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Florida Teen Combats Bullying With ...
Florida Teen Combats Bullying With His Own Foundation
Staff | Anti Bullying | Feb 18, 2016
Florida teen Jaylen Arnold is a self-proclaimed "alphabet kid," just look at all the letters he has to handle: TS, OCD, ASP.
Each set of letters stands for a different neurological disease that Jaylen has. Tourette Syndrome (TS), severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Asperger's Syndrome (ASP) are all burdens that Jaylen has carried practically his whole life.
These challenges made Jaylen stand out at an early age, and kids who didn't understand why he was so different bullied him at school. By the second grade the bullying had become unmanageable, and Jaylen's parents removed him from school.
But instead of allowing that to bring him down, Jaylen turned his tragedy into triumph and began a foundation to combat bullying.
While Jaylen was in school he noticed a lot if his friends got bullied too. "When my mom made the decision to pull me out of that school, I felt like I was leaving behind all the kids that were being bullied, too. I figured if that was just my little second-grade class being bullied, what about the whole world?"
In response, Jaylen started Jaylen's Challenge Foundation in order create a better world for everyone to live in. His organization is dedicated to promoting awareness and prevention of bullying through education and community service. He travels the country giving presentations and workshops on the effects of bullying and how to stop it. Jaylen also helps kids create Jaylen's Challenge Ambassador Clubs in their schools to help spread his "Bullying. No Way!" message. Since its inception, the Jaylen's Challenge Foundation has taught over 150,000 children to recognize bullying and to appreciate one another not in spite of, but because of, their differences.
Now 15, Jaylen has been spreading his message to great effect around the country for years. In recognition of his work, the Nickelodeon television show The HALO Effect, which highlights teens who "Help and Lead Others " in their community, will be doing an episode on Jaylen.
In each episode of The HALO Effect, the profiled teen issues a "HALO Effect Challenge," that encourages inspired viewers to participate in their cause. Jaylen's challenge will be to encourage everyone to take part in Jaylen's Challenge and post a selfie or video of themselves performing a random act of kindness. The show will also award a $10,000 grant to Jaylen's organization so he may continue spreading his anti-bullying message.
Jaylen is one of many people and organizations that combat bullying. From government legislation to one father searching for a way to help his daughter, anti-bullying awareness is on the rise.
At Morgan & Morgan, we are staunchly against bullying, and are proud to see a Florida teen making great strides to stop it. Our firm considers anti-bullying to be one of the most important issues we take on. If you would like to help stop bullying, visit Jaylen's website to choose from the myriad of ways to support his great cause.
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Coastal Italy Meets Casual New York with Samantha Wasser and Ali LaRaia of The Sosta
December 12, 2017 in A Day In The Life, Cuisine, Trendsetters
Anna Haines
Anna is a Canadian freelance photographer and writer based in New York City. Anna's passion for authentic storytelling is inspired by her extensive travel experience, work background in the humanitarian sector and creative ability as a documentarian.
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Creative Director, Samantha Wasser and Executive Chef, Ali LaRaia are the co-founders of The Sosta, New York's latest fast-casual hotspot; one of the first to specialize in Italian cuisine. On a rainy New York-day, we were lucky enough to seek refuge under the pale pink umbrellas of this little slice of Italy and gain insight into these entrepreneurial powerhouses' daily lives.
It's no surprise The Sosta has been well received given Wasser's role as a Creative Director at ESquared Hospitality Group and her track record of successful, fast-casual concepts, such as beloved vegan chain by CHLOE., for which Inc. Magazine titled her one of this year's Most Brilliant Young Entrepreneurs Under 30.
LaRaia also found entrepreneurial success at a young age, when at 22-years-old she founded Marianberry Cookies–an all-natural boutique cookie company that was distributed nationally within six months of the business' inception. Inspired by her travels in Italy, LaRaia created The Sosta to fill a void of accessible and affordable, high-quality Italian fare in New York City. Combine Wasser's fast-casual branding brilliance with LaRaia's culinary expertise and passion for Italian cuisine and you have a recipe for success.
Located in the trendy area of Nolita, The Sosta space, designed by London-based firm Alexander Waterworth, conjures daydreams of coastal Italy with its casual yet classy, airy atmosphere. The 66-seat restaurant is adorned with pale pink banquettes, light woods, marble tabletops, custom brass fixtures, and a pink neon sign which reads "Mangiano, Baby;" Italian for eat. Not only is the restaurant décor highly Instagrammable, but so are the homemade dishes that are presented from the kitchen at an impressive speed. Take for example the Zucca Vodka; flower shaped pasta shells with tomato, vodka cream, caramelized onion and fresh basil.
Although you can't help but frame your perfect picture, the aesthetics are secondary to LaRaia, as she has prioritized crafting a menu that offers guests an authentic Italian dining experience. The all-day menu includes five preset pasta dishes, a variety of focaccia sandwiches and salads and a selection of house wines and beers. The restaurant honors local establishments by offering Marianberry Cookies, gelato from East Village's Fresco Gelateria, and coffee from Williamsburg-based Devocion, who have created a custom coffee blend and Cascara soda specifically for The Sosta.
Fresh ingredients are at the heart of The Sosta with the pasta, sauces, dairy and bread all made daily in-house. By using clean ingredients, dishes are lighter than traditional Italian fare, lending themselves perfectly to the fast-casual concept. The restaurant has unsurprisingly been a hit; it appeals to both the health-conscious, hurried diner (gluten-free and zucchini noodles are an option) and those seeking quality, Italian cuisine in a chic, sit-down setting.
So how do these two restaurant tycoons do it all? We spent a day with Wasser and LaRaia at The Sosta to get an inside look at their daily routines, seek their entrepreneurial advice and of course, talk pasta.
What inspired the concept behind The Sosta?
AL: Through my travels and road trips in Italy, I fell in love with the food culture. I could stop anywhere along the road…in big cities, small towns, and even (maybe most inspiring) the Autogrills, which are the gas stations on the sides of the highways…and be able to get an amazing espresso or fresh bowl of pasta or gelato. Everything was super local and super cheap and it got me thinking, this type of quick, cheap, really fresh high quality Italian food doesn't really exist in New York. And that's where my idea for the fast-casual, fresh pasta place was born.
How did you two come to meet?
AL: I met Sam through Laureen, from Paperwhite Studio. Laureen thought Sam and I would hit it off so she set us up to meet – we had lunch and that was it. Laureen was totally right!
SW: Laureen has been a close friend and our branding agent for a long time now, working on the creation of by CHLOE., The Sosta, and now DEZ. I trust her like no other so when she told me about Ali and suggested we meet… the rest is history.
What does a typical work day entail for both of you?
AL: In the first few months since we've opened, I spend a lot of time at the restaurant. I usually am in [the restaurant] somewhere between 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. prepping for the day, making sure everything is running smoothly, and a lot of the time getting my hands dirty in the kitchen. I'll have a couple meetings throughout the day where I pop out to the front and sit down for a bit. It's pretty nonstop!
SW: Every day is different for me and usually spent running around from meeting to meeting. I'm at The Sosta a lot since we opened–taking meetings and, honestly, eating the food! I also spend a good amount of time at our corporate office checking in with the rest of our team, and hopping around the city to check out new spaces for our other fast-casual concepts. One day could be back-to-back design meetings, another could be a tasting for new menu items, it keeps me on my toes and I've gotten really good at working on the go. I can do almost anything from my phone!
Besides fresh pasta, what fuels your day?
AL: Lots and lots of coffee from The Sosta! We partnered with Devocion out of Williamsburg to make a really awesome custom blend for The Sosta. It's probably the freshest cup of coffee you can find in the city. It's the first green coffee; from the beans in Columbia, to the coffee in your hand, it takes about 10 days.
SW: No matter what I have to start my day with hot lemon water with collagen. After that, the mornings when I can start my day with a yoga session are the best days for me. Then it's usually an iced matcha (I love Panatea's to-go packs), a walk with my dogs, and I am ready to take on anything!
How have each of your previously successful ventures, by CHLOE. and Marianberry Cookies, influenced the branding for The Sosta?
AL: Marianberry Cookies was a real grassroots project for me. I had a bunch of friends out in San Francisco working in tech and design doing a lot of favors for me. In contrast, for The Sosta's branding we worked with one creative team at Paperwhite Studio and after a few brand meetings, Laureen and her team really got a good idea of the ethos behind our brand and were able to translate that into a cohesive (and pretty) brand identity.
SW: It was important to me that The Sosta have a completely different look, feel, and personality than by CHLOE.. While they are both fast-casual concepts, we pictured The Sosta to be a bit a cleaner and more sophisticated than by CHLOE.. We also wanted to make sure that it was clear to our existing fans that The Sosta was different, both conceptually and food-wise from what you can get at by CHLOE.; they are both destinations in their own right that offer unique experiences. But it's the same creative development, approach to service, and commitment to quality that our guests know to be true of our brands.
You've made your fast-casual Italian dream a reality. What advice would you offer to someone looking to bring their own business ideas to fruition?
AL: If you really believe in something, it can become something. Have the confidence in yourself enough to take risks. Also find a good business partner you can trust. Having a sounding board and support system has been everything through this process.
SW: I always say trust your gut, and align yourself with people you can rely on. Sticking to those two mantras has helped to make everything I've been able to achieve these last couple of years a more reachable reality. Having the right people by your side, especially when it comes to business partners, changes everything.
What inspired the attractive design elements of the restaurant?
SW: The Sosta's menu is such a true Italian expression from Ali's travels, we wanted the aesthetic and design to complement the food. We chose to evoke the feeling of Italy throughout the space, from our choice of cooler colors and terrazzo table tops, to the dark wood accents and outdoor umbrellas and picnic tables. Working with Alexander Waterworth also enabled us to create a unique feel and design for the space that worked perfectly with our sophisticated branding. We wanted it to feel like a full-service restaurant that offered fast-casual service.
The menu offers five preset pasta dishes. Ali, why did you choose these specific recipes?
AL: In the beginning stages, the concept of building your own pasta–choosing your pasta and your sauce–was on the table, but we quickly realized that in order to have the best quality dish for our customers, it was important to strategically choose which shapes worked best with the different sauces which is why we ended up with preset pasta and sauce choices. For example, the Zucca (Italian for "pumpkin") was paired with the vodka sauce to basically act as a tiny bowl to hold a good amount of our addicting vodka sauce in each bite.
What is your favorite Italian dish in the world and who is serving it?
AL: It is 100 percent a tie. The off-menu Spaghetti Pomodoro from Ceresio 7 in Milan and Spaghetti Colatura di Alici in Cetara.
SW: I'm not going to lie, my house loves The Sosta. My go-to right now is our Farro Bowl with a double order of our Calabrian Cauliflower – it's addicting! My husband loves it so much if he isn't ordering it via Postmates for lunch at his offices, he's probably swinging by The Sosta on his way home to pick up a spread for dinner. Other than that, I'm obsessed with the Vodka Pie at Rubirosa. It's one of my favorite guilty pleasures.
Your most cherished spot to visit when in Italy?
AL: I really truly love it all, from Mount Etna to Rome to Milan, but Piedmont was my first love, it's where I fell in love with the Italian way of life; its pasta and its wine. Waking up in an agriturismo and looking out my window to watch the fog come rolling in over the vineyards….nothing better.
Photography by Anna Haines

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When trying to use a video as WebGL texture and that video is located on an other domain, then there will be wrong 'Security Error'.
The CORS / crossOrigin settings are all set correctly, the bug is inside Webkit.
This fails currently on iOS 8 beta iPads and also in the current OSX 10.10 Desktop Safari. The current Android Chrome 36 has the same bug (just as note if internally some code has been shared). All other Browsers are fine.
iOS 8 release and still not fixed!
This is a media bug. Our AVFoundation backend does not check CORS for tainting.
Still not fixed in iOS 8.0.2!
Is it really that hard to fix that bug or what's the problem with it? Why doesn't it get fixed? No developer resources?
There is no reason to post status of every iOS beta or update - there is no fix here in this bug yet. Nothing is going to change before this bug is resolved.
We are experiencing the same issue and would love to have the web standard 'crossorigin' attribute be supported on the Video element in IOS and Mac Safari.
I wish I would have found this bug report before I created my own test page (https://vidmaker.com/test/safari_crossorigin_test) to reproduce the issue, hehe.
The workaround we've had to employ at the moment to support our HTML5 video editor (https://vidmaker.com) in Safari is to proxy all of our videos stored in AWS S3 through nginx running on one of our servers just for Safari users. It works for the moment, but it will not at any sort of scale (unless we continue to add more proxy servers).
I'd like to chime in that this is a problem for many 360 video players including our own. Would be great to get a fix!
This issue is a blocker for YouTube 360 and 3D videos in webkit.
This bug is now almost one year old and there were more than ten iOS updates since then without any fixes.
YouTube 360 videos ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edcJ_JNeyhg ) recently shipped for the versions of Firefox and Opera that support MSE.  It would be great to bring 3D and 360 videos to WebKit browsers that support MSE, too.
YouTube 360 videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNqW6uE-Q_o) now work on IE where IE supports Media Source Extensions.  It would be great to bring 3D and 360 videos to WebKit browsers that support MSE, too.
This also fails on most recent desktop Safari 9.0 (11601.1.56).
I have confirmed that implementing MediaPlayerPrivateAVFoundationObjC::didPassCORSAccessCheck by always returning true can make the example work, so what we need to do is properly implementing this function.
I'm studying https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99037 and try to figure out how to do the same for MediaPlayerPrivateAVFoundationObjC::didPassCORSAccessCheck.
Any code pointers/suggestions is more than welcome!
Put together a proof of concept patch for this. Verified on OSX 10.11, the demo works in MiniBrowser. Hooray!
Is there any reviewer willing to look at this? I know very little about Webkit (never hacked on Webkit before), so let's evaluate the approach first. If it's OK, then we move on to coding style/webkit details/reusing previous GStreamer code.
The following is implementation detail of the proof of concept patch.
AVAssetResourceLoader only calls its delegate when the AVURLAsset does not start with http or https. Also, it does not handle CORS check.
1. do not use AVFoundation APIs. Well that does not seems like the right way to go.
2. wait for AVFoundation to handle CORS check. I personally do not want to wait. Besides, AVFoundation API is for general purpose Internet media resource loading (not limited to web browsers), while CORS checking is a very specific use case in web browsers. For this reason, I think we should handle CORS on Webkit side instead of AVFounation side. We already have mature and well-tested code for CORS, right?
3. hack into AVFoundation API, perform the CORS check somewhere in the progress.
This patch uses approach 3. Implementation is a little hacky.
- In the delegate, use CachedResourceLoader to get response, perform CORS check.
- If CORS check passes, fill response data into the original AVAssetResourceLoadingRequest.
Except for the first step, the latter 2 steps look exactly like what we did for GStreamer backend: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/167073/ , which is another reason I am happy about it.
This will only work for initial requests.  Subsequent requests (for additional byte ranges, for sub-resources, or due to HTTP redirects) will not come through this path, and will thus we will not get a chance to do a CORS check on those requests.  We have to assume that these requests would not pass CORS, or we would risk opening up a hole in CORS support.  Additionally, this path is only triggered for the HLS manifest load, but requests for HLS media segments does not come through this API.
I am going to give this a r- due to the above, but only due to the shortcomings of the approach in the patch, not because of the patch itself. In addition, there are a few things in your patch I'd like to call out that would need to be fixed in the hypothetical case that the approach was valid.
With C++11, this style of initialization can be put in the header.
WebKit coding style guidelines <https://webkit.org/code-style-guidelines/> specify dropping braces on single-line control statements.
Ditto about the WebKit coding style guidelines.
No need to add .get() to a RefPtr or RetainPtr when testing nullity.  Those classes provide a convenience bool operator.
Also, they override operator*(), so no need to add a .get() before dereferencing.
> and 360 videos to WebKit browsers that support MSE, too.
Richard, would YouTube 360 videos use MSE on Safari desktop?
Yes, YouTube would use MSE for 360 videos on Safari desktop.
> CORS check on those requests.
Do you mean subsequent requests will not reach code in MediaPlayerPrivateAVFoundationObjC, or CachedResourceLoader does not give us a chance to handle subsequent requests?
> requests for HLS media segments does not come through this API.
Is this caused by AVFoundation API? If so, that would be a blocker.
> > CORS check on those requests.
> a chance to handle subsequent requests?
The AVAssetResourceLoaderDelegate API was designed for on-disk resources which were not stored as files which AVFoundation could parse directly. E.g., database entries, UUEncoded e-mail attachments, etc.  So AVFoundation makes a lot of decisions about buffering, enqueueing load requests, etc. based on the assumption that the file is entirely available and exists locally (on disk). So doing the "bait-and-switch" with "mock-http://" breaks a lot of features, such as when the "canplaythrough" event fires, how much pre-buffering occurs, and more.
Looking more carefully at the patch, I see that is exactly the trap this approach falls into.
No I think this is a problem specific to AVFoundation.
> > requests for HLS media segments does not come through this API.
> Is this caused by AVFoundation API? If so, that would be a blocker.
No problem. Rest assured we care very much about making this work in Safari.
Aha, I rest my case:-) Seems this can only be fixed in AVFoundation side.
BTW the performance decision thing really teaches me a lesson about improving user experience. Kudos on that!
> Yes, YouTube would use MSE for 360 videos on Safari desktop.
In that case, there's the bigger issue: MSE-backed <video> elements cannot currently paint to Canvas or WebGL. That's a known issue which we are also working on.
Is there an existing bug/feature request I could cc myself on that represents the known issue about MSE-backed <video> elements being unable to paint to Canvas or WebGL?
You can test with this example file and changing your hosts to match the sub-domain exactly which is silly it should be matching top-level domains.
Any ideas if this crossorigin attr is finally getting in there it's years a bit too late.
The proxy work around is totally no good for production and defeats the purpose of using CDN's for videos ! My nginx proxy path has to redirect to cloudfront internally.
I suggest a 2D video alternative plays back, and then the user can turn on 360 video and play back the proxy video. If this even works of course!
The fact that it has to match the sub domain exactly is the issue here. Any wonder why Youtube can't even support Safari yet ?
Excuse me. Confirming the proxy work around works. I forgot not only sub domains need to match but also ports.
I believe this may require what I suggested. A 2D version of the video with user controls to turn on 360 which will need to run through the proxy.
So for Safari and IE and anything with no crossorigin attribute, play 2D, and turn on 360 on demand. Unfortunately there is no way to make a 360 video a flat plane without webgl on.
This is one of the most important features to have not implemented and it kind of cripples html5 video a lot ironically requiring FLASH !  The proxy is the only known work around. I needed this for a video capture feature when extracting the image data uri from the canvas.
I believe the corssorigin attribute is required on TextTracks too while I'm at it.
here is a working example with the silly fallback hacks.
It will replace the video with a "2D" version of the video, then a button will switch to the proxy source.
as far as UI goes it as good as it gets rather than attempt to use the proxy source by default.
I hope this serious non compliant bug fix manages to find its way into OSX and Safari soon.
How could something as important as this manage to be evaded for so many years I wonder ?
BTW this bug tracker server is blocking my ip for some reason all of a sudden. I have to use a VPN to get access !
Any updates on this bug?? I have confirmed the CORS rules are not respected in safari for the latest iOS 9. The only workaround we were able to use was to create a proxy to our CDN so the videos are loaded from the same domain. But that's pointless. We have also tried 301/302 redirects but to no avail.
Firefox, chrome and edge all support it now. Safari is lagging behind.
We really need a solution for this. Can someone advise on a workaround?
This "bug" is a standards flaw. It has been a problem for years.
This is a serious show stopper for WebVR. At a time Apple is trying to show off their new Iphone VR case, this makes it a complete farce.
WebVR has been exploding very rapidly over the past year and Safari is dragging it's heels making it completely unusable.
Something as trivial as this should have been added years ago.
I've had to do the same proxy workaround for video snapshot features but a single frame on a reverse proxy is much different than streaming through it. It won't scale and makes a CDN pointless. It is not a production ready solution.
The only solution is to add the crossOrigin property on the video tag and while you are at it on the text tracks also.
Interestingly, I have images working fine with the crossOrigin set to anonymous, but video seems to be the culprit.
Amazing that Apple just hired an entire VR team to explore this explosive industry, and their flagship phone and browser are generations behind the competition. C'mon guys. This case is still assigned to "Nobody". We've already done all the work for you. Chop chop!
FYI, even MS Edge now supports the video textures and CORS correctly for webgl with the latest update (MS Edge 10586 TH2 Update). So all browsers seem to correctly support it, except Safari which is lacking proper support.
Can we get an update on this bug when it will be fixed for Safari on MacOS and iOS?
Apple does not comment on the timing or content of future releases. If you would like to register your desire to have this bug fixed, and to be notified when a fix is available in a public build, please file a Radar, and include your use case which is blocked by the current behavior.
Yeah VR on IOS is a complete farce right now. A complete show stopper.
CORS has been on images for a while now. Video has been broken for years.
> Yeah VR on IOS is a complete farce right now. A complete show stopper.
> CORS has been on images for a while now. Video has been broken for years.
> Sheer arrogance from Apple.
David and Daniel, this is not a blog comment section. If you would like to comment about Apple's arrogance and how this bug is proof of it, I recommend you do so on Twitter. As the Apple employee who is working on this bug, you can accuse me of arrogance there at @jernoble.
Otherwise, if you do have constructive additions to this bug, (e.g., test cases, patches, etc.) please continue to post them.
I will take this up with Apple because this has gone on for too long. This should take priority.
This flaw has been an issue for years and years.
Only that people now are only realising it, working with webgl. It was reported in July 2014 and nobody is even assigned to it that just shows contempt.
It is only just going to keep getting duped now.
I'm not treating this issue as a forum its serious.
Again this should be an embarrassment for Apple because it completely disables VR.
If there is a fix I would be happy to test it, I am closely monitoring this.
I believe these two are related. WebGL and canvas video drawing does not work with MediaSource / mpeg dash even with the reverse proxy work around which normally works on mp4. I have tested this myself and runs into the CORS security error.
These should be merged into one. They are the same problem.
More and more people once they find out trying to do VR on Safari are going to start making duplicates.
I can't understand why that ticket is assigned and this one which is far more serious and the actual problem is not.
Just letting developers know that after updating to iOS 9.2.1, I have confirmed that this bug is still not yet fixed.
On a good note, my iPad is running only slightly slower than expected. So that's good.
Can someone verify if this bug has been fixed in the new iOS 9.3 released today?
No need to check that.
The bug is in NEW state, meaning that it hasn't been fixed in WebKit trunk. That will change before it's fixed in shipping software.
It may take years to get into an IOS update unless there is mass duplicate tickets with Apple. I have made a ticket but they closed it pending a duplicate with a much earlier ticket number. Which means the bug ticket has been there for years.
It seems Firefox on IOS also uses and relies on webkit which is why it also is broken with CORS on IOS.
Even with a CORS fix guys you still have to deal with the inline video playback issue with Iphone. It will prevent viewing the webgl canvas. I have no idea how to get through to Apple's thick heads about that one but I tried.
You must wait until webkit nightly has a fix then hassle Apple I guess.
So once webkit is fixed kindly ask Firefox to update their webkit code. I have a ticket for this here already, no point wasting time. If Firefox works Safari can just go jump in the bin.
Please keep track of this ticket, it seems to be related. They are doing their best it seems to fix it even though its years too late. They missed the opportunity already and way behind because they have never bothered to fix CORS and this video inline playback issue.
Apple should be interfering with this but don't give a damn because they are hopeless.
Any ideas of the status of this ?  I sent this to the other ticket which has dropped off the radar for two months now.
Yes, definitely still not fixed in iOS 10!
Apologies to use this as a forum.
So they forked the code and fixed it in an OS and browser nobody even has yet ?
Well that is useful. There should be a patch going out because it's broken right now. Well it has been broken for years especially for canvas captures.
Why not merge it back into webkit ?
> Why not merge it back into webkit ?
All of the work was done in WebKit (153669 and others). This doesn't work on iOS, yet, because some of the lower level frameworks WebKit uses don't have the functionality required.
Regarding fix on iOS, do you think there's a chance it will land in the final iOS 10 release, or we are looking at iOS 11?
It needs inline play back support to make it useful which I believe has been made available in 10.  The show stopper as they mentioned is working around some framework constraints or waiting for them to be fixed ? It kind of needed to be implemented years ago so none of this would have been a problem now.
Have to sit and wait. From my understanding they reckon this has been fixed in nightly webkit. ? I will try and have a look as it also affects canvas image captures not having CORs support.
Not sure where that has been changed. I just had a look at the latest nightly.
Still no crossorigin attribute supported so not even canvas captures will work. Requires the proxy hack.
> work. Requires the proxy hack.
As I noted above, the WebKit changes depend on features in lower level frameworks.
At unpredictable times, safari only renders the first video frame to a canvas, regardless of seek position If the first frame is black then canvas is painted black and remains that way.
Even if *this* issue here is resolved (135379), issue 153588 makes it impractical to use video with canvas. That issue is also listed as P2 and assigned to Nobody.
That has nothing to do with this issue I'm afraid. Best not to deviate. That requires a further hack by drawing twice.
It is really funny but IE11 also suffers the CORS problem but with mediasource appending it doesn't require the proxy hack to draw and get the data from canvas. So for dash it is fine.
Safari is not. It requires a secondary dash stream to seek and capture via the CORS proxy.
Just a heads up about this crazy issue. I can't test VR mode on IOS yet unless I deploy to my Ipad.
Cordova apps use WebView. It has options to play inline so works around that pesky problem. It works around user interaction. This one is the craziest of them all and has been driving me crazy.
WebView seems to work around CORS completely even if its a local html file running on file://.
WebGL is working in Cordova apps without the need for the crossorigin attribute.
This is both shocking and good news. It won't need the proxy hack but Safari IOS/OSX will.
I can't check pseudo VR orientation controls but touch controls is working so is  the old cardboard stereo effect.
I'll have to properly deploy to make it works outside the emulator hopefully.
This is also a blocker for JW Player 360 video playback on iOS/Safari.
Hi rick I didn't know they had a html5 solution yet or is that the case now ? I provide a Flowplayer alternative.
I commented on another bug ticket.
The CORS is still a problem. but even working around that with the proxy serrver hack, HLS now does not render in WebGL.
That has become an issue recently and other people have picked it up asking questions. I am 100% certain testing before it was working. Going crazy.
No wonder nobody can support Safari.
Yes you are trying to use HLS and will run into the same WebGL rendering issue. Still trying to hunt down a "solution" now. You can try an Mp4 for now over a reverse proxy path and it will work in Safari, IOS but WebView apps completely avoid CORS restrictions.
There is also now a feature detection issue, Safari is reporting that the crossOrigin attribute is available but still broken. You have to detect for both Safari and Trident browsers and switch to proxy urls.
I have an example of it live but I need to fix this feature detection break first.
I am presuming all of this will be resolved in macOS not earlier. IOS 10 will have the CORS issue still as far as I am aware but have inline video playback. A royal mess if you ask me.
> apps completely avoid CORS restrictions.
> both Safari and Trident browsers and switch to proxy urls.
> playback. A royal mess if you ask me.
Reverse proxying is not an option for us at this point of time.
SecurityError (DOM Exception 18): The operation is insecure.
Chrome, Firefox and Opera work fine.
hahaha so something that was supposed to be fixed in macOS isn't ?
Here is the deal breaker for HLS. I am so certain it was working for me. Someone is reporting it is not working for them in Safari 9 but I now have it rendering but in Safari 10 but not 9.
It certainly does not work in IOS but on OSX Safari 10 it does.
Some kind of regression or sabotage if you will changes have happened I have noticed then.
A recent update to IOS has now officially broken the proxy hack to stop it working. Says source not supported.
If people want Apple device support they need the proxy hack but it seems they've gone to great lengths to kill it off completely.
You mentioned in your comment on 2016-07-06 08:45:36 PDT that you were able to make VR work using Cordova on iOS. Can you please elaborate on how you did that? I am trying to make a web view app that plays inline html5 360 video.
You don't need the CORS proxy url for Cordova based apps. For some reason it is completely ignored.
It can play inline , you just need the inline attribute configured on the video element and then configure inline playback configs in Cordova.
It is only working with mp4 files.
I am now having webgl rendering issues with HLS that I'm trying to resolved. It's not pretty. Webkit is pretty buggered up really and unstable for webvr.
I saw the CORS issue becoming a problem years ago trying to implement snapshot features and it was never fixed of course.
I'm trying to make HLS work with WebGL in iOS Safari, but still no luck for now, it's driving me like crazy. How's your progress, any luck on solving this issue?
Edwin I have made a bug report here but zero response.
I have eventually figured out a work around for OSX Safari if using three.js. They are using this flag that is referred in this ticket that needs to be turned off.
WebGL seems to render textures in reverse and needs to be flipped around. This flip flag for now reason at all causes the issue. The UV property on the geometry needs to be reverse.
I tried absolutely everything and nothing. It was working that is for sure. It has been sabotaged. I will keep trying to find work arounds which is standard with Apple.
Still requires the CORS proxy of course because of this CORS nightmare issue.  As a reduction method  I will try HLS on the same host without CORS proxy and see what happens.
All these problems together is why the big end of town doesn't support Safari / IOS at all.
I prefer not to use apps though like many don't and stick with WebVR / Html5 streaming. which on IOS would be HLS especially for live streaming.
and it seems worked in iOS 10.1.1 safari with image rendered but flipped.
Edwin is it possible to comment here ?
OK so the fixes may work on IOS 10 not IOS 9.
The actual Three.js variant fix is here, the texture is flipped via the mesh instead of in the shader program which happens per frame.
This ticket is about CORS issues.
Apparently the CORS issue is fixed in Safari in macOS but the very latest updates. The inline video playback is also working in IOS.
Here is two tests on for mp4 streaming another for HLS. The HLS one requires extra work because of a separate bug with FlipY that is still a problem on OSX Safari.
HLS rendering on IOS 10 is displaying but has colour artifact issues. The frames stop working but I believe its an issue with the emulator and frames dropping. I now have no device that can be updated to IOS 10.  It doesn't show up at all on IOS 9. Both require the CORS proxy for mp4 and HLS.
Now I'm stuck with a situation that the crossOrigin feature detection cannot be used because it reports of support in OSX 10.11 but there is no such thing.
I have to try and detect which OSX safari is used in also. very bad.
This used to work but now it doesn't. Safari in 10.10 / 10.11 will report the attribute is available.
Here is some Es6 from static utils to deal with the CORS detection problem. It has driven me over the edge. I know people have given up on Safari but people want and need this to work.
Both IOS 10 Safari and Yosemite Safari 10 report CORS feature detection but obviously do not, this was a recent sabotage in Safari 10.
Extra platform and version checks are required. This is rough as guts but I have no time or stomach to fine tune it further. If it doesn't support CORS the property should not be available as before.
I have to specifically check for both Safari and OSX 10.12 and above. This will break in the future of course.
Confirmed this works as expected (bug fixed) when testing against the URL on this ticket using latest macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2659) Safari Version 10.0.1 (12602.2.14.0.7).
Bug is still NOT fixed in Mobile Safari on iOS 10.2 Public Beta 3 (14C5077b). There is a newer Beta 4 available but I have not yet installed or tested.
IOS 10 still not fixed. IOS 10 required framework changes I believe. Which they are fixing underlying issues first ?
We will absolutely update this bug as soon as there is anything to announce.
> We will absolutely update this bug as soon as there is anything to announce.
Thanks Jer, we also filed a bug report with bugreport.apple.com, ticket 31066138. Do appreciate anything that can be done to get a fix into the next update.
I have been waiting for a long time for this bug to be fixed.
Lately I got that problem at work and I found a client-side workaround waiting for this bug to be fixed so I decide to write an article about it.
You would have to wait for the entire video to finish no ? I guess that wouldn't work with HLS videos either so live streaming.
It has certainly caused problems for alot of people. The only work around for IOS is inside a Cordova app.
Hopefully what I just said means Apple don't try and sabotage and block it. It doesn't do any CORS check whatsoever. Works with Mp4 and HLS.
Please Apple and don't try and block that now !
This bug has been a problem for half a decade or more. It's just only that people are wanting to do 360 videos and webgl video textures it has come back to bite them.
This is not a problem anymore on macOS. Have a look.
Just make a player as you would any player and build inside a Webview Cordova / Ionic app.
Does not need CORS proxy, no crossorigin attribute , any source.
I believe pinned WebView apps also do not use CORS as far as I tests go.
Hi! Any planning updates here? We have the same problems with showing videos as textures in Canvas.
> as textures in Canvas.
I strongly urge everyone who's interested in this feature to sign up with the developer.apple.com portal and try it out with iOS 11 Beta.
So IOS10 no good. The only thing IOS10 provided was inline playback.
The fix is in IOS11 but won't be ready for months ?
My subscription ended sadly, I don't need it at all.
Underlying frameworks prevent the issue being rolled out for IOS1- then ?
Its getting a bit much having to ask people to implement the CORS proxy workarounds that dont scale.
> > as textures in Canvas.
> the developer.apple.com portal and try it out with iOS 11 Beta.
Your response is vague. Will this three-year old bug be resolved or not? When?
> > > as textures in Canvas.
> > the developer.apple.com portal and try it out with iOS 11 Beta.
> Your response is vague. Will this three-year old bug be resolved or not?
We believe it will be fixed in iOS 11. But interested parties (e.g., you) should try out your test cases against iOS 11 to verify (one way or another) whether it fixes the issues you're seeing.
Apple has released a public beta for iOS 11, which does not require a developer account: <https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/>.
In the latest iOS 11 beta 4 from 24. July 2017 it is still NOT working!
it either is committed and reported as fixed in this ticket or not.
Seems like it's still has not been fixed. This has been a problem for years. I've been needing to use CORS proxies for canvas capture features.
It only became a bigger issue once people started to try and use webgl video textures !
According to the specs. like IOS 10. IOS 11 won't run on anything newer than a 2017 Ipad. Requires a new device.
I just tried IOS 11 in Xcode 9 beta and CORS is still not there it seems. Not sure how to get the specific IOS 11 simulator version.
> I just tried IOS 11 in Xcode 9 beta and CORS is still not there it seems.
> Not sure how to get the specific IOS 11 simulator version.
Looks like this regressed in general, because the same site now fails in Safari Tech Preview on Desktop as well.
macOS Safari in production definitely had CORS fixed.
At the same time as the IOS 10 release CORS wasn't fixed in that sadly.
Detecting it was a problem though, it requires platform version checks. It returns true when checking if the crossorigin attribute is set. Previously it's empty.
> macOS Safari in production definitely had CORS fixed.
> At the same time as the IOS 10 release CORS wasn't fixed in that sadly.
The test is failing on desktop because the HTMLMediaElement::hasSingleSecurityOrigin() is failing; and that's failing because the media element url was redirected from http: to https:. Can you try this test without the redirection, or is it possible the CDN changed policies to do the redirect to https:?
> > macOS Safari in production definitely had CORS fixed.
> > At the same time as the IOS 10 release CORS wasn't fixed in that sadly.
> policies to do the redirect to https:?
To be clear, this part of the code hasn't changed in about 3 years, so it's unlikely that this test regression was caused by a change in WebKit.
Yes that is a standard procedure. CORS won't work over http / https. Has to be the same protocol. So that is a non issue. It's just IOS everyone is waiting on.
I just tested again and Safari 10.1.2 and mac OS 10.12.6 is perfectly fine.
If you mean 3 years since macOS then yes it was when that was fixed.
You can see on my own feature and demos. same ssl protocol for site and streams on cloudfront.
> I just tested again and Safari 10.1.2 and mac OS 10.12.6 is perfectly fine.
> If you mean 3 years since macOS then yes it was when that was fixed.
Daniel, your site seems to work fine on iOS 11 (hardware, not simulator). Can you confirm?
It's using a CORS Proxy work around feature as fallback.
What source is it using ?
I don't have access to a Device that can run IOS11 yet I am afraid, my focus has been Android VR. I need a brand new device there.
I only have access to IOS 11 Simulator inside Xcode 9 beta.
I made a few extra examples from previous examples.
hopefully these work as I was unable to get click and video playback in the simulator. one is the cors proxy.
> I made a few extra examples from previous examples.
> simulator. one is the cors proxy.
The <video> element in these examples needs the "playsinline" attribute in order to not play in full screen mode on iPhone, but the non-proxy example seems to work correctly on iOS 11.
OK. Ive added the new spec flag which is in production, those demos came from threejs so has the old flag.
The IOS11 simulator has problems and wont even start playing video. I get a frame up on IOs10 simulator with the proxy.
So regarding this ticket there is a possibility IOS 11 beta on a device not a simulator has CORS fixed.
I have to somehow get a new device that supports IOS11 to properly test and confirm further thanks.
I just tried the iOS 11 GM and the issue seems to persist.
CROS problems really fixed in ios11. This UtoVR sample solved ios11 hls FLIP_Y problem,but the code is mixed by UtoVR, could you tell us how to fixing FLIP_Y problem. thanks!
Confirming CORS is fixed in IOS 11.1. I just finally got the budget to get a hardware device for testing.
There is no need for CORS proxy with 11.1. I don't think CORS attribute support can be properly tested with Safari. Have to do client version checks.
There is major HLS/webgl regression issues to go through now though.
I can't seem to run VRView from the Cardboard SDK on iOS 11. Any pointers?
I haven't checked WebView under IOS11 as in a Cordova app.
But as before WebView didn't even factor in CORS at all, it was working. I hope that is not broken too now !
I have to check myself.
I believe this is possibly what you are talking about.
The VRView in question is HTML5.


hehe. I like that he was summoned while naked. What exactly is he expecting to be propositioned for? I don't quite understand what his shop is for.
I'm so pleased if you enjoy it! I hope you'll continue to have fun with Coven.
If you look at the first panel with the title in it, you'll probably be able to find what the panel is to the right of Megan holding the tarot card. Her vision will become much more relevant very soon! Thank you for the kind words about textures and patterns! I love playing with both of them, sometimes subtly and sometimes not-so-subtly. I feel like, if you can integrate them with your work, they can not only save some time in tedious, painstaking detail work, but they can also really add a visual pop. A little goes a long way to making a page really dynamic, I feel. I love working with grayscale, so every panel is just about an experiment!
This was all me! I always try to draw out a chapter, then once I have the pages all ready and done, I go back and add dialogue so that ideally it'll flow well. These two really had very strong, vocal characters in my mind, so I'm glad if that comes through. Tristan is a version (in this story's universe) of a character of mine that I'm very familiar with, so there are aspects of him that come very easily, but he's also different, so there are more difficult things that are hard to see. Hopefully he'll come off in a compelling way!
It's such a fun expression and I don't know where it came from. One of my oldest, dearest friends started to use it heavily out of the blue, and I found myself doing it too. I thought it worked for Tristan. He is indeed the one who used the lightning, though it's left not explicitly said in the story.
Hatching can be so great, so evocative and rich and just lends itself to wonderful application! I'm glad if you think I used it well. It's one of my favorite things!
I'm very glad to hear this -- mood was one of the major things I wanted to do with Coven!
I'm so pleased you like it! I love to play with tones and levels of grey, even more than I like to experiment with color.


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(Last Updated On: December 20, 2018)
Website accessibility measures the ease of which a website is accessible and independently usable by people with disabilities. Until recently, website accessibility may not have been at the forefront of web designers' and content producers' minds when creating for the web. However, an uptick in the number of lawsuits alleging that the websites of major companies like Amazon, Burger King, and Nike aren't accessible to all is hard to ignore.
Here, the Digital Examiner outlines the history, current challenges, guidelines and benefits concerning website accessibility and how to ensure your site is accessible to any user who visits, regardless of disability.
Website Accessibility: What Does the Law Say?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that was authored and enacted in the early 1990s. The ADA protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination. The law applies to employment, building codes, transportation, telecommunication, state and local government, and public and private spaces.
When it comes to website accessibility, we need to look to Title III of the ADA, which mandates that all "places of public accommodation" must remove any access barriers that would prevent a person with a disability from accessing the goods or services of any business open to the public. Back in the early '90s, "access barriers" were thought to be literal barriers, like an entrance accessible only by stairs. As the internet blossomed and e-commerce boomed, it became apparent that websites that sell goods or services fall under "places of public accommodation" and therefore need to be accessible and independently usable by all. In 2010, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that indicated it would amend the language of Title III to clarify its application to websites.
However, this notice was withdrawn at the end of 2017, with the DOJ stating it would continue to assess which technical standards are "necessary and appropriate." In 2018, Congress passed the ADA Education and Reform Act that amended the ADA. Proponents of the bill said it would cut down on frivolous lawsuits levied against companies (this seems to have backfired, as you will read more about below). Critics argued it would give businesses little incentive to practice ADA compliance.
Still, website accessibility is a complicated topic and one that merits careful thought and consideration when building or updating a site.
The Case(s) for Website Accessibility
One in four U.S. adults – 61 million Americans – lives with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC measures disability across six types:
Mobility (serious difficulty walking or getting up stairs)
Cognition (serious difficulty concentrating, making decisions, or remembering)
Independent living (difficulty doing errands alone)
Self-care (difficulty dressing or bathing)
Hearing (serious difficulty hearing)
Vision (serious difficulty seeing)
Of these six types of disabilities, the two that relate most to website accessibility are vision and hearing. For example, the DOJ ruled in a 2016 case that University of California Berkeley's free online educational content (including YouTube videos of lectures) was not ADA compliant because it did not include captions or screen reader compatibility, rendering it inaccessible to people with hearing or vision problems. Thus, it could not remain publicly available on websites like YouTube or the school's webcast site without making the modifications needed to be deemed accessible to all.
Per the DOJ ruling, the school removed the content from public channels, requiring people to log in with University of California credentials to view or listen to the videos and lectures. In 2017, the school announced it plans to create new public content that is accessible to all viewers, including those with disabilities.
Why are website accessibility suits increasing?
Lawsuits filed regarding website accessibility and other ADA Title III concerns hit record numbers in the first half of 2018, according to the law firm Seyfarth Shaw. Nearly 5,000 federal ADA Title III lawsuits were filed in the first six months of 2018, compared to 7,663 for all of 2017. Of those 2018 lawsuits, 1,053 were directly related to website accessibility, compared to 814 in all of 2017.
Many blame the spike in lawsuits on the DOJ for failing to give clear guidance on compliance guidelines that businesses must follow when building and maintaining websites. Industries spanning clothing and apparel, restaurants, consumer goods, e-commerce, and telecommunication have all been hit by such lawsuits. Companies and organizations challenged recently on the basis of website accessibility include:
A recent class-action lawsuit claimed that Nike Inc. maintained two websites – Nike.com and Converse.com – that denied full use of the website to visually impaired people. According to a summary of the lawsuit, the Nike websites do not use alt-text to provide text equivalent for every element on every page. Thus screen reading software – an aid to the visually impaired – cannot represent non-text elements to the user. This prohibits a visually impaired shopper form using such a website to its full extent – reviewing information about products, finding store locations and hours, and even purchasing products.
Similar to the Nike case, a class-action lawsuit was recently brought against Amazon that alleges the e-commerce giant's website is inaccessible to visually impaired people. According to the lawsuit, the site is incompatible with website readers and refreshable Braille displays. Amazon allegedly does not provide alt-text for every element on every page, making it impossible for screen readers to relay information for those elements to a blind or visually impaired site visitor.
Burger King was also hit with a class action lawsuit alleging its website is not fully accessible or independently usable by the visually impaired. Like Nike and Amazon, the lawsuit alleges Burger King's website lacked alt-text or a text equivalent on some elements necessary for screen reader compatibility. Furthermore, the plaintiff – Maria Mendizabal, who is legally blind and is also the plaintiff behind Nike suit – alleged that the Burger King website had redundant or empty links that caused confusion for those who use screen reading software.
The plaintiff noted in her suit:
"The internet is an important source of information and a useful tool for business, shopping, learning, banking and many other everyday activities."
Shouldn't that tool be available and accessible to all?
Guidelines for Creating an ADA Compliant Website
When it comes to ensuring website accessibility, the DOJ points to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
According to Search Engine Journal:
"The WCAG is a set of accessibility standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium in partnership with various other groups to help guide web content producers in making their work more accessible to all, including users with disabilities."
These standards feature 12 guidelines that fall under four categories: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.
The "perceivable" category guides content producers on how to make sure the media used on a website is accessible to all. This section gives recommendations on how to present audio and visual content in alternate forms, i.e. adding captions to video, using alt-text for screen reader compatibility, and adding contrast to text and images to make content readable.
The WCAG's "operable" category covers recommendations to ensure the functionality of your website does not create problems or access barriers for any users. The directions include ensuring the website can be navigated by a keyboard, making sure pages and sections are clearly labeled, and ensuring moving sections can be paused if a visitor needs more time.
The "understandable" category issues guidelines to ensure web pages consist of logical functionality and language. Text must be readable and understandable, navigation must be consistent across the website, and areas that inquire user input (such as a contact form) should feature ample instructions.
The "robust" section is the most technical category. Essentially, it dictates that your website's code must be robust enough to help assistive readers (like screen reading software) understand it. Basically, your website's code needs to follow current standards so that assistive technologies can properly render the content.
The WCAG, as created by the World Wide Web Consortium, may be viewed in their entirety here.
Benefits of Adhering to ADA Compliant Web Design
The primary benefit of complying to the guidelines set forth by ADA – whether or not it is legally required at this point – is to ensure your website's content is accessible to all. Not only can any website visitor enjoy the fruits of your labor, ensuring ADA compliance also widens your customer base if the website is used to sell products or services.
Improved search engine optimization (SEO) is another byproduct of website accessibility. According to Search Engine Journal, some simple ways to optimize your site for accessibility – thereby giving a boost to your site's SEO – include:
Responsive design – Make sure your site design is compatible with both desktop and mobile viewing. A no-brainer, but if missed, it creates a barrier to usability depending on the way the site is accessed.
Text resizing – Consider adding a tool that allows users to choose the text size they need to be able to view your site's content easily.
Transcripts – Providing transcripts and captions for video and audio material is a must so that anyone with vision or hearing impairments can take in all your site has to offer.
Internal search – For users to whom a navigation menu presents difficulty, an internal search bar serves as an alternative for finding the right page or material on a website.
Finally, Search Engine Journal points out that ensuring website accessibility shows a commitment to social responsibility, as your website will truly provide equal opportunity to all users.
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Sea-watch is a perennial plant with thick stems rising from a strong taproot, growing to 1.4 m tall. It has large leaves that are divided into three sections 2-3 times. The leaflets have pointed tips, are egg- to diamond-shaped and are irregularly toothed. Its small white flowers form dense umbrella-shaped clusters. Its somewhat oblong-shaped fruits are ribbed and measure 4-9 mm long.
Sea-watch is commonly found on moist beaches and other coastal habitats. In the southern part of its range (Vancouver Island and south) it grows near shorelines or inland at low elevations, while in the north of its range it can be found to subalpine elevations, growing in and west of the Coast-Cascade Mountains. Its range extends from Alaska to California. It is also found along Pacific coastlines in Asia.
Sea-watch looks similar to other members of the carrot family, especially the cow-parsnip (Heracleum maximum), which has a similar thick stem and large white flower. Sea-watch can be distinguished by it's distinct "potato-ish" leaf pattern, and lacks the pungent aroma of Cow Parsnip.
The stems are a traditional food source for indigenous people on the coast, who call it "wild celery". The Siberian Inuit have traditional uses for it as well, as a protective amulet and a seasickness remedy.
Angelica archangelica is a European plant that was supposedly recommended by an archangel as a remedy for cholera and the plague; species of Angelica were therefore thought to have healing powers.
Pojar, J. and MacKinnon, A. (1994). Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine Publishing. P. 218.


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Women end police station protest
A group of women who chained themselves to Auckland's central police station over the handling of an investigation into an alleged teenage sex ring have ended their protest.
Protesters Kate McDonald, left, and Tove Partington. Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson
Four women locked themselves to railings today with bike locks and taped their mouths.
Spokesperson Genevieve Wilson said they were angry no one would be prosecuted over the case involving a group of young men who called themselves the "roastbusters".
They wanted a formal inquiry into the police treatment of the girls who came forward in the investigation and would protest until they got a satisfactory response.
However, they unchained themselves about 7pm after one became unwell; the woman had an ongoing medical condition and the group decided to end the protest to protect her health.
Ms Wilson said the silent protest was aimed at highlighting a lack of police accountability for the mishandling of complaints and showing solidarity with the girls involved.
The response from passers-by had mainly been positive, she said.
A police spokesperson said the women had a right to protest as long as they did not compromise anyone's safety.
Rape culture studies get $1m grant
The country's top research fund has granted more than $1 million to investigations into rape culture, following public outrage over a teenage sex ring in Auckland.
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Suspect named in Guilford Street shooting
City police have released more details regarding Saturday's shooting on Guilford Street, including the name of both the suspect and the victim.
At 6:28 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the 400 block of Guilford Street for a reported shooting, and when they arrived on the scene, they found 22-year-old Lebanon City resident Andrew Johnson with a gunshot wound in his chest, according to a news release issued by police Sunday.
Johnson was transported to WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, and is currently listed in critical condition, the news release said.
Lebanon man wounded in shooting
The suspect in the shooting, 19-year-old Lance Puente, also from Lebanon City, was taken into custody at the scene of the incident Saturday, according to police. Puente was allegedly handling a loaded gun in a reckless manner causing it to go off and strike Johnson in the torso, police said.
Puente was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, and was placed in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail after being arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Thomas Capello Sunday morning, police said.
This shooting was the fourth in the city since the beginning of May.
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The story "Tuesday Siesta" by author Gabriel Garcia, follows a mother and daughter, who travel to a secluded town, in order to pay respect to the grave of the mothers son who was killed. While in this remote town the locals take notice of the mother, and seem to judge her for the way her son was raised.
The mother was described as wearing "severe and poor mourning clothes", while "she bore the conscientious serenity of someone accustomed to poverty". The place where the mother and her family came from, there were plenty of bananas, and when they arrived at their destination in the new town, there were plenty of almonds, so it seems as if the author was trying to distinguish class, amongst the two.
Before the train arrived at their final destination, the mother instructed her daughter not to cry or cause a scene. It seemed as if the mother had a feeling that the towns folk would be watching, and she didn't want to show them any sign of weakness from them both, as she was proud of her son and she was not ashamed of his past.
The mother's plan once arriving in the town was to have a proper burial for her son and pay respects to him. She is the type of mother who just wants the best for her kids, and doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her, or her children.
After telling the priest who her son was, the priest scrutinized the mother and asked her why she didn't get her son on the right track. The mother just responded that "he was a good man" which showed how proud she was of him, and saying all of this without shedding a tear.
The town found out who she was and it seemed as if they viewed her as a poor, uncaring mother who raised her child into a thief, which ultimately ended in his death.
I find that there is too much judgment in the world without knowing the facts first, and that is how I feel about this story. It is great to see how proud the mother is of her son without losing her integrity as a mother. In short I think this story is a great description about a mother and her true love for her son, who she believed was a great man, while others disagreed.
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Scientists try to regain control of lampreys in Great Lakes
By Michael A. McBride Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Huron Beach, Michigan
In a simple white frame building overlooking the scenic blue waters of Lake Huron, scientists are studying ways to combat the recently growing population of the sea lamprey, an eel-like parasite that nearly destroyed several fish species during the first part of this century in the Great Lakes. Researchers with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission say the sea lamprey is making a comeback despite a successful, 30-year control program. More important, the parasitic eel is flourishing in the deep, high-water volume channels of the Great Lakes' connecting rivers, which will be very difficult and expensive to treat.
``In some areas it's approaching the precontrol era of the early 1960s in Lake Huron,'' says Randy L. Eshenroder, senior scientist for the commission. ``We know we have large populations of lamprey in the St. Marys [River], and we know that is what's causing the problem in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.''
The sea lampreys threaten the $1 billion Great Lakes fishing industry, says Mr. Eshenroder.
Scientists in the United States and Canada first noticed an increase in the sea lamprey population a couple of years ago. The fishery commission, a joint American and Canadian agency responsible for lamprey control and fishery management on the Great Lakes, established a task force in May to study the problem and recommend a program to combat it.
The sea lamprey first entered the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean in the 1830s when the Welland Ship Canal, connecting Lake Ontario with Lake Erie, was completed. When it reaches adulthood, the lamprey transforms into a parasite and attaches itself to fish with its suction cup-like mouth and sharp teeth. Lampreys suck the body fluids out of fish, killing or severely injuring them. Most of the research in controlling and treating the sea lamprey is done at the commission's Hammond Bay Biological Station, south of Huron Beach, Mich. James Seelye, station chief, says the lamprey population has been controlled for 25 years through the use of TFM, a pesticide that kills larval lamprey, but has virtually no effect on other fish or humans.
Mr. Seelye points out that the commission does not have any scientific data to describe the degree of the problem. The Sea Lamprey Control Task Force is gathering data now, and a program to control the lamprey may not be ready until next year.
``We've been in the lamprey control business since 1956, and we have a program that is successful everywhere else in the Great Lakes but in my back yard,'' says Jim Tibbles, director of the Sea Lamprey Control Center based on the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
The major problem is the volume of water that flows through the St. Marys River. ``It's deep, it's wide and it has a 100,000-cubic feet of water flowing through it per second,'' says Mr. Tibbles.
Eshenroder, who also chairs the lamprey task force, says it would take about $5 million, roughly the entire annual budget for lamprey control, to treat the St. Marys River.
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Most recently, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has named Rob to the executive committee of InnovateOhio, a new state government innovation initiative where Rob Chairs the Ohio IP Promise workgroup. Civically, Rob is currently the Board Chair of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a 125-year old institution, and serves on the executive committee of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cincinnati. He is also on the board of MORTAR Cincinnati and Main Street Ventures, which are creating opportunities to build communities through entrepreneurship.
Rob received his bachelor's degree from Duke University and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. While an undergraduate, he completed comparative law course work at New College, Oxford University. He earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, and during his last term of law school, he clerked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Rob grew up in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Japan and Belgium.
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Almonds are relatively low-moisture, high-oil-containing nuts with a long shelf life when properly handled. Almond quality and shelf life can be influenced by three general factors: the product characteristics, the environment during distribution and storage, and the package. These factors interact in many ways to influence almond quality and to impact shelf life. Because of these interactions, shelf-life guidance for almonds must specify the product and the storage conditions.
Storage for all almond forms in cool and dry conditions (<50°F/<10°C and <65% relative humidity) is recommended. The optimal goal of the recommended storage conditions is to maintain <6% moisture content, which helps preserve shelf life. A cool temperature of <50°F/<10°C is optimal, but a higher temperature that does not stimulate insect activity may work as well to control moisture migration (and also minimize lipid oxidation). Almonds are a shelf-stable nut that can have more than two years of shelf life when stored at the recommended conditions.
Maintaining almond quality during long-term storage in ambient conditions is challenging in emerging export markets, such as China, which can have widely varying temperatures and relative humidities, depending on the season and region. A long-term-storage study published in the Journal of Food Science evaluated the shelf-life quality of almonds — raw kernels, blanched kernels and blanched-sliced kernels — stored for at least 18 months in ambient and controlled (including abusive) conditions.
A shelf study conducted by U.S. Army Natick researchers proved that various almond forms (raw, roasted, blanched, sliced) can have a three-year shelf life when they are packed in optimal packages (tri-laminated foil pouches under vacuum).
Almond shelf life factors, ABC Technical Summary, July 2014.
Long-term storage study of raw and blanched almonds, ABC research highlight, October 2012.
California almond shelf life: lipid deterioration during storage. Lin, X., et al. Journal of Food Science, 2012, 77(6):C583–C593.
Packaging is an important factor in almond quality and shelf life. The package can provide physical protection and, when needed, a barrier to moisture and/or oxygen and odors. Roasted almonds have very different packaging requirements than in-shell almonds.
Almonds are delivered to the handler for sizing, sorting and grading, and then stored in bins or other bulk containers under controlled conditions before being shipped or further processed.
For container shipments to overseas markets, in-shell almonds are generally packed in sacks. Naturally shelled almonds are packaged in cartons or fiber bulk bins, depending on the product and volume. Cut almond forms and roasted almonds require more protection against moisture and oxygen.
Cut almonds are generally packaged in cartons with a plastic liner or fiber bulk bins with a plastic liner — the plastic liner provides an important moisture barrier. Roasted almonds must be protected from oxygen (e.g., with nitrogen flushing and/or vacuum packaging). Roasted almonds processed in California are typically packaged in vacuum-packed foil bags and shipped in 25-pound (11.3-kg) cartons.


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Wicker Park Committee gives thumbs up to redevelopment of former church facing Wicker Park
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At Evergreen on Schiller, both new buildings are shown 1907-1911
View from Evergreen
What started in April 2015 as a rehab of a church complex, dating back to 1905, and ended in a pile of rubble in October 2016 has been approved to rise again after the Wicker Park Committee (WPC) membership gave a thumbs up vote Wednesday evening, Aug. 2. The reincarnation is to be a two-building seven-unit new construction development, at the corner of Schiller and Evergreen.
One of the proposed buildings, 1909-11 will house two duplexes on either side of the main entrance. Each has two units. Its design is in keeping with the feel of other structures in the Wicker Park Historic Landmarks District in which it is located. The other structure, 1907, on a triangular-shaped lot will house three units and is designed in a more contemporary style. It is not in the landmarks district. Both buildings are three stories tall.
The zoning request is to go from RT-4 to RT-4A. "A" stands for accessible for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance and requires an elevator in the building, no steps to enter the building and at least 30% units available. That allows a developer an approximate extra 700 square feet above their floor area ratio requirement.
Responsive to community feedback from the last presentation to the WPC membership, architect John Conrad Schiess, pointed out that they addressed Evergreen residents' concerns and objections to what is visible on Evergreen. They were:
Curb cut reduction
Increased green space
Increased pedestrian safety
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Additional parking on Evergreen
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The new renderings show:
Curb cuts are shorter, narrower and reduced from four to three
Green space has been added
One garage was eliminated, allowing the structure to be pushed back for increased pedestrian safety and providing a visual relief when walking down Evergreen
Garage doors will be stained wood
Architectural details are enhanced with more windows to have it look less like the back of a building
A net gain of two parking spaces along Schiller and Evergreen will result by having only three curb cuts along Evergreen
One Evergreen resident expressed what other Evergreen residents identified as "sharing the pain" of garages and curb cuts. In response, Schiess showed what the site would look like with 1909-11 flipped with garages facing Schiller. Pointing out that while other developers would choose that because it could increase the revenue from purchasers who would have decks with a panoramic view of the Park, Peter Stevens, Forma Construction [soon to be property owner and developer] said, "No that is not right."
Such a configuration would change the fabric and rhyme of the street thus Schiess and architect Ed Tamminga, WPC's Preservation and Development Committee Chair, said that it would not pass landmark district, CDOT or other possible reviews.
John Conrad Schiess stands behind Peter Stevens
In response to a request from the Evergreen resident to somehow camouflage the exterior rear staircase, Schiess and Stevens agreed to see if they could find a way to do that. Concerns about refuse can locations were answered by pointing out that space next to garages, hidden from street view, is where they are to be located.
Change on the Schiller side of the building, for which the entrance is on the west side of the building, is to recess the second color of horizontal brick banding giving more of a shadow effect rather than a solid stripe.
Schiess, who began working on this project with the current property owner Igor Blumin, Vice President, Interforum Holdings, Inc., gave high praise to Stevens, who plans to move forward with purchasing the property after the WPC vote Wednesday evening.
"I have worked with a range of developers and by the second meeting most developers will go, 'Let's stop this.' But Peter has come thru five meetings here as well as with his marketing team, showing me that he is flexible and willing to listen. Reducing the onsite extra parking will cost him approximately $30,000, but Pete did not hesitate to say 'Do it.' when I explained how that would be an answer to neighbors' safety concerns and the aesthetics".
"I stuck it out because I want to make something that is beautiful and that people will appreciate for many many years. I told John to listen and gather information so that we can please as many people as possible as we move forward away from the negative past," explained Stevens.
Stevens is not new to renovation work in the area. One of his current project which he also owns is 2039 S. Potomac, which he describes as a "beautiful Graystone rehab."
"I give credit to and a degree of respect to the developer for staying with the process," said Ted Varndell, WPC President. "While I hate to see the church gone and a windfall of profit to the first developer, this developer could have not gone for an "A" zoning and could have built as-of-right without sticking with process and showing empathy with neighbors. I hope it is profitable for them."
Evening view rendering at Evergreen and Schiller
"Their next steps will be to Landmarks, where not only the design but also the specific materials will be reviewed and approved," says Paul Dickman, WPC P&D member.
"They have to apply for the zoning change to RT-4A from RT-4 through the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). Getting permits from the City is the final requirement before construction begins as a Type 1, which means they cannot deviate from the plans and specifications in their application."
While Stevens wants to begin the project this year, Schiess indicated that he is not sure that will be possible until next Spring.
From the perspective of WPC P&D which has been review proposals for this site since April 2015, Dickman said, "We are happy to move on to other projects!"
At the back of the church along Evergreen shows former wall on right
History of project
The last use of the complex was as the Mision Cristiana Church, 1905-1911 W. Schiller, while the first was of the congregation of Holy Resurrection Serbian Church in 1905.
Efforts over a couple of years to sell the property went unrealized until April 2015. At that time Schiess contacted the WPC P&D to have plans for three free standing buildings. Blumin's Interforum Holdings company was in the midst of purchasing the property.
Rear view of former two-flat from Evergreen
Eventually they had their approvals and permits and began some demolition work which ended in October 2016 when the structures collapsed.
At the May membership meeting, Schiess made a presentation but Blumin was not present. Many neighbors were irate and expressed their anger. Stevens became interested in the project and contacted Schiess.
Together Schiess and Stevens began working on the plans, attending P&D meetings in May, June and July, resulting in the presentation at the WPC August meeting.