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Portland, Ore. Oct. 9, 2018 – EDGE Security Conference organizer and award-winning information security and compliance consulting firm Sword & Shield Enterprise Security announced today the agenda, speakers, and topics for Portland's upcoming EDGE 2018 Cyber Summit.
Established in 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the EDGE Cybersecurity Conference has grown to be a success; drawing more than 450 attendees from 21 states and featuring more than 30 speakers from both the private and public sectors.
This year, Sword & Shield is taking EDGE on the road.
As a nationally-recognized cybersecurity and compliance consulting company, Sword & Shield will leverage its West Coast presence with a summit in the Greater Portland, Oregon, area on November 13th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This one-day event focusing on Risk & Privacy Management will feature expert speakers, interactive tabletop exercises and panel discussions, and peer networking.
McNeely said it's imperative to continue to have a venue for cybersecurity conversations and education in order to fight the growing threat of cybercrime.
1:00 – 2:30 Management Accepts the Risk: A Tabletop Exercise in Risk Management | Matt Beland, CEO, Smooth Sailing Solutions, Inc.
The cost is $20 for Early Bird pricing through October 15th and $30 regular pricing. Breakfast and lunch are included, and CPE credits are available.
To register for EDGE 2018 Portland, click here. To learn more about the agenda, topics and speakers, click here.
EDGE Security Conference is focused on exploring real-world solutions to today's toughest cybersecurity challenges. Dedicated to advancing the security industry through comprehensive world-class sessions, EDGE is designed to educate business and technology professionals, and encourage information security professionals to openly discuss the issues that are facing their industry to foster a community of creative problem solvers.
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The extended partnership underlines the shared commitment from Philips and Sara Lee to further strengthen the Senseo brand through investment in innovation and market expansion. As part of the agreement, Philips will transfer its 50% ownership right in the Senseo trademark to Sara Lee. Under the terms of the agreement, Sara Lee will pay Philips a total consideration of EUR 170 million. The consideration for the agreement, which is expected to close in the first half of 2012, will be recorded as pre-tax earnings.
The market for portioned coffee solutions continues to grow, with over 15 million appliances sold in 2011 – an increase of more than 20% on the previous year. Philips provides a full portfolio of coffee solutions that is tailored to the needs of the markets where it operates. This includes drip filter, portioned solutions and fully automatic espresso solutions. Through the Philips, Saeco and Gaggia brands, Philips is one of the world's largest coffee appliance manufacturers. Sara Lee operates under several brands in the coffee category globally, including Douwe Egberts, Maison du Café, Café Pilão, Marcilla and Senseo. Sara Lee and Philips have been working together on Senseo since 2001, with Sara Lee's Douwe Egberts brand producing the coffee pods and Philips designing and manufacturing the single-serve machines.
• Philips and Sara Lee first launched Senseo in the Netherlands in 2001. It has since launched in Belgium, France, Germany and Austria (2002); Denmark and Norway (2003); the UK (2004); Hungary (2006); Spain (2009) and Brazil (2010).
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Ditrói Puskás Tivadar (Pest, 1844. szeptember 17. – Budapest, 1893. március 16.) mérnök, a telefonhírmondó feltalálója, Puskás Ferenc hadmérnök bátyja. Sokak számára a telefonközpont feltalálójaként ismert, azonban ezt semmilyen hiteles forrás sem tudta alátámasztani (lásd lentebb).

Élete
Nagyapja székely földbirtokos volt, afféle mulatós kedvű, akinek a keze alatt a családi vagyon romlásnak indult. A megmaradt birtokért kapott pénz apja, ditrói Puskás Ferenc hajózási vállalkozó kezén úszott el. Apja ditrói Puskás Ferenc (1810–1866) földbirtokos, hajózási vállalkozó, anyja Agricola Mária (†1866). Az apai nagyszülei ditrói Puskás Tivadar (1783–1856), Felsőbánya város főügyésze, főbírája és Urbaniczky Alojzia voltak. Tivadar a szülei frigyéből első gyermekeként jött a világra, katonás fegyelemben nevelkedett, majd a bécsi Theresianumba került, de nem bírta a kötöttséget sem otthon, sem Bécsben. Tanulmányai idején meghalt édesapja, és a tőle örökölt kevés pénzen Angliába utazott, hogy ott folytassa tanulmányait. Daliás, szép ifjú volt már ekkoriban, kitűnő vívó és nagyszerű lovas. Hamar és nagy akaraterővel megtanult angolul, s hogy magát a tanulásra kényszerítse, fél fejéről leborotváltatta a haját – ezzel kényszerítette magát az otthonmaradásra – ennek érdekében. A tanulmányai mellett egy angol lordnál vállalt nevelői állást, ebből tartotta fenn magát.

Idővel a jó sorsa Erdélybe vezette vissza, ahol az angol vasúti társaság helyi képviseletének lett a tisztviselője, majd később főmérnöke. Vállalkozó kedve nem hagyta nyugodni, 1873-ban a bécsi világkiállításon menetjegyirodát nyitott. Az ötlet kitűnőnek bizonyult, az üzlet jól ment később is. Ám egy nap megelégelte az egy helyben ülést, és kalandvágya az akkor oly titokzatos Amerikába vezérelte.

1875-ben Coloradóban földet vásárolt, és kis ideig arany után kutatott. Lenyűgözte az új világ ezernyi lehetőségeivel, és újabbnál újabb találmányaival. Párizsban Thomas Alva Edison találmányainak terjesztésével foglalkozott, de arra nincs adat, hogy – mint később felmerült – Edison mérnöke lett volna a Menlo Parkban. Vezetésével épült a párizsi és budapesti telefonközpont. Az öreg Edison 1911-ben, Budapestre látogatva azt állította, Puskás volt az első, aki – harminc évvel korábban – felvetette a telefonközpont gondolatát. Erre azonban semmi egykorú forrás nem utal; sem Puskás nem állította magáról, sem a lelkes 1893-as méltató cikkek, hogy ő a telefonközpont feltalálója lenne. Erre a technikatörténészek szerint azért sem volt szükség, mert annak elve megegyezik a távíróközpontéval, azt pedig F. M. A. Dumont francia mérnök 1850-ben szabadalmaztatta.

Edison talán a Telefonhírmondóra emlékezett, mely valóban egy telefonokból álló, központi egység köré szervezett találmány, csakhogy jóval nagyobb jelentőségű, mint a telefonközpont: ez volt az addig ismert első elektronikus hír- és műsorszolgáltató közeg a világon, a rádió és internet őse. Ezt valóban Puskás Tivadar találta fel, szabadalmaztatta is, és Budapesten működött a világon először, 1893-ban.

A pénz bár bőséggel folyt hozzá, nem tudott bánni vele, anyagilag folyton nehéz helyzetbe került valamilyen balsikerű banki ügylet következtében. Zaklatott idegrendszere egy nap felmondta a szolgálatot, a tünetei a mai pánikbetegséghez fogható kilátástalan helyzeteket idéznek. Üzleti útra készülődött, de március 16-án, Hungária Szálló-beli lakásán szívrohamban meghalt. Halálának hírét az általa megalapított Telefonhírmondó repítette világgá.

Házassága és leszármazottjai
1882 márciusában Londonban feleségül vette az elvált Vetter von der Lilie Sophie (Vsetín, Cseh királyság, 1851. november 27.–Budapest, 1912. január 7.) grófnőt, akinek a szülei gróf Ferdinánd Vetter von der Lilie (1812–1882), a 3. ulánus ezred ezredese és parancsnoka, és Jozefine von Wachtler auf Wsetin (1827–1902) voltak. Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnőnek az első férje szendrői gróf Török József (1847–1909), Ung vármegye főispánja, Osztrák Császári Lipót-rend lovagja, valóságos belső titkos tanácsos, nagybirtokos volt. Török József gróf és Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnő házassága zátonyba futott és a pár 1873-ban szétvált, azonban csak 1881-ben tudtak elválni. Ezalatt az idő alatt Puskás Tivadar és Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnő szerelmi életet éltek és két leánygyermeke született: Philadelphián, 1877. június 15-én Török Marianna (May), író, a II. Abbász egyiptomi alkirálynak a felesége, valamint Párizsban 1881. január 5-énTörök Margit (Maggie). Mivel a lányok még a Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnő és gróf Török József törvényes házasság alatt születtek a "Török" vezetéknevet kapták, hiába nem a vér szerinti törvényes apja volt nekik. Később, a már törvényes házasságban élő Puskás Tivadar és Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnő Budapestre költözött, ahol 1886. november 9-én született a legfiatalabb leányuk, Puskás Thea, aki már a törvényes vér szerinti apja vezetéknevét kapta meg. 1893-ban Puskás Tivadar elhunyt; ekkor özvegyét, Vetter von der Lilie Sophie grófnőt feleségül vette áporkai Cserna Károly (1867–1944) festőművész és illusztrátor.

Munkássága

Mérnöki tanulmányait Bécsben kezdte meg, majd a Műegyetemen tanult. Családja elszegényedése miatt tanulmányait nem tudta befejezni, ezért 1866-ban Londonba ment, majd Bécsben vállalt állást. 1873-tól az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban próbált szerencsét, majd visszatért Európába, ahol távíróközpont tervei foglalkoztatták. Itt vette hírét a telefon feltalálásának. Visszautazott New Yorkba, ahol meggyőzte Thomas Alva Edisont, hogy egy a távíróközpontokhoz hasonló központ segítségével tetszőleges számú személy egyidejűleg használhatja a telefont. Edison munkatársa, majd 1877 és 1886 között Edison európai képviselője volt. Itt lett munkatársa Fodor István.

Puskás Tivadar elvei szerint valósultak meg az első telefonközpontok 1878-ban Bostonban, majd 1879-ben Párizsban. 1879-ben hazatért, és öccsével, Puskás Ferenccel 1881-ben megkezdte a Monarchia területén a telefonközpontok felépítését. Öccse 1884-ben bekövetkezett halála után átvette a pesti telefonhálózat vezetését. 1886-ban Baross Gábor miniszter államosította a telefonhálózatot, és azt Puskásnak adta bérbe. 1890-ben szabadalmazott irányított robbantási módszere a mai milliszekundumos robbantási eljárás előfutára. Puskás Tivadar 1892-ben szabadalmaztatta legjelentősebb találmányát, a telefonhírmondót, amely a mai rádió elődjének számít.

Emlékezete

 Nevét viseli a Puskás Tivadar Távközlési Technikum
 1954-ben születésének 110. évfordulójára a Magyar Posta bélyeget adott ki.
 Uraim, beszéljenek! címmel 1973-ban Gyárfás Endre forgatókönyvéből Markos Miklós rendezésében készült életéről tévéjáték, amelyben a feltalálót Bánffy György személyesítette meg.
 A vállalkozás költője címmel készült 19 perces dokumentumfilm életéről Préda Tibor rendezésében 1980-ban.
 Nevét viseli a ditrói Puskás Tivadar Iskolaközpont
 1990 óta nevét viseli a sepsiszentgyörgyi Puskás Tivadar Szakközépiskola.
 A Híradástechnikai Tudományos Egyesület 1957-ben megalapította a Puskás Tivadar-díjat, amelyet évenként osztanak ki.
 Emléktáblája a József Távbeszélő Üzem falán (VIII. József u. 13.) látható.
 Budapest XI. kerületében, Siófokon, Szekszárdon, Budaörsön, Sepsiszentgyörgyön és Ditróban utcát neveztek el róla.
 Nevét viseli a Puskás Tivadar Rádióamatőr Klub, amely a Puskás Tivadar Távközlési Technikum területén működik.
 A Magyar Telekom I. Krisztina körút 55. szám alatti székháza előtt 2006 áprilisában avatták Trischler Ferenc Puskás-szobrát.
Nevét viseli a Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem egyik patinás szakkollégiuma, a Puskás Tivadar Műszaki Szakkollégium

Érdekességek
Az Operaház és a Pesti Vigadó között volt a világon az első "sztereó" közvetítés, két mikrofon állt az Operában a színpad két oldalánál, két-két hallgató (három pár) pedig a Vigadóban.

A legenda szerint Edison megerősítette, hogy a telefon tesztelésénél Puskás Tivadar használta elsőként a ("hallom" szóból származó) halló szót, amely a telefonálásnál azóta az egész világon elterjedt. Egyes állítások szerint Edison és Puskás is többször írásban is megerősítette, hogy a telefonálásnál használt "halló" szó nem azonos a német "hallo", illetve az angol "hello" üdvözlő szóval.

Jegyzetek

Források
Lőrinc László: Téves kapcsolások. Felfedezett felfedezők. HVG, 2006. november 25.
Posta és Híradástechnikai Múzeum, Budapest, Andrássy út 1.
Sitkei Gyula: A magyar elektrotechnika nagy alakjai. Energetikai Kiadó Kht., 2005
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További információk

 Híres magyar mérnökök
 Mit talált fel Puskás és mit Bell?
 Puskás Tivadar Iskolaközpont, Ditró, Románia
 [ Telefonhírmondó]
 Telefonhírmondó
 Telefonhírmondó
 A beszélő újságtól a rádióig. Puskás Tivadar és a Telefonhírmondó; szerk. Varju Zsuzsa; Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal, Bp., 2007
 Puskás Tivadar, a nagy magyar feltaláló; tan. Puskás Attila, Csáky Ernő, Rajnai Zoltán, szerk. Fregan Beatrix; Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem Híradó Szakcsoport, Bp., 2012

Magyar feltalálók
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At Long Last, Early Renaissance Works Are Reunited
Two paintings by Andrea Mantegna will be reunited into a single masterpiece for the first time in centuries
Andrea Mantegna's restored 'The Resurrection of Christ,' which was re-attributed this year to the Renaissance master.
Photo: Fondazione Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
By John Hooper
Nov. 28, 2018 12:49 pm ET
Within days, art lovers in London and Berlin will be able to see two early Renaissance paintings reunited into a single masterpiece for the first time in centuries.
In May, the curator of a provincial Italian museum identified a painting, titled "The Resurrection of Christ," as the upper portion of a larger work by 15th-century master, Andrea Mantegna. The panel had been dismissed as a copy and consigned to the museum's storeroom for more than a hundred years. Following its attribution, the curator, Giovanni Valagussa of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, near Milan, said there was little chance of reuniting it with the lower half, which is in a private collection.


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When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.
Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground… in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.
You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.
My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.
I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.
I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.
I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian.
I come from a long line of revolutionaries.
I hear from my Inuit and Yupik relatives up north that everything has changed. It's so hot; there is not enough winter. Animals are confused. Ice is melting.
When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.
Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.
I love the sound of the saxophone. It became my singing voice, and it sounds so human. The saxophone could carry the words past the border of words. It can carry it a little bit farther.
You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.


The holidays were challenging because they fell on Tuesday and broke up two weeks. However, we did manage to get some things done. The furnaces were set and fired up.
The ceilings were all drywalled so we could install the attic insulation. We are using cellulose in the ceilings and that requires drywall to hold it in place (more on cellulose in a later post).
We also installed most of the beadboard lanai ceiling and trimmed the posts.


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Memorial Day hits your backyard
May 24, 2007 12:00 am by Candace Kaw |
For students who plan to remain in the Bay area for Memorial Day weekend, local radio station 97X is hosting the Memorial Day Backyard BBQ.
Five bands are scheduled to play during the daylong celebration, including Florida's own Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, which was showcased in the 2006 Vans Warped Tour. Other acts include Shiny Toy Guns, a synth-pop band; The Almost, a solo emo act; the Sick Puppies, an alternative rock/pop band and Army of Me, an indie- rock group.
"It's going to be radical. Come out and have a good time with us instead of ruining your house," said D.J. Jesse Kage. "We've got the bands that people can't get to come to their house. We've got a bunch of food, more than you can get at your house. We got a bunch of liquor and beer – more than you can have at your house."
The BBQ also hosts Battle of the Teen Bands, sponsored by TASCO – St. Petersburg's teen program, also known as Teen Arts, Sports and Cultural Opportunities. The first-prize winner will take home $1,000.
While enjoying the live music, people can also enjoy food from eateries around the Bay area. Mugs-N-Jugs will serve boneless wings, hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs, while Brisket Basket will have Sloppy Brisket and German Potato Salad. Other restaurants taking part in the event include The Causal Calm, Mickey's Peanuts and St. Pete Concessions.
"We were approached by COX radio to do it, probably because the brisket being thought of in terms of BBQ," said Linda Bernard, owner of the Brisket Basket. "It's a traditional BBQ-style meat. That's what they use in Texan barbecue."
The event also features a beer garden, with drinks from Budweiser, Widmer, Bare Knuckle and more. During the day, the barbecue will host tournaments in water jousting, bocce ball, volleyball and horseshoes. At the Action Sports Area, there will be demonstrations of half pipes, Moto-X and Bicycle Motocross.
"It's a cool time because it's Memorial Day weekend, and if you're of age to drink, you have two days to get rid of your hangover," said Kage.
97X's Memorial Day Backyard BBQ will be held on May 26 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Vinoy Park, located at 7th Avenue and Bayshore Drive in St. Petersburg. Pre-sale tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster or $15 at the gate.


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NAIDOC Week 2020
Find out how Jarjum Centre, Giiguy Gamambi Preschool and, Dalaigur and Scribbly Gum Dalai Preschool are embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture into their everyday practices.
'Always Was, Always Will Be' is the theme of NAIDOC week 2020, a week-long celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture celebrated by all Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community while showcasing how you are embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture into your everyday practices.
The following are just a few Aboriginal services we have highlighted on our Facebook page which show how the wonderful educators and students live and breathe their culture.
Jarjum Centre
Jarjum Centre in the Bundjalung Nation (Lismore) had a visit from Gunawirra, an organisation that works with communities to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and children, and the children learned about traditional ways of living and sustainable practice.
Giiguy Gamambi Preschool
The image below is from a visit from local animal activists who engaged with the children of this service, to educate them and the community about protecting koalas.
In turn, the children taught the activists some of their local language and made a sign with the word 'Dungirr' which means 'Koala' in Gumbaynggirr.
You can also see Aunty Pauline teaching local language in groups and one on one!
Dalaigur and Scribbly Gum Dalai Preschool
Based on the Dreamtime story of 'The King of the Birds' the children worked with family and community to create hundreds of nests and eggs from clay. In the 18 months leading to the exhibition over 200 artmakers from 2 to 96 years old worked together to create hundreds of nests and eggs. The Dreamtime story was told to the children by Elders, Uncle John Kelly and Aunty Vicky Taylor and was an additional way in which Dhungutti Culture and Language were shared with the children.
The project was led by Dunghutti Elder and artist Uncle John Kelly and facilitated by artist therapist Rena Shein. This artwork shows the possible outcomes of linking together to show the strength of community connection.
The installation was created with the use of woy/canoes which held the hundreds of nests and eggs. The canoes were created by Uncle John in Men's work carried out in various parts of NSW – a continuation of canoe making which has been done for thousands of years and is a source of strength and cultural reclamation.
This year the work will be shared at the Biennale of Sydney 2020. The 2020 Biennale of Sydney is directed by Brook Andrew, whose work relating to colonisation and power has offered a new way in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous themes are expressed.
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Welcome to the musings of this millennial mom and world changer! I started this blog as part of a year long challenge that I have given myself. That challenge is simple.
I want to write more for myself than I write for other people. That's it. That's my goal. That's my challenge.
You see, I have been "writing things on the internet" for over a DECADE. In my very "millennial" fashion, when I graduated college in 2009 and was faced with a horrific recession and dismal job prospects (and shortly after, a tiny human), I started freelancing. I have a day job but I genuinely love to write. It's my happy place! Only, I rarely get to write for me.
I have written just about anything you can imagine. From technical manuals to listicles to ghostwritten novellas and so many articles about everything under the sun. But this year is different–this year is when I go forth and conquer and write for me.
I hope you enjoy yourself! Don't forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter!


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A secure, privacy-preserving contact tracing method
by Andrea Poet | Posted on June 23, 2020
Venkat Venkatakrishnan
Apple and Google recently rolled a joint contract tracking-tracing application which will allow apps developed by states and countries to track COVID-19 cases via a user's cellphones. Those who choose to adopt the alert system will be notified when they were in proximity to someone who tested positive for the disease. A few states have rolled out apps, but security concerns persist, and adoption of the technology by citizens remains low.
Venkat Venkatakrishnan, associate dean for research and graduate studies and professor of computer science at UIC and interim director of research at Discovery Partners Institute, along with Parthasarathy Madhusudan and Ling Ren of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, released a white paper in May, Privacy-Preserving Secure Contact Tracing, ConTraIL Project, offering a more secure architecture for contact tracing.
The researchers' privacy goals are extremely high. Their system keeps interactions HIPAA compliant and also protects users' privacy from the app and the server that computes contacts, healthcare providers reporting illness, the government tracking cases, and external attackers. Their framework will rely heavily on cryptography to ensure privacy, similar to the type used in secure internet communications for bank transactions and financial trading.
"In this architecture, all users keep their personal information on their phone, and any information sent to others is encrypted in a fashion that no one else can decrypt. Consequently, all computations and communication happen only on encrypted undecryptable data," Venkatakrishnan said.
A user would set up an account, and a unique, secret key would randomly be generated — information not shared with anyone or even with the server. Ephemeral IDs (EID) would be generated by this key and beamed to other nearby users. The protocols proposed by Venkatakrishnan and his colleagues dovetail with Apple-Google's mechanism of using Bluetooth on phones to record the location and time of any given user. But through a mechanism called Context Signature Verification (CSV), a cryptographic hash or code would be added to the beamed EIDs, adding a time and location stamp to the interaction. This way, if a system user were to be notified of a potential exposure, their phone would first verify that the CSVs of the COVID-19 positive individual matched — that they were indeed at the same place at the same time.
This mechanism solves the problem of long-range relay attacks, where a Bluetooth device that was collecting EIDs, say, in a supermarket in Chicago, could be hacked and relayed to Los Angeles, sending false alerts to users who were not in contact with that infected person and undermining the entire tracing system.
The group is currently speaking with industry through the Discovery Partner Institute, working to get their recommendations adopted at large.
Scientists around the world are racing to contribute to the understanding of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and the COVID-19 disease it causes. Here at UIC, researchers in the Computer Science Department are engaged in studies related to the disease outbreak. Updates to the research will be published as they are made available.


Question: Last July, while traveling in Peru, my passport was lost/taken and it was necessary to go the the US Embassy to get a temporary passport to return home. I got a police report, took passport photos, completed paperwork, and paid the $100 fee. I was told that when I renewed my passport in the US, the fees I paid would be applied if done within the year.
I hope this is accurate information because I need another passport for a summer trip and finally found the copies of the paperwork completed last summer in Peru. I haven't stumbled upon any information about replacing passports lost in another country and applying previously paid fees on-line. Thank you for your help.
Answer: In order to replace the limited passport that you were issued in Peru, you need to submit the following documents.
If your passport was issued under 22 CFR 51.41, you also need to submit proof of citizenship. If your passport was issued under 22 CFR 51.28, you need to submit proof of identity.
Submit the completed application and supporting documents to the address on the form.
There is no fee for this service unless you require Expedited Service. Routine service takes 4-6 weeks. Expedited Service takes 2-3 weeks. The fee to expedite the application is $60.
If you need to replace the passport in less that two weeks, you will have to visit a regional passport agency or apply through a professional passport expediter.


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Uber selects R/GA as its global social and creative agency
15 January 2021 Consulting.us 3 min. read
Branding and innovation consultancy R/GA is now in a global partnership with Uber, tasked with managing the social media mandate for its two biggest segments by revenue – Uber Rides and Uber Eats.
R/GA has been named the "social agency of record" – the official manager of all social media activity for the two Uber segments. Positioning is key: R/GA plans to use data-driven insights to inform creative community engagement programs, with the end goal of making Uber the brand of choice in urban centers globally.
Operationally, this means combining R/GA's versatile business transformation and marketing capabilities – global content studios, marketing sciences, and social teams – to "develop Uber's brand voice and shape its perception at a local level," per a statement from the consultancy. R/GA's global and local teams will join forces to this end.
"This is such an exciting opportunity to bring our global network together and deliver breakthrough creative work for what has become one of the most essential brands in the world," noted R/GA's global chief creative officer Tiffany Rolfe.
R/GA will work with MediaComm – named Uber's global media agency of record in October – to come up with a strategic blueprint for the path forward, complete with standardized performance indicators and a connected hub to coordinate marketing activity worldwide.
Turning the corner
For Uber, R/GA's appointment signals the firm is looking to turn the corner after being hammered by the pandemic in 2020. The company saw rides decline 75% year-over-year (YoY) in Q2 2020, and 53% in Q3. "Over the past year, we have focused our efforts on keeping our cities moving and supporting those who needed it the most," said Uber's director for social media & social Travis Freeman.
Following global lockdowns in the first half of last year, Uber Rides – usually comprising two-thirds of its revenue – saw net operating incomes decline by a staggering 90% in the second quarter of 2020. The company's multi-pronged response involved cost cutting to remain profitable on an adjusted basis, while focusing on key urban centers across the world as they emerged from lockdown.
Working in Uber's favor was the boom in Uber Eats revenues – driven by the overall increase in food, grocery, and consumer product delivery amid lockdowns and infection risks. In the second quarter of last year, Uber Eats more than doubled its revenues to reach the $1.2 billion mark. The success was even enough to prompt an acquisition – that of food delivery service Postmates for more than $2 billion.
While this was enough to tide over an extremely challenging year, 2021 brings the promise of a vaccine and a more open economy – pushing Uber to focus on its high-revenue ride-hailing segment again. "Food delivery has become critical to many people's lives and as the world opens up, Uber will help us get moving again," said Rolfe.
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Charms è stato un marchio di caramelle prodotte dall'azienda italiana Alemagna dagli anni sessanta.

Storia
Le origini del marchio Charms risalgono al 1912 negli USA, allorché a Bloomfield, New Jersey, Walter Reid Jr. lanciò sul mercato delle caramelle un prodotto chiamato Tropical Charms, e quindi fondò la compagnia dolciaria Charms Candy Company, ceduta nel 1988 ad un'altra società americana operante nel settore, la Tootsie Roll. Negli anni cinquanta l'Alemagna, azienda all'epoca ancora di proprietà della omonima famiglia, ottenne la licenza di produzione e commercializzazione sul mercato italiano del marchio. Nel 1970 Alemagna fu rilevata dalla SME, società capogruppo del comparto agroalimentare dell'IRI; dopo essere stata inglobata insieme alla Motta nelle società Unidal nel 1975, Sidalm nel 1977, Alivar nel 1986, ed infine Gruppo Dolciario Italiano nel 1990. In previsione di una totale privatizzazione dell'intero settore alimentare delle partecipazioni statali, nel 1992 avvenne la cessione da parte di SME del ramo delle caramelle alla società americana Parke Davis. Il marchio, insieme a quello Sanagola, cambiò successivamente proprietà varie volte, passando alla svizzera Warner Lambert, poi all'inglese Cadbury Schweppes, quindi all'olandese Leaf, che poi decise di cederla a sua volta alla italiana Fida negli anni 2000..

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The City of Vancouver is Canada's third largest city, and it continues to grow quickly as new arrivals come because of its natural beauty and its vibrant lifestyle.
Real estate prices in Vancouver are among the highest in Canada, and homeowners want to do everything they can to protect their considerable investment. This is why they won't hire just any Vancouver roofing contractor.
And the Vancouver roofing company that is most highly respected is MPG Roofing, which serves Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. MPG has been offering its clients high quality Vancouver roofing work since it went into business in 1981. This family owned firm offers a whole range of roofing services for homeowner and business owner alike.
Homeowners who have a problem with an old roof know they can call MPG Roofing and get someone over in a hurry to ascertain what the problem is. They'll arrive at a solution and a budget for the work so that the customer knows in advance how much the work will cost. With this Vancouver roofing company, there are no unwelcome surprises when the bill arrives.
You may be in need of a complete roof replacement, and if that is the case then you couldn't come to a better Vancouver roofing outfit than MPG. They have the experience and they have the skill to install a high quality roof using the best materials. They'll lay out all the options and help you to choose the type of roof that makes the most sense for you.
When they are on site, the employees of MPG Roofing will do everything possible not to interfere with your regular routine. And once the work is done, they clean up quickly so you can't even tell they were there.


Today, Michael Thielen, Executive Director of the RNLA, wrote an op-ed for The Daily Caller pointing out that Judge Gorsuch meets and should be held to all the Democratic Standards as applied to past Supreme Court nominees in recent history.
First and foremost, the Senate was merely following the Schumer Standard. In July 2007, current Minority Leader and then-Senator Chuck Schumer said if any new Supreme Court vacancies opened up, Democrats should not allow President Bush the chance to fill it "except in extraordinary circumstances," as his term was almost over. July 2007 was seven months sooner than Senate Leader Mitch McConnell invoked the Schumer Standard. It should also be noted Leader McConnell used the Schumer Standard before Garland was even nominated. . . . Second, the Gorsuch hearing should have nothing to do with Judge Garland or his nomination. The Garland Nomination in 2016 was not about his qualifications, but solely turned on the Senate process in an election year per the Schumer Standard. This is a non-issue today.
Judge Gorsuch more than satisfies both elements of the Leahy Standard. President Trump went further than President Reagan by announcing a list of 21 potential judges that he would nominate during the 2016 campaign. Gorsuch was on that list. President Trump decisively won the Presidency. Therefore, it is clear that President Trump clearly has a mandate to nominate and confirm Gorsuch. . . The second element of the Leahy Standard requires a nominee be "otherwise qualified." Fortunately, we do not have to guess what Senator Leahy meant in this case. Senators Leahy and Schumer have been very clear in the later standard: the American Bar Association's (ABA) assessment being the "gold standard" in evaluating federal judicial nominations. Here, the ABA has given Judge Gorsuch its highest rating, unanimously well-qualified. As such, Gorsuch easily meets these Standards established by the Democrats.
So, the Reid Standard clears the way for the Republicans to confirm a Supreme Court nominee as always been done with a simple majority. Senator Schumer responded to Reid's comments by saying: "I hope we don't get to that". . . The irony is if the Democrats don't follow their own clear and articulated standards, Leader McConnell may be forced to make them follow their own former leader's standards and impose the Reid Standard upon the Senate.
The full article is a good read especially as the Senate Judiciary Committee questions Judge Gorsuch. Yesterday, opening statements were made by the senators on the Judicary Committee and Judge Gorsuch. Today, the first round of questions are proceeding one-on-one by the senators on the Committee. Tomorrow, round two is expected to commence and scheduled to conclude. Thursday, the Committee will hear testimony by various legal experts.
Follow the RNLA's real-time Twitter commentary today and tomorrow here. Also, please consider signing the RNLA's letter to the Senate in support of Judge Gorsuch's confirmation here.


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Exciting next steps for our Contextual Safeguarding programme!
By uniofbedscse / July 18, 2018 / Partnership, Policy
Since its first publication in 2015, the theory of Contextual Safeguarding has been increasingly drawn upon to review and advance the approach taken to safeguarding adolescents in the UK and internationally. It has been used by a range of areas to tweak existing tools and interventions, and in 2017 the London Borough of Hackney embarked on a systems change process to fully embed the approach within their children and families service. We are now entering a new stage in our Contextual Safeguarding Programme and we would like to share these exciting developments with you in a blog written by Dr Carlene Firmin, originally published on the Contextual Safeguarding website.
This week we are very excited in the Contextual Safeguarding team.
Firstly, we are launching our 'Scale Up' project funded by the Big Lottery to offer three local areas the chance of support until 2022 to embed Contextual Safeguarding into their Children and Family service. Having spent a year in the London Borough of Hackney initiating the first Contextual Safeguarding system, we have generated resources, approaches and practical understanding that we now want to offer up to others. Supported by a Contextual Safeguarding hub at the University of Bedfordshire comprised of a coordinator, researcher, social worker, administrator and headed up by myself, each site will be supported to create an approach that works for them to receive contextual referrals into the front door, screen and assess those referrals, plan and intervene with harm identified in peer groups, school, neighbourhood and online settings. Building upon environmental, situational and public health agendas, this framework moves us beyond 'thinking about children in context' – to actively creating systems, structure and partnerships intent on making changes those contexts in order to safeguard young people. We can't wait to see which areas want to take this next step with us, and look forward to hearing about why Contextual Safeguarding is something that others believe in.
And what better time to make this announcement than in the same month that the latest version of Working Together is published which not only references, but starts to embed, Contextual Safeguarding into statutory guidance. As was the case with the draft consultation document, a new section of Contextual Safeguarding (Chapter 1, para 33-34) remains in the published version, with additional reference to the importance of addressing the contextual risks faced by young people who have instigated or perpetrated harm, as well as those they have harmed (Chapter 1, para. 34). This section clearly states that 'interventions should focus on addressing…wider environmental factors' that are identified during assessment – signalling the need for intervention plans that target contexts as well as the young people that such contexts affect.
However, many people may not also be aware that a number of other small but significant changes have been made to the text in other parts of the document to embed Contextual Safeguarding throughout the guidance. The wording adopted has been taken from the consultation response we submitted in response to the draft document, indicating exactly where amendment could be made to begin the process of contextualising Working Together.
Changes made are indicated in italics below:
Chapter 1, paragraph 12: 'In addition to high quality support in universal services, specific local early help services will typically include family and parenting programmes, assistance with health issues… responses to emerging thematic concerns in extra-familial contexts and help for emerging problems related to…'
Chapter 1, paragraph 25: 'information sharing is also essential for the identification of patterns of behaviour when a child has gone missing, when multiple children appear associated to the same contexts or locations of risk, or in relation to children in the secure estate…'
Chapter 1, paragraph 56: 'Social workers, their managers and other practitioners should be mindful of the requirement to understand the level of need and risk in, or faced by, a family from the child's perspective…
Chapter 2, paragraph 41-9: 'YOTs…are therefore well placed to identify children known to relevant organisations as being most at risk of offending and the contexts in which they may be vulnerable to abuse'.
Chapter 2 outlines engagement of wider services in child protection practices, many of whom have an influence over extra-familial contexts – such as education providers, health providers, transport police, leisure and sports services VCS and private organisations. Based on this we recommended that a bullet point be added to paragraph 3 which states that they should have arrangements in place for: 'creating a culture of safety, equality and protection within the services that they provide'. This bullet has been added and provides a lever for considering peer-on-peer abuse within such settings, as much of the other arrangements pertain to risks that may be posed by adults or those in a position of trust.
So who are going to be the three sites that work with us to turn these policy changes into practical differences for children and families? Sites will be selected by November through a multi-stage application process. The expression of interest will close on 18th September 23:00.
For more information and all the latest updates on the Scale-Up process please visit our project webpage.


When a student applies Early Decision to a college, they are making a promise to the college that, if accepted, they will go there. And there are times, when everything lines up, that it makes sense for a student to make this kind of commitment: 1. It's their absolute favorite school, 2. They won't be disappointed if not given the chance to apply to any other schools, 3. The family can pay for the school. But, if just one of these things isn't true, hold your horses!
Applying Early Decision may seem like a good idea, but when you consider the long-term implications, suddenly it might not make much sense. The best course of action is for a family to sit down with a college counselor to discuss whether or not a student should apply Early Decision. That way, all of the possible outcomes can be explored in more detail.
For the most part, Early Action is a good way to go. As mentioned above, it shows the college that the student is genuinely interested in the school, and allows the student the chance to submit their materials early. It also allows a student the opportunity to hear a response from the college sooner. There really isn't a downside.
However, there is an important time to hold off. If any of the student's application is not complete, or would be more complete given more time, it can make sense to hold off and apply Regular.
Some examples of this are: a senior didn't do very well on their first term grades, but second term grades are much better. It might make sense to hold off and apply Regular, when the college can see those improved grades. Or, if a student has an ACT or SAT score they aren't excited about, they may want to wait, take the test again and try to score higher and then send those (hopefully) higher scores later by the Regular deadline.
This is another example of why meeting with a college counselor is essential. Together, we can weigh the pros and cons of each situation and decide what makes the most sense.
As stated above, applying early is usually a helpful strategy in the college admission process. However, every student's situation is different, and it's important not to take these decisions lightly. A college counselor can help students and families work out the pros and cons of each situation and make an educated and thoughtful decision. Contact us today if you think a college counselor could help you.


A Ghanaian undercover journalist, Mr Ahmed Hussein-Suale, has been assassinated by some unknown gunmen.
Mr Hussein-Suale was shot dead in what looked like an assassination on Wednesday night while returning to his home.
The deceased was a team member of popular undercover journalist in Ghana, Mr Anas Aremayaw Anas, who runs Tiger Eye Private Investigations.
His football scandal report led to the lifetime ban on the former Ghana FA boss, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, by FIFA.
It was reported that Mr Hussien-Suale was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck in the Accra suburb of Madina at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday by the assassins, who were reportedly on motorbikes.
"Sad news, but we shall not be silenced. Rest in peace, Ahmed," Mr Anas posted on his Twitter page on Thursday. Meanwhile, the remains of Mr Hussen-Suale have reportedly been taken to the Police Hospital Morgue and will be buried soon.


Toshiba today paved the way for 80GB iPods when it said it will ship an 80GB 1.8in hard drive in Q3 2005 - a year after it introduced the 60GB version that can currently to be found inside the iPod Photo.
The Japanese manufacturer didn't mention any customers by name of course, but having supplied Apple with micro hard drives to date, it seems likely the relationship will continue with the new, higher capacity.
The 80GB HDD - model number MK8007GAH - comes in a 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.8cm casing. Toshiba will ship a 40GB version - model number MK4007GAL - that's just 0.5cm thick in the second quarter. It's lighter, too: 51g to the 80GB HDD's 62g. Toshiba's current 40GB and 60GB (model numbers MK4004GAH and MK6006GAH, respectively) 1.8in HDDs are 0.8cm thick, so the new drive should make for thinner mid-range iPods.
Both drives spin at 4200rpm, offer an average seek time of 15ms and operate across an Ultra DMA 100 interface. They can take 500G operating shock and 1500G non-operating shock.


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Q: How can I set a button's tag equal to an integer with Objective-C? I have used arc4random() to generate a random number and I would like to compare that number to the number each UIButton as they are pressed. I have set each button's tag equal to the number it represents.
I generated a random number 1-9 excluding 5:
- (NSInteger)winningNumber {
    do{
        _winningNumber = arc4random() %10 +1;
    }
    while (_winningNumber ==5);
    return _winningNumber;
}

I have UIButton 1-4 and 5-9 which are tagged accordingly. When I push a button I want to use that button's tag to the random number.

A: You can get tag value on IBAction method of the Button. Here you can access/modify the tag value:
- (IBAction)btnPressed:(id)sender
{
   UIButton *button = (UIButton *)sender;
   NSInteger tagValue = button.tag;

   //here you can assign new tag value to this button as well
   button.tag =  [self winningNumber];
}

A: You would call something like this from your button:
- (int)getNumberFromButton:(UIButton *)button
{
  return (int)button.tag;
}

Your button would be setup similar to this (you might use IB to achieve a similar thing)
UIButton *exampleButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
exampleButton.tag = 1;

    [exampleButton addTarget:self
                      action:@selector(getNumberFromButton:)
            forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

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The R1200GS by BMW is allmost the best- selling motorcycles of the brand BMW. Due to the reliability and the highly versatility you can ecperience with this bike a lot! From a tour through forest and valley to the farthest and most remote places in the world. The BMW R 1200 GS takes part in every adventure.
Now there is by BMW-Motorcycles, from January 2012, a special model called BMW R1200GS Rallye with an output of 81 kW / 110 hp. The GS comes up with new colours. The body parts in solid alpin white, small prints in the BMW motorcycle motorsports colours graces the 1200 GS and fork and engine are pinted black. The Paralever swingarm is now asphalt-grey metallic, cylinder head covers granite grey matellic and a technical contrast creates the all chromed exhaust system. The magma red rear frame is a special eyecatcher on the BMW R1200GS.
Classical is the black-and-white seat bench. Additionally the model comes up with cross spoke wheels, heated grips, white hand protectors, pannier holder, a onboard computer and the electronical suspension adjustment Enduro ESA to be comfortable as before in the whole wide world with the GS. The general impression appears the R1200GS very sporty with its striking design.


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A New Phenomenon "Climate Departure" Arriving All Too Soon.
Science has warned us that climate change isn't going to be linear. It isn't going to be a gradual, steady progression. It will come in sometimes jarring blows.
One of these jarring blows is just a few years away. The name they've given it is "climate departure." It refers to a transition that will be sweeping the world beginning around 2020 in the tropics and spreading into the northernmost regions by 2047.
I read about this today over at Lorne's blog, Politics and Its Discontents. He mentioned a new study that sounded eerily like something I read in a research paper two or three years ago. I followed the links back to the summary of the latest study and, sure enough, it mentioned that there had been several papers that came to the same conclusions. Damn.
Climate departure in going to be an abrupt process whereby a new climate displaces the old climate. In the new climate, every year will be hotter than the hottest recorded year of the old climate. Every year. Hotter than the hottest. Perpetual extreme heat and more, much more.
...climates without modern precedents could cause large and potentially serious impacts on ecological and social systems1–5. For instance, species whose persistence is shaped by the climate can respond by shifting their geographical ranges4–7, remaining in place and adapting 5,8, or becoming extinct 8–11. Shifts in species distributions and abundances can increase the risk of extinction 12, alter community structure3 and disrupt ecological interactions and the functioning of ecosystems. Changing climates could also affect the following: human welfare, through changes in the supply of food13 and water14,15; human health 16, through wider spread of infectious vector-borne diseases, through heat stress 19 and through mental illness 20; the economy, through changes in goods and services 21,22; and national security as a result of population shifts, heightened competition for natural resources, violent conflict and geopolitical instability 23. Although most ecological and social systems have the ability to adapt to a changing climate, the magnitude of disruption in both ecosystems and societies will be strongly determined by the time frames in which the climate will reach unprecedented states1,2. Although several studies have documented the areas on Earth where unprecedented climates is likely to occur in response to ongoing greenhouse gas emissions 24,25, our understanding of climate change still lacks a precise indication of the time at which the climate of a given location will shift wholly outside the range of historical precedents.
Does that sound apocalyptic? Well it kind of does, doesn't it? Most ecological and social systems can adapt to a changing climate, provided it's gradual and over many centuries. That sort of benign change is not what's expected from Climate Departure.
The first in line to receive a Climate Departure working over are the tropics. The earlier report singled out a few areas that could be hit by 2020, among them the Caribbean nations.
What begins in 2020 will move through the tropics and then spread poleward, arriving in the Arctic around 2047. Here's a map of the tropical zone.
What the chart shows is most of Africa, the greater part of South America, a big chunk of India and Southeast Asia are in the crosshairs for early impact climate departure. What's also notable is how little territory/refuge remains in the Southern Hemisphere. The main refuge is to the north into China, Russia, Europe and North America. North Africa and the Middle East are desert, that won't help.
So, if climate departure does kick off in 2020 as these reports suggest, we've only got a few years to figure out what we're going to do when the migrants come knocking. These certainly are interesting times. Wish they weren't.
Toby said...
Mound, some years ago I read a cheap definition of the Third World. It's that pink band on your map.
The Mound of Sound said...
I suppose that's true, Toby. Most of the underdeveloped/overexploited states are in the tropics.
2020 your such an optomist, we are in the suck now
the salamander said...
.. I've maintained for quite a while.. that when enviro and/or disaster induced migration happens.. Canada's Pacific Coast will be swamped.. Immigration Law? Right.. Coastal patrol? Right.. No it will be whatever boat or ship or raft that can exit Asia, India etc.. will arrive.. and won't be in the hundreds.. it will be forever.. Drought, Starvation, War, Radiation, Flood... We won't be stamping passports folks.. this will be far beyond regulation.. instead far into neccessity..
Its so great we've had 10 years of Harper evangels talking out of their fat asses.. and carping about our wondrous Israeli friends.. and Saudi allies.. & pimping resource extraction to support China's economy.. Gee thanks for the memories Mr Harper Inc.. ya f'n insolent disgrace jackass.. asleep at the wheel or what ya pumpkin head 'economist' bullshit artist .. !
Christ, Steve, did you have to call me an optimist?
@ Sal - Sitting here on the island your scenario comes across a bit grim. If it came to a mass outpouring of refugee/migrants from Asia I expect the US Navy would seal off the coasts of North America realizing that migrants entering Canada would imperil their northern land border. They couldn't reach the BC coast and head north. They wouldn't survive. The only infrastructure that exists that could possibly support them in any numbers would be across the border into the States from where they could try to spread out. At least that's what I would expect might unfold.
Northern PoV said...
" New Phenomenon "Climate Departure" "
New to some perhaps.
James Lovelock predicted exactly this years ago as part of the Gaia Theory.
6:32 AM, June 01, 2016
I'm most worried about migrants to our immediate south. they have lots of guns, and the gumption to use them.
Canada's military wants F35s and submarines. That's great thinking for the coming mass migrations.
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Yesterday at the barn I painted this portrait sketch of Sofie, one of the four Belgian draft horses. She had just gotten her shower in advance of her appearance today at the Dutchess County Fair. I used a limited palette of black, white, ultra blue, raw sienna, and yellow ochre.
The image is the size of a playing card, about 3 x 3.5 inches.
A very nice portrait. These draft horses are so beautiful. Was this done in the usual Moleskine? And gouache or casein?
Hello James. Great painting. The horse really looks alive.
Do you squint while you're looking at your subject like I read John Singer Sargent did? I read that Sargent always looked at his subject with squinted eyes, and only opened them fully when looking at his canvas, and that it helped him see the tones more accurately and also simplified his subject into larger masses with less detail. Do you use the squint technique all the time also?
Robert, I think I do the squint thing unconsciously, but I find that all I have to do is leave off my reading glasses and get the same effect.
Urban, I painted this in a Pentalic watercolor sketchbook. Casein would have worked fine, too.
Very nice. I just started painting animals plein air and my first attempt was just bad. Really enjoy your blog.


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Hoodies All Summer is out next month.
Grime MC Kano has announced details of new alum Hoodies All Summer. The London-born artist's follow-up to 2016's Made In The Manor is out on August 30. Two songs from the album, "Trouble" and "Class Of Deja" f. D Double E and Ghetts, can be streamed below.
Other guests on Hoodies All Summer include Popcaan, Kojo Funds, and Lil Silva. A press release states that Kano has moved away from writing about personal issues, as he did on Made In The Manor, and is now focused on "the social fissures and injustices he sees developing around him on both a local and global level."
Read Next: Watch D Double E and Kano's incendiary new "Tell Me A Ting" video
A 17-minute video for "Trouble" and "Class of Deja," which looks at youth violence in London, can be seen below.
"Free Years Later"
"Good Youtes Walk Amongst Evil"
"Trouble"
"Pan-Fried" (feat. Kojo Funds)
"Can't Hold We Down" (feat. Popcaan)
"Teardrops"
"Bang Down Your Door"
"Got My Brandy, Got My Beats" (feat. Lil Silva)
"Class Of Deja" (feat. D Double E & Ghetts)
"SYM"
Later this year Kano will star in the new season of Top Boy. The cult U.K. gangland drama was revived by Netflix after superfan Drake bought the rights to the show. A trailer for the new season was debuted online in April.
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Q: Scrapy is sending response of type None to my custom file pipeline Using Scrapy, I want to download & save the files with different filename.
First of all, if I enable the default files pipeline. The files (may be html/pdf) are downloading perfectly fine.
For renaming, I wrote the following class & overriden file_path method.
class MyCustomFilePipeline(FilesPipeline):
    def file_path(self, request, response=None, info=None, *, item=None):
        # extract from 191148 http://mywebsite.com/filedownload.asp?pn=191148&yr=2022
        pn = re.search(r'(?<=pn\=)\d+', request.url).group()
        print(f'{request.url} - {pn}')
        print(type(response)) # <-- this prints as <class 'NoneType'>

        response_contentype = response.headers['Content-Type'].decode('ASCII')
        ext = 'html'
        if response_contentype  == 'text/html':
            ext = 'html'
        elif response_contentype == 'application/pdf':
            ext = 'pdf'
        print(f'{pn}.{ext}') # <-- this is not printed
        return f'{pn}.{ext}'

I enabled it in settings.py. In the console, for each request URL, I'm getting the output of both the print statements (in the above code, for debugging).
But the response is <class 'NoneType'>.
Surprisingly, print(f'{pn}.{ext}')  isn't being printed.
No files are begin downloaded. files is not populated
Why isnt the scrapy making requests & getting responses? What am I missing?

A: *

*you are not seeing print(f'{pn}.{ext}') is because response is None and response.headers is an error and it's stopping the rest of the code.

*Why is response None: because if you check the code for FilesPipelines the function filepath is executed twice twice once in media_to_download without response (that's why you were getting None) and once in media_downloaded with the response.

one way to make your code work although i don't know if it's the best solution is to wrap your code with if response
class MyCustomFilePipeline(FilesPipeline):
    def file_path(self, request, response=None, info=None, *, item=None):
        if response:
            # extract from 191148 http://mywebsite.com/filedownload.asp?pn=191148&yr=2022
            pn = re.search(r"(?<=pn\=)\d+", request.url).group()
            print(f"{request.url} - {pn}")
            print(type(response))  # <-- this prints as <class 'NoneType'>
            response_contentype = response.headers["Content-Type"].decode("ASCII")
            ext = "html"
            if response_contentype == "text/html":
                ext = "html"
            elif response_contentype == "application/pdf":
                ext = "pdf"
            print(f"{pn}.{ext}")  # <-- this works now
            return f"{pn}.{ext}"


WCSD Employees Donate $29,000 to United Way in 2017-2018!
Recognizing Our EPIC WCSD Teachers, Administrators, and Support Staff!!!
Nowhere in the educational community will you find employees more charitable and generous than right here in the Walton County School District, Florida!!!
Cindy Holmes, Resource Development Director of United Way of Okaloosa and Walton Counties recently reported that the approximately 1,000 employees of WCSD supported the United Way campaign this school year (2017-2018) by pledging nearly $29,000 to help provide services in the local community!!!
Superintendent A. Russell Hughes indicated this was no surprise to him knowing how big-hearted, dedicated and committed our employees are to making our corner of the world a better place. "This tells the story of who we are!" stated Mr. Hughes.
The FMS Horticulture Club is doing a wonderful job beautifying campus! This would not have been possible without the generosity and dedication to Agriculture education of our local Farm Bureau Board. Submitted by Chelsea Ellison.
Thank you AVID students for serving our special guests!
WCSD 9-12 High Schools Rank in U.S. News and World Reports Best High Schools!
U.S. News and World Reports just released the 2018 Best High School rankings on Wednesday, evaluating more than 20,500 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Walton County School District is proud to announce that 100% of our traditional high schools are included in the ranks!!
Freeport Senior High School ranked #124 out of 762 in Florida rankings, and #1629 in National rankings, receiving recognition as a Silver Medal school.
South Walton High School ranked #143 out of 762 in Florida rankings, and #1925 in National rankings, receiving recognition as a Silver Medal school.
Walton High School ranked #190 in Florida rankings, and was Nationally recognized as a Bronze Medal school.
Paxton School was recognized as a Bronze Medal school in National rankings and State rankings.
The U.S. News list aims to recognize schools doing the best jobs preparing students for college. To judge that, it considers graduation rates, success on required state exams and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests, which can earn high school students college credit.
The class of 2031, from WISE Pre-K, visited Maude Saunders today to get a preview of Kindergarten. Current Kindergarten students assisted them as they completed their very first kindergarten assignment. Submitted by Krisy Spence.
Math Nation Comes to Walton County School District!
Students in Walton County have been working all year to prepare for their Algebra EOCs with the help of their teachers and utilizing a program called Math Nation. With their test dates just days away, "study experts" Darnell and Chelsea from Math Nation dropped by our secondary schools to encourage students to do their best. Students have been utilizing videos made by both Chelsea and Darnell in preparation for the EOCs. A visit from them truly brought their videos to life.
Building on the extraordinary success of Algebra Nation, the University of Florida Lastinger Center teamed with Study Edge, a local educational technology company in Gainesville, to create Math Nation.
Math Nation provides an effective, easy, and FREE way for teachers and students to prepare for the End-of-Course exams year-round. MATH NATION has PreAlgebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 videos aligned with the Mathematics Florida Standards (with more courses coming soon). There is also an adaptive On-Ramp to Algebra Tool, so students can review fundamental skills necessary for success in Algebra 1, like performing arithmetic with fractions.
Funded by the Florida Legislature, Math Nation is a comprehensive online teaching and learning system designed to help students improve their conceptual and procedural understandings of mathematics. Developed with cutting-edge technology and supported by mathematics education research, Math Nation advances student learning through a series of interactive and informative web-based programs.
At any time of day, Florida students have free, unlimited access to adaptive diagnostic assessments with individualized remediation pathways, research-based content and videos that are engaging and standards-aligned, and opportunities for collaboration with students and math experts across the state.
As a starting point in Math Nation, students in middle school grades and algebra courses can navigate at their own pace through the On-Ramp to Algebra Tool. This adaptive diagnostic program provides support and remediation on concepts and skills that are foundational and critical for students' success in Algebra 1. Additionally, students in Geometry and Algebra 2 have any-time access to tutorial videos, study experts, peer support through the Math Walls, and assessments to prepare for the state End-of-Course exams.
The 2nd grade Maude Saunders Elementary A.C.E. (Acknowledging Childrens' Efforts) group recognized all veterans in their efforts to raise donations for the Jeans for Troops on May 4th. This group with the help of the MSE staff raised over $200.00 for this great cause! Submitted by Krisy Spence.
FHS AP Human Geography take advantage of a beautiful day to make chalk drawings of the important models and theories in human geography. Students drew their models and then explained them to the class. Submitted by Patty Woodard.
Freeport High School Concert Band Earns Highest Rating Ever at State Concert Assessment!
Congratulations to the members of the 2018 Freeport Concert Band for their outstanding performance at the State Concert Festival this year! On Tuesday, May 1st, the Freeport High School Concert Band performed at the FBA Northwest State Concert Music Performance Assessment. The Freeport Band earned Straight Excellent ratings for their concert performance. The band's concert selections were "Genius" (Harold Bennett), "Celtic Echoes" (Larry Clark), and "Farandole" (Bizet/Clark).
The "Straight Excellent Rating" earned by the Freeport Concert Band this year is the highest score a Freeport Band has ever earned at a State Concert MPA! Congratulations to the 2018 Freeport Concert Band for their outstanding performance!
Walton High's 1st annual College Signing Day was held on Friday, May 4, 2018, and was a huge success! Seniors that were accepted by a college/university/technical college or have enlisted in the military were recognized. We are so proud of our Braves! Submitted by Christy English.