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Covid-19 Inspires New Safety Standards for Remote Workers
The European Commission has announced its intentions to review and update EU rules on workplace safety in light of the covid-19 pandemic. The aim behind the review is to better reflect the fact that millions of people are now remote working.
The commission said it will look at a range of requirements from the use of workstations and screens, to Covid ventilation. In addition to this, the commission will aim to produce recommendations for employers concerning mental health at work, with a target of releasing these suggestions by the end of 2022.
Mental health problems have affected 84 million people in the EU, even before the pandemic. The commission stated that of all workdays lost due to illness, work-related stress was the cause of almost half. Over the last 18 months, 40% of workers began to work remotely full time, which has led to a reduction in social contact, an increase in online meetings and a rise in the use of IT equipment.
Valdis Dombrovski, The commissions Vice President, said "For many, the concept of a traditional workplace is disappearing fast. While that brings opportunities, it also brings challenges and risks, health, psychological and social."
IOSH's head of advice and practice, Duncan spencer agreed that traditional workplaces do have certain advantages when it comes to employee health and wellbeing. He said, "one of the benefits of working in an office is accessibility to advice and the opportunity for managers to observe. These are severely limited when working from home"
Spencer continued, "It is, therefore, necessary for managers to have a more in-depth and regular dialogue with home workers. This will enable them to identify frustrations and issues that can be addressed, as well as employees, mental states"
Spencer also discussed how Covid-19 has helped raise awareness of occupational health. He said "Dealing with Covid-19 has helped raise awareness of occupational health disease and the importance of wellbeing. Many OSH professionals and organisations they work for are realizing they can and should do more to control these hazards."
Work-related accidents and illnesses have a huge impact on the EU economy, costing over 3.3% of GDP per year. The commission has stated that it estimates that for every euro invested into occupational health and safety, the return for employers will be doubled, due to their employees requiring less sick leave.
How will the UK be affected?
Although the commission updates will not apply to the United Kingdom, it is believed that in the near future, the UK will begin to look outside of the borders to new regulations on handling the challenge of more extensive remote work.
Regulatory lawyer, Rhian Greaves said "In my view, the H&S at work act is sufficiently wide in scope and application to meet this compliance challenge. The question now will be how the HSE views the shift towards home working and how its guidance will be updated to reflect the new reality."
Greaves continued, "It will be fascinating to see how employers adapt to the very real and practical implications of large remote workforces. Organisations will need to update their risk assessments to identify new risks created by the increase in home working and to establish and implement the appropriate control measures. This will be challenging given the variety of domestic situations in which employers now work."
Health and safety in the workplace updates
Homeworkers wellbeing isn't the only health and safety subject under review by the commission. Considering the anticipated digital and green recovery, the European Commission will also specify updated limits on exposure to insulator asbestos as well as lead & cobalt used in renewable energy techy and battery production.
The commission said it wanted trade unions and employer's organisations to negotiate an agreement on asbestos & chemical agents that can cause cancer and respiratory problems. If they do not signal a wish to do so, the EU executive will put forward a proposal in 2022.
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Although there's no standard way of changing which object is used as a prototype, you still can modify an object's behavior via its prototype after construction, which is actually a fairly common idiom in JavaScript. For example, you can add a method that works on all string objects, simply by adding a function to one of String's prototype's slots. For example:
String.prototype.alert = function() { alert(this); };
This technique allows you to do things like "Message".alert(), which is a fairly trivial example, but also useful for replacing existing functionality. Several JavaScript libraries redefine some methods on DOM objects in this way to work around bugs in one or more implementations.
The prototype chain can be of any length. All of the standard objects are root objects, or inherit directly from a root object, but your objects can have very long chains of prototypes. If you have a group of objects with a common prototype, modifications to the prototype work in much the same way as modifications to a class in a language like Smalltalk, Ruby, or Objective-C.
The inability to modify the prototype chain makes JavaScript code slightly easier to understand than Self code. If an object begins life with a prototype, it will end life with the same prototype. This fact makes it easy to share common state and behavior between a group of objects.

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Chandler was on to something. But it wasn't until World War II that the peanut butter and jelly sandwich became an American classic. All three ingredients were adopted by the U.S. military; soldier rations included bread, Welch's Concord grape jelly, and canned peanut butter. If the PB&J is nutritious and energy-filled enough to power these soldiers, the same logic should apply your next run, workout, or hike, right? Right. Despite a rep among many as just a childhood treat, this sandwich is a legit power food.
Let's start with the taste. "Sandwich" is almost a misnomer. The PB&J borders on dessert: Pillowy, grainy bread cushions gooey, honeyed jelly and rich, salted-caramely peanut butter, rendering a sugar/salt/fat combo that's both comforting and nostalgic. Age-old favorites like crunchy peanut butter or slightly toasted bread add an additional taste bud–triggering crunch.
The food tastes far too indulgent to be performance-promoting, but that really means nothing. A basic PB&J—sliced white bread, Jif, and grape jelly—contains 350 calories and 16, 45, and 11 grams of fat, carbs, and protein, respectively. That's roughly equivalent to a Peanut Butter ProBar—a favorite among endurance athletes—with its 380 calories, 20 grams of fat, 43 grams of carbohydrates, and 11 grams of protein. Consider the "tastes too good" dilemma debunked.
Then there's the sensory experience of the PB&J, which, I can attest, is only heightened when you're in the depths of an exercise binge. These sandwiches are what recently pushed me through a 24-hour unsupported endurance event.
An exercise physiologist estimated I'd burn 15,000 calories over the effort. Trying to fill even a fraction of that gap with energy bars sounded nearly as grueling as the competition itself. Enter the PB&J—but not the basic variety. I went to a discount grocer and bought a loaf of seedy bread, classic peanut butter, fruit-heavy jam, and thin-sliced mozzarella to pump up the protein. The result was a lineup of hulking 700-calorie, 30-gram protein sandwiches that clocked in at roughly 25 cents each. Compare that to the average energy bar, which runs at somewhere between six to 15 times more expensive per calorie.
While my fellow competitors choked down their expensive performance fuels—made from brown rice syrup, oats, soy isolate, and other odds and ends mechanically pressed into small bricks—I enjoyed a childhood staple. I ate my final sandwich at the end of the event, my body so in need of calories that the experience felt almost transcendent.
The sandwich's other unique selling point? It's a blank canvas that's just as delicious with the most inexpensive ingredients as it is with the most gourmet. Need carbs? Add more jelly or fruit, or use thicker bread. More fat? Add extra peanut butter. Protein? Stick a slice of ham, bland cheese, or crispy turkey bacon between your layers. Just need more calories? Hell, double down on every ingredient. And if classic flavors aren't your jam, you're in luck. There are now more nut butters than Kardashian dramas, plus Nutella, pumpkin butter, sunflower butter, and and more. Acceptable swaps for sliced bread include tortillas, banana breads, waffles, and bagels. Adding crunch with potato chips or pickles is considered (almost) normal.
Before higher-intensity efforts, go with something easy to digest—white bread, sugary jelly or honey, and creamy peanut butter—to prevent stomach issues. For more relaxed efforts or for a healthy snack, try seedier breads, natural nut butters, and sliced banana, or added-sugar-free jam instead.
Once you've settled on that perfect combo, make a loaf's worth at once and individually wrap and freeze them. Grab one as you leave the house to hit the trail. Frozen or otherwise, a PB&J can keep for days. We promise you won't regret it.


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The One Big Mystery At The Heart Of The Virgin Galactic Probe
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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) look at wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California
MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - The probe of Virgin Galactic's space plane crash in California hinges on a central mystery: Why a seasoned test pilot would prematurely unlock the craft's moveable tail section, setting off a chain of events that led to destruction of the ship and his death.
The National Transportation Safety Board was expected this week to complete its initial field investigation into Friday's ill-fated test flight of SpaceShipTwo, a rocket-powered vehicle built to take paying passengers for rides into space.
The ship broke apart at an altitude of about 50,000 feet (15,000 meters) and crashed in the Mojave Desert, 95 miles (150 km) north of Los Angeles, moments after its separation from the special jet aircraft that carries the spacecraft aloft for its high-altitude launches.
The pilot, Pete Siebold, 43, survived the crash, parachuting to the ground with a shoulder injury. The co-pilot, Mike Alsbury, 39, was killed.
NTSB officials have said it was Alsbury, flying for the ninth time aboard SpaceShipTwo, who unlocked the tail section, designed to pivot upward during atmospheric re-entry to ease descent of the craft.
Alsbury was supposed to have waited until the ship was traveling at 1.4 times the speed of sound, fast enough for aerodynamic forces to hold the tail in place until time to actually move it into descent position, sources familiar with the spacecraft's operation told Reuters.
Instead, for reasons unknown, he released the locking mechanism roughly 9 seconds into a planned 20-second firing of the space plane's rocket engine, while the ship was moving at about Mach 1, the speed of sound, the sources said.
The result was disastrous. About 4 seconds after the tail was unlocked, it began to swivel out, and the vehicle was ripped apart, scattering debris over a 5-mile (8-km) swath of desert northeast of the Mojave Air and Space Port.
A second command to deliberately move the tail upward after unlocking it was never given.
The tail's so-called "feathering" system, developed and patented by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, is designed to increase the vehicle's surface area and slow down the ship so it can fly like a badminton shuttlecock as it safely re-enters Earth's atmosphere from space.
SpaceShipTwo's feather mechanism had been operated extensively in previous atmospheric test flights, including two rocket-powered runs, officials said.
The NTSB expects it will take up to a year to piece together exactly what triggered the accident and recommend changes to equipment, procedures, operations and other factors that may have caused or contributed to the crash, safety board Chairman Christopher Hart said.
Initial interviews, collection of debris from the crash site and preliminary examination of evidence were expected to be wrapped up by the end of the week.
A human-factors expert joined the investigation team on Monday to look at cockpit displays, checklist design, training and other pilot operational issues. Siebold, the surviving pilot, had not yet been interviewed due to medical concerns, Hart said on Monday.
NTSB's preliminary accident investigation report was expected in about 10 days.
(Reporting and writing by Irene Klotz; Editing by Steve Gorman and Mohammad Zargham)
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We've all, to varied degrees in varied circumstances, fixated on life getting better. There times I've gone through rough patches and thought, "when will this ever end?". Sometimes it seems everything that could go wrong, goes wrong.
There are times life is great and there's nothing to worry or stress about. That is life; full of seasons. Life is dynamic and static at the same time. Some change will happen; consistent in that sense.
Joy and rest can be followed by unrest, anxiety and turmoil. Sometimes we experience contradicting realities in different aspects. Sometimes your career is great while strife and anxiety dominate your home life. Like I've said, at other times, everything goes great.
One thing that will always be true is that change is inevitable. That you will have to deal with some predicament you've never encountered. Sometimes it will be a variation of things you've dealt with. At other times it might just be the same ol' thing you seem to always come back to.
So, does life get better? I think life doesn't change. Life doesn't change. It goes through cycles. I dare say that some things might get worse as responsibility increases. Scary right?
One of the consolations is that as we learn to navigate the increasing challenges. Also with increasing responsibility the reward also increases. I know I've just said life doesn't change. That is true, but, in another sense, it does.
Life, rather how we can experience life is what changes. To a great extent life is about how we engage with it. It is not just about what happens to us, it is, to a great extent, also about how we respond to it.
So how do we go about life getting better? I love how Paul Scanlon put it.
We get better. We grow. Life gets better because we get better. Life can be amazing if we're willing to take the hits and grow with them. But what does getting better mean?
Getting better means we get to a way of life where we don't think bad days are the same as a bad life. It means that we don't act like brats when we don't get what we wanted. Sometimes we do get what we want but not in the way we wanted.
A great life doesn't mean being pain free. It is not one free of challenges and strife. It also isn't one filled with pain. It is great joy; celebration. It is loving and being loved. It's a mix of stuff. Gooey.
The greater challenge is knowing best how to respond to all change as it comes.
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A great reminder that we're responsible for our own response to life. Paul Scanlon puts it very well too!


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Q: Should I expose my authentication URI in a 401 error response? I use OAuth 2 in a REST API and I my API returns a 401 error, if my access token is invalid.
My 401 response isn't meaningful right now and I wonder if I could place my authentication URI in my response? Something like
{
  "error": 401,
  "authentication_uri": "https://example.com/login?client_id=123&response_type=token&redirect_uri=http://example.com/app/"
}

Can I do that? Is this secure? (It seems that all these params are exposed in the URL anyway...) Are there other common methods to get a meaningful response from 401? I couldn't find something useful about this topic.

A: I am not a security expert, but I don't see a problem with doing this. I'm not aware of any value in hiding how to authenticate, and I don't see you exposing anything that they don't already have (assuming client_id and redirect_uri were in the original request).

A: To answer my own question: While it is certainly possible to do this and has benefits as you don't need to know the authentication URI beforehand, it has some pitfalls.
Say you develop multiple apps separately at http://localhost and you want to communicate the same REST API. The REST API can't deduce your client_id just from your Referer or Origin header field as it is always http://localhost. You could develop "App 1" or "App 2" and each has a different client_id. Therefor you would need to support URI templates. E.g.:
{
  "error": 401,
  "authentication_uri": "https://example.com/login?redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=token{&client_id}"
}

See here for more examples about URI templates.

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While eCommerce continues to rule the world there is still a desire for a physical shopping experience. A lot of innovation is going on in this space too and we can expect to see more physical retail spaces merging with the digital to make everything feel much more personal.
As reported in Wired Magazine, eBay is expanding its reach into the physical world with an experiment at the Rebecca Minkoff flagship store. In the report about the new Rebecca Minkoff store in San Francisco, the article says how "The mirrors come alive. Walk into the fitting room with, say, a blouse and a jacket, and the dark glass lights up with a suggested handbag to match. You can browse the racks at the upscale fashion boutique or swipe through "looks" on massive touchscreens. If you see something you like, you tap in your phone number, and you'll get a text when it's ready to try on". Check out the demo below and read the full article here.
Over at PSFK we can see how Starbucks has been re-imagined by creative agency Bulldog Drummond. They explore how technology can help enable a faster, more efficient and more personalized coffee experience. Also, how to make Starbucks feel more local and be part of the community. We see how they are redefining the "third place" that is not work and not home but somewhere that blends the two. Read the article here.
Meanwhile, Down Under you can now order gourmet burgers at McDonald's thanks to a unique touchscreen experience. As reported on Digital Buzz Blog, "he Kiosk is extremely easy to use, and focuses on up-selling by tapping into a growing customisation trend that sees increase basket sizes by allowing customers to add seemingly unlimited extras to their burgers. But these also aren't just any McDonald's burger, they come served on a wooden plate, with the chips in a mini deep fryer basket too… All delivered to the seat that you select".
The Australian Effie Awards ceremony last night revealed some great winners. Even though we live in a connected world too often we focus on great work coming out of the USA or Europe. There is some amazing work being done in countries like Australia or in Asia. So let's take a look at some of the Effie winners.
I really liked this gold winner from Naked Communications and Frank PR where they encouraged people to pressure Richard Branson into giving community radio station FBi a million dollars. FBi Radio is an iconic, independent, Australian radio station based in Sydney. The financial crisis forced the station to the brink of closure. They needed over $500,000 to save the station, they had a $0.00 budget. Richard Branson had nothing to do with the station. He was just one rich person that the agency felt would appreciate the humour of being targeted this way. Branson became aware of the campaign, and Twittered to say he'd be calling in. Live on air he donated a massive prize pool, and his involvement generated more PR and social media activity. Check out the case video here.
Another gold winner from DDB Sydney was for McDonald's Australia and Ronald McDonald House Charities. They needed to find a big idea for McHappy Day that would cut through charity fatigue so they developed a powerful message that all children, especially seriously ill ones, had the right to happiness. This helped them create a campaign where people felt they were contributing to the emotional well-being of sick children rather than just donating money. With a TVC, campaign website, digital in-store and packaging they were able to break the record for previous years with over AU$2 million donated. An amazing result.
Augemented reality shows no sign of going away anytime soon. This month has seen a number of brands using the technique to different degrees of success. Esquire Magazine made the biggest noise with their AR cover.
It generated a lot of debate and although impressive to see did require the download of special software. That's a major barrier. But as print magazines face serious issues (no pun intended) they are looking for new ways to attract an audience. This Mashable blog post from the end of last month explains Esquire's strategy.
Meanwhile, at Disney Orlando the toy store took AR in an interesting direction by providing an in-store screen allowing kids to hold up Lego boxes and see what their model would look like in 3D.
OK, this didn't appear in November but caught my attention this month. After sharing it on the Blogilvy site one reader made this interesting comment.
"We were in Orlando for vacation a couple of weeks ago. Spent 3+ hours in the Lego store looking at EVERYTHING. The reaction of my son (7yo) to the 3D screens was "Daddy, I'd rather look at the box. You can see more from the pictures than you can on the screen". it reminded me of the old line – just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should do it".
A light-speed trip to France reveals that McDonalds are offering an augmented reality game for kids via their Star Wars themed Happy Meal.
On his blog, Nick Burcher provides a few screen shots and a description of the promo. So far I haven't found a video of the game play. If anyone finds one please let me know.
Using a webcam and screen as an augmented mirror of reality is one way to use the technique but we are seeing more uses for mobile devices. This AR Firefighter game for the iPhone 3Gs uses the phone camera as a viewfinder then overlays (rather ugly) graphics. Personally I don't like it but there definitely is potential for the right brand and audience.
Done well, augmented reality can create a lot of buzz. But just like flash mob videos, there comes a point where you just don't want to see another one. Will this happen to AR? Some articles are very optimistic about the technology. Venturebeat.com report that AR will be worth US$732 million by 2014. But today things fall out of fashion faster than ever (did someone say Second Life?) so let's just watch and see.


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The data belongs to Plug and Play Ventures, which is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has offices around the world. Plug and Play helps startups get off the ground and matches those companies with investors. The firm says it has benefited from early investments in PayPal and Dropbox.
The leaked data appears to be a PostgreSQL database for Playbook.vc, a networking and deal flow application from Plug and Play.
The unencrypted data includes personal contact information for investors, founders and CEOs. It includes personal information voluntarily submitted by those people to Plug and Play, including names, phone numbers and email addresses. There are more than 50,000 unique email addresses in the data.
The data includes usersnames, hashed passwords and affiliated account data.
In other parts of the data there are snippets of emails - such as the sender, recipient and subject line of an email - that were sent between staff at Plug and Play and other users. The content of those emails, however, doesn't appear to be in the data. The data appears to have been scraped from G Suite, which is now known as Google Workspace.
There was also an exposed API key, although it isn't clear what kind of data that unlocks. Also, usernames and password hashes were exposed. Plain-text passwords are hashed, which is the term for running a password through an algorithm. That cryptographic output is retained rather than the actual password, which is safer in case of a data breach. The hashes appear to be pbkdf2 SHA256.
ISMG found other documents, including a boarding pass and dozens of slide decks written by companies for investors, with at least one marked "confidential." There are also logs of IP addresses and what pages those addresses visited.
A boarding pass in the leaked Plug and Play data
The data would appear to give some clues as to what types of companies an investor may be interested in, which could perhaps give an edge in the ultra-competitive sphere of startup investment.
Exposed for a Year
The data appears to have been exposed to the public since Oct. 20, 2020, due to a misconfiguration of an Amazon S3 storage bucket, according to the researcher who found it. The researcher wishes to remain anonymous.
ISMG notified Plug and Play of the breach on Sept. 16. Syed Azhar, who is Plug and Play's chief information officer, responded on Sept. 17.
Some exposed information appears to have been parts of emails scraped from G Suite, now known as Google Workspace.
Despite the contact, the data exposure continued. Finally, by Oct. 2, the data was secured after a tweet the previous day by Australian security researcher Troy Hunt, who created the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service.
Anyone got a contact at @PlugandPlayTC that can take a serious security issue seriously? The kind of issue that usually results in a company sending a letter beginning with "We take security seriously..."
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 1, 2021
It's unclear why there was a delay in securing the data. Azhar did not respond to a query as to whether Plug and Play will notify those in the breach or regulators.
Plug and Play's website has a privacy policy indicating that its U.S. operations fall under California law. California's data breach law requires notification of residents if their unencrypted personal information "was acquired, or reasonably believed to have been acquired, by an unauthorized person," according to the state's attorney general's office.
The company also has offices throughout the European Union, which means if there are E.U. residents in the breach, the General Data Protection Regulation would apply. That requires entities to report data breaches within 72 hours.
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You know you've made it when you're rich enough to hire the world's most famous Instagram celebrity to cook and literally fork-feed guests at your party.
DJ Khaled threw a rager to celebrate his 42nd birthday Saturday night. There were, of course, tons of celebs in attendance including Diddy, Chris Brown, Usher, Fergie, Kelly Rowland, Christina Aguilera, Jimmy, Jamie and Liberty Iovine — everybody.
But the most important guest was the guy behind-the-scenes tucked away in the kitchen: Salt Bae.
Party guests tell The Blast that, despite the A-listers, Bae was hands down the most popular person at the party.
For those somehow unfamiliar with the social media sensation, Salt Bae is a Turkish chef who owns Nusr-Et, a steakhouse chain. Bae's delicate way of salting meats catapulted him to meme status and earned him nearly 10 million Instagram followers.
We're told Salt Bae adhered to a strict all meat, no veggies policy — cooking up burgers, ribs, steaks and anything else that wasn't green.
Understandably, everybody wanted a photo with Salt Bae, who happily obliged and went as far as fork-feeding guests his food.


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The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre opened ten years ago, and has helped ensure southeast Queensland punches above its weight in the scale and quality of events it attracts. In an interview with The Siteseer, Adrienne Readings, the first woman to be appointed general manager of a convention centre in Australia, looks back on a tumultuous decade and reveals how her facility provides the kind of value that keeps clients coming back.
The Siteseer: Adrienne, you've hosted more than 2,000 events in ten years. What's the secret of your success?
Adrienne Readings: Five-star-quality service. We're the biggest venue for business events on the coast but being biggest hasn't made us complacent; quite the opposite. We're in a competitive hospitality region and know our service has to be world-class so, as a business, we challenge ourselves daily and focus on continuously improving the venue. I believe that's why we've established a strong reputation and developed a solid repeat portfolio. To put it into perspective, two of the past three years have been our best in profitability and cost control.
Our state as a whole performs well against some better-known locations or bigger cities. The fact that we can attract world conferences and win conference bids against some of them tells me we're doing something right. Indeed we've emerged as a serious business events destination and venue that attracts thousands of delegates and delivers an ingredient that sets us apart. Twenty-seven of the original 130 team members, myself included, have been here since opening.
SS: How many visitors have you hosted?
AR: More than two million, who've injected about $1.6 billion into the local economy. We average more than 160 business events a year, generating 350,000 delegate days. And we've got a broad audience market – from conferences, banquets, consumer shows and concerts through to televised sporting events.
We've had the likes of UB40, Pink, Rihanna, the National Final Rodeo, ASP World Surfing Awards and the Supanova Pop Culture Expo that attracts close to 30,000 fans a year. The Centre is also home to big expos including those of Mitre 10, Subway and Bakers Delight, as well as Microsoft.
SS: What impact has the centre had on Queensland and its events industry?
AR: There was a lot of excitement when the state's third convention centre was built! It increased the region's event capacity sixfold and opened up opportunities, and of course the community welcomed us with open arms. There's no doubt it's aided the Gold Coast in attracting conferences that would have otherwise gone elsewhere.
The centre also brought a lot of employment to the region, not just to itself but to businesses that have benefited from the visitors and events we attract. We work collaboratively with industry and the Broadbeach precinct to market the whole destination. What's good for the Gold Coast is good for us.
SS: Any event recently about which you and your colleagues are especially proud?
AR: They all differ but some are more complex or pose more challenges logistically. Transitioning from a conference to multiple concurrent sessions, from a trade exhibition to a basketball court overnight or from rodeo to a special event are things we do every day. For me our greatest achievement is receiving the trust and respect of large corporations and the people we work with closely.
But take the annual IGA-Metcash Supermarket Expo. It attracts 3,000 delegates and the client uses up every square metre of our exhibition space by turning it into a supermarket. It grows in size each year. Many of our team, from IT to AV and operations, work on it months in advance to make it a success. It was our first major client and we're proud they've kept coming back for 10 years.
SS: You've been quoted in the past as saying events organisers seek high-end technology and a specially tailored product. How are you meeting those requirements?
AR: Staying relevant and fresh is key. It's obviously vital to keep abreast of the latest trends and provide the best infrastructure and technology. So we regularly audit our resources to ensure we can meet the demands of an ever-changing market.
Our current priority is to ensure we reinvest in the product so everything including our service stays at a benchmarked level. We've upgraded our bandwidth and wi-fi capabilities in recent years, and our next priority is to ensure our technology is ahead of its time. That will allow us to think ahead strategically about future events, because IT and AV are essential components in this process. We receive great feedback on our food and service which tells me we're meeting our clients' needs here.
SS: How does the centre compare with competitors in offering value for money?
AR: There are some things that can't be quantified. Some of our longstanding clients say the reason they come back time and time again is, of course, value for money but, more importantly, [they say] it's for tailored service money can't buy.
What does that mean in practical terms? One simple rule is we ask clients what their goals are and how we can contribute to their success. In addition our team members say hello to everyone they meet, they help clients feel at home, research how we can make a meal exceptional, and really pay attention to the finest details so customers feel looked after like nowhere else. Our current tagline is 'love is in the details,' and the little things make all the difference. We take a similar approach with suppliers. We work well together because our goals are similar.
Value is also embodied in services that event organisers love, like free wi-fi for more than 2,000 concurrent internet users, although this is becoming more and more standard now. When we introduced this two years ago we were one of the first convention centres to do it. We were the first facility of its kind in the world to offer EarthCheck Gold certification, which ensures we operate to the highest environmental standard. Again this can't be quantified but it's a contributing factor to why some prefer our venue.
SS: Tell us about your 'linkage' program.
AR: We piloted the Linkage Grant Program which aims to support academics and professionals who are prepared to participate in their trade or professional association and nurture future convention hosts who will bid for conventions for the Gold Coast. The program serves a twofold purpose – to attract more international business events to the centre while benefiting six potential grant recipients who each get $5,000 to fund expenses. The program attracted double the number of applications this year, and we awarded four grants. International conferences have long lead times, of up to five years or more, so the recipients may be working on attracting events years away. The program is an investment in the future, and our community.
SS: What are the biggest challenges facing your centre and industry, in your view, and how will you overcome them?
AR: Competition is our biggest challenge. There's a lot more of it because people over the years have come to realise the value of business events. Our best strategy is to continue working with national industry bodies and regionally with partners like Gold Coast Business Events to raise our profile. We must also attract international market opportunities through joint trade shows and business exchange sessions in the Asia Pacific.
The ever-increasing trend for larger space and concurrent sessions for conventions means that as a venue we'll need to become larger. Big events require a lot of concurrent spaces; we need more space because we're losing those. There's definitely a growing need, once again, to expand but that's up to the owners, the state government. Expanding would be a great legacy for the Gold Coast on the back of securing the Commonwealth Games.
SS: What must be done by the industry and regulators to ensure a bright future?
AR: Funding for business events and a better understanding in the greater community and government of the immense of value of business events are essential. But the Business Events Council of Australia does a great job helping persuade the Commonwealth Government to increase its support for attracting international conventions and exhibitions.
Reporting on the benefits and flow-on effect that business events generally have for destinations is important in raising our profile and creating awareness. If we can continue to prove our case we can use our industry position to further increase support and ensure a bright future.
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Productivity Commission inquiries into low-emissions economy
In a positive move towards determining the opportunity for domestic carbon mitigation the Government tasked the Productivity Commission to make recommendations on how the New Zealand can transition to a low-emissions economy.
The focus of the Inquiry was on how to manage a transition while maintaining or improving incomes and wellbeing. The commission looked at economic solutions on how to achieve the set emissions targets.
The terms of reference was completed by the Commission, the Ministry of Finance and Treasury and included assessing the implications of a changing climate to inform different economic pathways the Government should consider.
The Inquiry considered current economic patterns and how these are already contributing to emissions. It determined the timeframes and costs of how the country's economy may need to evolve, as well as the strategies and practices the Government could adopt to achieve change.
The Commission's work programme included an Issues Paper which was released on 9 August 2017 and Draft Report issued on 27 April 2018 and a final report at the end of August 2018.
Click link below to view the Association' submission on the Issues Paper:
Productivity Commission Issues Paper
Click link below to view the Association's submission on the Draft Report:
Productivity Commission Draft Report
The Commission's Final Report highlighted three particular shifts that must happen for New Zealand to achieve its low-emissions goals:
Stop burning fossil fuels and switch to using electricity and other low-emission energy sources
Undertake substantial levels of afforestation to offset New Zealand's remaining emissions.
Make changes to the structure and methods of agricultural production.
The Commission considered the Government needs to prioritise the following actions to achieve the above shifts:
Establish a comprehensive and durable climate change policy framework, including separate legislated long-term targets for short- and long-lived gases; a series of successive emissions budgets; and an independent Climate Change Commission;
Reform the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and apply some form of emissions pricing to methane from agriculture and waste;
Ensure supportive regulations and policies are in place, to address non-price barriers, and accelerate the transition; and
Devote significantly more resources to low-emissions innovation and technology.
Click below to view the Commission's Final Report:
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We ran out of Starship Operators last week so we started watching Tactics instead. It's an odd anime; it reminds me of a number of different things. The main character is a Shinto exorcist called Kantarou Ichinomiya, who wanders around, um, exorcising things. Which is where the first similarity comes to mind; it's like Scooby Doo, but the spooks are real. Kantarou has a backstory; as a child he talked to goblins a lot ('tengu'; read, not evil beasties but not human either), and he wanted to protect them from most other humans who treat them as you might expect. He heard about an 'ogre-eating goblin' ('ogre' is the translation of the word 'oni,' and isn't really accurate; I believe there are hints of demon in it too, but never mind), and vowed to find this goblin, which was sealed up. In the first episode, he does find the goblin who is, of course, a bishounen with black wings (which explains why I started watching the series). As well as all that, for some reason I don't know yet, Kantarou has a scar on his chest which hurts in the presence of an oni. This is the second similarity; he reminds me - very briefly, thankfully - of the film incarnation of Frodo. Yeuch. Along with Haruka, which is what he called the ogre-eating goblin, Kantarou deals with different problems each episode while trying to stave off the editor of the magazine he writes for (the only income he and his happy band have). Yes, happy band - as well as Haruka, he is accompanied by a fox-goblin (kitsune) girl, a kid called Suzu who accused him of being a quack and has a tremendous crush on Haruka, and occasionally another goblin whose name I forget and that goblin's weird little green spouse thing called Moo-chan. Thankfully, Moo-chan does not turn up very much. But all that reminds me of a harem anime, which is the third similarity, and the relationship between Haruka and Kantarou is also reminiscent of Yami no Matsuei.
To Tactics' credit, those are mostly only surface similarities. Kantarou is neither incompetent nor pathetic - actually, he's quite likable for a main male character - and the components of the merry band of followers don't seem to have a crush on him (except for Moo-chan. Blech). Haruka is both arrogant and amusing, especially when faced with the oddness of 'modern' human society. The art style is pretty, as might be expected of an anime featuring black-winged bishies. The only thing it really lacks is an overarching plot - I keep watching in the hope that it will manifest one, but so far it seems happy to be episodic. Then again, Witch Hunter Robin took a long time to get going, and that was worth waiting for. Hopefully it will acquire plot, and in the meantime it's amusing to watch while we wait for the next episode of Starship Operators.
- Sun Kitten, 12th April '05


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And Other Chinese Stories
By Liu Zhenyun
Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin
Sweeping, humorous, and moving tales from one of contemporary China's greatest writers.
The bestselling and award-winning author of novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned for his short stories. Remembering 1942 showcases six of his best, featuring a diverse cast of ordinary people struggling against the obstacles—bureaucratic, economic, and personal—that life presents. The six exquisite stories that comprise this collection range from an exploration of office politics unmoored by an unexpected gift to the tale of a young soldier attempting to acclimate to his new life as a student and the story of a couple struggling to manage the demands of a young child. Another, about petty functionaries trying to solve a mystery of office intrigue, reads like a survival manual for Chinese bureaucracy. The masterful title story explores the legacy of the drought and famine that struck Henan Province in 1942, tracing its echoes in one man's personal journey through war and revolution and into the present.
Each story is rich in wit, insight, and empathy, and together they bring into focus the realities of China's past and present, evoking clearly and mordantly the often Kafkaesque circumstances of contemporary life in the world's most populous nation.
Publisher: Arcade (October 11, 2016)
Fiction > Family Life
Fiction > Literary
Book Cover Image (jpg): Remembering 1942
More books from this author: Liu Zhenyun


Rugby: Where are we at in the Champions Cup?
As we enter the final round of fixtures in the Champions Cup I'll be investigating the state of play across the pools and find out who's most likely to emerge from their respective groups and push forward in their quest for European glory.
Something to note on the competitions format, the 5 pool winners plus the 3 best runners up will qualify for the quarter finals.
Leinster lead the way in pool 1 (unsurprisingly) and the reigning champions only look like they're getting stronger. Rumbling past a rejuvenated Toulouse side last week, in what was a hard-fought close game for long periods has left them in pole position. Beating a disappointing Wasps side whos turgid campaign has left them registering 0 wins and just 1 measly draw from 5 games stands in Leinster's way of a home quarter final in the Aviva where they are undefeated this season.
Toulouse can take some solace in making the defending champs sweat for much of the game last week and a victory in the Stade Ernest Wallon against Bath will almost certainly see them qualify for the last 8 as one of the best second place teams, where it is not impossible that they could be travelling to Dublin once more. Both Leinster and Toulouse hold the record for most European Cups jointly (4 wins each) and they will both harbour serious ambitions of holding that record outright by the end of this season.
The Exeter chiefs face the unenviable task of going to Thomond park for a must win game (whilst also needing to deny Munster a losing bonus point) against a red-hot Munster side whos recent results include dispatching of Gloucester away from home 41-17 and handing Leinster just their third defeat all season.
Having started their campaign with 2 losses and a draw, Exeter fans must still be delighted to still be in with a chance even travelling to one of the most formidable fortresses in European Rugby. Considering the positions of the other pools, whoever does finish up in 2nd position will almost certainly not qualify for the last 8 and thus the tension surrounding this game is ramped up.
An Anglo-Irish derby to look forward to. The other game in this group sees Gloucester travel to Castres in a futile game to complete a pool rightly dubbed the 'pool of death' pre-tournament.
Pool 3 has been a tale of stark contrast between the 2 teams leading the way and the 2...err not leading the way.
Lyon languish at the bottom of this pool having failed to pick up a solitary point, a feat that is really somewhat impressive and they will go down as one of the worst sides to ever compete in the Champions cup. Scarlets sit just above them with 5 points which would have them bottom of every other group bar pool 1 where Wasps gained just 4 points.
Saracens have brushed all opponents aside with relative ease winning 5 from 5 and are the only undefeated side left in the competition. Despite this they are still not guaranteed to top the pool as the highly impressive Scots, Glasgow Warriors sit just 4 points behind Sarries ahead of their battle this weekend. The Warriors face the uphill task of having to win at Allianz Park but cannot be written off in what is one of the most exciting match-ups this weekend.
Last year's runners up Racing 92 lead the way in this pool and will be looking to secure a home quarter final this weekend when they host the Scarlets knowing victory will see them playing in Paris in the next round.
Last week's defeat in Ulster is the sole blemish on their record, but even following that titanic tussle they are still 3 points clear of the Ulster-men. In the Scarlets they face a side who haven't quite lived up to expectations this season but still have the quality to upset the Parisians should there be any hint of complacency in the Racing side.
In the other game in this pool Ulster travel to Welford road to take on Leicester. Battling for one of the best 'second place' quarter final spots (whilst simultaneously hoping Scarlets do them a favour) Ulster face a win or go home match. In the reverse fixture in round one the Tigers were beaten 24-10 but expect this game to be closer as Leicester have a very proud home record in Europe which they will be looking to improve.
As unpredictable a pool as there has ever been in the champions cup, pool 5 was meant to be a battle between the two French giants who would wrestle for top spot. Instead after 3 rounds Toulon and Montpellier found themselves as the bottom 2 having only registered 1 win each.
Credit must go to Newcastle and especially Edinburgh for defying expectations. The Scots sit atop the tree entering the final round of fixtures and play host to Montpellier who have recovered from their indifferent start to lie just 3 points behind in 2nd place.
Expect a dogfight at Murrayfield on Friday night as both sides fight for their champions cup survival. Since Montpellier have rediscovered their form of late, I can only see this one going down to the wire. Should Edinburgh lose they could still qualify as a best runner-up pending on results elsewhere.
The final game of this group see Newcastle entertain Toulon in a dead rubber. Toulon flattered to deceive for much of this campaign and despite the level of talent in their ranks could find themselves finishing bottom of Pool 5.


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All drawings will be exhibited during the marathon trade fair. After the marathon-week the pictures from the winners can be found at this link.
You can win good prizes!
Children aged 4 to 14 can participate in the competition.
The size of the pictures should not be smaller than A5 and not larger than A3. Please only send one picture for each child and only the original. For each school or group a maximum of 20 drawings will be eligible for the contest.
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Meadows at Mystic Lake - Minnesota - USA
The Meadows at Mystic Lake,
2400 Mystic Lake Boulevard,
Prior Lake,
Minnesota (MN) 55372,
18 miles SW of Bloomington
Welcome - contact in advance
Ben Rosaasen
Garrett Gill, Paul Miller
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The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community purchased Lone Pine Country Club during 2002 as part of its plans to add a golf element to its Mystic Lake Casino campus. After two years of work, architects Garrett Gill and Paul Miller revealed a more adventurous route.
The course makes no bones about employing water as its primary hazard; although there's no "central" body for players to splash down in, the architects created a series of small ponds across the property — around the greens, more often than not. Some are connected by a constructed brook that babbles along the No. 3 par five. Players must avoid the stream along the left side during their tee shot, and must double down on their accuracy, as the stream splits toward two ponds...one on the left, and one on the right of the landing area!
No. 18 takes the big show to new heights, playing nearly 600 yards. Players will pass a huge centerline bunker, and a pond on the way to a green that hooks back toward them. Even then, that third shot is a risky one. Players can head around the creek, if they're satisfied playing the hole as a par 5.5.
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Description: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community acquired the Lone Pine Golf Course in 2002 and the old layout was then completely remodelled by Garrett Gill and Paul Miller before reopening three years later as The Meadows at Mystic Lake. Written by: Top100 Aggregated Rating Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Reviews: 4
Joe Egan
Sitting adjacent to Minnesota's largest casino, the Meadows at Mystic Lake is an amusing stroll because of the fun layout and Native American artifacts situated throughout the course. The grass is impeccably maintained, and if not for a few duds this would be a must play in the Gopher State. Count me in the minority, but I don't like the oddly shaped, punishing par five 18th. That being said, I've never been a fan of the final hole being the hardest or most confusing journey on the scorecard, so to each his own. The par five third may be my favorite on the course, a high risk high reward dogleg left that employs a green surrounded by water that no doubt gobbled up many balls. The fourth is a slightly uphill, perhaps reachable par four with danger all around the green. The Meadows is certainly worth a play if you're in the area and can handle a sea's worth of water hazards and a stout challenge. It's a quintessential solid casino golf course.
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Golf course is in immaculate shape. The most comfortable golf carts you will ever ride. There are numerous beautifully designed holes. Multiple holes where you have to clear water on your approach shot makes for some fun shots.
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Jim Loss
Casino course that has wonderful conditions, decent layout with a couple exceptional holes. Strength of the course in the quality of the par threes and par fives. Distinctly different challenges to overcome on each hole.
Number one is disappointing with range balls being a hazard at time. The hole itself is poorly laid out with a semi-hidden green. Bad introduction to the quality of the course overall. 5-9 are all good holes with a need for length and proper placement to stay on the fairway and see the entire green for your approach.
Back nine requires a bit more strategy as the par fours are short doglegs which requires you to be more cognizant of where the fairway ends and your try to hit the 100 or 150 markers to be safe.
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Spencer Severson
This is for me a top 5 public course in Minnesota. Almost every single hole is a signature one. It is one of the best maintained golf courses you will ever play. When you arrive a golf course attendant will arrive with a golf cart and help you bring your clubs to the clubhouse. You will notice multiple statues throughout the course with native American folklore surrounding them. Greens fees are reasonable for a course that is manicured and up kept as well as it is. The only places you will lose a ball is in the water or prairie land type fescue, which mind you are prevalent on nearly every hole. And after you are finished with a round you can head inside to the casino to either gamble or taste one of it's great restaurants. It is a must play for the region.
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Items View of garden and greenhouse on Ellis Island.
View of garden and greenhouse on Ellis Island.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of garden and greenhouse on Ellis Island." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1902 - 1913. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-d7d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1902 - 1913). View of garden and greenhouse on Ellis Island. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-d7d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Sabine Weiss (Saint-Gingolph, 23 de julio de 1924 - París, 28 de diciembre de 2021) fue una fotógrafa de origen suizo naturalizada francesa que se puede encuadrar en la corriente de la fotografía humanista.

Biografía
Atraída desde muy joven por la fotografía, comenzó a hacer fotos a los doce años con un aparato que consiguió con el dinero de su paga. Su padre la apoyó en su afición y aprendió más tarde la técnica fotográfica, entre 1942 y 1945, al lado de un fotógrafo de estudio de Ginebra: Frédéric Boissonnas.

Obtuvo su diploma de fotografía y abrió su estudio personal antes de marcharse definitivamente a París en 1946. Se convirtió entonces, a los 22 años y por recomendación de un amigo, en la asistente del célebre fotógrafo de moda Willy Maywald; con él trabajó en unas condiciones inmejorables pero, al tiempo, entendió la importancia de la luz natural como fuente de emoción.

Trabajó entonces distintos estilos fotográficos: apasionada de la música, hizo retratos de las grandes figuras de la música (Ígor Stravinski, Benjamin Britten, Pablo Casals, Stan Getz…), pero también de la literatura y el arte en general (Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Fernand Léger, Jean Pougny, Alberto Giacometti, Robert Rauschenberg, Jan Voss, Jean Dubuffet…); colaboró también en varias revistas y periódicos conocidos en América y Europa por su relevancia publicitaria e informativa (Vogue, Match, Life, Time, Town and Country, Holiday, Newsweek, etc.). Recorrió además el mundo como fotógrafa de prensa.

Desde 1950, estuvo representada por la agencia Rapho, primera agencia de prensa francesa que es además administradora del trabajo de, entre otros, Robert Doisneau (que fue quien la propuso entrar en la agencia tras un encuentra en el despacho del director de Vogue), Willy Ronis, Édouard Boubat, etc.

Weiss se casó ese mismo año con el pintor estadounidense Hugh Weiss, a quien había conocido en un viaje a Italia tiempo antes, y entabló amistad con personalidades del medio artístico como Jean Cocteau, Maurice Utrillo, Georges Rouault y Jacques Henri Lartigue. Con este último, compartía el amor por la humanidad y el gusto por las visiones íntimas de la vida.

A pesar de sus éxitos y de la publicación de un monográfico titulado 100 photos de Sabine Weiss pour la liberté de la presse por RSF en 2007, Sabine Weiss fue una personalidad discreta y poco conocida por el gran público.

Sabine Weiss fue oficial en la Ordre des Arts et des Lettres desde 1999 (Chevalier en 1987).

Análisis de su obra

Su trabajo personal está ligado a la vida en su cotidianeidad, a las emociones y a las gentes. Mezcla hábilmente poesía y observación social, por lo que se ha encuadrado su obra en la corriente de la fotografía llamada « humanista »; ella misma expresó que sus fotos expresan un cierto amor personal por la vida.

Sabine Weiss, como el fotógrafo Bernard Plossu, rechazó el estatuto de artista; en su opinión, su función consistía más bien en dar testimonio que en crear. En este sentido, consideraba que una foto debía exponer una particularidad de la condición humana, incluso con la intención de denunciar las injusticias.

Weiss utilizó esencialmente el blanco y negro, y cuidaba con precisión el encuadre, la calidad de la luz, los ambientes, etc.

Exploró las calles de París, frecuentemente de noche, en busca de sujetos variados pero que expongan la apariencia humana en su universalidad: escenas de calle, soledades, niños, creencias, figuras humanas en la niebla, fugacidad de las emociones, etc. Los niños, los ancianos, las sonrisas de las estrellas, son habituales en su obra, todo ello relacionado por la característica común de la espontaneidad y la sencillez.
"La última representante de la corriente de la fotografía humanista francesa", Sabine Weiss falleció el 28 de diciembre de 2021 a la edad de 97 años en su casa de París.

Colecciones

Sus fotografía forman parte de diversas colecciones prestigiosas en todo el mundo:

 Museos de Arte Moderno de Nueva York (MOMA) y Kioto
 Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Art Institute of Chicago
 Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne
 Centre Georges-Pompidou
 Maison européenne de la photographie
 Kunsthaus de Zúrich
 Musée français de la photographie

En 1955, Edward Steichen eligió tres de sus fotografía para la exposición The Family of Man.

Durante una subasta en 2005, una de sus fotos, « La sortie du metro », fue adjudicada por 11500 €.

Publicaciones
 1962 J'aime le théâtre, Editions Rencontres, Suisse.
 1969 Une semaine de la vie de Daniel, Editions Mac Millain, USA.
 1978 En passant, Editions Contrejour, France.
 1982 Marchés et Foires de Paris, Editions ACE, France
 1989 Intimes convictions, Editions Contrejour, France
 1992 Hadad, Peintres, Editions Cercle d'Art
 1992 Vu à Pontoise, Editions municipales
 1995 La Réunion, Editions de la galerie Vincent, Saint Pierre
 1996 Bulgarie, Editions Fata Morgana
 1997 Giacometti, Editions Fata Morgana
 1997 Des enfants, texte de Marie Nimier, Editions Hazan, ISBN 2-85025-574-2
 2000 Poussettes, charrettes et roulettes, musée de Bièvres
 2000 André Breton, texte de Julien Gracq, Edition Fata Morgana
 2003 Sabine Weiss soixante ans de photographie, par Jean Vautrin et Sabine Weiss aux Editions de La Martinière.
 2004 Claudia de Medici par Sabine Weiss
 2006 Musiciens des villes et des campagnes par Sabine Weiss, Gabriel Bauret, et Ingrid Jurzak
 2007 See and Feel , aux Editions ABP (Pays-Bas).

Condecoraciones
 1999, Officier en la Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Notas

Bibliografía

 Soixante ans de photographie, Texto de Jean Vautrin, 212 páginas, Éditions de La Martinière, 2007, ISBN 2-7324-3052-8

Enlaces externos
Sitio web de la autora

Fotógrafas de Suiza
Fotógrafos del siglo XX
Fallecidos en París

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Q: Filtering from list of C# or LINQ I am trying to filter from attachList the taxheaderID, it comes from my database which is structured as such.
public int attachmentID { get; set; }
public int headerID { get; set; }
public string uploadedfilename { get; set; }
public string originalfilename { get; set; }
public string foldername { get; set; }

Here is the code that gets data from the database:
public JsonResult GetAllAttach()
{
    using (car_monitoringEntities contextObj = new car_monitoringEntities())
    {
        var attachList = contextObj.car_taxcomputationattachment.ToList();
        return Json(attachList, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}

These are my attempts:
attachList
    .Select(x => x.headerID)
    .Where(x => x == x)
    .Take(1);

and:
attachList = attachList
    .Where(al => attachList
        .Any(alx => al.taxheaderID == alx.headerID
                 && al.headerID == alx.headerID));

The problem is I want to parse multiple attach on a single headerID or filter them base on headerID. For example:
Problem to fix:
This is the table
Desired output:
Combined
data table:
data table
data table 2
Here is the actual solution that was made to get the output, but my coworker told me that it is not a good practice that's why I'm trying to filter it in the function itself. apologies for the trouble, thanks!

      {{att.uploadedfilename}}

A: Assuming you have the header id on which you want to filter in a local variable, you are almost correct
int headerIdToFind = 19;
// think of x as a local variable inside a foreach loop which
// iterates over each item in the attachList (it does not exist
// outside the where method)
// this is what you got wrong when you compared the item to itself
var filteredAttach = attachList.Where(x => x.headerId = headerIdToFind);

// if you want to select only some properties based on header id
// you can use select to project those properties
var filteredAttach = attachList.Where(x => x.headerId = headerIdToFind).
                      Select(x => new {x.attachmentId, x.folderName});

// based on last image, you only want to select (project) header id and the
// filename. so you do not need where (filter) at all
// you can put all the properties you need in the select clause
var filteredAttach = attachList.Select(x => new {x.headerId, x.attachmentId});
// you can enumerate the filtered attach list of convert it into a list
var filteredAttach = filteredAttach.ToList();

A: To get attachments by Id
public JsonResult GetAllAttach(int headerId)
{
    using (car_monitoringEntities contextObj = new car_monitoringEntities())
    {
        var attachList = contextObj.car_taxcomputationattachment
                                   .Where(x => x.headerID == headerId)
                                   .ToList();
        return Json(attachList, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}

If you want to have all data in one JSON result, then you need to create a nested view model.


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Leader-Oriented Relations Between Russia and Turkey in Times of Pandemic
By: Hasan Selim Özertem
May 25, 2021 07:14 PM Age: 2 years
(Source: Anadolu Agency)
At the end of April, Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the Ministry of Health had granted emergency use authorization in Turkey to Russia's COVID-19 vaccine (Anadolu Agency, April 30). Sputnik V became the third vaccine to receive such approval, after China's Sinovac and the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, developed in the United States. Moreover, the Turkish firm Viscoran Medicine will be producing the Sputnik V vaccine in Turkey, based on an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
The emergency authorization was granted amidst ongoing criticisms against the Turkish government for the slow pace of immunization in Turkey. Earlier, Koca announced that the health ministry planned to vaccinate 60 percent of Turks by the end of May (Anadolu Agency, February 10). However, as of May 9, only 25 million people were vaccinated out of a total population of 83 million (Dunya, May 9). Koca hinted that the supply of Sinovac shots had slowed down following the Turkish opposition's statements about China's human rights violations against Turkic Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Ankara asserted that the reason behind the supply slowdown was not political (Haberturk, May 9). But in any case, Turkey missed the chance to ramp up inoculations during its costly 17-day lockdown and travel ban.
The supply of Sputnik V was one of the main topics discussed in recent phone calls between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (Kremlin.ru, May 12). Along with giving a production license to a Turkish firm, Russia will also ship 50 million doses to Turkey in six months. The government in Ankara hopes that the fruits of this Russo-Turkish cooperation in the medical sphere will play well politically with its electorate. It also stands to benefit Russia, which obtains access to one of the biggest markets in the region with a well-developed healthcare system. Although a handful of Western countries, including Hungary and Slovakia, had also decided to buy Sputnik V, most European Union member states have been awaiting approval by the European Medicines Agency before considering purchasing the Russian vaccine. Turkey's willingness to use Sputnik V, thus, represents an important propaganda coup for Moscow.
In the case of Turkey, Sputnik V's value as a soft power instrument for Russia extends into the realm of technological cooperation and know-how transfer—an area the two countries have already strongly pursued when it comes to, notably, weapons development and nuclear power. Russia was chosen to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant, and it has provided it with the advanced S-400 mid-to-long-range air-defense system. Similarly, during the Cold War period, Moscow assisted Turkey with developing the latter's heavy industrial base.
Of course, it bears pointing out that the Akkuyu nuclear power plant and Turkey's acquisition of S-400s has raised enormous controversy at both the domestic (Turkey) and international levels. Particularly, the acquisition of the S-400 missile-defense system created a serious crack between Turkey and the rest of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as triggered US sanctions. It remains to be seen whether the recent agreement on Sputnik V will also add to tensions between Turkey and the Euro-Atlantic community.
That said, deepening cooperation with Russia in the last decade represents an axial shift in Turkish foreign policy away from the West. This progressive reorientation gained particular impetus after the failed coup d'état attempt against Erdoğan in July 2016. Just like Putin, the Turkish president also prefers direct dialogue with his counterparts in foreign policy matters. So it is not a coincidence that following the downing of a Russian military jet by a Turkish F-16 in November 2015, the two leaders have repeatedly tended to engage in one-on-one talks to deal with bilateral problems instead of first sending messages to each other through the media. In his annual, end-of-year press conference in 2020, Putin said, "We have different, occasionally opposing views on certain matters with President Erdoğan. But he keeps his word like a real man. He does not wag his tail. If he thinks something is good for his country, he goes for it. This is about predictability. It is important to know whom you are dealing with" (Kremlin.ru, December 17, 2020).
Still, both countries have conflicting positions in Syria, Libya, Ukraine and the Caucasus. Though, they manage to find ways to keep the dialogue channels open. Such an approach helps Russia and Turkey avoid a possible direct confrontation while projecting power abroad. Additionally, both countries use such dialogue to balance US activities in their neighborhoods. According to Russian analyst Maxim Suchkov, "on most issues sensitive to Ankara, Moscow seeks to convey the type of empathy Erdogan doesn't encounter either with the United States or Europe." But importantly, the Kremlin also looks beyond for new opportunities to tighten the relationship (Al-Monitor, April 9, 2019). In this regard, a vivid example is the so-called Astana process on resolving the Syrian conflict. Both Turkey and Russia have conflicting interests in Syria, but they managed to agree on an approach that serves the interests of both parties while limiting the US's space for maneuver.
Harmonizing their policies in the Middle East is relatively easier for Turkey and Russia. But considering Russia's domineering near abroad strategy, developing a common language with Moscow is more complicated for Ankara in Eurasia. During the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020), the two parties apparently managed to accommodate each other in the South Caucasus. Here, Turkey's efforts to act carefully during the war, to not confront Russia directly, is worth noting (Valdaiclub.com, December 10, 2020). Russian analyst Pavel Baev argues that Ankara had initiated the dialogue with Moscow right after the first Armenian-Azerbaijani skirmishes exploded in Karabakh (Ifri.org, May 2021). Nonetheless, the limits of Russian-Turkish relations have not been tested in the Black Sea yet.
Recently, military-technical cooperation has been growing between Turkey and Ukraine. Based on recent agreements, Turkey is selling its advanced Bayraktar TB2 medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) combat drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU); and both countries have agreed to jointly build corvettes (Anadolu Agency, April 4). Such cooperation contributes to the modernization of the AFU, with potential implications for the balance of power in the Black Sea. Considering that these Turkish drones played critical roles in the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Karabakh, Russia is closely following Turkish-Ukrainian relations in this field. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov recently stated that Moscow will review its military and technical cooperation with Ankara if Turkey delivers drones to Ukraine (TASS, April 21). The personal relationship between Erdoğan and Putin will, therefore, be crucial to monitor since Russian-Turkish relations have yet to be thoroughly tested by a delicate case like Ukraine.
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