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Any peace deal which does not envisage the creation of an independent Palestinian state is bound to be rejected, Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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"Throughout our Chairmanship, we spared no efforts to defend the rights of the Palestinians as our common cause," Mevlut Cavusoglu told an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah province, Saudi Arabia.
Cavusoglu said it is "more important than ever" to unite forces and efforts of OIC countries for the establishment of an independent, sovereign and contiguous Palestine. "This is a responsibility that falls first and foremost on our shoulders."
He stressed that all member nations need to renew their commitment to the preservation of the status of Jerusalem and emphasized it will remain a red line.
"I am therefore confident that any peace deal which does not envisage the creation of an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital is bound to be rejected by the OIC community," Cavusoglu said.
On Syria, he said Turkey assumes a leading role in international efforts to reach a sustainable political solution.
"Our work within the Astana platform continues to de-escalate tension on the ground and facilitates the political process.
"Idlib Memorandum prevented not only a humanitarian disaster and massive refugee flow towards Turkey, but also the collapse of political process," Cavusoglu said.
Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression would be expressly prohibited.
The Syrian regime, however, has consistently broken the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the de-escalation zone.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in early 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected severity.
Turning to Libya, Cavusoglu emphasized there is no alternative to a political solution to the war-ravaged nation.
In early April, Gen. Khalifar Hafta launched a campaign to capture Tripoli from Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
Libya has remained beset by turmoil since long-serving leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed in a bloody NATO-backed uprising in 2011.
Since then, the country has seen the emergence of two rival seats of power: one in eastern Libya, to which Haftar is affiliated, and the other, the GNA, in Tripoli.
On Kashmir, Cavusoglu said the conflict should be resolved through dialogue between India and Pakistan.
Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region, is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full. A small sliver of Kashmir is also held by China.
Since they were partitioned in 1947, the two countries have fought three wars -- in 1948, 1965 and 1971 -- two of them over Kashmir.
Indian and Pakistani troops have also fought intermittently since 1984 in Siachen glacier in northern Kashmir. A cease-fire came into effect in 2003.
Some Kashmiri groups in Jammu and Kashmir have been fighting against Indian rule for independence or for unification with neighboring Pakistan.
Cavusoglu also said Turkey worked hard to tackle other major challenges that Muslims are facing around the world during its chairmanship of the OIC.
"However, we are still at a beginning stage of a long fight against Islamophobia and the toxic ideologies behind it," he added.
Following the meeting, Turkey handed over the OIC Summit Chairmanship to Saudi Arabia.
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Associated Press/Photo by Evan VucciPresident Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a news conference in Japan on Monday.
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International | The president while in Japan goes against Bolton and other top officials
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Posted 5/27/19, 02:33 pm
NORTH KOREA: U.S. President Donald Trump, in a news conference in Japan, went against national security adviser John Bolton and other top officials, saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "is a very smart man" who has not violated UN sanctions this month or launched ballistic missiles. Here's more on Pyongyang's long campaign against Bolton.
AFGHANISTAN: John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," was released last week from an Indiana prison after serving 17 years for his role with al-Qaeda in mounting attacks on the United States. Despite Lindh's early release for good behavior, his captivity, reports jihadist expert Graeme Wood, who corresponded with Lindh in prison, seems "to have converted Lindh from an al-Qaeda supporter to an Islamic State supporter."
FRANCE: Police arrested four suspects in Friday's parcel bomb explosion in Lyon's city center, which injured 13 people. More than 250 people have been killed in terror attacks in France since 2015, though no one has claimed responsibility for the Lyon bombing.
EUROPE: European Parliament elections did not yield the broad anti–European Union surge predicted, but rising populism and "stupid nationalists" are angering long-time Europhiles like European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
INDIA: Voters returned to power Prime Minister Narendra Modi following results from protracted national elections, cementing Hindu nationalist rule and threatening more crackdowns on dissenters and non-Hindus.
TURKEY: The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee blocked the sale of F-35 jets to Turkey for the second year in a row, setting the stage for similar action in the U.S. House of Representatives and perhaps toughening negotiations between President Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in Ankara next month.
RUSSIA: An appeals court upheld the six-year sentence imposed on Danish builder Dennis Christensen, who was convicted in February of attending a Jehovah's Witnesses prayer meeting . At least 186 Jehovah's Witnesses face criminal charges for practicing their faith in Russia, all under the pretext of organizing "extremist activity."
CHINA: U.S. diplomats can and should do more to counter a widespread crackdown on Christians and other religious groups, making religious freedom a central part of U.S.-China policy, writes Thomas Farr, the first director of the U.S. State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom.
Students protesting labor conditions at Peking University are recording "farewell" videos detailing government abuse and crackdowns.
KENYA: The High Court declined to decriminalize a law making it illegal to have same-sex relations.
MEMORIAL DAY: The mixed blessing that is the Medal of Honor, and remembering the fallen soldiers who gave their lives in the wars of 9/11 in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Sastry, D and Gauvrit, M (1980) Optimal simultaneous maximum a posterioriestimation of states, noise statistics and parameters I. Algorithm. In: International Journal of Systems Science, 11 (11). 1351 -1381.
The simultaneous state and parameter estimation problem for a linear discrete-time system with unknown noise statistics is treated as a large-scale optimization problem. The a posterioriprobability density function is maximized directly with respect to the states and parameters subject to the constraint of the system dynamics. The resulting optimization problem is too large for any of the standard non-linear programming techniques and hence an hierarchical optimization approach is proposed. It turns out that the states can be computed at the first levelfor given noise and system parameters. These, in turn, are to be modified at the second level.The states are to be computed from a large system of linear equations and two solution methods are considered for solving these equations, limiting the horizon to a suitable length. The resulting algorithm is a filter-smoother, suitable for off-line as well as on-line state estimation for given noise and system parameters. The second level problem is split up into two, one for modifying the noise statistics and the other for modifying the system parameters. An adaptive relaxation technique is proposed for modifying the noise statistics and a modified Gauss-Newton technique is used to adjust the system parameters.


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ART REVIEW: Robert Motherwell's Grand Statements at Kasmin
April 18, 2019 by Franklin Hill Perrell Art Reviews, Chelsea, Modern Art, NEW YORK CITY, Painting, Reviews
The youngest of Abstract Expressionism's core artists, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) brought to the movement his personal prestige, intellect, academic rigor, and first class taste. He personified the link between the Abstract Expressionists and the European Surrealist exiles by articulating the methods of free association, theory of automatism, and pre-occupations with myth and avant-garde literature that spanned both groups. In addition to gaining early fame for his paintings, Motherwell's published writings created an intellectual context that enabled the New York School to become the anointed successor to the school of Paris.
"Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell" at Kasmin's new 27th Street gallery in New York features eight of the artist's most expansive paintings and illuminates his mastery of a succession of originative styles. The first exhibition to focus exclusively on the artist's paintings of heroic scale, they convey Motherwell's aspiration to grapple with the sublime and his inventive approach to abstraction. The exhibition is on view March 21 to May 18, 2019.
Grand Inquisitor, 1989-90, measuring almost 15 feet wide, announces the theme of the exhibition. A variant on the artist's famed Spanish Elegies, the painting is one of the "Hollow Men" series, named after a T.S. Eliot poem. Here, a bold band of black and an expansive swath of cadmium red, topped with searing mustard yellow (like the stripes in the Spanish flag), provides the contrasting background for three gestural, honey tinted ovals (which can suggest figures).
"The Grand Inquisitor" by Robert Motherwell, 1989-90, installed at Kasmin. Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 72 x 171 1/8 inches, 182.9 x 434.7 cm. Private Collection. © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photography by Christopher Stach. Courtesy Kasmin.
Even larger, Dublin, 1916, Black and Tan, 1963-64, stretches 17 feet and features a palette of cadmium red-orange, light blue, and deep pecan ochre, with black. A central abstract form, like a giant flag, evokes the Irish revolution from the early twentieth century. Emblazoned upon it is an emblematic shape, like a spade or arrow, painted in a rich chestnut hue, with evident speed and splatter. The white vertical below becomes the flag's pole.
The flag is painted in Motherwell's favored mix of cobalt and ultramarine with white, showing vestiges of orange, to produce a luminous effect. The artist's engagement with Irish culture via James Joyce's writing is common knowledge; less well known is the fact that he had an Irish grandfather.
"Dublin 1916, with Black and Tan" by Robert Motherwell, 1964. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 84 x 204 inches. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection, New York State, Office of General Services. © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo by Christopher Stach. Courtesy Kasmin.
The Forge, 1965-66/ 1967-68, evokes gravitas and mystery. A painting within a painting, it shows a sky blue horizontal box containing a wedge-like anvil shape. This arrangement is framed by several conjoined rectangles in shades of black. Motherwell's "Open" paintings feature a charcoal outline of architectural shapes on a single color background. The imagery of Open # 97: The Spanish House, 1969, was sourced from a photo of a house in Cadaques, Spain, which Motherwell kept on display in his studio.
"Open No. 97: The Spanish House" by Robert Motherwell, 1969, installed in "Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell" at Kasmin. © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photography by Diego Flores. Courtesy of Kasmin.
Among the other paintings, Forced Entry, 1961, is at once elegant and simple like a giant Matisse ink drawing. Open No. 60: Mottled Brown and Green, 1968, features a distinctive green under painting subsumed within a brushily over painted hue blended of sienna and ochre. The requisite form of a door or window is outlined in brushed white paint with adjacent touches of bright emerald green.
Installation of "Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell" at Kasmin. From left is "Open No. 97: The Spanish House, 1969"; "Open in Grey with White Edge," 1971; "Open No. 60: In Mottled Brown and Green," 1968-70; and "The Forge," 1965-66/1967-68. © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photography by Diego Flores. Courtesy of Kasmin.
Motherwell may be the first major artist in American art history who emerged fully formed as an abstract painter. Asked about his early realist work, he answered: "There isn't any," during a 1971 Oral History interview with Paul Cummings for the Smithsonian Institute Archives of American Art.
Robert Motherwell's life was, in many ways, exceptional. Coming from the west coast, and neither impoverished or from an immigrant background, he bypassed the WPA and the typical studio art training of Abstract Expressionists. A precocious child artist, he won a scholarship at aged twelve to the Los Angeles Art Institute. His banker father gave him a confusing mixture of support and resistance to this interest.
At Harvard and Stanford, the artist studied philosophy as a way of simultaneously satisfying his cultural impulses and the parental mandate for an academic career. At Columbia, his professor Meyer Shapiro, told him to focus on making his own art. Motherwell was inspired further by friends among the Surrealists group (Roberto Matta, Max Ernst, Andre Breton), which led dealer Peggy Guggenheim to give him his first exhibition at her gallery, Art of this Century, in 1944.
In 1945, Motherwell bought four acres at the corner of Georgica and Jericho Roads in East Hampton, NY for $1,200. His unique Quonset-hut style house (especially anomalous in the Georgica area), built by mid-century modern architect Pierre Chareau, is no longer extant. Until 1952, Motherwell painted there, producing what he once nostalgically described as his best work. Many of these artworks were shown in a splendid exhibition, "Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944-1952," at Guild Hall in 2014.
Kasmin's exhibition "Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell" is the gallery's fourth in collaboration with the Dedalus Foundation, the foundation started by Motherwell to further the understanding of modern art and modernism.
Motherwell's paintings at "Sheer Presence" are grand statements. Their sumptuousness arises from a consistent aesthetic: unabashedly beautiful, if spare or concise. The evident engagement with philosophical and political issues, and the symbolism of such elements as windows, doors, forges, and flags, hints at the artist's personal complexity. As manifestations of the Abstract Expressionist ethos, they exemplify Harold Rosenberg's definition of painting "as an arena in which to act."
Robert Motherwell in his Provincetown studio, 1969, with Open No. 97: The Spanish House. © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy Kasmin.
BASIC FACTS: "Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell" is on view March 21 to May 18, 2019 at Kasmin, 509 W. 27 Street, New York, NY 10001. www.kasmingallery.com.
ART REVIEW: Motherwell and Case Paintings Reflect Two Views of Spontaneity
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2022 Downtown Crime Stats Released
Less Murder, More Rape
Crime statistics for the seven major felony offenses regarded as a bellwether in gauging public safety are now available for NYPD's First Precinct, covering the full year of 2022. The command—which covers Lower Manhattan, south of the Brooklyn Bride and City Hall, along with the area west of Broadway, up to Houston Street—logged no murders, 21 rapes, 134 robberies, and 131 felony assaults. These were in addition to 255 burglaries, 1,221 grand larcenies, and 72 grand larcenies of a motor vehicle.
These metrics represent fluctuations from the prior calendar year, when the First Precinct experienced two murders, 15 rapes, 135 robberies, and 121 felony assaults. During 2021, the First Precinct also cataloged 191 burglaries, 848 grand larcenies, and 68 grand larcenies of an automobile.
Those deviations mean that Lower Manhattan saw two fewer murders and six additional rapes between 2020 and 2021, while there was one less robbery, but ten more felony assaults. Other large jumps in year-to-year comparisons registered in burglaries (which increased by 33 percent) and grand larcenies (which rose by 44 percent). Grand larcenies involving a motor vehicle barely budged, increasing six percent.
For historical context, in the year 1990, the First Precinct saw sharply higher rates of crime in nearly every category than in recent decades. In the year that Margot Robbie was born and the Human Genome Project was started, Lower Manhattan clocked eight murders, 13 rapes, 1,281 robberies, 350 felony assaults, 1,486 burglaries, 5,554 grand larcenies, and 1,191 grand larcenies of a motor vehicle. These statistics are all the more remarkable in view of the fact that Downtown's population in 1990 was a fraction of its current level.
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Psychosocial Complaints of Wives of Military Personnel on Peace Keeping Mission, The Kenyan Case
Journal: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (Vol.3, No. 5)
Authors : Apiyo Pamela Akech Okoth George Odhiambo Wauna Benta Achien'g Augustine Nwoye;
Page : 1356-1363
Keywords : Attitude; Complaints; Peacekeeping Forces; Peacekeeping Mission; Peacekeeping Operations.;
This study was designed to explore the psychological complaints of wives of military personnel on peace keeping mission. The study was considered significant in that it was the first of its kind in Kenya. Although Kenyan Armed Force first participated in peace keeping operation in 1979 in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) where a small Kenyan Army contingent was developed within the auspices of the common wealth, no study has been carried out to determine how the wives of the military personnel left behind are coping in the face of their husbands absence. A survey research design was used for the study. The sample for the study was composed, drawn from two armed forces camps, namely the Moi Air Base and the langata barracks. These were used to represent the Air Force and the Kenyan Army respectively. On the whole wives of military Personnel on peace mission took part in the study. An attitude scale and a questionnaire formed the instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics. The findings show that wives of military Personnel on peace keeping mission are beleaguered by a number of psychosocial problems among which loneliness, fear that the husbands might lose their lives during the mission, children missing their fathers and lack of guidance and counseling on how coping could be achieved. Implications of the study were drawn and some recommendations were made to influence the review of military peace keeping policies in favor of these wives.
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Not Just For Kids: Cartoons With Decidedly Adult Perspective
Darya Bor '18
Sep 21, 2015 3 min
Yes, adult TV shows and thought-provoking movies are absolutely fantastic, but occasionally it's good to kick back with some good, nostalgia-inducing children's television. Over the summer, I began watching two TV shows that have achieved significant popularity not only among their targeted demographic (actual children), but also among many cartoon-loving adults — and for completely legitimate reasons. Cartoon Network's "Steven Universe" and Disney Channel's "Gravity Falls" are some of the best shows out there right now, whether adults or children watch them. Both programs emphasize positive relationships, engaging plotlines and quality art direction.
Let's begin with a brief overview of both series. "Steven Universe" focuses on the eponymous character — an excitable and energetic boy — and his adventures with his three alien caretaker-mothers known as the "Crystal Gems." Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl watch over Steven after the loss of his biological mother and protect Earth from extraterrestrial invaders. "Gravity Falls" follows twins Dipper and Mabel Pines after they get sent off to live with their eccentric granduncle Stan. They live in a sleepy, small town in the Oregon woods called "Gravity Falls."
"Steven Universe" boasts more than 100 10-minute episodes that include both cheerful subject matter and dramatic, tragic moments. The main conflict arises among the Earth-dwelling Crystal Gems, Steven and the gems from the Homeworld — the alien planet where the Crystal Gems came from. The plot develops slowly and calmly, just like the show's events. The 10-minute episodes do not give much room for prolonged development and give a more episodic look at to the characters' squabbles. While the visuals are absolutely beautiful (I could spend hours looking at the backgrounds alone), the characters' lack of motion leaves them hanging on the page like sock puppets without a hand to provide the movement. The dialogue, though clever, does not require consistent attention. I find that simply watching "Steven Universe" while doing other things, like cleaning the house, provides pleasant background noise. When I try to focus on it, my attention begins to wane.
The series is notable in a several ways: It is Cartoon Network's first series created by a woman, Rebecca Sugar, an "Adventure Time" veteran. The show's protagonist, Steven, is based off her own brother — Steven Sugar. Secondly, part of the show's charm stems from the series' production. The show is created by "storyboarders" rather than writers, leading to incredibly innovative art direction and visually arresting animation, laced with soft round shapes, pinks and purples and anime-esque action sequences. However, the lack of a writer's supervision leads to occasionally weak and off-beat dialogue, especially in the early episodes of the show. "Steven Universe" is incredibly progressive. The show's main cast is completely female, save for Steven and his doting father, Greg. The show positively portrays gay relationships between female-identifying characters, specifically Ruby and Sapphire. Their glowing love for each other is a definite highlight of the show. A couple of non-binary characters appear and are treated with absolute respect; male characters with stereotypically female interests are accepted, not ridiculed as they are in most shows. It's a breath of fresh air and a relief to know that kids are watching and learning from shows like this.
And then there's "Gravity Falls." The show feels like a cross between "Phineas and Ferb," "Twin Peaks" and "X-Files," but none of that is as important as the central relationship between the show's main characters, the Pines twins. Dipper and Mabel are incredibly supportive of one another, playfully bickering and moving together as one unit until splitting apart into two remarkably different individuals. Any other Disney show would have siblings constantly sabotaging each other, but the healthy dynamic established by the Pines twins lends the show a completely different feel than the network's other shows. The series, according to creator Alex Hirsch, was based upon the tiring and boring summers he and his twin sister, Ariel, had in their relatives' small towns. The first season tries to correct those boring summers with a mysterious journal that Dipper finds in the woods. All of a sudden, the twins' lives are filled with supernatural enemies, an interesting assortment of ignorant townsfolk and a strange great uncle. The Pines twins are afforded the fun and exciting summer that the Hirsch twins never enjoyed. The show is a suspenseful ride, and it's worth watching the 20-some episodes of the two seasons.
What makes these creepy, supernatural elements work is the lack of complete mature-level horror. A children's show cannot adopt the cheap scare tactics that are so effective in adult horror movies, so the creative team compensates with actual quality: beautiful art direction, clever dialogue, nightmarish creatures rather than gory scenes and plotlines with enough clues to keep fans eagerly awaiting the next episode.
Out of the two, "Gravity Falls" is definitely the stronger and more engaging show, simply because of its higher-quality production and suspenseful tone. That does not leave "Steven Universe" without its merits, especially because of its progressive characters and stylized visuals. Both shows are great reminders of what it's like to run home after school and watch cartoons before doing homework. It's a return to the simplicity of childhood, and boy, sometimes we need that.


After a long trip around the main places in Eastern Canada, we need to take a break and see the natural sites outside the city. As most of you know, at 1h30mins from Toronto there is one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world: the Niagara Falls. If you are in Toronto, the best is to go there by car, so that you can stop during your trip and visit the vineyards or the other interesting places around. Alternatively, you can go there by train (if so, do not forget to book your ticket more than 2 days in advance, before that date it will cost you around 60CAD whereas on site it will cost you 90CAD) or by bus. If you want to go there by bus, either you can book via several tour operators (Niagara Tours, etc…it can cost you from 60 to 100CAD) or via regular bus companies (such as Greyhound or Coach Canada). Since I was alone, I decided to take a Coach Canada bus, it leaves from the bus terminal (located just 2mins walking from Dundas Square) and arrives in Niagara bus terminal in 2h-time. There are buses running every 30mins in the morning and in the late afternoon, whereas there are very few between 11:00 and 16:00. I took the bus at 9:30 from Toronto and took the bus back from Niagara at 16:30, this was more than enough to visit the place, and it cost only 30CAD. As you can see you have the choice, but the important is to go there, this is one of the best places in the world.
The Niagara falls, located at 30mins walking from Niagara station, are natural wonders. They really make you realize that men can make all their best to build stuff but what nature creates is simply unique. This is a show that leaves you breathless and I can still feel the same sensation while writing about it.
There are mainly 2 falls: a smaller one (that you can see in front of you from Canada's side, whereas the US have direct access to it) and a big one (where both Canada and US have direct access). It is amazing to see the huge quantity of water and the fantastic colors in harmony with the blue sky and the surrounding nature. This is one of the best gifts that nature gave to us and if you plan a trip to Canada you certainly cannot miss it. The Niagara Falls are the best way to spend your last day in Canada and to say goodbye to this fantastic country in a proper way.
If you have a car, you will probably want to stop also by Niagara on the Lake. Described often as as the prettiest town in Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake is a well-preserved 19th-century village, with its charming inns, upscale restaurants and elegant architecture, in the heart of Ontario's wine region. If you don't have a car, there are also regular buses running from and to Niagara and Niagara-on-the-Lake.


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Witnessing Acoustic Door Fire Testing
In the initial episode, the IAC team of Paul & Scott met with Claudio to view and discuss acoustic product solutions for the new Doctor Mix studio. We can now find out how the project progresses and what's in store for Claudio on his journey to complete his dream music studio.  In this next episode featuring IAC Acoustics, Paul invites...
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For many working in the professional music production industry, owning your own studio space is the dream. One step beyond is to own the site and then develop the studio space to your exact design and personal preferences. This is of course a massive investment of time, resources and finance. After a lifetime in professional production with his own successful business,...
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BBC News Updated every minute of every day
Page last updated at 06:58 GMT, Friday, 6 February 2009
Q&A: The new north Wales prison
FACTFILE - Caernarfon
LOCATION: A487, Bangor Road, Griffiths Crossing, nr Caernarfon, Gwynedd
SITE: Former brake-lining factory made famous by a three-year industrial dispute
PROPOSAL: Prison for up to 1,000 inmates
SITE OWNER: Developers Bluefield Caernarfon Ltd
ARGUMENTS FOR: Will being jobs; north Wales has no prison and it will ease travel times for inmates' families and solicitors
AGAINST: Possible access difficulties and some environmental issues
When will the prison be built?
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says no decision has been taken: "We have yet to conduct negotiations with the owners with the site or submit an application for outline planning permission with the planning authorities."
What type of prison will it be?
No final decision has been made.
How big will the prison be?
The ministry says the site is big enough for a 1,000 place facility: "There is currently an estimated total shortfall of around 800 places in North Wales, but requirements may change in the future."
What about women prisoners?
"The needs of women prisoners in Wales are being considered in the light of the recommendations made by Baroness Corston in her report," responds MoJ.
What about Young offenders?
The MoJ says the needs of the young offender population will be considered "when making any decisions about the proposed new prison".
"It is too early to estimate a final total figure," states the MoJ.
What other prison developments are taking place in Wales?
The MoJ says it intends providing an addition 300 prison places as part of an expansion scheme at HMP Parc, at Bridgend in south Wales.
It is estimated that a new prison on the site of a former brake factory near Caernarfon will create 1,000 permanent jobs and be worth £17m a year to the local economy.
But why has this location won the bid to build Wales' latest prison, and what sort of prison will it be?
The site itself has had a troubled past, famous for one of the longest industrial disputes in British history.
A dispute at the factory sparked a three-year long picket
Built in the 1960s, the Ferodo factory on the banks of the Menai Strait offered job opportunities to hundreds of men out of work as the slate quarries closed down.
At the height of its production of brake pads for the car industry, a 1,000 people worked at the Griffiths Crossing site. By the mid 1990s, that workforce had shrunk to little more than 100.
The company changed hands and was renamed Friction Dynamex. Rstructuring sparked a strike from TGWU members, then a lock-out and dismissal of those staff, and the start of a three year long picket outside the factory gates.
In 2002, those workers won a case for unfair dismissal, and the company went into administration. Despite being reborn again under another name, the factory continued to struggle, and site was finally put up for sale in 2005.
It was identified in the summer of 2008 as a potential location for a new Welsh prison, and unlike other sites across Wales, it received support from much of the local population, the council, MPs and assembly members.
The North Wales Police Chief Constable, Richard Brunstrom, described plans for a north Wales prison as being backed by "almost a welcoming committee".
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	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::methodExists
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::removeMethod
	 */
	public function testMethodExists()
	{
		$server = new BasicServer();
		$server->addMethod('test', function() {});
		$this->assertTrue($server->methodExists('test'));

		$server->removeMethod('test');
		$this->assertFalse($server->methodExists('test'));
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::addMethod
	 * @dataProvider providerTestAddMethod
	 */
	public function testAddMethod($function, $expected)
	{
		$server = new BasicServer();

		if (!$expected) {
			$this->setExpectedException('\InvalidArgumentException', 'Method is not callable: test');
		}
		$reflection = new ReflectionObject($server);
		$methods = $reflection->getProperty('methods');
		$methods->setAccessible(true);

		$server->addMethod('test', $function);

		$methods = $methods->getValue($server);
		$this->assertEquals(array('test' => $expected), $methods);
	}

	/**
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function providerTestAddMethod()
	{
		$method1 = function($a) {};
		$expected1 = new ServerMethod($method1);

		$method2 = new ServerMethod(function($b) {});

		return array(
			'Function' => array($method1, $expected1),
			'Object'   => array($method2, $method2),
			'Invalid'  => array(12345, false),
		);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::run
	 */
	public function testSingleRun()
	{
		$json = '{"jsonrpc": 2.0, "method": "test", "data": ["a"], "id": 3}';

		$response = new Response();
		$response->setResult('result');

		$server = $this->getServerMock(array('batchCall', 'createErrorResponse'));
		$server->expects($this->never())
			->method('createErrorResponse');
		$server->expects($this->once())
			->method('batchCall')
			->with(array(array('jsonrpc' => 2.0, 'method' => 'test', 'data' => array('a'), 'id' => 3)))
			->will($this->returnValue(array($response)));

		$result = $server->run($json);
		$this->assertEquals('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"result"}', $result);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::run
	 */
	public function testBatchRun()
	{
		$json = '[{"jsonrpc": 2.0, "method": "test 1", "data": ["a"], "id": 3},{"jsonrpc": 2.0, "method": "test 2", "data": ["a"], "id": 6}]';

		$response = new Response();
		$response->setResult('result 1');

		$response2 = new Response();
		$response2->setResult('result 2');

		$server = $this->getServerMock(array('batchCall', 'createErrorResponse'));
		$server->expects($this->never())
			->method('createErrorResponse');
		$server->expects($this->once())
			->method('batchCall')
			->with(array(
				array('jsonrpc' => 2.0, 'method' => 'test 1', 'data' => array('a'), 'id' => 3),
				array('jsonrpc' => 2.0, 'method' => 'test 2', 'data' => array('a'), 'id' => 6),
			))
			->will($this->returnValue(array($response, $response2)));

		$result = $server->run($json);
		$this->assertEquals('[{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"result 1"},{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"result 2"}]', $result);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::run
	 */
	public function testErrorRun()
	{
		$json = '{}x';

		$server = new BasicServer();
		$result = $server->run($json);

		$this->assertEquals('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":{"code":-32700,"message":"Parse error"},"id":null}', $result);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::singleCall
	 * @dataProvider providerTestSingleCall
	 */
	public function testSingleCall($requestMethod, $expected)
	{
		$server = new BasicServer();

		$reflectionObj = new ReflectionObject($server);
		$reflectionMethod = $reflectionObj->getMethod('singleCall');
		$reflectionMethod->setAccessible(true);

		/** @var PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|ServerMethod $method */
		$method = $this->getMockBuilder('\Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\ServerMethod')
			->disableOriginalConstructor()
			->setMethods(array('call'))
			->getMock();

		$method->expects($this->any())
			->method('call')
			->will($this->returnValue('Hello world'));

		$server->addMethod('test', $method);

		$request = new Request();
		$request->setId(1);
		$request->setMethod($requestMethod);

		$result = $reflectionMethod->invoke($server, $request);
		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
	}

	/**
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function providerTestSingleCall()
	{
		$invalidMethod = new Response();
		$invalidMethod->setError(new Error(Error::ERROR_METHOD_NOT_FOUND, null, array('method' => 'Invalid_method')));
		$invalidMethod->setId(1);

		$response = new Response();
		$response->setResult('Hello world');
		$response->setId(1);

		return array(
			'Invalid method' => array('Invalid_method', $invalidMethod),
			'Method call'    => array('test', $response),
		);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::singleCall
	 * @dataProvider providerTestExceptionCall
	 */
	public function testExceptionCall($exception, $expected)
	{
		$server = new BasicServer();

		$reflectionObj = new ReflectionObject($server);
		$reflectionMethod = $reflectionObj->getMethod('singleCall');
		$reflectionMethod->setAccessible(true);

		/** @var PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|ServerMethod $method */
		$method = $this->getMockBuilder('\Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\ServerMethod')
			->disableOriginalConstructor()
			->setMethods(array('call'))
			->getMock();

		$method->expects($this->any())
			->method('call')
			->will($this->throwException($exception));

		$server->addMethod('test', $method);

		$request = new Request();
		$request->setMethod('test');

		$result = $reflectionMethod->invoke($server, $request);
		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
	}

	/**
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function providerTestExceptionCall()
	{
		$response1 = new Response();
		$response1->setError(new Error(Error::ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, 'Param expected'));

		$response2 = new Response();
		$response2->setError(new Error(1122, 'Method exception'));

		return array(
			'Invalid params'    => array(new InvalidParamException('Param expected'), $response1),
			'Method exceptions' => array(new \Exception('Method exception', 1122), $response2),
		);
	}

	/**
	 * @covers \Moaction\Jsonrpc\Server\BasicServer::batchCall
	 */
	public function testBatchCall()
	{
		$batchRequest = array(
			array(
				'jsonrpc' => 2.0,
				'method' => 'test',
				'id'     => 1,
			),
			array(
				'jsonrpc' => 2.0,
				'method' => 'test2',
				'id'     => 2,
			),
			array(
				'method' => 'test3',
				'id'     => 2,
			),
			array(
				'jsonrpc' => 2.0,
				'method' => 'notification',
			),
		);

		$response1 = new Response();
		$response1->setResult('method result');
		$response1->setId(1);

		$response2 = new Response();
		$response2->setError(new Error(Error::ERROR_METHOD_NOT_FOUND, null, array('method' => 'test2')));
		$response2->setId(2);

		$response3 = new Response();
		$response3->setError(new Error(Error::ERROR_INVALID_REQUEST, 'Request is not valid JsonRPC request: missing protocol version'));

		$server = new BasicServer();
		$server->addMethod('test', function() {
			return 'method result';
		});
		$server->addMethod('notification', function() {});

		$reflectionObj = new ReflectionObject($server);
		$reflectionMethod = $reflectionObj->getMethod('batchCall');
		$reflectionMethod->setAccessible(true);

		$result = $reflectionMethod->invoke($server, $batchRequest);

		$this->assertCount(3, $result);
		$this->assertEquals($response1, $result[0]);
		$this->assertEquals($response2, $result[1]);
		$this->assertEquals($response3, $result[2]);
	}
}


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60 key take-aways from the Government Sports Strategy
The Government has published is sports strategy, aiming to tackle flatlining levels of sport participation and high levels of inactivity in the UK.
The strategy outlines the Governments plans and vision along with what is expected of the sector to deliver this, and how it will support it in getting there.
It follows a public consultation run over eight weeks, from 4 August until 2 October 2015 to canvass views from the sport sector and all other interested parties to inform the development of this new sport strategy.
Weighing in at 84 pages, we've pulled together 60 of the most salient points. So grab a cuppa and have a skim:
1) Funding changing away from how many people play sport but how sport can have a meaningful and measurable impact on improving people's lives.
2) Sport England remit to engage with youngster to lower from 14 year olds up to 5 year olds up
3) Working with and sharing UK sport expertise with governing bodies of non Olympic sports
4) Active people survey replaced with Active lives - focus on how active people are rather than how often they take part in sport. The new arrangements will run in parallel with Active People for 12 months to enable a smooth transition, and then Active People will stop.
5) New governance code mandatory for all sports bodies receiving public funding from 2017
6) 5 fundamental outcomes at heart of new strategy: physical health, mental health, individual development, social and community development and economic development.
7) Sports Business Council created to develop a new business strategy that helps support growth, improve access to finance and develop skills in the Sport Sector.
8) Working agreement across all Whitehall departments to work together
9) formal annual progress report to Parliament and a cross government ministerial group which will meet regularly to drive implementation.
10) Local authorities are the biggest public sector investor in sport and physical activity, spending over £1bn per year, excluding capital spend2. Their understanding of communities enables them to target opportunities and encourage mass participation.
11) The opportunities to realise the multiple benefits that can be achieved for communities by investing in green spaces and routes as venues for sport and healthy activity should be considered whenever they arise.
12) Sport England will, following a competitive bidding round, pilot focusing significant resources, including intensive staff input, to support development and implementation of local physical activity strategies in a number of selected geographic areas. (to be outlined in Sport England 2016 strategy)
13) Government will commission an independent review of the role played by CSPs in the delivery of sport at the local level, which will also consider the impact that new structures in local government created through devolution deals have on local delivery of sport and physical activity. This review will be completed by autumn 2016 to complement Sport England's new strategy.
14) 'Sport Cabinet' to be re-established. It will bring together the four sports ministers who represent Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and both England and the UK as a whole.
15) The sector must also adapt to suit how people want to engage in sport and physical activity.
16) Developers who have capitalised on ways for users to capture and share their data through apps or wearable technology have also seen success in attracting new participants. Similarly many organisations have used the power of social media to effectively engage new and existing participants. However, where organisations or sports have failed to understand what customers want and need, the number of people taking part has fallen.
17) Government is open to Sport England setting targets of a step-change in engagement by 2020 in those areas of the country or key population groups on which it focuses significant resource.
18) In future government will, via Sport England, support work designed to get more people from under-represented groups engaging in sport and physical activity. Wherever possible, this focus on under-represented groups will run through all Sport England funding.
19) We will track levels of engagement in outdoors activity through the new Active Lives survey and explore how to enhance the compatibility of data from Active Lives and the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) to deepen understanding of behaviours.
20) Responsibility for the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) is likely to move from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to DCMS and the organisation will be reformed to make its focus the active encouragement of greater levels of outdoor activity, beyond simply its licensing.
21) All organisations that receive funding from Sport England will be required to make data which is relevant to getting more people involved in sport and physical activity publicly available in an agreed format. This may include (but is not limited to) data on the location and availability of facilities, coaches and clubs. Sport England should set and own clear data standards to support this work. Sport England will set out how this will be achieved in their new strategy.
22) Sport England will include a target for the percentage of inactive people that organisations and programmes should be engaging
23) Government will sign up to a dedicated Workplace Challenge for the Civil Service operated by the CSPN, starting in early 2016
24) Sport England and PHE will work together to lead message development and marketing activity to create a compelling environment that encourages everybody, especially people in under-represented groups, to meet the Chief Medical Officers' guidelines on physical activity.
25) 45% of 7-11 year olds cannot swim 25 metres
26) Government will establish a working group to advise on how to ensure no child leaves school unable to meet a minimum standard of capability and confidence in swimming, including disabled young people and those with Special Educational Needs.
27) DCMS, DfT and DfE will work with others to explore how to ensure that all children have the opportunity to learn to ride a bike, through the Bikeability cycle training programme.
28) School Games to be assessed on effectiveness and future priorities
29) Sport England to develop a new coaching plan by early 2016
30) Sport England will support the CIMSPA, in developing and implementing a set of standards for all sport and exercise professionals starting in January 2016.
31) New volunteering strategy to be published for sport and physical activity in 2016.
32) Volunteering opportunities, including online, could be clearer. Sport England to work with other agencies to improve access and opportunities available
33) Sport England, UK Sport and NGBs will work together to reward existing / regular volunteers with 'gold ticket' opportunities to volunteer at major events.
34) Government will enable the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) to take on a more formal role in helping sport grounds reach the required standards for accessibility.
35) Government will work with the football authorities to ensure that all clubs meet their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled spectators attending matches.
36) Government is not persuaded to re-introduce standing accommodation in grounds covered by the all-seater requirement. Government to monitor.
37) Government encourages as many NGBs and other rights holders as possible to sign up to the accessibility principle of the SRA's Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Broadcasting of Major Sporting Events.
38) Government will ensure that the concerns raised in the consultation on the role of the BBC in making sport available to the viewing public are reflected in the BBC Charter Review process.
39) Government has extended the guarantee funding for Team GB and ParalympicsGB to Tokyo 2020.
40) Sport England will review its commercial framework in 2016 to ensure it supports sports that may have strong domestic leagues but are not currently profitable and need additional help making them more commercially attractive and therefore more financially sustainable.
41) UK Sport will, working with the Home Nations' Sports Councils, the UK Government and the devolved administrations, develop a UK-wide strategy for so-called 'mega-events' where financially viable, by September 2016.
42) Sport England to establish a scheme to support English bids for major sporting events, where financially viable
43) Government will support new sports in the UK, in particular through greater links with the US National Football League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball, with the aspiration that a new franchise might one day be based here.
44) To reduce the over-reliance of some organisations on the public sector and move them to a more sustainable mixed funding model, Sport England and UK Sport will together set targets for and support organisations in (a) reducing the percentage of income that the organisations they fund receive from a single public sector source and (b) increasing the overall level of non-public investment they receive.
45) Sport England and UK Sport to work with organisations they fund to agree plans to make back office and efficiency savings where appropriate, and consider moves to shared service models
46) Government to launch a consultation at Budget 2016 on how to expand support that can be given to grassroots sport through the corporation tax system and will also undertake a cost/benefit analysis for some of the tax proposals suggested.
47) Government will encourage the Premier League to ensure that its investment is aligned to the overall outcomes set out in this strategy
48) Establishment of a Social Impact Fund for investment into sport, pooling public, philanthropic and commercial capital. Potentially also looking at ways of enabling local communities to invest into their local sports facilities using models like community shares and crowdfunding.
49) Government to work with Sport England to engage with the sport sector to upskill them in taking on social finance opportunities.
50) In assessing applications for all major capital investments in future, Sport England will include a presumption in favour of co-location of services (including health and education) wherever possible.
51) Future large scale infrastructure investment through Sport England will operate on an assumption of multi-sport solutions, unless that can clearly be shown to offer poor value for money or there is no demand. Only if this is the case will Sport England fund single sport infrastructure projects.
52) Sport England will work with the industry to develop a single customer-facing quality standard for sports facilities. This will be in place by the end of 2016.
53) Investment in artificial football pitches in 30 cities across England by 2020.
54) In early 2016, Sport England will re-issue an updated more user-friendly version of its Procurement and Leisure Contract Toolkit to support greater consistency within the sector and embed the health and social outcomes of this strategy into public leisure contracts.
55) All organisations in receipt of public funding will be expected to carry out a regular staff survey (including their volunteers) at least once a year and: a) act on the results internally making clear to their employees and volunteers how they are doing so; and b) make topline data available to Sport England to collate the results and build up a better picture of the sport workforce.
56) Sport England will develop a new Sports Leadership Scheme as part of its new workforce strategy, to provide high quality professional development for future leaders in sport (at both national and community level).
57) Sport England and UK Sport will work together to tackle the lack of diversity in senior positions across the sport sector, working with expert organisations to break down barriers in the recruitment and advertisement of roles. Sport England will also place equal emphasis on the support for LGB&T people in sport as it does for other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010.
58) Government expects large organisations in the sport sector, such as leisure centre operators, to utilise apprenticeships as a key element of their workforce strategies. Smaller organisations that are in receipt of public funding, regardless of whether they are required to pay the apprenticeship levy, should have at least one apprentice at all times.
59) Government will establish an Independent Working Group on a new Duty of Care for participants in sport.
60) New sets of KPIs outlined (across pages 78-80)
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text:
Army Turns to Hollywood for Training for Soldiers
Wednesday, August 18th 1999, 12:00 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Army is going Hollywood in an effort to
boost the quality of training for soldiers and make simulated war
exercises more realistic.
The Army signed a five-year, $44.3 million contract today with
the University of Southern California to establish a research
center to develop better military simulations.
The military wants to use Hollywood's talent and creativity to
create training programs for soldiers with "very real story and
character content to prepare them for the missions they're going to
do," Army Secretary Louis Caldera said at a news conference.
The center will use film students and video game designers to
make the simulations, using the latest technology and advances in
virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
In turn, the entertainment industry would be able to use the
technology to improve special effects in movies, make more
realistic video games and improve theme park rides. New technology
could also be used to reduce the cost of motion picture and
television production by using more virtual sets and more realistic
digital actors.
The idea to use Hollywood's technological know-how for military
applications arose several years ago when defense officials
realized that video game and special effects technology could be
helpful for military simulations. The National Research Council
recommended two years ago that the defense and entertainment
industries should collaborate on advancing simulation techniques.
Both university officials and the Pentagon hope the center, to
be called the Institute for Creative Technologies, will put
military training scenarios on the cutting edge.
"We would like to make our training much more realistic," said
William Bond, commanding general of the Army's Simulation Training
Instrumentation Command in Orlando, Fla.
"We want the ability to create a state where the soldier feels
this is so real that he actually perspires, his heart rate goes up,
and he reacts in a manner that is consistent with what he would do
in a real environment."
Linking with the private sector and using the advances of
commercial technology could save the Pentagon money and speed its
technology development, said Michael Macedonia, chief scientist at
the Orlando training center.
Film and game companies are expected to contribute money and
experience, including storytelling techniques and computer special
effects. It is not clear how many will take part in the venture
since recruitment of outside companies has just begun.
The Army wants filmmakers to make simulated characters more
realistic and devise story lines that help soldiers make decisions
in emotionally charged situations. A scenario could combine the
pizzazz of something like Steven Spielberg's realistic war drama
"Saving Private Ryan" with lifelike training scenarios derived
from military intelligence.
Officials involved in the institute say its primary focus will
not be on battle simulations, though some will be done.
They hope to develop simulators to help soldiers learn the
customs of foreign countries to prepare them for the kind of
peacekeeping missions that have taken troops on short notice to
places like Bosnia and Kosovo. For example, a soldier could take an
online course about an area's history, then enter a virtual reality
where a "guide" could lead the soldier through a town.
The Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses of the University of
California were also considered for the institute, but they didn't
have the same relationship with the entertainment community, said
Cathy Kominos, deputy director of Army research in Crystal City,
Va. USC was also chosen for its strength in electrical engineering
and computer science, she said.
The university's schools of cinema-television, engineering and
communication will also be involved in the program.
News On 6 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Army is going Hollywood in an effort to
The Army signed a five-year,


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