How many times have you tried implementing changes in sales force practices in your organisation and faced resistance from the team? Have you observed the team's performance going down when you implemented a change?
I have sold products & services for a major portion of my career. As a sales executive I used to think that time spent on reporting is an absolute waste. I still remember those days when I used to push myself to fill a daily call report. I thought if achieving targets was important for the organisation, then that's what they should be focusing on and not these useless reports. I also used to believe that if I achieve my numbers, what I write in the reports means nothing to my managers.
Years passed and I became a sales team manager. You would know, it is a different ball game altogether. I started seeing the situation from a different perspective. First I wanted to see correlation of efforts and the results. When I realised that the efforts and the outcome are not proportionate, I wanted to evaluate the team members' capability. The outcome of these evaluations influenced me to train the team and provide on-the-job support. This is when the tough time started.
The team was happy with what we were doing (hurrahhhhhhh).
They committed to stand up and deliver.
They also expressed that they need more on-the-job support from me. I read this as their confidence levels going south.
I was too soft with the team. He extrapolated this to the team's cohesiveness.
I needed to track my team's progress every two hours.
The employee attrition in the frontline sales force is very high. Hence I shouldn't be wasting time on their training and development.
The manager who reviewed me was a successful person in the region. I decided to implement his feedback and changed my approach. The outcome was again, completely confusing.
The team achieved its target in the second month of implementing the new approach.
The team's performance went down in the third month.
Team members didn't show interest in filling daily call reports. When I pushed them, they started resisting.
Team members avoided team meetings as much as possible.
It is the manager's responsibility to train and coach the team members. A manager who can identify potential and recruit; manage knowledge of the team members; and provide on-the-job support to build skills of the team members will command respect.
If the managers are not capable of building new habits, they can't be your change agents. Without managers as change agents, the possibility of managing even a minor change will be a humongous task.
Any new change you try will negatively impact the team's performance for a brief period and then improve. The leaders must be able to predict this; empathise with the team; and provide reassurance.
If you review only the numbers, you may see spike in performance for a brief period, but your team is going to burn out quickly. Managers and leaders should be able to review team's target achievement along with their efforts and capabilities.
There is nothing wrong with micro and macro management. It is just that either of these can't be the default management approach. It completely depends on the team member's readiness in performing a particular task.
Command and control will not work with knowledge workforce. They are paid for thinking and they are capable of thinking. You define their goals and allow them to do their own thinking. If there is any value you want to add as a manager, help them think better.
The daily call report should be designed in a way that it becomes a tool to improve sales force performance.
If you don't have a monitoring mechanism on efforts, and capabilities of the team, you can't even assign right targets. If the employees feel that the targets are unrealistic, they may not resist anything that you want to change, because they have already given-up and will have no inclination to play any role in the change process.


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Q: Shell Script for file monitoring I have 2 AWS EC2 LAMP servers and i want to replicate the data on  one of the folders to others. I know I can try with EFS, but for some reason it is not a viable option at this moment. So, here is what I want to request for help:
Our Server A and Server B has same file structure but the files inside are mismatch. So, I want a script in Server A to look in, example, /var/www/html/../file/ folder and compare with /var/www/html/../file/ in Server B, and dump all new files from Server A to B.
Any help on how to write it?

A: Well, I used S3FS which is lot easier than breaking head over the script. It readily copies the files from one server to another.

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Earlier this month, Google announced a new version of Google Maps for android phones to be available on Google Play. The new version of this android app is going to hold more options for personalization, recommendations and more Zeegal integrations. While Google Maps is already a must-have app on the dashboard of Android phones, Google has come up with a newer version of the app.
As soon as the new Google Maps app is available on the app store many Android users will be quick to tinker around with the upgraded version. The new version comes packed with improvements but there are also some disappointments in store for its users. Map layers in older versions are noticeably missing in this one and the offline cache has also been demoted and replaced with some older version of the feature.
The new version of this app pulls the map out of its box (as it was displayed in the older versions) and spreads over the whole screen. Very little of the interface can be seen. There is a floating search box on the top and a button at the bottom notifying the user of their current location. A slide menu is there on the bottom left.
On launching the app and having a look at different locations, the Google Maps allows the user to add different layers such as a layer for traffic, transit lines, satellite images, and bicycle routes, all of which are useful. Although this might seem pretty impressive to those new to the app, old users will notice that a number of layers are missing like the layers for Terrain, Wikipedia, Latitude and My Maps.
The unique selling point of this app is its ability to customize itself as per the requirements of the user. It designs the mapping experience for the user in such a way that is relevant to him based on his search history, interests on G+ and review history.
Another advantage that the app has is its offline cache. Google Maps allows you to save maps and view them when you are on the go and have no internet access. With this feature, Google Maps, for Android phones, has won the hearts of the adventurous demographic.
Google Maps joins hands with Google Search to give you a premium mapping experience. Even though Google maps, for Android phones, has its own share of imperfections but it is a known fact that many smartphone seekers rely on this app to find their way.


After a good fuelling breakfast in camp, we set off, walking south through the broad green dale, criss-crossed with dry-stone walls. Ingleborough's stepped shape - due to its alternating layers of limestone, sandstone and shale – rises before us. Whernside, our second peak, dominates the landscapes behind us. We pass through the village of Chapel-le-Dale and soon reach the base of Ingleborough (723m), where a stepped path zig-zags fairly steadily to the summit of our first peak. We soak up the views over the surrounding dramatic landscapes, an area of rocky outcrops and limestone scars, and the impressive sight of the famous 400m-long Ribblehead Viaduct, built in the 1870s.
Fantastic weekend, the home-cooked meals at the camp were very welcome after a long but beautiful day's trekking!
Well organised, great team, fantastic experiences, it's addictive!
Read more + knee problems which I had before the challenge.
I would just like to say thank you to you all for organising a superb event over the weekend. It was a great team build!!
I just wanted to send a quick email to thank you for the Three peaks challenge. I had such a good weekend and can't wait to sign up for the next one!


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Brexit could be deadlier than Covid-19 for the UK
General view of a quiet M25 near Cobham as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, Cobham, Britain, April 10, 2020. © Reuters / Peter Nicholls
By Chris Sweeney, author who has written for various UK magazines and newspapers, including The Times, The Sun and The Daily Record. Follow him on Twitter @WritesSweeney
Boris Johnson's government is doggedly sticking with Brexit which might kill Britain's economy with the country in a crisis situation and expected to suffer the most of any European nation from the pandemic.
The UK is on course to suffer 66,314 deaths from Covid-19, the greatest amount in Europe. Far more than Italy (23,000) and Spain (19,209), according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
That's a sobering thought for anyone in the UK or who has loved ones there.
Proving that everyone is in the firing line, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended up in intensive care as he struggled to breath due to Covid-19 and even the next king, Prince Charles, was struck down by the virus.
There's also been shocking scenes as British supermarket shelves were stripped bare of toilet paper. It took weeks for fresh stock to appear. It was the same with hand sanitiser and even now almost a month on from the population realising how serious things could be, it's a welcome surprise to find flour or baking supplies.
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The fruit industry has also buckled as they don't have anything like enough employees to pick their produce. Most have gone back to their home countries due to the pandemic. There have been reports of a surge in new applications, but these people are only trying to get work after already losing their initial jobs.
Covid-19 also finished off airline Flybe, which operated 40 percent of the UK's domestic flights and department store Debenhams has joined them – resulting in a loss of around 25,000 jobs.
Reports suggest that billionaire Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group could be next, that would see another 14,500 lose their employment.
Let's not even think about if Nissan decides not to re-open Europe's most productive car factory in the North East of England, which has 6,000 workers.
The Institute for Employment Studies expects up to two MILLION people to lose their jobs.
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The civil service is hampered too with all their offices shuttered, so the processing of visas and the EU settlement scheme has ground close to a halt.
There's more, but that's enough to frame the situation right now in the UK. Desperation.
And despite it being talked about non-stop for the past four years, now no one is talking about Brexit. But unlike the Olympics, it's still slated to go ahead.
The biggest ever economic and political shift in the UK's history is going to take place on December 31, while the country is suffering the deepest, darkest problems it has ever encountered in modern times.
Covid-19 has shown how easy it is to shake our foundations and watch things come crashing down. If a mild panic about toilet roll empties the shelves, what does it mean for everything else we regard as normal day-to-day items?
We're supposed to be continually negotiating our agreement to leave the EU, to secure supply chains and stability for businesses. Well, our leader and chief Brexiter is in hospital, with medics saying he may need several weeks of complete rest to recover.
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So who is orchestrating things on the British side of the tunnel? And what about on the European side?
All 27 of their governments are caught up dealing with the pandemic and its fallout. Everyone is in chaos right now and even simple basics are a mess. It's likely social distancing will be implemented in some form past the summer, but the EU Parliament only has five conference rooms where that could be practised. Those five rooms would have to host all of its business, not just Brexit.
These discussions, particularly on Brexit, will contain some forthright speech where politicians will say controversial things which would normally be kept within the four walls of the room.
Since everything will have to be done via video calls for the next few months, there's a far greater chance of the calls being recorded or listened to by any number of other people in each of the 28 governments, meaning language will be altered and points of views altered which isn't a positive.
Also on rt.com As Italy and Spain issue dark warnings, the prospect of Covid-19 delivering a mortal blow to the EU is growing by the day
Britain has taken a shellacking and needs to regroup, but its leaders don't seem to have thought about that – or if they have, they don't care.
It's officially full steam ahead with trying to complete the most complicated negotiation ever, while the country is on its knees.
Brexit has always been like a muddy puddle, now it's like peering into an oil slick.
If Boris Johnson doubles down and refuses to delay it, he could totally destroy the UK and the rest of the world won't come running as they'll have their own recovery efforts to worry about.
Covid-19 has and is predicted to continue severely weakening the UK.
Brexit will finish it off.
The UK's fate is like a chair balancing on one leg.
If nothing changes, that leg will be callously kicked away on December 31.
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Q: Adding images to ASP.net core I wanted to add an image as part of the model class and display it on the index view. I'm having problems either classifying the image as a byte[] or iFormFile.
This is what I'm trying to achieve

*

*Create a page to insert a list of employees

*In the index page, able to list the employees and see their images as well.
Here's the model.
Employee.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;

namespace MvcMovie.Models
{
  public class Employee
  {
    public int ID { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string Nationality { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string NRIC { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string StaffID { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public int AccessRights { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public DateTime DOB { get; set; }

    [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please Upload a Valid Image File. Only jpg format allowed")]
    [DataType(DataType.Upload)]
    [Display(Name = "Upload Product Image")]
    [FileExtensions(Extensions = "jpg")]
    public IFormFile Image { get; set; }

    public string ImageName { get; set; }
  }
}

This is the section of code of the controller that generates the error.
EmployeeController.cs
[HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Create(Employee employee, IFormFile    Image)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {

            if (Image != null && Image.Length > 0)
            {

                var file = Image;
                var uploads = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "uploads\\img\\employees");

                if (file.Length > 0)
                {
                    var fileName = ContentDispositionHeaderValue.Parse
                        (file.ContentDisposition).FileName.Trim('"');

                    System.Console.WriteLine(fileName);
                    using (var fileStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(uploads, file.FileName), FileMode.Create))
                    {
                        await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
                        employee.ImageName = Path.Combine(uploads, file.FileName);
                    }

                    var imageUrl = Path.Combine(uploads + file.FileName);

                }
            }

            _context.Add(employee);
            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
            return RedirectToAction("Index");

        }
        else
        {
            var errors = ModelState.Values.SelectMany(v => v.Errors);
        }
        return View(employee);
    }

Create.cshtml
<form asp-action="Create" enctype="multipart/form-data" asp-antiforgery="true"  method="post">

      ...

               <input asp-for="Image" class="form-control" />

          <input type="submit" value="Create" class="btn btn-default" />

</form>

I managed to upload the image into the correct folder. However, i have problem with the statement "_context.Add(employee)". It says that I couldn't add an iformfile. I've no issue with the other fields.
I tried changing Employee.Image to a byte array. However, I'm confused how to structure my view to pass this information to the create function.

A: Like what ar27111994 suggested, I store the image name and extension instead. The image is saved somewhere in wwwroot.
Here's the change
Employee.cs
public class Employee
{
    [Key]
    public int ID { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string Nationality { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string NRIC { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public string StaffIdentity { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public int AccessRights { get; set; }
    [Required]
    public DateTime DOB { get; set; }

    public string ImageName { get; set; }
}

create.cshtml

     Employee Image

          <input  class="form-control"  type="file" name="pic" accept="image/*"/>

          <input type="submit" value="Create" class="btn btn-default" />

EmployeeController.cs
[HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Create([Bind("ID,AccessRights,DOB,FirstName,LastName,NRIC,Nationality,StaffIdentity")]Employee employee)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            var files = HttpContext.Request.Form.Files;
            foreach (var Image in files)
            {
                if (Image != null && Image.Length > 0)
                {

                    var file = Image;
                    var uploads = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, "uploads\\img\\employees");

                    if (file.Length > 0)
                    {
                        var fileName = ContentDispositionHeaderValue.Parse
                            (file.ContentDisposition).FileName.Trim('"');

                        System.Console.WriteLine(fileName);
                        using (var fileStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(uploads, file.FileName), FileMode.Create))
                        {
                            await file.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
                            employee.ImageName = file.FileName;
                        }

                    }
                }
            }

            _context.Add(employee);
            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
            return RedirectToAction("Index");

        }
        else
        {
            var errors = ModelState.Values.SelectMany(v => v.Errors);
        }
        return View(employee);
    }


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Paul Malone turned into the parking lot of his favorite restaurant in Fairfax, Virginia. He was starving, having just left from a tough workout at the gym. The last several nights of broken sleep had taken their toll and he hadn't eaten since before noon. I need a good meal tonight, he thought.
It was about 8:30 on this dark Sunday evening and Paul easily found a parking spot, the crowd inside probably small on the slow weekend night. Getting out of his car, he was greeted by a cool evening breeze – unusual for mid-August. The air was clean and crisp, a welcome respite from the heat and humidity of summer in the Washington D.C. area.
While walking to the front door of the restaurant, he noticed a white Ford, which had pulled up several spaces away from his grey Lincoln Mark VIII. Two burly men occupied the front seat of the ordinary white sedan. He didn't think much about it at the time.
After entering the restaurant, the shapely hostess greeted him with a smile. "Hi Paul, we haven't seen much of you lately." She then added coyly, "Didn't you promise me a dinner?"
"Hey Sally, you're looking nice tonight." Paul spoke in tones intended to avoid her flirtations, though unable to suppress a different thought. She sure isn't hard to look at. He had met Sally at a party he hosted a couple of years ago. She was new in town at the time, and one of his friends had brought her along.
Paul and Sally had become friends – she was a real sweetheart. But Paul sensed trouble in those eyes, and he was a man who paid close attention to all six of his senses.
Sally took his mild rebuff in stride. She had been attracted to Paul for sometime. Recently, she had heard through the grapevine that he and Brenda had split up. She was just clearing the path for him a little, letting him know of her interest.
With Sally provocatively leading him to his table, the subtle fragrance of an alluring perfume hanging in the air behind her, Paul couldn't help but give himself a mental kick in the rear. He and Brenda had split up six weeks ago and once again, he was a man who paid attention to all six of his senses.
Sally seated Paul at a table. Then, walking away with an inviting smile, she said, "Keep up your strength." Besides perhaps a playful implication, Sally felt that Paul looked a bit run down.
Paul ordered a filet, baked potato, and a salad. The menu was broad, but his choices were almost automatic. He was a man of simple tastes. The restaurant made its own pale ale and he added a draft to his order. He wanted to relax.
Paul relished his meal, soon feeling his strength returning. After dinner, he decided to have another draft ale. The bar was in an elevated alcove near the entrance to the restaurant, so he walked over, up the few steps, and pulled up a barstool. There, seated at the adjacent corner of the bar, barely six seats away, was his ex-girlfriend Brenda. Their eyes met briefly and he smiled.
She smiled warmly in return, slowly returning to her conversation. Her date, a well-dressed man, eagerly received her briefly broken attention.
Merciless fate, thought Paul. Other more base emotions flooded his senses. She looks gorgeous tonight. Flashes of some of their more intimate moments assaulted him, but only briefly.
Brenda and Paul had been together for a year until their falling out a few months ago. There were so many good things about their relationship, a mutual respect, a sincere caring. Paul sometimes wondered what had happened; it was difficult to express. With a touch of sadness, a dash of hope and other such conflicted emotions, he knew the answer. Paul was comfortable with an uncertain future stemming from an unshakable faith in his own destiny. Brenda was not. She needed a structure for the future that he was unable, or perhaps unwilling, to provide.
Paul snapped back from his brief nostalgia and ordered an ale. There was a handsome middle-aged woman tending to the bar. Scott, a big friendly guy, who was the head bartender, apparently had the night off.
After receiving his ale and while taking a drink, Paul's gaze took in the scene unfolding to his left. Entering the bar was a casually dressed man who had to weigh at least two hundred and forty pounds. He stood an easy six foot four inches tall. The man was showing a little age and a bit of a tire around the middle. In his prime, the big guy could have been a professional football linebacker, thought Paul.
The linebacker had obviously been drinking. His clothing was a bit disheveled and there was a perceptible sway in his walk. His expression was that of someone looking for trouble. It was an expression Paul had seen before. I don't need this tonight, he thought, receiving a twang from his intuition.
As fate would have it, the linebacker, not quite the drunk yet, took up a barstool a few seats to Paul's right. He sat midway between Paul and Brenda.
Paul audibly groaned.
The linebacker loudly interrupted the bartender who was serving someone else across the bar and requested, more like demanded, a gin and tonic.
I guess we know what he's been drinking tonight. If alcohol can make a man mean, gin can make a man downright nasty, thought Paul with chagrin. He was willing to give the linebacker some latitude. Who knows? The guy could have just been jilted, lost his job, anything. Everyone was entitled to blow off a little steam once in awhile, he thought, not really believing it himself.
The linebacker received his drink and scanned the action at the bar much as a lion might survey his domain. Taking a swig, he immediately started in on Brenda's date who was sitting to his right. "What the hell are you looking at?" he bellowed.
Brenda's date did his best to ignore him and made no reply, managing only a sheepish grin.
Paul felt bad for the smaller man – he could sense his fear. Where is Scott when you need him? It's his job after all, he thought, with growing resignation. The new bartender wasn't likely to be much help.
The linebacker returned to his drink and Paul had a moment of hope that maybe the big guy might calm down. Paul couldn't remember having had a fight outside of the ring since his college days, and he was not anxious to break that record. But before his thoughts were even complete, the linebacker started back in, this time on Brenda.
Having intimidated her date, he threw a crude pass her way. "What are you doing with that squirrel? How about trying a real man?"
Brenda, though obviously disconcerted, made it plain she was not interested. "Why don't you go bother somebody else?"
The exchange went on for a short time with Brenda growing increasingly anxious, the linebacker growing more insistent and angry, and Paul reaching the limits of his patience.
Finally, when Paul heard the linebacker start to say, "Why you stupid bitch, who the hell do you think you're talking—," all the while standing and moving slowly in her direction, Paul had reached his limit. So much for my quiet Sunday night thought Paul, sensing that the linebacker intended to slap Brenda around.
Catching the linebacker in mid-sentence, Paul tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Maybe we need to calm down here a little." Paul approached the possibility of a fight with a calm born from years of training.
The linebacker smiled maliciously as he now had an object for his rage. He swirled around counterclockwise; his bulky form trailed behind a powerful fist aimed squarely into the face of his smaller opponent.
Paul knew what was coming so he made a quick move to his right and dodged the punch – a punch that would have done some serious damage. Using his momentum, he brought his left knee hard into the linebacker's mid-thigh purposefully missing the groin area. He didn't want to cripple the guy, just hurt him.
The linebacker reacted expectedly. He bent slightly, which brought his head forward and down a few inches, now easily within Paul's reach.
The big guy's left guard was down. He is obviously not a fighter, thought Paul.
With hand held in and elbow out, Paul snapped his whole body into a counterclockwise pivot. He brought nearly one hundred and ninety pounds of his own weight to the point of contact. His right forearm squarely struck the linebackers left cheek. Paul was careful to pull his punch a little to avoid breaking any facial bones.
The brief conflict had the desired effect; the blow was enough to daze the big guy. In the same smooth motion, Paul guided the linebacker to the nearest barstool. He slid the gin and tonic over to him and said, "Maybe you should just finish your drink and leave."
Paul had spoken quietly, as he knew that to avoid any further trouble, the linebacker needed to save face. But there was more to it than just that. For a yet unknown reason, Paul's words seemed to do more to change the linebacker's attitude than the fight itself.
The linebacker, still dazed, mumbled a less boisterous reply. The entire fight took only a few seconds. Even customers on the other side of the bar could have missed it, had they not been looking in the proper direction. The fact that the fight went largely unnoticed was not lost on the linebacker. It helped to stem his embarrassment. Suddenly and almost mystically, he just felt like leaving.
Paul returned to his seat at the bar. He hoped the linebacker would finish his drink and move on. Almost as if directly influenced by Paul's hopes, the linebacker soon paid for his drink and left.
Paul was grateful the big guy didn't try to start things up again. Maybe he was just having a bad day after all. That still doesn't excuse his remarks to Brenda, he thought, with a touch of suppressed anger.
During the fight, while surveying his surroundings, Paul had noticed two burly men sitting at a table just outside the bar area. They started to make a move during the fight. As it ended so quickly, they were able to disguise their actions.
Paul sensed good intentions from them at the time. Maybe they were just wanting to help, he thought. However, Paul felt something more. I bet I'll be seeing them again. Casually looking around now, he noticed they too had left.
Brenda and her date soon settled their bill and headed for the door. When Brenda's date was walking by, Paul said, "That guy was nothing but trouble. You did the right thing by ignoring him."
Brenda's date made no reply.
To Brenda, Paul said softly, "Are you all right?"
She responded with a gentle whisper in Paul's ear, "Yes, and thanks for helping. Really. Take care of yourself." With a sincere and warm smile, she added, "Let me know how you are doing from time to time. I miss you."
Paul let Brenda's parting words, I miss you, play through his mind. A lost love, yes, he thought with a hint of sadness. Lost forever? Maybe not, he reflected, content to let his destiny unfold. He finished his ale, paid his bill, and went home to bed.
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Shop owner embroiled in language scuffle
Denis Armstrong
Updated: February 28, 2014 7:33 AM EST
Eva Cooper says she has enough Canadians in her corner to fight Quebec's language laws.
Cooper, who owns Delilah's (in the Parc), a women's boutique in Chelsea, received a letter from the OQLF — Office quebecois de la langue francaise — on Feb. 18 indicating that they had received a complaint that Delilah's Facebook page was in English.
The letter, which was written in French, said the 45-year-old shopkeeper was violating secton 52 of Quebec's language charter, which makes French the official language of the province.
The letter asked Cooper to indicate what corrective measures she would be taking, and gave her a deadline of March 10 to respond. If she doesn't reply by then, it said she risks legal action and a fine.
Cooper's response was to ask the language watchdog to resend the letter to her, this time in English.
Quebec's language charter states it's okay to post personal messages on social media in English. However, if the message is has a commercial intent, it must be available in French as well as English. Cooper, who is fluently bilingual, uses Delilahs (in the Parc) Facebook page to market the fashions she sells in the Scott St. store. She employs 12 bilingual employees and all signage is displayed in both French and English. She operates a second Delilah's store in the Glebe.
Cooper's defence is that she has a right to express herself in whatever language she wants to on social media. That, she argues, is the very nature of social media.
"I didn't know there was an official language to Facebook," Cooper noted. "Whatever happened to freedom of speech on social media? I thought social media was about freedom of speech and expression."
In lawyer Michael Geist's opinion, Cooper's caught in a murky legal issue.
"Quebec's courts have been applying language laws for 10 years and they've determined that websites are commercial publications," said Geist.
"Under Quebec law, commercial websites have to use French, but the law isn't black-and-white when it comes to social media sites like Facebook because it's a personal site that functions like a commercial publication."
Cooper suspects she has been caught in the crossfire of pre-election Sovereigntist politics.
"Are we going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars monitoring social media?" she asked.
"We have more important issues to worry about like getting potable water in Chelsea."
Predictably, the story's gone viral on social and mainstream media. In the 24 hours since news broke, Delilah's (in the Parc) Facebook page has picked up more than 2,000 likes while Cooper's received hundreds of personal emails of support from both English and French readers.
"I didn't know what to do when I received the letter but I've had so much support from the rest of Canada, I'm going to go the distance and challenge their case," said Cooper.
"This is an important issue. It's opened a dialogue on freedom of expression."


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At the (I thought) old age of 31 in 1999, I took my first Yoga class. I was hooked. The intense Yoga workout was exactly what my "old" body craved from countless hours of biking, hiking, running, swimming, skiing, etc. Soon after, I appreciated the gentler, relaxing side of the practice. In 2004, I completed my 200 Hour Certification with Jennifer Allen at Sundari Yoga.
I love the Ashtanga and vinyasa flow style of Yoga that keeps the blood pumping. My greatest joy as a teacher is witnessing someone new to the practice learn to relax and laugh at themselves. Yoga does not demand that each person conform to a rigid mold of a perfect pose – it is a way to learn what is perfect for each individual.


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Das Tongrubengelände von Bensheim und Heppenheim liegt im Hessischen Ried im Kreis Bergstraße zwischen den beiden Städten Bensheim und Heppenheim. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Tonabbaugelände, das seit 1977 als Naturschutzgebiet ausgewiesen ist.

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Das Naturschutzgebiet Tongrubengelände von Bensheim und Heppenheim erstreckt sich auf 91,87 Hektar (0,92 km²) zwischen dem Meerbach im Südwesten von Bensheim und dem Jochimsee im Nordwesten von Heppenheim. Die Bahnlinie im Osten und die Autobahn A5 im Westen begrenzen das Gelände.

Naturschutzgebiet
Das Naturschutzgebiet "Tongrubengelände von Bensheim und Heppenheim" gehört als Fauna-Flora-Habitat (FFH)-Gebiet zum europäisch vernetzten Schutzgebietssystem Natura 2000. Die Fläche des Naturschutzgebietes ist identisch mit dem FFH-Gebiet "Tongrubengelände von Bensheim und Heppenheim". Der Maßnahmenplan für das FFH-Gebiet vom 25. Juni 2007 beschreibt die Erhaltungsziele für die Biotopkomplexe Binnengewässer (Meerwiesenteiche, Jägerteiche und Totensee), Grünlandkomplexe, Ried- und Röhrichtkomplexe und Gebüsch- und Vorwaldkomplexe.

Das Naturschutzgebiet liegt innerhalb des EU-Vogelschutzgebietes "Hessische Altneckarschlingen" (BfN-ID 6217-403), das mehrere Teilgebiete (4 Hauptabschnitte mit insgesamt 32 Teilgebieten) umfasst.

Das Tongrubengelände besteht aus verwilderten Teichen und Schilfgebieten, die zum Teil mit Bäumen und Büschen bewachsen sind. Es bietet wertvolle Biotope für viele seltene Vogelarten, Amphibien und Insekten. Bis zu 90 Brutvogelarten konnten Betreuer des Nabu nachweisen wie z. B. Zwergtaucher, Teichralle, Eisvogel, Blässhuhn und Rotmilan. Hinzu kommen Nahrungsgäste wie Störche und Reiher.

Aussichtspunkte

Große Teile des Naturschutzgebietes sind nicht zugänglich. An den Jägerteichen auf Heppenheimer Gebiet steht eine Beobachtungshütte, die gute Ausblicke auf die Jägerteiche ermöglicht.

Geschichte
Bis vor etwa 2000 Jahren mäanderte der Neckar noch durch das Hessische Ried und mündete nördlich von Darmstadt in den Rhein. Dabei transportierte der Fluss u. a. große Mengen an Tonen, die sich im flachen Wasser absetzten.

Bereits ab 1894 wurde eine Feldbrandziegelei betrieben. Industrielle Tonförderung durch das Tonwerk Heppenheim fand von 1900 bis 1960 statt. 1941 kam eine Fabrikationsstätte in Bensheim hinzu. Im 2. Weltkrieg hielten zeitweise Zwangsarbeiter die Produktion im Tonwerk in Gange. Eine 2018 errichtete Gedenkstätte in Heppenheim am Rande des Geländes erinnert an die Zwangsarbeiter.

Die Abbaugruben, die bei der Tonförderung entstanden, füllten sich mit Grundwasser. Es bildeten sich flache Teiche mit sehr viel Schilf und nützliche Biotope für zahlreiche Vogel- und Amphibienarten boten. Eine Flurbereinigung im Jahre 1964 und weitere bauliche Maßnahmen führten zur Grundwasserabsenkung, zu Entwässerung und Verlandung der Teiche.

1977 wurde das Gebiet als Naturschutzgebiet ausgewiesen, und Maßnahmen zur Renaturierung und Wiederherstellung der Flachwasserteiche eingeleitet. Ein Wassereinlauf-Bauwerk am Meerbach in Bensheim wurde errichtet; es gewährleistet den Wassernachschub und verhindert die Austrocknung der Teiche.1989 wurde das Naturschutzgebiet auf seine heutige Größe erweitert und rechtskräftig als Naturschutzgebiet ausgewiesen.

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When Cambodian citizens – "The Cambodian people are the masters of their own country" according to Article 51 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia – try to get information from the authorities which affects their lives, they seem to be often treated rather than subordinate servants.
We collected, over time, random sections of information from the media, where – instead of receiving an answer to a question, the person who asked is directed to another place, from there a new direction is give – again back to the starting point. A very frustrating situation without a solution.
Why Should We Care about Interfering with the Freedom of Information?
There were some happenings in Cambodia recently which raised concerns – some related to the Internet, some related to other forms of reporting in and from Cambodia.
One of the most surprising international news of the week relate to Tunisia, an Arab country; with about 10 million people it has a smaller population than Cambodia. After 23 years of a strong-handed government, large scale protests against unemployment and corruption led to turmoil. These problems were not new. By the time of this writing – about 100 people have lost their lives.
The Mirror had reported, on Tuesday, that Boeng Kak Lake Area Residents Call off Futile "Freedom Park" Demonstration. The Cambodia Daily reported in its 15-16 January 2011 edition the following sequel to the Boeng Kak tragedy.
Seoul: A Seoul court Friday ordered a Cambodian airline to pay 3.2 billion won (USD 2.8 million) in compensation to the families of passengers who died in a 2007 plane crash, sources said.
PMTair's Antonov An-24 crashed in southern Cambodia in June 2007 on its way to the beach resort town of Sihanoukville from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap.
Apologies for the delay, for health reasons – or, more correctly: because of being sick.
The newly elected members of the US House of Representatives had their first meeting on Thursday, 6 January 2011. Their meeting started with something that had never before happened: the whole text of the Constitution of United States of America was read aloud, with Republicans and Democrats taking turns to read passages from this 223 years old document. This procedure had been proposed by newly elected members, so that all should be reminded about the basis on which to work together.
In the morning of 11 March 2010 an anti-corruption law was discussed and adopted by the National Assembly with 82 votes in favor from the 82 voters present. During the current week, its application – with the arrest of the first suspects – started.
To recall part of the history, it is said that this is the Cambodian law which had been in the status of being drafted for the longest time, compared to other laws. This process began in 1994, and when it was announced in December 2009 that the draft is finally ready, its text was not released until 5 March 2010, about only one week before its adoption.


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A Florida man made news today after the Sarasota County Sheriff's office posted of a picture of the man sleeping on a bed in the home he was allegedly attempting to burglarize in Nokomis, Florida. The man was reportedly found with a bag of jewelry on the bed next to him. The would-be burglar is facing charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.
Although the Sheriff's Office (and people around the country at this point) are having a good laugh at the "burglar's" expense, burglary is a serious crime in the State of Florida that is heavily prosecuted by the State Attorney's Office. Burglary of an unoccupied dwelling is a Second Degree Felony in the State of Florida, punishable by up to 15 years in Florida State Prison and a $10,000.00 fine.
Anyone who is arrested for Burglary of an Unoccupied Dwelling in Florida should speak with a Florida criminal defense attorney to discuss their options and determine the best defensive strategy – regardless of the circumstances of the arrest.


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Physical activity is not just about sport
Schools need a fundamental culture change, shifting their focus away from sport and towards physical activity, writes Miranda Markham
Despite rising awareness of the benefits of exercise and healthy eating, childhood obesity is on the rise in the UK.
Today, nearly a third of children aged 2 to 15 are overweight or obese and younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer.
It would be easy to assume that the solution is to add more opportunity for sport in school. Surely, if children became engaged with sport at an earlier age, we could easily curb this crisis.
However, experts agree that the emphasis on sport is overrated. Instead, schools need a fundamental culture change, shifting their focus away from sport and towards physical activity.
A SHIFT TO PHYSICIAL LITERACY
A shift to physical literacy Dean Horridge, founder and CEO of Fit for Sport, is a firm believer that adding more sport in schools isn't going to address the actual problem. "I think we've got it wrong for many years," he says. "In every class of 30, there's only about 10 kids who are interested in sport.
What ends up happening is that the 10 kids that are naturally good at sport excel in these environments. They love the experience because they get passed the ball. Ultimately, they get to win.
"However, it's the other 20 that miss engaging in these activities and we lose them. Not just as a child, but for life."
Instead, Horridge suggests a shift toward "physical literacy," that is, fundamental skills like how to catch, how to run and how to jump. "It's about participation, not technique," says Horridge. "All primary school kids want to do is have fun. When the focus is on technique, you alienate the 20 children who don't have natural sports ability."
FALLING BELOW FITNESS LEVELS
According to a recent study by Fit for Sport, 79 per cent of children in the UK fell below the recommended fitness levels for their age group. What's worse, children who disengage from sport at a young age often become physically inactive adults.
Launched earlier this year, programmes like Fit for Sport's Healthy Active Schools System (HASS) are aiming to combat this problem. HASS is a free online activity measurement tool for schools which allows them to track, measure, monitor and evaluate children's fitness and activity levels.
It can also help schools, regardless of how affluent they are, support children who are not very fit or active.
The benefits of adding more physical activity in schools are huge. Aside from an increase in general health, Horridge says that active school environments encourage better academic performance, better behaviour, higher engagement and better concentration.
Another associated benefit is that active schools can reduce incident/accident rates by as much as 78 per cent.
Lunch time provides the perfect opportunity for a marked increase in physical activity. Horridge says there is a need for more trained and upskilled staff to not only facilitate but join in with lunch time activity. "When teachers get involved, it has a massive impact on children's activity," he says.
"Something as simple as getting a tracksuit on and getting involved in a game of dodgeball can make a big difference."
Ultimately, he says "adding more sport in schools is not the answer."
"Putting more money into sport and PE doesn't actually address the problem. The focus needs to be on getting kids active in a fun way. If we make having fun and being active the same thing, children are so much more likely to consider sport later in life."
Linda Hall, founder of Animal Fu, a character‑based fitness programme for three to seven-year olds, shares a similar opinion.
While she acknowledges that the state of PE and sport in school is improving, there is still a major participation issue, especially with young girls who typically hate PE.
"In addition to sport, it would be beneficial for schools to incorporate more regular movement into the day," says Linda. "It would be great to add something for everyone, especially some options for physical activity that are not competitive."
Hall says that, when children are in primary school, a lot of them lose interest because of competition. However, a programme like Animal Fu is focused on participation and is designed to be accessible to all children, regardless of gender, size or ability. "You can be big, small, tall, short, a boy or a girl – Animal Fu is accessible to any child," she says.
Designed to complement existing school sports and activity offerings, Animal Fu centres around five different animal characters, all with a different message like healthy eating, no bullying, respect and self-belief.
"The movements are borrowed from Tai Chi and other martial arts forms," says Linda. "Some children struggle with basic movements but with the slow, controlled movements of Tai Chi, everyone can do it.
Also, because it is fun, and based around animal characters, children don't recognise the activity as exercise. All children love animals so when they lunge, they don't know they are lunging. They are doing tiger crawls."
Linda maintains that a programme like Animal Fu can work hand-in-hand with existing sports programmes, like swimming or tennis because the movements they learn in Animal Fu help improve balance, arm swing and body awareness.
Beyond sport and physical activity, Linda suggests that more schools focus around "wellness activities," that is, activities that help children have fun and feel good. With elements of mindfulness incorporated into the programme, Animal Fu can not only help children become more physically active, but also be beneficial to children's mental health as well.
ARE GIRLS AT RISK MORE THAN BOYS
Duncan Jefford, regional director for Everyone Active, says there is a major disparity between what girls are offered and what boys are offered in terms of sport in school.
"In sport, it is still a very sexist culture. It's time to break that cycle," he says.
A recent study from Youth Sport Trust and Women in Sport revealed that secondary school aged boys (age 11-16) are happier with the amount of physical activity they take part in and enjoy it more than girls (71 per cent of boys vs. 56 per cent of girls).
Even more troubling is that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self‑consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.
With two young girls of his own, Jefford described the state of sport in school as "incredibly disappointing," particularly in the state sector.
To help address this issue, Jefford said Everyone Active is now delivering a variety of programmes to help schools make sport more affordable and accessible.
"We have partnered with Great Britain Olympic gold medallist Alex Danson to launch a hockey academy for children aged 7-11 and we've also teamed up with the Hertfordshire Mavericks to launch a series of netball camps. Both initiatives allow us to get girls involved in these sports at a much younger age than what is typically offered in school," says Jefford.
Both programmes have ambitious goals. The Alex Danson Hockey Academy aims to engage 10,000 children with hockey over the next three years, notably young girls who are not traditionally offered this opportunity until Year 5. Similarly, the Hertfordshire Mavericks partnership wants to get an additional 20,000 girls and women partaking in some form of netball-related activity over the next three years. "If you get children more active in primary school, you embed good habits for life," says Jefford.
SWIMMING STRUGGLES
Swimming is another area where some state sector schools struggle. "Unfortunately, the reality is that nearly 2,000 primary schools in the UK do not offer any swimming lessons and there's over a quarter of a million children every year that finish primary school and can't swim 25 meters."
As a result, Jefford said that Everyone Active is allowing access to swimming lessons at a more affordable rate to help break down the price barrier facing many British schools.
One issue facing schools is the cost of transport for children from school to a leisure centre with a pool, so Jefford said Everyone Active is working with coach companies to find ways to make transportation more affordable.
"Our aim is to enable every child to swim 25 meters by age 11," says Jefford.
SHIFTING THE FOCUS
While sport and PE is an important part of most children's school experience, the reality is that most children do not meet the recommended minimum requirements of weekly physical activity.
Worse still is that many children, especially girls, lose interests in sport at a young age which often has major consequences in their adult‑life.
Unfortunately, the school environment naturally promotes a very sedentary culture: children are required to sit for long periods, walk instead of run and be still for most of the day.
With childhood obesity levels on the rise, increased physical activity is needed more than ever. Shifting the focus away from sport and toward more regular activity that is both accessible and fun will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of today's children, now and until adulthood.
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Fake News Fights Against $15
By David Bush
On Tuesday, October 10 NewsTalk 1010 published a poll showing relatively tepid support in Toronto for the Liberal's plan to raise the minimum wage in Ontario to $15/hr. The poll claims to show 61% of Toronto residents don't want the province to move ahead with the $15/hour minimum wage rollout as planned. It also says that 44% want a longer phase-in, while 17% want to abandon the $15 minimum wage altogether.
This would suggest that the Liberal plan to raise the minimum wage $15 does not have strong support. This is especially shocking considering the last poll of Toronto residents, done by Forum Research in April 2017, showed overwhelming support for a $15 minimum wage. In the Forum poll 70 percent of residents approved of raising the minimum wage to $15, while only 25 percent disapproved.
On the face of it, the two polls would suggest there has been a major shift in support for a $15 minimum wage. But a closer look at the poll commissioned by NewsTalk 1010 shows it is highly skewed and unreliable.
Selection bias
The poll, conducted by DART Insight and communication between September 16 – 19, surveyed 814 people online through the social media site LinkedIn. Unlike phone surveys the self-selection bias in conducting a poll through social media is much higher. Among the four major social media platforms, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, LinkedIn has a much wealthier user demographic. The latest PEW survey show that 45 percent of adults with a household income at or above $75,000 have a LinkedIn account, far outstripping the user rate from any other income bracket. Facebook and Instagram show other lower income brackets have a larger percentage of user accounts than the over $75,000 bracket. LinkedIn skews towards wealthier users, which shouldn't surprise anyone, as it is a social networking platform designed for professional advancement.
The use of LinkedIn may explain why well over a quarter of the participants in the DART poll had a household income over $100,000. While the results were weighted this perhaps explains why the margin of error in the poll is +/- 3.9 percent, which is a higher margin of error than typical for a poll its size. It is hard to say with certainty without seeing the full data.
Leading question
Beyond the problems of self-selection bias, there is a much bigger problem in the poll, and that is the nature of the question. If one wanted to know the level of support Toronto residents have of the $15 minimum wage and the Wynne government's planned implementation one would aim to ask a clear and direct question, something like this:
"Do you favour the Ontario government's plan to phase in a $15 minimum wage by January 1, 2019?"
This is simple, direct and does not aim to sway the opinion, but gage it. The Forum poll in April asked the question:
"Currently, the minimum wage in Ontario is $11.40 per hour. Would you
approve or disapprove of raising the minimum wage to $15.00 in the
province?"
Simple and to the point. The DART poll's question was the exact opposite:
"Ontario's Liberal government is raising the minimum wage by 32% to $15 per hour over one-and-a-half years with some breaks to business but the timetable is firm. Neighborhood businesses of all sizes say they need more time to absorb the increase. Also, the Government's own independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) says it could cost upwards of 50,000 jobs. Do you think local businesses should get more time to phase the increase, or should the government just move ahead, or should the government just cancel the entire thing and let the marketplace figure it out on its own?"
Workers at Pearson Airport protesting for $15/hour minimum wage.
This is a textbook case of a leading question. Rather than gauging support, the question aims shape the results. The question assumes that all businesses think the same way, when other polls and prominent voices in the small business community have stated they support the minimum wage increase. A June, 2017 Campaign Research poll shows that a majority (54 percent) of small and medium enterprise (SME) owners approved of a $15 minimum wage, while only 30 percent who found $15 too high.
So while some SME business owners have expressed vocal opposition to the $15 minimum wage, those voices it turns out are in a minority. Including the vague wording of "neighborhood businesses of all sizes say they need more time to absorb the increase", not only reflects the bias and poor research skills of the pollsters, it constructs a very specific and tainted framework for the question. Instead of this question being about the minimum wage, it is about the minimum wage as it relates to the supposed interests of small business.
The FAO study
A second major problem in this question is the use of the Financial Accountability Office's report on the $15 minimum wage. The FAO's study has come under some serious questioning by other economists over their use of imprecise language and scholarly estimates in coming up with 50,000 fewer jobs being created over the long-term. Jordan Brennan, an economists at Unifor noted about the misrepresentation of the FAO study:
"I doubt the media will note this, and part of the problem flows from language selection, but there is a difference between an existing worker being laid off and the rate of (future) job creation slowing down. In in the former scenario an actual person is made materially worse off, while in the latter situation, a hypothetical worker—someone who is not presently employed, but who may seek work in the future—is not able to find a job."
The inclusion of the job loss numbers from the FAO study is a clear case of bias. The FAO study also concluded that 1.6 million workers – 22 percent of the labour market – will see a positive direct impact, while workers earning $15 to $19 will likely see an indirect pay increase. The pollster chose instead to include the misleading fact about potential job deceleration over an actual concrete statistic in the same study.
Looking at all other other different questions in the same poll — mayoral preference (only 19 percent of Toronto resident want Drake as mayor), the role of the police, Marijuana legalization, publicly funded daycare etc.— no other question was as lengthy, inserted study findings, or constructed scenarios of possible outcomes.
Reject the push poll
This was a push poll aimed at showing the weakening of the support for a $15 minimum wage. What is surprising is the strength of support despite the obvious bias in the question. Only 17 percent of respondents favoured cancelling the initiative, while a full 83 percent wanted to see a $15 minimum wage. Two in five said they wanted to see the 18-month phase-in of $15 go forward despite being confronted with a question designed to get them to choose a longer phase-in or oppose outright.
Bias and misleading polls tilted towards employers are nothing new. As the fear campaign by employers ramps up and we near the election expect more polls aimed at stoking fear and sowing doubt about raising the minimum wage and strengthening labour law. The media will not do our job for us.
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2021 Trends in Privacy Regulatory Enforcement and Litigation
By Jenna Zhang & Kimberly Railey on February 22, 2022
Posted in Children's Privacy, Federal Trade Commission, Health Privacy, Internet of Things (IoT), Litigation
2021 was another busy year for data privacy regulatory enforcement and litigation. With some distance to reflect on last year, we have prepared this post identifying and describing important trends from 2021 that can help provide insight into what to expect in the data privacy landscape in 2022.
Data Privacy Regulatory Enforcement Trends
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state enforcement action in 2021 centered on several key areas, including protecting children.
An FTC enforcement action last year alleged that the maker of an online coloring book application violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information about children who used the app without notifying their parents and obtaining their consent. The allegations note that the app included a "Kids" category that was targeted to children. The FTC further claimed that the app's social media features collected personal information from users and that some parents, lacking knowledge of these features, may have inadvertently permitted their young children to use the app.
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By Inside Privacy on May 31, 2017
Posted in State Legislatures
On May 16, 2017, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law H.B. 1493—Washington's first statute governing how individuals and non-government entities collect, use, and retain "biometric identifiers," as defined in the statute. The law prohibits any "person" from "enroll[ing] a biometric identifier in a database for a commercial purpose, without first providing notice, obtaining consent, or providing a mechanism to prevent the subsequent use of a biometric identifier for a commercial purpose." It also places restrictions on the sale, lease, and other disclosure of enrolled biometric identifiers. With the new law, Washington has become only the third state after Illinois and Texas to enact legislation that regulates business activities related to biometric information. Although the three laws seek to provide similar consumer protections around the collection, use, and retention of biometric data, the Washington law defines the content and activity it regulates in different terms, and, similar to Texas, but unlike Illinois, the Washington law does not provide a private right of action.
The Washington statute, as compared to existing biometrics laws, is notable for its definition of "biometric identifier." In the law, a "biometric identifier" is "data generated by automatic measurements of an individual's biological characteristics," including "fingerprints, voiceprints, eye retinas, irises, or other unique biological patterns or characteristics that is used to identify a specific individual." Washington's definition of "biometric identifier" may be broader than that in the Texas statute, but Washington's definition does not specifically provide for a "scan of hand or face geometry," as is the case in the Illinois statute. Washington's definition of "biometric identifiers" specifically excludes "physical or digital photograph, video or audio recording or data generated therefrom" (in addition to certain health-related data), suggesting the statute will have limited application in the context of facial recognition technology.
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House Debates Federal Data Breach Legislation
By Inside Privacy on January 27, 2015
Posted in Congress, United States
This morning, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), held a hearing to determine what elements should be included in federal data breach legislation. Despite the momentum for legislation created by high-profile breaches at retailers like Target and Home Depot, and most recently at Sony, ongoing efforts in both the House and Senate to replace with a national standard the 47 currently existing state data breach laws so far have been unsuccessful. This activity in the House is yet another attempt to enact a federal law governing data security, and today's hearing made clear that many practical questions still remain for lawmakers to "get it right" on a data breach bill, as Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) said.
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A Conversation with State and Federal Privacy Regulators Turns to State Data Breach Enforcement
By Inside Privacy on February 27, 2014
Posted in Data Breaches, Data Security, Federal Trade Commission, State Legislatures
On Monday, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) hosted a discussion that featured state and federal privacy regulators. The panel included Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director for the Division of Privacy and Identity Theft at the Federal Trade Commission; Marty Jackley, Attorney General of South Dakota; and Bill Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont. The panel was intended to discuss privacy generally, however, the conversation quickly focused on the latest hot topic: data breach.
It was acknowledged at the outset of the conversation that the important role state attorneys general play in regulating privacy, both individually and in tandem, is often overlooked. Ms. Mithal suggested that, for example, while the EU is familiar with the FTC's enforcement authority and the existence of some federal law, the "story often not told" is that there are "cops on the beat," and specifically, that the United States has robust state enforcement of privacy protections.…
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Google Settles Safari Tracking Charges Brought by State AGs for $17 Million
By Inside Privacy on November 18, 2013
Posted in United States
Google has entered into a $17 million settlement agreement with attorneys general from 37 states and the District of Columbia over allegations that the company engaged in unauthorized tracking of users of Apple's Safari browser in 2011 and 2012. The allegations stemmed from 2012 reports that Google had bypassed Safari's default privacy settings and placed…
New Jersey AG Settles COPPA Suit Against Mobile App Developer
By Lindsey Tonsager on July 3, 2012
Posted in Children's Privacy, Federal Trade Commission, Mobile, United States
The New Jersey Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs have announced a settlement with 24x7digital, the developer of the "TeachMe" mobile apps for preschool through second-grade children, to resolve claims that the company violated the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
The state alleged that children were encouraged to submit their full names, along with a…
Proposed TCPA Changes Encounter Opposition
Posted in Congress, Mobile, United States
As we previously discussed here, the House of Representatives is considering a bill to amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The bill, known as the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 (H.R. 3035), has bipartisan and industry support but also has drawn opposition from some consumer groups and state attorneys general.…
Do-Not-Track Legislation Unveiled in California
Posted in Federal Trade Commission, United States
As we previously posted, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced federal do-not-track legislation in February. California State Senator Alan Lowenthal announced at a press conference earlier this week that he is backing a similar bill in the California legislature, with the support of Consumer Watchdog and other public advocacy groups.
SB 761, as amended, directs…
New Law Restricts Misleading Online Sales Practices
Posted in Congress, Financial Privacy
On December 29, President Obama signed the "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act" into law. The legislation prohibits e-commerce retailers from passing customers' billing information to post-transaction third-party sellers, and also requires post-transaction sellers to meet certain requirements before charging consumers' financial accounts. Specifically, the post-transaction seller must (1) disclose all material terms of the transaction, including the fact that the post-transaction seller is not affiliated with the initial retailer; and (2) obtain billing information and affirmative consent for the transaction directly from the customer.
The Act arose out of an investigation by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation into the sales practices of Affinion, Vertrue, and Webloyalty. These post-transaction sellers offered membership club enrollment to consumers who were completing transactions at popular online retail sites, although consumers often did not understand that they were entering into a separate relationship with the membership club or that they would be charged periodic fees. …
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Human pancreas on a chip opens new possibilities for studying disease
Salmon are shrinking and it shows in their genes
Male salmon are maturing earlier and becoming smaller, and it shows in their genes. This was the discovery of a study that examined scale samples from salmon in the River Teno in Northern Finland over a 40-year period, and looked at the population genetic profile of a gene that determines salmon's age of maturity and size. The results show that the 'big salmon gene version' has become rarer in the population over time, and has been replaced by the 'small salmon gene version'.
The study, conducted by scientists from the University of Helsinki in co-operation with Natural Resources Institute Finland and the University of Turku, was published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution and was featured on the magazine's November issue's cover.
Previous work by the consortium has shown that the age at which salmon mature is getting younger, and consequently also the size of salmon that are spawning is getting smaller. They also identified a single gene Vgll3 that has a large influence in determining the age at which salmon reach sexual maturity. They identified two forms or alleles of the gene that appear to signal to the salmon to either mature later at a larger size or mature earlier at a smaller size. The later salmon mature, the bigger they grow.
"We knew from our earlier research that the age at maturity had been decreasing over this period. Now we wanted to see if there were signs of this also at the genetic level, that is, whether it was an evolutionary change," professor Craig Primmer from the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Helsinki explains.
"Basically, if we see that 'salmon are shrinking', we can't be sure if it is evolution. For that, we need to know there are also changes in their genes. Now we also have that information, and we can say that we can demonstrate 'evolution in action'."
The change in genes indicates that the size decrease is not just a 'plastic' or a temporary change brought on by other factors that do not necessarily require changes in gene sequences, such as changes in hormone levels. Instead the change has an evolutionary basis. Being big is not as much of an advantage to salmon as it used to be, and the salmon are adapting to this new reality.
"This is another example de-bunking the myth that evolution takes millions of years," said Yann Czorlich, the first author of the study from the Natural Resources Institute Finland and the University of Turku. "On the one hand, this can be considered a good thing seeing it means there is hope for salmon to adapt to their changed conditions. But on the other, it's bad news for anglers want to catch big salmon and join the '20 kilogram club' as there may be fewer big salmon in the future unless we can identify and halt the factors causing their decline."
As a part of his PhD studies, Czorlich is preparing to address the reasons for why salmon might benefit from being smaller in a future paper, but one theory is that salmon today are more likely to die during their time at sea either because of fishing or other reasons, and would thus benefit from returning to the rivers to spawn sooner rather than later.
The scale samples used for the study came from a long-term scale archive maintained by the Natural Resources Institute Finland. The archive keeps samples from more than 150,000 salmon individuals collected by volunteer fishermen since the 1970's from River Teno, one of the most prolific salmon rivers in Europe. The scales were then used to determine the age structure of the salmon population. They were also the source of DNA for genetic analysis.
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Well, when you register you will be asked to fill in some personal information which will be used to attract potential partners. Photographs, instant messaging and in some cases chat rooms are available in order to help you find a suitable partner. Location is also key. If you live in Northamptonshire then say so in order that you can be matched with someone in the same area. There is little point in finding a match with someone in the Outer Hebrides! Or even London come to that!
With such a large number of possible contacts, all the information at your fingertips, including your own personal preferences and desires, you should have no difficulty finding someone from Northamptonshire online with whom you can arrange a date right on your doorstep in double quick time.
If you want further information there are sites that provide current news, gossip and tips all about the casual dating scene in Northamptonshire. You can even find reviews and ratings online that will help you choose the ideal site for you.


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package io.yawp.servlet;

import org.junit.Test;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import static io.yawp.servlet.CrossDomainManager.*;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;

public class CrossDomainManagerTest {

	private static abstract class MockedServletConfig implements ServletConfig {
		@Override
		public String getServletName() {
			return null;
		}

		@Override
		public ServletContext getServletContext() {
			return null;
		}

		@Override
		public Enumeration getInitParameterNames() {
			return null;
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void createWithoutInitForMocks() {
		Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
		data.put("enableCrossDomain", "true");
		data.put("origin", "?");
		data.put("methods", DEFAULT_METHODS);
		data.put("headers", DEFAULT_HEADERS);
		data.put("allowCredentials", "false");
		data.put("exposeHeaders", "Auth-Cache");
		CrossDomainManager cors = new CrossDomainManager(data);

		assertThat(cors.isEnableCrossDomain(), is(equalTo(true)));
		assertThat(cors.getOrigin(), is(equalTo("?")));
		assertThat(cors.getMethods(), is(equalTo("GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD")));
		assertThat(cors.getHeaders(), is(equalTo("Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, namespace")));
		assertThat(cors.getAllowCredentials(), is(equalTo("false")));
		assertThat(cors.getExposeHeaders(), is(equalTo("Auth-Cache")));
	}

	@Test
	public void createWithEmptyConfigDefaultValues() {
		CrossDomainManager cors = new CrossDomainManager();
		cors.init(new MockedServletConfig() {
			@Override
			public String getInitParameter(String name) {
				return null;
			}
		});

		assertThat(cors.isEnableCrossDomain(), is(equalTo(true)));
		assertThat(cors.getOrigin(), is(equalTo(DEFAULT_ORIGIN)));
		assertThat(cors.getMethods(), is(equalTo(DEFAULT_METHODS)));
		assertThat(cors.getHeaders(), is(equalTo(DEFAULT_HEADERS)));
		assertThat(cors.getAllowCredentials(), is(equalTo(DEFAULT_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS)));
		assertThat(cors.getExposeHeaders(), is(equalTo(DEFAULT_EXPOSE_HEADERS)));
	}

	@Test
	public void createWithFullConfig() {
		CrossDomainManager cors = new CrossDomainManager();
		cors.init(new MockedServletConfig() {
			@Override
			public String getInitParameter(String name) {
				switch (name) {
					case "enableCrossDomain":
						return "true";
					case "crossDomainOrigin":
						return "site.com";
					case "crossDomainMethods":
						return "GET, POST";
					case "crossDomainHeaders":
						return null;
					case "crossDomainAllowCredentials":
						return "false";
					case "crossDomainExposeHeaders":
						return null;
					default:
						return null;
				}
			}
		});

		assertThat(cors.isEnableCrossDomain(), is(equalTo(true)));
		assertThat(cors.getOrigin(), is(equalTo("site.com")));
		assertThat(cors.getMethods(), is(equalTo("GET, POST")));
		assertThat(cors.getHeaders(), is(equalTo(null)));
		assertThat(cors.getAllowCredentials(), is(equalTo("false")));
		assertThat(cors.getExposeHeaders(), is(equalTo(null)));
	}
}


The energy sector is constantly transforming and our customers have new needs. At Endesa, we should adapt to these changes almost immediately.
This requirement has led to us setting up an innovative coworking space that we have called Endesa Open Power Space, a space for employees, external contributors and partners to share ideas, searching for new solutions to new needs.
At Endesa, we want Open Power Space to be the seed of change for the company, through innovative projects, with a special focus on digitalising our activities.
No offices or assigned places, an open space to try and strengthen creativity and digital talent through a new working methodology.
After its first year of existence, the Open Power Space has become a space that operates at maximum capacity, and which has its own clear operating norms that have been adopted by everyone. During this time, various events have been held, some oriented toward all the employees, others toward specific groups.
Furthermore, the space has given its support to business lines that have contributed to the implementation of new methodologies. It has also enacted the dissemination of technological and digital matters among children and young people.
Currently we have 14 ongoing projects with a digital profile within the space. Projects which are mainly oriented toward the digitalisation of the relationship with customers and the development of tools to facilitate the service and contracting processes.
Some of the initiatives have already been publicly acknowledged, such as the digital sales strategy developed by the Digital Channels and Customer Experience team, who were awarded the CRC Gold prize for the Best E-Commerce Strategy.
In the Open Power Space we also focus our efforts on the dissemination of knowledge, to provide our employees with tools to better tackle the challenges derived from the digital transformation.
In this respect, working breakfasts are held twice monthly, supported by the Harvard Business Review, with the Managing Director and other company officials. Monthly presentations are also given to all the employees by speakers who are experts in their fields (both in-house and external), on issues such as innovation and creativity, new tendencies and new methodologies. These initiatives can be followed online by the employees who are not physically present in the space.
Our goal is to establish the Open Power Space as an example within the sector. In this regard, we participate in external events such as the Co-working Spain Conference, the Workplace Conference, Zinc Shower, Cocolab or CONAMA.
Besides, we use the social networks to give visibility to the space. By means of the hashtag #OpenPowerSpace we contribute to its promotion on social networks such as Twitter or YouTube.
The positive result of this pilot scheme has led us to consider extending the Open Power Space model to the rest of our offices.
We attempt to implement collaborative work, innovation, proactivity and creativity in all the spheres of our activity. In short, we want to change the habits in decision-making and the management style to a more agile method based on data, to anticipate the impact of the new energy paradigm and to make critical decisions that will facilitate the sustainability of our business.


Bitvise SSH Client currently does not implement an authentication agent of its own.
Access client authentication keys provided by Pageant, the PuTTY authentication agent.
Access client authentication keys provided by a Cygwin-based OpenSSH authentication agent.
Forward access to either agent type to server-side software in an SSH terminal session.
Make sure that one or more keys have been added in Pageant.
Run Bitvise SSH Client in any manner.
Observe that Pageant keys are now available in the SSH Client's Client key manager. The SSH Client can use these keys for user authentication.
Server-side software can access Pageant keys inside an SSH terminal shell if you use the setting Enable authentication agent forwarding on the Terminal tab in the main SSH Client window.
To use a Pageant key for client authentication, use the command line parameter -pk=t1 for the key in PuTTY slot 1. Similarly, use -pk=t2 for PuTTY slot 2, etc.
Alternately, use -pk=a for any key the server will accept, including keys provided by authentication agents.
With sexec and stermc, to allow server-side software to access the authentication agent, use the command line parameter -agentFwd=y.
Open a Cygwin bash shell.
The SSH Client needs to be started in this way because it needs the environment variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK which is created by the eval command.
If the SSH Client is started in a different way, for example by clicking its icon, it will not have access to the environment variables and will not be able to locate the OpenSSH agent.
Observe that OpenSSH keys are now available in the SSH Client's Client key manager. The SSH Client can use these keys for user authentication.
Server-side software can access OpenSSH agent keys inside an SSH terminal shell if you use the setting Enable authentication agent forwarding on the Terminal tab in the main SSH Client window.
To use an ssh-agent key for client authentication, use the command line parameter -pk=o1 for the key in OpenSSH slot 1. Similarly, use -pk=o2 for OpenSSH slot 2, etc.
Bitvise SSH Client is currently unable to use the OpenSSH agent that comes with Windows 10. This version of the OpenSSH agent runs under the Windows Subsystem for Linux and uses Unix sockets in a way that's inaccessible to native Windows applications. Since the Windows Subsystem for Linux is still in development, Microsoft might implement changes that could make these Unix sockets accessible for a future SSH Client version.
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The judge, Christoph Flügge, has worked with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) since 2008. More recently, he got involved with preliminary investigations into claims that US military service members and CIA operatives tortured prisoners in Afghanistan.
Clearly humanity has some length to travel before emerging from the historical travesty of the law of the jungle. Hopefully World War III can be prevented by peace-loving people around the world, – acting successfully, so global nuclear war won't break out and end it all before reaching that fine, unanimously-welcomed evolutionary chapter.
Whilst the "New World Order" push for "One World Government" it seems they have no Interest in having a One World Legal system to oversea it, well, not a legal system that the USA doesn't own anyway.
"If these judges ever interfere in the domestic concerns of the US or investigate an American citizen, he said the American government would do all it could to ensure that these judges would no longer be allowed to travel to the United States – and that they would perhaps even be criminally prosecuted," Flügge told Zeit, in an interview translated by The Guardian".
So, the USA Government is now completely out of step with the rest of the Free World regarding Law and Order. The USA continually interferes in the internal matters of other countries(Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya Syria etc(and Venezuela), but demands that everyone else succeed to the USA demands, whatever they are!
The Core of the USA's Government, including the CIA, NSA, Pentagon, and the MIC, are Renegades FROM "Freedom and Democracy", instead of leading the World in an orderly and civilized manner.
There is a glimmer of hope regarding the USA's arrogance though, Afghanistan(as did the Vietnamese) have kicked their arses(asses?) out of their country…….
The rest of the World want to have a good relationship with the USA……BUT, not the criminals who now control the USA…..
No sense worrying about who does what to whom, internationally.. Justice is going to be served to every human being on Earth in the not too distant future now.
Eff my America and the Phucking Phool Revoltin' Bolton who soils the planet Earth with his every breath and action.
I'm always confused between the ICC and ICJ. Is/was Judge Flügge a member of the International Court of Justice, or is there a separate panel of judges that is part of and serves the ICC? I cannot forget July 9, 2004, when the ICJ ruled (on a very expedited track) that the criminal entity Ziomonster so-called Israel was in violation of international law via its erection of the Apartheid Wall largely within the landmass of Illegally Occupied Palestine: that the Apartheid Wall was to be dismantled forthwith and deleteriously affected Palestinians duly compensated for the damage done them. The ruling was of course ignored and unimplemented. The ICJ vote was 14 members "For" and 1 member "Against" — that member being an American and a Jew who, if there is any excuse to be given him, wrote that his "Against" was based on a technical/administrative objection–apparently meaning that his interpretation of actual law and justice comported with his 14 fellow judges.
I again confess ignorance, but I ask: has Phucking Bolton never heard of "universal jurisdiction" and its probable specific application to instances such as this? In a sane, moral, just, lawful world, Phucking Bolton would get arrested by competent law-enforcement authority in any country he is brazen enough to travel to (excluding, of course, his favorite home the Ziomonster) and tried for participating in and/or fomenting myriad crimes against humanity.
At any rate, kudos to the principled Judge Flügge; a pox on Revoltin' Bolton and all the Zionists' coattails he rides on.