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COVID-19 drives AFR Higher Education Awards 2020
Robert BoltonEducation editor
Nov 19, 2020 – 12.01am
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on universities this year. But the effects are not only about falling revenue and empty classrooms. There have also been positive spin-offs that are recognised in the AFR Higher Education Awards 2020.
Two winners, Wollongong University's Preparing to Teach Online and University of Newcastle tackles COVID-19 Equipment Shortages, are direct consequences of the fast-spreading disease.
Andrea Strachan, director of student services at University of Queensland, has been commended for her selflessness and community-orientation.
Newcastle University's winning entry in the Industry Engagement category is for the high-speed development of a face shield for front-line health workers. A team lead by Ben Vaughan at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences designed and delivered 200 face shields in 10 days.
The project originated in a call from a local health district manager who said staff at John Hunter Hospital felt they were being "sent into battle with no protection".
Dr Vaughan's team used technology intended for a flexible solar cell using a laser to cut plastic in bulk while a team from the Australian National Fabrication Facility – based at the university – assembled the shield.
Flexible solar cells are Dr Vaughan's other big project at the university and, as he puts it, "the focus went from saving the planet to protecting people".
Wollongong University pulled off an equally high-speed COVID-19 about-turn, which wins it the Learning Experience award.
Between March 23 and April 3, it delivered delivered 80 online training sessions to 1700 university staff showing them how to switch to a virtual classroom.
The program was developed by the university's Learning, Teaching & Curriculum unit, which estimates that only 1 per cent of domestic undergraduate new enrolments were lost as a consequence of the shift to online.
One teacher reported back that the Preparing to Teach Online program was "a life saving resource that has given shape and articulation to my online teaching program".
Monash University wins in the International Education category for its Global Immersion Guarantee. Although the program was suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic, judges felt it was "hugely valuable" in its intent.
"There is nothing like the overseas experience to widen the mind of students."
— Judge's comment, AFR Higher Education awards.
Monash offers a free trip to one of its international campuses to all students who have completed first year of a bachelor's degree in arts, global studies, criminology, media and communications, music, or politics, philosophy and economics.
The cost of travel and accommodation is covered by the university, which has set aside $2.8 million for the program. Students have only to pay course fees and prove they are ready to progress to second year.
"There is nothing like the overseas experience to widen the mind of students and give them a sense of the relative wellbeing of Australia compared to other countries," judges said.
In its submission, the university described it as the university's "investment in a future, Australian-educated workforce that can lead responses to the most pressing global issues".
Pedagogy is never far from the surface. Macquarie University wins in the Employability category with a revamp of its bachelor of arts degree to make students better prepared for the workforce.
Preparing Students for the World of Work tackles an issue the federal government has prioritised: getting students to think about employment earlier in their degree.
The revamped BA includes a "skills and careers assessment framework", units focused on transferable skills and how to create a digital skills portfolio. A new capstone unit encourages students to "take an entrepreneurial view of the next step in their career".
Judges said it was refreshing that course developers in a humanities degree were willing to be explicit about entrepreneurialism. The new degree had a 20 per cent increase in uptake among domestic students (adjusted for COVID-19) and 25 per cent among international students.
Deakin University wins the Community Engagement award for a teaching program aimed at children with developmental difficulties.
Nicole Rinehart, the director of the Deakin Child Study Centre, and the Victorian Department of Education and Training launched AllPlay Learn in 2019 and this year it was rolled out across Victorian early childhood centres and government primary and secondary schools.
Professor Rinehart described AllPlay as bringing "research, sport, dance and education together so kids of all abilities can participate, including the one in five children who have a developmental challenge or disability".
AllPlay wins in its category against competition from Monash University's Wunungu Awara: Animating Indigenous Knowledge program, a flu tracker from the University of Newcastle and commuting help for students with a disability from Melbourne University.
The Community Engagement shortlist was culled from a field of 21 submissions, the biggest category in the 2020 awards. It included submissions from Bond University, Excelsia College – a Christian tertiary educator, and the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW.
A joint entry from La Trobe and Monash Universities, Lightboard Studios, was a standout winner in the Education Technology category. Michael Angove/La Trobe University
A joint entry from La Trobe and Monash Universities, Lightboard Studios, was a standout winner in the Education Technology category, The device is effectively a see-through blackboard between a teacher and a camera in a virtual classroom.
It allows the teacher to write formulas and draw diagrams – seemingly in mid-air – but electronically adjusted so letters and numerals read correctly to both the teacher and the viewer. Judges said the visual output had a clarity that was hard to believe and took the ancient concept of chalk and a board and sent it light years into the future.
Sydney University wins the Sustainability category with Saving Energy on Campus. This takes a different path to energy storage: zinc bromine, which its developer, Thomas Maschmeyer, describes as a "hedge against lithium-based technologies which currently face supply chain pressure".
Initially the technology is being applied in six university locations that lack lighting infrastructure. But in the bigger picture the fact the batteries use zinc and bromine – which are more readily obtained than lithium – raises the prospect of more cheaply and abundantly sourced battery storage.
The so-named Gelion batteries are claimed to be safer. "Lead acid batteries can leak, releasing sulphuric acid. And lithium iron batteries can overheat and catch fire. Gelion batteries cannot catch fire. Even at 1000 degrees," Professor Maschmeyer says.
Thomas Maschmeyer's zinc bromine battery – which wins in the Sustainability category – is a "hedge against lithium-based technologies which currently face supply chain pressure". James Brickwood
Deakin University, which won AFR Higher Education Awards in three categories in 2019, wins in two categories this year. Apart from Community Engagement, Deakin also picks up the 2020 award for Equity and Opportunity, with its Centre for Refugee Employment, Advocacy, Training and Education or CREATE.
The centre helps refugees find work at the university and funding for them to study. Funding comes from the Bennelong Foundation, the Helen-Smith Macpherson Trust, the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education and the Department of Home Affairs.
This year the centre is also running career clinics and a mentoring program to connect refugee students with future employers.
The Emerging Leader award goes to the University of Queensland's director of student services, Andrea Strachan.
In nominating her, UQ said she had run a "highly successful consent education campaign, and introduced training for all (5000 student participants), including external residential colleges and accommodation providers".
And her work in response to COVID-19, in which she established a student contact centre in less than 24 hours in February just as the pandemic was beginning to hit, gained special mention.
From February to July, the centre answered 13,000 student inquiries, made 21,862 outbound calls checking on students' wellbeing and made 14,746 student contact points.
The university said Ms Strachan's selflessness and community-orientation were notable given a "large, distributed and complex organisation could easily result in some becoming selfish and siloed".
The Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 goes to Jane den Hollander, former vice chancellor of Deakin University, for her work in turning around the Geelong based university during the manufacturing crisis in the city.
Judges said den Hollander took a principled decision in 2010 when against advice of consultants she said the campus would stay in Geelong and the university would focus on technology and a diversified international student base.
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Q: multi-thread c# application hitting high CPU usage I am working on an application that will connect to x number of hardware devices. I have designed the ReaderLayer such that there is a dedicated thread where the code runs to connect to a single device and continuously read the device data buffer. The code for the reader layer is as follows:
        while (true)
        {

                // read buffer from the reader
                IList<IRampActiveTag> rampTagList = ConnectedReader.ReadBuffer();
                if (rampTagList != null && rampTagList.Any())
                {
                    // trigger read event handler
                    if (ReadMessage != null)
                        ReadMessage(this, new RampTagReadEventArg(rampTagList));
                }

        }

There is a Logic Layer built on top of the Reader Layer that is responsible for processing the data received from the Readers and forwarding it via HTTP Post. It has y number of threads each running a separate Logic Block that has to process relevant information that gets written to its thread-safe queue. The logic layer subscribes to the ReadForwardevent that is exposed by the Reader Layer and forwards that data to the relevant logic block by writing to its ConcurrentQueue.
The code in each of the Logic Block is pretty straightforward:
        public void ProcessLogicBuffer()
        {

            while (true)
            {
                // Dequeue the list
                IRampActiveTag tag;
                LogicBuffer.TryDequeue(out tag);
                if (tag != null)
                {

                    ProcessNewTagReceivedLogic(tag);
                    Console.WriteLine("Process Buffer #Tag {0}. Buffer Count #{1}", tag.NewLoopId, LogicBuffer.Count);
                }

            }
        }

The layout of the loop is mostly the same for both the Reader Layer and the Logic Layer while(true). However when I tested with 3 readers and 3 logic blocks, I found that my CPU utilization jumped up to 77%. I quickly narrowed down the CPU usage to Logic Threads as I received 50% usage for 2 and 25% usage for 1 block.
I am able to bring down the CPU usage to ~3% simply by adding in a Thread.Sleep(100) in the logic thread with 3 blocks, however, I am worried that my logic could be out of synch. By looking at the sample could anyone please suggest to me any improvements as the production code will need to work with about 30 logic blocks. Do I need to change my architecture?

A: You're doing a whole lot of needless polling in this loop:
    public void ProcessLogicBuffer()
    {

        while (true)
        {
            // Dequeue the list
            IRampActiveTag tag;
            LogicBuffer.TryDequeue(out tag);
            if (tag != null)
            {

                ProcessNewTagReceivedLogic(tag);
                Console.WriteLine("Process Buffer #Tag {0}. Buffer Count #{1}", tag.NewLoopId, LogicBuffer.Count);
            }

        }
    }

Assuming that the queue is empty most of the time, most of what this code does is repeatedly check the queue. "Is there anything for me? How 'bout now? Now? ..."
You can get rid of all that useless polling by replacing your ConcurrentQueue with a BlockingCollection. Assuming that you change LogicBuffer to a BlockingCollection, the loop then looks like this:
    public void ProcessLogicBuffer()
    {
        foreach (var tag in LogicBuffer.GetConsumingEnumerable())
        {
            ProcessNewTagReceivedLogic(tag);
            Console.WriteLine("Process Buffer #Tag {0}. Buffer Count #{1}", tag.NewLoopId, LogicBuffer.Count);
        }
    }

GetConsumingEnumerable will dequeue items as they arrive, and will continue to do so until the collection is empty and has been marked as complete for adding. See BlockingCollection.CompleteAdding. The real beauty, though, is that GetConsumingEnumerable does a non-busy wait. If the collection is empty, it waits for a notification that an item is available. It doesn't do a lot of useless polling with TryDequeue.
Changing code that uses ConcurrentQueue so that it uses BlockingCollection instead is pretty easy. You can probably do it in under an hour. Doing so will make your code a lot simpler, and it will eliminate needless polling.
Update
If you need to do some periodic processing, you have two choices. If you want that done in the same loop that's reading the BlockingCollection, then you can change the loop that uses GetConsumingEnumerable to something like:
Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
TimeSpan lastProcessTime = TimeSpan.Zero;
while (true)
{
    IRampActiveTag tag;
    // wait up to 200 ms to dequeue an item.
    if (LogicBuffer.TryTake(out tag, 200))
    {
        // process here
    }
    // see if it's been 200 ms or more
    if ((sw.ElapsedMilliseconds - lastProcessTime.TotalMilliseconds) > 200)
    {
        // do periodic processing
        lastProcessTime = sw.Elapsed;
    }
}

That will give you periodic processing rate in the range of 200 to 400 ms. It's kind of ugly, in my opinion, and might not be good enough for your purposes. You could reduce the timeout to 20 ms instead of 200, which will give you closer to your 200 ms polling rate, at the cost of 10 times as many calls to TryTake. Likely, you wouldn't notice a difference in CPU usage.
My preference would be to separate that periodic processing loop from the queue consumer. Create a timer that fires every 200 ms, and have it do the work. For example:
public void ProcessLogicBuffer()
{
    var timer = new System.Threading.Timer(MyTimerProc, null, 200, 200);

    // queue processing stuff here

    // Just to make sure that the timer isn't garbage collected. . .
    GC.KeepAlive(timer);
}

private void MyTimerProc(object state)
{
    // do periodic processing here
}

That will give you an update frequency of very close to 200 ms. The timer proc will be executed on a separate thread, true, but the only time that thread is active will be when the timer fires.

A: It's simple really, you never yield control, so your code is always executing, so each thread of your code is using 100% of 1 core (so 25% of your cpu if you have 4 cores).
There's no magic there, Windows doesn't "try to guess" you want to wait and throttle you, you need to explcitely wait, you'd need to show the implementation of ProcessNewTagReceivedLogic but i'm guessing "somewhere" you're making a network connection, instead of polling (just checking and again untill you get non null), you want to call something that actually holds and yields untill it gets an answer.

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The Manual 2022 is now available
from The United Church of Canada website
For those of us self-professed Church Geeks (said will much self-love!), the 2022 version of The Manual is now available on The United Church of Canada website. Here are the details as from the national church:
The Manual of The United Church of Canada, 2022 edition, comes into effect on January 1, 2022.
There are only three editorial, not content, changes to this edition (indicated by the year 2022 in parentheses in the right-hand margin in the PDF):
H.6.1: "men and women" has changed to "people"
I.2.4: now includes a definition of ordained supply
J.10.4: "executive" has changed to "Judicial Committee"
The French edition, Le Manuel 2022, is available on the French-language website(opens in a new tab).
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Minute for Ministry - January 16th, 2022 Happy New Year! A Better World: One Water Project at a Time

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The Network's priority is to grow the national commitment to sharing biological data and information. Through this we will provide a comprehensive, unparalleled and authoritative understanding of our natural world and will use that knowledge effectively to educate and inform.
The NBN vision is that:
"Biological data collected and shared openly by the Network are central to the UK's learning and understanding of its biodiversity and are critical to all decision-making about nature and the environment."
To achieve that vision the Network must deliver improvements to the recording, collection, verification, curation, aggregation, analysis and use of biological data in the UK.
This information is vital if we are to understand the distribution and abundance of species and habitats; without it, making informed decisions on how to protect the UK's wildlife is much more difficult.
The National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBN) has been championing the sharing of wildlife data since 2000. We are the UK's largest partnership for nature and hold more than 222 million wildlife records available through the NBN Atlas - the largest species data base for any country in the world.
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WIFIBible With You
by Carolyn Bubu | Oct 24, 2018 | WIFIBible
The Solar WIFIBible device is another of the WIFIBible models that CRMF developed. It consists of a small 12 volts WIFIBible device, built into the battery box of a solar kit. It is powered by the battery box which gets its power source from a 15 watts solar panel. CRMF have built twenty of these models for remote areas with no access to power or electricity.
These models are not sold, but loaned out to people. Before installing these devices, people come to us and fill out forms to recommend a location for us to go and install. This form requires people to point out locations where people commonly hang out, gather, or pass by. From that feedback we pick out a location and go and install it.
The first installation was with one of our own staff member Nicholas Jowapo, at his village, Nalepa. He is also a pastor at the CLC church in the village which is located outside of Goroka town. He had recommended his sister's trade store for the solar WIFIBible install. During the installation a small crowd gathered around the trade store to watch. After that we talked to them about the WIFIBible and showed them how to get free biblical content from it.
That Sunday, Pastor Nicholas made an announcement about the device to his congregation and encouraged them to go to his sister's trade store and download free biblical contents to their mobile devices.
The second installation was at a Foursquare Gospel Church at Wantrifu village in Asaro valley, some 100 kilometers outside of Goroka town. One of our female staff members had recommended the location. She connected us with the pastor's son, who asked us to install a device at their church, Foursquare Gospel Church. It was a wet morning when we went to the village for the installation, we met the Pastor on the road to the village and he informed us that his son was waiting for us.
When we arrived, the Pastor's son and some of his boys helped us get on the roof to mount the solar panel. After that we mounted the battery box on the wall next to the pulpit and connected the cable from the solar to charge it. While the boys put up the stickers and the poster, we browsed through the WIFIBible on his (pastor's son) phone and showed him all the contents and how to download them to his phone.
The third installation was at Waritsian village in the Markham area of Lae, Morobe Province. The location was at a Pastor's house which was along the road going into the village. While his boys helped us with mounting the solar panel on the roof of the house, we put up the battery box inside the house and connected the cable from the solar to power it up. We then connected to the device and went through it with the Pastor and his son. They put up the stickers at the back of the wall facing the road. The poster was pinned up outside the wall next to the door.
We had asked EBC Health to partner with us in installing the remaining thirteen solar WIFIBible kits in all their Health Centre Facilities. Most of these centres are located around the remote areas of Jiwaka, Eastern Highlands, Morobe and Madang Provinces.
During our last trip down to Lae to pack Bibles for Bougainville, we also prepared the first device for the EBC Health Facility at 6 Mile Lae and two 12 volts WIFIBible for the Highway PMV buses traveling between Lae and Madang.
Arriving at the EBC Health office it was already packed with people coming to see the health workers. We informed the workers that we were there to do the installation and they told us that they were aware of us doing the installation and that their main office informed them to ask us to do the installation at their new facility but since it wasn't opened yet, we installed it at the facility that they were currently using.
While we were still mounting the battery box, one of the EBC workers who come around to help us with the ladder, announced to the people waiting outside, about the WIFIBible and what it has on it. We then gave them a poster to put outside the office and once the poster was up, one of them had already gotten her phone out to check out the WIFIBible while a small crowd of three to four people gathered around to read the poster.
After that we went to the Lae highway bus stop for the two WIFIBible bus installs. One crew approached us thinking that we needed transport. We told him about the WIFIBible and that we are doing a free installation on two highway buses and we needed permission from the bus owner. He was in a hurry and asked for a brochure. Another crew approached us and we told him about the WIFIBible and he brought us to the driver who is also the owner of the bus.
We explained to the owner about the WIFIBible and he told us to go ahead and install it while one of his crew filled out his details on the customer form. After that we put up two WIFIBible stickers and gave them the instructions. The bus name was "Yumi Yet Rong"; it travels on the Lae – Hagen – Lae route.
The other crew is from the Damsai Bus, which travelled the Madang – Lae – Madang route. The crew saw us holding the WIFIBible and came over asking what it is. We explained that it's a device that has biblical contents on it and that you can access from a mobile phone without the use of data and we also told them that we were installing them for free on any highway PMV buses. We needed the permission and details of the owner before doing the installation.
He said that the bus driver is the owner's son. He left us and went to talk with the driver about it. They called us over and told us to go ahead and install it. We explain and informed the driver about how they can use their device to connect and download the contents from the WIFIBible and we also informed him to tell his passengers about it. After that we put up the two WIFIBible stickers on his bus then we gave them further instructions and left the bus stop.
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Podcast | Season 1 | Episode 14: Privacy and Data Protection in Schools
In this episode Jen Persson (Defend Digital Me) shines a light on how schools can fairly collect children's data and the need for awareness on how commercial organisations use them.
📎 Who Needs to Be Told What? What Schools Must Do to Meet Their Duties on Data Protection and Privacy
What does a day-in-the-life of a datafied child look like at your school, and can you explain it?
Do you understand how the National Pupil Database works and what you need to tell families?
What impact do emerging technologies have on your data processing duties?
Case studies from legal challenges and regulatory enforcement Security and privacy: How not to be the next news story
💡 Jen Persson, Director, Defend Digital Me
🏫 This session was recorded live on 14th November 2019 in the Schools Improvement Summit of the Schools & Academies Show at the NEC in Birmingham.
Jen Persson
Everyone, welcome. Thanks for coming. Sorry if I gave you a bit of a shock. I don't know how loud I am in the back because it's all right. Good. Okay. Alright. Well, you might have more shocks this afternoon. I hope not. What we're hoping to do is take you through about 10 minutes of some of the things that you might or might not be doing in your own schools. And if you if you're happy to give me a rough show of primary school, secondary, further, something else other Okay, so got a rough idea. Which I tailor it a little bit. And also, I want to try and leave 10 minutes. So almost half the session for questions that have to be short and sweet if you've got more than a few, but let's do what we can. So top tasks are telling families about data policies in schools and why it matters. And we've just finished writing a report for the Council of Europe Data Protection Committee 108, one of the global data protection legislations, it's not just about GDPR, we've all had data protection legislation in the UK and around the world for many, many years. GDPR has actually changed very little. So if you're just coming to data protection and privacy as issues in schools, we might have some catch up to do. There's some things have changed, but not a lot. Most of what you should be doing today is something we should have been doing since 1998 1995. And long before.
What does the day in the life of a child look like? So one of the things we'll go through, we've put some flyers out, you'll see it on the back. Can you explain it. Can you explain to families what actually happens once the school census has been collected? Where the national people database comes from? Do you know that it's 25 different databases from collections in schools from children age 2 t0 19, joining up everything from their name, date of birth, all your testing, early years, key stages, all their attainment, behavior, special educational needs, all joined together, all given away by government to commercial companies, researchers, academics and others. We talk about emerging technologies. We've got some fascinating things on display today. Here at the show. We've also got some absolutely shocking stories from around the world. Things like brain scanners being employed in China. But don't think all the high tech stuffs in China where there's got even fewer human rights than we have respected here because of facial recognition biometrics, fingerprinting in schools with a world leader, I think here in the UK, you have normalised the fact that we use fingerprints in schools for library books for campaigned for cashless payments. Even the US does not use that technology. So we've got lots of case studies and things that we'd like to see avoided. And this is where we're moving towards the better picture we want to see built. What does a day in the life at your school look like? Have you ever thought about it? I was a mother. I still am a mother, but five years ago, knew absolutely nothing about how my child's data was processed in school. I've spent two years mapping it of what this data flows into, across and out of the education system look like. And I was really pretty horrified once I put this picture together when you think that but at the breakfast table, you're getting home school communications on mobile phones saying don't forget this something great on good news. Don't forget the homework. Kids maybe got a message on Google Education. At 8:30 they're crossing into the school playground reps on a body cam on your local crossing patrol across into CCTV across the playgrounds, lots of controversy right now, but they've been putting them into school toilets. We've just in fact been talking to Jeremy Vine and Mark Lehane was on talking, obviously not really understanding how the law works, because some of that's deeply invasive and not lawful. And by eight o'clock, nine o'clock, you're back in school classroom, you registered, you're on the Sims register, what is CapitalSims or other companies do with that data? Where does it go sitting in the cloud? We've now got millions and millions of children's records sitting with commercial companies. Do you know exactly how they get used? There's very little transparency around it. You're logging on to Google platforms to Microsoft other significant companies. Perhaps you're using a web monitoring software. Some of them are here today InfoPro, NetSupport, e-safe and others. They're monitoring everything children type, sometimes matching up to 20,000 keywords from libraries. Did they type cliffs and get flagged as a suicide risk that they type black rhinos and get flagged as a potential gang member? If you think they sound absurd? These are two case studies have come to us this last year. Where teachers have said, these software have a huge error rate. They create tons of workload, but we've got no transparency, how good it is and what it's actually doing. Some of these companies send the data to the States, some of it about rainy owned, we really need much more transparency around it. Perhaps by one o'clock, you've already logged into an AI platform, perhaps using VR or AR. Some of these collect data locally, some of them are sending them into the cloud, some of them might store it forever, anonymise it, they say, it's very hard to anonymise data, really hard to do it well. So if you've got companies saying to you, in part of your data sharing agreements that you have to click because if you don't click it, you'll get not get to use the service tomorrow. Be very wary of saying it'll be anonymized. We're using multiple apps in the classroom throughout the day. By the afternoon they probably already used the biometric system for buying the lunch. Perhaps using it for borrowing library books, then again, after school clubs, a lot of them are integrating with schools information management systems, again, leaving school body cams, CCTV, etc. Going home that they're looking into the Google Classroom perhaps, may or may not be tracking through YouTube, depending how you've got it set up using the same login system. And all that data, then potentially, the stuff that's been put into the classroom management apps, the CPOMS and so on and so forth, is then being processed overnight by all these companies. And if once a term you're sending data, as you're required to belong to the school census, is then going to government and they give it away on a daily basis to thousands of places, and it's not anonymous. Can you explain that to a child?
Okay, so there's no requirement to ask for consent to capture child's biometrics in England True or false? So we'll say true. Don't need to ask consent. Okay, Scotland, is it true no requirements to ask for consent? Don't know, ok. So, in England and Wales, children are protected under protection of freedoms act 2012 piece of legislation put in with a specific paragraph saying you must have active consent. It's not something you're locked out of. It's not you have to use this system we'd really like you to please don't say no. And it's you have to get freely given voluntary consent. That can't be unlike my own daughter, a two year waitlist for her to be able to use the canteen because there was no other system in place. You have to be able to offer an alternative. Scotland and Northern Ireland, that piece of legislation doesn't apply. They don't have the same protections. It's one thing we'd like to see change. We'd like UK wide the same protections for all children to be in place.
When we carried out a survey last year 38% of the parents who said we are using a biometric system in schools said they hadn't been asked for consent. There's a big gap here between what should be happening and what is happening in reality. Children are in school for the most part. compulsorily. It's not a consensual process. My kids, I'm delighted to say love going to school. Some children are in much more difficult situations and don't, or they get really challenging situations why they're not. There's lots of reasons that data are collected about children for their welfare for their well being. And it's really important that we do it well and safely. So they trust coming to school, and they keep coming to school. But other places, they're starting to enforce against GDPR. So Sweden, the Data Protection Commissioner in Sweden has fined a school community in central Sweden, almost 20,000 euros for employing a facial recognition system. It wasn't connected to the internet. They locked it in cabinets overnight. It was extensively with consent. The big problem with that the Data Protection Commissioner said, there is no really genuine freely considered given consent in a school for something that you're making a requirement to walk in and out of the door with. It's very hard to say you've got consent, it's not a tick box exercise, you can't just sign a piece of paper and say parents have agreed consent has to be freely given.
France again, just put a ban in the south of France for schools who have adopted facial recognition technology, lots of debate around this in the public domain at the moment as well. Insufficient organisational and security measures, something that's being picked up in schools in Denmark. New York, the states has very different laws, and how they manage things is quite interesting. Because we're not telling our children very much about how their data process in schools, we're not very good at it. This form on the right and it was a bit small, but you're welcome to get my slides from me afterwards and I'll post them on our website which you can get from the flyer. If you tell children something simple, like your internet use will be monitored. And you have a company that is collecting every single thing they do on the internet, building a profile, recording that data, potentially putting in flags of terrorism and then sending that data to the States. This one liner, I understand my internet will be monitored is completely inadequate and unlawful processing, both by you and by the company. So we need to fix these things. children have rights in schools. I love when my kids go to school. My teachers are brilliant, and I've just been on Jeremy Vine saying although it was about toilet, CCTV. Teachers in this country are overstretched, underpaid, undervalued, and really, I think almost at breaking point sometimes around putting in some technology just because they think it will be a better fix than the shortage of staff you've got right now. Can we put stuff in that has an app that does it the parents can do their own admin because we haven't got backs back office stuff anymore? Can we do this classroom monitoring thing? Because we haven't got a TA anymore? Can we, you know, effectively make up for not having humans enough staff around by technology. We have to make sure that when we're thinking about these things that we're actually realistic about, what do they deliver? What do they cost long term, and they don't erode the fundamental rights to privacy that children have.
We want a really drastic rethinking of how we manage this in schools. And we can only do this with your help, actually. So if it's something you think you want to care about, get in touch with us afterwards. Ask your candidates if you're going to hustings because we think you actually have to change the wide variety of processing that all these companies do on a day to day basis, that they are creating their own products out of the children's data that they're analysing if their own data analytics, that they're really going far beyond what you require them to do as a school, because you engage that product from a company to deliver part of your public task, part of the education a day to day routine activities. That article six GDPR permission under public task does not extend to the company. They don't have a statutory obligation. They can agree with you under contract what they're allowed to do. But it can't go beyond what a processor is allowed to do. If the company starts becoming a data controller, that is they start deciding how they use the data, how long they keep it, what they use it for, that makes them the data controller, and they have no public task. So what basis in law are they processing on? At the moment? A lot of them the answer is none and they're unlawful. So we think we actually need a big revision of reducing back in some of what these companies are doing with children's data in schools, but also building a better system that schools have support, to be able to understand how all these systems all work, that you get some of that workload burden taken away from a day to day processing basis that you don't have to understand all this data processing going on, that you get an approved list all that together with your MAT, or your Academy chain or your local authority or wherever else that might look. You understand. We've got good trusted suppliers. We know what they're doing, we effectively kitemark them, and it would take away some of that burden that schools have to understand what's going on and give you the clarity and confidence to know that you're processing safely and lawfully. So read more about it is something you're interested in.
All of these things we've we've listed out in our brochure, here, we basically want lifetime accountability for companies because at the moment what happens is a child leaves school at the end of a day. And each of those days in the year add up, and by the time they leave school, or whatever stage you His primary secondary further, they have no idea where their digital footprint has gone. You cannot tell them where their data has been processed, how long they're going to keep it for, what's going to happen next. And the companies and the schools have an accountability obligation. You have to be able to tell people, where's the data gone? Who's got it? And why of how long and when are they going to destroy it? So we think we have to increase this accountability for a lifetime of data. So finally, don't forget to vote. Ask your candidates about these things, if you think something that matters, and let's answer your questions. Hi.
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Hi, I've got two questions, if that's okay. Firstly, you're now about maybe getting a bit closer, a registration of kitemark companies essentially, to give you a lifetime protection of what they're doing with the data. Do you see that as a reality? Because I'm a data protection officer in education and everything that you've said to me will make me to sleep a little worse this evening because you've got all the different companies we've gone from Sims to SchoolPods to RM integris, where we've got the whole people record is terrifying as to what they were, what they're going to do with that data and how we can control it. So is that a reality that, you know, there will be a registration of providers that we can go to?
Just a second one. Second one is I can't wait to re listen to the Jeremy Vine piece because I want to know the outcome of whether you can put the TV cameras in the toilet and what angle they're on. Thank you. Okay.
All right. So did people hear that at the back? So right, okay.
So the first question, I think there is the infrastructure isn't there right now, we're totally aware of that. But the result of that gap is that you have a real accountability problem in schools as a data protection officer or your school's governors, you're you're responsible for the children's data for telling families and how it works. So we think what you'd like to be able to do is have an A4 piece of paper at the start of the year or electronic, and be able to say, here are the 30-50 however many companies is that we're going to send your personal data to from our schools information management system. And here is the data or the types of data that we're going to send them. And you don't get consent. But you get a recognition effectively, they say, we acknowledge we understand that that's your fair processing obligation fulfilled. You don't need consent because you process on the basis of public task. And we have to at the same time, ensure the companies all realise they have to up their game and stop processing for their own purposes. And then you do they then they then don't need consent, because they're contracted to the schools. And is it going to be a massive challenge? Will it happen in reality? I think if it doesn't happen reality, we'll end up losing more and more trust in the school system. We'll have more breaches, we'll have the CCTV you know streaming and us TV like they were in Blackpool schools last year, we're going to have enforcement action. Something that we're working on, we have parents come to us and say we really dislike x, y, z app, or platform. And we're really unconcerned about where the data is going. Something's got to give. It's not a sustainable model at the moment. And that's what we're trying to build. We haven't got the infrastructure right now. We have to see how it could be done. But it definitely needs oversight from somewhere and I think it should be better regional than it, then it would be national. And I think we lost to be honest, some of the the oversight and the support perhaps from local authorities who once had people that used to be expert in DPAs have gone I mean, we've just lost the dearth of knowledge it's going to take time, but I think there's not. I'll be delighted if you'd another alternative, but I don't think we've got a better model right now.
Yeah, if there's no more questions, going straight on to the CCTV, so, yeah, CCTV in toilets. So if you want to get to real nitty gritty The European Data Protection Board has put out a very good document on video surveillance, and the data protection implications of it. And it's case study in that document is don't put CCTV in toiletsit is an invasion of privacy, it's a step too far is not necessary. You have a necessity test and data protection legislation, you must be able to prove it was necessary that there is no other alternative method for achieving your aim. And that this data collection was necessary and proportionate to that. So we're actually carrying out a survey right now of London schools. We've got answers back from about 120 primaries and nurseries, none of them say, and it's an anonymous survey, genuinely, so none of them say they're processing with CCTV in toilets or bathrooms they do at the entrance halls. I think there's a real big risk in some of this at the moment that we sort of normalised the idea that we have to watch everything all the time, otherwise we're liable for a problem.
It was so risk averse right now. And I understand why. But it got to the point where there's no evidence, genuine evidence measured evidence from companies that provide these services that it genuinely solves the problem that you're trying to fix. It gives you other headaches because you then have the potential of risks, you know, if breaches, misuse, people watching it when they shouldn't be, or it stored and retention and lost the installation of the cameras in secret in London recently. We've got cameras going into schools, you know, that are being 360 degree cameras going into every classroom, ostensibly for teacher training. So it's filming you recording voice, both teachers and pupils being played back for teacher training. But that's a very slippery slope into teacher control as far as I'm concerned. I mean, what could be better? What would be better way of measuring your progress 8? If we get rid of all the detailed test that we just watched the teachers I mean, there's a real story slippery slope and some of this. So CCTV and toilets for us is a complete no. It should be very proportionate, very necessary and pass that necessity test. And your data protection impact assessment should show that you demonstrate that. And especially when you're processing a lot of children at high volumes, you certainly need to carry one out.
So questions on it because we've got a survey going of primary nurseries. We've got responses back from secondary schools around CCTV and toilets. And obviously, the concerns. The concerns are around bullying, mess, violence, damage and all those things. We haven't in our survey yet, and I know it's common. I know people talk about it. I think sometimes though, there is also this idea that because it's become normalised that it the idea that it's common, is actually more common reality that they're not installed in toilets that they are in the hallways that they might be in a hallway close to the toilet, but they're not actually in the bathrooms. And I think people are starting to think, oh, other people are doing it, I need to be doing it too. There's always this fear of missing out. So this is why we're trying to get a baseline right now of our people actually doing it. But I would say the solution to some of these big social problems are not zero tolerance. That's a personal private view of mine. It's not more authoritarian watching and surveillance is certainly not done through technology. It's done through people. And I think the teaching profession needs more funding and more staff to be able to have those trusted relationships in schools between you and your pupils, that if there is a problem, it's nipped in the bud. We're not going to solve bullying. There's always been bullying. I remember as a six year old one of my friends was literally I think about it was being asked for you know, pocket money for sweets after school by the nine year old as it was then and it but she could get to the head and say this was happening and it stopped. I know that's a simple scenario. But some of this is not going to solve itself. But it's not going to be solved by technology. Just by watching that doesn't do anything. You have to then understand who's watching it. is you actually going to get enforcement out of it? Is anyone going to take any action? And how would you get a culture change if it really is a significant problem?
Nothing else? Nothing tough. I think we've run over time anyway. Little bit. Okay. Listen, if you've got other questions you think about I'm here come over and ask. Otherwise, it'd be great, we've got flyers, take them away and thanks for coming.
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Buffalo boasts a dynamic gardening community, which is made clear by the number of garden-related events that pop-up throughout the spring and summer. While we are all familiar with monumental undertakings such as Garden Walk Buffalo, which is the largest garden tour in the country, there is also a plethora of other events and activities to look forward to.
Gardens Buffalo Niagara recently released a 2018 calendar of events, which breaks down all of the various regional gardens walks and like-minded events. For example, there's The Buffalo Garden Party, and East Side Momentum Tour, both of which revolve around gardens. During the months of June, July, and August, there's a wide range of garden events to look forward to. Thankfully, we now have a handy-dandy brochure to reference any time we need our garden fix.
Also, be sure to check out GardensBuffaloNiagara.com for details on all of the garden events in WNY.


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Best Florida Weekend Getaways: Havana Cabana
By VI Staff on November 5, 2019
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There are so many things to see and do in Florida, it's the sort of place that can be enjoyed by visitors of all ages, from young children with their parents to elderly couples and groups of friends, and it's also the kind of place many people choose to visit time and time again, with one trip never being enough to see all the Sunshine State has to offer.
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Whether you're enjoying the thrills and spills of the Walt Disney World theme parks in Orlando, chilling on the beach at Clearwater, browsing the art galleries and shops of Miami, or exploring the awesome natural beauty of the Everglades, you can never get tired of Florida's diverse range of attractions and activities.
One of the very best places to visit in Florida is, without a doubt, Key West. A little island city situated right at the end of the Florida Keys and US Route 1, Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous US and even has an official marker to highlight this fact where visitors can pose for fun selfies.
The weather is fittingly sunny and warm all through the year, with Key West being a prime destination for shopping, dining, fishing, water sports, sunbathing, and other fun activities, home to such unique attractions as the Ernest Hemingway Home and the lively hotspot of Mallory Square. If you're looking for the best hotel in Key West, take a look at Havana Cabana.
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Havana Cabana is one of the top accommodation locations in Key West. This luxury, family-friendly Florida resort offers comfortable and cozy accommodation, top class amenities, and is even home to Key West's biggest swimming pool too.
- The Rooms - Guests at the Havana Cabana Key West resort will find a wide range of room types to choose from when reserving their stay. But whether you're in a standard Havana Room or a deluxe Gulf View Room, you'll find a lot to love about your little 'home away from home' at this Florida hotel. All of the rooms feature comfortable beds, quality linen, and additional seating areas and desks, as well as plenty of storage space. The rooms are designed in a light and airy style, complete with Havana-inspired imagery and decoration that complements the overall theme of the resort.
- Dining at Havana Cabana - Guests at Havana Cabana won't even need to leave the resort to enjoy some of the most delicious Key West delicacies and dining experiences. The resort has its own on-site food truck named Floridita, offering a great range of local favorites and Cuban delights all through the day. If you're looking for crisp, refreshing drinks, you can stop off at the Mojitos Pool Bar and order up one of more than 15 different types of mojito or other Cuban cocktails and frozen treats. The delicious, casual food and drink at Havana Cabana is a big part of what makes this resort so popular.
- The Pool - As previously mentioned, the Havana Cabana is home to the largest swimming pool in all of Key West. Surrounded by towering palms, relaxing sun lounges, cozy cabin seating, and luxurious hammocks, and offering more than enough space for all, the Havana Cabana pool is the perfect place to unwind at any time of day or evening. There's a hot tub right next door too and you can enjoy delicious cocktails from the comfort of the seating areas around the pool, as well as playing games like foosball or ping pong with your family or catching a live outdoor show too.
- Weddings and Events - If you're planning a wedding in Key West, the Havana Cabana may very well be the dream venue you've been searching for. Many happy couples have said "I do" at Havana Cabana, with the intimate, lively Cuban style and setting of this resort offering plenty of advantages to happy brides, grooms, and their families and friends. The resort offers full accommodation for your guests and catering services too, including unique options like a ride in the resort's very own '57 Chevy and some hand-rolled Cuban cigars to celebrate in the evening. Those planning other events will also find a lot to love at Havana Cabana, with the resort's staff and event planning experts always eager to make any event extra special. website
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Name Melanie Pitkin What is your speciality area? My academic background is in Ancient History and Egyptology so my main specialty area is actually Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period history.
'Be the Change' Inauguration Poster
In April, I made a visit to the Design Museum in London to see the 2009 Brit Insurance Design Awards. You see, the winning design was Shepard Fairey's 'Progress' poster which became the driving force behind the 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Election campaign, and shortly before leaving Sydney, I had assisted my colleague Anne-Marie Van de Ven on the acquisition documentation for Fairey's 'Be the Change' Inauguration poster for our collection.
Happy Birthday Wedgwood!
Eva Czernis-Ryl
Did you know that Josiah Wedgwood was born on 12th of July 1730? It was his birthday on Sunday so we thought that this would be a good opportunity to illustrate our fabulous 'Venus in her chariot' vase, a highlight of our significant Wedgwood collection.
Full steam ahead – the 3265
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Under the supervision of the Museum's Engineering conservator, Ross Goodman, and a dedicated group of volunteers, Steam Locomotive 3265 has been extensively rebuilt and once again will be fully operational and carrying passengers.
Chanel at the Powerhouse
The recent release of the new Coco Avant Chanel film inspired me to revisit the Museum's very own collection of Chanel fashion to see just how much we hold which dates before the designer's death in 1971.
Speak Up- the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
What is this block of marble? a geiger counter? what does it have to do with the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Well, it is in fact a microphone! and the very same microphone used at the official opening ceremony of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 19 March 1932.
Michael Jackson- death of a pop icon
Everyone at the Powerhouse Museum was saddened to hear of the death of Michael Jackson this morning. He was an unmistakable icon of pop culture. Who can forget the 1982 album "Thriller" , which was one of the world's highest selling records, and its video film clip which revolutionised the pop music film clip industry.
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Photo courtesy of The Bank of England Three early Boulton and Watt rotative steam engines still exist, and all are held by museums: Boulton's own Lap engine in the London Science Museum, the Barclay Perkins engine in the National Museum of Scotland, and our very own Whitbread engine.
Meet the curator- Michael Lea
Name Michael Lea What is your speciality area? Music and musical instruments. It's a very diverse area so covers a lot of ground from historical to contemporary aspects through to musical traditions from a variety of cultures.
Maccaferri plastic guitar
As I mentioned this is another of my favourite things in the collection. It was bought by the museum from Maccaferri's plastics company in the USA in the 1950s as an example of what you could do with plastic, and it doesn't sound too bad as an instrument either.
The Traeger Pedal
Imagine, you're at the weekly pub trivia quiz, it's the final round and you need 2 points to win. Question 1. Which Australian Icon appears on the back of the Australian $20 note? a tough one! but some may know that it's the Reverend John Flynn, who started the world's first air ambulance service, The Royal Flying Doctors.
Meet the curator- Debbie Rudder
My main research interests are: how our past use of energy informs present and future energy use; and the history and practice of innovation.
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What's The Best Price at CityWalk in Universal Orlando?
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If you purchased a multi-day theme park pass, then price is not a consideration: 14 consecutive days of CityWalk club access is included. Go. Boogie. Enjoy. Otherwise, you may want to spend a few moments considering your options. If you plan on visiting most, if not all, of the clubs on a single night, the Party Pass is a fabulous deal. Of course, it's nearly impossible to visit all the clubs in one night, so you'll miss a lot. But even if you only visit two, the Party Pass pays for itself.
However, be aware that it is possible to visit two clubs and pay only one cover charge. It works like this: The cover charge clicks in at 9:00 p.m., but they don't go around from table to table to collect the cover from those already in the club. So you could arrive at, say, Marley's half an hour before the cover takes effect, grab a good seat and catch the first show. Then you could move on to, say, Rising Star, paying the $7 cover there. If you call it a night then, you've only spent $7 in cover charges and saved a little money — $5.77, to be exact.
Since the additional cost of a Party Pass is so small, why not go for it? That way you can satisfy your morbid curiosity about clubs you otherwise wouldn't try. And who knows? You might discover a place you really love.


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Translations by Brian Friel. Directed by Garry Hynes. Scenic and costume design by Francis O'Connor. Lighting design by Davy Cunningham. Sound design by John Leonard. Original music by Sam Jackson. Cast: Niall Buggy, David Costabile, Alan Cox, Dermot Crowley, Michael Fitzgerald, Morgan Hallett, Geraldine Hughes, Susan Lynch, Graeme Malcolm, Chandler Williams.
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, including one intermission.
Audience: Appropriate for ages 12+. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
It's the nature of language, alternately lyrical and longing, that provides not only the foundation for Brian Friel's play Translations, but also the rope by which it can hang itself. The torrents of words that fuel this messy masterpiece are not themselves vehicles of change, but the ways they're spoken or not spoken and comprehended or misunderstood means the difference between history lost and preserved, and a production that either scintillates or evaporates in the heat of its own misguided ideals.
In directing the new mounting (and second Broadway appearance) of Translations at the Biltmore, a coproduction of Manhattan Theatre Club (which produced the play's New York premiere in 1981) and New Jersey's McCarter Theatre Center, Garry Hynes has neither managed to fix the flaws that make this one of Friel's most-frustrating, least-realized works, nor fallen into any of the traps this compelling play cunningly sets. This turbulent mixture of linguistic and dramatic ingredients never coheres into a completely appetizing recipe on Hynes's watch, but her respectful, detailed work guarantees that the depicted world of 19th-century Ireland always at least satiates.
That's because she's chosen to highlight the play's epic romance, rather than merely focus on any of the tinier love stories that constitute it. The affair she considers central is the one between the people of Ireland and the heritage they're struggling to preserve against the encroaching English dominion in 1833. Of noticeably less importance is the relationship between aging language instructor Hugh (Niall Buggy) and the adult students he wants to install with a solid understanding of Irish, and even the triangle that forms between Hugh's son (David Costabile), the village girl (Susan Lynch) he's long taken to, and the young British officer (Chandler Williams) who also loves her but does not share her language.
In another production, the scene in which the girl and the soldier attempt to carry out their courtship without understanding the other's words might serve as the work's most identifiable heart. Not here. To Hynes, it's a comic trifle, a single, forgettable page in the more involved chronicle of England's attempt to hold sway over Ireland, and it's played by the performers with the knowledge that in the grand scheme of things, their words and actions don't mean a great deal. It's probably the least weighty treatment you'll see this season of a play's most important scene.
It is, however, typical of how Hynes disrupts expectations and forces you to examine events on her terms. She places far more importance on the story of Hugh's other son, Owen (Alan Cox), who's working with the British to redraw the map of Ireland and assign consistent, more pronounceable names to Irish locations. Owen's charge to both maintain tradition and pave the path to the future provides what emotional thrust this production generates, and leads it more or less successfully from its hazy opening scenes to the chilling finale, in which Hugh inconclusively assesses the impact of this kind of change in both the long and the short term.
Unfortunately, Hynes's interpretation is not ideal for examining the human cost of progress that is Friel's true subject. Most of the actors have clearly defined their characters as observers or participants in the cold-but-warming war the play presents, but none has the opportunity to register as more than a tiny droplet in history's tidal wave. The personal detail that would better inform Hynes's wider view of who these people are and what they represent simply isn't present in the writing; one can't zoom out on this action without losing all perspective on what's happening and why.
Most of Friel's plays do allow that approach - last year's revival of Faith Healer, for example, demonstrated how three characters' four monologues could circumscribe whole vistas of human perceptions and experiences while retaining a fireside intimacy. Here, Hynes's attempts to yank the action from the dank and dirty barn where Hugh holds his lessons (Francis O'Connor designed the oddly expansive set, as well as the period-capturing costumes) are thwarted, as if Friel is silently demanding that what naturally desires to be magnified remain microscopic.
The actors, pulled in so many different directions, deliver performances as accomplished as they are ineffectual. Williams, a complete blank slate as the young soldier, is the only one who captures none of his role's essential essence - he conveys no sense whatsoever of being trapped between a world he wants to destroy and embrace, and his eventual turnaround is utterly unconvincing. Cox, as Owen, possesses the progressive qualities Williams lacks, and this production would probably be more effective if they switched roles. Lynch finds charming complexities in his love interest, who's torn between life and love in Ireland and fortune in America, though Costabile only occasionally emerges from the background as the man she's destined to leave behind. Dermot Crowley and Michael Fitzgerald respectively bring the right elderly and youthful energy to a pair of students.
Buggy projects no authority throughout most of his performance as Hugh, the play's rudderless, barely noticeable lead role, though he shines brightly in the riveting final scene that transforms life's ebb and flow into an oppressive ocean voyage. The stage effects, which make full use of Davy Cunningham's reserved lighting, are a distinct turnaround from the rest of the show, but Buggy's steering allows the play to maintain its course right through until the final moments - no small feat.
Perhaps even more important is Morgan Hallett as Sarah, a young girl only now putting words to her thoughts. Her halting speech (which Hallett delivers with lacerating acuity) reminds us of the communication difficulties that can often exist even within a single language. Much of her trouble arises from a desire to speak out hampered by other forces that want her to remain silent, a trouble that mirrors that of Translations - despite Hynes's impressive efforts - all too well.


Beware expensive words used loosely. Exploitation harbors no pangs of regret -- ask anyone who has sold their soul. If they had a soul worth selling, they probably never had much of a soul to begin with.
Manufacturing value is alchemical fool's gold. Freedom and religion have become the latest antonyms of the new great century. Might and freedom, synonyms. Does freedom count if you're not free from rules?
I'll take the Hippocratic oath and bargain a plea. Graffiti is not dead. Just in danger of becoming boring. But that danger is constant. That's what makes the medium perpetual. The same danger lives in music with the same urgency and same consistency. It's a struggle with the arts, a wrestle with the science.
Synthesizing space, figure, time, movements interlocking, weaving in and out, identity and style converge and what follows is the fusion. Graffiti is free from synergy because it is pure synergy.
Graffiti forsakes any complimentary attitude with a stutter and a half step progressing to its own self-affirmation. Its sense of originality is its only date stamp of growth. You work your progression without rules in order to find the rules of what you've done.
That's the dichotomy of any-name game. Kings and fools all have walked down the path. The footsteps continue, persist. Results find their own definitions. Graffiti speaks to the eye, sells to the mind. It is a higher form of advertising and one of the great anxieties of our time.
As graffiti gives concrete form to our blatant and wanton thoughts, it also has the gift of imparting to the most mechanical of emotions admission into our dreams.
Manic fragments out to distill progress, dilute process, can be acerbic and poetic while suggestive compliance moves hunch-like. I move with my anxieties up my sleeve and paranoia on my shoulder. It may not be a picture of virtue but sometimes just moving is virtuous.


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Raphaely started his legal career as a Law Clerk in the very prestigious Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. Since then, he has specialized on real estate law and real estate transaction.
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The 9-hole Vermilion Country Club in Vermilion, OH is a public golf course that opened in 1914. Vermilion Country Club measures 3285 yards from the longest tees. The course features 3 sets of tees for different skill levels. Greens and fairways are bent grass.
THIS IS A MUST PLAY IF YOUR IN TOWN. With it's elevated green on 9, and it's challenging fairways, you will be challenged no matter if your a beginner or pro! Very relaxed atmosphere, so dress casual and hit a relaxing round!!


Your wedding day is probably the most important day of your life so you need to be sure that your official wedding photographers will safely capture the day for you. We have all the experience, all the right equipment and safety measures in place to ensure that nothing goes wrong, so with us, you can relax knowing that your wedding photos are in safe hands.
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If we are booked for a wedding at a new venue for us, we will visit the location before the wedding. If we are starting our day photographing the bridal preparations at home, we will often do a 'dummy run' before the day to test the route from the bride's house to the venue.
We have chosen to use top-end, professional Canon equipment for their reliabilty and image quality.
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In addition to its national launch, Outset also had a successful entre in to the Chinese market partnering with B2B clients such as hotels and restaurant chains. In fact, it was so popular that it sold out within six weeks, and they are already prepping for the next export to the Beijing/Guangdong province.
Despite challenges to establish credibility amongst the traditions(view) tastes of oenophiles and critics alike,Outset has managed to win over the minds of its' audience. Backed by superior product quality, a bespoke marketing and product strategy, and the relentless creativity and courage of the Genesis Wine Group, Outset has solidified its position as a market leader.
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North Carolina is preparing for a showcase season opening event when they face LSU in Atlanta. However, they find themselves in a spotlight they wanted no part of. It started with the accusation that Tar Hell players had unauthorized contact with agents, and now it is topped off by the charges of academic improprieties. Butch Davis' North Carolina squad is a preseason pick to be a legitimate contending force in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That may change if key Carolina players face suspensions. Neither of these investigations is expected to end any time soon, so the threat of them being long term distractions could become a detrimental factor to the success of the season as well. Regardless of how all of this plays out for North Carolina over the next few weeks, and even months, it does not bode well for the gridiron program in Chapel Hill. As they prepare to play in one of the biggest games that the Tarheels have played in a very long time, the attention is focused in a direction Davis had certainly not planned on when he took over the 'Heels in 2006. Now he must face the issues of allegations, as well as the grind of a 12 game season, head on and hope his program survives both. Not to mention his job as well.


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#ifndef GENERATOR_PACKED_SPGEMM_CSR_ASPARSE_AVX_AVX2_AVX512_H
#define GENERATOR_PACKED_SPGEMM_CSR_ASPARSE_AVX_AVX2_AVX512_H

#include "generator_common.h"
#include <libxsmm_generator.h>

LIBXSMM_API_INTERN
void libxsmm_generator_packed_spgemm_csr_asparse_avx_avx2_avx512( libxsmm_generated_code*         io_generated_code,
                                                                  const libxsmm_gemm_descriptor*  i_xgemm_desc,
                                                                  const unsigned int*             i_row_idx,
                                                                  const unsigned int*             i_column_idx,
                                                                  const void*                     i_values,
                                                                  const unsigned int              i_packed_width );

LIBXSMM_API_INTERN
void libxsmm_generator_packed_spgemm_csr_asparse_avx_avx2_avx512_n_loop( libxsmm_generated_code*            io_generated_code,
                                                                         const libxsmm_gemm_descriptor*     i_xgemm_desc,
                                                                         libxsmm_loop_label_tracker*        io_loop_label_tracker,
                                                                         const libxsmm_micro_kernel_config* i_micro_kernel_config,
                                                                         const libxsmm_gp_reg_mapping*      i_gp_reg_mapping,
                                                                         const unsigned int*                i_row_idx,
                                                                         const unsigned int*                i_column_idx,
                                                                         const void*                        i_values,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_n_max_block,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_packed_width,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_packed_mask );

LIBXSMM_API_INTERN
void libxsmm_generator_packed_spgemm_csr_asparse_avx_avx2_avx512_m_loop( libxsmm_generated_code*            io_generated_code,
                                                                         const libxsmm_gemm_descriptor*     i_xgemm_desc,
                                                                         libxsmm_loop_label_tracker*        io_loop_label_tracker,
                                                                         const libxsmm_micro_kernel_config* i_micro_kernel_config,
                                                                         const libxsmm_gp_reg_mapping*      i_gp_reg_mapping,
                                                                         const unsigned int*                i_row_idx,
                                                                         const unsigned int*                i_column_idx,
                                                                         const void*                        i_values,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_gen_m_trips,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_a_is_dense,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_num_c_cols,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_packed_width,
                                                                         const unsigned int                 i_packed_mask );

#endif /* GENERATOR_PACKED_SPGEMM_CSR_ASPARSE_AVX_AVX2_AVX512_H */

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OVERVIEW in the evening/economy, central banks, politics
January 5, 2023 by livefeeds
DJ OVERVIEW in the evening/economy, central banks, politics
The most important events and reports on the economy, central banks and politics from the Dow Jones Newswires program.
Putin orders ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine shortly before Orthodox Christmas. According to the appeal of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Putin ordered a unilateral ceasefire from Friday from 10:00 a.m. (CET) to Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (CET), the Kremlin announced on Thursday. The Russian army should therefore stop fighting on the entire front.
Baerbock underlines readiness for further weapon deliveries
During her inaugural visit to Great Britain, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock underlined Germany's willingness to supply additional arms to Ukraine. Berlin will "repeatedly check what further military support is needed so that more people can be freed," Baerbock told journalists after talks with her British colleague James Cleverly. The defense of Ukraine "of course also includes the liberation of the occupied areas," Kyiv needs the necessary funds for this. Before Baerbock's appearance in London, the AFP news agency had learned from government circles that after France's decision to supply battle tanks, Germany and the United States are apparently now also preparing further support for Kyiv. Both countries are planning a "qualitatively new step" in arms deliveries.
Initial US jobless claims fall more than expected
The number of initial claims for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits decreased more than expected for the week ended December 31, 2022. Compared to the previous week, it fell by a seasonally adjusted 19,000 to 204,000, according to the US Department of Labor. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had only predicted a drop to 223,000. The figure for the previous week was revised down to 223,000 from the original 225,000. The four-week moving average decreased 6,750 to 213,750. In the week ended December 24, 1.694 million people received unemployment benefits, down 24,000 from the previous week.
ADP: US private sector creates significantly more jobs than expected
Employment in the US private sector rose more than expected in December. As the job market service provider Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) reported, 235,000 (November: 182,000) additional jobs were created. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had predicted an increase of just 153,000 jobs. 213,000 jobs were added in the service sector and 22,000 in the manufacturing sector. While smaller companies created jobs on balance, large companies lost them. Salaries grew at an annual rate of 7.3 percent.
S&P Global: US service provider with slower business in December
According to a survey by S&P Global, business activity in the US service industry was more subdued in December than in the previous month. The purchasing managers' index calculated by S&P Global for the sector fell to 44.7 from 46.2 points in the second publication. In the first publication, 44.4 points were reported. Overall, the development of the US economy also slowed down in December.
US trade deficit lower than expected in November
The US trade deficit fell slightly more sharply than expected in November. The deficit was $61.51 (October: $77.85) billion, according to the Bureau of Economic Analyzes (Bea). Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a minus of 63.10 billion. Exports fell 2.0 percent to $251.86 billion, imports fell 6.4 percent to $313.37 billion.
George: Rates need to stay above 5% for some time
Kansas City Fed President Esther George set her forecast for the Fed funds rate at over 5 percent in December and says she expects interest rates to stay there for a while. George, who retires at the end of the month, told CNBC the recent declines in inflation are encouraging but have not changed their interest rate outlook. "Households have a lot of money at the moment," she said. The more households held on to these reserves, the easier it would be to bring inflation down. If these funds are spent on the other hand, it will become more difficult for the Fed to get inflation under control.
China's central bank extends mortgage rate relief
China's central bank has extended easing of mortgage lending. According to the People's Bank of China (PBoC), local authorities are still allowed to lower mortgage rates for local first-time homebuyers in regions where house prices have fallen for three consecutive months on a monthly or annual basis. This is intended to support demand for residential real estate. Analysts believe China missed its 5.5 percent growth target last year due to the decline in the real estate market and the no-Covid policy. According to estimates, the gross domestic product has increased by less than 3 percent.
Report: Lambrecht presents plan for Bundeswehr reform
According to a report, Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) has completed her plan for reforming the Bundeswehr. The 63-page paper was sent to the staff council and other participation bodies in the Federal Ministry of Defense and should be presented to the Bundestag next week, reported Die Welt. According to her own statements, the report is available.
The federal and state governments want to submit a proposal for clinic reform by the summer break
The federal and state governments want to present a joint draft of a law to reform hospital financing by the summer break. "We are on the eve of a revolution in the hospital sector," said Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) on Thursday in Berlin after talks with the state health ministers. The aim is to overcome the "through economization of medicine" that has arisen from the previous flat-rate system. "The hospitals are in an emergency," said Lauterbach. Meanwhile, 60 percent have significant financial problems, there are major quality deficits.
Federal government wants to support the development of synthetic fuels with 1.9 billion euros
Despite the planned phasing out of the classic internal combustion engine at EU level, the federal government wants to stick to the development of synthetic fuels. 1.9 billion euros from the climate and transaction fund are earmarked for the further development of e-fuels and "advanced biofuels" by 2026, according to a response to a small question from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group published on Thursday. However, the approval of the EU Commission for this funding measure is still pending.
Contact the author: konjunktur.de@dowjones.com
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January 05, 2023 1:00 PM ET (6:00 PM GMT)
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package org.fest.util;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
import static org.fest.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

/**
 * Utility methods related to {@code Iterable}s.
 *
 * @author Yvonne Wang
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 * @author Joel Costigliola
 */
// TODO(alexRuiz): Get rid of this class.
public final class Iterables {
  private Iterables() {
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether the given {@link Iterable} is {@code null} or empty.
   *
   * @param iterable the given {@code Iterable} to check.
   * @return {@code true} if the given {@code Iterable} is {@code null} or empty, otherwise {@code false}.
   */
  public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(@Nullable Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (iterable == null) {
      return true;
    }
    if (iterable instanceof Collection && ((Collection<?>) iterable).isEmpty()) {
      return true;
    }
    return !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the size of the given {@link Iterable}.
   *
   * @param iterable the {@link Iterable} to get size.
   * @return the size of the given {@link Iterable}.
   * @throws NullPointerException if given {@link Iterable} is null.
   */
  public static int sizeOf(@NotNull Iterable<?> iterable) {
    checkNotNull(iterable);
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
      return ((Collection<?>) iterable).size();
    }
    int size = 0;
    Iterator<?> iterator = iterable.iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
      size++;
      iterator.next();
    }
    return size;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all the non-{@code null} elements in the given {@link Iterable}.
   *
   * @param <T> the type of elements of the {@code Iterable}.
   * @param i   the given {@code Iterable}.
   * @return all the non-{@code null} elements in the given {@code Iterable}. An empty list is returned if the given
   *         {@code Iterable} is {@code null}.
   * @since 1.1.3
   */
  public static <T> List<T> nonNullElementsIn(@NotNull Iterable<T> i) {
    if (isNullOrEmpty(i)) {
      return emptyList();
    }
    List<T> nonNull = new ArrayList<T>();
    for (T element : i) {
      if (element != null) {
        nonNull.add(element);
      }
    }
    return nonNull;
  }
}


"Social media is turning well-meaning people into self-important cruel monsters," asserts lead singer of the Faint, Todd Fink. "Egowerk's focus is on the current social state of the Internet: an amazing world of free knowledge, communication, and opportunity is proving to be a toxic battleground. One where the people most sure of their opinion are quick to take a stand and destroy anyone who doesn't agree with them." His sense of urgency unfurls over the album's frenetic, cacophonous tracks. Despite the Faint's nihilistic musings on Egowerk, the band remains optimistic that things can improve if society is willing to absorb dueling perspectives.