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Why a leading professor of new media just banned technology use in class
Why a leading professor of new media just banned technology use in class (Washington Post, 25 September 2014)
Clay Shirky is, as he explains below, a "pretty unlikely candidate for Internet censor." Shirky is a professor of media studies at New York University, holding a joint appointment as an arts professor at NYU's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts, and as a Distinguished Writer in Residence in the journalism institute. He is a leading voice on the effect technology has had on society — and vice versa — and has been writing extensively about the Internet for nearly a decade. For years Shirky has allowed his students to bring laptops, tablets and phones into class and use them at will. But he just told students to put them away. He explains why below in a piece that first appeared on medium.com.
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5 facts about Indian Americans (Pew)
5 facts about Indian Americans (Pew Research, 30 September 2014)
In 2012, the Pew Research Center released a pair of reports on Asian Americans — one focused on demographics and attitudes, the other on religion. The reports, which drew from 2010 census data and 2012 survey results, included much information about the country's nearly 3.2 million Indian Americans; we've selected a sampling of facts from both reports.
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Liverpool grabbed a hugely important victory over Spurs, but they needed to go ahead 3 times to ensure they left with all of the points.
Lazar Markovic scored early on before Harry Kane levelled. Gerrard dispatched a penalty before Spurs again levelled - this time controversially through Dembélé. The stage was set for late substitute Mario Balotelli to replace Daniel Sturridge and score the winner with just over 5 minutes left.
The pre-match team news was that Lucas would be missing for around a month - Sterling also missed out after sustaining a foot injury in the derby. Gerrard retained his place - returning to defensive midfield. Sturridge started his first game for 5 months and Markovic also returned to the side.
From the off both sides employed determined pressing tactics and both sides looked to move the ball quickly.
It was the reds who opened the scoring - Lazar Markovic firing a low drilled shot in to the bottom corner. Spurs hit back 10 minutes later. With the reds determined to press - Can moved forward but the ball had already moved past him - Kane executed a fine turn before firing past Mignolet.
In the second half, as Sturridge powered into the Spurs box, he was brought down. Rotund referee Phil Dowd wasn't interested but the assistant was furiously waving his flag - and the ref pointed to the spot. Steven Gerrard, who otherwise had an ineffective game, stepped up and as usual fired the penalty in. His 10th goal of the season, 5 of them from the spot, and his 183rd goal for Liverpool - equalling Robbie Fowler's tally.
Spurs went straight on the attack - Mignolet with a magnificent save to tip the ball over the Kop goal. Spurs were awarded a soft free kick and despite Harry Kane being offside, the ball made it's way to Dembele who got the final touch.
By now Sturridge was tiring on his first full start back - Gerrard had hamstring trouble. Lovren was brought on for the captain. Balotelli and Lallana came on for Markovic and Sturridge.
In the 85th minute Lallana broke - he fired the ball across the face of the 6 yard box and Balotelli pounced to score a long long overdue goal in the Premier League.
With Liverpool set to face Southampton, Man Utd and Arsenal in the upcoming weeks - the reds must have more results like tonight.


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Out of the Void: Chapter Four
Pastaguy 01/12/19
Art by: Caribun
Introduction: Hello everybody! Pastaguy here with another chapter of Out of the Void.
In this chapter a now sixteen year old Asriel and Frisk along with everyone else arrive at the new MTT resort for the weekend for Undyne's and Alphys wedding. This chapter basically goes over the events of the first night there with the beginnings of a new relationship between a human and a prince of monsters.
Previous Installments in this series:
A Flower's Trial
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Out of the Void
Part Two: Confessions and Turning Points
Chapter Four: Sharing A Room
"Phew! I can't believe we're finally here." Asriel said setting down his travel bag. The group of Frisk and Asriel's friends stood at the grand entrance of the main building of the resort with all their luggage at their sides. It had been a long trip and most of them were glad just to be standing somewhere that wasn't an airport. The only one that didn't fly with them was Mettaton who had flown in a couple of days earlier to make sure that the resort was up to his very high standards.
"Wow, this place looks so great!" Alphys exclaimed happily, looking around at her stunning surroundings.
"Well, of course, is it! I wouldn't allow us to get married in some shack. " Undyne explained to Alphys rubbing their head. "And speaking of which where is Mettaton? He said he was gonna greet us here." Undyne questioned. She was right he had said they would welcome all them when they came.
A couple of them shrugged but a second later they noticed smoke starting to come out of the front door. "What the hell?" asked Undyne seeing the sudden fumes. But then some spotlights activated above all their heads. The lights pointed into the smoke and they all noticed the silhouette of a certain theatrical robot.
Mettaton walked out of the vapor and struck a dramatic pose. "Good evening everybody!" he yelled out greeting all of them enthusiastically. After a second of everyone being fairly equally shocked he started to speak. "I'm so glad all you darlings are here for this momentous weekend!" he exclaimed in a very melodramatic tone.
"The opening of my brand new resort. And the wedding that was always meant to be! Between our two favorite young ladies. The former captain of the royal guard and the lovely doctor Alphys. " he continued in a similar tone of voice gesturing to Undyne and Alphys. "Now then let's get this weekend started!" he exclaimed joyfully.
The lights turned off and the smoke stopped pouring out of the doors. Mettaton then clapped his hands together summoning several monsters to his side. "Gentlemen get these people's belongings to their rooms. Remember to be gentle with them they are after all our guests of honor," he instructed them. The monsters silently nodded and grabbed everybody's bags, they then walked them into the building.
"Well now darlings let's get you all checked in," he said to all of them with the automatic doors opening up behind him. Everyone just stood there for a second. All of them still a bit shocked by what had just happened.
"That was certainly a Mettaton way to greet people." Frisk then said. They all should have seen this coming in retrospect.
Sans smiled "Yeah you could say that was certainly a TRAUMATIC experience." he joked. All of them including the usual pun-loving monsters gave him a look. Sans realized he had definitely screwed up the joke if not even Toriel or Gaster were laughing at the pun. "Get it. Because dramatic and traumatic sound similar…" he said awkwardly.
"Sans I raised you better than that. That pun was terrible. " Gaster said disappointed in his son.
"Yeah even by your terrible pun standards that was bad," Asriel said agreeing with Gaster and everyone who heard that.
Sans just stood there quietly ashamed of himself. If he didn't have puns what did he have? "Let's just go check in." he sighed. All of them then walked through the doors into the building.
But then they all stopped and stood in awe at the vast and beautiful lobby right in front of them. It was truly breathtaking with high ceilings that showed the beautiful blue summer sky through multiple skylights. There was a grand crystal chandelier hanging above the center of the grand room. And that was just the ceiling. The floor was made of a beautiful sparkling marble with a geometric pattern spread across it.
So many things to see and stare at just in the lobby. Mettaton had truly made a spectacular looking resort. They could also see amenities from where they stood like a general seating area, a bar, and the hallways that led to the ballrooms which was where the reception and rehearsal dinner was gonna take place.
"Are you all just going to stand there gawking at my beautiful lobby all day?" Mettaton then asked commenting on them just stopping to look at everything. "I mean I obviously don't mind darlings. I did put a lot of work into this place, but please let's keep moving. We've got a lot to do this weekend to make it absolutely perfect."
They then followed him towards the front desk to get checked in. The group of them split up into separate parties to register their rooms. Asriel and Frisk let Toriel handle the checking in while they still looked around the lavish lobby. Frisk then noticed something she hadn't before. "Hey Asriel look," she said pointing to the other side of the room.
Asriel looked over and saw what she was pointing at. "Oh, a grand piano," he said noticing the instrument by itself in the middle of the sitting area.
Frisk smiled. "Maybe you can give the guests a little performance later," she said happily looking at him.
Asriel cheeks suddenly reddened. Seeing Frisk smile like that would do that to him nowadays. He couldn't believe how cute he found that smile of hers now. But it was also the thought of him performing in front of a bunch of people. "Yeah...maybe," he said a bit embarrassed.
"Oh come on your great at playing the piano and you know it," she said in response to his reaction.
He knew she was right. Playing the piano one of those talents he's had even before coming onto the surface. He still remembers secretly practicing with the one in Waterfall and showing off his skills to Chara which they also thought were great. And he still practiced regularly at home with a keyboard he got for his Fourteenth birthday. Yet he still had an aversion for performing in front of people even though plenty had told him he was good at it.
"Alright, you two I've gotten everything set up." Toriel suddenly said.
They both turned their heads towards her. "That's good, Mom. So what's the three of ours room number?" Asriel asked.
"Well actually about that..." she started to say. "I actually got you two a room to share with each other by yourselves," Toriel explained.
Frisk and Asriel looked at each other, both a bit jarred at what she had just said. "Since when?!" Asriel asked in a slightly shocked tone.
"Well, I actually arranged it awhile ago. While I was booking the rooms online I realized that you two are getting older now and maybe it might be good to try and see how you two would be by yourselves," she explained to the two of them. But while she was explaining it her eyes dotted around trying to avoid the two's eye contact.
Frisk then smiled evilly. "You sure it's not because you wanna be alone so you can put the moves on a certain ex-husband?" she asked grinning ear to ear.
Toriel face went red. "No...not at all," she said awkwardly embarrassed that Frisk was asking those type of questions. "I mean. I have started to see him in a better light since that speech he gave to the United Nations. But I…" she tried to say but was stopped by seeing Frisk and Asriel both having massive evil grins on their faces.
The speech she was referring to was when he gave a speech talking about international monster rights. It was a powerful speech most commentators said it was the I have a dream speech for monsters rights. Frisk and Asriel remember being in the audience at the time. Seeing Asgore talk with such grace and dignity was a bit of a surreal experience for them, considering how much of a dork he acted most of the time.
"You still like him," Asriel said in a slightly playful tone voice to her.
"Look...what a woman does with her love life is her own business. Now you two just stop all this prodding at my social life and go up to your room," she demanded awkwardly trying to direct them away from the topic.
They both still kept their grins though. "Heh. Okay, Toriel but just know we're still gonna check in on you two love goats." Frisk said winking at her. Toriel just told them to leave again handing them the room number and key cards. The two of them then waved goodbye and walked into one of the elevators.
"I can't believe my mom of all people is acting like this," Asriel said in disbelief, casually leaning against the elevator wall. "I mean she's a grown adult yet she still acts like a lovesick teenager," he said while slightly laughing.
"Yeah. Aren't we supposed to be the awkward ones when it comes to relationships?" Frisk then asked.
The elevator doors then opened and the two started to move "I don't know. I mean maybe that awkwardness never goes away?" Asriel said shrugging while walking through the hallway.
"Yeah like the awkwardness you have because of your secret crush." she suddenly said.
Asriel wasn't expecting her to bring that up. Frisk had figured out that Asriel had a crush on somebody just not that it was her. She had confronted him about it once after one of their training sessions with Undyne. Frisk had noticed he had seemed oddly distracted during the training session. So she pestered him about it. Luckily for Asriel, she got distracted before they could figure out it was her he had a crush on. "Yeah…" he stuttered out while blushing slightly.
"Are you ever going to tell me who it is?" she then asked him.
His face got redder and he started to sweat looking at her. "Eventually. I just want to. Tell them first." he answered awkwardly while turning away from them.
She then shook her head. And looked back at him again. "Well, I guess I'll just have to wait and see, then." Asriel hastily nodded in reply.
The two of them finally found the room. Asriel unlocked the door and they walked inside. The room was a standard three room set up with a door connecting the two major ones. The room they walked into had a couch, a TV, a little kitchenette with a fridge and a microwave, and a table to sit at. The second room was where the two beds were. It also had two dressers, a nightstand with a lamp on it that also doubled as a charging station, and another TV. Finally, there was a bathroom with a sink, a bathtub, and a toilet. All in all, it was a fairly nice room.
Both of them found their respective bags on top of their beds. The two of them decided that they would just get the beds they found their luggage on. Frisk and Asriel unpacked putting their clothes and everything else away. They both stayed pretty quiet during this process. With all the trips they've taken together this was an incredibly standard procedure.
She then laid herself on her chosen bed and looked out onto busy city street below. "Man, it's certainly has been a while since we shared a room together with it just being the two of us."
Asriel sitting on the bed now smiled. "Yeah, last time it was just the two of us sharing a room we were both like twelve. And for a little bit we shared a bed," he said remembering the first night he was alive again. He then smiled again. "I'm definitely not that cute little goat monster anymore."
Frisk then sat up and turned her head over to see him. Her brown eyes met his vivid green ones. She smiled at him."I still think your still pretty cute, Asriel." He then blushed at the sound of her calling him cute. "Just in a more sexy goat kind of way. " she casually flirted at him, winking at him.
He felt his face get redder and he started to sweat. "I mean yeah...you could say that about me, I guess," he replied awkwardly. Frisk trademark casual flirting had always made him flustered, but now since he had developed genuine feelings for her it was now torture for him.
"Heh, do you think I'm still cute, Asriel?" she then asked him with a cheeky grin on her face.
"What do you mean…?" he asked her awkwardly. He felt himself starting to sweat harder. Asriel knew he couldn't answer truthfully. He couldn't tell her that he thought she was beautiful and probably the cutest girl he had ever seen. He just couldn't say that, not yet anyway. "I. Uh. You are really nice to look at and everything," he said blushing slightly.
"Please don't read too deep into that!" he yelled to himself over and over again inside his head.
Frisk smiled at him again. "Well, aren't you sweet. You're gonna make that mystery girl of yours, so happy," she said to him happily.
Asriel breathed a sigh of relief. The comment appeared to be as platonic as he had wanted it to be. "Yeah. I hope I make her happy," he said looking down away from her. Frisk just continued to smile at him for a little bit.
After that, the two just relaxed enjoying how soft the beds were. Frisk turned on the TV and started to watch a movie that was playing, it was kinda boring so she just browsed on her phone instead. It was quiet in the room, both of them just enjoyed relaxing for once. They rarely got the time to do that nowadays with all of the responsibilities they had.
"Maybe I should tell her now?" Asriel pondered to himself while stopping the music he was listening to. "I mean we're all alone and I'm nice and relaxed. But maybe it's not special enough? And I'm still not sure if she'd even say yes." He thought to himself. "Ugh. I'm overthinking this. She so freaking nice that even if she does reject me, she'd help me get over it. So why and I'm still so scared?" he wondered staring up at the ceiling.
But before he could think of anything else he heard a knock on the front door. Frisk turned off the TV and walked passed Asriel's bed to go into the other room where the knock was coming from.
"Heh, knock knock." a familiar voice then said from the other side of the door.
Frisk slightly smiled. "Who's there?" she asked happily.
"Beets." replied the voice.
"Beets who?" Frisk asked knowing what was about to happen.
"I don't know BEETS me." the voice laughed.
She smiled again, then opened the door and saw Sans along with Papyrus who was carrying some pizza boxes standing in the hallway. Papyrus looked down at Sans. "Did you really have to waste our time doing that?" he asked annoyed by his knock-knock joke.
"Hey I have to redeem myself for my terrible performance earlier day today," he said smiling at him. Papyrus just groaned at him.
"Well, I think it was pretty good. Definitely better than one from this morning." Frisk replied. "So do you guys want to play something?" she then asked. Papyrus nodded while Sans just shrugged.
"Wait what are we doing?" Asriel then asked while walking into the room.
"Don't you remember? We said we would hang out with these guys, tonight." Frisk answered.
Asriel then remembered that they said Frisk and him would hang out with Sans and Papyrus because they had kind of been neglecting the two friendship wise. With all of the friends, Frisk and Asriel had giving each of them their own hang out time was a bit of a challenge. Especially considering the busy last couple of weeks they've had.
"Oh, that's right. So what are we gonna play? A party game or something?" He asked.
"That sounds good, actually. Let me get out the Switch I brought and will play some Mario Party." Frisk said happily turning a way to go get the console. She then proceeded to walk away leaving the three of them alone together.
Sans came up to Asriel and leaned on him. "So. You still haven't told her, huh?" Sans said quietly to him. Asriel tensed up a bit because of Sans bringing up his crush on Frisk. He along with Undyne and Monster Kid were the only ones that had figured out he had a thing for her. And he only found out because he had accidentally teleported into his room late at night while he was talking to himself questioning why he couldn't just confess to her.
"Look I just haven't found the right time, okay. If I'm gonna do this, I want to do it right." Asriel muttered to him.
Sans just sighed and smiled at him. "You really should just be honest with her. What's the worst that can happen?" he asked quietly to Asriel. He just gave him a look of "I'll tell her when I want to." Sans just shrugged again.
"Alright, I got everything!" Frisk said happily while awkwardly carrying the gaming console along with a bunch of cords and controllers.
The four of them then got everything set up and started to play. They were playing one of the older games off of the console's virtual console. The four of them played on the western theme map with Asriel as Mario, Frisk as Yoshi, Sans as Wario, and Papyrus as Donkey Kong. Frisk always picked Yoshi because she thought he was cute.
The game they played was the pretty standard Mario Party affair which for the ill-informed was something that could easily ruin a friendship but it was still fun. Just eating pizza and playing a game with them was a good time. But things certainly flared up between Asriel and Sans near the end of the game. The two of them were on the top of the scoreboard, the only thing separating them was how many coins they had.
Sans had called a duel mini-game between him and Asriel. Whoever won this was probably going to be the winner because the two had bet most of their coins on it. The mini-game a standard western two-way standoff. The person who shot first when the in-game timer ran out would win and get all the opponents coins they had betted.
"If I win this I win the whole game. Just need to shoot first. " Asriel told himself holding the controller tightly.
"Hey whoever wins. Wins." Sans said casually with a grin on his face.
The timer on the game ticked down. Both of them got their fingers ready and they both primed to press the button on the controller that fired their in-game pistols. The clock ticked down to zero and Asriel sent his finger down to click the button. But before he could do it he felt his thumb freeze up for just a fraction of a second. And that one second cost him the game.
"Sans!" he then yelled at him with anger in his voice. He had lost everything and he knew Sans had used magic to cheat.
Sans smiled at him. "What? Did I do something wrong?" he said winking at him.
Asriel didn't take kindly to his whole innocent act. "You cheated! You skeletal son of a bitch! I know you did it, I felt it! " he yelled at him with the same amount of anger as before.
He just smiled "How do you know? Maybe it was just a finger cramp or something?" he said trying to act all innocent.
Asriel wasn't taking any of it though. He knew he had cheated using his blue magic and he was mad. "You son of a bitch, I was gonna win!" he yelled at the smiling skeleton. But before he could yell anything else at Sans, he suddenly heard Frisk start to laugh. He turned his head towards her and yelled "What?!"
"Oh, nothing. I just think you're adorable when you get mad like this," she said smiling at him.
Asriel cheeks pinked and pretty much all of his anger went away. "Oh my god, she called me adorable!" he thought to himself. Anger was now replaced by awkwardness. "Um...well yeah I guess we should continue playing." he then stammered out.
The rest of the game was nothing to write home about. In the end Papyrus actually was able to pull up a surprise upset victory. Asriel muttered to himself he would have won if it wasn't for Sans stupid interference. Sans and Papyrus left shortly after that.
It was late and Asriel and Frisk decided to go to bed. "I'm going to get changed in the bathroom, so don't go in there," Frisk told Asriel as she got up and grabbed her clothes.
"Yeah, we don't want another London situation on our hands," he replied blushing slightly. She smiled at him then walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her.
"The London Incident. Geez, that was a fiasco." Asriel thought to himself remembering that trip to U.K two years ago. He remembered that memory well it was one of his most embarrassing moments along with Frisk. It happened on an early morning at a hotel in London. Asgore and he had gotten up before her to go get the complimentary breakfast.
In the middle of their meal Asriel had noticed someone famous he knew was just walking around the street, he could see from the window. He got so excited by seeing them that he rushed to go get Frisk. Like an idiot though when he got up to the room he didn't bother to knock.
"Frisk you won't believe who I saw downstairs! Peter Capaldi was just walking around and-." He then stopped mid-sentence and froze exactly where he stood. Asriel should have knocked because Frisk was in the middle of getting dressed and was just in her underwear. His face turned scarlet red and he made a strange noise.
"Asriel!" she yelled out embarrassed with her face also crimson red. She tried to cover herself with one of the nearby sheets, but it didn't help much. Asriel got a good long look of her and felt as embarrassed as anyone would be in this situation.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" he yelled out apologizing for him barging in while also trying to avert his eyes. He then ran out of the room and slammed the door behind him. The two of them obviously agreed to always knock before entering a room they were sharing from then on.
"That was so long ago." Asriel thought to himself laying on his bed. "But now that I think of it that was the first time I ever thought about her like that. I didn't really think of her in any sensual way before that. And now have a full-on crush on her, not because of that though." he thought to himself, smiling.
Frisk then re-entered the room in her pajamas. She got onto her bed. "Hey is it okay if I turn off the lights?" she then asked him. Asriel nodded and she proceeded to turn off the lamp on the nightstand in between their beds which was the only thing illuminating the room. Frisk then got into her sleeping position and closed her eyes.
Asriel did the same a few minutes later but kept his eyes open. He stared at her for a little bit just watching her sleep. "Wow, I am such a creep." Asriel sarcastically thought to himself still looking at her. He smiled but it quickly faded. He then sighed. "Why can't I just tell her how I feel? I mean what's the worse that can happen?" he wondered.
He paused and stared at her for a little bit longer. Frisk then suddenly shivered from how cool the room was. Asriel felt really bad for her. He wished he could just get into bed with her and wrap his warm fluffy arms around her, but he knew that would be really weird if he just did that out of the blue. He sighed again and turned himself away from her.
His mind then wandered to some darker places he started to think about all of the reason they shouldn't be together. "Would she even want to be with someone like me? I mean I'm a boss monster for god sake. What would our kids even look like if we had any? A brown little goat? That actually sounds really cute." He thought to himself thinking of a small brown goat monster.
All of the things wrong with them getting together yet most of them he brushed off as him just thinking too much. But there's one thing that he knew he couldn't brush off. "Why would she want to be with someone that hurt her? I know I wasn't myself, but I still feel so guilty about it. All that pain I caused her and I'm just supposed to forget all about that?" he wondered to himself remembering some of the horrible things he had done to her. He gripped his sheets thinking about all of that.
Asriel then sighed and looked over at that clock on the nightstand. It was about twelve AM now and he knew he had to get to sleep there was so much to do tomorrow or later that day. He put his head back onto his pillow. "Just get some sleep, Asriel." he told himself, closing his eyes. He then drifted off and fell asleep.
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Back in the early '90s, if you wanted to play video games with someone else, it was a bit of a chore. Even if the game supported online play, typically someone needed to host and share an IP address, which of course only works if you already know each other, and matchmaking wasn't even a glimmer in developers' eyes at that point. Instead, websites offered to pair players up with like-minded gamers, and included features like voice chat and ranked play.
Services like MPlayer.com acted as a proxy for that sort of interaction, allowing players to find new opponents in games like Quake, Diablo, and Command and Conquer, as well as discuss strategies and releases, watch other players, and play classic games against other members of the community. The company bolstered its offerings with classic games like chess and checkers, as well as building a community of players attached to those free games. Although subscription-based at first, MPlayer began to shift more of its services to ad-supported, which quickly expanded the player base.
The more modern equivalent to MPlayer is GameSpy, the online gaming service that was responsible for running online matchmaking for a number of popular games like the Star Wars Battlefront series and Halo: Combat Evolved for PC. GameSpy actually purchased MPlayer and folded in the technology, but was shuttered in 2013 anyway.
While details are still scarce, it would appear the service is once again set to launch after the remaining tech was sold to an ad network called 4anything.com. MPlayer's website now features a countdown to a live stream showing off the new network's capabilities that will start at 3 p.m. ET on Nov. 14.


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Christian tattoo found on 8th c. Sudanese mummy
Researchers have discovered a unique Christian tattoo on the inner thigh of a mummy unearthed in a cemetery along the banks of the Nile in Sudan nine years ago. The woman, who was 5'2″ tall and between 20 and 35 years old at the time of her death, was wrapped in a linen and wool shroud and buried around 700 A.D. The arid heat of the desert naturally mummified her, preserving some soft tissues like skin and internal organs. The skin of her inner thigh is so well preserved that the ink is still visible to the naked eye, but it's quite faint. It wasn't until last year when the mummy was given a CT scan at a London hospital and photographed with infra-red reflectography that British Museum archaeologists were able to identify the tattoo as a monogram of the letters Μιχαήλ, meaning Michael.
This is an exceptionally rare find. It's the first tattoo of any kind found from this period in the Nile Valley. Michael was the patron saint of Christian medieval Sudan, so his name is invoked frequently in inscriptions. The monogram, which stacks the letters of Michael's name so it looks almost like an upside angel, has been found engraved on stele and in graffiti on churches from that time, but this is the first tattoo of the symbol ever discovered.
The purpose of the tattoo is, of course, unknown, since the only person who could tell us has been dead for 1,300 years. I imagine it had much the same purpose as religious iconography has in tattoos today: expressing reverence, faith, or asking for the intercession of the saint. It could also have been a protective invocation, in the same way that words from the Christian gospels were used to ward off evil in the 12th century Makurian crypt found at the archaeological site of Old Dongola, Sudan.
I wasn't able to found out where precisely she was discovered — the Nile runs through all of modern Sudan and there are many archaeological sites along its banks — but my best guess is that it was one of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project excavations which focused on several medieval Christian cemeteries threatened by the construction of a dam at the Fourth Cataract (the most impassable of the Nile's rapids). The opening scene in the Telegraph's video looks like the Fourth Cataract where the rapids have carved out several small islands, some of which have Christian cemeteries. If that is the location, it's south of Old Dongola, but still in the Kingdom of Makuria.
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It is not clear who did the tattoo in ancient Sudan, and whether it was visible to other natives.
High up on her inner thigh, it may or may not have been out of view. And for all its scientific expertise, the British Museum admits to being unclear as to what exactly was the fashionable length of skirt worn by an ordinary Nile dwelling female in AD 700.
I don't see her inner thigh tattoo being designed for public display. It seems like a deliberately private location no matter how short skirts may have been in Sudan 1,300 years ago. It's going to be on public display now, though. This mummy is the youngest of eight from various periods in the Nile Valley that will be features in the British Museum's Ancient Lives: New Discoveries. The show runs from May 22nd through November 30th and will use interactive technology to tell the stories of these eight people's lives and deaths.
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Today's progressively faster pace of life rationalizes the thirst for near-constant connectivity. An October CTIA wireless trade group report points to the number of active mobile devices outnumbering people in the United States—more than 327 million devices compared to 315 million humans in the states and territories. Surveying a bustling city sidewalk on a normal day, it would appear we are not connected only when we sleep.
And sleep we must; however, in the surveillance world, there is always a camera nearby to capture the action. So it makes sense that businesses, homeowners and others increasingly look to mobile surveillance tools as a new way to keep an eye on things during waking and sleeping hours, 24/7.
Mobile surveillance has come a long way since the seeds began to sprout about five years ago. BlackBerry and Java phones ruled the era, with erratic video quality and many reception challenges. BlackBerry Edge was considered the superior choice for video reception even though continuous video streams were scarce. Still, users got value through simply being able to monitor locations while on the move.
The innovative operating systems of the iPhone and Android devices—not to mention the Windows phone and improvements in BlackBerry—have made continuous live-video streaming a reality. The addition of Wi-Fi capability brings far greater bandwidth advantages than 3G and 4G connections.
Users on the go are tasked with the challenge of having enough bandwidth to take in the feed. Often, the feed collapses without the appropriate amount of bandwidth, making it potentially difficult to properly survey the landscape and plan an appropriate response to a situation. Applications like MobileCamViewer manage the bandwidth constraint and retain high image quality by dynamically reducing the number of frames, instead of sending many frames at low quality.
Bigger device screens—hello, tablets—and noticeably faster processing quality are the obvious new device improvements on the surface. There also are a variety of advancements beyond the consumer device that are taking mobile surveillance to new users— and new markets.
Public safety is one such area. Law enforcement agencies are gradually working more remote monitoring and mobile surveillance technologies into the mix, particularly in populated cities where it can be challenging to reach the scene of a crime to catch the culprits. Arming police officers and security guards with an iPhone can provide an immediate reference point upon notification of a crime or event.
Cercone should know—the FBI National Academy graduate spent 29 years in law enforcement, finishing his career as chief of police for the Seaside, Calif., Police Department. Cercone also served with the San Mateo, Calif., Police Department and Bellevue, Wash., Police Department. He sees growing interest in the integration of mobile surveillance technology with existing fixed municipal systems.
Newer PTZ cameras with networking capabilities make the connection easier to make. IP pole cameras from Axis, Mobotix, Sony and others can integrate with capable software solutions to enable multi-window viewing, for example.
Cloud-based software solutions like mobiDEOS' Pole Camera application take it a step further by allowing law enforcement agencies to assign a large number of officers to monitor activity among public walkways, busy intersections, university campuses, crowded parking lots and other active locations. Built-in multiplexing technology improves on traditional pole-cam solutions that limit access to one or two officers due to cellular bandwidth upload limitations from the pole camera.
The greater business community has shown plenty of interest in the technology. Construction companies can benefit from monitoring new home developments and shopping center projects while in progress. Property managers can pull out an iPad and access cameras lining multiple apartment buildings.
In addition, mobile surveillance seems to be catching on, especially in retail, service and school operations.
The sharp reduction in site visits seems to be a recurring theme among mobile surveillance users in the business world. A large majority of alarms are actually false alarms—as many as 97 percent, Palasamudram said. The ability for business owners and managers to confirm that there is even a problem before getting in the car in the middle of the night is a sanity-saver, for obvious reasons, but also a cost reducer in many instances.
Take John Huffman, superintendent of Victory Christian School, a private K-12 institution in Carmichael, Calif. Huffman uses MobileCamViewer on his Android smartphone to monitor activity at the school captured through his Dedicated Micros speed dome cameras while away from the campus. The move has saved him hundreds of dollars so far—a modest amount at quick glance, but savings that are sure to grow based on eliminating law enforcement visits based on false alarms.
Huffman has been able to avoid site visits through specific actions. He has witnessed a teacher accidentally trip an alarm, with time to call the police and cancel the visit. He has otherwise been able to make informed decisions based on activity at sporting events and general trespassing on campus.
Huffman's mobile surveillance solution, like many, also includes a central DVR to store evidence of suspicious activity. More DVR and NVR solutions, such as those from Dedicated Micros, JVC and Milestone, are beginning to expose their application programming interface (API) modules to enable network connectivity with mobile surveillance software applications.
Retail businesses and warehouse operations are especially interested in recorded activity in the event of a theft or break-in and for checking on business operations.
Summit Sports, a retail operation with five stores in Auburn Hills, Mich., understands the importance of the recorder in the grand scheme.
"Our warehouse stores a lot of valuable sports merchandise and is constantly monitored for intrusions and unusual occurrences through onsite and mobile surveillance," said Craig Burns, warehouse operations manager for Summit Sports. He uses an IC Realtime server to record activity from 32 cameras.
Unfortunately, some mobile surveillance users still have to drive to the location to access content from their servers and recorders, although new software enhancements are appearing on the market to address that inconvenience. It's not a big deal for a manager to drive 15 minutes to work to look at recordings with police, but it is inconvenient to hop a plane back from the islands to address a situation.
mobiDEOS has added a playback feature to its software to specifically address that need. It essentially gives users access to previously recorded video right from the mobile device—without reliance on a separate stream or service to transmit content. Users can enter specific dates and times to access recorded content and highlight specific windows on the touchpad.
"The idea is not only to review security-related events but to also allow business owners to confirm stores opened on time, parents to verify when the kids got home and police to corroborate the exact time and location of a crime," Palasamudram said.
This especially makes sense for businesses like nightclubs and financial institutions, where severe crimes can take place at the drop of a hat.
American Bank, headquartered in Allentown, Pa., is one such example of a customer that has deployed a now playback-capable system across banks in all 50 states using MobileCamViewer and Dedicated Micros SD Advanced recorders to store video and images.
Palasamudram said that banks and government agencies are especially opening up to mobile surveillance more due to advances in encryption and other forms of protection, such as enterprise solutions that manage network ports to keep hackers at bay.
Palasamudram also points to HTTPS encryption as a mobile surveillance enhancement that allows users to securely share video on public networks and remain protected from hackers without the inconvenience of relying on virtual private networks.
Systems integrators confirm that they are hearing from more end users about integrating mobile surveillance into existing camera and recording systems.
Burnett specializes in networkbased surveillance systems, noting the main challenge of selling end users on the system is explaining how everything ties together on the network. He increasingly favors software-based solutions that offer clean integration with mobile surveillance applications.
Burnett notes that when it comes down to the actual application, the main work for the integrators is testing compatibility of DVRs, NVRs and IP cameras with mobile devices while confirming all components can be remotely accessed with ease. He has recently migrated to software-based test equipment to simplify procedures.
"The testing process has always been cumbersome, and the process is that much more challenging when you are trying to balance a portable player or LCD monitor on the roof of the building," Burnett said. He points to a recent project where he used the mobiDEOS Test Monitor application to check and confirm angles and levels while connecting multiple cameras to a networked IP video system on a large business campus.
It's easy to imagine where mobile surveillance might be headed even as it moves through its formative years. Audio integration is poised to enter the picture, giving end users ears with the eyes. Residential users will continue to find new and innovative ways to monitor elderly parents and make sure the kids are behaving while still at work. Technology exists to synchronize cameras across fixed computers and mobile devices to give businesses and law enforcement agencies more effective ways to combat theft and crime. It's a quickly evolving space, and it's exciting to see what is coming around the bend.
This article originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Security Today.


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When the cakes are cold, use a plain ¼ inch pipe to decorate the tops with blobs of icing and then gently fluff together so it resembles beer froth!


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Interdisciplinary Studies of Ethical and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology
H20-MSCA-Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions
Time and quantification in cognition, communication and cultural practice
This project investigates the relationship between time and number in human cognition, focusing on how this relationship is culturally and linguistically configured. This area remains under-researched in traditional societies speaking endangered languages. The experienced researcher will carry o...
Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.
Project Period: 2022-2024
Location: Vestland
The evolutionary origins and consequences of bipolarity in Hydrozoa.
Bipolarity, or the presence of the same species in both polar regions, has intrigued the scientific community over centuries. Almost the entire tree of life taxa, from microbes to whales, are known to include some bipolar representatives inhabiting the Arctic and the Antarctic. However, our knowl...
Exploring the underlying mechanIsms of partial leptin reduction towards a non-invasive obesity therapy
Leptin regulates energy balance by functioning as a "satiety signal". When identified 26 years ago, expectations were high that leptin therapies could be used for the treatment of obesity. In contrast to the successful use of leptin for treatment of individuals with lipodystrophy and complete lep...
Fucoxanthin Upregulation through Combined Omics and Metabolically Improving Control Segments
The growing awareness towards health and disease prevention holds a great future globally for naturally derived nutraceuticals. This has led to a dramatic increase in demands of naturally synthesized carotenoids, particularly fucoxanthin. This golden-brown carotenoid is used as anti-oxidant, anti...
Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability
SEAS will provide exceptional inter- and transdisciplinary research and training opportunities, supported by a dedicated team supervision and inter-sectoral mentoring scheme for 37 ERs in the area of marine sustainability, a strategic focus of the beneficiary University of Bergen, Norway. The SEA...
Awarded: NOK 43.8 mill.
H20-INFRA-Research infrastructures
Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System
According to the European Green Deal goals, new energy storage technologies will supply more flexibility and balance in the grid, providing a back-up to intermittent renewable energy and contribute to seasonal energy storage challenges. Above all, the main challenge for energy storage development...
Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage og 3 andre
Design of a monolithic matter-wave interferometer for gravity sensing and navigation
Interferometry is a universal, precision metrology tool. Matter wave interferometers have been developed over the last decades and are now used as gravimeters for prospecting and geoscience and in fundamental studies, i.e. of quantum coherence, gravitational constant measurements and dielectric r...
H20-ERC-European Research Council
Gender-Gap in Political Endurance: a novel political inclusion theory
Democracies are under pressure worldwide: The political landscape is rapidly changing, with new parties emerging and old ones suffering, as voters turn away from established parties. We also witness a significant gender-gap in political endurance, meaning that women's careers as elected represent...
H20-LEIT-
Demonstrating sustainable value creation from industrial CO2 by its thermophilic microbial conversion into acetone
Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 requires a rapid paradigm shift towards the implementations of new, climate-positive solutions that can boost the European market. Emerging new solutions for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) have great potential to decarbonize production in the ...
Awarded: NOK 217.1 mill.
Location: Vestfold og Telemark og 4 andre
Developing an Adverse Outcome Pathway for metabolic Nuclear Receptor-binding compounds in Atlantic cod
Environmental contaminants are accumulating in oceans and marine food webs and thereby pose a risk for both ecosystem and human health. In my MSCA-project, I aspire to bring the field of environmental toxicology to the next level by applying my track-record in developing Adverse Outcome Pathways ...
H20-SWAFS-CROSST-Science with and for Society - Cross-theme
ENGAGE.EU R-I BUILDING ENGAGED RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS
The ENGAGE.EU R&I project reinforces and expands the R&I component of the ENGAGE.EU European University. The Alliance was launched in 2020 and selected for funding under ERASMUS+. Additional Horizon 2020 funding will allow the Alliance and its members to deepen the transformations needed to achie...
Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry in Speleothems
Ongoing global warming is rapidly moving us away from the climate states we are used to and understand from observational time series. This poses the urgent need to extend our "climate memory" by deciphering climate information stored in geologic archives. However, obtaining quantitative estimate...
H20-ENV-Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
Climate relevant interactions and feedbacks: the key role of sea ice and snow in the polar and global climate system
Sea ice is an integral, changing part of the global Earth system. The polar climate system affects lives and livelihoods across the world by regulating climate and weather; providing ecosystem services; and regulating the ability of humans to operate (hunting, shipping, and resource extraction). ...
Location: Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku - Tromssa ja Finmarkku og 3 andre
Evolution of Low-latitude climates and Monsoon Onset
Reconstructing past climate provides a powerful means to investigate how human-induced warming may be manifested in global climate. Over the last 65 million years, Earth experienced periods of extreme warmth with elevated greenhouse gas concentrations similar to projections of future climate. Of ...
Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification
Exact quantification, including the ability to count, depends on both conceptual breakthroughs and cognitive tools such as numeral systems. These tools appear in striking diversity across cultures and manifest in different modalities (verbal, body-based, written, or material). To address the tant...
Openings to the Inclusion of Muslim Minorities in Today's Democracies
At the heart of contemporary politics in the old democracies in Europe and North America is a significant puzzle. How come the far right, advocating a nativist agenda particularly opposed to Muslims and Islam, is advancing at a time when public opinion research documents stability or decline in i...
Next Generation Earth Modelling Systems
NextGEMS will develop and apply a new generation of global coupled Storm-Resolving Earth System Models (SR-ESMs) to the study of anthropogenic climate change. SR-ESMs are distinguished by their fine, 3 km, grid in the atmosphere and ocean. This allows a more physical representation of atmospheri...
Polar Regions in the Earth System
The overall objective of PolarRES is to provide new insights into key local-regional scale physical and chemical processes for atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Arctic and Antarctic, their responses to, and influence on, projected changes in the global circulation and their implications fo...
Location: Vestland og 2 andre
H20-HEALTH-Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Innovations to accelerate vaccine development and manufacture
Inno4Vac proposes an ambitious programme that will harness the latest advances in immunology, disease modelling, and modelling for tackling persistent scientific bottlenecks in vaccine development and for de-risking and accelerating this process. To reach this aim the project is divided into fou...
Location: Oslo og 2 andre
Climate and marine-ecosystem predictions in the Angola-Benguela Upwelling System
The Angola-Benguela Upwelling System located off the south-west African coasts sustains a very diversified marine ecosystem. This region undergoes the occasional manifestation of extreme interannual warm events known as Benguela Niño events that can devastate the ecosystem, deplete the fish stock...
Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of Process-Structure Interaction in Fractured Geothermal Systems
In the development and production of high-temperature geothermal resources, large induced gradients in pressure and temperature during injection operations results in complex dynamics. This includes boiling of geothermal fluids and deformation of the fractured rock, dynamics that are currently no...
Pan-Arctic observing System of Systems: Implementing Observations for societal Needs
Arctic PASSION will address the urgent need for coordinated and accessible Earth observation and information services for the Arctic region. Despite significant international effort in the past, elements of the current pan-Arctic observing network still remain fragmented, disconnected, or have ot...
Location: Svalbard og 5 andre
H20-TPT-Smart, green and integrated transport
Addressing challenges toward the deployment of higher automation
Hi-Drive addresses a number of key challenges which are currently hindering the progress of developments in vehicle automation. The key aim of the project is to focus on testing and demonstrating automated driving, by improving intelligent vehicle technologies, to cover a large set of traffic env...
H20-FOOD-Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research
OLIVE LEAF MULTI-PRODUCT CASCADE BASED BIOREFINERY: FROM AN UNDER-USED BIOMASS IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR TO TAILORMADE SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH ADDED VALUE INTERNATIONAL MARKET APPLICATIONS
OLEAF4VALUE is a three-year project that will develop a complete valorization system for the olive leaf. 4,5 million ton of olive leaves are produced annually in the world by the olive oil industry, a key industry in southern Europe and along the Mediterranean coast (Spain, Italy, Greece, Portuga...
Transition towards environment-friendly consumer products by co-creation of an oxidoreductase foundry
OXIPRO will contribute to the transition towards greener detergents, textiles, cosmetics and nutraceuticals by co-creating and co-developing an efficient oxidoreductase foundry under an interdisciplinary and systemic innovation approach, integrating high-performance computing and cutting-edge bio...
Earth system models for the future
The current generation of Earth System Models (ESMs) provides an important scientific basis to understand climate change and inform policy action, both with respect to mitigation and adaptation to global change. However, ESMs need further development to reach their full potential to thoroughly de...
Sustainable COATings based on LIGNIn resins and bio-additives with improved fire, corrosion and biological resistance
Sustainability in coatings covers aspects related to energy and resource conservation, waste minimization or efficiency and the use of renewable and non-toxic products. The coatings industry has been driven by regulatory issues to diminish the content of volatile organic compounds to improve indo...
H20-ENERGY-Secure, clean and efficient energy
Collective Intelligence for Energy Flexibility
The COLLECTiEF consortium will enhance, implement, test and evaluate an interoperable and scaleable energy management system based on Collective intelligence (CI) that allows easy and seamless integration of legacy equipment into a collaborative network within and between existing buildings and u...
Supply of dense water to the overflows across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge
SUPERFLOW will determine the pathways and dynamics of dense water in the Nordic Seas that sustains the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which helps maintain the temperate climate of northwest Europe. The densest water supplying the AMOC stems likely from the G...
MechANIsms and actors of Feasible Energy Transitions
The technologies needed to decarbonize the electricity system are already commercially available. There are mathematical models of how these technologies can be deployed sufficiently fast and at a large enough scale to displace fossil fuels to meet climate targets. Yet there is no scientific meth...
Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.


New Haven : Yale University Press, 1964. First edition. Signed/inscribed by Lloyd V. Berkner. Hardcover. 137 pages ; 19 cm. $4.00 dust jacket with one 1' tear in the front and shelf wear around the edges of the dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm.
One of the foremost scientists of our time considers the significance of science and technology as the base of our national economy. Mr. Berkner discusses the principal points of impact on the economy that determine its ultimate stability and effectiveness—education, government, and philosophy. He stresses the urgent need for an increase in the number and kind of graduate study centers, the dependence of our economy on the wisdom of the policies that will govern future federal support of science and technology, and the necessity for continuous incorporation of scientific thought into our society's total philosophy. From these considerations, Mr. Berkner sees a clear pattern of what we must do if we are to maintain, enjoy, and enlarge our extraordinary economy of plenty.
"The key to a stable society lies in its ability to discern and to direct its prime attention to the real issues of the time — issues that in the long run have first-order impact on its genuine well-being. Diversionary activities, encouraged by demagogues and extremists and nourished on prejudice, can flourish only in a society incompetent to form intelligent judgment on basic issues and ignorant of the elements that encourage growth."
L. V. Berkner, the originator of the idea for the International Geophysical Year, is President of the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest.


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namespace TYPO3\Fluid\ViewHelpers\Widget;

/*
 * This script belongs to the Flow framework.                             *
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 * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under    *
 * the terms of the MIT license.                                          *
 *                                                                        */

use TYPO3\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
use TYPO3\Flow\Security\Cryptography\HashService;
use TYPO3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper;
use TYPO3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper;
use TYPO3\Fluid\Core\Widget\Exception\WidgetContextNotFoundException;
use TYPO3\Fluid\Core\Widget\WidgetContext;

/**
 * widget.uri ViewHelper
 * This ViewHelper can be used inside widget templates in order to render URIs pointing to widget actions
 *
 * = Examples =
 *
 * <code>
 * {f:widget.uri(action: 'widgetAction')}
 * </code>
 * <output>
 *  --widget[@action]=widgetAction
 *  (depending on routing setup and current widget)
 * </output>
 *
 * @api
 */
class UriViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
{
    /**
     * @Flow\Inject
     * @var HashService
     */
    protected $hashService;

    /**
     * Render the Uri.
     *
     * @param string $action Target action
     * @param array $arguments Arguments
     * @param string $section The anchor to be added to the URI
     * @param string $format The requested format, e.g. ".html"
     * @param boolean $ajax TRUE if the URI should be to an AJAX widget, FALSE otherwise.
     * @param boolean $includeWidgetContext TRUE if the URI should contain the serialized widget context (only useful for stateless AJAX widgets)
     * @return string The rendered link
     * @throws ViewHelper\Exception if $action argument is not specified and $ajax is FALSE
     * @api
     */
    public function render($action = null, $arguments = array(), $section = '', $format = '', $ajax = false, $includeWidgetContext = false)
    {
        if ($ajax === true) {
            return $this->getAjaxUri();
        } else {
            if ($action === null) {
                throw new ViewHelper\Exception('You have to specify the target action when creating a widget URI with the widget.uri ViewHelper', 1357648232);
            }
            return $this->getWidgetUri();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the URI for an AJAX Request.
     *
     * @return string the AJAX URI
     * @throws WidgetContextNotFoundException
     */
    protected function getAjaxUri()
    {
        $action = $this->arguments['action'];
        $arguments = $this->arguments['arguments'];

        if ($action === null) {
            $action = $this->controllerContext->getRequest()->getControllerActionName();
        }
        $arguments['@action'] = $action;
        if (strlen($this->arguments['format']) > 0) {
            $arguments['@format'] = $this->arguments['format'];
        }
        /** @var $widgetContext WidgetContext */
        $widgetContext = $this->controllerContext->getRequest()->getInternalArgument('__widgetContext');
        if ($widgetContext === null) {
            throw new WidgetContextNotFoundException('Widget context not found in <f:widget.uri>', 1307450639);
        }
        if ($this->arguments['includeWidgetContext'] === true) {
            $serializedWidgetContext = base64_encode(serialize($widgetContext));
            $arguments['__widgetContext'] = $this->hashService->appendHmac($serializedWidgetContext);
        } else {
            $arguments['__widgetId'] = $widgetContext->getAjaxWidgetIdentifier();
        }
        return '?' . http_build_query($arguments, null, '&');
    }

    /**
     * Get the URI for a non-AJAX Request.
     *
     * @return string the Widget URI
     * @throws ViewHelper\Exception
     * @todo argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString does not work yet, needs to be fixed.
     */
    protected function getWidgetUri()
    {
        $uriBuilder = $this->controllerContext->getUriBuilder();

        $argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString = array(
            '@package',
            '@subpackage',
            '@controller'
        );

        $uriBuilder
            ->reset()
            ->setSection($this->arguments['section'])
            ->setCreateAbsoluteUri(true)
            ->setArgumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString($argumentsToBeExcludedFromQueryString)
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H.R.4686 - Sami's Law116th Congress (2019-2020) |
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (Introduced 10/15/2019)
House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce
House - 10/16/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)
Transportation and Public Works
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Introduced in House (10/15/2019)
H. R. 4686
To amend title 23, United States Code, to compel States to require illuminated signs and other measures on ride-hailing vehicles, to prohibit the sale of such signs, to require ride-hailing companies to implement an electronic access system on ride-hailing vehicles.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Suozzi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as "Sami's Law".
SEC. 2. Sanctions for States without ride-hailing vehicle identification laws.
(a) In general.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
Ҥ 171. Sanctions for States without transportation network company vehicle identification laws
"(a) Withholding of funds for noncompliance.—
"(1) FIRST FISCAL YEAR.—On the first day of the fiscal year that is two years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) on the first day of the fiscal year.
"(2) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—On the first day of each fiscal year beginning 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall withhold 2.5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) on the first day of the fiscal year.
"(3) EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—No funds withheld under this subsection from apportionment to any State shall be available at any point for apportionment to that State.
"(b) Requirements.—A State meets the requirements of this subsection if the Governor of the State certifies to the Secretary that the State has enacted and is enforcing the following laws with respect to TNC drivers and TNC vehicles operating in that State:
"(1) FRONT AND REAR LICENSE PLATES.—A law requiring that every TNC vehicle has a duly issued general State license plate on both the front and rear of the vehicle.
"(2) INSPECTION AND SIGN REQUIREMENTS.—A law requiring TNC drivers to present TNC vehicles for inspection not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of such laws (unless the State has enacted and is enforcing a law meeting the requirements of this subsection on the date of enactment of this section) and annually thereafter. Such law shall include the following:
"(A) A provision requiring each TNC driver to affix the stickers containing the optical code or label provided to that driver (pursuant to section 3(1)(A) of Sami's Law) on each window of the TNC driver's vehicle adjacent to where passengers may sit.
"(B) A provision that requires periodic safety inspections of the TNC vehicle performed at intervals of at least once each year.
"(C) A provision that requires each TNC vehicle to display a consistent and distinctive sign at all times when the TNC driver is active on the TNC digital platform or providing any prearranged transportation service. Such sign—
"(i) shall include the transportation network company's proprietary trademark or logo;
"(ii) shall be readable during daylight hours at a distance of 50 feet;
"(iii) shall be illuminated so that it is patently visible in darkness; and
"(iv) may be magnetic or removable in nature.
"(D) A provision that does not permit a TNC driver to provide TNC services if the TNC vehicle does not pass such inspection.
"(3) UNLAWFUL DISPLAY.—A law that prohibits an individual who is not a TNC driver for a transportation network company from displaying on any vehicle the sign described in paragraph (2)(C) that is affiliated with that company on any vehicle with the intent to pass himself or herself off as a TNC driver operating a TNC vehicle for the transportation network company affiliated with that sign.
"(c) Definitions.—As used in this section—
"(1) the term 'TNC driver' means an individual who is employed or contracted by a transportation network company to provide transportation services to the public through a TNC platform;
"(2) the term 'TNC platform' means an online-enabled application or digital network used to connect riders to TNC drivers for the purpose of providing prearranged transportation services;
"(3) the term 'TNC vehicle' means a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by TNC driver that the TNC driver uses to provide TNC services, also known as a ride-hailing vehicle; and
"(4) the term 'transportation network company'—
"(A) means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity, that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for the driver to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider; and
"(B) does not include a shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate profit for the driver.".
SEC. 3. Access and other requirements for ride-hailing vehicles and ride-hailing companies.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each transportation network company shall establish and implement the following system, prohibition, requirement, and policy:
(1) A system that enables each individual who uses a TNC platform to verify the identity of the TNC driver who is provided to such individual via that TNC platform, and such TNC driver to confirm the identity of such individual prior to the beginning of a trip. Such system shall include the following:
(A) A machine-readable code or image, such as a QR code (or successor technology), that can be scanned by the individual hailing such driver, using a personal mobile device with a built-in camera. The transportation network company shall provide to each TNC driver forward-facing window stickers containing such code or label.
(B) The ability, within the transportation network company's TNC platform, to—
(i) provide a means by which each individual who is assigned a TNC driver via such platform must, except where such individual chooses to use a personal authentication number as provided in clause (ii), scan the unique machine-readable code or label displayed on the window sticker of the TNC vehicle to confirm the identity of the TNC driver who is assigned to the individual, using the TNC platform on the individual's personal mobile device, prior to entering the vehicle;
(ii) provide a means by which such individual may opt out of using the machine-readable code or image and instead choose to use a randomly generated 4 digit personal authentication number as described in subparagraph (C);
(iii) restrict each TNC driver from commencing a trip by withholding from such driver the destination of the individual assigned that TNC driver until the individual verifies the identity of the TNC driver by scanning the code or label, or in the case of an individual who opts to use a personal authentication number, as provided in clause (ii), until the driver successfully verifies the identity of the individual by entering the individual's personal authentication number into the TNC driver's TNC platform, as described in subparagraph (C); and
(iv) provide a means by which each individual who is assigned a TNC driver via such platform may confirm visually and non-visually that their correct personal authentication number has been entered into the TNC driver's platform.
(C) The means to provide, through the TNC platform, or by another means if the individual used a means other than such platform to request a TNC driver, each individual who is assigned a TNC driver via such platform and who opts out of using the machine-readable code or image, as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii), a personal authentication number for each trip requested by the individual which may be displayed on the personal mobile device of the individual who is assigned a TNC driver in such a fashion that either the TNC driver is able to read and enter the personal authentication number into the TNC driver's platform or such individual can read and orally communicate the personal authentication number to the TNC driver.
(D) The means by which a TNC driver can enter the personal authentication number assigned to an individual into the TNC platform of such driver, when provided such number by such individual, to verify the identity of the individual and be enabled to commence the trip by receiving the destination of the individual.
(2) A prohibition on a TNC driver from providing TNC services if the TNC vehicle of that driver does not pass inspections required by the State in which the TNC driver's vehicle is licenced.
(3) A requirement that all TNC vehicles display a consistent and distinctive sign provided by the transportation network company at all times when the TNC driver is active on the TNC digital platform or providing any TNC service. Such sign—
(A) shall include the transportation network company's proprietary trademark or logo;
(B) shall be readable during daylight hours at a distance of 50 feet;
(C) shall be illuminated so that it is patently visible in darkness; and
(D) may be magnetic or removable in nature.
(4) A policy to require that any sign described in paragraph (3) be returned to the transportation network company when a TNC driver ceases to be employed or contracted by such company.
(5) A requirement that all aspects of the TNC platform are non-visually accessible.
SEC. 4. Prohibition on sale of ride-hailing sign.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than a transportation network company to sell or offer for sale any sign described in section 3(3).
SEC. 5. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.
A violation of a section 3 or 4 shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this Act. Any person who violates section 3 or section 4 shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
SEC. 6. Definitions.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term "machine-readable code or image" means a machine-readable optical label that is unique to each TNC driver and the vehicle of such TNC driver and can be scanned using a personal mobile device with a built-in camera;
(2) the term "non-visually accessible" refers to digital content that meets the success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, including the Web Accessibility Initiative–Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI–ARIA), and any successor to or revision of such guidelines;
(3) the term "personal mobile device" means any mobile device that an individual uses to connect to a TNC platform;
(4) the term "QR code" means a machine-readable code or image also known as a quick response code and consists of a matrix or two-dimensional barcode;
(5) the term "TNC driver" means an individual who is employed or contracted by a transportation network company to provide transportation services to the public through a TNC platform;
(6) the term "TNC platform" means an online-enabled application or digital network used to connect riders to TNC drivers for the purpose of providing prearranged transportation services;
(7) the term "TNC vehicle" means a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by TNC driver that the TNC driver uses to provide prearranged transportation services, also known as a ride-hailing vehicle; and
(8) the term "transportation network company"—
(B) does not include a shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate profit for the driver.
SEC. 7. G.A.O. study on the incidence of assault and abuse of ride-hailing riders and drivers.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the incidence of assault and abuse perpetrated on drivers by riders using ride-hailing vehicles, and on such riders by drivers of ride-hailing vehicles, and shall submit a report to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. The report shall also examine—
(1) the nature and specifics of any background checks conducted by ride-haling companies on potential drivers, including any State laws which may require such background checks;
(2) incidences where individuals who are not ride-hailing drivers try to pose as ride-hailing drivers;
(3) incidences of ride-hailing passengers entering the wrong vehicle, whether or not the vehicle was a ride-hailing vehicle; and
(4) efforts by ride-hailing companies to implement additional safety measures and practices and of State and local governments requiring such measures, and the efficacy of those efforts, practices, and requirements.
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