The speed of the filter (higher number is faster). Low setting reduces bit rate
     * at the cost of transcode time, high setting improves transcode time at the cost
     * of bit rate.
     */
    inline bool SpeedHasBeenSet() const { return m_speedHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     * The speed of the filter (higher number is faster). Low setting reduces bit rate
     * at the cost of transcode time, high setting improves transcode time at the cost
     * of bit rate.
     */
    inline void SetSpeed(int value) { m_speedHasBeenSet = true; m_speed = value; }

    /**
     * The speed of the filter (higher number is faster). Low setting reduces bit rate
     * at the cost of transcode time, high setting improves transcode time at the cost
     * of bit rate.
     */
    inline NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& WithSpeed(int value) { SetSpeed(value); return *this;}

    /**
     * Specify the strength of the noise reducing filter on this output. Higher values
     * produce stronger filtering. We recommend the following value ranges, depending
     * on the result that you want: * 0-2 for complexity reduction with minimal
     * sharpness loss * 2-8 for complexity reduction with image preservation * 8-16 for
     * a high level of complexity reduction
     */
    inline int GetStrength() const{ return m_strength; }

    /**
     * Specify the strength of the noise reducing filter on this output. Higher values
     * produce stronger filtering. We recommend the following value ranges, depending
     * on the result that you want: * 0-2 for complexity reduction with minimal
     * sharpness loss * 2-8 for complexity reduction with image preservation * 8-16 for
     * a high level of complexity reduction
     */
    inline bool StrengthHasBeenSet() const { return m_strengthHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     * Specify the strength of the noise reducing filter on this output. Higher values
     * produce stronger filtering. We recommend the following value ranges, depending
     * on the result that you want: * 0-2 for complexity reduction with minimal
     * sharpness loss * 2-8 for complexity reduction with image preservation * 8-16 for
     * a high level of complexity reduction
     */
    inline void SetStrength(int value) { m_strengthHasBeenSet = true; m_strength = value; }

    /**
     * Specify the strength of the noise reducing filter on this output. Higher values
     * produce stronger filtering. We recommend the following value ranges, depending
     * on the result that you want: * 0-2 for complexity reduction with minimal
     * sharpness loss * 2-8 for complexity reduction with image preservation * 8-16 for
     * a high level of complexity reduction
     */
    inline NoiseReducerTemporalFilterSettings& WithStrength(int value) { SetStrength(value); return *this;}

  private:

    int m_aggressiveMode;
    bool m_aggressiveModeHasBeenSet;

    NoiseFilterPostTemporalSharpening m_postTemporalSharpening;
    bool m_postTemporalSharpeningHasBeenSet;

    int m_speed;
    bool m_speedHasBeenSet;

    int m_strength;
    bool m_strengthHasBeenSet;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace MediaConvert
} // namespace Aws

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Nicholas Welsch Preciado has been a proud member of The Boy Scouts of America for many years. He has risen through the ranks to achieve Eagle Scout rank. Nicholas Welsch Preciado has used the skills and lessons he learned in Boy Scouts while pursuing a career in art and design.
Thе Boy Sсоutѕ оf Amеriса (BSA) iѕ оnе of the lаrgеѕt уоuth оrgаnizаtiоnѕ in thе Unitеd Stаtеѕ, with more thаn 2.4 milliоn уоuth mеmbеrѕ and nearly оnе million adult vоluntееrѕ. Since its fоunding in 1910 аѕ раrt оf thе intеrnаtiоnаl Sсоut Mоvеmеnt, mоrе thаn 110 milliоn Amеriсаnѕ hаvе bееn аt ѕоmе роint mеmbеrѕ of the BSA.
Thе BSA'ѕ gоаl iѕ tо trаin уоuth in rеѕроnѕiblе сitizеnѕhiр, character dеvеlорmеnt, аnd ѕеlf- rеliаnсе thrоugh раrtiсiраtiоn in a widе rаngе оf outdoor асtivitiеѕ, еduсаtiоnаl рrоgrаmѕ, аnd, аt оldеr age lеvеlѕ, саrееr-оriеntеd рrоgrаmѕ in раrtnеrѕhiр with соmmunitу оrgаnizаtiоnѕ. Fоr уоungеr mеmbеrѕ, thе Sсоut mеthоd iѕ part оf thе рrоgrаm tо inсulсаtе tурiсаl Sсоuting values ѕuсh аѕ truѕt wоrthinеѕѕ, gооd сitizеnѕhiр, аnd оutdооrѕ ѕkillѕ, thrоugh a vаriеtу оf асtivitiеѕ ѕuсh аѕ саmрing, аԛuаtiсѕ, and hiking. The BSA has ѕеvеrаl lосаtiоnѕ in Florida, Minnеѕоtа, Nеw Mеxiсо, аnd Wеѕt Virginiа in thе Unitеd Stаtеѕ аnd Mаnitоbа аnd Ontаriо in Cаnаdа thаt аllоw Sсоutѕ tо раrtiсiраtе in thе vаriоuѕ аfоrеmеntiоnеd outdoor activities which аrе соllесtivеlу саllеd high-аdvеnturе bаѕеѕ.
Thе Boy Scouts of America iѕ a соnѕtituеnt mеmbеr оf the Wоrld Organization оf the Sсоut Movement. Thе trаditiоnаl Sсоuting divisions аrе Cub Scouting fоr bоуѕ аgеѕ 7 tо 10½ уеаrѕ, Boy Sсоuting fоr bоуѕ аgеѕ 10½ tо 18 аnd Vеnturing fоr уоung mеn аnd wоmеn аgеѕ 14 (or 13 аnd hаving соmрlеtеd thе 8th grаdе) thrоugh 21. Lеаrning fоr Lifе iѕ a nоn-trаditiоnаl ѕubѕidiаrу thаt рrоvidеѕ in-ѕсhооl аnd career еduсаtiоn. Thе BSA ореrаtеѕ trаditiоnаl Sсоuting bу сhаrtеring lосаl оrgаnizаtiоnѕ, ѕuсh аѕ churches, сlubѕ, сiviс associations, оr еduсаtiоnаl оrgаnizаtiоn, tо imрlеmеnt thе ѕсоuting program fоr уоuth within thеir соmmunitiеѕ. Unitѕ аrе led еntirеlу bу vоluntееrѕ арроintеd bу thе сhаrtеring оrgаnizаtiоn, whо аrе ѕuрроrtеd bу lосаl соunсilѕ uѕing bоth раid Prоfеѕѕiоnаl Sсоutеrѕ and vоluntееrѕ.
Bоу Sсоuting iѕ thе flаgѕhiр рrоgrаm оf thе BSA fоr bоуѕ аgеѕ 11 tо 18. (Bоуѕ whо hаvе асhiеvеd thе Cub Sсоut Arrоw оf Light Award оr hаvе соmрlеtеd thе 5th grаdе саn jоin аѕ уоung аѕ 10 уеаrѕ оld) It uses оutdооr асtivitiеѕ ѕuсh аѕ саmрing, аԛuаtiсѕ and hiking tо асhiеvе thе аimѕ оf сhаrасtеr, citizenship аnd реrѕоnаl fitnеѕѕ trаining.
Vаrѕitу Sсоuting iѕ a ѕub-diviѕiоn оf Bоу Sсоuting аvаilаblе tо bоуѕ аgеѕ 14 tо 18; it аddѕ a рrоgrаm оf high аdvеnturе аnd ѕроrting асtivitiеѕ.
Eаglе Sсоut iѕ thе highеѕt асhiеvеmеnt оr rаnk аttаinаblе in thе Bоу Sсоuting рrоgrаm оf the Bоу Sсоutѕ of Amеriса (BSA). Thе dеѕignаtiоn Eаglе Sсоut; hаѕ a lоng hiѕtоrу ѕinсе itѕ fоunding оvеr one hundrеd уеаrѕ аgо. Only a ѕmаll реrсеntаgе оf Bоу Scouts аrе granted thiѕ rаnk аftеr a lеngthу rеviеw рrосеѕѕ. Thе rеԛuirеmеntѕ nесеѕѕаrу tо асhiеvе this rаnk tаkе уеаrѕ tо fulfill. Sinсе itѕ fоunding, the Eаglе Sсоut rаnk hаѕ been еаrnеd by mоrе thаn twо milliоn Rеԛuirеmеntѕ inсludе еаrning аt lеаѕt 21 mеrit bаdgеѕ. The Eаglе scout muѕt dеmоnѕtrаtе Sсоut Sрirit, аn idеаl аttitudе bаѕеd uроn thе Sсоut Oаth аnd Lаw, ѕеrviсе, аnd lеаdеrѕhiр. Thiѕinсludеѕ an еxtеnѕivе ѕеrviсе рrоjесt that thе Sсоut рlаnѕ, оrgаnizеѕ, lеаdѕ, аnd mаnаgеѕ. Eаglе Sсоutѕ are рrеѕеntеd with a mеdаl аnd a bаdgе thаt viѕiblу rесоgnizеѕ thе ассоmрliѕhmеntѕ оf thе Sсоut. Additiоnаl rесоgnitiоn can bе earned thrоugh Eаglе Palms, awarded fоr соmрlеting аdditiоnаl tenure, lеаdеrѕhiр, аnd mеrit bаdgе rеԛuirеmеntѕ.
Thеѕе twеlvе vаluеѕ are оftеn rеfеrrеd tо аѕ thе Twеlvе Pоintѕ оf thе Sсоut Lаw.
Thiѕ iѕ оftеn ѕаid whilе hоlding uр the right hаnd with thе thrее middlе fingеrѕ rаiѕеd in thе ѕсоut; On mу hоnоr, I will dо mу bеѕt, tо dо mу dutу, tо Gоd аnd mу соuntrу, and tо оbеу thе Sсоut Lаw, tо hеlр оthеr реорlе at all times, tо kеер mуѕеlf рhуѕiсаllу ѕtrоng, mеntаllу awake; A scout iѕ trustworthy, lоуаl, helpful, friеndlу, соurtеоuѕ, kind, obedient, сhееrful, thrifty,brаvе, clean, аnd rеvеrеnt.


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6 Brilliant Hugh Hefner TV Cameos to Remind You Of His Awesomeness
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Hugh Hefner's impact on the entertainment industry extended far beyond the pages of his magazine.
The Playboy founder passed away Wednesday (September 27) at the age of 91, leading to an outpouring of celebrity reactions across social media. He leaves behind a legacy as a champion of sexual freedom, as well as civil and equal rights. But he was also a player on the small screen.
Yes, he became a hero to a new generation of fans with his E! reality series, The Girls Next Door, but he also oversaw the creation of The Playboy Channel (now Playboy TV) back in 1982 in the early days of cable TV, making him a visionary on the, ahem, boob tube.
Hefner would also often play himself in a wide range of shows, whether animated or live-action. And he always brought a smile to viewers.
Take a look back at some of his more memorable guest appearances, below.
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Winston Churchill (standing left) shakes hand with Joseph Stalin (standing right) outside the Livadia Palace during the Yalta Conference. President Roosevelt is seated between them. Just visible between Churchill and Stalin is Admiral William D Leahy, Chief of Staff to Roosevelt.
Winston Churchill greets Joseph Stalin with President Roosevelt outside the Livadia Palace during the Yalta Conference, February 1945.


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News - 3 November 2021 11:45
Six men sentenced for double cash machine raid
Six men have been sentenced for stealing £46,590 from two cash machines inside Alexandra Palace.
On 19 August 2019, at around 2am, three of the men gained entry to the building through the main doors using bolt-cutters.
Once inside the building, they used power tools to sever the connections on the ATMs and detach the machines. A fourth man drove to the venue and the men placed one of the ATMs into the back of a van, while a fifth man in another vehicle acted as lookout, before the group drove away.
At 04:25hrs, the same five men returned to the venue and detached the second ATM. Once again, the van pulled up outside and they all drove off with the second machine.
A sixth member of the group, Robert Neville, assisted with finding a yard to break into the machines out of public view.
Both ATMs were found separately by members of the public in Fairmead Road, Loughton and Hoe Lane, Abridge.
The vehicles involved in the burglaries were also found abandoned near The Croft, Chingford by officers on routine patrol. Subsequent checks were conducted and the vehicles were linked to the five men.
Following a police investigation, warrants were carried out on 20 November 2019 at the addresses of the defendants. All six were arrested and charged.
They were sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 29 October, as follows:
Aaron Noah, 32, (09.06.89) of Harpley Square, Tower Hamlets pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. He also pleaded guilty to a burglary at the Nat West bank in Whitechapel on 28 June 2019. He was jailed for four years and two months.
Kyle Shillingford-Small, 33, (17.11.87) of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. He was jailed for four years and two months.
Robert Neville, 42, (25.05.79) of Cliveden Close, Brentwood pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 80 hours' unpaid work.
The following were convicted after a trial in September:
Jason Hardcastle, 35, (20.06.86) of Withy Mead, Waltham Forest was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary and jailed for three years and nine months.
Abdirazak Yassin, 23, (01.07.98) of Approach Road, Tower Hamlets was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 150 hours' unpaid work.
Hassan Ibrahim, 24, (29.09.97) of Vernon Road, Tower Hamlets was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 150 hours' unpaid work.
DC Will Man, of Specialist Crime, said: "Diligent policing, thorough detective work and a strong collaboration with prosecution counsel, David Harounoff and Brinder Soora, have led to these convictions and the sentences handed down today.
"Police officers are working day in and day out right across London to ensure that criminals are caught and held to account for their actions."
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Date required to take action: Immediate EE Code of Practice update and addition to PFI rule announced 27th February 2015, now applicable to PSMS.
"A subscription service is where a consumer incurs a recurring charge applied to their mobile phone bill. This can be daily, weekly, monthly or even annually. Services where consumers are inactive for a period of 120 consecutive days must be manually unsubscribed and removed from any further billing applicable to that service only. For the avoidance of doubt, 'inactive' means the subscriber has not downloaded content or sent any MO SMS to the service provider. Subscribers who browse a mobile service or website will be considered to be 'active'.
This rule will not apply to 'push' services, or services which are 'seasonal' or where an annual billing charge is applied. Post subscription marketing to the removed subscriber is permitted, unless the subscriber has indicated they do not wish to receive any marketing or promotional messages from that provider."
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The maintenance and expansion of piping systems of petro-chemical plants is a complex and costly process. These costs can be reduced by knowledge of the as-built dimensions and layout of the piping system. As-built Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of such piping systems, specifically the use of Plant Design System (PDS) software packages, allow for more efficient planning than paper plans. Conventional surveying and analogue photogrammetry have been methods that have traditionally been used to capture the necessary CAD information. More recently, the Department of Geomatics at the University of Cape Town has produced software which replicates the analogue photogrammetric approach using digital images (Cammidge, 1996). The objective of this thesis is to develop a pipe measurement technique which can supplement those currently being used and overcome some of their shortcomings. A further objective is to present an overview of the pipe measurement techniques, photogrammetric principles, image processing techniques and programming considerations which would be required to develop a robust, fully functional, pipe measurement software package integrated with a PDS. The author hopes that this thesis will form the foundation for the development of such a software package for local and possibly international industry. A digital photogrammetric technique related to line photogrammetry is developed. This technique makes use of lines in an image which represent the silhouette edges of the cylinder. The use of photogrammetry based on lines avoids some of the shortcomings of conventional point-based photogrammetry. It is not necessary to identify conjugate points in images, nor is it even necessary for overlapping images of the cylinder to be captured. Furthermore, this thesis reports on a number of tests designed to gauge the developed techniques' accuracy and suitability for use in pipe metrology in an industrial plant. The techniques were found to be capable of achieving results which deviated by, on average, 2-3mm in object position and 0.1° in direction from the likely true values of the cylinder axis. The radius could be determined to better than 1 mm. The techniques developed here proved to be suitably accurate for the purpose of determining the parameters of pipes in industrial plants. However, certain factors may reduce the accuracy and these are also discussed. This thesis concludes that a novel digital photogrammetric technique for measuring pipes in an industrial plant was successfully developed. Recommendations are made as to how the technique might be improved to allow sub-millimetre accuracies to be obtained. Finally, a recommendation is made that the information contained within the thesis be used as the basis for designing a digital photogrammetric measurement module to be linked to a PDS.
Dingle, M. 1998. Determining the parameters of cylinders using digital photogrammetry for application to pipe measurement in industrial plants. University of Cape Town.


The Junior School Council is an opportunity for students to experience leadership at school, and to have an input into the development of the school. The children in each class from Prep to Year 6 are elected by their peers for a twelve month term of office. The Junior School Council meets with the nominated teacher once per month and is chaired by the School Captains. They discuss any items raised by the children of the various classes, as well as performing a range of fundraising and awareness activities for charity.
Recent activities have included a Casual Dress Day which raised $555. This money was donated to Diabetes Victoria to assist in further research.
School Captains and House Captains are elected annually from within the Year 6 students to represent the CEPS school body. These positions carry with them the highest honour and are considered as a very important part of school organisation. All Grade 5 and 6 students are involved in the election process. House Captains represent the members of their house and are voted for by the children in Grades 4, 5 and 6. These positions are important to the school organisation and the organisation of sporting positions.
All students in Year 6 are also given the chance to nominate for their chosen leadership position in areas such as library, canteen, gardening, etc.
Our senior school children are introduced to our future Foundation students during our Transition program in the year prior to school entry and this is the beginnings of their relationship. The Buddy system provides our Foundation students with a face that is familiar to them, who will be able to guide and reassure them throughout their first year of school.
The Buddies are involved in activities in the Foundation Transition program and are the face to meet the children on their first day of their Foundation year.
The children, both big and small, look forward to their weekly activities and a very strong bond develops. The Buddy system provides our older students with leadership.
Students from all year levels are invited to join our Chess Club. Chess coaches from a private chess coaching company attend each week to provide sessions at lunchtime for all interested students. This is a user pays program. Intra school and inter school tournaments are run regularly. Chess is all about deduction, reasoning, strategic analysis, concentration, spatial awareness, logic, social interaction and so much more. But most of all, it's fun!


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Im getting better! Things are opening up! My music and art are moving! and I suppose writing as well; short stories! Being creative!
Im learning how to hope and believe!
Im attempting to learn how to believe so things will show up!
Im having a hard time meeting people! Im not sure who to meet!
Who do I want to meet! I have to focused on the presence of it! I have to believe it so it will show up! Im having a problem with this!
I have to learn how to use my imagination!
So; Im getting better; but Im stuck in the limits of the past! Im slowly moving forward!
I want to be surrounded by the things I intend to create! This whole concept is hard for me!
Im defining with reality; and thats the problem!
I have to focus on what I want!
Im in the middle of things; slowly moving out from it!


In earlier articles, I discussed what a shared digital identity can do as well as which organizations are the right starting point to adopt a solution for digital identity built using blockchain technology.
In the market today, we see a number of solutions that speak to the concept of self-sovereign identity – and how this will achieve the goals of a single privacy-preserving shared digital identity that is controlled by the user. However, a shared digital identity solution needs to be much more than just the blockchain and the smart contracts that can be run on the blockchain. In fact, most of these solutions are not engineered for enterprise use because they are not built to meet enterprise requirements around branding, consumer experience, deployment, security and predictable pricing.
In order for a blockchain-based digital identity solution to be successful, it needs meet a number of objectives for broad enterprise adoption.
To really deliver on the promise of user control for digital identity – which include consent and privacy – digital identity solutions need to provide a mechanism for the user to store and manage their PII on a personal device. But we know that personal smartphones, like most endpoint devices, are vulnerable to malware. And the only way to protect this information is to use hardware-grade security – such as that offered by a TPM (Trusted Processing Module) – and device-local biometrics, so only the user can enable the use of the TPM.
If privacy and consent management are important, and PII is to be controlled by the user, the solution must use the smartphone's TPM to manage the private keys. While this provides the highest level of security, it also creates some interesting challenges in how the solution can handle migration of a profile from one device to another when private keys are locked into the TPM and cannot be migrated.
Enterprises today put a lot of time and money in how they design their consumer experience – and in building the brand. Using a third-party mobile application as a digital identity for authentication is not something they will accept easily. When creating an identity ecosystem in a domain such as healthcare or finance, it is important that the branding of the solution reflects the ecosystem participants and inspires confidence in consumers. Thus, the branding will most likely need to be that of the consortium or group that is sponsoring the solution, which means the technology platform needs to be embeddable. This is true both on the device side (where the technology might take the shape of an SDK) as well as on the cloud (where a multi-tenanted platform would isolate customers from each other while providing each with a fully functional solution).
The use of blockchain technology has its benefits, but it also has its challenges – especially with performance.
If the blockchain is public, it has to contend with other workloads – and for an identity ecosystem that is looking for highly performant and available identity operations, this could be an issue. To be able to control the service levels, a private/permissioned model is critical. Additionally, using proof-of-work as a consensus mechanism is very CPU intensive and the price of "gas" creates unpredictability in cost that enterprises do not want. Using proof of authority (similar to proof of stake, but more suited for consortium scenarios) is more efficient and eliminates the need for gas – making this far more appropriate for enterprise use.
For a blockchain, write operations are very expensive, but read operations are very cheap. So, first it's important to understand what constitutes a write operation and control who can trigger one, as well as to minimize them. In an ecosystem that accepts digital identities, issuers can trigger write operations – making it very important to be able to control who can be an issuer of digital identities. Any operation done by a relying party – such as asking the user for their identity or user authentication – should only be a read-only operation.
Another key aspect of the blockchain is that the information that is stored on it is visible to everyone in the ecosystem. Therefore, no PII should ever be stored on the blockchain. An added benefit here is that this allows one to control the amount of data that will need to be stored on the blockchain by ensuring that the solution only stores transaction and state change data on it.
While technology is a crucial part of ensuring overall trust and security in the ecosystem, it is not the only part. What is equally, or perhaps more important, is that there are standards and processes for ensuring that all participants in an identity ecosystem are playing by the same set of rules. For example, all issuing parties must follow the same guidelines for issuing an identity document at a particular level of assurance (LOA). Such standards for "proofing" the user and the verification and certification process to ensure that issuing parties are following these standards, are critical for relying parties to have trust in the overall identity ecosystem. Such standards would typically be set according to the industry-specific business and regulatory needs of the participating members (e.g. healthcare or finance).
Further, just because an issuer has the ability to issue at a particular LOA doesn't mean that they have followed the same level of due-diligence for each attribute of the user's identity. As an example, the issuer may have verified the name at a higher assurance level, but not so for the user's address. Hence, the solution must be flexible enough to represent the identity proofing ability of each issuer as well as the LOA with each attribute of the digital identity.
It is important to also recognize that devices may be lost, stolen or upgraded. In such cases, the user must be able to recover their identity and move their profile to a new device and be able to seamlessly continue with all the activities they were able to do previously.
The blockchain can play an important role in recovery scenarios as well, allowing the system to record "equivalences" between the old device and new device. Of course, this raises the question of who is authorized to perform a recovery operation to established such equivalences. In some cases, the recovery process needs to be entirely user-controlled, where only the user can perform recovery using a special key that only they have access to. In other scenarios, there might also need to be a recovery agent that is trusted to assist the user in such cases.
NIST 800.63 for Identity Assurance Level (IAL) and Authentication Assurance Level (AAL).
There are also emerging interoperability standards such as the Decentralized ID (DID) specification that let different identity ecosystems interoperate with each other. Customers can protect their investment by choosing solutions that adhere to as many of these standards as possible and not get locked into proprietary solutions.
The notion of digital identities has been around ever since smartphones became commonplace, but the ability to securely and easily use shared digital identity at scale for consumers has only now been made possible – with the combination of hardware-level security on mobile devices and blockchain technology. Initial adoption for blockchain-based digital identity will start with ecosystems that trust each other, and solutions will need to address enterprise needs for branding, consumer experience, deployment and security.


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VIDEO: Jason Lazarus on Too Hard to Keep (Syracuse)
May 29, 2013 /in Exhibitions, Watch
Check out Light Work's Vimeo page for an exclusive new video with exhibiting artist Jason Lazarus. Lazarus discusses his Too Hard to Keep project, including his process of working through the vast archive of images and installing in the gallery.
Be sure to visit Light Work to catch Jason Lazarus: Too Hard to Keep (Syracuse) before the show closes on May 31st!
Special thanks to Azhar Chougle for his work on this video.
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Light Work Moves Forward
May 16, 2013 /in News
For 40 years, Light Work's mission has been to support artists working in photography and related media. Concentrating our support on emerging and under recognized artists, we will continue to focus on our international Artist-in-Residence program, exhibitions, the publication of Contact Sheet, and operating a state-of-the-art community access photography and computer lab.
In order to strengthen our core goals we are in the process of reorganizing our staff to better serve the current and future needs of artists. Over the past year we have completely redesigned our website, www.lightwork.org, as a platform for publishing more work by artists in our programs, established a new graphic identity, and redesigned Contact Sheet. The new design of Contact Sheet will debut with the Light Work Annual issue this summer in honor of our 40th anniversary.
In the reorganization process Jeffrey Hoone continues in his role of Executive Director. Hoone has been in a leadership position at Light Work since 1980 and will concentrate on finance and fundraising, strategic planning, and participate in selecting artists for all Light Work programs. Reflecting on the reorganization Hoone says, "Light Work has always been an organization run by artists, for artists, and the changes we are making signal our continuing effort to respond to the changing needs of artists in order to put us in the best position to meet those needs."
Shane Lavalette has been promoted to Director and will be responsible for all administrative, artistic, fundraising, and operational activities at Light Work. Lavalette was a former Artist-in-Residence at Light Work and in his previous position as Associate Director he led the process to redesign our website and establish our new graphic identity. "This year we are looking back to celebrate Light Work's long history of supporting artists, yet it is also a time of excitement for what the future holds," says Lavalette.
Mary Lee Hodgens has been promoted to Associate Director and will work on all technical and artistic operations including exhibitions, publications, and the Artist-in-Residence program. Hodgens is an eighteen-year veteran at Light Work and brings her considerable skills and institutional knowledge into a leadership position. "We are always changing to keep up with the artists and their needs. It's exciting to be part of the process," says Hodgens.
John Mannion, who has been with the organization for twelve years, has been promoted to the new position of Master Printer and will be responsible for setting the standards for digital printing and scanning services. He will be providing all pre-press work for Contact Sheet and will provide individual service to all visiting artists and prime digital service customers. "Working with over 150 artists personally has lead to a clear method and practice to make the best prints possible," says Mannion. "I am happy to be able to provide more support to our artists."
Anneka Herre will continue in her position of Technical Producer for the Urban Video Project. The UVP is Light Work's newest program that presents ongoing public art video projections and exhibitions on the outside of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Information about UVP's activities can be found online at www.urbanvideoproject.com
Julie Herman, James Suits, and Andrew Frost continue in their role as part-time support staff for customer care, administrative operations, and digital services.
In order to further enhance our digital and traditional photo lab operations we are currently searching for a full-time Digital Services Manager and a full-time Photo Lab Manager. In addition we will be adding two part-time positions of Exhibition Coordinator and Communications Coordinator. Information about these job postings can be found online at http://lg.ht/LWHiring
We are very excited about all of these positive changes at Light Work and we will continue to keep you informed about our progress in future e-mail newsletters, on our blog, and through social media, so please stay tuned.
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Light Work at the PPAC Book Fair, May 18, 12-6pm
May 2, 2013 /in Events
PPAC Book Fair
Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 12-6pm
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
1400 N. American Street #103, Philadelphia, PA
* FREE and open to the public
Please join us for the 4th annual Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Book Fair which will feature a number of local and national artists, publishers, and publishing projects. This is Philadelphia's annual opportunity to purchase some of the most innovative image-based publications being created today.
Partial list of participants:
MACK Books
Conveyor Arts
Sun System Press
ICA Philadelphia
Megawords
PhotoBookArts
Houseboat Press
Bryan Graf
Justin Kimball
Tom Young
Justin Audet
Dan Boardman
Lisa Kereszi
Dominic Episcopo
Stephanie Bursese
With titles available from:
Spaces Corners / Ed Panar
Public Fiction
Daniel Shea
Brian Ulrich
+ more!
Find more information on the PPAC website.
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Q: Nservice bus sagas implemetation I have a nservice bus project which which i will call connector. My connector receives variouis kinds of messages for example ClientChangeMessage, ClientContactChangeMessage. My connector has not implemented saga so i have handler for each message so for ClientChangeMessage I have ClientChangeMessageHandler which gets fired when connector receives ClientChangeMessage and a ClientContactChangeMessageHandler when i receive a ClientContactChangeMessage.
Now while looking at the sagas implementation i found myself writing the following code (If the Client contact message comes before the ClientChange message i.e the client does not exist in the database):
public class ClientContactChangeMessageHandler : ClientMessageHandler,
    IHandleMessages<ClientContactChangeMessage>,
    IAmStartedByMessages<ClientContactChangeMessage>,
    IHandleMessages<ClientChangeMessage>
{
    [SetterProperty]
    public IClientContactChangeDb ClientContactChangeDb{get;set;}

    [SetterProperty]
    public IBusRefTranslator BusRefTranslator{get;set;}

    static ClientContactChangeMessageHandler()
    {
        Logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof (ClientContactChangeMessageHandler));
    }

    static ILog Logger;

    public void Handle(ClientContactChangeMessage message)
    {
        //Some handling logic
    }

    public void Handle(ClientChangeMessage message)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public override void ConfigureHowToFindSaga()
    {
        ConfigureMapping<ClientContactChangeMessage>(s => s.Id, m => m.Id);
        ConfigureMapping<ClientChangeMessage>(s => s.Id, m => m.Id);
        // Notice that we have no mappings for the OrderAuthorizationResponseMessage message. This is not needed since the HR
        // endpoint will do a Bus.Reply and NServiceBus will then automatically correlate the reply back to
        // the originating saga
    }
}

public class ClientMessageHandler : BaseMessageHandler
{
}

public class BaseMessageHandler : Saga<MySagaData>
{
}

public class MySagaData : IContainSagaData
{
    public Guid Id { get; set; }
    public string Originator { get; set; }
    public string OriginalMessageId { get; set; }
}

As can be seen from the example I now have to implement the handle for the CLientChangeMessage as well , now i have already defined a handler for my ClientChangeMessage ,do i have to handle it again over here because if further on in time the ClientChangeMessage does come i would expect it to be caught and processed by the ClientChangeMessageHandler nad not by this one.
I would like to store a message if and only if i don't find the local reference for the Client in my database . Looking at the examples for saga on the web i dont't see any particular place or condition where this would be handled. I am hoping i would be storing the message inside the ClientContactChange handle method.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks
UPDATE:
It would seem that i did not understand properly how to implement NService Bus Saga. The mistake which i made here according to me was that I considered A Client Contact change to be a single entity i.e independent of the Client Change message. So therefore i think i ma wrong in implementing the Saga just for client contact change . Here is how I had to change my code:
 public class ClientSaga : Saga<ClientSagaState>,
        IAmStartedByMessages<ClientChangeMessage>,
        IAmStartedByMessages<ClientContactChangeMessage>,
        IHandleTimeout<ClientSagaState>
    {
        [SetterProperty]
        public IClientContactChangeDb ClientContactChangeDb{get;set;}

        [SetterProperty]
        public IBusRefTranslator BusRefTranslator{get;set;}

        public void Handle(ClientContactChangeMessage message)
        {
            //Some handling logic
            //Check if client is not in database then store the state
            this.ClientContactChange=message;
            //if client is in the data base then
            MarkAsComplete();
        }

        public void Handle(ClientChangeMessage message)
        {
            //Update or create the client depending on the situation
            //check for dependencies
            if(this.ClientContactChange !=null)
            {
                 //Handle the contact change
            }
        }

        public override void ConfigureHowToFindSaga()
        {
            ConfigureMapping<ClientContactChangeMessage>(s => s.ClientRef, m => m.ClientRef);
            ConfigureMapping<ClientChangeMessage>(s => s.ClienttnRef, m => m.Id);
            // Notice that we have no mappings for the OrderAuthorizationResponseMessage message. This is not needed since the HR
            // endpoint will do a Bus.Reply and NServiceBus will then automatically correlate the reply back to
            // the originating saga
        }
    }

    public class ClientSagaState: IContainSagaData
    {
        //i dont need these three fields
        public Guid Id { get; set; }
        public string Originator { get; set; }
        public string OriginalMessageId { get; set; }

       // the fields which i needed
       public Guid ClientRef {gee; set;}
       public ClientChangeMessage ClientChange {get;set;}
       public ClientContactChange ClientContactChange {get;set;}

    }

A: Since both handlers handle the same message type, both will be called.  If you like you could specify the order in which they get called using ISpecifyMessageHandlerOrdering.  Furthermore, you can short circuit this chain based on a condition which may solve the secondary issue.
If that does not work, you may want to consider versioning the message to support both scenarios in a graceful way.

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Carrie Steckl, Ph.D.
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Personal Identity: Meanings over Memories
Carrie Steckl, Ph.D. Updated: Apr 30th 2013
My late Uncle Brian once told me, "My future is my past." Though he could be pretty curmudgeonly at times, he was also one of the most sentimental people I've ever known.
A memory from his life wasn't just a factual recollection; it was a window into his soul. As he told stories about playing spinner baseball as a boy (and if you don't know what that is, Google it, because I can't explain it nearly as well as Uncle Brian could), making a difference in a student's life (he was a tenured chemistry professor), or hitting a superfecta at Churchill Downs (and he hit quite a few), he shared much more than the chronological details of these adventures and accomplishments. Instead, he made clear that these stories meant something to him. They defined who he was, in all of his complexity of joy, sadness, pride, and regret. And because of that, they should mean something to us, too.
"My future is my past." I think what Uncle Brian meant was that the meanings he attached to his memories were so powerful that he could not separate them from his day-to-day feelings, actions, or philosophy. And he knew on some level that for him, it would always be this way.
Granted, this is not true for everyone. I know people who prefer to identify as little as possible with their past. Others seem to have no trouble letting go of difficult memories while embracing the positive ones. But the common denominator for all of us is that there are two levels of memories from which we can choose to apply to the minutiae and major events of our lives.
These levels were recently described in a research study published in the journal Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. The researchers called the first level "autobiographical remembering." This simply involves recalling the concrete content of an event - in other words, the straight, factual details. The second level was called "autobiographical reasoning." This entails reflecting on the broader meaning of a memory and the implications of the memory for defining oneself and one's values.
In the study, brain imaging was used to show that we really do use different parts of our brain for autobiographical remembering and autobiographical reasoning. I can see why. Making meaning out of our memories takes work, even if we do it without truly being aware of it. It requires energy to integrate both good and bad times into our psyche in order to continually define and redefine our identities. It takes so much energy that we probably need to relegate some memories to autobiographical remembering so we can quickly deal with them and move on.
But Uncle Brian taught me a poignant lesson about autobiographical reasoning. While his future was his past, it wasn't because of some metaphysical truth about memory and time. It was because the meanings he attached to his memories yoked his future - and all of its possibilities - ever so tightly to his days of long ago. That was his choice. What choice will you make?
D'Argembeau, A., Cassol, H., Phillips, C., Balteau, E., Salmon, E., & Van der Linden, M. (2013). Brains creating stories of selves: The neural basis of autobiographical reasoning. Social, Cognitive, & Affective Neuroscience, Advance Access, doi: 10.1093/scan/nst028
It's a true blessing to have you visit my blog on mental health and wellness. I also write blogs on faith and caregiving in addition to teaching part-time for Columbia College of Missouri. For more information about my background and writing, visit my webpage at carriesteckl.com.
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the peonies are waxing, pink-feathered and fragrant, and i snap off a few blooms and inhale and wish you were here. you'd like these guys.
back when we lived in the townhouse and i was maybe five, nate and i had this inspired hobby of tossing dirt clods at the neighbor's fence. do you remember? and we scampered home and you asked us if we'd done it and nate said no and i said no and our palms were streaked rust, the telling color of earth on an old volcanic island.
you made us walk back and turn ourselves in, ask forgiveness of the neighbor lady. i was nearly certain i'd evaporate from humiliation before we ever reached her door.
i think about this when i consider how i knew you loved us.
you did the other stuff too, the freezer popsicles and reading through all the Little House books. sewing my easter dress from too-expensive fabric (that dreamy cloud of white with tiny flowers) because i crooned over it with feeling. the seventy thousand soccer games where you baked on the sidelines and never minded that i was rarely gutsy enough to shoot.
but it's the dirt clods that stick with me, and all the other moments when our character or honesty came up wanting: how you didn't gloss over the lies or the jaundiced grasping-for-more.
you refused to make excuses for us, and this made it plainer, easier somehow, to see my stark need for God.
i celebrate you today, mom.
thanks for loving us with enough tenacity to keep us honest. for a fragrant childhood, and the gift of a reckless, insatiable yearning for Christ.
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What a great tribute to your mama! The new website is lovely too.


This bright and generous, newly renovated apartment is a stunning, modern and perfect home for four people. The luxury apartment is furnished for an international palate. It has one small terrace going off from kitchen and one huge courtyard terrace with deck and garden (60 sqm). There are two light-filled, airy bedrooms, each with a view and direct access to its enchanting garden. The apartment's pristine wooden floors, featured throughout, are enhanced by its high ceilings; all coming together to fashion for a warm and cosy atmosphere. Enjoy fantastic home entertainment, with a huge flat-screen LED TV and high-end Hi-Fi stereo system, including large electrostatic speakers for a great quality listening experience. A wide selection of classic and jazz CDs are available for your enjoyment. This clean and modern apartment is made authentic through its eclectic and tasteful décor, featuring pieces collected from around the world. Wood pieces from Brazil, China and South Korea, are flanked by South African sculptures, and paintings from Brazil, to build a genuine home living space. The fully equipped, open plan kitchen has everything you need for every day meals and great dinner evenings. Its brand new appliances are entirely modern and balanced with warm wooden interiors. The dining table can seat up to four or more guests. Each of the two luxurious bathrooms is unique. While both feature a walk-in rain-shower, the first is light and tiled with warm sandstone tiles, while the other has dark shale stone tiles including a stone sink. This genuine, captivating and comfortable space is truly built for an intrepid travellers palate. Bon voyage.
The apartment is located in Weissensee, three minutes walking distance from lake Weissensee and three minutes from the tram line towards Alexanderplatz, which can be reached in 12 minutes. There is free & easy street parking right in front of the door.
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SACRAMENTO - Last week, in a unanimous vote, the Chaffey Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a 7.2 MW solar system across eight of their high school sites, becoming the latest California school district to look to solar power to save money.
The project, to be designed, built, and operated by PsomasFMG, LLC, is expected to provide nearly 50 percent of the total electricity the schools consume and save them millions of dollars over the course of the agreement between Chaffey Joint Unified School District and PsomasFMG.
The Chaffey Unified School District will join over a dozen California school districts who have turned to solar power, including Antelope Valley Union School District (9.6 MW), Milpitas Unified School District in Santa Clara County (3.4 MW), and Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego, who not only has a 5.3 MW solar PV system, but also a solar thermal system that heats two swimming pools, among many other school districts that have gone solar.
"This cutting-edge partnership serves immediate and long-term needs – saving energy, saving money and creating educational opportunities for our students," said Mathew Holton, Chaffey District Superintendent.
With a partnership with PsomasFMG, Chaffey Unified School District plans to further capitalize on going solar to use the project to provide a mentoring and internship program, as well as educational opportunities in science and technology for the students as they prepare for future careers.
"Schools have only just begun to tap into the enormous potential solar has for helping schools cut costs and provide clean air for its students to breathe," said Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director of the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA).
CALSEIA, the California Solar Energy Industries Association, is the nation's oldest and largest state-based solar industry association representing manufacturers, installers, and distributors of solar panels and related components and technologies throughout the state.


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How to Make Your Holiday Plants Last
If you are the type that does not want the holidays to end, then you probably want to make sure your Christmas plants last long after the decorations have been put away. With advances in plant breeding, many plants and flowers sold today are heartier than their predecessors, so it's easier to make them last, says Susan Littlefield of the National Gardening Association. This is particularly true of that holiday favorite, the poinsettia.
Poinsettia Placement
"They are a lot more tolerant to indoor conditions," she says. "If you can give them general houseplant care, you can keep them looking nice on your windowsill for a few months." For a poinsettia, general houseplant care means placing it in the light, but not in direct sun. A windowsill is fine if it is not drafty. Keep it away from a heat source like a radiator, or a cold source like an outside door. One of the quickest ways to kill a poinsettia is by failing to remove the decorative foil wrapping around the pot when watering. "Don't let water sit in the bottom. The roots need oxygen as well as water," Littlefield says. "The best way to water a poinsettia is to stick your finger into the top inch of the soil. If it feels wet, hold off. If it feels dry, take the plant out of the wrapper and sit it somewhere it can drain while watering thoroughly. Make sure it is done draining before putting it back in the wrapper." You can also cut off just the bottom of the wrapper to make it easier.
Fertilize the poinsettia every few weeks with houseplant fertilizer. Littlefield recommends using it at half-strength, to avoid over-fertilizing, which can be bad for roots. When buying a poinsettia that you want to last, be sure to choose a healthy plant.
According to the University of Illinois Extension, you should avoid those with rolled up or yellow leaves. The soil should not be too wet or too dry. There should not be green around the edges of the bracts (the red leaves). The plant should be full on all sides, not smashed. Getting the poinsettia home in the cold is another challenge. They should be wrapped and taken straight home if it is below 50 degrees outside. "Don't leave them in a cold car while you finish your shopping," Littlefield says. While it is possible to keep a poinsettia all year and "force" it to change color and rebloom, it is a tedious process and probably not worth the hassle, Littlefield says. "Given the availability and relatively low cost of poinsettias, it is a lot more practical to just buy another one rather than go through this whole process."
Christmas Cactus The Christmas cactus is so named because it blooms at Christmastime, and can live for decades as a houseplant. They like care and conditions similar to a poinsettia: a well-lit window away from direct sunlight, light watering when the top inch of the soil is dry, and fertilizer ever few weeks at half strength. Make sure the pot can drain out the bottom. When buying a Christmas cactus, be sure to protect it from the winter cold and don't leave it in a cold car. When winter is over, a Christmas cactus can go outside away from direct sunlight in the spring when there is no danger of frost, Littlefield says. "I live in Vermont, and I leave mine outside until the nights get cool in the fall, but before frost. That way it gets enough cold exposure for the buds to form for next Christmas." Specifically, a Christmas cactus needs at least 12 hours of darkness each night, reduced water, and temperatures of about 50-55 degrees for about six to eight weeks for buds to form. After that time, it can come inside and prepare to bloom. Amaryllis It is fun to watch an amaryllis bulb come to life in the weeks before the holidays, ending in those stunning large, trumpet-shaped red flowers. The bulbs can be kept from year to year and will re-bloom in the same pot. Littlefield offers the following instructions: After the flowers fade, cut back the stalk but keep the leaves intact. Keep it on the windowsill and continue watering and fertilizing, using the methods described above. It can even be placed outside in the summer. About Oct. 1, the leaves will turn yellow and fade. This is a sign it is going through a dormant period, which will last 8-10 weeks. This is when it should go into the basement or another cool, dark place, and receive very little water and no fertilizer. After that, it should be ready to return to the windowsill and bloom again. Mistletoe and Holly Mistletoe and holly should be treated like bouquets, not plants that survive very long when cut, Littlefield says. They should be cut or purchased as close to the time you need them as possible. Keep them moist and cool. If they are part of a centerpiece set in floral foam that can be wetted, they will last longer. "If the greens are fresh and are kept cool before sale, they will last longer for you, too," Littlefield says.
This story was originally published in the Chicago Tribune "From House to Home" section, and on Menards.com on December 16, 2014.


I wish to thank the Sámi Centre for their support in helping me cover my travel and living expenses during my fieldwork. My research was conducted in North-Eastern Nepal, in the Khumbu region, about 30 km from Mount Everest. This area is a traditionally inhabited by Sherpas, with a Rai minority. For two and a half months I stayed in Namche Bazaar, the biggest village in the area. It is located at about 3500 m ASL and is geographically quite isolated: there are no roads, everything has to be carried on back or by yak caravans. While being remote it is simultaneously heavily influenced by trekkers/tourists from all over the world. The village has about 800 inhabitants, which increases to about 1600 during peak tourism season. Trekking tourism is the most important economic activity in the whole of Khumbu region. Landowners are mostly Sherpas, who run many kinds of businesses: lodges, hotels, internet cafes, restaurants, trekking shops and trekking companies. All this economic activity draws people from other areas of Nepal: Rais, Tamangs, Chaudharys and others. During the trekking season Namche is a meeting place of different castes, ethnicities and religions.
I got my motivation for the fieldwork from a visit to that place as a tourist in December 2009. My interests lie in technology and the internet, and I was struck by the extent to which internet and other communication facilities have infiltrated the everyday life of people in Namche. Surely the internet connection was there initially to serve the tourists but local people started using it very quickly, too. The purpose of my study was to find out how the local people are using internet and how it has affected their lives.
The arena for my research was a cybercafe in central Namche. The owner of this cybercafe was also providing internet connection to many other clients in the village and also in some neighbouring villages. I observed the people coming into the cybercafe to use internet and followed the employees on their everyday tasks of repairing internet connection for clients, serving customers and solving other problems.
The second arena for my work was the local primary school, where I observed computer lessons for the 5th grade. School lessons in Namche Primary School were conducted in English, in order to give the children better opportunities for continuing their education (apparently most of the "better" schools in Nepal operate in English).
I arrived at the peak trekking season in late April. As monsoon season got closer the number of trekkers decreased and from mid-May the town appeared half-deserted. I left in the beginning of July with the monsoon rains in full swing.
My research methods were participant observation and interviews. As technical aids I used a video camera with sound recording equipment, photo camera and sometimes a separate audio recorder. I am starting the analysis of my fieldwork material now. A Master Thesis will be written and an anthropological film will be made from these materials.
The funding from Sami Centre enabled me to spend the two and a half months of fieldwork period at Namche. Contrary to what one might think Namche is actually quite an expensive place to live. All that tourism has inflated the prices to an almost Western-European level (which is insane compared to the rest of rural Nepal). I am grateful to Sámi Centre for their help.
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