American Fibertek Teams Up With American Video Equipment To Deliver Integrated Network Solution.
Las Vegas, NV (March 28, 2007)–American Fibertek (AFI), the security industry´s leading independent supplier of fiber optic transmission systems for security applications, announces a technology partnership with American Video Equipment (AVE), a leader in POS and ATM to video interfacing. The new alliance combines AFI´s innovative V´nes Video Network Enterprise Solution that provides data integration, data channel viewing and report generation capabilities via the company´s Pilot Series Management Software System, with hundreds of POS and ATM interfaces developed by AVE.
"AFI´s new strategic alliance with AVE leverages the open path functionality of our V´nes Video Network Enterprise Solution by extending its capabilities for any application where POS or ATM systems are used," said Jack Fernandes, President and CEO of AFI.
Through this collaboration with AVE, AFI´s Pilot Series Management Software Systems for V´nes can be deployed as a standardized network transmission solution where POS or ATM terminals are integrated with video surveillance systems, and the data and images are recorded remotely on network or digital video recorders.
"The increasing focus on integrated digital technologies is driving demand within the retail and other markets for flexible and product-agnostic interfaces and transmission solutions," said Alex Twyman, President, American Video Equipment. "AFI´s V´nes system meets this growing need and enables new scenarios for our customers."
V´nes is the first and only integrated and standardized network transmission system designed specifically for the security marketplace. V´nes delivers extensive networking features and functionality with an open path allowing integration of IP products from other manufacturers´ products (cameras, servers, video devices, access control, software, etc.) with any combination of V´nes components and software. Since its launch in September of 2006, V´nes has generated unprecedented interest throughout the industry by providing a unique network transmission solution specifically designed for security and surveillance applications. The system´s capabilities embody the definition of "convergence" by encompassing all the functionality and convenience of IP systems technologies into a comprehensive networking solution.
AFI´s strength in core fiber technologies, which now also include IP video solutions, allows them to continue to satisfy the most demanding security transmission applications given the intrinsic nature of fiber systems in both analog and IP environments.
American Fibertek, Inc. is a leading supplier of innovative fiber optic communication transmission solutions for video, data, audio, audio/video and cable system applications. With two decades of experience in the fiber optics industry, American Fibertek, Inc. has a renowned history of innovation that includes introduction of the industry´s first rack card and card cage systems, the first mini modules for color transmission, the first fiber optic transceivers with AGC, and first to offer bi-directional fiber systems for advanced CCTV systems devices.
AVE is known by most as the world leader in cash register-to-video interfacing. The AVE VSI and VSI-Pro product lines have been used in over 40 countries in all types of applications to help reduce or prevent employee theft. In addition to the cash register to video interface products, AVE also designs and builds ATM to video interfaces, multiplexers, digital video recorders with POS interface, mobile video systems, cameras, twisted pair transceivers, switchers, screen splitters, picture in picture, tilters and more. For more information, visit their Website at www.aveusa.com.


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This S'porean Clay Artist Creates Miniature Food For A Living – And John Legend Is One Of Her Clients
As I browsed through the Instagram feed of Jocelyn Teo's immaculately curated Instagram page, I can't help but to feel hungry.
And it's not even real food we're talking about here.
This 30-year-old actually runs a business called AiClay, where she sculpts the most realistic-looking miniatures of food and drinks.
Some of Jocelyn's works, which rangers from a McDonald's burger to tutu kueh / Image Credit: AiClay
From traditional kuehs to ubiquitous items such as macarons and McDonald's burgers, Jocelyn makes it a point to express the fine details in her work – from the vivid colours, right down to the texture.
In a video interview with The Straits Times, Jocelyn said that she draws inspiration from "everywhere because food is everywhere in Singapore."
"I can go out for lunch and I'll come back thinking that maybe I should do that – whatever I had just now. And on social media, people are constantly posting photos and videos of what they are eating, so that's [where I draw] my inspiration as well," she added.
Every piece she works on take a different amount of time depending on the complexity of the project.
For instance, a miniature burger could take up to two hours to work on, while durians can take up to 5 to 6 hours.
An Accidental Entrepreneur
Jocelyn picked up this unique hobby when she was a National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate in 2009 – and it quickly turned into a business when people kept requesting to buy the miniature food sculptures that she made.
During a random visit to a local art supply store with her boyfriend (now husband), the two of them stumbled upon a box of clay, which they purchased on a whim.
"We started making random things like animals and humans. I started posting [pictures of them] on my personal blog, and friends liked seeing my pictures, saying that they're really cute," she told ST.
Friends also started requesting her to do up miniature sculptures for them as "favours"; but over time, strangers started approaching her and dropping her emails to propose commissioned projects.
It soon because a "small, little business", which allowed her to "earn extra pocket money".
Jocelyn was working as a promotions scheduling executive with a sports broadcasting company back then, but she gave up the "dreary… nine-to-five job" after a year as she realised that her passion lies with AiClay.
She started running the business full-time – but as glamorous as it sounds, being one's own boss is not easy.
Working in the comfort of her own home, coupled with the flexibility of setting her own working hours, Jocelyn admitted that she lacked the discipline to 'get cracking', especially at the very start.
"When it became a business, the biggest challenge was actually my mindset. For a lot of people who became their own boss, you will think that it's easier because you no longer have a boss," she said.
"Even though I didn't have someone breathing down my neck about schedules and plans, I needed to get rolling. If I don't plan, [no work gets done]. I had to tell myself this is not a hobby anymore. This is my full-time job."
Created World's First Miniature Food Craft Kit
To date, AiClay has garnered over 73,000 followers (and counting) on Instagram, where she uploads photos of her work over the years.
Crafting workshop / Image Credit: AiClay
Other than selling handcrafted works on her website, Jocelyn also conducts crafting workshops "for people who are interested to spend a few hours doing something else with their hands besides swiping their phones," she told Asiastyle.asia.
"It is a great opportunity to reconnect with our primitive core instinct to create, and I have held several workshops for hen parties, schools and companies."
Prices for the workshop typically start from $150 per person.
Some of her customers have complained that her prices are "too high", but Jocelyn feels that it is reflective of the quality of the workshop and the amount of effort she puts in to host the workshop.
Responding to the criticism, Jocelyn said, "I wish I was numb to it already, but the feeling of being invalidated and having all your time and effort wiped off with a simple 'your prices are too high' is a horrid and real feeling."
"Please respect all makers/teachers, and understand that there is a lot of planning and research behind each class and product. We do not just turn up for the class – in fact, we spend many hours and days planning and preparing for a single workshop."
Despite the disapproval from this small cluster, her workshops are still very popular among crafting fans.
In fact, many of her overseas followers have even expressed their wishes to fly down to Singapore to attend her workshops.
"Most of them come from really far-flung countries such as Russia and the United States, so it's not feasible for them to fly down," she told ST.
A mini food craft kit by AiClay / Image Credit: AiClay
"So I thought, why not make something that they can just buy and watch the video tutorials so they can create their own projects? That's how the Pocket Kitchen started. I believe it's the first miniature food craft kit in the world."
The Pocket Kitchen was first launched on Indiegogo, where it was successfully funded, she added.
John Legend And Chrissy Teigen Took Notice Of AiClay
Last year, Jocelyn scored a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to work for the legendary (no pun intended) singer John Legend.
He had commissioned miniature food sculptures from her for his wife's 32nd birthday, which falls on November 30.
According to her, John Legend's manager was the one who first e-mailed her, and helped to arrange a Skype voice call with the man himself – whose voice she described as "deep and smooth".
Over the call, she found out that it was Chrissy who had introduced Legend to AiClay.
Chrissy Teigen's cookbook / Image Credit: AiClay
He told Jocelyn that he wanted her to recreate dishes from his wife's cookbook, Cravings by Chrissy Teigen.
"I was so relieved that he wanted food miniatures. I was half-worried that he'll ask for a human figurine, and I'ld have to reject the chance of a lifetime," she wrote in her Dayre blog post.
Based on the timeline of four months, Jocelyn told him she could only make a maximum of 15 miniature replicas of the dishes and asked him to send over the cookbook.
It was couriered to her from Los Angeles within a few days, and she chose 15 dishes that would provide a "varied look".
The 15 dishes she made for Chrissy Teigen / Image Credit: AiClay
Some of the ones she chose to craft included chicken satay, kale salad, chicken pot pie, and scallops with corn.
The most difficult item on the menu to work with was the Spicy Tomato Skillet Eggs.
"[It] was the first dish I made from the collection; and in the beginning, I was quite overwhelmed with the details as it incorporated so many ingredients in one dish! With each ingredient, there were new textures and colours to create," she recounted in her Dayre post.
Jocelyn documented the crafting process in her blog, which even saw her trying out some of the recipes in order to mould a more true-to-life product.
Baking the hasselback potatoes, following Chrissy Teigen's recipe / Image Credit: AiClay
A miniature version of the hasselback potatoes / Image Credit: AiClay
When completed, the miniatures were carefully packed in tissue and secured with washi tape before being shipped over to the United States.
According to Jocelyn, the shipping fees – along with duties and insurance – cost $400, but she was thankful that Legend covered protection for the package.
A post shared by Jocelyn Teo (@aiclay)
In total, it took her almost four months to complete the order.
And since it had to be a secret project, Jocelyn said that she was "about to burst from keeping it in" before the gift was finally revealed.
In a video posted by Teigen on Snapchat, she details the moment when she received the handmade present with the caption "best gift ever", and can be heard gushing over the tiny dishes.
When Jocelyn saw the video, she said that she couldn't help but to "[beam] from cheek to cheek."
"It's not often I get a customer reaction video, just ultra warm and fuzzy to hear someone appreciating your works."
Although Jocelyn's client list boasts trans-national companies like McDonald's and Volkswagen, Legend is her most high-profile client to date.
And while many may think that scoring John Legend as her client has helped to boost the business, it honestly didn't do much for AiClay as the power couple did not make any mention of the business.
Nonetheless, this rare opportunity has made her realise that "nothing is impossible."
She also offered some words of encouragement to other artists: "If my tiny works created in my humble HDB can end up in a (I'm guessing lavish) home of a Hollywood celebrity, who's to say who might chance across your works next!"
Featured Image Credit: AiClay
This S'porean Has Beautified Our Airport And HDB Blocks With His Business – And He's Just 26
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Colorectal Cancer Prevention Program Launched in Philadelphia to Drive Up Screening Rates and Save Lives
Philadelphia is the first city of March Forth's national launch to save 100,000 lives in the next 10 years
PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2018)—March Forth, a Colorectal Cancer Alliance prevention and screening initiative, today announced the launch of its Philadelphia colorectal cancer prevention program. Starting in Philadelphia, March Forth is mounting a national effort to attack colorectal cancer by driving up screening rates. Working with its partners, families, and advocates across the country, it plans to save 100,000 lives in the next 10 years.
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. An astounding 50,000 Americans die each year from colorectal cancer, and the number is growing rapidly for those under the age of 50. Tragically, most of these deaths could have—and should have—been prevented.
Alliance co-founder and board member, Kevin Lewis, connected Lee Dranikoff with the Alliance three years ago, when Lee's wife Joanna was diagnosed with late stage early onset colorectal cancer at age 47. On March 4, 2016, at age 47, Joanna lost her battle to colorectal cancer, leaving behind Lee and their three children. The Dranikoff family, in partnership with the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, has been a driving force behind establishing March Forth and pushing the cause forward.
"March Forth is fiercely determined to eradicate colorectal cancer in our lifetime," said Lee Dranikoff, March Forth founding member and board member of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. "We believe colorectal cancer is a disease that must be stopped within our lifetime, so we work with great urgency. No family should have to experience the loss that we have. We know we can prevent this horrible disease."
Today, Philadelphia has one of the lowest screening rates in the United States at 44 percent, with the national average at 60 percent or in some cases higher. A new foundation, March Forth, has been created to ensure 100 percent focus on increased screening rates and prevention. Core to March Forth is building awareness and creating a sense of urgency about the importance of screening and prevention. For read more about Philadelphia survivors and caregivers, visit ccalliance.org/march-forth.
"To succeed in Philadelphia, we are establishing a steering committee of like-minded thought leaders and influencers who will serve as a convener of stakeholders as well as facilitate collaboration with our various partners," said Joseph Frick, colon cancer survivor, March Forth founding member, and former Chairman of the Board of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. "Over time, March Forth will also raise money to support the program in Philadelphia, its expansion to other targeted markets, and ultimately, drive significant impact across our country."
March Forth founding members include:
John Bakus—Colorectal Cancer Alliance Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner at Proof VC;
John M. Daly, MD, FACS—Colorectal Cancer Alliance Board Member; Harry C. Donahoo Professor, Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University; Surgical Director, William Maul Measey Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety; Emeritus Dean, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University; Attending Surgeon, Fox Chase Cancer Center;
Lee Dranikoff—Colorectal Cancer Alliance Board Member and Managing Director at American Securities;
Joseph A. Frick—Former Colorectal Cancer Alliance Chairman of the Board; Senior Advisor at Diversified Search and Prior CEO of Independence Blue Cross;
Kevin T. Lewis—Colorectal Cancer Alliance Co-Founder and Board Member and Principal at PWC; and
David Schoeman—Colorectal Cancer Alliance Board Member and Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.
"We believe colorectal cancer is a senseless killer that must be stopped," said Michael Sapienza, CEO of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. "Our vision is a city without colorectal cancer. We know our vision is possible with the right focus, partners, and financial commitment."
About Colorectal Cancer Alliance
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is a national nonprofit committed to ending colorectal cancer. Working with our nation of passionate allies, we diligently support the needs of patients and families, caregivers, and survivors; eagerly raise awareness of preventative screening; and continually strive to fund critical research. As allies in the struggle, we are fiercely determined to end colorectal cancer within our lifetime. For more information, visit ccalliance.org.
About March Forth
March Forth, a Colorectal Cancer Alliance prevention and screening foundation, is fiercely determined to eradicate colorectal cancer in our lifetime. Starting in Philadelphia, March Forth is mounting a national effort to attack colorectal cancer by driving up screening rates. Working with our partners, families and advocates across the country, we will save 100,000 American lives in the next 10 years. For Philadelphia survivor and caregiver stories, and more information on March Forth, visit ccalliance.org/march-forth.
The Hospital of Fox Chase Cancer Center and its affiliates (collectively "Fox Chase Cancer Center"), a member of the Temple University Health System, is one of the leading cancer research and treatment centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation's first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center's nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence five consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.
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Belarmino Maria Austregésilo Augusto de Athayde ComC • GCC • GCSE • GCIH (Caruaru,  – Rio de Janeiro, ) foi um jornalista, professor, cronista, ensaísta e orador brasileiro.

Biografia
Nascido na antiga Rua da Frente, com a ponte de Santa Maria da Silva Algorgueti (atual Rua Quinze de Novembro) em Caruaru, Pernambuco, filho do desembargador José Feliciano Augusto de Ataíde e de Constância Adelaide Austregésilo, e bisneto do tribuno e jornalista Antônio Vicente do Nascimento Feitosa.

Formou-se em direito, trabalhou como escritor e jornalista, chegando a dirigente dos Diários Associados, a convite de Assis Chateaubriand. Em 1948, participou da delegação brasileira na III Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, realizada em Paris, e integrou a Comissão Redatora da Declaração Universal dos Direitos do Homem.

Colaborador do jornal A Tribuna e tradutor na agência de notícias Associated Press, formou-se em 1922 em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais na Faculdade de Direito do antigo Distrito Federal e ingressou no jornalismo.

Foi diretor-secretário de A Tribuna e colaborador do Correio da Manhã. Assumiu a direção de O Jornal (1924), órgão líder dos Diários Associados. Sua declarada oposição à revolução de 1930 e o apoio ao movimento constitucionalista de São Paulo (1932) levou-o a prisão e exílio na Europa e depois na Argentina.

Permaneceu muitos meses em Portugal, Espanha, França e Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte e de lá se dirigiu a Buenos Aires, onde residiu por dois anos (1933-1934).

De volta ao Brasil reiniciou nos Diários Associados como articulista e diretor do Diário da Noite e redator-chefe de O Jornal, do qual foi o principal editorialista, além de manter a coluna diária chamada Boletim Internacional. Com a queda do Estado Novo, passou a pedir a abertura de inquérito policial e administrativo para apurar os crimes e as alegadas malversações de dinheiro público no regime deposto.

Tomou parte como delegado do Brasil na III Assembleia da ONU, em Paris (1948), tendo sido membro da comissão que redigiu a Declaração Universal dos Direitos do Homem, em cujos debates desempenhou papel decisivo.

Também escreveu semanalmente na revista O Cruzeiro e, por sua destacada atividade jornalística, recebeu (1952), na Universidade de Columbia, EUA, o Prêmio Maria Moors Cabot.

Diplomado na Escola Superior de Guerra (1953), passou a ser conferencista daquele centro de estudos superiores. Após a morte (1968) de Assis Chateaubriand, passou a integrar o condomínio diretor dos Diários Associados. Em 1951, ingressou na Academia Brasileira de Letras, a qual presidiu de 1958 até sua morte, no Rio de Janeiro, em 1993.

A 17 de Maio de 1958 foi feito Comendador da Ordem Militar de Cristo, a 20 de dezembro de 1960 foi agraciado com a Grã-Cruz da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, a 16 de Junho de 1965 foi elevado a Grã-Cruz daquela Ordem de Portugal e a 26 de Novembro de 1987 foi agraciado com a Grã-Cruz da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada de Portugal.

Obras
Direitos humanos no século 21 (Austregésilo de Athayde e Daisaku Ikeda)
Histórias amargas (1921).
A influência espiritual americana (1938)
Mestres do liberalismo (1952)
Vana verba (1966)
Epístola aos contemporâneos (1967)
Conversas na barbearia Sol (1971)
Filosofia básica dos direitos humanos, ensaio (1976)
Alfa do Centauro, crônicas (1979).
Quando as Hortênsias Florescem
Na Academia

Academia Brasileira de Letras
Foi eleito membro da Academia Brasileira de Letras em 9 de agosto de 1951, para a cadeira 8, sucedendo a Oliveira Viana, e foi recebido em 14 de novembro de 1951 pelo acadêmico Múcio Leão.

Recebeu em 1991 o título de Doutor Honoris Causa, concedido pelo professor Paulo Alonso, Diretor da Faculdade da Cidade do RJ.

Tornou-se presidente da instituição em 1959, tendo sido reeleito para dirigi-la por 34 anos, até o fim de sua vida.

Ligações externas

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Prêmio Maria Moors Cabot
Presidentes da Academia Brasileira de Letras
Jornalistas de Pernambuco
Cronistas do Brasil
Ensaístas do Brasil
Tradutores do Brasil
Comendadores da Ordem Militar de Cristo
Grã-Cruzes da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique
Grã-Cruzes da Ordem Militar de Cristo
Grã-Cruzes da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada
Naturais de Caruaru

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This photo is actually getting pulled off Facebook...so, the photographer added a lil text and renamed the file. Pass it on. I'm SURE the media doesn't want this one out there. Share it as much as you can.
Leaving aside the claim that the image is being pulled from Facebook, or that "the media" denies the protest is happening, is this an accurate photograph of the Occupy Wall Street protest?
It doesn't ring true to me: It seems far more populated than other photos of the event would suggest, and I would have thought more flags and placards would be visible, but I don't know.
This blog post that did some investigation on that photograph quite clearly shows that it is a photoshop job. Furthermore, the originator of the photoshop job has as much admitted to it being photoshop, and he did it to bring attention to the movement, even though he is not involved in it.
If you peruse the two blog posts (I know, not the most reliable sources), they do a lot of research for us. They link to the original photographs from google and highlight how the photoshop was done.
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Ash the talk of his town
By Tony Webeck, nrl.com.au
Fri 27 May 2016, 06:24 PM
Every Friday night more than a dozen of St George's finest gather at The Australian Hotel to discuss the most pressing issues of the week.
They call it the 'Table of Knowledge' and in addition to debating events in history and how to solve the modern world's problems, a young man by the name of Ashley Taylor regularly comes up in conversation.
Taylor's rugby league career began in the tiny town of St George 500 kilometres west of Brisbane just north of the border with New South Wales and last Sunday reached the heights of a man-of-the-performance playing for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.
Although the rise has been rapid there were the portents of great things from a very young age until eventually Taylor got to the point where his family recognised he needed to be in a bigger pond if he was to progress.
The people of St George keep a close eye on one of their brightest exports and those who assemble at the 'Table of Knowledge' this Friday will dissect his most recent exploits in minute detail.
"They beat the Panthers on the weekend and he was pretty instrumental in that so I reckon he will come up in conversation again," says Taylor's former junior coach David Cooper.
"It's a talking point with us. There's a crew of us who sit at the pub every Friday night and have a bit of a yarn and he's a topic of conversation regularly."
Taylor first signed up to play with St George in the under-6s and progressed to the point where junior coaches had little more they could teach him other than to use his small shoulders more in defence.
In games against Mungindi, Lightning Ridge and Dirranbandi he was two steps ahead of anyone else on the field until there was a suggestion of self-sabotage from within the club in the under-10s grand final.
"By the time he got to under-10s, anything I tried to teach him he probably knew how to do it already," recalls Cooper.
"As a coach all we could really do was try to make him attune to a team way of thinking instead of individual efforts and just steering him in that direction.
"That's about all we could do with him, he was just way above everybody else.
"I had another young fella in town here and it took me ages to educate him enough to be able to even put pressure on Ash.
"In under-10s we had enough kids for two St George teams and at the end of the year they played off in the grand final and Ashley's team actually lost. It was the first game they had lost all season.
"In the arena where he was out here he was probably a bit disadvantaged because he didn't have to use his full potential against the blokes he was playing against."
When Taylor came to the attention of Broncos scouts as a 12-year-old the family moved to Toowoomba so that he had the best chance to fulfil his destiny but his eventual move to Brisbane would be the greatest test of his resolve.
Like many kids his age the 18-year-old Taylor felt homesick and wanted to quit but said that the support of his parents and family kept him on the right path towards an NRL career.
"I was honestly in the same boat. When I went to the Broncos I hated it," Taylor told NRL.com.
"I was ringing Mum and Dad up every night telling them I wanted to come home but they kept pushing me and said that they'd move down to Brisbane if that's what we needed to do.
"They were very determined for me to make it in the NRL and I just adapted to the lifestyle down there and made a few friends but they've been there the whole time.
"I appreciate everything they've done for me. A lot of money, a lot of hard yards and a lot of travelling."
As for his formative years in St George, it is those experiences that you can only have in smaller regional communities that remain most endearing.
"When my mum used to go to bingo on a Sunday night all us boys who used to play in the same team, we'd all go to bingo with our parents and then go outside and play footy," Taylor said.
"Playing footy with my brothers and cousins, just a lot of great memories that you can never forget."
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Cistron RADIUS is an authentication and accounting server for terminal servers that speak the RADIUS protocol. The author is Miquel van Smoorenburg .
The users file is processed in order, multiple DEFAULT entries are possible, and all entries can optionally "fall through"
Supports Simultaneous-Use = X parameter. Yes, this means that you can now prevent double logins!
Supports Vendor-Specific attributes, including USRs non-standard ones.
There is a Cistron Radius FAQ online. Check it out!
The 1.6.x series are maintenance releases, sometimes a new feature creeps in but they are all considered stable. You should always run the latest in the 1.6.x serie.
Make sure you get the radiusd-cistron-* files, and NOT the freeradius-* files. Cistron Radius is not FreeRadius!
Cistron Radius does use the CVS server from the FreeRadius project. You can access the CVS archive anonymously to get up-to-date snapshots, see the FreeRadius website for details on CVS access.
As you might have noticed, there have often been long delays between the beta releases of 1.5.4.3. Ofcourse not everybody was happy with that. Alan DeKok decided to take matters in his own hands. In the beginning of 1999, he started a Cistron Radius descendant under the name "FreeRadius", and registered the freeradius.org domain.
I realized he was right. For a bright future of the server, it needed to become a group effort. So around August 1999 I spent some time merging my development code with Alan's. The resulting new codebase is now called FreeRadius. Development is done by a group of core-developers who have access to the CVS archive at cvs.freeradius.org. If you're interested have a look at the FreeRadius website .
But, again, note that FreeRadius is NOT Cistron Radius. Cistron Radius is still maintained because a lot of people use it, but it will not get any major new functionality such as SQL support, LDAP support etc.
Quite a number people have sent me patches. Some of these I'll integrate, some I won't because I don't like them or I want to do it differently, but there's a collection of them on the unofficial cistron-radius patches page. You'll also find pointers to ICRadius by Mike Machado and XtRadius.
There aren't much precompiled versions of radius available at the moment. 1.6.8 is the latest stable version. The Debian stable distribution (codenamed sarge) still comes with 1.6.6.
RedHat has a 'powertools' CD that also has Cistron Radius included. RedHat Linux 6.2 Powertools comes with 1.6.1, 7.0 with 1.6.3, and 7.1 with 1.6.4. RedHat has dropped support for Powertools in RedHat Linux 7.2. However there is an update to 1.6.6 available at the redhat site because of the security issues in earlier versions (DOS attacks, if you wondered).
Marek Cervenka has RPM packages for 1.6.6 + SQL patch at http://kotel.iqnet.cz/radiusd-cistron/ .
There is a mailing list for developers of freeradius. More information about that list can be found here .


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Jewlicious • Popalicious
Hasids get Hip to Guerilla Advertising
by Laya Millman
In the East Williamsberg, where the hipsters and the hasids (somewhat) peacefully coexist, Oorah, a children's charity began targeting the Satmar Jews there, as they are considered generous donors. Their first billboard come into contact with a bit of vandalism. The billboard reborn, reshot with Payot and a higher buttoned shirt was subject to further graffitti – this time in Hebrew letters.
Catch is, the words repeat in Yiddish the message of the billboard 'Zeit menadev aer car' "Donate your car" thus giving an unofficial seal of approval to the organization to the community.
"We thought that injecting humor might also defuse tension," said Rabbi Eli Mintz, the director of Oorah, "and perhaps even work to our advantage as a marketing tool, and bring in more cars as a result."
He may be right. The agency said that it had been getting been getting positive responses and that the billboard was being talked about in the streets and in the shuls.
Guerilla marketing! Nice! Turner Broadcasting and the Cartoon Network gladly parted with $2 million after a campaign to promote the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force went awry after LED panel animations were mistaken for bombs in Boston. That $2 million fine generated publicity worth at least ten times that amount in "free" publicity. It's just a matter of time before Kiruv and other Jewish organizations get savvy to such an equation – I can't wait to see how that manifests itself…
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Did you see the video on youtube of the guys that were arrested. It was more hilarious than John Stewart. The guy said "We wil only answer questions about our hair."


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GOVERNOR WILSON'S veto of the welfare reform plan crafted by the Democrats should not have been a surprise to anyone. Wilson's action reveals inflexibility, unwillingness to compromise and a limited and punitive vision regarding real welfare reform. Senate President Pro Tem Bill Lockyer (D-San Leandro) accurately characterized Wilson's veto as blatantly disrespectful toward the Legislature.
Legislative leaders must now muster commitment and courage to fight for those who cannot fight this battle alone -- children, working adults, immigrants seeking a better life, and families struggling against a tide of paranoia carefully orchestrated by reactionary think tank researchers.
Overall, welfare reform plans are legislated by people of privilege making decisions about the lives of welfare recipients, based on misinformation and stereotypes steeped in racism, sexism, ageism, class issues and xenophobia. More than 70 percent of welfare recipients are children. Others include the elderly, disabled people, single female heads of household and other working poor.
Fifty-seven of California's 58 counties -- including San Francisco -- have more job seekers than jobs, so viable job creation is intrinsic to sound welfare reform. Jobs must pay a living wage, not lower the salaries of other low-wage earners, and not displace other workers. California's Legislative Analyst Office asserts that Governor Wilson's plan leaves less money for welfare recipients who work -- although the governor publicly extols the value of work. The Democrats' compromise plan includes flexible time limits to accomodate individual needs, regional job supply, training and child-care needs. Without flexibility, welfare recipients face deeper poverty. Publicly supported educational opportunities enhance low-income families' chances for success, encourage career options and allow individuals to exit poverty -- and stay out. More educated people mean healthier families, healthier children and healthier communities.
Wilson's inflexible insistence on time limits for recipients makes little fiscal sense considering California's volatile job market, where nearly a million workers are unemployed. Without a massive public works entity, more job seekers looking for nonexistent jobs means less money for struggling families and potentially more children in foster care. Ethical welfare reform requires a safety net of cash aid, housing assistance and medical benefits to protect vulnerable elderly and disabled residents from deeper poverty and potential homelessness. The alternative? Expensive hospitalization and other out-of- home care.
Unemployment insurance reform is critical, since fewer than 40 percent of eligible workers now receive benefits. Greater income support expedites re-entry in the work force and means fewer workers turning to welfare. An increase of one-tenth of 1 percent in the Employer Training Tax ( or raising the earnings ceiling from the current $7,000 to $15,000) would significantly increase state job training funds for retraining and vocational education for unemployed and underemployed workers. Better trained, better educated workers, isn't that a good thing?
A state-run Food Stamp program is cost-effective because food-stamp recipients return billions into California's agriculture-based economy and ensures benefits for legal residents -- and their children -- who are an integral part of our state and our society. (Congress has authorized enabling legislation for states to purchase Food Stamps from the Department of Agriculture). Although grant levels for recipients should at least meet basic needs, current monthly payments for a family of three in San Francisco are nearly 50 percent below the federal poverty level. The city's rental costs are California's highest and more than twice the national average. The city's child-care costs can consume 90 percent of annual minimum wage earnings. Therefore, health coverage for working poor must continue as people transition into jobs, especially jobs without benefits. Medi- Cal benefits must be maintained until affordable health coverage is available. Again, the alternative is expensive hospitalization, typically at county expense.
The governor's proposal to require mothers with infants as young as 12 weeks to work outside the home contradicts solid scientific research regarding the developmental importance of mother-child bonding during the child's first three years. Subsidized infant care currently accounts for only 4 percent of available child-care slots statewide, barely 10 percent of the need. Wilson's plan would dramatically increase the number of families needing such care, quickly exhausting child-care resources. Although quality subsidized child care is crucial for families entering the work force, child care should be available for all working families who need it.
Let's hope Democrats hold fast to what few principles remain in their compromise welfare plan. The price of not doing may well be our undoing.
Shelia Cohen is director of health policy for the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium . Joseph T. Wilson is associate director of Coleman Advocates. Both are writing on behalf of the Coalition for Ethical Welfare Reform .


Young people young Green Guardians to learn the art of bushcraft in the woods at Malham tarn.
First summit for our young green champions!
Environmental Apprentice Sian and other young people from across the North West came together to explore environmental issues at the Green Futures Youth Environment Summit.
This September the small community of Malhamdale in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales opened their homes to a group of refugee and asylum seeking women and children for a weekend of fun and friendship.


Black N White Lyrics: A Punjabi song sung by Gurnazar Chattha feat. Himanshi Khurana, composed by Groovester while lyrics are penned by Vikk Rana. "Black N White" Music Video is Directed by Raw Eyes (Ashish Rai & Bunty) featuring Gurnazar Chattha and Himanshi Khurana.


You can open a Ecco express outlet. The minimum space required is at least 700ft2 /65m2. This will be primarily for deliveries and takeout.
You can open a full dine in restaurant. The space required will be 1800-2500ft2. This will have both a fast casual restaurant ambience and a Geletaria / Dessert bar section.
With Ecco's increasing popularity and growth, investors and prospective franchisees realise the importance of pre-determining locations for future business. At Ecco, we call this 'securing your territory'. This enables you to select and reserve prime and strategic locations for your Ecco franchise.
We take it upon ourselves to provide you with expert advice and strategic plans to ensure a thriving business.
Royalty and Continuing Services fees are 6% of gross sales. Ongoing Marketing fees are 1% of gross sales which goes to drive growth and sales to your restaurant.
Each location is different, depending on a variety of factors, including site selection, build-out requirements.
What kind of training can I expect as a franchisee? All new franchisees participate in a minimum 4 week interactive training program. This consists of 2 weeks at Ecco Pizzeria Leeds and 12 business days of real life management experience at your franchised location prior to and in conjunction with opening your new location. Franchisees receive regular follow up updates to their training, including on site reviews.
How is food quality and consistency maintained? Our Head chef will carry out periodic checks to ensure that the quality of the food meets the required standards. Secret shoppers will be employed to ensure that the customer service experience meets Ecco's required standards.
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Joel Embiid's NBA debut was a much-deserved reward for 76ers fans
Joel Embiid made his debut for the 76ers after more than 900 days away from the basketball court. How did he do in his first official NBA game?
By Rohan Nadkarni
After two years of nothing but Joel Embiid tweets and Shirley Temple rumors, the former No. 3 overall pick actually played in a basketball game Tuesday night.
Embiid simply playing was a massive first step, but the ability he flashed in 13 minutes brought even more excitement, and was a much-deserved reward for fans who never questioned the process. (Quietly, Dario Saric also had a nice little debut, scoring 10 points—including two threes—in 18 minutes.)
The Ben Simmons injury and the bigger picture for the Sixers
Not only did Embiid leave the game unscathed, he was positively awesome to watch. Embiid showed all the skills that made him such a highly touted prospect. A buttery turnaround J from the post. The ability to step outside and connect from long distance. Intimidating defense in the paint. Embiid was the complete package. Sam Hinkie definitely streamed Embiid's first start in a local Palo Alto coffee shop, and I imagine him screaming, "The Embiid-ening, it's happeninggggg!!!," much to the dismay of the other customers. And I don't blame him!
Now, of course, come the obvious caveats. It was only preseason. Embiid hardly played more than one quarter and neither team was taking it that seriously. Embiid will certainly have to prove not only his talent, but also his durability during the regular season. Unfortunately, he can't wipe out his injury history with only one game, and the 76ers should still be slightly cautious about bringing him along.
More than anything, I was happy to see Embiid play without getting hurt. It's admittedly a little morbid, but whatever unfortunate curse the 76ers have been operating under had me worried Embiid was going to go down after completing a simple post move.
Strange over/under bets: LeBron subtweets, Ben Simmons games played and more
Speaking of that curse, on Tuesday it was the confirmation that No. 1 pick Ben Simmons suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot—the same injury that wrecked Kevin Durant's 2014–15 season. It's shocking how much bad luck the 76ers have had with their top picks. Nerlens Noel missed his rookie year with an ACL injury. Jahlil Okafor ended last year on the bench after tearing his meniscus, and he remains out of the lineup. And, of course, Embiid happened.
It was certainly a long back road for Embiid, who missed the end of his only season in college due to a stress fracture in his back. Before the 2014 draft, Embiid broke his foot, which led to multiple surgeries that ultimately caused him to miss two full seasons. In addition to the injuries, Embiid had to carry the weight of expectations, become the poster child of Hinkie's process and fight reports of immaturity while many wondered if he would become the NBA's next lost big man.
But Embiid and the 76ers are on the right track, and having a couple veterans around this season should help ease the pressure ever so slightly on their young core. If Embiid has another game or two like Tuesday's during the preseason, it may even be time to start wildly overreacting.
by Andrew Sharp
by Rohan Nadkarni and Jeremy Woo
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The holidays have come and gone but it is never too late to share a great recipe with my readers. Truth be told, cranberries are one of my absolute favorite dishes when it comes to Thanksgiving and Christmas. I will not do the canned cranberry sauce… I gotta have my fresh! This paleo cranberry sauce is damn delicious and it might just turn a cranberry sauce hater into a lover!
What? A favorite memory about cranberry sauce? YUP! I brought this cranberry sauce to my mother-in-law's last year for a side dish for our Christmas dinner. My brother-in-law, Chris, had some of this on his plate. Afterwards he told me that he did not even like cranberry sauce but he told me that he thought that mine was delicious. It is always so wonderful to know that my recipes are well-received and hearing this about my paleo cranberry sauce surely put a smile upon my face!
Don't you just love recipes where the work is at a bare minimum? Did you say yes? I sure do and this slow-cooker recipe for my paleo cranberry sauce is just that. I use my trusty slow-cooker to do most of the work with this recipe. This recipe is pure simplicity. Really the only work that needs to be done here is the zesting and the squeezing of the orange. All of the other ingredients in this recipe are dumped into the slow-cooker, you turn the timer on, and bam(!!!), the work is done!
If you are in a hurry you can set your slow-cooker to high for 4 hours. The recipe that I have here cooks the cranberries on low for 6 hours but if you are in a hurry the high setting works just fine as well.
This is a delightful dish to go with your holiday feast and the great part about this recipe is that it does not contain any refined sugars! Cranberries are very tart and require a big dose of sugar to make them pleasing. This paleo cranberry sauce is sweetened completely with only pure maple syrup! Feel free to choose the maple syrup of your liking but you are going to want to make sure it is one of decent quality! You are not going to want to be skimpy with the maple syrup because this is what will make your paleo cranberry sauce sweet.
If you would like to have your cranberry more on the sweet side and make it less tart, you can always add a bit more of the maple syrup during the cooking process. Another thing that you can add to this paleo cranberry sauce is a bit of coconut sugar. Coconut sugar is a better alternative than regular table sugar due to its lower glycemic index. Coconut sugar is derived from the sap of the flower of the coconut palm. It is then dried out until all of the water is evaporated.
I love to have diced apples in my paleo cranberry sauce. The apples will give your sauce a pleasant flavor and a nice added texture. I love to go with Honeycrisp apples here. You can choose any red apple that your heart desires though. I have found that organic Fuji and Gala apples are also wonderful to use if you want to keep the cost down a bit. The Honeycrisp apples tend to cost more but they are truly the best to use with this paleo cranberry sauce.
This paleo cranberry sauce also has some added nuts for awesome flavor and a unique texture. I choose to use pecan pieces in my sauce but I have found that chopped walnuts go well with it as well. It is up to you with what you want to go with here! If you would like you can use a mixture and combination of both. I have also used 1/2 a cup of pecans and 1/2 a cup of chopped walnuts in my paleo cranberry sauce.
The right spices are totally and completely essential for your paleo cranberry sauce. In this paleo cranberry sauce recipe, I chose to use a combination of cinnamon, ground cloves, cardamom, and a dash of some allspice. These spices come together harmoniously to result in the most delicious cranberry sauce you have ever tasted! These spices, to me, are the flavors of fall and the taste of a nice holiday dish. I am totally obsessed with these flavors in the cooler months.
I hope that you fall head over heels in love with this paleo cranberry sauce recipe. This recipe is one that I am very fond of and take pride in. The quality of this cranberry sauce will have you kicking canned cranberry sauce to the curb. Your family will appreciate this paleo cranberry sauce at your next Thanksgiving Day feast or at your holiday meal during the month of December. You will appreciate this recipe as well for the ease of it and how simple it is to make a truly wonderful dish with the most minimum amount of time and effort put into it.
I am hoping to share another cranberry recipe over here on the Give It A Whirl Girl blog soon. I created a paleo cranberry cheesecake with my cranberry sauce just recently and boy was it ever tasty! The cheesecake is also vegan so there is no dairy or animal products whatsoever in my cheesecake recipe. It is a guilt-free cheesecake and I am hoping that my readers will enjoy that recipe as well.
Question Time! Do you love cranberry sauce? How do you like to prepare yours? Do you put any secret ingredients in yours?
This entry was posted in My Cooking Journey, Recipes and tagged apples, cranberries, cranberry sauce, gluten free, healthy food, maple syrup, nuts, paleo, paleo food, pecans, recipe, side dish, slow cooker, walnuts. Bookmark the permalink.
This looks really delicious! Thanks for the recipe!


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Q: AWS Glue create Triggers via API I have a table which contains few schedules for various jobs.
I want to process the records and create Triggers via AWS Glue API.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-api.html
The above link shows the documentation go for AWS Glue.
Is there anyone who can provide a code snippet on how to use the API?
I have searched for long enough on the net and havent found any documentation that provides a code snippet!
I am looking for code snippet for the following API CALL.
CreateTrigger Action (Python: create_trigger)
Any help would be great.

A: This is a quick snipped of how to create a schedule based trigger. Notice how you can have multiple jobs (soft limit is 10 per trigger) ran by the trigger:
# Initialize glue client
import boto3
client = boto3.client('glue')

# Create trigger 'body'
trigger = dict(
    Name='trigger_name',
    Description='My trigger description',
    Type='SCHEDULED',
    Actions=[
        dict(JobName='first_job_name_to_be_triggered'),
        dict(JobName='second_job_name_to_be_triggered')
    ],
    Schedule='cron(0 8 * * ? *)' #Every day at 8am UTC
)

# Create the trigger
client.create_trigger(**trigger)

# After trigger is created, you want to activate it
client.start_trigger(Name=trigger['Name'])

If you wanted the trigger to run the job after some other jobs succeed you would define the trigger like this:
trigger = dict(
    Name='trigger_name',
    Description='My trigger description',
    Type='CONDITIONAL',
    Actions=[dict(JobName='job_name_to_be_triggered')],
    Predicate=dict(
        Logical='AND',
        Conditions=[
            dict(
                JobName='first_job_required_to_succeed',
                LogicalOperator='EQUALS',
                State='SUCCEEDED'
            ),
            dict(
                JobName='second_job_required_to_succeed',
                LogicalOperator='EQUALS',
                State='SUCCEEDED'
            ),
        ]
    )
)

Hope this helps

A: http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/glue.html#id75
This is what i was looking for.
BOTO3 is the library used to call the api and has nice documentation for the same

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title: Pengenalan Kartunet kepada LOccatane
date: 2012-06-16
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- laporan
- Kartunet.com - Media Online Sosialisasi dan Pengembangan Komunitas Pemuda dengan Disabilitas
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**Tujuan** : Pengenalan Kartunet kepada LOccatane

**Lokasi** : Gandaria City

**Alamat** : Jl. Iskandar Muda Arteri Pondok Indah

**Jam** : 09:00 - 17:00 WIB

**Hadir** :
* Aris Yohanes Elean
* Rafik Akbar
* Wawan Setiawan
* Riqo
* Rafik Akbar

**Ringkasan** :
* Undangan loccetine dan pengenalan organisasi kartunet

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Towards a new kind of public discourse
By Brendan McAllister, 05 March 2012
Brendan McAllister
The following is an edited version of a speech delivered by Brendan McAllister, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, to a conference of members of Justice for Innocent Victims of Terrorism in Dungannon on Saturday.
Good morning everyone.
Firstly, let me say my own words of acknowledgement about who you are.
Your loved ones were precious.
Not because they were in the RUC or the UDR or an ordinary civilian, Protestant or Catholic; not because they were a family member or a neighbour; not because they were targeted in their home or caught at random on a street; not even because they were innocent.
Your loved ones were precious, most essentially because they were human beings.
You are a group of people with a most intense personal experience of violation. You have no need of documentaries, books or enquiries, to tell you just how ugly and brutal an act of violence is. You know the utter humiliation of violence.
And that 'knowing' is not something that exists only in your head: it is in your bones. The humiliation of violence is something you have felt more than you have ever said or managed to express in words. Humiliation is the opposite of dignity. Violence robs dignity from human beings: from the primary victim, from those who love them; from those who witness their brutal end.
As a Commissioner, it is interesting and even inspiring to see dignity in the bearing of so many victims and survivors. It is something that they/you have recovered – but never completely.
For there is a part of you that retains the violation; the humiliation; a place in your heart for a memory that is both precious and awful: your last contact with your loved one BEFORE; your last sense of them BEFORE and, alongside, a gnawing memory of how they were taken.
It is worth noting, by the way, that violence also distorts the human dignity of the person who carries it out.
As a society, every single act of violence over the decades of the Troubles did something to humiliate us all, really.
Perhaps this partly explains why it often feels like the Past, all that killing and destruction, is something that a lot of people want to get away from: time to move on; time to concentrate on a shared future. Maybe people can't cope with even the whiff of humiliation and desperately want to take on a new sense of dignity that feels untainted by what was done.
Many people are walking away from a massive darkness behind them.
People like you and organisations like JIVT are, at the very least, an uncomfortable reminder of an ugliness that many others would like to forget.
But what was done to you was wrong; totally wrong. And to be on the receiving end of violence, to have looked it in the face and heard its grotesque sounds splitting your ears, creates a condition that you cannot quite shake off; you cannot totally unlearn what you know. And you struggle to find ways of reclaiming dignity over the lingering humiliation.
And you understand, in your guts, that the signposts to dignity are justice, truth and acknowledgement.
So here you are, in the year 2012, years after the ceasefires, years after the Good Friday Agreement with the release of the prisoners and the St. Andrews Agreement with the new deal for an Executive and the Hillsborough Agreement with the devolution of justice.
And you are still looking for the signposts.
The very name of this organisation begins with 'Justice'.
What justice do you want?
I think, at the very least, you want three questions answered:
What happened? Who was responsible? How can they be held to account?
I think that, like many victims across this society, you want to look at the Justice system and see the signs of real and serious effort to answer those questions.
Let's consider the formal mechanisms that have been put in place.
•	The Historical Enquiries Team, established to review 3,259 deaths.
•	The PSNI is investigating 137 historical murders.
•	The Police Ombudsman's Office for Northern Ireland currently has 137 historical cases, 80 of which were referred from the HET.
•	The Coroner's Service is making its way through 29 legacy inquests involving 50 deaths.
•	The Public Prosecution Service has responsibility for bringing people before the courts.
•	The Criminal Cases Review Commission investigates possible miscarriages of justice regarding those who believe they were wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced.
•	The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains has retrieved the remains of 9 of its list of 16 people, known as the Disappeared.
Between all of these agencies, something in the region of 3,000 families have been or will be engaged by statutory bodies.
Two broad areas of concern arise.
Firstly, whether these agencies are working well with victims and families.
At the Victims Commission we have engaged in some research of the experience of families with the HET, PONI, the PSNI and the Coroners Service.
Researchers undertook case studies of 30 families.
In relation to the HET, the majority of families in our study were satisfied with the HET officers' professionalism, courtesy and empathy. On the other hand, some families were not satisfied with their treatment.
There were questions about the HET's independence.
There was a range of views about the actual outcome of the HET process. Some people appreciated all of the evidence being collected into a report and having an official document that told the story in clear terms.
One person observed that this brought a sense of acknowledgement. Others were dissatisfied with the outcome of the HET process, feeling as if they were left with more questions than answers and still had not reached the truth.
In relation to PONI, the majority of those who had been through the process were generally satisfied with how they were treated, though communication was viewed as better on the first Police Ombudsman. While PONI reports were viewed as useful, the process took a lot longer than expected.
While we received favourable comment about the good intentions of the Coroner, there was disillusionment with the length of time the inquest process had taken. There was concern about justice ever being done or before people passed away. The Police and the Ministry of Defence were viewed as obstructive and disrespectful of the Coroner's Service.
Similar criticisms were made in relation to the PSNI's processes, particularly regarding communication. There was a sense of mistrust that the PSNI would conduct a thorough investigation and get to the truth.
Our research is positive about the role of NGOs – non-governmental organisations – in helping families with historical investigations and information recovery. Clearly, NGOs have a useful role to play: helping families navigate their way through the justice system; acting as advocates to strengthen their voice, helping them find the right questions and knowing the right places to ask them.
Our research has reinforced our own experience as a Victims Commission: the statutory Criminal Justice agencies could improve the quality of their engagement with victim families. To this end, we believe that NGOs operating in the victims sector should be able to apply for funding for advocacy and support work. We would like to see an increase in the use of advocates and the development of multi-disciplinary processes so that victims' needs are more comprehensively addressed.
A second area of concern about the justice system revolves around its effectiveness. Here I must register a number of anxieties:
•	The outgoing Police Ombudsman, the Chief Constable and, in recent days, the head of the Public Prosecution Service have all expressed concern about the capacity of their organisations to deal with historical cases, including the length of time involved. The Justice system moves slowly if it moves at all.
•	On all sides of the community there are victim families and NGOs who believe that the HET, the Office of Police Ombudsman and the PSNI lack independence. Indeed, renewed questions have been raised with the European Council about whether the HET meets the required standard of independence in line with obligations under Article Two of the European Convention of Human Rights and the Criminal Justice Inspectorate – an official body – raised a similar concern about the Police Ombudsman's compliance in a very critical report last year.
•	The Criminal Justice Inspectorate also, in effect, questioned the professional competence of the Police Ombudsman's staff. These are matters receiving ongoing, official scrutiny and the Victims Commission is continuing to keep the Police Ombudsman situation under review.
•	In recent days, we have seen a judge dismiss the case against a number of loyalists facing charges in relation to the murder of Tommy English. While the judge did not take issue with the renewed use of supergrasses, officially known as 'assisting offenders', his forthright conclusion about the unreliability of their evidence has raised a deeper concern about the ability of the Police and the Public Prosecution Service to obtain future convictions based on supergrass testimony.
•	In wider terms, despite the efforts of Criminal Justice Agencies, only small numbers of individuals have appeared before the Courts, let alone been convicted. And that is likely to remain the case.
It is in the best interests of this society – and particularly in the interests of victims – that the mechanisms for dealing with the Past have credibility across the whole community; that their independence is beyond question; that they are accepted as free from undue partisan or sectional influence and that the standard of their work is properly monitored and verified.
Unfortunately, time is not on the side of victims. Apart from the fact that the victim constituency is ageing, it is difficult to see political leaders reaching agreement on improved mechanisms within the next couple of years, if ever at all.
Since this is the situation we are in, then what is the right thing to do?
Pressing the Justice system to do what it can to deliver justice is the right thing to do.
I believe that many victims will derive at least a certain sense of satisfaction if they have confidence that, in the absence of better arrangements, the system has done all that it can do.
Thus, there should be no question of amnesty.
For amnesty is a denial of justice to victims; it is an abandonment of the possibility of someone being held to account. A society that holds on to that possibility is a society that keeps faith with its victims.
TRUTH AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Finally, I would like to reflect on the importance of truth.
Many families yearn for more information relating to the death of their loved one.
But 'truth' is more than the provision of factual information. Truth starts off with information but goes further and deeper than mere facts alone. The whole truth of life can never be known or fully understood by any human being. But we can improve our grasp of it.
In our situation, in these times, when people demand to know the truth they mean: 'Can those responsible be named and shamed?'
But, respect for the truth requires a willingness to hear more than those bits of the truth that you simply want to know. If you want only partial truth then you are only partially committed to truth.
In simple terms, a deeper, wider engagement with truth will mean being open to the possibility of learning more about the person who has hurt you; of reaching a better understanding of their motivation and mindset.
Let me emphasise, that I am not attempting to set out any kind of argument on behalf of those who have terrorised you, victimised you and humiliated you. Violence is wrong and it was never justified in this society, despite its divisions and injustices. Every act of violence carried out during the Troubles was a human and social disaster.
But, I put it to you that if the signposts to human dignity point us all towards justice, they also point us towards truth and acknowledgement.
So, I would urge JIVT to develop an instinct for curiosity: to be curious about the human beings who have hurt your members most grievously.
In closing, I must stress that no one has a right to expect or demand such curiosity in you and I do not wish to add to your hurt.
But new thinking is needed, at least among those whose job it is to provide political and civic leadership to this society, now struggling to live in ways that transcend bitter memory and understandable enmity.
There is a special responsibility on public representatives to offer our people more than familiar slogans and taunts. A new kind of public discourse is needed: one that involves politicians speaking words of genuine curiosity about their opponents rather than taunting them in ways that simply play to the gallery on their own side in the style of a tired Punch and Judy show.
Politicians may not be able to agree on arrangements for dealing with the past but a major step forward would be for them to help foster an atmosphere which makes it easier for organisations in the community to develop new and better approaches to truth and acknowledgement.
Violence is a failure of the imagination.
There is a responsibility on all of us who wish to act in the service of victims to use our imagination.
The Detail: one year on


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FAQ: What Is A Legalistic Baptist Church?
1 What does it mean when a church is legalistic?
2 Are Southern Baptists legalistic?
3 What is a legalistic person?
4 What does legalism believe in?
5 How do you tell if a church is being legalistic?
7 Why do Southern Baptists not drink alcohol?
8 What do Southern Baptists believe?
9 Where is legalism practiced today?
10 What does Nomism mean?
11 What is a sentence for legalism?
12 What is legalism law?
13 How did legalism spread?
14 What are Daoism beliefs?
What does it mean when a church is legalistic?
In Christian theology, legalism (or nomism) is a pejorative term referring to putting law above gospel.
Are Southern Baptists legalistic?
There are other groups that are NOT legalistic like the Southern Baptist Convention, North American Baptists, Converge, Missionary Baptists, and American Baptists. Where legalism really stands is on the doctrine of separatism.
What is a legalistic person?
adjective. Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently. His legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his frivolous suits.
What does legalism believe in?
Legalism in ancient China was a philosophical belief that human beings are more inclined to do wrong than right because they are motivated entirely by self-interest and require strict laws to control their impulses. It was developed by the philosopher Han Feizi (l. c. 280 – 233 BCE) of the state of Qin.
How do you tell if a church is being legalistic?
10. You might be in a legalistic church if… there is a highly simplistic view of blessing and cursing
You will be happy and successful in life if you follow our rules,
You will be punished if you don't, and if your life is bad it's likely because you are being bad.
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Why do Southern Baptists not drink alcohol?
CLASS. Baptists have long believed that drinking alcohol is not only unhealthy and morally lax, but is in direct opposition to what God wants. Strict interpretation of the Bible is a cornerstone of Baptist belief, and they believe Scripture specifically tells them that drinking alcohol is wrong.
What do Southern Baptists believe?
Southern Baptist churches are evangelical in doctrine and practice, emphasizing the significance of the individual conversion experience, which is affirmed by the person having complete immersion in water for a believer's baptism; they reject the practice of infant baptism.
Where is legalism practiced today?
Where is legalism practiced today? Yes legalism is still around. It is seen today in China in many different aspects. An example of how it is still seen today is that when my parents were living in China they witnessed executions and other harsh punishments being placed on individuals.
What does Nomism mean?
: ethical or religious basing of conduct on the observance of moral law: legalism.
What is a sentence for legalism?
The legalism shut out at one entrance gains admittance at another, and the result in either case is the same. I remain convinced that the parable has little or nothing to do with classic legalism at all. Voluntary admission has long been preferred, where applicable, to the ' excessive legalism ' of formal admission.
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What is legalism law?
Legalism refers to the strict adherence to the word of the law, usually combined with a policy to regulate as much as possible. This policy of law enforcement purports to regulate as much as possible and insists upon the adherence of the letter of the law regardless of the circumstances.
How did legalism spread?
Legalism was spread through the teachings of important legalist figures as well as through its adoption by political leaders.
What are Daoism beliefs?
The Dao, meaning "the way," is an ancient Chinese belief system which emphasizes harmony with the natural, balanced order of the universe.


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The coolest checkerboard magic trick
In the small town of Terni (Italy), there's a couple of young friends named Marco and Leonardo, who like to perform magic tricks to a restricted audience of common friends and relatives. They like to call themselves "The prodigious Duo". Every week-end, The prodigious Duo meets at the house of the leader, which happens to be Marco, to practice new magic tricks, learn new techniques, and, most importantly, to set up the magic show of the week, which will be shown to the audience in the late evening.
Recently, the leader of The prodigious Duo discovered what he claims to be "the coolest magic trick ever done using a chessboard" (which actually is a checkerboard, but that's basically the same thing). Marco only tested the trick on a $2 \times 2$ squares checkerboard, nonetheless he's certain that the trick would work on any checkerboard with size $n \times n$, where $n$ is a perfect power of two (meaning that the binary logarithm $\log_{2}n$ of $n$ is an integer). So he managed to create a working strategy for a real checkerboard (with $n=8$). Once tested the strategy for the bigger board on a piece of paper, Marco is now ready to explain the trick to Leonardo.
He starts explaining the peculiarities of the checkerboard involved in the trick, since that it isn't a normal checkerboard:
"The checkerboard is composed by $8 \times 8$ squares, like a normal one, except that the squares are all red colored, and distinguishable because of the vertical and horizontal lines which define them. This red color choice is only made to avoid confusion when moving the pieces."
"The pieces of the checkerboard are normal coin-shaped pieces, except that they're white on one side and black on the other one."
"The checkerboard is always visible to all the members of the audience during the show, and so will be me and you, remember it, this is important."
Then he explains the magical trick from the spectators' point of view:
"At the beginning of the show, the checkerboard is filled with sixty-four pieces, each one placed inside a different square. The pieces' sides facing up are of mixed color, and their initial color doesn't really matter for the purpose of the trick (e.g. the quantity of black or white pieces doesn't matter)."
"Once the checkerboard is set up, you will ask for a member of the audience (we'll call him $P$) to come up on the stage to participate in the trick."
"Once on the stage, I will cover my eyes and ears with a special mask which will make me unable to see or hear anything around me. Now you'll ask $P$ to rearrange the colors that he sees on the checkerboard flipping any number of pieces he wants, any number of times."
"Now you will take a minute or less to look closely and meticulously at the checkerboard's configuration, and then ask $P$ to: choose a piece among the 64 pieces on the board, flip it only one time, and memorize its position."
"Once $P$ has done its simple task, you'll do the same thing: you'll carefully choose a piece (which doesn't necessarily need to be different from the one chosen by $P$), and flip it one time. At this point, you will lock your head into the same kind of mask I used before, and, once done, ask $P$ to touch me to let me know you cannot see or hear anything."
"Felt the touch and removed my mask, I'll reach the checkerboard, carefully observe it for a bit, and finally remove a single piece from it: the piece that has been chosen by $P$."
"I'll now help you to remove your mask and bow down with you to the surprisingly cheering audience and the astonished $P$, which is trying to work out what sort of sorcery has been going on moments before."
Leonardo takes a minute to elaborate all the information provided to him by Marco, and then, excited, replies: "This is an incredible magic trick, but man, I mean, sixty-four pieces... how could we ever even think about that? Tell me you've got a solving strategy which is as beautiful as this impressive trick!". Marco starts now to explain the real strategy which they are going to apply to recognize the piece chosen by the volunteer on the stage...
You're asked to discover and explain the strategy which The prodigious Duo is going to apply to find the correct piece chosen by the volunteer.
Clarifications and notes
Now, stating some basic facts that might be misunderstood:
During their show, none of the members of The prodigious Duo can communicate with each other, because of the masks they use to cover their heads.
This means that Marco cannot, in any way, see or listen to what's happening on the stage when the volunteer is mixing up the colors flipping the pieces on the checkerboard.
And also that Leonardo cannot, in any way, see or listen to what's going on when Marco removes his mask and looks at the checkerboard, revealing the piece chosen by the volunteer.
No one knows, except for the two magicians, the strategy applied to recognize the piece moved by the volunteer.
The volunteer called on the stage isn't, in any way, collaborating with the magicians nor cheating; same goes for the rest of the audience.
Avoid stupid answers like "Marco checks for the fingerprint leaved by the volunteer on the chosen piece" or similar.
I want to clarify that I didn't think up this puzzle by myself, I only made up some little story-line; I did listen to it years ago talking with some friends of mine, and it randomly came back in my mind recently. For this reason, I do not know the exact solution of this puzzle (and this is the main reason why I am asking for a solution here on SE), nonetheless I'm still able to provide additional details and explanations to anyone who asks for them, editing the question itself or answering the comments. Given that I do not know the real source of this puzzle, it would also be nice if someone could provide it. Oh, and in case you were wondering: yes, that "Marco" is me, ahah.
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$\begingroup$ Also, I swear I've seen this on another website too, but I can't remember where. $\endgroup$ – Joe Z. Mar 17 '15 at 3:23
$\begingroup$ The first thing that comes to mind for me is to use an error-correcting code, such as a Hamming code, and flip one of the pieces so that the ECC says to flip the audience member's chosen piece to correct the board. There are a few problems with this - Hamming code block lengths aren't quite right for this, and there may not always be a flip you can make to get the ECC to say what you need - but I think a strategy along these lines might work. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 3:42
$\begingroup$ @user2357112 yes, that's a good starting point! $\endgroup$ – Marco Bonelli Mar 17 '15 at 3:53
$\begingroup$ @Dennis_E Is it a chessboard, really? $\endgroup$ – KSmarts Mar 17 '15 at 19:40
$\begingroup$ @HemantAgarwal As this puzzle is made 3 years ago but your duplicate is made 1.5 years ago, then your duplicate should be the one that is reported. $\endgroup$ – athin Feb 22 '19 at 6:23
This indeed is an old puzzle. One possible source (but certainly not the first one) is:
Andy Liu: Two Applications of a Hamming Code
The College Mathematics Journal 40, (Jan 2009), pp. 2-5
The trick on the $2^k\times2^k$ board is to associate each of the $2^{2k}$ squares with a unique binary number with $2k$ bits. (Note that the number of squares equals the number of such binary labels, so that there indeed exists a bijection).
Let $y$ denote the binary label of the square picked by $P$ from the audience.
Consider the checkerboard at the moment just after $P$ has flipped his coin, and consider the binary labels of all the squares with a white piece. Let $z$ denote the XOR of all such white binary labels; hence $z$ is another binary number with $2k$ bits.
Your goal is to flip a piece, so that afterwards the XOR of all white binary labels becomes equal to $y$.
Mathematically, you would like to find a square whose binary label $x$ satisfies $x \oplus z=y$.
Since the operation $\oplus$ is associative, and since $z\oplus z=0$ and $z\oplus 0=z$ for all $z$, this desired equation $x \oplus z=y$ is equivalent to $x\oplus z \oplus z=y\oplus z$ and furthermore to $x=y\oplus z$.
Hence if we simply flip the square with binary label $y\oplus z$, our partner will compute the XOR of all white binary labels and then announce the corresponding square to the audience. Done.
Note also that for the trick we do not need to know the geometric structure of the checkerboard: plain numbering of the squares suffices.
GamowGamow
$\begingroup$ This is a really interesting mathematical argumentation of the solution! Thanks a lot. $\endgroup$ – Marco Bonelli Mar 17 '15 at 10:19
$\begingroup$ Damn, I got pretty close to coming up with this answer, but for some reason, I tried to add the labels. XOR works much better. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 19:27
$\begingroup$ I think this is actually equivalent to what I eventually came up with, but it's a much cleaner formulation. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 20:43
Good answers, but...
I've seen two valuable solutions for this puzzle:
The answer given by Gamow, which is, in my opinion, the best solution if you want to implement the algorithm in some programming language, but it's not very good/intuitive for the two members of The prodigious Duo (converting so many numbers to binary and XORing all that data isn't an easy task without even a piece of paper).
The answer given by user2357112, which is probably better if you were to play the trick like The prodigious Duo does, without any help or program; by the way this answer is a bit hard to understand without an example because of the wording etc.
Looking at the second mentioned answer, I figured out that is very easier to understand if you do not use any mathematical notation and just rely on the checkerboard's cells.
The strategy applied by the two young magicians to do the trick can be easily explained like this:
Divide the $8 \times 8$ checkerboard in $6$ different areas, which we'll label with an alphabet letter from $A$ to $F$, represented in this image with the semitransparent white-to-yellow stripes.
Doing this, you'll be able to alter the number of black pieces in any of the six areas only flipping one single piece, because of the interjections of these areas. We'll say that a certain area is "black colored" if it contains an odd number of black pieces, and "white colored" if it contains an even number of black pieces.
From this second image, you'll clearly see that the only square outside of all the areas is the one in the top-left corner, and the only one inside all the areas is the one in the bottom-right corner. This means that you can change the color of all the areas at the same time by flipping the bottom-right piece, or just maintain all the colors unchanged by flipping the top-left piece. Every other piece changes the color of an unique combination of areas. This means that flipping one single piece you can change the color of any combination of areas you want.
Now, before the volunteer (let's call him $P$ again) makes his choice, you'll check every area and determine if it's either black or white colored, and apply this simple logic:
If the area is black, then the piece that you've got to flip is inside such area.
If the area is white, then the piece that you've got to flip is outside such area.
Your goal is to flip the piece which, once flipped, will turn all the areas into white. Analyze all the six areas, and reduce the range of squares that may contain the piece to flip until you end up with only one possible square containing the piece to be flipped: this is guaranteed to happen always, for any combination of black/white pieces.
Now you may be wondering: "why should I find the piece to flip before $P$ makes his choice?". This is because the order of the choices (the magician's one and the $P$'s one) isn't important at all: if you flip two pieces, then the colors of the six areas will change to a new combination which is the same no matter the order of the flipped pieces.
Once that $P$ and the first magician have both flipped their pieces, applying the same algorithm described in the first three points will make you find the piece that has been flipped by $P$.
This solution may look difficult, but is the easiest one to use when the only thing you can do is to watch the checkerboard (like Marco and Leonardo do) without touching it, and without any other support rather than your memory.
Mathematical explaination
First of all, number all the squares of the checkerboard with an integer from $0$ to $63$, from the top-left to the bottom-right corner. The result will be this:
(Yeah I was too lazy to write all the numbers)
Now, considered the six areas (from $A$ to $F$), we'll represent the color of each area with a bit:
$0$ if the area is white (contains an even number of black pieces);
$1$ if the area is black (contains an odd number of black pieces).
We can order the bits from $A$ to $F$ to obtain a sequence (let's call it $S$) of six bits, something like this: $011010$, which is, in a general case, represented by the notation $b_A b_B b_C b_D b_E b_F$, where $b$ means "bit". $S$ represents the binary notation of the number of the square where the piece to flip (let's call it $X$) is located.
Pretty cool, but why? To make this reasoning more clear, let's break it down:
The first bit, $b_A$, tells us if the position of $X$ is either in the upper or lower half of the checkerboard. This is why $b_A$ is placed at the first position in our 6-bit string:
If $X$ is located in the upper half, then $b_A$ will be $0$, meaning that $S \in [000000, 011111]$, and the number of the cell containing $X$ cannot be higher than $31$.
Otherwise, if $X$ is located in the lower half, the number of its cell must be higher than $31$, as you can see in the picture above, meaning that $S \in [100000, 111111]$.
The second bit, $b_B$, together with $b_A$, will tell us if $X$ is located in the upper or lower half of the already discovered half:
If $X$ is located in the upper half of the already discovered half, then $S \in [b_A00000, b_A01111]$, which is either from $0$ to $15$ or from $32$ to $47$ (as you can see in the image).
Otherwise, if $X$ is located in the lower half of the already discovered half, then $S \in [b_A10000, b_A11111]$, which is either from $16$ to $31$ or from $48$ to $63$.
This reasoning goes on until $b_F$...
Now it should be clear to you why $S$ represents the binary notation of the number of the cell containing $X$.
Puzzle source
I do not know the exact origin of this puzzle, but I actually discovered where I did already see it, thanks to my friend Leonardo who told me that a similar task was asked in the Mathematical Olympiad of Cesenatico, year 2013 (Cesenatico is an Italian town). The task was actually easier, because it only asked to prove that the two magicians' strategy existed, and also to prove that existed only if the number of squares was a power of two.
For the curious, here's the PDF (unfortunately written in Italian) containing the tasks and the solutions of the contest: the one I'm talking about is the 7th.
$\begingroup$ Username checks out. $\endgroup$ – rm-vanda Jun 24 '19 at 17:17
Let the number of cells in the board be $2^k$ for some $k$, and number each cell from $0$ to $2^k-1$.
In step 4, during the "look closely and meticulously at the checkerboard's configuration" part, Leonardo decides which piece he will flip. This is before the audience member makes his choice. For each integer $i$ from $1$ to $k$, Leonardo will count how many black pieces there are in positions whose $i$th bit is $1$. If there is an odd number of black pieces, Leonardo will flip a cell whose $i$th bit is $1$; otherwise, he will flip one of the other cells. This is enough to completely determine which cell Leonardo flips.
When Marco looks at the board, after Leonardo and the audience member have made their flips, he performs the same computations as Leonardo. If there is an odd number of black pieces in positions whose $i$th bit is $1$, the audience member flipped one of those pieces. This is enough to completely determine the audience member's choice.
For example, suppose the board to be $4$-by-$4$ pieces wide. The positions are labeled as follows:
and it looks like this after the audience member scrambles it:
b b w b
w b w w
w b b b
w w b w
The positions whose first bit is $1$ are the odd-numbered positions:
- b - b
- b - w
- w - w
There's an odd number of black pieces in these spots, so Leonardo will flip an odd-numbered position.
The positions with a $1$ in the second bit are the ones in the right half of the board:
- - w b
- - w w
- - b b
- - b w
There's an even number of black pieces here, so Leonardo will flip a piece on the left side of the board.
The positions with a $1$ in the third bit are the second and fourth rows:
There's an even number of black pieces here, so Leonardo flips a piece in the first or third row.
The positions with a $1$ in the fourth bit are the ones in the bottom half of the board:
There's an even number of black pieces here, so Leonardo flips a piece in the top half of the board.
Putting all this together, we find that Leonardo flips position 1:
- b - -
After Leonardo and the audience member's flips, if any of the halves of the board we've considered have an odd number of black pieces, it's because the audience member flipped one of those pieces. Marco can repeat Leonardo's procedure to find the audience member's piece.
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$\begingroup$ Can you provide a working example of this strategy? Possibly using the checkerboard in the image in my question? I didn't actually understand all of your solution. $\endgroup$ – Marco Bonelli Mar 17 '15 at 7:41
$\begingroup$ Also this part: "For each integer i from 1 to k, Leonardo will count how many black pieces there are in positions whose ith bit is 1" is ambuguous. In particular: what do you mean by "how many black pieces there are in positions whose ith bith is 1"? I mean: there can only be 0 or 1 black piece at any ith position... that's the definition of the game. $\endgroup$ – Marco Bonelli Mar 17 '15 at 7:45
$\begingroup$ @MarcoBonelli: Sure, but it's really damn long, even with a 4x4 board. As for your second comment, there's only one piece at each position, but in an $n$-by-$n$ board, there are $n^2/2$ positions whose $i$th bit is $1$. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 8:07
$\begingroup$ @MarcoBonelli: Position 5 has first bit 1, second bit 0, third bit 1, and higher bits 0. I tried to avoid interpreting black or white as bits to reduce this kind of ambiguity. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 8:18
$\begingroup$ @MarcoBonelli: Probably, but it'd be over twice as long. I don't know whether it'd be any more helpful. $\endgroup$ – user2357112 supports Monica Mar 17 '15 at 8:54
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