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Episode 14 - Radita Liem
Radita Liem is a research assistant and PhD candidate at RWTH Aachen University. After graduated from her undergraduate study in UkDW Jogja, she worked at one of game companies from Japan and then at one unicorn companies in Indonesia before finally continued her master study in Estonia. Now she's researching about High Performance Computing (HPC) for her doctorate study.
In this episode, we talked with Radita Liem, a research assistant and PhD candidate at RWTH Aachen University. We talked about her experience working at game company and one of unicorn companies in indonesia. When she was fell sick and decided to take a break from working, she eventually found an opportunity to continue her master degree in Estonia and then focus on learning High Performance Computing (HPC) which then become her main research topic on her doctorate study now. We also talked about influential women figures in the technology field.
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STACC
High Performance Computer
Diane Greene
Women in HPC
02:22 - Dita's introduction
03:57 - Initial story why Dita was interested in technology
09:22 - Dita's focus during her mater study
19:35 - Talked about High Performing Computing (HPC)
29:10 - Dita's research focus in HPC
32:36 - Programming language used in HPC
38:50 - Reasons why women are not too confident to have career in tech
42:55 - Dita's role model in tech
44:57 - Dita's tips for the listeners
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Have you ever experienced the sensation of falling, only to awaken with a start in your bed? This bizarre phenomenon, known as hypnic jerk, is extremely common; But what is it? And why does it happen?
Does the change of seasons leave you feeling sad? Well, you are not alone.


Lee has nearly 15 years of experience with digital construction and BIM technologies, starting at Navisworks Ltd, probably before you knew what clash detection was!
His construction background covers the full range construction from airports and oil rigs to road and rail, from housing to skyscrapers and everything in between advising on technology, process and skills for the industry.
He is a previous speaker at multiple Autodesk Universities, Digital Construction Weeks, BIM Show Live, HBF, and RTC and Construction News Summit amongst others.


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Allianz finances development of Europe's largest cross-laminated timber and low-carbon office campus
Paris / Munich, 07/02/2020
Allianz Real Estate, acting on behalf of several Allianz group companies, has provided EUR 200 million in financing to a consortium of investors for the development of Arboretum, the first office campus in the Paris region to be constructed primarily from wood and also the largest solid-wood office development in Europe. The site is set for delivery from 2022.
Roland Fuchs, Head of European Real Estate Financing for Allianz Real Estate, commented: "We are delighted to be playing a central role in one of Europe's most exciting office developments. With its unique design, build process, extensive use of timber, and absolute focus on environmental best-practice during its operational life, Arboretum's carbon footprint will be positive compared to traditional concrete buildings. This investment fully supports the global aspiration of the Allianz group toward a carbon neutral portfolio and showcases the strength of our European debt program and our relationships with prime sponsors and sector specialists."
Allianz is providing 46.3% of the overall total financing of EUR 432 million. Investors in the project include ICAWOOD, a fund specializing in low-carbon-emission office developments and in which Allianz has a 6.9% equity stake, and BNP Paribas Real Estate
Arboretum will consist of seven buildings spread over nine hectares, of which six will consist of private green spaces. The campus will offer over 126,000 sqm in office and services gross leasable area. Five of the seven buildings will be built primarily from cross-laminated timber and will meet the highest environmental standards – such as BREEAM, HQE – as well as low-carbon labels such as BBCA or E+C-. The ICAWOOD Green Financing Framework will be verified by VigeoEiris, whose qualified opinions will enable the financing from Allianz Real Estate to be classified as a green loan.
This latest EUR 200 million in financing further underscores the continued success of Allianz Real Estate's European debt portfolio, which was valued at EUR8.7 billion at the end of 2019, up 10% year-on-year.
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The role of PEDCO is to work with prospective clients to facilitate their expansion to the Pueblo area by acting as a specific point of reference for all inquiries that you may have about doing business in Pueblo. We have always prided ourselves as having an extremely pro business environment and we look forward to assisting your organization in making your transition as smooth as possible.
Every organization looks at a myriad of issues from infrastructure to the economic realities of expanding operations. PEDCO is available to walk you through the process of facilitating the range of incentive options to help you conduct your strategic analysis. We will work to facilitate dialogue to maximize the range of incentives at your disposal including but not limited to: no cost land and monetary incentives for brick and mortar, tax credits from both the State of Colorado and Pueblo County, as well as multiple options for job training incentives to maximize the technical abilities of your employees.
This fund was created to support job creation. This cash fund awards grants based on the quality and quantity of jobs created. The overall economic impact of the project to the community is taken into consideration when making this award. Eligible uses of the fund include brick and mortar project expenses, infrastructure and in some instances equipment.
The project may not be speculative in nature and the applicant must document to the City Council's satisfaction the applicants financial ability and experience to complete the project and fulfill the applicant's representations and commitments made with respect to the project, including, without limitation, the number of new employees who will fill primary jobs, the project value, and the project's gross salary.
Pueblo's job training program includes pre-employment training of primary and/or training of primary job workers upon first being hired. A company must agree to give graduates of the job training program hiring priority and to pay a minimum wage for each primary job of at least $10.00 per hour or the minimum hourly wage under Colorado First/Existing Industry Customized Training Programs, whichever is greater, plus fringe benefits. The $800 grant per primary job employee will be available if the following conditions are met: (1) Only when a trained or experienced work force is not already available, (2) the company acts as sponsor in the development and implementation of the program, (3) Forty percent of the training cost is financed by the sponsoring company, (4) training programs last no longer than is required to provide workers with the required job skills, and (5) only direct costs of the program are included in the computation of the total cost of the program.
The State of Colorado does not impose personal property taxes or inventory taxes on businesses. There is not a unitary state tax and neither the city of Pueblo nor Pueblo County imposes any local income taxes.
The Inventory Tax Credit is a refund against state income taxes which permits 100 percent (100%) credit on local property taxes paid on business inventories.
The "new Colorado investment tax credit" is allowed in an amount equal to 10% of the total qualified investment as determined under section 46© of the internal revenue code in qualified property as defined in section 48 of the internal revenue code as such sections existed prior to the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990.
The "new investment tax credit" is basically 10% of what the federal regular percentage ITC would be if it were still in effect.
The "old investment tax credit" is 10% of the current year federal investment credit, which includes the rehabilitation, energy and reforestation investment credits on assets located in Colorado. The credit is limited to the first $5,000 of tax liability plus 25% of the tax in excess of $5,000.
The city and county can negotiate an abatement of up to 50 percent (50%) of their personal property taxes with any company which establishes a new business facility or expands an existing facility.
The Pueblo Urban Enterprise Zone was established on September 15, 1986. It is part of the State of Colorado's Enterprise Zone program under the Colorado Urban and Rural Enterprise Zone Act.
The New Business Facility Employee Credit: Any taxpayer who establishes a new business facility located in an enterprise zone can claim an income tax credit of $1,100 for each new business facility employee who is working within the zone. For subsequent tax years, a credit of $1,100 shall be allowed for any increase in the average number of new business facility employees working in the zone in excess of the maximum number employed in any prior tax year. A new business facility is a newly acquired, constructed or leased facility used by the taxpayer to operate a revenue-producing enterprise.
The New Business Facility Agricultural Processing Employee Credit: An additional credit of $500 per new business facility employee may be claimed by businesses that add value through manufacturing or processing to agricultural commodities.
The Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Credit: For the first full income two years while located in an enterprise zone, a taxpayer is allowed to take a credit of $1000 for each new business facility employee insured under a health insurance plan or program that is approved by the State Insurance Commissioner for sale in Colorado and at least 50% of the cost of which is paid by the taxpayer.
Research and Development Tax Credit: Taxpayers who make expenditures on research and experimental activities in the Enterprise Zone qualifies for a three percent (3%) income tax credit. The tax calculated as three percent (3%) of the amount of increase in the taxpayer's research & development expenditures within an enterprise zone over the average of such expenditures during the previous two years. The expenditures must meet the research and experimental activities as defined in section 174 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Twenty Five Percent (25%) Tax Credit to Rehabilitate Vacant Buildings up to $50,000: This tax credit is intended to encourage building owners to undertake rehabilitation projects and bring buildings back into use. A building in an enterprise zone that is at least 20 years old and has been completely vacant for at least 2 years qualify for this tax credit for rehabilitative purposes. A taxpayer must submit DR 0076 from the Enterprise Zone administrator and documentation of the qualified expenditures to claim the credit.
Qualified Job Training Program Investment Credit: For income tax years, beginning on or after January 1, 1997, Colorado taxpayers are allowed to claim a credit of ten percent (10%) of their total current year investment in a qualified job training program. "Qualified job training program" means a structured training or basic education program conducted on-site or off-site by the taxpayer or another entity to improve the job skills of employees who are employed by the taxpayer.
Enterprise zone investment tax credit: The enterprise zone investment tax credit is 3% of any qualified investment in section 38 property: (1) acquired and placed in service or constructed during the tax year, and (2) used exclusively (100%) in a Colorado enterprise zone for the first year of its ownership by the taxpayer. The enterprise zone investment tax credit with respect to any qualified investment is in lieu of any "old investment tax credit" otherwise allowed with respect to the same expenditure.


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My Movie Rating: 9 / 10
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It found 130,000 lost children. Goodbye Publiphono, icon of an Amarcord Italy
Autore: Mariangela Cutrone
Calling Publiphono a simple radio is an understatement. It was the unforgettable "voice" of the Romagna summers. Always. Its 150 speakers spread the news and the hits of the moment at about 15 km of beach on a riviera colonized summer after summer by millions of Italian and foreign swimmers. And not only. It had an almost maternal task, a public utility task. When a child got lost on the beach – and it happened and continues to happen – the Publiphono transmitted the message calmly: "A child has been lost, he wears a red costume". And it repeated it. With it mellow and reassuring voice, the voice of a mother that we know is there, and the simple fact that it is there puts us at ease.
Romagna Riviera wikipedia
From 1974 to September 2019 Publiphono 'hunted' and brought back into the arms of their mothers something like 130,000 lost children, thanks also to the coordinated intervention of the "Beach Angels". But of course its speakers also passed more. Advice, for example, or targeted advertisements. Some useful to divert foreign tourists to dine in the trattorias made in Romagna, in the dance halls, or wherever it could serve to keep the roaring economy of the Riviera. And still announcements of events, shows on the beach and on the hills, a bit off everything, even the "last hours", a summary of the daily news for swimmers.
www.publiphonorimini.it
On summer, the Publiphono speakers were mounted along the poles of the lifeguards' cabins. 150 stairs, 150 electrical connections. Until today. Because in this summer 2020, given the lack of advertising revenue due to the lockdown, its microphones will be turned off for the first time. The decision was announced these days by President Ugo De Donato, son of one of the historical founders of the service. The Publiphono was born from the collaboration of three creative minds: that of Sergeant Renato De Donato, that of Glauco Cosmi and that of the then 21-year-old Sergio Zavoli. It was 1944. When in 1947 Publiphono began broadcasting its speakers, there were only ten of them.
With the arrival of the magnificent '70s, the Publiphono became a real "free radio" and its microphones were alternated with historical DJs from the Riviera: Gilberto Gattei above all, a myth of those colorful days. But even then the Publiphono acted as a mother hen: the loss service started at 8 in the morning and ended at 7pm, and in exceptional cases it went well beyond 8pm.
One of the historical rumors that for decades has announced the discovery of lost children is certainly that of Liliana. Affectionately remembered by all the residents as "the mother of the Romagna Riviera", it witnessed all the finds and still keeps them in memory, all of them with emotion.
President Ugo De Donato has made it clear that this summer is not a definitive closure. Rather a suspension of the service and programs. From summer 2021, it is hoped that megaphones can come back on and return to tourists and residents that unforgettable touch of Romagna that its frequencies spread among the cries of children, cocchibelli, and the smell of sunscreen.
It found 130,000 lost children. Goodbye Publiphono, icon of an Amarcord Italy ultima modifica: 2020-06-12T12:05:11+02:00 da Mariangela Cutrone
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Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested but What About Her Many Ties to Questionable Characters? [We Name Names!]
By Ken Gibson
Early this morning, the FBI arrested one of the most elusive and wanted people on the planet. For over a year, this person was sought, prompting some to quote a line from the Scarlet Pimpernel:
"Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That damned elusive Pimpernel"
Like the Scarlet Pimpernel, she was a hard act to follow; unlike him, she is no protagonist. In fact, she is considered the villain, under federal indictment for enticing minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity, and perjury.
Her accusers have made a sordid list of accusations, some likening her to a Nazi guard.
Suspicions that she made snuff films may or may not be true, but her association to Jeffrey Epstein certainly points to guilt to some degree. The courts will be busy determining the degree in the months, if not years, to come.
The arrest was made in the tiny town of Bradford, New Hampshire. That state is liberal; it is where Bernie Sanders won the presidential primary on the Democratic ticket, and also the state with a high percentage of companies that are offshore tax havens.
The town is likewise liberal, and mostly white. So far, there is no mention in the press as to where, or with whom, she was staying in that town, assuming she was not just passing by.
Many press releases in the past about her whereabouts have been red herrings disseminated by co-conspirators trying to mislead investigators as to her true location placing here in SoHo, LA, Paris, and London.
One account of her whereabouts made her out to be at the residence of former US Coast Guard officer Scott Borgersen in Massachusetts, and that one seems to have been true. She did have strong ties to him and is, or was, his girlfriend. Some say he left his wife for her.
If the reader has not guessed by now, her name is Ghislaine Maxwell, of the famous Maxwell family in the UK. Her father passed away under mysterious circumstances, leaving this world as the Crown Prosecution services were looking into his activities with the Daily Mirror pension funds. Two of her sisters live here in the US, both of whom have ties to internet companies and information gathering services.
Her nephew is Alexander Maxwell Djerassi, who has ties to the Clinton and the US State Department.
She too had ties to the Clintons. In fact, shortly after Epstein's arrest, she was seen with Bill at a Madison Avenue eatery. Images of her at Chelsea's wedding still circulate on the net.
Bill Clinton with [biological?] daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Ghislaine Maxwell [first women from right] looks on.
To whom else does she have ties? And did these contacts help hide a fugitive?
Let's take a look at these confidantes of hers:
Borgersen runs a company called CargoMetrics that he boasted would be the 'NSA of the sea'. She allegedly invested in it. His divorce papers note some rather nasty aspects, such as threats on his wife and watching porn in front of his children. She met him at the Council on Foreign Relations where he was a junior fellow. It is not uncommon for spies to tag along there and ingratiate themselves to servicemen and politicians.
Mark Epstein is next on the list – though he tries to deny any strong relationship with her or even his own brother – Jeffrey – there are few degrees of separation. Mark owns a large building on East 66th Street where Jeffrey and his associates resided. Further, Mark is a director of the Humpty Dumpty Institute where Maxwell's associates are active, along with about 30 Democrat congressmen. The building title deed states that Mark paid $0.00.
Maxwell also owned a building, but one for which she paid millions. Her townhouse was located not far from Mark's, and not far from Jeffrey's famous East 71st Street townhouse. At her residence, she hosted a number of parties, including one in 2013 which was a launch party for Ideapod. This internet company was founded by Justin Brown, and attended by Katherine Keating. The latter is the daughter of a former Australian Prime Minister, whose other daughter, Alexandra Keating, is the CEO and co-founder of DWNLD, an app company in New York City.
Mark Epstein, brother of Jeffrey.
Not only can you find one of these women at Maxwell's residence, there is a record of one of them at the Jeffrey Epstein townhouse. Again, Maxwell is in close association to people who gather information with high-tech equipment.
Which is not surprising, giving her level of education – she is an Oxford alumnus, along with her close friend Ariadne (Grace Beaumont) Calvo-Platero, who lives in Long Island and works in NYC.
Ariadne's husband is Mario Calvo Platero, a journalist with ties to the UN.
Another friend of Maxwell is Leah Saffian, an American born lawyer who plies her trade in England, Wales, and California. Saffian was responsible for the photo, which was exposed as a fake by Frank Report, of Maxwell in LA. Saffian was also involved in defending the Maxwell brothers against charges of fraud in the UK.
Leah Saffian, friend of Ghislaine.
Frank Report was the first to disclose how this photo of Ghislaine purportedly dining in Los Angeles burger joint was photoshopped to make it look she had been there recently when, in reality, she had not been there in months.
I might place on this list Jennifer Gaffney, who resigned her post from the sexual crimes division, taking a job in the private sector, as the Weinstein case made its way to her office. Gaffney also asked for unusual leniency in the treatment of Jeffrey Epstein in regards to his sexual offender status. But there is no known friendship here, Gaffney and Maxwell may , in fact, have never met – but the suspicious way in which Gaffney wields her power as an DA in Manhattan to go light on sex offenders who have ties to Maxwell are a red flag.
Tania Rotherwick, founder of the Wilderness Festival and also an Oxford alumnus, is, in fact, known to be a friend of Maxwell. Like Maxwell, she runs some kind outfit claiming to help the environment. Maxwells' foundation, TerraMar, closed last year after scrutiny in the wake of the Epstein arrest.
And tied to TerraMar, and friends of the Calvo-Plateros, is Amir Dossal – who handles $1 billion in the form of a grant from Ted Turner for charities.
Dossal and Mark Epstein et al. are linked by their association to the Humpty Dumpty Institute, which has 30 Democrat congressmen on its board, along with two GOP congressmen – all of whom refuse to answer questions about their ties to the Epsteins.
As the arrest took place in Bradford, NH, I might place last on this list the names of the town administrator and selectmen: Karen Hambleton, Michael James, John Pfeifle, and Jason Allen.
These last twelve months have been a year of unanswered questions from the fugitive and her associates. Now it is time to come after each and every one of them and ask them what they know about her sex crimes, who was hiding her, and what damage she may be doing to national security.
And when we shine that light, I do expect that we will see the hand of China behind her and her partners.
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Couldn't find ratwank in the dictionary ! But I am guessing it's not good .
I guess I'll have to stop buying carton milk... maybe it's bad for my cholesterol.
Depends, now if you are the rat, perhaps not so bad. Looks like Jeremy got a bad feedback rating removed. He sold someone a fake Italian flag according to the now removed feedback from his latest account.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently made public its recommendations for the overhaul of the short term lending industry. It's one of the strongest attempts to require federal regulation of payday lending, but what does that mean to the people who lean on these loans to get by?
Payday loans make up a $46 billion industry, and that's a conservative estimate. Millions of people use these loans each year. In reading the proposed rule changes, it seems on the surface to be geared towards regulating the lenders, so it may appear as if there will be no changes for the consumer. This is not the case at all.
The payday loan borrower will be impacted immediately, should these rules be enacted. The effect would be the drastic drop in the availability of these loans. Many people who have used loans before will no longer be allowed to get them. Why? The new regulations are so restrictive they will prevent almost anyone from being allowed to borrow.
The problem with getting a bank loan is the old adage that they will only lend you money if you don't need it. Payday loan users often don't have collateral, nor savings, nor credit. They have an income, and they borrow money for short periods of time against that income. If this is taken away, the only option these people will have is going to a bank, which will not give them a loan because they don't have collateral, or savings, or credit.
How do you protect a child from getting burned? Don't let them play with matches.
How do you protect a child from falling down? By not letting them stand.
How do you protect people from payday loans? By making sure they can't get one.
Although all the rule changes are intended to ensure that the lender does not take advantage of the borrower, what they will really do is prevent people from being able to access these loans. Consumers can't be harmed by payday loans if they are never allowed to get one, right?
Lenders will be required to scrutinize the applicant, dig into their financial history, and exclude anyone who doesn't meet very strict requirements. They also restrict a lenders ability to collect payments, which by itself will drive most lenders out of business.
And that's the goal here – to cripple the private loan industry, so they simply won't be available for consumers any longer. But if this is the endgame, these same consumers should be offered an alternative. The entire reason the payday loan business is so robust is there is a substantial portion of the American populace who are not being taken care of by banks.
So if payday loans are no longer available to the people who banks will not help, where will they turn when they need quick cash? There is no official answer to that, as of yet.
For more on this issue, these articles give more depth and detail to the rule changes.


Why is word "Prime" pronounced /praɪm/ but word "Primitive" pronounced /ˈprɪm.ɪ.tɪv/ or /ˈprɪm.ə.t̬ɪv/. Please help me, thanks!
English spelling has several regularities, but they only apply to some words.
For words which have always been part of English, there's a set of 'rules' for Letter-i.
But many English words have been taken from other languages, without much change in spelling.
English took primitive from French about six hundred years ago.
The French spelling was primitif.
English chose one of its sounds, and that sound was short-i.
After a period with no standard spelling, English copied the spelling of the Latin word primitivus.
But it kept to the pronunciation with short-i.
English took prime from the Old French word prime and the Latin prīmus.
The Latin pronunciation has long-i.
The French spelling suggested long-i.
There's another English word spelled prim and pronounced /prɪm/.
It's an adjective, so it has a comparative form spelled primmer and pronounced /ˈprɪmə/ or /ˈprɪmər/.
One of the words spelled prime and pronounced /praɪm/ is a verb.
So a 'person or a thing that primes' is spelled primer and pronounced /ˈpraɪmə/ or /ˈpraɪmər/.


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Q: Rcaller file returning as empty I am relative new to R and am attempting to call R from  my Java code. I was using rJava but faced errors and so switched to rCaller. However, while executing a sample test code the output is coming as empty file. Can anyone shed some light on this? Help will be much appreciated!
Note: Try_prediction.r is a Rscript I wrote. When I am doing var <- try_prediction() in RStudio the required results are coming.
It is similar to this problem faced here.
My Code:
import rcaller.RCaller;
import rcaller.RCode;
import rcaller.exception.ExecutionException;

public class Second_R {
    public static void main (String args[]){
    try {
        RCaller rcall = new RCaller();
        rcall.setRscriptExecutable("D:/Program Files/R/R-3.2.0/bin/x64/Rscript.exe");
        RCode code = new RCode ();
        code.clear();
        code.R_source("D:/650444/RScript/matchData.R");
        code.R_source("D:/650444/RScript/try_prediction.R");
        code.addRCode("library('forecast')");
        code.addRCode("var <- try_prediction()");
        rcall.setRCode(code);
        rcall.runAndReturnResult("var");
        try {
            System.out.println(rcall.getParser().getXMLFileAsString());
            //String[] result = rcall.getParser().getAsStringArray("var");
            //for(int i=0;i<result.length;i++)
            //System.out.println(result[i]);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                System.out.println("Error in accessing XML");
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Before autocratic regimes fully grasped the democratic nature of the internet, netizens basked in the sunshine of global intercommunication. But in a backlash against digitally driven uprisings, such as those of the Arab Spring, tyrants are now maneuvering to bring users' online and mobile activities under the shadow of outdated and arbitrary legal restrictions. One sign of this crackdown is the alarming number of digital activists behind bars around the world.
Of the 47 countries analyzed in its Freedom on the Net 2012 study, Freedom House found that 19 had passed new laws or policies that could violate users' rights to free expression and privacy during the period under review. In 25 countries, at least one blogger or other netizen was arrested for content disseminated via some form of information and communication technology (ICT). These figures seem to grow worse with each passing month.
For imprisoned netizens in the states that were rated worst in the report's category for violation of user rights—Bahrain, Syria, Iran, and China—there are abundant examples of torture and even death at the hands of government forces. In certain other countries rated Not Free—such as Cuba, Ethiopia, and Vietnam—or identified in the report as "Countries at Risk"—such as Azerbaijan, Malaysia, and Russia—internet users and content providers have been targets of allegations ranging from blasphemy or insulting the royal family to threatening national security. Alternatively, they are detained on bogus charges like evading military service or drug possession to mask the fact that they are being punished for their political opinions, religious beliefs, or desire for more freedom.
As the world's governments wrap up discussions in Dubai this week on regulating the global internet, they should keep in mind the dozens of individuals who languish in prison because their rulers will not tolerate an open internet within their borders. The delegates should reaffirm the UN Human Rights Council resolution that human rights, including freedom of expression, should be promoted, protected, and enjoyed online in all member states. Let the stories of the following 10 netizens serve as a solemn reminder that internet freedom should change the way authoritarian countries are governed, not the other way around.
Worst of the Worst
Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has been repeatedly arrested and sentenced to prison terms, most recently on July 9, for having "insulted Bahrainis" in a Twitter message. A month later, the court added a three-year sentence for protest-related charges. On December 11, an appeals court reduced his sentence to two years, clearing him of a charge of insulting police, but upholding the conviction for encouraging "illegal gatherings."
Photo Credit: Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Syria:
On March 15, Bassel Khartabil, an open-source software specialist, was detained in a wave of arrests in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. The website campaigning for his release reported this week that he has been transferred from a civilian jail to a military prison, where he is denied a lawyer. His family heard reports from a released detainee that Bassel has suffered torture and other abuse. He was included on Foreign Policy's list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2012 for "insisting, against all odds, on a peaceful Syrian revolution."
Photo Credit: Joi Ito
Iran:
Mahsa Amrabadi, an independent multimedia journalist who reports on human rights issues, has faced repeated arrest and solitary confinement since the postelection protests of 2009. She was last detained on May 9, 2012, and is now serving a two-year sentence for "activities against the regime" and "insulting the president." Amrabadi and her husband, Masoud Bastani, are part of a growing group of Iranian journalists held in deplorable conditions. Concern for their well-being intensified after blogger Sattar Beheshti died from suspected torture in Iran's notorious Evin prison last month, less than a week after his arrest for alleged "actions against national security on social networks and Facebook."
Photo Credit: Iran Watch Canada
On November 1, internet cafe owner Cao Haibo was sentenced to a prison term of eight years under the charge of "state subversion," after being held for almost one year without trial. It is unclear what alleged offense the Kunming resident was punished for in his closed trial, but human rights groups believe it is related to content published on a chat group about Chinese politics that he founded in September 2011. Cao's lawyer has filed an appeal, but China's notoriously politicized court system offers little hope of justice.
Other Not Free Countries and Partly Free "Countries at Risk"
Cuba:
Laritza Diversent was arrested on November 7 alongside dozens of other bloggers and civil society advocates arbitrarily detained in consecutive government raids for denouncing human rights abuses in Cuba and protesting against the recent wave of detentions of journalists. A well-known attorney and blogger at Jurisconsulto de Cuba (Cuban Legal Adviser), Diversent is a prominent figure in the human rights community in Havana. Although many of the other detainees have been released, she remains behind bars without charges.
Ethiopia:
Eskinder Nega, a prominent Ethiopian journalist, was sentenced on July 13 to 18 years in prison under the country's Antiterrorism Proclamation of 2009. Twenty-three other journalists and opposition politicians were sentenced in the same court ruling. Eskinder was detained in September 2011 after publishing an online column that criticized the government's use of the antiterrorism law to silence dissent. The website campaigning for Eskinder's release calls him the face of internet censorship in a country that is among the world's leading abusers of free speech online.
Vietnam:
Blogger Nguyen Van Hai, better known by his penname "Dieu Cay," is a founding member of the Club for Free Journalists in Ho Chi Minh City. He and other members were charged with "spreading antigovernment propaganda," and on October 4 he received a sentence of 12 years in prison for "seriously affecting national security and the image of the country in the global arena." Dieu Cay was first arrested on April 20, 2008, and charged with tax evasion.
Azerbaijan:
Human rights defender Taleh Khasmammadov was arrested on November 12, 2011, and sentenced on April 20, 2012, to four years in prison for alleged hooliganism, disorderly conduct, and resisting the authorities. He worked in Ujar district to document human rights abuses, often posting YouTube videos of interviews with victims of gang violence, organized crime, and human trafficking in which local police are allegedly involved. The judge's decision is currently being appealed, but the police have asked to extend his jail term.
Malaysia:
On August 10, blogger Amizudin Ahmat was sentenced to three months in prison for contempt of court after breaking an order not to criticize the minister of culture, information, and communications, Rais Yatim. Amizudin, a member of the opposition People's Justice Party, was sued for defaming the minister and required to pay exorbitant damages. Currently the prison sentence is deferred pending an appeal.
On July 31, a Moscow court found anticorruption activist and prominent opposition blogger Aleksey Navalny guilty of embezzlement, and while he is still awaiting sentencing, the conviction could carry a prison term of up to 10 years. Navalny's detention for two weeks in December 2011, following postelection protests, garnered international media attention, and Navalny suspects that now, rather than risk making him a political prisoner again, the Kremlin is attempting to force him to flee the country.
Analyses and recommendations offered by the authors do not necessarily reflect those of Freedom House.


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As I stand on the verge of possibly swapping UK mobile phone carriers, Orange's decent price plans combined with them offering the Wildfire service were both driving me in their direction. However, this extremely cool voice recognition-driven "personal assistant" appears to be no more!
For a demo of the capabilities of wildfire; check out the pages that are still live at the wildfire website: the Carrier demo is cool, and imagine WildTones hitting the teen-scene anywhere near you?
Hi, just read your last entry about switching from Vodafone to a different network. I'm not saying vodafone are the best, but have you tried 'reasoning' with their PAC department?
I use Vodafone for personal use (i.e. not corporate) but if you talk to sales/customer services you often get nowhere. What I've found is that if you go to their department that deals with porting your number to a different network, the people there seem to have the power to offer you rather incredible deals.
When I spoke to them, I asked for my PAC code (the network porting code) to transfer to another network. I basically explained that I'd been with vodafone for years and was happy, but there are better deals out there and want to switch networks. (I also wasn't happy that they'd increased my line rental by £2 for no reason).
They asked what it'd take to get me to stay and offered me tariffs that weren't even widely advertised!
I accepted a tariff that I liked and they even threw in a free phone (nokia 6310i) on top.
Again, I'm not sure if the same applies to a business phone, which I assume you've got. It may be worth a try though!
Another good place to lurk and glean valuable info about is the uk.telecom.mobile newsgroup.
Re: wildfire - I've been hearing (from the newsgroup) that ever since Orange was taken over by France Telecom, their reputation has suffered somewhat. Shame really.
Sorry for long post, but hope it helps!
Thanks for the good advice! I presume I'll get their PAC department on the line soonish (when I make a decision to move) - I'll post here how it goes!
You can talk to the 'PAC men' any time, really.
What usually happens is that - supposing you really want to leave and you turn down all their offers - they will issue you with your PAC (porting code) by post within a day or so of the request.
This PAC code is valid for the next 30 days and you can use it any time during these 30 days to give to your new network (or new service provider).
Once your new network tells your current network that they've got the PAC code, then that's the point of no return. You'll be told a date for when you'll disconnected from vodafone and your number will be transferred to your new phone and network.
However, if you go past the 30 days, your PAC code will expire and you'll stay connected to Vodafone - no harm done. If you do find a good deal afterwards, you'll just have to phone Vodafone again for another PAC code (which will last another 30 days).


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Gasteracantha  è un genere di ragni appartenente alla famiglia Araneidae.

Etimologia
Il nome deriva dal greco , gastèr, cioè ventre, stomaco, e , àcantha, cioè spina, processo spinale, a causa della pluralità e varietà di spine di cui è bordato l'opistosoma.

Distribuzione
Le 70 specie oggi note di questo genere sono state reperite in Oceania, Asia sudorientale, Asia meridionale, Asia orientale, Africa, isole europee e America settentrionale.

Tassonomia

Questo genere non è sinonimo anteriore di Aetrocantha , Isoxya , né di Acrosomoides, , a seguito di un lavoro di Benoit (1962a).

Inoltre non è neanche sinonimo anteriore di Actinacantha, , Macracantha, , Augusta, , Thelacantha , Afracantha , Austracantha , Hypsacantha , né di Togacantha  a seguito di un lavoro dell'aracnologo Emerit del 1974, contra il precedente studio di Benoit (1962a).

È invece ritenuto sinonimo anteriore di Paurotylus  (genere trasferito qui dalla famiglia Theridiidae da un lavoro di Levi & Levi del 1962), a seguito di uno studio di Emerit (1982c) contra un precedente lavoro di Benoit (1964a), nel quale questo genere viene considerato sinonimo posteriore di Aetrocantha .

Infine, è ritenuto anche sinonimo anteriore di Bunocrania , a seguito di un lavoro di Levi (1996b).

Dal 2013 non sono stati esaminati esemplari di questo genere.

A maggio 2014, si compone di 70 specie e 31 sottospecie:
 Gasteracantha aciculata () — Nuova Britannia (Arcipelago di Bismarck)
 Gasteracantha acutispina  — Celebes
 Gasteracantha audouini  — Sumatra, Timor, Isola Ambon (Molucche), Filippine
 Gasteracantha aureola  — Cina
 Gasteracantha beccarii  — Celebes
 Gasteracantha biloba () — Molucche, Isola Ambon (Molucche)
 Gasteracantha cancriformis () — Nuovo Mondo
 Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi  — USA
 Gasteracantha clarki  — Seychelles
 Gasteracantha clavatrix () — Lombok (Piccole Isole della Sonda), Celebes, Isole Mentawai
 Gasteracantha clavigera  — Thailandia, Filippine, Celebes
 Gasteracantha crucigera  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha curvispina () — Africa centrale e occidentale, Isola di Bioko (Golfo di Guinea)
 Gasteracantha curvistyla  — Isole Togian, nei pressi di Celebes
 Gasteracantha cuspidata  — Malesia, Isole Nicobare, Giava
 Gasteracantha dalyi  — India, Pakistan
 Gasteracantha diadesmia  — dall'India alle Filippine
 Gasteracantha diardi () — Cina, Thailandia, Malesia, Isole della Sonda
 Gasteracantha doriae  — Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo
 Gasteracantha falcicornis  — Africa
 Gasteracantha fasciata  — Nuova Guinea, Guam
 Gasteracantha flava  — Cile
 Gasteracantha fornicata () — Queensland (Australia)
 Gasteracantha frontata  — India, Birmania, Thailandia, Flores (Indonesia), Borneo
 Gasteracantha gambeyi  — Nuova Caledonia
 Gasteracantha geminata () — India, Sri Lanka
 Gasteracantha hasselti  — India, dalla Cina alle Molucche
 Gasteracantha hecata () — Filippine
 Gasteracantha interrupta  — Lombok (Piccole Isole della Sonda), Celebes
 Gasteracantha irradiata () — dalla Thailandia alle Filippine, Celebes
 Gasteracantha janopol  — Filippine
 Gasteracantha kuhli  — dall'India al Giappone, Filippine
 Gasteracantha lepelletieri () — da Sumatra alle Filippine, Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha lunata  — Timor, Molucche, Nuova Caledonia
 Gasteracantha martensi  — Sumatra
 Gasteracantha mediofusca () — Giava, Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha mengei  — Malesia, Sumatra, Borneo
 Gasteracantha metallica () — Isole Salomone
 Gasteracantha milvoides  — Africa centrale, orientale e meridionale
 Gasteracantha notata  — Nuova Britannia (Arcipelago di Bismarck)
 Gasteracantha panisicca  — dalla Birmania alle Filippine, Giava
 Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia  — Filippine
 Gasteracantha pentagona () — Nuova Irlanda (Papua Nuova Guinea), Nuova Britannia (Arcipelago di Bismarck)
 Gasteracantha pentagona anirica  — Arcipelago delle Bismarck
 Gasteracantha picta () — Singapore
 Gasteracantha quadrispinosa  — Nuova Guinea, Queensland (Australia)
 Gasteracantha recurva  — Filippine
 Gasteracantha regalis  — Nuove Ebridi
 Gasteracantha remifera  — India, Sri Lanka
 Gasteracantha rhomboidea  — Mauritius
 Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis  — Isole Comore
 Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha rubrospinis  — Lombok (Piccole Isole della Sonda), Celebes, Molucche, Nuova Caledonia, Guam
 Gasteracantha rufithorax  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha sacerdotalis  — Nuova Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Nuova Caledonia
 Gasteracantha sanguinea  — Filippine
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta  — Africa, São Tomé, Yemen, Socotra
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta andrefanae  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta bigoti  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta emeriti  — Aldabra (Oceano Indiano)
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta insulicola  — Isole Seychelles
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta legendrei  — Isole europee
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta mangrovae  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha sanguinolenta rueppelli () — Egitto
 Gasteracantha sapperi  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha sauteri  — Cina, Taiwan
 Gasteracantha scintillans  — Isole Salomone
 Gasteracantha signifera  — Isole Salomone
 Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella  — Arcipelago delle Bismarck
 Gasteracantha signifera heterospina  — Arcipelago delle Bismarck
 Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota  — Arcipelago delle Bismarck
 Gasteracantha simoni  — Africa centrale
 Gasteracantha sororna  — India
 Gasteracantha sturi () — Sumatra, Giava, Molucche
 Gasteracantha subaequispina  — Borneo, Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata () — dall'India alla Polinesia
 Gasteracantha taeniata analispina  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis  — Nuova Irlanda (Papua Nuova Guinea)
 Gasteracantha taeniata bawensis  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata jamurensis  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata lugubris  — Isole Salomone
 Gasteracantha taeniata maculella  — Isole Aru (Molucche)
 Gasteracantha taeniata novahannoveriana  — Arcipelago delle Bismarck
 Gasteracantha taeniata obsoletopicta  — Indonesia
 Gasteracantha taeniata oinokensis  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata sentanensis  — Nuova Guinea
 Gasteracantha taeniata trivittinota  — Nuova Irlanda (Papua Nuova Guinea)
 Gasteracantha taeniata univittinota  — Nuova Irlanda (Papua Nuova Guinea)
 Gasteracantha theisi  — Nuova Guinea, Molucche
 Gasteracantha theisii antemaculata  — Isole Aru (Molucche)
 Gasteracantha theisii keyana  — Isole Kei (Molucche)
 Gasteracantha theisii quadrisignatella  — Indonesia
 Gasteracantha thomasinsulae  — São Tomé
 Gasteracantha thorelli  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha tondanae  — Celebes
 Gasteracantha transversa  — Sumatra, Giava
 Gasteracantha unguifera  — India
 Gasteracantha versicolor () — Africa centrale, orientale e meridionale
 Gasteracantha versicolor avaratrae  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha versicolor formosa  — Madagascar
 Gasteracantha westringi  — Australia, Isole dell'Ammiragliato, Nuova Caledonia

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Bibliografia
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Argelia Velez-Rodriguez Biography
In a time when traditional roles for men and women were the norm, Argelia Velez-Rodriguez earned her doctorate from the University of Havana in Cuba, becoming the first black woman to accomplish this at the university. Velez-Rodriguez received her degree during a time of turmoil for her native Cuba following the overthrow of the dictatorship and its replacement by the Communist government of Fidel Castro. She immigrated to the United States in 1962. She worked at various colleges, first as a professor, then as department chair before becoming a program director with the U.S. Department of Education.
Argelia Velez was born in 1936 in Havana, Cuba. Her father, Pedro Velez, was a member of the Cuban Congress. Her family was Roman Catholic and she attended Roman Catholic schools during her childhood and teenage years. Velez-Rodriguez won a contest on fractions in the third grade, beginning her lifelong interest in the subject. Though she and her family were among the black minority, racial minorities typically faced no discrimination in Cuba.
Velez married Raul Rodriguez in 1954, thereafter taking the last name Velez-Rodriquez. The couple's first child, a son, was born in 1955, and in 1959 she gave birth to a daughter. The demands of motherhood did not disrupt her education. She received her bachelor's degree from the Marianao Institute in 1955. Velez-Rodriguez continued with her education, entering the University of Havana to study both mathematics and astronomy. The majority of her professors were women and most had earned doctorates as well. She studied using differential equations to determine orbits and wrote her doctoral thesis on the "Determination of Orbits Using Talcott's Method" and earned her Ph.D. in 1960. She was the first black woman at the University of Havana to receive a doctorate.
During Velez-Rodriguez's childhood, the president of Cuba was Fulgencia Batista. During his first term as president, he improved the lives of his constituents and made a number of them wealthy. After Batista left office, the Cuban government was plagued by corruption. Batista was returned to power by revolt, and he ruled as a dictator. Acting against the dictatorship in 1958, Fidel Castro and his Communist supporters overthrew his regime. When the new government turned the Roman Catholic school that Velez-Rodriguez's son attended into a Communist-led school, the family decided to emigrate to the United States shortly after Velez-Rodriguez finished her Ph.D. Unfortunately her husband was not allowed to leave with the family in 1962, but did follow three years later.
In the United States, Velez-Rodriguez found better schools for her children and political stability, yet she also encountered racism that was quite unlike what she was used to in Cuba. She faced discrimination at various places of employment not just because of her race, but also because of her gender and, at times, because of her advanced education. Velez-Rodriguez began teaching at Texas College after her arrival in the United States in 1962. She also taught at several historically black colleges and universities before joining the faculty at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas. She was a professor of mathematics from 1972 to 1975, and then chair of the Department of Mathematical Science until 1978. Seeing minority students at a disadvantage because of racism pushed Velez-Rodriguez to create programs that experimented with different teaching methods to encourage minorities and other disadvantaged children to pursue careers in mathematics and science. She began working with the National Science Foundation to accomplish this goal.
In 1979 Velez-Rodriguez took a leave of absence to work with the Minority Institutions Science Improvement as a program manager in Washington, D.C. A year later she resigned from her department chair position with Bishop College to become a program director with the U.S. Department of Education. In her new position, Velez-Rodriguez continued to create strategies to teach minority and disadvantaged students to succeed in math and science in the hopes of getting them to pursue careers in the two fields. She has become the head of the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program, which gives high-ranking high school seniors in the United States and Puerto Rico or those who completed their GED a scholarship to an accredited college or university. In addition to creating programs for students, Velez-Rodriguez has also taken part in studies on teacher shortages in various communities around the country.
Years after Velez-Rodriguez's husband joined the family in Texas, the couple divorced. In 1972 she became a United States citizen. Her primary motivation for leaving Cuba was to keep her children out of Communist schools and her efforts paid off. Her son became a surgeon. Her daughter became an engineer and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard. Despite a brutal welcome from racist and gender-biased U.S. citizens, Argelia Velez-Rodriguez focused her efforts on helping the disadvantaged so they could have the same opportunities she had as a child. Her contributions both as an educator and program director have helped many realize their dreams.
At a Glance …
Born Argelia Velez in 1936, in Havana, Cuba; daughter of Pedro Velez (worked in Cuban Congress); married Raul Rodriguez (divorced); children: two. Education: Marianao Institute, BA, mathematics, 1955; University of Havana, PhD, mathematics and astronomy, 1960.
Career: Texas College, mathematics and physics instructor, 1962–?; taught at various historically black college and universities; Bishop College, Dallas, Texas, professor of math, 1972–77, department chair, 1978–79; Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program, Washington, DC, program manager, 1979–80; US Department of Education, Minority Science Improvement Program, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program, director, 1980–.
Memberships: National Science Foundation, Math Education Programs.
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These two Christmas songs came out in mid-October, and I spotted them straight away. But it was one of those cases where the other Christmas sites were on it and so I thought I'd let them marinate for a while, come back around and remind you.
Martha's Trouble is the husband and wife team of Jen and Rob Slocum. Jen was from Canada, Rob from Nashville. Roughly 20 years ago, they met quite by chance in a Texas coffee shop where Jen booked bands. Rob was a musician whose latest music venture had just crashed and burned. They bonded over music, fell in love, got married. And, oh yeah, they started writing and singing together.
Now, maybe I just hang with a specific kind of people (Christmas music fanatics), but my recollection is that Martha's Trouble really first made their name with Christmas music. Timing is everything, of course, and the duo recorded their album "Christmas Lights" in 2002. At that same time, online Indie music was really becoming a thing. And it was also around that time that Christmas music fanatics started finding each other over the Internets. As I recall it, it really took a year or two for word of Martha's Trouble's brilliant Indie Alt Folk Christmas album to circulate completely through the Christmas music community (the 'Nets were slower then). But notes were being exchanged. "Dude, you have to hear this record; it's freaking gorgeous". It's now considered one of those "essential" albums Christmas music lovers have to own (even if only mp3s). And, dang, I just realized I could have put it on the Essentials page (where nothing has been done in ages).
Martha's Trouble did another Christmas album in 2008, "This Christmas". And I know that, in some circles, it was less enthusiastically received, which I chalk up to "the Mom factor". "The Mom factor" is that feeling you get when, for example, your Mom gets a Facebook page. Nothing changed about Facebook, really, but it just somehow seems less cool. Nonetheless, while there was less "you gotta hear this" chatter, it still sold extremely well. And, artistically, it was every bit as gorgeous. Just listen to what they do with an old warhorse like "Jingle Bells".
It's been 7 years since "This Christmas". Rob and Jen are still together (and they said it wouldn't last). Martha's Trouble gets their music on TV shows frequently, and it must be time for some new Christmas music. And, indeed, we have TWO new singles from the duo--both available free from Noisetrade. "White Christmas" features the more unique arrangement, but I just love Jen's voice on "River". There's no need to choose between them, though--just get 'em both. Free.


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Time to secure the rights of Scotland's children
21st August 2019 / Campaigns / Policy / Children and families	/ Rights
It is now nearly 30 years since the UNCRC was agreed by the UN. Children 1st Chief Executive Mary Glasgow says it is time that Scotland takes the next step in securing children's rights.
Children's rights are a crucial way we can protect children. They should make sure every child gets a basic standard of support and protection, and cover issues from the right to a decent home to the right to play and see your friends. The UN agreed an international framework for Children's Rights almost 30 years ago, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and since that date Children 1st have been campaigning for children and families in Scotland to have these rights guaranteed.
That is why I was so pleased that, in April, the First Minster announced that she wanted to see the UNCRC incorporated into Scots law during the 2017-2021 session of Parliament. Nicola Sturgeon pledged that "we must make sure we are meeting the UN's gold standard on children's rights". The decision to enshrine the UN convention in law by 2021 is hugely welcome news for children and young people across Scotland.
The Scottish Government consultation document on children's rights launched in May 2019 contains many positive suggestions as to how best to secure Children's Rights.
It proposes that every public body accountable to Holyrood would have a legal obligation not to act in a way which was out of line with the rights in the UNCRC. This would mean children's rights were legally binding on councils, health boards and the government itself. The consultation document also proposes a parallel duty on public bodies to consider children's rights whenever they make a decision.
This is really important – it's something Children 1st have wanted for a long time. These twin duties – to think about children's rights before making decisions, and to make sure that all decisions taken are in line with children's rights – should work together to guarantee children are protected. It should mean we have a legal mechanism that prevents rights being breached in the first place alongside a duty to address any breaches that do occur.
The consultation also proposes that there should be a national plan of action for children's rights, co-produced with children and young people. This will be vital in making sure any new rights in law become a reality in the lives of children and families in Scotland.
The consultation also suggests a number of different ways we could bring children's rights in to law in Scotland. One option is to develop a "suite of Scottish children's rights", another is the "direct incorporation" of the internationally agreed articles of the UNCRC into Scots law.
The consultation document suggests that developing our own suite of children's rights in Scotland would be advantageous because it could allow us to be clearer about what rights mean in practice, and deal with issues around some responsibilities being held by Westminster rather than Holyrood.
While we at Children 1st do see some opportunities of this approach – especially if children and families were fully involved in shaping and developing the new suite of rights – we don't think it is a good way to bring rights into law in Scotland. The First Minister was right to say that we need to meet the UN's international gold standard on children's rights. Obviously any plans from Holyrood can only go as far as the powers of the Scottish Parliament allow, but that doesn't mean we can't directly use as much of the existing UNCRC framework as possible.
Crucially, directly incorporating UNCRC articles would ensure our domestic law will always stay in line with international human rights law. We have been carrying out consultation events with children and families around Scotland, and the clear message is that Scotland should play by the same rules as everyone else!
As the UNCRC is designed to be a comprehensive international standard, there is a danger that any country seeking to develop their own 'suites of rights' could end up with narrower rights in the long term. Furthermore, directly incorporating the existing UNCRC rights allows Scottish courts to look to the work that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has done to consider how the UNCRC can be delivered in practice.
In conjunction with the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Together (the Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) have developed a model for directly incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law which is set out in a draft Children's Rights (Scotland) Bill. As a founder member of Together, we fully support this approach as an effective way of securing direct incorporation. The draft Bill also addresses constitutional questions posed by direct incorporation by making clear that UNCRC duties would only apply when local or national government bodies are exercising devolved powers or acting in devolved areas. We therefore hope that the Scottish Government will adopt the draft bill as the basis for its plans for incorporation.
It is now nearly 30 years since the UNCRC was agreed by the UN. It is time that Scotland takes the next step in securing children's rights. We applaud the bold and decisive step taken towards this by the First Minster, and look forward to working with MSPs across the Parliament to ensure that incorporation is achieved in the most meaningful and effective way possible.
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Children 1st | © 2020


Anyone who knows me knows how much I love iPhone blogger apps.
I love finding new ones – especially photography apps but did you know many of them cannot be used commercially?
That means if you alter your photo using them by adding text, overlays, frames, etc. you cannot use them on your blog.
For creating photos for my blog I use Canva – and while they do have an app I have not found it possible to change the photos on my templates.
The desktop version is easy to use however and my templates stay where they are easily accessible so all I have to do is change the photo and the text.
This really helps with consistency especially on my YouTube Channel where consistent thumbnails matter.
However I am often on-the-go or simply don't want to use my iMac to check my social media or create videos or photos. I have found 12 must-have blogger apps that I use all the time.
Please note these are not the only ones I use, but are my go-to apps that I use multiple times every single day.
1. Facebook Mentions – You need a verified page for this, but the app tells you exactly what you need to do to get your page verified. I like this app because it helps me keep track of what is happening with my Facebook fan page – and I don't end up spending hours reading thorough my newsfeed when I should be working. It also allows me to Live Stream on Facebook which really helps boost engagement. I know a lot of personal profiles – including mine – now have the Live Stream option, however I find that I use the Facebook Mentions App more than my other Facebook Apps.
2. Twitter – This app is great for posting tweets, seeing who is responding to your Tweets and getting notifications on your phone from those accounts you want to stay on top of.
3. Instagram – With so many brands wanting coverage on Instagram, you need this app.
4. PayPal – Working with a lot of different companies means getting paid at random times. This app sends notifications when you get paid and when you have sent money to someone. It is a great way to keep track of your finances at home and when you are away from home.
5. Google Analytics – Let's face it, you need to know what your stats are. I love being able to randomly login throughout the day and find out how many people have been on my blog – or even look at the RealTime stats to see what posts are popular at the moment.
6. Google Adsense – This app lets you see how much money your Google Ads are making.
7. MoviePro – I use this so I can film in 4K with my front facing camera – however it has lots of other cool features. There is a zoom in and zoom out button. You can pause the video. It has auto focus lock and a lot of other features that I am still learning about. This is the one app I now use for making my videos unless – of course – I am live streaming.
8. Wirecast Go – This is a great app for live streaming on YouTube or any RTMP server. It lets you add photos to your live stream as well as logs and titles. There are many other options especially for those who pay to upgrade including the ability to broadcast private or unlisted broadcasts on YouTube.
9. StillShot – I love this app for grabbing photos from video. It is easy to use, just import your video and then choose which shot you want to save. A must have for creating thumbnails for YouTube.
10. PS Express – The main feature I use in this app is the auto-correct and crop. I have even imported old photos into PS Express and let it lighten them up. Easy to use and a must have.
11. Brander – Branding is important. There are two versions of this app – free and paid. I love that I can add an overlay to my photos right on my phone and then auto-share to my social media. Options are available for adding your website link and hashtags.
12. BlogPhotoUP (PUPS) – I don't know about you, but I am awful about taking photos, uploading them to Dropbox, then putting them on my iMac hard drive without adding them to my blog. PUPS makes adding those photos a snap. Connect your WordPress blog, set up the size of photo you want to upload and then choose which ones you want uploaded right from your Camera Roll. It just makes life easier and your photos are already on your blog when you are ready to use them in your post.
As I said, these are not the only apps I use, they are just my most used. Other favorites include Dropbox, the native iOS Camera and WordPress.
Are you ready to take your blog to the next level? Check out the blogging courses available from Billie Hillier.
I have taken two of the free courses – 10 Day Traffic Boost Throwdown and Content Marketing Resource Library.
I also enrolled in the Traffic Boot Camp For Content Marketers and highly recommend it!


Our daughter Síofra has Down Syndrome and so we're going to do the Purple Run to support Down Syndrome Ireland again.
So on the 24th of March DSI is running their annual purple fun run.
Now may I say that for full transparency and disclosure I will be walking and jogging ... maybe fast?! I also will be hoping that it doesn't rain or snow therefore allowing us to have a picnic afterwards.
And those of you who can't make it and have said you'd like to sponsor us you can do so through this page.
@johnhcummins @EmerTheScreamer Good to know.
Granny has knit Síofra a fabulous purple cardigan to wear. I hope her purple tutu still fits after last year!
Elaine, what a fabulous cause. Go you and baby Siofra!
Very best of luck. Great cause.


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Q: Ассемблер, TASM заполнить видеопамять текстом и по нажатию ПКМ менять местами парные и непарные столбцы Задание полностью в оригинале:

Заповнити 0-у сторінку відеопам'яті довільним текстом. При натисканні
  на праву кнопку мишки вміст парних та непарних стовпців екрану
  міняються місцями.
(Заполнить 0-ю страницу видеопамяти произвольным текстом. При нажатии
  на правую кнопку мышки содержимое парных и непарных столбцов экрана
  меняются местами.)

Что сделал:

*

*реагирует на ПКМ, по нажатию выводит строку на экран

В чем нужна помощь:

*

*Заполнить текстом 0-ю страницу( думаю если вначале написать
mov    ah,09h
mov    dx, offset msg
int    21h

то будет ОК, поправьте если ошибаюсь )

*Менять местами столбцы. Нету идей как это сделать. Как я понимаю должно быть что то типа ABCD -> BADC
assume cs:code,ds:data
data segment
msg db '-=* Hello World *=-$'
data ends

code segment
begin:
    mov ax, data                                            ;Получаем адрес данных
    mov ds,ax
    mov es,ax

    mov ah, 00h ; задаем
    mov al,10h  ; графический
    int 10h ; режим

    xor ax,ax                                               ;помещаем в ax ноль
    int 33h                                                 ;Инициализируем мышь

    mov     cx,11111b                                       ;Обработчик будет ловить все события мыши(все единицы)
    mov     ax,0ch                                          ;
    push    cs                                              ;перемещаем cs в es
    pop     es                                              ;
    mov     dx,offset mouse_proc                            ;указываем имя функции - обработчика мышки
    int     33h                                             ;Вызываем прерывание чтобы это все применить

    mov     ah, 0                                           ;Ожиданем нажатия любой клавиши
    int     16h                                             ;
    mov     ax, 000Ch                                       ;Если нажали клавишу ( не мышь ), то:
    mov     cx, 0000h                                       ;Удаляем обработчик событий мыши
    int     33h                                             ;
    mov ax,4c00h                                            ;
    int 21h                                                 ;Выходим из программы

mouse_proc proc                                             ;Функция - обработчик событий мыши
    mov     ax, 0003h                                       ;
    int     33h                                             ;Получаем информацию о мышке

    test    bx, 00000010b                                   ;Проверяем, если нажата Правая Кнопка Мыши, то на метку L2
    jnz     L1                                              ;

retf                                                        ;Иначе, выход из функции

    L1:
    mov    ah,09h
    ;lea    dx, msg
    ;int    21h

    mov    ah,09h
    mov    dx, offset msg
    int    21h

    retf                                                    ;Выход из функции

mouse_proc endp

code ends
end begin


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  title: Email testing
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  Description: How to use SendGrid's new email testing feature to preview how your email renders, performs against spam filters, and validate the links within your email.

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Email testing offers robust, pre-send testing of your emails, including in-app spam testing, inbox rendering previews, and link validation without leaving your workflow. It allows you to preview how an email is likely to perform across a wide range of inbox providers, devices, and spam filters, before sending.

- **Inbox Rendering Test:** Displays how an email message is rendered and appears across a select group of inbox providers and devices.
- **Spam Test:** Shows how an email performs against the world's most powerful consumer (B2C) and enterprise (B2B) spam filters.
- **Link Validation Test:** Tests all links within a message to ensure they are valid. The test checks for redirects, domain reputation, and critical metadata, like title text. Your inbox rendering tests will automatically include this link validation test. Link validation tests **do not** deduct from your Email Testing credits.

## Email Testing credits and pricing

The number of Email Testing credits available to you depends on your Marketing Campaigns or Email API plan. For more information on email plans, see our [pricing page](https://sendgrid.com/pricing/). Email Testing credits can be used for both Inbox Rendering Tests and Spam Tests, and all Email Testing credits (whether part of your plan or purchased as part of an add-on package) expire at the end of each month.

## Purchasing additional credits

If you find yourself in need of more credits than your email plan offers, we offer additional Email Testing credit packages as add-ons to your monthly plan.

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Packages for additional Email Testing credits are billed on a monthly, recurring basis and will continue to renew each month unless removed from your account.

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  Available Email Testing credit add-on packages are:

30 Email Testing Credits per month, available for $18.00 USD

60 Email Testing Credits per month, available for $30.00 USD

100 Email Testing Credits per month, available for $40.00 USD

## Running an Email Test

Email testing is available for both Marketing Campaigns and emails within API plans ultilizing Dynamic Templates.

*To test an email:*

1. From inside either the Design or Code editor, navigate to the Settings tab.
1. Scroll down and click on the **Test Your Email** dropdown to expand testing options.
1. Below the option to send a test email, you will see an **Email Testing** option. To create a test, click **Create Test**.

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Before you can create a test, you need to specify a Sender and include a Subject for your email.

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![]({{root_url}}/img/auto-email-testing-launch.png "Launch Automated Email Testing")

4. When Email Testing opens a new test, choose which kind of tests you'd like to run by selecting the checkboxes next to **Spam Test**, **Inbox Rendering Test**, or by selecting both.

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Every inbox rendering test that you run automatically includes a link validation test, checking that all URLs within your message are valid. Link validation tests **do not** deduct from your Email Testing credits.

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5. If you choose to run an Inbox Rendering test, select the clients and browsers you'd like to include as part of your test by clicking the associated checkbox for each.
6. Click **Run Test**.
7. Your test will begin. Please note: It may take a moment for the test to begin returning your results. Test results will appear on the **View Test Results** tab. Click any thumbnail of a rendering to open the image and view in greater detail.
8. From the View Test Results tab, you can select the **Inbox**, **Spam**, or **Links** tabs to view all of the details for your test.

## Additional Resources

- [A/B Testing]({{root_url}}/ui/sending-email/a-b-testing/)
- [Design Editor]({{root_url}}/ui/sending-email/editor/#-The-Design-Editor)
- [Code Editor]({{root_url}}/ui/sending-email/editor/#the-code-editor)
- [Dynamic Templates]({{root_url}}/ui/sending-email/how-to-send-an-email-with-dynamic-transactional-templates/)