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Cuba finally relaxes restrictions on Internet access
HAVANA, Cuba, January 13, 2014 (AMG) — In 2011, a United Nations report argued that by curtailing their respective populations' access to the Internet, some governments were committing serious human rights violations in breach of international law.
The report went on to condemn state suppression of online political dissension in particular, and urged governments everywhere to do everything in their power to facilitate free, secure and ubiquitous access to the Internet within their own individual borders.
With the International Telecommunication Union reporting that only 3.4 percent of Cuban homes had online connectivity in 2014, the Castro regime is failing miserably at promoting what is increasingly being viewed around the world as a vital domestic utility.
The failure is intentional. Outside of government facilities, universities, public institutions and public Internet cafes, hotels and some restaurants, Internet access is strictly prohibited in Cuba by the Castro regime.
In places when Internet access is permitted, the information that regular Cubans are able to obtain is highly censored, and most emails are monitored. Only some prominent citizens with special permission from the Cuban Ministry of Communications are able to purchase private WiFi routers for their homes and enjoy unfettered access to online materials. But even so, illegal connections to WiFi networks in Cuba are common, with savvy hackers regularly utilizing signals from hotels and public facilities to access the internet.
Perceived needs to suppress political opposition are major factors in the Castro regime's policy of limiting domestic Internet access.
USAID contractor Alan Gross – who was recently released by the Cuban government in a prisoner swap – was initially arrested in Cuba in 2009 for circulating illegal satellite phones and computer equipment designed to circumvent Cuban Internet restrictions among Cuba's Jewish population. His efforts, for which he was being paid around half a million dollars by the American government, were part of a protracted campaign by the U.S. to undermine Cuban Internet restrictions and weaken the Castro regime.
The Internet and democracy: A 2013 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office showed that from 1996 through 2011, the U.S. Congress appropriated $205 million in USAID and State Department funds to "promote democracy" in Cuba – though this figure does not take into account the purported classified activities of certain U.S. intelligence agencies like the CIA, which were devoted to expanding Internet access in Cuba.
Clandestine attempts by the U.S. government to promote illegal online connectivity among the Cuban population have yielded questionable results, but in the wake of moves by both governments to normalize relations in December, the Cuban government has now announced that it will begin offering public WiFi access via smartphones, tablets and laptops to all citizens this month through its state-run ETECSA telecommunications company.
Unfortunately, these services will initially only be offered in the city of Santiago de Cuba, and priced at a whooping $5.00 per hour. And in a country where most workers earn an average of $20 per month, this steep price tag ensures that Internet access will remain a luxury rather than a human right, for the foreseeable future at least.
Political observers however remain hopeful that this recent move by the Castro government is an indicator of greater reforms to come.
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Jake Bolton
Jake is a graduate of Drew University with a B.A. in Political Science. He focuses on U.S. foreign policy and labour issues, and resides in Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licensewhich permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The bending structural stiffness of each plate was obtained from four-point bending tests according to ASTM F Kruskal-Wallis test showed no significant difference in the bending structural stiffness between the three plate models.
Rank-transformed two-way ANOVA showed significant influence of plate type, fracture type, and interaction plate versus fracture on the stiffness of the montages. The straight-DCP produced the most stable model for types B and C fractures, which makes its use advantageous for complex nonosteoporotic fractures that require minimizing focal mobility, whereas no difference was found for type A fracture.
Our results indicated that DCPs, in Wave-plate osteosynthesis or wave form, can provide adequate biomechanical properties for fixing diaphyseal femoral fractures in cases where more modern osteosynthesis systems are cost restrictive. Introduction The current standard of care for femoral fractures is the intramedullary nail, but there are situations in which the use of plates is indicated, like narrow medullary cavity, bone deformities, and open growth plate.
Metal plates have been used for the fixation of fractures since the end of the 19th century. The DCP, designed with oblong holes to provide interfragmentary compression when tightening the screws, was introduced in [ Wave-plate osteosynthesis ]. As opposed to the wide surgical approach required by this technique, it has been suggested that less manipulation of the bone fragments would result in faster bone healing by preserving the fracture site vasculature [ 5 ].
Consequently, osteosynthesis techniques were modified [ 246 — 8 ] to minimize damage to the soft tissue and periosteum in order to preserve the fracture vascularization [ 27 ]. The authoritative work of Heitemeyer et al. Appropriate stress distribution is fundamental to proper bone remodeling during fracture healing.
Within a certain range of values, compressive stresses drive bone growth, whereas tensile stresses favor connective tissue or fibrocartilage formation [ 10 ].
They found that fracture sites were experiencing high stresses and plate fatigue failure in the absence of medial support. The wave plate shifts the neutral axis toward the lateral cortical region, so that the bone is in compression, while the plate is in tension [ 1112 ].
The Locking Compression Plate LCP is a more recent improvement to the straight-DCP technology that shares similar characteristics and mechanical performance to external fixators. In this system, the fixation screws are locked in the plate [ 14 — 16 ].
The LCP design minimizes contact with the bone, which reduces the damage to the periosteum and the resulting bone necrosis as well. Currently, there are no studies comparing directly the effectiveness of these three plate systems within the same model. To assess whether patients receiving the DCP plate are receiving adequate fracture care, the stiffness of each plate design was tested in simulated models of types A, B, and C diaphyseal femoral fractures AO classification [ 18 ].
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Static Bending Test of the Plates Four-point static bending tests were conducted on hole 4. The wave plates were shaped from straight plates as described by Blatter et al. Briefly, the plate was bent at the third and fourth screw holes on either side of the plate center to form a 5 mm high wave Figure 1.
A special apparatus was used to support and load the plates. According to ASTM Fthe loading rollers should be positioned so that two plate screw holes would be located between them, while the support rollers should be placed two screw holes away from the loading rollers.
For testing the wave-DCP, however, the distance between the two loading rollers had to be increased to eight screw holes to encompass the whole wave between them, while the support rollers were still positioned two screw holes away from the loading rollers Figure 1.
According to ASTM Fthe plate bending structural stiffness can be calculated according to 1: Position of support and loading points wave-DCP.
Static Compression Test of the Montages Simulating Fractures The test specimens were divided into three simulation groups, corresponding to types A, B, and C diaphyseal femur fractures AO classification [ 18 ].
Each plate type was tested in all three fracture groups. Test specimens consisted of two dense wooden rods Pouteria pachycarpa Piresmm long and 26 mm in diameter, attached with a different type of osteosynthesis plate. The model used for the static compression tests has been used previously to simulate the physiological axes of the femur to approximate physiological loading conditions in experimental compression tests [ 20 — 22 ].
Wood has been a material of choice for such kind of tests [ 23 — 25 ] and was chosen, because it presents more uniform mechanical properties than human cadaveric bone and serves as a good anchor for the fixation screws [ 22 ].
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Although the wooden rods do not mimic the real bone, they were used because the interest was in the relative stiffness among the montages, not in the absolute stiffness. Straight- and wave-DCPs Synthes number.The wave plate was chosen for the treatment of non union femoral diaphyseal fractures, due to the use of a DCP plate initially, which should be removed, even though it was already causing an injury of the periosteal flow due to bone contact beneath the plate.
The Wave plate is a fixation system for open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of calcaneal fractures designed to be performed through a sinus tarsi approach. In conventional plate osteosynthesis, anatomic reduction is sought because it increases stability, whereas in locking plate osteosynthesis the quality of the reduction is less vital, provided that the local soft tissues (and therefore vascularization of the fragments) are maintained intact.
From the point of view of the stiffness, the DCP can still be safely used for the osteosynthesis the of healthy (non-osteoporotic) bones, either as wave plate for simple fractures or as straight plate for complex fractures, in situations where the high cost of the .
The Wave plate is a fixation system for open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of calcaneal fractures designed to be performed through a sinus tarsi approach.
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Idam Porul Eval: Vijay Sethupathi – Vadivukkarasi portions will be talked about!
Posted by: Only Kollywood October 29, 2014
Director Seenu Ramasamy has wrapped up his next film Idam Porul Eval produced by Lingusamy for Thirupathi Brothers. The film has Vijay Sethupathi, Nandita, Vishnu Vishal and Ishwarya Rajesh in lead roles. The interesting fact about the film is Vijay Sethupathi will have only very few dialogues in the film. It is said that his entire dialogues for the film would not even exceed a single page. Vijay Sethupathi plays Pandi, who is on the run and takes refugee in a hill station.
Though Nandita is paired with Vijay Sethupathi, his camaraderie with Vadivukarasi, who plays a supporting role, will be the highlight in the film and talked about. "Vijay Sethupathi will be expressing his emotions mostly with his facial reactions and body language. Some major scenes in the film were shot with Vijay Sethupathi hardly speaking a word," says Seenu Ramasamy.
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Learn About Indigenous Food Rights
For thousands of years, the well‐being of Indigenous peoples has been sustained by their food systems and their balanced relationship with the natural environment. Current efforts by Indigenous peoples to address poor nutrition, ill health, and food insecurity often necessitate confronting the underlying and intertwined issues of colonization, food sovereignty, and identity.
The 1854 Treaty Authority is an Inter-Tribal Natural Resource Management Organization that protects, preserves, and enhances the off-reservation hunting, fishing and gathering rights of the Grand Portage and Bois Forte Bands of the Lake Superior Chippewa in the territory ceded under the Treaty of 1854.
Inherent in these reserved rights is the necessity to protect the waters, air, animal and fish populations, wild rice, forest products, and other resources that are essential to the Ojibwe culture and way of life. Under the Treaty of 1854, Bands retain rights to hunt, fish, and gather in the 1854 Ceded Territory. This Ceded Territory encompasses 5.5 million acres of land in what is now considered present-day northeastern Minnesota.
The term "ceded territories" refers to the "lands transferred from tribes to the federal government by way of a treaty agreement." By ceding land to the United States, tribes are guaranteed rights to harvesting, hunting, and fishing. More often than not, tribes that signed treaties did so under extreme duress, coercion, and disadvantaged power. The legal interpretation of the rights of the treaties has been examined in the Supreme Court since the inception of the treaties and continues today. Further, there are many misconceptions and misunderstandings from the general public about what those rights entail.
The 1854 Treaty Authority is an integral and indispensable agency for ensuring the Bois Forte and Grand Portage Bands have well-managed lands and their rights to those lands remain protected. Cooperatively developing the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan with the Bois Forte, Grand Portage, and Fond du Lac Bands has elevated their capacity to continue to fulfill this critical role.
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Our compilation of MLK-related audio returns with a new addition this year with excerpts from this newly-released speech via The Root:
"Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech"
Dr. King's first TV "interview" from the show "The Open Mind – The New Negro" in 1957, hosted by Professor Richard D. Hefner.
Beyond Vietnam, delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City.
MLK's last speech "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968.
Walter Cronkite reports King's assassination.
Nina Simone "Why?" live, 3 days following MLK's assassination.
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We pretend those vulnerable, without protection and with little social protagonism sectors like those ones linked with the disability, to have more possibilities, social participation and a better way of life, as it is slowly but firmly happening in Buenos Aires' City and other cities, inside the socioeconomical problems that involve our lives.
In order to an effective sociocultural promotion, as a way of action, we want the public and private spaces to be used in form integrated by people with disability, who are qualified to take active part of the sociocultural chore. It is necessary for that, to create the conditions to achieve the insert in the areas where are less possibilities, for what we believe in the training, as another way of action, which is fundamental for people with disability like those ones who can offer them the appropriate attendance for a better personal development.
The disability is a reality that is necessary to assist and today more than ever it is understood in this way. It could not be a difficulty or a social load if the emergent capacities are used and applied correctly.
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Two SARChI Research Chairs at UFS extended for five years
30 October 2020 | Story Leonie Bolleurs
The Department of Science and Technology has extended two of the National Research Foundation's SARChI research chairs at the University of the Free State (UFS).
The Research Chair in Diseases and Quality of Field Crops, together with the Research Chair in Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens, have both been extended for another five years.
Prof Maryke Labuschagne, currently Professor of Plant Breeding in the Department of Plant Sciences, is leading the chair on Diseases and Quality of Field Crops.
The Chair on Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens is headed by Prof Felicity Burt from the Division of Virology in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Prof Corli Witthuhn, Vice-Rector: Research, says it was the hard work and commitment of Profs Labuschagne and Burt that resulted in the extension of the SARChI research chairs. "They have excelled in terms of student supervision and publications in high-impact international journals. They also serve as mentors for young academics, postdoctoral fellows, and colleagues through their passion for their different fields of interest."
Prof Witthuhn believes that this extension of the two SARChI chairs speaks of the progress that the UFS has made in terms of developing itself as a research-led university. "We are proud of the two senior academics for their supervision, mentorship, and leadership and their contribution to building our reputation," she says.
Diseases and Quality of Field Crops
The focus of the research chair in Diseases and Quality of Field Crops is on advancing food security and nutrition in Africa and contributing to poverty reduction and achieving sustainability goals.
Prof Labuschagne says despite recent advances, the headlines regarding hunger and food security remain alarming: one in nine people on earth will go to bed hungry every night. Globally, 800 million people do not have enough to eat to be healthy, and a third of all deaths among children under five in developing countries are linked to undernourishment.
She believes the uniqueness and strength of the research chair lies in a two-pronged approach, namely the breeding of cereal crops for resistance to fungal diseases, and improving the quality of crops for processing and consumption, thus making an impact on food security in South Africa and the rest of Africa through this collaborative effort.
She is confident that the extension of the research chair will allow them to continue and to expand their research, "which has built up a lot of momentum".
Besides the 12 PhD and 8 MSc degrees they delivered in the first five years, they also contributed significant research outputs and cultivar releases. She adds that they would like to expand on the significant international collaboration they have established.
Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens
According to Prof Burt, the SARChI chair in Vector-borne and Zoonotic Pathogens builds on existing research strengths at the UFS and aims to contribute towards identifying and investigating medically significant arboviruses and zoonotic viruses in the country.
"To date, the research chair has facilitated progress towards establishing serosurveillance studies for various vector-borne viruses, specifically Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, a tick-borne and zoonotic virus that causes severe disease with fatalities."
The team of researchers operating within this research chair is currently also performing studies to determine the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the Free State.
Prof Burt has always taken the importance of community engagement into account, and with the current pandemic, she believes that it is now more important than ever to increase public awareness of zoonotic diseases.
She emphasises that the majority of new and emerging viruses are zoonotic in origin and that the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlights the impact of an emerging zoonotic pathogen on society. Therefore, she feels that it is important to build capacity in this field and to focus research efforts on identifying and understanding where these pathogens cycle in nature, the potential for spill-over to humans, and what the drivers are for the emergence of these pathogens.
Prof Burt trusts that the renewal of the research chair will allow them to take advantage of the new biosafety laboratory that the UFS has invested in. "This will permit us to research pathogens that were previously excluded from our programme due to biosafety considerations. The chair will furthermore contribute towards enhancing, strengthening, and developing research and knowledge in the field of epidemiology and pathogenesis of vector-borne and zoonotic viruses," she says.
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Housing strategy must accommodate special needs
Dr Mark Napier of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
South Africa's housing strategy must give attention to people with special needs, including people with disabilities as well as people living with HIV / AIDS and those in poverty.
This was the view expressed by Dr Mark Napier of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) during his recent presentation to the Housing Research Day organised by the Centre for Development Support (CDS) at the University of the Free State (UFS).
Dr Napier previously worked in the national Department of Housing and was involved in shaping the recently launched "Breaking New Ground" housing strategy of Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
He said the changing social and demographic trends in South African society, especially after 11 years of democracy, required more flexibility in housing delivery to address the housing needs of different groups of people. "For example, there are people who wish to or may be required to be spatially mobile because of their work or other reasons. There are also those communities who are vulnerable to disasters," he said.
According to Dr Napier, housing delivery faced a number of challenges which needed to be addressed, including:
the withdrawal of larger construction firms
perceptions of low profit margins in the private sector
the slow process of developing an emerging contractor sector
access to bridging and other finance
the ability to retain capacity and expertise mainly at municipal level
the acquisition of well located (especially inner city) land
Dr Napier said the new housing strategy – which is called "Breaking New Ground" – tries to go beyond the provision of basic shelter to the establishment of sustainable settlements. It is also tries to be more responsive to housing demand rather than being supply led.
The new strategy also allows for greater devolution of power to municipalities in the provision of housing, through accreditation to manage subsidies, Dr Napier said.
He said a survey of people who had benefited from government's housing programme had shown mixed results, with beneficiaries reporting a sense of security, independence and pride. Although the location of the houses was poor and there were increased costs, most beneficiaries said they were better off than before, according to the survey. Beneficiaries also highlighted the problem that they had very little personal choice between houses, sites or settlements.
There was also the perceived failure of developers and municipalities to repair defective houses or adequately maintain settlements, the survey found.
Many beneficiaries also reported that they felt unsafe in their settlements as well as in their own houses.
Prof Lucius Botes, the director of the Centre for Development Support, said the research day highlighted the Centre's ability to interact with real problems faced by communities, by government, the private sector and civil society. "This is how we can ensure that the UFS is engaged through our research with our people's problems and challenges and enables the UFS as a place of scholarship to assist in finding solutions," Prof Botes said.
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Public Entertainment Licences
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications for revocation of public entertainment licences there were in England and Wales in each year since 1994; how many of these were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement. [24133]
James Purnell: The statistics are not held centrally, but are held by each individual local authority.
Television Licences
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason the monarch is exempt from the requirement to purchase a television licence; and whether this exemption extends to television sets in staff quarters. [25029]
James Purnell [holding answer 7 November 2005]: The BBC, as licensing authority, has responsibility for interpreting the television licensing legislation and determining licensing requirements in individual cases. However, my understanding is that the monarch is exempt from the television licensing requirements set out in the Communications Act 2003 under the general rule of constitutional law that an Act of Parliament does not bind the Crown unless and to the extent specified in the Act. Crown exemption would extend to servants of the Crown who install and use television on Crown premises for official purposes, but not to sets installed or used for recreational purposes or to sets installed for private use in staff living quarters.
The Royal Household has indicated that, notwithstanding Crown exemption, Her Majesty does in fact purchase licences for each of her official and private residences.
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Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue the fines from unpaid television licences generated in the last year for which figures are available; and what happens to the revenue. [25878]
James Purnell: I refer the hon. Member to the answerI gave him on 18 October 2005, Official Report, columns 845–46W.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of people who operated televisions without a licence in each year since 1997. [25879]
James Purnell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 October 2005, Official Report, column 846W.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Chinese tourists have visited the UK in each month since January 2004. [25885]
James Purnell: Monthly data on the number of inbound visits to the UK from China have not been provided because of difficulties over the statistical reliability of results given the small sample size. The following table details total quarterly and annual visits since the start of 2004 from China and Hong Kong.
Total inbound visits from China
Visits (thousand)
Q1 (January-March) 18
Q2 (April-June) 14
Q3 (July-September) 35
Q4 (October-December) 28
2005 (year to date) 35
Total inbound visits from Hong Kong
International Passenger Survey (IPS), ONS
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the number of tourists visiting London before and after the 7 July terror attacks. [25886]
James Purnell: There are no figures available for the total numbers of tourists visiting London. London's tourism sector assesses its success in attracting visitors to the capital using a range of statistical resources including hotel occupancy figures, and the numbers of people visiting major tourist attractions.
Both hotel occupancy and visits to attractions fell following the bomb attacks in July, when compared both to the preceding months in 2005, and—more relevantly for the industry—with the same months in 2004. While hotel occupancy had recovered to its 2004 rates by September 2005, visits to major central London attractions are still to reach the levels achieved in 2004. Visit London estimates that visits to these attractions were down nearly 21 per cent. for the period July to September 2005, compared to 2004.
The Government, VisitBritain, and Visit London have been co-ordinating recovery work since July through the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group. Economic forecasting commissioned by the group has projected that the negative effect of the bombings on the London economy may be as high as £500 million for the rest of 2005. However, that work also projects that the total turnovers of both the London and the UK tourism industries for the whole of 2005 will still be higher than those achieved in 2004.
Ultra-local Television
Mr. Michael Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the impact on the licence fee of BBC plans for the large-scale introduction of ultra-local television in medium-sized cities. [25342]
James Purnell: As stated in the Green Paper published in March of this year, we are currently undertaking a review of BBC funding in order to determine the future level of the licence fee. We will be taking all relevant factors into account and will make an announcement in due course.
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Personal Injuries (Small Claims)
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment has been made of the likely impact of the proposals to raise the personal injuries limit for small claims from £1,000 to £5,000. [26486]
Bridget Prentice: The Better Regulation Task Force in its report, 'Better Routes to Redress' recommended that research should be carried out into the potential impact of raising the small claims limit for personal injury cases from the current limit of £1,000. The Government indicated that it would carry out this research and would also consider other options for dealing with these claims in a more proportionate and cost effective way. That research is currently underway and consultation will take place on any proposals which may emerge.
3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment (Incident)
Mrs. Humble: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the findings were of the Special Investigations Branch investigation of the incident of 13 May involving soldiers of the 3rd Battalion Parachute
Regiment in the officers' mess at Hyderbad Barracks, Colchester; how many soldiers have subsequently been charged with offences arising from the incident; and how many soldiers have been discharged. [25357]
Mr. Touhig: The Special Investigation Branch conducted a full investigation and found insufficient evidence to support the allegations made. Therefore, no soldiers have been charged with offences or discharged as a result of the investigation.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to modify the CHARM 3 L27 depleted uranium kinetic energy round. [25100]
Mr. Ingram: We have no plans to modify the L27 CHARM 3 round.
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 October, Official Report, column 518W, on ammunition manufacturers, whether BAE Systems Land Systems (a) manufactures the small arms ammunition in the UK and (b) is on a fixed term contract; what proportion that company's supplies represents of small arms ammunition supplied to British forces; and where the balance comes from. [25289]
Mr. Ingram: Small arms ammunition supplied to the Ministry of Defence by BAE Systems Land Systems (BAES LS) is manufactured in the UK at the Radway Green facility under the terms of the MOD/BAES LS Framework Partner Agreement. This 10 year agreement was signed in 2000.
BAES LS supply approximately 95 per cent. of the MOD's current small arms ammunition requirements. The balance is supplied from companies in Sweden, Israel, Finland, Germany, Canada, Norway and Belgium.


The CISL HPC Advisory Panel (CHAP) met October 12, 2017, at NCAR in Boulder, to review and recommend allocations for computational requests from university researchers with NSF awards in the atmospheric or closely related sciences. The CHAP's focus continues to be on the computational experiments being proposed and their efficiency. At this meeting, the panel also scrutinized storage (GLADE and HPSS) requests more closely, targeting 450 TB of project space and 1 PB of HPSS tape storage.
The CHAP allocated 182 million core-hours on Cheyenne. The average award on Cheyenne was 4.2 million core-hours. The largest amount awarded was 18.4 million core-hours. For some very large requests, only enough resources for one year were awarded.
There were 44 CHAP requests from university researchers requesting large allocations; only one did not receive an allocation. The panel also reviewed the progress of the CESM Community at the halfway point of their two-year allocation.
Cheyenne requests totaled 329 million core-hours, with requests ranging from a high of 94 million core-hours to a low of 328,000. The median request size was 16.4 million core-hours.


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The News: Well, there isn't any. Still vacant and for lease. See the theatre's listing from the brokers, Bob Riegel and Norm Sauvé of Sauvé Riegel Commercial Real estate. The firm also has a pdf with photos. The property is also listed on Loopnet.
Opened: May 6, 1925 as Warner's Egyptian Theatre by by Henry L. Warner, who was no relation to the more famous Warner Bros. The opening attraction was Al Christie's "Stop Flirting."
The theatre presented both films and vaudeville. It was constructed as an addition to the previously existing commercial building that became its lobby. Upstairs there was a nursery and the restroom area. Bob Bennett of the Pasadena Museum of History notes that the Pasadena Evening Post of May 5, 1925 described the theatre on page 15.
Moving Picture World featured the new theatre in an article titled "Warner's Egyptian Theatre is Architecturally Picturesque" in their issue of July 25, 1925. It's on Internet Archive. They reported that "Temple-like lines, spaciousness, a replica of a golden throne of an Egyptian king, are just a few things that help make Henry Warner's East Pasadena Egyptian Theatre, typical of the architecture of the country from which it derived its name..."
Warner also operated Warner's Photoplay in downtown Pasadena. The area at the time of the opening was known as Lamanda Park. From about 1940 onward the theatre was known as the Uptown Theatre. It closed as the Uptown in 1986.
There had been a projected restoration of the building as the Oasis. In 2003 the lobby was filled with antiques and the business was called Oasis Antiques, Art & Design Center. Seating was installed and restoration was begun on many areas of the building. The project came to a sad end as a result of disputes between the landlord and the tenant.
Architect: The architect was Kenneth A. Gordon, who also designed Bard's Glen. He was evidently a principal of the firm J.H. Woodworth and Son.
Seating: 900 seats, all on one level.
Status: Closed awaiting its next act.
More information: See the Cinema Treasures page on the Uptown includes some nice research by Joe Vogel.
See the Cinema Tour page on the Uptown for lots of photos by Ken Roe. Silent Era Theaters has a page on the building.
Don't miss the two 2013 Hometown Pasadena articles on Warner's Egyptian by Sheryl Peters of the Pasadena Museum of History: "Mrs. Feynes and the Movies Part 3" and Part 4: "The Egyptian Becomes the Uptown."
Another theatre in Pasadena that had an Egyptian theme (originally anyway) was the Bard's Colorado, later known as the Academy.
is the flyspace for the asbestos curtain.
"Are These Our Children" as the bottom half of the bill.
equipment and a 42 foot screen.
See the Script To DVD section "70mm in Los Angeles"
2011 article "Ghost Theatres of Colorado Blvd. - Part 1 of 2"
from the Pasadena Star News.
"Mrs. Feynes and the Movies: Warner's Egyptian Theatre."
grandfather was manager in the late 20s and early 30s.
"The Cheat" with Tallulah Bankhead.
A wider view appears from Bill Gabel on Cinema Teasures.
leveled to the existing roof line."
The theatre has been vacant and for lease for years.
below come from the firm's Warner Egyptian pdf.
The stripped out lobby as we look in from the street.
A look toward the stage. Needs a bit of work.
Another look toward the back of the house.
A peek into the lobby of the Uptown.
direct you to a full size version on the website hosting it.
question concerning reproduction or other use.
The Cinema Tour page on the Uptown has many great photos.
Here we're looking at a 2003 rear auditorium view by Ken Roe.
A proscenium detail by Ken Roe.
view is the 1925 fire curtain with painted advertisements.
running "The Shady Lady" plus vaudeville acts.
It's a photo by Harold A. Parker.
is running "Saturday's Children," a 1929 release.
can pan around to explore details.
"Warner's Egyptian Theatre is Architecturally Picturesque"
in their issue of July 25, 1925. It's on Internet Archive.
A look at the proscenium.
The rear of the auditorium.
page. It's a photo from the Kneisel Family Archives.
he worked across the street from the theatre.
on the SoCal Historic Architecture page.


Are your emails easy to read and absorb? They're an essential part of business communications, and not always just about the content. How is your email structured, visually? Are things sloppy and cryptic, or organized and clear?
People are busy, and constantly trying to keep up with their exploding inbox. If you are careless with your messages, you could be annoying your reader, and shedding an unprofessional light. Whether you're emailing a customer, prospect, supplier, or colleague, using the following email writing tips will make your communications more clear and effective. Your audience will appreciate your professional approach to communicating with them. Don't lose business because of sloppy habits.
Put effort into the subject line. It's what will get your email opened, and will make it easy for your reader to prioritize what they read first, and to find your message in their inbox if they need to reference it later.
One topic, whenever possible – The subject line should be something that pertains to the main topic of the message. Be detailed whenever possible.
That email subject line tells me that something is wrong with my order. I better pay attention, and open it.
No text-like messages – Don't start your message in the subject line. Often people will ask a question in the subject line, which requires an answer. That can lead to confusion when there are multiple emails back and forth, because the conversation evolves.
e.g., Are we on for 10?
What if the implied appointment needs to be cancelled, and in the reply message there is reference to a task, or job that needs to be done, a customer that needs to contacted? If your reader wants to reference that customer-related conversation in the future, the subject line won't be obvious, and will make it more difficult for them to find.
Don't forget the subject line – If you leave it out, when your email shows up in your target's inbox, they are less likely to open it, because they won't know what it's about.
Think of every email that you send to a customer, supplier, or other business colleague, as a printed letter. Remember those?
Write in proper sentences, and be sure to have a beginning, middle, and an end, to your communication.
Salutation – How you start your message will depend on the relationship you have with your reader.
Message Body – Try to write in proper sentences and paragraphs, and be concise. Nobody has time to read lengthy emails. Get to the point.
Try not to have just a big blob of text, either, as it will be difficult to read. It's overwhelming to look at. You can be a little less formal than a business letter, in that you can break up your sentences with extra lines between them. That makes your message easier to scan.
Close – Two parts here.
First, you can put a courteous sentence or phrase to indicate the message is over.
Second, comes your signature. If it is formal, put your full name, title, company, and contact information. If it is informal, when the person knows you, you can just put your first name.
…all depending on the relationship with your reader.
Even if you are on your fourth email response, start your email with 'Hi Bob', and sign off with 'Regards, your name', or even just your name, without 'regards'. If you don't sign off each time, it can sound like you're rushed, and not paying particular attention to the person you are emailing, or the message itself.
Multiple Sub Topics – If you have to put several sub topics in an email, break them up by putting a sub-heading before each topic. Use capital letters to help identify the topic switch, and make your message easier to scan, and information easier to find.
Only One Conversation – When communicating back and forth, based on your initial email, remember to stick to the topic at hand. If there are several emails back and forth, then that conversation is all together in one email thread.
If for some reason you have other subjects that need addressing with the reader, put them in a new email. You will be starting a new conversations and keeping all the topics together. It's so much more efficient for both you and the reader, if you have to reference the information in the future.
The examples of the email thread between Bob and Roger have been talking about Bob's back order. All subsequent conversations would be about shipping, timing, and any other pertinent information related to that specific transaction.
Take the Dallas conference conversation into a new email, because it has nothing to do with the back order messages, and will likely entail a whole new set of message that you want to keep together.
Before you hit the send button, proofread and check everything.
Read everything out loud. It's easier to find your errors, and you can hear what your content sounds like. Does your tone sound pleasing, or condescending? Are you getting across what you want to say in clear language?
Do you have a Subject Line?
Did you say that you are including an attachment? Be sure you have attached that document.
Test any links that you are sharing.
Review all signature elements – i.e. contact information, social sites, etc.
This is especially true if you have set up an automatic signature. Things changes, technology plays tricks. Make sure your information is accurate.
You know yourself how busy your inbox can be. If you deem your message important to read, then you have to make it easy for your audience to read. Consider the email writing tips in this post.
The next email you send, think about more than just the content. Consider the visual effectiveness of your message, and use these tips to make a stronger impact. Remember, your reader is busy. Make it easy for them. Your professional approach to presenting your email message will be appreciated, create more effective conversations, and build a stronger relationship with your audience.
If you'd like an evaluation of your email effectiveness, contact us for a free consultation.


An introduction to best practise process for managing media buying.
Learn how to ensure you are maximising your return on media investment.
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Perricone MD and The Scientista Foundation are in search for bold, visionary young women in STEM who are looking to make an impact in their respective fields. The Scientista Born Seekers Video Contest aims to identify women in STEM who embody the spirit of a "Born Seeker" - someone who is in the passionate pursuit of the truth. The work they do pushes boundaries and meaningfully impacts society on a local, national, and often global level.
The Born Seekers fellowship is a speech contest that is open to women in STEM over the age of 18 who are studying STEM or working in STEM fields. All eligible women are invited to submit a three minute video or a speech script answering the question: How do you embody a Born Seeker? Your answer should share your unique story of how you currently embody or hope to embody the values of curiosity, drive and perseverance. It should be noted that video submissions have the opportunity for a higher total score than scripts, and video submissions are highly encouraged.
The women selected as our 2018 Born Seekers will build skills in communication and leadership, serving as role models for the next generation of scientists, engineers, doctors, and STEM professionals. Our four finalists will be invited to present at the annual Scientista Symposium, where they will give a ten minute talk sharing their unique Born Seeker story. The Scientista Symposium is the leading conference for college and graduate women in STEM.


Home > Criminal Defense Blog > 2016 > January > What Is Supervision?
Supervision is a sentence that comes after a guilty plea or a finding of guilty. It is better than probation, and certainly better than jail.
What it means is there is a finding of guilt, but no conviction enters. If you complete the period of supervision without violating the terms, then no conviction ever enters.
This DOES NOT MEAN the record of your case goes away. It does not mean the charges were dropped. In some cases, after a waiting period after your supervision is over, you may be eligible to expunge your record. Only then will your record be clean. Expungement never happens automatically, you must expunge it.
This is important in DUI cases where a conviction for DUI would revoke your driver's license. But supervision would not.
When you get supervision, it's usually for a period of 4 months to 2 years. During that time, the judge may require other things like community service, alcohol classes, and order fines and fees be paid. Supervision requires you not violate the law in any way. Any tickets, arrests, or failure to comply with the other requirements of supervision may result in a violation. The judge may then re-sentence you, and can re-sentence you to a conviction, and up to the maximum penalty for the crime you received supervision for.
Some crimes are not supervision eligible while other crimes only allow supervision one time ever.


Eve wants to teach you how to eat in a way that enhances your body, soothes your emotions, and sharpens your mind. Eve began immersing herself in the world of Holistic Health through first being a Board Member for the Mother's Support Network in the early 2000's when her sons were toddlers disussing nutrition and earth based health practices in depth with incredibly knowledgeable parents. She became so passionate she went to school and got her Holistic Health Practitioner Certification from The California Institute of The Healing Arts and Sciences in 2008 and started her own Holistic Health practice since seeing over a thousand individual clients with great success.
In 2012, Eve became so passionate about the importance of quality nutrition information and real food access that she started volunteering her time to start an online community group as the Sacramento Chapter Leader of the Weston A Price Foundation discussing and advocating for local, small farms support, integrous food producers, and integrative, holistic health practitioner information and support. Today that group is a highly respected Northern California resource of over 1,100 members, educating and connecting people with local wellness options.
All of our Hypnotherapy Programs are created by Eve Mitchell, a Holistic Health Practitioner who has over 10 years experience specializing in Hypnotherapy designed to empower each person's unique inner wisdom. Eve first started in this field because Hypnotherapy allowed her to heal from the trauma of a lifetime of abusive treatment, and the addictions that followed. Eve specializes in working with people from diverse backgrounds who have overcome great obstacles in their lives and have still found ways to keep an open heart and mind. She helps guide them in finding their own freedom and healing the from toxic thoughts and emotions, or physical ailments still haunting them from the damages done from past traumas that can misshape our subconscious minds.
Eve believes that our diversity gives us our strength, and that there is no one "right" answer that fits every person. She believes that this holds true for the subconscious mind, as much as it does for the foods we eat. Her particular type of Hypnotherapy is based on activating the part of each client's mind that brings greater self love, self worth and empowerment so that you are able to be whoever you are meant to be beyond all of the expectations, pressures and trauma you have experienced throughout your lifetime.
Eve knows that when you think you have life all figured out, that is when everything is likely to get all turned upside down. She knows that as a coach, she is never done growing, nor learning life lessons, and she aspires to be the kind of life coach who is learning as she is guiding. We all have wisdom, and the most important quality a teacher can have is humility and the willingness to not have it all figured out and just be a resource of intuition, insight and wisdom that is ever evolving, and supportive of the goals of each person they work with.
Eve has a strong background in Child and Human Development, Spiritual and Sexual Integration, and Long Term Health Nutrtion. She also has real world experience in the school of hard knocks, having grown up with an abusive parent, a survivor of mulitiple sexual assaults, domestic violence, single parenting in poverty, and she is a Queer woman who parents and now homeschools part time two loving and healthy teenage sons with her love Robyn, an activist specializing in Harm Reduction and LGBTQ Sexual Empowerment.
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To build an overall Kids ministry that emphasizes home influence, spiritual development, fun and community impact.
To build a strategy to develop leaders in ministry and develop teams that will encourage each other to grow.
that gives an opportunity for kids to move forward in whole life development through a fun atmosphere and strong relationships with God, leaders and other children.
Develop and implement the vision for Children's Ministry in collaboration with the Lead Pastor.
Develop and implement an annual ministry plan of activities.
Responsible for Children's Ministry budget and financial oversight.
Oversee the selection and implementation of curriculum.
Develop a communication plan to keep staff, volunteers, and parents informed.
Resource parents with information about the curriculum and ideas for parents to use at home -at a minimum monthly, preferred weekly.
Manage communication between ministries that interact with the children's department.
Using Planning Center to organize and communicate with teaching teams.
Connecting with teachers and other RBK leaders consistently and with a purpose.
Recruit, mobilize and shepherd leaders by building a relationship that influences their faith and character.
Influence volunteer workers to keep and grow their passion for kids.
This is a part-time position requiring 20 hours/week. This includes Sunday responsibilities at all services and staff meetings. The work time is flexible with the knowledge that we function as a pastoral team, collaborating and assisting each other as needs dictate. Experience and training will be factored into the salary of the successful candidate.


ATI Rope Access was founded in 2004, and is a Dutch company also known as Abseil Technieken Industrieel (ATI). ATI is a pioneer in industrial abseiling techniques in the process industry and construction business. Our company is professional, versatile, flexible, and quality conscious, especially concerning responsibility and safety. Our employees, equipment, and facilities meet the strictest regulations. The way we utilize industrial rappelling is much safer than working from scaffolding or a crane.
As member of the International Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA). A.T.I. Rope access is fully committed to work by the IRATA safety system.
A.T.I. Abseiltechnieken is VCA ** certified. SCC stands for Safety, Health and Environmental Checklist Contractors. VCA certified companies work with a VGM management system that complies with the ARBO rules in the field of safety, health and environment. For more information, visit the IRATA website.


In the course of his disastrous interview with his future mother-in-law, Jack Worthing admits that he smokes. 'I am glad to hear it,' replies Lady Bracknell. 'A man should always have an occupation of some kind.' Oscar Wilde's joke plays on the fact that, by 1895, when The Importance of Being Earnest was first performed, it was so commonplace for a man to smoke that it was scarcely worth mentioning, yet it had been an upper-class habit for barely half a century. Fashionable only from the early Victorian years, in the 1860s, pleasure in the 'divine weed' developed into a culture of connoisseurship. Men wrote odes and even novels about tobacco, collected the paraphernalia of smoking, adopted smoking caps and jackets and enjoyed their cigars in rooms designed for the purpose. By the 1880s, smoking rooms were ubiquitous.
They are not quite a Victorian invention. There were smoking rooms in the 17th and 18th centuries—for example, Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire had one in the 1760s. These were parlours where a gentleman might enjoy a pipe, perpetuating a tradition that had begun in Tudor times. One reason why they were relatively rare was that, by the 18th century, most aristocratic and middle-class people (women as well as men) preferred to enjoy tobacco in the form of snuff, which required no special setting. Smoking—usually with clay pipes, provided free in many taverns—had become largely a working-class habit.
That changed with the appearance of cigars in the first quarter of the 19th century. Most histories of smoking explain that they were introduced from Spain by army officers of the Peninsular War; however, many early comments on cigar smoking in Britain suggest that it was regarded as a German fashion. An early enthusiast was George III's son Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, who may have started smoking as a student at Göttingen.
Although his after-dinner cigar was sufficiently unusual to be commented on with curiosity in the 1820s, by the time that another keen cigar smoker, Prince Albert, settled in England in 1840, the habit was common, although often not welcomed. Even Albert never smoked in the presence of his wife, who loathed tobacco. Such attitudes made it necessary to provide segregated spaces for smoking. In some country houses, anyone wanting a cigar could expect to be banished to the stables or even the servants' quarters. Most, however, simply went out of doors. A conservatory, regarded as a semi-outdoor space, was an alternative and many early smoking rooms are close to conservatories.
One way to put cigar smoke well beyond even the most fastidious nostrils was to elevate the smoking room in a tower, exploiting the fact that, in the 1840s, towers had become fashionable in both Italianate and Gothic houses. The apotheosis of this plan is Cardiff Castle, where William Burges's remodeling of the Clock Tower in 1869–73 for the then bachelor 3rd Marquess of Bute incorporated two smoking rooms, for winter below and for summer above. The latter is the most spectacular smoking room in existence, an incomparable Gothic Revival fantasy. An alternative position was next to a billiard room. Purpose-built billiard rooms were a Regency innovation and were habitually used or at least frequented by both sexes. That was one reason why they could not simply be allocated to smoking. In The Gentleman's House (1864), Robert Kerr specifies that a billiard room should be placed 'not exactly amongst the Dwelling- rooms, but still in close communication with them, for the access of the ladies', adding that 'it may be approached by a short balcony or covered way; but this is for smoking'. To Kerr, an entire room dedicated to smoking was a novelty and one that he did not entirely approve of to judge from his comment that it should have a pleasant view, as the smoker, on retreating to it, 'ought to have some better excuse than the mere desire to smoke'.
Nonetheless, from the 1870s onwards, the increasing demarcation of country houses into separate male and female zones made the addition of a smoking room an attractive proposition, as, when grouped with a billiard room, a lavatory and perhaps a gun room, it formed part of a self-contained suite. Here, men could entertain themselves after dinner and enjoy not only a cigar or pipe, but also the sort of conversation from which women were excluded; the smoking room was a masculine retreat equivalent to the female domains of the morning room or boudoir.
In their decoration, most smoking rooms followed the tradition of rooms thought of as masculine spaces—not just billiard rooms, but also libraries, which were often, as Kerr points out, 'primarily a sort of Morning-room for gentlemen rather than anything else'. Although accounts of smoking rooms focus on newly built houses, most were in old houses and converted from other uses. For example, COUNTRY LIFE's 1927 photographs of Easton Neston show a first-floor panelled drawing room in use as a smoking room; it could just as easily be a small library.
The smoking room at Easton Neston. The room retains the wall linings and cornices of Nicholas Hawksmoor, who designed the house in 1702. The chimneypiece is a later 18th century addition.
The ideal model in most men's minds for such rooms was probably the increasingly luxurious smoking rooms provided by London clubs. It is doubtful whether they cared much about the advice given in books on interior decoration that proliferated from late in the century, which stressed issues of hygiene and smells. For example, in The English Home (second edition, 1911), B. F. and H. P. Fletcher recommended that smoking- room ceilings should be enameled metal, so that the residue of smoke can be cleaned off 'with a damp cloth'.
Some owners did indeed exclude textiles from smoking rooms as much as possible, to avoid lingering odours. The en-suite billiard and smoking rooms at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster, were fitted out, in the words of The Builder in 1880, with 'wainscoted dados, with dark oak panels. The ceilings are also of wainscot, and the walls are hung with stamped leather. The floors are of parquet'. Just a few country-house smoking houses eschewed such masculine reserve.
Although the form of the Summer Smoking Room at Cardiff Castle is Gothic, the way of life it served was Eastern: its low divans, Turkish carpets and hookahs were typical of a long-standing European association between Islamic cultures and sensuous pleasure, seen as much in the Victorian Turkish bath as the smoking room. Both also, by implication at least, drew on Islamic traditions of strict separation between the sexes. One embodiment of this is the smoking room built for Sir Richard Wallace at Hertford House, London W1, in 1872–5. Only a fragment of its original decoration survived the conversion of the building into the Wallace Collection, but this is enough to convey the luxuriously colourful effect of its walls, lined with Minton's imitations of Iznik tiles. The room was unusually large, reflecting the parallel social lives that Wallace was forced to lead because his demimondaine wife was not received in Society. In his smoking room, which had a separate entrance onto the street at the side of the house, his male peers could be entertained in private.
Even Wallace's room was outdone for splendour by the Alhambra Room at Rhinefield House in the New Forest, built in 1888–90. It was commissioned by Lt and Mrs Walker-Munro— her family's colliery fortune paid for the house—partly as a memento of a visit to the Alhambra. Designed by W. H. Romaine-Walker, this enchanting English tribute to Islamic architecture is characteristic of his masterly handling of historic styles in combination with exotic materials—its octagonal dome is raised on marble pillars and the walls, covered in beaten copper, are inset with niches vaulted with honeycomb muqarnas.
The Rhinefield smoking room—well restored by the hotel that now occupies the house—is in a class of its own, but it represents a tradition to which many smoking rooms, such as Wallace's, alluded, even if only with a Turkish rug or tourist-trophy hookah. Their furniture could evoke more general cosmopolitan associations. A rare depiction of a domestic smoking room in use, a cartoon published in Punch in 1886, depicts men occupying a basket chair (on the left) and a folding campaign chair (on the right), pieces of furniture that, to Victorian eyes, would have given the room a colonial or military atmosphere.
That idea is supported by a detailed description of a smoking room's contents, 'In a Traveller's Smoking Room', published in All the Year Round in November 1892. 'It is not an ornate smoking room of the modern aesthetic pattern,' writes the anonymous author, adding 'valueless as are the contents… from a market point of view, to us, the collectors, they are priceless simply on account of the associations linked with each object.' The writer goes on to describe these assorted objects gathered on his foreign travels, including an Alpenstock, a Japanese pilgrim bell, a Zulu war shield, a Roman figurine and a rosary and crucifix from Mont-Saint-Michel.
This offers a modest context for the best-known surviving smoking room, that at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, fitted out in Renaissance style for Baron Ferdinand Rothschild. Part of a bachelors' wing, and designed to be en-suite with a new billiard room, it was completed in 1880. It had a practical function, for entertaining the growing number of single male guests staying at the house, in part a consequence of Baron Ferdinand's election to Parliament, but it had greater significance to him as the setting for his spectacular medieval and Renaissance goldsmiths' work and jewellery.
On his death in 1898, he bequeathed this collection to the British Museum, where, as the Waddesdon Bequest, it has recently been re-housed in a magnificent new gallery (Country Life, July 8, 2015). The model for the room was the Renaissance-style private museums in the Parisian hotels of Baron Ferdinand's French cousins, and no Englishman furnished his smoking room with so splendid a collection, but the pleasure Baron Ferdinand took in showing off his exquisite treasures was perhaps not very different in kind from the tales told by the author of 'In a Traveller's Smoking Room' about his humble souvenirs. In artistic terms, Waddesdon's smoking room is the final climax of the genre. As the increasing popularity of cigarettes from the 1880s onwards made smoking by women more socially acceptable, the smoking room began to drift into the main body of the house.
When Lutyens enlarged 18th-century Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire, in 1908–9, he added a smoking room in enfilade with the drawing room and on the same scale—it might have been more accurate to have called the drawing room 'the non-smoking room'. Soon, even this sort of arrangement seemed old-fashioned. In 1911, the Fletchers, in their book The English Home, quoted above, could say 'some people do not object to smoking in any part of the house'.
By the mid century, when about 80% of men and 40% of women smoked, almost nobody did and the smoking room faded away. Now that smoking is once again a much-disapproved of minority activity, might it be ready for a renaissance?


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#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <memory>
#include <set>

#include "api/call/transport.h"
#include "call/rtp_stream_receiver_controller.h"
#include "call/rtx_receive_stream.h"
#include "common_types.h"  // NOLINT(build/include)
#include "modules/rtp_rtcp/include/receive_statistics.h"
#include "modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_rtcp.h"
#include "modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_rtcp_defines.h"
#include "modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_packet_received.h"
#include "rtc_base/rate_limiter.h"
#include "test/gtest.h"

namespace webrtc {

const int kVideoNackListSize = 30;
const uint32_t kTestSsrc = 3456;
const uint32_t kTestRtxSsrc = kTestSsrc + 1;
const uint16_t kTestSequenceNumber = 2345;
const uint32_t kTestNumberOfPackets = 1350;
const int kTestNumberOfRtxPackets = 149;
const int kNumFrames = 30;
const int kPayloadType = 123;
const int kRtxPayloadType = 98;
const int64_t kMaxRttMs = 1000;

class VerifyingMediaStream : public RtpPacketSinkInterface {
 public:
  VerifyingMediaStream() {}

  void OnRtpPacket(const RtpPacketReceived& packet) override {
    if (!sequence_numbers_.empty())
      EXPECT_EQ(kTestSsrc, packet.Ssrc());

    sequence_numbers_.push_back(packet.SequenceNumber());
  }
  std::list<uint16_t> sequence_numbers_;
};

class RtxLoopBackTransport : public webrtc::Transport {
 public:
  explicit RtxLoopBackTransport(uint32_t rtx_ssrc)
      : count_(0),
        packet_loss_(0),
        consecutive_drop_start_(0),
        consecutive_drop_end_(0),
        rtx_ssrc_(rtx_ssrc),
        count_rtx_ssrc_(0),
        module_(NULL) {}

  void SetSendModule(RtpRtcp* rtpRtcpModule) {
    module_ = rtpRtcpModule;
  }

  void DropEveryNthPacket(int n) { packet_loss_ = n; }

  void DropConsecutivePackets(int start, int total) {
    consecutive_drop_start_ = start;
    consecutive_drop_end_ = start + total;
    packet_loss_ = 0;
  }

  bool SendRtp(const uint8_t* data,
               size_t len,
               const PacketOptions& options) override {
    count_++;
    RtpPacketReceived packet;
    if (!packet.Parse(data, len))
      return false;
    if (packet.Ssrc() == rtx_ssrc_) {
      count_rtx_ssrc_++;
    } else {
      // For non-RTX packets only.
      expected_sequence_numbers_.insert(expected_sequence_numbers_.end(),
                                        packet.SequenceNumber());
    }
    if (packet_loss_ > 0) {
      if ((count_ % packet_loss_) == 0) {
        return true;
      }
    } else if (count_ >= consecutive_drop_start_ &&
               count_ < consecutive_drop_end_) {
      return true;
    }
    EXPECT_TRUE(stream_receiver_controller_.OnRtpPacket(packet));
    return true;
  }

  bool SendRtcp(const uint8_t* data, size_t len) override {
    module_->IncomingRtcpPacket((const uint8_t*)data, len);
    return true;
  }
  int count_;
  int packet_loss_;
  int consecutive_drop_start_;
  int consecutive_drop_end_;
  uint32_t rtx_ssrc_;
  int count_rtx_ssrc_;
  RtpRtcp* module_;
  RtpStreamReceiverController stream_receiver_controller_;
  std::set<uint16_t> expected_sequence_numbers_;
};

class RtpRtcpRtxNackTest : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
  RtpRtcpRtxNackTest()
      : rtp_rtcp_module_(nullptr),
        transport_(kTestRtxSsrc),
        rtx_stream_(&media_stream_,
                    rtx_associated_payload_types_,
                    kTestSsrc),
        payload_data_length(sizeof(payload_data)),
        fake_clock(123456),
        retransmission_rate_limiter_(&fake_clock, kMaxRttMs) {}
  ~RtpRtcpRtxNackTest() {}

  void SetUp() override {
    RtpRtcp::Configuration configuration;
    configuration.audio = false;
    configuration.clock = &fake_clock;
    receive_statistics_.reset(ReceiveStatistics::Create(&fake_clock));
    configuration.receive_statistics = receive_statistics_.get();
    configuration.outgoing_transport = &transport_;
    configuration.retransmission_rate_limiter = &retransmission_rate_limiter_;
    rtp_rtcp_module_ = RtpRtcp::CreateRtpRtcp(configuration);

    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetSSRC(kTestSsrc);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetRTCPStatus(RtcpMode::kCompound);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetStorePacketsStatus(true, 600);
    EXPECT_EQ(0, rtp_rtcp_module_->SetSendingStatus(true));
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetSequenceNumber(kTestSequenceNumber);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetStartTimestamp(111111);

    // Used for NACK processing.
    // TODO(nisse): Unclear on which side? It's confusing to use a
    // single rtp_rtcp module for both send and receive side.
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetRemoteSSRC(kTestSsrc);

    rtp_rtcp_module_->RegisterVideoSendPayload(kPayloadType, "video");
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetRtxSendPayloadType(kRtxPayloadType, kPayloadType);
    transport_.SetSendModule(rtp_rtcp_module_);
    media_receiver_ = transport_.stream_receiver_controller_.CreateReceiver(
        kTestSsrc, &media_stream_);

    for (size_t n = 0; n < payload_data_length; n++) {
      payload_data[n] = n % 10;
    }
  }

  int BuildNackList(uint16_t* nack_list) {
    media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.sort();
    std::list<uint16_t> missing_sequence_numbers;
    std::list<uint16_t>::iterator it = media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.begin();

    while (it != media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.end()) {
      uint16_t sequence_number_1 = *it;
      ++it;
      if (it != media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.end()) {
        uint16_t sequence_number_2 = *it;
        // Add all missing sequence numbers to list
        for (uint16_t i = sequence_number_1 + 1; i < sequence_number_2; ++i) {
          missing_sequence_numbers.push_back(i);
        }
      }
    }
    int n = 0;
    for (it = missing_sequence_numbers.begin();
         it != missing_sequence_numbers.end(); ++it) {
      nack_list[n++] = (*it);
    }
    return n;
  }

  bool ExpectedPacketsReceived() {
    std::list<uint16_t> received_sorted;
    std::copy(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.begin(),
              media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.end(),
              std::back_inserter(received_sorted));
    received_sorted.sort();
    return received_sorted.size() ==
               transport_.expected_sequence_numbers_.size() &&
           std::equal(received_sorted.begin(), received_sorted.end(),
                      transport_.expected_sequence_numbers_.begin());
  }

  void RunRtxTest(RtxMode rtx_method, int loss) {
    rtx_receiver_ = transport_.stream_receiver_controller_.CreateReceiver(
        kTestRtxSsrc, &rtx_stream_);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetRtxSendStatus(rtx_method);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SetRtxSsrc(kTestRtxSsrc);
    transport_.DropEveryNthPacket(loss);
    uint32_t timestamp = 3000;
    uint16_t nack_list[kVideoNackListSize];
    for (int frame = 0; frame < kNumFrames; ++frame) {
      EXPECT_TRUE(rtp_rtcp_module_->SendOutgoingData(
          webrtc::kVideoFrameDelta, kPayloadType, timestamp, timestamp / 90,
          payload_data, payload_data_length, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr));
      // Min required delay until retransmit = 5 + RTT ms (RTT = 0).
      fake_clock.AdvanceTimeMilliseconds(5);
      int length = BuildNackList(nack_list);
      if (length > 0)
        rtp_rtcp_module_->SendNACK(nack_list, length);
      fake_clock.AdvanceTimeMilliseconds(28);  //  33ms - 5ms delay.
      rtp_rtcp_module_->Process();
      // Prepare next frame.
      timestamp += 3000;
    }
    media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.sort();
  }

  void TearDown() override { delete rtp_rtcp_module_; }

  std::unique_ptr<ReceiveStatistics> receive_statistics_;
  RtpRtcp* rtp_rtcp_module_;
  RtxLoopBackTransport transport_;
  const std::map<int, int> rtx_associated_payload_types_ =
      {{kRtxPayloadType, kPayloadType}};
  VerifyingMediaStream media_stream_;
  RtxReceiveStream rtx_stream_;
  uint8_t payload_data[65000];
  size_t payload_data_length;
  SimulatedClock fake_clock;
  RateLimiter retransmission_rate_limiter_;
  std::unique_ptr<RtpStreamReceiverInterface> media_receiver_;
  std::unique_ptr<RtpStreamReceiverInterface> rtx_receiver_;
};

TEST_F(RtpRtcpRtxNackTest, LongNackList) {
  const int kNumPacketsToDrop = 900;
  const int kNumRequiredRtcp = 4;
  uint32_t timestamp = 3000;
  uint16_t nack_list[kNumPacketsToDrop];
  // Disable StorePackets to be able to set a larger packet history.
  rtp_rtcp_module_->SetStorePacketsStatus(false, 0);
  // Enable StorePackets with a packet history of 2000 packets.
  rtp_rtcp_module_->SetStorePacketsStatus(true, 2000);
  // Drop 900 packets from the second one so that we get a NACK list which is
  // big enough to require 4 RTCP packets to be fully transmitted to the sender.
  transport_.DropConsecutivePackets(2, kNumPacketsToDrop);
  // Send 30 frames which at the default size is roughly what we need to get
  // enough packets.
  for (int frame = 0; frame < kNumFrames; ++frame) {
    EXPECT_TRUE(rtp_rtcp_module_->SendOutgoingData(
        webrtc::kVideoFrameDelta, kPayloadType, timestamp, timestamp / 90,
        payload_data, payload_data_length, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr));
    // Prepare next frame.
    timestamp += 3000;
    fake_clock.AdvanceTimeMilliseconds(33);
    rtp_rtcp_module_->Process();
  }
  EXPECT_FALSE(transport_.expected_sequence_numbers_.empty());
  EXPECT_FALSE(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.empty());
  size_t last_receive_count = media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.size();
  int length = BuildNackList(nack_list);
  for (int i = 0; i < kNumRequiredRtcp - 1; ++i) {
    rtp_rtcp_module_->SendNACK(nack_list, length);
    EXPECT_GT(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.size(), last_receive_count);
    last_receive_count = media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.size();
    EXPECT_FALSE(ExpectedPacketsReceived());
  }
  rtp_rtcp_module_->SendNACK(nack_list, length);
  EXPECT_GT(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.size(), last_receive_count);
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExpectedPacketsReceived());
}

TEST_F(RtpRtcpRtxNackTest, RtxNack) {
  RunRtxTest(kRtxRetransmitted, 10);
  EXPECT_EQ(kTestSequenceNumber, *(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.begin()));
  EXPECT_EQ(kTestSequenceNumber + kTestNumberOfPackets - 1,
            *(media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.rbegin()));
  EXPECT_EQ(kTestNumberOfPackets, media_stream_.sequence_numbers_.size());
  EXPECT_EQ(kTestNumberOfRtxPackets, transport_.count_rtx_ssrc_);
  EXPECT_TRUE(ExpectedPacketsReceived());
}

}  // namespace webrtc

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HTC Shift X9501 software update to enable GPS through Telenav in SnapVUE
June 25, 2008 October 2, 2012 Jenn K. Lee 4 Comments HTC
There's been a bit of confusion about whether or not the HTC Shift actually has functional GPS housed in it, particularly after the curious listing found at eXpansys last week, so I'd like to take a moment now to break it all down and clarify what's going on.
I'm not sure about the X9000 (CDMA version), but the X9500 (GSM version) has always had GPS on the Qualcomm chipset used to run the SnapVUE/Windows Mobile side of things. The GPS module was discovered by xda-developers a long time ago, but as of today, cooked ROMs with GPS drivers that would allow the module to actually be used are still not available. GPS has been successfully enabled in the past, but not to the extent where Shift owners are swarming the boards to turn their devices into in-car navigation systems.
But even when/if this becomes possible, the hacking method would hardly be sanctioned by HTC and GPS still wouldn't work out of the box.
That's where the HTC Shift X9501 comes in. It was announced by Rogers Wireless, a carrier in Canada, last month but was largely ignored (presumably because most people just thought the story was that the Shift could now be purchased in Canada, which is great news for Canadians but not exactly ground-breaking for others). What those of us who glossed over the press release missed, however, was this important detail:
Additionally, Rogers and HTC will deliver a software update to customers within three months, which will enable GPS connectivity and robust map and navigation capabilities through TeleNav.
This is in keeping with what HTC told eXpansys after last week's confusion:
The UMTS units DO have GPS. BUT – GPS ONLY works for TeleNav in SnapVUE. GPS does NOT work in Vista. The UMTS devices (X9501) are the only devices in the world with GPS enabled in SnapVUE.
The GPS capability of the X9501 is also listed on the specs sheet (PDF) available on the Switch Off, Stay Connected official Shift website:
Whether a GPS module actually exists in the X9000, it seems clear from its specs sheet (PDF) that a software update will not be issued to enable it.
The lingering question in my mind is whether the update will be available for the X9500 (the version I have). And has the X9500 been replaced by the X9501? Only the X9000 and X9501 are listed on the Switch Off, Stay Connected website.
If you're enticed by the GPS update and want to be sure it becomes available to you, eXpansys is selling the X9501 now for $1565.
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