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Full-frame Sony A7S bucks trend with fewer, larger pixels for great low-light shooting, native 4K video
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by Mike Tomkins
posted Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 5:00 PM EST
Just half a day before the National Association of Broadcasters kick off their annual tradeshow in Las Vegas, Sony has announced its latest -- and arguably, most exciting -- full-frame mirrorless camera to date, the Sony A7S. (The 'S' standing for "sensitivity", the key goal of this model.) The company has played its cards very close to its chest for this launch, keeping most details of the camera under wraps, so our coverage is necessarily a work in progress. What we do know about the A7S is extremely interesting, though. Low-light shooters and videographers alike are going to be fighting to get their hands on this camera!
In most respects, the Sony A7S is very similar to the A7 and A7R, but there's one critical difference: its brand-new image sensor. This is key for two reasons: It has much lower resolution than is typical these days, especially for a full-frame camera, and that lower resolution has allowed Sony to significantly increase sensitivity. By default, the Sony A7S has a sensitivity range of ISO 100 to 102,400 equivalents for still imaging, and ISO 200 to 102,400 equivalents for video. This range can be expanded for still shooting to encompass everything from ISO 50 to 409,600 equivalents in still shooting, and ISO 200 to 409,600 equivalents for video.
The Sony A7S trades off resolution in the quest for higher sensitivity and native 4K video.
Yes, we've seen a similar range from the Nikon D4s, but we're led to expect a significantly lower level of noise -- and hence, much more useful results -- from the A7S' 12-megapixel sensor than can be derived from the older, higher-resolution 16-megapixel chip in that camera. If that pans out, and we see no reason to expect it not to do so, the Sony A7S should make for one heck of an available-light shooter!
No less important is the fact that the chip can output extremely high-quality, 16:9-aspect, 4K video without line-skipping, pixel binning or downsampling. It's not quite a native sensor readout, as there's still an approximate 1.1x focal length crop, but it's the closest to full-sensor width video we've yet seen from a full-frame imager. (By contrast, Canon's EOS-1D C has a 1.3x focal length crop for 4K video, using only an APS-H sized area of the sensor.) The A7S' near-full width 4K mode means you maintain most of the wide-angle capability of your lenses, have more of the shallower depth of field of full-frame area, and still avoid the sort of artifacts caused by the line-skipping approach used in all other DSLRs for their Full HD output.
No doubt about it: Sony is courting videographers with this camera!
It's important to note that the Sony A7S cannot itself record 4K video, only Full HD, a slight shortcoming caused by its form-factor. (Shooting 4K in-camera would've needed more powerful processing, and would've caused greater heat dissipation requirements.) But you can output uncompressed 4K over the camera's HDMI connection, and then record it on an external device -- something pros will likely prefer anyway, given that it allows greater control over how that video is treated.
An obvious question, given its kinship with the Sony A7R and A7 -- but variance in sensor -- is what autofocus method the new A7S uses. The A7 provides a hybrid phase/contrast detection AF system, while the A7R uses what Sony terms Fast Intelligent AF, a system based solely on contrast detection. So, too, does the Sony A7S, but the company promises better autofocus performance thanks to the larger pixels of the newer sensor. In fact, for low-light autofocus it should best any phase detection system on the market, able to focus right down to -4EV.
Alongside its new camera, Sony has also announced development of a power-zoom lens intended for video capture. As you'd expect, the design includes silent mechanisms for zoom, iris, and focus to ensure the audio track of your video remains clean. The lens has a 28-135mm focal length range, and a constant f/4.0 aperture so that you can zoom during video without the aperture changing.
Sony has yet to announce pricing for the ILCE-A7S, nor when it should be available. Once the company does so, you can expect to hear that information on our news page. In the meantime, read our Sony A7S preview for more details on Sony's newest (and we think, coolest) full-frame, mirrorless camera! We can't wait to get this one in the lab for testing!

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Q: How to initiate & pick up a video call via pc by ADB command on android? Can some one tell me how i can initiate & pickup a video call using adb? I want to automate some Video Telephony Testing and want to do this using adb_scripts. Is it possible at all?
I can see the following link in stackoverflow to initiate a voice only call using adb. I just cannot correlate the same to initiate video call.
How to make a call via pc by ADB command on android?
Thanks in advance.

A: \\ To Initiate the Video call
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.CALL -d tel:xxx-xxx-xxxx --ei android.telecom.extra.START_CALL_WITH_VIDEO_STATE 3**

\\ To auto answer on far end
adb shell setprop persist.sys.tel.autoanswer.ms 2000

A: Have you tried this for setting up a call:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.CALL -d tel:+1-xxx-xxx-xxxx

This ends a call:
adb shell input keyevent 6

I have not tried this but it might answer a call:
adb shell input keyevent 5

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CONCORD, NC – July 27, 2016 – (Motor Sports Newswire) – Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) (NYSE: TRK) today reported second quarter 2016 total revenues of $175.7 million and net income of $24.7 million or $0.60 per diluted share. Six month 2016 total revenues were $258.9 million and net income was $25.6 million or $0.62 per diluted share. The results were within management's expectations, and SMI reaffirmed its full year 2016 non-GAAP earnings guidance of $0.90 to $1.10 per diluted share as further described below.
Management believes many of the Company's revenue categories continue to be negatively impacted by economic conditions, including underemployment and the absence of a stronger middle class economic recovery, lower travel and spending by certain fans and customers due to ongoing geopolitical events, and high food and health-care costs. The Company's admissions, certain event related revenues and operating costs were negatively impacted by poor weather surrounding several of its events in the first and second quarters 2016, including Texas Motor Speedway's rain postponed IndyCar series racing event rescheduled to the third quarter 2016.
Race schedule changes in 2016 as compared to 2015 are presented below in the Selected Financial Data. Prior year amounts reflect the Company's revision of previously issued financial statements in 2015.
Net income and diluted earnings per share as adjusted and set forth below are non-GAAP (other than generally accepted accounting principles) financial measures presented as supplemental disclosures to their individual corresponding GAAP basis amounts. The following schedule reconciles those non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable information presented using GAAP. Management believes such non-GAAP information is useful and meaningful to investors and helps in understanding, using and comparing the Company's operating results.
We have not reconciled 2016 non-GAAP forward-looking earnings per diluted share to its most directly comparable GAAP measure, as permitted by Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K. Such reconciliations would require unreasonable efforts to estimate and quantify various necessary GAAP components largely because, as indicated by our relatively wide range of earnings guidance, forecasting or predicting our future operating results is subject to many factors out of our control or not readily predictable. Such factors include weather conditions surrounding our events, the seasonal popularity or success of NASCAR and other racing in general, the impact of geopolitical factors on travel plans, and fluctuating costs of food, gas, health-care and other basic necessities, any or all of which can significantly impact our admissions, certain event related revenues and associated direct expense of events. These components and other factors could significantly impact the amount of the future directly comparable GAAP measures, which may differ significantly from their non-GAAP counterparts.
The Company reaffirmed that second quarter 2016 results are consistent with its previous full year 2016 non-GAAP earnings guidance of $0.90-$1.10 per diluted share, excluding non-recurring and other special items. The range of earnings guidance reflects the continuing negative impact of uncertain economic conditions, among other factors. Potential higher fuel, health-care and food costs, and continued underemployment could significantly impact our future results.
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid cash dividends of $0.15 per share of common stock each quarter for a combined aggregate of approximately $12.4 million. On July 19, 2016, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock, aggregating approximately $6.2 million, payable on September 5, 2016 to shareholders of record as of August 15, 2016. The Board of Directors plans to continue to evaluate cash dividends on a quarterly basis in the future.
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company repurchased 125,000 shares of common stock for approximately $2.3 million under this program. As of June 30, 2016, the Company has repurchased 4,431,000 shares since adoption of the program in April 2005, and the total number of shares available for future repurchase as currently authorized is 569,000.
Note: Speedway Motorsports will host a conference call and webcast today at 10:00 AM (ET) open to the public. To participate in the conference call, you may dial 877-201-0168 (US / Canada / toll-free) or 647-788-4901 (international). The reference number is 44648739. A webcast of the call can be accessed at the Company's website at www.speedwaymotorsports.com under "Investors". Participating in the call will be Marcus G. Smith, Chief Executive Officer and President, and William R. Brooks, Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
(a) Prior year amounts reflect the Company's revision of previously issued financial statements in 2015.


PDF pattern to make these cute little black cat and candy corn Halloween trick-or-treat bags. They would be perfect for your little ghost, goblin, or princess. Once Halloween is over, they can use them as little tote bags to take to wherever they want. These bags are fully lined and measure 11 inches square and are three inches deep. They have a nice and sturdy handle so they will hold lots of candy. If your trick or treaters want more candy, or a bigger tote bag, just add a few inches to the height and/or width. There are instructions and templates to hand applique the cat and candy corn character on the bags. If you prefer to machine applique instead, that would just fine! The instructions come with lots of full color photos, and crisp and clear pattern pieces.
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Praised by the Boston Globe for "a rich, viola-like tone and a rapturous, luminous lyricism," mezzo-soprano Janna Baty enjoys an exceptionally versatile career. She has sung with Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic, Hamburgische Staatsoper, L'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Longwood Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Eugene Opera, Opera North, and Boston Lyric Opera. She has sung under the batons of James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Carl Davis, Robert Spano, Steuart Bedford, Stephen Lord, Stefan Asbury, Gil Rose, David Hoose, and Shinik Hahm, among numerous others. As a soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist, she has performed at festivals worldwide, including the Aldeburgh and Britten Festivals in England, the Varna Festival in Bulgaria, the Semanas Musicales de Frutillar Festival in Chile, and the Tanglewood, Norfolk, Monadnock, and Coastal Carolina festivals in the United States.
A noted specialist in contemporary music, Ms. Baty has worked alongside many celebrated composers, including John Harbison, Bernard Rands, Yehudi Wyner, Sydney Hodkinson, Peter Child, Reza Vali, Paul Salerni, and Paul Moravec, on performances of their music. Ms. Baty has enjoyed a long collaboration with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and with them has recorded the critically lauded Vali: Folk Songs (sung in Persian); Lukas Foss' opera Griffelkin; the world-premiere recording of Eric Sawyer's Civil War-era opera Our American Cousin; and John Harbison's Mirabai Songs. An alumna of Oberlin College and the Yale School of Music, she joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music in 2008.


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I hold a PhD in Transatlantic History from The University of Texas at Arlington and my research focuses on the role of early modern women and empire, specifically linked to their involvement with The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also known as the Darien Scheme, in 1696. My research examines the women and their networks as they operated as investors, merchants and laborers, and travelers for the sake of profit associated with the Company. Archival research in of The Royal Bank of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, the Mitchell Library, the University of Glasgow, and archives in the US allows me to tell the histories these women's lives, their influence, and their keen business sense that were necessary for supporting the early stages of joint-stock enterprises in in the last years of the 1690s. While the directors of the Company were unsuccessful at achieving their dreams as traders in Panama, the Darien Scheme provides clarity to women, their work, travel, and influence in empire building in the early modern world.
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Old traditional not-low-fat recipe. Can be skinnied down with nonfat milk, reduced fat cheeses and omitting half or all of the butter. Can be made vegan with plain (not vanilla) soy milk, vegan margarine, rice Parmesan and soy cheese.
Serves/Makes: 2 12"x20"x2" pans or 4 9x13" casseroles, 50 side dish servings: triple this recipe to serve 100 as a main dish.
Ready in 60 minutes once potatoes are boiled.
Peel if desired and cube the potatoes to similar sizes, add salt to taste, boil until just tender, DO NOT overcook. Drain well. Water may be saved for soup making.
Make the white sauce. Stir in the cheddar cheese, set aside.
Place one half the cooked potatoes in a layer in greased pans, dot with onions and optional butter, up to 1/2 pound. Sprinkle with half the Parmesan cheese.
Pour half the white sauce over the potatoes. Repeat with second layer. Sprinkle the bread crumbs over the top of the potatoes (extra grated cheese can also be sprinkled).
Bake in a preheated convection oven at 400 degrees for about 30-35 minutes, rotate the pans from top to bottom after 20 minutes. Allow 50 minutes in a regular oven. Double baking time and reduce heat to 350 degrees if white sauce is cold or casseroles have been refrigerated.
You have already heated the milk, see above. Melt the 1 pound of butter in a 6 quart saucepan or Dutch oven. Remove from heat and add the flour; stir until smooth. Add salt and dry mustard. Add the hot milk gradually, whisking constantly. Return to medium heat, cook and whisk until smooth and simmering with bubbles at the edges. Keep it bubbling to thicken the sauce, but keep stirring. This will take about 15-20 minutes.


Don't really have a whole lot to write about today, so it will probably be a bunch of unconnected ramblings.
Tomorrow is my birthday. I turn 59. Honestly, I never thought I would live this long. I grew up during the cold war. We used to practice nuclear attack drills in school. Then it was the 60's - 70's. Everyone was doing drugs. Then we moved to California where it was all gratification now. So I really didn't have a view of the future as I grew up. My Dad died when he was about 52 - that is so freaking young. I just didn't have any concept that I would live to be this age let alone what to do to prepare for it. I lived my life not really thinking about the future. And now, the future is here. Wow, wasn't expecting that. Anyway, the job I have now has a good retirement system and at this rate, I will collect about $400/month at age 65. Not great, but better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Today we are taking the dogs to the Riparian Preserve. It's a nice place to walk the dogs, which is why we are going. We are going to walk the dogs and then go get lunch. Tomorrow morning I'm going to take the new addition, Maverick, to a little training session in the park. It's done by the guy who runs the mobile doggie treadmill company and I'd like to get Maverick out and about whenever possible. Next week we start training, but I'd like to get a jumpstart on it by taking him this weekend.
Maverick. We adopted him 3 weeks ago (I think) and he is adjusting nicely. He is a border collie mix about 1.5 years old. They think he is mixed with husky and that makes sense by his coloring and his height - the boy is tall. I got him for a number of reasons. First, the girls are getting old and slowing down. I can't take either of them for a long hike anymore. Lola used to be able to hang but not anymore. Second, I have always wanted a dog to do dog sports with. Bella was supposed to be that dog, but her wrists started acting up before we completed her training. So that never happened. Then we had Axl for so long. He required a lot of love and attention and I knew I couldn't bring another dog into the house. Then we moved and blah, blah, blah. So having lost a considerable amount of weight in the last 6 months, I want to do more things. Also, since I'm not finishing my Ph.D. I need a hobby. So Maverick is my new hobby. He starts basic obedience training next weekend and from there we go on to dog sports. He is wicked smart and I mean wicked smart. This should be fun.
School is almost over. 5 more weeks and we are done. I can not wait. I'm really over this year and I just want it to end.
I guess that's about it. I don't really have anything more to say. I do need to go take a shower and get more coffee and get ready for the day.


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Jenny Jardine at Alta Lake
In the museum collections is one photograph of a New Year's celebration held at the Alta Lake School in 1937. We don't know who all of the people in the photo are, but a few names are written on its back, including the name of Jenny Jardine. Although Jenny and her family attended social events at the school (Jenny was even in charge of the refreshments for a time), she never attended the school as a pupil. We know a lot about Jenny's life in the valley through her memoir, letters with Florence Petersen, and oral history interviews with the museum.
New Years celebrations held at the Alta Lake School House – Jenny Jardine is pictured far right. Philip Collection.
Jenny was born in Kelowna in December 1912. Her parents, Lizzie Laidlaw and John Jardine, had met aboard the ship that brought their families from Scotland to Canada and married a few years later. Jenny was their first child, followed by Jack eighteen months later. Lizzie and the children remained in Kelowna when John went to fight in the First World War, moving to Vancouver after he was wounded at Mons and sent to Vancouver General Hospital. When he was released, John found work on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) and the family settled in Squamish.
John was killed when a speeder he was riding on collided with a train and Lizzie moved her family back to Kelowna, where their third child, Bob, was born. They soon relocated again, moving to North Vancouver where Lizzie was offered work keeping house for Thomas Neiland, a friend of John's. In 1921, the entire household moved to Alta Lake, where Neiland planned to start his own logging business.
Formal portrait of Thomas and Lizzie Neiland taken in the 1940s. Betts/Smith/Jardine Collection.
Jenny was only 8 1/2 when here family moved to Alta Lake. She had attended school in Squamish, Kelowna, and North Vancouver, but at the time there was no school in Alta Lake. She and her brother Jack were enrolled in correspondence courses, but learning by correspondence in the 1920s was frustrating to say the least. After Lizzie married Thomas Neiland and had another son Tom Neiland, keeping Jenny and Jack at their studies became more of a struggle. According to Jenny, however, her mother did ensure they all learned how to read and that became "the road to other things."
Left to right: Jenny Jardine, Flossie the dog, Jack Jardine, Tom Neiland Jr. and Bob Jardine in Lizzie Neiland's garden at 34 1/2 mile, about 1930. Betts/Smith/Jardine Collection.
In her memoirs, Jenny said that, during her early life at Alta Lake, most employment in the valley was "cutting railway ties, making and shipping telephone poles, prospecting, trapping, and renting a few cabins to summer visitors." There was also some work at an iron ore operation and on the railway. By the time she was 12, Jenny was working for her step-father out in the woods, driving horses, cutting poles and ties, and hauling and piling the lumber.
(L-R) Sue Hill, Kay Hill, Charlie Chandler, Wallace Betts holding daughter Louise, Charlie Lundstrom, and 'Sporty' the dog on Alta Lake docks, 1939. J Jardine Collection.
Jenny met Wallace Betts through her brother Tom, who had met Betts at one of the logging camps in the area. After their marriage in 1937, Jenny and Wallace moved quite a few times, often in the Alta Lake area. They lived for a time at Parkhurst, and at the Iron Ore Spur where Jenny remembered she learned to knit socks. Their first two children, Louise and Sam, were born in Vancouver but spent time with their grandmother Lizzie at her house in what is now Function Junction.
The Jardine/Neiland children hauling logs to the portable sawmill at 34 1/2 mile with the aid of horses, 1926. From left to right: Jenny, Jack, Bob and Tom Jr. Betts/Smith/Jardine Collection.
Jenny's life at Alta Lake, like that of the rest of her family, was not easy. She later wrote that as children, "We loved living at Alta Lake, but those [logging] outfits and NSF (non-sufficient funds) cheques and no schools were not what we needed." Jenny felt education was very important and, according to her daughter Louise, learning became "one of the most important activities of her lift." She passed on this belief to her children, and was very proud that all four of her children graduated from universities.
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Synesthesia might be more common in people with autism
By Katie Drummond
Via BBC News | Source Molecular Autism | Image Jan (Flickr)
Nov 20, 2013, 5:06 PM UTC |
Synesthesia — the mysterious phenomenon of "mixed senses" — is thought to affect a small fraction of the general population. But among people with autism spectrum disorders, the condition might be significantly more common, fascinating new research suggests.
In a study published this week in Molecular Autism, a team out of Cambridge University set out to test what had been anecdotally reported for some time: that individuals with Asperger's syndrome often exhibited signs of synesthesia, such as "tasting" words or "seeing" music in the form of colors. They recruited 164 adult participants with autism and 97 participants without the condition, and relied on self-reporting to screen all of them for synesthesia. Of that study population, around 19 percent of adults with an autism spectrum disorder also experienced synesthesia, compared to 7.2 percent of those in the control group.
Hearing a sound triggers the perception of a specific color
The most common forms of synesthesia reported by study participants with autism were "grapheme-color," or the perception that letters or numbers are colored, and "sound-color," wherein hearing a sound triggers the perception of a specific color.
Of course, this research is preliminary, and it's also hampered by a reliance on self-reporting. Subsequent research, investigators hope, might use brain imagery to further validate the connection between autism spectrum conditions and an increased likelihood of synesthesia. And already, researchers have some ideas of why that link might exist: both autism and synesthesia are thought to involve unconventional neural development and have genetic underpinnings. Unraveling those overlaps might, one day, cultivate an enhanced understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the conditions.
"This research gives us an exciting new lead," said study co-author Simon Fisher in a statement, "encouraging us to search for genes which are shared between these two conditions, and which might play a role in how the brain forms or loses neural connections."
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This article first appeared in the January/February 2016 issue (27) of Equestrian Life. To see what is in our latest issue, please click here.
The Hendra vaccine has been met with mixed repsonses.
The following letter was written in response to Ryan's Rave, EQ Life issue 27.
THE HENDRA VIRUS is a deadly zoonotic disease that has killed four people and nearly 100 horses.
Its incidence is increasing. In the past five years, there have been more than 40 spillover events in Queensland and New South Wales. In every case at least one horse dies. I have witnessed the devastating effects this virus has on those involved: the fear of exposure, an agonising 30-day wait to be cleared, and the regret expressed by owners that they didn't protect themselves, their families, friends and horses with vaccination.
like colic, or going off their feed. They would tend to their loved horse, not realising they were exposing themselves to a deadly virus.
at the ready in case of anaphylaxis.
and treating unvaccinated horses. Veterinarians, of course, are not the only people with workplace health and safety obligations, which is why sporting bodies, event organisers and others often conclude that vaccination is an obvious, sensible precaution.
The Hendra vaccine became available in late 2012 following ground-breaking work by the CSIRO, Zoetis and international research partners. As part of the original permit, veterinarians were required to report every suspected adverse event, and every dose has been documented and administered by a veterinarian. Zoetis assesses each report received and classifies it as to the likelihood of the symptoms reported being attributable to vaccine administration. All reports are conveyed to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority which makes an independent assessment.
I have personally examined every adverse event report concerning the Hendra vaccine received by Zoetis. The majority are typical of the experiences many people have with human vaccines: temporary soreness or swelling around the injection site, sometimes a temperature, or being off colour for a day or so. Phenylbutazone (bute) is commonly recommended by veterinarians for the treatment of horses experiencing an adverse reaction or as a preventative for horses that have previously experienced a reaction, but is not recommended for horses that have not experienced a reaction.
widely used as a health and safety tool by owners, breeders and the mounted units of state police forces. For these reasons, it is disappointing to read a single critic's view of the vaccine in your November/December edition. Those views are not backed by evidence and are contrary to the assessment of Australia's peak regulatory, scientific and veterinary bodies. Government agencies routinely describe the Hendra vaccine as the single most effective way of reducing the risk of infection in horses, and therefore people. This view is supported by extensive studies. Since its release there has not been a single vaccinated horse contract the Hendra virus, while there have been 15 spillover events involving unvaccinated horses.
Everyone involved with horses in Australia is fortunate to have a safe, high quality vaccine to help protect against a deadly virus. The Hendra vaccine deserves wider use to protect horses, veterinarians, owners and their families. Owners should speak with their veterinarian in order to make a sensible and informed decision as to whether to vaccinate their horses.


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Q: How to solve "android.view.SurfaceView.getHolder()' on a null object reference"? public class CameraFragment extends Fragment implements SurfaceHolder.Callback,View.OnClickListener {
    // Defined All Field
    private SurfaceView surfaceView;
    private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
    private Camera camera;
    private ImageView ImgThumbnail;
    private Button btnFlash, btnFrontCamera, btnCapture;
    private int cameraId;
    private boolean flashmode = false;
    private int rotation;
    private String SavedImagePath;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_camera, container,false);
        // Camera surface view created
        cameraId = Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK;
        btnFlash = (Button) container.findViewById(R.id.btnFlash);
        btnFrontCamera = (Button) container.findViewById(R.id.btnFrontCamera);
        btnCapture = (Button) container.findViewById(R.id.btnCapture);
        surfaceView = (SurfaceView) container.findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
        surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
        surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
        ImgThumbnail = (ImageView) container.findViewById(R.id.ImgThumbnail);
        btnFrontCamera.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnCapture.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnFlash.setOnClickListener(this);        getActivity().getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
        if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() > 1) {
            btnFrontCamera.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }
        if (!getActivity().getBaseContext().getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH)) {
            btnFlash.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
        return view;
    }
    @Override
    public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        if (!openCamera(Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK)) {
            alertCameraDialog();
        }
    }
    private boolean openCamera(int id) {
        boolean result = false;
        cameraId = id;
        releaseCamera();
        try {
            camera = Camera.open(cameraId);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        if (camera != null) {
            try {
                setUpCamera(camera);
                camera.setErrorCallback(new Camera.ErrorCallback() {

                    @Override
                    public void onError(int error, Camera camera) {
                    }
                });
                camera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
                camera.startPreview();
                result = true;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                result = false;
                releaseCamera();
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
    private void setUpCamera(Camera c) {
        Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();
        Camera.getCameraInfo(cameraId, cameraInfo);

        rotation = getActivity().getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
        int degree = 0;
        switch (rotation) {
            case Surface.ROTATION_0:
                degree = 0;
                break;
            case Surface.ROTATION_90:
                degree = 90;
                break;
            case Surface.ROTATION_180:
                degree = 180;
                break;
            case Surface.ROTATION_270:
                degree = 270;
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
        if (cameraInfo.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
            // Front Facing
            rotation = (cameraInfo.orientation + degree) % 330;
            rotation = (360 - rotation) % 360;
        } else {
            // Back Facing
            rotation = (cameraInfo.orientation - degree + 360) % 360;
        }
        c.setDisplayOrientation(rotation);
        Camera.Parameters params = c.getParameters();
        showFlashButton(params);
        List<String> focusModes = params.getSupportedFlashModes();
        if (focusModes != null) {            if (focusModes.contains(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_CONTINUOUS_PICTURE)) {                params.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_CONTINUOUS_PICTURE);
            }
        }
        params.setRotation(rotation);
    }
    private void showFlashButton(Camera.Parameters params) {
        boolean showFlash = (getActivity().getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(
                PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH) && params.getFlashMode() != null)
                && params.getSupportedFlashModes() != null
                && params.getSupportedFocusModes().size() > 1;
        btnFlash.setVisibility(showFlash ? View.VISIBLE : View.INVISIBLE);
    }
    private void releaseCamera() {
        try {
            if (camera != null) {
                camera.setPreviewCallback(null);
                camera.setErrorCallback(null);
                camera.stopPreview();
                camera.release();
                camera = null;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Log.e("error", e.toString());
            camera = null;
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
    }
    @Override
    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    }
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        switch (v.getId()) {
            case R.id.btnFlash:
                flashOnButton();
                break;
            case R.id.btnFrontCamera:
                flipCamera();
                break;
            case R.id.btnCapture:
                takeImage();
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }
    private void flashOnButton() {
        if (camera != null) {
            try {
                Camera.Parameters param = camera.getParameters();
                param.setFlashMode(!flashmode ? Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH : Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF);
                camera.setParameters(param);
                flashmode = !flashmode;
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Flash Touch", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // TODO: handle exception
            }
        }
    }
    private void takeImage() {
        camera.takePicture(null, null, new Camera.PictureCallback() {
            private File imageFile;
            @Override
            public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
                try {
                    // Convert byte array into bitmap
                    Bitmap loadedImage = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length);
                    // rotate Image
                    Matrix rotateMatrix = new Matrix();
                    rotateMatrix.postRotate(rotation);
                    Bitmap rotatedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(loadedImage, 0, 0, loadedImage.getWidth(), loadedImage.getHeight(), rotateMatrix, false);
                    final File folder;
                    if (Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)) {
                        folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/CameraApp");
                    } else {
                        folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/CameraApp");
                    }
                    boolean success = true;
                    if (!folder.exists()) {
                        success = folder.mkdirs();
                    }
                    if (success) {
                        java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
                        imageFile = new File(folder.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + new Timestamp(date.getTime()).toString() + " " + "Image.jpg");
                        SavedImagePath = new Timestamp(date.getTime()).toString() + " " + "Image.jpg";
                        imageFile.createNewFile();
                    } else {
                        Toast.makeText(getActivity().getBaseContext(), "Image Not saved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        return;
                    }
                    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                    // Save image into gallery
                    rotatedBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, outputStream);
                    FileOutputStream file_out = new FileOutputStream(imageFile);
                    file_out.write(outputStream.toByteArray());
                    file_out.close();
                    ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
                    values.put(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN, System.currentTimeMillis());
                    values.put(MediaStore.Images.Media.MIME_TYPE, "image/jpeg");
                    values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA, imageFile.getAbsolutePath());                    getActivity().getContentResolver().insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values);
                    Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Photo Captured", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    // Code For Captured Image Save in a ImageView.
                    getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            String imagePath = folder.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + SavedImagePath;
                            Uri myURI = Uri.parse(imagePath);
                            ImgThumbnail.setImageURI(myURI);
                            Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Photo Saved on ImageView", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        }
                    });
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }
    private void flipCamera() {
        int id = (cameraId == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK ? Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT : Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK);
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Camera Mode Changing", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        if (!openCamera(id)) {
            alertCameraDialog();
        }
    }
    private void alertCameraDialog() {
        AlertDialog.Builder dialog = createAlert(getActivity(), "Camera info", "Error to open camera");
        dialog.setNegativeButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                dialog.cancel();
            }
        });
        dialog.show();
    }
    private AlertDialog.Builder createAlert(Context context, String Title, String Message) {
        AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(new ContextThemeWrapper(context, android.R.style.Theme_Holo_Light_Dialog));
        dialog.setIcon(R.drawable.info_for_camera);
        if (Title != null)
            dialog.setTitle(Title);
        else
            dialog.setTitle("Information");
        dialog.setMessage(Message);
        dialog.setCancelable(false);
        return dialog;
    }

A: Whenever you found same as my problem, then do the following. Just replace your OnCreateView() code into onViewCreated(), because OnCreateView() method is only useful for inflating a View.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState){
    // Inflate the layout for this fragment
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_camera, container, false);
}

@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);

    // Camera surface view created
    mCameraId = Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK;
    btnFlash = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btnFlash);
    btnFrontCamera = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btnFrontCamera);
    btnCapture = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btnCapture);

    surfaceView = (SurfaceView) view.findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
    surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
    surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);

    ImgThumbnail = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.ImgThumbnail);

    btnFrontCamera.setOnClickListener(this);
    btnCapture.setOnClickListener(this);
    btnFlash.setOnClickListener(this);
    getActivity().getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
    if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() > 1) {
        btnFrontCamera.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }
    if (!getActivity().getBaseContext().getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH)) {
        btnFlash.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }
}


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Discussion in 'House & Holiday Plan' started by Holiday_Mom, Sep 30, 2018.
What do you hope to get done?
No kids room to clean so will more time in Master bedroom and other things. I am thinking of tackling the oven. It will take the entire week. Baby steps.
Jody, baby steps, yes, baby steps on those big projects. Let us know how it is going this week.
Well, September was a month I wasn't sure I was ever going to get through. This weekend was particularly tough to get through. But, I did it!
Declutter, clean and organize guest areas. We don't have a guest room. However, last year I was inspired to have all the makings of a guest room (air mattress, sheets, towels, tooth brush, tooth paste, floss, shampoo and conditioner) placed in one area of storage in our basement for any guests. This worked out beautifully last weekend when we had an overnight guest who attended our festival. Everything is done for this week so I'll take this week to catch up on other things here.
Continue working on Christmas cards.
Beginning this week, I'm blocking off some time each week for me to read a light-hearted book or watch a light-hearted movie. I really need this.
I forgot about the Halloween costume! I got the pants. I just need the hat and shirt. I got the hat. Just need the shirt. I also picked up the Halloween Candy.
I decided that I'll inventory the decorations as I use them. It's easier for me do it that way. We are good on the autumn decor We are done decorating for autumn. I will probably pull out the Halloween decor next week or the week after.
Doing a status check evaluation was an eye opener for me. I made a list of the activities on my calendar for August and September. From that list, I put down the typical/annual things that happen during August and September. That left a number of new activities in August and September. When I added up the time spent on the new activities that I did during those months, it made more sense why September was my busiest September in years. I also listed the things that I had typically worked on in August/September that was related to HHP. I may adjust my calendar and start working on more HHP items in August if next September starts looking like this past September.
It feels so good to get holiday prep done! I got some dry mixes for baking cookies put together. I opened up my last bag of flour, sugar, brown sugar and confectioner's sugar. I'll have to add this to my shopping list.
Well I'm at a complete STAND-STILL. Had my foot operated on this week to fix a torn tendon. I thought I'd be up and about in no time just wearing a cast. But nope. This is going to take several days, so I'm on the computer getting done what stuff I can.
Oh wait - I have to go get it. Will be right back to edit this!
Okay -- Where was I? As I said, I'm at a temporary stand-still. Ugh!
Christmas card list. Choose a few photos from this year.
Thanksgiving -- get DD booked somewhere on the East Coast.
Stocking stuffers -- Need more.
Fall Care Package to DD -- Main Fall package gone. Secondary package goes next week.
Office - Finish Taxes and swap Armoire for bookshelf.
Health & Sanity -- Definitely bumping to next week!
Improving lighting throughout house -- New lighting arrived! Big difference! Ordering more!
FIL's house remodel = Choose from paint samples on wall. Appt set for flooring/carpet bids.
Master -- Build new headboard. Get shutters? Prep list for Columbus Day Sales.
Declutter clothes -- Continue Capsule Wardrobe & Continue loading photos into app.
Continue building shopping list for Columbus Day Sales.
Oh, wow, Cindylouwho... I hope you are doing better today. It's so hard to sit still when you want to get up and get things done. LIke AuntJamelle, I've overdone things during recovery time and then it set me back further.


Yes, I purchased the entire collection of this series. I had read books 1-9 when I was 10 or 11 but lost/sold/gave away the books (why??). I had a sudden urge to find out the ending once and for all so I decided to see if I could find a cheap set of these books. I found a second hand set on eBay for under €50 (inc. s&h charges) which was great! I am beginning the series all over again and so far I have completed The Bad Beginning. I had forgotten how completely amazing this series is. Despite the fact it is aimed an age group way below my age, I still love and enjoy this series.
Also, sorry for the lack of comments back and/or failing to comment on your MM, TT or SS. I have been really busy with personal things this month. I'll try and be more active from now.
Great books this week! I read a few of the Series of Unfortunate Events books when I was younger but never reached the end books so I hope you enjoy them and I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of them! they're just so strange and creepy but so good!
Yeah, they're creepy but awesome. I will probably be doing an overall review of them once I finish the series. :) Thanks!
I have only read the first three Unfortunate Events books so far. My daughter loves them and I think has loaned all of our copies out to her friends at some time. I'll get around to reading the rest of the series at some point.


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Swiftly regaining balance the curious humanoid had mere moments to dodge the magical blades fired at it. It twisted, contorted to flow around the attacks. This allowed Cybils attack to land. Cast Away stumbles back slightly, holding an arm in front of its face.
"We've seen something like this before. Peak agility, strength, aggression. Countless EDs come through with abilities like that, my Sirens and I the same. I know it can do more. Raise the data parameters to 20%. Let's see what makes Cast Away so special." Helena send, now very intrigued by what she saw and the information that Cast Away was gathering.
but we should get moving, I think. The people in the village over there probably can help us."
It took a bit of time until Sarah had changed and squeezed herself into her suit, the burgers having taken a toll on how it fit her. Still, she managed to do so, put in her black contacts, and wore her jet boots. She then stepped back out of her room, meeting up with Nova.
Brigette met back with the others. "Ok, I woke him, but it'll probably take him a while for him to get down here and get his armo-"
"WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?!" Reinhardt bellowed as he can thundering down the stairs and out the door, in full armour and with the rocket on its back blazing for extra speed. Brigette sighed.
Lambda prepared another, larger energy blade, waiting for an opportunity.
Zev circled around to Cast Away's side, then charged in, bringing up her cane as she did so. With a powerful swing, she attempted to club CA in the neck with the dragon skull-shaped head of her cane, the force of the blow being enough to shatter bones if it connected.
Dala followed Candace to the settlement, enjoying the sand under her feet.
Cast away raises an arm in defense of the skull cane. In a split second the lights along its black suit glow greyish blue as a series of 3 blue particles emerge along the fore arm. In another split second a long, curved blade forms, a few inches above the forearm where the particles once were. The blade forms in time to block the attack. Not even looking at Zevrisya it extends its right arm which releases a single blue particle that coalesced into an angular and sharp pistol with jagged fins and a toothed muzzle. The pistol falls into Cast Aways hand which then opens fire on Dalahar who had been charging Cast Away. Dalahars charge falters as small but dense spikes of any known metal type impact into his armour. Not penetrating far enough to do much damage. Dalahsr redoubled his charge however as Cast Away kept firing yet turned its attention back to Zev with a counter attack with its newly formed blade.
Entering the village, Dala and Candace would see a number of people milling about. They would likely notice that most of them looked like normal humans, some of them having white hair and fair skin despite seeming young. A number of them had their bodies completely covered, wearing black helmets and light, armoured clothing, however a couple of these figures were not wearing helmets revealing freckled brown skin, pointed ears and blue hair.
Walking around the town they would, eventually, spot Rinia sitting on a bench eating a sandwich.
"If you're going back out there, don't wait up for me. I'm staying here until things cool off." Nova told Sarah, seeing she was back in her combat suit.
Cybil's sword ceased glowing yellow shortly after her strike, and she sheathed her weapon after coming to a stop several meters from Cast Away. Seeing the enemy reveal new abilities, she stood by and observed once more, figuring that crowded around a single target wasn't the best idea.
Sylvia arrived on scene and stood by as well. She readied her arm cannon, but refrained from shooting into melee. The barrel of her cannon began building up a bright red glow as she waited.
Lambda, seeing an opening, threw a large energy blade at Cast Away, seeing none of her allies were nearby. Reinhardt arrived too, but stood by, shield ready.
"Hello there!" Candace waved to Rinia as the they entered.
"Hmm ... someone might have to protect you. I think the others should be able to deal with that ... thing."
Rinia waved back at the pair. "Hello."
Zevrisya quickly moved away from Cast Away when it made to attack her, ducking low as she backed off.
Cast Away back presses away from the energy blade and comes to rest in a crouched position. It raises its left arm to fire the blade at Lambda with great velocity while it processes how to use the space it had been given. A few moments later and segmented tail emerges from its lower back, metallic and jagged. The tip of the tail are two prongs and at the base of these prongs is a focusing crystal for a laser weapon which hums and begins glowing as it charfes. It's right hand pistol ceases firing at Dalahar and dissapates. Holding its right arm forward an series of the blue particles emerge to form a halo of small conduits that orbit a few inches in from of the arm. The perimeter of the conduits covers all of Cast Away.
"I'm going back in" Dalahar announced as he charged once more, not wanting to see what the tail weapon could do.
"I'm going to see if I can't fire a burst at the tail! This will have a lot of radiation from it, so take cover!" She announced.
The palms of her hands moved together, but didn't touch, and created a loud 'bang!' as the nuclear plasma was formed. "I'm ready to fire at any target!" A second bang is required to fire the plasma.
Dalahar halts his charge and moves back wards behind Shana.
"So, where are they?" Candace asked.
Reinhardt charged forward with his massive energy shield raised. "Get behind me! I can cover you!" he called to the others. Lambda did so.
"Hi, I'm Dala." Dala said.
Shana emits a loud "BANG" from her hands as the blue hot plasma fires from them. This shot is hot enough melt most metals and stone and is fired at highway speeds. Its AOE size is roughly the size of a laptop.
"I'm Rinia." the catgirl informed Dala. "And what do you mean 'they'?"
"You this world had great beasts, didn't you?"
"Down!" Dalahar had said, pushing Shana to the floor before diving down himself, the laser slicing a piece of his shoulder armour clean off. Cast away sweeps the laser horizontally, left and right to attempt to hit as many of its targets as possible.
Shana shows no resistance as Dalahar moves her body.
Reinhardt rushed forward with the shield raised, trying to get close to Cast Away to block his laser shot as Lambda threw a fee small energy daggers at him.
"Ah. Them." Rinia stepped up and pointed further inland. "They're all around but the ones you could probably catch are that way."
"What do you usually with those creatures if you have caught one?"
Nova shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat."
With allies continually insisting on getting right next to the enemy, Cybil and Sylvia continued standing by.
Candace was about to head inland, but stopped. "Wait. The ones we can catch?"
"Normally, we just kill them. Not much use alive, honestly." Rinia informed Dala. As she moved towards Candace she said, "There are sea-dwellers and flying ones, but those would be impossible to capture. The former, due to size and the latter due to height."
Hearing the command from Dalahar, Zev immediately dropped down into a crouch. She quickly moved her eyepatch back into its normal position, as she looked around.
"Why do you kill them? For food, or something else?" Dala asked, non-judgmentally.
Sarah shrugged too. Then she said: "Oh! I should look up where the weird jet was flying to. And then disable my signal."
She took out her phone, and looked to localise her tracker by gps.
The laser burns out, it's hear sinks ejecting from the tail with a burst of steam. With its targets in the deck aside from Lambda and Reinhardt it focuses on them as the right arm stump begins fabricating into a weapon. The left arm generates another pistol to fire upon Reinhardts shield.
Helenas attention is drawn away from the fight for a moment as the AI on her triton passively notes another anomaly. She notifies a tech operator back at HQ to look into any data transmissions that may be foreign in origin. She also sends a pair of immortals stationed at the research base to investigate her Triton. She turns her attention back to the fight. Cast Away, even in this stage of data puppeteering, had her interest and she had the idea that it would be the perfect case of deniability. She could use Cast Away to avoid involving tombstone in taking out the XPOL agents and their ED allies.
Reinhardt kept up his shield, but cracks started forming in the energy barrier. "This won't hold forever!" he warned the others. Lambda continued taking potshots at it, scanning for a weakness.
"How big and high up are they?"
"We eat them, yes, but mainly it's to protect our settlements. As for how big and high they are, we don't really measure that stuff. Or have a way to, honestly."
"Do you not hunt for sport?"
"Would we get paid if we dealt with some of them?"
Rinia shook her head and said, "Hunting for sport isn't something we can afford to do. And independent hunters don't get paid for it, but you can still sell the parts."


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Current: GDPR Is on the Horizon … Are You Ready?
GDPR Is on the Horizon … Are You Ready?
Jessica Carter
On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR, takes effect. It promises to be the biggest data privacy disruption and benefit to consumer data privacy protection worldwide.
Tens of millions of companies are estimated to be affected from those headquartered in the EU to any foreign entity doing business in and with the EU.
AccessData approached the topic in its third webinar of three with host Matt Kelly, CEO and editor of Radical Compliance, Zoltan Precsenyi, director, government affairs for EMEA with Symantec in Belgium, and Catherine Castaldo, global chief privacy officer, Nuance Communications, and formerly with General Electric.
In a nutshell, GDPR covers the entire spectrum of data from its creation throughout its lifecycle. Within the regulation, a complete rulebook guides data governance while covering how data is managed, processed, protected and what to do with it after it is no longer needed.
"Many executives have not been ready to jump on board the GDPR train until now," said Catherine Castaldo of Nuance Communications. "We're seeing corporations with extensive global operations struggling to comply with GDPR."
The GDPR Bill of Rights
A variety of consumer rights is built within the regulation. European consumers have the privilege of learning these rights to ensure personal data protection or they can "risk ignorance" as Zoltan Precsenyi, of Symantec, warns.
Each consumer is protected by a lengthy list of provisions, including:
Be informed and have access to data collected about them
Rectify incorrect data
Restrict processing and portability of data from where it's stored
Erase personal data or be forgotten
"All EU residents must be aware of GDPR and be able to invoke their rights as private citizens," said Precsenyi. "People have a fundamental right to free privacy claims without delay. GDPR has an extensive notion of personal data tied either directly or indirectly to an individual that goes further than business intelligence."
Symantec research shows that 20 percent of companies are confident in their preparation for GDPR by the May 2018 deadline, while 80 percent lag behind.
"There are many challenges with the consumer rights being written into the regulation, and it's a big task," stated Castaldo. "What's difficult for data privacy and information governance experts to comprehend is how to track managed data of all kinds, what processes to put around it, and grasping how much there is to process. Many boards struggle to understand this complexity."
GDPR Non-Compliance Offers Great Penalty
The fines associated with non-compliance fall into two categories of sanctions—minor or technical and major violations. Each can range from about €12 million to €20 million and above. Should individuals suffer damages from non-compliance, untapped liability may ripple across the value chain, adds Precsenyi.
Castaldo says that although GDPR is oriented to privacy, it mandates a data governance program. Companies can begin with the basics of data mapping, data sources and collection points.
"Knowing what data you have is the first place to start. After that, map out where it is and how it's collected," said Castaldo. "Find the gaps and look for things to update. Leverage what you have, get your house in order now."
Those companies well prepared should document every aspect of compliance and data processing activities. Some specific document types include written privacy policy, privacy impact assessment, records associated with minor incidents and a complete log of demonstrated compliance track records.
Precsenyi offers a slightly differing perspective from that of the consumer.
"Risk assessment is not the wheel that needs reinventing," he says. "These methodologies are relevant, but GDPR requires more homework because it focuses on one type of risk and any harm to processing of information about individuals. I encourage data mapping against consumers, and always do the right thing and demonstrate that you did."
Mounting Pressure on Third-Party Vendors
Both Castaldo and Precsenyi agree that GDPR will bring a new layer of pressure on third-party vendors and smaller companies. Independent oversight may be helpful in preparing vendors and companies for GDPR, but the biggest task at hand is wrapping heads around the complexity of the regulation.
"There's no silver bullet," said Precsenyi. "Experience may cull the crop of vendors that are prepared to meet GDPR directly, and a lot of that preparedness depends on the internal privacy champions."
GDPR impacts all business functions where there is personal data. The structure and size of an organization influences how well it organizes compliance programs relating to GDPR. Certainly, success begins from executive-level endorsement and sponsorship of the effort. Beyond that, a senior coordinator needs to hold people accountable to the action plan.
Looking ahead, each company must quickly ascertain its resources to assign a chief data privacy officer or outsource the function to be in compliance. What's likely keeping executives up at night, however, is not whether to hire but where to find the talent.
Hear the conversation, hosted by Matt Kelly of Radical Compliance and his guests Zoltan Precsenyi and Catherine Castaldo here:


The network of Quaker bases around the world that became the Quaker International Centres were originally the brainchild of British Quaker Carl Heath.
Heath became a Quaker in 1916 after what he saw as "some deep failure of the peace movement that it should… break to pieces when the trumpets of war sounded." In 1917, Heath addressed a conference in Skipton, with a vision for a network of Quaker 'Embassies' in the capital cities of Europe, staffed by 'ambassadors' and organised through a Quaker 'Foreign Office'. He believed that, in the face of the horrors of war, Quakers would gain a special respect for their pacifist stance. This would give them special responsibility to work actively for peace.
In his vision, 'ambassadors' would be sent abroad for two years' service. Their homes would become centres for social services and reform, building international political institutions for peace, adult education, children's holiday camps, study centres and conferences. Students taking time out between school and university would be attachés.
In response, the Quaker Outposts Conference was held in 1918, and in 1919, London Yearly Meeting established the Council for International Service (CIS), with Heath as its first chairman. Heath's grand vision had been a little toned down by then – his Embassies had become Centres (sometimes also known as Outposts or Settlements), and his Ambassadors, Quaker Representatives.
In cooperation with Irish and American Friends, the first Quaker International Centres were established in areas linked with post-war relief efforts - three in Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt and Nurnberg) and four others in Paris, Vienna, Warsaw and Moscow. In 1922, the centre in Geneva – the predecessor of the modern Quaker United Nations Office – was established to provide liaison with the League of Nations.
Different centres operated in different ways. In Germany, the focus was initially on raising awareness of the economic difficulties caused by the terms of the Vienna Convention that ended the First World War. Later, attention was turned to the human rights of minorities under Nazi oppression. In Vienna, the centre coordinated the activities of various Austrian peace groups and gave help to Jewish families. The Paris centre was used for peace activities, penal reform and campaigning for the rights of conscientious objectors. The Warsaw centre ran conferences on German-Polish relations between 1925 and 1927.
In Britain in 1927, the CIS merged with the Friends Foreign Mission Association to form the Friends Service Council (FSC, now QPSW), with Carl Heath and Harry Silcock acting as joint secretaries. By 1939, FSC had four International Centres outside of Europe - in India, Madagascar, Mozambique and Syria. In the early years of the Second World War, new centres opened in the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In Shanghai, the FSC and American Friends Service Committee jointly opened a centre to help Chinese and European refugees, alongside a Nutrition Camp for children and expectant mothers.
After the Second World War the Quaker International Centres continued to expand. Their remit became, in some ways, closer to Heath's original wide-ranging vision. In Dacca, in what is now Bangladesh, for example, a small group of Quakers ran a doorstep clinic giving basic medical care to mothers and babies, provided a kindergarten, taught English to the women and ran literacy classes for the men.
However, Quaker International work was moving in a different direction. In 1948, QUNO was established to work with the UN on behalf of Quakers. QCEA followed in 1979, to work in an analogous way with the EU. At the same time, the idea of International Centres organised centrally from London or Philadelphia was gradually being replaced by Quaker Centres (or Quaker Houses) organised and run by local Friends, often working in partnership with Quakers in other countries on particular initiatives. AFSC still maintains a network of international offices, but otherwise international collaboration is largely via visits, conferences, funding, and placements.
Quotations are from: Peace is a Process, Swarthmore Lectures 1993, Sydney D. Bailey. London: Quaker Home Service. 1993.
The picture shows Quaker House Geneva.


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GSLC175-120/240 - Factory prepared with dual 175ADC inverter breakers, dual AC inputs and AC maintenance bypass. Ideal for systems with a single Radian inverter and an AC power source but can be customized in other ways.
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