Baby Boomers are looking to join with other Boomers as they age. Car ads are showing how the Gen Y crowd is staying home and living their lives through social media while their parents are out on the town with friends. Sad but very true.
Boomers usually turn to smaller homes when they become empty nesters. So where do they turn? They get on the Internet and Google retirement communities in the areas of the country where they want to live. The keyword here is community.
How many small modular home builders, the life blood of most modular home factories, actually have retirement communities? You could probably count them on one hand. Putting in a community is financially prohibitive for small builders even if they joined forces. It takes millions of dollars just for the infrastructure, landscaping and promotions before the first house can be sold. A small modular builder usually doesn't have that just lying around.
I've talked with some speakers and builders that went to IBS and the turnout for the seminars was very good. But did you know that even though small builders attended them, the vast majority of will never take the advice to the next level? Most of the marketing info that was disseminated was only going to be implemented by the big developers because the small builder is just that, small. Without marketing or business plans, a bucket of money for marketing and promotion or even enough to upgrade their current website, how will they ever become a player in the retirement community game?
So how can the modular home factory break into the retirement community business? They might connect with a developer, design a series of homes exclusively for them and probably hold their on paper until the houses are set and finished which could be up to 60 days.
The only way a modular builder could profit from this is to do the set and/or finish work to complete it for the developer. But they better be prepared to lowball their pricing as there are companies out there that do this every day at low, low cost. I have seen this first hand on the East Coast.
What's left for the small modular home builder that wants to get into the retirement home business are open lot retirement developments, where modular housing might not be welcomed or possibly reserved for mobile homes only, or on single family lots, the traditional type of homes they usually build.
Retirement housing….could be a big waste of time for most small builders.


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K. Michael Foos
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About K. Michael Foos
K. Michael Foos joined the faculty at IU East in the School of Science as associate professor of biology in 1983. He was promoted to professor and the title of chair of the Division of Natural Science and Mathematics was added in 1987. The following year, he was recommended for tenure. Foos retired from IU East in 2008, with the title professor emeritus of biology.
Foos received a B.S. in education and an M.S. and Ph.D. in biological science from The Ohio State University. He taught at Lake Erie College (Painesville, Ohio) as an associate professor of biology before coming to IU East. The study of the Pilobolus fungi has been Foos's research focus. This genus of fungi is eaten by herbivores after being released from spores to the surrounding vegetation.
Foos received a collaborative grant to support his research from the National Association of Biology Teachers, the American Society for Microbiology, and the National Science Foundation Microbial Literary Collaborative. He received the Herman Frederic Lieber Award from IU in 1990, the Trustees Teaching Award from IU in 2004, and the Distinguished Service Award and the Academy Fellow Award from the Indiana Academy of Science in 2016.
Foos is a member of the American Association of University Professors, the British Mycological Society, the Indiana Academy of Sciences, the Mycological Society of America, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Association of Scholars, the National Science Teachers Association, Sigma Xi, and the Society for College Science Teachers.

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Foreword by Jesse Bransford. Introduction by Robert J. Wallis.
In A Book of Staves, New York–based artist Jesse Bransford (born 1972) offers a series of delicate drawings that find inspiration in the wild landscapes, folk magic and medieval poetic texts of Iceland. Here, we find the old spoken spells of the Hávamál rendered as image, the traditional "staves" of low Icelandic magic. Titles such as Make an Enemy Fear You and To Trap Shape-Shifted Witches speak of a culture where danger and the unknown were close at hand. Born from a major collaborative project in 2014, many of these spells were conceived and developed during Bransford's visits to Iceland. As visual expressions of the Poetic Edda and runic lore, these images represent an original contemporary interpretation of the traditional Icelandic magical heritage. Bransford's work is punctuated with excerpts from Carolyne Larrington's lauded translation of the Hávamál, prefaced with a statement from the artist and augmented with an introduction from Robert J. Wallis. The texts are offered in both English and Icelandic.
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 120 pgs / 41 color.


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WHO maintains AstraZeneca is safe following clotting fears
WHO Director General DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Photo courtesy Today News Africa)
The World Health Organization(WHO) is seeking to dispel clotting fears related to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine based on the results of their recent investigation.
About a week ago, more than a dozen European countries suspended their rollouts of the vaccine, citing reports of a handful of patients across Europe who developed clotting after being inoculated.
AstraZeneca has maintained that the vaccine is safe, noting that of the over 17 million people who have already received the jab across Europe, only 37 reports of clots have been made.
Now, the WHO has declared that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use since their investigation into the matter revealed no evidence that the shot can cause blood clots.
WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made this reaffirmation on Friday while speaking with leaders of the Eastern Caribbean States.
And just recently the European Union's medicines regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) also came to the same conclusion.
Dr Ghebreyesus said that data on blood clots and low platelets by people who received the jab were reviewed by their Global Advisory Committee on vaccine safety and "the committee has concluded that the available data does not suggest any increase in clotting conditions following the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine."
He therefore emphasised the oragnisation's support for the vaccine by encouraging its continued use.
"We urge countries to continue using this important vaccine," he said upon noting that the benefits outweigh risks when it comes to AstraZeneca.
"It's also important to remember that Covid-19 itself can cause blood clots and low platelets," Ghebreyesus also remarked.
The Director General went on the site the importance of the vaccine since it accounts for more than 90 percent of the vaccines being distributed through COVAX.
Meanwhile, Ghebreyesus said that there are some challenges to producing and distributing the vaccine according to its high demand in about 150 countries.
"Although most of the countries have succeeded in preventing large numbers of infections and deaths their economies which rely heavily on tourism have been disseminated. They have a clear message. We need vaccines and we need them now," the doctor stated.
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In 2011, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, began a process of democratic reform following 50-years of military dictatorship. In the coming year its nascent government is expected to formalize its first national energy policy, and the decisions that are being made now will determine the country's development practices for generations to come. While the country has real potential to pass a sustainable energy policy, powerful foreign governments and investors are beginning to introduce the most unsustainable and damaging methods of development – including mega-dams and coal-fired power plants.
Earth Rights International (ERI, an advocacy NGO based in Thailand) is collecting information on future energy projects based on government insight, information from international partners, and observations from partners on the ground. By facilitating the verification of each of the aforementioned sources of information, ERI seeks to paint a holistic picture on the future landscape of coal projects within the region; and navigate the best ways to change it. ERI will first create a map of local and international initiatives working on the coal campaign in Myanmar, many of which will be linked to current and upcoming plans for coal projects identified during the data collection described above. Upon the collection and verification of data on coal projects within Myanmar, ERI will conduct a political economy and stakeholder analysis to inform campaign and communications strategies. The analysis will be presented to civil society groups that will not only allow them room for commentary, but provide a valuable space for networking among them.
This is a call for student to support EarthRights International in this project, in particular to conduct the political economy analysis. Because of the size and complexity of the task, we are looking for an MSc student willing to combine their internship and thesis. The internship would be based at ERI (in Chiang Mai, Thailand) and result in a report that can feed into their advocacy strategy. The thesis component would take a more academic angle, but can focus on the same or a closely related topic.


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Besides the lousy scroll function. This game is pretty fun and there is much replayability. However, U need to go through the manual to perfectly understand this game. This is a gem, and they dun make games like these anymore. Those cursory reviews by the professional reviewers will do this game injustice.


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FLASHBACK: U2 Performing "Angel Of Harlem"
LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 23: (L-R) (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally converted to black and white.) Recording artists The Edge, Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 perform onstage at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter	October 10th, 2018
U2's Rattle and Hum, the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, was released 30 years ago today (October 10), and while the film gets knocked by critics and fans for being a bit pretentious, there is no denying the soundtrack album, especially its original tracks, is simply stellar.
Understandably, "Desire" gets most of the attention off this album (it was the lead single, after all), but in honor of the anniversary, we want to shine a light on U2's salute to Billie Holiday, "Angel Of Harlem."
Recorded at the famed Sun Studio, the track is the perfect combination of soul, pop, a great brass horn accompaniment and a vocal performance from Bono that's among his most underrated.
Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.
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Amazon's 'Ring' Doorbells Creating A Massive Police Surveillance Network
Tags: amazon, cameras, mass surveillance, police, screen culture
"Police departments are piggybacking on Ring's network to build out their surveillance networks…" reports CNET, adding that Ring "helps police avoid roadblocks for surveillance technology, whether a lack of funding or the public's concerns about privacy."
While residential neighborhoods aren't usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell's popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks powered by Amazon and promoted by police departments. Police departments across the country, from major cities like Houston to towns with fewer than 30,000 people, have offered free or discounted Ring doorbells to citizens, sometimes using taxpayer funds to pay for Amazon's products.
While Ring owners are supposed to have a choice on providing police footage, in some giveaways, police require recipients to turn over footage when requested. Ring said Tuesday that it would start cracking down on those strings attached…
While more surveillance footage in neighborhoods could help police investigate crimes, the sheer number of cameras run by Amazon's Ring business raises questions about privacy involving both law enforcement and tech giants… More than 50 local police departments across the US have partnered with Ring over the last two years, lauding how the Amazon-owned product allows them to access security footage in areas that typically don't have cameras — on suburban doorsteps. But privacy advocates argue this partnership gives law enforcement an unprecedented amount of surveillance. "What we have here is a perfect marriage between law enforcement and one of the world's biggest companies creating conditions for a society that few people would want to be a part of," said Mohammad Tajsar, staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California…
Despite its benefits, the relationship between police departments and Ring raises concerns about surveillance and privacy, as Amazon is working with law enforcement to blanket communities with cameras…. "Essentially, we're creating a culture where everybody is the nosy neighbor looking out the window with their binoculars," said Dave Maass, a senior investigative researcher at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "It is creating this giant pool of data that allows the government to analyze our every move, whether or not a crime is being committed." On a heat map of Bloomfield, there are hardly any spots in the New Jersey township out of sight of a Ring camera.
Tajsar says in some scenarios "they're basically commandeering people's homes as surveillance outposts for law enforcement," and the articles notes that when police departments partner with Ring, "they have access to a law enforcement dashboard, where they can geofence areas and request footage filmed at specific times."
While law enforcement "can only get footage from the app if residents choose to send it," if the residents refuse, police can still try to obtain the footage with a subpoena to Amazon's Ring.
Source: https://www.cnet.com/features/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveilla...
Airbnb Has a Hidden-Camera Problem
Tags: airbnb, apps, cameras, hidden cameras, surveillance
Airbnb's rules allow cameras outdoors and in living rooms and common areas, but never in bathrooms or anywhere guests plan to sleep, including rooms with foldout beds. Starting in early 2018, Airbnb added another layer of disclosure: If hosts indicate they have cameras anywhere on their property, guests receive a pop-up informing them where the cameras are located and where they are aimed. To book the property, the guests must click "agree," indicating that they're aware of the cameras and consent to being filmed.
Of course, hosts have plenty of reason to train cameras on the homes they rent out to strangers. They can catch guests who attempt to steal, or who trash the place, or who initially say they're traveling alone, then show up to a property with five people. A representative for Airbnb's Trust & Safety communications department told me the company tries to filter out hosts who may attempt to surveil guests by matching them against sex-offender and felony databases. The company also uses risk scores to flag suspicious behavior, in addition to reviewing and booting hosts with consistently poor scores.
If a guest contacts Airbnb's Trust & Safety team with a complaint about a camera, employees offer new accommodations if necessary and open an investigation into the host. […] But four guests who found cameras in their rentals told The Atlantic the company has inconsistently applied its own rules when investigating their claims, providing them with incorrect information and making recommendations that they say risked putting them in harm's way. "There have been super terrible examples of privacy violations by AirBnB hosts, e.g., people have found cameras hidden in alarm clocks in their bedrooms," wrote Jeff Bigham, a computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon whose claim was initially denied after he reported cameras in his rental. "I feel like our experience is in some ways more insidious. If you find a truly hidden camera in your bedroom or bathroom, Airbnb will support you. If you find an undisclosed camera in the private living room, Airbnb will not support you."
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/what-happens-wh...
Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked To Doctor Footage, Install Malware
Tags: cameras, CCTV, evidence, information manipulation, police, tampering
Josh Mitchell's Defcon presentation analyzes the security of five popular brands of police bodycams (Vievu, Patrol Eyes, Fire Cam, Digital Ally, and CeeSc) and reveals that they are universally terrible. All the devices use predictable network addresses that can be used to remotely sense and identify the cameras when they switch on. None of the devices use code-signing. Some of the devices can form ad-hoc Wi-Fi networks to bridge in other devices, but they don't authenticate these sign-ons, so you can just connect with a laptop and start raiding the network for accessible filesystems and gank or alter videos, or just drop malware on them.
Source: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/12/vievu-patroleyes-firecam-di.html...
UK Police Plan To Deploy 'Staggeringly Inaccurate' Facial Recognition in London
Tags: biometrics, cameras, CCTV, facial recognition, police, surveillance state
Millions of people face the prospect of being scanned by police facial recognition technology that has sparked human rights concerns. The controversial software, which officers use to identify suspects, has been found to be "staggeringly inaccurate", while campaigners have branded its use a violation of privacy. But Britain's largest police force is set to expand a trial across six locations in London over the coming months.
Police leaders claimed officers make the decision to act on potential matches with police records and images that do not spark an alert are immediately deleted. But last month The Independent revealed the Metropolitan Police's software was returning "false positives" — images of people who were not on a police database — in 98 percent of alerts… Detective Superintendent Bernie Galopin, the lead on facial recognition for London's Metropolitan Police, said the operation was targeting wanted suspects to help reduce violent crime and make the area safer. "It allows us to deal with persons that are wanted by police where traditional methods may have failed," he told The Independent, after statistics showed police were failing to solve 63 per cent of knife crimes committed against under-25s….
Det Supt Galopin said the Met was assessing how effective facial recognition was at tackling different challenges in British policing, which is currently being stretched by budget cuts, falling officer numbers, rising demand and the terror threat.
A policy officer from the National Council for Civil Liberties called the technology "lawless," adding "the use of this technology in a public place is not compatible with privacy, and has a chilling effect on society."
But a Home Office minister said the technology was vital for protecting people from terrorism, though "we must ensure that privacy is respected. This strategy makes clear that we will grasp the opportunities that technology brings while remaining committed to strengthening safeguards."
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/facial-recognition-lon...
High School in China Installs Facial Recognition Cameras to Monitor Students' Attentiveness
Tags: behaviour profiling, cameras, CCTV, facial recognition, normalising, school, surveillance
A high school in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province located on the eastern coast of China, has employed facial recognition technology to monitor students' attentiveness in class.
At Hangzhou Number 11 High School, three cameras at the front of the classroom scan students' faces every 30 seconds, analyzing their facial expressions to detect their mood, according to a May 16 report in the state-run newspaper The Paper.
The different moods—surprised, sad, antipathy, angry, happy, afraid, neutral—are recorded and averaged during each class.
A display screen, only visible to the teacher, shows the data in real-time. A certain value is determined as a student not paying enough attention.
A video shot by Zhejiang Daily Press revealed that the system—coined the "smart classroom behavior management system" by the school—also analyzes students' actions, categorized into: reading, listening, writing, standing up, raising hands, and leaning on the desk.
An electronic screen also displays a list of student names deemed "not paying attention."
The school began using the technology at the end of March, vice principal Zhang Guanchao told The Paper. Zhang added that students felt like they were being monitored when the system was first put in place, but have since gotten used to it.
Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/high-school-in-china-installs-facial-rec...
Artificial intelligence can create a 3D model of a person—from just a few seconds of video
Tags: automation, cameras, mimicry, scanning, simulation, videos
Artificial intelligence has been used to create 3D models of people's bodies for virtual reality avatars, surveillance, visualizing fashion, or movies. But it typically requires special camera equipment to detect depth or to view someone from multiple angles. A new algorithm creates 3D models using standard video footage from one angle.
The system has three stages. First, it analyzes a video a few seconds long of someone moving—preferably turning 360° to show all sides—and for each frame creates a silhouette separating the person from the background. Based on machine learning techniques—in which computers learn a task from many examples—it roughly estimates the 3D body shape and location of joints. In the second stage, it "unposes" the virtual human created from each frame, making them all stand with arms out in a T shape, and combines information about the T-posed people into one, more accurate model. Finally, in the third stage, it applies color and texture to the model based on recorded hair, clothing, and skin.
The researchers tested the method with a variety of body shapes, clothing, and backgrounds and found that it had an average accuracy within 5 millimeters, they will report in June at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Salt Lake City. The system can also reproduce the folding and wrinkles of fabric, but it struggles with skirts and long hair. With a model of you, the researchers can change your weight, clothing, and pose—and even make you perform a perfect pirouette. No practice necessary.
Source: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/watch-artificial-intelligence-c...
'Living laboratories': the Dutch cities amassing data on oblivious residents
Tags: cameras, data analytics, sensors, smart city, smartphones, spying, surveillance, tracking, wifi
Stratumseind in Eindhoven is one of the busiest nightlife streets in the Netherlands. On a Saturday night, bars are packed, music blares through the street, laughter and drunken shouting bounces off the walls. As the night progresses, the ground becomes littered with empty shot bottles, energy drink cans, cigarette butts and broken glass.
It's no surprise that the place is also known for its frequent fights. To change that image, Stratumseind has become one of the "smartest" streets in the Netherlands. Lamp-posts have been fitted with wifi-trackers, cameras and 64 microphones that can detect aggressive behaviour and alert police officers to altercations. There has been a failed experiment to change light intensity to alter the mood. The next plan, starting this spring, is to diffuse the smell of oranges to calm people down. The aim? To make Stratumseind a safer place.
We get that comment a lot – 'Big brother is watching you'. I prefer to say, 'Big brother is helping you'
All the while, data is being collected and stored. "Visitors do not realise they are entering a living laboratory," says Maša Galic, a researcher on privacy in the public space for the Tilburg Institute of Law, Technology and Society. Since the data on Stratumseind is used to profile, nudge or actively target people, this "smart city" experiment is subject to privacy law. According to the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act, people should be notified in advance of data collection and the purpose should be specified – but in Stratumseind, as in many other "smart cities", this is not the case.
Peter van de Crommert is involved at Stratumseind as project manager with the Dutch Institute for Technology, Safety and Security. He says visitors do not have to worry about their privacy: the data is about crowds, not individuals. "We often get that comment – 'Big brother is watching you' – but I prefer to say, 'Big brother is helping you'. We want safe nightlife, but not a soldier on every street corner."
When we think of smart cities, we usually think of big projects: Songdo in South Korea, the IBM control centre in Rio de Janeiro or the hundreds of new smart cities in India. More recent developments include Toronto, where Google will build an entirely new smart neighbourhood, and Arizona, where Bill Gates plans to build his own smart city. But the reality of the smart city is that it has stretched into the everyday fabric of urban life – particularly so in the Netherlands.
In the eastern city of Enschede, city traffic sensors pick up your phone's wifi signal even if you are not connected to the wifi network. The trackers register your MAC address, the unique network card number in a smartphone. The city council wants to know how often people visit Enschede, and what their routes and preferred spots are. Dave Borghuis, an Enschede resident, was not impressed and filed an official complaint. "I don't think it's okay for the municipality to track its citizens in this way," he said. "If you walk around the city, you have to be able to imagine yourself unwatched."
Enschede is enthusiastic about the advantages of the smart city. The municipality says it is saving €36m in infrastructure investments by launching a smart traffic app that rewards people for good behaviour like cycling, walking and using public transport. (Ironically, one of the rewards is a free day of private parking.) Only those who mine the small print will discover that the app creates "personal mobility profiles", and that the collected personal data belongs to the company Mobidot.
'Targeted supervision' in Utrecht
Companies are getting away with it in part because it involves new applications of data. In Silicon Valley, they call it "permissionless innovation", they believe technological progress should not be stifled by public regulations. For the same reason, they can be secretive about what data is collected in a public space and what it is used for. Often the cities themselves don't know.
Utrecht keeps track of the number of boys and girls hanging in the streets, their age and whether they are acquaintances
Utrecht has become a tangle of individual pilots and projects, with no central overview of how many cameras and sensors exist, nor what they do. In 2014, the city invested €80m in data-driven management that launched in 80 projects. Utrecht now has a burglary predictor, a social media monitoring room, and smart bins and smart streetlights with sensors (although the city couldn't say where these are located). It has scanner cars that dispense parking tickets, with an added bonus of detecting residents with a municipal tax debt according to the privacy regulation of the scanner cars. But when I asked the city to respond to a series of questions on just 22 of the smart projects, it could only answer for five of them, referring me to private companies for the rest of the answers.
The city also keeps track of the number of young people hanging out in the streets, their age group, whether they know each other, the atmosphere and whether or not they cause a nuisance. Special enforcement officers keep track of this information through mobile devices. It calls this process "targeted and innovative supervision". Other council documents mention the prediction of school drop-outs, the prediction of poverty and the monitoring of "the health of certain groups" with the aim of "intervening faster".
Like many cities, Utrecht argues that it acts in accordance with privacy laws because it anonymises or pseudonymises data (assigning it a number instead of a name or address). But pseudonymised personal data is still personal data. "The process is not irreversible if the source file is stored," says Mireille Hildebrandt, professor of ICT and Law at Radboud University. "Moreover, if you build personal profiles and act on them, it is still a violation of privacy and such profiling can – unintentionally – lead to discrimination." She points to Utrecht's plan to register the race and health data of prostitutes, which came in for heavy criticism from the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
Another unanswered question regards who owns data that is collected in a public space. Arjen Hof is director of Civity, a company that builds data platforms for governments. "Public authorities are increasingly outsourcing tasks to private companies. Think of waste removal or street lighting," he says. "But they do not realise that at the same time a lot of data is collected, and do not always make agreements about the ownership of data."
'A smart city is a privatised city'
Hof gives the example of CityTec, a company that manages 2,000 car parks, 30,000 traffic lights and 500,000 lamp-posts across the Netherlands. It refused to share with municipalities the data it was collecting through its lamp-post sensors. "Their argument was that, although the municipality is legally owner of the lamp-posts, CityTec is the economic owner and, for competitive reasons, did not want to make the data available," Hof says. This was three years ago, but for a lot of companies it remains standard practice. Companies dictate the terms, and cities say they can't share the contracts because it contains "competition-sensitive information".
When I interviewed the technology writer Evgeny Morozov in October, he warned of cities becoming too dependent on private companies. "The culmination of the smart city is a privatised city," he said. "A city in which you have to pay for previously free services."
Morozov's fear about public subsidies being used for private innovation is well illustrated in Assen, a city of 70,000 people in the north of the country. Assen built a fibre-optic network for super-fast internet in 2011, to which it connected 200 sensors that measure, among other things, the flow of cars. There was an experiment to steer people around traffic jams, even though traffic in the city is relatively light. The city also connected its traffic lights, parking garages and parking signs to this grid. The cost of €46m was split between Brussels, the national government, the province and the municipality. Companies such as the car navigation firm TomTom have used the sensor network to test new services.
The project, called Sensor City, filed for bankruptcy a year ago. Now the publicly funded fibre-optic network, sensors and all, will be sold to a still-unidentified private company. The municipality will have to strike a deal with the new owner about the use of its public traffic lights and parking signs.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/01/smart-cities-data-priva...
"Are you happy now? The uncertain future of emotion analytics"
Tags: advertising, analytics, cameras, data analytics, data mining, manipulation, screen culture, social control
Elise Thomas writes at Hopes & Fears:
"Right now, in a handful of computing labs scattered across the world, new software is being developed which has the potential to completely change our relationship with technology. Affective computing is about creating technology which recognizes and responds to your emotions. Using webcams, microphones or biometric sensors, the software uses a person's physical reactions to analyze their emotional state, generating data which can then be used to monitor, mimic or manipulate that person's emotions."
Corporations spend billions each year trying to build "authentic" emotional connections to their target audiences. Marketing research is one of the most prolific research fields around, conducting thousands of studies on how to more effectively manipulate consumers' decision-making. Advertisers are extremely interested in affective computing and particularly in a branch known as emotion analytics, which offers unprecedented real-time access to consumers' emotional reactions and the ability to program alternative responses depending on how the content is being received.
For example, if two people watch an advertisement with a joke and only one person laughs, the software can be programmed to show more of the same kind of advertising to the person who laughs while trying different sorts of advertising on the person who did not laugh to see if it's more effective. In essence, affective computing could enable advertisers to create individually-tailored advertising en masse."
"Say 15 years from now a particular brand of weight loss supplements obtains a particular girl's information and locks on. When she scrolls through her Facebook, she sees pictures of rail-thin celebrities, carefully calibrated to capture her attention. When she turns on the TV, it automatically starts on an episode of "The Biggest Loser," tracking her facial expressions to find the optimal moment for a supplement commercial. When she sets her music on shuffle, it "randomly" plays through a selection of the songs which make her sad. This goes on for weeks.
Now let's add another layer. This girl is 14, and struggling with depression. She's being bullied in school. Having become the target of a deliberate and persistent campaign by her technology to undermine her body image and sense of self-worth, she's at risk of making some drastic choices."
Source: http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/internet/216523-the-uncertain-f...
Google forming 'smart cities'
Tags: cameras, CCTV, google, internet of things, mass surveillance, social control, surveillance devices, surveillance network, surveillance society, surveillance state
"An ambitious project to blanket New York and London with ultrafast Wi-Fi via so-called "smart kiosks," which will replace obsolete public telephones, are the work of a Google-backed startup.
Each kiosk is around nine feet high and relatively flat. Each flat side houses a big-screen display that pays for the whole operation with advertising.
Each kiosk provides free, high-speed Wi-Fi for anyone in range. By selecting the Wi-Fi network at one kiosk, and authenticating with an email address, each user will be automatically connected to every other LinkNYC kiosk they get within range of. Eventually, anyone will be able to walk around most of the city without losing the connection to these hotspots.
Wide-angle cameras on each side of the kiosks point up and down the street and sidewalk, approximating a 360-degree view. If a city wants to use those cameras and sensors for surveillance, it can.
Over the next 15 years, the city will go through the other two phases, where sensor data will be processed by artificial intelligence to gain unprecedented insights about traffic, environment and human behavior and eventually use it to intelligently re-direct traffic and shape other city functions."
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3211402/mobile-wireless/how-smart...
Snapchat launches video-recording sunglasses
Tags: cameras, social media
"Social media app Snapchat is introducing video-recording sunglasses called Spectacles and is changing its company name to incorporate the new product.
The glasses can record video 10 seconds at a time by tapping a button on the device. The video is then uploaded automatically to the popular image-messaging app via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The glasses are the first hardware from the Los Angeles-based company."
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/snapchat-snap-video-recording-spectacles/...
Microcamera small enough to be injected also poses surveillance concerns
Tags: cameras, surveillance devices, surveillance society
"German engineers have created a camera no bigger than a grain of salt that could change the future of health imaging — and clandestine surveillance.
Using 3D printing, researchers from the University of Stuttgart built a three-lens camera, and fit it onto the end of an optical fibre the width of two hairs. Such technology could be used as minimally-intrusive endoscopes for exploring inside the human body, the engineers reported in the journal Nature Photonics.
It could also be deployed in virtually invisible security monitors, or mini-robots with "autonomous vision".
The "imaging system" fits comfortably inside a standard syringe needle, said the team, allowing for delivery into a human organ, or even the brain.
"Endoscopic applications will allow for non-invasive and non-destructive examination of small objects in the medical, as well as the industrial, sector," they wrote.
The compound lens can also be printed onto image sensor other than optical fibres, such as those used in digital cameras."
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-28/3d-printed-injectable-micro-came...
Seeing Through Walls – Thermal Imaging Cameras
Tags: cameras, drones, government, police, rights, sensors
The use of technology that allows the police to "see" inside the homes of suspects has raised privacy questions.
At least 50 US police forces are believed to be equipped with radars that can send signals through walls.
The use of the radar device, known as Range-R, was made public in a Denver court late last year.
It was used by police entering a house to arrest a man who had violated the terms of his parole.
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that police cannot use thermal cameras without a warrant, specifically noting that the rule would also apply to radar-based systems that were then being developed.
"The idea that government can send signals through the wall of your house to figure out what's inside is problematic," Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist for the American Civil Liberties Union told USA Today.
"Technologies that allow the police to look inside of a home are among the intrusive tools that police have."
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30904218...
Sousveillance project shows, "Technology is making people lose empathy for homeless."
Tags: cameras, humanity, sousveillance
"A project involving GoPro cameras and people living on the streets of San Francisco has suggested technology is making people feel less compassionate towards the homeless."
"I notice every day that people are losing their compassion and their empathy not just for homeless people but for society in general."
"I feel technology has changed so much where people are emailing and don't talk face-to-face anymore, people are losing social skills…and their compassion.
"I feel like it's a lot easier to be, the best way to put it is, be cold, or have less feelings when you're typing something, than when you're looking someone in the eye…"
Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gopro-project-claims-technology-making-people...


Today, five new Stunt Races join the roster of GTA Online: Cunning Stunts, taking you and your appetite for high-flying, daring, stunting action everywhere from the peaks of Mount Chiliad to the shores of Vespucci. And next week, the official launch of the Stunt Race Creator tool will harness the talents of the amazing Creator community to usher in a whole new era of player-made mayhem. Check out a brief overview of this week's new Stunt Races below, and read on for details on three new vehicles, this week's bonuses and more.
Mount Chiliad has inspired artists, hippies and death cults for generations, but until now it's offered precious little for the key Los Santos demographic: reckless Super car enthusiasts. All that changes with this towering Stunt Race over the iconic peak of San Andreas.
After a long day in the office hoping the IT guy won't check your search history, there's nothing more invigorating than the touch of the ocean breeze and the smell of salt water as it washes over a race track and floods your engine. Stunt Race for Sports cars. Pro tip: bring your bikini bottoms.
Sure, 2000cc superbikes weren't designed to spend this much time flying through the air above industrial docklands, but every step of evolutionary progress is tough on the pioneers. Jump-heavy Point to Point Stunt Race.
The Los Santos coastline is about so much more than golden sand, contaminated water and steroid abuse. It's also a perfect backdrop for laps of a winding Stunt Race where any mistake will send you and your million dollar Super car to the bottom of the sea. Hey, it beats the Ferris wheel.
Who said you have to venture out into the middle of the Pacific in a force ten gale to feel so seasick you want to die? That special inside-out feeling is available right here on this coastal Stunt Race for Bikes.
Three new vehicles, the Bravado Sprunk Buffalo, MTL Dune and Vapid Contender, have also been added to GTA Online today. Tackle Stunt Races with Sprunk guzzling pride in the branded livery-clad Buffalo, or dial up your friends at Pegasus to motor through the Blaine County off-road in the MTL Dune. The Contender offers formidable size and balanced suspension to tackle a variety of terrains - an asset for active Executives and VIPs.
This weekend's Premium Race is the new "H200" Stunt Race for Sports class cars. Ante up and try to take down all comers in a mad dash for that GTA$100,000 top prize.
From Wednesday July 27th through Friday July 29th, ALL Stunts Series Races will dish out Double GTA$ and RP. In addition to being accessible from the pink Stunt Series blips on the map, you can jump into the Stunt Series directly right on the GTAV loading screen. High rollers, keep an eye out for a Premium Race this weekend, where you can ante up and try to take down all comers in a mad dash for that GTA$100,000 top prize.
You can add to your racing wardrobe this week with the flamboyant Gold Jumpsuit, available just by logging in to GTA Online at any point between now and Monday, August 1st. Add some color to your fleet with 20% off all vehicle Resprays and Neons. And for those who like to grab sustained air-based transportation, the Buckingham Nimbus Jet and Volatus helicopter are both 30% off at Elitás Travel.
Even More Stunt Races and Vehicles, Bonuses - What the title says. Additional races, vehicles, and more bonuses added to the Cunning Stunts DLC!


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If you have a shared hosting account and you would like to create a TXT record for any reason for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in it, you'll be able to achieve that with only a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The new record shall be functioning immediately after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to validate that you're the owner of a given site within a few minutes. You can create the TXT record through the DNS Records section of your Control Panel where you will also find all other records for your domains. All you will need to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain and the record type via drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you aren't sure how to proceed, you can also check out our step-by-step guide, which you will find in the Help section of your account, or you can also get in touch with our tech support to aid you with the creation of the new record.
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The Sassiest Galentine's Day Cocktail of All Time: The Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan cocktail, often referred to as a "Cosmo," was one of the most popular cocktails of the late '90s and even the early 2000s. Don't believe us? Just watch one episode of Sex and the City — the Cosmo is sure to be featured in at least one scene. In fact, it seemed like these four feisty and glamorous city gals couldn't ever get enough of the sassy pink drink, and we can't say we blame them.
The origin of the Cosmo is still debated to this day, but some believe the drink was popularized by a New York bartender named Toby Cecchini in the late 1980s. To make his mark in the world of Cosmos and cocktails permanent, Cecchini published a book titled Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life ($20, Amazon). Even so, rumor has it that similar drinks were around as far back as 1903. One thing's for sure: However this trend started, there's no denying that Cosmos had a "moment" during Sex and the City's heyday — and that many people still love drinking them today.
(Photo Credit: Giphy)
What's in a Cosmopolitan?
So, what is a Cosmopolitan made of? It's simple: Vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and a freshly squeezed lime or sweetened lime juice.
4 parts Purity Vodka
1.5 parts Cointreanu
1.5 parts fresh lime juice
3 parts cranberry juice
1. Place the grapefruit juice, vodka and 1 oz rosemary simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake well to mix.
3. Serve on the rocks, garnished with a grapefruit slide.
This cocktail recipe was reprinted courtesy of <a target="blank" href="https://www.purityvodka.com/">Purity Vodka_.
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Mark manages one of the departments responsible for the administration of defined contribution plans including 401(k), profit sharing, money purchase and ESOP plans. Mark joined HPL&S, now known as the Retirement Plan Services Group of First American Bank, in 1996 and has extensive experience with plan design, recordkeeping, administration, compliance testing and correcting plan errors. In addition, Mark is enrolled to represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service as an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent. Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois. He is also licensed in casualty insurance.
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Textile sector of India hails labour reforms that will boost industry
Posted on 28. June 2016 by vbodmer
"The government has announced a slew of measures for the textile sector, through labour reforms to generate 10 million jobs, boost exports by a cumulative USD 30 billion and investments by Rs 74000 crores (USD 1112.32 million) over three years. Estimated to cost IND 6000 crores, the special package approved by the Cabinet is to improve competitiveness, lead to greater production through a string of labour reforms and generate jobs. An estimated 70 % of workforce in garments industry are women."
The government has announced a slew of measures for the textile sector, through labour reforms to generate 10 million jobs, boost exports by a cumulative USD 30 billion and investments by INR 74000 crores over three years. Estimated to cost INR 6000 crores (around USD 901.89 million), the special package approved by the Cabinet is to improve competitiveness, lead to greater production through a string of labour reforms and generate jobs. An estimated 70 % of workforce in garments industry are women.
Industry cheers package
Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) has welcomed the package. As Rahul Mehta, President of CMAI says the announcements have unshackled the garment industry and the results will be evident not only by way of additional employment generation but also additional exports. Mehta said the inclusion of State level taxes in the computation of duty drawback will address a long standing demand of the industry, and will provide a major relief to the exporting segment. "The EPF reforms – government bearing the whole PF burden of the industry and making PF optional for employees earning less than INR 15000 per month – will help the industry as well as the workers," he added.
R K Dalmia, Chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) though has welcomed the special package, but has expressed deep concern for ignoring Home Textile sector in the special package, which is equally labour intensive industry at par with Apparel sector. In particular, manufacturing of bed-linen requires more number of workers in making each piece of the product. He emphasized that the process is the same i.e. adding value after cutting the fabric and using trims etc. in the manufacture of finished products. Considering these facts, Dalmia appealed to the government to consider treating all the 'cut and sew' products (including Home Textiles and Made-ups) for granting benefits under the special package for employment generation and promotion of export, at par with Apparel products.
Industry as a whole has cheered the decision to extend incentives under the amended Technology Upgradation Fund scheme from 15 % to 25 %. Shishir Jaipuria, Chairman, FICCI Textiles Committee, said the Indian textiles and garment industry is facing tough competition in the global market, the refund of state levies comes as a breather and would help them to gain more competitiveness in global markets, where we have to compete with duty-free regimes.
Significant among these reforms was the government's decision to fund the full 12 % of the employers' contribution to the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme for new employees in the garment industry if the candidate earned less than INR 15000 a month. The scheme, which will run for three years, would cost the textiles ministry INR 1170 crore (USD 175.87 million).
The Ministry has also taken on textile factory owners by instituting fixed-term employment for garment sector employees. Employees had long demanded they be considered as permanent and their working hours and wages be fixed, as the industry was seasonal. The ministry has also fixed overtime hours for workers, to not exceed eight hours a week, in line with International Labour Organisation norms.
M Senthilkumar, Chairman, The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) has welcomed the package and stated that slew of measures would greatly help exports which attract 16 % to 20 % duty in all the major international markets. He welcomed the relaxation of labour laws which is a long pending demand of the industry. The bearing 12 % of the employer's contribution of Employee Provident Fund Scheme by the government for the new employees of the garment sector for the first three years would benefit the sector and the employees under the current scenario. Senthilkumar has hailed the announcement of optional EPF for employees earning less than INR 15000 would heave a sigh of relief for the garmenting sector where large number of employees work for short term and prefer to take full wages without deduction.
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed the initiative for job creation. In a statement CITI has said it hopes this is the first step towards creating employment and more initiatives are expected to follow to strengthen and support the textile value chain and the make in India initiative. "China and India have robust textile value chain, which has been the core strength and source of confidence for international buying houses. It is also a fact that Bangladesh is heavily investing to strengthen the textile value chain to provide comfort to the buying houses and maintain their growth for garment exports. On the back of TPP discussions, Vietnam is investing in substantial capacities for yarn and fabric manufacturing to bolster their value chain to support and enhance their garment exports," CITI said in its statement. However, CITI has said that the package should integrate the apparel export benefit to further strengthen the textile value chain. "
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McCluney Lab
Global Change in Aquatic & Terrestrial Ecosystems
Lab Resources
Ecobreak
Invertebrate Biology
Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Statement
Authors and overview
This document was created by members of the McCluney Lab in 2020, including Jonathan Brokaw, Jacob Buchanan, Daniel Clark, MJ Lashbrook, Kevin McCluney, and Alessia Saul, with helpful feedback from Lisa Hanasono and Jennifer McCary. Inevitably, it is shaped by our own biases and backgrounds. Thus, we intend this to be a living document, which will be updated by future members of the lab.
In an ideal world, this document would be unnecessary. However, instances of discrimination and sexual assault take place in academic settings, and ecology labs are no exception. Moreover, these behaviors have too often been tolerated by others who are aware of them. Here, we make it clear that our lab is committed to stopping biased or abusive behaviors of any kind. Instead, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion and work actively towards an environment where all feel safe, respected, and supported.
Statement of goals and beliefs
The McCluney Lab strives to understand human impacts on the environment and aims to address questions that could help society achieve sustainability, which we believe includes the three Es: economics, equity, and the environment. We also aim to educate and train students for a variety of careers (not solely academic). We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are central goals for our lab environment and are integral to the type of science that we do. Thus, we cultivate a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, which recognizes differences in privilege, respects all people, and encourages diverse viewpoints. In addition to ethical considerations, we believe this makes the lab stronger, more creative, and better at problem solving. When we foster a diverse, equitable, collaborative environment, everyone benefits.
Guidelines for lab culture
To achieve our goals of fostering an inclusive and equitable lab environment, we strive for the following laboratory practices:
Promoting respect and collaboration
Giving feedback respectfully and constructively (i.e., suggestions for improvement)
Being mindful of the impact of our words (regardless of intent), and respecting & considering others' responses
Prohibiting harassment of any kind
Valuing diverse backgrounds and cultures
Encouraging and carefully considering new perspectives and ideas
Preventing, recognizing, and addressing discrimination appropriately both in and out of the lab (also see "Being an ally" below)
This could include reporting to the PI or department chair, as well as other designated offices (e.g., Title IX coordinator)
Supporting one another in achieving safe working conditions in the field, where encounters with biased people unaffiliated with the university are possible
Recognizing that differences in identity may lead to different risks for different individuals
Understanding the role of racism in ecological systems
We recognize that ecological systems are really socio-ecological systems and that differences in human cultures alter these systems in fundamentally important ways.
We also recognize that racism has influenced the distribution of peoples with these cultures, thus influencing ecological systems.
For example, as recently described in Schell et al. (2020), current ecological patterns and processes are often the result of historical racism, especially in urban ecosystems (e.g., redlining).
Additionally, many indigenous peoples, past and present, have recognized the importance of ecological systems and their place within them, whereas colonists have often seen themselves as separate from ecological systems and tried to subdue "nature." These differences in culture have resulted in differences in ecological patterns and processes.
We also recognize that systemic racism often results in unequal exposure to ecosystem services (clean water, shade, fisheries, pollination, psychological benefits) and disservices (e.g., pollution, heat, disease).
Acknowledgement of historical oppression
We recognize that the lands where we currently live and do research were once inhabited by indigenous peoples and that historical colonialism often forcibly removed these peoples.
Some of us are the descendants of these colonists, and we recognize that we have benefited at the expense of indigenous peoples.
While we are not responsible for the actions of our ancestors, we can recognize the privileges these actions have given us and will strive to do better in the future.
Due to our beliefs, outlined above, we strive to use our privilege to support our colleagues and create more equitable systems. We will:
Use our power and privilege as instructors to create more inclusive, equitable, and diverse classrooms and laboratories
Work with the Biology Graduate Student Association to create more equitable and inclusive departmental environment
Intervene when we witness micro or macro aggressions (bystander intervention). The intervention may depend on the type of event (micro or macro aggression) and the privilege of the bystander (undergraduate, graduate student, untenured faculty, tenured faculty). The range of potential actions include:
Providing emotional support to the target (may be main recourse if bystander is lower privilege)
Diffusing the situation by being friendly with the target and ignoring the person causing harm (especially when both the target and perpetrator are strangers)
Diffusing the situation with humor (but this needs to be done carefully and is usually best if the person causing harm is someone you know)
Approaching the person causing harm, after the incident, and telling them what they might have done (this is a good approach for micro-aggressions from someone you know; an example wording: "You probably didn't mean it that way, but have you considered how that may have come across?")
Documenting the incident and bringing it to the attention of a person in a higher position (e.g. PI of the lab)
Calling the police (in cases of imminent danger or a need to report a crime)
Using our privilege as mentors and supervisors to support the training and development of diverse individuals
Using our privilege as elected members or chairs of committees or other positions of power to push for policy changes that reduce systemic racism and fight inequity
Our lab has begun acting on our statements above. Here we list our current actions and below you can find a plan for future actions.
Lab meetings centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion
Creating a lab and field safety document that outlines approaches for promoting safer conditions for people of diverse identities (especially important for field work)
Recognizing our own biases and attempting to guard against them (with students in classes, applicants for positions, etc.)
Keeping updated on BGSA's diversity efforts
Efforts by the PI to develop better departmental policies in his role on the personnel committee
Efforts by the PI to support new and diverse colleagues
The PI participated in the BGSU ALLIES training program
Plan for future actions
Conducting a yearly review and update of this DEI statement
Attending workshops through The Division of Diversity and Belonging (https://www.bgsu.edu/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/workshops.html)
Attending inclusive pedagogy workshops (through the Center for Faculty Excellence)
Accumulating resources to support diversity in STEM
Devoting 10 mins of class time to talk about research opportunities in STEM and graduate school (making sure students are aware of tuition remissions and stipends in graduate school)
Work with BGSU's Division of Diversity and Belonging
Invite diverse seminar speakers
Investigate possible research collaborations with HBCUs
Participate in outreach activities that increase participation in science
BGSU's Division of Diversity and Belonging website: https://www.bgsu.edu/equity-diversity-and-inclusion.html
Relevant BGSU campus resources: https://www.bgsu.edu/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/campus-resources.html
A list of resources compiled by Dr. Kristen Lindquist's lab at the University of North Carolina: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TWQSx0jOLVT6lrB9nztZLNUvZOFqH4xBQO3Rf5rPDh4/edit
Report discrimination or harassment: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?BowlingGreenStateUniv
Equity, Opportunity, & Compliance office: 419-372-8421
Report bias impacting you or the BGSU community (can be filed anonymously): https://www.bgsu.edu/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/lgbt-resource-center/report-it-.html
Info about reports of bias: https://www.bgsu.edu/student-affairs/bias-reporting-system.html


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Home » News » Guy Sebastian took family on a ski trip to Japan, walked into a legal feud with Maroubra neighbour
Guy Sebastian took family on a ski trip to Japan, walked into a legal feud with Maroubra neighbour
Guy Sebastian and his family thought they had left their troubles back in 2022 – a horror year where the singer's former manager was jailed – as they embarked on a luxury family holiday to the snowfields of Japan.
But when the family returned home to Sydney last week, they walked into a fresh legal stoush with an old archnemesis – his elderly neighbour.
Just days ago, Sebastian, 41, and his wife Jules Egan, 43, posted happy snaps on Instagram showing their visit to Disneyland Tokyo and sightseeing at Mount Fuji.
'Core memories made!' Ms Egan wrote of the two-week Japan holiday, above a photo of the family-of-four smiling in the snow.
'So grateful to have the chance to visit such a beauty country full of beautiful people, landscape and of course food.'
In another post, she gushed about their week-long trip to the ski village of Niseko, describing the scenery as 'breathtaking'.
'I felt like I was living in a movie set,' she wrote.
Guy Sebastian took his wife Jules Egan and their two children to Japan. The family are pictured at Disneyland Tokyo
'Core memories made!' Ms Egan posted online of the two-week Japan holiday. She is pictured with Sebastian and their two children at Mt Fuji
Sebastian and Egan returned from Japan, where they enjoyed some time on the slopes (pictured) to walk into yet another legal stoush, this time with an old neighbour
On her way home, Ms Egan made a quick stop in Dubai to see Beyoncé's performance at the opening of lavish hotel, Atlantis the Royal.
However, things quickly deteriorated upon the family's return to their multimillion-dollar beachside mansion in Maroubra, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
On Monday, police filed an apprehended violence order against Phillip Hanslow, 66, on Sebastian's behalf, banning him from contacting the singer or setting foot on his property.
Mr Hanslow, who now lives in a semi-derelict home in Sydney's south-west, faces stalking and property damage charges after years of rising tensions came to a head.
The former builder is alleged to have made death threats against Sebastian and is accused of kicking down the multi-millionaire singer's fence.
Sebastian did not want to comment when approached by Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday.
'It's a private matter,' his spokesperson said.
Mr Hanslow, meanwhile, described the inaugural Australian Idol winner as 'not a nice guy'.
Guy Sebastian has been branded 'not a nice guy' by elderly neighbour Phillip Hanslow (pictured)
Phillip Hanslow and his wife Carole have not been living at the Maroubra home (pictured on the right of Guy Sebastian's imposing property)
Mr Hanslow no longer lives next door to Sebastian, having left the home his terminally-ill wife has owned for 37 years.
The couple now live in a dilapidated property in Carlton with their pet bird, Boo Boo.
But Mr Hanslow, who was forced to retire with the pain-causing condition fibromyalgia, still returns to his Maroubra home to work on renovations.
It is understood he is accused of confronting Sebastian on Monday, allegedly making the death threats and damaging the fence.
Another resident witnessed the alleged incident and called police who charged Mr Hanslow with stalking, intent to cause physical harm and damaging property.
He will face Waverley Local Court on February 2.
It comes just months after Sebastian was in court to give evidence against his former manager, Titus Day, who was jailed for embezzling $600,000 from the singer.
Titus Day was jailed in November for embezzling $600,000 from Sebastian's accounts (the singer and his former manager are pictured together)
Guy Sebastian says he is 'not the same person' since his long-time manager embezzled more than $600,000 in a betrayal the singer describes as 'evil'. Sebastian is pictured with wife Jules
Sebastian, who was once one of Day's closest friends, wrote an 1,800-word victim impact statement that was tendered after the jury returned its guilty verdicts.
'I am not the same person I was,' he wrote.
'I wish I could still view the world the same way but every day I fight through negative thoughts and I have to remind myself that not everyone is capable of doing this.
'I have struggled through anger and resentment and I'm not even close to being healed yet.'
Sebastian said Day's 'sustained deception' led him to the 'darkest points' in his life and career.
Day was jailed in November for a minimum two-and-a-half years in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court for withholding parts of Sebastian's huge music earnings.
GUY SEBASTIAN'S NEIGHBOURHOOD FEUD
The bitter row between Sebastian and Mr Hanslow began in 2013 when Sebastian, 41, and wife Jules Egan, 43, bought a property in Maroubra in Sydney's eastern suburbs for $3.1million.
But when they demolished it to build their sprawling new dream home, it triggered the epic feud between Sebastian's family and Mr Hanslow.
Mr Hanslow claimed debris from the demolition damaged his home when a 'brick missile' smashed into an outside wall, narrowly missing his lounge window and his terminally-ill wife Carole, who was watching TV inside.
And he slammed the final design of the new home as an ugly fortress for its imposing and windowless frontage, butting right up to the edge of his house.
Mr Hanslow vowed to move out five years ago after he said two years of demolition work and the construction of Sebastian's home was causing havoc.
He claimed his driveway was regularly blocked and the building work was going on into the night.
SafeWork NSW was called in to investigate the damage to his home and confirmed a brick fell from a truck taking away demolition debris, with the firm ordered to load up elsewhere.
'It was dangerous, if it had been that much lower it would have gone straight through (the window),' Mr Hanslow told Daily Mail Australia in 2017.
'My wife was sitting right inside that window watching television.'
He said his wife was shaking when he returned that day and he had had tried to speak directly to Sebastian to resolve issues in 2017, but discussions had broken down.
'He's got a lot of money and we're only little people,' he said at the time. 'He's not building a house, he's building a fortress.'
Sebastian hit back at his neighbour in 2018 and claimed Mr Hanslow's dog had bitten him when he tried to discuss the problems.
'I've got one of those neighbours… he's a bit filthy at everyone,' Sebastian told a radio show.
'He's one of those guys on the street that sits out the front screwing his eyes up at everyone.
'While I'm taking to him, his dog comes up and bites me – twice. And I still kept the peace, saying, "It's all good". And my leg's bleeding…'
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Sri Lankan man arrested and charged with terror offences in Sydney
A Sri Lankan man employed by a Sydney university has been charged over a document that police allege contained plans for terrorism attacks.
The 25-year-old was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at the University of NSW in Kensington on Thursday afternoon, police said.
It followed a tip-off from a worker at the university, who police said found a notebook that allegedly contained the names of several locations and individuals as "potential targets".
"They are symbolic locations within Sydney," acting Detective Superintendent Mick Sheehy said on Friday.
"We have psychologists and investigators looking at that document to try to interpret the intent and capability, but that is in essence the offence that is before the court."
"From the documentation, we believe he would affiliate with ISIS," Sheehy said.
A number of electronic items were also seized during a raid at a unit at Zetland early on Friday morning.
The man was charged with collecting or making a document which is connected with preparation for, the engagement of a person in, or assistance in a terrorist act.
He was refused bail to appear at Waverley local court on Friday.
"The charges laid against this person are serious and significant, and should not be underestimated," said Australian Federal police Detective Superintendent Michael McTiernan.
The man, who is in Australia on a student visa that expires in September, has not been charged with being a member of a terrorist group.
He was employed as a contractor at the University of NSW and has allegedly travelled back to Sri Lanka and other areas.
The man was not known to police and does not have any criminal history in Australia, police said.
Authorities insist there was no concern for public safety. -Agencies
(Source: Australian Associated Press)
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Social and Natural Disaster in Haiti: How to Help
by Enku Ide
The 7.0 earthquake that razed much of the Haitian capital on January 13 has led to a uniquely devastating humanitarian crisis. The death toll is still uncertain and estimates range between 50,000 and 500,000. The need for international relief is clear.
This tragedy is compounded by U.S. and European intervention into Haitian internal politics, which has caused centuries of poverty and underdevelopment. The vast majority of Haitians are poor and working people, who labor in sweatshops at poverty wages for U.S. corporations like Disney. Their attempts to organize are routinely and violently suppressed.
In the capital of Port-au-Prince, many neighborhoods and even the presidential palace, UN headquarters, and the senate buildings lie in ruins. Hundreds of injured Haitians a day are crossing into the Dominican Republic, and hundreds of thousands are displaced within Haiti.
U.S. mainstream media are using this disaster to drum up PR for corporate charity, as U.S. banks and corporations send millions to the Red Cross and other relief organizations. While any help that addresses the direct needs of Haitians in trouble is needed and rightly applauded, there is a certain irony in celebrating the charity of corporations that have long-term interests in maintaining the status quo of poverty and pillage in Haiti, the poorest country in our hemisphere.
Working people and our organizations in the United States are also organizing to help meet the direct needs of our Haitian brothers and sisters. These appeals for donations and aid come out of solidarity and present an opportunity to relieve some of the immense suffering of the Haitian people. As Haiti begins to rebuild and heal, many of these organizations also look to a day when fights for justice for the poor can create a society where the effects of natural disasters can be better addressed by an independent government with space for unions and other working-class organizations.
The Miami Workers' Center, a community-based workers'organization with Haitian members, would like you to know about Batay Ouvriye, a grassroots worker and peasant organization especially active in the Free Trade Zones and sweatshops. Donating to Batay Ouvriye will strengthen autonomous workers' movements and popular demands of the poor, lessening the unnatural devastation of poverty and structural racism that makes natural disasters so much worse. You can find out more about Batay Ouvriye at http://batayouvriye.org or make a donation at http://miamiautonomyandsolidarity.wordpress.com.
Grassroots International has been supporting Human Rights and other popular organizations in Haiti since 1983. Using these pre-existing networks, Grassroots International can reach people across the island and throughout the most-affected zone to provide direct relief. Please visit http://www.grassrootsonline.org/ to find out more and where to donate.
The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center is accepting donations to help Haitian workers and mobilize Haitian unionists living in the Dominican Republic. Donate and read correspondence from someone on the ground.
National Nurses United, the largest RN union, is coordinating a nurse volunteer mission to Haiti. NNU Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro says, "Nurses will be fundamental to the disaster relief process, to provide immediate healing and therapeutic support to the patients and families facing the devastation from this tragic earthquake." RNs can sign up on the NNU website.
Transport Workers Local 100 in New York City, where a sizable Haitian population lives, kicked off their initial donation with $10,000. Concerned people can add to this pool at their website.
TransAfrica, a longtime friend of the labor movement, is accepting donations for worthy relief organizations on its website. Along with Jobs with Justice, TransAfrica is calling for a moratorium on deporting Haitians who are living in the United States without proper documentation (which is common in severe natural disasters or wars). Learn more about TransAfrica's requests.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is asking for support for a community-based organization, Zanmi Lasante. You can find more information and where to donate at the CIW's site.


In July, HAECO Hong Kong played host to more than 60 Mainland Chinese students taking part in the Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon 2018 "I Can Fly" Summer Aviation Camp. The programme aims to nurture enthusiasm for aviation, as well as a spirit of social service amongst Mainland students.
During their visit to HAECO, the students were introduced to the company's service offerings, followed by an eye-opening guided tour of the hangars and support shops to learn about aircraft maintenance and the actual work processes. They also took the opportunity to visit the Practical Training Centre, where they could take a closer look at a number of aircraft components.
HAECO takes pride in supporting this meaningful programme and has done so since its establishment in 2003.


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A super fast way to whip up a batch of Refried Beans! No soaking or hours of cooking needed. These super flavorful beans will be a family staple.
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Daniel Johnston & Tweedy vinyl-only live album out this month (listen to "Worried Shoes")
The Chicago stop of Daniel Johnston's final tour in 2017 had the cult artist backed by Tweedy (Jeff & Spencer Tweedy, James Elkington, Liam Kazar, and Darin Gray) and that show will be released as a vinyl only live album, titled Chicago 2017, on January 31 via dBpm. It features 14 Johnston songs (and a cover of The Beatles' "I'm So Tired"). Nine of those tracks were performed live at The Vic Theatre, with an additional five recorded the previous day at Wilco's Chicago studio, The Loft. "There is and was only one Daniel and to be able to work with him and help present his music was a huge honor for me and the band, one for which we are all very thankful," says Jeff Tweedy. You can listen to "Worried Shoes" from the album below.
Chicago 2017 is limited to 2000 black, white and blue splatter vinyl copies, and proceeds benefit the Hi, How Are You Project which was started with the support of Daniel (who died last year) and his family and "inspires new conversations around mental health issues by funding and creating thoughtful media content, projects and events." Pre-order yours.
In related news the Hi, How Are You Project will host its annual HHAY Day benefit concert on January 22nd at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX, featuring Cage The Elephant, White Denim, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, plus more special guests.
Meanwhile, Joyful Noise is reissuing Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair's 1990 album It's Spooky which will mark the first time its been available on vinyl in 30 years. It's out April 10 on double Casper-white vinyl and comes with a bonus flexi. You can pre-order now and watch a trailer for the reissue below.
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Surface water supply of the United States, 1914. Part III. Ohio River Basin / by Nathan C. Grover, Albert H. Horton and Warren E. Hall.
Grover, Nathan Clifford, 1868-1956 (author.). Horton, A. H. (Albert Howard), 1875-1945 (author.). Hall, Warren E. (Warren Esterly), 1881- (author.). Geological Survey (U.S.), (issuing body.).
Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 383.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
"Prepared in cooperation with the States of West Virginia and Illinois."
Includes appendix: "Stream-gaging stations and publications relating to water resources, 1885-1914; Part III. Ohio River basin": pages i-xxxii.
Water resources development > Ohio River Watershed.


Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crispy. Set aside on towels to cool.
Butterfly steaks in the middle and pound out until even and they match the size of the rolls. Sprinkle with coarse salt.
Fry each egg, individually, over easy or sunny side up.
Assemble sandwiches: Spread inside of buns with ketchup and mayonnaise. Place lettuce slices over bottom half of buns. Top with a slice of beef, 2 bacon slices, a slice of ham, a slice of tomato, and a slice of mozzarella or provolone.
Place sandwiches (uncovered) under the broiler briefly (keeping a close eye on them) to melt the cheese. Remove from oven and add the fried egg over the cheese, then top with the other half of the bun. Serve immediately.


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Daisy discusses a thorny, timely, and tumultuous issue with two representatives from the Center for Rural Affairs: Immigration and inclusion. Open and honest communication is vital to any dialogue in this area, according to Carlos Barcenas and Jordan Feverherm. Also playing a huge role: Developing and empowering leaders to make sure voices are clearly heard in rural communities. But practical measures can also be taken, including translating items into Spanish in rural Nebraska communities, such as Grand Island. As the national debate on immigration and inclusion continues, take a listen to this episode.


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Q: Why are there 2 different comment flag rate limitings? When I flag a comment, I get two different limits:

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The first one was triggered by me trying to flag two comments on the same post that were obsolete - it popped up when I clicked the flag button (i.e. it is preventing me from opening the dialogue twice in 3 seconds):

The second was encountered for the same reasons, but when I clicked "Flag comment" (i.e. it isn't letting me actually flag more than once every 5 seconds):

Why are there two different rate limits for the same thing (flagging two comments)?
Even if they are to be kept (I think the 3 second one should go) I think they should be reworded to this:

You may only try to flag comments once every 3 seconds

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You may only flag a comment once every 5 seconds

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A clostridial vaccine is a vaccine for sheep and cattle that protects against diseases caused by toxins produced by an infection with one or more Clostridium bacteria. Clostridial vaccines are often administered to pregnant ewes a few weeks before they are due to give birth, in order to give passive immunity to their lambs. Clostridial bacteria multiply rapidly in infected sheep, and produce large amounts of toxin which can cause the sheep to die within hours.

Clostridial vaccines can contain anti-toxins to one or more endotoxins produced by the following bacteria:
 Clostridium chauvoei
 Clostridium haemolyticum
 Clostridium novyi
 Clostridium perfringens
 Clostridium septicum
 Clostridium sordellii
 Clostridium tetani

Clostridial vaccines which protect sheep against multiple clostridial diseases have been available since the 1950s.

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Q: C# datetime binding I have a textbox I want to bind to DateTime property to an object :
myTextBox.DataBindings.Add("Text",myObject,"DateTimeProperty")
myTextBox.DataBindings["Text"].FormatString = "HH:mm";
myTextBox.DataBindings["Text"].FormattingEnabled = true;
myTextBox.DataBindings["Text"].BindingComplete +=
            delegate(object sender, BindingCompleteEventArgs e)
            {
                if (e.Exception is FormatException)
                    MessageBox.Show("Wrong formating, should be :" +myTextBox.DataBindings["Text"].FormatString);
            };

This works perfectly, when I change the textbox value, the property change. Now I want the reverse (without parsing the text).
I want to add a button that increment by 1 minutes myObject.DateTimeProperty. The issue is I can't do
 myObject.DateTimeProperty.Minutes+=1;

nor
 myObject.DateTimeProperty = myObject.DateTimeProperty.AddMinutes(1);

Any ideas?

A: Does myobjoect implement INotifyPropertyChanged?


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