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Q: Extract object from the image of a box having object I have a box, transparent from the front and i am placing camera on the front transparent panel to capture the image of the internal, most of the time the box is empty, but suppose someone places an object inside this box, then i have to just extract this object from the image captured.
(My real aim is to recognize the object placed inside the box, but first step is to extract the object and then extract features to generate a training model, and for now i am only focusing in extracting the object from the image)
I am new to OpenCV and using it with Python and i found few OpenCV functions which can help me.

*

*GrabCut, this works perfectly for me, i am able to just extract the
object, provided that, i mark the rectangle over the object, but as
object can be anywhere inside the box so its not possible to draw the
exact size rectangle of the object, and if there is a way please suggest me.

*Difference of Image, Since i have empty cavity box image and when the
object is present, i can use cv2.absdiff function to calculate the
difference between the image, but this doesn't work properly in most
of the cases, as it uses pixel by pixel difference calculations, and
due to this results are weird, plus change in light conditions also
makes it difficult.

*Back Ground Subtraction, i read few post on this and it looks this is
what i need, but the example i got is for video, and i didn't
understand how to make it work with just two images, one empty box and another with object.

The code for back ground subtraction is as follow, even it doesn't work that much properly for short distances
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
fgbg = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2()
fgbg2 = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorKNN()

while True:
    ret, frame = cap.read()
    cv2.namedWindow('Real', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.namedWindow('MOG2', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.namedWindow('KNN', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.namedWindow('MOG2_ERODE', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.namedWindow('KNN_ERODE', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.imshow('Real', frame)
    fgmask = fgbg.apply(frame)
    fgmask2 = fgbg2.apply(frame)
    kernel = np.ones((3,3), np.uint8)
    fgmask_erode = cv2.erode(fgmask,kernel,iterations = 1)
    fgmask2_erode = cv2.erode(fgmask2,kernel,iterations = 1)

    cv2.imshow('MOG2',fgmask)
    cv2.imshow('KNN',fgmask2)
    cv2.imshow('MOG2_ERODE',fgmask_erode)
    cv2.imshow('KNN_ERODE',fgmask2_erode)
    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
    if k == 27:
        break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Can anyone please help in this topic, and also how to modify the above code to just use the two images, when i tried i get blank images. Thanks in Advance
Sample Images from Camera are as follow:
(I am using 8MP Camera that's why the image size is large, i reduced the size and then uploading it here)

A: You have mentioned subtraction and I believe that in this case it is the best approach. I have implemented a very simple algorithm that takes care of the cases you have provided us with. I explained the code with comments. On the images, I present the most important steps that you had problems with - the clue of the algorithm.
Difference between the images:

Difference threshold inverse:

Both of the above combined:

Result no.1:

Result no.2:

Code with explanation:
import cv2
import numpy as np

# load the images
empty = cv2.imread("empty.jpg")
full = cv2.imread("full_2.jpg")

# save color copy for visualization
full_c = full.copy()

# convert to grayscale
empty_g = cv2.cvtColor(empty, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
full_g = cv2.cvtColor(full, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

# blur to account for small camera movement
# you could try if maybe different values will maybe
# more reliable for broader cases
empty_g = cv2.GaussianBlur(empty_g, (41, 41), 0)
full_g = cv2.GaussianBlur(full_g, (41, 41), 0)

# get the difference between full and empty box
diff = full_g - empty_g
cv2.imwrite("diff.jpg", diff)

# inverse thresholding to change every pixel above 190
# to black (that means without the bag)
_, diff_th = cv2.threshold(diff, 190, 255, 1)
cv2.imwrite("diff_th.jpg", diff_th)

# combine the difference image and the inverse threshold
# will give us just the bag
bag = cv2.bitwise_and(diff, diff_th, None)
cv2.imwrite("just_the_bag.jpg", bag)

# threshold to get the mask instead of gray pixels
_, bag = cv2.threshold(bag, 100, 255, 0)

# dilate to account for the blurring in the beginning
kernel = np.ones((15, 15), np.uint8)
bag = cv2.dilate(bag, kernel, iterations=1)

# find contours, sort and draw the biggest one
_, contours, _ = cv2.findContours(bag, cv2.RETR_TREE,
                                  cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
contours = sorted(contours, key=cv2.contourArea, reverse=True)[:3]
cv2.drawContours(full_c, [contours[0]], -1, (0, 255, 0), 3)

# show and save the result
cv2.imshow("bag", full_c)
cv2.imwrite("result2.jpg", full_c)
cv2.waitKey(0)

Now, of course the algorithm can be improved and will have to be adjusted to whatever conditions you'll have to deal with. You've mentioned the difference in lighting for example - you'll have to handle that to make sure that the background is similar for subtracted images. To do that you'll probably have to look at some contrast enhancement algorithms, maybe registration if the camera moves - that could be a completely separate issue on its own.
I would also consider GrabCut that JeruLuke mentioned with a bounding rectangle of the contour found by my approach. To make sure the object is contained within it just expand the rectangle.

A: I have a rough solution in place. You will have to refine it to suit your needs in case you wish to take it further.
First, I performed edge detected using cv2.Canny() on the blurred version of the gray-scale image:
gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) #---convert image to gray---
blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 0)   #---blurred the image---
edges = cv2.Canny(blur, lower, upper)   #---how to find perfect edges see link below---

I dilated the edges to make them more visible:
kernel = np.ones((3, 3), np.uint8)
dilated = cv2.morphologyEx(edges, cv2.MORPH_DILATE, kernel)

Next, I found contours present on the edge detected image.
_, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(king, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

Note I used cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL to get outer contours only
Then I found the contour having largest area a put a bounding box around it.

Now I used the GrabCut Algorithm to segment the lunch box. To do so I got all the help I needed from THIS LINK HERE
I used the coordinates of the bounding rectangle I obtained after finding the contour as input for the GrabCut Algorithm
FINAL OUTPUT:

As you can see it is not perfect but this is the best I could get to.
Hope it helps. Do post if you get a better solution!!!
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Critics Are Not Happy with Netflix's Adaptation of Death Note
Netflix will release its own adaptation of the Japanese manga Death Note
Netflix decided to bring its own adaptation to the popular manga Death Note, and critics are not happy. The manga has gathered thousands of fans over the years, as it puts up many moral questions regarding power and truth. However, the top streaming service Netflix decided to bring its own adaptation of the story, which distances itself quite a lot from the original. As expected, old fans are not pleased.
Netflix will soon release a Death Note adaptation
Netflix took quite a brave step in its adaptation of Death Note. The Japanese manga was already extremely popular when the first movie based on it appeared, or before it was turned into an anime. Unfortunately for the older fans, things were changed a bit from the original.
Although the movie kept the names of the characters, their stories weren't properly preserved. Netflix's version of the stories of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata were altered, and critics thought they could have been rendered better. Also, Ryuk was displayed as a horrific demigod, while this version's Light, embodied by Natt Wolf, was pretty happy by the killing capabilities of the notebook
The creators of the manga were happy with the Netflix version
In fact, this version depicts a reality where the deadly notebook gets in the hands of a Seattle teenager, and the action takes place in Seattle. Therefore, critics didn't appreciate the massive whitewashing of the story.
Adam Wingard has a pleasant style of horror, but the critics think Netflix could have done more than that. However, despite all this negative feedback and general disappointment, Tsugumi Ohba seemed to have enjoyed this version of Death Note, and this counts a lot for the company. The makers got to enjoy a private screen of the movie, and they declared themselves excited.
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Mother of four children ages 17 months to 10 years in Victoria hospital with a brain tumor
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Mother of four, Cara Bennett, 37, was diagnosed with a life threatening form of brain cancer which has left her bedridden in Victoria General Hospital.
"I'm devastated," says husband, Dale. "But I'm just trying to keep it together and be there for my wife."
Dale says the past few months have been a blur.
"It all started with Cara having a seizure," he explains. "Right away they did a CAT scan and found bleeding in her brain. The next day they told us it looked like a tumour."
It turned out Cara had three brain tumours. Two were removed but Dale says one deadly and incurable one was left behind.
Cara has Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) — the most aggressive, malignant brain tumor found in humans. Without treatment she would have two months to live, says Dale. However, successful chemotherapy may buy Cara 12 to 15 months of life to spend with her husband and children, the youngest of which is only 17 months old.
"Of course we are going to try treatment," says Dale. "But the only thing we can do is zap it with radiation and try to shrink it. It's incurable though and eventually it will take her life."
Before Cara was relocated to VGH, she worked as a home support worker in Qualicum Beach where she and Dale raised their family.
The kids, who ranged in age from 17 months to 10 years, are currently living in Victoria at Jeneece Place where they can be as close to their mother as possible during these hard times.
"The kids are too young to really understand what is going on," says Dale. "They just know mom is sick and they want to go home."
Long-time friend, Rita Paul, was heartbroken when she found out about Cara.
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Comic hardcover, 116 pages
Acquired January 2012
Read March 2012
We3: The Deluxe Edition
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Frank Quitely
Colorist and Digital Inker: Jamie Grant
We3 is an odd little comic. It's about a government project to abduct three pets (a dog, a cat, and a rabbit) and wire them into killing machines so you can have a living soldier on the battlefield without it being a human being. The project gets shut down, and the scientist ordered to terminate the animals actually releases them, forcing the government to come after them, all guns blazing.
There are some great things about this book. Most of that is due to Frank Quitely's art. The absolute best page is where we see a man being torn apart by a hail of bullets, and we are positioned on the opposite side of his body from the shooter, all the bullets coming right at us after having passed through him. It is the most beautiful image of a man being torn apart by bullets that I have ever seen. Indeed, the whole book is filled with oddly beautiful images of violence, which cause you to reevaluate what you think of violence more than any number of gruesome images ever will. In fact, the beautiful images that are not overtly violent are still only possible because of violence, such as the three animals' star-filled escape. Sure, it's gorgeous, and sure, it's a two-page splash emerging from a cramped grid of panels-- but a page earlier those animals murdered a bunch of people.
The notes at the end by Morrison and Quitely indicate that they think they're doing something innovative, and I don't fully buy it, but they're almost there. At first I rejected the tiny inset panels, though a great technique unique to comics, as having been done by Crisis on Infinite Earths back in 1985 (and though I like George Pérez, he's not exactly avant garde), but I realized that these are different. While Pérez's images show a number of moments all happening simultaneously to each other, Quitely juxtaposes multiple moments that don't actually take place simultaneously, but come on top of each other so quickly that they seem to. But I can't come up with an effect caused by the 3D panels that comics couldn't do before already.
The story itself is kinda obvious-- it really is any old "escaped animal" story but with violence and cyborgs. The characters are mostly types, especially the human beings (but maybe that's the point). We3 is formalistically complex, but not married to a story that makes full use of that complexity.
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In a comedy atmosphere, this animation centers around the struggle of a young penguin, Muble, who lives in Antarctica, where each penguin should have a sing talent, in order to manage to attract a female, but Muble, has not a singing talent, but dancing, the thing that challenges him, as he has to do his best and attracts a female.
Actors: Carlos Alazraqui,
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Lombardo Boyar,
Lombardo Boyar 1 December 1973, El Paso, Texas, USA
Jeffrey Garcia,
Jeffrey Garcia 3 May 1977, La Puente, California, USA
Johnny A. Sanchez,
Johnny A. Sanchez 14 May 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA
Robin Williams,
Robin Williams 21 July 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elijah Wood,
Elijah Wood 28 January 1981, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Animation
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Q: How to dump an in-memory generated class to a file I am getting some exceptions in a generated class sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1548.invoke(). Is it possible to dump its code to a file or browse it somehow at runtime? It's part of a very large application with many third-party libs and I do not even know which library generated this class in the first place.
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The last stacktrace is:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.lang.ClassCastException@60b4bc67
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1548.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.7.0_51]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) ~[na:1.7.0_51]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.ReflectionWrapper.call(ReflectionWrapper.java:63) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.ReflectionObjectHandler.unwrap(ReflectionObjectHandler.java:34) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.guards.WrappedGuard.apply(WrappedGuard.java:33) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.GuardedWrapper.guardCall(GuardedWrapper.java:40) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.ReflectionWrapper.call(ReflectionWrapper.java:57) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.reflect.GuardedBinding.get(GuardedBinding.java:66) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    at com.github.mustachejava.codes.DefaultCode.get(DefaultCode.java:105) ~[compiler-0.8.13.jar:na]
    ... 98 common frames omitted

(There are no more "caused by" traces)

A: The class is generated by the JVM to optimise the use of reflection.  This should be the cause of an error unless there is a bug in the JVM, in which case you need to upgrade.  More likely there is a bug in the code this method calls.

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Guests and participants of the international exhibition got acquainted with new tourist destinations and opportunities in Uzbekistan, which can attract tourists from Europe and far abroad.
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Katy Perry gushes about Orlando Bloom at UNICEF Snowflake Ball, gets support from Hillary Clinton
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New York City, NY, United States (4E) – Hillary Clinton supported Katy Perry at the Snowflake Ball of UNICEF and the singer praised her boyfriend Orlando Bloom for having a kind heart.
Perry was honored during this year's UNICEF Snowflake Ball in New York City with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award. Perry has been an ambassador for UNICEF since 2013 and Bloom was the recipient of the same award. Perry then said that it is funny and she gushed about the actor saying that he has the "most kind heart ever."
Perry, via UNICEF, recently participated in field visits in Vietnam and Madagascar as well as raised more than $1 million for the organization via her Prismatic World Tour.
Perry continued to share, "With UNICEF, I go on the field and I'm in those situations, and I'm with those kids and I'm in the poverty. I'm in the helplessness. I'm in the sadness. I feel it. I absorb it so much." She added that she then tries to take her light not only on social media but also in any way she could influence others in order to help those in need and in order to bring awareness.
As for the award from UNICEF, Perry said that she felt like she should not be getting an award this early but she believes it is a symbol and a sign for her to always continue helping others. She also thinks that the award is a reminder that she has to be on the filed so as to do something that matters.
More on Clinton supporting Perry, it was reported that the former Secretary of State was with Katy Perry at her table alongside Bloom and Allison Williams. Clinton also presented the award to Perry herself. This marks the second official appearance of Clinton since her loss from Donald Trump during the recently-concluded presidential elections.
Clinton gave a speech about Perry saying that the singer is someone who has the spirit, energy, and compassion that is tantamount to what Audrey Hepburn did for UNICEF. She also said that Perry has a powerful voice and creative lyrics reminding everyone to get back up when they get knocked down. Clinton continued to praise Perry for her commitment for the causes she believes in and how deeply she cares about the world being a better place.


What's the biggest lesson you've learned over the last year?
Over the last year, I've been working with local governments pretty closely to tackle complex problems and design better public services. As a designer, I am experiencing the growing complexity of the problems via projects at FutureGov - from fixing transport to improving fostering services, from redesigning care services for people with dementia to helping people to access heritage archive in the digital age. All made extra challenging at the time of austerity and uncertainty. I've learned a lot and am still experimenting with new ways of working. Here are a few lessons I'd like to share.
Firstly, the job title doesn't matter, impact does. We designers often stuck with job titles or find it difficult to describe exactly what we do. "Am I a strategist? Am I a service designer? Am I a business designer? Am I a full-stack system thinker?" The quest goes on and our Linkedin page can be confusing for non-designers. It's easy to fall into the trap to try to update that perfect job title and describe who we are and what we could do. I often find it more interesting to talk about the impact we are creating. Are we meeting real user's needs long-term and embedding positive changes? Are we spreading user-centred experience across the wider system? Are we helping the team to work better together? At the time of increased complexity and uncertainty, I'd rather be the designer obsessed with impact instead of job title. I hope one day my client can introduce me proudly to their colleagues as 'she helped us to design better public service'.
Secondly, designers have to design beyond target user experience or journey maps and design with the system in mind. Often we underestimate the complexity of government and can be carried away with our 'user-centred toolkit'. When we land our work with a target user experience backed up with loads of research insights, we assume people will be amazed and start doing something with it. However, the truth is for any organisation with many elements and sources of power interacting with each other (like the government), the journey maps we take high pride of can be seen as naive and unrealistic. To make change happen (if our goal is to deliver that target user experience), we have to look beneath the user experience and understand the building blocks of the system and the inter-relationship between them. We have to get our hands dirty to get into the details of finance, policy, staff roles and responsibilities, processes and tech systems. We have to be smart about when to sense, when to probe and when to act and be realistic of what can be changed and work with what's manoeuvrable. That is not to say all designers now need to go to business or law school or start to code. But being mindful of those building blocks is definitely helpful. In the fast-changing world, the best way to deal with complexity is to embrace it and design with the system in mind.
Thirdly, we can always be bold and design for public sector growth even in austerity. Most of our projects at FG starts from a saving target or the question of "how can we help the council to save x million in x year?". To most of the governments that often equal to service reduction, tighter eligibility or shifting to cheaper channels. None of us is strangers to the news of increased housing waiting list or reduced opening hours of your local leisure centre. The most rewarding projects I've worked on at FG are the one looking to reframe the savings questions to the challenge of delivering a much bigger vision yet with less government expenditure. Those projects often involve with challenging councils to rethink its role within the society and service landscape, from controlling and commanding to connecting resources, from delivering directly to enabling market innovation, from service reduction to capability growth. It also involves helping councils to adopt technology to not only automate tasks, eliminate people but also to increase influence and levers in the market by using data and insights. The public sector urgently needs more growth mindset to meet user's needs and drive the cost down.
Finally, while it's ok to think big, the best way to test complex strategy is to launch it quickly, do it cheaply and revise it rapidly. I often feel the pressure from our local government clients to be able to explain exactly what will happen after the change otherwise they won't try it. Since no one has the magic glass ball, the best way to figure out whether our strategy or idea works or not is to launch something small quickly(i.e. Riskiest Assumption) so that we test user's response in the real world. The ability to do it cheaply is almost the new competitive edge of one organisation from another because if we can do it cheaply, it means we can test more ideas until we find the best solution. It also prevents the team from being attached to any specific idea. Revise it rapidly is about taking on feedback learned from experiment and adapt our strategy accordingly. This is what we call Agile ways of working at FutureGov.
There are so many. Here are the top three.
* How can we help governments to adopt a growth mindset in austerity environment?
* How can we create space for experimentation within government to test strategy quickly, cheaply and revise rapidly?
I am fascinated by the podcast from the behavioural insights team Nudge Unit when they talked about the dirty secret of government is that we don't know whether what we are doing works a lot of the time. The Nudge Unit believes by focusing on smaller things we can better achieve bigger goals. Some of their work with the Cabinet Office is very interesting which helped the government to make better policy by breaking down big goals into series of smaller steps and actions to try.
An article I read a few months ago really stuck with me. It's from Ian Burbidge from the RSA. In his 'Outdated public services must empower people to achieve change', he examined the context of the outdated models of public services and the types of societal problems we are facing. I found the call to 'think like a system and act like an entrepreneur' could be a very powerful message to a lot of people working in public sector. I certainly find it very useful.
Don't think of career path too much, focus on what you'd like to grow as a person and how can you make yourself helpful. The danger of career development sometimes is it makes us anxious about ourselves as we can always be better. There is simply not enough of a celebration of who we are and what we are good at already.
When I switch the questions of 'Am I good enough?' to 'Am I being helpful?', it helped me to stay focus on my strength and articulate values I could offer to any team and any company. It removes the emotional elements too which can sometimes get in the way of our growth.
When you are good at many things, why don't you do all of them? This can be controversial as most of the workplace like to hire people who could do one thing and do it well. And I find it very difficult to be good at many things or convince people I have many skills at the early stage of my career. This podcast from Harvard Business Review interviewed Kabir Sehgal who is living and thriving in his portfolio career instead of a traditional career path. His story of juggling multiple jobs and build it into a great career is an inspiring one. I am still figuring out what is my portfolio career might look like.


Sofi and Derby had a spa day today so I had them in town early. 9 a.m. – when you're retired, that's early! First time Derby has not been ready to get out of the car. Got them dropped off and away I went. Parked by BCR and walked the town.
Stopped in the tienda across from the correo. Had some new dresses but none in my size. By the time I was through trying on the dresses and getting it off, I was so hot! Always have my water bottle with me. Then I wandered in one of the shoes stores and nothing yelled "buy me". So I wandered down the street and all of a sudden a lady came around the corner. It was quite funny because we both looked at each other like "I know you"! It was Sandra's (from Antanos) mother. Hadn't seen her in ages. We hugged and attempted some Spanglish. Then we went on our way.
On my way to Antanos I ran into Dra. Candy. and we chatted for a bit. I went on my way to have some iced tea for National Iced Tea Day and wait for the dogs to get done. A lady walked in and put her stuff on the couch on the porch at Antanos and headed to the bano. She came out and headed to where the bar/kitchen area is. All of a sudden Sandra came out and said "Nancy, this is my grandmother." I replied "su abuelita"…..so I went over there and the hugs and kisses I got from this woman will never be forgotten.
Then Sandra's mother came in with a beautiful orchid for Sandra (her birthday is Monday). I kept saying "total familia". We laughed and continued talking in Spanglish.
On my way to where the car was parked, I ran into Mike and Joni. She was headed to Alvaro for rehab. Said he's really helping her. And we agreed he was easy on the eyes!
Finally got to the car, I park on one side of town and walk instead of trying to find a place to park. Off to Coope for Mark's newspaper.
I apparently have problems parking in parking lots.Pulled in really crooked and as I'm trying to straighten up, I had one tire over the parking bumper; so back and forth I go, finally getting it almost straight. Get out of the car and Mike Elder says you know you're not really supposed to drive over those right? In my mind I'm thinking I'm of the age I can do pretty much whatever I want. LOL Then he told me to buy the La Teja newspaper because Mark would enjoy the centerfolds! Told him Mark specifically said La Nacion because it's thicker! He laughed over that!
After that I headed to where the dogs were. Sat for a few minutes waiting and the yelping and hollering they were doing was totally embarrassing to me! They know better than to act like that.
Uneventful ride home; dogs ran in the house and slept for a couple hours before I remembered they hadn't lunch yet. Their spa day totally relaxed them and they have slept all afternoon.
I was worn out from walking all over town too. Not able to go all day like I used too.
We spent our first Christmas in Costa Rica in 2011. Going to the festivities in Atenas was a fun time for us. Loved the Christmas parade and told Mark that maybe we should go in the business of selling drum sticks!
What really surprised me was everyone was bundled up. Coats, jackets, scarfs, hats, and I thought the little babies were really over bundled! There we were the Gringos with short sleeves and shorts on! Thinking these people are crazy, it's not even chilly.
Well, things have changed! This year, I had on a denim jacket! Guess my blood has thinned or something has happened. Mark was fine. But again, people were bundled in jackets, scarves, hats, etc.
I think I've become a Tica!
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Universal, which is a large department store in Alajuela, moved into the new City Mall, the largest mall in Costa Rica. We decided to check out the old Universal because everything Navidad was discounted! We had a ball. Most things were 50% off and some were 30% off. She shops like I do, check everything out and then make a decision! By the time we were finished shopping there, it was noonish.
So we headed to City Mall, with plans to hit every store with lots of Christmas decor. Checked out the Universal store there, prices at the old store were much better.
Then we headed to Aliss; beautiful things there and we oohed and aahed! By then we decided it was time to eat. So we headed to Subway. Finished eating and then we headed to Oxygen, we love their clothes and prices. Tried on a few dresses but nothing hit me just right! Then we headed to Cemaco, a department type store that doesn't carry clothing.
O.M.G. They have 4 different villages set up under glass in the front of the store! I loved everyone of them. One was like an amusement park with rides that we both used to ride at county fairs. One was a village and I fell in love with the Pet Store and Shoe Cobbler store that was actually shaped like a shoe. The whole set up was beautiful! Then there was a snow scene, and another scene with Santa flying around with the reindeer; ice skaters skating; let's just say, we were both in "Christmas Heaven".
Left there and decided to sit down and get our purchases arranged to head to the car.
I think my heart skipped a beat! My phone was missing. So Jean Marie stayed there trying to call it, and I tried to retrace my steps. Maybe it fell out of my pocket in the rest room. As I was headed down that hall I saw a female security person. So in my best Spanglish, I tried to explain what happened. She patted me on the back and said she would call her Jefe (boss). So we stood there waiting for the Jefe of Security to show up. They arrived shortly. Kept asking me to describe it. Kept saying is was "pink, cover was like a book with a giraffe on the front and a giraffe on the back. Every time I said giraffe in Spanish, they smirked….I'm guessing they figured an old lady shouldn't have a phone with a giraffe cover! Then a guy came by and said do you need help? So I said yes, that if I went home having lost my phone, I would probably be beheaded! So he asked me the same questions that the security officers asked me. The whole time the female security person was patting me on the back.
All of a sudden, one of the security guards pulled my phone out of his shirt pocket. I got really excited and gave him a big hug (am sure he thought another loca gringa); so then he wanted some ID. So I said we had to go where my amiga was sitting. I pulled out my Cedula (national ID card) and he turned on my phone, laid it on the settee and took a picture. Then gave it to me with a big grin. I again hugged him and the female security person. Keep in mine we've walked a five story mall and this was probably a 2 hour deal!
Took Jean Marie home; and since the story had a happy ending, I did end up telling Mark. Who just stood there shaking his head! I found out he had turned on "Find My iPhone" since I had my iPad with me, I could have located it via the GPS.
Then off to Don YaYo's for Huesos (Bones) Night with Mike and Karen Elder. They kept us up way past bedtime! Huesos are the pork bones with hunks of meat still attached. Mike and Mark enjoy them from time to time. I had chifrio and Karen had fish and chips!
Early this morning, I'm guess it was early, Jean Marie called and woke me up and said I left my knitting in your car. I said "no, you stuck it in one of your bags". She said OK, I'll check. Then I pleasantly went back to sleep and didn't wake up till 11 a.m.
But I keep thinking about all the gorgeous Christmas things we saw, and the phone story ended up OK, so it was a great day!
Yesterday, Wednesday, should have been sewing class day. However, we diverted it into a fabric field trip to Palmares. Alejandra has family there so she was the day's guide.
First stop was at a warehouse of fabrics! Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! It was huge!!!! Lots of quilting fabric, which was nice to see. All kinds of ribbon and trims, thread, it was just unbelievable! No, I don't remember the name of the place, but I do have it in the GPS.
From there we went to Metro-Kilo, and found more goodies.
And then we went to another store that had some fabric, but not as much as the other two.
Went to the Central Market, I like the way it's set up there.
No Gringos there and I did feel like I got some looks as if to say "what are you doing with Tica's" or maybe it was "Tica's what are you doing with a Gringo".
It was a fun day….and glad to have found some new places for fabric.
But any day spent shopping with friends, is a good day!
Thanks to Alejandra for showing us around and to Cristina for giving up a day of sewing!
I did see something I've never ever seen in my lifetime….a beach towel with Jesus on it!
Men drivers = driving with turn signals on!
I don't know what it is with men drivers! And it's also motorcycle drivers! They drive with the turn signals on….makes me nervous because I've been behind drivers with a L turn signal flashing and they turn R. YIKES! Wonder how many accidents have been caused by that?
I'm guessing they can't hear the clicking of the turn signal. I would like to propose that car manufacturers either turn up the sound of the turn signal or have it respond, you've have now turned, please turn off your turn signal!
Pura Vida….makes no difference what country you are driving in!
My Aunt Mary passed away last night. She was my Dad's sister; his two other brothers have already passed away. The nasty disease, Alzheimer's is rampant in my family. Hope something is discovered soon to halt the progress of it.
This is one of those times that living in Costa Rica is a detriment. However, since Indiana is deep in snow, I probably wouldn't have been able to make it there.
Aunt Mary was a happy, jolly person! She, my Dad and his brothers were so alike in having the laugh easily and frequently gene. Glad I got that gene and can see the humor in certain situations!
I don't like the family dwindling slowly away…..I know it's going to happen to all of us, but it doesn't make it any easier.
My heart goes out to my Uncle Dale, cousins Mark, Susie and Marlene. Please know that Mark and I are there in spirit!
It suddenly dawned on me that I am now the oldest of the Reynolds clan! I guess you'll all be seeing me with my tiara frequently. Matriarch not a label I've ever thought about. I guess I should buy a pair of white gloves too. I think I'll stick with the Miss Congeniality Title I won in the Miss Michigan Aerospace contest in the late 60's.
I am woman – hear me roar!
It's been quite a stressful 10 days around our house trying to stay legal living in Costa Rica. All because of one man at the CAJA office who is on a power trip! For those not in the know, that's our country-wide health system that we have to belong to, whether you use it or not.
Well "the Don" as I will refer to him, has decided that when you renew your carnet (the ID card for the health system) you now need to have your marriage license re-certified that Costa Rica Immigration has already certified as legal. Now "the Don" wants it apostilled. This requires sending it to the State of Michigan, where we were married, and haven't lived for 44 years, to put this stamp on it certifying we are still married. We have lived in 5 different states and frankly, the State of Michigan has no clue if we are truly still married!
We met with our attorney here this morning and came up with three options.
1. Go back and try again and see if "the Don" is in a better mood.
2. Our attorney would type up a letter certifying we are who we say we are and are still married.
3. He could marry us here in Costa Rica and it would take up to 3 mos. to get listed in the National Registry. Our attorney said would require a new diamond ring!
We get a group rate through ARCR and it gets paid automatically, I could let it expire and buy my own medication here at the pharmacy. Most medications you can go in and buy over the counter without a prescription! Novel idea, huh?
On our way to CAJA, I had the crazy idea that since Mark went in last week, "the Don" may remember him so I would go in and try.
There was a Tica ahead of me trying to do the same thing and he sent her away with the paperwork that he gave Mark last week.
Now it's my turn. I acted like I knew what I was doing – no small talk, etc. After all, a gal from Kentucky with "sweet southern charm" can explode too! I gave him Mark's new cedula and old carnet and my new cedula and old carnet. I explained I needed the expiration dates on the carnets to match the dates on cedulas. He said absolutely nothing to me and began to process the paperwork.
Yep, I got the new carnets! Mark's is good for 2 years, which matches his carnet; mine is only good for 1 year and does not match my carnet. I will wait till "the Don" is on vacation and go to the termporary person and explain that the date is wrong on my carnet and try to get it for 2 years.
Yessiree folks, I am woman, hear me roar!
Or perhaps he didn't feel like messing with the woman who looks so disgusted in the picture on her new cedula.
Seriously, I think you need to act like you know what you're doing; not be trembling, etc. By the way, I was going to ask to speak to his boss, if he told me "no". The ARCR group rate receipt for paying for this healthcare, states, that we have the same rights as Ticos do. So I was ready for a fight.
Luckily for Mark, it didn't come to that – otherwise I might have been deported.


Distance between Gobarralong and Gin Gin. How many miles from Gobarralong to Gin Gin.
The straight distance between Gobarralong (New South Wales) and Gin Gin (Queensland) is 719.98 mi, but the driving distance is 915.22 mi.
It takes to go from Gobarralong to Gin Gin.


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Breaking Down the Domainless Enterprise
Written by Zach DeMeyer on August 5, 2020
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The COVID-19 outbreak ushered in a new era of IT, forcing organizations around the world to work remotely to maintain business continuity. This shift to remote work sparked questions about the efficacy of traditional IT management tools, namely directory services like Microsoft® Active Directory®.
For many IT organizations, Active Directory (AD) is synonymous with identity and access management, but unfortunately, AD struggles to manage remote workers. This pitfall left IT administrators wondering what they could do to keep their end users secure and successful. Ultimately, those questioning AD need to expand their lens and question the concept of the Windows® domain as a whole.
That's why Rajat Bhargava, CEO and co-founder of JumpCloud, and Alan Shimel, Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of MediaOps, got together to discuss the shortfalls of the traditional domain. They offer a new vision for IT: the domainless enterprise. Click here to watch their discussion in an on-demand webinar, or keep reading for a summary.
Setting the Stage for Remote Work
COVID-19 sparked an unprecedented shift to remote work as organizations sought to maintain business continuity while keeping employees healthy and safe. While some of those organizations and their workers were familiar with working remotely, many were not.
The result was a scramble to mobilize a remote workforce, leading IT admins to work long hours to make sure their end users could work successfully and securely from home. Many organizations accomplished this goal, reaching a state of pseudo-normalcy so they could continue with their operations.
Now, in the months following the initial COVID-19 outbreak, leaders in business and industry believe remote work is here to stay: 74% of CFOs surveyed by Gartner wish to shift roles in their organization to permanent remote work. In surveying a wider audience of business leaders, Garnter found that 82% want to at least instate part-time remote work policies as well.
Despite the majority interest in remote work policies, some IT admins are less than enthused. Why, you ask? Well, IT organizations that have relied on tools like AD for their identity management needs find that those tools are not cutting it in the remote work world.
Problems with Traditional IT Solutions
Since its inception, Active Directory has remained grounded on-premises, controlling Windows-centric environments from the role of domain controller. Although excellent at managing resources that exist within its domain, the on-prem directory service struggles with those outside the domain.
Unfortunately, in a world where web applications are widely used and preferred, IT admins need to seek out additional tooling to extend their AD identities outside of the domain. What's more, while it used to dominate the operating system market, Windows no longer holds the monopoly, with Mac®/Linux® systems and mobile devices rising in popularity.
The issue of resources outside of the domain has plagued IT admins for some time, leading many to adopt add-on solutions like identity bridges and web app single sign-on (SSO) tools to compensate for AD's shortcomings. Now that organizations work remotely, however, even end users exist outside of the domain, making them harder to support as well.
The Fall of Perimeter-based Security
Ultimately, this lack of a fixed perimeter means that the ways an organization's security might be compromised change dramatically. Traditionally, IT admins constructed "walls" around their domain, using firewalls and other controls to create a defensive line around their AD instance. This scenario enabled end users to work safely from within the domain, keeping bad actors out.
Now that both resources and end users operate outside of the domain, IT admins have considerably different attack vectors to worry about. They can't put a perimeter around objects outside of their direct control, so in order to maintain security and control, a new approach is necessary.
Going Domainless
Because a majority of IT resources moved to cloud infrastructure, it makes sense for the directory service to make the shift as well. In order to do so, however, IT admins need to challenge the concept of the traditional domain, and instead consider shifting to a domainless enterprise model.
By breaking free from being bound by the domain, IT admins can:
Better control remote users
Enable users to access a wider range of resources
Maintain security, regardless of location
Here's how it works.
How a Domainless Model Works
Domainless IT depends on three core principles: identity, access, and device management.
Identity management in a domainless model uses cloud directory service infrastructure to centralize all of a user's accounts under a single set of credentials. End users simply need to remember one complex password, and then they will be able to securely access all of their required resources.
In order to ensure this single identity remains secure, IT admins must also make sure their identity management solution provides security tools like multi-factor authentication (MFA). That way, even if an end user's credentials are compromised due to a successful phishing attack, their identities remain protected. Syncing external directories like those found in G Suite™ or Microsoft 365™ reduces the amount of front-end work done by admins still keeping identities centralized into a core directory service.
With a single set of credentials for users to access everything, IT admins then need to make sure that their access privileges are properly laid out. In a domainless model, security is maintained via the principle of least privilege, that is, based on a user's role, they're granted only the absolute minimum permissions they need to do their job.
Using a cloud directory service, admins ensure that only authorized users have access to resources, especially those resources that store critical information. This is highly dependent on protocol-based access control, using industry standards like LDAP, RADIUS, SAML, etc. to securely federate identities where needed.
Regardless of the resources they're authorized to use, every employee depends on their system to access their other tools. As such, the system or device needs to be configured to ensure that it's as secure as possible.
Through group policy-like enforcement from a cloud directory service, admins can harden user systems with controls like screen lock and full disk encryption to keep bad actors from accessing the machine. An installed system agent pushes these changes live, working wherever the user finds themselves, provided the system is connected to the internet.
The Cloud Directory Service
Unlike its traditional, on-prem counterparts, a cloud directory service is browser-based and offered as-a-Service, making it accessible even when admins are working remotely.
A cloud directory service transcends labels like all on-premises, hybrid cloud, or fully cloud, instead supporting nearly any IT environment. By federating identities through industry standard authentication protocols, a cloud directory service allows users to access and employ their on-prem and cloud resources with ease.
As such, the cloud directory service subverts the usual concept of the domain, creating a domainless enterprise by managing identities and their access to virtually all resources. This approach also precludes the need for perimeter-based defense models, paving the way for dynamic security.
Dynamic Over Perimeter
In a dynamic security model (also known as zero trust security), admins focus on securing identities first and foremost instead of the usually network-focused approach of a perimeter security model. This is largely due to the fact that user identities are the number one target for security breaches.
If an attacker compromises an identity, it rarely matters how strong an organization's network defenses are; the bad actor can log in under the guise of the compromised user without meeting much resistance and go about their nefarious business. By prioritizing identity security through strong, centralized passwords and functions like MFA, admins can secure users regardless of if they're at home or in the office. Limiting those identities based on their access rights also limits the scope of a potential breach, meaning there's less damage overall if an end user falls victim to an attack.
From there, admins must then focus on securing user systems, the gateway to all other IT resources. By implementing system-level MFA, FDE, and other security features through group-based policies, admins can ensure that the system is as secure as possible once it's in the hands of the end user. Then, through cloud-based monitoring and continued policy management, that system remains secure — remote or otherwise.
Unlike with perimeter-based defense models, the network serves less of a major function, acting as more of a conduit than a secure zone. Because remote users are often working from home or some other place they have an internet connection, it's difficult for an IT admin to control those networks. If users are accessing resources through secure protocols, however, organizations don't need extensive VPN infrastructure to connect users back to the domain.
Instead, admins can implement RADIUS through their cloud directory service to ensure that users present their unique credentials upon login to in-office networks. RADIUS also provides the ability to add MFA to VPN connections for organizations that wish to use VPNs to further secure their users.
Ultimately, there's no silver bullet to security; with any setup, there is a real possibility that you will be breached. But, to borrow a military phrase, don't fight a war in the present with weapons from the past. Perimeter-based defenses rely on traditional, domain-bound networks that simply aren't feasible with today's web applications and remote users. With a domainless, dynamic-security model, it doesn't matter if users are in-office or working from home, they can be secured.
How to Transition to a Domainless Model
Like with any major infrastructure transition, going domainless isn't something that will happen overnight, but can happen incrementally with success.
To start, IT administrators need to seek out a cloud directory service option that can manage virtually all IT resources. Armed with that solution, admins can start by controlling identities and their access to certain aspects of their environment such apps, systems, etc.
Organizations heavily invested in AD infrastructure should consider phasing out their domain controller over time by systematically lifting their identities to the cloud directory service. Some vendors even offer tools to help aid admins in this process.
A cloud directory service can also be used to help bridge the gap between the AD domain and resources/users that exist outside of it. This AD integration approach reduces the amount of money and time spent jumping between tools like SSO and identity bridging solutions, consolidating these needs into a single platform that sits atop an AD instance.
If your company doesn't have any domain infrastructure, then going domainless is easy. For example, you can read this story about one IT admin's process for choosing, implementing, and operating an all-in-one directory service so he could manage and secure remote workers.
To learn more about what it means to be a domainless enterprise, reach out to us. As experts in the cloud identity management space for the past five years, we want to help all IT admins pioneer their own domainless architecture to streamline and secure their environments — regardless of if they're remote or on-premises.
Domainless


A local doctor's office that performs state-of-the-art hearing services to improve patients' lives, had sound issues throughout their new office space. The head doctor noticed that the noise from the waiting room was coming into the testing areas, which was affecting the testing that was being performed to the patients. After a call with New England Soundproofing and an on-site assessment, we realized that it wasn't just noise coming from the wall, but also through the door, and echoing throughout the hallway. Using the very successful door seal kit, New England Soundproofing was able to eliminate any noise from going through the doors. This door seal kit was the Door Seal MD and Automatic Door Sweep MD. Both, used together, blocked the noise that was coming through the gaps of the doors. The adjustable door seals are able to withstand the high volume of door open and closures, while the automatic door sweep automatically retracts up and down so that it will not drag onto the ground. See the video and pictures for more details.


It was about time for a monitor upgrade.
I now have three Samsung 203Bs and an LG L203WT. Both are 20" TFT screens but the LG has a widescreen aspect ratio and a much higher contrast ratio, I will be using it mainly to watch videos. The Samsung screens can be rotated through 90° which I am experimenting with at the moment on one of the screens, it is a bit unusual at first but I think it is better for word processing and reading articles on web pages.
I also took this opportunity to change my PSU to a near-silent model. The one that came with the computer was a bit noisy but now all that can be heard is the gentle whirring from the water cooling radiator.


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