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Biden calls on tech giants to 'raise the bar' on cybersecurity
By Luca Bertuzzi | EURACTIV.com
US President Joe Biden speaks at a press conference after meeting chief executives from leading tech companies. [EPA-EFE/Stefani Reynolds / POOL]
US President Joe Biden urged Big Tech leaders to step up their game in enhancing the country's cybersecurity following a series of high-profile cyber-attacks in recent months.
During a meeting with the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft at the White House on Wednesday (25 August), Biden called on the industry leaders to contribute to upgrade the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and supply chains.
The US president defined cybersecurity as a 'core national security challenge', and announced a new executive order that requires the federal government to only acquire tech products that meet certain cybersecurity standards.
According to Biden, this order "will have a ripple effect across the software industry, in our view, ultimately improving security for all Americans".
He also announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will collaborate with the private sector to develop new industry standards that would ensure the security and integrity of the technology supply chain. Microsoft, Google, IBM and two leading insurance companies already committed to the initiative.
Big Tech response
Several announcements followed the high-level meeting, which included top cybersecurity officials of the US administration.
Google and IBM announced training schemes for thousands of cybersecurity experts. Amazon similarly committed to making its internal cybersecurity training available to the public free of charge. According to the US administration, the current skills gap would mean half a million cybersecurity jobs risk remaining unfilled in the coming years.
Microsoft said it would spend $20 billion over five years on cybersecurity initiatives to accelerate efforts to integrate cyber security by design and deliver advanced security solutions.
Google committed to investing $10 billion in cybersecurity over the next five years as part of its "zero-trust" programmes, intended to protect digital networks by restricting user access.
Amazon also announced it will give the customers of its cloud computing service a multi-factor authentication device at no additional cost, which the e-commerce giant expects to improve their protection against cybersecurity threats like phishing and password theft.
Apple said it would launch a new programme to drive continuous security improvements throughout its supply chain, notably by encouraging its suppliers to adopt multi-factor authentication, security training, vulnerability remediation, event logging, and incident response.
More than 9,000 of Apple's suppliers are located in the United States, according to the White House.
Growing threat
The United States has faced a growing number of ransomware and cyber-attacks in the past months. In May, a ransomware attack jeopardised the Colonial Pipeline, the country's largest fuel pipeline, causing major disruptions on the West Coast for several days.
Similar disruptions affected the food supply chain in June, as meat giant JBS had to temporarily shut down its operations following a ransomware attack.
In December 2020, the US government suffered its worst cyberattack of all time as hackers managed to access sensitive information from local, state and federal agencies among the 30,000 public and private organisations affected.
All these cases were attributed to Russian hackers.
Cybersecurity was a central topic in the meeting Biden had with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva in June, where he warned his Russian counterpart of serious consequences if the Kremlin did not reign in the hackers based in its territory.
Biden further raised the pressure in July, declaring that another major cyberattack might lead to a "real shooting war".
The first six months of the Biden administration were positively received by the US cybersecurity community, which gave the administration's approach "full marks", according to a poll by the Washington Post.
[Edited by Zoran Radosavljevic]


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Financial Power of Attorney
What Is a Financial Power Of Attorney?
A financial power of attorney (POA) is a legal document that grants a trusted agent (also called an attorney-in-fact) the authority to act on behalf of the principal agent (the person granting authority) in financial matters.
A financial power of attorney is a legal document that grants a trusted agent the power to make and execute financial decisions for a principal agent.
In some states, financial powers of attorney are automatically considered "durable," meaning they remain in effect after the principal becomes incapacitated.
A financial power of attorney letter is automatically extinguished upon the principal's death.
Understanding a Financial Power Of Attorney
A financial power of attorney document (also referred to as a general power of attorney or a power of attorney of property) gives the agent the power to manage the financial life of the principal when he or she is unable to do so.
The agent can legally manage the principal's finances and property, make all financial decisions and conduct all financial transactions (unless the power of attorney specifically limits their authority). The agent is legally obligated to make decisions consistent with the wishes of the principal, but has full authority to make autonomous decisions until that authority is challenged and revoked in a court of law.
In some states, financial powers of attorney are automatically considered "durable," meaning they remain in effect after the principal becomes incapacitated. In others, if the principal wants them to be durable, they need to include that information in the power of attorney, in addition to other specifics about the powers the principal is granting.
Filling Out a Financial Power of Attorney Document
Most states have simple forms to fill out to make someone your financial agent. Generally, the document must be signed, witnessed and notarized.
If the agent is expected to negotiate real estate assets on behalf of the principal, some states require that the document must be placed on file in the local land records office. Finally, many banks have their own forms, and while it is not required, it makes the process much easier if the bank is notified about the identity of the financial agent.
A financial power of attorney is automatically extinguished upon the principal's death. That means that the agent can only make financial decisions for the principal while they are alive. To deal with financial matters after the principal's death, an executor will have to be named in the principal's will.
Example of a Financial Power of Attorney
Marco is planning an extended stay abroad that will last for three years. But he has financial obligations related to his property and investments in his hometown. He prepares a financial power of attorney for his father, who will remain in the city, to execute financial dealings. This includes writing checks and signing important documentation related to his investments and property.
What Special Power of Attorney Means
Special power of attorney is a written authorization that grants an agent the authority to act on behalf of the principal under specified circumstances.
Power of Attorney: Allowing One Person to Act on Behalf of Another
Power of attorney is a legal document giving a person broad or limited legal authority to make decisions about the principal's property, finances, or medical care.
Healthcare Power of Attorney (HCPA)
A healthcare power of attorney (HCPA) is a legal document that allows an individual to empower another to make decisions about his or her medical care.
X-Mark Signature
An X-mark signature is made by a person who is unable to append a full signature to a document because due to illiteracy or disability.
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I picked up a pair of forte ones and overall the cabinet and drivers are in great condition. But one of the passive radiators has some weird discoloration on the dustcap but more importantly the cone is ripped. It's a very small tear but at the same time I think I would just rather get one that is in good condition to replace it with versus trying to patch this one.
Where can I find replacement passive radiators? There is a couple listed on eBay but the dust caps on both of them look messed up and they would have to be repaired.
Looks like a dog pissed on it. Lol.
You can order these direct from Klipsch now both the 12 and 15". You can also get a recone kit from Simply Speakers. If it were me I would dab a spot of black speaker cement on the tear and redo the dust cap. I used black speaker cement like Simply Speakers and others sell to repair one with about a dozen little cat claw marks in it and it did quite well.
That's not the same pair another forum member just had up for sale is it?
Klipsch (when P.W.K. was still alive) NEVER threw away anything that would still function "OK"
I've used ink to touch those up before. They turn out pretty good looking.
Speaker cement or clear latex adhesive caulk on the cuts. Do the hole cone in thinned with water thinned clear latex caulk (adhesive is fine), and spray paint the dust cap with black auto primer. I would do both to match. If the color doesn't come back with the clear caulk, you may try black latex caulk the same way. Inexpensive if you will be keeping them and will help the longevity of the cones.
You are generally correct. You would only add a couple of grams. That couple of grams would be dup'd on the other speaker lowering the resonant value maybe a 1/2hz. I will agree with your die might be good though the thin coat of latex, once water thinned, only brings back the color and seals it better. Most evaporates away. I am not talking a thick coat. Been there and done that to match two different Heresy II woofer cones, obvious replacement. Not noticeable or measurable difference.
The light spray of primer would add no appreciable weight and being primer, should stay there forever if there are no oils present.
Speaking from the Chorus II prospective I would be inclined to purchase, if available from Klipsch, two replacement passives. I figure this is overkill but I will not be parting with them and the repaired passive would have me thinking about it every time I cranked it up. Yes I am being a little OCD here but if I only replaced one I would continually wonder if there was an imbalance. I have successfully repaired speakers with the methods above but my Klipsch are for critical listening so they get the best possible treatment. My .02 cents worth.
That is some amazing advice. To fix the tiny puncture I had thought about taking the passive radiator off and applying a tiny dot of super glue on the back of it and then smearing it around to make it even and hopefully the fibers would grab and mesh back together that way. But dampening with water it is a pretty good idea as well.
I didn't realize the dust cap was just an ink issue but I think trying that ink would work really well. My wife actually has some of that ink already because I have some black jeans that routinely fade over time and she'll wash them every five or six months with the ink in the washer to re-dye them.
I picked these up from a Craigslist ad was I was on a work trip down to Austin. If the guy was a member here and had them listed it was just a random coincidence and I didn't know about it.
But dampening with water it is a pretty good idea as well.
@analogman I totally agree with you as placement is the bigger deal, thank you Captain Obvious.
Our Chorus II's were a wedding present to ourselves and as I mentioned my OCD would have me restore to newest condition as possible. I do have other speakers that I would gladly do the repairs above, especially if no factory parts are available. The speakers I have repaired do not reach the level of my Chorus or Jubilees so I did not really hear a difference in them after repair - just stopped further issues.
Sometimes I used fingernail polish for some cheap speaker tears like on Bose.


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package cmd

import (
	"errors"
	"os"

	"github.com/urfave/cli"

	"github.com/firelizzard18/Tea-Service/cmds/_"
	"github.com/firelizzard18/Tea-Service/server"
)

func init() {
	cmds.Register("launch", "launch a service").Executor(&Command{})
}

type Command struct {
	AsDaemon    bool   `short:"D" long:"daemon,background" description:"run as a daemon in the background"`
	Description string `short:"d" long:"desc,description" description:"service {description} as presented to clients"`
	InputFile   string `short:"i" long:"input" description:"read stdin from a {file}"`
	OutputFile  string `short:"o" long:"output" description:"write stdout to a {file}"`
	ErrorFile   string `short:"e" long:"error" description:"write stderr to a {file}"`
	UseStdIn    bool   `short:"I" long:"stdin" description:"pipe stdin to the process"`
	UseStdOut   bool   `short:"O" long:"stdout" description:"pipe stdout from the process"`
	UseStdErr   bool   `short:"E" long:"stderr" description:"pipe stderr from the process"`
}

func (m *Command) Execute(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
	var fin, fout, ferr *os.File

	args := c.Args()
	bus := c.GlobalString("dbus-bus")

	if m.AsDaemon {
		if m.UseStdIn || m.UseStdOut || m.UseStdErr {
			return errors.New("Process IO cannot be piped in daemon mode")
		}
		return errors.New("Golang does not support daemonization")
	}

	if m.UseStdIn {
		fin = os.Stdin
	} else if m.InputFile != "" {
		if fin, err = os.Open(m.InputFile); err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	if m.UseStdOut {
		fout = os.Stdout
	} else if m.OutputFile != "" {
		if fout, err = os.Create(m.OutputFile); err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	if m.UseStdErr {
		ferr = os.Stderr
	} else if m.ErrorFile != "" {
		if ferr, err = os.Create(m.ErrorFile); err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	proc, err := server.StartProcess(args[0], m.Description, bus, args[1:]...)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	defer proc.Cleanup()

	if fin != nil {
		if err = proc.ConnectInput(fin); err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	if fout != nil {
		proc.ConnectOutput(fout)
	}

	if ferr != nil {
		proc.ConnectError(ferr)
	}

	if err = proc.Start(); err != nil {
		return
	}

	if err = proc.Wait(); err != nil {
		return
	}

	return
}

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Q: Params Error (ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError) I'm getting a "ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError in CommentsController#create" with highlights in "@comment = @post.comments.build(params[:comment])"
def create
    @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
    @comment = @post.comments.build(params[:comment])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @comment.save
        format.html { redirect_to @post, notice: 'Comment was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render action: 'show', status: :created, location: @comment }
      else
        format.html { render action: 'new' }
        format.json { render json: @comment.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

in the tutorial video the coder puts this in and works perfect yet when I post this it gives an error. I have checked through the code and cannot to seem to see whats wrong. Thanks in advance!

A: Looking at the error, I am assuming that you must be using Rails 4. Strong Parameters were introduced in Rails 4. See Strong Parameters reference here.
Replace
 @comment = @post.comments.build(params[:comment])

with
 @comment = @post.comments.build(comment_params)

Add a private method in your controller as follows:
  def comment_params
    params.require(:comment).permit(:attr1, :attr2,...)
  end

where
:attr1, :attr2 would be the attributes name of Comment model.

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Home > The Museum > Press > Symposium "Ordinary landscapes, heritage and civil society"
Symposium "Ordinary landscapes, heritage and civil society"
The National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (mNACTEC), in Terrassa (Vallès Occidental), will be the venue on Friday, 8 July, for the symposium "Ordinary landscapes, heritage and civil society", jointly organised with the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. Registration for the debate is free of charge, via the Museum's website.
The session will serve to highlight landscape elements that are not catalogued and often go unnoticed, but nonetheless form a part of the history and distinct identity of individual locations.


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Limon's 'Psalm' Succeeds
· February 16, 2002 12:00 am
OGDEN -- The Jose Limon Dance Company offered two important premieres plus its "Limon and Jazz" program in performances Wednesday and Thursday at Weber State University's Browning Center. The big news was the restaging of Limon's "Psalm" by Artistic Director Carla Maxwell.
Jon Magnussen's commissioned score was hauntingly beautiful. The dancers flowed across the stage with breathtaking musicality and astonishing, precise speed.
Limon patterned the piece after the Lamed-Vov, the 36 "Just Ones" of Jewish legend who take to themselves the suffering of the world. (Ballet West's Paul Murphy helped by finding background material.) Neither a literal nor a linear retelling of the legend, the dance refers to its intensity of suffering that renders some Just Ones numb to the glories of Paradise.
Even with Maxwell's retooling of the choreography, "Psalm" remains the work of a creative genius forced to confront his own mortality. The floor patterns Lim-n created are as complex as they are stunning, yet the movements themselves are a study in simplicity. Underlying all is a sense of deep spirituality, creating a towering testament to the indomitability of the human spirit.
-- Karen Anne Webb
Joan Woodbury's "Ready, Set!", Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company's energetic start to its performance of "American Showmen," opened Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City with dancers running through the auditorium bearing blinking light sticks, a la torch runners. The company's six dancers were joined by 16 university and high school performers in a series of "Olympic events" ranging from bobsledding to spinning figure skating pairs. Nicholas Cavallaro's swirling lighting design added to the fun.
In contrast, Daniel Ezralow's world premiere commission of "Prelude de l'Olympiad" was a contemplative, exacting and sensual piece set to selections of Claude Debussy's "Preludes." Golden dancers slowly journeyed through weight shifts and plenty of difficult lifts to create classical frieze poses.
Stevan Novakovich's duet with an echoing Jaime Hall suggested the obsessive agony of Narcissus, while John Allen's combative solo suggested Zeus or Neptune in a fury -- later to be calmed by Liberty Valentine's sensuous Aphrodite (or was it Athena?).
Things concluded with an expanded "Let's Dance" by Doug Varone, featuring his choreographic flair for stretching dancers' bodies like bungee cords. Varone has filled "Let's Dance" with plenty of jazz standards, allowing for everything from a humorous duet for Novakovich and Brandin Scott Steffensen in the Clooney Sisters' rendition of "The Coffee Song" to a disturbing co-dependent duet by Allen and Hall to Billie Holliday's aching vocals of Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy."
Ai Fujii's sprightly energy bounded through the numbers "O, Lady Be Good" and "Hamp's Walking Boogie" while Allen's frantic chair solo set to David Rose's "Holiday for Strings" was the comic high point of the evening.
-- Scott C. Morgan
Stevan Novakovich, John Allen and Brandin Scott Steffensen hold aloft Jaime Hall, Ai Fujii and Liberty Valentine in Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company's "Prelude de l'Olympiad."
Danny La/The Salt Lake Tribune


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Q: When deploying to Next JS api to Vercel the css files of a module are removed. How to avoid it? I need to access a css file of a node_modules package to create swagger documentation inside an endpoint from the Next API.
Tree shaking is being done, so the css files from the swagger-ui-dist package are removed. How to avoid it? I tried to use "sideEffects" in next.config.js webpack key, but still the css file disappeared.
EDIT: I now know and correct me if I am wrong that tree shaking is done by Vercel

A: to avoid having the css files removed, you can add a "sideEffects" property to your package.json file and define the CSS files you do not want to be removed. For example:
"sideEffects": [
  "node_modules/swagger-ui-dist/swagger-ui.css"
]


4th World Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs: Melissa Anderson, University of Minnesota, U.S. & Sabine Kleinert,The Lancet, UK.
Melissa Anderson, Co-Chair, University of Minnesota, US.
Sabine Kleinert, Co-Chair, The Lancet, UK.
Associate Professor at the Science Education Program of the Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM)/UFRJ.
Dr. Vasconcelos organized the I Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics (BRISPE) in 2010 and was coordinator of the II BRISPE and III BRISPE. She has participated actively in the World Conferences on Research Integrity - WCRI and has, since the 1st WCRI gotten involved in international RI/RCR initiatives. She has helped foster these initiatives at UFRJ and other Brazilian institutions. She teaches science communication, research methodology, RI/RCR and ethical publication practices at UFRJ, including a course fully devoted to RI/RCR. She is co-chair of the Graduate Council for Research Ethics (CTEP/UFRJ) and a member of the SubCommittee on Research Integrity of CTEP. She was one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity of the II BRISPE.
Edson Watanabe, PhD, Full Professor at the Electrical Engineering Program, COPPE. Dr. Watanabe is Vice-Director of COPPE/UFRJ. He has pioneered research integrity policies at COPPE/UFRJ, including those to tackle plagiarism in theses and dissertations. He has instituted a course, offered annually at COPPE, on scientific methodology combined with RI/RCR issues, which is open to non-COPPE participants. He has been active in discussing RI/RCR issues among COPPE's faculty and has played a substantial role in promoting debates on the topic. Dr. Watanabe led the Commission that established COPPE´s recently released guidelines on research integrity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of the Sub-Committee on Research Integrity of CTEP/UFRJ. He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II BRISPE and III BRISPE and one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity.
Nils Axelsen, MD and DSc.Med, was associate professor at Copenhagen University 1969-78, and has since then had leading positions at Statens Serum Institut, including being director for the institute 1985-88. His scientific field is clinical biochemistry, especially immunochemistry, where he has contributed to development of the powerful Scandinavian electro immunochemical methods, and is editor of three handbooks on this topic. Dr. Axelsen is, since 2008, Ombudsman for Research Integrity at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, and so far the first ombudsman of this kind in Denmark. He is responsible for training all researchers at the Institute's many departments in Good Research Practice (RCR). Axelsen was one of the founders of the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (1992), member of the medical committee 1993-2005, and has participated as investigator in many cases of al-legations for scientific dishonesty, and in some 75 decisions of the DCSD. He was member of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Committee on Bioethics 1994-2001, chair 1995-96. Dr. Axelsen has received the Thorvald Madsen Prize and a Gold Medal from University of Aarhus. He has served on many national and international committees on scientific and science policy, and is a member of Danish Academy f or the Technical Sciences (ATV) and the Danish Academy for the Natural Sciences.
Dr. Sun Ping is currently engaging in the work of Secretariat of the Office of Research Integrity, Ministry of Science and Technology of China. His role includes conducting relevant research, the administration of the MOST-ORI-sponsored projects, and the maintenance of a dedicated research integrity website in China (http://www.sinori.cn). He worked at the Chinese Ministry of Education from 1984 to 2002, mainly engaging in international cooperation affairs.
Paul Taylor, PhD, is the Director of the Office for Research Ethics & Integrity (OREI) at the University of Melbourne. Paul has worked in research management for 6 years. He completed a PhD in Environmental Microbiology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne, where he teaches to second year students. Dr. Taylor is Member of the International Programs Advisory Group for the University of Melbourne; Chair of the Universitas 21 Global Issues Program; Member of the University of Melbourne Mobility Advisory Group; Member of the Crawford Fund Victorian branch. Taylor holds numerous honorary adjunct Professorial positions at Nanjing Agricultural University, China; King Mongkut Institute of Technology, Thailand; Kasetsart University, Thailand; Maejo University, Thailand; and cosupervisors graduate students at University of Malaya.
Paulo Beirão, PhD, Full Professor at the Biochemistry and Immunology Department, UFMG. He was president of the Brazilian Society for Biophysics (1994-1996) and the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006-2008). He was also president of the Board of Trustees of FAPEMIG (2010-2011) and has acted as a representative of the scientific community in various committees on education, science and technology, including those at CNPq. He was a member of FINEP Advisory Council and of the committee that developed the 2011-2020 Brazilian National Plan for Graduate Studies, launched by CAPES. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and former director of the Agricultural, Biological, and Health Sciences Division of CNPq (2011-2013). He was Chair of the Commission on Research Integrity at CNPq (2011-2013) and is currently the director of Director of Science, Technology and Innovation of Minas Gerais Foundation for Research Support.
Sonia Vasconcelos (PhD), Associate Professor at the Science Education Program of Leopoldo de Meis Medical Biochemistry Institute (IBqM)/UFRJ. Dr. Vasconcelos organized the I BRISPE in 2010 and was coordinator of the II BRISPE and III BRISPE. She has participated actively in the World Conferences on Research Integrity - WCRI (2007, 2010, 2013) and has, since the 1st WCRI gotten involved in international RI/RCR initiatives. She has helped foster these initiatives at UFRJ and other Brazilian institutions. She teaches science communication, research methodology, RI/RCR and ethical publication practices at UFRJ, including a course fully devoted to RI/RCR, together with Drs. Martha Sorenson and Adalberto Vieyra, at the Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute (IBCCF). She is co-chair of the Graduate Council for Research Ethics (Câmara Técnica de Ética em Pesquisa, CTEP/UFRJ) and a member of the SubCommittee on Research Integrity of CTEP. She was one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity of the II BRISPE.
Edson Watanabe (PhD), Full Professor at the Electrical Engineering Program, COPPE. Dr. Watanabe is Vice-Director of COPPE/UFRJ. He has pioneered research integrity policies at COPPE/UFRJ, including those to tackle plagiarism in theses and dissertations. He has instituted a course, offered annually at COPPE, on scientific methodology combined with RI/RCR issues, which is open to non-COPPE participants. He has been active in discussing RI/RCR issues among COPPE's faculty and has played a substantial role in promoting debates on the topic. Dr. Watanabe led the Commission that established COPPE´s recently released guidelines on research integrity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of the Sub-Committee on Research Integrity of CTEP/UFRJ. He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE and one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity.
Martha Sorenson (PhD), Associate Professor at the Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program, IBqM/UFRJ; Former Vice-President of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq) (2008-2010). At SBBq, she organized the first symposium on RI/RCR at an SBBq annual meeting, in 2010. Dr. Sorenson has contributed to promoting RI/RCR policies at UFRJ and other institutions. She is coordinator of the Sub-Committee on Research Integrity of CTEP/UFRJ. She was co-organizer of the I BRISPE, member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE, and one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity of the II BRISPE.
Adalberto Vieyra (PhD), Full Professor at IBCCF/UFRJ. Dr. Vieyra is former area coordinator for Biological Sciences II (2005-2011) at the Coordination for Advancement of Higher Education Personnel – CAPES, one of the major funding agencies in Brazil and the one responsible for the assessment and accreditation of graduate programs. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Director of the National Center for Bioimages (CENABIO). He has been a strong advocate for implementing RI/RCR educational policies in Brazilian graduate programs, has contributed seminars on the topic and was instrumental in implementing the first course fully devoted to RI/RCR at UFRJ, which he teaches together with Profs. Sonia Vasconcelos and Martha Sorenson, at IBCCF/UFRJ. He was a member of the Organizing Committees of the I, II and III BRISPE.
José Roberto Lapa e Silva (MD, PhD), Full Professor at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF)/UFRJ. Dr. Lapa is coordinator of the graduate program in clinical medicine at UFRJ and serves as the University´s liaison with the US National Institutes of Health. His research is in pneumology, but he has a strong interest in medical education. Dr. Lapa has played an important role in implementing bioethics education through a course for graduate programs in medicine at UFRJ. He has helped to foster RI/RCR policies at the university and is principal investigator on an NIH/Fogarty International Center grant for RI/RCR training in Brazil. Dr. Lapa is a member of the Sub-Committee on Research Integrity of CTEP/UFRJ. He was also a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
Marisa Palácios (PhD), Associate Professor at the Institute for Collective Health, IESC/UFRJ. Dr. Palacios is coordinator of the Institutional Review Board of IESC- CEP/IESC/UFRJ and Member of the Board for the Brazilian Society for Bioethics (SBB). She has taken an important role in broadening the discussion on RI/RCR at the National Commission for Ethics in Research on Humans (CONEP) and at SBB and has helped to implement RI/RCR policies, including conflicts of interest policies, at UFRJ. She has participated in implementing a bioethics course for graduate programs in medicine at UFRJ and for a graduate program on applied ethics and bioethics, which involves many Brazilian institutions. She is chair of CTEP/UFRJ. Dr. Palacios was a member of the Organizing Committees of the I, II and III BRISPE.
José Carlos C.S. Pinto (PhD), Full Professor at the Chemical Engineering Program (PEQ)/COPPE/UFRJ. Dr. Pinto is Associate Director of Technology and Innovation at UFRJ´s graduate school of engineering (COPPE), where he teaches and works on polymers and polymerization processes. He is also Executive Director of COPPETEC, a non-profit foundation that administers annually ~1400 projects that public institutions undertake through contracts with private and public companies and organizations. Dr. Pinto is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He has helped to include RI/RCR policies, including conflict of interest policies, in the ethical guidelines of COPPETEC. He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the I, II and III BRISPE.
Hatisaburo Masuda (PhD), Full Professor at the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program of IBqM/UFRJ. Dr. Masuda is coordinator of the Science Education Program at IBqM/UFRJ and has played an important role in initiatives to broaden RI/RCR concerns at IBqM/UFRJ. Together with Prof. José Carlos Pinto (COPPE/UFRJ), he supervised Dr. Vasconcelos' postdoctoral project on RI/RCR through a FAPERJ fellowship, which led to focus- group research with graduate students at UFRJ and to the organization of the I BRISPE in 2010. He was a member of the Organizing Committees of the I, II and BRISPE.
Francisco Prosdocimi (PhD), Associate Professor at the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program of IBqM/UFRJ. In addition to research in bioinformatics, Dr. Prosdocimi has developed an interest in research ethics and in RI/RCR. He has studied publication ethics and its relationship with open peer review. He has joined RI/RCR initiatives at UFRJ and is currently collaborating with some of them, which include the planning and organization of the II and III BRISPE and a national project on research integrity.
Rosemary Shinkai (PhD), Full Professor at the School of Dentistry of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS); Dean of International and Institutional Affairs, PUCRS. Professor Shinkai is the editor-in-chief of Revista Odonto Ciência (Journal of Dental Science), one of the major Brazilian journals in the area. She is the only Brazilian member of the Council of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and has helped raise awareness of issues in publication ethics among Brazilian editors. She has contributed to the development and implementation of RI/RCR policies for all research units at PUCRS. She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
Carla Bonan (PhD), Full Professor at the School of Biosciences of PUCRS; Head of Research of the Office of the Vice-President for Research, Innovation, and Development. Dr. Bonan has had a crucial role in the assessment and monitoring of projects conducted by researchers from PUCRS. She has contributed to educational initiatives on RI/RCR at the university, bridging gaps between the sciences and the humanities in conversations on the topic. In addition, her active role in innovation, research and development has broadened the approach to RI/RCR at PUCRS. Dr. Bonan, in collaboration with Dr. Shinkai, organized the 6th PUCRS International Seminar on Innovation, University, and Research Integrity, in 2011. She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
Claude Pirmez (MD, PhD), Former Vice-President for Research and Laboratories of Reference at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ). Dr. Pirmez is associate editor of Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz [Transactions of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute], one of Brazil´s highest-impact journals. She specializes in the immunopathology of leishmaniosis. She has developed an interest in RI/RCR issues and was instrumental in the establishment of the first Commission fully devoted to RI/RCR at a public institution in Brazil, which was created in 2012 at FIOCRUZ, one of the co-organizer institutions of the I BRISPE. She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
Marisa Russo Lecointre (PhD), Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Humanities of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Dr. Russo has studied research ethics and the responsible conduct of research, with special interest in the social responsibility of scientists in their conduct of research. She has participated in local discussions on RI/RCR as an invited speaker in workshops and seminars, especially at universities in São Paulo. Dr. Russo has started a research project on RI/RCR. She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
Luiz Henrique Lopes dos Santos (PhD), Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and a researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning. Dr. Santos is Coordinator of Humanities for the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). He is Coordinator of the editorial staff of Revista FAPESP, which has a regular section on research integrity. Dr. Santos has played a major role in the implementation of research integrity policies at and by FAPESP. He has been instrumental in making FAPESP's Code of Good Research Practices widely recognized as a model for research integrity discussions at universities in São Paulo and in other states. He was the co-organizer of the III BRISPE.
Paulo Beirão (PhD), Full Professor at the Biochemistry and Immunology Department, UFMG. He was president of the Brazilian Society for Biophysics (1994-1996) and the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006-2008). He was also president of the Board of Trustees of FAPEMIG (2010-2011) and has acted as a representative of the scientific community in various committees on education, science and technology, including those at CNPq. He was a member of FINEP Advisory Council and of the committee that developed the 2011-2020 Brazilian National Plan for Graduate Studies, launched by CAPES. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and former director of the Agricultural, Biological, and Health Sciences Division of CNPq (2011-2013). He was Chair of the Commission on Research Integrity at CNPq (2011-2013) and is currently the director of Director of Science, Technology and Innovation of Minas Gerais Foundation for Research Support.
Charles Pessanha (PhD), Full Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Program in Public Policies, Strategies and Development (PPED/IE/UFRJ). Dr. Pessanha is former President of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC). He was one of the first Brazilian editors to discuss publication ethics in public forums and has played an important role in broadening RI/RCR policies at the editorial level. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Dados, a widely read Brazilian journal in the social sciences. Dados was responsible for the translation of the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity into Portuguese, which was published in the journal in 2011, some months after the original official release of the document. He has been active in addressing RI/RCR in the Brazilian editorial setting. He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II and III BRISPE.
André Pinto (PhD), Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF). Dr. Pinto was Vice-President for Materials of the Brazilian Society for Microscopy and Microanalysis (SBMM) (2008-2010). As a former professor at the Military Institute for Engineering (IME), he was the first to implement a course on RI/RCR for graduate students at IME. Dr. Pinto now teaches the course as a visiting professor at IME. He has contributed seminars on RI/RCR at Brazilian institutions and collaborated in initiatives to foster RI/RCR at IME and at the Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF), which was one of the co-organizers of the I BRISPE. He was a member of the Organizing Committees of the I, II and III BRISPE.
Ricardo Bacelar, Lawyer, Specialist in International Law, Vice-President of the Brazilian Order of Lawyers in Ceará state (OAB-CE). Dr. Bacelar sits on the Federal Council of OAB, as a member of the International Relations of the Council. He teaches international law at the University of Fortaleza and is author of a proposition for combating plagiarism in Brazilian education, on behalf of OAB-CE. Dr. Bacelar has contributed to strengthening the dialogues between the sciences and the humanities, through his involvement in research integrity, which has been marked since his participation in the II and III BRISPE.


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Judge Rules Against Led Zeppelin In First Round Of 'Stairway To Heaven' Lawsuit
Dave Lifton Published: October 18, 2014
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A judge has denied Led Zeppelin's first attempt to defend a lawsuit claiming that 'Stairway to Heaven' was lifted from a song by Spirit called 'Taurus.' The ruling had nothing to do with the merits of the case, but rather a pre-trial motion to dismiss on the question of jurisdiction.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Led Zeppelin had challenged whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where the suit was filed, had the right to rule on the case. "The individual defendants are British citizens residing in England, own no property in Pennsylvania and have no contacts with Pennsylvania, let alone ties sufficient to render them essentially at home here," they argued.
However, Judge Juan Sanchez sided with the plaintiff, who, in an amendment to the lawsuit, said that the defendants "make millions of dollars from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by directly targeting this district for the exploitation of 'Stairway to Heaven' through CD sales, digital downloading, radio and television play, advertising, marketing, concert performances, other performances, licensing, and otherwise targeting resident individuals and businesses to profit off the exploitation of 'Stairway to Heaven.'"
Earlier this year, the children of Spirit guitarist Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe) filed suit against Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement on the grounds that the opening riff from 'Stairway to Heaven' was appropriated from 'Taurus.' They are seeking monetary damages and co-writing credit. Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit in 1968, the year 'Taurus' was released.
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I've become very much intrigued by the Bauhaus and how it all started, over time this has helped me discover some interesting places on the internet, one of those being a small design and art blogspot that goes by the name of MONDOBLOGO. I found a great article on there which showcased some of the "women of the Bauhaus", this led me onto exploring the story behind these creatives.
So when I went hunting for information I was surprised to see the subject being talked about quite heavily on other sites and how the women were under appreciated for their abilities and how a lot of them fell off the map, so to speak. I thought this was a real shame and that maybe I could do my own part to highlight some of the women in the Bauhaus movement that were fantastic designers and produced some amazing work that has stood the test of time.
One of these happened to be Marguerite Wildenhain who was born in Lyon, France, she received her degree as a master-potter after seven years of apprenticeship and study at the Bauhaus in Germany. At Hitler's rise she fled Germany and eventually settled in the USA at Pond Farm, an artists' colony near Geurneville, California. Pond Farm Workshops was quite a special place for many artists', the founders, Gordon and Jane Herr, were inspired by such precedents as the Bauhaus itself, Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Eliel Saarinen's Cranbrook Academy of Art, to name a few. They ended up living in quite a sustainable way and following their vision for creativity and a life free of restraints, something I deeply admire.
Today though, I thought I would point out an amazing collection of imagery featuring potter Marguerite Wildenhain and her works, most of which were sourced from the MOMA website. Although Marguerite was sometimes known for her more elaborate styles, some of which are a bit crazy and wacky in my opinion, she also made some great functional pieces that were very much stripped down to their bare essentials. This is the work I am featuring today and also some imagery of her in the workshop which I thought complimented the pottery nicely.
Just look at that top left image shot by Otto Hagel in 1945 for example, Marguerite showing us the motion of hands to make a pot, absolutely genius. I hope you enjoy what I put together above and below, maybe this will inspire you to go and search to find out more about these great creative women!


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Standards and Accreditation Bill
Year: Number: 230 Download PDF (77 KB)
General policy statement
This Bill amends and consolidates the law relating to standards and accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, and repeals and replaces the Standards Act 1988 and the Testing Laboratory Registration Act 1972.
The purpose of this Bill is to ensure the New Zealand Standards and conformance system is viable and well-functioning, and meets the needs of business, regulators, and consumers into the foreseeable future.
The Bill does this by putting in place new arrangements for New Zealand Standards development and approval, and making minor amendments to the institutional arrangements for the Testing Laboratory Registration Council to better reflect the nature of its functions.
In relation to New Zealand Standards development and approval, the
Bill achieves its purpose by-
establishing the New Zealand Standards Approval Board (the Board)—an independent statutory board to approve New Zealand Standards and membership of standards development committees, and advise the Minister on the currency of New Zealand Standards, priority areas for development of New Zealand Standards, and the review of existing New Zealand Standards:
establishing the NZ Standards Executive—an independent statutory officer who will be an employee of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) responsible for standards development, and who will assume responsibility for New Zealand's membership of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission:
requiring the NZ Standards Executive to continue the practice of developing standards by using independent committees approved by the Board:
providing decision-making criteria to guide the Board in approving standards and membership of standards development committees:
identifying a set of principles to guide the application of the funding model for standards.
This new infrastructure replaces the Standards Council (and its operational arm, Standards New Zealand), which will be disestablished by the Bill.
In relation to accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, the Bill achieves its purpose by updating the provisions of the Testing Laboratory Registration Act 1972 to ensure the Bill more accurately reflects the functions and obligations of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council.
Standards and conformance arrangements facilitate trade, promote innovation, and enable firms to leverage competitive advantage. Standards are also often cited in legislation. The new arrangements will ensure the value and contribution of standards and accredited conformity assessment bodies to economic development and well-being can continue and can be maximised.
In providing new arrangements for standards and updating provisions for the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, the Bill addresses the following objectives:
maintaining confidence and credibility in the standards development and approval process, and in the process of accreditation:
ensuring the standards and conformance system is responsive to demand from industry, consumers, and regulators:
ensuring the standards and conformance system continues to meet international expectations, and ensuring the standards system is able to access international and trans-Tasman expertise and intellectual property:
better alignment of standards with the Government's priorities such as economic growth, innovation, safety, and well-being:
placing the standards development function on a financially sustainable footing and ensuring it is undertaken cost-effectively.
Locating the standards development function within MBIE is expected to facilitate more effective co-ordination with regulators, who are key commissioners and users of standards, and enhance the visibility and credibility of standards with other parts of government.
New Zealand Standards Approval Board
The Bill establishes an independent statutory board, the New Zealand Standards Approval Board, responsible for approving New Zealand Standards and membership of standards development committees. The Board will also have an independent role in advising the Minister on the currency of New Zealand Standards, priority areas for the development of New Zealand Standards, and the review of existing New Zealand Standards. The Board will not have a governance role and will not be subject to direction by the responsible Minister in the exercise of its functions.
The Board will decide whether to approve draft New Zealand Standards and proposed standards development committee membership. In doing so, they will be guided by decision-making criteria that are prescribed in the Bill. The decision-making criteria for New Zealand Standards approval are based on the principles that New Zealand Standards-
are consistent with national and international expectations, including in relation to the composition and operation of standards development committees:
contribute to trans-Tasman alignment:
contribute to a more competitive and productive economy, including providing for the overall well-being and health and safety of New Zealanders:
provide an overall benefit to New Zealand.
The Board will have the power to reject a draft standard or the proposed membership of a standards development committee and will be required to provide reasons for its decision.
The Board will comprise 5 to 7 members appointed by the Minister. Appointments will be based on the skills and experience required to perform the standards approval function, including knowledge of sectors which use standards. The Bill provides for the Minister to seek industry nominations if he or she chooses. These arrangements reflect best practice board appointment procedures.
NZ Standards Executive
The Bill establishes the NZ Standards Executive, an independent statutory officer within MBIE.
The Bill specifies the functions of the NZ Standards Executive, which include to-
assume responsibility for New Zealand's membership of the International Organization for Standardization and the Inter- national Electrotechnical Commission:
co-operate with international standards organisations to develop draft standards:
manage the process for forming standards development committees, and to refer proposals for membership of standards development committees to the Board for approval:
manage the process for reviewing and updating New Zealand Standards, and to refer proposals for New Zealand Standards to the Board for approval:
make arrangements for access to standards.
The Bill requires the NZ Standards Executive to act independently in undertaking his or her functions, and to have regard to the value of standards, how they are appropriately employed, and the importance of maintaining expert input in the standards development process. The Bill enables the Executive to delegate his or her functions.
Where New Zealand Standards are cited in legislation, the Bill requires the NZ Standards Executive to notify the Minister responsible for that legislation if any amendment is proposed. This reflects the need to protect the integrity of legislation citing New Zealand Standards by ensuring the responsible Minister is aware of proposed changes to New Zealand Standards and can promote changes to the legislation if that is considered appropriate.
Standards development committees
The Bill provides for independent, balanced standards development committees, which could include industry and technical experts, consumer representatives, and, if appropriate, regulators. Membership will be proposed by the NZ Standards Executive and approved by the Standards Approval Board. This continues the central role of independent standards development committees in standards development.
Standards development committees will also be established to provide New Zealand input into the development of international standards. The New Zealand Electrotechnical Committee, whose existence is a requirement of membership to the International Electrotechnical Commission, will continue.
Principles for funding model
The Bill strengthens the current cost recovery funding model for standards. The Bill provides a framework to enable the NZ Standards Executive to set fees for access to standards and to recover the costs associated with developing, approving, maintaining, and providing access to New Zealand Standards and other standards-related publications, and other related activities. Costs include royalty and licensing fees associated with the intellectual property incorporated in standards. There is also specific provision for the NZ Standards Executive to enter into contractual arrangements for the development of New Zealand Standards and the recovery of costs in relation to these.
The framework provides for a balance between initial development costs and ongoing access costs for particular standards to be negotiated and agreed between the NZ Standards Executive and those commissioning New Zealand Standards. The Bill also specifies principles the NZ Standards Executive must have regard to in setting the amount of fees or charges for cost-recovery, namely, equity, efficiency, transparency, and flexibility.
Collectively, these measures are intended to ensure the standards system is financially sustainable, with flexibility available around the balance between upfront funding and recovery of development and access costs at a later date.
Consequential amendment to Copyright Act 1994
The Bill amends section 27 of the Copyright Act 1994 to maintain existing copyright protections for standards. This amendment is important to protect intellectual property owned by third parties (including international parties) and is required to remove uncertainty in the application of copyright or Crown copyright in New Zealand Standards that arises as a result of moving the standards development function into a Ministry.
Accreditation of conformity assessment bodies
The Bill updates the provisions of the Testing Laboratory Registration Act 1972 to make the following changes:
replacing the term "registration" with the term "accreditation" to more accurately reflect the functions of the Testing laboratory Registration Council, including renaming the Council the Accreditation Council:
recognising the Accreditation Council as New Zealand's good laboratory practice compliance monitoring authority, in line with existing international obligations:
changing the composition and appointment process for the Accreditation Council in order to streamline and strengthen the governance arrangements.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released the following documents as a basis for the 2012 Standards and Conformance Review:
Terms of Reference: 2012 Review of the New Zealand Standards and Conformance Infrastructure, June 2012, which is available at http://www.med.govt.nz/business/standards-conformance/pdf-docs-library/Standards-Conformance-Review-2012-Terms-of-Reference.pdf
Standards and Conformance Infrastructure Review Discussion Document, March 2013, available athttp://www.med.govt.nz/business/standards-conformance/pdf-docs-library/standards-conformance-review-2012-discussion-paper.pdf
Final Proposals from the 2012 Standards and Conformance Infrastructure Review, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, September 2013, available at http://www.med.govt.nz/business/standards-conformance/pdf-docs-library/standards-and-conformance-infrastructure-review/ris
Application of Crown Copyright to New Zealand Standards under the new Standards Regime, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, February 2014, available at http://www.mbie.govt.nz/about-us/publications/ris/standards-crown-copyright.pdf
Neither of the Regulatory Impact Statements met the threshold for receiving an independent opinion on the quality of the RIS for the RIA team in the Treasury.
Providing decision-making criteria for the Standards Approval Board in the Bill
Cabinet's decision [CBC Min (13) 5/4 refers] provided for regulations to be made prescribing criteria to guide decision making by the Standards Approval Board when approving standards and approving membership of standards development committees.
In consultation with the Parliamentary Counsel Office it has become clear that the proposed decision-making criteria for the Standards Approval Board are a matter more appropriately enacted by Parliament, rather than through regulation as they determine the way the Board carries out its functions. In practice, the criteria are unlikely to change very often.
The decision-making criteria are therefore prescribed by the Bill rather than in regulations, as originally intended. The decision making criteria in the Bill were developed based on principles previously agreed to by Cabinet [CBC Min (13) 5/4 para 16 refers].
The Select Committee process will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to engage and provide comment on the nature of the decision-making criteria for approval of standards and standards development committee membership.
The Regulatory Impact Statement assessed the likely impacts on different groups.
Impacts were assessed as part of the RIS at paragraghs 69-72 and in Table 3.
http://www.med.govt.nz/business/standards-conformance/pdf-docs-library/standards-and-conformance-infrastructure-review/ris
Officials engaged with the Secretaries General of the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) during the policy development and have kept both organisations informed regarding progress.
Changes to the arrangements for development and approval of New Zealand Standards have been designed to ensure they continue to be consistent with international expectations from ISO and IEC and with New Zealand's obligations under the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement.
In relation to changes to the existing Testing Laboratories Registration Act 1972, the Bill will recognise the renamed Testing Laboratory Accreditation Council as New Zealand's good laboratory practice compliance monitoring authority, in line with existing international obligations.
No specific steps have been taken to determine that the policy is consistent with the priorities of the Treaty of Waitangi, as the proposed changes relate to government institutional arrangements for standards and are not likely to impact on obligations or principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Advice from the Attorney General on whether the Bill is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 is normally made available on the Ministry of Justice website before the Bill is introduced. That website is : http://www.justice.govt.nz/policy/constitutional-law-and-human-rights/human-rights/bill-of-rights
There have been four distinct periods of consultation and engagement on the policy:
In July 2012 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment invited stakeholders to provide initial written input to assist with the identification and analysis of issues with the current standards system. A total of 77 written comments were received. This was complemented by stakeholder workshops with Standards users.
Further targeted stakeholder workshops were held with key Standards users in September 2012. These workshops focused on how standards are used, and the aspects stakeholders considered important to enable the development and use of standards. These workshops helped inform the problem definition and development of the options.
A discussion document entitled 'Proposals to enhance the delivery of Standards by New Zealand's national standards body' was released in March 2013 for public consultation. The discussion document further articulated the issues and identified proposals for reform. A total of 116 submissions were received.
In August 2013 further targeted engagement was undertaken with key stakeholders with a focus on those with significant roles or as major users of the Standards system, in order to test the feasibility of the preferred option identified. Key stakeholders included representatives of the business community, consumers and retailers, local government, as well as key sectors that are significant users of standards, including the construction, electricity and gas sectors.
In May 2014 further targeted consultation was undertaken with a small group of stakeholders including those directly affected by the decision, and stakeholders with significant knowledge of the standards system and sectors that use standards. The purpose of consultation was to test the workability of the provisions of the Bill to implement Cabinet's decisions and to identify any technical or potentially contentious issues ahead of the Parliamentary process.
Key stakeholders included representatives of the business community, consumers and retailers, local government, Standards Australia, as well as key sectors that are significant users of Standards, including the construction, electricity and gas sectors.
The Bill strengthens the current cost recovery funding model for Standards. The Bill provides a framework to enable the standards statutory officer to set fees for access to standards and to recover the costs associated with developing, approving, maintaining and providing access to NZ Standards and other standards-related publications, and other related activities. Costs include royalty and licencing fees associated with the intellectual property incorporated in standards. There is also specific provision for the NZ Standards Executive to enter into contractual arrangements for the development of NZ Standards and the recovery of costs in relation to these. The fees are intended for cost recovery only and are not in the nature of a tax.
The Bill also specifies principles the NZ Standards executive must have regard to in setting the amount of fees or charges for cost-recovery, namely: equity, efficiency, transparency and flexibility.
The provisions and principles for fees and cost recovery in the Bill are developed in accordance with Treasury and Auditor-General Guidelines.
The Bill will provide immunity from civil liability for members of the Standards Approval Board (Schedule 1, Cl 29) and members of standards development committees (Cl 20) in respect of acts or omissions taken in good faith and in performance or intended performance of the entities' functions. These provisions seek to preserve the existing protections provided by the Crown Entities Act 2004 to the members of the Standards Council and standards development committees. Ensuring that these protections are preserved for Board members and committee members will help maintain continued participation in Standards approval and development while specifically preserving criminal liability, judicial review, and civil liability in relation to acts of bad faith and /or outside the scope of the entities' functions.
The Bill provides for the Governor General, by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister to make regulations providing for any matter reasonably contemplated by the Bill for giving it full effect or for its administration


Jon Olsen's 'Sugar Maple Seedling' photograph could easily be mistaken for a painting. The delicate seedling has been pulled from the ground, exposing it's roots. The bright green leaves are plump with life and are ready to take on the world!


The Bahamas is just emerging from a hard decade after the financial crisis. Years of recession, stagnation and low growth are giving way to better times.
Stopover visitor arrivals were up 15.2 percent for the first six months of 2018, compared to the same period last year. Tourism officials estimate that the average stopover visitor to The Bahamas spends around $1,500.
During the budget, the government projected growth of 2.5 percent this year, and 2.25 for 2019. In Moody's August 14 report, the projection was two percent for 2018, and 1.7 percent for 2019.
Strong economic growth in the United States and Canada is fueling our success. Hotel closures in the Caribbean due to the 2017 hurricane season and the opening of Baha Mar have also drawn people to our shores.
Tourism is our main industry. In its main seasons on New Providence – Easter, Thanksgiving and the Christmas/New Year's periods – even more people visit. These are the times for all in the business to focus on making money.
Hence, the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union's position on Monday was bizarre.
Darrin Woods, the union's president, said his members voted to take industrial action against Atlantis. The Paradise Island resort is the country's largest private sector employer.
In its nearly 25 years in The Bahamas, Atlantis has employed tens of thousands of people. It is responsible for reviving the Bahamian economy in the 1990s – and sustaining it since. Without Atlantis, the Bahamian economy would collapse.
Woods said the industrial action vote was taken on September 27 and a trade dispute was filed with the Department of Labour on October 25.
He said the decision was the result of the company implementing a 12-point system and a shift change for housekeepers without union input.
"Since we had a special call general meeting, the members unanimously voted to take industrial action against the Atlantis resort, so we're here now to put our membership at large, those covered by the [Bahamas Hotels Employers Association], on what we call 'alert'," Woods said.
Woods added that a go-slow and outright strike will follow if no resolution is reached.
Employees at Atlantis should be happy they have jobs. The unemployment rate in The Bahamas has essentially been in the double digits for a decade. There are Bahamians who have lost their homes, have had to withdraw their children from private schools, who have lived for long periods without electricity because they can't find work.
During these tough times Atlantis has remained in business and been good to the thousands of people who worked there, even with fluctuations in its employment level.
Grand Bahama has drifted between depression and recession the past 15 years. There have been so many business closures that many island residents left seeking opportunity elsewhere.
The government recently acquired the Grand Lucayan on Grand Bahama from Hutchison Whampoa, in an attempt to halt the island's decline. It wants to get the property into proper, private sector hands. It did not think Hutchison was sufficiently motivated to sell after receiving an insurance premium due to damage caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Two of the three Grand Lucayan hotels are closed. The complete and permanent closure of the property would also kill the nearby Port Lucaya retail area.
New Providence hotel workers live a dream life compared to their compatriots on Grand Bahama. On our main island there are Atlantis, Baha Mar, Sandals, Breezes and the Hilton. In our second city, such opportunities are scarce.
Grand Bahama hotel workers dream of working for Atlantis. Their island's long, steep decline has made them aware of how important it is to value quality investors who run proper, fair businesses.
With that investment comes shared prosperity. Without it, there is suffering for workers.
Tourism Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar expressed concern yesterday regarding the hotel union's Atlantis decision.
"When I heard about that, I was extremely dismayed," he said.
D'Aguilar said he hopes the industrial action does not affect visitors' experiences.
"We have a very busy weekend," he said.
He added that he spoke with Atlantis representatives and "was assured these matters would quickly work themselves out".
Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes said yesterday any industrial action threat in the hotel sector was concerning, as tourism is the "lifeline of our economy".
He is confident the matters in dispute will be resolved.
"It is only a question of how they will be resolved," Foulkes said.
The union should step back from its bellicose rhetoric. It's unnecessary. It's misguided.
Resorts take in revenue unevenly during the year. The union harming the operation during Thanksgiving and the Christmas/New Year's seasons could significantly reduce revenue intake. And if the resort does not make the money it needs, the jobs of workers would be threatened.
The union should sit with the resort and the government and do the hard work of compromise. Employees should work with full enthusiasm until the dispute is resolved.
It is crazy talk to suggest strikes, go-slows or industrial action during peak holiday season.
Atlantis is not the enemy of workers. It is a vehicle through which they make a living, take care of their families and pursue their dreams.
The union and workers must calm themselves and come to an understanding with their partner. What they have said and done thus far is irresponsible.


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The Farming Community Network is a Christian farming charity offering pastoral support and practical help to farming families.
Somerset FCN has been working with farming families for 21 years. We have 34 volunteers who all have farming experience and pastoral understanding. They have a range of different skills and past experiences but their main quality is that they understand the situations presented to them. Their main role is to listen confidentially and non-judgementally and to walk beside people for as long as it takes to resolve difficult issues. We are not advisors but try to help people find the best way forward.
We are working with many other organisations in our county and have a very close relationship with local churches and their congregations.
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This issue comprises a range of reviews and expert commentaries covering a range of important topics in cardiovascular medicine. Topics covered include familial hypercholesterolaemia, the latest drug-eluting stents, advances in managing refractory angina pectoris, and cardio-oncology. In our Cardiology Masters section, we feature the career of Prof Patrick Serruys. We hope you enjoy this issue.


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West Virginia University Brings Digital Age to Several Local Newspapers
Over the past few years, the death knell for print newspapers has been sounded in various publications and backed by figures released by the Newspaper Association of America. Partly in answer to this decline, more and more newspapers are turning to digitalization in order to reach wider audiences. To that end, West Virginia University began a project in 2008 to help local papers learn how to tap into various electronic resources.
West Virginia Uncovered
Three years ago, West Virginia University's Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism set out to change the face of local newspaper publishing through a project called West Virginia Uncovered. For the most part, it's been very successful at meeting its goal.
Take The Parson's Advocate, a weekly newspaper out of Tucker County, West Virginia. For over 100 years, the paper did it the old-fashioned way. Now, it maintains a website and even offers an iPhone app, not to mention adding a number of electronic subscribers. And it all began with free workshops, courtesy of West Virginia University.
Kelly Stadelman, one-half of the husband-wife publishing team that ran The Parson's Advocate (the couple sold the publication in April 2011), decided to attend the workshops to learn how to better reach a younger audience after realizing the popularity of mobile devices to access news and other stories. The workshops proved so beneficial, she says, that she returned again...and again. 'We did them the first time and learned even more the second time,' Ms. Stadelman told The Chronicle of Higher Education in July.
Through the workshops, which last a day or an entire weekend, students work with faculty of the journalism school and guest lecturers to produce multimedia packages. These packages can contain audio and video feeds, text, photos and interactive graphics. The project has been largely funded by grants from private foundations. The latest was a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Past grants have been provided by the McCormick and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundations.
Another project, Mobile Main Street, was started by West Virginia University assistant professor Dana Coester in 2009. Together with graduate student George Cicci, the project has developed an iPhone app for The Parsons Advocate that provides a news feed and tabs leading to local business advertisements. The app is scheduled for retooling later this year.
Revitalizing an Entire Industry
The change to digital platforms, it is believed, can only help a print industry in decline. 'There's a point in which you have to cut bait and start anew,' Assistant Professor Coester told The Chronicle.
The Parson's Advocate is not the only publication to benefit from the university's knowledge. Since it began, West Virginia Uncovered has helped to digitize more than a dozen weekly newspapers, including the Charleston Daily Mail. But digitizing newspapers is not the sole purpose of West Virginia Uncovered. The workshops also aim to educate new multimedia journalists. While the classes focus on narrative storytelling, students do have the opportunity to learn audio and video production, graphic design, online marketing techniques, photography and website management.
Other schools have begun to follow West Virginia University's lead. Similar projects to help local newspapers go digital have started at Iowa State University, University of North Carolina and the University of Maryland at College Park. Kelly Stadelman might be speaking for all small weekly newspapers when she praised the value of the West Virginia University program, noting how it helped The Parson's Advocate to become more marketable.
'We just want to see it continue,' she said. It's likely a growing number of publications in and outside of West Virginia would certainly agree.
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January window came at the right moment says Preston North End boss Alex Neil
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Preston boss Alex Neil might not be the biggest fan of the January transfer window but he admits it has been a timely one for him this year.
Neil likes to work with new players on the training ground and blend them into the squad, time which he gets in pre-season with summer signings.
Brad Potts has a shot on his Preston North End debut against Swansea City at Deepdale last Saturday
But January is a different beast, new buys tending to get pitched straight in.
That was the case in last week's draw with Swansea when Brad Potts and Jayden Stockley were named in the starting line-up.
However, Connor Ripley was on the bench and Josh Ginnelly did not make the squad.
Neil said: "It was absolute necessity to strengthen. It is not something I prefer to do in January, the reason being that you have to bed them into the team.
"There were certain things against Swansea which we did which I know we won't do a couple of weeks further down the line – turning into the wrong area, that sort of thing. To create that bond and understanding between players takes time.
"You can't do it over five days training .
"Naturally to start with you are going to be a bit loose, a bit baggy when new lads come in."
Nevertheless, Neil liked what he saw from Potts and Stockley last Saturday.
And with another week's training under their belts, they will hopefully be in even better shape for the visit to Queens Park Rangers.
Neil has more shopping to do before the month is out.
He wants a right-back and a number of options have been checked out.
Preston's buying model has tended to see them recruit from Leagues One and Two.
Said Neil: "We generally shop for guys who haven't done it at this level yet.
"The guys who have done it at this level, we can't afford.
"We bring them in, hope they adapt and flourish with us at this level – that is where we are at."


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Ewan McGregor as Halston in a rollicking new TV show about the designer.
Halston's Halcyon Days
The mononymous American designer behind Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat gets the ending he deserves in Ryan Murphy's new series
Tall and lean, in trademark black turtleneck and black slacks, his inviolable jaw always lifted as if addressing the future, the American fashion designer Halston stood like a capital I come to life, ego personified. Fashions come and fashions go, but the name Halston remains immortal because of this indelible imprint we carry of him in our heads—icons have seldom looked as iconographic.
So when word descended from Mount Olympus that Ewan McGregor had been chosen for the title role of Halston, the Ryan Murphy–produced, five-part Netflix series based on Steven Gaines's biography Simply Halston: The Untold Story, some of us worry-bees wondered, Could he project the height and hauteur, the chess-knight gleam, of the original item? McGregor's most familiar roles, in Trainspotting and the Star Wars prequels, weren't exactly drenched in opulence.
Whatever doubts one might have harbored are dissolved with the first rounded vowels out of McGregor's mouth, the maestro flair of his wrist as he cocks a cigarette and holds forth. McGregor is no Halston look-alike, but he assumes inner possession of the Halston mystique and brings it to defiant life. Halston could cut and drape fabric like a Zen master, and in close-ups McGregor's concentration on fabrics, the shapes of perfume bottles, the cinch of a belt, conveys an artist's acquisitional eye that sees in an extra dimension the rest of us are denied.
Halston and company, including "the Halstonettes," Elsa Peretti (played by Rebecca Dayan, third from right), and Liza Minnelli (Krysta Rodriguez, second from right), in a still from the show.
The casting of the remainder of Halston's constellation could not be bettered: Rebecca Dayan as model and jewelry designer Elsa Peretti; David Pittu as illustrator Joe Eula; Kelly Bishop as Eleanor Lambert; Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, for whom there is no more forgiving friend to flawed man; Vera Farmiga as the perfumer Adele; and Gian Franco Rodriguez as Halston's boyfriend, the hustler and window designer who called himself Victor Hugo ("Huge-o"), a firecracker in a jockstrap.
After a dowdy year in lockdown and sensual deprivation, our hunger for glamour and reckless excess is so avid that Halston's injections of extravagance and decadence feel restorative, like being showered with confetti and champagne foam beneath a disco ball.
Pillbox Popper
Born Roy Halston Frowick in 1932 and raised here and there in the Midwest, Halston was a classic American case of self-reinvention, a product of the postwar boom that gave us Andy Warhol and Mad Men's Don Draper. He pared away the inessentials until he achieved the pure expression of his willful ambition and persona.
Postwar Manhattan was the perfect launchpad for such enigmas. Halston begins in 1961, when the pillbox hat he designed for Jacqueline Kennedy brings the gloved ladies flocking to Bergdorf Goodman. Bergies! We've missed you so.
When women's hats become passé, thanks to Jackie (who stopped wearing hats, Halston fumes, "so she wouldn't ruin that awful gigantic hairdo of hers"), he rebounds with the fashion brain wave of a line of shirtwaist dresses done in Ultrasuede, which make his name anew.
Episode Two, devoted to Halston's improbable triumph in "The Battle of Versailles," is where the series truly kicks into rhythm, when Halston and entourage arrive at the airport in slow motion to the thump of David Bowie's "The Jean Genie" as rival designers Bill Blass, Stephen Burrows, and Oscar de la Renta and their entourages converge upon one another at the arrival gate like the news teams in Anchorman, ready to rumble.
Studio 54 was Halston's after-hours playground.
Victorious at Versailles, Halston achieves the escape velocity into wealth and celebrity that enables him to fulfill his every whim and fantasy, while still working himself and his staff ragged. The spectacular mirrored palace of the Halston workroom and showroom on the 21st floor of Midtown's Olympic Tower and the funky basement at Studio 54 become the twin poles of his existence: the empyrean and the underworld. He becomes a household name, a ubiquitous designer brand (cleverly shown here with an ad montage of proliferating Halstons), and a princely eminence, appearing on The Love Boat with a mini-squad of "Halstonettes." How serene he appeared to reign, but no one can keep vampire hours for too long with impunity, not even a vampire.
Under the grinding pressures of being creative on schedule for corporate overlords and impressing the fickle fashion press, which to him justify the splurges on orchids and lavish flights to Paris, Halston begins to implode, his imperium to crumble. The snowbanks of cocaine he nosed up certainly didn't help, nor did the steady trudge of rough trade into his modernist lair on East 63rd.
It would have been easy to turn Halston's parabolic rise and downfall into a morality tale, a skyscraper parable about the perils of hubris, but Halston lets its story play out without melodrama or twenty-twenty hindsight.
Uncharacteristically for a Ryan Murphy production, the series, directed with dispatch and tact by Daniel Minahan, under-sensationalizes the lurid excesses of Halston's life in its meteoric descent. For instance, the scene in which Elsa Peretti lashes out at Halston in Studio 54 is less feral than Bob Colacello's eyewitness account in Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up ("She fell to the floor amid shards of glass and started crying"), and Victor Hugo's destructive, exhibitionist antics, bad as they are here, could have been dialed up even louder based on what we know from the compendious Halston–Warhol–Studio 54 literature. Even when Halston is being impossible and spitting invective, we're aware of the fear and frailty underneath, the rising, scraping desperation.
Creative on a schedule.
The heart of Halston lies in the intimate scenes with Liza and, later, with Martha Graham (Mary Beth Peil), where the designer is able to drop his theatrical airs and talk equal to equal, legend to legend, about what's eating him inside.
Having lost his business, his lordly offices, even the commercial use of his name, Halston finds a grace note of redemption designing the dance costumes for Graham's Persephone, the positive reviews proof that, whatever else has been taken from him, his talent still abides. Diagnosed with AIDS, Halston sells his Manhattan apartment and Montauk house and spends the remainder of his days driving up and down the Pacific Coast Highway in his Rolls-Royce convertible. It doesn't get more F. Scott Fitzgerald than that.
Halston is streaming on Netflix
James Wolcott is a columnist for AIR MAIL
Photos: Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix © 2021


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package imagerepositorytag

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"

	kapi "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"

	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/api"
	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/registry/image"
	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/registry/imagerepository"
)

// REST implements the RESTStorage interface for ImageRepositoryTag
// It only supports the Get method and is used to simplify retrieving an Image by tag from an ImageRepository
type REST struct {
	imageRegistry           image.Registry
	imageRepositoryRegistry imagerepository.Registry
}

// NewREST returns a new REST.
func NewREST(imageRegistry image.Registry, imageRepositoryRegistry imagerepository.Registry) *REST {
	return &REST{imageRegistry, imageRepositoryRegistry}
}

// New is only implemented to make REST implement RESTStorage
func (r *REST) New() runtime.Object {
	return &api.Image{}
}

// nameAndTag splits a string into its name component and tag component, and returns an error
// if the string is not in the right form.
func nameAndTag(id string) (name string, tag string, err error) {
	segments := strings.Split(id, ":")
	switch len(segments) {
	case 2:
		name = segments[0]
		tag = segments[1]
		if len(name) == 0 || len(tag) == 0 {
			err = errors.NewBadRequest("imageRepositoryTags must be retrieved with <name>:<tag>")
		}
	default:
		err = errors.NewBadRequest("imageRepositoryTags must be retrieved with <name>:<tag>")
	}
	return
}

// Get retrieves an image that has been tagged by repo and tag. `id` is of the format
// <repo name>:<tag>.
func (r *REST) Get(ctx kapi.Context, id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
	name, tag, err := nameAndTag(id)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	repo, err := r.imageRepositoryRegistry.GetImageRepository(ctx, name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	event, err := api.LatestTaggedImage(repo, tag)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.NewNotFound("imageRepositoryTag", tag)
	}

	if len(event.Image) != 0 {
		image, err := r.imageRegistry.GetImage(ctx, event.Image)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return api.ImageWithMetadata(*image)
	}
	if len(event.DockerImageReference) == 0 {
		return nil, errors.NewNotFound("imageRepositoryTag", tag)
	}

	return &api.Image{
		ObjectMeta: kapi.ObjectMeta{
			CreationTimestamp: event.Created,
		},
		DockerImageReference: event.DockerImageReference,
	}, nil
}

// Delete removes a tag from a repo. `id` is of the format <repo name>:<tag>.
// The associated image that the tag points to is *not* deleted.
// The tag history remains intact and is not deleted.
func (r *REST) Delete(ctx kapi.Context, id string) (runtime.Object, error) {
	name, tag, err := nameAndTag(id)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	repo, err := r.imageRepositoryRegistry.GetImageRepository(ctx, name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if repo.Tags == nil {
		return nil, errors.NewNotFound("imageRepositoryTag", tag)
	}

	_, ok := repo.Tags[tag]
	if !ok {
		return nil, errors.NewNotFound("imageRepositoryTag", tag)
	}

	delete(repo.Tags, tag)

	err = r.imageRepositoryRegistry.UpdateImageRepository(ctx, repo)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error removing tag from image repository: %s", err)
	}

	return &kapi.Status{Status: kapi.StatusSuccess}, nil
}