Here comes a little preview on one of the most beautiful and most quintessential Californian summer weddings of the season: Megan's and Casey's celebration last weekend at Thomas Fogarty Winery in Woodside.
The setting is simply spectacular – high up on the crest of the mountain ridge running along the SF Peninsula, overlooking endless vineyards down to the San Francisco Bay with unobstructed views… it's literally on top of the world! Megan and Casey could not have chosen better for their nuptials – this was sure to wow their more than 150 guests from far and near.
Megan, who had been away for study abroad and humanitarian work, only returned to the Bay Area three weeks before the Great Day. By then, her Mom had done most of the preparations together with my company, A Day Like No Other. But Megan jumped right in and put her own spin and her own finishing touches on everything in that short time! Our Senior Coordinator Kelsey Holtzinger guided the planning process on the "last stretch" and coordinated the festivities expertly from start to finish.
… and vintage trucks just for the sheer beauty of it!
… and here she is, radiant and ready to meet her husband-to-be!
… and off to the much-anticipated First Look!
A few more photos… … and it was already time for the ceremony.
and the dining tables in the open-air pavilion were set with gorgeous centerpieces by Bloomsters.
… while guests feasted on a fresh farm-to-table dinner from gold-accented plates, flatware and glassware.
Entertainment was provided by Big Fun Diskjockeys and Night Owl Photo Booth.
Photographer Nathan Worden and Owl and Tree Videography captured all those precious moments.
… and the newlyweds were sent off to their married bliss with a sparkler parade!
To Megan and Casey – our very best wishes for a long and happy marriage!
How to Make Sure Your Wedding is Fun for Everyone!
For pretty much all our couples, their wedding day celebration is by far the biggest party they've ever thrown, and the most intricate project they've ever tackled. Aside from the planning and logistics themselves, what is necessary to make the wedding celebration fun for everyone? What is it that sets an average party apart from an unforgettable one which everyone keeps raving about? I'm not talking about over-the-top-glamour, Hollywood-worthy entertainment or other perks only big money can buy. I am talking about the little things, the personal touches that make everyone feel good and special and well taken care of. To me, that's an integral part of the overall wedding experience, just as much as good food and music.
Let's begin with the stars of the day: you, the Bride and Groom! Here at A Day Like No Other, our mantra is: Our couples have only ONE job on their wedding day, and that is – to celebrate! All our couples tell me afterwards that their wedding day flew by and that they can hardly remember all of it. We strive to maximize what our brides and grooms remember. We want you to be in the moment and to focus on what this day is about: committing your lives to one another. And that's why we make sure that everything you might need and want on your wedding day has been meticulously planned ahead of time. Plus during Cocktail Hour, when most couples are busy taking photos, we make sure a platter of appetizers is set aside for them in a quiet side room with a chilled bottle of Champagne, and once photo session is over, we whisk them away for a few minutes of well-deserved break before presenting them to their guests.
2. The couple is "off-limits" for anything but celebrating!
What else? We, the planners, make sure that nobody will bother our couples with anything during their wedding day. Another mantra – or rather our promise to our couples: "If there is a glitch, you will not know!" It's true: we do what is humanly possible to keep our couples out of it. And if you don't have a wedding coordinator, you should absolutely designate one point person for all logistical issues and whatever else might come up. We at A Day Like No Other are even wearing funny buttons identifying us as the wedding planners… and invariably, that does not only "crack up" everyone – they will also find us and ask us for assistance. No one interrupts the couples' partying!
Most of our couples invite quite a few older guests – grandparents and other relatives of that generation. Oftentimes, these feel a little lost in a crowd of young people. We make it a point to include them and make them feel an integral part of the couple's family history. One unobtrusive way of making older guests feel good is to include music choices they are comfortable and familiar with – be it a few Frank Sinatra or Elvis songs or 80s top hits. Yes! It is possible to mix those in, and you should see those smiles on their faces! And in lieu of a bouquet toss, we often do a "generation dance" with the bride presenting her bouquet to the guest couple with the longest-lasting marriage.
5. All guests: look after them!
For many guests, attending a wedding means taking days off work, planning and paying for travel… despite the joy of seeing a friend or family member getting married, it's also a lot of effort. Guests appreciate being well taken care of – they tend to remember that experience even more than the food! So, let's make them feel special and well-taken care of. Here is what we recommend: Keep guests well informed, and the easiest way is a detailed wedding website. We recommend our couples to offer logistical help to their guests whenever possible, be it for accommodations, local climate and choice of attire. Plus, this is also a good spot to drop a hint regarding dress code… politely. Nobody wants to be seriously under- or overdressed for the occasion! The more the guests know beforehand, the easier it is for them to plan accordingly.
Nothing makes guests feel welcome more than – Welcome Bags! Yes, we know, it's a lot of work to assemble them (we do that for our clients…) Include personalized bottled water), snacks, local specialties like small bottles of wine or olive oil, local chocolates; a walking map and/or brochures for local sightseeing trips. And then, of course, a personal letter from the couple expressing their joy to have all these guests from faraway locations together for their wedding day.
And that's why the pampering of guests doesn't stop just there! For the wedding day, we recommend a welcome bar with chilled (nonalcoholic!) beverages; for outdoor weddings a sunscreen/bug repellant station; market umbrellas shading the ceremony area, fans (maybe imprinted with the ceremony program), personalized paper parasols doubling as a wedding keepsake; amenities baskets in the bathrooms, simple "pashmina" shawls or blankets for outdoors celebrations and a basket of flip-flops for beach weddings and long dance parties.
Let's admit it: weddings are not for kids. Take that from a mother! The excitement about the decorations and the big white dress is wearing off after a maximum of ten minutes, and then kids want to do what kids always want to do: explore, play, do their own thing. Make sure that they get to do exactly that and have just as much fun during that wedding as their parents – just a different type of fun: their own area, their own babysitter(s) and their own activities. Activity bags, maybe even a kids' entertainment company or a "sleepover party" with cartoon movies and pizza. Everybody's happy!
Well, same thing with dogs. Weddings are just not the thing for them. Just imagine: they are brought to a new, exciting, and maybe upsetting environment full of strangers, their "parents" don't have time for them, they are expected to be quiet instead of inspecting and, yes, marking the new territory; regular walk/nap/meal times are all out the window AND they are even not supposed to bark! That doesn't sound right to me. And yes, you guessed it, I am a dedicated doggie Mom. At A Day Like No Other, we offer a "VIC" (Very Important Canine) package – a dedicated dog handler on wedding day whose main task is keeping doggie happy, walking and feeding her, playing with her and chauffeuring her home as needed. But even if none of that is in the cards – you should plan for your dog's well-being on their Great Day as you would for any other family member or guest. At the very least, designate a person not directly involved in the wedding for doggie care (the Maid of Honor is not a good choice, as she will be busy during the ceremony and during photo time…). It should not be a young child or a person unaccustomed to dogs. It should be someone who is willing to sacrifice part of the celebration time for this purpose, and gladly so. Provide an area where your darling can safely stay, protected, in the shade, and maybe in her familiar crate. Do bring her familiar food, treats, and toys. And should your fur baby get upset, your doggie babysitter can drive her home for a short while until her newlywed parents arrive – and the canine world order is happily restored!


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Thomas, Brown step up for Hurricanes
Ryan Acquavita, Sun Sentinel
One's a sixth-year senior, the other's a true freshman.
Both have been vital in Miami's last two men's basketball victories.
With the Hurricanes' Big Three ailing in that stretch, coach Frank Haith has had the luxury of leaning on Adrian Thomas and Rion Brown.
Leading scorers Malcolm Grant and Durand Scott have been battling the flu and Reggie Johnson is still dealing with a foot injury that's hampered him most of the season. But Thomas and Brown have stepped up for the Hurricanes (14-9, 3-6 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Thomas set career highs in 3-pointers (six), points (20) and rebounds (10) in Saturday's 70-68 overtime win over Virginia. Along with Brown's eight points, the two combined to outscore the Cavaliers' bench 28-4.
Haith has been really impressed with the play of Brown, in particular.
"Rion has a lot of talent and ability, and with more playing time he's been getting more confident. He's just getting better and better," Haith said.
That's why, trailing by three in the final seconds against Virginia, Haith ran a play for Brown, trusting the freshman to get the job done. He drew the foul and knocked down all three free throws to force overtime.
"He's going to be an outstanding scorer, eventually, but he's more than just a shooter. He's a really good defender, too. He's scrappy, he's tough and he showed that when he had eight boards [against Georgia Tech on Thursday]. He's becoming a complete player," Haith said.
Miami, eighth in the ACC, travels to face conference cellar-dwellers Wake Forest (8-15, 1-7) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Ryan Acquavita can be reached at racquavita@sunsentinel.com
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Nanowrimo – FS Vigilance Chapter 5
Here's a new chapter. It's interesting to me how many mistakes I make writing at this pace. I keep reminding myself that there's plenty of time to edit, add descriptions and even change whole scenes around. This isn't the final version, but I like seeing how things develop.
A few moments later, Rigel carefully lowered two slightly melted battlesuits onto the street next to the Freedom Flyer as she landed back at the Diamond Exchange. She began carefully peeling off the armor.
"We were awesome," said Solaria, beaming with pride.
"Nice job controlling the heat and just melting their weapons. Good flying too."
Solaria gave Rigel a high-five.
Nightstar ran over and immediately the mood changed. His face was ashen. Cori had never seen Nightstar look so upset, and when she realized that he was going over to Solaria, her heart stopped. "We don't know exactly what happened," he said.
"Where is Kyle?" said Solaria, her voice catching.
"Ion's got him, and he's taking him back to Freedom Squad Headquarters. Dr. Lord is already at the med bay and Starlight says with his technology…" Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in Freedom Squad, NaNoWriMo
Tags: #nanowrimo superheroes, Freedom Squad, Nightstar, Rigel, Superhero fiction, Superheroes
More Nanowrimo…
Once Rigel and Protector returned to Freedom Squad Headquarters, Cori wanted to do all she could to try and forget the press conference. As they walked in through the roof entrance, they found Solaria, arms folded across the yellow sun symbol on her chest.
"Rigel, you may be the boss, but you two were slow."
"Maybe a little," Cori agreed.
Solaria unfolded her arms and walked over. "Hey, Cori, I'm still sorry."
"Don't worry about it. I understand why my powers might bother people."
"Yeah," said Solaria, "but I can set the whole city on fire if my powers go wrong."
"More importantly," said Protector, "it's time for you to head down to the pool. Our enemies will certainly try to douse you and drown you at some point, so we need to work on your swimming. I'll meet you down there."
As Alex took the stairs down to the lower levels of Freedom Squad Headquarters, Solaria looked over at Rigel. "Who put him in charge of our training?" Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in Freedom Squad
Tags: #Nanowrimo, Freedom Squad, Harry Heckel, Rigel, Superhero fiction, Superheroes
More fun from the fast paced writing world of Nanowrimo…
Rigel would rather have been fighting a dozen supervillains instead of facing the high-rise inferno in front of her. Flashing red lights and sirens surrounded her as dozens of firefighters worked together. The police were on the scene as well, keeping crowds and the press back. There were so many distractions, but she had to keep working.
She closed her eyes and focused, using her yoga breathing to stay calm, breathing in through the nose and out through the nose. As she relaxed her body, her mind continued to race.
Using her telepathy, she was trying to coordinate her team amidst the flames and smoke while attempting to locate the minds of anyone trapped inside. Protector was staying close to a group of firefighters inside the building, using his shield to protect them not only from the debris, but from the heat and even the poisonous gases. She shook her head slightly, as she recalled him telling her that he had no powers.
Nightstar had teleported to a higher floor where Rigel had sensed a mind. Although he appeared human, Nightstar didn't need to breathe the way most people did. She vaguely wondered about what his world must have been like, before returning to her focus. He was almost in the right place.
Nightstar, the person should be through the next door on the left.
She felt more than heard his response. He was on his way. Read the rest of this entry →
Tags: #Capeandpen, #FreedomSquad, #HarryHeckel, #Nanowrimo, Freedom Squad, Freedom Squad Novel, Harry Heckel, Nanowrimo, Nightstar, Rigel, superhero, Superhero Nanowrimo, Superhero team, Superheroes
Guest Post – Wayland Smith on HeroNet Files
Welcome to my first guest post! I'm honored to have my friend and co-contributor to HeroNet Files, Wayland Smith visiting. Without anything further, here's Wayland.
Howdy. I'm very excited to be a guest star here on Harry's blog. Harry, in addition to being a good friend of many years, is one of my co-writers in HeroNet Files Book 1. HeroNet is a concept I created years ago in the process of fleshing out a shared world of superheroes that Harry and I have worked on together. HeroNet is an online database that heroes can access for information on various villains, groups, ideas on how to fight bad guys, and even ways to contact friendly scientists, gadgeteers, and medics.
Argent, one of the two main characters in this story, has a long history in many different incarnations reaching back to 1988. I guess that means he can vote and legally buy a drink now. He's a highly skilled fighter with a major attitude problem. In fact, his brief time on a hero team came to an end because of that, but that's another story. While he's very rough around the edges, Argent is definitely a good guy. He'd laugh at being called a hero, but he's on the streets almost every night, fighting the good fight and protecting the innocent. The fact that he happens to really enjoy a good fight is just a bonus.
Cobalt Rose is a novice hero, and Hunt the Tiger is mostly from her viewpoint. She's something of an action junkie, and accidentally discovered the rush from protecting people. The story opens with her debut in costume, which, in the grand tradition of heroic first appearances, doesn't quite go as planned. It's a fun story, or at least I think so, with some twists and turns along the way.
HeroNet Files, Book 1, is just the beginning of stories set in this world. There will be a Book 2 at the very least, which Harry, Dara, and I are already planning, possibly with some new authors contributing. I also have at least one novel finished about Wildside, Inc, a band of superhuman mercenaries (don't call them heroes!), and we're looking into additional projects.
For myself, I have a novel out called In My Brother's Name, about a terrorist attack on Washington, DC, that comes about because of a mistake someone made that they just can't admit to. Things take a series of dark turns from there. I also have stories in a few different anthologies: This Mutant Life: Bad Company, another collection of superhuman stories, and Memorial Day – my story in that one shares the world of Wildside and Argent and Cobalt Rose. I also have a story in SNAFU: Tales of Military History, which is coming out later this year.
As you can probably tell, I'm a big fan of heroes. I write reviews of comic books for DCCollectors.com, and post about more general heroic topics on my website, watchtowermansion.com. I occasionally contribute to unleadedwriting.com, a group blog about writing in general.
Thanks to Harry for letting me come by and talk a bit, and thanks to you for reading.
Wayland Smith story contained within…
Argent and the Cobalt Rose on the cover
Posted in HeroNet Files
Tags: Argent, Argent and The Cobalt Rose, Cobalt Rose, Diamond, Guest, Guest Blog, Guest Post, HeroNet Files, Hunt the Tiger, Murphy, Sam R. Kennedy, superhero, Superheroes, Tiger Iron, Wayland Smith
Chapter 27 – Freedom Squad Nanowrimo
Nothing but Epilogue left after this. Thanks for coming with me on the Nanowrimo journey. I know the writing's rough, but I hope everyone's enjoyed. I especially want to thank all the new visitors who've come from the various WordPress.com sites. I wish you all the best in your writing. – Harry
In another section of Ace's under-mall base, Defiance was struggling to defeat his invisible foes. A metal wrap surrounded him and it was being using to spin him around while thousands of volts of electricity surged through him. He couldn't keep himself oriented enough to find a way to fight back.
Nightstar watched Defiance spin even as he dodged energy blasts and missiles. Fortunately, he had a psychic sense that made him aware of dangers and tended to have an unnatural luck in these matters.
Coupled with the ability to teleport and lots of combat training, he was still standing.
Velocity had been the first victim of invisible electrical enemies, smashing into an invisible force field at full speed. Nightstar had gotten him out to the parking lot via psychic sword teleport. Solaria had fallen to a sonic blast next, but Nightstar had retrieved her as well. The only other member of his team standing was Defiance.
Tags: Ace of Spades, Defiance, Freedom Squad, Freedom Squad Novel, Harry Heckel, HeroNet, HeroNet Files, Nanowrimo 2013, Nanowrimo Novel, Protector, Rigel, superhero, Superhero team, Superheroes
"How could you?" shouted Cori's dad. "You let all those people in the mall die."
Cori looked around. She was at home in Australia, a place that she hadn't lived for years, but she was Rigel and in costume. "No, Dad, this isn't you. I'm in my own mind being attacked."
She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned. A black-gloved fist slammed into her jaw. She fell to the ground with the taste of blood in her mouth.
The Ace of Spades stood over her.
"You think I'm afraid of a fistfight?" she asked him.
"No," he said, drawing a pistol from his belt, "but you'll be traumatized by this." He pointed the gun at her father and fired three times.
Posted in Freedom Squad, HeroNet Files, NaNoWriMo
Tags: Defiance, Freedom Squad, Harry Heckel, Ion, Megalopolis, Nanowrimo Novel, Nightstar, Rigel, Rockslide, Superhero novel, Superhero team, Superheroes
The mayor watched as the university's reactor moved closer and closer to meltdown. One of the screens in the Monitor Room showed a white ace on a black background.
His hand flinched toward his own Freedom Squad communicator, but he didn't know why. Everything was set in motion. There was nothing that anyone could do to stop it. Once again, the Ace of Spades had manipulated everything to his advantage.
Within a few short minutes, victory was assured.
An alert flashed on the Monitor Room's internal security system. Someone was trying to break in, but he had changed all the codes.
"It will take Homeland Security hours to get in, and no one strong enough to break through those doors is around. Pity that I was trapped in here. Maybe I'll blame it on Rigel and forgive her during the funeral," he said.
With a whoosh, the security doors to the Monitor Room opened. A burning smell floated inside the room, as a man in a black bodysuit with flames on it walked inside. "Sorry, Mr. Mayor. I'm not a full-fledged member of the team and Rigel didn't give me the security code. I'm supposed to make sure that you're safe. I'm Velocity."
Tags: Ace of Spades, Comic Book Heroes, Freedom Squad Novel, Fusion, Harry Heckel, HeroNet Files, Megalopolis, Nanowrimo, Nanowrimo daily post, Nanowrimo Word Press author, Nightstar, Nuclear Explosion, Rigel, superhero, Superhero text novel, Superheroes, Superheroine, Telekinetic, Telepath, Velocity, Writing
Day 3 Nanowrimo – Freedom Squad
Uberdude had been the last of the super-villains to put up a fight, but it seemed to Cori as if the aftermath of the battle lasted forever. At some point, Protector grabbed her arm to help steady her. Now that the rush of combat had worn off, she wanted a pillow.
Instead, she had to spend her time talking with officials and answering questions. Poor Rockslide had nearly been locked up as somcame Homeland Security agents had confused him for a super-villain. She wasn't sure exactly when the team got back to Freedom Squad Headquarters.
"Home," Rigel breathed as she stepped out of the Freedom Flyer.
"I'll take Nightstar to the med lab," said Protector.
"I can walk. I'm just a little dizzy," replied Nightstar. "I think the guy who kicked me used to trade martial arts bouts with Tiger Iron of the Wardens and Argent."
"Then count yourself lucky," said Protector.
"I always do, Alex, every day," replied Nightstar.
Cori rolled her eyes.
Rockslide labored as he clambered out of the ship. He had several cracks and chips in his stony exterior.
"Rockslide, do you need anything to help you recover?" thought Rigel telepathically to the massive hero.
"Sleep," he thought back.
She smiled at him in agreement.
The team went their separate ways once they were inside the base. Rigel decided that she better check the Monitor Room before retiring for the night. The Monitor Room door opened to reveal Starlight and several governmental-looking agents.
"Greetings, Rigel," said Starlight. "These are official Terran authorities who needed to meet with you."
An athletic brunette walked up to Rigel and extended one hand while flashing a badge with the other. "Rigel, I'm Agent Stacey King. We spoke briefly at the prison."
"G'day, Agent King," said Cori, "sorry to be direct, but my head hurts. What are you doing in my base?"
"We are fully authorized to enter this base. Your mayor himself…"
"Yes," interrupted Cori, "he sometimes has a tendency to try to impress people by letting them run around Freedom Squad Headquarters. But why are you here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened tonight and who escaped."
"We got a lot of them."
"Please, Rigel, sit down. Let me explain why I'm concerned. It has to do specifically with one prisoner. Have you ever heard of the hero Defiance?" asked Agent King.
"Of course, everyone has. He went mad, and they had to arrest him. It started a whole round of Congressional hearings in this country of yours."
The agents paused and exchanged glances.
"You are the daughter of an American citizen and have a US citizenship yourself, despite the time you spent in Australia," said Agent King.
"Country of ours," said Rigel, "I just try to distance myself from Congress when I can."
Stacy King smirked. "Understandable. Please sit down. I want to go over everything, but I'll try and make it brief."
Cori sat. She really didn't want to deal with whatever this was until after eight hours had passed under her covers. However, these homeland security agents were serious. Certainly, anything this important would keep her awake long enough to hear it.
"Defiance, also known as William or Bill Hudson, was a trained archaeologist who gained metahuman abilities through unknown circumstances. For his own reasons, he named himself Defiance and became well-known as a superhero. Largely impervious with super-strength in the upper measurable limits of our scales and the ability to fly, he began dispensing justice while having several run-ins with the law. Defiance often clashed with law enforcement as he didn't always feel the need to build a case or collect evidence before taking action. As a result, several criminals that he brought in walked out of courtrooms only a few months later. Despite that, we feel that he tried to do the right thing."
Cori nodded.
"Unfortunately, he chose to attack a cosplay group who had decided to attend a comic book or sci-fi convention dressed as the villain team, the Destroyers. He put three college kids into ICUs. In the aftermath, he was confronted by a hero team-up of convenience, including Psionicist, the former Protector and your old friend, Poltergeist. You might hear it referred to as the 'P' team. Psionicist remains in a coma to this day. It was the Protector who put an end to Defiance's rampage."
Cori thought back to her father's crime files. She remembered all the coverage of Defiance's trial. After some crazy rantings at the beginning, he had said nothing, just stared blankly into the cameras.
Rigel raised a silver glove, "Wait, didn't he rant about being set up, claim that Psionicist was a super-villain who was mind controlling him?"
Agent King nodded. "Actually, he claimed that Psionicist was the crime lord known as the Ace of Spades, an individual rumored in certain circles to manipulate criminal activities across the country for his own purposes. There's no evidence that an Ace of Spades exists or has ever existed, but there are plenty of people who believe in him."
"What about you, Agent King?" asked Cori.
She said nothing, but she thought loudly enough for Cori to hear. "He absolutely exists, and one day, I will find him, Rigel."
"My concern is with Defiance," answered Agent King in her regular voice. "There's a good chance that he may go after Poltergeist, and I understand that you and he are close. He's your godfather, isn't he?"
"He is," said Cori. She felt a pain in her chest. Daniel Hunter, known to the world as Poltergeist, was like an uncle to her, or probably more like a big brother. He was the first person that she had told when she decided to take on the costumed identity of Rigel, even before her father. He was the one who had provided her with a psychically reactive neospandex costume which could change color, texture and shape at her mental command. Daniel relied on technology for his invisibility and magnetic powers, but without the suit, he was a normal human.
"We will be watching him, but you may want to reach out and make sure that he's taking appropriate measures to stay safe. "
"The other likely targets for him are Psionicist and the current Protector."
"But why would he go after them?" asked Cori.
"He believes that they all have connections in some way to the Ace of Spades."
Cori didn't think she was going to be able to get to sleep.
Posted in Freedom Squad, HeroNet Files, NaNoWriMo, Writing
Tags: Ace of Spades, Defiance, Freedom Squad, Nanowrimo, Nanowrimo Novel, Rigel, Superhero novel, Superheroes, Text hero


This Christmas, shoes may have become the most checked carry-on items at airports. In the new world of airport security, even footwear can create a hassle.
The day after Boston University's dormitories officially closed down, Richard C. Reid stepped onto a trans Atlantic flight carrying explosives in his shoes. Reid was stopped by fellow passengers on the flight, and the flight was diverted to Logan Airport.
Reid, who is Sri Lankan by birth, is currently being held in Boston. His trial has not been set, nor has the location. Officials are discussing changing the location from Boston to a Virginia courthouse.
Despite the perceived threat from shoes or possibly another "shoe bomber," traveling figures still increased from last month, according to Massport.
"I've been told the numbers are an improvement over the November numbers," said Massport spokeswoman Barbara Platt. Platt said final numbers are not yet available.
So far no new security changes are being initiated at Logan, although Massport is in the process of developing "facial recognition technology," Platt said. Facial recognition technology would screen faces and match those with faces on a database of known terrorists.
Logan will open its Terminal B parking garage on Tuesday. The terminal has been closed since Sept. 12, when the Federal Aviation Administration issued a security directive prohibiting parking within 300 feet of an airline terminal. Massport requested a waiver to park vehicles in the garage with increased security measures.
Logan received some of the harshest criticisms after the Sept. 11 attacks for its security measures, particularly after rumors passengers had been able to pass through open gates with no trouble.
Terminal B is the busiest terminal at Logan, handling about 500 flights a day.


The project transited Nu 600 M on March 20, after the PHPA II's budget exhausted last month.
The borrowed amount wasn't used to pay for the salary of the staff as rumoured.
The project is expecting the budget within two days time.
The fund, according to project officials was used for cement and steel among others for the construction of the dam.


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Q: Convert AJAX to non-AJAX call on error Say if the server returns a 500 page on an Ajax call instead of the normal success content, I want to load that error page loaded as if it were a non-ajax call.
I don't want a redirect nor a reload because Werkzeug provides an excellent debugger that I'd like to use, but since the debug page is sent to the Ajax handler I don't know how to load that page.  I can't redirect to a generic page because then the error data won't be there, and I don't want to make a second call because they are POSTs which may have modified state, so a second call may not return the same stack trace/error as the first call.
The closest I've gotten is:
$( "body" ).ajaxError(function(e, jqxhr, settings, exception) {
    $('html').html(jqxhr.responseText);
});

Which almost works, except that the Javascript of the page isn't loaded.

A: Here's my solution using an iFrame - I'm loading the same page (on success but you could do it on error as well) and on load, the page will display an alert and log to the console to show that scripts in the response HTML work. I've tested this using FF4 and Chrome.
This is the core function (credit: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1021687)
function loadFrame(frameId, text){
    var ifrm = document.getElementById(frameId);
    ifrm = (ifrm.contentWindow) ? ifrm.contentWindow : (ifrm.contentDocument.document) ? ifrm.contentDocument.document : ifrm.contentDocument;
    ifrm.document.open();
    ifrm.document.write(text);
    ifrm.document.close();
}

*

*A disadvantage I can think of in using this method is that if the response HTML has frame-busting code or if it depends on the window.location value for some reason, this will likely fail.

*OTOH, the advantage in doing it using iframes over doing it using the .html() method as suggested by herostwist is that .html() uses the browser's native innerHTML property and so the behaviour becomes browser-specific; a browser may strip away script or head which will probably not help you debug. Additionally, if there are elements with the same id on the calling page and the response page, you might find that event handlers do not get attached to the response page's elements. But if these cases aren't applicable to your situation, this should be good enough too.

A: According to the jquery ajax documentation if you set the datatype to html "Returns HTML as plain text; included script tags are evaluated when inserted in the DOM." so your method should work if you force the datatype to html.

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Benghan spent almost three weeks in the hospital due to his injuries. During that time, he received more than a foot of skin grafts covering about three quarters of the perimeter of his right hand and arm. The skin used for his grafts was harvested from his thigh, to repair the areas of his arms. He also spent his days in occupational and physical therapy, regaining his mobility and strength that were affected by his burn injuries.
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Therapists also used a heat massage therapy machine to relax tight skin areas and increase blood flow, thus reducing pains and itching due to nerve regeneration.
In the weeks that followed his discharge, Benghan began to develop hypertrophic scarring. A hypertrophic scar is a thickened, raised scar that can develop when the skin is injured and is due to the body's abnormal response to a trauma or injury. When the skin is injured, body cells try to heal it by depositing collagens. When the body cells produce too much collagen, the scars become raised. They are a frequent complication of burn injuries and are not considered dangerous or life-threatening. They are, however, painful and itchy.
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Essays are one of the writing activities used to cultivate and expand knowledge and arguments. Most of the time, students are given a question, which they must answer in a form of an essay. Writing one may be tough, especially if the topic or question handed over is not a familiar one.
For an individual to be able to come up with a comprehensive essay, he or she must allocate time for essay writing. A student will have to organize ideas and thoughts in order to successfully write a comprehensive essay. Following these simple steps will help one meet the requirement as instructed.
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Nationwide Unemployment Scam Targets Mass. Claimants
Criminals in possession of stolen personal information from earlier national data breaches have been attempting to file large numbers of illegitimate unemployment claims, according to the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
By Leslie Gaydos and Melissa Simas Tyler • Published May 28, 2020 • Updated on May 28, 2020 at 5:58 pm
A growing number of people across Massachusetts have been approved for unemployment benefits, even though they never applied for them due to a nationwide scam.
Erik Liddell got a letter last week saying his unemployment claim had been approved.
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"I received a notice of monetary determination, basically saying I filed a claim on May 19," Liddell said. "The problem being, I'm employed and didn't file a claim."
Liddel is one of many people targeted in the nationwide unemployment fraud scheme that has hit Massachusetts.
The state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development issued a warning about it Wednesday saying criminals in possession of stolen personal information from earlier national data breaches have been attempting to file large numbers of illegitimate unemployment claims through the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance.
State officials are urging anyone who thinks they had a false unemployment claim filed in their name to fill out a Department of Unemployment Assistance fraud contact form online or call the customer service department.
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Liddel said he had a hard time trying to get through.
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NBC10 Boston Responds reached out to DUA about Liddel's situation. They did not respond to our questions, but Liddel said he was contacted directly and told that they had put a block on his claim.
Professor of white-collar crime at Bentley University, Steve Weisman, said if you've been targeted in this scam you need to be on alert.
People who are searching for work during the pandemic are being targeted by scammers.
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The state says it is working rapidly to respond to this scheme and to filter out these fraudulent filings. But they say that effort will, unfortunately, mean that some claimants will experience temporary delays in getting their unemployment payments.
If you think you've been a victim of this scam, utilize the DUA fraud contact form or call DUA customer service at 877-626-6800.
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Q: Uploading a cloned canvas photo by dynamically creating a html file element with the default value being the canvas image I'm trying to apply image filters to an image and have the file element be recreated every time a filter is clicked. Thus, the  would be pseudo code. Its still saying the file field is null and im not sure why.
I'm trying to pass the file to my php script that handles uploads but im not sure how to do that in the script because my javascript skills aren't good enough..
HTML

  <form method="post" id="fileinfo" name="fileinfo" onsubmit="return submitForm();">

                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>

Choose picture to upload as profile pic.

 Normal

 Vintage

 Lomo

 Clarity

 Sin City

 Sunrise

 Cross Process

 Orange Peel

 Love

 Grungy

 Jarques

 Pinhole

 Old Boot

 Glowing Sun

 Hazy Days

 Her Majesty

 Nostalgia

 Hemingway

 Concentrate

                Download Image-

                <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                <input type="submit" value="Upload" class="btn btn-info" data-dismiss="modal" onClick="return submitForm();"/>

  </form>

JavaScript:
$(function() {
    /*
        In this code, we are going to do the following:
        1. Accept an image on drag and drop
        2. Create a new canvas element (original), with a max size
           of 500x500px (customizable) and keep it in memory
        3. Listen for clicks on the filters. When one is selected:
                3.1 Create a clone of the original canvas
                3.2 Remove any canvas elements currently on the page
                3.3 Append the clone to the #photo div
                3.4 If the selected filter is different from the "Normal"
                    one, call the Caman library. Otherwise do nothing.
                3.5 Mark the selected filter with the "active" class
        4. Trigger the "Normal" filter
    */
    var maxWidth = 500,
        maxHeight = 500,
        photo = $('#photo'),
        originalCanvas = null,
        filters = $('#filters li a'),
        filterContainer = $('#filterContainer');
    // Use the fileReader plugin to listen for
    // file drag and drop on the photo div:
    photo.fileReaderJS({
        on:{
            load: function(e, file){
                // An image has been dropped.
                var img = $('').appendTo(photo),
                    imgWidth, newWidth,
                    imgHeight, newHeight,
                    ratio;
                // Remove canvas elements left on the page
                // from previous image drag/drops.
                photo.find('canvas').remove();
                filters.removeClass('active');

                // When the image is loaded successfully,
                // we can find out its width/height:
                img.load(function() {
                    imgWidth  = this.width;
                    imgHeight = this.height;
                    // Calculate the new image dimensions, so they fit
                    // inside the maxWidth x maxHeight bounding box
                    if (imgWidth >= maxWidth || imgHeight >= maxHeight) {
                        // The image is too large,
                        // resize it to fit a 500x500 square!
                        if (imgWidth > imgHeight) {
                            // Wide
                            ratio = imgWidth / maxWidth;
                            newWidth = maxWidth;
                            newHeight = imgHeight / ratio;
                        } else {
                            // Tall or square
                            ratio = imgHeight / maxHeight;
                            newHeight = maxHeight;
                            newWidth = imgWidth / ratio;
                        }
                    } else {
                        newHeight = imgHeight;
                        newWidth = imgWidth;
                    }
                    // Create the original canvas.
                    originalCanvas = $('<canvas>');
                    var originalContext = originalCanvas[0].getContext('2d');
                    // Set the attributes for centering the canvas
                    originalCanvas.attr({
                        width: newWidth,
                        height: newHeight
                    }).css({
                        marginTop: -newHeight/2,
                        marginLeft: -newWidth/2
                    });
                    // Draw the dropped image to the canvas
                    // with the new dimensions
                    originalContext.drawImage(this, 0, 0, newWidth, newHeight);
                    // We don't need this any more
                    img.remove();
                    filterContainer.fadeIn();
                    // Trigger the default "normal" filter
                    filters.first().click();
                });
                // Set the src of the img, which will
                // trigger the load event when done:
                img.attr('src', e.target.result);
            },
            beforestart: function(file){
                // Accept only images.
                // Returning false will reject the file.
                return /^image/.test(file.type);
            }
        }
    });
    // Listen for clicks on the filters
    filters.click(function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        var f = $(this);
        if(f.is('.active')){

            // Apply filters only once
            return false;
        }
        filters.removeClass('active');
        f.addClass('active');
        // Clone the canvas
        var clone = originalCanvas.clone();
        // Clone the image stored in the canvas as well
        clone[0].getContext('2d').drawImage(originalCanvas[0],0,0);
        // Add the clone to the page and trigger
        // the Caman library on it
        photo.find('canvas').remove().end().append(clone);
        var effect = $.trim(f[0].id);
        Caman(clone[0], function () {
            // If such an effect exists, use it:
            if( effect in this){
                this[effect]();
                this.render();
        var url = clone[0].toDataURL("image/png;base64;");
        $("#output_file").html('<input type="file" name="file" value="'+url+'" required / >');
                // Show the download button
                showDownload(clone[0]);
            }
            else{
                hideDownload();
            }
        });
    });
    // Use the mousewheel plugin to scroll
    // scroll the div more intuitively
    filterContainer.find('ul').on('mousewheel',function(e, delta){
        this.scrollLeft -= (delta * 50);
        e.preventDefault();
    });
    var downloadImage = $('a.downloadImage');
    function showDownload(canvas){
        downloadImage.off('click').click(function(){
            // When the download link is clicked, get the
            // DataURL of the image and set it as href:
            var url = canvas.toDataURL("image/png;base64;");
            downloadImage.attr('href', url);
        }).fadeIn();
    }
    function hideDownload(){
        downloadImage.fadeOut();
    }
});

PHP:
<?php
$username = $_POST["username"];
$timestamp = $_POST["timestamp"];
$allowedExts = array("gif", "jpeg", "jpg", "png");
$temp = explode(".", $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
$extension = end($temp);
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/x-png")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/png"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 200000)
&& in_array($extension, $allowedExts)) {
    if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) {
        #echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
    } else {
        $filename = $username.$timestamp.$_FILES["file"]["name"];
        #echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
";
        #echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
";
        #echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " kB
";
        #echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "
";
        if (file_exists("images/profile_images/" . $filename)) {
            echo $filename . " already exists. ";
        } else {
            move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
            "images/profile_images/" . $filename);
            echo "images/profile_images/" . $filename;
        }
    }
} else {
    echo "Invalid file";
}
?>

As per Rayon's Comment I'm doing the following:
This is appending the base64 to the form data on my main page every time a filter is clicked. Thus, when someone clicks upload it will send that data to the pho script.
var fd = new FormData(document.getElementById("fileinfo"));
fd.append("file_upload", clone[0].toDataURL("image/png;base64;"));

Here is my current JavaScript for handling the AJAX request:
function submitForm() {
  if (get_user != logged_username) {} else {
    var d = new Date();
    var time = d.getTime();
    //console.log(document.getElementById("file"));
    var fd = new FormData(document.getElementById("fileinfo"));
    //console.log(fd);
    fd.append("username", logged_username);
    fd.append("timestamp", time);
    $.ajax({
      url: "upload_photo.php",
      type: "POST",
      data: fd,
      enctype: 'multipart/form-data',
      processData: false, // tell jQuery not to process the data
      contentType: false // tell jQuery not to set contentType
    }).done(function(data) {
      if (data.indexOf("Invalid") >= 0) {
        alert('invalid file type, must be jpeg, jpg, or png.');
      } else {
        var post = {
          "pic_location": data,
          "time": time,
          "username": logged_username
        };
        console.log(data);
        var json_data = post;
        Cynergi.insert('http://thhd.com:3000/profile_pictures', json_data);
        //this is where we save the photos location to the db for retrieveal.
      }
    });
    return false;
  }
}

and then the php:
<?php

    // requires php5
    define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'images/profile_images/');
    $img = $_POST['file_info'];
    $img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $img);
    $img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
    $data = base64_decode($img);
    $file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.png';
    $success = file_put_contents($file, $data);
    echo $file;
    print $success ? $file : 'Unable to save the file.';

?>

logging output shows:

data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAfQAAAH0CAYAAADL1t+KAAAgAElEQ…P3PeerM0GN4J7vE4xyTdlT34hvfOMbuiYnL6xlqkUu4v8BZ033tp7lXCwAAAAASUVORK5CYII=

php returns unable to save file, and it saves a file with 0 bytes.
This works but it puts a file with 0 bytes and I'm not sure why.

A: There is no need to have a file input. You can draw image on the canvas and redraw it after every action of user and if you are willing to store that image then you need to manipulate Base64 data of image into image using php script..


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package processors

import (
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/models"
)

// NewStreamingProcessorFromProcessor is a converter that turns a standard
// processor into a streaming processor
func NewStreamingProcessorFromProcessor(p telegraf.Processor) telegraf.StreamingProcessor {
	sp := &streamingProcessor{
		processor: p,
	}
	return sp
}

type streamingProcessor struct {
	processor telegraf.Processor
	acc       telegraf.Accumulator
	Log       telegraf.Logger
}

func (sp *streamingProcessor) SampleConfig() string {
	return sp.processor.SampleConfig()
}

func (sp *streamingProcessor) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
	sp.acc = acc
	return nil
}

func (sp *streamingProcessor) Add(m telegraf.Metric, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
	for _, m := range sp.processor.Apply(m) {
		acc.AddMetric(m)
	}
	return nil
}

func (sp *streamingProcessor) Stop() {
}

// Make the streamingProcessor of type Initializer to be able
// to call the Init method of the wrapped processor if
// needed
func (sp *streamingProcessor) Init() error {
	models.SetLoggerOnPlugin(sp.processor, sp.Log)
	if p, ok := sp.processor.(telegraf.Initializer); ok {
		err := p.Init()
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// Unwrap lets you retrieve the original telegraf.Processor from the
// StreamingProcessor. This is necessary because the toml Unmarshaller won't
// look inside composed types.
func (sp *streamingProcessor) Unwrap() telegraf.Processor {
	return sp.processor
}

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Q: convert getLastLocation() result into separate latitude and longitude I successfully retrieved the last location. I found many answers on SO about calculating the difference in distance between two points, but they seem to have their latitude and longitude separated?
My result is this(numbers changed for example):
Location[fused 12.345678,-123.456789 acc=30 et=+19h26m17s811ms]

How do I separate the latitude and longitude for use like this:
float[] results = new float[3];
Location.distanceBetween(startLatitude, startLongitude, endLatitude, endLongitude, results);
float distanceInMeters = results[0]

I found this code on this stack overflow question: distance between two locations is not right?

A: A Location has 2 methods to calculate the distance to another Location:

*

*static void distanceBetween(double startLatitude, double startLongitude, double endLatitude, double endLongitude, float[] results)which writes the distance to the results array

*float distanceTo(Location dest) which returns the distance as a float.

So you can either call distanceTo on your Location-object, or you can call Location.distanceBetween and pass in the 2 Latitude/Longitude pairs.


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SPMB Recruits CFO for Pear VC
October 19, 2021 – Chief financial officers continue to be in high demand. Finding them is keeping many of the nation's top recruitment operations busier than ever. SPMB, an executive search firm that helps find transformative executives throughout Silicon Valley, has assisted in the placement of Anna Nitschke as the new CFO of Pear VC. Suzanne Heske, who heads SPMB's investment practice, led the assignment.
"Our journey to finding the perfect partner for Pear was deliberate and extensive, as we screened over 380 candidates," said Pear VC. "When we met Anna, we knew she was the right partner. Anna exudes the Pear DNA: smart, ambitious, humble, and a team player with a wealth of experience." Ms. Nitschke will manage all financial functions and internal operations of the firm and its funds, spanning across fundraising, fund finance strategy, portfolio monitoring and more. She will also provide essential support to the VC firm's companies and make connections to its partners and resources. Pear's portfolio over the past eight years has grown to be worth over $90 billion."
Strong Experience
Prior to Pear, Ms. Nitschke led finance and operations at Eniac Ventures. Before entering the venture capital world, she worked in business operations for over a decade at various start-ups, using her broad background in finance, human resources, and administration management to help companies scale.
In 2004, Ms. Nitschke moved from Europe to California for college, and she graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor's degree in business management economics. She is an active member of various Bay Area and New York City venture finance groups and a volunteer mentor with several organizations.
For over 40 years, SPMB has worked alongside its clients to build executive teams that ensure venture capital and private equity-backed game-changers achieve scale, and position multi-billion-dollar public companies to unlock innovation. Specializing in technology and innovation, SPMB recruits upper management and board members to growth-oriented companies in tech, consumer, and sustainability industries. SPMB has also placed dozens of senior executives at the portfolio companies of leading private equity firm partners including Blackstone, KKR and TPG.
Related: SPMB Recruits Chief Product Officer for Magnifi
Ms. Heske joined SPMB in 2019 to spearhead its investment practice. She is focused on recruiting transformational leaders to private equity, venture capital and asset management firms. Ms. Heske is also leading the firm's cryptocurrency and blockchain efforts. She joined SPMB from Caldwell Partners, where she ran the firm's West Coast financial services team. Prior to becoming an executive search professional, Ms. Heske spent 15 years working for financial services companies, including Merrill Lynch, Fidelity, and Piper Jaffray as an institutional salesperson.
This spring, SPMB assisted in the placement of former Apple creative leader Steve Turner as chief experience officer of Impossible Foods. Partner Becky Stein led the search. "Steve Turner was the best of an exceptionally talented group of all-star candidates to take Impossible to the next level of brand love and recognition," said Pat Brown, founder and CEO of Impossible Foods. "Steve stood out for his unusually broad range of experiences across technology, entertainment, sports and health industries, in both the United States and Europe. I'm positive he will help transform Impossible Foods into the world's most beloved brand."
In 2017, Mr. Turner founded Sublime, a strategic creative consulting firm that advises CEOs, CMOs and other executives. Before that, he spent 11 years at Apple, where he rose to global executive creative director for Apple's Media Arts Lab. He worked with Steve Jobs and helped launch Apple's unprecedented stream of disruptive new technologies from iPod+iTunes, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Music. Mr. Turner has also worked with Jimmy Iovine at Beats and Phil Knight at Nike. As both an internal employee and a consultant, he's helped guide the creative work for some of the world's most innovative companies, including Apple, Adidas, Apeel, Beautycounter, Bird, Lululemon, Samsung, Quiet, Nike and the BBC.
SPMB Recruits CEO for Shutterfly
The private equity sector is witnessing an explosive bidding war for top leaders as portfolio companies expand their needs for C-suite talent. SPMB, an executive search firm that helps find transformative executives throughout Silicon Valley, recently placed Hilary Schneider as the new CEO of Shutterfly, which was acquired earlier this year by private equity firm Apollo Global Management. She succeeds Ryan O'Hara, effective Jan. 15. Partner Becky Stein led the search.
"Hilary is an accomplished executive with significant digital industry expertise and a focus on innovation and superior customer experiences that will support Shutterfly's next chapter," said Reed Rayman of the Apollo private equity team and a member of Shutterfly's board of directors. "We look forward to partnering with Hilary as well as the Shutterfly management team and employees to grow its three divisions and deliver the best products and services to consumers."
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UK ambassador 'lobbied' US senators to obscure Britain's complicity in CIA rendition program
– UK ambassador 'lobbied' US senators to obscure Britain's complicity in CIA rendition program (RT, Aug 19, 2014):
Records published under Britain's Freedom of Information (FOI) Act have compounded concerns that the UK government lobbied US officials to keep Britain's role in CIA torture and rendition out of a soon-to-be published Senate report.
Newly-released data reveals Britain's ambassador to the US, Peter Westmacott, engaged in at least 21 separate meetings with members of the US Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) prior to its publication of this report, heightening existing allegations that the British government may be seeking to sanitize the document.
Read moreUK ambassador 'lobbied' US senators to obscure Britain's complicity in CIA rendition program
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FLASHBACK: Former UK Ambassador: CIA Sent People To Uzbekistan For Extreme Torture: 'Raped With Broken Bottles' – 'Boiled Alive' – 'Having Their Children Tortured In Front Of Them'
June 5, 2013 June 5, 2013 by Infinite
– Former UK ambassador: CIA sent people to Uzbekistan for extreme torture, to be 'raped with broken bottles,' 'boiled alive' and 'having their children tortured in front of them' (Nov 4, 2009)
Categories Global News, Politics Tags Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Children, CIA, Craig Murray, Crime, Gas, George Bush, Global News, Government, Hamid Karzai, Human Rights, Interrogation, Military, NATO, Oil, Osama Bin Laden, Politics, Rendition, Terrorism, Terrorists, Torture, U.K., U.S., Uzbekistan, War, War Crimes, War on Terror 2 Comments
Aussie Government Whitewashes FBI Assassination/Rendition Try For Former Spy (Veterans Today)
– Aussie Govt. Whitewashes FBI Assassination/Rendition Try For Former Spy (Veterans Today, Oct 9, 2012)
– The Truth About The Woman Who Stopped The 2007 Invasion Of Iran (Veterans Today)
Categories Global News, Politics Tags Assassination, Australia, Global News, Government, Gwyneth Todd, Military, Politics, Rendition, U.S. Leave a comment
Amnesty International condemns 'weak' EU over human rights
May 27, 2010 by Infinite
Amnesty International has accused the EU being "weak" and failing to protect human rights, citing the bloc's tolerance of the CIA's rendition flights and secret detention programme.
The group said several European countries had repeatedly violated rulings by the European Court of Human Rights against the return of terror suspects to countries where they are at risk of torture.
The human rights group's annual global report, released on Thursday, also noted "clear accountability gaps" in the EU's foreign policy.
It cited the bloc's "weak and incoherent" response to a UN report which found that Israel had committed war crimes in Gaza in 2009, and to similar allegations against government forces in Sri Lanka.
Amnesty also criticised the UN for its failure to intervene during the fighting in Sri Lanka. Thousands were killed during the war, and the UN at the time described the conflict as a "bloodbath".
Amnesty also accused the EU and the US of using their influence with the UN Security Council to "shield" Israel from accountability in Gaza.
Read moreAmnesty International condemns 'weak' EU over human rights
Categories Global News, Politics, Society Tags Amnesty International, Barack Obama, CIA, Detention, EU, Gaza, Global News, Guantánamo, Human Rights, Israel, Obama administration, Politics, Rendition, Society, Sri Lanka, Torture, U.N., U.S. Leave a comment
Italy convicts 23 CIA agents in rendition trial
There is no change:
– ACLU hits Obama administration hard over torture controversies:
"The Obama administration has now fully embraced the Bush administration's shameful effort to immunize torturers and their enablers from any legal consequences for their actions," said Ben Wizner, an ACLU lawyer representing the five men, in a press release. "The CIA's rendition and torture program is not a 'state secret;' it's an international scandal.
If the Obama administration has its way, no torture victim will ever have his day in court, and future administrations will be free to pursue torture policies without any fear of liability."
Here is what consequences this could have for every human being on earth. They can do this to everyone in their way:
– Former UK ambassador: CIA sent people to Uzbekistan for extreme torture, to be 'raped with broken bottles,' 'boiled alive' and 'having their children tortured in front of them'
MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.
The Americans were all tried in absentia because the United States refused to extradite them.
The U.S. State Department expressed its disappointment with the verdict, the first of its kind, but campaigners who have long complained that the renditions policy violated basic human rights said the ruling set an important precedent.
"This decision sends a clear message to all governments that even in the fight against terrorism you can't forsake the basic rights of our democracies," said prosecutor Armando Spataro.
Read moreItaly convicts 23 CIA agents in rendition trial
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Former UK ambassador: CIA sent people to Uzbekistan for extreme torture, to be 'raped with broken bottles,' 'boiled alive' and 'having their children tortured in front of them'
This is a MUST-READ.
This is "winning the hearts and minds of people" in action. This is how the US creates real terrorists.
Soldiers wake up! You die for nothing in Afghanistan except corporate profit benefiting only the elite.
The following videos were posted to YouTube by the Real News Network on Oct. 26 and Nov. 4, 2009.
The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.
Craig Murray, the rector of the University of Dundee in Scotland and until 2004 the UK's ambassador to Uzbekistan, said the CIA not only relied on confessions gleaned through extreme torture, it sent terror war suspects to Uzbekistan as part of its extraordinary rendition program.
"I'm talking of people being raped with broken bottles," he said at a lecture late last month that was re-broadcast by the Real News Network. "I'm talking of people having their children tortured in front of them until they sign a confession. I'm talking of people being boiled alive. And the intelligence from these torture sessions was being received by the CIA, and was being passed on."
Former UK ambassador Craig Murray
Human rights groups have long been raising the alarm about the legal system in Uzbekistan. In 2007, Human Rights Watch declared that torture is "endemic" to the country's justice system.
Murray said he only realized after his stint as ambassador that the CIA was sending people to be tortured in Uzbekistan, country he describes as a "totalitarian" state that has never moved on from its communist era, when it was a part of the Soviet Union.
Suspects in Uzbekistan's gulags "were being told to confess to membership in Al Qaeda. They were told to confess they'd been in training camps in Afghanistan. They were told to confess they had met Osama bin Laden in person. And the CIA intelligence constantly echoed these themes."
"I was absolutely stunned — it changed my whole world view in an instant — to be told that London knew [the intelligence] coming from torture, that it was not illegal because our legal advisers had decided that under the United Nations convention against torture, it is not illegal to obtain or use intelligence gained from torture as long as we didn't do the torture ourselves," Murray said.
IT'S THE PIPELINE, STUPID
Murray asserts that the primary motivation for US and British military involvement in central Asia has to do with large natural gas deposits in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. As evidence, he points to the plans to build a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan that would allow Western oil companies to avoid Russia and Iran when transporting natural gas out of the region.
Murray alleged that in the late 1990s the Uzbek ambassador to the US met with then-Texas Governor George W. Bush to discuss a pipeline for the region, and out of that meeting came agreements that would see Texas-based Enron gain the rights to Uzbekistan's natural gas deposits, while oil company Unocal worked on developing the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
"The consultant who was organizing this for Unocal was a certain Mr. Karzai, who is now president of Afghanistan," Murray noted.
Read moreFormer UK ambassador: CIA sent people to Uzbekistan for extreme torture, to be 'raped with broken bottles,' 'boiled alive' and 'having their children tortured in front of them'
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ACLU hits Obama administration hard over torture controversies
"The Obama administration has now fully embraced the Bush administration's shameful effort to immunize torturers and their enablers from any legal consequences for their actions," said Ben Wizner, an ACLU lawyer representing the five men, in a press release. "The CIA's rendition and torture program is not a 'state secret;' it's an international scandal. If the Obama administration has its way, no torture victim will ever have his day in court, and future administrations will be free to pursue torture policies without any fear of liability."
Change you can believe in!
The American Civil Liberties Union had strong words on Friday for the Obama administration's efforts to block the release of torture photos and its attempts to end a lawsuit over extraordinary rendition.
The ACLU criticized the White House's deal with Congress, struck on Thursday, which eliminated a provision in a military financing bill that would have blocked the release of torture photos – but only after President Barack Obama promised to "use every legal and administrative remedy" available to keep the photos from the public.
"Keeping the photos secret while letting the high level perpetrators off the hook cannot be tolerated if we are to get an America we can be proud of again," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU. "This information is necessary to create an accurate historical record and to force an increasingly recalcitrant Justice Department to undertake a criminal investigation of those who authorized and implemented the Bush administration's torture program."
Read moreACLU hits Obama administration hard over torture controversies
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What does Creatine Supplement Normally Do in the Body?
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and is derived from the diet through meat and animal products.
In the body, creatine is changed into a molecule called "phosphocreatine" which serves as a storage reservoir for quick energy.
Phosphocreatine is especially important in tissues such as the voluntary muscles and the nervous system which periodically require large amounts of energy.
Studies have shown that creatine can increase the performance of athletes in activities that require quick bursts of energy, such as sprinting, and can help athletes to recover faster after expanding bursts of energy.
Two scientific studies have indicated that creatine may be beneficial for neuromuscular disorders.
First, a study by MDA-funded researcher M. Flint Beal of Cornell University Medical Center demonstrated that creatine was twice as effective as the prescription drug riluzole in extending the lives of mice with the degenerative neural disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease).
Second, a study by Canadian researchers Mark Tarnopolsky and Joan Martin of McMaster University Medical Center in Ontario found that creatine can cause modest increases in strength in people with a variety of neuromuscular disorders.
Beal's work was published in the March 1999 issue of Nature Neuroscience and the second paper was published in the March 1999 issue of Neurology.
For the most part, athletes haven't experienced adverse side-effects from taking creatine, although recently there have been a few reports of kidney damage linked to creatine usage. No consistent toxicity has been reported in studies of creatine supplementation.
An other side effect of taking Creatine Supplement is Dehydration. So Consider drinking a lot of water while taking creatine.
Athletes generally take a "loading dose" of 20 grams of creatine a day for five or six days. They continue with a "maintenance dose" of 2 to 5 grams of creatine a day thereafter.
Little is known about long-term side effects of creatine, but no consistent toxicity has been reported in studies of creatine supplementation.
In a study of side effects of creatine, diarrhea was the most commonly reported adverse effect of creatine supplementation, followed by muscle cramping.
18 Some reports showed that kidney, liver, and blood functions were not affected by short-term higher amounts or long-term lower amounts of creatine supplementation in healthy young adults.
In a small study of people taking 5–30 grams per day, no change in kidney function appeared after up to five years of supplementation.
Muscle cramping after creatine supplementation has been anecdotally reported in some studies.
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NEISA is the smallest district geographically with the greatest number of competitive teams. As a result, there are regattas for every level of sailor every weekend.
9. We sail in the most competitive district in the country.
The URI Sailing Team competes in New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA), the most competitive district in the country, against teams including Yale, Dartmouth, Boston College, and Tufts.
8. We are more than just Rhode Island; 45% of our students are from out-of-state.
URI's 14,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students come from all over the country, representing 46 US states and territories. This mix of students adds to the rich diversity of the University and illustrates just how desirable it is to live and go to school in Kingston, RI.
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Applications from out-of-state students are now more than twice that of in-state applications, and combined SAT scores of all enrolled students continue to rise, now averaging almost 1200. With hundreds of majors to select from, you are assured great educational opportunity.
6. Short travel time to competitions.
URI is centrally located to all other New England teams (NEISA) so travel time is limited. Most of our events are located within a two-hour drive.
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Newport, sailing capital of the east coast, is only 25 minutes away. It offers the best competitive sailing in the off season, whether it be the Tuesday night team racing, Thursday night J/24 series, the Sunday Laser Frostbite series or Grand Prix Racers, you'll never sail against so many champions at one time.
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With our state-of-the art sailing center, fleet of 18 FJs, and superb sailing conditions, sailors love our venue.
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A salt water estuary, Salt Pond is a spectacular setting for sailing year-round. Connecting to Point Judith and on to Block Island Sound, the conditions and the scenery are forever changing. This site allows the team the versatility of practicing on the "pond" or in the ocean, giving URI some of the most spectacular and variable sailing conditions that can be found in college sailing.
2. A 70 year history of winning.
Year after year we supply All-Americans, Kennedy Cup winners, members of America's Cup teams, and US Olympic sailors [see our list of Notable Alumni ]. And now, with Skip Whyte as our coach, we feel assured of a great many more winning seasons ahead.
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POV-Ray (Persistence of Vision – wörtlich etwa: Die Beharrlichkeit/Trägheit des Sehens/Nachbild auf der Netzhaut – wie nach einem Blick in die Sonne) ist ein Ray-Tracer, also ein 3D-Computergrafikprogramm. Die möglichen Mehrdeutigkeiten bei der Interpretation des Namens sind beabsichtigt. Der Rechenaufwand zur Bilderzeugung ist so hoch, dass ein Personal Computer auch heute (2018) mehrere Minuten bis Stunden oder sogar Tage mit der Berechnung eines einzigen Bildes beschäftigt sein kann.

Technik
POV-Ray ist ein reiner Renderer und beinhaltet keinen eigenen 3D-Modellierer. Die Definition der dargestellten Szene geschieht mittels einer eigenen Szenen-Beschreibungssprache (Scene-Description-Language, SDL), deren Syntax den Programmiersprachen C und C++ ähnelt. Zur Erstellung komplexer Modelle können externe Tools verwendet werden, beispielsweise Moray oder KPovModeler.

Im Gegensatz zu den sonst üblichen Renderern basieren die zugrundeliegenden Daten nicht auf Polygonen, sondern auf mathematischen Formeln und Körpern. Dadurch ist es beispielsweise möglich, Fraktale dreidimensional darzustellen. Dies hat jedoch zur Folge, dass die Kompatibilität stark eingeschränkt ist. Es gibt viele Konvertierungsprogramme von anderen 3D-Grafikformaten ins POV-Ray-Format, aber keines, welches POV-Ray-Daten ohne Informationsverlust in ein anderes Format umwandeln kann.

POV-Ray beherrscht Raytracing, eine daran angepasste Radiosity-Berechnung und rudimentäre Photon Maps zur Berechnung von Kaustiken.

Der Komplexität der gerenderten Bilder sind keine theoretischen Grenzen gesetzt; in der Praxis ist die zur Verfügung stehende Rechenzeit der begrenzende Faktor.

Geschichte
Um 1986 besaß David Kirk Buck einen Amiga-Computer. Einer seiner Freunde zeigte ihm zu dieser Zeit einen Raytracer, der jedoch nicht mit Bucks Amiga kompatibel war. Daher schrieb er die entsprechenden Treiber, um den Tracer selber nutzen zu können. Dieser Raytracer konnte lediglich eine schwarze oder weiße Ebene darstellen sowie einfache Kugeln. Da Buck jedoch trotzdem von dem Programm beeindruckt war, programmierte er das Programm ein wenig weiter, sodass dieses auch Farb-Darstellungen unterstützte. Dabei erkannte er, dass es besser sei, einen eigenen Raytracer zu entwickeln – DKBTrace war geboren.

Im Jahre 1987 oder 1988 wurde Buck von Aaron Collins kontaktiert, da dieser DKBTrace so modifiziert hatte, dass es – statt wie zuvor nur auf dem Amiga – auch auf einem PC einzusetzen war. Dadurch entstand eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Buck und Collins. Während die zwei an Version 2.12 von DKBTrace – der letzten veröffentlichten Version – arbeiteten, wurden sie auf eine Gruppe von Menschen aufmerksam, die sehr interessiert an DKBTrace waren und viele verschiedene Szenen damit erstellten. Da diese Gruppe frustriert war, dass Buck und Collins nicht schnell genug neue Funktionen in DKBTrace einbauen konnten, machten sie den Vorschlag, einen weiteren neuen Raytracer zu entwickeln. Da Buck zu dieser Zeit immer weniger Zeit mit Raytracing verbrachte, machte er dieser Gruppe auf CompuServe das Angebot, einen neuen Raytracer auf Basis von DKBTrace zu entwickeln. Dieses Angebot verknüpfte er mit drei Bedingungen:
 Das Programm muss als Freeware angeboten werden sowie der Quellcode frei verfügbar sein
 Das Programm muss plattformunabhängig sein
 Das Programm muss einen anderen Namen als "DKBTrace" haben
Da man mit diesen Bedingungen einverstanden war, begab man sich an die Namensfindung, wobei der Name "Persistance Of Vision Raytracer" vorgeschlagen wurde, welcher letztendlich zu "POV-Ray" gekürzt wurde.

Die erste veröffentlichte Version von POV-Ray – POV-Ray 0.5 – war im Grunde eine verbesserte Version von DKBTrace, denn POV-Ray 0.5 nutze noch die gleiche Syntax, hatte allerdings weit mehr Funktionen als DKBTrace 2.12. Erst mit Version 1.0 wurde eine eigene Syntax für POV-Ray entwickelt. Zur Zeit der Veröffentlichung von POV-Ray 2.0 verließ auch Buck das Entwickler-Team, nachdem Collins es bereits vorher verlassen hatte, und Chris Cason wurde Leiter des Entwickler-Teams.

Die derzeitige offizielle Version für alle Systeme von POV-Ray ist 3.7.0 (erschienen am 6. November 2013). Die Version 3.7 beinhaltet als größte Neuerung die Unterstützung von Multithreading. Außerdem gibt es kleinere Syntaxänderungen und Sprachergänzungen. Ab der Version 3.7.0 wird die Software unter der GNU Affero General Public License Ausgabe 3 (AGPLv3) veröffentlicht.

Versionen
Es existierten Versionen für fast alle gängigen Betriebssysteme, insbesondere einige die auf verteilten Systemen (Clustern) betrieben werden können. Somit steht die Rechenleistung von POV-Ray im direkten Verhältnis zur Anzahl der zur Verfügung stehenden Rechner und ist durch dieses skalierbar. Auf neueren MacOS-Versionen wird POV-Ray nicht mehr unterstützt.

Anwendung

Szenenaufbau
Eine Szene wird mittels einer Programmiersprache, der "Scene Description Language" (SDL), beschrieben. Alle Elemente der Szene, wie Kamera, Lichtquellen, Objekte und Hintergrund, können sehr detailliert beschrieben werden. Die SDL enthält eine Reihe von Elementen, die auch "normale" Programmiersprachen ausmachen, wie zum Beispiel Variablen, Schleifen, Arrays, If-Abfragen usw. So lassen sich komplexe Szenen unter Umständen mit wenigen Programmzeilen beschreiben.

Beispiel-Grundszene

// Grundgerüst
#include "colors.inc"
global_settings {
    assumed_gamma 1.0
}
camera {
    location <0,0.5,-4>
    look_at  <0,0,0>
}
sky_sphere {
    pigment {
        gradient y
        color_map {
            [0.0 rgb <0.6,0.7,1.0>]
            [0.7 rgb <0.0,0.1,0.8>]
        }
    }
}
light_source {
    <-30,30,-30>
    color rgb <1,1,1>
}
// Szeneninhalt

// Eine grüne Ebene
plane {
    y, -1
    pigment {
        color rgb <0.2,0.8,0.2>
    }
}
// Eine rote Kugel
sphere {
    <0,0,1>, 1
    texture {
        pigment {
            color Red
        }
    }
}

Solche Szenen können schnell große Komplexität annehmen, wenn man z. B. mit POV-Ray ein Gebäude nachbildet oder eine Animation erstellt.

Grundobjekte

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website
 Kleine Einführung in das Programm
 Friedrich A. Lohmüller: POV-Ray Tutorial
 Icons mit Povray und deren Skripte
 sr-povray Eine von Leo Brewin um Lorentzkontraktion erweiterte Version 3.6
 Introduction to POV-Ray

Einzelnachweise

3D-Grafiksoftware
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