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2 juli is de middelste dag van een niet-schrikkeljaar, met 182 dagen ervoor, en 182 dagen erna.

Gebeurtenissen

 1298 - Adolf van Nassau wordt als graaf van Nassau opgevolgd door zijn zoons Rupert V en Gerlach I.
 1429 - Filips I van Nassau-Weilburg wordt opgevolgd door zijn zoons Filips II en Johan II onder regentschap van hun moeder Isabella van Lotharingen.
 1839 - Opstand op het slavenschip La Amistad.
 1865 - William Booth richt The Christian Mission op. Dit wordt later het Leger des Heils.
 1937 - Pilote Amelia Earhart verdwijnt spoorloos boven de Stille Oceaan.
 1984 - Vlag van Curaçao werd aangenomen
 1955 - Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde wordt geopend.
 1993 - Bloedbad van Sivas (Turkije): tijdens een cultureel festival komen 37 mensen, waaronder een Nederlandse, om door een aanval van een islamitisch-fundamentalistische menigte.
 2010 - Een natuurbrand op de Strabrechtse Heide verwoest 200 hectare natuurgebied.

 1949 - Pete Felleman presenteert de eerste hitparade op de Nederlandse radio.
 2005 - Live 8, een geheel van synchroon lopende benefietconcerten, vindt plaats op verschillende plekken rond de wereld.

 1298 - Slag bij Göllheim.
 1600 - Slag bij Nieuwpoort.
 1747 - Slag bij Lafelt.
 1943 - Slag om Koersk.
 2008 - de Frans-Colombiaanse politica Íngrid Betancourt wordt bevrijd uit handen van de FARC-rebellen

 437 - Valentinianus III regeert als zelfstandig keizer over het West-Romeinse Rijk. Keizerin-moeder Galla Placidia beëindigt haar regentschap na een streng 11-jarig regeringsbeleid (zie: 425).
 1881 - President James Garfield van de VS wordt neergeschoten door Charles J. Guiteau. Hij overlijdt uiteindelijk op 19 september 1881 aan bloedvergiftiging.
 1959 - Prinselijk huwelijk van Albert II van België en Paola Ruffo di Calabria.
 1976 - Noord- en Zuid-Vietnam worden herenigd en vormen de Socialistische Republiek Vietnam. De stad Saigon wordt omgedoopt tot Ho Chi Minhstad.
 1990 - Op de trappen van het parlement in Pristina stemmen de Albanese vertegenwoordigers voor een zelfstandige republiek van de Servische provincie Kosovo binnen het Joegoslavisch staatsverband.
 2013 - Spanje sluit zijn luchtruim voor een vlucht van de Boliviaanse president Evo Morales, omdat wordt verondersteld dat deze de klokkenluider Edward Snowden aan boord heeft.

 2010 - In Epcot wordt de attractie Captain EO heropend.

 1988 - Paus Johannes Paulus II noemt de bisschopswijding van 30 juni in Écône in Zwitserland een schismatieke daad en excommuniceert aartsbisschop Marcel Lefebvre en de vier wijdelingen.
 1988 - Instelling van de Pauselijke Commissie Ecclesia Dei met het doel de gemeenschap tussen de Heilige Stoel en traditionalistische priesters, seminaristen, communiteiten en religieuzen te bewaren.
 1990 - 1426 pelgrims komen om in een voetgangerstunnel tijdens de hadj in Mekka.

 1878 - Eerste Varsity (roeien).
 1948 - Het IJslands voetbalelftal behaalt de eerste zege uit de historie als Finland met 2-0 wordt geklopt.
 1991 - Het Moldavisch voetbalelftal speelt de eerste interland uit de geschiedenis. De voormalige Sovjetstaat verliest in Chisinau met 4-2 van Georgië.
 1994 - De Colombiaanse voetballer Andrés Escobar wordt in Medellín doodgeschoten omdat hij tijdens de WK-eindronde 1994 in eigen doel had geschoten en Colombia daardoor werd uitgeschakeld.
 2000 - Frankrijk wint in Rotterdam het EK voetbal door Italië in de finale met 2-1 te verslaan. In de verlenging maakt David Trezeguet de zogeheten golden goal.
 2003 - Vancouver krijgt de Olympische Winterspelen 2010 toegewezen.
 2006 - De Chileense voetbalclub Colo-Colo wint de 24ste landstitel uit de clubgeschiedenis door Universidad de Chile na strafschoppen te verslaan in de finale van de Primera División (Apertura).
 2008 - LDU Quito wint voor de eerste keer in haar bestaan de Copa Libertadores. In de finale is de Ecuadoraanse club te sterk voor Fluminense.
 2022 - Fabio Jakobsen wint de tweede etappe van de Tour de France, de Nederlander die ooit in coma lag won in het Deense Nyborg de massasprint op befaamde Grote Beltbrug.

 1578 - Martin Frobisher ontdekt Baffineiland.
 1900 - Eerste vlucht van een zeppelin, bij Friedrichshafen, Duitsland.
 1985 - Lancering van een Ariane raket van Arianespace vanaf Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, Frans-Guyana met aan boord de onbemande Giotto sonde die de komeet 1P/Halley moet gaan bestuderen.
 1990 - Het Giotto ruimtevaartuig vliegt op een afstand van 16.300 km langs de Aarde en doet metingen aan het aardmagnetisch veld. Het is de eerste keer dat een ruimtevaartuig dat in de ruimte een missie heeft volbracht de Aarde passeert.
 2001 - Robert Tools krijgt het eerste, volledig zelfstandig functionerende kunsthart geïmplanteerd en overleeft vijf maanden.
 2022 - Lancering van een Atlas V 541 raket van United Launch Alliance vanaf Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Lanceercomplex 41 (SLC-41) voor de USSF-12 missie met de WFOV testbank met optische technologie van de US Space Force en het USSF-12 Ring ruimtevaartuig dat een aantal geheim verklaarde ladingen voor de Amerikaanse Department of Defense heeft.
 2022 - Lancering van LauncherOne van Virgin Orbit vanaf de gemodificeerde Boeing 747-400 Cosmic Girl voor de Straight Up missie met de Recurve en Slingshot 1 cubesats en 5 nog onbekende ladingen van het Department of Defense.

Geboren

 419 - Valentinianus III, Romeins keizer (overleden 455)
 814 - Wu Zong, Chinees keizer (overleden 846)
 1489 - Thomas Cranmer, Engels aartsbisschop van Canterbury (overleden 1556)
 1648 - Arp Schnitger, Duits orgelbouwer (overleden 1719)
 1667 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italiaans edelman en kardinaal (overleden 1740)
 1714 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, Duits componist (overleden 1787)
 1723 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Duits dichter (overleden 1803)
 1776 - Johannes Immerzeel, Nederlands schrijver, dichter en uitgever (overleden 1841)
 1847 - Marcel Bertrand, Frans geoloog (overleden 1907)
 1847 - James Sykes Gamble, Engels botanicus (overleden 1925)
 1849 - Maria Theresia Henriëtte van Oostenrijk-Este, koningin van Beieren (overleden 1919)
 1862 - William Henry Bragg, Brits natuurkundige (overleden 1942)
 1872 - Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault, Frans psychiater (overleden 1934)
 1877 - Hermann Hesse, Zwitsers schrijver en Nobelprijswinnaar (1946) (overleden 1962)
 1878 - Albert Nasse, Amerikaans roeier (overleden 1910)
 1881 - Eduard von Steiger, Zwitsers politicus (overleden 1962)
 1882 - Marie Bonaparte, prinses van Griekenland en Denemarken en psychoanalyticus (overleden 1962)
 1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, Duits neuroloog (overleden 1931)
 1889 - Cor Hermus, Nederlands acteur, toneelregisseur en -schrijver (overleden 1953)
 1894 - André Kertész, Hongaars-Amerikaans fotograaf (overleden 1985)
 1903 - Alec Douglas-Home, Brits politicus en premier (overleden 1995)
 1903 - Arthur May, Surinaams politicus (overleden 1979)
 1903 - Olaf V, koning van Noorwegen (overleden 1991)
 1904 - René Lacoste, Frans tennisser en kledingontwerper (overleden 1996)
 1906 - Hans Bethe, Amerikaans natuurkundige (overleden 2005)
 1907 - Eppo Doeve, Nederlands ontwerper en kunstenaar (overleden 1981)
 1907 - Co Stelma, Nederlands gymnaste (overleden 1987)
 1909 - Thurgood Marshall, Amerikaans Hooggerechtshofrechter (overleden 1993)
 1911 - Reg Parnell, Brits autocoureur (overleden 1964)
 1912 - Hércules, Braziliaans voetballer (overleden 1982)
 1914 - Erich Topp, Duits militair (overleden 2005)
 1915 - Bert Decorte, Belgisch dichter (overleden 2009)
 1916 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Duits piloot (overleden 1982)
 1917 - Pierre H. Dubois, Nederlands schrijver en dichter (overleden 1999)
 1918 - Wim Boost, Nederlands cartoonist (overleden 2005)
 1920 - Pieter Wiegersma, Nederlands glazenier, schilder, tapijtkunstenaar en schrijver (overleden 2009)
 1922 - Jacques Pollet, Frans autocoureur (overleden 1997)
 1922 - Pierre Cardin, Frans modeontwerper (overleden 2020)
 1923 - Wisława Szymborska, Pools dichteres (overleden 2012)
 1924 - Pieter Bogaers, Nederlands politicus (overleden 2008)
 1925 - Patrice Lumumba, eerste minister-president van Congo (overleden 1961)
 1925 - Herman Wigbold, Nederlands journalist (overleden 1998)
 1927 - Kees Broekman, Nederlands schaatser (overleden 1992)
 1927 - Joseph Brys, Belgisch atleet
 1927 - Brock Peters, Amerikaans acteur (overleden 2005)
 1928 - Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, Servisch-Amerikaans wiskundige, computerwetenschapper en systeemtheoreticus en professor
 1928 - Line Renaud, Frans actrice en zangeres
 1929 - Imelda Marcos, echtgenote van voormalig president van de Filipijnen, Ferdinand Marcos
 1930 - Ahmad Jamal, Amerikaans jazzpianist/-componist
 1930 - Carlos Menem, Argentijns politicus; president 1989-1999 (overleden 2021)
 1931 - Frank Williams, Brits acteur (overleden 2022)
 1932 - Waldemar Matuška, Tsjechisch schlagerzanger (overleden 2009)
 1933 - Ulli Jessurun d'Oliveira, Nederlands jurist en letterkundige
 1936 - Rex Gildo, Duits acteur en schlagerzanger (overleden 1999)
 1936 - Omar Suleiman, Egyptisch politicus (overleden 2012)
 1937 - Polly Holliday, Amerikaans actrice
 1939 - Gerry Langley, Noord-Iers zanger en songwriter
 1939 - Leapy Lee, Brits zanger
 1939 - Paul Williams, Amerikaans baritonzanger van The Temptations (overleden 1973)
 1940 - Susanna Mildonian, Armeens-Belgisch harpiste (overleden 2022)
 1942 - Vicente Fox, Mexicaans politicus
 1942 - Hein van Nievelt, Nederlands omroeper en presentator (overleden 2022)
 1943 - Walter Godefroot, Belgisch wielrenner en ploegleider
 1944 - Yvonne de Nijs, Nederlands zangeres (overleden 2016)
 1945 - Cor van der Geest, Nederlands judocoach
 1945 - Jip Golsteijn, Nederlands journalist en schrijver (overleden 2002)
 1946 - Ricky Bruch, Zweeds acteur en atleet (overleden 2011)
 1947 - Larry David, Amerikaans scenarioschrijver en acteur
 1947 - Hans Vlek, Nederlands dichter (overleden 2016)
 1948 - Józef Skrzek, Pools rockmuzikant
 1949 - Gene McFadden, Amerikaans singer-songwriter en muziekproducent (overleden 2006)
 1950 - Andrés Bermúdez Viramontes, Mexicaans-Amerikaans politicus en ondernemer (overleden 2009)
 1950 - Annika Thor, Zweeds kinderboekenschrijfster
 1953 - Petro Slobodjan, Sovjet-Oekraïens voetballer en voetbaltrainer (overleden 2020)
 1954 - Bart van Leeuwen, Nederlands diskjockey
 1955 - Cláudio Adão, Braziliaans voetballer
 1955 - Francine Houben, Nederlands architecte
 1955 - Hans Laroes, Nederlands tv-journalist en omroepbestuurder
 1955 - Maria Stahlie, Nederlands schrijfster
 1955 - Stephen Walt, Amerikaans professor en onderzoeker
 1956 - Marga Bult, Nederlands zangeres
 1956 - Jerry Hall, Brits actrice en model
 1956 - Rien Koopman, Nederlands voetbalscheidsrechter
 1957 - Bret Hart, Canadees worstelaar
 1958 - Jos Compaan, Nederlands roeister (overleden 2020)
 1958 - Wim Ernes, Nederlands dressuur bondscoach (overleden 2016)
 1958 - Michael Turtur, Australisch wielrenner
 1959 - Erwin Olaf, Nederlands fotograaf
 1959 - Eduardo Bengoechea, Argentijns tennisser
 1959 - Emanuele Bombini, Italiaans wielrenner
 1961 - Samy Naceri, Frans acteur
 1963 - Marcel Wanders, Nederlands industrieel ontwerper
 1964 - Dominique van der Heyde, Nederlands tv-journaliste en presentatrice
 1965 - Luc Borrelli, Frans voetballer (overleden 1999)
 1965 - Ron van der Ende, Nederlands beeldhouwer
 1966 - Peter De Clercq, Belgisch wielrenner
 1966 - Dave Parsons, Brits bassist
 1967 - Aleksandar Berelovitsj, Oekraïens schaker
 1969 - Wim De Vilder, Vlaams journalist en nieuwsanker
 1970 - Derrick Adkins, Amerikaans atleet
 1970 - Steve Morrow, Noord-Iers voetballer
 1972 - Matthew Birir, Keniaans atleet
 1972 - Darren Shan, Iers auteur
 1974 - Joyce De Troch, Vlaams zangeres en presentatrice
 1974 - Marc Hendrikx, Belgisch voetballer
 1975 - Joel Aguilar, Salvadoraans voetbalscheidsrechter
 1975 - Daniel Kowalski, Australisch zwemmer
 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Zweeds gitarist
 1976 - Klaas Delrue, Belgisch muzikant
 1976 - Laurent Lefèvre, Frans wielrenner
 1977 - Dorian Çollaku, Albanees atleet
 1978 - Kossi Agassa, Togolees voetballer
 1978 - Matteo Bobbi, Italiaans autocoureur
 1978 - Glody Dube, Botswaans atleet
 1979 - Walter Davis, Amerikaans atleet
 1979 - Bas van Erp, Nederlands paralympisch sporter
 1979 - Diana Goertskaja, Georgisch zangeres
 1980 - Bertolf Lentink, Nederlands zanger
 1980 - Matej Marin, Sloveens wielrenner (overleden 2021)
 1981 - Sébastien Delferière, Belgisch voetbalscheidsrechter
 1981 - Vladimir Dišljenković, Servisch voetballer
 1981 - Tomass Dukurs, Lets skeletonracer
 1981 - Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Frans voetballer
 1981 - Claude Reiter, Luxemburgs voetballer
 1981 - Gökmen Tanis, Turks schutter die vier Nederlanders vermoordde
 1981 - Zoerab Zviadauri, Georgisch judoka
 1983 - Michelle Branch, Amerikaans singer-songwriter
 1983 - Krystl Pullens, Nederlands zangeres en songwriter
 1984 - Maarten Martens, Belgisch voetballer
 1984 - Johnny Weir, Amerikaans kunstschaatser
 1985 - Jürgen Roelandts, Belgisch wielrenner
 1985 - Ashley Tisdale, Amerikaans actrice en zangeres
 1985 - Nikolaj Troesov, Russisch wielrenner
 1986 - Damaru, Surinaams zanger en rapper
 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, Amerikaans actrice
 1986 - Murray Stewart, Australisch kanovaarder
 1987 - Roeslana Korsjoenova, Kazachs model (overleden 2008)
 1988 - Sjur Røthe, Noors langlaufer
 1989 - Lucinda Brand, Nederlands wielrenster
 1989 - François Place, Frans freestyleskiër
 1990 - Kayla Harrison, Amerikaans judoka
 1990 - Roman Lob, Duits zanger
 1990 - Malou Petter, Nederlands tv-journaliste en presentatrice
 1990 - Margot Robbie, Australisch actrice
 1991 - Grant Gillespie, Schots voetballer
 1991 - Antonin Guigonnat, Frans biatleet
 1991 - Hélène Heemskerk, Nederlands voetbalspeelster
 1992 - Madison Chock, Amerikaans kunstschaatsster
 1992 - Tetsuta Nagashima, Japans motorcoureur
 1992 - Nana Takagi, Japans langebaanschaatsster
 1994 - Menno Koch, Nederlands voetballer
 1994 - Henrik Kristoffersen, Noors alpineskiër
 1995 - Ryan Murphy, Amerikaans zwemmer
 1996 - Andy Van Hoof, Belgisch voetballer
 1997 - Maximilian Günther, Duits-Oostenrijks autocoureur
 1998 - Ema Klinec, Sloveens schansspringster
 1998 - Karabo Sibanda, Botswaans atleet
 1999 - Mattia Casadei, Italiaans motorcoureur

Overleden

 936 - Hendrik de Vogelaar (~60), Duits koning, hertog van Saksen
 1298 - Adolf I van Nassau (~44), Duits koning, graaf van Nassau, landgraaf van Thüringen
 1429 - Filips I van Nassau-Weilburg (~61), graaf van Nassau-Weilburg en Saarbrücken
 1566 - Nostradamus (62), Frans astroloog
 1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italiaans musicus
 1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (66), Zwitsers-Frans Verlichtingsfilosoof, schrijver en autodidact componist
 1843 - Samuel Hahnemann (88), Duits arts en homeopaat
 1850 - Robert Peel (62), Brits politicus
 1889 - Hendrik Karel Lambrecht (41), Belgisch bisschop van Gent
 1915 - Porfirio Díaz (84), Mexicaans generaal en dictator
 1927 - Gérard de Courcelles (38), Frans autocoureur
 1931 - Peter Kürten (48), Duits massamoordenaar
 1932 - Emanuel II van Portugal (42), laatste koning van Portugal
 1937 - Amelia Earhart (49), Amerikaans piloot
 1941 - Hilmar Wäckerle (41), Duits commandant van concentratiekamp Dachau
 1942 - Jevgeni Petrov (38), Russisch schrijver
 1943 - Rika Davids (57), Nederlands variété-artieste
 1943 - Gerrit Kleerekoper (46), Nederlands turncoach
 1943 - Lea Nordheim (39), Nederlands gymnaste
 1943 - Michel Velleman (48), Nederlands goochelaar en illusionist (artiestennaam "Ben Ali Libi")
 1949 - Georgi Dimitrov (67), Bulgaars politicus
 1952 - Henriëtte Bosmans (56), Nederlands componiste en pianiste
 1957 - Eugene Mercer (68), Amerikaans atleet
 1961 - Ernest Hemingway (61), Amerikaans schrijver en Nobelprijswinnaar
 1962 - Peter Ryan (22), Amerikaans autocoureur
 1963 - Seth Barnes Nicholson (71), Amerikaans astronoom
 1963 - Lisa Tetzner (68), Duits kinderboekenschrijfster
 1966 - Augusta Victoria van Hohenzollern (75), echtgenote van de laatste koning van Portugal Emanuel II
 1968 - Francis Brennan (74), Amerikaans curiekardinaal
 1968 - Paul Gehlhaar (62), Duits voetballer
 1973 - Betty Grable (56), Amerikaans actrice
 1973 - Ferdinand Schörner (81), Duits generaal-veldmaarschalk
 1974 - Fons Pelser (80), Nederlands voetballer
 1974 - Toon van Welsenes (50), Nederlands atleet
 1977 - Vladimir Nabokov (78), Russisch-Amerikaans schrijver
 1977 - Plácido (64), Braziliaans voetballer
 1981 - Paul Schmiedlin (84), Zwitsers voetballer
 1985 - David Purley (40), Brits autocoureur
 1989 - Andrej Gromyko (79), Russisch diplomaat en president
 1992 - José Monje Cruz (41), Spaanse flamencozanger
 1994 - Andrés Escobar (27), Colombiaans voetballer
 1994 - Gianbattista Guidotti (92), Italiaans autocoureur
 1996 - G.L. Durlacher (67), Nederlands schrijver
 1996 - Hal Robson (84), Canadees autocoureur
 1997 - Suze Boschma-Berkhout (75), Nederlands beeldhouwster
 1997 - James Stewart (89), Amerikaans acteur en militair
 1999 - Mario Puzo (78), Amerikaans schrijver
 2000 - Joey Dunlop (48), Noord-Iers motorcoureur
 2002 - Ray Brown (75), Amerikaans jazzbassist
 2005 - Ernest Lehman (89), Amerikaans scenarioschrijver
 2007 - Beverly Sills (78), Amerikaans sopraan
 2007 - Hy Zaret (99), Amerikaans tekstschrijver en componist
 2008 - Chris Arlman (64), Nederlands politicus voor de PvdA
 2009 - Pasquale Borgomeo (76), Italiaans journalist
 2009 - Susan Fernandez (52), Filipijns zangeres en activiste
 2009 - Martin Hengel (82), Duits theoloog
 2009 - Tyeb Mehta (84), Indiaas kunstschilder
 2011 - Wim van Eer (83), Surinaams politicus en diplomaat
 2011 - Itamar Franco (81), Braziliaans politicus
 2011 - Marcel Hastir (105), Belgisch kunstschilder en theosoof
 2012 - Maurice Chevit (88), Frans acteur
 2012 - Max Hamburger (92), Nederlands verzetsstrijder, psychiater en Holocaustoverlevende
 2012 - Ben van Os (67), Nederlands production designer en artdirector
 2013 - Douglas Engelbart (88), Amerikaans elektrotechnicus en de uitvinder van de computermuis
 2013 - Fawzia van Egypte (91), prinses van Egypte
 2013 - Bengt Hallberg (80), Zweeds jazzpianist en componist
 2013 - Sef Imkamp (88), Nederlands politicus
 2014 - Chad Brown (52), Amerikaans pokerspeler
 2014 - Louis Zamperini (97), Amerikaans atleet en militair
 2015 - Slavko Avsenik (85), Sloveens muzikant en componist
 2015 - Bob Smalhout (87), Nederlands anesthesioloog, hoogleraar, columnist en publicist
 2015 - Jacobo Zabludovsky (87), Mexicaans journalist, presentator en nieuwslezer
 2016 - Caroline Aherne (52), Brits actrice
 2016 - Michael Cimino (77), Amerikaans filmregisseur
 2016 - Renée de Haan (61), Nederlands zangeres
 2016 - Rudolf Emil Kálmán (86), Hongaars-Amerikaans elektrotechnicus en wiskundige
 2016 - Patrick Manning (69), president van Trinidad en Tobago
 2016 - Michel Rocard (85), Frans premier
 2016 - Elie Wiesel (87), Amerikaans schrijver en Holocaustoverlevende
 2017 - Smith Hart (68), Amerikaans-Canadees worstelaar
 2017 - Boudewijn Henny (74), Nederlands ondernemer en crimineel
 2017 - Chris Roberts (73), Duits schlagerzanger
 2017 - Tatjana Zatoelovskaja (81), Russisch-Israëlisch schaakgrootmeester
 2019 - Michael Colgrass (87), Amerikaans-Canadees componist, muziekpedagoog en slagwerker
 2019 - Costa Cordalis (75),  Duits schlagerzanger
 2020 - Nikolai Kapoestin (82), Russisch componist en pianist
 2020 - Abraham Louis Schneiders (94), Nederlands letterkundige en diplomaat
 2021 - Eric Balemans (59), Nederlands politicus
 2021 - Elliot Lawrence (96), Amerikaans pianist, componist, bigband-leider en dirigent
 2021 - Bill Ramsey (90), Duits-Amerikaans jazz- en schlagerzanger
 2021 - Jolien Verschueren (31), Belgisch wielrenster
 2021 - Lise Vidal (43), Frans windsurfster
 2022 - Peter Brook (97), Brits theaterproducent en filmregisseur
 2022 - Andy Goram (58), Schots voetballer
 2022 - Edward Meeks (90), Amerikaans acteur
 2022 - Laurent Noël (102), Canadees bisschop

Viering/herdenking
 Dia di bandera (dag van de vlag), Curaçao (sinds 1984)
 Palio di provenzano, de jaarlijkse paardenrennen in de straten van Sienna (sinds 1650)
 Rooms-Katholieke kalender:
 (traditioneel) Maria-Visitatie (tot 1969)
 Heiligen Processus en Martinianus († c. 69)
 Heilige Swithin († 862)
 Oosters-orthodoxe kalender:
 Kleedaflegging van de Moeder Gods

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Herbert Lenford Marshall (born August 20, 1949) is a retired gridiron football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League, as well as the Detroit Wheels and Memphis Southmen in the World Football League.

Marshall was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he attended Roy Miller High School. He then played college football at Cameron University, and was drafted in the 14th round (363rd overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.

References

1949 births
Living people
People from Corpus Christi, Texas
Cameron Aggies football players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Detroit Wheels players
Memphis Southmen players

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing eight (8) persons from the Unverified List (``UVL'') and correcting the name for one (1) person currently listed on the UVL. The eight persons are removed from the UVL on the basis that BIS was able to verify their bona fides because of...
Addition of Entities to the Entity List and Revision of an Entry on the Entity List
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding five entities to the Entity List. These five entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. These entities will be listed on...
Restricting the Temporary Sojourn of Aircraft and Vessels to Cuba
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further limits the types of aircraft that are authorized to fly to Cuba and the types of vessels that are authorized to sail to Cuba on temporary sojourn. Specifically, this rule amends License Exception Aircraft, Vessels and Spacecraft (AVS) in the Export Administration Regulations...
Revisions to Country Group Designations for Venezuela and Conforming Changes for License Requirements
In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove Venezuela from Country Group B, which affords favorable treatment for certain exports of National Security-controlled items, and moves Venezuela to Country Group D:1, which lists countries of national security concern. This...
Implementation of Certain New Controls on Emerging Technologies Agreed at Wassenaar Arrangement 2018 Plenary
The Bureau of Industry and Security maintains, as part of its Export Administration Regulations, the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies certain items subject to Department of Commerce's jurisdiction. This final rule revises the CCL to implement certain changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies...
Temporary General License
This final rule creates a 90-day temporary general license that partially restores the licensing requirements and policies under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to sixty-nine entities added to the Entity List on May 16, 2019.
Addition of Entities to the Entity List
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) to the Entity List. The U.S. Government has determined that there is reasonable cause to believe that Huawei has been involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign...
Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List, Revision of an Entry on the Entity List, and Removal of an Entity From the Entity List
This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding twelve entities, under a total of sixteen entries, to the Entity List. These twelve entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and will be listed on the Entity List...
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding fifty (50) persons to the Unverified List (``UVL''), removing ten (10) persons, and adding an additional address for one (1) person currently listed on the UVL. The fifty persons are added to the UVL on the basis that BIS could not verify...
Control of Military Electronic Equipment and Other Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML); Correction
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by correcting two entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL) that control Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiving equipment. It was brought to BIS' attention that it did not implement controls over items that no longer warrant control...
Addition of an Entity to the Entity List
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding one entity to the Entity List. The entity that is added to the Entity List has been determined by the U.S. Government to pose a significant risk of becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign...

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Marriott Hotel – 333 W Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 phone (619)234-1500) (The Marriott is only about 3 miles from the airport and there are shuttles available.) From San Diego you will load up and head down to Ensenada for the night – you will be trail side the next morning by 7:30-8am and then head south to each point, below.
You will ride the next 4 days arriving into the beachside town of Loreto, approximately 800 miles of riding.
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Our Baja trips begin in San Diego at a designated meeting point where we meet the group of riders at 1 PM. We transport our clients and equipment to Ensenada that afternoon where we check into a hotel, you begin the riding the next morning.
Our tours are all inclusive. We supply Honda CRF450x motorcycles as well as the XR 250's & 650's, Honda CRF 150's, 230's, and Honda ATV's; Rincon 650's; hotels (double occupancy), support vehicles, guides, delicious food, support staff, fuel, all our clients have to do is have the time of their lives! We do mix both ATV's and motorcycle on tours if requested ~ this also allows for all calibers of riding experiences.  All our clients have to do is have the time of their lives!
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A day after negotiators announced a compromise, legislators set about making the agreement law. The so called "Grand Bargain" was drafted by a coalition of business leaders, labor unions, and elected officials in an effort to avert a number of questions slated to appear on November's ballot.
Specifically, the proposal would institute an annual sales tax holiday and phase out mandated overtime pay for retail workers on Sundays and holidays. It would also raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years and establish a statewide paid medical and family leave program. These items differ from their respective ballot questions in that there would be no reduction in the sales tax, the minimum wage would not be indexed to inflation after reaching $15 an hour, and businesses with less than twenty five employees would not be required to contribute to the paid leave program- though their employees could opt to buy in themselves.
Discussing the compromise at a North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce event the morning after its announcement, Senate President Harriette Chandler stated that "no one was in love with it, but no one hated it and everyone liked it, and that's the sign of a good deal". She went on to explain that the bill would go before the General Court that day.
The proposal passed the legislation that night, and currently awaits approval from the Governor prior to implementation.


I've shown before how to generate thumbnails from ASP.NET server code using the WPF media APIs instead of GDI+ (which is unsupported when used in server code).
In the previous article, I've been generating the thumbnails as PNG files. The reason for that is that PNG is a lossless format and I wanted to isolate as few variables as possible that impacted output quality and performance. Adding JPEG artifacts and the variable of the quality setting would have just muddied the water.
One commenter (Victor) pointed out that the PNG API in WPF does not compress the output though. That is clearly a problem for a web application.
This is why I decided to write this follow-up post. The previous one is still useful for establishing that the decision to use WPF rather than GDI+ makes sense but I want to complement that with some JPEG comparison.
The algorithm that I'm going to use here is what I consider the best compromise between quality and speed for each technology. I chose HQ bicubic for GDI and "Fast WPF" for WPF. PNG generation will be our baseline, and I'll generate JPG files for quality settings in increments of 5 from 50% (lower than 50% is just horribly bad). The set of images that I will resize is the same as in the previous post.
Even at 100%, JPEG doesn't look as sharp, deep and saturated as PNG but none of those look tragically bad. This is because thumbnails are too small for the defects to jump to the eye. If you use magnification ([Windows] + [+] on Windows), you'll see them.
The first thing to notice is that the time to compress almost does not depend on the compression level and is a little faster than PNG. Second, we also see that once more, WPF is more than twice as fast as GDI+. Third, the size of the resulting files grows reasonably with compression level up to around 85%, after which it rises faster.
There is a weird peak at 75% that I'm not sure how to explain. I did make some additional measurements around that value and it's really just for 75%, not 76, not 74, and none of the other values. There seems to be something magical about 75% for some images so it might be a good idea to stay clear of that particular value.
Of course, even at 100%, thumbnails are still more than twice as small as uncompressed PNG but the sweet spot here seems to be between 76% and 90%, where most of the artifacts of compression stop being too visible on most images and yet the size doesn't grow too fast. I'll be using 85% myself.
UPDATE: I contacted the WPF team to have the final word on whether this is supported. Unfortunately, it's not, and the documentation is being updated accordingly. I apologize about any confusion this may have caused. We're looking at ways to make that story more acceptable in the future.
UPDATE 2: for an approach that scales better, try this.
I just wondered if you have managed to get this to work in Medium Trust mode as I've been told by a friend on twitter (@drobar) that it won't work under medium trust.
@Chris: no, it won't work, which is utterly stupid as the equivalent APIs using GDI+ will work just fine under medium trust.
Looks like your cache check conditional is backwards...I had to set nocache=true in order for it to use the cache.
@Ryan: I'm afraid you're right. I mean, you might be drunk as well but that doesn't make you wrong. Fixing the code.
This is awesome stuff Bertrand. Where might I start looking for examples to add say a textual watermark or something to the image during the resizing?
I've been searching around...you're right...not a lot.
@Ryan: Thanks. No, I don't think $1 will help much currently. Euros?
Bertrand, thanks for the reply. It does make sense to me that what you're doing here could be safe even if other uses of WPF may not be. I still worry about developers coming to wrong conclusions about the safety of using different parts of WPF in a server environment, but I realize that's a tough problem to solve and happens with other APIs too. I'll be following this issue with interest. Thanks for writing about it!
@Tom: all good points. I may follow-up with a post clearly delineating the supported from the unsupported.
I understand what you're saying about what supported means to you. In its time, GDI was marked unsupported exactly because that testing had not been done. And sure enough, problems were discovered. In principle, supported means that it's been tested and also that you can call support. No matter what amount of testing is done, there are always unforeseen scenarios. In those cases, you can call support and they will work on finding you an acceptable workaround, or in some cases the product will get patched. In some cases the patch is private until the next version, in some cases it's public.
In any case, support is a pretty expensive thing, and the declaration that something is supported already is a strong indicator that we're committed to make it work for you.
I updated the post to reflect the current supportability of this.
I can confirm that this flat-out does not work on a production server. We used it for thumbnail generation and we would randomly have images show up blank - the WPF team confirmed that it's not supported.


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Meet the key personnel
Scott McCreadie, PharmD, MBA
Elena Stegemann, BSChe, MBA
Denise Klinker, PharmD, MBA
Director of Educational Products – PharmAcademic
Mike Schlesselman, PharmD, FASHP
Director of Research Products – Vestigo
Richard Malone, PharmD, MHA
Lindsay Groth, MBA
Senior Marketing & Inside Sales Manager
Jennifer Drabing, MA
Educational Products Senior Account Manager
Rachael Aletti, PharmD
Research Products, Senior Account Manager
Barrie Gura, MPH, CPhT
Research Products, Vestigo Analyst
Ken Messer, BBA, CIS
Development Operations Engineer
Cherish Lallone, MS
Doug Hartley
Bio: Scott is the founder and president of McCreadie Group. Prior to starting McCreadie Group, Scott worked in large academic medical centers as a pharmacy informaticist. During this time, he designed and developed what later became McCreadie Group's flagship product. Scott started the University of Michigan's PGY2 residency in Pharmacy Informatics. His expertise and insights in pharmacy residency training, investigational drugs, and pharmacy automation have formed the foundation of McCreadie Group's success. Scott earned his Pharm D at the University of Michigan and holds an MBA from Oakland University.
Scott has been recognized in the industry throughout his career:
Michigan Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists Professional Practice Award – ResiTrak
Southeastern Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SMSHP) Innovative Practice Award 1997
Southeastern Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SMSHP) Innovative Practice Award 2003 – PharmDoc.Net
ComputerWorld/Smithsonian Award 2004 – Electronic Formulary
ComputerWorld/Smithsonian Award 2004 – PharmDoc.Net
Email: estegemann@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Elena joined McCreadie Group as Chief Operating Officer in 2016 and brings strong general management skills to the role. Elena is focused on developing McGreadie Group's organizational capabilities, ensuring the company is well positioned to grow and expand its leadership position in target markets. Elena has over 20 years of leadership experience in both global corporations (including General Electric, Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines), as well as emerging businesses. Her areas of expertise include Strategy, Manufacturing, Operations and International Business. Elena's work has earned her a number of professional awards, including being a two-time recipient of the President's E Award. Elena earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Email: dklinker@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Denise manages McCreadie Group's Educational products and is the product lead. She works closely with our clients to support innovative educational processes, ensures pharmacy student and resident success, and assists with maximizing clients' operational efficiencies using PharmAcademicTM. Denise received both her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Florida. She has extensive health systems based practice experience in informatics, operations, and administration in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Most recently, she held a faculty position at the University of Florida, College of Pharmacy and served as the Director of Experiential Programs. Additionally, Denise served as a member of the curriculum committee and taught in multiples courses relating to pharmacy informatics and health-systems practice. She has served as a preceptor to IPPE, APPE students as well as PGY1 residents.
Email: mike@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Mike manages McCreadie Group's Investigational Drug Service products and is the product lead. Mike completed his pharmacy practice residency at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia and has served in technology-oriented, clinical and administrative leadership roles in pharmacy. As Director of Information Services Project Management on the hospital side of the pharmacy business, Mike served as the primary project manager for the EMR implementation at a community hospital. He has been very involved in the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology in a variety of roles. Mike has been recognized as a Fellow by ASHP. He earned his Pharm D from Creighton University and a Master's Certificate in Project Management from Villanova University.
Email: rmalone@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Rick's focus is to further grow and expand McCreadie Group's research product division by identifying how we can work with sponsors and other 3rd parties to add efficiency to the supply chain process. Rick has over 24 years of clinical, operational, and administrative experience. He spent the last eight years as Program Director for the Investigational Drug Service at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and is an experienced Vestigo user.
Email: lgroth@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Lindsay leads the Marketing and Communications department. She is a marketing and brand strategist who brings over 12+ years of experience having worked with Fortune 500 brands and in B2B, B2C and non-profit environments. She most recently transitioned from the University of Michigan as a Senior Marketing and Membership Manager where she developed strategic marketing plans to generate leads and retain customers. Lindsay holds an M.B.A. from Wayne State University and a B.S.B.A. from Central Michigan University double majoring in Marketing and Logistics. She also received her Digital Marketing certification from New York University. She is active in the Ann Arbor community serving as a board member at local non-profits, guest lecturer at EMU, a sponsor and supporter of Kenyan women's empowerment, and committee member of the Softball Academy, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
Email: jennifer@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Jennifer is our lead PharmAcademic Senior Account Manager, providing clients with training and personal, timely support. She develops the training documentation and educational materials for PharmAcademic and is always looking at ways to improve training methods and support resources. Additionally, Jennifer creates and delivers PharmAcademic communications to keep current and potential clients informed about our product. Jennifer joined McCreadie Group with a background in professional writing and education. She has a B.A. from Michigan State University and an M.A. from Eastern Michigan University. She has taught Professional Writing at local colleges and universities and has considerable experience as a technical writer and editor. As a professional educator and communicator, she is committed to providing simple and effective training modules, help documentation, and meaningful product communications.
Email: raletti@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Rachael focuses on helping our clients optimize their use of Vestigo, and identifying how to make it a stronger product that continues to add value and efficiency to IDS. Rachael is a licensed pharmacist with over 10 years of experience in both community and hospital settings. She has served as an investigational drug pharmacist at two major academic medical centers. Her most recent position at New York Presbyterian, and as such she brings both IDS and Vestigo expertise to her role.
Email: bgura@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Barrie is our lead Vestigo Account Manager providing customer support to our clients. She manages inbound support calls, as well as providing ongoing education and training for Vestigo users. Barrie is passionate about continuous improvement and helping her clients get the most of their Vestigo solution. Prior to joining us at McCreadie Group, Barrie has previous experience as a pharmacy technician at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, where she worked in inpatient and investigational drug service pharmacies. She received her Bachelor's degree from California State University at Long Beach, and her Master's degree from UCLA in Community Health Sciences and Public Health.
Email: kmesser@mccreadiegroup.com
Email: clallone@mccreadiegroup.com
Bio: Cherish heads the programming department for both of our software products, Vestigo and PharmAcademic. She comes to McCreadie Group with a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and a Master's degree in IT management. After building a strong skill-set in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management in Detroit's Automotive Industry, Cherish transitioned to McCreadie Group, where she is applying her skills to streamline and improve our software development processes.
Email: doug@mccreadiegroup.com
For client support questions, please contact support@mccreadiegroup.com


Woodlands are a central part of the character of the Dartmoor landscape. Western oak woodlands clothe the sides of many of Dartmoor's steep river valleys. These valleys have an enclosed and intimate character. The wooded valleys are a unique and varied habitat adding colour and seasonal interest to the Dartmoor landscape. Some of Dartmoor's most important oak woodland sites are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, these include: Yarner Wood, Bovey Valley, Holne Woodlands, Hembury Woods, Wistman's Wood, Dendle's Wood, Black-a-tor Copse and Shaugh Prior Woods.


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Q: Get the list of posted messages of the current user I want to show the list of posts that the current user has posted.
This is what I got. I need to get the get the uid from the users structure. Then i need to check of the uid from the users structure the same is as posts/uid. That is what i don't know how to do because i don't know how you can get in a posts that had id for example: "-Kvs50Et17ilfzdgdhcK". it need somehow to check all the posts that have been placed and than check of the uid from the users the same is as the uid of the posts. Please help!
    var Gametext: String = ""
    var Consoletext: String = ""

    var dataBaseRef: DatabaseReference! {
        return Database.database().reference()
    }

    var post: Post! {
        didSet {

            let postsRef = dataBaseRef.child("posts/\(Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)")
        let userQuery = postsRef.queryOrdered(byChild: "uid").queryEqual(toValue: Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)
        userQuery.observe(.childAdded, with: { (snapshot) in
            print(snapshot.childSnapshot(forPath: "Game").value as? String)
            print(snapshot.childSnapshot(forPath: "Console").value as? String)
        }) { (error) in
            print(error.localizedDescription)
        }

        }
    }

Here is my post structure:
{
  "posts" : {
    "-Kvs50Et17ilfzdgdhcK" : {
      "Console" : "Xbox One",
      "ExtraInfo" : "Test",
      "Game" : "test",
      "Gamertag" : "test1244@gamertag",
      "photoURL" : "",
      "postDate" : 1.5074008811834E9,
      "postId" : "C835A03A-9BAF-423E-87F0-60139DA893EB",
      "uid" : "7E4vEew5RbMsWmSMijZxT4TzxHh1",
      "username" : "dani Kemper"
    }
  },

Here is my user structure:
    "users" : {
        "7E4vEew5RbMsWmSMijZxT4TzxHh1" : {
          "Console" : "Xbox One",
          "Gamertag" : "test1244@gamertag",
          "country" : "Antigua & Barbuda",
          "email" : "dani@gmail.com",
          "photoURL" : "",
          "uid" : "7E4vEew5RbMsWmSMijZxT4TzxHh1",
          "username" : "dani Kemper"
        }
   }
}

A: Right now you're reading /posts/7E4vEew5RbMsWmSMijZxT4TzxHh1 in the database. That's not where the posts for the users are, so your completion handler is called with a snapshot without data. Since you then try to read data from it, the code fails.
You will need to read the data from the database with a query that check the uid property of each post:
let postsRef = dataBaseRef.child("posts/\(Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)")
let userQuery = postsRef.queryOrder(byChild: "uid").queryEqual(toValue: Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)
userQuery.observe(.childAdded, with: { (snapshot) in
    print(snapshot.childSnapshot(forPath: "Game").value as? String)
    print(snapshot.childSnapshot(forPath: "Console").value as? String)
}) { (error) in
    print(error.localizedDescription)
}

I recommend reading up on working with lists of data. A few hours spent reading and studying those code samples, will save a lot of time and questions down the line.

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Dear Francois D Thank you very much for staying at Kempinski Hotel Wuxi whilst traveling in China and thank you even more for posting a favourable review on your experience with us. I am particularly happy to read that you appreciated the warm welcome by our Front Desk team as well as the comfort and space of our bedrooms. I'm also happy to read that you liked the variety of our breakfast buffet and the close proximity of the hotel to the historic town. I sincerely hope we can welcome you again in the near future and remain, With very Best Regards, Kurt Vieren.
Nous avons été attirés par la marque Kempinski, que nous avions eu un bon séjour dans un autre hôtel. . En revanche , comme cela, cet hôtel est un peu défraîchi. Nous n'avons pas trouvé l'emplacement très central. Le petit-déjeuner et le personnel est convenable.
I have stayed at the Kempinski in Shanghai and the beds ( and couch!) were as hard as boards! Please tell me- are these the same kind of beds? Do they use the same brand.
Dear Nicetobehere, Thank you very much for your interest in Kempinski Hotel Wuxi. All mattresses in our rooms and suites are from Slumberland which are very comfortable. The studio suite and executive suite mattresses come with a pillow-top, which makes them extra soft. Kempinski Shanghai mattresses are from a different brand. I just noticed that one tripadvisor already replied to you and I can only affirm his/her statement. If you have any further questions, you may contact me directly at kurt . vieren @ kempinski . com Thank you and I hope to welcome you to our hotel soon. Best Regards, Kurt Vieren.


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Pressures Mount for Deeper Investigations Into the UN Trade Group
Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, at an e-commerce session on Africa, organized with the Alibaba Business School, April 1, 2019. HENRIQUE PACINI/UNCTAD
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, riven internally by disputes over its mission and future direction, may be in trouble. Faced with questions about its basic competence from board members and outside investigators, accusations have been gathering about unsatisfactory statistical work and laxity in meeting UN standards and regulations for spending reports by its leadership.
In the first of several recent investigations of Unctad, as the organization is known, a "working party" of member governments said in a report published in September 2018 that more evaluations of possible shortcomings of Unctad's programs were needed. Some delegates raised the issue of rights, saying, "greater attention should be paid to the greater integration of gender and human rights aspects" in programs . . . "which were directly related to the right to development."
In her response to these criticisms, Unctad's deputy secretary-general, Isabelle Durant of Belgium — an international development policy expert appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in 2017 — noted that internal evaluations were being done and promised to detail them in the next review meeting in September 2019. Unctad is located in Geneva.
In March this year, the UN's systemwide inspectorate, the Office of Internal Oversight Services, released results of an audit focused on Unctad's statistical work, which was found to be very weak. "This audit was included in the 2018 risk-based work plan due to the risk that potential weaknesses in the provision of statistical services by Unctad could adversely affect the achievement of its objectives," the auditors reported.
They listed flaws or gaps in governance, the tools and systems used for collecting data, managing statistics, disseminating findings and feedback, as well as technical cooperation and capacity-building in developing countries, which is Unctad's prime purpose. Its performance could negatively affect progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Among the findings in the audit report was a reference to the scattershot collection of development data in various, sometimes overlapping, sections of Unctad, which some staff members call silos or "little empires."
Unctad is reportedly missing basic information on its own statistical data. The auditors said: "Divisions in charge of statistical products that were not centrally managed . . . used various formats such as Excel or PDF and these products were not referenced under the statistical tab of the webpage of Unctad."
By April, an unofficial group of governments, mainly in Europe and the Americas, took their concerns about Unctad to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, whose more developed, selected 36 member nations from both the global North and South regions are committed to, among other tasks, good statistical practices and transparency in public finance and tax collection in development work.
The OECD, based in Paris, does not have authority over Unctad, but its members often consult a related institution, the Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network, which monitors UN agencies. In an informal memo to and by OECD members, the group of governments critical of Unctad describes itself as frustrated enough to make it a priority demand that the UN address continuing lack of transparency and accountability in the trade organization.
That demand includes not only Unctad's core functions but also issues related to the alleged use of extrabudgetary funds for questionable (and sometimes unauthorized) travel by high-level officials. Unctad, they argued, needs to follow UN-wide administrative rules and instructions.
Complicating reform of Unctad is its status in the UN system. It is not an agency like Unicef or the UN Development Program, where donors can exert considerable influence. Unctad was founded in 1964 by and for developing nations as well as China as a permanent standing conference for all UN member nations.
As finally approved by the General Assembly, its directorate was drawn from three regions that needed development policy planning — Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean — where numerous countries had only recently won independence from colonial rulers.
Unctad has its own secretary-general, always drawn from the regions for which it was created, although its deputy secretary-general often comes from a developed (and donor) country. Because of its status, Unctad gets most of its income from the regular UN budget. Donations from member countries are voluntary. Underlying some of the concern within Unctad as well as by outsiders is that the body, which has experienced dips in donations, will suffer more losses of extrabudgetary financing if accounts of incompetence and malfeasance persist or increase.
The current secretary-general is Mukhisa Kituyi, a former trade and industry minister of Kenya from 2002 to 2007, under President Mwai Kibaki, who served from 2002 to 2013. The Kibaki government was condemned internationally and in Kenya — a sharply divided country ethnically and politically — for widespread corruption. Regional African newspapers accused Kituyi of involvement in various scandals.
After the Kibaki government fell, John Githongo, Kenya's most outspoken whistleblower and anticorruption activist, spoke at a forum on foreign policy in London in 2014, sponsored by the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom (UNA-UK). He told reporters on the sidelines that corruption was continuing to poison Kenyan politics, and the situation was compounded by terrorist threats in East Africa.
Moreover, Githongo said, close ties to China would only increase corruption everywhere in the developing world, including in Africa.
"Ever since we started engaging our Chinese colleagues in business, transparency has crashed, and that is causing considerable concern vis-a-vis corruption and its potential implications with regards to governance problems," Githongo was quoted as saying in an interview with The Guardian.
In 2019, Kituyi had a different view, when he was criticized for his close partnership at Unctad with Jack Ma, the mega-rich Chinese entrepreneur who founded the immensely successful online shopping site Alibaba. Kituyi, who has introduced Ma to African leaders as they travel together, has named him his most-prominent special adviser. Together, they work with the Alibaba business school, named for Ma's Amazon-style store. The school is Ma's but Unctad claims a big role in its activities. It was originally based in China but has a wide reach now globally, specializing in e-commerce.
In a March 2019 interview published by the East African Review, Kituyi railed against corruption in Kenya, saying that a death penalty should be imposed on corrupters who cost countries millions in lost and stolen revenues. Kituyi, who is generally assumed to be seeking a political future in Kenya when his term at Unctad ends in 2021, then turned to what he saw as a model nation in his view, according to his interviewer, David Ndii, who wrote:
"He urged China, to help developing countries in waging a furious war against corruption as it has zero tolerance for graft."
Kituyi's ties to the Alibaba business school and other large corporations has been a factor in a new, expanding North-South split in Unctad, with some development specialists in Europe and elsewhere opposed to what they say is a growing influence of multinational corporations like Alibaba in the policies and initiatives of Unctad — not how the organization was conceived by its founders. The divisiveness is considered by some staff to be deeply disturbing.
But others are focused on the more concrete allegations of misuse of Unctad's finances for Kituyi's frequent travels, some of which have not proved to be necessary or even linked to the business of Unctad and may violate clearly stated UN administrative rules. Only recently, he spent a week in Silicon Valley that has not been explained.
Office records show sporadic circulation in Unctad of his travel agenda, although Kituyi is unofficially clocked to be away from his Geneva base for as much as two out of every three weeks. His record as a minister in Kenya was similar. Unctad staffers are acutely aware that Erik Solheim, the former executive director of the UN Environment Program, was asked by UN Secretary-General Guterres to resign last year after Solheim's excessive, expensive travels became a pressing issue for donor nations.
Barbara Crossette is the senior consulting editor and writer for PassBlue and the United Nations correspondent for The Nation. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has also contributed to the Oxford Handbook on the United Nations.
Previously, Crossette was the UN bureau chief for The New York Times from 1994 to 2001 and previously its chief correspondent in Southeast Asia and South Asia. She is the author of "So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas," "The Great Hill Stations of Asia" and a Foreign Policy Association study, "India Changes Course," in the Foreign Policy Association's "Great Decisions 2015."
Crossette won the George Polk award for her coverage in India of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and the 2010 Shorenstein Prize for her writing on Asia.
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kids in communities along the lagoon with high bird population occasionally disturb roosting and feeding birds. habitat of these colony of birds are also threaten with plastics materials from the communities and the sea.
the event will promote bird watching among selected kids from the communities. selected lagoon areas would be cleaned by the kids to provide safe habitat for the birds whiles promoting tourism through improve sanitation.
kids will be refreshed, sensitized and provided with posters and stickers on wetlands conservation.
To celebrate the WMBD, the Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds (ASPB) will run a birdwatching tour for citizens in Yerevan, in the Tumanyan City Park opposite.
Workshop di Fotografia Naturalistica "Un microcosmo per la migrazione"
In occasione del World Migratory Bird Day 2014 la Sezione Campania dell''Associazione Fotografi Naturalisti Italiani, insieme al Progetto "Sguardo sulla Campania - Biodiversità per il 2020" e in collaborazione con l'Ente Riserve Regionali "Foce Volturno-Costa LIcola, Lago di Falciano" organizza un workshop di fotografia naturalistica sul tema "Un Microcosmo per la Migrazione".
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ACTIO Birding se une a las celebraciones y propone nuevamente una actividad divulgativa/educativa: paseo ornitológico en familia.
Una actividad donde los niñ@s y mayores podrán disfrutar de la naturaleza observando las aves y aprender de la mano de nuestro guía especialista curiosidades sobre las aves viajeras que ya han regresado a nuestra zona para criar desde sus áreas de invernada en el continente africano!!
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The Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival was established in 1990 by the United States Forest Service. Beginning as a two-day workshop, the festival emphasized research networking. The Copper River Delta Shorebird Unit, comprised of participating researchers, became part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN), a coalition of more than 240 organizations in North and South America whose mission is shorebird conservation.
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9 things to do when it's raining in the UAE
From theme parks to crafting and a dose of culture – how to stay entertained when it's raining in the emirates
Rainy weather is expected to continue in the UAE. Courtesy Tara Atkinson
The rain is showing no signs of easing up in the UAE this weekend, so whether you live in Abu Dhabi, Dubai or the Northern Emirates, there is plenty to keep you entertained, whatever the weather ...
1. Treat yourself to a spa day
Whether you go all out and check in for a full-day package, or just treat yourself to the odd treatment, there is no better reason to lock yourself away for some R&R than a rainy day. For the next month, Jasmine Spa at Grand Millennium Dubai is offering five different massage treatments for Dh750. Choose between the Jasmine Aroma Massage, a Balinese massage, Swedish massage, sports massage, Thai massage, hot stone massage, back neck and shoulder massage, reflexology, head massage and couple's massage and more. Plus, you can then enjoy day access to the spa's sauna and steam room facilities.
Alternatively, for some low-key relaxation, head to a salon like Tips and Toes (with outlets across the UAE). The home-grown chain is currently offering up to 40 per cent off selected beauty packages or treatments booked online. Facials start at Dh157 and eyelash extensions start at Dh394.
Five treatments for Dh750 at Jasmine Spa at Grand Millennium Dubai, 04 423 4112, www.millenniumhotels.com; Tips and Toes, located across the UAE, www.tipsandtoes.com
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2. Go to a theme park
Around the world, theme parks tend to be an outdoorsy affair, with excursions called off when the clouds come rolling in. The same is not true of the UAE. Both Warner Bros World in Abu Dhabi and IMG Worlds of Adventure in Dubai are expansive indoor theme parks, with rides and entertainment to thrill every member of the family.
Tickets for Warner Bros World, Abu Dhabi, start at Dh230 for kids and Dh295 for adults, www.wbworldabudhabi.com, and IMG Worlds of Adventure, Dubai, start at Dh255 for kids and Dh285 for adults, www.imgworlds.com
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3. Challenge yourself at an escape room
Hit up an escape room for the day, and there are plenty around the UAE. In Abu Dhabi try Sharda at Dalma Mall. Sharda (an Emirati word for escape) offers challenges that will see you get kidnapped, washed up on a desert island and more. You have 60 minutes to try and crack the code. In Dubai, head to TEPfactor in Jumeirah Beach Residence, which offers a variety of different physical and mental challenges. Thrill seekers should go to Phobia, which has two locations in Dubai's Jumeirah Lakes Towers. The Dark Room, in the Red Diamond Building, is said to be a particularly terrifying experience.
Sharda, Dalma Mall, Abu Dhabi, open daily from 10am, from Dh90 per person, www.sharda.ae; TEPfactor, Bahar Plaza, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai, open daily from 10am, from Dh79 for kids and Dh99 for adults, http://www.tepfactor.ae; Phobia, X1 Tower and Red Diamond Building, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, open daily from 11am, from Dh115, www.phobia.ae
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4. Netflix and chill, for real
Get on the sofa and don't move, an ideal rainy day activity. Netflix shows out this month include Ricky Gervais's After Life, The Disappearance of Madeline McCann, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Delhi Crime and Derry Girls. If the bad weather persists, Our Planet from the creators of Planet Earth will be out on Friday April 5. Voiced by Sir David Attenborough, along with a few other guest narrators, the new eight-part documentary will include scenes from Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Oman.
5. Catch the Metro
Stay with me! Take advantage of the spaces built for summer, with long covered walkways, like the Metro Link from Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station, to The Dubai Mall. So you will get your steps up and feel like you're out and about, with zero need for a rain coat. Then you can spend your day browsing the mall, if you're so inclined.
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6. Smash things up
For an indoor workout with a twist, hit up The Smash Room in Dubai's Al Quoz. Whether you're flying solo or go in a group, it's a space where you can pick your weapon, don some protective gear and take all your frustration out on donated objects, just waiting to be smashed up. Alternatively, you can bring your own items to smash up, which could also prove to be pretty therapeutic. It's a totally indoor activity, that is guaranteed to get your heart rate up.
The Smash Room, Al Quoz, Dubai, from Dh75 for 30 minutes, www.thesmashroom.ae
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7. Head to the cinema
OK, so this one is a bit of a given, but there are so many good movies on at the moment, wouldn't you relish the chance to watch two or three movies back to back? Movies out now include: Capernaum, Us, How to Train Your Dragon, Dumbo, Captain Marvel, Alita: Battle Angel, Notebook, Lucifer and The Upside.
8. Get crafty
Kids and adults alike can keep busy with some arts and crafts. Try a workshop at Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Mussafah; the centre offers sessions on drawing painting, calligraphy, jewellery making and more. For anyone who wants to get their hands dirty, make your way to Yadawei Ceramic Studio in Al Quoz. There you can learn sculpture, how to throw on a pottery wheel or hand-build pieces, and group or private sessions are available. If pre-made ceramics are more your bag, head to Cafe Ceramique, where both children and adults can paint their own ceramic pieces, which will then be glazed for them to keep forever.
Art Hub Gallery, Level 1, The Mall World Trade Center Abu Dhabi, sessions daily, www.adah.ae; Yadawei Ceramic Studio, Warehouse 30, 8A Street, Al Quoz 1, 04 379 1312, open from 10am, Mon-Sat, www.yadawei.net; Cafe Ceramique, Town Centre Mall, Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, 04 344 7331, www.cafeceramique.ae
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9. Head to a museum
When was the last time you brushed up on local history? The Dubai Museum gives visitors an insight into traditional Bedouin life; Louvre Abu Dhabi has some of the world's most valuable pieces of art on display; the Dubai Moving Images Museum in Barsha Heights displays a private collection of photography artefacts; Emirates National Auto Museum in Al Gharbia, Abu Dhabi, is a must-visit for car buffs; the interactive Sharjah Science Museum is a great place to brush up on all things scientific; and the Sharjah Art Foundation is a great place to check out guest exhibitions. The Sharjah Art Foundation is also home to the Rain Room – a place to escape the rain, in the rain, without getting wet!
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The Bombay Company brand is back.
Five years after the Fort Worth-based home furnishings retailer went bankrupt and liquidated, Germany's Otto Group, which owns 96 percent of Crate & Barrel, believes the name still has enough cachet for a rebirth.
Last year, Bombay Company returned to the U.S. market selling decor accessories on the QVC shopping channel. Now it's putting displays in Kroger Marketplace stores, including ones in Frisco and Fort Worth. Two more 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplaces are under construction in North Texas, in Little Elm and Mansfield.
Otto Group bought Bombay in January from a joint venture that included retail liquidators Hilco and Gordon Brothers.
Soon after Bombay's 2007 bankruptcy, a private company bought its retail operation in Canada and continues to operate stores there. Otto owns the rights to sell Bombay everywhere else in the world.
Kroger is Bombay's first nationwide in-store distribution deal. There are plans to relaunch Bombay Kids merchandise soon, and at least two other national retailers are negotiating to bring back the extended line, including bedroom furniture, said Wil Hollands, president of Hermes-Otto International, which operates Bombay in the U.S. out of its office in New York.
Next year, the Bombay brand will launch its own website.
"Negotiations under way now will bring back all of our categories to the market," Hollands said. "We're blending the assortments to be geared to each retailer's target market, from first-time homebuyers in their late 20s and early 30s to people into their 60s who want to buy gifts.
"With its classic styling and unexpected details, Bombay accessories and furniture left shoppers feeling good about their purchase, whether it was a $5 item or a $2,000 bedroom suite," Hollands said.
For Kroger, Bombay created a collection of mirrors, vases, novelty accents, coffee tables and upholstered chairs. The items are priced from $6.99 to $399.99.
The collection, which includes Bombay's signature accent tables, is sold only in Kroger's 180 hybrid food and general merchandise stores, which operate under different names, including Fred Meyer, Fry's Food Stores, King Soopers and Kroger Marketplace.
Bombay is one of the few brands that have made the leap from bankruptcy and dormancy to re-emerge as a product line sold by other big retailers.
The Sharper Image chain took a similar path.
Sharper Image, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and closed 184 stores, has had success under new ownership and licensing agreements. The consumer electronics chain's products are now sold by Dillard's, Macy's, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond and on its own website.
"There are now more Sharper Image products — 600 or 700 — than when we had stores. We make everything from iPod docks and luggage to kitchen electrics," said Federico de Bellegarde, senior vice president of Shaper Image, which is owned by a joint venture that includes Hilco and Gordon Brothers.
"We could do this because we were known for product innovation vs. other consumer electronics competitors. After 35 years, we were a highly trusted brand," de Bellegarde said.
Robert Passikoff, founder and president of Brand Keys Inc., said life after bankruptcy isn't the same for brands such as Circuit City and Linens 'n Things, for example. "Those brands didn't differentiate themselves from the competition. They didn't resonate with the consumer," he said.
At its peak, Bombay operated 450 stores and had revenue of $600 million a year, but it was burdened by too much debt and faced competition from an influx of cheaper furniture imports from China and Vietnam and more home furnishings stores in shopping centers.
Hollands was Bombay's vice president of merchandising from 2004 until 2007. Before that, he owned and operated Near & Far gifts and home accessories stores in Dallas' West Village and four other locations. In the 1990s, he was senior designer and vice president of product development at Fort Worth-based Pier 1 Imports.
The Bombay brand now has the resources of a big company with offices around the world, and Holland has renewed some of its previous supplier contacts, which puts the brand in a good position, he said.
Otto Group, with sales last year of more than $16 billion, is Germany's largest online retailer and has owned the majority interest in Crate & Barrel since 1998. Worldwide, Otto is the No. 2 online retailer behind Seattle-based Amazon.com.
The company's consumer research found that many people thought the store had closed only in their cities, he said.
Bombay is planning another batch of fall shows on QVC. It's only been in the Kroger stores a few weeks, and Kroger's Texas division spokesman Gary Huddleston said it's a little early to tell how the brand is doing.
But on the new Bombay Company's Facebook page, former customers are asking when they can get specific pieces by name, from its Caledonia bedroom collection to Chinese foo dog statues. A Facebook fan in Virginia wrote, "Please don't ever go away again!" and said she cried when the stores closed in her area.


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The Grosvenor presents a delicious menu of snacks and lunch dishes, from arrival for bacon brioche or muesli bars to get you going over coffee, through the morning coffee break and on to lunch.
All catering breaks will take place in the Great Room, where the Expo is sited.
Lunch is both 'serve yourself' and also waiter service, where you'll be brought delicious bowl food to wherever you are in the Expo. We don't think lunch should get in the way of networking and business!
Afternoon tea will give you energy for the exciting finale panel session.


I've been meaning to write to you since we opened Tot's presents. Oh wait, I'm being summoned – someone's banging her bowl to demand more grapes… I thought slavery was supposed to be illegal.
Hmm, turns out she's discovered the joy of drumming. Where was I? Oh yeah, about these gifts…. I think we have the entire Middle East in miniature now. They're going to start drilling for oil soon, I just know it. Thank you very much – Tot loves them, almost as much as Lambert, but Lambert's easier to sleep with.


Buffett's 2014 Annual Letter is Out!
Warren Buffett's latest and longest-ever annual letter is out. For those who are interested, here is the link to the full version: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2014ltr.pdf 43 pages of pleasure, enjoy!
Buffett didn't write anything about his in-and-out investment in Exxon Mobil.
Buffett writes: "I've mentioned in the past that my experience in business helps me as an investor and that my investment experience has made me a better businessman. Each pursuit teaches lessons that are applicable to the other. And some truths can only be fully learned through experience." I can vouch for that. To further assert his point a bit of a Buffett-humor is used: "There are certain things that cannot be adequately explained to a virgin either by words or pictures." Uncle Warren sends his two investment managers to dip their feet in the water as he tasked each of them to have oversight over one of Berkshire's businesses. I think they will benefit a lot from that experience.
In his section, Munger strongly hints that Ajit Jain and Greg Abel can replace Buffett when the day comes.
This blog started about a year ago before I made my first ever trip to Omaha to hear Buffett during Berkshire's AGM. This year I will go back to Omaha for some more fun so stay tuned.


This wonderful label is a lovely stamped example of a large grape vine leaf with a beautifully textured surface. Attached to the grape vine is the original chain with circular links. Pierced by hand across the front is 'MADIERA'. Adding to the beauty is the original gilding to the front and back surfaces and the chain.
William Ker Reid married Mary Barnard, daughter of important silversmith Edward Barnard, in 1812. (Barnard was in partnership with Rebecca Emes at the time.) Reid sold pieces both of of his own making and pieces made by Barnard. As the Barnard firm focused on larger objects and never made many labels, this was likely made by Reid although the quality is high enough that it could be from either shop.
This stunning antique decanter label is fully hallmarked on the front. It measures 3.25 inches wide by 2.5 inches tall, weighs .80 troy ounces and is in excellent antique condition.


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Watch an Expert Woodworker Build a Traditional Large Format Camera
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Patrick Sullivan is a woodworker with over 50 years of experience under his belt. In this 15-minute video, Sullivan shares how he spent the last couple of months building a traditional large format camera — a project that kept him "absolutely fascinated."
Before sharing his particular build process, Sullivan first gives a brief history of large format cameras, from the simple, large, and unwieldy cameras used in the first half-century of photography to the beautiful devices that emerged as the art form grew and evolved.
Sullivan notes that allowing the film plane to be tilted and the lens to
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How to Photograph Your Own Eye
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The world of macro photography is full of fascinating subjects, but eyes and irises have got to be among the most mesmerizing ones. As with most captivating subjects, capturing it can be quite a challenge.
In this article, I will share tips, tricks, and all the know-how you'll need to create photographs, just like the one above, yourself.
At this point, I should mention, that the best image quality will be achieved by the use of a flash, and therefore the first challenge will be to find a willing subject/model.
In this article, I will teach you how to photograph
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How to Make a LIDAR-Driven Motorized Film Carrier
Despite what some people think about LIDAR for cars, in the near future it is foreseeable that this technology will take its rightful place in our daily lives. Not just for cars but with almost anything and everything. We have already seen Apple's new iPad and iPhone utilizing this technology. I wanted to see if I could use a LIDAR, in its most fundamental function, on a film carrier that is printed on a 3D printer.
After using EPSON's v600 and v700, and DigitaLIZA from Lomography, I wanted to make a versatile film carrier that would help digitize film negatives
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Maximilian Heinrich of Analog Insights recently inherited an 85-year-old Leica camera and handed it off to his friend Jules for repair and restoration. This 15-minute video is about the camera's journey from nearly being passed on to a camera store to being brought back to form.
When visiting his aunt for a weekend, Max was told that he could look through a bag of cameras that his uncle wanted to get rid of. One of the cameras was a Leica IIIa (upgraded with Leica IIIf features) complete with a lens, case, manual, and accessories.
The camera was a bit dirty
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Shooting Portraits Inside a London COVID Hospital
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I first came to the hospital back in June, having decided that the stories and experiences of the front line staff shouldn't be forgotten. We'd all seen inside the Italian hospitals, but when the virus hit the UK, there was nothing coming out of the UK, so I made it my mission to gain access and document the life and death struggles going on behind closed doors.
This project is unique, and through it, we have a chance to see what it was like inside a COVID hospital at the peak of the pandemic and hear from the front line
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Shooting with 35mm Film That Expired 20 Years Ago
Photographer Mathieu Stern recently got his hands on a handful of cheap expired film rolls to see what results he could get out of them. You can see his experiment in this 5-minute video.
One commonly cited rule of thumb for shooting expired film is to add an extra stop of exposure for every decade since the film expired. So if you're shooting an ISO 1600 roll of film that expired 20 years ago, you should shoot as though it were an ISO 400 roll.
For a more in-depth guide to shooting expired film that will serve you better than
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Photog Builds LEGO 4×5 Camera After Being Forced to Sell Favorite Camera
A photographer in Japan was forced to sell his favorite camera earlier this year after being impacted by the COVID-19 recession. Instead of letting that put a stop to his art, he decided to build his own 4×5 large format camera… using LEGO blocks.
The photographer, who goes by @wagoimages on social media, pulled out some boxes of LEGOs and built himself the camera on a tabletop, combining the popular children's toy with a lens, bellows, and ground glass.
The photographer has been traveling all over Japan, shooting beautiful photos with the unusual camera.
The two spirit levels on the
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This is How Photojournalists Got Shots of Trump Golfing
President Trump was golfing on Saturday when most mainstream media outlets called the 2020 presidential election, projecting former Vice President Joe Biden as the winner. A few photojournalists managed to capture photos of Trump by shooting with ultra-telephoto camera lenses from nearly a mile away across the Potomac River.
Photojournalist Al Drago shared an interesting behind-the-scenes view of how he, AP photographer Pat Semansky, and Washington Post staff photographer Jabin Botsford ran along a riverfront footpath to get the shots they were after.
Amazing to see how US photojournalists @al_drago and Pat Semansky got the shot of @realDonaldTrump golfing
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Duo Shoots a Wet Plate Photo Together Despite a 7000km Separation
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With the current state of affairs, photographers have been coming up with unique ways to exercise their craft remotely. Photographer Markus Hofstaetter decided he wanted to make a portrait with a friend and came up with a way to do it despite the vast distance between them.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hofstaetter has been unable to travel to see friends, let alone take photos with them. Still, he did not want to simply do nothing.
"We couldn't do a lot of things because of the pandemic, but I won't let this get me down," he writes in his blog
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This is a Blacklight Photo Print Made with Screen Printing
The Seoul gallery Blackmarket recently created a blacklight print of a photo by Seoul-based cyberpunk photographer Noe Alonzo. This 3-minute behind-the-scenes video shows how the print is made using screenprinting.
For the lengthy printing process, Blackmarket uses ultraviolet powders and mixes them into a clear oil-based ink as a replacement for basic CMYK.
Using 250GSM matte-black softboard, the printer works from lightest to darkest layers in this ink order: white base, bright yellow, magenta, cyan, white highlights, and finally rich black.
200 mesh screens are used to capture fine details, so the liquids (which are mixed with a slow drying
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An Artist's Detailed Process of Turning the Concept of 'Writing' into a Photo
Photographer Alper Yesiltas has shared a detailed breakdown of how he came up with and executed a photo idea that embodied the idea of both "to read" and "to write." While "to read" came to him quickly, "to write" took considerably more time and effort.
You may remember Yesiltas as the Turkish photographer who PetaPixel featured in 2018 for photo project that captured the same window for 12 years. This time, he challenged himself to make visible the idea of reading and writing.
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The Differences Between Color Grading in Lightroom Versus Photoshop
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Q: confusion matrix with sklearn I trained a model for spam filtering
 I get confusion matrix with this line of code
tn, fp, fn, tp=  confusion_matrix(targets, predictions).ravel()

classifcation labels are put on a list as follows:
targets = test_set['S'].values

S values are classification labels for each email
and these are the results

I dont specify at any moment which class is positive et and which one is the  negative.. how do i know which is which ( is spam considered the positive class ) ?