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Q: Get container statistics on Kubernetes (other than cAdvisor) I am trying to measure resource usage of one-shot processes ran under Kubernetes as pods. Technically, what I need is something similar to what one can find in /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/..../$container_id/meory.max_usage_in_bytes and /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/..../$container_id/cpuacct.usage (.... stands for the parent cgroup path, whatever K8s sets it to, usually kubepods/burstable/$pod_uid)
I know that some of this data is available via the cAdvisor API (which is built-in in the kubelet process on each node and accessible via kube-proxy), however the cAdvisor data is delayed by some 10-20 seconds and I do not have the option to hold on to the pod and keep it alive (and occupying scheduling resources) for this long because the processes under watch are themselves very short-lived and keeping them in memory long enough to let cAdvisor refresh would nearly double the demand on resources on the cluster.
Note I do not have control over the process that runs in the pod's (single) container, the commands that start pods arrive directly at the Kubernetes API from a source that isn't mine to influence in any way, therefore I can't run any code in the container itself to get the stats (these are indeed available in the container's own view of /sys/fs/cgroup/*).
I also considered using an additional container in the same pod, given that the pod's containers share the same host (and even the same parent cgroup), but I don't know if I can get access to the parent cgroup statistics from a sibling container. Extra container is attractive because I have to use an additional 'no-op' container anyway - the main process is one-shot and exits once it is done, making the container stop and all its stats get lost. The additional container allows me to keep the parent cgroup alive and get its stats (the memory/cpu added by the extra container are constant and negligible, so the parent stats are as good as getting the container stats directly).
Is there a way to allow a container in a pod to see the parent cgroup (or the root cgroup)? Or, is there another alternative to retrieving these stats quickly and without having to wait more than 1-2 seconds after the moment I find out that the container has finished running?
NOTE, I have also considered the option of 'wrapping' the work process in a script that runs the one-shot job, takes statistics and only then exits. Unforutnately, this is contingent on "knowing" how to run that one-shot job - and I don't always have that knowledge, because 'the job' is in a container image that isn't mine and the pod spec does not necessarily include a command-to-run. If the pod spec doesn't specify a command, it will run the container's default entry point and that isn't visible by accessing the Kuberenetes API (which is all I got).

A: According to the documentation, cAdvisor collects metrics once per second and send them to a repository once per minute. Delay can also be connected to settings of the storage where the repository is located. It also has its own API where you can see current metrics, which it holds in a memory. Therefore, it is possible to collect information on each node from there.
It is not a right way to collect information from files directly, because looking through many containers on many nodes may take much time. But it is possible, for example, you can use a container on each node in the privileged mode with /sys/fs/cgroup mounted and gather information from there.
And you can try to use Kubernetes Metrics Server, which is a cluster-wide aggregator of resource usage data. Starting from Kubernetes 1.8, resource usage metrics, such as container CPU and memory usage, are available in Kubernetes through the Metrics API. These metrics can be either accessed directly by user, for example by using kubectl top command, or used by a controller in the cluster, e.g. Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, to make decisions.


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Superyacht in Focus: Imperial Princess
By Ben Roberts
The 40m Imperial Princess is the largest production yacht ever launched in Britain and the largest flagship of the Princess Yachts fleet. From her successful debut at the London Boat Show in 2012 to today, Imperial Princess' distinctive style is truly worthy of focus.
Created in Plymouth, UK, Imperial Princess is part of a line which has brought Princess Yachts in to a bold new era. Now, with two other yachts in separate stages of construction, we take a look at the 40 metre motor yacht series in order to gain a deeper insight into the line which has already made a big impression on the over 100 foot-plus market.
The profile of this sleek, award-winning tri-deck flagship is modern and expertly designed, whilst hiding the deceptively large interior which offers more space than many other yachts in this size range. The line itself is fully customisable whilst offering the same incredible amount of detail and innovation already on board.
Imperial Princess can accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 cabins, consisting of a magnificent owner's suite which is located forward on the main deck, featuring walk-in wardrobes, spacious his & her bathrooms and an ante-room which owners can specify to their requirements.
Attention to detail was a key factor throughout the construction of this superyacht and it is evident throughout her interior styling, from her under floor heating to all guest room and bathrooms or from her grand central staircase to the expertly laid out crew accommodations.
Superb sea-keeping is augmented with an impressive cruising range, achieved through engineered weight reduction and the latest infused moulding technology.

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Director Rupert Wyatt Returns to Sci-Fi with 'Captive State'
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Sean Hutchinson
After breaking into the big-time by reviving the Planet of the Apes franchise, British director Rupert Wyatt will return to the sci-fi genre with an original idea called Captive State.
Wyatt will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Erica Beeney, the screenwriter best known for writing the Project Greenlight-winning film The Battle of Shaker Heights.
Per Variety, "a competitive auction is underway, with a mix of studios and financiers currently chasing the property," and that "the parties involved expect a deal to be sealed before Labor Day weekend."
Wyatt has struggled to regain the success he had with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which did the impossible by reviving the moribund franchise after director Tim Burton's infamously bad 2001 reboot of the 1968 Charlton Heston-starring original. Wyatt's previous film, 2014's The Gambler starring Mark Wahlberg, failed to catch on with critics and audiences; since then he's joined up and swiftly dropped out of Channing Tatum's seemingly cursed Gambit adaptation. Wyatt also serves as executive producer and director on Fox's upcoming TV version of The Exorcist.
It's safe to say this dude loves remakes, but Captive State will be the first feature Wyatt has written since his debut film The Escapist. While nothing is known about the plot of Captive State, it's safe to say that it will eventually join the seemingly new studio trend of making mid-budget sci-fi movies with auteur hopefuls. The big complaint used to be that studios never made $20 million movies anymore, favoriting uber expensive blockbusters and gobbling up Sundance Festival favorites for pennies instead.
With Captive State, and upcoming mid-level studio films like Morgan and Arrival set to hit theaters it seems like sci-fi is the genre to be in if you want your ambitious original idea to get made and get seen.


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Seventy-something? Eighty-something? Somewhere in the nineties? More than 100 for the first time ever?
As of Tuesday, July 3, 77 teams were signed up for the 2018 AuSable River Canoe Marathon, a 120-mile non-stop race from Grayling to Oscoda held annually during the last full weekend of July. Last year at this time, 73 duos were registered for the race.
The overall numbers for the Marathon have been rising for many years, with peaks and valleys along the way.
Going back to the 1990s, the event featured 29, 27, and 34 teams in 1990 through 1992. The Marathon had 45, 40, 52, and 46 teams in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996.
In 1997, for the event's 50th anniversary, numbers spiked to 58.
In 1998 and 1999, the event had 53 and 57 teams, respectively.
In the year 2000, the AuSable River Canoe Marathon had another jump in participation numbers with 67 teams. The next six years featured 59, 51, 65, 59, 52, and 64 teams.
In 2007, for the 60th race in the event's history, numbers jumped again, this time to 75 canoes. The 2008 Marathon featured another record field with 76 teams.
In 2009, numbers reached 90, setting another record. In 2010, 94 teams started the AuSable Marathon, setting a participation record for a fourth straight year. The Marathon had 90 teams in 2011.
Numbers for the next four Marathons were 71, 77, 82, and 84.
In 2016, the event had its largest field ever with 95 duos.
Last year's AuSable River Canoe Marathon featured 80 teams.
"My guess for teams this year is high seventies, low eighties," said Heather Tait, Co-Chair of the AuSable River Canoe Marathon Committee.
What keeps this race going? Why do paddlers keep coming back year after year? How does it continue to attract new competitors at such a high rate?
It takes 14 to 19 hours to complete the AuSable River Canoe Marathon, 120 miles on the water from Grayling to Oscoda, with a few portages to get past hydroelectric dams along the way. Many of those hours are spent paddling during the night.
It takes a lot of training hours leading up to the event to get ready for the race, and not all of it is spent in a canoe. During the winter months paddlers use activities like cross country skiing, weight training, snowshoeing, yoga, running, and riding exercise bicycles to get ready for the outdoor season. Then, it's paddling time.
"I usually get to the Marathon with 80 to 100 hours of paddling. I work hard in the gym all winter," said Chris Proulx, winner of the last two AuSable River Canoe Marathons.
This year's AuSable River Canoe Marathon will likely feature more than 150 paddlers, possibly 180 or 190. Goals will differ between competitors. Some have a realistic shot at placing first or finishing in the top 10 or top 20. Some are looking to place in the top half of the field. Some just want to reach Oscoda by the 19-hour cut-off and be recognized as an official AuSable Marathon finisher.
"To me, the appeal of the Marathon is the challenge it brings to each person individually. Each person usually has their own goal in mind when they decide to race it. And even then, for racers that do it year after year, that goal can change from year to year," said AuSable Marathon paddler Mike Hale.
Based on past results, not all of the teams that start the 2018 AuSable River Canoe Marathon will make it to Oscoda. A lot of things can force a team out of the race. Boat damage. Illness or injury. Missing a feed. Fatigue. Failing to meet one of the timing checkpoints.
In the modern era of the AuSable Marathon, approximately four out of five teams that start the race are able to finish it. The exact percentage varies from year to year.
In the 1990s, 79 percent of teams that started the Marathon reached the finish line.
In the most recent 18 AuSable River Canoe Marathons (2000 through 2017), 1,331 teams started the race and 1,100 finished (83 percent). The highest finish percentage during that span was 91 percent (in both 2017 and 2006) and the lowest was 71 percent in 2001.
What are some of the keys to going all the way and having a successful AuSable Marathon?
"Be prepared, have your feeders informed of what you're going to need and might need. I think the key to a successful Marathon is to make it out of town safe and steady, eat and drink during the night. Real game start in the morning," Proulx said.
Making it "out of town safe and steady" may depend somewhat on the results of the AuSable Marathon's race-within-a-race: the time trials.
At time trials – held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday during the week leading up to Saturday's AuSable Marathon start – each team paddles a looped course and the times determine starting positions for the Marathon's run to the river. Before the run, teams line up on Peninsular Avenue, five canoes per row, near the Grayling Post Office. When the race begins, they have to carry their boats downhill and make it to the docks at the Old AuSable Fly Shop, where they enter the river.
Teams close to the front of the line have the opportunity to get to the water before it gets crowded. Teams in the middle and toward the back of the pack have more teams near them for the run and for the entrance into the water, which can make it difficult to get a clean beginning.
"Being in the front row is critical if you have a performance in mind. Especially last year with the new dock that's really high and the grass that we couldn't run on it. First boat to jump in have a significant lead," Proulx said.
The AuSable River Canoe Marathon Committee changed the time trials course two years ago. The starting area and finish line are still at Penrod's, but the rest of the loop is different following the changes instituted in 2016.
Now, teams paddle upstream first, turn around at a buoy at the Old AuSable Fly Shop, and then finish the loop coming downstream. The old course sent the paddlers downstream first, and they had to finish coming upstream. In the past, the buoy turn was not in an area that was easily accessible to spectators, but with the changes, spectators can now watch the buoy turn at the Old AuSable Fly Shop.
Many AuSable Marathon competitors say the most challenging aspects of time trials are the buoy turn, the upstream paddling, and the areas of shallow water on the course.
"The upstream is probably the part of the time trial where you can lose time if you're not efficient. Buoy turn is important but if you have the best buoy turn it won't make you first," Proulx said.
This year's AuSable Marathon time trials event is slated for Wednesday, July 25, from 3-5:15 p.m. and Thursday, July 26, from 3-7 p.m. and Friday, July 27, from 2-4:30 p.m. The end times for these days are approximate and may change depending on how many more teams register for the Marathon.
There are three registration deadlines for the AuSable River Canoe Marathon. The Early Entry Registration period ended on June 15, and the Main Entry Registration period ended on June 30. Teams now have until noon on Monday, July 23, to register for the race.
The 2018 AuSable River Canoe Marathon will start at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 28. Presenting Sponsor for this year's race is Consumers Energy.


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package net.lospi.juno.model;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

@Test(groups="unit")
public class CommonsModelBuilderTest {
    private AlterSelectionEffect effect1, effect2;
    private Map<AlterSelectionEffect, Double> expectedEffectParameters;
    private Model existingModel;
    private ObjectVector newParameter;
    private List<RateEffect> rateEffects;
    private List<AlterSelectionEffect> alterSelectionEffects;
    private static final double ALTER_PARAMETER_1 = 1D, ALTER_PARAMETER_2 = 2D,
            RATE_PARAMETER_1 = 3D, RATE_PARAMETER_2 = 4D;

    private Map<AlterSelectionEffect, Double> expectedAlterParameter;
    private List<Effect> allEffects;

    @BeforeMethod
    public void setUp() {
        rateEffects = ImmutableList.of(mock(RateEffect.class),mock(RateEffect.class));
        alterSelectionEffects = ImmutableList.of(mock(AlterSelectionEffect.class), mock(AlterSelectionEffect.class), mock(AlterSelectionEffect.class));
        existingModel = mock(Model.class);
        effect1 = mock(AlterSelectionEffect.class);
        effect2 = mock(AlterSelectionEffect.class);
        expectedEffectParameters = ImmutableMap.of(effect1, ALTER_PARAMETER_1, effect2, ALTER_PARAMETER_2);
        allEffects = new ArrayList<Effect>(rateEffects);
        allEffects.addAll(alterSelectionEffects);
        newParameter = mock(ObjectVector.class);

        when(existingModel.getAlterSelectionEffects()).thenReturn(alterSelectionEffects);
        when(existingModel.getRateEffects()).thenReturn(rateEffects);
        expectedAlterParameter = ImmutableMap.of(effect1, ALTER_PARAMETER_1, effect2, ALTER_PARAMETER_2);
    }

    public void canBuildRateOnly() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        Model result = builder.newModel().withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_1).build();
        assertThat(result.getRateEffects().size()).isEqualTo(1);
        assertThat(result.getRateEffectsParameter().getEntry(0)).isEqualTo(RATE_PARAMETER_1);
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void buildNotSettingGlobalRate() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        builder.newModel().withEffect(effect1, ALTER_PARAMETER_1).build();
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void throwsWhenNewModelAndCopy() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        builder.newModel()
                .withEffect(effect1, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect1))
                .withEffect(effect2, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect2))
                .withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_1)
                .from(existingModel)
                .withNewParameter(newParameter)
                .build();
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void throwsWhenNoParameterGivenForCopy() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        builder.newModel()
                .from(existingModel)
                .build();
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void throwsWhenNoModelGivenForCopy() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        builder.newModel()
                .withNewParameter(newParameter)
                .build();
    }

    public void copiesCorrectly() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        Model newModel = builder.newModel()
                .from(existingModel)
                .withNewParameter(newParameter)
                .build();

        assertThat(newModel.getRateEffects()).isEqualTo(rateEffects);
        assertThat(newModel.getAlterSelectionEffects()).isEqualTo(alterSelectionEffects);
        assertThat(newModel.getAllEffectsParameter()).isSameAs(newParameter);
    }

    public void buildsRateCorrectly() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        Model model = builder.newModel()
                .withEffect(effect1, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect1))
                .withEffect(effect2, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect2))
                .withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_1)
                .build();

        assertThat(model.globalRate()).isEqualTo(3D);
    }

    public void buildsParameterCorrectly() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        Model model = builder.newModel()
                .withEffect(effect1, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect1))
                .withEffect(effect2, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect2))
                .withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_1)
                .build();

        assertThat(model.getRateEffectsParameter().getDimension()).isEqualTo(1);
        assertThat(model.getAlterSelectionEffectsParameter().getDimension()).isEqualTo(2);
        assertThat(model.getAllEffectsParameter().getDimension()).isEqualTo(3);

        assertThat(model.getRateEffectsParameter().getEntry(0)).isEqualTo(RATE_PARAMETER_1);
        for(int i=0; i<2; i++) {
            AlterSelectionEffect effect = model.getAlterSelectionEffects().get(i);
            assertThat(model.getAlterSelectionEffectsParameter().getEntry(i)).isEqualTo(expectedAlterParameter.get(effect));
        }
    }

    public void canClobberRate() throws Exception {
        CommonsModelBuilder builder = new CommonsModelBuilder();
        Model model = builder.newModel()
                .withEffect(effect1, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect1))
                .withEffect(effect2, expectedEffectParameters.get(effect2))
                .withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_1)
                .withGlobalRate(RATE_PARAMETER_2)
                .build();

        assertThat(model.globalRate()).isEqualTo(RATE_PARAMETER_2);
    }
}

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Holland to rethink funding of rights group that slammed IDF in Gaza
By Barak Ravid
Following protests by Israel, the Netherlands will reevaluate its funding of a human rights organization that alleged that Israeli troops used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza.
Acting on instructions from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambassador to Holland, Harry Knei-Tal, met last week with the director-general of the Dutch Foreign Ministry and complained about the Dutch embassy's funding of Breaking the Silence.
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The Israeli ambassador suggested that Holland's funding of the organization should be terminated. "The Dutch taxpayer's money could be better used to promote peace and human rights," a source quoted Knei-Tal as saying.
According to sources familiar with the situation, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen - considered one of Israel's staunchest supporters in the European Union - did not know that the embassy in Tel Aviv was funding Breaking the Silence. He learned about it after the organization's funding sources were published in an article in The Jerusalem Post.
Sources say Verhagen reproached senior figures in the Dutch Foreign Ministry upon learning this and gave instructions to launch an internal investigation on the matter. It showed that the embassy in Israel gave Breaking the Silence 19,995 euros to help put together its 2009 report, which discusses Operation Cast Lead and was released earlier this month. Had this figure been five euros higher, it would have required approval from The Hague.
The director-general of the Dutch Foreign Ministry told the Israeli ambassador that in light of the probe, funding for Breaking the Silence would be reevaluated because of the political sensitivities of the issues covered by the organization.
Breaking the Silence, which was founded by Israeli army veterans, has collected what it says are damning testimonies from soldiers who took part in the January offensive against Hamas in Gaza. The report contains almost 30 anonymous testimonies.
An Israeli diplomat said that in the meeting last week, Knei-Tal said Israel was a democratic country and that such funds should go to places without democracy. Breaking the Silence was a legal and legitimate organization, he said, according to sources, but its funding by the Dutch was unreasonable "in light of the political sensitivities."
According to a senior Israeli official: "A friendly government cannot fund opposition bodies. We are not a third world country."
The director-general of the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Spain had also funded Breaking the Silence. A diplomat in Jerusalem said Breaking the Silence had also been funded by the British government. Israel has not yet approached Spain or Britain on the matter.


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Hanwha Techwin introduces Face Mask Detection application
Related tags: Hanwha Techwin, COVID-19, face detection, Video analytics, video platform, IP camera
Coinciding with the recent launch of the Occupancy Monitoring application designed to help implement social distancing rules, Hanwha Techwin has also introduced a Face Mask Detection application which will further help businesses operate in a COVID-19 affected world.
Wearing a mask is believed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and has already been adopted as a safety measure in many workplaces. However, the availability of the Face Mask Detection application could not come at a better time with the World Health Organisation (WHO) now recommending the use of face masks wherever social distancing is difficult. The UK government is also making it compulsory to wear a face covering when visiting or working within healthcare facilities and when using public transport.
The UK is not alone in introducing regulations to ensure the wearing of face coverings. In Germany, for example, it is necessary to do so when on public transport and while shopping, and in Spain everyone older than six, has to wear masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when it is not easy for people to keep more than two metres apart.
The Face Mask Detection application developed by Hanwha Techwin's technology partner, a2 Technology, runs on open-platform Wisenet X Series cameras and uses innovative video analytics to detect if a person entering an area is not wearing a mask. This will trigger the playing of a customisable audio message such as 'please wear a face mask'.
The audio message is generated via an audio support feature built into Wisenet X cameras, negating the need for a PC or a separate audio storage device to be installed nearby. A short cable is all that is required to connect a speaker to the camera.
An Alarm Out feature can also be used to turn on a device such as a warning beacon.
The application, which simultaneously detects and analyses up to 4 people and can detect people at a distance up to 5 metres from a camera, is not affected by glasses, hats or scarfs, is also able to detect if a mask is not being correctly worn.
A digital zoom-in function, which is designed to be used with fixed lens cameras, assists installers to configure the application so that it focuses on a specific region of a camera's field of view if it is considered to be too wide.
Edge-based solution
The Face Mask Detection application can be ordered pre-loaded on selected Wisenet X models as an out-of-the-box solution. These are:
XNB-6000/MSK Network box camera
XNO-6080/MSK Network IR bullet camera
XND-6010/MSK Network dome camera
XNV-6011/MSK Vandal-resistant network dome camera
As is the case with all Wisenet X Series cameras, these models are equipped with SD/SDHC/SDXC memory slots, enabling images associated with incidents of people not wearing masks or not wearing them correctly, to be stored locally. There is also the option for the images to be stored on a FTP server.
A web-based interface enables users to receive alerts via a desktop PC. The application has also been integrated with the Wisenet WAVE 4.0 Video Management Software (VMS) platform which, with its 'Layout-as-an-Action' feature, enables a predefined screen layout to be automatically opened when an event occurs. This makes it even easier for operators to verify there has been an infringement of mask wearing rules.
"The Face Mask Detection application is an excellent example of how video surveillance technology is able to help people safely go about their every-day business," said Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe.
"With lives sadly at stake, we fully understand our responsibilities in terms of offering solutions which are fit for purpose, such as the Face Mask Detection and Occupancy Monitoring applications. Over the coming weeks we will therefore continue to work in-house and with hand-picked technology partners to develop additional practical solutions which will robustly assist offices, factories, hospitals, art galleries and museums, places of worship, transport facilities and many other types of businesses and organisations, to safely open their doors to the public."
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Tostitos Innovates With "Party Safe" Bags for Super Bowl
By Ximena Cassab @xcassab 02/03/2017
What: Tostitos launched a limited edition packaging campaign to save super-bowl fans from driving drunk.
Why it matters: Super Bowl day represents that day of the year when Americans most drink and eat while watching a sports event. Tostitos managed to innovate with a campaign that includes responsible drinking and driving as well as design and technology.
Super Bowl Sunday is this Weekend and Tostitos decided to take advantage of the traditional match to present its new packaging bag "Party Safe". Its technology allows fans to know if they are sober enough to drive home after the game ends, or not.
How it works? The only thing you need to do is blow inside the bag. If Tostitos' logo gets green, you are good to go. But if it turns red, you'll read the sign "Don't drink and drive", and will get a 10-dollar Uber-discount-code to get home safely.
The package was created by the agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, with the goal of taking 25,000 cars off the road on game day and to make it safer for everyone to cross any city.
"Our goal is to remove 25,000 cars from the roads that Sunday evening," Frito-Lay chief marketing officer Jennifer Saenz said in a statement. "Whether watching the big game at a friend's house or at a local bar, a safe ride home is just a few, east taps away. By simply entering a participating Tostitos UPC code in the Uber app, fans nationwide can receive $10 off an Uber ride."
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Seema Sharma
"Whether we give with our heads or our hearts, I believe that, one drop at a time, we can all make a difference."
Child Action
Trustee 2010 - present
Seema volunteered on the dumping grounds in Mumbai for the making of "Slumdog Secret Millionaire", and established Child Action (formerly The Sharma Foundation) with her husband Sanjay Sharma and co-trustee Suzi Freeman in 2010. Their aim was to support underprivileged slum and street children in India by partnering with local grassroots charities - Doorstep School, Toybank and Apnalaya.
1.2 billion people live in India – that's 20x the UK's population
More than half live on less than £1/day – that's 10x the UK's population
Seema was flooded with enquiries from students, teachers and schools across the UK, as well as from Australia and Barbados when the Channel 4 programme aired. The idea of seeking to instil a sense of philanthropy and social responsibility in young people was born after Seema's visit to her old school Roedean, in 2011; she was invited to run a workshop about a day in the life of a slum child, and asked to produce a more edgy and current resource about India than the ones that were available at the time.
Seema's team worked with teachers and the British Asian Trust (one of the Prince's Trust Charities) to create an online resource to develop global awareness and social entrepreurship skills in children across the UK through Enterprise 4 Change. This set of interactive learning resources brings alive the grit, determination and support required to find a way out of informal settlements (slums) using stories, immersive classroom activites and drama.
The entrepreneurship of street children sparks entrepreneurship in children across UK schools, many of whom have gone on to channel their own resourcefulness to fundraise for their underprivileged Indian peers, demonstrating visible leadership skills from a young age. These skills will hold them in good stead in their own lives.
The programme has been replicated in other schools and has proved to be highly successful in engaging children in projects to raise awareness and funds for their peers, and in helping them to develop leadership qualities and skills.
Child Action's awareness raising efforts are directed at children helping children, so if you are a parent or a school looking to foster and facilate leadership, critical thinking, independent enquiry and social entrepreneurship skills in your own children, please do get in touch!
© 2014 Seema Sharma


NEW YORK, February 26, 2014—With the goal of turning the continent's "brain drain" into "brain circulation," the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program will bring 100 African-born scholars currently based in the United States and Canada together with host universities in Africa to collaborate on teaching, curriculum, research, and graduate training and mentoring over the next two years.
The fellowship program, managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in partnership with Quinnipiac University and supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is now accepting applications from African Diaspora academics to join a roster of available candidates for fellowships at African universities. The Fellows will engage in capacity building educational projects proposed and hosted by faculty at higher education institutions in six Carnegie partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Public and private higher education institutions in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda, accredited by the national agency in their respective countries, are now invited to submit an online project request to host a scholar. For the first round of fellowships, interested scholars and potential host universities should apply online by March 17, 2014. The first round of scholars will be selected in May 2014, for project visits of 14 to 90 days to begin as early as June 2014.
The new program will help meet the needs identified by host universities by bringing short-term faculty exchange fellows to Africa to co-develop curriculum, collaborate on research, and train, teach and mentor graduate students. IIE manages and administers the program, including the application process, project requests, and fellowships. Quinnipiac University, through Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of History, provides strategic direction and chairs an expert Advisory Council, comprised of prominent African scholars and university administrators, to guide the program.
"The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows Program exemplifies Carnegie Corporation's enduring commitment to higher education in Africa. It brings together Dr. Zeleza's expertise and vision with IIE's long history of managing global scholarships and our ongoing work to develop talent and help build capacity to address the challenges and harness the opportunities emerging on the African continent," said IIE's President and CEO, Allan E. Goodman.
The new Fellowships were inspired by Dr. Zeleza's report, "Engagements between African Diaspora Academics in the U.S. and Canada and African Institutions of Higher Education: Perspectives from North America and Africa." Developed in consultation with African institutions, particularly the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the program's goal is to facilitate equitable, effective and mutually beneficial international higher education engagements between scholars in Africa and African Diaspora academics in Canada and the United States. Multifaceted, innovative projects are encouraged, attuned to the transformations taking place in contemporary systems of higher education within the landscape of internationalization.
The prospective African host institutions must submit the project request, but prospective Fellows can collaborate with a host university to design a mutually beneficial project. An institution may, but is not required to, name a proposed scholar in a project request. If a scholar is not named, IIE will match institutional needs identified in the project request with a qualified diaspora scholar. Both the proposed scholar and the project request will be evaluated by a review committee and are subject to approval by the program Advisory Council.
Scholars with any academic rank who hold a terminal degree in their field may apply online to be considered for the roster. The Institute of International Education (IIE) will maintain and search the roster for possible matches that fit the discipline specializations, expertise, activities, and objectives described in a project request.
Projects can be conducted in the African host country for periods of time ranging from two weeks to one semester. The African Diaspora Fellow will receive a daily stipend plus health insurance coverage and money for transportation and visa expenses. Host institutions are encouraged to contribute to the Fellow's meals, lodging and in-country transportation during the project.


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President Obama salutes champion Cavaliers in South Lawn ceremony
ByDave McMenamin
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama started Thursday by welcoming the future, meeting with president-elect Donald Trump at the White House for the first time.
Obama finished the day by celebrating the past, recognizing the Cavaliers for their 2016 NBA championship over the Warriors.
"Give it up for the world champion Cleveland Cavaliers!" Obama bellowed to a crowd of more than 100 people, including Ohio Gov. John Kasich, on the White House's South Lawn. "That's right, I said 'world champion' and 'Cleveland' in the same sentence. That's what we're talking about when we talk about hope and change."
It was the first of many jokes the exiting president cracked in what was his eighth and final ceremony with the reigning NBA champion, becoming the first commander-in-chief to do so in every year of his presidency since Ronald Reagan.
The levity was welcome for a Cavs group reeling as the election unfolded earlier in the week, namely LeBron James, who was one of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's most vocal supporters.
Before marveling at James' skills, Obama roasted the four-time MVP for his cryptic tweets during the 2015-16 season that set off a firestorm of speculation in the media. Obama also playfully jabbed at Richard Jefferson and Dahntay Jones for their old age,Iman Shumpert for his old flat-top hairdo, Kevin Love for his surprising defense on Warriors star Stephen Curry in Game 7 of the Finals, and, of course, Obama said he "want[ed] to give a special thanks to J.R. Smith's shirt for showing up."
Love presented the president with a black-sleeved alternative Cavs jersey with "Obama" and the No. 16 stitched on its back. Obama had a quip ready yet again, alluding to how James ripped the sleeves open on his black jersey the first time Cleveland wore those uniforms.
"These sleeves get tight," Obama said. "Can I tear these out? Can I rip them?"
Before all of the fun outside, the Cavs were given a private tour of the White House and spent time with Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
"The day's been amazing," Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. "I mean, it ranks right up with winning a championship for me. Get a chance to come to the White House, meet the President of the United States, meet the First Lady. Having our team here, whole organization. I mean, this is a great moment and I'm very honored, very humbled by the whole day."
The Cavs also met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett in the Roosevelt Room to brainstorm ways in which law enforcement can strengthen its relationship within local communities.
"I know in the community policing discussion, it was something where the White House side was really impressed with what our guys had to contribute," Cavs general manager David Griffin said. "We've got (a) really thoughtful, socially aware group of guys that really have deep-seeded feelings about all of this, so it's fun to be able to be here with them. You learn something from our group every day, which is special."
Griffin said constructive dialogue was consistent with the personality of his team. After some NBA teams were following San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's lead and organizing demonstrations during the national anthem to protest how minorities are being treated in the United States, the Cavs sought to figure out ways in which they could enact social change rather than just bring attention to injustice.
Griffin expects a similar response in dealing with some people's disappointment in Clinton's defeat.
"I mean, the reason we're here today is that we proved we deal with adversity really well," the GM said, referring to the Cavs' comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals to beat a Warriors team that won a record 73 games in the regular season. "And I think our nation does the same thing really well. ... You have a right to place your vote and to cast your vote and state your opinions. And once that happens, we have to come together and we have to find a way to fight through that adversity. And I know our players know how to do that. I think it's when our country is at its best as well, so I think everyone will get in line and do that."
While the Cavs ventured all over the White House grounds, at one point greeting a group of military veterans at the outdoor basketball court, they did not cross paths with president-elect Trump, according to Griffin. In fact, Trump did not come up in any discussions between the team and Obama, or with Lynch and Jarrett.
"Zero (Trump talk)," one Cavs player told ESPN.com.
On Wednesday, Jefferson joked via Snapchat that the annual tradition of the NBA champion visiting the White House would cease to exist because of the league's distaste for Trump, writing, "Words cannot express the honor I feel being the last team to visit the White House tomorrow."
However, Lue said if the Cavs were to win back-to-back titles -- as Kasich predicted earlier Thursday -- they would gladly return for another ceremony under Trump.
"We have a long season to play, and if we were able to win, I would love to come back," Lue said. "So let's hope we win and we'll see."
Despite the charged atmosphere -- there were snipers on the roof of the White House and packs of protesters along Pennsylvania Avenue all afternoon -- the day had a cool, comfortable feel for the Cavs, which was reflective of the Obama administration as a whole. Players posed for photos on their cell phones as they stood on the dais, while Obama and Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged them and even snapped selfies with the first lady.
Obama dubbed James "one of the great players of all time," but the president also represented perhaps the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan, and his beloved Chicago Bulls.
"By knocking off the Warriors, the [Cavs] cemented the 1996 Bulls as the greatest team of all time," Obama said. "So your president thanks you for that."
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Sigle
 Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones – Commissione del mercato delle telecomunicazioni, autorità spagnola per la liberalizzazione del settore delle telecomunicazioni
 Country Music Television – canale televisivo statunitense dedicato alla musica country
 Culturally Modified Trees – alberi culturalmente modificati
 California Mastitis Test – Test per mastite California

Codici
 CMT – codice aeroportuale IATA dell'aeroporto civile di Cametá (Brasile)

Medicina
 CMT – malattia di Charcot-Marie-Tooth

Religione
 C.M.T. – Suore Carmelitane Missionarie Teresiane


Top Engineering Colleges 2016,list by MHRD: MHRD has issued rankings for the Top Institutes & Universities in India.
Purpose of the ranking is to evaluate higher educational institutions in Engineering, Management, Universities and Pharmacy categories.
IIT Madras ranked first while IIT Bombay & IIT Kharagpur ranked Second & third respectively.
No state government-run institute figured in the list of top 100.
Private Institutes have been ranked higher than some IIT's & NIT's, like VIT Vellore has been ranked 13th, above few new IITs, NITs and even BITS.
Highest number of institutes are from Tamil Nadu i.e 20 engineering colleges from Tamil Nadu got a place in the Top 100.
Institutes focusing on Research & Development have been ranked higher.
Do Share your Opinion about the MHRD's Top Engineering Colleges 2016 Rankings in the form of comments.
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Hi suresh, the table shows only first 15 entries by default, you need to click "Next" at the bottom of the table to view subsequent entries or Select a higher number of entries from the "Show" menu on the top of the table.


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import {
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import { commands as plugins, type Shape as Plugins } from './commands/plugins'
import {
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import {
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import { commands as state, type Shape as State } from './commands/state'
import { commands as suites, type Shape as Suites } from './commands/suites'
import { commands as system, type Shape as System } from './commands/system'
import { commands as tests, type Shape as Tests } from './commands/tests'
import { commands as windows, type Shape as Windows } from './commands/windows'

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  projects: typeof projects
  recorder: typeof recorder
  state: typeof state
  suites: typeof suites
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  tests: typeof tests
  windows: typeof windows
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  projects: Projects
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  suites: Suites
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Barely two weeks ago we were shocked with the tragedy involving foreign workers while on their routine to demolish the old Jaya Supermarket building. Last week we were again shocked (or, should we be shocked anymore?) by the collapse of roof of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium.
"Flaking" new Federal Administration building in Jln Sulaman, K.Kinabalu.
Cracked and unsafe JPJ HQ building at Jln Bundusan?
Photo from Berita Harian showing the collapsed roof. Did we have a slightest tremor that could have shaked the "tough-build" stadium recently?
Photo from TheStar showing the section of Bukit Antarabangsa which failed and slid.
Photo by keretadotcom magazine shows motorist being deprived of better traffic flow due to mistake not of their doing.
Speaking of flake, if you frequent the big shopping mall,1Borneo Hypermart, you'll notice that the tiles are also flaking like the scales of a dead crocodile. They have to cover these sections with non-slip garment or even masking tapes to hide the scaled floor.
What I'm saying is that, these big structures were build at staggering cost and we choose to go slow and easy in solving them from the root cause. We tend to fire-fight everytime there are problems but we selectively ignore the real problems underlaying. The Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was built for RM292mil, MRR2 at RM120mil (could someone tell me how much did it cost us to build teh new Putrajaya Building at Jalan Sulaman, KK?).
If the people seem not to be surprised anymore, it would not be because we are facing man made problems but rather at the pace the entrusted Leaders are handling things. I'm not surprised at why the roof of the stadium collapsed but I'd be really surprised if there is no party/ies held responsible for it after the thorough investigation.
For your own good, don't include "Act of God" as one of the reason in your report because God is not party to your man-made destruction. It is "Your Acts and My Acts" that ruin things!
hi sunsuron, thanks for visiting.
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ElectroPlankton was created by Japanese media artists and musician Toshio Iwai. The game was later developed and released by Nintendo for the NDS. The "game" places players in a water-based world. Within that world there exist ten types of "electric plankton" creatures. These creatures react to your touch and voice. Based on your touches and voice inputs, the game outputs different video and audio patterns, modifying your voice with a variety of effects.


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HomeCHICAGOEntertainment"Not One Batu" Review – Revealing and Impactful
"Not One Batu" Review – Revealing and Impactful
June 29, 2018 Barbara Keer Entertainment 0
"Not One Batu" Marie Tredway as Honey Girl, Tony Rossi as Toully, and Lelea'e _Buffy_ Kahalepuna-Wong as Ma
I have passed the mansion at Berger Park countless times and been curious about it. I was also curious about the performances of Nothing Without a Company. Both of these came together on a recent evening. My companion and I were delighted to discover a little hidden treasure when we went to see the Chicago premiere of the award winning Not One Batu*, written by Co-Artistic Director Hannah Ii-Epstein, directed by Rachel Slavick, in association with cultural specialist Lanialoha Lee and Aloha Center Chicago. Not One Batu is the first full-length Hawaiian Pidgin-English play produced in Chicago, centered around the meth epidemic in Hawai'i and its impact on families for generations.
Tickets are available outside, Photo: Rachel Greene
As we stepped inside the Berger Park Coach House, we received lei and were greeted warmly almost as though we were family. The group was treated to some singing, a story of what Hawaii was like before it was taken over by the U.S. Lelea'e "Buffy" Kahalepuna-Wong flown in from Hawai'i to reprise her role as Ma, did a Hula dance and her beautiful arms and hands told the story of this beautiful island. This was the Hawaii I experienced as a tourist.
Meeting and greeting before the show, Photo: Rachel Greene
After a while our chatty group was ushered outside- this being immersive theatre- we found ourselves seated and looking out at Lake Michigan. We were on the beach. I was glad that I had a wrap. And now, a different Hawai'i was revealed, a Hawai'i that I previously knew nothing about. And, I also learned that "batu" is meth.
Marie Tredway as Honey Girl
Honey Girl is introduced to us as an expert drug dealer, attempting to "stay clean" so she can keep her child. We are at Hale'iwa Beach Park one morning, watching as Honey Girl meets with customers and friends, rival dealers, and her addict mother. The staging is fascinating and very unusual. Fortunately, there is humor that breaks up the very serious and depressing reality of the impact of meth over generations. This play contains strong language, physical violence, and drug use. There is a fight scene that I can only say was impressive.
Leleae Buffy Kahalepuna -Wong as Ma
The cast features Lelea'e "Buffy" Kahalepuna-Wong, Marie Tredway, Scott Hanada, Bobby Wilhelmson, Jae K. Renfrow, Gloria Alvarez, Tony Rossi, Ian Voltaire Deanes and Heather Jencks.
Defending Ma (Leleae Buffy Kahalepuna -Wong), Photo: Rachel Greene
This performance was unique in my experience, revealing and impactful. The cast was strong, the story moving and the staging fascinating. This is an experience I highly recommend.
Berger Park Cultural Center Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago IL. Tickets are available at NothingWithoutaCompany website.
Speaking Anna Rose Ii-Epstein, the Co-Artistic Director of Nothing Without a Company, she said that this was the only time a performance is likely to take place in this location because their performances take place in many locations. She was also quoted, "When I think about Hawaiian Pidgin English being heard by US Mainlanders for the first time, I wonder if it may feel similar to how Shakespeare's plays sound. The words have a rhythmic tone, and even though everyone may not know the meaning of each word, the gist comes across thanks to the intention and the relationships in the play."
Marie Tredway as Honey Girl and Kroydell Galima as Max
Co-Artistic Director Hannah Ii-Epstein has just graduated from Northwestern University and she generously answered some questions for me.
B.K. How did you happen to come to Chicago?
H. I. The reason I was up for moving out of Hawai'i was because I was newly sober from hard drugs like meth and coke, and I wanted to live in a place where I didn't know anyone who did those types of drugs. I didn't want to be tempted as I was in a mental and physical place where I could have relapsed. Chicago was chosen because my girlfriend at the time wanted to attend DePaul University and I was working and surfing everyday so I thought, "why not?" About four years after moving we broke up and I had choices ahead of me, should I move back to Hawai'i or to some other city or state or should I stay in Chicago? I had met Anna Rose and we fell in love so I decided to stay. At the time I met Anna Rose, I had also met the folks at Nothing Without a Company who introduced me to a new type of theatre. Ike Holter knew I wrote fiction and decided to mentor me in playwriting. Coming from a fiction background I was terrified of dialogue so my first two plays, Episodical 1.1 and Episodical 1.2 were both co-written with Ike.
B.K. What was your inspiration/motivation for developing "Nothing Without a Company"?
H.I. When I met Nothing Without a Company (NWaC) they had three shows under their belt. They were not a formed company, they were really good friends who were all involved in theatre and wanted to put on some experimental site-specific shows. The show I met them on was "Tabula/Rasa" which they were doing in Anna Rose's apartment because they had all graduated undergrad and were moving out of the apartment. Some of them were moving on to other cities and others were moving to different neighborhoods in Chicago. I thought, "why are we spending our own money on shows? Why not incorporate?" So Evan Fillon, Laura Mahler, Ike Holter, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein, and myself decided to keep the name and the shark-lady as our mascot and become a non-profit theatre company. We wanted to continue to do theatre in a way no one else was in 2007/2008, no other company seemed to be doing site-specific theatre at least. So we got pro-bono lawyers to help with the paperwork, shared the responsibilities in running a company and producing shows, filmed trailers for our shows, partnered with Gill Park and other Chicago Park District spaces, and did some plays under the radar. As the company grew we lost some of our founders to other cities, Ike's playwriting career blew up, we got insurance, paid our artists more, got some staff, new board members and so forth. It's been quite a journey in 10 years of incorporation.
Scott Hanada as Uncle Makana
B.K. As a Northwestern University alum, I am curious about why you went on to obtain her degree and why NU?
H.I. I'm a late bloomer when it comes to academic institutions. Because of my past with sexual abuse and drug abuse, school was never something I considered. I had attended two different community colleges in Hawai'i and got a few credits from there. When I got to Chicago I was working in video stores and overall retail to keep myself busy but not stressed and to pay the bills. I met Anna Rose and NWaC, all these 20 somethings who just received their BA's and BFA's. It was very impressive to me. Anna Rose was the biggest driving force behind my education. With her help I decided to attend Harold Washington College, in my mid-20's to take care of my core credits. I was just going for my A.A. in business. Anna Rose couldn't stop talking about Columbia College Chicago, where she got her BFA. I checked out their fiction writing program and was hooked! I graduated from CCC in 2015. During my time there I had expressed interest in teaching at the college level someday and many of my professors including Carson Becker, Chris DeGuire, and Patrica McNair, told me that I should check out graduate schools, that they would write me letters of recommendation, that they believed I was a strong enough writer to continue my education. They knew I wasn't about to move out of Chicago because I had my life here, Anna and I were married by that point, NWaC was going strong, we had roots planted in Chicago. Northwestern University's MFA Writing for the Screen + Stage was suggested and I applied right away. This program was right up my alley, I wanted to start writing films and tv but didn't know the structure. I wanted to hone my playwriting skills. They offered both and I was ecstatic. NU was the only school I applied to, it had the only program I wanted to attend, they had professors and guest professors who I looked up to, they had resources I wanted to take advantage of, part of the degree completion was to teach undergrads, to me it was a no brainer. I got in on my first try. I met many teachers who are now my advocates, I got the best cohorts this program has ever seen as they are all great writers and kind people, I was able to not only get by in school but to excel in my personal education. I will forever be a wildcat because this school changed my life, made me into a stronger writer, and a better collaborator.
One last question was to the director, Rachel Slavick
B.K. I am also curious about Rachel Slavick's familiarity with Hawaii and the "meth" problem before working on the play.
R.S. I knew nothing about the Hawaiian Meth problem before beginning to work with Hannah on Not One Batu. Before that, I thought of meth as a primarily rural Midwestern and Southern problem. After sports and arts disappear from curriculums in small town America and the academic curriculum is dumbed down to appease constituencies that are horrified that their children might learn to think about anything other than God and country; hopelessness, boredom, despair, and rage pave the way for epidemic levels of substance abuse and violence.
The Hawaiian Meth problem is America's Meth problem. The fact that smokable meth first arrived in Hawaii from China makes Hawaii the entrance point for the rest of the country. Now the pipeline flows, primarily (though not exclusively), from the mainland.
The Hawaiian Meth problem is nearly 40 years old. It's original target, the Hawaiian people, are still the largest population suffering from this epidemic. Though the Hawaiian people have been able to reclaim much of their identity over time, there is still a sense of dislocation between that population and the primarily white, mainland institutions that seem to always hold the reins of power, be it political or economic. Disenfranchised populations will always be at higher risk for all public health crises.
This play has been extended to July 28th, 2018
Photos: Matthew Gregory Hollis, unless otherwise noted.
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Home ARCHIVED NEWS 2016 Why Were the Presidential Polls Wrong?
The election-night coverage of the 2016 vote began with images of the Clinton campaign team gathering in the Javits Center—under the symbolic glass ceiling. Hillary Clinton supporters were enthusiastic, upbeat, and expectant. The polls gave them every reason to expect that America was electing her as the country's first female president. There's just this one little detail, however: the polls were wrong, and the party never happened.
RealClear Politics identified 16 battleground states and provided data for the latest polls in each of those states. They had combined those polls and posted an overall average for each state. We all understand that these polls include a margin of error that is mathematically linked to the sample size. All else being equal, larger samples have less error; smaller samples have more error. Although RealClear does not provide an overall margin of error for their average of polls, that margin can be easily calculated by taking into account the size of the various samples (and making one or two reasonable assumptions).
Based on these numbers, the RealClear difference between Trump and Clinton was indeed within the margin of error for seven of the 16 battleground states, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, and Virginia. In one state, the polls underestimated Clinton's performance. The RealClear summary hinted at a small Trump lead in Nevada, a state that Clinton would win. The other eight errors, however, were all cases in which Trump's performance was underestimated, including Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Some of these states had been correctly predicted to go to Trump (like Missouri and Ohio), but the differences were larger than anticipated. Some of these states eventually went to Clinton (like Minnesota), but the margins were much smaller than expected. Ultimately, however, the unexpected differences in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan (which, for the record, still has not been called) moved the celebration from the Javits Center to Trump Tower.
Republican political consultant Mike Murphy suggested, "Tonight, data died." He pointed to a very real failure of election forecasting, but his quote suggests a problem with statistics. In fact, however, the problem was in the failure to obtain representative random samples.
The error in 1948 was because many voters did not have telephones. A random sample restricted to homes with telephones might totally misrepresent the political tendencies of homes without telephones. The homes without phones generally had fewer economic resources and different voting priorities. The failure to use random representative polls of all potential voters resulted in the faulty prediction.
Although some will suggest that the polls were intentionally rigged, the fact that the error in Nevada was in the opposite direction suggests otherwise. Pollsters were trying to get an accurate read. In fact, the polling has been extremely accurate in recent elections. Based on the polling data in 2004, for example, I successfully predicted the winner in every single state.
What has changed? In 2016 we use our telephones differently than we did historically. In the past, when my phone rang, I answered it. I answered when my hands were wet, as I washed the dishes, or were dirty with grease, as I attempted to change my oil. After years of robo-calls, however, I no longer answer my phone until and unless I decide whether or not I want to talk to the caller. I check the caller ID, and I practice personal control over how I use my phone.
As a consequence, it is progressively more difficult for pollsters to complete a representative random sample of voter behavior. Our polls are more likely to predict how people who do not use caller ID will behave. It is possible that people who seek more control over their telephones might tend to be the same sort of people who seek more control over their government and other areas of their private lives.
The 2016 poll numbers might have been rigged, but not through any intentional work by the media. Rather, they were unintentionally rigged by the realistic hurdles faced by behavioral scientists, as they seek to explain and understand human behavior.


Approximate Address. Parking lot entrance across from memorial park.
Field 1 - Field directly next to parking lot with lights.
Field 2 - Field directly next to Field 1. Field runs along the Turnpike fence. Has lights.
Field 3 - Field adjacent to Field 2 and runs along the Turnpike. When looking from the parking lot, the field is to the far right corner of the back field area.
Adjacent to Community Park Multi Purpose Building and Playground. For the Shootout, referred to as Field #4.


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Technology v. The Law: Bridging The Gap Between Innovation And Regulation
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by Naro Omo-osagie
The difficulty of legislating on technology is one of the unique side-effects of living in the 21st century. Considering the potential risks in leaving technology unregulated, there is a need for the law to fill in the growing gaps. Essentially, the only way to effectively regulate technology is not by crafting blanket policies which cannot subsume unprecedented inventions, but by constantly interacting with technology and identifying in real time, the legal implications of new inventions.
Some gaps between law and technology have been identified and the need to effectively regulate technology. Technology builds the future out of our world. Because of the rapidity of technological advancement, legislating on technology has always been behind. Every legal system in the world has at one point or the other struggled with finding the right answer to a question which its laws preceding the age of the internet could not anticipate.
Falling behind most of the modern world in law reform, Nigeria finds itself with the need to play catch up with global policies on technology, particularly smart technology. This is not just because national development in any case is hinged on the growth of a country's legal system but also because of the subsuming nature of the internet ecosystem which allows technology produced anywhere to often be accessible everywhere around the world.
The legal implications of importing smart technology into a regulatory vacuum are incalculable. Every day infringements and violations of privacy on social media go unanswered. Software theft is costing programmers a fortune and applications that obtain access to specific functions in our mobile phones have become more popular (for example 'True Caller' which automatically uploads the names and numbers in the phone books of its users, third parties from whom consent is not obtained). Before long, we'll have to face more terrifying implications of the international commercialization of Artificial Intelligence Robots and other things like 3D gun printing.
Our current legislations are less suitable than most to tackle the inherent problems with smart technology. With ground breaking innovations such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cars, smart homes and even smart cities – foreign jurisdictions have put a lot of effort into reforming laws to reflect the advancements in technology. Driverless cars have been approved for road operation in four states of the US and the District of Columbia. One of the largest transportation companies in the world, Uber has recently announced plans to partner with Mercedes and include driverless cars in their fleet. As these technological innovations occur, we are left with no option to determine questions of law arising from the extent of liability that will be attached various parties involved.
One might suggest prohibitive legislation but that would, in essence, mean doing nothing. We'd be cut out of the future if we choose not to align ourselves with technology. The World Wide Web constantly blurs the lines between cultures and continents, the world is slowly transferring its base of operations to the internet and whether or not we choose to regulate, smart technology is already part of the human experience and every day these new technologies flood the Nigerian market. For instance, the deployment of drones, for a variety of purposes ranging from videography, agriculture, delivery of goods to security and even as a recreational activity is fast becoming popular.
Ethical issues arising from Virtual Reality have also recently become trending topics in the global discourse on law and technology. There are concerns regarding the limitations of human fantasies in simulations using VR headsets such as The Oculus Rift, Jaunt, HTC Vive, One Plus, Sony PlayStation VR etc. most of which are near release or currently available in the Nigerian tech market.
The Guidelines on Data Protection 2013 (one of the policies developed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)) contains extensive provisions on the collection and use of personal data. However, without legislation that adequately covers the identification and registration of drones, there is no way of holding their owners financially and ethically responsible in case of injuries, violation of privacy or property damage. Such legal dilemmas will multiply with ever increasing frequency as smart technologies fan out into an ever expanding range of objects.
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As technology shapes the future, we are called as a country, to determine how to apply our laws to even the most remote of situations. The need for a viable solution to bridge the growing gap between innovation and regulation cannot be ignored.
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THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: DIANE RODRIGUEZ ON LATINO THEATER, JULIO MONTERO ON "GAITAN," MELINA PALACIO ON "HOW A FIRE IS A STORY, WAITING," AND ELSA FLORES ON CARLOS ALMARAZ AT LACMA.
This week Latinopia we showcase the spectrum of Latino artistic expression: theater, music, literature and art. We begin with teatro, and Diane Rodriguez who is an actress, stage director and theater administrator who is Associate Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Center Theater Group. She has been involved in Chicano and Latino theater for many years. here she compares the current vibrant national Latino scene with the Latino theater movement of the 1970s.
Next, we visit with musician Julio Montero and his Latin American inspired political song. Julio was born in Ecuador and raised in New York city. His music is very much influenced by the Latin American social protest songs of the 1970s. Here he performs his original composition, "Gaitán," an homage to a beloved Colombian social reformer and Presidential candidate who was gunned down in downtown Bogotá in 1948.
Turning to literature, we visit with Melinda Palacio, an author who has been published in numerous journals and magazines. Her novel Ocotillo Dreams won the Mariposa Award for Best First Book in 2012. Here she reads from her latest poetry collection, How A Fire is a Story, Waiting.
And in art, we visit the spectacular art exhibit, Playing With Fire: Painting by Carlos Almaraz. This is the first major exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art of the work of Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989). In this video, Artist Elsa Almaraz, Carlos' widow, talks about Carlos' art and their work together.
ENJOY YOUR WEEK ON LATINOPIA. Y QUE VIVA LA CULTURA LATINA!


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André Bellon, né le  à Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), est un homme politique, écrivain et philosophe français.

Biographie
André Bellon est élève aux lycées Perier et au lycée Thiers à Marseille. Il y prépare le concours de l'École polytechnique, et y est reçu. Polytechnicien (X 1963), puis ingénieur civil des Ponts et Chaussées, il obtient un DES d'économie et devient administrateur de l'Insee. Il est élu député des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence aux élections législatives de 1981, 1986 et 1988<ref>Liste alphabétique des députés de la  législature (1981-1988), en ligne Liste alphabétique des députés (groupe politique, département), 1988-1993. Consultée le 9 février 2007</ref>, sous l'étiquette du Parti socialiste. En 1992, il est élu Président de la Commission des Affaires étrangères de l'Assemblée nationale.

Il rompt avec le PS et se présente en 1993 sous l'étiquette Gauche républicaine, mais est battu malgré un résultat électoral supérieur à celui du Parti socialiste.

Retiré de la politique, critique sur les dérives du PS et de la vie politique française, il est un collaborateur régulier du Monde diplomatique.

Courant 2006, il devient l'un des fondateurs du groupe de réflexion « République ! ».

En 2007, il fonde l'association pour une Constituante dont il est président. Celle-ci appelle le peuple français à modifier les institutions et à se réapproprier la vie politique autour d'une assemblée constituante et de l'élaboration de cahiers de doléances.

Il est membre de la Société des amis d'Alexandre Dumas.

 Citations

 Œuvres
 avec Anne-Cécile Robert : Un Totalitarisme tranquille : La démocratie confisquée . Syllepse, 2001.
 Pourquoi je ne suis pas altermondialiste : Éloge de l'antimondialisation, éditions Mille et une nuits, 2004
 avec Anne-Cécile Robert et Claude Nicolet : Le Peuple inattendu. Syllepse, 2003.
 avec Henri Peña-Ruiz, Jérémy Mercier et Inès Fauconnier : Mémento du républicain. Mille et une nuits, 2006
 Une nouvelle vassalité. Contribution à l'histoire politique des années 1980. Mille et une nuits, 2007
 Ceci n'est pas une dictature, Mille et une nuits, 2011
 Pour la souveraineté du peuple, nous sommes tous des constituants'' avec Jean-Pierre Crépin et Mehdi Belhaj Kacem

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Député membre du Parti socialiste (France)
Député des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Cinquième République)
Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Naissance à Marseille
Naissance en août 1943
Élève de l'École polytechnique
Administrateur de l'Insee
Antimondialisme


was my first attempt at a few things – drawing something relatively friendly, drawing a large image for printing, using Manga Studio 5 and using my graphics tablet properly.
My son needed a bright, colourful thing in his room and I wanted him to have something personal from me. I wasn't sure what kind of image he'd like. Usually I draw terrifying things so something cutesy was out of the question. Moderately threatening monsters were the answer.
I wanted to do something with clean and controlled lines so I used the ruler tool of Manga Studio 5 extensively – probably too extensively in retrospect. It lets you draw straight and curved lines that you can follow like you would a ruler – however because I wasn't varying the line width it was probably a waste of time. I sketched out most of the picture and put down ruler lines over the sketches, then drew in the monsters and background elements using the pen tools. By the end of the project I had gotten a lot better at controlling the tablet freehand.
In the end I learned a lot working on this and the finished product is hanging in my son's room, where he still points and sometimes yells at it when he sees it.


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Dorit Orgad (; geboren 5. Oktober 1936 in Breslau, Deutsches Reich) ist eine israelische Schriftstellerin.

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Dorit Orgad wurde 1936, zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, in Breslau geboren, kam 1939 vor Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs als kleines Kind ins Völkerbundsmandatsgebiet Palästina und wuchs in Netanja auf. Sie studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Soziologie an der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem und erlangte an der Bar-Ilan-Universität einen Abschluss als Ph.D. in Jüdischer Philosophie. Sie arbeitete zunächst als Lehrerin, dann als Journalistin und Schriftstellerin und lehrte an verschiedenen Schulen und Institutionen, darunter dem Levinsky College of Education; seit 1969 lehrte sie Philosophie an der Bar-Ilan-Universität.

Orgad befasst sich in ihren Jugendbüchern vor allem mit historischen Themen sowie mit zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen zwischen Juden und Nichtjuden; außerdem schreibt sie noch Tiergeschichten. Orgad hat drei Bücher für Erwachsene und 70 Kinder- und Jugendbücher publiziert. In elf Sprachen erschienen Bücher von ihr. Mehrere ihrer Bücher wurden für das Fernsehen oder das Theater adaptiert.

Einzelne Werke
Hauptperson des Buches Der Junge aus Sevilla ist Manuel Nunez, der als Marrane im 17. Jahrhundert in der spanischen Stadt Sevilla lebt. Im Alter von 13 Jahren erfährt er das Familiengeheimnis, dass die Familie jüdisch ist und die anderen Familienmitglieder als Kryptojuden verbotenerweise im Geheimen die jüdischen Riten praktizieren. Wenn ihr Geheimnis verraten würde, würde die Familie von der Spanischen Inquisition streng verfolgt. So lebt die offiziell christliche Familie ein Doppelleben in ständiger Angst vor Denunziation. Als sich Manuel in Violante verliebt, deren Schwester als Hexe verdächtigt wird, kommt die Familie ins Blickfeld der Inquisition. Schließlich gelingt es der Familie, per Schiff nach Amsterdam zu fliehen.

Im Buch An einen neuen Ort muss der Junge Joav mit seiner Familie von einer Stadt bei Tel Aviv in eine kleine, neu gegründete Stadt in der Wüste Negev umziehen. Joav, der seine gewohnte Umgebung, seine Schule und seinen Freund verlassen muss, zieht sich nun von allen zurück und nimmt nicht am neuen Leben teil. Er läuft von zu Hause weg und lernt das Leben der Beduinen kennen. Schließlich lernt er, die Gegebenheiten zu akzeptieren.

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)
 1981: Lamdan Prize
 1982: Ashman Prize für Kinderkurzgeschichten
 1984: Adrian Tomas Prize der Universität Haifa für Kinderliteratur für das Buch An einen neuen Ort
 1987: Ze'ev Prize
 1987: Bernstein Prize des Education Department der Universität Haifa
 2000: Hadassah & Haifa Foundation Prize
 2001: Yad Vashem Award
 2006: italienischer Premio Verghereto für das beste Kinderbuch des Jahres für die englische Ausgabe von Der Junge aus Sevilla
 2007: Ministry of Culture Prize
 2012: Public Libraries Award
 2017: Devorah Omer Prize für Buch Yuri Breaks his Silence

Werke in deutscher Übersetzung
 Der Junge aus Sevilla. Aus dem Hebr. von Iris Elkabets-Rosen, Alibaba Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992. Als Taschenbuch: Dt. Taschenbuch-Verlag, München 1994
 An einen neuen Ort. Aus dem Hebr. von Iris Elkabets-Rosen, Alibaba Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993
 Der andere Sohn. Aus dem Hebr. von Iris Elkabets-Rosen, Alibaba Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994
 Der Spion in der Wüste. Aus dem Hebr. von Mirjam Pressler, Alibaba Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1995

Literatur
 Dorit Orgad, in: Mirjam Morad (Hrsg.): Begegnung mit Kinder- und Jugendliteratur aus Israel. Katalog zur Veranstaltungswoche und Ausstellung. (ZIRKULAR Sondernummer 39, Juni 1994), Dokumentationsstelle für neuere österreichische Literatur im Literaturhaus, Wien 1994, ISBN 3-900467-39-0, S. 74–76

Weblinks
 Dorit Orgad bei ITHL (Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature) (engl.)

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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Literatur (Hebräisch)
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Emigrant aus dem Deutschen Reich zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus
Israeli
Geboren 1936
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Mae Fah Luang: Thailand's Princess Mother and the Border Patrol Police during the Cold War
By Hyun, Sinae
The mother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Princess Mother Sangwan, was the royal patron of the Thai Border Patrol Police (BPP) and an ardent supporter of its Cold War era civic action programmes. This article surveys the special relationship between the Princess Mother and the BPP and their development of royal projects among the highland minorities in northern Thailand to illuminate the implications of this collaboration for the spread of royalist nationalism and the evolving role of the monarchy from the 1960s to the present.
Upon hearing the loud helicopter propeller, the villagers begin to sit down on the hastily paved road, and the teachers from the Border Patrol Police (BPP, tamruat trawen chaidaen) school check the students lined up in the schoolyard for the last time. When the Royal Thai Police helicopter lands, a tiny old lady steps out to greet the BPP commanders, provincial governors, and other local politicians who have been awaiting her arrival. The lady and her entourage then walk quickly towards the school, leaving behind the villagers in their ethnic dress. The Princess Mother begins her royal duties by inspecting the school grounds along the designated route, officially opening school buildings, and distributing the gifts she has brought from the lowlands to the students and villagers. (1) These are the scenes that created the legend of Mae Fah Luang, 'Royal Mother from the Sky'. (2)
The mother of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej, Her Royal Highness Princess Sinakharinthra (Somdet Phra Sinakharinthra Boromratchachonani nee Sangwan Talapat), was a royal patron of the BPP, the paramilitary intelligence unit founded at the beginning of the Cold War. She was an ardent supporter of the BPP's 'civic action' programmes until her passing in 1995. This article examines the historical and political context of the Princess Mother's patronage of the BPP and its programmes targeting highland minorities in northern Thailand in particular. To understand the special relationship between the royal family and the BPP, and the subsequent transformation of the BPP from its origins as a United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed counterinsurgency unit into a symbolic missionary of royalist nationalism, this survey focuses on three questions: First, in what context did the Princess Mother become the BPP's royal patron? Second, what were the shared objectives and consequent impacts of the BPP's civic action programmes and the Princess Mother's royal projects in northern Thailand during the Cold War? Third, what were the implications of the Princess Mother's projects with the BPP for the spread of royalist nationalism in Thailand, up to the present day?
I will argue that her sponsorship and participation in the BPP's programmes in the remote border areas during the Cold War played a pivotal role in generating the image of the late king Bhumibol as a benevolent, professional and modern monarch. The making of the 'development king' was a collective project of the royal family and royalist network who sought to enhance their political legitimacy and authority. The Princess Mother's support for the BPP in the early 1960s and dramatic expansion of her own projects among northern Thailand's highland minorities contributed to spreading the image of a professional monarchy and the idea of a royalist nationalism, thereby enabling the monarchy to enjoy irreproachable influence into the twenty-first century.
Border patrol police, 'My children'
Before the 1960s the royal family had focused mainly on charitable activities. One of the earliest royal charities, the Ananda Mahidol scholarship, was launched in 1955 and awarded scholarships to medical students seeking advanced degrees abroad. In 1959, the programme evolved into the first royally sponsored organisation, the Ananda Mahidol Scholarship Foundation. (3) The royals also made regular donations to other scholarships, as well as rural temples, hospitals and schools. …
Publication: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Publication date: June 2017
Hyun, Sinae
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
Thailand. Royal Thai Police
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