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CACI is looking for a Project Integrator to support our team in the development of individual projects within our large scale program.
Manage the development and integration of individual projects within our large scale program.
Keep your projects on course as you track progress, anticipate needs, and facilitate communication between the Acquisition Office, program managers, lead engineers, and customer.
Have an organized, hands-on approach that will help you stay ahead of challenges and build a team that consistently delivers beyond expectations.
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Stylit eller pelarhelgon var en sorts kristen asket, särskilt i Syrien och Palestina, som under 400- och 500-talen bedrev sina botövningar uppe på en pelare som var mellan 3 och 18 meter hög. Högst upp fanns en plattform med en liten hydda och dit en stege ledde upp. Pelaren tjänade samtidigt som predikstol, eftersom styliterna ofta drog till sig besökare som lyssnade till deras förkunnelse.

Det räknades som ett munklöfte att inte lämna pelaren. En tid var antalet pelarhelgon så stort, att de gällde som ett särskilt stånd inom den kristna kyrkan. Ett kloster byggdes ofta i närheten av en sådan pelare.

Den mest kände är Symeon styliten.

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Brandon and Byshottles Parish Archive was founded by John Kitching in 1994 to collect and establish a Photographic Record of the Brandon and Byshottles Parish which is contained in the City of Durham district in County Durham, North East England.
The Archive contains images of the villages showing the industrial and social heritage of the area. They also hold collections of various local memorabilia. Mining artefacts are their main theme and they get many requests to exhibit their memorabilia and photographs and they welcome these enquiries.
The group's project concentrated on the formation of a web site. The aim was to construct and develop a web site which would assist those interested on the local history of the Brandon and Byshottles area. The web site has sections dedicated to photographs, brief histories, memorabilia and other local groups.


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Waves, a suspended sculptural LED video installation in Houston, Texas, echoes the flow and constant current of people walking through the atrium. The video display content is the result of a public-participation performance, a signature method of the artist. Over one hundred workers and tenants of the building complex, as well as passersby, performed over a green-screen surface while being captured by Canogar's over-head video camera. They were first asked to crawl, and then encouraged to be creative. They danced, ran and cartwheeled. The result is a dynamic video animation featuring the building's residents and workers and the local Houston community in both realistic and abstract forms.
Waves is the largest twisted LED video sculpture in the United States, an important milestone in the field of public video sculpture. The installation is situated in the atrium of 2 Houston Center, an office building in downtown Houston, and is the first permanent piece of public art in the U.S. by Daniel Canogar.
Flexible LED Screen, computer controlled system, computer, screen combiner system, USB, 09:29 min. video loop.
Dimensions: 32ft 9in x 9ft 10in x 14ft 9in / 1000 x 300 x 450 cm.


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Townline Road easements offers discussed
News | Published on February 15, 2022 at 4:59pm EST | Author: Chad Koenen
Wall to be added to city hall office
The Vergas City Council approved offers recommended by KLJ to provide to four landowners along Townline Road.
By Barbie Porter
The Vergas City Council reviewed proposed easement costs for Townline Road during the monthly Vergas City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
The road has been under review by the city council, as it became a city road by default (years of public use and city maintenance). However, the road easement still need to be obtained so the city crew could legally cut brush and other hazards that impede on the road right of way.
When a city crew member tried to cut branches from the ditch area, a landowner opened discussion on having the city purchase a property easement for such maintenance.
Councilman Bruce Albright, who is appointed on the planning commission, noted landowners were gracious to allow the city to cut brush over the road while the land easement deal was hashed out.
He reported the easement is 33 feet from the center line, but didn't include the portion that is already a road surface. The city acquired that land through decades of public use. Calculations for easements were made by the city engineering firm KLJ. Albright said land types and market values were part of the formula used to create the calculations, which ranged from about $126 to $3,490. Once the amounts were determined, certified letters were sent to the four landowners through the city attorney's office.
The city attorney said he would also send letters to the landowners through the regular mail.
The city council agreed if the landowners approved the easement amounts offered, the city would pay about $8,010 total for the four easements. The council approved paying for the easements, once approved.
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Vergas City Councilman Logan Dahlgren listens to discussion during the monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8. The screens behind him show what those attending a Zoom meeting see. On the left is Vergas City Clerk Julie Lammers and on the right a view of the audience attending the meeting.
The city council approved installing a wall and door in the city hall office. Currently the space is a single room where the deputy clerk and city clerk work. Vergas City Clerk Julie Lammers said when conversations with sensitive information need to be had, finding that secure space is a challenge. Creating a second office in the current space would provide the necessary privacy.
Two estimates for the construction work were received with the lower of the two bids coming from Vergas' own Summer's Construction with a bid of $5,600.
The council also considered installing another phone line. Currently the city hall and the liquor store share the same line. Arvig was contacted for quotes and proposed transferring to an internet-based phone. The option included phone service at the city-shop, event center, city office and liquor store. Lammers was asked to get a quote for only the city office and liquor store.
Ordinance updates in the works
Albright added the planning commission is also reviewing the city's ordinance dealing with grass and weeds, snowmobiles and sidewalks.
He said the city's weed and grass ordinance ran into issues as there are a variety of land uses, from agriculture to woods, more typical city lots to wetlands. Having the same expectation for all of them didn't seem feasible to the planning commission. Albright said they reviewed and modified it. The planning commission requested the council move the ordinance update forward to a public hearing before consideration of adoption. The council approved and set the public hearing for March 8 at 6:30 p.m., which will be the first item on the agenda for the monthly council meeting.
Albright reported the planning commission is reviewing the city's snowmobile ordinance to make it more friendly. They are also reviewing potential routes in city limits for the winter recreational vehicles.
As for the sidewalks ordinance, Albright said the city rule is not to push snow into the street. However, downtown, business have little option but to remove the snow from the sidewalk to place it in the street. The planning commission is reviewing the ordinance to give guidance as to when snow could be placed on Main Street. Albright said some city's have a time frame, so the city crew can make a final pass to remove remaining snow and not spend time making multiple passes. He noted they are considering proposing a similar policy to the city council.
To remove the snow, the city has a payloader and other equipment. The city also has a small fleet of vehicles, including a 2005 pick up that is schedule for replacement this year. City Utilities Superintendent Mike DuFrane is viewing used and new 1-ton pickups and 3/4-ton pickups.
• Noted the advertising contract to be on the Vergas Event Center sign expired. The event center committee recommended providing those who previously advertised with first dibs to renew with another $3,000 contract for three years. If one of the past advertisers opt out, then the advertisement opportunity would be opened up to other businesses. In addition to the advertisement cost, it was noted there is a cost for having a sign made that would be installed on the electronic sign. The sign is located on the main thoroughfare, Pelican Avenue.
Lammers said the committee also fielded requests for renting the sign for a notification, as not all were aware that is an option. She said for $15 the sign can be rented for a day to have a message run, be it happy birthday wishes, anniversary announcements, wedding proposals or other.
• The Vergas Lions were removed from the Vergas Event Center Contract, so those renting the facility would be responsible for providing liquor liability insurance, or the business providing the service would.
• The council was made aware of updates to the city's personnel policy, which were recommended by the League of Minnesota Cities. The changes were approved by the council. The policy is available in the city office for review.

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A recent study placed Maine low on the list for the best state for millennials.
For the Apple person that just has to have everything Apple...introducing "The Apple Card" coming this summer to a wallet near you!
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The app that helped consumers save some extra bucks is coming to an end May 14th.
Chipotle is launching a new loyalty program and they are offering FREE money to get you to check it out.
Many under preforming Family Dollar stores slated to close and others will be re-branded or updated to include Dollar Tree items.
Which they absolutely should do! Teachers deserve WAY more.


The name Nexus is no stranger to the Android marketplace. All of Google's own smartphones and tablets feature the Nexus name. With the next generation Galaxy Nexus about due for launch, a designer by the screen name of Killu-Chan, created a mockup of what the Galaxy Nexus 2 could ideally look like, and included some ideal specs. Of course this is a concept and not at all representative of the actual device which we have yet to hear about, but it doesn't hurt to dream, right?
Rather bold specs in some instances, but that would be a pretty awesome phone. The chances of the Galaxy Nexus 2 having a 5 inch screen is possible. From 3.7 to 4.65, the screen on Nexus phones have steadily increased. As far as the RAM, that's definitely not going to happen and will likely have just 1GB which is standard for quad-core powered devices.
There's been rumors of the Motorola Droid RAZR HD having a 13 megapixel camera so 12 isn't too far off. When it comes to the battery, it would be difficult to fit a 3200mAh battery in the Galaxy Nexus 2 and still maintain a thin profile, but considering all the issues people have been having with battery life on the current generation Nexus, either there needs to be a bigger battery or Google and Samsung really need to work on the power consumption.


HM Revenue & Customs' Cutter Sentinel paid a visit to Kinlochbervie Harbour yesterday evening.
The 34 metre vessel was built by Vosper Thornycroft and entered service in 1993. She is an Island class cutter.
Operated by the UK Border Agency, she is used for law enforcement around the UK's coastline and is designed specifically for anti-smuggling operations, fishery protection, search and rescue, anti-terrorist patrol of offshore installations and covert surveillance.
Sentinel spent the night against the north wall of the harbour before leaving again at 10:30am this morning.
Perhaps not surprisingly, she didn't appear on our AIS plotter.
HM Revenue & Customs also operate four other cutters: Seeker, Searcher, Vigilant and Valiant.


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Q: .NET: Which Exception to Throw When Required Property is Not Set? Assume I have a class like this:
public class Foo
{
    public Bar RequiredProperty { get; set;}

    public void Baz()
    {
        if (this.RequiredProperty == null)
        {
            // Which exception should I throw?
        }
    }
}

My solution has a class that is designed to be reused without having to pass a lot of arguments to the Bar method over and over again. So, what should I throw when Bar isn't initialized to a non-null value?
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I'm essentially rolling my own code parser and formatter. Call it an object lesson. One of the classes is an HtmlCodeFormatter that has the following properties (in honor of Dependency Injection):
public IFormatter Formatter { get; set; }
public IParser Parsre { get; set; }

This allows me to write any number of language-specific parsers and formatters. For example, I have a CSharpParser and a JavascriptParser. I also have an HtmlCodeFormatter, and there are plans for another (of dubious utility).
The idea is that you can instantiate the HtmlFormatter using an object initializer, like this:
var formatter = new HtmlCodeFormatter()
    {
        Parser = new CSharpParser();
        Formatter = new HtmlCodeFormatter();
    };
formatter.Format("Console.WriteLine(\"Hello, world!\"));

When HtmlCodeFormatter.Format is invoked, it needs to be able to verify that both a parser and a formatter have been provided. That's no problem, really, but I'm kind of stumped about which exception to throw. I'm leaning towards InvalidOperationException, but I'm not entirely certain that's the best choice.

A: By using Propery Injection you are implicitly telling the compiler, fellow developers as well as DI Containers that the dependency is optional. This is because no-one forces you to assign a property value.
If the dependency is truly required, you should refactor to Constructor Injection. This will effectively make the dependency required:
public class Foo
{
    private readonly Bar bar;

    public Foo(Bar bar)
    {
        if (bar == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("bar");
        }

        this.bar = bar;
    }

    public Bar RequiredProperty
    {
        get { return this.bar; }
    }

    public void Baz()
    {
        // this.bar is now GUARANTEED to be initialized,
        // so no checks are required
    }
}

Notice that the constructor Guard Clause (throwing an ArgumentNullException) effectively protects the invariants of the class, which is further strengthened by the readonly keyword.
With the dependency part of the class' invariants, you no long have any temporal coupling and you can now implement all members without worrying whether the dependency has been assigned or not.

A: I would throw a InvalidOperationException. The MSDN definition is:

The exception that is thrown when a
  method call is invalid for the
  object's current state.

However, i recommend using constructor injection instead of setter injection. This makes sure you has valid parsers and formatters. If null is passed in the constructor, throw a ArgumentNullException.

A: You could throw NotInitializedException.

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Home News Constituency projects: Buhari attacks National Assembly
Constituency projects: Buhari attacks National Assembly
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By: John Ameh, Olufemi Atoyebi, Leke Baiyewu and Oladimeji Ramon
President Muhammadu Buhari has said there is little to show for over one trillion Naira budgeted for constituency projects of the National Assembly members in the last 10 years.
Buhari spoke at the National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in Public Sector, which was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, in conjunction with the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja on Tuesday.
At the event, the ICPC Chairman, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, presented the commission's report on the first phase of constituency projects tracking initiative.
Buhari called on the National Assembly to hasten work on the Special Crimes Court Bill, saying Nigerians had been agitating for it to handle corruption cases. The President added that the ICPC report on constituency projects confirmed the fears that people at the grassroots had not benefited from the huge money that the National Assembly members had collected for the projects.
He said, "Corruption is the cause of many major problems in our country. It is a catalyst for poverty, insecurity, weak educational system, poor health facilities and services and many other ills of our society.
"This government is working hard to overcome such ills. Corruption generally and public sector corruption, in particular, inhibits the ability of government to deliver infrastructure and basic services to the people.
"That is why I have reiterated on many occasions that corruption is an existential threat to Nigeria. It is a major threat to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the socio-economic transformation we are all working hard to bring about in Nigeria.
"It is on record that in the past 10 years N1 trillion has been appropriated for constituency projects, yet the impact of such huge spending on the lives and welfare of ordinary Nigerians can hardly be seen.
"The first phase report of tracking these projects by the ICPC confirms our worst fears that people at the grassroots have not benefited in terms commensurate with the huge sums appropriated for constituency projects since inception.
"I invite the legislative and judicial arms of government to embrace and support the creation of Special Crimes Court that Nigerians have been agitating to handle corruption cases. I, therefore, urge the legislature to fast-track the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill."
Buhari said that he was delighted that through the effort of the ICPC in the tracking of constituency projects, some contractors were returning to the site in order to complete abandoned projects.
President lauds ICPC for stopping N9bn diversion
He promised his full support to the commission to deal with any public servant and legislator found guilty of diverting public fund meant for people's welfare. He commended the ICPC for stopping the diversion of N9bn in personnel cost from 2019 budget.
He said, "I'm aware that the commission recently conducted system studies and review of many MDAs to evaluate systems and processes relating to transparency and accountability in personnel and capital spending through which you successfully blocked over N9bn from being diverted from 2019 personnel budget."
While reiterating that there was no going back on the order that all government agencies must join the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, Buhari stressed the need for stiff actions to halt padding of personnel budgets.
Corrupt public servants disowning ill-gotten property
The President also revealed that due to the activities of anti-graft agencies like the ICPC, some public servants had been found out to possess properties that were beyond their earnings, saying that during investigation, they denied ownership of such properties.
He added, "The National Social Investment Programme is already utilising recovered funds to touch the lives of vulnerable Nigerians.
UI, UNTH, others indicted for budget padding
Meanwhile, the ICPC chairman, Owasanoye, at the event told Buhari that investigation revealed that federal universities and health institutions padded the personnel cost they presented to the Federal Government. He said that the management of the institutions would be invited for questioning.
He said, "Part of our preliminary findings revealed gross abuse of personnel budget and inflation or padding of the nominal roll. As of the time we went to press we had covered about 300 MDAs and the amount inflated was about N12bn. As of today, we have discovered additional N6bn making a total of N18.624bn restrained by the ICPC.
"The exercise is still going on but we can confidently report that the MDAs are mostly academic and health institutions. For example, preliminary findings show that the University of Benin Teaching Hospital padded its budget by N1.1bn; the Federal Medical Centre, Bayelsa, N915m; the Nnamdi Azikwe University, N907m; University of Jos, N896m; University College Hospital, Ibadan N701m; Usman Dan Fodio University, N636m and University of Ibadan, N558m."
N18.39bn misused by MDAs
The ICPC boss also indicted some ministries, departments and agencies of government for utilising N18.39bn excess money in their accounts for unapproved purposes, calling on Buhari to ensure the enforcement of the order on the IPPIS because most of the indicted MDAs were not on the payroll system.
He said, "Let me note with regret sir that in the 2017/2018 fiscal year the balances recorded for personnel were wrongfully utilised by MDAs for other purposes. That sum amounted to N18.39bn.
Sack indicted public servants now – ICPC tells Buhari
While recommending appropriate sanctions for corrupt public officers, Owasanoye said many indicted public officers continued working as if nothing had happened. He said such individuals, whose names had been forwarded to the FG, should be flushed out of the system.
Govt agencies duplicate, inflate contracts
The ICPC boss told Buhari that part of the discoveries made by the commission was that many of the government ministries, departments and agencies got themselves involved in contracts that had nothing to do with them, saying costs of most contracts were inflated and duplicated.
He said, "Sir, we discovered that some agencies of government are favourites for embedding of constituency projects irrespective of their core mandate and capacity of these agencies to deliver or supervise projects. Most notorious in this regard are Border Communities Development Agency and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria.
"Duplication of contracts with same description, narrative, amount, location awarded by the same MDA in order to bring the amount allocated within approval threshold of the executing agency or to expend allocation to sponsor of the constituency project.
"Many of the contracts were inflated yet poorly executed. Substandard items were used against specifications in the Bill of Engineering Measurements and Evaluation thus diminishing the value of the projects to the intended beneficiaries. Many projects were also not built to specifications."
Empowerment projects, an avenue for stealing Owasanoye said that many sponsors of constituency projects chose empowerment programme because it was difficult to track the sum budgeted for it. He stated that in some cases, the same person would write names of beneficiaries and sign them.
He said, "Empowerment and capacity building projects are very popular but are highly prone to abuse and very difficult to track. We find that almost 50 per cent of budgetary allocation to zonal intervention projects goes to these opaque activities. Empowerment items are sometimes stashed away by sponsors and not distributed till next budget cycle while in some cases same items are re-budgeted and duplicated.
"Many community members believe that sponsors pay for projects from their personal funds rather than from public treasury. Thus they are beholden to the sponsor rather than claim their rights."
Owasanoye also urged President Buhari not to release the sum of N3.9bn meant for projects in the 2019 budget because it was not allocated to particular states.
59 Ministry of Water Resources directors indicted
The ICPC boss also said that 59 directors of the Ministry of Water Resources were being investigated over a claim that N3.3bn was paid out in about a month through their accounts.
He stated, "We recommend that diversion or non-payment or remittance of tax, pension, health insurance or any statutory deduction should attract dismissal of head of the agency and immediate prosecution. Should government accept this recommendation ICPC will furnish government with list of defaulting MDAs."
Woman rewarded for returning N32m, $12,000
At the event, Buhari presented awards to a cleaner at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Josephine Ugwu, for returning huge amount found while working. A customs officer, Bashir Abubakar, was also rewarded for rejecting $412,000 bribe from a tramador importer.
Presenting the two awardees, Owasanoye said Ugwu found and returned the sum of N10.2m, dollar equivalent of N8m, another dollar equivalent of N7m and $12,000 at various times. She was given a bungalow in Lagos bought by the ICPC and partners for her honesty.
Stop lamentation and act, SERAP tells President
Reacting to the President's statement, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project asked Buhari to go beyond lamentation to ordering an investigation to fish out culpable lawmakers and ensuring that were punished.
SERAP's Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, stated this in an interview with The PUNCH.
The group said, "Unresolved allegations of corruption in constituency projects would significantly contribute to impunity for grand corruption in Nigeria and pose a serious threat to probity in public life, the rule of law and respect for human rights.
"Corruption in constituency projects meant to be implemented for the common good and not the personal gains of lawmakers, would ultimately undermine the principles of representative and accountable government that act in the public interest, and equality and fairness."
SERAP asked Buhari to obey the court judgment directing an investigation into the padding of the 2016 budget.
Senate keeps mum
Efforts at getting the reaction of the Senate to the statement failed on Tuesday as the Senate spokesperson, Godiya Akwashiki, did not answer repeated calls to his mobile phone as of the time of filing this report . He had also yet to reply a text message sent to his mobile phone.
Also, the Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, did not respond to repeated calls put across to his mobile phone. He had yet to respond to a text message sent to him either.
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, asked one of our correspondents to direct all enquiries to the Senate spokesperson, when contacted on the phone.
Ndume explains poor project execution
However, a former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, who sponsored a constituency project bill, which passed first reading last week, said the amount of money released by the executive arm of government was responsible for the poor execution of the projects.
He said, "The President could be correct with his assertion. I think the President is talking about projects executed based on the money allocated."
"That is why I am proposing a law that would guide the allocation, disbursement and management of the funds meant for constituency projects."
We didn't spend N1tn – Reps
But the majority and minority caucuses of the House of Representatives denied that up to N1tn had been spent on constituency projects in 10 years. The lawmakers argued that Nigeria's annual budgets recorded low releases, which led to underperformance of the budgets.
Responding, the Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Peter Akpatason, stated that the amount budgeted for constituency projects was not the same as the amount released for their execution.
Akpatason,said, "He (Buhari) did not say that there are no results for them; what he said was that the results are not commensurate with the budget. I will be surprised if anybody is surprised about that. That is the tradition in Nigeria. The entire budget is not always commensurate with the spent (expenditure). What people get to know is that, if you say N1tn was budgeted, is it the same as N1tn spent? How much was released?"
The deputy majority leader added that the ICPC was doing a very wonderful job in trying to fish out the bad eggs.
"But one thing that everybody must be conscious of is that budget amounts are usually not the same with budget releases. Like in this particular year, 2019 (budget), we are getting 30 per cent releases. So when you say N100m was budgeted and the release was 30 per cent, but you use the entire budget allocation to adjudge the money, it will feel that some people have made away with some money. The amount voted will not look commensurate with the spent."
Also, the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, dismissed Buhari's claim as untrue. In an SMS message to one of our correspondents, Elumelu said, "(It is) not true and I wholly disagree. The constituency projects are the only quick wind projects that give comfort to our constituents.
On his part, the Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, said Buhari was partially right. He said even though huge sums were budgeted for projects, the amount released to fund the projects would determine their success.
Okechukwu said, "He is correct to the extent of what was budgeted. He is not correct to the extent of believing what was budgeted was what was released. You budget N100m but you fund N30m; this year's budget, they have funded only 30 per cent. So, how can you expect 100 per cent result from 30 per cent (release)?
The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, also pointed out that the President talked about the amount budgeted and not the amount released.
Kalu said, "We are in sync with the President in his fight against corruption. The programme itself was called 'National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service,' which means there is corruption in the civil service; it was not addressing politicians, it was addressing the public service group in this country.
"Mr President said N1tn has been appropriated for constituency projects, and you are aware that appropriation and release are two different things. And the President did not at any point say that N1tn had been appropriated and released for constituency projects.
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Home » The Impact of Talent Shortages on New Technology Adoption
The Impact of Talent Shortages on New Technology Adoption
While we have already seen that talent shortages are creating headaches for human resources managers across the organization, one of the major consequent issues that emerged from recent Gartner research was that these talent shortages were having a major impact in the deployment and adoption of technologies, especially new and emerging technologies.
Barriers to New Technology Adoption
According to the 2021-2023 Emerging Technology Roadmap for Large Enterprises IT, executives see the talent shortage not just as a major hurdle to progressing organizational goals and business objectives, but it is also preventing many companies from adopting emerging technologies. The research, which is built on a peer-based view of the adoption plans of 111 emerging technologies from 437 IT global organizations over a 12- to 24-month time period, shows that talent shortage is the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, compared with just 4% in 2020. A lack of talent availability was cited far more often than other barriers this year, such as implementation cost (29%) or security risk (7%).
Talent availability is also cited as a leading factor inhibiting adoption among all six technology domains included in the survey — compute infrastructure and platform services, network, security, digital workplace, IT automation and storage and database. In fact, IT executives cited talent availability as the main adoption risk factor for the majority of IT automation technologies (75%) and early half of digital workplace technologies (41%).
"The ongoing push toward remote work and the acceleration of hiring plans in 2021 has exacerbated IT talent scarcity, especially for sourcing skills that enable cloud and edge, automation and continuous delivery," said Yinuo Geng, research vice president at Gartner, in the report.
Cybersecurity Adoption Technology
Take the example of security technology and even emerging security technology. According to Milford, Mass-based Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the cybersecurity skills crisis continues on a downward, multi-year trend of bad to worse and has impacted more than half (57%) of organizations
In the recently published fifth annual global study of cybersecurity professionals by the (ISSA) and industry analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), security technology professionals only see the situation going from bad to worse.
Contained in the Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals 2021 and based on a survey of 489 cybersecurity professionals the top ramifications of the skills shortage include an increasing workload for the cybersecurity team (62%), unfilled open job requisitions (38%), and high burnout among staff (38%). In addition to this, 95% of respondents state the cybersecurity skills shortage and its associated impacts have not improved over the past few years and 44% say it has only gotten worse. Notably, the three most-often cited areas of significant cybersecurity skills shortages include cloud computing security, security analysis and investigations, and application security.
From a wider perspective, though, the impact on technology adoption is well established. Workato CIO, Carter Busse points out that while many managers talk about the future impact of skills shortage on technology deployment, the problem is not new. "This isn't really a question of "will" the talent shortage impede adoption because it already has.
"As a CIO for a software vendor, I see this all the time with customers. But there is a silver lining. The good news is, this opens the door for CIOs to get creative in ways that they haven't been able to in recent years," he said. "The driving force of low-code, no-code technology is expanding the horizons of who can build with new technologies and creating opportunities for IT teams to enable their business partners with these new tools."
Ironically, he added, the talent shortage in some way is feeding into technical departments like IT becoming more of a strategic partner, because they are more collaborative with others in the business. He cites Workato's recent State of BT report, which found that 78% of BT professionals are comfortable with people out of IT building automations.
"Is the talent shortage an adoption barrier for technologies?" he asks. "Several years ago, I would have said yes. But more and more powerful technologies are making great strides in becoming accessible to less technical audiences. That will only continue as trends like AI and NLP expand."
Using What You Have
Vaclav Vincalek is a consultant CTO and works with start-ups and small enterprises. Unlike many others that are pessimistic about the talent shortage, he believes that the shortages should drive companies to be more creative and learn how to use what they have already more effectively. One of things that will have to change in order to enable technology developments is the way people are working. Together with adopting emerging technologies and working on digital transformation projects, the team structure and the processes have to change as well.
"Most organizations still spend too much money on maintenance and supporting operations and not enough on innovation. Hence the shortage of talent," he said. "Before companies start hiring more people, they need to consider how repetitive tasks can be automated or eliminated."
Reviewing operations and outsourcing certain functions will free up the time for the team to work on more interesting projects, where they are challenged more, can learn more and can provide higher value.
There is a talent shortage in the market — we see this pain every day — and the legacy tech stack that most organizations have is not helping the situation either, according to Charlie Newark-French, COO of New York City-based Hyperscience. Good talent, he pointed out, doesn't like to be slowed down by old, hard to use technology. Good talent will simply go elsewhere — to a company with a more user friendly and productive tech stack. Outdated strategies and legacy technology significantly impact downstream decision-making, the bottom line and the employee and customer experience.
Modern technology can alleviate the burden talent shortages place on an organization. Certain technologies, like automation, have far-reaching capabilities that help employees work more efficiently and effectively, while easing mounting workloads, especially with manual, time-consuming processes.
Unfortunately, there is also a shortage of talent to roll out new technologies and re-engineer messy processes. This talent gap tends to be felt most acutely in the engineering market — there is just far more out there that could be automated than the current employee base of engineers could possibly automate.
"We can expect to see an acceleration of technology adoption, but only to a certain extent. The key for organizations will be to pick which processes they automate and improve with technology and who they partner with to achieve the desired results," he said.
Know the Limitations
It is to know and understand what it is that technology cannot do. People are still far better at many jobs than a piece of software is, or will be for a very long time. Leaders must understand the future of work will be when people and technology work alongside each other — human-machine collaboration. Companies must prioritize digital transformation accordingly.
If we consider intelligent automation technology amid this talent shortage, no single task will be entirely completed by a machine or a human working in silos. Instead, every task will have a human and machine working on shared responsibilities.
"With technology taking on the role of 'helper' rather than replacement, human-machine collaboration will alleviate some of the talent shortage challenges," he said.
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According the the FDA medical professionals will now be able to test your Breastmilk for nutritional value when assessing baby growth and development.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the Miris Human Milk Analyzer, a new diagnostic test to aid healthcare professionals in measuring nutrients in breast milk, including the concentration of fat, carbohydrate, protein, total solids and energy. The test provides healthcare professionals with a new tool to aid in the nutritional management of newborns and young infants at risk for growth failure due to prematurity or other medical conditions.
The Miris Human Milk Analyzer uses an infrared spectroscopy system to analyze samples of human milk and provide a quantitative measurement of fat, protein and total carbohydrate content as well as calculations of the total solids and energy content contained in the milk. This is a prescription device intended for use by trained health care personnel at clinical laboratories.
Health care professionals should carefully evaluate the Miris Human Milk Analyzer test results in conjunction with clinical assessments (such as weight and growth) to inform their discussions with parents in creating a nutritional management plan for an infant or newborn.
The FDA reviewed the Miris Human Milk Analyzer test through the De Novo premarket review pathway, a regulatory pathway for low-to-moderate-risk devices of a new type. Along with this authorization, the FDA is establishing criteria, called special controls, to provide for the accuracy and reliability of tests intended to measure the nutritional content of human milk to aid in the nutritional management of certain infants. These special controls, when met along with general controls, provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for tests of this type. This action also creates a new regulatory classification, which means that subsequent devices of the same type, including the same intended use, may go through the FDA's 510(k) process, whereby devices can obtain marketing authorization by demonstrating substantial equivalence to a predicate device.


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The Sony World Photography Awards shortlisted entries for 2019 revealed
By Bradley Johnston|2:58am Feb 06, 2019
1 of 51Attribution: Billie-Maree Ward
The World Photography Organisation has revealed the shortlisted photographers for the Open and Youth competitions of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards, recognising photographers who are behind some of the world's best single images taken in 2018.
The success of the Australian photographers is remarkable as the 2019 Awards received its highest ever number of entries – 326,997 from 195 countries.
The Open shortlist comprises stunning works selected across ten diverse categories and features three Australian photographers across three categories.
Click three to see the three Aussie artists, as well as our favourite 50 shortlisted entries.
2 of 51Attribution: Lauren Hook
Family camp under the stars on the Colo River in NSW, Australia.
Lauren Hook has been shortlisted in the Architecture category for her image of a family camping under the stars on the Colo river, New South Wales.
Speaking of her shortlisted image she says, "The family all asleep and a small night light still on in the tent, I was enjoying the last remaining heat from our camp fire when I saw this composition.
"Shot low to the ground at a wide angle, I wanted to capture as much of the sky and canopy as I could. Luckily as I was taking the image, campers further down the hill added firewood to their campfire and illuminated the trees even further."
3 of 51Attribution: Connor Henderson
The mirrored entrance of Tokyu Plaza
25-year-old student Connor Henderson has been shortlisted in the Architecture category for his image titled 'The mirrored entrance of Tokyu Plaza'.
"Within this mind-bending structure of art, you'll be caught staring no matter the direction you're looking."
Crushed Pastels
Brisbane based Billie-Maree Ward has been shortlisted in the Still Life category for her colourful and creative image of spoons entitled 'Crushed Pastels'.
5 of 51Attribution: Hal Gage
Stumps, Alder Lake, Nisqually River, Washington
"Stumps exposed from in spring when water levels on the man-made Alder lake on the Nisqually River Dam, Washington are low."
6 of 51Attribution: Tim Cavadini
"Photographed in Vienna in autumn this year. The picture was taken in the studio and a red fabric was used to change the texture of the skin.
"I tried to make a subtle change to a classic portrait to make her appear like an underwater creature."
7 of 51Attribution: Carole Pariat
Open-air toilet: when will it end?
"Why go to public toilets when one can urinate outside freely?
"That is surely what this well-dressed young Indian thought. While two Indian musicians were posing, he began to pee on the wall just behind them. There is a very common and deep-seated habit of urinating and defecating outdoors in India.
"The current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, campaigned with the slogan 'toilets before temples'. He allocated more than $40 billion for a latrine building and behaviour change operation called Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission).
"It is a challenge to improve public health drastically knowing that, in the world, diseases caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kill about 1.4 million children a year."
8 of 51Attribution: Maciek Jasik
Galia Melon
"Galia Melon from 'The Secret Lives of Fruits and Vegetables' project which examines the mystical origins and evolution of the foods we take for granted."
9 of 51Attribution: Richard Ansett
Grayson Perry - Birth
"I have been working closely with Perry on photographic strategies for five years to support his documentary films of British life. I was always searching and waiting for an opportunity to capture the definitive image of him as an artist and influencer of the zeitgeist."
"The BIRTH concept was inspired by the 'inexhaustible motif' of mother and child, which acknowledges my deeply personal themes and reflects something of the complex relationship between photographer and sitter.
"Shot in camera, BIRTH brings centuries of art history up to date for the 21st century in a high-camp photographic parody and a trans-immaculate conception."
10 of 51Attribution: Eng Chung Tong
Synergy of Humanity
"A humanity view of one of the minorities tribes in Yunnan going about their daily working life.
"Team work, coordination and cooperation are essential for efficiency otherwise it will be chaos. An impression of once upon a time in Yunnan."
11 of 51Attribution: Miranda Alam
"Attendees of the Best of Las Vegas Weekly celebration react to a sudden gust of wind while posing for a photo at the Encore resort in Las Vegas on September 19, 2018."
12 of 51Attribution: Artem Mikryukov
Portrait of Father and Son
"Portrait of father and son".
13 of 51Attribution: Arvids Baranovs
A Dog and it's Best Friend
"A dog and its best friend reveal the secrets that hide in the dark in Cīrulīši nature trail, Gauja National Park, Latvia."
14 of 51Attribution: Dhiky Aditya
Tarian Ikan Cupang
"Betta fish has beautiful colours, with beautiful colours and stunning movements that will calm the heart to be calm and peaceful."
15 of 51Attribution: Greg Lecoeur
"For many years grey seal have been hunted by humans for their fur and fat, particularly in the 19th century, they have disappeared from many areas of their normal range.
"It is currently protected by national and international regulations, but continues to suffer from unintentional catches, poaching (gunfire) and pollution (due to its position at the top of the food chain, its organism is particularly loaded with marine pollutants).
"In the Farne Island archipelago, they are now protected and cohabit with humans, becoming even one of the strong tourist interests of this region."
16 of 51Attribution: Hardijanto Budyman
POLKADOT ON MEMORY BLISS
"Inspired by Famous Japanese Contemporary Artist Yayoi Kusama.
"I try to express my interpretation about her works through this picture. The picture tells about human's mind can create so many playground to play with fun."
17 of 51Attribution: Kuo Zei Yang
"Misty fog flew through the top of Tre Cime, the Italian alps, on a calm night."
18 of 51Attribution: Mikeila Borgia
Diamond Skin
"The skin, as a reflection of our interior."
19 of 51Attribution: Leung Ho Chan
Walking in the Hell Valley
"Cycling Japan day 105, Hell Valley, Hokkaido, Japan."
20 of 51Attribution: Sergio Ferreira Ruiz
"Open water swimming competition in Cabo de Palos, Region of Murcia, Spain."
21 of 51Attribution: Nicolas Boyer
Woman wearing a Wedding Dress
"Woman wearing the shiromuku dress that the bride wears during a traditional Shinto wedding in Tokyo."


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Q: Which of the two code is better on memory basis? I am learning android development from a course by Udacity.While I was going through the Lesson 2,there came a situation where we had to create multiple Textviews,set the text from previously created ArrayList of strings and add those Textviews to Linear layout.
Common code:
 ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
    words.add("one");
    words.add("two");
    words.add("three");
    words.add("four");
    words.add("five");
    words.add("six");
    words.add("seven");
    words.add("eight");
    words.add("nine");
    words.add("ten");
    LinearLayout rootView =(LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.rootView);

Now what they did:
for(int i=0;i<10;i++){
TextView wordView=new TextView(this);
wordView.setText(words.get(i));
rootView.addView(wordView);
 }

What I did:
ArrayList<TextView> wordView = new ArrayList<TextView>();
    for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        wordView.add(new TextView(this));
        wordView.get(i).setText(words.get(i));
        rootView.addView(wordView.get(i));

    }

Now,my question is weather my way to approach the task has more memory overheads than their way?
I feel my code is better because I have reference to each TextView even after the loop.

A: No difference. In both cases TextView instances could not be garbage collected, so memory foot print is equal.

because I have reference to each TextView even after the loop.

If you don't really need these references then it's just senseless. It's not memory related advantage.

A: Your code looks good. But I don't see a point on having 10 the same TextViews. I would consider using a listView or recyclerView if you are using it as a list and thinking about optimising your code.
But still your code is fine.

A: It doesn't matter performance wise.. Just like you said:

I feel my code is better because I have reference to each TextView even after the loop.

If you need that, do it..


Katharina was relaxing at the beach on the Greek island of Crete, watching the waves rolling in to the shore during her two week family holiday. The tranquility of the scene was soon shattered when a squall or sudden gust of wind launched a beach lounger into the air which came crashing down with great force on top of the 16 year old. After the incident, she complained of severe neck and shoulder pain, as well as dizziness and nausea as a result of the impact.
Her family immediately sought out the advice of a local doctor, who diagnosed Katharina with a collar bone break, unfortunately referring the family to the local hospital without first stabilizing her shoulder. After a journey of 1.5 hours she arrived at the hospital where her collar bone break was confirmed. The family were reassured by the local hospital doctors that such a "simple" collar bone break can be operated on back in Austria after her holiday. On that basis, Katharina was given two painkilling tablets and a Gilchrist Bandage and was then discharged from the hospital.
Katharina's pain increased considerably during the night, resulting in the family calling her grandfather for his advice. He had spent a large part of his career in the air ambulance field and fortunately, he knew precisely how to handle the situation and what to do next. He immediately contacted TAA who began working on the case. They gathered all necessary patient and medical information, as well as insurance details. Shortly thereafter, the case was sent to TAA's assessment doctor to perform a medical assessment.
The recommendation to repatriate Katharina via air ambulance was made quickly after the assessment doctor reviewed images of her x-rays, which revealed that the collar bone break was indeed far more complicated than she had initially been told. The break was severe enough to present a realistic risk of causing nerve and vascular damage. For that reason, TAA's assessment doctor decided that Katharina had been provided with inadequate medical care and was in need of surgery, necessitating an immediate repatriation home via air ambulance.
The flight organisation for the repatriation began swiftly and the TAA's flight and medical crews were immediately informed. Later that same afternoon, TAA's ambulance jet landed in Chania to collect Katharina and her father who would accompany her on the flight home. The repatriation went according to plan, although Katharina required some pain-relieving treatment by our Medical Team, as she was still in considerable discomfort from her injury during the journey home. Upon Katharina's return to Austria, a successful handover to a local medical institution was completed by TAA's medical team, in order to continue her treatment.
Katharina's collar bone has since been operated on and she is recovering well from the surgery. She hopes to be fully recovered before the start of the new school year and to continue her studies as a violinist.
Get well soon Katharina and best wishes from all of us at TAA for a full and speedy recovery!


Have you ever been in your car singing along to your favorite song, driven past an open plot of land in a neighborhood and thought to yourself how perfect it would be to build a house on it? Well if you have, you are not alone! A question we get asked all the time here at Jerry Pinkas Real Estate Experts is: "if I buy a piece of land, can I build a house on it later?" And the answer, simply put, is yes! And as you may have guessed, that is exactly where today's blog is going to take us.
You are absolutely able to purchase a plot of land and build your dream house on it later, and there are actually many communities around the Myrtle Beach, SC area that we can show you, and parcels of land we can help you envision building on. So if you have ever thought of buying land, mapping out your dream home and building it when the time is right for you, then you do not want to miss today's post. We will be talking about some of the perks of buying land and building on it, some of the factors that go into what type of home you can build and what you can do if you are looking for a trusted and experienced contractor in Myrtle Beach, SC to use that will be the best fit for you and your needs. Let's jump right in!
What are the perks of buying land and building on it later?
As you could imagine, there are many perks that come with purchasing a piece of land, planning out your dream house and building it on your terms and timeline. And one of the main perks is that last part: your timeline. If you are going to take the time, energy and money to build a home from start to finish, the last thing you want to do is feel rushed with the process. Having the flexibility of when you want to start building on the land will allow you to do research, make plans and ensure that everything is how you want it prior to starting the build out. Taking your time and starting when you are ready is a good way to help ensure that things will go smoothly and you will love the end result of the project.
Another (obvious) perk to building on a piece of land is that everything will be new and you will be the first person to live in the home. This may not be a big deal to some, but most people love the idea of no one living in the space prior to their arrival. There will be no stains on the carpet, no holes in the wall or chipped paint around the door frames. And while these are all small things that can easily be fixed in an older home, the freshness and newness of a just-built home is a huge draw for most families and is a large factor in them choosing to go this route. And on that same note, another perk to buying a piece of land and building on it later is that you have time to research everything you want to incorporate into your house.
Close your eyes and think what your dream home looks like. What color are the walls? What appliances are in the kitchen? What do your countertops look like? What finishes do you want to incorporate? Do you have wood floors or tile throughout? These are all aspects that you will most likely be able to pick and choose from when building your home on the piece of land you purchased. Having the house built to your exact wants, needs and taste can end up saving you time and money as opposed to buying an older home and having to update and/or fix things around the house. And that is always a win in our book!
What factors go into the type of house I can build in a specific area?
There are many factors that can contribute to the type of house you are able to build in a specific area and neighborhood. A few of these factors include geography, where the land is located, the type of homes that are being built, as well as what is allowed and what is not allowed. If the neighborhood has an HOA (Homeowners Association), then there may be specific guidelines that you have to adhere by for the look of the exterior of the home, like paint color and design for example. There are many questions that are sure to arise in this department, but our experienced team of realtors will help you answer each one that comes up and navigate the waters.
Can you help make recommendations on contractors in the Myrtle Beach, SC area for after the land is purchased?
From a builders standpoint, here at Jerry Pinkas Real Estate Experts we get asked a lot if we can help to point people in the direction of a good contractor to help them build their dream home in Myrtle Beach, SC. And the answer to that, again simply put, is yes. Why is it so important to find the right contractor you ask? Well, it is important to understand that every community has a different dynamic to it. There are certain communities in which we would recommend a specific contractor and other communities in which we maybe would not recommend that specific contractor.
This goes to further point out how important it is to work with a team that not only knows the local real estate comps but also is in tune with the communities themselves, the build-outs of these communities and the right contractors to connect you to. And we can help you avoid getting into bed with contractors that you should stay away from. This will help to save you time, money and aggravation down the road. And when you are taking on a large project, every saved penny and nerve is a good thing!
What should I do if I am interested in buying a piece of land in Myrtle Beach and building on it later?
If you or someone you know is interested in buying a piece of land in Myrtle Beach, SC now and building on it later, be sure to give our experienced team here at Jerry Pinkas Real Estate Experts a call today! We understand the potential hesitation of taking on such a big project and realize that questions are sure to arise before and during the buying process. And that is where we come in. Our team is here to help guide you every step of the way to ensure you have the best and most successful buying experience possible.
As we discussed above, buying land and building on it has many perks and is a great option for those looking to customize and build their dream home, when the time is right for them. Allow our experienced team to sit down with you and understand your wants and needs, and show you potential areas and plots of land that may be suitable for what you are looking for. We have helped many individuals, couples and families find their perfect land to build on, and we know we can do the same for you. This is what we do, we do it every day and we are good at it. Give us a call today, we look forward to hearing from you and working with you soon!


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Publications Portal Asset Management launches Asia-Pacific cryptocurrency, blockchain fund
Portal Asset Management launches Asia-Pacific cryptocurrency, blockchain fund
PORTAL Asset Management, a Singapore-incorporated firm investing in fund managers operating in the digital currency and blockchain economy, has launched its first fund.
The Portal Digital Fund operates via a fund-of-funds structure, targeting sophisticated investors in the Asia-Pacific.
Portal aims to have over US$100 million in funds under management in the long term.
Initial fundraising closes on March 31, 2020, and will focus on high net worth individuals, family offices and boutique institutional investors.
The fund offers investors a simple, risk-managed solution to access the fast-growing but highly fragmented and complex digital assets economy, Portal said on Thursday.
"With global assets now capable of being digitised, fractionated and traded using blockchain technologies, digital assets are set to become the fourth superclass, joining the traditional classes of store of wealth, capital and goods," the boutique investment firm added.
Portal will create a diversified portfolio of between four and eight specialist global fund managers, to deliver returns uncorrelated with traditional securities markets.
The portfolio will be focused on two investment streams: quantitative-driven trading covering systematic, momentum and arbitrage strategies; and long-only venture capital and private equity funds investing in blockchain protocol infrastructure. The fund's initial focus will be on the former stream.
"The inevitable adoption of sovereign and enterprise cryptocurrencies and the rapid proliferation of blockchain solutions across all industries, are fundamentally reshaping the global financial economy," said Deryck Graham, founder and chief executive officer of Portal.
The firm's advisory committee comprises experienced researchers and technical specialists in the blockchain industry, including Nitin Gaur, director of IBM's Blockchain Labs, as well as Matt Spoke, founder and managing director of AION Network.
In the past two years, Portal has aggregated more than 700 digital fund managers and reviewed over 100, using a macro-thematic top-down investment process combined with a fundamental bottom-up investment analysis approach.
The two-year return on the strategy since inception on Sept 1, 2017, was 110.8 per cent. The year-to-date August performance was 44.6 per cent, outperforming the CCi30 Index and top cryptocurrencies, and with a fraction of the volatility, according to Portal.
By: Fiona Lam
Source: Portal Asset Management launches Asia-Pacific cryptocurrency, blockchain fund
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Queen Elizabeth II further chips away at Harvey Weinstein's film legacy
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EFF Supports Stricter Requirements for DNA Collection From Minors
By Gennie Gebhart
When the San Diego police targeted black children for DNA collection without their parents' knowledge in 2016, it highlighted a critical loophole in California law. Now, State Assemblymember Gonzalez Fletcher has introduced legislation—A.B. 1584—that would ensure cops cannot stop-and-swab youth without judicial approval or parental consent. EFF strongly supports this move.
A.B. 1584 would require law enforcement to obtain a court order, a search warrant, or the written consent of both the minor and their parent or legal guardian before collecting DNA from the minor, except in a few narrow circumstances when DNA collection is already required under existing law.
Current California law attempts to place limitations on when law enforcement can collect DNA from children. Existing law states that law enforcement can collect DNA from minors only in extremely limited circumstances: after a youth has been convicted of or plead guilty to a felony, or if they are required to register as a sex offender or are in a court-mandated sex offender treatment program. But here's the loophole: this only applies to DNA that law enforcement seizes for inclusion in statewide or federal databases. That means local police departments have been able to maintain local databases not subject to these strict limitations.
In San Diego, as Voice of San Diego reported, this resulted in at least one case where police stopped a group of kids who were walking through a park after leaving a basketball game at a rec center. The boys were each asked to sign a form consenting to a cheek swab. The ACLU is currently suing SDPD over the incident.
DNA can reveal an extraordinary amount of private information about a person, from familial relationships to medical history to predisposition for disease. Children should not be exposed to this kind of privacy invasion without strict guidelines and meaningful parental notification and consent.
We urge the California Legislature to strengthen privacy protections for California kids and send A.B. 1584 to the governor's desk.
Genetic Information Privacy
Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | March 29, 2019
Don't Buy California's Callous Attempt to Ignore People's DNA Privacy Rights, EFF Tells Court
Analyzing and indefinitely keeping the DNA profiles of thousands of Californians arrested for felonies, but never charged with a crime, is not just an ominously overbroad practice by law enforcement—it's an invasion of privacy that violates the state's constitution. Last year EFF and our co-counsel Michael Risher filed a ...
Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | July 10, 2018
DNA Collection is Not the Answer to Reuniting Families Split Apart by Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Program
The Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" program of criminally prosecuting all undocumented adult immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border has had the disastrous result of separating as many as 3,000 children—many no older than toddlers—from their parents and family members. The federal government doesn't appear to have kept track...
Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | July 5, 2018
EFF to Illinois Supreme Court: Protect Biometric Privacy
Big companies are harvesting and monetizing your face print, fingerprints, and other sensitive biometric information, without your knowledge and consent. That's why Illinois wisely enacted the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which prohibits companies from gathering, using, or sharing your biometric information without your informed opt-in consent. Now companies...
Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | May 31, 2018
Distant Relatives Aren't The Only Ones Looking for Your DNA on Geneology Sites—Law Enforcement Is Looking, Too
A version of this article first appeared in the Daily Journal on May 22, 2018. When you share your DNA with a private genealogy database, it's not only potential relatives searching for matches. The Golden State Killer case shows that law enforcement—and others—may be searching your DNA...
Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | April 2, 2018
California Supreme Court Upholds the State's Problematic Arrestee DNA Collection Law
In a disappointing and deeply divided opinion released today, the California Supreme Court upheld a state law law mandating DNA collection from arrestees. A lower court had held this law violated the privacy and search and seizure protections guaranteed under the California constitution. Today's decision lets this flawed law...
Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz, David Ruiz | December 19, 2017
Stop the Newest Border Screening Bill
Biometric screening, surveillance drones, social media snooping, license plate readers—all this and more would be required by new federal legislation to expand high-tech spying on U.S. citizens and immigrants alike at and near the U.S. border. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced "the SECURE Act" (S. 2192) on December 5...
Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | October 3, 2017
Stop the Border Surveillance Bills
UPDATE: EFF also opposes H.R. 3548. Like S. 1757, it would expand border surveillance with biometric, drone, and ALPR technologies. The bill, styled the Border Security for America Act, was introduced by Rep. McCaul in July. EFF opposes a new federal bill that would dramatically expand dragnet biometric...
Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | February 23, 2017
Protect Biometric Privacy in Montana
Update February 28, 2017: Unfortunately, the Montana House Judiciary Committee tabled H.B. 518 on February 27. We look forward to working to pass it next year. Legislatures around the country are beginning to acknowledge the threat to our privacy presented by companies collecting and using our biometric information—the physical...
EFF Sues Justice Department for Records About FBI's Plans for Rapid DNA
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI to gain access to documents revealing the government's plans to use Rapid DNA. The FBI said it found no records responsive to EFF's FOIA requests, even though...
DNA Collection
EFF has long been concerned about the privacy risks associated with the collection, testing, storing and sharing of genetic data. DNA contains an extensive amount of sensitive personal information beyond mere identifying information and has the potential to reveal intensely private details about a person's life and future, including who...


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Q: custom order ignores SQL ORDER BY code I'm trying to use custom_order to present an arbitrary initial order.
# GET /sequences
def index
@sequences_grid = initialize_grid(Sequence,
  enable_export_to_csv: false,
              per_page: 10,
          custom_order: {
   'sequences.username' => "CASE WHEN username LIKE '#{current_user.username}' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, username"
                        },
                  name: 'seq_g1')
end

The idea is to have the current user's records percolate to the top of the list.
The user guide states that the "keys are fully qualified names of database columns, and values the required chunks of SQL to use in the ORDER BY clause".
The SQL code works as expected when run in a database editor but the grid doesn't show the required order.
The logs are silent on any wice_grid issue and the reported requests are:
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.3ms)  SELECT distinct username FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY username asc
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.3ms)  SELECT distinct classtype FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY classtype asc
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.2ms)  SELECT distinct description FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY description asc
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.2ms)  SELECT distinct sequencenumber FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY sequencenumber asc
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.2ms)  SELECT distinct target FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY target asc
10:10:35 web.1  |   Sequence Load (0.2ms)  SELECT distinct indicator FROM "sequences"  ORDER BY indicator asc

I suspect that the SQL code may be mangled in some way but before I dig deeper I thought someone may have bumped into a similar issue?
Regards,
Tom.

A: After a bit of monkeying around I found the SQL was OK but you need to specify order as well as custom_order.
The user guide provides an example that would appear therefore to be a bit misleading...
@hosts_grid = initialize_grid(Host,
  custom_order: {
 'hosts.ip_address' => 'INET_ATON(hosts.ip_address)'
                })

but the examples provide...
@status_grid1 = initialize_grid(Status,
  order: 'statuses.name',
  custom_order: {
    'statuses.name' => 'length( ? )'
  }
)

So the following did what I required...
# GET /sequences
def index
@sequences_grid = initialize_grid(Sequence,
  enable_export_to_csv: false,
              per_page: 10,
                 order: 'sequences.username',
          custom_order: { 'sequences.username' => "CASE WHEN sequences.username LIKE '#{current_user.username}' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, username, updated_at" },
       order_direction: 'desc',
                  name: 'seq_g1')
end

... i.e. it created a list where the records of the current user are listed first in descending order by updated_at, followed by the records of other users.


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Hurricanes sign defenceman Joni Pitkanen to US$12-million, three-year contract
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes signed newly acquired defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a US$12-million, three-year contract on Wednesday.
Pitkanen, acquired from the Edmonton Oilers on Monday for winger Erik Cole, was a restricted free agent. The deal will pay Pitkanen $3.5 million in 2008-09, $4 million in 2009-10 and $4.5 million in 2010-11.
The 24-year-old had 26 points (8-18) in 63 games with the Oilers last season while playing 24:07 minutes per game, second on the team. Pitkanen had 142 points (33-109) in 269 career NHL regular-season games with Philadelphia and Edmonton.
The Flyers selected Pitkanen fourth overall at the 2002 draft.


BEIRUT: Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri said on Thursday that the political crisis in Lebanon this month was "a wake up call" for Lebanese with different loyalties to put their country ahead of regional issues.
Hariri was referring to the crisis ignited by his decision to resign earlier this month. He announced the shock resignation from Saudi Arabia, a regional powerhouse, which is locked in a tussle with Iran.
Hariri also reaffirmed the need for Lebanon to stick by its policy of staying out of regional conflict — "not just with words but with action as well". His comments refer to the Iran-backed Hezbollah political and military movement, whose regional military role has greatly alarmed Saudi Arabia, Hariri's long-time ally. On Thursday, Iran's the commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Mohammad Ali Jafari said that disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah was non-negotiable, according to state TV.
In Beirut, Hariri said, "I want to stress that … our main concern is stability, and this is what we'll be working on," he said.
Hariri said on Wednesday his decision to postpone resigning would lead to "a responsible dialogue … that deals with divisive issues and their repercussions on Lebanon's relations with Arab brothers." Top Lebanese officials have said Riyadh forced him to quit and held him in the kingdom. Riyadh and Hariri deny this.


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Hendrix College's Windgate Museum of Art opens spring student exhibitions
The Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College in Conway recently announced the opening of its spring student exhibitions. The senior art student exhibition (Virtually) Unstoppable, and a senior curatorial exhibition No Man's Land: A Feminist Reimagining are available for viewing April 16 – May 14. The Intermediate Mixed Media 3D class sculpture exhibition Shaping Up! is available for viewing April 8– May 19. Gallery hours are noon – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday. COVID-19 protocols for visitations and virtual programming for each exhibition are found on the museum website: https://windgatemuseum.org.
(Virtually) Unstoppable (Neely Gallery, Biggs Gallery) features artwork that reflects students' year-long senior capstone study and the culmination of their studio art experience. Dylan Hicks (Guy) graduates with a BA in Studio Art: Photography and a minor in English: Film Studies. Hicks' films have been screened at the Hendrix College Red Brick Film Festival, the 2019 Kaleidoscope LGBTQfest, and in a campus student art exhibition. Hicks is exhibiting nine photographs. Greta Kresse (Little Rock) graduates with a BA in Studio Art: Painting and a minor in Business. A self-described plen air painter, Kresse considers her work a documentation of a relationship with her subject, refining aesthetic details later in the studio. She has exhibited in group shows in Arkansas, New York, and Pennsylvania. Kresse is exhibiting twelve oil paintings. Myca Treat (Mountain Home) graduates with a BA in Studio Art: Painting and a minor in Art: Art History. Treat's artwork is heavily influenced by the Classical, Renaissance Baroque, and Rococo periods. Greek mythology informs her portraits of close friends and family. Treat is exhibiting eight oil paintings. Arthur Trickett-Wile (San Antonio, TX) gradates with a BA in Studio Art: Photography. His emphasis is photojournalism. Trickett-Wile is exhibiting an installation of framed photographs and a video montage documenting protests in Barcelona related to the Catalan independence movement, demonstrations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, and political activity related to the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. Additional information about the Studio Art program at Hendrix College is available at www.hendrix.edu/art.
No Man's Land: A Feminist Reimagining (Wilcox Todd Gallery) features work by eleven female artists whose work examines representations of women's bodies and encourages the often-contradictory discussions that surround the concept of embodiment. Participating artists have ties to Arkansas, and include LaToya Hobbs, Lisa Krannichfeld, Louise Mandumbwa, Hannah McBroom, Milkdadd, Grace Mikell Ramsey, Katherine Rutter, Katherine Strause, Behnaz Sohrabian, Rachel Trusty, and Melissa Wilkinson. The exhibition is curated by Rebecca Jolley, a Museum Associate in Curatorial Research with the Windgate Museum of Art. This capstone exhibition project completes a senior year of thesis study, curatorial research and writing, and communications with artists and commercial and individual lenders. Jolley graduates with a BA in English: Literary Studies and a minor in Art History & Gender. Virtual programs in association with this exhibition include:
April 19 lecture by artist Hannah McBroom on transgender art as a history;
April 21 LGBTQ+ artists panel discussion with Leeanne Maxey, Rachel Trusty, and Melissa Wilkinson, moderated by Darci McFarland of PTSFeminist;
April 28 lecture by artist and art historian Rachel Epp Buller titled Breasts, Baby Bumps, and Beyond: Maternal Bodies in Art History;
May 3 Daughters of the Dust film screening and panel discussion featuring Ahmad Ward of Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park and Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch of Arkansas State University.
More information about these programs is at https://www.windgatemuseum.org/events. Free and open to all, registration for virtual programs is by email to windgatemuseum@hendrix.edu.
SHAPING UP! Intermediate Mixed Media 3D class sculpture exhibition presents sculptures created by studio art students and Visual Arts Adjunct Instructor Andy Huss. The eighteen works featured in the Window Gallery include 3D PLA prints, a fabric construction, and bronze and aluminum casts of original models. The exhibition is accompanied by a didactic display in the WMA lobby explaining the steps of printing, casting, and finishing a three dimensional work of art. Additional information about the Studio Art program at Hendrix College is available at www.hendrix.edu/art.
The art@hendrix! online exhibit continues through May 15. Dedicated to celebrating the College's artistic life in the pre-Windgate Museum era, the exhibition includes 94 pieces of artwork created or collected by alumni and former and current faculty and staff, as well as significant works from the Hendrix permanent collection and artworks courtesy of the Historic Arkansas Museum. This exhibition is online at https://www.windgatemuseum.org/exhibition/art-at-hendrix with recordings of past virtual programs at https://www.windgatemuseum.org/wmvideo.
For more information about exhibitions and programs, follow @windgatemuseum on Instagram and @WMAatHDX on Facebook.
About the Windgate Museum of Art
The Windgate Museum of Art is the new art museum located on the campus of Hendrix College. With a vision to be the premier teaching art museum in Arkansas, the WMA presents outstanding art exhibitions, compelling educational programs, and invigorating social activities for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus. Free and open to all, the museum uses hands-on experiences to train students in all facets of museum work, including curatorial research, collection management, educational and social programming, marketing and communications, as well as all aspects of exhibition research, planning, installation, and evaluation. The Windgate Museum of Art is made possible with the generous support of the Windgate Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
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Lift up your eyes. How else are you going to hitch your life to a star?
To best see your star it will be important to not let false distinctions get in your way. References to Midian and Ephah, sons of a later wife of Abraham, and Kedar and Nebaioth, sons of Abraham's son Ishmael, are ways of distancing oneself from lesser relatives. Such self-privilege is like a cataract fuzzing-up your star-sight.
Here is a reminder of how interconnected we are.
Can you turn your bizarre family into friends and loved ones? If so you're hitched to a rising star.


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Het Verdrag van Londen werd op 8 augustus 1945 tussen de V.S., Frankrijk, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de Sovjet-Unie (ook wel de Grote Vier genaamd) gesloten. In dit verdrag werd bepaald dat berechting van de grote oorlogsmisdadigers uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog zou plaatsvinden door een in te stellen Internationale Militaire rechtbank. Een internationale strafwetgeving bestond niet: de door de rechtbank toe te passen regelen moesten dan ook worden vastgesteld. Dit noemde men het Handvest van Neurenberg, waar de Neurenbergse principes integraal deel van uitmaken. De processen die gehouden werden, kent men tegenwoordig als de Processen van Neurenberg.

Later traden nog 19 andere landen toe. Nederland trad op 25 september 1945 toe tot deze overeenkomst.

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