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The PANTHR's Cage: Privacy Limits to Canada's Contact Tracing COVID-19 App
Canada is one of the many nations using -or attempting to use- contact tracing as a way to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier in the year, Ontario launched a health data platform called the PANTHR system, an AI that intended to collate de-identified medical data to help track the pandemic.
At the time, many wondered if this focus on contact tracing would expand into an app similar to the one used in South Korea, it now seems predictions were correct. The question on everyone's lips then is, where does the tracing stop?
Contact Tracing App and the Privacy of Canadian Citizens
Contact tracing apps are designed to map the spread of COVID and catch cases before a person (often unknowingly) spreads it further.
They work by tracking symptoms through questionnaires on the app, then checking if mobile devices belonging to people with symptoms have come into close proximity with other app-using devices, giving a picture of the threat of the spread to the owners of said devices.
Naturally, this requires access to ambient personal data in the form of tracking your locations and movements. For the medical necessity of COVID, many are happy to help the health sector in its colossal task by sharing info; but there has already been an undercurrent of concern about who could access and how they might use this data.
Canada's Commitments to Privacy Limits
Though the concern is merited, the government isn't blind to the danger, and if anything, sound concerned about it themselves, stating: "Some of these measures will have significant implications for privacy and other fundamental rights".
In response to the implication, the office of the privacy commission released a joint statement with all local and national branches, outlining the use, limits, and precautions taken during the rollout of the contact tracing app.
The statement is titled 'Supporting public health, building public trust: Privacy principles for contact tracing and similar apps' so let's delve into it and see how they intend to balance the needs of the COVID-emergency with privacy.
Both technically and legally, the commission promised strong, appropriate safeguard standards. These will be imposed on both the government themselves and any outside developers, this would ensure they were legally liable if they mishandled the data.
The only use appropriate is for the current medical emergency, anything beyond that is strictly forbidden and made difficult technically. On top of all this, the authorities handling the data have been given guidelines, so they are aware of the threats to the data in their hands.
With both the risk and the public hesitation, constant open dialogue is important to allay fears and ensure transparency. To this end the privacy commission has promised to be accountable, publicly publishing a regular monitoring and evaluation plan that covers both the medical efficacy and the usage of data.
Added to this is the oversight of a third party, likely from the privacy commission itself as it monitors the program, but itself has no influence on its working.
These oversight activities could come in a number of ways, such as independent audits; but all ensure a high degree of accountability and immediate highlighting of issues
Furthermore, the privacy commission recommended that, should any failures of the app be noticed, it should be: "decommissioned and any personal information collected should be destroyed"
Not only will the entire app's monthly audits be published, but the inner workings of the third-party auditors themselves will be open to public scrutiny and freely available.
This includes info on storage, use, retention, and destruction of data; so that the public can be informed from start to finish of the app's inner workings.
To make sense of the data, plain language, understandable digests called Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA's) will be published frequently.
Time-Limitation
So that data can't be kept or continually monitored indefinitely, the commission has instructed that all information collected by the app be destroyed with the end of the COVID-19 crisis, and the app itself decommissioned.
De-Identification
Much like the preceding and concurrent PANTHR system, wherever possible the app will use de-identified data, meaning it cannot (easily) be correlated to the person it comes from.
That said, the commission went on to say it will put systems in place to lessen the risk of re-identifying de-identified data, implying one should still be wary and look to options to strengthen your online privacy.
Purpose Limitation
The data gathered has a limited remit, only being used for the public health sector, and then only within the context of COVID-19.
Minimal intrusiveness:
The degree of data should be strictly limited to only the absolutely necessary, said the privacy commissioner.
All data chosen must not only be done so with the intent of minimal intrusion, but with a report that publicly communicates the government's rationale for the type of information they are gathering.
Necessity and Proportionality
As the previous points make very clear, the intention is to make sure the data gathered is strictly that which is necessary, with nothing gathered that isn't relevant to the crisis.
Everything the government uses has to go through a rigorous qualification process, the commission using phrases such as "science-based", "evidence-based", and "rationally connected".
One of the main focuses of this is to always have a pre-planned reason as to why data needs to be gathered. The commission offers a series of rhetorical questions for the app managers to always ask when they decide to collect data, such as:
"Is the purpose to notify users and advise them to take certain actions?"
"Is it to assist public health authorities to better understand local conditions for resource allocation purposes?"
"Is it for another purpose?"
If the data gathered is pre-planned to only be usable for a specific purpose, then the privacy commission hopes it is then not able to be misused and will have an in-built proportionality. Without the ability to even attempt misuse, the sole purpose will remain more strongly on effectiveness.
Everything proposed must not only be carried out at the action level but enshrined legally and contractually, says the commission.
This would lay out the specific remit of the usage of the app, and theoretically allow legal recourse if there was overstepping of these boundaries.
Consent and Trust
The final point is consent. The app is not intended to be a 'for your own good' instance of a nanny state, but rather a cooperative effort between citizens and government.
If this will hinder the effectiveness of the app remains to be seen, in the UK such voluntary measures have met with obstacles, whereas in South Korea the effort has been a major success.
It will rely on peoples trust in government to work, and therefore in the track record of the government itself; the privacy commission at least had proven its worth in fighting Facebook over privacy violations
So far, the app and its corresponding Privacy Impact Assessments have only been fully rolled out in Alberta. How effective it will be and how it will affect the privacy of citizens will depend on how well the privacy commissioner's guidelines are followed.
There is an obvious reason for caution, and now might be as good a time as any to get a good VPN, but the Privacy commissioner's guidelines are forward-thinking and cautious, always with a mind of the online security of Canadian citizens.
If properly implemented, this app can combat COVID-19 without sacrificing the nation's digital autonomy.
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Der 57-jährige Japaner Yutaka Sado bleibt bis Ende der Saison 2024/25 Chefdirigent des Tonkünstler-Orchesters Niederösterreich. Er ist seit 2015 auf diesem Posten. Seit 2005 ist er künstlerischer Leiter des 'Hyogo Performing Arts Center' (PAC) and of the PAC Orchestra in Japan.
The Taipei Symphony Orchestra announced that Israeli conductor Eliahu Inbal, 83, has been appointed as Principal Conductor. His contract was signed for three years, through the 2021/2022 season. The conductor's main focus will be on the symphonies by Gustav Mahler. Inbal is the successor of Gilbert Varga who was Chief Conductor from 2013 until 2018.
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra has announced that American conductor Steven Mercurio, 63, will become its new Music Director from the 2019/20 season. Mercurio succeeds Libor Pesek, who had held the position since 2007. In April 2018 he had been named Principal Guest Conductor of the orchestra.


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Léo Ducas wins ERC starting grant for quantum-safe cryptography.
Léo Ducas from CWI's Cryptology Group in Amsterdam is awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro for research on quantum-safe cryptography. Most of today's cryptographic methods will not be secure against attacks based on possible future quantum computers. Ducas studies lattice-based and code-based cryptography, areas whose methods are widely viewed as the most promising to provide long-term cryptographic security for computers and networks worldwide in the face of quantum computing.
Lattice-based and code-based methods were recently in the news, when the finalists for the first US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standardization of quantum-safe cryptography were announced in July 2020. Ducas contributed to the design of four NIST candidates schemes, two of which are now finalists. A third is on the so-called 'slow-track' for possible later standardization. NIST is expected to announce the first standards in 2022; it is highly likely that these will include lattice-based as well as a code-based schemes.
On receiving the ERC grant, Ducas said: "I am very grateful to the European Research Council for supporting this research, which I believe will contribute the security of computers, smartphones, and credit-cards for the decades to come". He received the ERC grant for his project 'ARTICULATE - A Reduction Theory for Codes and Lattices in Cryptography'.
Ducas aims to develop a unified theory for the cryptanalysis of codes and lattices. While similar at a high level (both codes and lattices are regular structures in large-dimensional spaces), and despite many similarities in the techniques used to attack them, a unified point of view is still missing. As Ducas explains: "The hope is to create a bridge between those two research areas, and to enable transfer, back and forth. This is also the opportunity to review and systematize the states of the art for both codes and lattices, so as to convince ourselves that we have not missed the best possible attacks".
Ducas obtained his PhD degree at the École Normale Superiéure of Paris in 2013. He has been employed in the Cryptology group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) since 2015, obtaining tenure in 2019. He is best known for having demonstrated a quantum security gap between general lattices and certain structured lattices. More generally, his work on theoretical and practical aspects of lattice cryptanalysis had a major influence on how such quantum-safe schemes are designed and parametrized. He was awarded an NWO Veni Grant and the USENIX/Facebook Internet Defense award in 2016. Together with CWI collaborators Marc Stevens and Wessel van Woerden, he currently holds the record for the Darmstadt SVP challenge. The challenge is to find the shortest vector problem (SVP) in increasingly large euclidean lattices, and this serves as a gauge to quantify the security of quantum safe cryptography based on lattices.
The project, which has a duration of 5 years, is expected to start in January 2021. It will fund the work of Ducas, of two post-doctoral researchers and of two PhD students. More information on the grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) can be found at http://erc.europa.eu/.
• ERC Starting Grant 2020
• NIST Post-Quantum Standardization
• Contact data of Léo Ducas at CWI
• Personal homepage of Léo Ducas
• CWI Cryptology Group

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New details about alleged Hockey Canada group sexual assault: Police investigators in London, Ont., say they have reasonable grounds to believe that five members of the 2018 world junior hockey team sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room after a Hockey Canada fundraising gala, a recent filing to the Ontario Court of Justice indicates.
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Maple Leafs legend Borje Salming dies at age 71: It was Harry Neale who once said every Swede in the NHL should send Borje Salming a piece of their pay cheque. Brendan Shanahan, who arranged a tribute night for Salming earlier this month, recognized the defenceman as "a pioneer of the game and an icon with an unbreakable spirit and unquestioned toughness.
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Police open investigations into 2003 and 2018 Canadian world junior teams: Another Canadian world junior team is under a cloud of suspicion. Hockey Canada released a statement Friday regarding an alleged group sexual assault involving members of the 2002-03 national junior team. "We believe the alleged incident from 2003 should be investigated by the authorities, and we urge the police to open an investigation into this disturbing situation," Hockey Canada said. "Hockey Canada will co-operate with and support the authorities in every way we can, and we once again urge anyone who may have relevant information about this alleged incident to contact Halifax police immediately."
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 03:17 PM - 1 comment
NHL Playoff Pickem: Stanley Cup Finals Round: The puck drops on the Stanley Cup Finals at 8 p.m. Eastern Wednesday when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Colorado Avalanche. Pick the series winner, the number of games, several props, and a tiebreaker. Good luck to everyone ahead of me in the standings, which is everybody.
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NHL Playoff Pickem: Third Round: The NHL Conference Finals begin Tuesday night when the Edmonton Oilers visit the Colorado Avalanche. On Wednesday night the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the New York Rangers. NoMich leads by four over Ic23b and 10 over Rumple. Make your picks.
NHL Playoff Pickem: Second Round: The puck drops on the second round of the NHL playoffs tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Eastern when the Tampa Bay Lighting face the Florida Panthers. Cixelsyd leads our contest two ahead of NoMich and four ahead of ic23b. Make your picks.
Arizona Coyotes Are Moving to a 5,100-Seat Arena: The Arizona Coyotes are moving next season to a not-yet-finished arena at Arizona State University that will seat 5,100 fans. During the three years it will be there, the team will compensate by charging fans much higher prices. The team hopes to get an arena deal in Tempe after Glendale commissioned a study that found the arena would generate more economic benefit if NHL hockey wasn't played there.
posted by rcade to hockey at 09:23 PM - 9 comments
Enter the SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem: The puck drops on the NHL playoffs Monday night at 7 p.m. Eastern when the Boston Bruins face the Carolina Hurricanes. Pick the winners of the eight playoff series and four props. The contest winner receives an official NHL game puck of their favorite team.
Stanley Cup Playoffs Get New Branding: The Stanley Cup Playoffs are getting a new logo after 13 years. Here's the old one for comparison. The NHL has a microsite illustrating the changes, which include a more photorealistic cup and a font inspired by the Windsor Hotel where the league was founded in 1917.
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Russia and Belarus Suspended From International Hockey Play: Suspension of all Russian and Belarusian National Teams and Clubs from participation in every age category and in all IIHF competitions or events until further notice. And that's just the beginning of the statement.
posted by NoMich to hockey at 03:40 PM - 4 comments
Most NHL Teams Have a Dog: The Seattle Kraken have adopted a team dog, a four-month-old husky mix named Davy Jones. He joins the pack of 25-28 team dogs across the NHL. The Dallas Stars have a team calf named Mike Moodano.
Ducks Hire Pat Verbeek as General Manager: The Little Ball of Hate is now running an NHL franchise. Pat Verbeek, an assistant GM for the Detroit Red Wings the past three seasons, now has the top job with the Anaheim Ducks. As a player he had 2,905 penalty minutes and won a Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars in 1999.
High School Students Target Female Goalie with Vulgar Chants: An estimated 50-60 students from Armstrong High School in Pennsylvania abused their opponent's female goalie with two vulgar chants during an Oct. 28 game. The repugnant behavior -- which wasn't stopped by coaches, refs, or parents -- has resulted in a ban on students from the school attending games this season (aside from siblings of players sitting with parents).
Blackhawks' Stan Bowman resigns in overhaul over sexual assault cover-up: Stan Bowman's 12-year reign as the Blackhawks' general manager and hockey operations president is over. Bowman and right-hand man Al MacIsaac, formerly the two most powerful people in the 'Hawks' hockey operations, were forced out Tuesday. Their departures headline an organizational overhaul enacted after releasing the results of an investigation into the handling of allegations that former video coach Bradley Aldrich sexually assaulted two players shortly before the 2010 Stanley Cup championship.
Uni Watch: The Official 2021-22 NHL Season Preview: What other way is there to celebrate the new NHL season than to review their uniform changes, so let uni-watch's Paul Lukas guide you through those changes. Also, The Athletic's Down Goes Brown gives you an oddly specific prediction for each team for the new season. (Link to a 30-day guest pass for The Athletic.)
NHL Playoff Pickem Champion: Tahoemoj: The SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem has been won by Tahoemoj with 132 points. Tommybiden is runner up with 114 and the coveted Costanza goes to Rumple.
posted by rcade to hockey at 09:12 AM - 8 comments
Logan Mailloux a polarizing pick by Canadiens in first round of draft: The Canadiens selected the 6-foot-3, 212-pound London Knights defenceman with their first-round pick (31st overall) at the NHL Draft Friday night. The 18-year-old from Belle River, Ont., had renounced himself from the draft this week after paying a fine for an offence of a sexual nature in Sweden last year, which had several NHL teams vowing not to select him this weekend. "Being drafted into the NHL is an honour and a privilege that no one takes lightly," Mailloux said in a statement released on social media before the draft. "The NHL draft should be one of the most exciting landmark moments in a player's career, and given the circumstances, I don't feel I have demonstrated strong enough maturity or character to earn that privilege in the 2021 draft. I know it will take time for society to build back the trust I have lost, and that is why I think it is best that I renounce myself from the 2021 NHL Draft and ask that no one select me this upcoming weekend." Bergevin picked him anyways.
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 10:30 AM - 11 comments
NHL Player Killed by Firework in Michigan: Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks died Sunday night after being struck in the chest by a firework in Novi, Michigan. The 24-year-old Latvian reportedly was in a hot tub when a mortar-style firework malfunctioned and headed towards a group of people.
NHL Playoff Pickem, Stanley Cup Edition: The Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning begin tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBCSN. In the SportsFilter Pickem, Tahoemoj leads with 112 with Jagsnumberone one point back and Tommybiden 14 points back. Pick the winner and games along with six props.
Canadiens Advance to Stanley Cup Final: The Montreal Canadiens are returning to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since winning it in 1993. There hasn't been a winner north of the Maple-Poutine Line (or whatever the border is actually called) since that championship. Montreal will attempt to do what couldn't be done over that span by finalists Vancouver (1994, 2011), Calgary (2004), Edmonton (2006) or Ottawa (2007).
NHL Playoff Pickem: Conference Finals Edition: The Montreal Canadians and Vegas Golden Knights begin their NHL playoff series tonight after the New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning to take a 1-0 series lead Sunday. In our contest, Jagsnumberone leads with 107 over Tahoemoj at 87. Make your picks in the NHL Playoff Pickem by 9 p.m. Eastern tonight.
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NHL Playoff Pickem Round 1 Leader: Cixelsyd: The first-round leader in the NHL Playoff Pickem is Cixelsyd with 75 points, followed by Jjzucal with 72 and Tahoemoj with 70. Cixelsyd got three of the four props correct and seven of eight serieseseses, missing only on the Maple Leafs.
posted by rcade to hockey at 03:22 PM - 1 comment
NHL Playoff Pickem: Pick the Canadiens/Jets Series: There's one last round 2 playoff series left to pick in the NHL Playoff Pickem. Before the puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, pick the winner of the Montreal Canadiens/Winnipeg Jets series and the number of games it will take.
Enter the NHL Playoff Pickem Round 2: There's still the Canadiens/Leafs series to be decided, but round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight at 8 p.m. when the Islanders face the Bruins. Cixelsyd and Tahoemoj currently lead with 70 points after getting six series winners and two team props. Make your picks.
Enter the NHL Playoff Pickem: The playoffs are underway in hockey and the SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem has returned. Pick the teams that will win each series, the games each series takes, and three prop bets. First prize is an official game puck and eternal glory. The first picks are due Wednesday night.
Minnesota Duluth knocks University of North Dakota out in the longest game in NCAA tournament history : Bulldog forward Luke Mylymok scores at 2:13 of the fifth overtime to send the Bulldogs to a fourth-straight Frozen Four.
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 07:59 AM - 0 comments
NHL Dumps Referee After Open-Mic Admission of Bias: The NHL has removed referee Tim Peel from all future games after he was caught on an open mic Tuesday night saying, "It wasn't much, but I wanted to get a fucking penalty against Nashville early." Before this incident, Peel's most memorable moment on the ice was taking a puck to the groin that ended up in the net.
I Was In Net For...: CBC has put together a collection of short videos that interview goaltenders that were in net for famous hockey goals. The night Gretzky scored his 50th goal in 39th game? The "Michigan" goal? Marek Malik's legendary shootout goal? Find out what the goalies thought about those goals as they replay the historic goals.
posted by grum@work to hockey at 09:05 PM - 1 comment
NHL, ESPN reach seven-year U.S. broadcast deal: ESPN is believed to have reached a seven-year deal to become one of the league's media partners starting next season, according to multiple league and industry sources...an agreement that is expected to see ESPN get the rights to broadcast four Stanley Cup Finals between 2022 and 2028, plus streaming rights for Disney.
Pittsburgh hires Ron Hextall to be their new G.M. Brian Burke as President of Hockey Operations: Less than 2 weeks after Jim Rutherford surprisingly resigned, the Penguins dramatically reshaped their front office with a pair of hires. Ron Hextall, a fiery former goalie and a member of the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame, fills the vacant G.M. spot. Brian Burke was hired in a newly created position as president of hockey operations.
Columbus Blue Jackets ship Dubois & 3rd round pick to Winnipeg Jets for Laine, Roslovic: Blue Jackets trade the disgruntled center to the Winnipeg Jets and a 3rd round pick for 2 skilled forwards – Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic, an unsigned restricted free agent from Columbus who is currently training with the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets while unsigned. Dubois, 22, requested a trade upon signing a two-year contract extension the week prior to the start of training camp Jan. 4 at Nationwide Arena. The team's former No. 1 center didn't publicly offer a reason, but it's believed to be multi-faceted – tied to both prolonged contract negotiations and a feuding relationship with coach John Tortorella.
NHL Playoff Pickem Champion: Geneparmesan: The Stanley Cup was hoisted this year by the Tampa Bay Lightning, victorious in six games over the Dallas Stars. The second-most storied competition in the NHL season, the SportsFilter NHL Playoff Pickem, is metaphorically held aloft by Geneparmesan, who took the lead in round 2 and never gave it back. Second place goes to Cixelsyd and the coveted Costanza is claimed by Rumple.
NHL Playoff Pickem: Stanley Cup Finals: The Stanley Cup Finals drop the puck at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday when the Dallas Stars face the Tampa Bay Lightning. Never before has the NHL come down to two Sun Belt teams. For the NHL Playoff Pickem, predict the series winner and games required, six props and a tiebreaker. Geneparmesan leads with 171, 23 over Cixelsyd. Good luck!
NHL Playoff Pick 'Em Round 2 Leader: Geneparmesan: The conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs begin Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern as the Dallas Stars face the Vegas Golden Knights. The New York Islanders play the Tampa Bay Lightning 24 hours later. In SportsFilter's pick 'em, Geneparmesan has jumped into first over Cixelsyd after scoring 47 by getting three series and the goalscorer and goalie props. Make your picks!
NHL Playoff Pick 'Em Round 2: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight at 8 p.m. when the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche resume their postseason rivalry. Cixelsyd leads our NHL Playoff Pick 'Em with 86 points, 9 ahead of Geneparmesan. Make your picks by the time each series drops the puck.
NHL Playoff Pickem Round 1 Scores (in Progress): With two teams advancing to the second round (Lightning over Blue Jackets and Golden Knights over Blackhawks) and some teams getting shutouts or topping 5 goals, the NHL Playoff Pick 'Em has been updated with live scoring for Round 1. Follow the link to see how you're doing so far.
Enter SportsFilter's NHL Playoff Pick 'Em: The NHL playoffs begin Wednesday night with five games. Our annual NHL Playoff Pick 'Em has returned. Pick the eight teams that will advance out of the first round and the number of games each series will require along with four prop bets. The winner over the entire playoffs receives a New Era 59Fifty cap of their favorite NHL team.
Get Kraken! NHL's 32nd franchise, the Seattle Kraken, revealed their name and logo.:
posted by grum@work to hockey at 01:55 PM - 10 comments
Jeremy Roenick Sues NBC Sports for Anti-Straight Discrimination: Sportscaster and former NHL star Jeremy Roenick has sued NBC Sports in New York state court claiming that when he was fired for joking on a podcast he wanted a threesome with his wife and his on-air colleague Kathryn Tappen, the network discriminated against him as a heterosexual. The kitchen sink suit also asserts that the former NHL star was fired for supporting failed USFL owner Donald Trump.
Explosive and shocking allegations against junior hockey in newly filed lawsuit: Just three days after a former major junior hockey player alleged that he was forced to do cocaine in a bathroom as a rookie with the Kitchener Rangers in 2016, two former CHL players have launched a class-action lawsuit alleging that players aged 15 to 17 were, "routinely victims to hazing, bullying, physical and verbal harassment, physical assault, sexual harassment, and sexual assault."
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With increasing political and business ties, Iran is slowly turning into a frequently visited country for Indian travelers. Getting an entry into this country is simple provided you are aware of your visa category according to duration of stay and purpose of visit.
Tourist Visa: This category of visa is issued to Indian nationals individually or in a group (through authorized tour operators) for purposes of sight seeing and visiting relatives and friends.
Business Visa: This visa type is required when you are travelling to Iran for attending conferences, seminars, or similar business activities.
Transit Visa: You shall require a transit visa when you are travelling to another country via Iranian airports.
The process for applying for an Iranian visa commences with submitting an online registration form here. You will receive a visa authorization code after 7-10 working days.
Once you receive this, you can fill up the visa application form available on our website. Ensure to mention the authorization code on the top right side corner of your visa application form. Attached all required documents as detailed in our Document Checklist.
The submission can be done through the Iran Embassy's authorized visa agents, one of which is BLS International. The authorized visa agent will guide you if any further documents are to be furnished and will submit your application to the embassy (additional charges from the authorized visa agent will apply).
You will then be issued a printed ICR as an acknowledgement of the receipt of your documents and the required fees and service charges. The ICR will contain the tentative date of the collection of your documents and the contact details of the center.
Do bear in mind that visa is refused to holders of passports or travel documents containing a visa/stamp for Israel or any data that passenger has been to Israel or indication of any connection with the State of Israel.
The processing time post submission normally takes 4 to 5 working days excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and other Public Holidays.
Do I need to book my flights or hotels before I can get a visa?
Once I am in Iran, can I get my visa extended so that I can stay longer?
An Invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 3-page Performa.
Embassy can ask for the Applicant's Medical Records after checking the invitation copy. For a stay of above one week, Medical Records are usually required.


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By Holly HonderichBBC News, WashingtonPublishedduration3 hours agoimage copyrightGetty ImagesAs the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine begins to roll out, it's already clear that not everyone will have access. For pregnant and breastfeeding women, this access will depend on where they live. Clinical trials for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine did not include either pregnant or lactating women, and…
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As the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine begins to roll out, it's already clear that not everyone will have access. For pregnant and breastfeeding women, this access will depend on where they live.
Clinical trials for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine did not include either pregnant or lactating women, and the company has said available data is so far "insufficient" to determine any risks to pregnancy posed by the vaccine.
In the UK, this absence of data has led regulators to exclude pregnant and breastfeeding women from vaccination programmes. In the US, the decision has been left up to these women themselves.
Here's why the two countries are split, and what that means for pregnant women.
What does the data say?
So far, it doesn't say much at all.
"There were no data, period," said Dr Ruth Faden, a bioethicist at Johns Hopkins University, who specialises in the rights and health of pregnant women. There is no suggestion that the jab is especially risky for pregnant and lactating women, there just isn't yet enough information to say.
Pfizer has said it followed the guidance of the US Food and Drug Administration in leaving out pregnant and breastfeeding women from their clinical trials. These women will not be included in clinical trials until the company completes so-called Dart studies (developmental and reproductive toxicity), often conducted in animals.
Experts say this is customary.
"In non-pandemic times, if you are talking about a brand new vaccine, most reasonable people who are committed to advancing the interests of pregnant women and their offspring would still say we should not involve pregnant women" in early clinical trials, Dr Faden said. "You can't put them in right from the beginning".
media captionHow has giving birth changed during the pandemic?
In bioethics, pregnant women are described as "a complex population", Dr Faden said. "Nowhere else do you have two entities at one time, both of whom are objects of moral concern."
"And by and large, no one cares more about the wellbeing of the offspring than the pregnant woman. The first question you usually get is 'will this be safe for my baby?'" she said.
But the decision to leave out pregnant women from clinical trials is more complicated in the midst of a pandemic.
"We're in a tough place," said Dr Emily Stinnett Miller, an obstetrician at Northwestern University and a member of the Covid-19 task force of the Society for Maternal and Fetal Medicine. "They're having to make critical decisions quickly, and there are pros and cons to inclusion and exclusion."
A serious con – a lack of data – is evident now. "We don't really have the data to make these clinical decisions that we need to make," she said.
Why do the UK and US differ?
Faced with the same lack of data, the UK and US are split in their policy response.
"When you have no data that speaks specifically to the question, then the next question is to step back and say 'OK, what otherwise do we know,?'" Dr Faden said.
The UK has taken the more cautionary path. On its website, Public Health England said that while the evidence "raises no concerns for safety in pregnancy", the agency "wants to see more non-clinical data" before finalising its advice for pregnancy.
"As specific clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnant women have not yet been carried out, there isn't sufficient evidence to recommend the routine use of Covid-19 vaccines to pregnant or breastfeeding women," said Dr Edward Morris, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), in a statement.
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image captionPregnant women are typically excluded from early clinical trials of new drugs and vaccines
Experts in the US went another way, leaving the the decision of vaccination to pregnant and breastfeeding women.
"The experts came to a consensus view that scientific plausibility of harm just wasn't there," Dr Faden said. But, she cautioned, "that doesn't mean zero".
The Covid vaccine trials may have happened at breakneck speed, but they haven't skipped any steps, regulators in the US and UK have said, and approval is only given when a vaccine is both safe and effective.
Where does that leave pregnant women?
In both countries, pregnant and lactating women will have to wait for more information before getting a clearer recommendation on the vaccine.
Preliminary results from Pfizer's developmental and reproductive toxicity studies are expected by the end of the year. Once these studies are complete, the company may expand its clinical trials to include pregnant women. There are also a handful of women who became pregnant while in the midst of the trial who will be monitored through their pregnancy.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has urged the UK government to fund research studies on the vaccine and its suitability for pregnant and breastfeeding women. And data will also be collected from pregnant and breastfeeding women in the US who elect to take the vaccine in the coming months. This will come first from the country's healthcare workers – among the first in the US to be eligible – some 330,000 of whom are estimated to be pregnant or breastfeeding.
"We'll have to keep our fingers crossed that this data…will allow an unambiguous, full-throated recommendation on pregnancy," Dr Faden said.
In the meantime, some pregnant and breastfeeding women say they will avoid the jab.
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image captionJoanna Sullivan, expecting her first baby in June, plans to avoid the vaccine while pregnant
Joanna Sullivan, 35, who lives in southwest Ohio, is expecting her first baby in June. She does not plan to seek the vaccine until after she gives birth.
"I don't know about any kind of complications, and being my first one, being older, there's already higher risk there," she said. And while it would be "helpful" to see how other pregnant women respond, Mrs Sullivan said she will likely hold off.
In Stonehouse, England, Amy Collender, 34, said she might consider the jab while breastfeeding, but only now that her son is nearly two year old. "If I had a newborn baby, I might not," she said. And if she were still pregnant, she would likely choose to opt-out.
And both women said that while they'd like more information, they would not volunteer to participate in a clinical trial themselves.
"That's the thing, I understand why there weren't pregnant people doing the trial," Mrs Sullivan said. "Who wants to put their baby at risk?"
But according to Dr Faden, successful inoculation against Covid-19 means that pregnant and breastfeeding must be included.
"We cannot have an effective vaccine against this pandemic unless we have a vaccine that pregnant women can take, full stop," Dr Faden said.
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Vittskövle distrikt är ett distrikt i Kristianstads kommun och Skåne län.

Distriktet ligger söder om Kristianstad.

Tidigare administrativ tillhörighet
Distriktet inrättades 2016 och utgörs av socknen Vittskövle i Kristianstads kommun.

Området motsvarar den omfattning Vittskövle församling hade vid årsskiftet 1999/2000.

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Q: How to write macro outcome to file I have a macro \printauthors that contains a list of authors, for example
John Doe, Barack Obama,...
How can I write this content to a file, for example authors.txt. The command
\immediate\write\myfile{\printauthors}

doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong or should I use another way?

A: If you are using \printauthors from this: On sorting a string with multiple entries then this macro isn't expandable, thus it cannot be used in \immediate\write. You have to split the processing to the two steps: preparing and using. The "preparing" step does sorting and this macro is not expandable. The "using" step only expands the result of preparing step.
I can show this concept on my example, but you cannot use this code directly because you are not using plain TeX.
\input opmac

\def\sort{\begingroup\setprimarysorting\def\iilist{}\sortA}
\def\sortA#1#2{\ifx\relax#1\sortB\else
  \expandafter\addto\expandafter\iilist\csname,#1\endcsname
  \expandafter\preparesorting\csname,#1\endcsname
  \expandafter\edef\csname,#1\endcsname{{\tmpb}{#2}}%
  \expandafter\sortA\fi
}
\def\sortB{\def\message##1{}\dosorting
  \def\act##1{\ifx##1\relax\else \seconddata##1\sortC \expandafter\act\fi}%
  \gdef\tmpb{}\expandafter\act\iilist\relax
  \endgroup
}
\def\sortC#1&{\global\addto\tmpb{{#1}}}

\def\sortauthors{\def\tmp{}\expandafter\sortauthorsA\authors [] {} {}; }
\def\sortauthorsA [#1] #2 #3; {%
   \ifx^#1^\expandafter\sort\tmp\relax\relax \let\sortedauthors=\tmpb
   \else\addto\tmp{{#1}{#2 #3}}\expandafter\sortauthorsA\fi
}
\def\printauthors{\expandafter\printauthorsB\sortedauthors\relax}
\def\printauthorsB#1{\ifx\relax#1\else #1, \expandafter\printauthorsB\fi}

\newwrite
\def\authors{[Doe] John Doe; [Potter] Harry Potter; [Clinton] Bill Clinton;
             [Uthor] Archibald \"Uthor; [Obama] Barack Obama; }

\sortauthors
\immediate\write\myfile{\printauthors}
\bye

A: If \printauthors is the macro I suggested in On sorting a string with multiple entries, then it's easy to add the functionality. With this version,
\printauthors

will just print the names while
\printauthors[filename.ext]

will output the same data on the specified file:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xparse,l3sort,pdftexcmds}

\ExplSyntaxOn

% a macro from pdftexcmds that works with all engines
\cs_set_eq:Nc \konewka_strcmp:nn { pdf@strcmp }

\NewDocumentCommand{\addauthor}{ o m m }
 {
  \IfNoValueTF{#1}
   {
    \konewka_add_author:nnn { #3 } { #2 } { #3 }
   }
   {
    \konewka_add_author:nnn { #1 } { #2 } { #3 }
   }
 }

\NewDocumentCommand{\printauthors}{ o }
 {
  \IfNoValueTF { #1 }
   {
    \konewka_print_authors:
   }
   {
    \konewka_print_authors_to_file:n { #1 }
   }
 }

\seq_new:N \g_konewka_authors_id_seq
\seq_new:N \l__konewka_authors_full_seq
\iow_new:N \g_konewka_write_authors_stream

\msg_new:nnn { konewka/authors } { author~exists }
 {
  The ~ author ~ #1 ~ already ~ exists; ~ it ~ won't ~ be ~ added ~ again
 }

\cs_new_protected:Npn \konewka_add_author:nnn #1 #2 #3
 {
  \prop_if_exist:cTF { g_konewka_author_#1_prop }
   {
    \msg_warning:nnn { konewka/authors } { author~exists } { #1 }
   }
   {
    \seq_gput_right:Nn \g_konewka_authors_id_seq { #1 }
    \prop_new:c { g_konewka_author_#1_prop }
    \prop_gput:cnn { g_konewka_author_#1_prop } { fname } { #2 }
    \prop_gput:cnn { g_konewka_author_#1_prop } { lname } { #3 }
   }
 }

\cs_new_protected:Npn \konewka_print_authors:
 {
  \__konewka_sort_authors:
  \seq_use:Nn \l__konewka_authors_full_seq { ,~ }
 }

\cs_new_protected:Npn \konewka_print_authors_to_file:n #1
 {
  \iow_open:Nn \g_konewka_write_authors_stream { #1 }
  \__konewka_sort_authors:
  \iow_now:Nx \g_konewka_write_authors_stream
   {
    \seq_use:Nn \l__konewka_authors_full_seq { ,~ }
   }
  \iow_close:N \g_konewka_write_authors_stream
 }

\cs_new_protected:Npn \__konewka_sort_authors:
 {
  \seq_gsort:Nn \g_konewka_authors_id_seq
   {
    \string_compare:nnnTF {##1} {>} {##2} {\sort_reversed:} {\sort_ordered:}
   }
  \seq_clear:N \l__konewka_authors_full_seq
  \seq_map_inline:Nn \g_konewka_authors_id_seq
   {
    \seq_put_right:Nx \l__konewka_authors_full_seq
     {
      \prop_item:cn { g_konewka_author_##1_prop } { fname }
      \c_space_tl
      \prop_item:cn { g_konewka_author_##1_prop } { lname }
     }
   }
 }

\prg_new_conditional:Npnn \string_compare:nnn #1 #2 #3 {TF}
  {
   \if_int_compare:w \konewka_strcmp:nn {#1}{#3} #2 \c_zero
    \prg_return_true:
   \else:
    \prg_return_false:
   \fi
  }

\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}

\addauthor{John}{Doe}
\addauthor{Harry}{Potter}
\addauthor[Uthor]{Archibald}{\"Uthor}
\addauthor{John}{Doe}
\addauthor{Bill}{Clinton}
\addauthor{Barack}{Obama}

\printauthors

\printauthors[\jobname.txt]

\end{document}

The contents of \jobname.txt is
Bill Clinton, John Doe, Barack Obama, Harry Potter, Archibald \"Uthor

Note that I used \jobname just not to clobber any of my files.

A: If \printauthors really is just a simple macro that expands to a string, then this suffices:
\documentclass{article}
\newwrite\myfile
\newcommand{\printauthors}{John Doe, Barack Obama}
\begin{document}
\immediate\openout\myfile=authors.txt
\immediate\write\myfile{\printauthors}
\end{document}

See How to write a command to file


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#### According to
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#### Published in
Contr. Arnold Arbor. 2: 34 (1932)

#### Original name
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### Remarks
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Leading by the Nose
For humans, walkable neighborhoods and commercial hubs reward strolling with varied architecture, safe street crossings, and a mix of things to do and see on foot. For dogs, there is a much larger world of scent. Can our canine companions guide us to a richer walking experience?
By Frank Edgerton Martin
Dogs and other animals understand sidewalks and parks not as visually ordered settings but as shifting islands and drifts of smells. When we humans step out the door, it's basically the same outdoors we left behind. But for the dog with us on a leash, a street is like a flowing stream filled with the scent trails of passing people and dogs. It's an ever-changing place.
In 2003, I adopted a yellow Labrador named Samson from the Hennepin County Humane Society. When I first saw him, he struck me as quiet and observant as he sat there upright, regarding the other dogs as they barked and whimpered. For years, Samson spent his days sitting Sphinx-like on the front steps, left paw crossed on right, surveying passersby. He became famous among the neighbors for wanting to sit outside even on the coldest January days.
Samson loved meeting people and other dogs. He was a natural greeter, but we found little social life along the roads and subdivisions of our Lake Minnetonka neighborhood. And because I myself was more interested in architecture than in exercise, I often found our walks boring. But Samson and I both needed exercise and to get outside for strolls. Over the years we developed a set of alternative suburban environments that made sense for both of us.
Instead of walking by lawns and large houses, we got in the car (a thrill for Samson) and drove to denser places where we could do the things we liked, such as: smelling other dogs, visiting antique shops, sniffing sidewalk trees, and sitting in outdoor cafés while greeting people and watching traffic. We often went to downtown Excelsior, a 19th-century town where we could do all of these things. But we also made new discoveries. For some reason, Samson loved outlet malls, perhaps because the long sidewalks afforded him the chance to meet a lot of people.
I took him to Tonkadale Greenhouse and other nurseries where we could walk among the plants in winter, admiring shoppers could pet him, and we could take in the fragrances and humidity. In summer, we went to public docks on Lake Minnetonka, where Samson greeted those departing from the tour boats. Seniors and teenage girls particularly loved him.
TALKING SCENTS
In her collection of essays On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, Alexandra Horowitz takes us along on eleven treks, mostly in Manhattan, with experts in a variety of different fields—graphic design, geology, entomology, and so on. Another one of the experts is her dog Flip, who reminds me of a more citified version of Samson.
Horowitz is a cognitive psychologist who writes extensively on dogs and how they perceive the world. In describing her walk with Flip, she notes that "smell, like memory, is entirely personal. It cannot be shared with the ease that an image, rendered in ink or oils, can be experienced by hundreds of millions of viewers."
Smells are not easily communicated in words; we humans have only vague olfactory classifications such as "sweet," "earthy," or "pungent." But dogs like Flip and Samson experience nuanced smells in thousands of variations. They may not have a word for each, but they have recognition all the same. For dogs, smells form an unfolding map of information about specific places and other animals and people. "Their world has a topography wrought of odors . . . the landscape is brightly colored with aromas," writes Horowitz.
When touring a neighborhood, we humans use visual classifications such as "late Victorian" or "New Urbanist." Dogs, of course, could care less. From my walks with Samson, I learned more about the experiences that mattered to him, and, in doing so, I began to appreciate suburban landscapes in a different way.
I learned that busy places like Main Streets and public parks have a smell history. Huge parking lots can be bleak for all. Samson and I agreed that big-box stores and malls were the worst—visual and olfactory deserts unsuitable for a hike. But a parking lot at Arby's could be a sacred place.
At least it was for Samson, who generally refused to leave after we sat on the grassy suburban berm and shared a bag of curly fries. After snacks, I would walk with him around the building—along the lane leading to the drive-thru, past the drive-thru window (with faster sniffing because much is dropped there), and around to the back where the exhaust fans are (a kind of climax). This circuit never tired him, and he would tug billy-goat-like on the leash when I tried to get him back into the car. Inevitably, I would have to pick him up, all 75 pounds, and dump him in the backseat.
A dog can sniff fast when there is much to take in, like at a drive-thru window—up to seven times per second. Humans can only take in a new scent about once every two seconds. We have about five million olfactory sense receptors; a bloodhound can have 300 million. A dog can gauge a smell's strength by its variance between nostrils.
Samson and I had many kinds of walks, the hardest being the "process of elimination" at 7:00 on January mornings. When it was 20 degrees below zero, he always sniffed too long. But sometimes we both liked to linger in a place. We might sit in a park, Samson sniffing with darting nose the scents of other dogs flowing from upwind. With my eyes and ears, I observed things too—where people gathered, the shouts of children, and impromptu soccer games on an open patch of grass.
TAKING THE TIME
In an interview with the National Canine Research Council, Horowitz put into words what I intuited from Samson: We need to value our dogs' "dogness." This "means appreciating that they get bored, and working to give them things to do; it means celebrating their perceptual abilities, and letting them smell the well-marked spots at length," she explained.
By following our canine companion's lead, we two-legged animals can rediscover important things—the fragrances of childhood, so deeply implanted that they seem like they occurred only yesterday. From my walks with Samson, I recalled the smell of leaves burning on an October afternoon; the peonies in June that my mother floated in a crystal bowl; what a pumpkin smells like when you carve it. No matter how boring a place may seem, a dog can open up a new journey. If I'd never had my walks with Samson, I may never have lingered, pausing to discover scents and other creatures hidden in a world we mostly see.


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The comments came after two weeks of radio silence from the Diria following the airport shutdown, which caused local residents and business owners to fear they were losing their airport for good. Without it, the town's tourism-drive economy would take a hit, residents said.
While the Diria's recent statements cleared up some of the misconceptions and put minds at ease, important questions about the airport's future remain.
The Tamarindo airstrip lies on a large piece of the Diria's privately owned land; land that is home to a driving range and may become a full-scale golf course. With signs, billboards and the recent completion of a model home advertising a future residential golf community, it's no secret that the Diria has plans for the area.
According to a statement made by Civil Aviation at a recent meeting, its authorities first began sending safety reports to the Diria in 2009, informing the administration the runway needed attention. Five years passed and more memos were sent, but no one from the Diria responded.
The Tamarindo Diria Airport Sign – Airport still closed.
So when the airport was temporarily shut down, some local residents feared the worst. One of them was Guido Scheidt, a pilot and area resident whose company, Auto Gyro America, has flown scenic gyrocopter flights from the Tamarindo Airport for over five years. He organized community fundraising to fix the runway, but once he heard the Diria's statements, Scheidt admits the effort may have been premature.
Diria representatives told the group they remained silent until now because they had been negotiating with construction companies and contractors to determine a budget for runway repairs.
When it comes to Diria's long-term plans for the airport, Rockbrand and other Diria representatives have declined to comment.
The uncertainty over the airport's future has created frustration for Tamarindo businesses – particularly three real estate conglomerates reportedly interested in donating land for a new public airport. Those projects include Reserva Conchal in Flamingo, Hacienda Pinilla in Avellanas and a group in Tempate.
Once a location is chosen, the project could take up to three years to complete. Business owners say they are eager to get started and disappointed with lack of information coming out of the Diria. For a new runway to succeed in this region, it would rely on the service of regional airlines Sansa and Nature Air – both of which seem unlikely to add a new route so close to Tamarindo's airstrip, should it remain open.
As for an exact date for the reopening of the airport, Rockbrand didn't know. But the public can expect an announcement soon, he said.
Originally Published in the Saratogian: December 19, 2011. Click here to read online.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Holiday shoppers have one more chance before Christmas to get locally made goods and gifts at the Saratoga Farmers' Market, now in its indoor season at Division Street Elementary School.
The school transformed into a holiday-themed market this past Saturday, brimming with shoppers who spent time catching up with friends while browsing local gifts and groceries. For those looking for last-minute gift ideas, the farmers' market will be open again from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, which is Christmas Eve.
"We'll be here for the holidays. Believe it or not, gardens in New York state still produce at this time of year," market coordinator Suzanne Carreker-Voigt said.
Like Carreker-Voigt, most of this weekend's market shoppers were buying a mix of gift items, like handmade jewelry or homemade jams and fresh food items, including locally grown greens, meats and seasonal vegetables.
"I just got four pairs of earrings for my mother," said Charistienne Budge, a frequent market shopper who was doing her Christmas shopping there for the first time this year.
"It's really nice, and I have to say, it's a lot more pleasant than going to the mall," she said.
Along with jewelry made by local designer Frenchy Loeb, Budge picked up some Saratoga Suds soaps as gifts and knocked another item off her list with ground mutton and a family recipe from Elihu Farms, which she planned to make for an upcoming holiday party.
Linda's Country Kitchen is offering Santa Claus cookies, a popular item amongst shoppers and vendor Linda Kerber's eight grandkids.
For Christmas Eve shoppers, Linda's homemade pies offer a fresh (pies are baked the day before the market) and tasty dessert option for a holiday party.
"I kind of specialize in baking for the holidays. I've been baking since I was 10 years old. We have pies, cheesecakes, cookies and probably more at Christmas," Kerber said.
Amy Bonser Feldman's twin daughters, Miakoda and Kestrel, were occupied by smoothies and honeycomb while their mother shopped.
The Saratoga Farmers' Market and most of its more than 30 vendors will return Saturday for last-minute gifts and other local goods.
"We'll be here, so if you're really up the creek and can't think of what to get, there's nothing better than a basket of local goodies," Carreker-Voigt said.
The Saratoga Farmers' Market will also be open during regular hours New Year's Eve day, which is Dec. 31. For information, go to www.saratogafarmersmarket.org.
Originally Published in the Saratogian: December 11, 2011. Click here to read online.
That's the question posed to small businesses by Local Living In, a Ballston Spa-based marketing company geared toward driving local consumers into local businesses.
The idea for Local Living In developed from a need Klingenberg noticed while running his other business, a small design company called Hound Dog Graphics, located on the Saratoga Springs-Ballston Spa town line.
"We noticed our smaller business clients were struggling with how to best spend their limited marketing dollar," he said.
Local Living In offers clients a solution. For a $49 monthly membership fee, businesses earn a multimedia marketing package, which includes a business profile on www.LocalLivingIn.com and access to email, Facebook blasts and other Local Living In marketing campaigns.
Local Living In also offers a Buy Local program that gives consumers an incentive to spend their money in local shops. When making a purchase, customers present the free Buy Local Rewards card at any participating business to receive a Buy Local offer determined by the retailer that could be a special discount or freebie.
When Local Living In first launched in 2010, it included the "pocket communities" of Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls. After amassing more than 5,000 email subscribers in those cities, Klingenberg expanded Local Living In to Ballston Spa, Malta, Glens Falls, Clifton Park and most recently Albany.
"We're now just getting ready to launch Schenectady and Amsterdam. And hopefully by the end of January we'll launch Plattsburgh, Syracuse and Burlington, Vt.," he said.
The more regional businesses that join Local Living In, the more encouraged customers are to use their Buy Local card.
With the card, customers can capitalize on the business's Buy Local deals from Broadway to Burlington. Retailers can also update offers whenever they change, like when the stock of items runs out.
Businesses can sign up for two Local Living In membership packages. Businesses that can't offer giveaways but want to be in the Local Living In directory can choose the $25 monthly option, which includes a basic presence and business listing on the website. The $49 package includes multimedia marketing, social media callouts and email blasts, Klingenberg said.
Customers can sign up for a free Buy Local card at participating businesses or at www.locallivingin.com.


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One-and-a-half years after its controversial verdict doing away with automatic arrest provision in the law to prevent atrocities against Dalits and tribals, the Supreme Court restored the original dispensation saying the previous order had strayed into legislative domain.
The dilution of the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had sparked angry, and in some instances, violent protests by Dalits across the country. A vote in Parliament undoing the ruling triggered an upper caste backlash against BJP governments in assembly polls in end-2018 and saw the Centre legislating a quota for economically weaker sections (read upper castes).
A two-judge bench, comprising justices AK Goyal (now retired) and UU Lalit, had in March last year directed that police had to conduct a preliminary inquiry in seven days before taking any action on a complaint and also introduced provision of anticipatory bail for accused, overriding the section that says pre-arrest bail does not apply for offences under the anti-atrocities Act.
Justifying its direction, the court had said that such protective provision is required to safeguard the interests and dignity of the innocent and to prevent misuse of the Act as an instrument to blackmail or wreak personal vengeance.
Opposition parties had swiftly pinned the verdict on BJP accusing the ruling party of being anti-Dalit even as the government rushed to SC seeking review of its ruling. Soon, it amended the law to nullify the SC verdict thus ensuring that the ruling was virtually never enforced.
On Tuesday, however, the response of the political class was strikingly subdued as a three-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and B R Gavai admitted that the court wrongly ventured into the domain of legislature by framing guidelines, and rejected the fear of misuse that the apex court had earlier cited to insert safeguards. It said all humans are equal, including in their failings, and it would be against fundamental human equality to treat SCs and STs as persons who are particularly prone to lodge false reports for revenge or monetary benefits. It said making such a presumption would be "adding insult to injury" to those who have suffered discrimination from ages. "As a matter of fact, members of SCs and STs have suffered for long, hence, if we cannot provide them protective discrimination beneficial to them, we cannot place them at all at a disadvantageous position that may be causing injury to them by widening inequality and against the very spirit of our Constitution," the court said.
The contentious verdict had held that a public servant can be arrested under the anti-atrocity law only after sanction from appointing authority and, in case of a non-public servant, after approval by the SSP."There is no presumption that members of SCs and STs may misuse the provisions of law as a class and it is not resorted to by the upper castes or members of the elite class. For lodging a false report, it cannot be said that the caste of a person is the cause. It is due to the human failing and not due to the caste factor. Caste is not attributable to such an act. On the other hand, members of SCs and STs due to backwardness hardly muster the courage to lodge even an FIR, much less, a false one," the bench said in the much -awaited verdict.
The bench ruled the guidelines are against the constitutional principles to protect the weaker communities from discrimination and brushed aside findings of the earlier bench that the law is being misused. Countering the justification given by the division bench that 9 to 10% cases under the Act were found to be false, the bench noted the percentage of cases concerning other general crimes such as forgery as comparable, namely 11.51% whereas for kidnapping and abduction, as per NCRB data for 2016, it is 8.85%.
Members of SCs and STs have suffered for long, hence if we cannot provide protective discrimination beneficial to them, we cannot place them... at a disadvantageous position that may be causing injury to them by widening inequality and against the very spirit of our Constitution


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MMA Fighter Traumatised By Man Allegedly Masturbating At Photo Shoot
Jake Massey
Last updated 10:58 AM, Friday April 26 2019 GMT+1
You may have seen last week the quite satisfying story of an MMA fighter who attacked a man after she allegedly caught him masturbating while she was doing a swimwear photoshoot.
Joyce Vieira and her friend were taking photos at the Praia do Braga beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when she claims they saw the man performing the sex act. The man apparently wouldn't stop so Vieira took things into her own hands.
The man was later arrested for committing an 'obscene act', but has since been released after giving a statement in which he denied the crime.
MMA fighter Joyce Vieira says she attacked the man after she caught him masturbating. Credit: Golder's News
Now Vieira has revealed that she struggled to sleep following the incident.
The 27-year-old said: "It affected my life, more because I had that reaction. I didn't put my head down and I faced up to him. For a whole week I slept and woke up with the scene in my head."
Asked whether she thought the man deserved prison time, she said: "Yes, because he could be the same way he was with me with someone's daughter or granddaughter. This could end up affecting a whole family because it is traumatising."
Asked if she had seen the man in the town since the incident, she said: "No, until now I haven't thought about what my reaction will be if I see him in the street."
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Vieira - who is a specialist in Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu - went on to claim that she sufferers from sexist treatment within the sport on a daily basis.
Vieira said she suffers from sexist treatment within MMA. Credit: Instagram/eujoycevieira
She said: "To be honest it's very difficult because until today I have suffered a bit from men looking down their noses at me in training because I'm a woman. But that's just fuel for me and I want to stay and fight more and more every day for the love that fighting awoke in me.
"I'm a feminist and after all this, I'm going to embrace the cause with everything. It's the first type of harassment like that which I have faced but I have to suffer sexism every day."
Police told reporters that the man alleged to have been masturbating claimed he was urinating prior to being approached by Vieira.
Inspector Juliana Rattes said the case will be taken to the Public Ministry 'who will act together with the Special Criminal Court'.
Featured Image Credit: Golder's News
Topics: World News, crime, Brazil, MMA
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Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.
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Q: How to directly search string in PDF using any programming language Is it possible to search for a particular string in PDF using any programming language without converting it to a text or doc file. I want to search for a string directly without converting it, I tried to convert it to text and then search for the string but it gave me wrong result.
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NAUTH's School of Health Information Mgt matriculated 42
Vision Education, Health, News July 31, 2022
From Ifeoma Ejiofor
School of Health Information Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Anambra State on Friday matriculated forty two students.
The matriculation ceremony took place at Metu Uzodike auditorium of the institution.
In her address at the occasion, the Head of the school, Mrs Uche Nwajagu noted that the ceremony marked the formal admission of 100 and 300 level students into the institution.
She pointed out that the school has witnessed remarkable progress since inception a development she credited to the hospital management, school staff and lecturers.
Mrs Nwajagu noted that the profession secures health information and continually hold it in confidence noting that the students are in the school to acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them practice as health information officers in Nigeria and abroad.
She said with pride that the alumni of the school are doing well in various organizations that employed them at home and abroad.
Mrs Nwajagu while appealing to the students to take their studies seriously urged them to obtain approval before embarking on any journey no matter how urgent.
The Head, NAUTH's School of health information management particularly applauded the Chief Medical Director(CMD) Prof Joseph Ugboaja and his team for giving the institution a conducive environment to operate. She however solicited for more operational space.
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of NAUTH, Prof Joseph Ugboaja who was represented by the Prof O. Ezejofor in his speech congratulated the matriculating students.
He however pointed out that the institution is not just awarding certificate in learning alone but also in character.
Prof Ugboaja also urged the matriculants to face their studies squarely and avoid any form of distraction.
NAUTH's CMD commended Mrs Nwajagu and her team for blazing the trails even as he assured them that the management will look into their challenges and see ways to assist.
The ceremony was attended by principal officers of NAUTH, parents and friends of the institution.
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Last In Line: 'Heavy Crown'
Posted on March 10, 2016 by Bobby Caughron in Uncategorized // 0 Comments
HEAVY CROWN
Released on February 19, 2016 (Frontiers Music Srl)
I have always thought that the first three Dio albums were the best ones released by Dio, the band. Featuring the steady line-up of Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) on vocals, Vivian Campbell on guitar, Jimmy Bain (R.I.P.) on bass, Vinnie Appice on drums and Claude Schnell on keyboards. Don't get me wrong. I like every release that Dio released as a band. It's just they seemed to have a really defined sound for the first three and the sound varied somewhat with the revolving line-up of musicians that followed the original line-up.
Needless to say, I was kind of excited to hear that the original band members were uniting with a new singer to put out a new album, a tribute of sorts to Ronnie James Dio who, sadly, passed away from stomach cancer in 2010. Last In Line have enlisted Andrew Freeman as their lead vocalist. Freeman has a great voice with a lot of personality to it, but he's no Ronnie James Dio. But, that's okay. That's not his fault and there will only ever be one Ronnie Dio. He was a legendary singer and performer.
So, what's the verdict, you ask? Well, I had hoped to hear an album that sounds like a Dio album with a different singer. My wish was partially granted. The first track "Devil In Me" kicks off and sounds like it would have easily been a bonus track from Holy Diver or The Last In Line. The same goes for the second track "Martyr" although I have a hard time picturing Ronnie singing this one. The opening riffs of "Starmaker" have the classic Vivian Campbell / Dio era sound, but the song moves in a different direction that is more suited for Freeman's vocal style than anything Ronnie would have done. "Burn This House Down" is another track that has some slight reminders to their old sound, but it too takes a different path.
Now, before you start to think that I don't like these songs, let me say that these songs are really strong and I really like them as well. So, if you're expecting to Heavy Crown to sound just like Dio throughout, you might be a little disappointed. However, if you give this a chance, it's really a strong, classic sounding metal album. Again, there are classic shades and overtones of the original band's sounds but, ultimately, I think they made a wise choice of not trying to duplicate history, note for note. I'm sure the band was fully aware of that fact. After all , they named the album Heavy Crown, which is presumably a reference to the fact that Ronnie would be impossible to replace as the "King Of Rock N' Roll."
"Blame It On Me" is another standout track that sounds like classic Dio. Overall, I was really impressed with this album. Going into it, I wasn't really expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised and would venture to say that it's one of the best albums that I've heard so far this year. Unfortunately, Jimmy Bain also passed away, just weeks before this album was released, so it really is a tribute to two fallen bandmates. Vivian Campbell is on fire with many of his solos and it really takes me back to my youth. Strangely, Claude Schnell was absent from the recording of Heavy Crown, even though he reunited with the other members through 2015.
Honestly, my first thoughts on this reunion was that it was probably going to be a bust. You can't reunite Dio without Ronnie. But, luckily, what Last In Line released is a fitting tribute that sees old friends reunite and not attempt to rip off or tarnish the legacy of Dio in any way. In fact, they revisit the past just enough to make you remember how great this line-up was and yet create a natural progression of sound by all of the musicians involved, that leaves you eagerly waiting to see if they will release another album after the loss of Bain. Somehow, I think Ronnie James Dio must be looking down from the stars with an approving smile.
01. Devil In Me
02. Martyr
03. Starmaker
04. Burn This House Down
05. I Am Revolution
06. Blame It on Me
07. In Flames (Bonus Track – Deluxe Edition/Digital)
08. Already Dead
09. Curse The Day
10. Orange Glow
11. Heavy Crown
12. The Sickness
Vinny Appice – drums
Vivian Campbell – guitar
Andrew Freeman – vocals
Jimmy Bain – bass
Additional Musicians:
Jeff Pilson – mellotron, background vocals
Produced and engineered by Jeff Pilson
Mixed and mastered by Chris Collier
Band Websites:
Reviewed by Bobby Caughron for Sleaze Roxx, March 2016
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