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Portnox Receives ISO 27001 Security Certification for Network Access Control
What is Configuration Management?
Vicarius & Log4Shell: What You Need to Know
In Press Release, 2021, Topia
Has Vicarius Been Affected by Log4Shell?
Along with the rest of the cybersecurity community, we have been continuously monitoring for any evidence of Log4Shell exploit attempts in our digital environment. So far, we have found no evidence that TOPIA or any of our systems have been affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046. It is also our current understanding that we are not vulnerable to either CVEs according to data gathered from extensive testing.
We will continue to monitor all of our systems and keep abreast of any new developments in the wild.
What is Log4Shell?
In brief, Log4Shell is the name given to a zero-day vulnerability in Apache's Log4j, a ubiquitous and open source (check out the inherent risks of open-source software here) logging library that is embedded in virtually every Java based product or web service. It's found in everything from web cams to Twitter to Apple iCloud. You'd be hard-pressed to find an application or piece of hardware that doesn't use Log4j.
Log4Shell is pretty much any IT or cybersecurity professional's worst nightmare. It's difficult and time consuming to mitigate, it's everywhere, and the potential damages are catastrophic: from data loss to the attacker gaining full server control. To make matters worse, these consequences are triggered by remote code execution (RCE) enabled by logging a string that enables a malicious actor to inject arbitrary code anywhere they see fit. All of these attributes have earned the Log4Shell vulnerability a CVSS score of 10, the most critical possible rating.
Check out this Naked Security article by Paul Ducklin for an in-depth examination of Log4Shell.
The short answer: nobody knows. While the vulnerability was disclosed to the public on December 9th, there's evidence that it has been actively exploited by botnets since at least December 1st according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince.
To put the current and potential impact into perspective, Check Point Software has published alarming numbers and deemed Log4Shell a "cyber pandemic." Just seventy-two hours after the official disclosure, there were over 800,000 detected attacks and 60 variations on the original exploit according to Check Point. It's been estimated that over half of all national corporations have been affected in one way or another, and it's unlikely that the full extent of the damages will be known any time soon. And given the slowly turning wheel that is vulnerability mitigation, it seems likely that this vulnerability is going to stick around. Anyone remember Equifax and Apache Struts?
How to Mitigate Log4Shell
A number of different methods have sprung up in the last few days. Some of which promise permanent mitigation and others that act only as stopgap measures. A number of different techniques can be found on the LunaSec blog post concerning Log4Shell. Apache has also released two new versions of Log4j that disable access to the Java Naming and Directory Interface and require non-local hosts to be explicitly allowed.
If you are a TOPIA user, you have the power to remotely and efficiently patch to the newest version of Log4j or run mitigation scripts on all assets that are under the TOPIA umbrella.
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About Topia
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Both the U.S. Constitution and Maryland law prohibit a person from facing double jeopardy, or being tried for the same crime twice. As a part of this protection, if you go to trial, and the trial judge declares a mistrial over your properly invoked objection, you cannot be tried again unless a "manifest necessity" existed for granting that mistrial. In a recent murder case, the Court of Special Appeals decided to uphold a trial judge's decision finding the existence of such a necessity, meaning that the state was, in this situation, allowed to re-try the man for murder after his previous trial ended in a mistrial.
The crime that led to Antonio Johnson's trial was the murder of Deborah Simon in her home in Baltimore. In Johnson's June 2015 trial, his lawyer gave an opening statement declaring the man's innocence. Johnson, the attorney claimed, was visiting his mother and, later, in Baltimore's housing projects buying drugs and getting high when the murder occurred.
After the state rested its case, Johnson's attorney advised him of his right to testify. Johnson declined, and the defense rested. At that point, the state asked the judge to declare a mistrial, arguing that what the defense lawyer did was prejudicial and not allowed by the law. Essentially, the defense lawyer placed Johnson's entire case, including the assertions to which the man would have testified, into the opening statement, all the while offering no evidence to back up this version of events and protecting Johnson from examination on the witness stand by the prosecution.
Although the defense opposed the request, the trial judge granted the mistrial. After that, Johnson sought a dismissal of the murder indictment against him. Trying him again, he argued, would violate double jeopardy. The events that unfolded at the 2015 trial did not require the judge's declaring a mistrial, so another trial on the same charge would amount to double jeopardy. The judge denied the request for dismissal.
Johnson appealed but was again unsuccessful. Trial judges have various options to "cure" the problems raised by statements like Johnson's opening. The judge can give extra latitude to the prosecution in its closing statement to address the prejudicial parts of the opening statement. Sometimes, a judge can even tell the jury to ignore an opening statement completely. When none of these options are workable, however, a mistrial may be necessary.
That, in essence, is what took place in Johnson's case. For both the prosecution and the defense, the opening statements at trial are powerful tools. The defense's opening statement in this case laid out a long description of what Johnson alleged to be the truth regarding his connection to the victim and her possessions. It was detailed and coherent. When Johnson refused to testify, the state was basically "sandbagged." The prosecution could try to overcome this narrative in its own closing statement, but this might actually have the effect of further confusing the jury instead of making things clearer. In the trial judge's opinion, which the appeals court decided to uphold, neither giving special jury instructions nor giving latitude to the prosecution in making its closing statement was sufficient because there was "no way to erase the potential infection of the jurors' minds." Telling the jurors to totally ignore the defense's opening was not an option because that would wipe out other parts of the opening statement that were not prejudicial and entirely allowable.
In some cases, like Johnson's, an accused person may face a re-trial even after his previous trial ended in a mistrial. In other situations, though, the law's protection against double jeopardy may shield you from facing another trial. Whether you are facing an initial trial or a re-trial, you need experienced criminal defense counsel on your side. Maryland criminal defense attorney Anthony A. Fatemi has spent many years defending the rights of the accused and helping them obtain fair trials. Contact us at 301-519-2801 or via our online form.


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What you absolutely cannot miss at this year's Clusterfest
by Ashley Bulayo May 31, 2018, 8:58 am
This weekend is Comedy Central's second annual Clusterfest (formally known as Colossal Clusterfest). What do you need to know? It'll be an absolutely hilarious weekend full of fun, food, photo ops, and oh yeah, comedy. If you're new to Clusterfest, it could be a lot to take in over the next three days. It's OK. That's why we're mapping out the things you might have missed out the first time around when you put together your schedule. Trust us – we know there's a lot of things to do but there are some things that are non-negotiable.
First off, here's the map of the festival:
Learn it. Memorize it. Breathe it. Okay, not really breathe it but it's a good thing to maybe remember where everything is so that way you know where you should be heading to and arriving there on time.
A few housekeeping reminders:
DO bring a clear bag if you intend on bringing additional items other than the necessary keys, wallet, phone. They are strictly enforcing this rule!
DO keep your reminders on. You will need to line up early in order to score a ticket to sit inside the Bill Graham. Don't blame us for missing someone you really wanted to see!
DO NOT skip out on the exhibitions. Sure, there might be long lines but it'll be worth it.
DO take public transportation. It's the easiest way to get there.
Great, now that's out of the way. Here are a few sets we'll be checking out over the 3-day weekend that we think you should too:
5:15PM – 6:16PM @ Larkin Comedy Club: The Daily Show Live: A conversation with Trevor Noah and the world's fakest news team feat. Roy Wood Jr., Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Dulce Sloan, and Desi Lydic
6:25PM – 7:10PM @ Colossal Stage: Third Eye Blind + kill time by grabbing a bite to eat at a nearby food truck (Itani Ramen, anyone?)
8:30PM – 9:30PM @ Colossal Stage: Trevor Noah. Just stay here after Third Eye Blind.
10PM – 11PM @ Colossal Stage: The Lonely Island. Truly, if you miss this, what kind of person are you? They RARELY perform live.
3:15PM – 4:15PM @ Colossal Stage: Awkwafina. Honestly, it's her year. We're here for her.
4:20PM – 5:15PM @ Room 415 Comedy Club: Desus & Mero. Unfamiliar? (via Clusterfest: The pair, who met during high school in the Bronx, have been exercising their comedic sensibility across multiple media platforms since the beginning. Between message boards on Okayplayer and 8ozProphet and reconnecting online after amassing Twitter followers based on tweets covering their mutual dissatisfaction for their jobs, their social media complaints, peppered with funny pop culture commentary, drew a following.)
5:45PM – 6:30PM @ Colossal Stage: TIFFANY. HADDISH. (enough said) and Chris Redd
7PM – 8PM @ Larkin Comedy Club: Middleditch and Schwartz (Silicon Valley meets Parks and Rec)
9:15PM – 11PM @ Colossal Stage: Amy Schumer and Friends. A good two-hour set. Get ready.
3:15PM – 4PM @ Paddy's Pub: The game of games. Kick off Sunday afternoon with a beer at Paddy's Pub and enjoy some probably really intense games!
4:15PM – 5PM @ Colossal Stage: Reggie Watts. What we're expecing to be a set full of music and hilarious one-liners, Reggie never disappoints!
6PM – 7:15PM @ Bill Graham Stage: Arrested Development Screening & Conversation. Perfect timing since the season just dropped on Netflix!
9PM – 10:15PM @ Colossal Stage: Jon Stewart. Honestly, Comedy Central's old pride and joy. You can't miss this.
Of course, there are gaps. That's when you take the time to check out the attractions such as the Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, showcasing the finest works from Trump's Twitter collection; race through the Double Dare set, there will be a one-hour live show on Sunday; Arrested Development iconic memorabilia, the stair car and the Bluth Banana Stand is waiting for you; or try your hand at some carnival games inside the South Park County Fair!
Obviously, you won't be bored this weekend. There's something to do at every corner of this festival and we're looking forward to it. Are you attending Clusterfest 2018? Do you think there's someone we should definitely check out that we haven't listed above? Let us know!
Written by Ashley Bulayo
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Ellie Goulding releases cover of 'Vincent' as Valentine's gift
Salem Ilese Drops New Single "(L)only Child"
CelebMix Premiere: Future-Pop team Vincent & HOFFEY release 'GOOD THINGS ARE COMING'
Shawn Mendes releases new single 'If I Can't Have You'
Apple Music Announce Dean Lewis As Latest 'Up Next' Artist
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Thanatography
Evi Numen is currently researching the acquisition and use of cadavers in medical school dissection in 19th century Philadelphia, as well as the illicit procurement of medical specimens as it relates to contemporary theories of criminology.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Science on Tap lecture series, Philadelphia, PA
Imagining the Body Abnormal: Art and Artifice in Early Medical Photography
Death Salon, Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
The curious story of One-eyed Joe and the 1867 Anatomy Act
"The study of medicine is booming in post-Civil War Philadelphia, boosted by the need for new medical approaches to treat the multitudes of the wounded veterans. With rising enrollment in medical colleges, the need for a fresh supply of cadavers for student dissections increases radically. The unclaimed dead of penitentiaries and pauper houses can fulfill only part of that need, and the urgency to procure more cadavers leads to more nefarious means of supply. In 1867, prominent Fellows of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and introduce the Pennsylvania Anatomy Act in an effort to regulate the avenues of cadaver supply. However 30 years later, the problems persist. in this illustrated talk, Evi Numen (Mütter Museum exhibitions manager, visual artist & photographer) discusses the struggle to legislate cadaver dissection and ownership through the case of one Joe Frankford, a famed horse-thief who dies at Eastern State Penitentiary in 1896, and becomes involved post-mortem in a scandalous and widely publicized court battle over his remains."
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Artist's presentation for the CAMD Dean's Lecture Series
Corpses, Cadavers and Catalogues: The Mobilities of Dead Bodies and Body Parts, Past and Present
The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Barts Pathology Museum, London
In the Margins: How Physicians, Resurrectionists and Collectors evaded the Law in 19th Century Philadelphia
For Science! Four Tales of Body-snatching, Organ Collecting, and Fraud in 19th Century Philadelphia
How did physicians, resurrectionists and collectors evade the law in 19th century Philadelphia? And why? Philadelphia was a buzzing medical center in the late 19th century. With the flood of the weary, injured, and disabled veterans of the American Civil War, the need for hospitals and well-educated physicians increased tenfold. Medical schools sprouted, admissions rose, and with them the demand for bodies; cadavers for dissection and specimens for the classroom and research. Since lawful supply didn't meet the high demand, anatomists, students and collectors had to resort to some rather questionable means to resolve that deficit. A one-eyed horse thief becomes the epicenter of a national scandal post-mortem, a "petrified body" is donated to a local museum, a fetal specimen is obtained from a dying woman, and a jar of anonymous epileptic brains raise questions about the how these specimens were collected and the scientific studies they were collected for.
© Evi Numen 2020


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Cristiano Ronaldo receives the IFFHS World's Best Goalscorer award for 2016
NEWS | 03/11/2017 | Javier García | PHOTOGRAPHER: Ángel Martínez
The madridista forward has won the award three times, more than any other player.
Cristiano Ronaldo was presented with the trophy which recognises him as the World's Best Goalscorer in 2016 according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The madridista, who collected the award at Real Madrid City from the IFFHS vice-president, Robert Ley, headed a list that included goals for both his club and country in international competition.
Cristiano, who scored 24 goals (11 in international games with Real Madrid and 13 with Portugal), beat Messi (21), Cavani and Ahmad (16) to the prize. The Whites' forward has picked up the award on more occasions than any other player, having now won it in 2013, 2014 and 2016, eclipsing the two held by Messi.
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# Best In Place
[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bernat/best_in_place.png)](http://travis-ci.org/bernat/best_in_place)
**The Unobtrusive in Place editing solution**

##Description

**Best in Place** is a jQuery based AJAX Inplace-Editor that takes profit of RESTful server-side controllers to allow users to edit stuff with
no need of forms. If the server have standard defined REST methods, particularly those to UPDATE your objects (HTTP PUT), then by adding the
Javascript file to the application it is making all the fields with the proper defined classes to become user in-place editable.

The editor works by PUTting the updated value to the server and GETting the updated record afterwards to display the updated value.

[**SEE DEMO**](http://bipapp.heroku.com/)

---

##Features

- Compatible with text **inputs**
- Compatible with **textarea**
- Compatible with **select** dropdown with custom collections
- Compatible with custom boolean values (same usage of **checkboxes**)
- Compatible with **jQuery UI Datepickers**
- Sanitize HTML and trim spaces of user's input on user's choice
- Displays server-side **validation** errors
- Allows external activator
- Allows optional, configurable OK and Cancel buttons for inputs and textareas
- ESC key destroys changes (requires user confirmation)
- Autogrowing textarea
- Helper for generating the best_in_place field only if a condition is satisfied
- Provided test helpers to be used in your integration specs
- Custom display methods using a method from your model or an existing rails
  view helper

##Usage of Rails 3 Gem

###best_in_place
**best_in_place object, field, OPTIONS**

Params:

- **object** (Mandatory): The Object parameter represents the object itself you are about to modify
- **field** (Mandatory): The field (passed as symbol) is the attribute of the Object you are going to display/edit.

Options:

- **:type** It can be only [:input, :textarea, :select, :checkbox, :date (>= 1.0.4)] or if undefined it defaults to :input.
- **:collection**: In case you are using the :select type then you must specify the collection of values it takes. In case you are
  using the :checkbox type you can specify the two values it can take, or otherwise they will default to Yes and No.
- **:path**: URL to which the updating action will be sent. If not defined it defaults to the :object path.
- **:nil**: The nil param defines the content displayed in case no value is defined for that field. It can be something like "click me to edit".
  If not defined it will show *"-"*.
- **:activator**: Is the DOM object that can activate the field. If not defined the user will making editable by clicking on it.
- **:ok_button**: (Inputs and textareas only) If set to a string, then an OK button will be shown with the string as its label, replacing save on blur.
- **:cancel_button**: (Inputs and textareas only) If set to a string, then a Cancel button will be shown with the string as its label.
- **:sanitize**: True by default. If set to false the input/textarea will accept html tags.
- **:html_attrs**: Hash of html arguments, such as maxlength, default-value etc.
- **:inner_class**: Class that is set to the rendered form.
- **:display_as**: A model method which will be called in order to display
  this field.
- **:object_name**: Used for overriding the default params key used for the object (the data-object attribute). Useful for e.g. STI scenarios where best_in_place should post to a common controller for different models.
- **:data**: Hash of custom data attributes to be added to span. Can be used to provide data to the ajax:success callback.
- **:classes**: Additional classes to apply to the best_in_place span.  Accepts either a string or Array of strings

###best_in_place_if
**best_in_place_if condition, object, field, OPTIONS**

It allows us to use best_in_place only if the first new parameter, a
condition, is satisfied. Specifically:

* Will show a normal best_in_place if the condition is satisfied
* Will only show the attribute from the instance if the condition is not satisfied

Say we have something like

    <%= best_in_place_if condition, @user, :name, :type => :input %>

In case *condition* is satisfied, the outcome will be just the same as:

    <%= best_in_place @user, :name, :type => :input %>

Otherwise, we will have the same outcome as:

    <%= @user.name %>

It is a very useful feature to use with, for example, [Ryan Bates](https://github.com/ryanb)' [CanCan](https://github.com/ryanb/cancan), so we only allow BIP edition if the current user has permission to do it.

---

##TestApp and examples
A [test_app](https://github.com/bernat/best_in_place/tree/master/test_app) was created, and can be seen in action in a [running demo on heroku](http://bipapp.heroku.com).

Examples (code in the views):

### Input

    <%= best_in_place @user, :name, :type => :input %>

    <%= best_in_place @user, :name, :type => :input, :nil => "Click me to add content!" %>

### Textarea

    <%= best_in_place @user, :description, :type => :textarea %>

    <%= best_in_place @user, :favorite_books, :type => :textarea, :ok_button => 'Save', :cancel_button => 'Cancel' %>

### Select

    <%= best_in_place @user, :country, :type => :select, :collection => [[1, "Spain"], [2, "Italy"], [3, "Germany"], [4, "France"]] %>

Of course it can take an instance or global variable for the collection, just remember the structure `[[key, value], [key, value],...]`.
The key can be a string or an integer.

### Checkbox

    <%= best_in_place @user, :receive_emails, :type => :checkbox, :collection => ["No, thanks", "Yes, of course!"] %>

The first value is always the negative boolean value and the second the positive. Structure: `["false value", "true value"]`.
If not defined, it will default to *Yes* and *No* options.

### Date

    <%= best_in_place @user, :birth_date, :type => :date %>

With the :date type the input field will be initialized as a datepicker input.
In order to provide custom options to the datepicker initialization you must
prepare a `$.datepicker.setDefaults` call with the preferences of your choice.

More information about datepicker and setting defaults can be found
[here](http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker/$.datepicker.setDefaults)

## Controller response with respond_with_bip

Best in place provides a utility method you should use in your controller in
order to provide the response that is expected by the javascript side, using
the :json format. This is a simple example showing an update action using it:

    def update
      @user = User.find params[:id]

      respond_to do |format|
        if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
          format.html { redirect_to(@user, :notice => 'User was successfully updated.') }
          format.json { respond_with_bip(@user) }
        else
          format.html { render :action => "edit" }
          format.json { respond_with_bip(@user) }
        end
      end
    end

## Custom display methods

### Using `display_as`

As of best in place 1.0.3 you can use custom methods in your model in order to
decide how a certain field has to be displayed. You can write something like:

    = best_in_place @user, :description, :type => :textarea, :display_as => :mk_description

Then instead of using `@user.description` to show the actual value, best in
place will call `@user.mk_description`. This can be used for any kind of
custom formatting, text with markdown, etc...

### Using `display_with`

In practice the most common situation is when you want to use an existing
helper to render the attribute, like `number_to_currency` or `simple_format`.
As of version 1.0.4 best in place provides this feature using the
`display_with` option. You can use it like this:

    = best_in_place @user, :money, :display_with => :number_to_currency

If you want to pass further arguments to the helper you can do it providing an
additional `helper_options` hash:

    = best_in_place @user, :money, :display_with => :number_to_currency, :helper_options => {:unit => "€"}

You can also pass in a proc or lambda like this:

    = best_in_place @post, :body, :display_with => lambda { |v| textilize(v).html_safe }

## Ajax success callback

### Binding to ajax:success

The 'ajax:success' event is triggered upon success. Use bind:

    $('.best_in_place').bind("ajax:success", function(){$(this).closest('tr').effect('highlight'));});

To bind a callback that is specific to a particular field, use the 'classes' option in the helper method and
then bind to that class.

    <%= best_in_place @user, :name, :classes => 'highlight_on_success' %>
    <%= best_in_place @user, :mail, :classes => 'bounce_on_success' %>

    $('.highlight_on_success').bind("ajax:success", function(){$(this).closest('tr').effect('highlight'));});
    $('.bounce_on_success').bind("ajax:success", function(){$(this).closest('tr').effect('bounce'));});

### Providing data to the callback

Use the :data option to add HTML5 data attributes to the best_in_place span. For example, in your view:

    <%= best_in_place @user, :name, :data => {:user_name => @user.name} %>

And in your javascript:

    $('.best_in_place').bind("ajax:success", function(){ alert('Name updated for '+$(this).data('userName')); });

##Non Active Record environments
We are not planning to support other ORMs apart from Active Record, at least for now. So, you can perfectly consider the following workaround as *the right way* until a specific implementation is done for your ORM.

Best In Place automatically assumes that Active Record is the ORM you are using. However, this might not be your case, as you might use another ORM (or not ORM at all for that case!). Good news for you: even in such situation Best In Place can be used!

Let's setup an example so we can illustrate how to use Best In Place too in a non-ORM case. Imagine you have an awesome ice cream shop, and you have a model representing a single type of ice cream. The IceCream model has a name, a description, a... nevermind. The thing is that it also has a stock, which is a combination of flavour and size. A big chocolate ice cream (yummy!), a small paella ice cream (...really?), and so on. Shall we see some code?

    class IceCream < ActiveRecord::Base
      serialize :stock, Hash

      # consider the get_stock and set_stock methods are already defined
    end

Imagine we want to have a grid showing all the combinations of flavour and size and, for each combination, an editable stock. Since the stock for a flavour and a size is not a single and complete model attribute, we cannot use Best In Place *directly*. But we can set it up with an easy workaround.

In the view, we'd do:

    // @ice_cream is already available
    - flavours = ... // get them somewhere
    - sizes = ... // get them somewhere
    %table
      %tr
        - ([""] + flavours).each do |flavour|
          %th= flavour
      - sizes.each do |size|
        %tr
          %th= size
          - flavours.each do |flavour|
            - v = @ice_cream.get_stock(:flavour => flavour, :size => size)
            %td= best_in_place v, :to_i, :type => :input, :path => set_stock_ice_cream_path(:flavour => flavour, :size => size)

Now we need a route to which send the stock updates:

    TheAwesomeIceCreamShop::Application.routes.draw do
      ...

      resources :ice_creams, :only => :none do
        member do
          put :set_stock
        end
      end

      ...
    end

And finally we need a controller:

    class IceCreamsController < ApplicationController::Base
      respond_to :html, :json

      ...

      def set_stock
        flavour = params[:flavour]
        size = params[:size]
        new_stock = (params["fixnum"] || {})["to_i"]

        @ice_cream.set_stock(new_stock, { :flavour => flavour, :size => size })
        if @ice_cream.save
          head :ok
        else
          render :json => @ice_cream.errors.full_messages, :status => :unprocessable_entity
        end
      end

      ...

    end

And this is how it is done!

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##Test Helpers
Best In Place has also some helpers that may be very useful for integration testing. Since it might very common to test some views using Best In Place, some helpers are provided to ease it.

As of now, a total of four helpers are available. There is one for each of the following BIP types: a plain text input, a textarea, a boolean input and a selector. Its function is to simulate the user's action of filling such fields.

These four helpers are listed below:

* **bip_area(model, attr, new_value)**
* **bip_text(model, attr, new_value)**
* **bip_bool(model, attr)**
* **bip_select(model, attr, name)**

The parameters are defined here (some are method-specific):

* **model**: the model to which this action applies.
* **attr**: the attribute of the model to which this action applies.
* **new_value** (only **bip_area** and **bip_text**): the new value with which to fill the BIP field.
* **name** (only **bip_select**): the name to select from the dropdown selector.

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##Installation

###Rails 3.1 and higher

Installing *best_in_place* is very easy and straight-forward, even more
thanks to Rails 3.1. Just begin including the gem in your Gemfile:

    gem "best_in_place"

After that, specify the use of the jquery and best in place
javascripts in your application.js, and optionally specify jquery-ui if
you want to use jQuery UI datepickers:

    //= require jquery
    //= require jquery-ui
    //= require best_in_place

If you want to use jQuery UI datepickers, you should also install and
load your preferred jquery-ui CSS file and associated assets.

Then, just add a binding to prepare all best in place fields when the document is ready:

    $(document).ready(function() {
      /* Activating Best In Place */
      jQuery(".best_in_place").best_in_place();
    });

You are done!

###Rails 3.0 and lower

Installing *best_in_place* for Rails 3.0 or below is a little bit
different, since the master branch is specifically updated for Rails
3.1. But don't be scared, you'll be fine!

Rails 3.0 support will be held in the 0.2.X versions, but we have planned not to continue developing for this version of Rails. Nevertheless, you can by implementing what you want and sending us a pull request.

First, add the gem's 0.2 version in the Gemfile:

    gem "best_in_place", "~> 0.2.0"

After that, install and load all the javascripts from the folder
**/public/javascripts** in your layouts. They have to be in the order:

* jquery
* **best_in_place**

You can automatize this installation by doing

    rails g best_in_place:setup

If you want to use jQuery UI datepickers, you should also install and
load jquery-ui.js as well as your preferred jquery-ui CSS file and
associated assets.

Finally, as for Rails 3.1, just add a binding to prepare all best in place fields when the document is ready:

    $(document).ready(function() {
      /* Activating Best In Place */
      jQuery(".best_in_place").best_in_place();
    });

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## Notification

Sometimes your in-place updates will fail due to validation or for some other reason. In such case, you'll want to notify the user somehow. **Best in Place** supports doing so through the best_in_place:error event, and has built-in support for notification via jquery.purr, right out of the box.

To opt into the jquery.purr error notification, just add best_in_place.purr to your javascripts, as described below. If you'd like to develop your own custom form of error notification, you can use best_in_place.purr as an example to guide you.

###Rails 3.1 and higher

It's as simple as adding:

    //= require best_in_place.purr

###Rails 3.0 and lower

You'll have to load the following additional javascripts, in this order, after loading jquery and **best_in_place**:

 * jquery.purr
 * **best_in_place.purr**

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## Security

If the script is used with the Rails Gem no html tags will be allowed unless the sanitize option is set to true, in that case only the tags [*b i u s a strong em p h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 ul li ol hr pre span img*] will be allowed. If the script is used without the gem and with frameworks other than Rails, then you should make sure you are providing the csrf authenticity params as meta tags and you should always escape undesired html tags such as script, object and so forth.

    <meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token"/>
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="YOUR UNIQUE TOKEN HERE"/>

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##TODO

- Client Side Validation definitions
- Accepting more than one handler to activate best_in_place fields

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## Development

Fork the project on [github](https://github.com/bernat/best_in_place 'bernat / best_in_place on Github')

    $ git clone <<your fork>
    $ cd best_in_place
    $ bundle

### Prepare the test app

    $ cd test_app
    $ bundle
    $ bundle exec rake db:test:prepare
    $ cd ..

### Run the specs

    $ bundle exec rspec spec/

### Bundler / gem troubleshooting

- make sure you've run the bundle command for both the app and test_app!
- run bundle update <<gem name> (in the right place) for any gems that are causing issues

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##Authors, License and Stuff

Code by [Bernat Farrero](http://bernatfarrero.com) from [Itnig Web Services](http://itnig.net) (it was based on the [original project](http://github.com/janv/rest_in_place/) of Jan Varwig) and released under [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).

Many thanks to the contributors: [Roger Campos](http://github.com/rogercampos), [Jack Senechal](https://github.com/jacksenechal) and [Albert Bellonch](https://github.com/albertbellonch).

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Mexico's Remittances Pass $50 Billion, Surge During Pandemic
COMACHUEN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's remittances — the money migrants send home to their relatives — have soared in the past two years, and are now expected to top $50 billion for the first time once 2021′s figures are added up. That would surpass almost all other sources of Mexico's foreign income.
But as happy as the Mexican government is about the news — it calls the migrants "heroes" — the boom raises questions: Will Mexicans always have to emigrate? And is it sustainable, or just blip fueled in part by U.S. government pandemic support payments?
In many rural places such as Comachuen, Michoacan, every store, business and family depends on remittances.
"Without these remittances that migrants send back to their families here in Comachuen, the town would have no life," said Porfirio Gabriel, who has spent nearly 13 years working on farms in the United States and now recruits and supervises people to go north.
Remittances as a percentage of Mexico's GDP have almost doubled over the past decade, growing from 2% of GDP in 2010 to 3.8% in 2020, according to the government. Between 2010 and 2020, the percentage of households in Mexico receiving remittances grew from 3.6% to 5.1%.
For the first 11 months of 2021, remittances grew by almost 27%. Mexico is now the third largest receiver of remittances in the world, behind only India and China, and Mexico now accounts for about 6.1% of world remittances, according to a government report.
On one hand, the spike was simply a matter of need, caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic. Mexico's GDP shrank 8.5% in 2020, and while the economy recouped about 4.7% of that loss in the first three quarters of 2021, growth appears to have slowed and inflation spiked in the last quarter.
"When a Mexican family suffers illness or their household suffers damage, they receive more. … Why? Because, basically, they ask for help, and that is what I think happened here last year," said Agustín Escobar, a professor at Mexico's Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology.
Ironically, part of that growth may have been fueled by a temporary decrease several years ago in the number of new Mexican migrants heading to the United States and a decline in the relative percentage of migrants without proper documents.
Escobar said that means established migrants face less wage competition from new, young, undocumented arrivals.
"But how much it can continue to improve in the future is an open question," he added.
And the fact that a smaller percentage of Mexican migrants don't have proper documents than before means more qualified for U.S. pandemic support payments in 2020.
A report by the Liberty Street Economics blog from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said, "We find that about $24 billion went to U.S. residents born in Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Republic in April through September" of 2020 when pandemic support payments began to flow under the CARES Act.
While people in Comachuen report using their money to educate their children and build up businesses, research shows the vast majority of remittances are used for subsistence needs — buying more food or medicine, or much-needed household appliances like refrigerators that will save families on food costs in the long run.
There is also a strange dichotomy: The largest flows of remittances go to Mexico's most violence-plagued states, like Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Jalisco and Michoacan.
Escobar said migration and crime sometimes go hand in hand. Those who receive funds from abroad become targets for criminals, creating fear that drives more to emigrate.
"Families in Michoacan are trying to hide that they are receiving remittances. They try to go to a bank branch that isn't near their house, and not show it off, because these families become a target for kidnappings, to get the money," Escobar said.
Raul Delgado, who heads the development studies unit at the University of Zacatecas, sees a "vicious, perverse cycle" in tougher U.S. border restrictions. They make immigrant smugglers more necessary, which in turn empowers criminal gangs, who in turn prey on local people, who have to leave their home communities because of the violence.


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Since our membership to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1981, certain entities in our country have continued to partake in the wildlife crime. Nevertheless, we strived to uphold the goals of the Convention, which aims to protect endangered plants and animals from international commerce and trade, and ensure their survival.
In 2013, we were the first ASEAN country to destroy illegal ivory. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), led the destruction of an estimated five tons of ivory smuggled into our country through eight separate shipments from 1996 to 2009. The items were reported to have originated from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda.
We have since intensified our efforts on this trade through the creation of the Philippines' Operations Group on Ivory (POGI) under DENR, tasked to handle ivory smuggling cases. We have also implemented capacity building programs and awareness campaigns, as well as developed systems and tools in aid of enforcement.
These are all pursuant as well to Republic Act 9147 or the "Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act," which seeks to conserve and protect wildlife species and their habitats and to regulate wildlife collection and trade.
Mr. President, because of the growing demand for ivory, an estimated 25,000 elephants, mostly coming from African countries, are killed on an annual basis. However, the elephants in the ivory trade are part of the larger web of illegal wildlife trade.
There are 30,000 more specimens of wildlife that are smuggled and sold in physical markets and, quite shockingly, over the internet on social media.
A study in the Philippines during a brief period between 2017 and 2018 documented nearly 900 ivory items for sale in markets and Facebook groups. At least 426 Indonesian birds were also monitored being sold on 20 Facebook groups during the same period.
The smuggling of birds into the Philippines is also considered a health risk due to the non-screening of these animals for potential diseases, such as bird flu.
Pangolins are also one of the most heavily trafficked mammals in the world and the smuggling has grown so rapidly that 27 new global routes were opened for its illegal trade. I note that one of the four main pangolin species involved is endemic to Palawan—the Philippine Pangolin.
Another species that can only be found in Palawan, the Philippine Pond Turtle, is now considered critically endangered due to intense poaching pressure. There have also been reports where live corals smuggled from our shores into other countries, such as Singapore and the United States, only to be placed in aquariums.
What is more alarming is that there have been reports suggesting of an emerging local market. In one case, certain species of birds, crocodiles, turtles, and other animals from Palawan, which is home to diverse species of wildlife, were being peddled in Metro Manila.
Mr. President, we must also recognize that illegal wildlife trade is an issue that impacts global security. It is a serious criminal transnational industry worth billions of pesos. Organized criminal networks and armed militia continue to benefit from the proceeds of this brutal and cruel trade.
The links between illegal wildlife trade and crime and corruption are recognized in international assemblies and is also included as a specific subsection to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal No. 15. It demands a global focus and response to tackle it, and we should therefore support the urgent call for united action.
We should communicate to the world that we are committed to resolving the growing problem of illegal wildlife trade, as it is related with greater issues of conservation, public health, and food security. I do not doubt that the Philippines can be a regional leader if we scale up our efforts and work together.
Given the continuous demand for wildlife products, compounded by the advent of modern information technologies, which allowed illegal wildlife traders to openly advertise their businesses online, it is high time that we revisit the relevant provisions of Republic Act 9147.
Penalties must be increased to deter more wildlife crime syndicates. Our learning institutions, especially in areas where poaching of Philippine wildlife occurs, must be made aware of this concern. We also need to promote ecotourism and other biodiversity-friendly enterprises to support the livelihood of local communities, as well as to continue building the capacities of personnel charged with the enforcement of our laws and commitments.
Mr. President, our domestic efforts to combat illegal wildlife trading from the start have not gone unnoticed. This is why, the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, as well as other development partners, have been supporting and have pledged to complement our action.
The UK Government, through the Darwin Initiative, has offered grants to two projects in the country: first, on sustainable community-based stewardship of freshwater resources in the Northern Philippines; and second, on socio-ecological resilience in coastal Philippines. The UK Space Agency will also support a 5.5-million-pound project that will use satellite technology to help our government tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in our waters.
US institutions, such as the Field Museum of Natural History, and the universities of Kansas, Lawrence, and Oklahoma, will continue to work with DENR on the inventory and assessment of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals—a partnership that started in the 1990s.
More recently, the US Government, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), initiated the Protect Wildlife Project, which will help conserve biodiversity and combat illegal wildlife trade, particularly in the areas of Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga, Palawan, and the SOCCKSARGEN Region.
The US Department of the Interior, through its International Technical Assistance Program, will also provide capacity building programs for national and local government units and communities to address critical threats to our country's coastal and upland resources, as well as to promote good governance in enforcing environmental laws.
Meanwhile, the German Government, through the GIZ (or the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), has been implementing the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape (SSS) Project, which seeks to develop a "Wildlife Coordination and Communication Protocol" as enforcement strategy in the Marine Turtle Protected Areas Network of Palawan and Tawi-Tawi. It is a six-year project (from 2012 to 2018) being implemented under the Coral Triangle Initiative in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Moreover, the Global Environment Facility, through the World Bank, is also helping the Philippines through a three-year project called "Combatting Organized Environmental Crime in the Philippines" under the Global Wildlife Program. This project, which will be implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the DENR-BMB will work on legal and institutional reforms, capacity building in the law enforcement chain, and demand reduction on wildlife products.
Mr. President, the Philippines remained, according to Parties of the Convention, a "country of importance to watch" on ivory trafficking and other illegal wildlife trade. The is due to the fact that we continue to be a transit route between Africa and other Asian markets, but the proliferation of local wildlife trading especially on our social media also points out that we have perhaps become patrons of this crime.
While we reiterate our call for government agencies and local authorities, particularly the DENR and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, to strengthen their efforts to protect these rare and wonderful species from illegal trade, we also need to support global efforts that combat this crime.
We need to do our part by stopping domestic markets and working with other countries to share information and target traffickers, middlemen, and poachers. By breaking the cycle from our end, we also hope to interrupt and end the supply and demand chain overseas.


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Entertainment Bollywood 20 May 2019 Anil-Shekhar set the tone for Mr India 2
Entertainment, Bollywood
Anil-Shekhar set the tone for Mr India 2
Published : May 20, 2019, 3:59 am IST
Updated : May 20, 2019, 3:59 am IST
Shekhar has been working in Hollywood and Anil too has entered Hollywood and is a regular feature there.
A meeting between the ace filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and actor Anil Kapoor, who have worked together before in the cult classic Mr India.
A meeting between the ace filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and actor Anil Kapoor, who have worked together before in the cult classic Mr India, has set the pulses racing and tongues wagging in Bollywood.
A photo of the meeting was posted online and what make the meeting more intriguing are the cryptic messages that have been posted by the two on their social media accounts. "Feels like déja vu! @shekharkapur & I are deep in discussion about something new and super exciting! We're hoping to create the same magic we did before with Mr. India...The cap adjustment was lucky then, and it might do the trick this time as well!" tweeted Anil Kapoor.
As for Shekhar, he kept it simple by pushing the ball into Anil's court. "Discussing the look for the next Mr India 2, or another movie together? You tell them @AnilKapoor !" he mentioned.
It can be recalled that Anil wore a hat for the character of Arun Verma in the film Mr India. For a while, it was in the news that Boney Kapoor, who produced the movie, may be planning a sequel, but there were no confirmations on the same. But the photo of Shekhar and Anil seems to now add grist to the mill.
"Shekhar has been working in Hollywood and Anil too has entered Hollywood and is a regular feature there. After Slumdog Millionaire, he went on to work in 24 and then in Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol. He recently voiced for the character of Baloo in the Netflix show Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. We are now told that the two may well be collaborating on an international project which could well be Mr India 2," informs a trade source.
— Sanskriti Media
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The sequence of numbers is explained on this page. It is what will give you a recursive search through nested groups.
The baseDN in the LDAP URL in your ADODV.Command call will be the root of your groups in AD, and the scope will be ?sub for a subtree search.  That's explained in this answer to yet another question. And here's some documentation of LDAP URL format to help you put this all together.

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A company in New York uses mushrooms to turn agricultural biowaste into packaging. Will its market mushroom, too?
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As it turns out, they are equally versatile outside of the food world. They can produce packaging, home insulation, fiberboard for furniture, even a surfboard.
So says Eben Bayer, the 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of Ecovative, a small company that's developing an array of environmentally friendly materials that perform like plastics but are made by mushrooms – specifically, by their webs of thread-like roots, known as mycelium, which consume crop waste. These materials can be grown and recycled, as opposed to being drilled, pumped, refined and discarded.
"We're able to compete with an entrenched billion-dollar plastic industry because we're not extracting things," Bayer said last week, at the fall conference of the Social Venture Network (SVN) in Baltimore. "We're leveraging the power of biology."
Founded in 2007 in the aptly named village of Green Island, New York, near Albany, Ecovative is a small company with big ambitions. It already has generated a lot of buzz: It won the Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, a global $750,000 sustainable business prize. The World Economic Forum named the company a technology pioneer in 2011. Bayer even delivered a TED talk. And Ecovative won grants by the US EPA, the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Agriculture.
All of which is nice, but not enough to make Ecovative a real business. More important, in that regard, is an agreement that Ecovative signed last year to license its packaging technology to Sealed Air, a $7.6bn packging and materials company that makes, among other things, Bubble Wrap. Sealed Air will market and sell Ecovative's Mushroom Packaging, and it has adapted a factory in Iowa to produce it, using corn stalks as feedstock. Customers include Dell, Steelcase and Crate & Barrel.
After Bayer's talk at the SVN event, we sat down to discuss the company. A lanky, easy-going guy, Bayer grew up on a maple syrup farm in Vermont, which is where he first noticed the magical power of mushroom roots to hold things together. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he studied mechanical engineering and met Gavin McIntyre, Ecovative's co-founder. Rensselaer has been an important supporter of the company, as well as an investor. Bayer, who loves the outdoors, lives with his wife in a cabin off the grid and not far from the company's headquarters.
Ecovative's technology sounds simple, but producing usable materials from mushrooms has taken an enormous amount of trial and error. "For the first two years, we suffered a tremendous number of failures," Bayer said. Essentially, Ecovative takes live mycelium and feeds them agricultural waste. Under the right conditions, the mycelium turns the waste into a material with similar properties as Styrofoam, the hard plastic foam invented by Dow in the 1930s, in just a few days. Like Styrofoam, Mushroom Packaging can be molded into any shape.
There are several problems with Styrofoam (a Dow trademark) and, more broadly, with polystyrene, the class of polymers to which it belongs, Bayer says. Polystyrene is made from oil, a limited resource with a fluctuating price, in a process that uses a lot of energy. And plastic packaging, which typically ends up getting thrown away, takes a very long time to degrade – and finds its way to oceans and beaches around the world.
By contrast, he said, Mushroom Packaging, is renewable and biodegradable, and made from crop waste bought from farmers, providing them with additional income. "Instead of shipping money to Saudi Arabia or Venezuela, you're sending it to Iowa," Bayer said.
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UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science lauded by UCD and President Michael D Higgins
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The 11th of February marked the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
By Sophie Finn | Feb 18 2021
President Higgins delivered a message to celebrate the day, describing it as "a most appropriate occasion on which to celebrate the contribution of women to the field of science", as well as acknowledge the importance of that contribution, and "above all" encourage young women to consider a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The President outlined that although "significant progress" has been made in encouraging women and girls in STEM "much remains to be achieved". President Higgins stressed "a considerable gender gap still exists" in STEM fields. The President outlined that in most countries "fewer women than men complete STEM university degrees. Less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women, and less than a third of all female students globally select STEM-related fields in higher education." Higgins described that statistics for Ireland as "only slightly more encouraging", stating that "just over 35 percent of all those engaged in STEM research in Ireland in 2016 are female". The President stated that the "exclusive" domination by men in the field of STEM has been "much to the detriment of science and society's loss."
President Higgins said that in order to address the gender gap, society "must go beyond quantification and identify those qualitative factors that at the very outset deter women from pursuing careers in STEM fields". Higgins stressed that despite these challenges, Irish women in science are playing a "courageous role", using the battle against Covid-19 as an example. Higgins outlined that the day is an appropriate day to recognise the feats of women in STEM by "making a commitment to investing in inclusive STEM education and research and the re-structuring of career paths in science and technology in such a way that they do not exclude women and girls at any stage of their career".
President Higgins stated that his message to "every young girl who is wondering if a future in science is for her" is "to have faith, to take inspiration from the many talented women who have excelled in science and technology" and to "carry your knowledge and skills with pride."
The University Observer spoke to Colin Scott, Chair of the Gender Equality Action Group in UCD. Scott described the challenges of male dominance within STEM disciplines as "complex". He outlined that a "significant part" of the challenge arises from "social structures and ways of thinking that tend to encourage boys to study STEM subjects at school to a greater extent than girls", stating that "the tendency to gender segregation in schools has historically reduced opportunities for girls to discover and study the full range of STEM subjects."
Athena Swan is a framework used within higher education to further gender equality. Scott outlined that all Schools in the College of Engineering and Architecture secured Athena Swan Bronze recognition in 2019, "indicating that the College understands the challenges and has a credible plan to address the challenges". Scott stated that UCD has been "heavily involved" in measures to encourage women applicants into STEM disciplines, outlining that at undergraduate level "female participation has risen in the Engineering disciplines from 19% to 26%" between 2015 and 2018. He further noted that female intake to Engineering was 30% in 2018, which is higher than HEA engineering data of 25%, and the total enrolment of female students in Computer Science has grown from 15% in 2015 to 19% in 2018.
Scott stated that in 2019 UCD received funding from Science Foundation Ireland for the project 'Girls in DEIS Schools: Changing Attitudes/Impacting Futures in STEM', which was led by Professor Judith Harford, Rachel Farrell, and Dr Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain. He noted the academic role models for women in engineering, for example, Professor Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Impact and Innovation, and Professor Aoife Ahern, Dean of Engineering and Principal, UCD College of Engineering and Architecture.
Scott stated that "at UCD we are keen to encourage more women into studying STEM disciplines and to support them successfully through their studies, transforming opportunities". He further outlined that UCD "are taking a wide range of other measures to remove barriers to gender equality throughout academic careers, detailed in our Gender Equality Action Plan, submitted as part of the successful Athena Swan Bronze renewal in 2020".
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Stadium plans may change because $950 million isn't enough
By Nate Scott October 11, 2013 10:11 am
Construction has not yet begun on the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium, and the franchise already finds themselves over budget.
As the start of construction of their new $950 million stadium nears, the Vikings find they will have to change plans to meet budget, and in some cases may scrap planned aspects of the stadium altogether, including a parking garage and a skyway linked to a ramp a block away from the stadium.
"We only have $975 million in the budget, and there's only so many things you can get under that number," said Vikings Vice President Lester Bagley.
Part of the issue seems to be that bids for certain aspects of the construction are coming in higher than the Vikings expected, both due to the cost of materials and a shortage of skilled construction workers in the area.
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the team have set aside an additional $62 million for extra costs, but the group is already $20-30 million over budget, and they haven't even broken ground yet. We'll see what stays and what goes in the stadium plans moving forward.
Read more on this story at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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ACCUWEATHER: Eastern US to be slammed by storm with heavy rain, flooding and gusty winds
A storm packing mostly rain but also flooding, gusty winds, severe thunderstorms and some snow will hit travel hard at a time when millions are beginning their Christmas journey to end this week.
The storm will gain strength as it travels northeastward from the upper Gulf coast to eastern Quebec.
Since the storm will take a path well inland, snow and ice with the storm will be limited to the northern tier of the Northeast and on its back side over part of the Midwest.
However, the combination of drenching rain, gusty winds and poor visibility from fog and low clouds is likely to cause substantial airline delays, especially from Orlando, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston and Newark, New Jersey.
Motorists will face difficulties, especially on the highways as rain, wind and urban flooding impede their travels.
Download the free AccuWeather app to see what weather may affect your holiday travels.
Enough rain to fall to trigger, renew flooding
"The most widespread problem from this storm will be related to drenching rain," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.
"Enough rain may fall to not only cause urban and poor drainage area flooding, but also lead to small stream flooding and new rises on some of the major rivers from Florida to New England as an atmospheric river sets up for a time," Anderson said.
A swath of intense rain will shift to eastern Virginia, eastern Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, southeastern New York and New England into Friday.
There is the potential for rainfall at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour in this zone for a brief time, which is more than enough to cause water to build up on the traveling lanes and beneath the underpasses.
Coastal flooding is anticipated with this storm
The combination of stiff, onshore winds from the storm and high astronomical tides are likely to cause coastal flooding. The full moon is on Saturday, but the days leading up to the full moon result in progressively higher astronomical tides.
"The flooding will be greatest at times of high tide," Anderson said.
"Minor beach erosion is likely, even though the storm will be of short duration."
The coastal flooding risk will extend along the Carolina coast into Thursday night. During Thursday night and Friday, this risk will extend northward to the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts. On Friday, coastal flooding may occur along the Florida Panhandle's west coast.
Gusty winds may trigger power outages
The strengthening storm will cause winds to kick up.
The strong winds and heavy rain on the front and back sides of the storm will not only make walking and driving difficult but may also be potent enough to knock over trees and cause tree limbs to break. The soil is saturated. Trees with a poor root system may topple over in these conditions.
When limbs or whole trees come down, power lines may be taken with them. At the very least, expect sporadic power outages with this storm.
Winds may be the strongest and power outages the most concentrated in parts of New England, Florida and on the back side of the storm over the central and southern Appalachians.
A wintry mix and even a narrow swath of wet snow is anticipated to accompany the gusty winds on the back side of the storm on Friday and Friday night. The snow will streak from parts of the Ohio Valley and Lower Michigan to the western slopes of the Appalachians from West Virginia to western New York.
In addition, locally severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes are also a concern from the storm. The greatest risk of thunderstorms with strong wind gusts will be over the Florida Peninsula into Thursday night.
Blustery conditions are expected to subside from south to north during Saturday and Saturday night in the East, and dry conditions should return by Saturday night and Sunday.
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When Ty and Wendy got in touch about their small wedding in Sydney – I didn't realise quite how small! Most of the day was spent with just the two of them and it couldn't have been more perfect.
Because the timings of the day were so flexible – we got to explore the beautiful Avoca Beach area before we headed off to Glenworth Valley for their intimate ceremony. Their ceremony location looked out over the valley below – it was pretty breathtaking!
Glenworth Valley is famous for it's horse treks, so these amazing animals were bound to make an appearance throughout the day. We got to hang out with Mauve the horse and wander the valley with her in the evening light – and were even lucky enough to be a part of their evening stampede.
As the sun started to go down, we drove back up to their ceremony spot for a picnic and to take in the amazing view.
Wendy and Ty – I don't have the words to say how honoured I feel to have been part of your wedding day. Thank you so much for trusting me to come over to Sydney and capture your day. More photos on their way very soon!


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Ajay Kumar's Rohingya Muslims in India Part I, II, III
By Ajay Kumar, First Post
Editor's note: Over 40,000 Rohingya live in India as refugees. The Indian government has recently decided to deport them. In part two of this three-part series, Ajay Kumar focusses on their connection with India. Part three looks at the legal trouble India may face regarding their deportation.
The 'forgotten' partition of 1935 left an entire people in limbo [Part I]
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!
Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
The opening lines of Kipling's famous poem about life in British Burma paints a picture of a peaceful colony of Englishmen mixing freely with the local populace. But the reality was quite different. Unlike other parts of the British Empire, Burma had few British settlers.
Burma, on the other hand, was faced with massive amounts of immigration from other parts of the British Empire, particularly India.
The British administration of Burma began with the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 – 1826). The war ended with the Treaty of Yandabo signed between the Kingdom of Ava and the British East India Company. The Burmese ceded Assam, Manipur, Arakan and parts of the Tenasserim coast to the East India Company. These newly acquired territories would become a part of the Bengal Presidency.
The British would fight three more wars with the Burmese. In 1885, Burma became a province of British India and was made a major province in 1897.
As Burma and India were part of the same country, there was a massive wave of migration from India to Burma. Up in the Arakan Mountains, much of this migration was plantation labour.
The lives of many people are governed by events outside their wildest imaginations. For those living between British Bengal and British Burma, their futures were set in stone more than a million years ago: By plate tectonics.
When the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate around fifty million years ago, it made a natural boundary between the subcontinent and the rest of Asia. This boundary is known to most of us in the Indian mainland as the Himalayas but in the western part of the subcontinent they are known as the Hindu-Kush and the Karakoram and on the eastern borders they are known as the Mizo Hills, the Chan hills that eventually lead all the way down the Burmese coast line as the Arakan Mountains.
The Arakan Mountains is the natural boundary between the Indian subcontinent and Burma. This meant, that until modern times, it was quite difficult for people on one side of the mountain to get to the other side. That's why people in the subcontinent speak Indo-Aryan languages and people up in China speak Sino-Tibetan languages. That's also why our food, culture and writing systems are completely different. Crossing a mountain range is hard work and until recently (the 19th and 20th centuries), very few made the journey across.
In this Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, file photo, a Rohingya refugee girl looks through a mesh window at a camp set up for the refugees on the outskirts of Jammu, India. A day after the U.N. chief voiced concern about Indian plans to potentially deport tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees, an Indian government official said Wednesday that authorities are only working to identify those who fled persecution in neighboring Myanmar, not expel them. An estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge in various parts of India, though fewer than 15,000 are registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)
There had always been some form of contact between the two sides of the mountain. Arakanese king Min Saw Mon fled to the Bengal Sultanate for 24 years and retook his kingdom with the help of the Sultan. For the assistance, he ceded some territory and became a vassal of the sultan, thus creating the first Muslim presence in the region.
However, this was short lived as the king's successor ended the vassalage. The Burmese kingdom reoccupied Arakan in 1785 and expelled the natives known as the Rakhine, many of whom fled to neighbouring British India. By the time the British entered Arakan, it was sparsely populated.
When Burma was a part of the Bengal province and even later when it was part of British India, the border between the regions was porous. So there was an urgent need for cheap labour to harvest paddy grown in the Irrawaddy Delta. The East India Company's solution was to import ethnic Bengali plantation labour from the neighbouring province of East Bengal, though this was a part of a broader phenomenon that was occurring all over the country.
By 1927, Rangoon had overtaken New York City as the greatest immigration port of the world, witnessing over 480,000 arrivals out of a population of 1,300,000 that very year.
In 1935, the Imperial Parliament passed the Government of India Act. The act comprised the Government of India Act and the Government of Burma Act.
It split India and Burma into two separate entities within the British Empire but it did not clearly define the boundaries between British India and British Burma.
The act defined Burma as: "Territories lying to the east of Bengal, the state of Manipur, Assam, and any tribal areas connected with Assam."
Consequently, it did not answer the question of Rohingya nationality.
While the people of the empire were unified by their status as British subjects, India's "first" partition led to the statelessness of a people called the Rohingya.
It also resulted in a post-colonial independent India having some very curious residual obligations.
As governments squabble over their post-colonial identity, refugees have nowhere go to [Part II]
Indian immigration into Burma created a lot of resentment among the local population.
The influx of cheap migrant labour lowered standards of living and also reinforced Burma's status of being under colonial administration.
At the outset of hostilities in 1939, Burma was under threat from Japanese invasion.
As the Japanese advanced on Burma, they were supported both by the local populace and the Burma National Army (BNA), a local force which was raised to fight against British and enjoyed the support of ethnic tribes.
For their part, the British armed the Muslims in northern Arakan to fight against the ethnic Rakhine who harboured Japanese sympathies. This resulted in atrocities being committed by both sides and left deep communal divisions that linger till this day.
But helped largely by the Indian Army, the British managed to squeeze the Japanese from Burma. By the time the Japanese surrendered in 1945, the British reoccupied Burma and created the British Military Administration.
Due to political reasons, the British found themselves unable to prosecute BNA leader General Aung San for war crimes and treason. So they chose to negotiate. On 27 January 1947, the famous Aung San-Atlee Agreement was reached, which paved the way for Burmese independence. Aung San managed to unite Burmese minorities at Panglong in February 1947 and the Union of Burma was soon birthed.
Burma's formation gives insight into the Rohingya situation. Burma was founded on ethnic identity rather than a constitutional one. Article 10 of the 1948 Burmese Constitution enshrines the principle of citizenship by descent from one of the ingenious races of Burma.
Section 3 of the 1948 Union Citizenship Act of Burma makes it clear that to be an indigenous race of Burma, you have to have been settled there prior to 1823 AD, the year prior to the outbreak of the First Anglo-Burmese War, which resulted in parts of modern Burma being occupied.
Needless to say, neither the 1948 constitution nor the Citizenship Law of Burma recognised the Rohingya as Burmese citizens or nationals. The 1982 revision to the Burmese nationality law didn't recognise them as citizens either.
As events were unfolding in the 1940s, a movement calling for the Muslims who resided in Arakan to join Pakistan (East Pakistan) moulded itself into the Arakan Muslim League. However, Jinnah declined to support it, stating he was unconcerned with Burmese affairs. Which led to an armed insurgency seeking a Muslim homeland in the region. That movement was put down by the army.
This operation resulted in many refugees fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh. After the India-Bangladesh War of 1971, many refugees fled Bangladesh and returned to Burma. The Rohingya thus found themselves in a peculiar situation: They can't be Bangladeshi as the government doesn't consider them Bengali. However, the Burmese government insists the Rohingya are Bengali migrants and therefore they cannot be Burmese. The Rohingya are effectively a people without a state.
A Rohingya refugee takes a nap as a child lies next to him outside a temporary shelter in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. A day after the U.N. chief voiced concern about Indian plans to potentially deport tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees, an Indian government official said Wednesday that authorities are only working to identify those who fled persecution in neighboring Myanmar, not expel them. An estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge in various parts of India, though fewer than 15,000 are registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Over time, the Rohingya have started asserting themselves as an ethnic group of Burma and demanding equal rights. They claim descent from the sultanates that briefly occupied the region and have tried to build a narrative that ties them to the area. This has been subject of intense public debate in Burmese academic circles, with many accusing them of revisionism.
Many have been confusing them with ethnic Rakhine Muslims who predate the First Anglo-Burmese War. But though some sections of the media have tried to paint this as a Buddhists versus Muslims debate, this isn't a religious issue. Many ethnic Rakhine are Muslim. At the core, this is an ethnic issue. The Rohingya have their own language, which branches out of the Indo-Aryan language family.
Ethnic Rakhine, the major population of the Rakhine state, (which is what Arakan is called) speak Arakanese or Burmese, both branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family. These ethnic populations evolved on both sides of the natural boundary that separates the subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
The issue, an ethnic one, has resulted in large-scale violence being inflicted on the Rohingya, much of it sponsored by the State. Without being accepted as citizens in a country that they have inhabited for generations, the Rohingya face threats to their life, liberty and property every day. They live in constant fear and in conditions that do not befit the dignity that that human beings are entitled to. The violence is, in part, led by the Burmese military who wish to use the communal situation to ensure their relevance.
This situation has resulted in a large-scale refugee crisis which has engulfed neighbouring states since 2012. States such as Bangladesh and Thailand, which share a border with Burma, are bearing the brunt of it. But refugees are also pouring in on boats. The world has often woken up to images of desperate refugees on wooden planks.
Over time, many of these refugees have also made their way to India, which is home to over 40,000 Rohingya.
Our government calls them illegal migrants.
Onus to find a solution to this refugee crisis is on the Centre [Part III]
India has always welcomed immigrants and refugees.
The Syrian Christians who fled persecution found a safe home here. As did the Malabar Jews. A few years later, the Baghdadi Jews followed and so did the Parsis of Iran.
Under Indian law, the only way to get a long-term permanent residence visa is to either be married to an Indian citizen, to be of Indian descent and be eligible for a Person of Indian Origin Card or an Overseas Citizenship of India.
India is home to over 40,000 Rohingya Muslims. The refugees claim they are ethnically Burmese even though Burmese government denies that claim and says they are not citizens.
Representational image.
Violence in the Rakhine state has resulted in many Rohingya having to flee their homes and seek refuge elsewhere. The Centre considers them illegal immigrants and not refugees.
Union minister Kiren Rijju told Parliament that the Centre has directed state governments to constitute district-level task forces to identify and deport the Rohingya. Many of these refugees hold registration cards issued to them by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
India is not a party to the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 nor the 1967 optional protocol to the convention. The UNHCR helps facilitate long-term visas for Refugees based on UNHCR recommendations.
These are 'X' category visas issued with special long-term stay endorsements. India doesn't have a refugee visa category, neither does it have a clear system of refugee travel documents.
A UNCHR determination of refugee status is meaningless under Indian law as the final decision to issue a visa rests with the Centre alone.
Which means that refugees are treated on par with every other foreigner under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and unless they have the permission of the Centre to remain in India, they may be arrested, interned and deported to their country of origin. It is here where the issue of deporting the Rohingya gets very tricky for the Centre.
Say tomorrow, a US national comes to India on a tourist visa and is found working as a trapeze artist in the Great Bombay Circus. The immigration officer could arrest him, place him in a holding cell and put him on the first fight back to the United States.
All our Bureau of Immigration will do is take his passport, neatly stamp it with "Deported from India" and if they're feeling especially nasty, affix an endorsement saying "Entry into India Banned" and send him home. It's pretty straight forward. It isn't a matter of where the person is from if he's violating the conditions of his stay.
But with the Rohingya, the nationality of the person forms the crux of the matter. As discussed earlier, there is an ongoing dispute as to which country the Rohingya belong to. Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 puts the burden of proof of proving nationality on the person who is being charged under the act. So if an Indian were charged with being a foreigner it would be for the Indian to prove that they were in fact Indian.
Section 8 says that where the nationality of a foreigner is uncertain, the nationality ascribed shall be the one with which the foreigner seems to be most closely connected to for the time being in interest or sympathy. Or if the nationality is uncertain, the last country to which the foreigner was connected.
Which means in case of the Rohingya — whose nationality is uncertain because the Burmese government refuses to recognise them as citizens nationals — the test boils down to the last place with which they could prove a substantial connection and the interest of sympathy that was also recognised by the place with which they assert as their own.
This roundabout situation could result in them arriving at India as their nationality. If they trace their origin to labour that came in from Bengal Presidency, they trace their origin to India and having not acquired any other nationality, India would be the answer to the question posed under Section 8.
Article 8 of the Constitution also gives a right to people residing outside India with a grandparent born in India as a defined under the Government of India Act, 1935 (excluding Burma) to register as Indian citizens. If a Rohingya qualifies under this category, he can claim Indian citizenship via registration with the appropriate authorities.
In this case the Rohingya claims citizenship as a matter of constitutional right, the evidentiary presumptions as to parentage will work in the favour of the Rohingya.
But on a broader note, if India is to deport the Rohingya, the first logistical hurdle she will face is trying to figure out where she will deport them. These refugees face a very real risk of violence if they return to their home countries. Which is why the UNHCR has recognised them as refugees fleeing persecution and registered them as such. Deporting them to such a place may violate their constitutional rights.
India's has two types of fundamental rights. Some rights — civil and political rights such as freedom of speech and assembly — are solely for citizens. Another set of rights apply to all people: The right to life and equality. The Rohingya who live in India are entitled to exercise these rights.
One might argue that knowingly sending refugees to a place where they will be persecuted violates their right to life under Article 21 of India's Constitution. The Supreme Court in a catena of cases starting from DK Basu versus State of West Bengal (1997) 1 SCC 416 held that Article 21 includes within it a right against cruel and degrading treatment.
This is similar to a provision under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In Soering versus United Kingdom 161 Eur. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) (1989) the European Court of Human Rights interpreted Article 3 in a manner that prevented the UK from deporting a prisoner to the US where the prisoner would likely face execution.
The reason was that the execution was incompatible with Article 3 and that the UK's action would facilitate a violation of the prisoner's rights. Similarly, if the Rohingya were to be sent back to Burma by India, their Article 21 rights would be violated as they would also be subject to cruel and degrading treatment.
Therefore, there can be a potential constitutional challenge to block any move by the government to deport the Rohingya. If the government manages to facilitate an agreement with a neutral third country where the Rohingya would be entitled to a safe environment and then proceeds with the deportation, such an effort may be legally tenable.
Though, the quickest possible solution to this crisis would be for India to use its mandarins at the Ministry of External Affairs to sit down with the Burmese and the Bangladeshis and hash out a solution.
India, thanks to the events of the last two hundred years, is going to have to deal with this issue. Whether she likes it or not.