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Local Hajj Booking 2019 for Domestic Pilgrims
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced the launch of the first phase dedicated to the Domestic Pilgrims starting from (Monday, 15 Ramadan 1440) through the use of the link ( https://localhaj.haj.gov.sa ), which aims to review the programs and packages for 227 Thousand pilgrims and the need of citizens and residents through 190 companies and institutions for pilgrims through the electronic track.
The Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Abdul-Fattah bin Suleiman Mushat said that this stage concerned the definition of the services provided by companies in programs and packages, as well as prices, while the second phase will be reserved for the issuance and issuance of permits for Hajj, which was set on the first of November, This step comes within the framework of the ministry's efforts to facilitate the pilgrims, achieve the principle of transparency between the parties to the contract, and supervise and control the sale of programs implemented exclusively on the track, where will be the only path of the reservation in the service of pilgrims inside all approved programs and will achieve for the pilgrims To contract with one of the facilities authorized by the Ministry.
The Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah revealed that the ministry has restructured the service programs, including renaming the general program of hospitality, naming a low-cost program for the economic program and naming the Hajj program facilitated by the economic program. And the economic program aims to find a wider choice of Hajj companies' programs at a low cost.
His Excellency Dr. Abdul Fattah bin Sulaiman Mushat said that those who wish to perform Hajj in 1440H, citizens and residents can view the programs, slides, and prices provided by the companies and institutions of pilgrims inside and choose between them and choose up to five packages in their favorites. The registration of pilgrims inside is the only way to book this year, and any registration outside this track is provided by fake and unlicensed companies.
For his part, the Director of the General Department of Internal Pilgrim age Fayez Al Barakati said that the track includes nine services: the booking service in the selected programs, the electronic payment service to pay the value of the purchase bills that are made in the track for the companies providing the service, in addition to obtaining Hajj permits through electronic integration with The Ministry of Interior, the location of the camps with holy feelings, the purchase of gift and sacrifice, the service of seasonal nurseries and nurseries for the children of pilgrims in cooperation with the education of the Makkah area, the service of canceling reservations and retrieving the value of the booking electronically after the application of the terms of cancellation, Any pilgrims for services provided to them in the Hajj, service and support and through which to receive communications channels of communication services to the center of the beneficiaries of the ministry.
Al Barakati stressed that the electronic path of pilgrims inside achieves comprehensiveness in the review of all services for those who want to perform Hajj rituals from inside the Kingdom, whether citizens or residents, noting that the number of companies and institutions authorized to serve the pilgrims inside this year 190 companies and institutions and put in the track more than 227 thousand seats (Hospitality and economy) in their various package.
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Go Hungary to Budapest
19/05 May 2019
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by Agnes Chung
What does a bowl of goulash tell you about Hungary? The spicy, intense and flavourful national dish is as fascinating as the culture itself, and as rich and complex as its history and land. Hungarian (or Magyar) cooking dates back a millennium when the Kingdom of Hungary was founded. Led by Prince Árpád, the Magyars (of Turkic origin) moved from Etelkoz to the Carpathian basin in the 9th century. Hungary was exposed to many foreign influences, being on the crossroads of the ancient caravan, crusade and migratory routes. Over time, these influences added new ingredients and recipes to the country's culinary collection.
"Hungary is a land where people's hospitality and love of food make eating out an enjoyable experience," shared North America regional head of business development for Hungarian Tourism Agency, Zsuzsanna Sarmon in her email.
Dubbed 'Paris of the East', Budapest, the capital dominates the country by population size and cultural attractions. "Budapest is in a state of perpetual gastro revolution, which keeps the wealth of tradition alive," added Sarmon.
The city's food and cultural scene rivals Paris, Rome, Berlin or London. You can have a nice dinner in Budapest for a third or less of the price compared to Paris or other Western European cities, said Peter Toth, president of the Hungarian National Association of Mangalica Breeders.
Toth was in Vancouver recently to introduce Hungarian raised Mangalica meat to local buyers. Labelled the 'Kobe Beef of Pork' – the deep red, highly marbled meat is prized for its tasty, creamy-textured white fat. Mangalica is an indigenous Hungarian-bred woolly pig that resembles a cross between a pig and sheep.
Traditional Hungarian cuisine
Dishes reflect its nomadic past and influences such as those of neighbouring Slavic-speaking nations, Italy, Austria and Turkey. They consist of meats, seasonal vegetables, fruits, bread and dairy products. "A must try is the authentic Hungarian goulash, a hearty soup with paprika, onion and beef cubes stewed with vegetables in a big cauldron," said Sarmon. The nomadic herdsman soup takes after the Hungarian word gulyás meaning shepherd. Other Hungarian specialties include halászlé (fisherman's soup), lángos (deep-fried flat bread), töltött káposzta (pork and rice filled cabbage roll).
Irresistible are the desserts: somlói galuska (sponge cake with chocolate, walnut, rum and cream) and kürtös kalács (chimney cake – a spiral, flaky, sugar-coated dough roasted on a spit). Transylvanian Traditions Bakery offers these delicious sweets in Vancouver. "The chimney cake is best enjoyed warm," says owner Tunde Tar.
Culture, opulence and history
After a sumptuous culinary treat, walking is a great way to burn off the calories and explore Budapest's many remarkable and lavish historical sites. The Danube River divides the city into two sections: Buda and Pest.
Castle Hill, overlooking the Danube River on the Buda side, features the 18th century Buda Castle (UNESCO World Heritage site), Fisherman Bastion and ornate Neo-Gothic Matthias Church. Standing majestically on the Pest side is St. Stephen's Basilica, the keeper of Hungary's most sacred relic, the purported Holy Right Hand of Hungary's first King, Stephen I, also known as Saint Stephen. An Árpád descendant, Stephen's coronation in 1,000 CE launched Hungary's entry into the family of European Christian nations. The Holy Crown of St. Stephen is on display at the Hungarian Parliament Building, the country's largest monument.
Land of thermal spas
With more than 1,300 thermal springs nationwide, 123 in Budapest, there are plenty of warm, curative mineral waters to relax after a day of sightseeing. Hungary's Lake Hévíz is the largest biologically-active thermal lake in the world, said Sarmon.
The travel boom has transformed many turn-of-the-century palaces and buildings to luxurious hotels and chic gourmet restaurants. The euro has not replaced the Hungarian currency (forint), so travel including hotel bookings for Canadians is still affordable. Sarman wrote, "In Hungary you can always find something historic or modern that touches your soul. Budapest is a truly European metropolis: you may find anything from Michelin-starred restaurants, ruin bars, luxurious five-star hotels to cosy apartments. Hungary is a place where everyone can find something for their taste and budget." Info: hellohungary.com
Preservation of Christian identity
Hungarians value their sense of nationality, and preserving their heritage, unique culture and legacy – one of which is their Christian identity and heritage.
In his interview with CBN News on October 8, 2018, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó is quoted as saying, "We want to keep Hungary as a Hungarian country; we want to keep Hungary as a Christian country, according to the roots and heritage."
Their defence of the Christian culture has received significant criticisms. To support the persecuted global Christian communities, the Hungarian Government established a Deputy State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians in October 2016.
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RTI: Maximum Disclosure; Minimum Exemptions
Ghanaian civil society activists through the RTI Coalition has faulted some provisions of the country�s Right to Information (RTI) Bill presently before Parliament and called for their amendment.
The group in a statement said that a critical review of the bill
reveals that while Clauses 2 and 3 provide for proactive disclosure,
the information that should be proactively disclosed is rather
International RTI standards revealed that exemptions should be
narrowly formulated so as not to defeat the purpose and object of
access to information. Therefore, Ghanaian Civil Society Activists through the RTI Coalition recommends that all exemptions in the Bill should be subjected to �a harms test�: That is to say, exempt information will remain exempt where it is proved that the harm in disclosure is greater than the public interest in disclosure.
This is vital to include as the Constitution specifically states
that the right to information is �subject to such qualifications and
laws as are necessary in a democratic society�. Hence the exemptions
need to meet this standard.
The Bill needs to do away with blanket exemptions as those
currently exempting all information in the office of the President,
the Vice-President; information relating to the cabinet, information
relating to law enforcement, public safety and national security. The
harms test should be applied to all exemptions. While clause 18 provides a public interest override, it sets out categories of public interest, and yet public interest may go beyond the listed categories. Hence Clause 18 should be opened up (e.g. by stating that �instances in which exempt information shall be disclosed
�include the following�) and not restrictive.
TIMELINES WITHIN THE BILL
In an interview with Ghana News Agency, Nana Oye Lithur, Executive Director of Human Rights Advocacy Centre said one of the principles of the right to information is that information requested for from a public body should be provided in a timely or expeditious
manner. This is in recognition of the fact that information is needed
for a specific purpose within a specific time. The times stipulated
within the Bill defeat this principle as well as the right to
information. She said the twenty-one working days in which officer shall notify one of decision on application (Clause 23(1); 14 days within which to give access (Clause 23 (3) (a); 21-days working days
extension at the discretion of the officer (Clause 26) and 3-months
extension where the Minister so permits; 30-days within which to
notify the applicant on the decision on extension (Clause 26 (3) need
urgent review.
In addition, to these long time lines, applicants need to give a
reason for the application when it is urgent, Clause 1 (4) in the
Bill, stressing that �this is unreasonable considering that it is the
duty of the government to avail information and one should not give a
reason for exercising this right�.
THE TIMELINES IN THE BILL NEED TO BE SHORTENED.
Nana Oye Lithur therefore suggested that the 21 working days
within which the information officer should decide whether or not he
or she will give you the information should be done away with.
She said upon application, the Information Commissioner should be
given 10 working days to handle the application. The 30-day time limit
to notify the applicant under Clause 26 (3) of the Bill is
inconsistent with Clause 26 (2) of the Bill; Revise Clause 26 (3) of
the Bill.
INCLUSION OF PRIVATE BODIES
According to Mr Akoto Ampaw, a Private Legal Practitioner, the
scope of the Bill is rather limited. It should be a law that applies
to all Public Bodies and not government agencies (as it currently
provides). The term �government agency� is too restrictive and excludes private bodies and chieftaincy institutions. The preamble should replace the term �government agency� with �public body� and add the term �private body� alongside the term �public body.
He explained that private bodies which are, (i) owned, controlled
or substantially financed directly or indirectly by funds provided by
government, but only to the extent of that financing; or (ii) carrying
out a statutory or public function, but only to the extent of that
statutory or public function; (iii) companies that are engaged in
exploitation of natural resources should be brought under the Act.
He said the RTI law should also contain a provision which allows
for access to information from a private body where the information
may assist in the exercise or protection of any right. The application may state the right which is sought to be protected or exercised. There is no need for the Minister to come up with a separate set of legislation for private bodies and yet the Act
can clearly and simultaneously stipulate the obligations of the
relevant private bodies.
He said under Article 36 (8) of Ghana�s 1992 Constitution, it is
clearly stated that: �the state shall recognise that the managers of
public, stool, skin and family lands are fiduciaries charged with the
obligation to discharge functions for the benefit respectively of the
people of Ghana, of the stool, skin, or family concerned and are
accountable as fiduciaries in this regard.� Mr Ampaw noted that to the extent that they carry out public functions and need to account to the people with whom they have a fiduciary relationship, chieftaincy institutions or traditional authorities should be included in the Act.
Hence, they should included as part of the public bodies within
the purview of the Act, but only to the extent of their fiduciary
functions �information on royalties received, how such monies are
spent among other issues. He suggested that these institutions should also designate information officers who would have the duty to provide such information to the public.
FEES PAYABLE UNDER THE BILL
Ms Caroline Nalule, Africa Regional Co-ordinator of Commonwealth
Human Rights Initiatives in her contribution noted that fees payable
under the Right to information law should not be such as would in
effect deny one of his or her right to information.
Information to be accessed under the law should be available in
as inexpensive a manner as possible, the Bill is providing for
different unjustifiable fees to be paid and restricts access where
these fees are not paid.
An application shall be accompanied by a relevant fee: Clause 19
(1) (f) in the Bill. Where the information officer decides to give
access, the notice shall state the fees payable for dealing with the
application, Clause 23(4)(d). Information can be denied where the required deposit or fee is not paid, Clause 23(6). Requires advance deposit if cost of dealing with application exceeds application fees, Clause 25 in the Bill. If advanced deposit is not paid, the agency can neglect request, Clause 25 (2) in the Bill.
Denies applicant redress if deposit is unpaid, Clause 23 (6) in
the Bill. If application is rejected, applicant is still coerced to
pay without granted access, Clause 23 (4) (d) in the Bill. Minister of
Justice determines fees for search, retrieval, preparing information,
and postage, Clause 50 in the Bill. According to her the fees that should be emphasised by the law should be the actual cost of reproduction of the information requested. �Availing information is a duty of the government and not a business venture.
�One should not be required to pay a fee upon lodging or filing an
application a deposit fee�. One should not be required to pay a fee in relation to time spent by a body in searching for the information required. One should not be required to pay a fee where information sought is personal information.
The requirement to pay an application fee for public information
is absurd! The fees structure within the Bill should be consolidated
in one section as it is currently scattered and would create room for
abuse.
Source: Francis Ameyibor
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Mike and I had an idea to create a horror game with heavy use of sounds and visual effects. While there isn't much in terms of game play, I feel like both myself and Mike learned quite a bit with this undertaking.
The concept of the game relies heavily on the story we came up with: the protagonist is someone who is stuck in a time loop of sorts, but in that he constantly meets past versions of himself in various states of regret. Any time he meets one of his "past selves", they are exaggerated and twisted versions of those regrets, and thus where the horror elements are incorporated. The theme fits in that he essentially must sacrifice himself in order to progress.
The challenges for this project lie in the sound and visual glitches. The sound portions were written by Mike, where I created the overall game play mechanic (tank style controls, similar to old Resident Evil games) and the visual glitches.


The teaser plays on the title of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
One would not be a Game of Thrones fan if they have not been waiting with bated breath for the new season. As for the fans, the light at the end of the tunnel can finally be seen. HBO released the first teaser for Game of Thrones Season 8. And perhaps this teaser also holds a lot of meaning for the fans as this is the cult show's final season.
While the teaser in itself does not show anyone or any footage, what it shows is indication of what is about to come. The teaser plays on the title of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
The suspense is palpable as a wave of icy wind clashes with fire. The icy wind engulfs a wolf and a dragon map marker - sigils of the Starks and the Targaryens, while fire engulfs the lion map marker - sigil of the Lannisters.
This is also indicative of how Season 7 ended. Not only did the Night King take control of Daenerys' dragon Viserion, he is also moving towards Westeros with his army of White Walkers. As he marches towards Winterfell, the reunited Starks have a lot more to endure in the future.
It must also be noted that there are two fire dragons and one ice dragon now. The clash between them is inevitable.
The wait till April 2019 suddenly seems very long.


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HomeNewsTake five and check out the F90 BMW M5 hitting 312 km/h on the Autobahn
/ Jul 3, 2018 4:05 pm
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Take five and check out the F90 BMW M5 hitting 312 km/h on the Autobahn
The new F90 BMW M5 was just launched in Malaysia and while we were allowed to unleash the 600 hp weapon around our Sepang International Circuit, reaching its top speed was another challenge all together.
There aren't many places in the world that can provide you with the space and discretion to max out your car but in case you haven't heard, the unrestricted Autobahn in Germany is one such place – a mecca for those brave and skillful enough to attain and maintain the top speed of their cars.
I'd recommend you to skip past the tacky techno music in the first minute and jump straight to 1:07. Almost instantly, you'd notice how effortless it was for the F90 BMW M5 to hit the 250 km/h where at one point, the driver even sped past a police patrol car at over 300 km/h.
Most of us in Malaysia may have never seen the 200 km/h mark let alone maintain that speed so this video definitely offers a very different perspective on what it's like to be travelling consistently at 300 km/h – and of course, the risks and dangers that come with it.
Just don't try it on the North-South Expressway!
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Audi has a new painting method to spray two colours on its cars simultaneously
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Regularly spend countless hours online looking at cars and parts I can't afford to buy. How a car makes you feel behind the wheel should be more important than the brand it represents - unless resale value is your thing.


Here's my blogspace on the CiscoLiveVirtual space. You have to login to www.ciscolivevirtual.com and then click the link, otherwise it will say "content not allowed" or somesuch nonsense.
My pal Dane DeValcourt has started compiling a list of twitter people that will be attending CiscoLive 2010 in Las Vegas - his CiscoLiveVirtual blogspot is here and you have to login first before this link will work too..
Reasons why I haven't been studying..
Lately I've been outdoors doing mesh wireless surveys quite a bit.. I've been to Lewisville, TX surveying a city park, in Waco, TX at a trucking load/unload center, on top of a 20 ft ladder (!) at a community college in Dallas, on a couple of rooftops in San Angelo, TX, and last week I was back in Dallas doing an indoor survey in a hospice.
Now it is that time of year again - for the Paramount Summer Movie Fest..
I just *can't* say no to the films that are in this years' lineup..
I promise I'll get back to studying once I've taken in all these wonderful films showing on the big screen at the Paramount.. This only happens once a year, and who knows if any of them will repeat next year..
I just *had* to upload pictures of the marquee from this years' & last years' Summer Movie Fest..
Ok, I just got my magic code for CLLV10 & have booked all the travel/hotel/etc!
Now, to make a list of things to do and see in Vegas. I'm not a gambler or heavy drinker - so there are a lot of things that won't be in this list..
U2 video "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
Entrance to the Pinball Hall of Fame is FREE.
Hours: 11am till 11pm, Sunday to Thursday.
11am till Midnight, Friday and Saturday.
These are places I haven't been to, but might just have to go & see..
Red Rock Canyon is located 19 miles West of Las Vegas.
Temperatures can exceed 105 °F (41 °C) in Red Rock Canyon.
Home of the Bacon Martini!
The ticket office hours are 11:30am to 8:00pm, with the first ride beginning at 12:00 noon and the last ride starting at 8:30pm.


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Chalain-le-Comtal ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Loire in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Montbrison und zum Kanton Montbrison (bis 2015: Kanton Saint-Jean-Soleymieux). Die Einwohner werden Chalainois genannt.

Geographie
Chalain-le-Comtal liegt etwa 28 Kilometer nordwestlich von Saint-Étienne. Die Loire begrenzt die Gemeinde im Osten. Umgeben wird Chalain-le-Comtal von den Nachbargemeinden Magneux-Haute-Rive im Norden, Marclopt im Nordosten, Montrond-les-Bains im Osten, Boisset-lès-Montrond im Südosten, Grézieux-le-Fromental im Süden, Savigneux im Südwesten sowie Mornand-en-Forez im Westen und Nordwesten.

Durch die Gemeinde führt die Autoroute A72.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Ennemond
 Kapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges

Weblinks

Ort in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ort an der Loire

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Ian Hacking's book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality-especially regarding the status of the natural sciences.
The Taming of Chance brings out the relations between philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics and the development of social institutions, and provides a unique and authoritative analysis of the 'probabilisation' of the western world.
Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. First published in 1975, this edition includes an introduction that contextualizes his book in light of developing philosophical trends.
Offers a way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. This book explores how the animal question is bound up with the general problem of philosophical skepticism. It considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals.
In Philosophy and Animal Life, Cora Diamond begins with "The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy," in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, the responsibility of human beings toward nonhuman animals. Diamond then explores the animal question in the more general problem of philosophical skepticism. Focusing specifically on J. M. Coetzee'sThe Lives of Animals, she considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals. Stanley Cavell responds to Diamond's argument with his own close reading of Coetzee's work, connecting the human-animal relationship to further themes of morality and philosophy. John McDowell follows with a critique of both Diamond and Cavell, and Ian Hacking explains why Cora Diamond's essay is so deeply perturbing and, paradoxically, favors poetry over philosophy in overcoming her difficulties. Cary Wolfe's introduction situates these arguments within the broader context of contemporary continental philosophy and theory, particularly Jacques Derrida's work on deconstruction and the question of the animal.
Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of concepts and objects, through new uses of words and sentences in specific settings, and new patterns or styles of reasoning within those sentences.
This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. The first part deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities. The second presents a sustained treatment of experimental science.
This book is a philosophical study of the basic principles of statistical reasoning. Professor Hacking has sought to discover the simple principles that underlie modern work in mathematical statistics and to test them, both at a philosophical level and in terms of their practical consequences fort statisticians.
Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of patients and therapists, find child sexual abuse to be the primary cause of the illness, while critics accuse the 'MPD' community of fostering false memories of childhood trauma. This book scrutinizes today's moral and political climate, especially our power struggles about memory.
Hacking tells the tale of Albert Dadas, a native of France's Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveler. Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he traveled. Using the records of Dadas's physician, Hacking tries to make sense of this epidemic.
Ian Hacking draws on cognitive sciences, evolutionary psychology, neurology, developmental psychology, and cognitive archaeology (tools and the mind) to explore how mathematics became possible, for a species like ours, on a planet like this. An innovative book for those studying logic, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of science.


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Setting Up Schools
Full Day Versus Half Day Kindergarten
Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Although there are a range of reasons why you might choose a half- or full-day kindergarten program, we think it is important to look at current research.
Data shows that full-day kindergarten programs can help children make significant academic gains. This is particularly true when the students come from a non-native English speaking background or they have underdeveloped literacy, math, and vocabulary skills. One study in the UK found that approximately 80% of children who attended full-day kindergarten were at or above national school readiness norms.
Furthermore, a study in the US from the early 2000s found that full-day kindergarten programs had positive impacts on students' language and academic learning, as well as parent satisfaction with the programs themselves.
If you are concerned with child stress, fatigue or irritability caused by increased kindergarten duration, research does not support the existence of these effects. Research has found no difference between fatigue levels of half- and full-day kindergarten attendees. It is suggested that a full day in class may be less stressful for young children because it allows time for more developmentally appropriate instruction.
It should be no surprise that extended-day kindergarten seems to have dramatic and lasting effects when it is high quality. It makes a difference when teachers are certified, a comprehensive curriculum is implemented and strong supervision is provided.
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The Game has an introductory game mode to help new players know the mechanics and background story of the game.
Procedurally generated city. Everytime you start a new world the city will be different.
Day to night cycle. The Game transitions seamessly from day to night. Night also brings new threats.
Protect yourself by building a base from various of different materials.
Craft items for your survival from items found by scavenging the city.
Enemies vary from zombies to large monsters to embrace the co-op aspect of the game.
Other players can still be a large threat to you, when player versus player is activated.
You have weapons to fight off the zombies, monsters and other players.
Weapons vary from shovel to barret 50.cal.
The Game has drivable cars, which help to move faster around the city.
Story mission – Play the introductory mission to begin your survival in the city.
Online multiplayer – Play with your friends or with other people around the world.
Persistent player profile – Play with your character on any pc.
Inventory – Carry your equipment and items to survive.
Crafting – Build a base or important items for your survival.
Cars – Drive around the city, crush some zombies and take your pal on a ride.
The Early access version might have some bugs, which will be fixed in the full release of the game.
Damnation City of Death uses Unity Analytics to improve player experience with collecting anonymous data from player actions.


This documentary, directed by David Hinton, features ordinary people who acted courageously during the French Resistance in World War II.
One of Jean Rouch's classic ethnofictions, JAGUAR follows three young Songhay men from Niger -- Lam Ibrahim, Illo Goudel'ize, and the legendary performer Damoure Zika--on a journey to the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana).
Drawing from his own fieldwork on intra-African migration, the results of which he published in the 1956 book Migrations au Ghana, Rouch collaborated with his three subjects on an improvisational narrative. The four filmed the trip in mid-1950s, and reunited a few years later to record the sound, the participants remembering dialogue and making up commentary. The result is a playful film that finds three African men performing an ethnography of their own culture.
JAGUAR begins at the marketplace in Ayouru, Niger where the three men work. Seeing a group of men just returned from the Gold Coast, where many Nigeriens have migrated for job opportunities, they decide to make their way to Accra. They leave on foot, following the old slave and warrior routes through the bush.
Lam heads to Kumasi with a Fulani herdsman, while the other two men try their fortunes in Accra. Damoure quickly rises through the ranks at a lumberyard. He makes money, and learns the ways of the city, becoming a cool, urban sophisticate - or 'jaguar.' Unable to read, Illo makes much less money as a laborer in the port, and is forced to sleep outside. Both discover the lures and snares of the city: alcohol and bar life, abundant romantic opportunity, and naked social inequality.
Having earned some money, and gotten their fill of Accra, Illo and Damoure leave Accra to join Lam in Kumasi. Drawing on their newfound urbanity, they open a hip marketplace stall together, called 'Little by Little the Bird Makes Its Bonnet'. They return to Niger full of experience, tall tales, and more money than they would have made at home.
Driven by Rouch's notion of 'shared ethnography', JAGUAR offers a more complex portrait of African life than most Western films. The collaboration between filmmaker and subjects reveals a wide range of ethnic, geographic, and cultural differences within just a small piece of the African continent, as well as the social changes and patterns of migration that defined mid-century African life. More than plain ethnography, Rouch and his collaborators have created a new kind of myth.
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Switzerland's small population of around 300,000 Italian speakers lives mainly in the canton of Ticino on the Italian border. Directly across the border are around 60 million Italians speaking the same language who under current rules are free to work in Switzerland. Add to this Swiss pay that is more than double the Italian average and it is no wonder that one third of Ticino's jobs are held by Italian residents who cross the border every day. Who can blame the residents of Ticino for their concern? At the same time, who can blame Italian residents for wanting to cross the border to earn substantially higher pay?
The latest political hot potato in this ongoing saga is an initiative launched by the Ticino commune of Claro. The commune has come up with a sticker that allows businesses to publically present the percentage of Swiss residents they employ. The sticker's slogan is: "We employ residents" (noi impieghiamo personale residente). According to the commune's website the sticker is designed to help consumers discriminate in support of those who employ more locals. It costs CHF 10 (Euro 10) and can be used on vehicles and letterheads etc.
Many have come out and said it is racist. The Commune's position is that it is not because Italians in possession of Swiss residence permits are included in their classification of local workers.
Regardless of the technical details of who is in and who is out, the sticker is unlikely to be a draw for many Italian consumers, a 60 million strong group that seems to have been overlooked by the architects of this initiative.
"Racist" is not the correct word to use here. "Discriminatory" is more appropriate.
Seems like Le News are simply parroting other far-Left media organisations.
If all the people in the town are of a race other than all the people outside the town then MAYBE it could be racist – but I am 100% sure this is not the case, so no, of course it's not racist! Next thing you will be telling me that if I put my own family first that that makes me racist! What a stupid question!!


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Home Solar News Lewis Appointed President At Quick Mount PV
Lewis Appointed President At Quick Mount PV
Quick Mount PV, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based manufacturer of flashed mounts for rooftop solar installations, has appointed Kenneth R. Lewis president. Lewis first joined Quick Mount PV as vice president of operations in December 2011.
Lewis' career spans more than three decades, primarily in the life sciences industry, where he held executive positions with Magnex Scientific, Varian Inc., and, most recently, Agilent Technologies.


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I Belumat è stato un duo di musica in veneto bellunese, formato dal ricercatore ed etnomusicologo Gianluigi Secco e dal tenore e chitarrista Giorgio Fornasier.

La storia
Nati ufficialmente nel 1972 e assieme fino al 2007, nel corso di questi trentacinque anni, hanno composto un centinaio di canti in lingua bellunese che fanno ormai parte della tradizione musicale di tutta la Val Belluna e del Veneto. Tutte queste canzoni sono state raccolte col tempo in cassette e dischi, e CD venduti in tutta Italia. Hanno poi continuato ad operare in modo indipendente, anche attraverso Il Gruppo Culturale Belumat, nato nel 2001, che opera in una formazione più aperta.

Il duo si è esibito in numerosissime tournée in Italia e all'estero (Brasile, Stati Uniti, Canada, Australia, Messico, Argentina, Uruguay, Cile, Svizzera, Francia, Belgio, Regno Unito, ecc.)

Sono stati i conduttori televisivi della trasmissione "A Marenda co i Belumat" ("A merenda con i Belumat") su Antenna Tre Nordest, dove hanno ospitato le più importanti realtà culturali popolari del Veneto (trasmissione giunta ormai al tredicesimo anno di programmazione). Hanno anche ideato e condotto alcune rubriche su TeleBelluno e su Rai Tre.

Nel corso della loro attività i due "Belumat", ciascuno secondo la propria attitudine, hanno compiuto un incommensurabile lavoro di ricerca etnomusicologica, storica e sociologica, raccogliendo tantissimo materiale inerente ai melos di tradizione orale dell'area veneta, i balli, le filastrocche, le tradizioni carnevalesche, le ricette, gli usi e costumi della civiltà veneta agricola fino ai giorni nostri collaborando anche con altri studiosi e ricercatori di fama internazionale.

Numerose inoltre le ricerche e gli studi sull'emigrazione veneta, dall'incontro con le comunità venete sparse nel mondo i Belumat hanno potuto compiere anche un intenso lavoro di ricostruzione filologica della parlata veneta arcaica.

I componenti
 Gianluigi Secco (Belluno, 1946 - 27 marzo 2020), etnomusicologo e gastronomo, è stato presidente della Associazione Culturale Internazionale Soraimar (a tutela delle culture locali), con sede ad Asolo. È stato fondatore e presidente del "Centro studi e documentazione Riti e Carnevali di montagna" e membro fondatore della "Orchestra da Camera di Belluno" e del Circolo bellunese "Al Zenpedon". È stato autore di numerose canzoni del duo, di libri di poesia e sulle tradizioni popolari.
 Giorgio Fornasier (Belluno, 1947), musicista polivalente fondatore dell'ensemble barocco Domenico Zipoli, è tenore, chitarrista e pianista, autore di numerose canzoni del duo. È anche stato nominato dal consiglio Regionale Veneto nel 1986 Presidente della Azienda di Promozione Turistica delle Prealpi e Dolomiti Bellunesi, è stato un dirigente dellAssociazione internazionale Prader-Willi.

Discografia

LP e musicassette editi da Radioteledomiti:

1976 - Aria de Belun

1977 - Belun Doi

1979 - Emigrate

1980 - Belumat 10

1984 - Cinque e tre otto

Editi in proprio:

1986 - The seccer

1986 - Veci e boce

Collegamenti esterni

Belluno
Gruppi e musicisti del Veneto


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Liberia: Phebe Hospital Goes One Week without Electricity
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Suakoko, Bong County – Phebe hospital in Suakoko, Bong County has gone without electricity for almost one week, putting patients' lives at risks.
Report by Selma Lomax, [email protected]
The referral hospital in central Liberia relies on generators to power emergency and critical wards such as the Maternal and Intensive Care Unit (ITU).
Patients for the past week have had to depend on lighting candles and other torches to provide light for wards where there were no small standby generators.
Dormitories hosting staffs and students of the Phebe Nursing School have not been spared the pitch black darkness.
The Medical Director of Phebe Hospital, Dr. Jefferson Sibley, said he has been so preoccupied with finding fuel to keep the lights on that he hasn't found time to treat patients.
Sibley said doctors are operating in the dark, while vital medical supplies are lacking.
"The situation is compounding the hospital's problems because staff can't report to work while patients flock to the hospital," he said.
Depletion in the fuel, Dr. Sibley said, has led to complete paralysis in the services of the hospital, which serves more than 10,000 people in Central Liberia.
"We have very frequent electricity cuts, and our machines need power to function. If the electricity is cut for a long period, everything ceases to function."
One doctor at the hospital, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisals from his bosses, said doctors can no longer perform most emergency operations. The last time this happened — this week — one patient died because staff could not perform necessary procedures."
The doctor said he tells patients pay for a private clinic elsewhere. "When they come I simply tell them to go to clinic where they can afford to buy drugs," he said.
But this hospital serves the city's poorest residents.
"Most cannot afford it. Even me, they have been calling me now that we need operation, but I told them, frankly, there's nothing we can do, nothing in my hands," the doctor said.
Sibley warns that the highly-essential services of the hospital too would be closed if the petroleum products were not provided to the hospitals
"We have had no power at the hospital for days, and our donors are refusing to supply us because we are indebted to them," Dr. Sibley said.
"My concern right now is with those that we might not get to in time," he said.
Sibley warned that the highly-essential services of the hospital too would be closed if the petroleum products were not provided to the hospitals.
Dr. Sibley fears the hospital is only days away from having to shut down: "We are struggling with electricity fuel shortages. If this continues we will have no other alternative but to shut the hospital doors," he said.
Dr. Sibley then appealed to all interested parties, to work towards immediately ending the fuel crisis being faced by the hospital.
Phebe hospital needs 450 liters of fuel per month, to provide 18 hours of electricity, according to Dr. Sibley. One patient in the Emergency Room only identified as Jerry, 36, told FrontPageAfrica his life was in the hands of God. "Only God can rescue me from the problem I am facing. I have been here for days now and no doctor has come to talk with me," he said.
Liberia: Court Drops Charges against 4 Employees of Coca-Cola Factory in US$1M Lawsuit
President Weah Gifts Liberian Female Journalists Assoc. Headquarters


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Show: New reviews | Artists beginning with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 | Compilations
Greg Foat - The Mage
"The Mage", pianist Greg Foat's ninth album is his first for the Edinburgh based label Athens Of The North. Foat's deft hand at composing and arrangements are in top form here as he weaves folk soundscapes with free jazz rhythms. "Of My Hands" is an atmospheric tune with soaring harmonies that features Trinidadian singer Kathy Garcia who originally recorded it forty years earlier. "The Magic Radish" starts out with a brooding bass line, hypnotic percussion and features Duncan Lamont on Tenor. Other notable contributors are veteran tenor Art Themen, guitarist Ray Russell, Malcolm Catto and the rising drummer Moses Boyd. Foat skillfully bridges the gap between the past and the present while solidifying his stature as a superb pianist and composer.
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"I Am" is one of the most powerful declarations you can say to the universe. It's not just a statement, it is a command, an action word. It is identifying your state of being and creating your becoming.
Just like the "I AM" is written on the backdrop of these earrings, you need to Write your desires on the Canvas of this Life. How? Use the power of the "I AM" to declare what you desire. Don't ask for it, speak as if you already have it. Have it in your mind first, and then it has to manifest.
THE "I AM" IS A DECLARATION WITHIN ITSELF!
Affirmations are positive, clear stream of words or phrases that support higher frequencies of thought, states of being, action, and behavior. Affirmations should move you vibrationally, you should feel the energetic shift when you say or think those words.
Many people characterize affirmations as simply positive thinking. Please know that the power of affirmation resides in the ability of the words to help you shift your vibration into one that matches the energy of the affirming word(s). It is the emotion of the statement that propels you. It is the vibration, aligning with the pure positive energy, not the "positive thoughts."
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In the National Schools Throw Ball series held at Empilipitiya President's Vidyalaya grounds, Thellipalai Union College won the Gold in the under 17 group Girls event. They beat Javakarla Vidyala Team in straight sets of 25:12 and 25: 17. They won the Won the Silver in under 20 girl group, by going down fighting against Colombo Srimavo Bandaranayake Vidyalaya team in the 1st set 25:17, and losing the other two sets. Ilavalai Convent won the Bronze in the under 17 girls group beating Vavuniya Suntharapuram Saraswathy Vidyalayam by 25:14, 25:16.
Thelipalai Mahajana College had qualified to play in the Finals of under 20 Boys Football National Schools Championship.
It will meet Colombo Kandana De Maznod Vidyalayam in the final to be held in Anuradhapura today.
In the Semi Finals , they beat Trincomall Kinniya Central College in a tie-breaker scoring 4:2.
It is notable that the Mahajana Team had qualified for the finals after a lapse of 40 years , after winning the championship in 1978.


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The Fed says 'no' to interest rate hike
Stephen Pounds
July 27, 2016 in Federal Reserve
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The Federal Reserve's rate-setting panel voted thumbs-down to an interest rate hike today, kicking the can down the road to at least September.
With inflation under control and unemployment at 4.9%, but the effects of the British exit from the European Union, or Brexit, still in question and the presidential campaign about to heat up, the Federal Open Market Committee left rates in a range between 0.25% and 0.5%.
"Inflation is expected to remain low in the near term … but to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of past declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further, the FOMC statement says. "Near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished."
To Greg McBride, CFA, Bankrate's chief financial analyst, the statement wording offers a clue as to what economists will be watching for in the next two months.
"The Fed statement said, 'near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished.' That translates to saying a September rate hike is on the table," McBride says.
"The Fed gave a very upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy, which is the first step toward prepping markets for another rate hike. Whether or not that happens in September depends on the economic results posted between now and then," he says.
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Rate hike probability higher in September
To Alan MacEachin, corporate economist for the Navy Federal Credit Union, the no-go wasn't a surprise. The CME Group's FedWatch index puts the chances of a rate hike at 25% in September. It's at 44% for December. For July, it was 2%. The index, based on 30-day federal funds futures, is used to express the market's views on the likelihood of changes in monetary policy.
"The Fed likely needs to see more data that confirms that the weak patch in the jobs market last spring was only temporary, and that both jobs and wage growth remain on a strengthening trend," MacEachin says.
Only 38,000 jobs were added to payrolls in May, and the prior 2 months' hiring numbers were revised down. But in June, employment increased by 287,000, a big jump after the sagging May numbers.
Rising global angst
In addition, struggling economies elsewhere in the world may be keeping FOMC members from boosting rates. The continuing impact of the Brexit, Italian banking problems and concerns over the Chinese economy all present risks to the global economy.
"The Fed has to be concerned about rising global angst and any adverse impact it could have on both U.S. and worldwide economic growth," MacEachin says.
Ryan Sweet, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says the Fed's concerns may be overdone. "The Fed has arguably become too sensitive to financial market conditions, risking losing sight of the economy," Sweet says. "It will become problematic if the job market tightens, blowing past full unemployment."
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Fed monetary policy remains accommodative
The Fed's target range for the federal funds rate remains accommodative to support further improvements in the labor market and a return to 2% inflation. It will continue to assess "realized and expected economic conditions," the Fed's statement says.
"This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments," the statement says.
"The federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run," it says.
Only Kansas City (Missouri) Fed branch president Esther George voted against keeping rates in the same range. She preferred that the target range be increased to between 0.5% and 0.75%.
Earlier this month, George said she was ready for slowly increasing rates, since unemployment and inflation are low.
Bankrate's McBride hopes the Fed doesn't wait too long to raise rates.
"At some point, the Federal Reserve has to be willing to raise interest rates under a less-than-perfect set of conditions," he says. "If they're waiting for world peace and harmony before raising interest rates again, they'll never do it."
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Dr. Aimee Wright is committed to excellence in her medical practice, and as a Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, she stands out as a leader among family physicians in Plano. The doctor utilizes the latest in medical techniques and technology to guide and assist you in your quest for optimal health. Additionally, Dr. Wright believes strongly in prevention and patient education with the goal of avoiding health-related problems rather than treating them after the fact. She realizes the importance of good communication and makes sure to keep patients fully informed by timely notification of test results, referrals, etc . Read more about Plano family physician Dr. Aimee L. Wright below.
Dr. Aimee Wright provides each patient with an exceptional level of care and attention. She prides herself in delivering personalized, traditional family medicine for your entire family, and offers that rare combination of both intellect and caring.
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Colorado Brides is prepping for its second issue, and we need your help! Our editors want fodder for a feature titled Country Wedding/City Wedding, so we are putting out a call for submissions for photography from real Colorado weddings that are a little country or a little urban cool. Also, we'd love to know about wedding-related businesses, trends, tips or products for Colorado brides. Please email submissions or story ideas to Andra at editorial@yellowscene.com.


If you would like to have the best when it comes to serving coasters, it is important that you are able to find any waste to recreate any kind of design that you may be able to use in the future for the said utensil. Fortunately, this article can help you find ways to do exactly that without difficulty. If you want to learn more, I suggest that you read on as soon as possible.
First of all, here is a coaster made of shelf liner. This is an extremely ingenious way of doing the project because it gets two birds with one stone. It will help you recycle your old shelf lining while creating something new out of a worn out coaster like this one.
In addition, you can also use extra sheets of wallpaper to rejuvenate an old coaster design. You can either choose to cover the coaster with wallpaper or use the same patterns when trying to repaint your coaster.
As a third option, you can print out inspirational pictures that can serve as a design for your coasters. This can definitely stand out as one of the most unique designs that you can ever come up with for your coasters.
If you want, you can make your coaster survey dual purposed by redesigning it with dry erase boards. This will allow you to write messages on your coasters if necessary. It is also a way for you to use your coasters as part of your household décor.
You can also use rubber stamps for your coaster redesign. Just like wallpapers, you can use rubber stamps to cover the coasters and make it look brand new.
Another option is to use colorful pens that can be utilized to draw onto the coasters themselves. This will allow you to creative freedom to show whatever picture you might want to instead of getting limited by the design of the wallpaper or rubber stamp.
On the other hand, if you have old maps that you have no other use for, it would be best to utilize them as a covering for your coasters. Look at this picture. It is indeed one of the most ingenious ways to reuse your old tools for education.
This is another way for you to exercise your creativity. You can use felt as part of your coaster design. If you know how to sew, it will certainly be easy for you to do this project on your own.
You can also get in touch with nature by using natural branches as part of your design for the coasters. It will definitely be one of the best ways for you to recycle some of your old tools.
Lastly, you can tie some ribbons onto your coasters for more artistic creativity. It will definitely be one of your best works yet if you're able to do this on your own.


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New Biometric Information Privacy Cases Reveal Breadth of Potential Exposure for Companies
Ross D. Emmerman
Mark Goldberg
Client Alerts/Reports March 2018
Biometric collection technology identifies individuals using scans of their physical attributes, including facial features, fingerprints, hands, retinas and irises, and voices.
Illinois is currently one of only three states (with Washington and Texas) that expressly regulate the collection and storage of individuals' biometric data, and the only one that provides individuals the right to sue for violations of its Biometric Information Privacy Act.
A new wave of cases under the statute includes lawsuits against companies that collect and use biometric information, and has already resulted in a patchwork of decisions.
Companies that use or are considering using biometric technology, vendors that provide this technology, and third parties that process, store and dispose of the data must ensure their policies and procedures comply with BIPA.
Illinois BIPA Private Right of Action Spurs Litigation Against a Wide Range of Companies
With the enactment of its groundbreaking Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2008, Illinois became the first state to regulate the collection of an individual's biometric information. BIPA requires organizations to give individuals written notice that data is being collected, why it's being collected, and how long it will be used and stored before being destroyed, as well as to obtain written consent before any collection of biometric information can take place. Organizations can be fined $1,000 for each negligent violation of BIPA and $5,000 for every intentional or reckless violation.
Illinois is one of only three states (with Texas and Washington) that have passed laws specifically governing collection and use of biometric data. Several other states, including Alaska, Connecticut, Montana and New Hampshire, have considered their own biometric data legislation, although none has yet been enacted into law. Illinois, however, is the only state that provides individuals with the right to bring a civil suit for statutory damages ― a person "aggrieved" by a violation may seek statutory damages of up to $5,000 per violation. In addition, the statute allows for the recovery of attorneys' fees and expert witness fees. This, predictably, has resulted in a surge of class action litigation.
Since August 2017, more than 40 proposed class action complaints have been filed in Cook County alone. Class actions have been filed against companies across a broad range of industries, including social media platforms, global household names like United Airlines and the Hyatt hotel chain, and smaller companies in the hospitality, supermarket, nursing home, trucking, cargo handling and media industries, among others.
These cases generally fall into two categories of class actions: cases alleging improper use of facial recognition technology to collect biometric data, and cases alleging improper collection and use of fingerprints, primarily but not exclusively against employers.
For example, in December 2017, a former employee sued Presence Health Network, a state-wide health care system including 12 hospitals, 27 senior care facilities and six urgent care centers, for scanning employees' fingerprints as part of its time and attendance recordkeeping without first informing employees that their biometric information was being collected and obtaining their written consent.
Many of the complaints point to language in the Illinois legislation that biometric identifiers are unique because, if compromised, they can't be changed like other personal identifiers, such as Social Security numbers. The complaints typically further allege that the use of biometric information puts individuals at increased risk of identity theft, with no options for recourse.
Key Themes to Consider
Extraterritorial Application. BIPA litigation didn't start heating up until 2015, when users began filing a flurry of complaints against social media companies using facial recognition technology to scan and collect biometric data from photographs uploaded to their sites.
One group of cases, which were consolidated and transferred to a federal court in California, could have a significant impact on all BIPA litigation. Currently, a motion for summary judgment is pending on whether BIPA can be applied extraterritorially. The company argues that its use of facial-recognition technology does not violate BIPA, but, even if it did, the biometric data collection process occurs on its servers, which aren't located in Illinois. A ruling in its favor could assist companies with biometric collection system processing conducted outside of Illinois. Arguments on the motion are set for late March.
Actual Injury Under BIPA. Whether a plaintiff has alleged actual harm sufficient to support a cause of action continues to be an issue shaping the BIPA landscape, and the decisions have resulted in some, but varying, guidance on the issues.
One of the first cases to address this issue was Monroy v. Shutterfly Inc., a case involving the use of facial recognition technology. In Monroy, the court concluded that the invasion of privacy associated with the photo-sharing site's collection of biometric information without the plaintiff's knowledge or consent was sufficient injury-in-fact to give him Article III standing. The district court distinguished its ruling from McCollough v. Smarte Carte Inc., a previous case in the same jurisdiction, wherein the court found that the defendant's improper collection and use of plaintiffs' fingerprints for access to public lockers without prior written consent failed to allege actual and specific injury, and that a mere technical violation of BIPA was insufficient to grant standing without a showing of an actual injury. The Monroy court noted that in McCullough customers knowingly and voluntarily provided their fingerprints to use the lockers, whereas the photo-sharing platform allegedly collected and stored facial scans without consumers' knowledge or consent. Plaintiffs could therefore credibly allege an "invasion of privacy" in addition to technical violations of BIPA.
Conversely, a New York court found no actual harm from a failure to notify users that a video game uses facial recognition technology to create players' avatars. In Vigil v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Illinois brother and sister gamers took on New York-based video game maker Take-Two Interactive. The siblings argued that Take-Two's NBA 2K15 game scanned their faces to create personalized basketball player avatars for in-game play without notifying them. A New York federal district court dismissed their claims for lack of Article III standing, concluding that the failure to notify was a procedural issue and didn't cause the plaintiffs any real harm. The Second Circuit affirmed in November, but remanded with instructions to amend the judgment and enter a dismissal without prejudice because the lower court did not have subject matter jurisdiction.
In December 2017, a three-judge panel of the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois, the first Illinois appellate court to address the issue, provided further instructions, opining that while a plaintiff must allege actual harm as a result of the alleged BIPA violation, the harm need not be an economic injury. In Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. and Great America LLC, the plaintiff sued the theme park company in 2016 after her son was fingerprinted during the process of buying a season pass for the Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois. The plaintiff argued the theme park failed to obtain her son's written consent to be fingerprinted or disclose what it was going to do with the information. And while she admitted that neither she nor her son suffered an actual injury, the plaintiff asserted that she wouldn't have allowed her son to buy the pass if she had known about the theme park's BIPA-related violations.
At the defendants' request, the trial court certified two questions relating to the necessity that the plaintiff incur actual harm: (1) whether a person "aggrieved" by a violation of BIPA must allege "some actual harm," and (2) whether a person can seek liquidated damages or injunctive relief. The appellate court concluded that an actual harm must be claimed, although it doesn't have to be an economic injury. "If a person alleges only a technical violation of the Act without alleging any injury or adverse effect, then he or she is not aggrieved and may not recover under any of the provisions in section 20 [of BIPA]. We note, however, that the injury or adverse effect need not be pecuniary," it said.
In two decisions over the last two weeks, the court in the consolidated social media case in California seemed to expand further this concept, holding that BIPA created a right of privacy in an individual's personal biometric information, and that "[a] violation of the BIPA notice and consent procedures infringes the very privacy rights the Illinois legislature sought to protect by enacting BIPA. That is quintessentially an intangible harm that constitutes a concrete injury in fact."
In a February 26 decision, the court refused to dismiss claims brought by users of the platform, distinguishing both the McCullough and Vigil cases and recasting the rights under BIPA as "the right to control their biometric information by requiring notice before collection" and "the power to say no by withholding consent." It added, "When an online service simply disregards the Illinois procedures … the right of the individual to maintain her biometric privacy vanishes into thin air. The precise harm the Illinois legislature sought to prevent is then realized. Consequently, the abrogation of the procedural rights mandated by BIPA necessarily amounts to a concrete injury."
In a short, summary opinion in a case involving BIPA claims of non-users, the court concluded that "[t]he fact difference between the cases … does not lead to a different conclusion at this stage." In denying defendant's motion to dismiss March 2, the court noted that defendant's argument that it didn't store face scans of non-users went to the merits of the case and was more properly resolved on summary judgment.
As the case law continues to develop, businesses should identify where they may have exposure, review their internal policies regarding collection and use of biometric data, and generally review any of their consumer- or employee-facing documents for the inclusion of such things as notice, class action waivers and disclosures.
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An upsurge in manufacturing took cumulative industrial production from April-August to 10.6 compared to 8.7 last year and August saw a 9.7% rise compared to 7.6% but lower than July's growth of 12.7% but analysts say that consumer demand has not slacked.
An upsurge in manufacturing took cumulative industrial production from April-August to 10.6 compared to 8.7 last year and August saw a 9.7% rise compared to 7.6% but lower than July's growth of 12.7% but analysts say that consumer demand has not slacked. Analyzing the data release by the Central Statistical Organization, they attribute the slowdown from July to monsoon flooding and that the hot consumer sentiment may yet bring about an interest rate hike in the next review. Only a couple of days earlier, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had stated only a few days ago that inflation is in check and liquidity is comfortable indicating that it may not raise rates in the immediate future. The RBI will review monetary policy on Oct 31 and has so far raised the benchmark short-term interest rate 3 times in 2006 taking the reverse repo rate to 6%. In response to these numbers, the Indian rupee edged up to 45.5950/6050 against the dollar from 45.60/61 and the yield on the 10-year Federal/Union bonds inched up briefly to 7.64% from 7.63%.
Manufacturing sector at an impressive rate of 11.1% compared to 8.5% last year. However, power generation and mining figures for August have once again disappointed showing a moderate growth of 3.7% (versus 7.9%) and a decline of .1% (versus -2.5%). While the decline in mining is lower this year than the same month last year, last year's cumulative growth was 3.1% as against 1.6% cumulative growth this fiscal. Cumulative power generation from April-August fell slight to 5.7% versus 6.0% during the same period last year. These declines in power and mining have been offset by smart gains in consumer goods (durables and non-durable) and capital goods sector due impressive growth in incomes and increased exports to the West. Consumer durables showed the highest growth at 20.2% in August (13% last year) and capital goods grew marginally at 14.7% (14.6%). Consumer non-durables grew at 12.6%.
Other macro parameters also looked positively with a Ma Foi Management Consultants survey finding that job creation surpassing expectation with trends showing up to 1 million new jobs vastly exceeding target of 620,000. This 2.95% growth over last year will be mostly in the Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES), manufacturing, retail, and energy is however not so impressive when one considers that 8.6 million graduates enter the job market every year. Further, the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors may actually see a drop in recruitment and a reduction of 131,000 jobs because better opportunities exist in other sectors and abroad. The BFSI is growing but not creating more jobs and this aspect needs further study. Besides IT/ITES, construction, communication, transportation, retail, manufacturing, energy, and miscellaneous services show a positive employment trend while mining, reflective of its economic performance, remains negative.
While large Foreign Direct Investments especially in Telecom and IT is expected in the next three years, the Federal Government dismissed demands from its communist allies and some corporate bodies and reiterated the security risk implication of investments from China (and its territories Honk Kong and Macau ). For the first time, India has categorized China along with Pakistan and Bangladesh and will not grant automatic clearance even in innocuous consumer goods (FMCG). Along with China , India is also adding North Korea , Taiwan , and Afghanistan to this sensitive list. Additionally, the Government will expand the present list of sectors requiring extra security investigation (ports, aviation, telecom, and Internet services) to include investments pharmaceuticals, data processing, metallurgy, IT hardware, hydrocarbon exploration, pipelines, and refineries. The National Security Council (NSC) has also asked that directors, senior executives of foreign companies in these sectors should also be screened before allowing them to work in India . The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) apparently is opposing the move to single out nations as it would affect relations with those countries.
Regardless of India 's policy to screen investment from China , that nation posted its second largest ever trade surplus signaling that the Government has failed in cooling an investment boom. While the trade gap reduced from August's USD 18.8 billion to USD 15.3 billion, this reduction was lower than expected and Premier Web Jiabo said that this soaring surplus was one of China 's biggest economic "problems" as it strained relationships with the US and created a cash surplus that is close to USD 1 trillion. China hopes to close the gap by 2010 but without it appreciating its currency Yuan, as the US wants, it is impossible for it to achieve this target. The US pressurized China to drop the linking of its currency to the dollar July 2005 and China complied but has controlled the gains against the dollar to 2.4% vastly inconsistent to its economic growth and economic parameters. US lawmakers are already demanding sanctions on China for not allowing the Yuan to grow faster. The EU has already slapped import duties on Chinese shoes. While the Chinese Central Bank has raised interest rates, this unbridled investment boom will cause large scale production capacity creation leaving large idle production lines. Besides, such large surpluses will open up the Chinese economy to external shocks. Most importantly, as highlighted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a large US trade deficit and Chinese surplus will create a dollar collapse that will "play havoc" to the global economy.


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Q: Building Opencv using cmake giving errors involving c++11 I am facing problem with the cmake command while compiling opencv on Ubuntu 16.04. When I execute the cmake command, I get the error
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:11 (message):
FATAL: In-source builds are not allowed.
You should create a separate directory for build files.
I have extracted the opencv source file in a folder named opencv-3.3.1
Then I have followed all the processes mentioned in this site
https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2016/10/24/ubuntu-16-04-how-to-install-opencv/
I use the following commands ::

cd opencv-3.3.1/
mkdir build/
cd build/
cmake -D CMA
KE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.3.1/modules -D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=~/.virtualenvs/cv/bin/python -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..

But I am getting this error!
What can be the possible problem?
The CMakeError.log shows
error "C++11 is not supported
I have tried adding set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11") to the beginning of the CMakeLists.txt and also included the flag -DENABLE_CXX11=ON to the CMAKE command flags. But nothing seems to work.
Please help!!

A: Maybe there is a file called CMakeCache.txt in your OpenCV root directory  opencv-3.3.1.
Just remove it!
That's because someone have executed cmake . inside the root directory opencv-3.3.1 before.

A: Try adding:
add_definitions(-std=c++11)

to your cmakelists file.

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Senior Justice Department officials told the FBI that Director James B. Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server was not consistent with long-standing practices of the department, according to officials familiar with the discussions.
Comey decided to inform Congress Friday that he would look again into Clinton's handling of emails during her time as secretary of state for two main reasons: a sense of obligation to lawmakers and a concern that word of the new email discovery would leak to the media and raise questions of a coverup.
The rationale, officials close to Comey's decision-making described while speaking on the condition of anonymity, prompted the FBI director to release his brief letter to Congress on Friday and upset a presidential race less than two weeks before Election Day. It placed Comey again at the center of a highly partisan argument over whether the nation's top law enforcement agency was unfairly influencing the campaign.
This time the loudest criticism has come from Clinton and her supporters, who said Friday that Comey had provided too little information about the nature of the new line of investigation and allowed Republicans to seize political ground as a result. The inquiry focuses on Clinton emails found on a computer used by former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), now under investigation for sending sexually explicit messages to a minor, and top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, who is Weiner's wife. The couple have since separated.
The next day, Comey informed Congress that he would take additional "investigative steps" to evaluate the emails after deciding the emails were pertinent to the Clinton email investigation and that the FBI should take steps to obtain and review them.
"My first question is this, would you reopen the Clinton investigation if you discovered new information that was both relevant and substantial?" Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) asked Comey during the hearing.
In the Friday memo to his employees, Comey acknowledged that the FBI does not yet know the import of the newly discovered emails. "Given that we don't know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don't want to create a misleading impression," Comey wrote.
"However, one thing is clear: Director Comey's announcement played right into the political campaign of Donald Trump, who is already using the letter for political purposes. And all of this just 11 days before the election," Feinstein said.
"Comey's behavior in this case from the beginning has been designed to protect his reputation for independence no matter the consequences to the public, to people under investigation or to the FBI's own integrity," Miller said.
Miller said he had been involved in cases related to elected officials in which the FBI waited until several days after an election to send subpoenas. "They know that if they even send a subpoena, let alone announce an investigation, that might leak and it might become public and it would unfairly influence the election when voters have no way to interpret the information," Miller said.


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