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Unity & HERE: Cutting-Edge Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Helping Evolve the Driver Experience
Yao Zhai, senior product manager, and Derek Burrows, senior product marketing manager at Unity, discuss a unique partnership with HERE Technologies to create the 3D dashboard of the future through the development of LUXIA.
Unity LUXIA and HERE Technologies's futuristic in-car information and infotainment dashboard. Its 3D wide-screen display could control air conditioning, handle location services, parking availability, and receive traffic information
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Chipsets in cars are being updated to ensure the performance and connectivity we expect from mobile devices. A new paradigm of software-defined vehicles has been introduced and accepted to be the industry norm. However, until recently, the in-car user experience driven by software improvements has struggled to keep pace.
HERE Technologies and Unity development partnership leverages the strengths of both parties, to provide drivers with richer driver experiences.
Ahead of the game in advanced driver assistance systems
Unity is the leading provider of real-time 3D (RT3D) solutions that is turning its innovation towards creating products for the business sector. "Unity is a company that's all about, empowering creators," says Derek Burrows, senior product marketing manager. "It's done so in the gaming industry for decades now, but we have skills that are easily transferred to other markets. – Unity has seen them explode in the last couple of years."
Derek Burrows, senior product marketing manager, Unity
Unity is well-known for its leadership in the mobile gaming sector. Approximately 72% of the top 1,000 mobile games are powered by the Unity engine, while it also maintains a dominant position in powering augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) experiences. "The core of our technology is a real-time 3D platform, which lets you build experiences in real-time without having to render. You can play it as you're building it," says Burrows.
"The visuals in cars have stagnated for a little while," says Burrows. Unity can focus the innovation it brought to mobile gaming to bring us a more fulfilling automotive experience. Typically, Unity workflows translate particularly well to the world of the human-machine interface (HMI).
"We have a huge opportunity in automotive HMI," says Burrows. "One of our unique selling points is combining that high-visual fidelity – those beautiful experiences – with our leadership in mobile deployments and deployments to lower powered chipsets.
" Frequently, you're not putting a 3090 [a graphics card with an exceptionally powerful graphics processing unit] in your car; you aren't running the latest graphics, hardware, and the highest quality chips, so you have to find the right balance of system on a chip and an automotive operating system that works."
Because Unity has been so effective at optimising its experiences for different screens, processors, and graphical capabilities, it is well-suited to the world of embedded deployment and building those experiences on any hardware and software combination that can be thrown at it.
Yao Zhai, senior product manager, Unity
Step forward Yao Zhai, senior product manager for Unity's human machine interface (HMI) business. Since he joined the company four years ago he has been focusing on "getting Unity into any type of embedded systems," with cars, of course, being one of the major market segments Unity felt could benefit from its considerable powers.
It meant a partnership with leading mapping and location data company HERE Technologies quickly became a perfect fit. The companies first began working together in 2019 to develop a proof-of-concept demo that would become LUXIA, a cutting-edge, but entirely user-friendly 3D dashboard infotainment system that embodies the next generation of in-vehicle entertainment and navigation, powered by HERE's 3D city data.
Mapping a course for the future
"We met for the first time at the CES® show. Unity is a market leader in real-time 3D in the mobile gaming world, so HERE had already adopted us for demoing their 3D maps, but, when we saw the demo they showed us at the show, it was really stunning – an astounding 3D city, based on real data from San Francisco," says Zhai.
That moment triggered a partnership and Unity's continued growth in the automotive industry. "We thought, 'Nice looking high-fidelity 3D maps and automotive…. What can we do with that?' The first thing that popped up in our minds was a 3D navigation application," says Zhai.
A 3D navigation use case project commenced in March 2019. It took three Unity engineers six months to complete the proof of concept. One of the main challenges, says Zhai, was importing the massive 3D datasets HERE had collated for the city of San Francisco and loading that into the memory of a relatively low-end device in terms of its capacity. "We're not using a beefy game PC to load everything. We had to challenge ourselves by using real automotive hardware that could still load big datasets so we can render with high fidelity and multiple levels of details."
Another major challenge using this type of navigation mode was thinking through the user journey and how to leverage the 3D information presented in combination with real-time rendering technology and a high-fidelity map to make the journey better. "We needed to improve the driver experience, by presenting certain information at a certain time," says Zhai.
"If you look at the latest Mercedes EQS series, for example, it uses huge displays in the cars – you feel the contents of every pixel. So, leveraging real-time 3D technologies is the driving factor that is demanding manufacturers to introduce this kind of innovation.
So, where does Zhai see the next-generation HMI with state-of-the-art rendering capabilities heading? "I foresee more content being introduced into the cars. When Elon Musk tweeted that they were 'porting Unity', they were introducing new games via Tesla Arcade [the newly launched Tesla gaming computer, unveiled in the new Model S and Model X]. It's a game hub for its drivers, with more entertaining content and a more user-friendly interface for innovation such as advanced driver assistance systems and AD [autonomous driving] technologies," he says.
This, says Zhai, helps to make driver interaction with new technology easier and safer. It also clinches the buying decision, in his opinion, "It's not the ADAS and AD technology that sells a car and sells the technology, it's the user interface [UI] that sells it. When you see the UI then you know what the technology really is."
LUXIA is essentially broken down into three segments. A traditional infotainment application, a main navigation element, and finally an ADAS 'auto pilot' segment. The latter can boast a new lane-level advanced driver assistance systems rendering. HERE Lanes uses location intelligence to enhance a car's sensors, helping the vehicle find and stay in the correct lane and providing the driver with detailed lane-level visual guidance. "It's 'micro-navigation'," says Zhai.
LUXIA's adaptive means the 3D display can be used for screens of different sizes and adapted for both high-end vehicles and those of a more affordable level with a more basic display
"Let's say you need to change to the right-most lane; with this technology you can smoothly accept the route, knowing what's upcoming. This type of manoeuvre and navigation can only be done with this kind of high-fidelity map. It can warn you if there is another car coming up behind you, making your navigation much safer."
Presenting information selectively is also critical. When a driver begins a journey, and there is still plenty of distance to their destination, they can use LUXIA to zoom out and get an overall view of the journey. When they get closer, the driver can zoom in, and see much more detailed, real-world information to benefit them – for example, when a driver needs to find a parking spot in a city centre, the micro-level navigation can show which specific basement in a parking facility is available.
LUXIA's adaptive means the 3D display can be used for screens of different sizes and adapted for both high-end vehicles and those of a more affordable level with a more basic display. "One of Unity's strengths is we're able to also adjust our virtual cameras that are capturing the navigation images and then basically render them in front of the driver. So, the resolution of the camera can be adjusted according to the screen resolution," says Zhai.
There is, says Zhai, huge, untapped potential for powering dynamic infotainment immersive augmented geospatial and media experiences all integrated into this seamless, seamless kind of user experience. The potential is there now, he says, to introduce, for the first time, so-called 'geolocation-based' services. LUXIA can provide basic level navigation, but it can also be overlayed with additional data, such as information from shopping centres, parking lots, or even coffee shops via Yelp, for example, on a real-time basis.
HERE and Unity's collaborative relationship has produced outstanding results, says Zhai. "With both of our offerings, it's a really good match. HERE is dominant in the navigation space, especially for the automotive industry, and has these huge, detailed datasets of cities and highways and all kinds of geographic information. That really complements Unity's high-end, highly scalable rendering technology. By combining the strengths, we have enabled a lot of very innovative applications."
And that feeling is entirely mutual. "Unity's leadership in real-time 3D technology [RT3D] led us to quickly develop a joint IVI proof-of-concept that is created on Unity's platform and features 3D data from HERE to showcase what can be achieved with the addition of HMI workflow design improvements," says Ronak Amin, product marketing manager for Connected Driving at HERE Technologies.
"Unity's RT3D rendering capabilities complement the suite of HERE-connected vehicle solutions for the next generation of automotive HMIs, which are critical to consumer expectations."
According to Amin, a winning partnership such as this makes for an exceptionally bright future for dynamic infotainment. "The next generation of in-vehicle experiences will move toward digital cockpits, with multiple screens, seamlessly delivering vehicle information and next-generation infotainment to passengers. As the leading location platform company serving the global automotive industry, HERE can continue to partner with companies such as Unity to build the future of connected vehicles and in-vehicle experiences."


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Report: Mobile Apps and Games Have Impressive Quarter
By Rob Scott
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By Debra Kaufman
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Epic Opens Digital Store with Favorable Split for Publishers
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Huawei Ban Is Likely to Impact Phone Sales and Chip Firms
The U.S. government banned Huawei Technologies to target the company's 5G telecom equipment, but it's also had the unintended consequence of crippling the Chinese company's smartphone business. Huawei is the manufacturer of the world's No. 2 smartphone, and its business will likely be affected without access to components and software. The ban is also expected to impact other companies, including U.S.-based Broadcom, which says it will suffer a $2 billion hit from not being able to sell to Huawei. Meanwhile, Huawei has made it known that it would invest heavily in countries that welcome its products. Continue reading Huawei Ban Is Likely to Impact Phone Sales and Chip Firms
VOD Platform Inks Licensing Deals With Hollywood Studios
Los Angeles-based startup ROW8 has signed licensing deals with Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. as part of its strategy to compete with transactional VOD offerings from the likes of Apple and Amazon. The streaming movie service, which launched last year with foreign and indie titles, is now targeting mainstream audiences with library titles and new releases from major Hollywood studios. It is taking an industry standard approach with $5.99 new-release rentals and $2.99-$3.99 catalog titles, but is also adding a feature that offers customers the ability to receive future credits for movie rentals they did not enjoy. Continue reading VOD Platform Inks Licensing Deals With Hollywood Studios
Amazon's AI-Enabled StyleSnap Is Ideal for Fashion Market
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Apple Reinstates Kid Controls, App Developers File Lawsuit
Apple abruptly reversed a decision made a year ago to remove iPhone apps that use one of two technologies to allow parents to control their children's use of Apple devices. The company revealed its move to allow parental controls in a short blog post on its website. The reversal comes on the heels of news that the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are scrutinizing Silicon Valley tech companies for antitrust behavior. App developers filed a lawsuit in California accusing Apple of monopolizing app distribution. Continue reading Apple Reinstates Kid Controls, App Developers File Lawsuit
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IGTV Shifts Model From Exclusively Offering Vertical Video
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Evaluation of interferon gamma release assay using mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG vaccinated population of Kelantan, Malaysia
Hajar Fauzan, Ahmad (2013) Evaluation of interferon gamma release assay using mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG vaccinated population of Kelantan, Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
Evaluation of interferon gamma release assay using mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in BCG vaccinated population of Kelantan, Malaysia.pdf
Although Malaysia is an intermediate tuberculosis (TB) burden country, the absolute number of new cases has been increasing recently. Improvement in early diagnosis followed by efficient chemotherapy is the major control strategy for TB. Currently, T-cell based interferon-gamma release assays using Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) antigens from QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assays have shown unclear values in terms of sensitivity and specificity in the diagnoses of active pulmonary and latent TB infections. For this study, two MTB antigens known as VacIII and Ubi-VacIII were evaluated for their diagnostic potential based on dynamic T-cell responses among BCG-vaccinated populations were investigated. Thirty-six patients with active pulmonary TB and 38 healthy controls (HC) from a selected hospital in Kelantan, Malaysia were recruited and tested by using gold standard assays and IGRA. The sensitivity and specificity of QFT-GIT, VacIII and Ubi-VacIII antigens among BCG vaccinated population were 30.4% and 88.9%, 47.8% and 55.6%, and 30.4% and 18.5%, respectively. Even though the overall agreement between IGRA and the gold standards assays showed fairly poor correlation (K values=0.320), the T-cell responses against the antigens were considered statistically significant (P<0.001).' In conclusion, all the 3 antigens were unable to discriminate between TB and HC due to high variability of the sensitivities and specificities they demonstrated. As compared to VacIII and UbiVaclll, QFT-GIT showed better specificity however its low sensitivity was expected due to the fact that the TB7.7 antigen is absent in clinical MTB strains of South East Asia.
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Tuberculosis Microbiology; Tuberculosis Pathogenesis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenicity; Tuberculosis physiopathology


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Mamata Banerjee cancels Nandigram rally as main organiser Akhil Giri tests Covid-19 positive
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rally, which was scheduled to be held on Jan 7 in Nandigram, has been cancelled as the ruling Trinamool Congress' chief organiser in the constituency, Akhil Giri, has tested Covid-19 positive.


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In addition to networking and panel discussion events, ABI.Chicago's signature program, the Learn A Language Series, teaches Intro & Intermediate programming in multiple languages to adults. And because it's their 30th anniversary, they are especially excited about the Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando in October. Plus, many of the chapters including Chicago will have Viewing Parties. So take a look at the website and the upcoming events. Membership is free. There are currently 20 global chapters so one of them is probably close to you!


Since the arrival of HTC's Thunderbolt there have been a number of issues raised surrounding the handsets battery life, with some users stating that they are only getting around 2.5 hours when using the device on LTE.
With all the hype and expectation surrounding this Android smartphone before its release, it is a shame that the battery issue was not resolved first. We did an article surrounding the problems Thunderbolt users were experiencing, in which we invited owners to give us feedback on any battery life issues they had, the feedback does not read well for the HTC Thunderbolt — see article here.
Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt will most definitely not win any prizes in the longetivity department judging by the response from users of the device. The guys at Mobile.Engadget have indicated that they mentioned a while back, about a Qi-compatible inductive back for this handset. However, since their article the Verizon store has stripped the picture and $39 price tag from the link, with a part now named "ThunderBolttrade Inductive Battery Cover." in its place.
The article by Mobile.Engadget via MobileBurn goes on to indicate that Verizon may offer the inductive back as some sort of trade-in deal. If you are the owner of a HTC Thunderbolt and some sort of trade-in deal is offered regarding the inductive back, please let us know below.
Please note that we offer a few solutions to the battery life nightmare that some Thunderbolt owners are experiencing, in the way of extended batteries: iSound Portable Backup 8000mAh Battery, Seidio Innocell 1600mAh Slim Battery and 2750mAh Extended Battery & Cover.


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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is speedily disrupting the insurance industry. It's advancing and revamping how insurers can deliver when it comes to claims services. The entire claims ecosystem, consisting of third-party administrators and carriers, with time is coming to understand the relevance of AI when it comes to reimagining the entire customer experience.
There are different types of AI – natural language understanding (NLU), computational linguistics, conversational AI, and neural networks, in their different levels of maturity.
AI helps to combine domain expertise, efficient and specialised technology tools for an adept credit underwriting process.
Chronicling the end-to-end customer journey becomes critical, from both the carrier as well as the insured perspective. Using AI for loss inspection or claims set-up is important in the context of the claims journey for ensuring it's connected with other processes and ensures the customer gets a seamless experience.
Operational alignment is essential in the entire claims value chain. As AI advances, claims professionals with reasoning skills as well as domain expertise will play a very important role in ensuring its success. Immature AI engines might often have to rely on these staff when it comes to handling exception paths, failures, and nurture the system for meeting the potential, depending on the context of the individual business problem that it's trying to solve.
AI depends on a formidable foundation, which requires building, maintaining the accuracy, and being developed slowly and steadily extensively over a time period. This includes an assembling of data types, extending from text to media, estimate data, and loss of report that are crucial for computer vision.
But as the volume of data expands, so does the force to connect its insights. Combining the outputs of AI with other external and internal and data sets, for example, telematics devices helps to earn richer data and even improved insights that might be important for action. The systems that house data, as well as the necessary infrastructural needs, have to be completely customer-centric and accessible for handling the mounting myriad of communications across the lifecycle.
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The President is elected by the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, and is usually the leader of the largest party, which has been the African National Congress since the first non-racial elections were held on 27 April 1994. The Constitution limits the president's time in office to two five-year terms. The first president to be elected under the new constitution was Nelson Mandela. The incumbent is Cyril Ramaphosa, who was elected by the National Assembly on 15 February 2018 following the resignation of Jacob Zuma.
Under the interim constitution (valid from 1994 to 1996), there was a Government of National Unity, in which a Member of Parliament (MP) from the largest opposition party was entitled to a position as Deputy President. Along with Thabo Mbeki, the last State President, F. W. de Klerk also served as Deputy President, in his capacity as the leader of the National Party which was the second-largest party in the new Parliament. But De Klerk later resigned and went into opposition with his party. A voluntary coalition government continues to exist under the new constitution (adopted in 1996), although there have been no appointments of opposition politicians to the post of Deputy President.
The Union of South Africa, a British Dominion, was established on 31 May 1910 with the British monarch as titular head of state, represented by a viceroy, the Governor-General.
Upon the declaration of the Republic of South Africa on 31 May 1961, the office of State President was created. It was originally a ceremonial post, but became an executive post in 1984 when a new constitution abolished the post of Prime Minister and transferred its powers to the State President.
South Africa has a distinctive system for the election of its president. Unlike other former British colonies and dominions who have adopted a parliamentary republican form of government and those that follow the Westminster system, South Africa's President is both head of state and head of government and Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Contrary to presidential systems around the world, the President of South Africa is elected by the Parliament of South Africa rather than by the people directly. He is thus answerable to it in theory and able to influence legislation in practice as head of the majority party (presently the ANC).
The President is elected at the first sitting of Parliament after an election, and whenever a vacancy arises. The President is elected by the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, from among its members. The chief justice must oversee the election. Once elected, a person is no longer a member of the National Assembly. They must then be sworn in as President within five days of the election. Should a vacancy arise, the date of a new election must be set by the chief justice, but not more than 30 days after the vacancy occurs.
Although the presidency is the key institution, it is hedged about with numerous checks and balances that prevent its total dominance over the government, as was the case in many African countries. The presidential term is five years, with a limit of two terms. Thus the electoral system attempts (at least on paper) to prevent the accumulation of power in the president as was during Apartheid or in many other African countries.
The President is the head of state, head of government and commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. The rights, responsibilities and remuneration of the President are enumerated in Chapter V of the Constitution of South Africa and subsequent amendments and laws passed by the Parliament of South Africa.
The executive powers of the Republic are vested in the President. He appoints various officials to positions listed in the Constitution however the most significant are the ministers and justices of the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court. Through the Cabinet, the President implements and enforces the constitution and laws and enforces his or her political objectives. Judges are appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission.
The third post-apartheid President of South Africa. He was elected following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki and briefly served before being succeeded by Jacob Zuma, who later appointed Motlanthe deputy president.
The fourth post-apartheid President of South Africa. Presided over the centennial celebration of the ANC in 2015 as well as the death of Nelson Mandela in 2013. With less than a year before his term were to expire, Zuma resigned on 14 February 2018 following the demands of the ANC that Zuma should resign, or risk facing a successful vote of no confidence in the National Assembly.
The fifth post-apartheid President of South Africa. He was elected following the resignation of Jacob Zuma.
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You know it is forbidden, but sometimes it's so hard to resist. You hear that chime from your pocket or the cup holder and you want to look. You know you shouldn't but what if it's something important, like breaking news on the status of your fantasy football running back or an update on what that person you kind of knew in high school is having for lunch. You can't resist: You reach for your cell phone and seconds later you see flashing lights in your rearview mirror. The temptations are so great and Connecticut knows that. That is why Connecticut has become one of the many states to enact legislation making it illegal to text (or use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) and drive.
All drivers, regardless of age, are banned from texting while driving. A recent change in Connecticut law amended the definition of driving to include instances when a driver is temporarily stopped at a traffic light or stop sign. If people are found guilty of texting while driving, they can face a fine ranging from $100 to $200 depending on the frequency of the offense.
In addition, if the offender is a teenaged driver, a first offense will carry a 30-day license suspension and all subsequent offenses carry a suspension of six months or until the teen driver reaches 18, whichever is longer.


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The Vyne Community School is a coeducational community school in Basingstoke, England for young people aged 11–16, and still occupies the site of the former Queen Mary's School for Boys, in Vyne Road, Basingstoke. It is a specialist school for the Performing Arts.

History
The school was created out of the merger of two pre-existing schools, Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke a selective grammar school, also known as QMSB, and Charles Chute Secondary Modern School, which occurred in 1970. Initially the school was known as Queen Mary's & Charles Chute School, and was the result of the U.K. Government's policy in the 1960s to make all maintained (state funded) schools comprehensive. In the first instance the school remained a single sex institution, becoming coeducational in 1971–72. The name "Queen Mary's" was later transferred to the  Queen Mary's College, a Sixth Form College, in Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke. The school was thereupon renamed The Vyne School, in commemoration of the links that both schools had to The Vyne, a property owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, former home of the Sandys and Chute families, just north of Basingstoke.

In 1997 The School was used as a filming location in the LGBT Coming of age film  Get Real (film)

Facilities
The Vyne is the only school in Basingstoke to have a Combined Cadet Force (CCF).

Notable alumni
 Kit Symons - Professional association football manager and former Welsh international footballer. Former manager of Crystal Palace, Colchester United and Fulham.
 Steve Hewlett - Professional ventriloquist and Britain's Got Talent finalist.
 Monty Don - British broadcaster and  lead presenter of the BBC gardening television series Gardeners' World since 2003.

External links
 http://www.vyne.hants.sch.uk/
 http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-thevyne

Schools in Basingstoke
Secondary schools in Hampshire
Community schools in Hampshire
Educational institutions established in 1970

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A cushion for workforce during time of Covid-19
8 April 2020 by Michael Bagraim
The 21-day lockdown which began on March 26 is set to end on April 16, but we have no ways of knowing whether it will be extended.
Certain employees are exempted such as health workers both in the public and private sector, emergency personnel, security services, people involved in production, distribution and supply of food and basic goods, essential banking services, maintenance of power, water and telecoms, laboratory services and the provisions of medical and hygiene products.
All employees will require the UI19 and the UI2.7 forms to be completed by the employer. There is an application form UI2.1 and a UI2.8 completed by a bank.
The employer must confirm the company's shutdown with a temporary lay-off, there must also be a copy of the employees identity documents. Staff cannot claim both the R3500 (National Disaster Benefit) and UIF at the same time.
They can claim illness benefits if quarantined for 14 days. This can be claimed once there is a confirmation letter from both the employer and the employee asking for the special leave (this will take the place of a medical certificate).
If, however, the employee is quarantined for longer than 14 days, a medical certificate must be submitted with the continuation form UI3.
The Cape Town mailbox is capet.BCP@labour.gov.za, fax 0864397300.
For Joburg, it is Johannesburg.BCP@labour.gov.za, phone number 0864397294.
For Pretoria, it is Pretoria.BCP@labour.gov.za, 086 439 7290.
Port Elizabeth is portelizabeth.BCP@labour.gov.za, phone number is 0864397298 and
Durban is durban.BCP@labour.gov.za and 0864397297.
There are also rapid-response teams who can assist companies in the processing of claims for retrenchments of more than 50 employees. There will be teams in each province.
All the forms can be downloaded from the Department of Employment and Labour website (www.labour.gov.za)
The Western Cape Business Unit manager is Tony Lamati on 0214418054, call Dingaan Basimane (Gauteng) on 0118530303, Gugu Khomo (KwaZulu-Natal) on 0313662012 and Philiswa Madikazi (Eastern Cape) on 0437013342.
The Compensation Fund has also been set up to deal with the virus. Payment for temporary total disablement shall be made for as long as such disablement continues, but not for a period exceeding 30 days. The commissioner has a right to review the cases.
In the event of permanent disablement, the commissioner has a right to assess each case on merit. Online claims must be made through a Compensation Fund: CompEassy (www.labour.gov.za). Manual claims can be emailed to covid19claims@labour.gov.za or call 0860105350.
Section 12(1B); Reduced Work Time: There is a claim which cam be made through UIF.
There is a temporary employer-employee relief scheme (Ters), which can help distressed companies if they meet the key requirements of the UIF. The company must show that it has been compliant with the UIF. Applications can be made under the Ters for wage subsidy. All application forms must be emailed to infoters@labour.gov.za or to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration via mosaB@ccma.org.za. The UIF fund will accept applications via email, fax and drop box.
The Minister of Labour has announced a period of reprieve for companies not to contribute to the UIF and said that the funds temporary employer/employee relief scheme can be used to avoid workers being laid off in the long term.
Workers in essential services must ensure that health and safety risk assessments are done on a regular basis to ensure a healthy workplace.
* Michael Bagraim is the DA's deputy spokesperson for Employment and Labour.
Source: IOL at https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/opinion/a-cushion-for-workforce-during-time-of-covid-19-45916790


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Home Theatre Theatre review: Newsies dances circles around its history lesson
Theatre review: Newsies dances circles around its history lesson
The original company of the North American tour of Disney's Newsies. © Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.
If the title didn't have the Disney name tacked onto the front of it, one could be forgiven in thinking that Newsies doesn't come to us from the company that Walt built.
While audiences will appreciate the history lesson of Newsies, it is the dancing and technical marvels that keep it engaging. But like any good story about newspapers, isn't it really about the headline: Extra! Extra! Newsies dances circles around its history lesson.
Not to say of course that it isn't mostly wholesome family fun, but this musical's major themes, and the true life story on which it is based, makes it as worthwhile seeing as this cast's athletic dancing.
What my theatre partner described last night as an all-male version of Annie, Newsies is a similar story of young New York orphans overcoming huge obstacles. This time however, it is a whole city filled with underage workers who are rescued from meagre wages and poor working conditions, rather than a single red head.
As the eventual newspaper (or 'papes' in the newsie vernacular) headline reads, this is a David and Goliath story. Barely eking out a living selling newspapers, when publishing baron Joseph Pulitzer decides to raise the wholesale price, the boys (and at least one girl on opening night) take action.
Based on the real-life newsboys' strike of 1899, the newsboys create their own union to force Pulitzer to roll back the price. Their quest has far bigger implications though, as the musical casts a wider net on the real-world problem of the time: the exploitation of child workers. That it also addresses the changing role of women in a male-dominated world at the turn of the century, is a bonus. While Disney doesn't necessarily shy away from tough topics in some of its other musical offerings, in Newsies it just feels more real. Sure there is dancing, singing, humour and the necessary love story, but it feels less watered down.
Alongside its history lesson, where Newsies really shines is with Christopher Gattelli's choreography, and the massive moveable set and projections designed by Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel.
After watching these young actors leaping, jumping and dancing across the stage, it is no wonder Christopher Gattelli walked away with a Tony Award in 2012. © Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer.
After watching these young actors leaping, jumping and dancing across the stage, it is no wonder Gattelli walked away with a Tony Award in 2012. And even while Gattelli's Tony was won on the backs of its original Broadway cast, this touring production's young dancers are up to the challenge.
At times more acrobatic than traditional dance, there are still wonderful moments of ballet, tap and ensemble showstoppers that are so filled with vitality that you'll be exhausted just watching them. Despite the workout, you'll be hard pressed to find a single young actor on stage breaking a sweat, or out of breath.
In our recent interview with stage manager Jeff Norman he let us in on a number of the secrets behind the show's set design, and it is indeed impressive.
From the massive 29 foot, seven plus ton pieces that effortlessly glide across stage, to the sprung floor that helps the cast with their gymnastic-style manoeuvers, this is one of the few traveling shows in recent memory to give the full-on Broadway experience. While the design may have been scaled back to fit in the smallest of the venues this particular tour plays, it is virtually the same as what was used during the sit down production in New York. Coupled with Ortel's varied projections, it is a marvel.
Dancing and technical aspects aside, there are also some nice performances from this likable cast. Joey Barreiro is endearing as Jack Kelly, the de facto newsboy leader who dreams of a better life, but it is David Michael Langton as his unwilling union brother who becomes the real heart of this show; even the sympathetic Crutchie, played by Andy Richardson, gets overshadowed by Langton. Turner Birthsiel is the very definition of precocious as the pint-sized Les who grows on you, and Steve Blanchard nails the blowhard Joseph Pulitzer.
As Jack's love interest, Katherine, Morgan Keene has a lovely voice, but her sarcastic delivery in the first half was at times grating. No doubt one of the showstoppers should come from theatre owner Medda Larkin's "That's Rich", but on opening night Aisha de Haan was a little underwhelming.
While audiences will appreciate the history lesson of Newsies, it is the dancing and technical marvels that keep it engaging. But like any good story about newspapers, isn't it really about the headline? Extra! Extra! Newsies dances circles around its history lesson.
Disney's Newsies with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Fierstein. Directed by Thomas Schumacher. A Disney Theatrical Productions presentation. On stage at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre until July 10. Visit http://vancouver.broadway.com for tickets and information.


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The Ant algorithm, inspired by the nature, is based on the capability of ants to locate the shortest path between their nest and the food source while searching for food. The Ant algorithm is an adaptive construction heuristic combined with a local search measure.
Thanks Jay, I know about network analyst and yes its based on some algorithms that can be helpful for optimal establishment of firestations across city. But I was wondering if anyone here has worked on it or has developed it in here. That can be great to my project.
Have not seen anything directly usable in ArcGIS. Internet search gave quite a few articles that can be of some help, but I guess you've seen them too. You are welcome to publish an idea at ArcGIS Ideas web site to ask for ant algorithm support for ArcGIS.
I have not found any related to ant algorithm posts on Esri Forums nor have I found anything like that on gis.stackexchange. Try to post there if you have not done this yet.


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RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
Vestnik Rossiiskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Seriya: Literaturovedenie. Zhurnalistika
Vol 26, No 4 (2021): MEDIATIZATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA: FROM TRANSITION TO TRANSGRESSION
Keywords China Internet Russian literature audience genre image intertextuality journalism mass media media motive myth novel poetics poetry postmodernism social media space style symbol television
Home > Archives > Vol 24, No 4 (2019) > Three faces of Trickster in modern politics: Donald Trump, Alexey Navalny and Julian Assange
Three faces of Trickster in modern politics: Donald Trump, Alexey Navalny and Julian Assange
Authors: Chernenko J.A.1
Issue: Vol 24, No 4 (2019)
Section: JOURNALISM
URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/23075
Concerning current situation and media ecology actors of political communication should be fl exible to adapt their PR strategies to the fl uid agenda and mosaic thinking of their audience. The following article aims to describe one of the most multi-faceted archetypes used in political communications - the archetype of Trickster. Using the method of case study, the author argues that concerning information society and digital culture Trickster gains better opportunities to hold a successful PR campaign and to build a solid political image. The author describes the following archetype with the address to three fi gures of international and Russian politics that appear in agenda in 2010-2018: Donald Trump, Alexey Navalny, and Julian Assange. Using the notions of narrative politics and theory of archetypes, the author concludes vast potential of Trickster archetype in modern political communications, that can be even stronger than the traditional images of Hero or Wise Ruler. The author assumes that Trickster fi gure in modern politics became wider than classical image of Fool and Jester and now is also widely used in the aspects of "noble thug" and Shaman.
Trickster, post-truth, USA, Russia, Wikileaks, political communication, information society, social media, WikiLeaks.
Introduction The traits and results of "mediatization of politics" are widely known and described by Russian and foreign scholars. These are the widespread of fake news, that are often more impressing and eye-catching than the actual news, the growing popularity of social media such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook as a tool for political communication, the falling of interest to the "pure" political news as it is [1; 2]. Thus actors of political communications have to fi nd new ways to gain an audience and especially millennials. The era of so-called "post-truth politics" challenges new tools and paces, and the most common of them is the technic of storytelling with the elements of shared narratives (or - in Russian academic tradition - migrating plots) [3; 4]. One of the "greatest showmen" between the masks and archetypes is the fi gure of Trickster. Jungian follower and the creator of guides for professional writers Christopher Vogler describes Trickster as one of the most popular heroes of stories and even claims that Trickster is one of the character archetypes that "are indispensable tools of the trade. You can't tell stories without them" [5. P. 26]. Classic Trickster has a variety of sides and functions. Following Vogler, the main is to embody "the energies of mischief and desire for change" [5. P. 77]. This fl exibility gives many opportunities to the one who dares to play the Trickster role. A number of scholars described the functions and distinctive features of Trickster: starting from C.G. Jung with his concept of analytical psychology, to his followers J. Campbell ("A Hero with Thousand Faces") and C. Vogler ("The Writer's Journey"), or authors with alternative views on the character (for example, "The Female Trickster" by R.S. Tannen), as well as several Russian modern literary and communication scholars - Yu. Chernyavskaya ("Trickster, or Journey to Chaos") [6], A. Gavrilov ("On the defi nition of Trickster and his importance in socio-cultural reality"), E. Meletinskiy ("Analytical psychology and the problem of origin of archetypical plots"), S. Shomova ("Jester, Petrushka, Fool…") and others. Following these ideas, we can compose a list of primary advantages of using the Trickster archetype in political communication: 1) freedom to point out the problems, follies and the mistakes (e.g. of the existing government); 2) domination in the news agenda; 3) fl exibility in speech and topics of commentary (naturally, Trickster can comment on everything, whether he or she is expert on the issue or not); 4) opportunity to take the Trickster's words back (or even to say that he or she did not make a specifi c claim or off er particular idea) [7]. As the aim of this article is to describe the three faces of Trickster, the research is based on qualitative methodology and applies the method of case study. Within a framework of this article, we will go through three cases to deconstruct the political communications and describe the strategy of three types of Trickster: Classic Trickster (Fool, Jester), Trickster as Hero (the type of Robin Hood) and Trickster as Shaman (the type of Ratcatcher/Pied Piper). We should also make the fi nal note on the theoretical approach on the topic that one of the most mighty cultural heroes of the Christian religion - Jesus Christ - may also be concerned as a Trickster for his functions and actions (the type of Ratcatcher). Keeping this in mind, shall we analyze the images and communicative strategies of the heroes of this article: Donald Trump, Alexey Navalny and Julian Assange. Donald Trump: Classic Trickster? When we look at the communication of Donald Trump, there is no doubt that he is used to the tools of Trickster game: the list of people, things and companies that Trump has insulted at his Twitter already counts more than 590 names [8]. His speech does not have any values, such as moral or ethic (e.g. the off er to penalize women for abortions, the humiliation of Miss of the World that she is too overweight for this rank, approval of Orlando gunfi re, etc.) [9]. Donald Trump is famous for his nonsense and preposterous claims that seems to strengthen his reputation as Trickster: one of the brightest examples, now considered as the standard of posttruth claims, is the idea of Trump that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton founded ISIS and are the Heads of this movement [10]. In the biography of Trump [11] we can fi nd the motif of classic Trickster initiation: following this narrative, Trump decided to start his political career and become a candidate for the presidency after the public off ense from Barack Obama in 2011. During the high-level meeting, that Donald Trump visited with his wife, Barack Obama reminded the situation with the "Birthers" movement, that Trump had favored. The off ended media-tycoon left the route right after the speech of Obama. If we look at this story, we can see the template of shared narrative for the Trickster archetype initiation. One of the most famous stories within this pattern is the story about Loki, the Scandinavian God of the Lie, who was off ended by the Odin during the feast of Gods - this mischief of Loki ended with the Death of Baldr. The other famous motif is from the fairy tales: that is the scheme when the hero is cursed by the witch or wizard, who was not invited to the feast (the beginning of the "Sleeping Beauty" is the classic example). Hillary Clinton, as the political opponent of Donald Trump, also tried to highlight him as the Classic Trickster - the Fool and the Jester. While the motif of the game is one of the central for Trickster, from the Twitter of Hillary Clinton we can see the posts with the theme of play ("our economy is not a game", "won't let him dice the future of our children") [12]. The mass media, such as "The Economist", also use the motifs of Trickster while showing Donald Trump as a capricious child with the Red Button [13]. During the Debates Hillary Clinton tried to use the strategy of a mother, who communicates with the child, nasty and rebellious ("Well, Donald, I know you live in your own reality, but that is not the facts", etc.) [14]. And even despite this Trickster image and controversial communication strategy, Trump managed to win the election race in November 2016. One of the possible reasons for this result may be the complexity of Trickster archetype, its ambivalence in the reception of the mass unconsciousness. Being the Fool on one side, on the side Trickster is the main hero to say the "forbidden" truths that are kept deep inside the ordinary community member's consciousness. This archetype has the power to disrupt the spiral of silence and speak directly about the problems, without any taboo or moral rules. That is why Trickster is not only the Fool, but also the Ratcatcher, someone to follow. Of course, we can't say, that Trump had won the election only because of the Trickster image. But this makes more understandable some irrational motifs for the desire of various politicians and media outlets to draw parallels between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, one of the most famous political Ratcatchers in the world history [15]. The model of revealing the deeply rooted and not "politically correct" ideas, that will answer the suppressed unconscious meanings of citizens, is generally the same. Alexey Navalny: Robin Hood The other variation of Trickster archetype may be characterized by the defi nition of Christopher Vogler as the Heroic Trickster, or Trickster as the Hero. This type is widely known as Robin Hood, or "noble thug" with the examples of Captain Blood, Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Zorro and others. With the right communicative strategy this image can eff ectively use both the advantages of Trickster and Hero archetypes. Moreover, the contradiction to the Hero will work not only against him but for him too. The best example of this image is Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, who has got the reputation of the fi ghter against corruption and the illegal actions of Russian politicians. Being the alternative candidate for the post of Mayor of Moscow, Alexey Navalny used every action against him as the chance to get more publicity and popularity. He has built his strategy on direct meetings with the citizens, showing and acting as the "one of us", partisan methods of agitation (such as stickers on bags or cubes at the streets), as well as media scandals (one of the most famous was about the assault of the "Navalny fl at", where the agitation materials were stored). Combining this with the "fi ghter against corruption" stories about the fl ats of Sobyanin's daughter, Navalny managed to get 27,3% of votes at the election day (8th September, 2013) instead of 3% that was stated by Levada Center in the beginning of the campaign. In addition to this, he gained the sympathy of a particular type of the electorate, the rebellious adolescents, who were ready to follow the Robin Hood romanticism. Providing the chance of enlargement for the electorate (the symbolical place of Robin Hood's Goodfellow), Navalny could create a team of support among the vast audience. Julian Assange: Pied Piper or...? The third Hero of this article is the founder and the Head of WikiLeaks company, Julian Assange. Strictly he is not a direct politician, but can be concerned as a political actor since the strategy of WikiLeaks involves the company in a political agenda (from 2016 WikiLeaks is accused to aff ect the presidential elections in the United States, 2016, and presidential elections in France, 2017; it has also made leaks about Russian politicians). The leaks itself can be considered as the mischiefs of Trickster, as they make instability and attack the existing political situation by revealing the political information that was private or unknown before. The actions of Assange give the political opponents of his victims power to manipulate with the information that was revealed - like Donald Trump did during the debates with Hillary Clinton. Assange himself possesses his leaks as the fi ght against lying political elites and plays the role of Robin Hood, who gives tons of information to the ordinary people, so that they can make their own opinion about the situation. In this light the acquisitions in rape may look like reasons to make him shut his mouth and do not interfere with the political agenda from the side of elites. The situation of Assange corresponds well with his communicative strategy of not giving any interviews (the few exceptions are the chosen journalists), hiding his residence and playing paranoia ("The fi rst time I met Assange, he was convinced a sniper was targeting him through the windows of a conference centre. A few hours later, he was happily typing in front of the same windows") as well as playing the child in communication with the journalists ("I need some mothering. Someone to make me chicken noodle soup and bring me cookies in bed") [16]. The last interesting side of Assange's character is the belief in his solemnity, noted by journalist Heather Brooke. The journalist tells the story as follows: "I later heard from two other women who said Assange pulled the same "poor little lost boy" trick on them in an attempt to fi nagle his way into their homes. I said that was not how I conducted interviews. He complained that I didn't have a maternal instinct, adding in drama-queen fashion: "I have two wars to stop". I replied: "Yeah, it's a tough life being a messiah." His response left me speechless: "Will you be my Mary Magdalene, Heather? And bathe my feet at the cross." [16]. In this case we can see the other, third face of Trickster, Messiah with the allusions to Jesus Christ. The paradox of archetypes is that the double side of Trickster as an image provides great opportunities with the capacity to make delicate adjustments during the acts of political communication. The person who uses Trickster archetype in his communication gains power to build a wide range of images from the Fool to the Messiah. What is the psychological gap between them, how to measure it and how to assure the multifaceted perception of the person? These may be the questions that would lead to the understanding of the reasons of popularity of "monstrous" ideas and fi gures, such as Adolf Hitler and Iosif Stalin, the famous "Ratcatchers" of the history. Conclusion The storytelling as a method of political communication is still studied by the scholars, although widely used practically. Questionless, we can not claim that this technique and the actions through narratives will aff ect the perception directly, as the political communication in digital era is far more complicated. We also can not say that this factor will be the major in decision making. But the ability of narratives to form beliefs of the potential electorate, to build the image and to have some eff ects on political communication is obvious. Studying the limits of narrative paradigm and its power [17], mechanisms of its functioning and making impact [18], measuring the strength of this particular impact and developing opportunities to defend against the storytelling as the tool of information war - these are the possible horizons for the branch of communication and media studies, that are unreachable without deep collaboration and cross-disciplinary work, including literary studies (narrative theory), psychology (studies of perception and irrational tools) [19] and political studies.
Julia A. Chernenko
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Ph.D. in Philology, expert at the Laboratory for Educational and Youth Journalism, lecturer in the School of Media, Faculty of Communications, Media and Design
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