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Poliptih iz cerkve sv. Ane v Kopru sestavljajo oljne slike na platnu, ki jih je naslikal Cima da Conegliano, trenutno pa ga hranijo v Castello di San Giorgio kot del razstave Museo di Palazzo Ducale di Mantova.

Zgodovina
Če je zgodovina precej skopa s podatki o delu, pa so njegove zgodovinske peripetije, začenši z njegovim nastankom, še posebej dobro dokumentirane.

V začetku 20. stoletja je bila po zaslugi arhivskih raziskav Giuseppeja Caprina ugotovljena in objavljena korespondenca v zvezi s pogodbo[1]. Tako vemo, da so manjši bratje observanti (frančiškani) iz samostana svete Ane v Kopru poslali svojega prokuratorja Alviseja Grisonija, da izbere umetnike, ki bodo ustvarili sliko in običajni okrasni okvir. 18. aprila 1513 sta bili sklenjeni dve ločeni pogodbi: z Giambattistom Cimom za izvedbo slik, z Vittorejem da Feltre pa za izdelavo okvirja[2], ki naj bi bil izdelan do božiča istega leta[3].

Peter Humfrey meni, da je prokuratorjevo naročilo vključevalo tudi navodila za izvedbo dela po starem modelu poliptiha in ne kot eno samo veliko oltarno sliko, kar je bila v Benetkah uveljavljena navada. Seveda je moral sporočiti tudi izbiro svetnikov, ki naj bi bili predstavljeni. Poleg teh domnev pa zgodovinar ob podrobnejšem branju pogodb poudarja, da so ta pisma koristna za razjasnitev običajev, ki so jim bila zavezani beneški slikarji, ko so delali naročila za izvoz[4]. Dogovorjeni honorar je predvideval 70 dukatov za slike in 31 dukatov za okvir[5], pri čemer je bilo v pogodbi določeno, da vsak od mojstrov prejme vnaprej 10 dukatov. Cima se je dogovoril, da bo polovico preostalega zneska prejel ob koncu del, drugo polovico pa, ko bodo dela varno in zdravo dostavljena in nameščena. Dodatna klavzula je predvidevala končno oceno dela s strani strokovnjakov, ki sta jih imenovali obe stranki, da bi se lahko izplačalo končno plačilo. Humfrey iz tega sklepa, da so se prokurator ali bratje verjetno vrnili v Benetke, da bi nadzorovali delo in njegovo pošiljanje, da je avtor prevzel del tveganja, povezanega s prevozom, ter da so se pogosto uporabljala plačila na daljavo po kurirju. Nazadnje, ni nobenega dokaza, da bi morali umetniki kdaj oditi v Koper, da bi pregledali ali nadzorovali ponovno sestavljanje poliptiha[4].

Caprinova študija razkriva tudi nekatere spremembe dela do konca 19. stoletja: v začetku 18. stoletja so frančiškani vsem likom dodali avreole iz srebrnih ploščic, a ko so jih tatovi odnesli, so na sliki pustili vidne poškodbe; nekega dne je neki "klerik" poskušal očistiti Cimov podpis, tako da je skoraj izginil; leta 1878 je neki brat poskušal popraviti neuspešne prejšnje obnove[6].

Povojni dogodki, zaradi katerih je bila Istra dodeljena Jugoslaviji, so bili bolj zmedeni, tako da so nekateri umetnostni zgodovinarji nekaj časa menili, da je delo izgubljeno. Situacijo je še dodatno zapletlo dejstvo, da je bilo delo leta 1940 "evakuirano" v vilo Manini v Passarianu, da bi ga zaščitili pred morebitnimi tveganji spopadov, nato pa se je 15. novembra 1943 od tam vrnilo[7]. Nekaj let pozneje, v še vedno negotovih razmerah začasne uprave cone A in cone B, so se bratje odločili, da delo razdrejo in ga skupaj s približno šestdesetimi umetninami iz samostanskega kompleksa sv. Ane prenesejo v druge svoje samostane: najprej v samostan Santa Maria Maggiore v Trstu in nato leta 1946 ali 1947 v samostan San Francesco della Vigna v Benetkah[8]. Od tu so dela konec leta 1965 prepeljali v samostan San Francesco v Mantovi, poliptih pa je bil še vedno razdrt in je tako še nekaj let ostal v neprimernem okolju. Dejansko je frančiškanski predstojnik o prisotnosti umetnin takoj obvestil nadzorništvo, to pa je junija 1966 zaprosilo ministrstvo za pojasnila o njihovem pravnem statusu. Šele leta 1972 je bila sprejeta odločitev, da se dela prenesejo v bolj prijazno skladišče vojvodske palače[9]. Leta 1977 so začeli razmišljati o restavriranju Cimovega dela, ki so ga dve leti pozneje predali Centralnemu inštitutu za restavriranje. Restavracija slikovnih delov je bila končana leta 1981, poliptih pa je do leta 1992 ostal v Rimu. Ko se je vrnil v Mantovo, so obnovili leseno ogrodje in ga konec leta 1993 končno razstavili na sedanji lokaciji[10].

Kopija poliptiha je bila zadnja leta v oltarnem nastavku nad molitvenim korom, 3. 2. 2023 pa so jo preselili nazaj na izvorno mesto na glavni oltar.

Slovenski frančiškani in Republika Slovenija si že več desetletij prizadevajo, da bi poliptih vrnili na mesto, za katero je bil narejen, a doslej brez uspeha.

Opis
Mojstrovino Cima da Conegliano in Vittoreja da Feltre sestavlja dvaindvajset kosov rezbarij in deset z oljem poslikanih tabel. Motiv je t. i. sacra conversatio med Marijo z Detetom in svetniki, kjer je Marija z Detetom ter angeli na osrednji ploskvi, na drugih ploskvah pa so upodobljeni svetniki. Okvir je v celoti pozlačen.

Bibliografija
Caprin, Giuseppe, L'Istria nobilissima, Trieste, Schimpff, 1905.

(EN) Humfrey, Peter. The venetian altarpiece of the early renaissance in the light of contemporary business practice, in Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, vol. 15, Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 1986, pp. 63-82, 223-233.

Ventura, Leandro. Cima da Conegliano: il Polittico di Capodistria "ritrovato". Per la riapertura di un capitolo post-bellico, in Venezia Cinquecento, IV, n. 8, Roma, Bulzoni, 1994, pp. 167-180.

Algeri, Giuliana  e Stefano L'Occaso, Le opere d'arte della chiesa di Sant' Anna di Capodistria, in HISTRIA, opere d'arte restaurate: da paolo veneziano a tiepolo, Milano, Electa, 2005, pp. 87-97.

Walcher, Maria. Venezia e l'Istria, in Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, vol. 30, Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 2006, pp. 135-162.

Craievich, Alberto. Il viaggio di Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle in Istria, in Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, vol. 30, Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 2006, pp. 317-335.

De Grassi, Massimo. "Che'essa possa ritornare presto": l'arte dell'Istria nelle pagine di "Vernice" (1946-1949), in Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte, vol. 30, Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 2006, pp. 337-346.

Hoyer, Sonja Ana, Možnosti za restitucijo; Delo. ISSN 0350-7521. - Leto 58, št. 173 (27. jul. 2016), str. 4

Hoyer, Sonja Ana. Vrnitev v Italijo odnesenih umetnin iz Slovenske Istre. Nova Gorica : Revija Primorska srečanja ; Piran : Območna enota Zavoda za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije, 2003.

Zunanje povezave
Samostan sv. Ane v Kopru, restitucija

Dela Cime da Conegliana
Dela leta 1513

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Hexi Pharma GM on remand for 24 hours in the diluted disinfectants file
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By Alina Grigoras	 Last updated May 28, 2016
Flori Dinu, General Manager of Hexi Pharma, has been taken on remand on Friday night, for 24 hours, by the prosecutors with the General Prosecutor's office in the case of diluted disinfectants used in hospitals.
According to the General Prosecutor's office, Flori Dinu is charged with 99 counts of continued fraud and 29 counts of simple fraud, as well as improper participation in hindering disease control.
Flori Dinu was summoned to the General Prosecutor's on Friday and, as she failed to show up prosecutors issued a peremptory writ on her name and she was brought under escort.
After several hours of hearings, prosecutors have taken Flori Dinu into custody and she will be taken to court with a proposal of preventive arrest.
Digi24 reports that Flori Dinu told prosecutors that Dan Condrea was the only person who took the decisions and who would interfere in the manufacturing process of the products.
The Hexi Pharma manager admitted that she knew that the disinfectants were diluted, acoording to a recipe enforced precisly by Dan Condrea.
According to prosecutors, Hexi Pharma clinched contracts with 152 medical units to supply them with biocidal products during 2014-2016, with a total value of about RON 51 million.
She is the first individual indicted in this case, as Hexi Pharma owner Dan Condrea, another suspect, died in a car crash last Sunday before prosecutors had the chance to hear him.
The Hexi Pharma general manager Flori Dinu told the journalists on Thursday that the disinfectants scandal came up exactly when the company was getting ready to expand abroad, and that's why they disturbed certain groups of interests.
She stressed that Hexi Pharma products were all right, despite proves presented by the Government following the lab tests.
"The company's image was clouded and I want to assure all those that used our products that they were conformable, I personally guarantee that," she concluded.
More of her statements here.
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Q: Why exif Orientation does not force image horizontal? I am trying to have some stability in image orientations but they differ in Debian image viewer/LaTeX and with image viewers.
I do but it does not have an effect on the orientation of wrongly positioned images; manually adjusting it with -Orientation=[1234] does not help
exiftool -Orientation=1 -n *.jpg

Fig. 1 Output where the same image is opened in image viewer (Shotwell, ...) and Debian Space review (same output in LaTeX)

I thought first that the image orientation was the mistake but it is not because doing convert masi.jpg -rotate 90 masi-rotated.jpg keeps also the relative difference the same.
Exif info
Wrongly positioned image, having the 90 degree or its multiples in orientation
$ exiftool 28.jpg
ExifTool Version Number         : 9.74
File Name                       : 28.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 69 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2016:11:29 11:59:08+02:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2016:11:29 12:07:17+02:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2016:11:29 12:06:29+02:00
File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
File Type                       : JPEG
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
JFIF Version                    : 1.01
Resolution Unit                 : None
X Resolution                    : 1
Y Resolution                    : 1
Exif Byte Order                 : Little-endian (Intel, II)
Orientation                     : Rotate 270 CW
Software                        : Shotwell 0.20.1
Color Space                     : sRGB
Exif Image Width                : 425
Exif Image Height               : 707
XMP Toolkit                     : XMP Core 4.4.0-Exiv2
Image Width                     : 425
Image Height                    : 707
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size                      : 425x707

Correctly (as expected) positioned image in both views
$ exiftool 27.jpg
ExifTool Version Number         : 9.74
File Name                       : 27.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 66 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2016:11:29 11:58:53+02:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2016:11:29 12:13:36+02:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2016:11:29 12:07:46+02:00
File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
File Type                       : JPEG
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
JFIF Version                    : 1.01
Resolution Unit                 : None
X Resolution                    : 1
Y Resolution                    : 1
Exif Byte Order                 : Little-endian (Intel, II)
Orientation                     : Horizontal (normal)
Software                        : Shotwell 0.20.1
Color Space                     : sRGB
Exif Image Width                : 842
Exif Image Height               : 504
XMP Toolkit                     : XMP Core 4.4.0-Exiv2
Image Width                     : 842
Image Height                    : 504
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size                      : 842x504

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Gnome: 3.14

A: 28.jpg has an EXIF tag "Orientation : Rotate 270 CW"; on the contrary 29.jpg has "Horizontal (normal)". Rotating the image with convert does not change the EXIF information, so viewers respecting the EXIF information will nevertheless display different than viewers which don't.
You may change the tag using exiftool. To do that it is best to call exiftool first with some options, which will give you something like:
$ exiftool -g -n -arg 28.jpg
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-EXIF:Orientation=2
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(The value may be different).
This says:
-g: group by and show the tag group
-n: show numeric value instead of text
-arg: show the tag in argument form
Now you can modify that tag to "Orientation: Horizontal (normal)" with
exiftool -n -EXIF:Orientation=1
You have to define -n, so exiftool knows the parameter is numeric, and the group name so exiftool knows where to find the tag.
For additional information, see e.g. Exif Orientation Tag

A: I did not manage to solve the problem by ridgy's answer.
I managed to solve it in the end by LaTeX in the thread How to rotate image 90 if height overful?
The case where both picture dimensions are bigger than page size is unsolved in the thread.
exiftool is about one file. To have pictures relationally nice on the page, you need LaTeX.
The tools discussed here are not sufficient but the handling of the page orientation of all pictures is needed.
So the question is flawed itself, I think, and cannot be handled only by exif data.

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Eastern Roman Empire aptly named the Byzantine Empire had already lost most of the far Eastern lands by the 8th century to the advancing Turk's and it looked as if it was going to be annihilated (The high middle age, P. 432). This was not to be as the Empire, in many forms and as many rulers, held on for close to another quarter half Millennia.
There were many differences between the Eastern and Western parts of the Roman Empire, even before the sub division of the Empire for ease of administration. While the East was more sophisticated, the west was still arcane. The Eastern part of the Roman Empire had come across civilization in the past while the western part was composed of barbaric tribes that roamed the western part of the world, raiding and massacring (Nelson Para 4).
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Again, the Eastern past of the Roman Empire consisted of mainly urbanized populations which were easier to control as opposed to the rural population of the Westerners. The issue of harmonic cohabiting or being under one power, or being subjugated to one ruler was one new to the Westerners whose life was based on constant expansionism. The westerners shared neither language nor culture which made for them to unite.
Another factor that led to the lasting of the Eastern Roman Empire was the fact that Constantinople was located on trade routes that served the Eastern and western parts. The fact that it was a heavily fortified City meant there was always wealth coming in the City to sustain it and the more it flourished.
Constant jostling for power by the Romans translated to a sense of anarchy among the people (Gibbon et al Pg 280). From the East the Persian kept attacking the Romans, making it hard for them to concentrate on keeping the Western part of the Empire under rule (Heather, P. 386).
The Greek way of life, their approach to daily life had an impact on the Roman Empire that was to last for Centuries. While the Romans were the conquerors, the Greeks had pride in their knowledge and festivals that were hard to ignore and the Romans had to emulate this proud people, and for close to a thousand years (Kreis Para 2). By complementing each other the two produced a school of thought that can only be termed as classic.
The fall of the Eastern Empire came as the result of not only the invading Turks from the East but the expanding Western Europe. People were moving from West to the Holy land and with expanding populations while others sought new adventure in far off lands was a contributing factor.
With Christianity entrenching itself in the west, the Papacy sought to consolidate power by either annihilating the Eastern Roman Empire of assimilating it and when the chance came, in the form of Crusading, the Eastern Roman Empires die was cast. Marauding westerners and raiding Turks sealed the final bolt that was to bring an end to the long reign of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Historians claim that Constantinople didn't do enough to save the western Empire, same as the western powers never did to save the Eastern Empire in the end. The end of the Roman Empire ushered in a new force, that of Christianity and the powers the Papacy allied itself with.
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Duration of excursions – 75 minutes and they are held from 19:30 (the last entrance at 21:00).
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It was his fifth swipe of the pen on Jan. 22, 2009. The executive order required Gitmo be closed no later than one year from the date of the order. As far as I can tell, the EO was never rescinded, rather there was supplements that simply gave up the idea. I often wonder why the left never calls out President Obama on not closing Gitmo when it was such a big part of his election campaign in 2008.
Sec. 3. Closure of Detention Facilities at Guanta´namo. The detention facilities at Guanta´namo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than 1 year from the date of this order. If any individuals covered by this order remain in detention at Guanta´namo at the time of closure of those detention facilities, they shall be returned to their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to another United States detention facility in a manner consistent with law and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States.
In March 2011, the Obama administration ended a difficult chapter (per NPR) on Guantanamo for the president.
President Obama's order to resume military trials at Guantanamo Bay and establish a system to hold some detainees indefinitely ends a difficult chapter in the story of the U.S. prison and the Obama White House.
Obama came into office two years ago promising to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. The executive order he announced Monday serves as acknowledgment that it will remain open for some time.
The order lends formal permission to the policy by which the U.S. has held detainees at the prison — detainees who, in most cases, have not been charged or convicted but are deemed too dangerous to release. It also ends a two-year ban on the use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists.
Obama said Monday that his new policies will help "bring terrorists to justice." But the new policy statement wasn't much more than a recognition of fact and frustration.
Note how Mara Liasson, writing for NPR, wrote the piece implying the issue is now closed. It was not what they wanted, but since the president tried, that's all that matters. Did those who voted for hope and change just give up on their requirement Obama close the camp? Did they just drop it because Obama tried and failed?
Or maybe the media just dropped the issue, taking it off the table so Obama will not have to deal with the issue during his campaign for a second term?
The terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is frequently referred to as a major public relations problem for the United States. Pundits, politicians and President Obama have referred to Gitmo as the "number one" recruiting tool for al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, but research on the subject proves the contention false.
So where is the outrage? Let me make this clear, if President Bush (43) had signed an executive order promising Gitmo would be closed within one year and he missed the deadline by three minutes, there would be calls for impeachment by the left and the media. Yet today, Bush critics are silent concerning President Obama's broken promise.
That's the way I figured it, and my figuring is confirmed. As I noted on Jan. 22, 2009, President Obama had no plan at all – let alone a workable one – to close Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay. He won't meet his self-imposed deadline, and now many think Gitmo may never be closed.
A classified Pentagon assessment measuring the recidivism rate of released Guantanamo detainees indicates one in five – 20 percent – of them return to jihad. Previous reports in Dec. 2008 (11 percent) and April 2009 (14 percent) shows a trend as the more dangerous terrorists are released over time.
On Dec. 26, I linked to a Washington Post article noting the Obama administrations had a list of 34 Yemeni terrorists at Guantanamo Bay who had been cleared for release and six of them would be returned immediately. With the failed attack on Christmas Day, I'm taking another look.
President Obama will miss his self-imposed deadline to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, but he's still working to dump off terrorists on other countries before he brings some to U.S. soil. A couple it seems, are back in "countries" not recognized as real countries. How did this happen?
Interesting video from PJTV and the Louder with Crowder series. Crowder provides a good perspective and some video I have not seen of the Guantanamo Bay area. The baseball field, Subway shop and other amenities are interesting, but Crowder does a good job of getting his point across on how the terrorists are being treated.


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As she gets ready to take the stage for the Country Music Showcase, Nashville native Betsy Lane credits her father's musical talent as the initial inspiration behind her own passion for music.
"My dad was super musical and I grew up around his constant creativity," said Lane. "When he would be putting us to bed, he would make up songs about putting us in our pajamas and I think that's how I ended up writing songs."
Lane categorizes her writing style as "singer-songwriter with country roots," and her sound is influenced by the music of Shania Twain, Martina McBride and Kacey Musgraves.
What is most personally important to Lane about the genre of country music is its storytelling aspect. Through honest lyrics and melodies, she communicates her own stories to her fans and listeners.
"I love how honest you can be in country music and the fact that a song can really tell a story," said Lane.
In June 2014, Lane released her EP, "Southern Crazy", which charted at No. 46 in the United States and at No. 21 in the United Kingdom on the iTunes country charts.
Playing with her at the showcase will be Carey Grabemen on guitar, Raymond Standiford on drums, Kellen Moss on keys, Kelly Hagan on fiddle, Erik Maynard on bass and Monica Moser and Catelyn Lester on background vocals.
Her manager for the showcase is her good friend, Chelsea Wales.
This is Lane's first showcase at Belmont. She is excited and ready to share her music with the Belmont audience as well as with the world of country music.
Although she is a fan of current country music, she strives to bring the genre back to its roots. One of her goals is to "move country music back to where it used to be."
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One of the great moments of TV documentary, took place during the interview of former President Nixon by media personality, David Frost. Mr. Frost inquired if certain actions by President Nixon, such as the infamous Huston Plan, might correctly be deemed as illegal. President Nixon responded that "…Well when the President does it that means it is not illegal." This twisted bit of logic has been resurrected as the Trump's team has presented its opinion to the Mueller investigation team that by definition a president cannot obstruct justice, because he represents the institution of justice. Sounds self-serving. Yes, it does but this argument is often invoked by parties in litigation. How can I be wrong, if I just stated that I was in the right? Litigation and confrontations can lead to many trips down deserted and poorly-lit dead ends. While there is no system that will lead all parties to perfect truth, there is a recognized method of avoiding needless delay and double-talk. It is geared to Win-Win and it is known as mediation. It is the best weapon in the arsenal of truth and peace. Mediate don't litigate…unless you wish to live with the absurd notion that it is not wrong if you did it or said it.


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The Privacy Advisor | Remembering former IAPP Canadian Advisory Board member Judy Booth, 1961-2019 Related reading: Will NYT's facial-recognition story sway privacy debate?
Remembering former IAPP Canadian Advisory Board member Judy Booth, 1961-2019
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Judy Booth, CIPP/C, a longtime member of the IAPP and former member of the IAPP Canadian Advisory Board, died in a traffic accident last week at the age of 57.
Booth most recently held the position of chief of the Access to Information and Privacy office for the National Capital Commission and continued to work for the NCC in a consultant role after she had retired.
"Judy will always be remembered for her great smile and sense of humor," said IAPP Canada Managing Director Kris Klein, CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP. "Her quick wit always made you smile. Her role on the advisory board was invaluable and she was always the first to raise her hand with cool ideas that she followed up on with enthusiasm."
Booth had previously served as the deputy director at the Privacy Division for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, as well worked in the ATIP field for Agricultural and Agri-food Canada, Industry Canada and Statistics Canada.
Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada Assistant Director, Privacy, Policy and Governance Michelle Dunn, CIPP/C, said Booth's love of privacy blossomed when she worked for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Dunn said Booth created a privacy division within Oceans' ATIP office, where the two of them worked on privacy issues outside of regular formal requests. Booth and Dunn dealt with privacy breaches, privacy impact assessments and educated companies on privacy rights around personal data.
"Things have moved so far since she first dabbled in privacy. For me, I see her as one of the pioneers of privacy within ATIP shops in government," said Dunn. "She was one of the first to engage the department to have a privacy division embedded within the ATIP office that would be able to help guide the government institution on matters related to privacy."
Booth and Dunn worked together for 18 years, and Dunn credits Booth for the development of her career.
"She was my mentor. She knew so much about privacy. I still see her as my privacy guru," said Dunn. "She's given me books. She encouraged me to get my [IAPP] certification, and she's the one that's responsible for my love of privacy."
Dunn described Booth as a people person who was passionate about privacy and individuals' rights to access their information. Dunn also called Booth a very good friend, who attended all of her family's major life events, from weddings to the birth of children.
"We had an employee who was pregnant and was brand new, and the first thing Judy did was make her a baby's quilt," said Dunn. "I think she made one for every member of my family who had a baby. I don't think I will ever have the honor to meet somebody who was so kind, giving and nice."
Dunn said Booth was the type of person who could not walk down the street without someone she knew stopping to say hello. Booth was an avid birdwatcher, helped caterpillars she watched over go through the stages of chrysalis to become butterflies and would not harm a fly, or a spider for that matter. She was also a snare drummer for a pipe band.
"Anybody who met her didn't forget her," said Dunn.
Booth is survived by her husband Ches, and her two daughters, Holly and Karen. Two visitations will take place Jan. 18 from 2PM to 4PM and from 6PM to 8PM at the C.R. Gamble Funeral Home in Almonte, Ontario. A celebration of life service will be held Jan. 19 at the Almonte Civitan Hall, with a reception to follow.
Global News Roundup — Jan. 13–21, 2020
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Every small business has one, or maybe even more than one – the person in your management team that seems to hold everything together, the one that the business relies on for pretty much everything. Although indispensable employees may seem to be worth their weight in gold, by the very nature of their level of expertise, they can actually cause serious bottlenecks, especially in a smaller organisation.
Then of course there is the question of what happens if your indispensable employee were to leave, or win the lottery, or in the worst of circumstances be incapacitated on a long term basis through either ill health, or even death?
No-one in your entire business should be indispensable. No matter what your industry, no business can afford to lose key talent at a critical juncture, but it can and does occur. Through effective cross-training and upskilling, you can minimise the risk to your business should anything happen to those that you rely on the most.
If your company is overly dependent on key people, then it could mean that a wider and deeper problem for your business is brewing under the surface – an overall lack of talent.
There is a huge difference between genuine top-tier talent and those that have made themselves indispensable through arrogance or happenstance. In order to differentiate your true talent from the prima-donnas and empire builders, it is important to eliminate dependency on your 'key' people.
By removing the ability for one person to hold ultimate dominion over anything that may be considered business critical, and by fostering a knowledge-sharing, coaching culture from the top down, you will automatically begin to increase the talent pool across the entire organisation, for a healthy, balanced business.
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MLS Standings & Scores
LA Galaxy come from behind to draw 2-2 with Montreal Impact
The LA Galaxy (14-5-8, 50 pts) came back from a two goal deficit to draw 2-2 at Montreal Impact on Wednesday. This extended the Galaxy's unbeaten streak to six matches, with five of those wins. This was the Galaxy's fifth draw when giving up the first goal and second draw when trailing at halftime.
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Gyasi Zardes' goal was his fifteenth on the season, extending his record for an MLS Homegrown Player in a single season and for most goals by an American this year. Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan notched their thirteenth and fifteenth assists respectively. Zardes now leads the Galaxy in goals this season.
Whatever Bruce Arena told his players at halftime worked, but moreso it was his willingness to admit a mistake. Starting with three players at the back didn't work nearly the way it did against ten man Colorado. Leonardo was consistently out of position, and the midfield wasn't able to hold against Montreal's own five man midfield.
Robbie Rogers came in making his return from injury, and things settled down. Zardes continued to exploit his newfound skill of getting into small areas to receive carefully placed passes. Alan Gordon scored his third goal for the Galaxy. After coming in for Baggio Husidic his nose for goal style was exactly what LA needed for an equalizer.
However the match was one step forward and two steps back for the Galaxy in terms of personnel available for the San Jose match on Sunday. They got back Robbie Rogers, but lost Landon Donovan and Dan Gargan to yellow card accumulation. James Riley is going to have to go on Sunday. The team is running out of options.
A point on the road means at best the Sounders could put four points between them with a win on Friday. The Galaxy will end the week with an extra match on their Sounder counterparts, and it's not yet close enough to dream of winning out to finish. A point out of the cross-country matchups is always good, especially on a weekday. It's San Jose that's of the must win variety.


As a kid, I whipped up my share of mud pies and looked forward to summer camp and games of Kick the Can with my cousins on our grandparents' farm. But most days I could be found inside, nose in a book. Sometimes my parents would find me reading on the staircase on the way up to my bedroom—apparently too eager to turn the page to find a proper chair. I'd stay like that for hours. My hometown in eastern Iowa was light on adventure, so I cultivated my imagination through the exploits of the characters in my books, from Laura Ingalls Wilder to the Boxcar Children.
When I lived in Washington, D.C., words consumed my days as a magazine editor, so I didn't read much fiction. Instead I escaped to the city's art museums, finding respite from the stresses of city life in the brushstrokes of the masters. During my last year there, I also started practicing yoga frequently, attending as many as four or five classes a week—slipping out of the office over the lunch hour and planning my commute around studio schedules. I had never been more stressed or more flexible.
A few months after relocating to Asheville, I realized my yoga practice had largely fallen by the wayside. How could it be that my devotion had wavered in, of all places, a city that Yoga Journal named one of the country's top 10 yoga-friendly towns? I came to understand that my lifestyle here felt so much more balanced that I no longer felt the same urgency to constantly hit refresh. Especially during the first few months of living in Western North Carolina, I explored the surrounding trails as often as I could. My husband and I moved here without knowing a soul, but the forests and mountains provided all the assurance we needed of our decision. Sometimes we made friends while hiking or biking; other times we simply connected with our new home.
When we let it, sense of place can sustain us; its opportunities can fill in the gaps in our lives. For that matter, our surroundings have the power to make us better, more well-rounded people. Southern Appalachia is particularly rich in motivation, whether your spirit seeks peace or purpose, direction or diversion.
In this issue of Smoky Mountain Living, we present a variety of ways that this region can help you feel more grounded, balanced, and engaged. Even for the resolution-averse, the ideas in this issue guarantee to help get the new year off on the right foot, from author Will Harlan's resolution to discover all 54 constellations visible from Southern Appalachia to the pledge of Cassius Cash, the superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, to get his hands dirty in service of the park.
My own sense of harmony comes from responding to the forces in my life. When my mind needs stimulation, I read more or travel somewhere new. When distractions drown out my inner monologue, I focus on my breath—whether in a yoga class, in the woods, or even while stirring dinner for my family.
Sometimes listening to ourselves means making hard choices. For me right now, that means stepping down as managing editor in order to focus more fully on my family and my writing. My parting wish is that 2017 brings us all closer to a state of equilibrium.


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Jacob Evans will wear the same number as a former Warriors All-Star
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By all accounts, the Golden State Warriors are beyond satisfied with their new first round draft pick Jacob Evans. The former Cincinnati star fills several needs for the Warriors: he's expected to contribute immediately as a defender, is a plus shooter and will bring the maturity of a three-year college player.
On Monday the Warriors held their introductory press conference for Evans and general manager Bob Myers presented him with his new uniform, and the number will be a familiar one to Dubs fans.
Jacob Evans III wearing No. 10 pic.twitter.com/1t2OV0s6AI
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) June 25, 2018
Evans will don number 10, the number former Warriors All-Star David Lee wore during his five year tenure in Golden State. Lee averaged 16.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in his Warriors career, won a championship in 2015 and famously made the 2013 NBA All-Star game ahead of Stephen Curry.


Since the 2011-12 school year, Data Driven Detroit (D3) has created a series of maps that illustrate the spatial patterns related to where students from different areas in Detroit attend school or where students from different schools live (see our previous blog post introducing the project). This year's data, from the October 2013 student count, allowed us to compile maps for almost all publicly funded schools in the city, leaving out only a few that were incorrectly identified to be outside the city. Using the 2013-14 Student Dispersion Tool that D3 has published, interested parties can view and download maps showing the dispersion patterns of each public school in the city to see where its students live. Additionally, with the filters provided, users can easily contrast results between schools in the same category or at the same level for a more appropriate comparison.
In this most recent update of the data and maps, the category breaks are consistent across all maps for comparison's sake. The same color blue in one map represents the same number of students in all the maps. However, since schools are often very different in the size of their student bodies, we also created maps showing percentages of students living in a tract. In this post, we've selected a few maps from the 2013-14 collection, from across the spectrum of school types, to highlight. We encourage you to view all the schools with the new tool.
Cass Tech is Detroit's original and most recognized magnet school. It is a citywide school with a competitive application and examination process. It is located just north of the Chrysler Freeway and downtown Detroit in a brand new, modern glass and steel building. Cass Tech boasts an impressive list of notable alumni and has a strong educational reputation.
The first thing you notice when you look at Cass Tech's dispersion map is that a lot of students travel very long distances to attend the school, including many students who reside outside the city's borders. While it is somewhat expected at a magnet school that students would travel farther to get to school, it does raise the question of whether those distances cause academic problems or strains on the student's family. In addition, the larger series of dispersion maps shows that a fairly long commute is common for Detroit students.
Because Cass Tech is a competitive school, one might expect that students from wealthier areas of Detroit would send larger numbers of students there. However, looking at the dispersion of total students, it is unclear whether there are areas with disproportionate numbers of students attending Cass. There are good showings from some typically strong neighborhoods such as the University District (7 mile and Livernois) and Grandmont/Rosedale (Grand River and M-39) but nothing that looks extremely uneven. In fact, the largest numbers of students from any tract are to the north and east of Hamtramck, which does not boast fine housing stock or higher salaries. In fact, even tracts in those areas with a high degree of abandonment and disinvestment, such as those neighborhoods east of Hamtramck, have a decent representation.
The map showing the percentage of students attending Cass Tech by tract shows the equal distribution of students even more plainly. No tract in Detroit houses more than 4.9 percent of the Cass Tech student body. Cass, at first glance, appears to truly serve the whole city.
In contrast to the even distribution of Cass Tech students, Phoenix Elementary in Southwest Detroit shows a highly concentrated dispersion pattern. While elementary students typically don't travel as far as older students, Phoenix's students are more local than most. Phoenix is an Education Achievement Authority school. As such, it was in the lowest 5 percent in performance for all schools statewide when the state took over administration of the school. There has been some speculation ever since the state created the EAA district that the worst-performing schools (including EAA schools by rule) would retain the least mobile students with the fewest resources because those students who had the ability to attend better-performing schools farther away would likely do so. In addition, Detroit educators often say that strong ethnic bonds in Southwest Detroit cause students from Southwest Detroit to tend to stay at schools in that area with high numbers of Latino students. Both of these reasons, and probably others, likely contribute to Phoenix's tight distribution of students, though we can't say that with certainty. Further study is needed.
Warrendale Charter Academy is a mid-sized K-8 charter school on Detroit's west side, near Dearborn. This charter school is interesting because it draws students mostly from the west side of Detroit and a lot of students from adjacent tracts. In fact, the percentage maps shows that at least 40 percent of its students come from adjacent tracts. Also, even though it is close to the border of other cities, the school draws almost exclusively from Detroit (this is less the case with other charters). So why is it that some schools, charter or not, draw from so much farther away and even from other cities? It may be a deliberate recruitment strategy, or it may be based on performance or reputation or other factors. Perhaps there are stronger neighborhood bonds in this area than in other areas of Detroit. More study is certainly needed.
Denby High School is an Educational Achievement Authority school on the east side of Detroit. The dispersion map for Denby, in comparison to Cass Tech, or even Western International, shows a student population highly concentrated within east-side neighborhoods. In addition, very few students who attend Denby live outside the city, despite the fact that the school is relatively close to the city border. While it is no surprise that few, if any, students attend Denby from the nearby "Pointes," because of the strong schools systems and different demographics in those areas, it is mildly surprising that there are not more students coming from Eastpointe and Warren. The neighborhood directly around Denby is still in pretty good shape, according to Motor City Mapping results. However, just a few blocks west, across Hayes Road, is a highly disinvested area where vacant lots outnumber homes. Since this area likely has fewer school-age children, perhaps it limits the reach of Denby into other parts of the city. Denby's limited reach helps to reinforce the trend that EAA schools on average tend to draw students from a smaller geographic area.


As one of the leading railway shows in Asia, the Rail Solutions Asia poses a great opportunity for Frauscher to present its innovations and services to the Asian market. With more than 2 000 participants, 160 conference delegates and 10 Asian railway operators this also applied to this year's RSA in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In collaboration with the WKO, Frauscher participated in the RSA at the WKO Advantage Austria Stand for the seventh time now. Yet this year, the company also contributed as a Silver Sponsor to the RSA 2018 and hosted the Signalling & Communications Workshop. Alok Sinha, Managing Director Frauscher Sensor Technology India Private Limited was chairperson to this workshop.
Frauscher representatives from India and Malaysia: Frauscher India represented by Akhilesh Yadav (COO; first from left), Alok Sinha (Managing Director; second from left), Dinesh Thangamariappan (Techn. Business Development; second from right) and Sebastin Sahayaraj (Business Development; first from right) and Frauscher Malaysia represented by Martin Soosay Raj (Strategic Business Development Director; middle).
Getting to know the current requirements that clients and partners are faced with in a personal conversation has always been an integral part of Frauscher's philosophy. In participating at events like the RSA, new ideas for individual approaches to various projects can be generated.
Alok Sinha, Managing Director Frauscher Sensor Technology India Private Limited in dialogue with Dr. Prodyut Dutt, Chief Development Officer of SPAD (Land Public Transport Commission).
The RSA 2018 provided a conference program including four specialist workshops. Alok Sinha was chairperson to the Signalling & Communications Workshop and led the forum discussion after the presentations. During the workshop, Akhilesh Yadav, COO Frauscher Sensor Technology India Private Limited presented on "Scalable architecture, intelligent redundancy and open interfaces: the successful features of the Frauscher Advanced Counter FAdC". Furthermore, the benefits of COTS controllers for rail applications were discussed and the significance of wheel detection and axle counting in Asia was debated. Following the presentations, the forum discussion proved to be a valuable exchange between the participants.
Alok Sinha (Managing Director Frauscher India), Romesh Srinivasan (Managing Director KL Consult) and Akhilesh Yadav (COO Frauscher India) at the Signalling & Communications Workshop.
With our new product line Frauscher Tracking Solutions FTS, we're breaking new grounds in railway signalling. Because the fibre optic technology used in FTS is little-known in railways so far, we were on the go all around the world to introduce the industry to Distributed Acoustic Sensing and its many advantages. The last four weeks alone we travelled to five different countries – this is a brief review.
When a new level crossing solution was being developed for John Holland, RCS used the Frauscher Advanced Counter FAdC and FSE protocol.


The easiest way to get in touch with me on any non-urgent matter is via email. Please send email to <bkuhn@ebb.org>. If you don't get a response within a week, I don't mind if you resend. I get thousands of spam messages a day and I am not on top of looking for false positives.
If you need to contact me regarding matters related to my role on the Board of Directors at FSF, please write to <bkuhn@fsf.org>. If you need to contact me regarding my role at the Software Freedom Conservancy, please write to <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>. All other matters can be sent to my ebb.org address mentioned above.
Please make an effort to use the right address for contact. It will probably speed up my response.
Meanwhile, I only read and respond to email once per day, usually in the early morning of the US/Eastern time zone. If you are trying to reach me on a matter that needs urgent attention in the next 48 hours, please phone my office or find me on IRC (see below). Also, note that I sometimes don't read email at all on weekends.
I realized that my only-check-email-once-per-day policy is strange in the modern era. It was original inspired as a "mild version" of Donald Knuth's email policy. I later read this study, which is one among many that shows the interrupting nature of email (as typically used) is bad for efficiency.
I urge you to consider using GNU Privacy Guard when you send me email. Below is my GnuPG public key (note that I use the same key for three different addresses: <bkuhn@ebb.org>, <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>, and <bkuhn@fsf.org>).
Please do not sign my key unless you have done a fingerprint exchange in person with me.
has been deprecated and may be revoked at some time in the future.
I didn't used to like the telephone, but I came to realize that its use is really inevitable, and is often much quicker, more precise, and less impersonal than a long email exchange. (I also feel better now using the phone, since I use Asterisk and Twinkle, so that at least the last mile of all my phone calls are encrypted and controlled with Free Software.) I generally think geeks should reconsider their constant insistence on communicating primarily via email. I've learned from the mistake of preferring email to telephone, and hope others will, too.
I'm happy to talk to you, but I prefer non-urgent phone calls to be scheduled. If you'd like to have a phone conversation, please email me and we can coordinate a mutually agreeable time. However, if you already have my phone number on file and need to phone me on an urgent matter, please do so! In fact, it shouldn't be too difficult to determine a telephone number that will reach me by using publicly available information.
I would be happy to meet people in person. Humans have evolved for more than 200,000 years to interact this way, and therefore, it's likely this will (and should) always remain the canonical form of communication. For this reason, I never prefer any form of virtual contact over face-to-face communication. If you would like to meet me in person, please send me email to coordinate a meeting. I am often at many conferences relating to Free Software, so you can often meet me at them.
My preferred online chat system is IRC, and I can also be found most days on the Freenode IRC network. I am not particularly a fan of any non-IRC online chat system, but I am nevertheless usually available on various chat networks. I urge you to use a Free Software client (such as Pidgin) for those networks. Determining my usernames on these networks is left as an exercise to the reader.
If you want to sent me tips or gifts because you like the website, here are details. I put this here because I've been asked before by people who wish to send me thank-you gifts. Please don't feel obligated.
Become a Conservancy Supporter or FSF Associate Member in my name. FSF has an "In Honor of" link, and you can email Conservancy after becoming a Supporter to tell them you're doing in honor of me.
You can send me things listed on my Amazon Wishlist — mostly it has things that I'd use if I had them, but can't really afford to buy for myself.


Friday Ramblings: Being guru-less, drawing balls and no big noses!
Ray's ramblings on 'moments' in blogging! – a different kind of summary of some issues raised during the 'Blog Beat'… including cartooning!
Hundreds support good causes – Sunday Fundays!
Three Fun Day events demonstrate the goodwill and sense of good fun of local folk!
Bank Holiday Family Fun for Good Causes!
Are you inspired to Scare Crows!?
BALLOT PAPERS for voting in the Boundary Referendum will be sent to those eligible to vote from Monday 8th September and must be returned by 4pm, Friday 26th September 2014 to be included in the count.
SANDHILL Country Park will be the location for Preston Village Show on Saturday 19th July 2014 – Showground opens at 12:30pm with formal opening at 1pm.


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From right: President Muhammadu Buhari, UK's Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, during the royal couple's visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received Prince Charles and his wife, Princess Camila at the State House Villa, Abuja.
The royal visitors arrived at the State House by 2.21pm and were ushered into the President's office for a closed doors meeting that lasted an hour.
In company of the Prince who last visited the country in 2006 during President Olusegun Obasanjo tenure was the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright.
As at the time this report was filed around 8.pm, the Media Office of the President was yet to issue a statement about the Prince's meeting with the President.
The Prince during his visit in the country is expected to engage in peace-building activities including addressing the farmers-herders clashes.
Our correspondent reports that the visit was aimed at strengthening the ties between the Nigeria and the Britain as members of the Commonwealth.
Prince Charles took over as the head of the Commonwealth of Nations last April, succeeding his mother Queen Elizabeth II.


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Q: Is there no way to ask Metal to give us vertexes per instances? Is there any way to ask Metal to give us vertexes per instances ?
I am drawing bezier lines. for that i want to change the number of vertexes for each bezier lines
Any way to do that ?

A: There isn't a way to change the number of vertices per instance in Metal (or any other API AFAIK).
The main benefit of instancing is that is allows you to draw many instances of the same mesh with a single draw call.  This lowers the CPU overhead and the size of the command buffer.   However, it's not for drawing many different meshes with a single draw call.
Instead, you can use  a new feature in Metal which will be available in iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 to add many draw calls (each with a different number of vertices) to an indirect command buffer.  Executing this buffer requires only single call, so it has the same performance benefits as instancing but is more flexible.
If you're targeting earlier OSes, you can build a series MTLDrawPrimitivesIndirectArguments into a Metal buffer and call -[MTLRenderCommandEncoder drawPrimitives:indirectBuffer:indirectBufferOffset:] for each.  This will add a draw call per object so it's not as fast as instancing or indirect command buffers, but it allows you to do some interesting things (like build a list of draw calls on the GPU with a compute kernel)


Just when it seemed safe to put Jim Flaherty's surprise-loaded 2012 budget behind us, it delivered a nasty aftershock.
Labour activists knew it was coming, but most Canadians didn't. Buried in last spring's 425-page omnibus budget legislation was a change in employment insurance (EI) rules that will hurt thousands of laid-off workers. It took effect on April 7.
Unions and community groups pleaded with the government not to implement the measure. They failed. So last Sunday, employment insurance benefits in two-thirds of the country were quietly reduced. Existing recipients were spared but new EI claimants — starting with the 54,500 workers who lost their jobs in March — will be subject to tougher rules. Most will get less support.
TORONTO, ON—Drastic changes have been made to Employment Insurance (EI) and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). In particular, unemployed workers and migrant workers will be forced into lower wages. These aggressive measures are part of an ongoing "cheap labour" agenda from the Harper government – a race to the bottom where workers continue to be squeezed more and more.
"The economic crisis has left working people more vulnerable than ever and these changes will make things worse," said Winnie Ng, co-chair of the Good Jobs for All labour-community coalition.
Parliament to fix EI by improving eligibility and increasing duration of benefits, and stop letting employers get away with taking advantage of migrant workers," said Ng.
Despite the fact that workplace violations are at a crisis, the government wants to cut $6 million out of Employment Standards enforcement.
Wage theft is at a crisis.
People need confidence that when they go to work they will be paid. However, every day we are seeing workers not getting paid their wages. In a recent survey of workplace violations, WAC found that 1 in 3 people in low waged jobs face unpaid wages.
People are working hard, without adequate protection in their workplaces. Unpaid wages throw workers into financial hardship and stress–yet less than 1% of workplaces are inspected and there's no cost to employers who break the law. Now more than ever workers need protection from wage theft.
As part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy, we will invest an additional $10 million annually to hire new employment standards officers, improve Employment Standards Act compliance and reduce the backlog of claims.
Government of Ontario, Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2008.
Email Premier Dalton McGuinty here and tell him to keep his promise to workers.
Share this information with others in your community and urge them to take action.
Check out the newly launched Talking about Jobs website. Join in on the discussion!
Over the last six months the Wellesley Institute, Atkinson Foundation and Metcalf Foundation brought together thoughtful leaders, practitioners and scholars to envision, in a pragmatic and practical way, 21st century labour market policies for Ontario. What grew from these discussions were a clear set of labour market policy proposals focused on workforce development and labour market regulation. These ideas are aimed at reducing labour market poverty. They will contribute to a healthier and more equitable Ontario.
We are putting forward six good ideas that should be on the agenda as Ontarians head to the polls this fall. They include: local job matchmaking, a new and improved Employment Standards Act, partnerships for workplace-based learning, the right job for internationally trained professionals, the right to choose a union, and better protection for migrant workers.
We will be discussing these ideas on the website and in communities.
On May 17-18, City Council will vote on Mayor Ford's garbage privatization proposal. The plan is to privatize residential collection of recycling, organics, and garbage west of Yonge Street, litter collection in all parks, street cleaning, and other collection across the city on an "adhoc basis." At the April 26th Public Works & Infrastructure Committee, over 70 public deputants spoke against the proposal to privatize garbage as well as circumvent democratic process.
This attempt to contract out waste collection when the public and the Councillors have not had a chance to review it sets a dangerous precedent. The savings that are claimed in the staff report will be realized primarily due to lower wages and benefits paid to front line workers employed by private, for‐profit contractors. Waste collection is a tough and risky job. Good Jobs for All rejects a business plan that is based on de‐valuing work while paving the way for future contracting out of public services to private companies. Call now to speak to your councillor to find out how they are going to vote.
Come to City Hall on May 17-18 to attend the meeting. The agenda still has not been made public for the meeting, but it will start at 9:30 am and will go into the evening . Contact psivakumar [@] labourcouncil [dot] ca if you plan to attend so that we can keep you posted as details emerge.
Yesterday, the City announced the process for three major "reviews" are taking place over the next few months for public consultation. With an anticipated shortfall of almost $775 million in the 2012 City Budget, we will have to mobilize now to push back against cuts to important public services that Toronto residents across communities need.


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Policy debate: Do we need more scientists in Parliament?
Thursday 29 November 2012, from 18:15 to 21:00 (refreshments served from 18:15 for a 19:00 start) – Society of Biology, Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU
The UK Parliament's 2010 intake contained just one MP who had worked as a research scientist before entering the House of Commons – Dr Julian Huppert. With science and technology playing increasingly prominent roles in society, it's easy to see why some people are concerned by the lack of scientists in Parliament.
In this panel debate, we ask if the lack of scientists in Parliament really is a problem – or are scientists better off getting their message to Parliament through other channels?
A panel of key stakeholders from science and Parliament will discuss the issues surrounding scientific expertise in Parliament, before taking questions from the audience.
A wine reception will be held afterwards, where delegates will have the opportunity to discuss the issues informally. Following the event, a podcast of the debate will be made available.
This will be the first debate to take place as part of a Society of Biology #policylates series and is being organised in collaboration with Haralambos Dayantis of Imperial College.
Dr Evan Harris – former Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, writer on science policy
Dr Phillip Lee MP – Conservative MP for Bracknell, member of Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Environment Group
Dr Jennifer Rohn – Cell biologist, novellist and founder and Chair of Science is Vital
Dr Jack Stilgoe – Lecturer in Social Studies of Science, science and technology policy expert and blogger
Additional panellists and the Chair will be announced shortly.
This event is free and open to all, but delegates must pre–register to guarantee admittance. Please register through the Society of Biology website.
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Congratulations to Hannah Young from School of Psychology who was crowned the winner of the inaugural 3MT Masters Inter-University Challenge on Thursday, 10 September 2015, please watch Hannah's winning presentation here.
Alesana Pala'amo - My Three Minute Journey of 2014
Three minutes. One hundred and eighty seconds. Two New Zealand cities. One Australian city. Now who would have imagined that three minutes and three Southern hemisphere cities would be connected to each other? Prior to participating in the Three Minute Thesis competition for 2014, I surely had no idea. As one Catholic friar shared when I mentioned that I was off to Perth for the Trans-Tasman finals for the 3MT, he said, "You are going all the way to Perth for three minutes?" As simple as his question was, he was right. It is thus fitting that I begin this reflection about my three minute journey, in three parts in chronological order: Albany, Palmerston North, and Perth.
The experience was quite frightening. As a preacher I have been in front of crowds of different numbers for various reasons. But this was different. I am not sure why, but having nine fellow PhD students all in the same place fighting out for one or two spaces to the finals, made me nervous. Having my wife present and many friends both of Pasefika and non-Pasefika origin there soothed my nerves. It was unfortunate for one of my colleagues before me, who cracked under the pressure and forgot his speech. At that moment, it made me even more nervous. As a person of faith I placed all faith in God to help keep me calm, and just recite what I had learnt. If I missed a line or two, keep going. The experience itself during my speech was as if I had no idea what I was saying, or if I was making any sense at all. Was anyone listening? Was I going too fast that no-one could understand me? Was I over time? One thing was for sure; I was so conscious of the time and made absolutely sure that I did not go over the time-limit. At the end, I was glad it was all over but I kept wondering if I had done enough to secure advancement to the next stage. Then when the judges commented, I took it all in and thanked them. As it turned out the judges chose in my favour, and I was humbled to be selected to advance to the finals in Palmerston North.
The competition in Palmerston North was a rather different experience to the Albany heat. I knew no-one, and I expected to see a wave of strange faces in the lecture room the competition was held in. My expectations were spot on. Apart from the Vice-Chancellor and various academics from Massey whom I have come across throughout my time at Massey, the audience was foreign to me. This was both good and bad. Good, by that I was talking about my study to a group who had not heard me before. Bad, that my fellow competitors (especially those from the Manawatu campus) had the support of their family, friends and peers, and yet I did not have this comfort. Despite these feelings of being alone amongst many, as a person of faith, again I left it all to God to give me peace and just speak clearly to get my message across. In fact during my presentation, I felt a comforting peace from God to get through my speech within the three minutes. The biggest surprise came in the announcement that followed the competition. In watching the presentations of my fellow students, I thought that others on the day did a better job. I was happy to have just finished my turn with little hiccups. But to be awarded the winner on the day, this came as an absolute surprise. I thanked God for bringing me this far in the competition, and for allowing the study that I am doing to be spread to an audience that would now include Australia. The financial prize was a fantastic benefit towards my research, a much needed boost to some of the costs incurred so far. The outcome on the day made my final rehearsals in the park next to the building that housed the Pasefika staff of the Manawatu campus, all worth the effort on the day. I am sure students and staff who passed by me must have been curious what I was doing just hours before the finals: seeing a big islander guy pacing up and down the park talking to himself must have been a sight for them. Some even stopped and looked, but I didn't really register as I needed to prepare. Again, I was humbled that the judges at the finals selected my presentation on the day, to be the one to advance to the Trans-Tasman finals in Perth. Thank you for the opportunity and for thank you for having faith in my ability to represent Massey! Praise God!
What a great city! I had never been to Perth before, even though I spent the majority of my teenage and young adult years growing up in Sydney. The University of Western Australia felt like an absolutely great place to study. Large over-covering trees, loads of shade and grass, old stone and new contemporary buildings, these definitely all make for a great learning atmosphere for both the students and staff of UWA. The competition itself was rather tough, with presentations from forty-eight universities about topics from all different fields. I actually felt honoured and privileged to be there on behalf of Massey. The students from the other New Zealand universities all linked with each other and together we formed a bond that kind of made the competition about two minority groups, verses one larger group: a group of universities from NZ, a group of universities from Asia, and then everyone else from Australia. There was an obvious tilt towards Australia, but this is expected when considering the origins of the 3MT in Queensland. The other universities from outside of Australia were there as guests to a predominantly Australian competition. Being raised in Australia and naturalized as one of its citizens, while being a NZ citizen through birth and representing a NZ university, my loyalties at the Trans-Tasman finals unquestionably lay with NZ and Massey. My presentation on the day I felt happy with, in that I had satisfied all the requirements for the finals. My fellow competitors and audience members volunteered their positive feedback of my presentation, including Associate Professor Tracey Riley. The eventual competition winner also commented positively on my speech. As the day unfolded, the judges on the day saw differently. I suppose being in the first group of twelve speakers, it would be unfair if over half of the final ten that made the final round, came from our first group of speakers. Five of our group that spoke before me, made it to the final ten. The other five were selected across the remaining three groups of twelve speakers. The only disadvantage that I feel I had over my fellow forty-seven competitors was that my microphone was the only one that did not work at all during my speech. The technician had it suited up and operating, but the moment I spoke, it faulted on me. I am unsure whether had it been working a different outcome would have resulted, this is unclear. But one thing is clear; I am absolutely honoured and humbled to have represented Massey University at the Trans-Tasman 3MT finals for 2014! I gave it my best, and I learnt a great deal in the process. I have made many new colleagues in Australia and those studying here in New Zealand, connections that I am sure I will cross paths again in the years ahead. I am confident that it will not be too long, before one of the NZ universities brings the 3MT winning trophy across to Aotearoa!
I would like to express my gratitude to Massey University and the Graduate Research School for the opportunity to participate in the Trans-Tasman final in 2014. I am especially grateful for the financial prize that I have received towards my doctoral studies. I thank my supervisors Associate Professor Mark Henrickson, Dr Lily George and Dr Catherine Cook for leading my doctoral journey to where it is today. I thank the Congregational Christian Church Samoa and Malua Theological College for funding my doctoral studies and for their continuous prayers and support. I thank my wife, our sons, and our supportive family for their love and prayers. I must thank Associate Professor Tracy Riley who accompanied me to Perth. It was such a positive encouragement to have a member of the academic staff accompany me to Perth, and I felt very privileged as many other universities that attended did not see the same importance. Faafetai tele lava and thank you to you all!
I am honoured and thankful to have been selected to represent Massey University at an international level for the 3MT. An opportunity that I never expected, and an experience that I will treasure well beyond the duration of my studies here at Massey. The 3MT experience has enriched my learning by sharing and learning about the depth of doctoral research happening right now, that will shape the world that we live in today and tomorrow. It has also been a great opportunity to spread the nature of my own study about God and counselling, to audiences that now include Australia and Asia.
All praise and honour for this fantastic experience I give to God!
Thank you. Alesana Pala'amo
Lifelong skills gained in Three Minute Thesis contest
Academia's equivalent of television's Idol singing competition is a great way to boost confidence and gain lifelong skills in presentation and public speaking, says last year's winner Tom Finn.
He is urging PhD students to enter this year's competition – dubbed 3MT – which involves speaking for three minutes on the theme of your doctoral thesis with just one Powerpoint slide as a prop. Preliminary rounds will run on all three campuses from July 22, and students can register to enter now.
The Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition which challenges research higher degree students to give a compelling presentation on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes, in language easily understood by a non-specialist audience.
A fundamental sciences PhD student who is now working for AgResearch, Mr Finn used the movies Jurassic Park and The Hunger Games to explain complex microbiology and win last year's Three-Minute-Thesis competition at Massey.
He went from being the Wildcard choice to win in the Massey finals, then became one of three New Zealand students in the top eight at the Trans-Tasman Grand Finals held at the University of Western Australia in Sydney last November.
Mr Finn says he was reluctant to enter at first and hated the idea of public speaking. But he convinced himself that he should be able to tackle the format of three minutes, one slide and no questions from the audience. He had some training with Associate Professor in Expressive Arts Angie Farrow that enabled him to "fake confidence" and present without succumbing to nerves.
"It's such a fun competition," he says. "The best part for me was going from the Wildcard to the finals. It was a great experience. And it's a good thing to have on your CV."
He says condensing his thesis – Understanding bacterial adaptation to aerobic and anaerobic environments through environmental evolution and whole genome analysis – into three-minutes was hard.
"It was tough, my supervisors and friends helped a lot. But once I had the idea of the Jurassic Park and Hunger Games, it just fell into place."
Mr Finn, from the Institute of Fundamental Sciences, won $1000 towards research costs, and was also awarded the People's Choice and received a $500 book voucher. Last year more than 60 students from a range of disciplines participated in Massey's third Three-Minute-Thesis competition, with the top 10 presenting at the final event. An 80,000-word thesis would usually take nine hours to present.
For more information on the competition please see the Massey 3MT competition details page or to register click here.
Last updated on Tuesday 16 August 2016
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Built in 1873, Hunghom Kwun Yum Temple is one of the most significant local landmarks. During road works between Hunghom and Kowloon City in 1909, the workers were scared by red water spouting from the ground at a digging site. They believed their work harmed a sacred dragon.
To continue construction of the road, the workers donated money to the Hunghom Kwun Yum Temple, in the hope that Kwun Yum (Goddess of Mercy) would help them avoid any other disasters. This is but one of the many legends surrounding the temple, which is linked to many local miracles.
It's also a very popular local belief that Kwun Yum Temple is a hot spot for worshipping and 'borrowing' money from the higher power.
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There is a little known copyright extension in Japan known as "The Wartime Period Extension" which extends the duration of copyright protection in Japan for certain works affected by Japan's involvement in World War II.
Japan currently recognizes foreign musical copyrights for the minimum duration afforded by the Berne Convention (life of the author + 50 years). However, as part of Japan's surrender to the Allied powers at the end of WWII, Japan agreed to extend the term of copyright in Japan for works owned by a member of an Allied country (including the US) as a way to compensate Allied copyright owners for the economic loss incurred in Japan during the period of time Japan was involved in the war. Interestingly, Japan is the only Axis power which provides a copyright extension for Allied works.
The length of the copyright extension depends on the date of publication or public performance of the work, which Allied nation the copyright owner belongs to, and how long the copyright owner was part of an Allied power. Generally speaking, for US copyrights, the length of the extension is calculated as follows:
For US copyrights originally published or publicly performed prior to the Pearl Harbor attack (December 7, 1941), the length of the copyright extension in Japan is equal to 3,794 days (i.e. the period of time between the Pearl Harbor attack and the April 28, 1952 signing of the Peace Treaty of San Francisco which ended WWII).
For US copyrights originally published or performed after Pearl Harbor and prior to the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, the copyright extension will be limited to the period of time between such original publication or performance of the work and the signing of the peace treaty. In other words, you only get an extension in Japan for the time your copyright was actually affected by Japan's involvement in the war.
There is no copyright extension in Japan for works registered or written prior to the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, but not published or publicly performed until after the signing of the treaty.
In all instances, the copyright extension is limited to Japan only. There are no formal notifications required to secure the extended copyright term, but as the extended term commences on the day copyright protection under the Berne Convention would otherwise expire, timely claims are required in order to avail oneself of the full duration of the extended copyright term.


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The X, Y, Z's of Monopoly: Why Alphabet Is (Still) Dangerous
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and Huffington Post co-founder / white feminist idol Arianna Huffington (yes, she named it after herself)
Back in February I reported on the first quarterly earnings that Google submitted as its new conglomerate Alphabet. In that piece I broke down how Leftists should be very concerned about this new conglomerate's ability to avoid traditional means of breaking up monopolies and its rise as the leader of technological innovation, second only to the US government itself.
There have been two important developments since then that are worth addressing. First, that the European Union has brought a second antitrust charge against Google. Second, that the Morning Star of the internet Yahoo has been bought by internet service provider Verizon.
Monopoly is a tricky subject when it comes to Marxists, and exposes a major divide between its political leaders and its economists. Leaders like Che Guevara and Lenin regularly posited monopolies as an evil of capitalism or even a contradictory tendency of free market competition creating monopolies. Conversely, economists like Ernest Mandel and Michael Roberts are not convinced that monopolies are some inherent tendency of capitalism, or even in Roberts's case find it to obfuscate that the issue is capitalism itself. Those who do find it of significance like the Monthly Review School still admit that "There are powerful counter-tendencies—the breakup of existing firms and the founding of new ones—which have been strong enough to prevent the formation of anything even remotely approaching [a worldwide] general cartel."
Overall I lean more towards the view that the evil of capitalism is not that it creates monopolies, but rather that it robs people of their humanity by extracting the value of their labor, and all the resulting consequences. However, monopolies can be a powerful tool to accomplish such extraction in exceptionally cruel and powerful ways. So while breaking up monopolies should never be the ultimate goal, it may be one worth pursuing in certain circumstances. And despite the recent developments, I still believe that Alphabet poses a great risk to the workers of the world.
On April 20, the European Union charged Google for the second time with an antitrust charge (I talk about the first one in my last post). Particularly EU regulators went after how Google requires mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and Google Chrome if they want to have access to any other Google apps. Though it is not the first of such suits, this lawsuit demonstrates the evolution of the market and the increasing importance of apps for both advertising and subscription fees (though Google of course provides all of its apps for free). The EU states that Google's tactic has allowed it to be the app used for a staggering 90% of searches made on Android phones. Since 80% of the EU's smart phones are androids, this means 72% of searches made on smart phones there are done on Google. This is high, but only marginally higher than Google's general market share of searches, reported last quarter to be 70.41%. While I would not claim to know where this lawsuit will go, market experts, Google staff, and all of its competitors aside from Mozilla Firefox have been fairly nonchalant.
The news which came out today is that Verizon is purchasing Yahoo for $4.8 billion. What does this have to do with Google? Last year Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion. Former CEO of AOL Tim Armstrong was intimately involved in this deal, seeing it as a way to accomplish what he had wanted when he proposed a merger between AOL and Yahoo in 2014. Both Armstrong and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer got their starts at none other than Google. Armstrong receives a lot of praise in the press, not so much for successfully turning the company around (he did not) but because of his character, that he stuck to AOL even though it was an unpopular company. However, it seems pretty clear that Armstrong does have a mission, and that mission was to unite AOL and Yahoo. With the two now under the same roof, they receive 50% total more unique visitors than Google does. And they have the backing of one of the largest internet providers in the world.
This merger has increased the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of the search engine market (though it also rose because of unrelated factors). Yet even with the merger Yahoo is still only 4th in market share for search engines and 8th for email. It's own hilariously named attempt at a browser AXIS (how did that get approved?!) was a complete failure and its acquisition of Rockmelt was met with disdain from its own investors. Tumblr's acquisition was a gift that they squandered and WordPress quickly filled that gap, stealing thousands of users in 2015 (including yours truly).
In conclusion, monopolies are not everything and we should not let a preoccupation with them distract us from capitalism itself being the problem. However, Google is a force to be reckoned with, and even with its competitors in the market rallying against it, it does not look like its growth and acquisition of power will end any time soon.
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Everything you need to know about this feathered friend. - by Dr. Harry Cooper
Like a lot of us, Dr Harry's family has grown over the past 18 months. While some of us have gained new pets of the furry, four-legged variety, Dr Harry gained a new feathered friend, a rainbow lorikeet. If you're thinking about following in his footsteps and owning a lorikeet, there's plenty of things you need to know, from what to feed them, what to put in their cage and how to keep them entertained. With Harry's advice a rainbow lorikeet might just replace a dog as man's best friend.
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Born and raised in Sydney, Dr Harry Cooper graduated with second class honours from Sydney University's Faculty of Veterinary Science in December 1965 aged 21. He practised for several years across Sydney and the UK before his burgeoning media career became a full-time commitment.
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Conor McGregor's legal team has denied reports that the Irishman is close to agreeing a deal with prosecutors in New York in regards to his bus attack that took place prior to UFC 223 in April.
McGregor was charged with one count of felony mischief and three counts of misdemeanor assault after throwing a metal dolly through a window of a bus that was carrying several UFC fighters. The target of the attack, Khabib Nurmagomedov, was not injured, but other fighters were left with facial lacerations.
TMZ Sports reported that McGregor is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with prosecutors that could see the felony mischief charge reduced to a misdemeanor and keep him out of jail. However, it seems that report is now in question, as MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi shared a statement on Sunday provided by a spokesperson of McGregor's attorney, Cozen O'Connor.
Although a deal has not yet been finalized, a court appearance that McGregor has scheduled for next week (July 26th) in New York means we could soon know a verdict for his case.
Depending on how the deal unfolds, we could also know whether or not we will see McGregor back in the Octagon this year. Talks of a blockbuster fight against the current UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov have been ongoing for a while, but McGregor's head coach John Kavanagh has recently stated we will see McGregor vs. Khabib by the end of the year. We shall soon see.


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Q: Passing Data to Tab Bar I am trying to make Twitter clone for practice. My backend is Firebase and I have Twitter login.
I managed to implement Twitter login but now don't know how to pass current user uid to all Tab Bar View Controllers.
For now my User model only has id (of string type) and posts (of Post array).
class User {

    // MARK: Properties
    let id: String!
    var posts: [Post]?

    init(id: String) {
        self.id = id
    }

}

This is my LoginViewController part where user is logged in and now I have to initialize new object
// Checks if user is already logged in and transfers them to feed
FIRAuth.auth()?.addStateDidChangeListener() { (auth, user) in
      if user != nil {
           self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "Login", sender: self)
      }
}

I have created custom controller for Tab Bar with only one property of user: User?
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    if segue.identifier == "Login" {
        let intializeUser = User(id: (FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid)!)
        let tabBar = TabBarViewController()
        tabBar.user = intializeUser
    }
}

But this is not working. Can somebody explain how to elegantly store user uid and then use it with every other View Controller?

A: The parameter passed to the function prepare - segue: UIStoryboardSegue contains your destination (the UITabBarController) - if you've set it up correctly in the Storyboard.
So in fact what you have to do, instead of initializing a new object, is to simply get it from the segue object:
let tabBar = segue.destinationViewController as! TabBarController

That will make your code work.
There is a whole new story about the architecture of your app - whether to go for MVC or MVVM, MVP or VIPER. That's related to your question regarding elegant storage of the user ID. I can't give you a direct answer on that as it would be primarily opinion based. Try it yourself, find the right level of abstraction.
For some reference, here is my OSS project where I encapsulate Firebase interaction in an object that provides interface for other View Controllers to use. But again - if you're starting with iOS and/or programming in general, maybe it's not the best go-to architecture for start.