8 July 2013 / SF News
The Beanstalk: Do You Still Believe In October?
(By e.Chang)
The Week That Was:
Won 0, lost 3 against the Reds. One game postponed.
Won 1, lost 2 against the Dodgers.
40-47 for the season, 4th place in the NL West.
The Week That Will Be:
Mon: home against the Mets.
Tue: home against the Mets.
Wed: home against the Mets.
Thu:	San Diego against the Padres.
Fri: San Diego against the Padres.
Sat: San Diego against the Padres.
Sun: San Diego against the Padres.
It's sunny and it's July and it's too early in the day and week to be negative, so let's focus on the pluses: At least the Giants were in last place for only a couple days. At least the Giants didn't get swept for the second time in two weeks by the Dodgers. At least the Giants won a game this week. At least the Padres are the Dyson to the Giants' Hoover in terms of suckage.
When this season ends in late October with the Giants hoisting the World Series trophy over their heads for the 3rd time in four years, we will all look back at July 2 as the day that the season hit its antapex--the day the Giants got no-hit against the Reds, the day the Giants took the Dodgers' place in the NL West's cellar. The story of this season will be about the second half, how the Giants regrouped after hitting the lowest of lows and hitched a ride on a rocketship to 1st place in the NL West, to the World Series, and another parade down Market Street.
Or, when this season mercifully ends in late September, with the Giants languishing in last place, giving our last standing ovation to Timmy in a Giants uniform, we won't remember July 2 at all, because even when you think you've hit rock-bottom, the bottom can still drop out.
Remember kids: it can get worse.
But it's sunny and it's July and it's too early in the day and week to be negative, so let's re-focus on the pluses: the New York Mets are in town and they are one of the five National League teams who wish they were as good as the Giants. After a sweep of the Mets, the Giants will head to San Diego to sweep a four-game series against the Padres, another illustrious member of the aforementioned Group of 5. So if things go according to plan, the Giants will head into next week's All-Star break with a record of 47-47, which, if everything goes just so, will be enough to put them in 1st place in the NL West. What? It can happen!
Et cetera: Citizen, have you voted? You have? Then put on a fake mustache and vote again! As you know, the All-Star Game is approaching and as today, the Giants will be sending three representatives: Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and Marco Scutaro. Although none were voted in by fans, Buster was voted in by fellow players. Respect. Madison and Marco, however, were selected by the NL All-Star team manager: Bruce Bochy. Yep, Boch hand-picked guys from his own team. Don't like it? Win a World Series, bub. And he ain't done, either--Boch is actively trying to sneak Sergio Romo into his suitcase to bring with him to New York. As for voting, fans have one last chance to vote in one player from a pre-selected group of five players, one of which is your very own Hunter Pence. There are also two Dodgers in that group. You know what to do and you know how to do it: activate the voting bots and stuff that ballot box. Do it for the Giants; do it for democracy.
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'Planker' left in a coma
A man was in a coma yesterday after falling off a car reportedly while "planking" as three others were charged for taking part in the Internet craze on the roof of a moving vehicle. Simon Hallam, 20, may never recover from horrific head injuries after falling heavily onto the road from a fast-moving car as he attempt to "plank," according to local reports. The "planking" craze involves someone lying flat on their stomach with their arms against their bodies in unusual and sometimes dangerous situations, with photos of their exploits posted on social media sites. Hallam's father, Terry, told the Brisbane Courier-Mail that what happened to his son was a strong warning to others thinking about joining the craze. "The Internet and Facebook, they're just dreadful things ... they encourage this sort of behavior among the young ones," he said. Separately, Queensland police charged three men in their 20s with public nuisance for "planking" on the roof of a moving car. Toowoomba District Acting Inspector Jim Fenton said he was in disbelief. "We would question their level of intelligence and due regard to self-preservation," he told reporters.
Students consider sex work
One in three university students in Berlin would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study by the Berlin Studies Center said on Wednesday. The figure in Berlin was higher than students surveyed in Paris (29.2 percent) and in Kiev (18.5 percent), the three cities included in the report. The study found about 4 percent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which includes prostitution, erotic dancing and Internet shows. The results surprised the authors, who said they undertook the study because student prostitution had been often reported, but little was known about its relationship to education policy. "It's possible that because educational reforms have increased student workloads, they have less time to earn money. Coupled with higher student fees, in this instance, [that] leads students into prostitution," said Eva Blumenschein, one of the study's authors and a 26-year-old student at Berlin's Humboldt University.
Crocodiles delay voters
A crocodile-infested river forced election officials to delay the opening of a polling station in Limpopo Province on Wednesday, the local elections chief said. Officials running the voting station for the country's local elections had to wait for a special army vehicle to ferry them across the perilous Olifants River, delaying the poll opening by two hours, provincial election officer Nkaro Mateta said. "It is really quite dangerous. If you cross on foot then you will be attacked by crocodiles," she said. Another station "on top of a mountain" also opened two hours late because a helicopter had to be used to take election staff there, she said.
Suicidal patient shoots monk
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Vision-Box discusses its border control solution at Portuguese government conference on migrant crisis
Jun 8, 2016, 9:10 pm EDT | Stephen Mayhew
Categories Biometrics News | Border and Port Security
The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service and its union held a conference last week under the theme "Europe and the refugees – risks and opportunities" to debate the migrant crisis and to understand how prepared the country is to effectively answer challenges.
The conference took place in Lisbon and was attended by the highest-ranking authorities of the Portuguese Government and of National Border Control, and sponsor Vision-Box, a close partner of the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).
SEF has been involved in the most relevant discussions about the current refugee situation in Europe and is in the process of coordinating experts to define new strategies to address the demanding challenges, together with Vision-Box. Portugal was one of the first countries in Europe to introduce automated border control (ABC) technology following the implementation of the electronic passport.
Vision-Box's RAPID system was launched in 2007 and was the first ABC system in the world to recognize travelers using face biometrics. The subsequent nationwide rollout of a state-of-the-art integrated ABC solution, also by Vision-Box, included over 100 ABC eGates at 7 international airports in Portuguese mainland and Azores and Madeira islands, to become the first large-scale automated borders program worldwide.
Vision-Box presented their approach to the current challenges based on its deep understanding of border issues worldwide.
Head of Marketing Pedro Torres represented Vision-Box on the discussion panel: "Portugal, border of the EU: does SEF have the operational conditions to guarantee the safety of national borders?" and said that "SEF has one of the most advanced platforms in the world to fight against growing challenges such as illegal immigration, identity fraud, smuggling, trafficking and others.
"The integrated border control solution based on self-service biometric technology, which is under continuous improvement, has completely revolutionized the way borders are managed today, and there are still important developments to be pursued, especially when it comes to integrated data management and exchange, cross-stakeholder collaboration, anticipation of risk and big data analytics, some of the key areas where Vision-Box has leading edge technology. And we're working on it with SEF and other organizations in Europe to keep our borders safe."
According to a statement by the company, Vision-Box has been working on it together with association such as IATA, Frontex, eu-LISA, ICAO among others to define harmonized guidelines and legal frameworks to create sustainability at borders. Instead of deploying incremental updates on traditional processes which fail on a medium-term basis to actually improve border management, the company suggests the creation of a sustainable entry and exit system, supported by the personal data envelope concept, created for each traveler and migrant entering a EU country, and which virtualizes biographic and biometric data as well as travel details and relevant interactions with authorities and the Orchestra platform.
The Orchestra platform is designed for airports, airlines and governments' managed services, integrating real-time passenger flow management, security and privacy infrastructure and actionable intelligence through effective data analytics capability. The objective is to identify suspects, help apprehend irregular and illegal immigrants, especially over stayers, deter illegal immigration, prevent terrorism and tackle other serious criminal activities.
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Kim is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the former British Empire. It tells the story of a street-wise but (in typical Kipling fashion) highly moral Anglo-Indian boy who becomes enmeshed the "the Great Game" -– the competition between Britain and Russia for control over Asia. Taking time off from his role as the traveling companion of an aged Tibetan lama, the boy is trained as a spy, matches wits with various evildoers, and wins out in the end. So much more than just a spy story, Kim is one of the most enjoyable books that you will ever read -- or have read to you. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book, Just So Stories (1902), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), and many short stories. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. [Elib]
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Paragraphs in "Convention On Nuclear Safety" coded as
Pre.1 Preamble
Pre.2 THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Pre.3 i. Aware of the importance to the international community of ensuring that the use of nuclear energy is safe, well regulated and environmentally sound;
Pre.4 ii. Reaffirming the necessity of continuing to promote a high level of nuclear safety worldwide;
Pre.5 iii. Reaffirming that responsibility for nuclear safety rests with the State having jurisdiction over a nuclear installation;
Pre.6 iv. Desiring to promote an effective nuclear safety culture;
Pre.7 (v) Aware that accidents at nuclear installations have the potential for transboundary impacts;
Pre.8 v. Keeping in mind the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1979), the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1986), and the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1986);
Pre.9 vi. Affirming the importance of international co-operation for the enhancement of nuclear safety through existing bilateral and multilateral mechanisms and the establishment of this incentive Convention;
Pre.10 vii. Recognizing that this Convention entails a commitment to the application of fundamental safety principles for nuclear installations rather than of detailed safety standards and that there are internationally formulated safety guidelines which are updated from time to time and so can provide guidance on contemporary means of achieving a high level of safety;
Pre.11 viii. Affirming the need to begin promptly the development of an international convention on the safety of radioactive waste management as soon as the ongoing process to develop waste management safety fundamentals has resulted in broad international agreement;
Pre.12 ix. Recognizing the usefulness of further technical work in connection with the safety of other parts of the nuclear fuel cycle, and that this work may, in time, facilitate the development of current or future international instruments;
Pre.13 HAVE AGREED as follows:
Sect.1 CHAPTER 1. OBJECTIVES, DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Art.1 ARTICLE 1. OBJECTIVES
Art.1.1x The objectives of this Convention are:
Art.1.1x.i i. to achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety worldwide through the enhancement of national measures and international co-operation including, where appropriate, safety-related technical co-operation;
Art.1.1x.ii ii. to establish and maintain effective defenses in nuclear installations against potential radiological hazards in order to protect individuals, society and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation from such installations;
Art.1.1x.iii iii. to prevent accidents with radiological consequences and to mitigate such consequences should they occur.
Art.2 ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS
Art.2.1x For the purpose of this Convention:
Art.2.1x.i i. "nuclear installation" means for each Contracting Party any land-based civil nuclear power plant under its jurisdiction including such storage, handling and treatment facilities for radioactive materials as are on the same site and are directly related to the operation of the nuclear power plant. Such a plant ceases to be a nuclear installation when all nuclear fuel elements have been removed permanently from the reactor core and have been stored safely in accordance with approved procedures, and a decommissioning programme has been agreed to by the regulatory body.
Art.2.1x.ii ii. "regulatory body" means for each Contracting Party any body or bodies given the legal authority by that Contracting Party to grant licences and to regulate the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations.
Art.2.1x.iii iii. "licence" means any authorization granted by the regulatory body to the applicant to have the responsibility for the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of a nuclear installation.
Art.3 ARTICLE 3. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Art.3.1x This Convention shall apply to the safety of nuclear installations.
Sect.2 CHAPTER 2. OBLIGATIONS
Sect.2.a a. General Provisions
Art.4 ARTICLE 4. IMPLEMENTING MEASURES
Art.4.1x Each Contracting Party shall take, within the framework of its national law, the legislative, regulatory and administrative measures and other steps necessary for implementing its obligations under this Convention.
Art.5 ARTICLE 5. REPORTING
Art.5.1x Each Contracting Party shall submit for review, prior to each meeting referred to in Article 20, a report on the measures it has taken to implement each of the obligations of this Convention
Art.6 ARTICLE 6. EXISTING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS
Art.6.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that the safety of nuclear installations existing at the time the Convention enters into force for that Contracting Party is reviewed as soon as possible. When necessary in the context of this Convention, the Contracting Party shall ensure that all reasonably practicable improvements are made as a matter of urgency to upgrade the safety of the nuclear installation. If such upgrading cannot be achieved, plans should be implemented to shut down the nuclear installation as soon as practically possible. The timing of the shut-down may take into account the whole energy context and possible alternatives as well as the social, environmental and economic impact.
Sect.2.b b. Legislation and regulation
Art.7 ARTICLE 7. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Art.7.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall establish and maintain a legislative and regulatory framework to govern the safety of nuclear installations.
Art.7.2 2. The legislative and regulatory framework shall provide for:
Art.7.2.i i. the establishment of applicable national safety requirements and regulations;
Art.7.2.ii ii. a system of licensing with regard to nuclear installations and the prohibition of the operation of a nuclear installation without a licence:
Art.7.2.iii iii. a system of regulatory inspection and assessment of nuclear installations to ascertain compliance with applicable regulations and the terms of licences;
Art.7.2.iv iv. the enforcement of applicable regulations and of the terms of licences, including suspension, modification or revocation.
Art.8 ARTICLE 8. REGULATORY BODY
Art.8.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall establish or designate a regulatory body entrusted with the implementation of the legislative and regulatory framework referred to in Article 7, and provided with adequate authority, competence and financial and human resources to fulfil its assigned responsibilities.
Art.8.2 2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure an effective separation between the functions of the regulatory body and those of any other body or organization concerned with the promotion or utilization of nuclear energy.
Art.9 ARTICLE 9. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LICENCE HOLDER
Art.9.1x Each Contracting Party shall ensure that prime responsibility for the safety of a nuclear installation rests with the holder of the relevant licence and shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that each such licence holder meets its responsibility.
Sect.2.c c. General Safety Considerations
Art.10 ARTICLE 10. PRIORITY TO SAFETY
Art.10.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that all organizations engaged in activities directly related to nuclear installations shall establish policies that give due priority to nuclear safety.
Art.11 ARTICLE 11. FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Art.11.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to support the safety of each nuclear installation throughout its life.
Art.11.2 2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that sufficient numbers of qualified staff with appropriate education, training and retraining are available for all safety-related activities in or for each nuclear installation, throughout its life.
Art.12 ARTICLE 12. HUMAN FACTORS
Art.12.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that the capabilities and limitations of human performance are taken into account throughout the life of a nuclear installation.
Art.13 ARTICLE 13. QUALITY ASSURANCE
Art.13.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that quality assurance programmes are established and implemented with a view to providing confidence that specified requirements for all activities important to nuclear safety are satisfied throughout the life of a nuclear installation.
Art.14 ARTICLE 14. ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF SAFETY
Art.14.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that:
Art.14.1x.i i. comprehensive and systematic safety assessments are carried out before the construction and commissioning of a nuclear installation and throughout its life. Such assessments shall be well documented, subsequently updated in the light of operating experience and significant new safety information, and reviewed under the authority of the regulatory body;
Art.14.1x.ii ii. verification by analysis, surveillance, testing and inspection is carried out to ensure that the physical state and the operation of a nuclear installation continue to be in accordance with its design, applicable national safety requirements, and operational limits and conditions.
Art.15 ARTICLE 15. RADIATION PROTECTION
Art.15.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that in all operational states the radiation exposure to the workers and the public caused by a nuclear installation shall be kept as low as reasonably achievable and that no individual shall be exposed to radiation doses which exceed prescribed national dose limits.
Art.16 ARTICLE 16. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Art.16.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that there are on-site and off-site emergency plans that are routinely tested for nuclear installations and cover the activities to be carried out in the event of an emergency.
Art.16.1.ix For any new nuclear installation, such plans shall be prepared and tested before it commences operation above a low power level agreed by the regulatory body.
Art.16.2 2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that, insofar as they are likely to be affected by a radiological emergency, its own population and the competent authorities of the States in the vicinity of the nuclear installation are provided with appropriate information for emergency planning and response.
Art.13.2 3. Contracting Parties which do not have a nuclear installation on their territory, insofar as they are likely to be affected in the event of a radiological emergency at a nuclear installation in the vicinity, shall take the appropriate steps for the preparation and testing of emergency plans for their territory that cover the activities to be carried out in the event of such an emergency.
Sect.2.d d. Safety of Installations
Art.17 ARTICLE 17. SITING
Art.17.1x Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that appropriate procedures are established and implemented:
Art.17.1x.i i. for evaluating all relevant site-related factors likely to affect the safety of a nuclear installation for its projected lifetime;
Art.17.1x.ii ii. for evaluating the likely safety impact of a proposed nuclear installation on individuals, society and the environment;
Art.17.1x.iii iii. for re-evaluating as necessary all relevant factors referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) so as to ensure the continued safety acceptability of the nuclear installation;
Art.17.1x.iv iv. for consulting Contracting Parties in the vicinity of a proposed nuclear installation, insofar as they are likely to be affected by that installation and, upon request providing the necessary information to such Contracting Parties, in order to enable them to evaluate and make their own assessment of the likely safety impact on their own territory of the nuclear installation.
Art.18 ARTICLE 18. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Art.18.1x.i i. the design and construction of a nuclear installation provides for several reliable levels and methods of protection (defense in depth) against the release of radioactive materials, with a view to preventing the occurrence of accidents and to mitigating their radiological consequences should they occur;
Art.18.1x.ii ii. the technologies incorporated in the design and construction of a nuclear installation are proven by experience or qualified by testing or analysis;
Art.18.1x.iii iii. the design of a nuclear installation allows for reliable, stable and easily manageable operation, with specific consideration of human factors and the man-machine interface.
Art.19 ARTICLE 19. OPERATION
Art.19.1x.i i. the initial authorization to operate a nuclear installation is based upon an appropriate safety analysis and a commissioning programme demonstrating that the installation, as constructed, is consistent with design and safety requirements;
Art.19.1x.ii ii. operational limits and conditions derived from the safety analysis, tests and operational experience are defined and revised as necessary for identifying safe boundaries for operation;
Art.19.1x.iii iii. operation, maintenance, inspection and testing of a nuclear installation are conducted in accordance with approved procedures;
Art.19.1x.iv iv. procedures are established for responding to anticipated operational occurrences and to accidents;
Art.19.1x.v v. necessary engineering and technical support in all safety-related fields is available throughout the lifetime of a nuclear installation;
Art.19.1x.vi vi. incidents significant to safety are reported in a timely manner by the holder of the relevant licence to the regulatory body;
Art.19.1x.vii vii. programmes to collect and analyse operating experience are established, the results obtained and the conclusions drawn are acted upon and that existing mechanisms are used to share important experience with international bodies and with other operating organizations and regulatory bodies;
Art.19.1x.viii viii. the generation of radioactive waste resulting from the operation of a nuclear installation is kept to the minimum practicable for the process concerned, both in activity and in volume, and any necessary treatment and storage of spent fuel and waste directly related to the operation and on the same site as that of the nuclear installation take into consideration conditioning and disposal.
Sect.3 CHAPTER 3. MEETINGS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Art.20 ARTICLE 20. REVIEW MEETINGS
Art.20.0x The Contracting Parties shall hold meetings (hereinafter referred to as
Art.20.1 1. "review meetings") for the purpose of reviewing the reports submitted pursuant to Article 5 in accordance with the procedures adopted under Article 22.
Art.20.2 2. Subject to the provisions of Article 24 sub-groups comprised of representatives of Contracting Parties may be established and may function during the review meetings as deemed necessary for the purpose of reviewing specific subjects contained in the reports.
Art.20.3 3. Each Contracting Party shall have a reasonable opportunity to discuss the reports submitted by other Contracting Parties and to seek clarification of such reports.
Art.21 ARTICLE 21. TIMETABLE
Art.21.1 1. A preparatory meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be held not later than six months after the date of entry into force of this Convention.
Art.21.2 2. At this preparatory meeting, the Contracting Parties shall determine the date for the first review meeting. This review meeting shall be held as soon as possible, but not later than thirty months after the date of entry into force of this Convention.
Art.21.3 3. At each review meeting, the Contracting Parties shall determine the date for the next such meeting. The interval between review meetings shall not exceed three years.
Art.22 ARTICLE 22. PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS
Art.22.1 1. At the preparatory meeting held pursuant to Article 21 the Contracting Parties shall prepare and adopt by consensus Rules of Procedure and Financial Rules.
Art.22.ax The Contracting Parties shall establish in particular and in accordance with the Rules of Procedure:
Art.22.ax.i i. guidelines regarding the form and structure of the reports to be submitted pursuant to Article 5;
Art.22.ax.ii ii. a date for the submission of such reports;
Art.22.ax.iii iii. the process for reviewing such reports.
Art.22.2 2. At review meetings the Contracting Parties may, if necessary, review the arrangements established pursuant to sub-paragraphs (i)-(iii) above, and adopt revisions by consensus unless otherwise provided for in the Rules of Procedure. They may also amend the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules, by consensus.
Art.23 ARTICLE 23. EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS
Art.23.1x An extraordinary meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be held:
Art.23.1x.i i. if so agreed by a majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting at a meeting, abstentions being considered as voting; or
Art.23.1x.ii ii. at the written request of a Contracting Party, within six months of this request having been communicated to the Contracting Parties and notification having been received by the secretariat referred to in Article 28, that the request has been supported by a majority of the Contracting Parties.
Art.24 ARTICLE 24. ATTENDANCE
Art.24.1 1. Each Contracting Party shall attend meetings of the Contracting Parties and be represented at such meetings by one delegate, and by such alternates, experts and advisers as it deems necessary.
Art.24.2 2. The Contracting Parties may invite, by consensus, any intergovernmental organization which is competent in respect of matters governed by this Convention to attend, as an observer, any meeting, or specific sessions thereof. Observers shall be required to accept in writing, and in advance, the provisions of Article 27.
Art.25 ARTICLE 25. SUMMARY REPORTS
Art.25.1x The Contracting Parties shall adopt, by consensus, and make available to the public a document addressing issues discussed and conclusions reached during a meeting.
Art.26 ARTICLE 26. LANGUAGES
Art.26.1 1. The languages of meetings of the Contracting Parties shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish unless otherwise provided in the Rules of Procedure.
Art.26.2 2. Reports submitted pursuant to Article 5 shall be prepared in the national language of the submitting Contracting Party or in a single designated language to be agreed in the Rules of Procedure. Should the report be submitted in a national language other than the designated language, a translation of the report into the designated language shall be provided by the Contracting Party.
Art.26.3 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, if compensated, the secretariat will assume the translation into the designated language of reports submitted in any other language of the meeting.
Art.27 ARTICLE 27. CONFIDENTIALITY
Art.27.1 1. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Contracting Parties under their law to protect information from disclosure. For the purposes of this Article, "information" includes, inter alia, (i) personal data; (ii) information protected by intellectual property rights or by industrial or commercial confidentiality; and (iii) information relating to national security or to the physical protection of nuclear materials or nuclear installations.
Art.27.2 2. When, in the context of this Convention, a Contracting Party provides information identified by it as protected as described in paragraph 1, such information shall be used only for the purposes for which it has been provided and its confidentiality shall be respected.
Art.27.3 3. The content of the debates during the reviewing of the reports by the Contracting Parties at each meeting shall be confidential.
Art.28 ARTICLE 28. SECRETARIAT
Art.28.1 1. The International Atomic Energy Agency, (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") shall provide the secretariat for the meetings of the Contracting Parties.
Art.28.2 2. The secretariat shall:
Art.28.2.i i. convene, prepare and service the meetings of the Contracting Parties;
Art.28.2.ii ii. transmit to the Contracting Parties information received or prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.
Art.28.2.iiix The costs incurred by the Agency in carrying out the functions referred to in sub-paragraphs i) and (ii) above shall be borne by the Agency as part of its regular budget.
Art.28.3 3. The Contracting Parties may, by consensus, request the Agency to provide other services in support of meetings of the Contracting Parties. The Agency may provide such services if they can be undertaken within its programme and regular budget. Should this not be possible, the Agency may provide such services if voluntary funding is provided from another source.
Sect.4 CHAPTER 4. FINAL CLAUSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Art.29 ARTICLE 29. RESOLUTION OF DISAGREEMENTS
Art.29.1x In the event of a disagreement between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the Contracting Parties shall consult within the framework of a meeting of the Contracting Parties with a view to resolving the disagreement.
Art.30 ARTICLE 30. SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, ACCESSION
Art.30.1 1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the Agency in Vienna from 20 September 1994 until its entry into force.
Art.30.2 2. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States.
Art.30.3 3. After its entry into force, this Convention shall be open for accession by all States.
Art.30.4.i 4. i. This Convention shall be open for signature or accession by regional organizations of an integration or other nature, provided that any such organization is constituted by sovereign States and has competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements in matters covered by this Convention.
Art.30.4.ii ii. In matters within their competence, such organizations shall, on their own behalf, exercise the rights and fulfil the responsibilities which this Convention attributes to States Parties
Art.30.4.iii iii. When becoming party to this Convention, such an organization shall communicate to the Depositary referred to in Article 34, a declaration indicating which States are members thereof, which articles of this Convention apply to it, and the extent of its competence in the field covered by those articles.
Art.30.4.iv iv. Such an organization shall not hold any vote additional to those of its Member States.
Art.30.5 5. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Art.31 ARTICLE 31. ENTRY INTO FORCE
Art.31.1 1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit with the Depositary of the twenty- second instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, including the instruments of seventeen States, each having at least one nuclear installation which has achieved criticality in a reactor core.
Art.31.2 2. For each State or regional organization of an integration of other nature which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention after the date of deposit of the last instrument required to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraph 1, this Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit with the Depositary of the appropriate instrument by such a State or organization.
Art.32 ARTICLE 32. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION
Art.32.1 1. Any Contracting party may propose an amendment to this Convention. Proposed amendments shall be considered at a review meeting or an extraordinary meeting.
Art.32.2 2. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be provided to the Depositary who shall communicate the proposal to the Contracting Parties promptly and at least ninety days before the meeting for which it is submitted for consideration. Any comments received on such a proposal shall be circulated by the Depositary to the Contracting Parties.
Art.32.3 3. The Contracting Parties shall decide after consideration of the proposed amendment whether to adopt it by consensus, or, in the absence of consensus, to submit it to a Diplomatic Conference. A decision to submit a proposed amendment to a Diplomatic Conference shall require a two-thirds majority vote of the Contracting parties present and voting at the meeting, provided that at least one half of the Contracting Parties are present at the time of voting. Abstentions shall be considered as voting.
Art.32.4 4.. The Diplomatic Conference to consider and adopt amendments to this Convention shall be convened by the Depositary and held no later than one year after the appropriate decision taken in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. The Diplomatic Conference shall make every effort to ensure amendments are adopted by consensus. Should this not be possible, amendments shall be adopted with a two-thirds majority of all Contracting Parties.
Art.32.5 5. Amendments to this Convention adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, approval, or confirmation by the Contracting Parties and shall enter into force for those Contracting Parties which have ratified, accepted, approved or confirmed them on the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Depositary of the relevant instruments by at least three fourths of the Contracting Parties. For a Contracting Party which subsequently ratifies, accepts, approves or confirms the said amendments, the amendments will enter into force on the ninetieth day after that Contracting Party has deposited its relevant instrument.
Art.33 ARTICLE 33. DENUNCIATION
Art.33.1 1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Depositary.
Art.33.2 2. Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date of the receipt of the notification by the Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification.
Art.34 ARTICLE 34. DEPOSITARY
Art.34.1 1. The Director General of the Agency shall be the Depositary of this Convention.
Art.34.2 2. The Depositary shall inform the Contracting Parties of:
Art.34.2.i i. the signature of this Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, in accordance with Article 30;
Art.34.2.ii ii. the date on which the Convention enters into force, in accordance with Article 31;
Art.34.2.iii iii. the notifications of denunciation of the Convention and the date thereof, made in accordance with Article 33;
Art.34.2.iv iv. the proposed amendments to this Convention submitted by Contracting Parties, the amendments adopted by the relevant Diplomatic Conference or by the meeting of the Contracting Parties, and the date of entry into force of the said amendments, in accordance with Article 32.
Art.35 ARTICLE 35. AUTHENTIC TEXTS
Art.35.1x The original of this Convention of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Depositary, who shall send certified copies thereof to the Contracting Parties.


Help Catch Lois Lerner's Emails
Post author:Brad Head
Post category:Political News / Uncategorized
Like most hardworking American families, I am disgusted and downright furious at the lawless way that the Obama Administration and its agents like Lois Lerner are treating the rule of law and the American taxpayer.
When the IRS and Lois Lerner announced that they had "lost" the emails covering the period of time when they were each were engaged in the political persecution of conservative organizations, I can tell you, that none any of my conservative House colleagues nor I believed a word the Administration had to say on the matter. Even though the president said that there was not a "smidgeon of wrong-doing" at the IRS, everyday Americans and all conservatives in the House of Representatives knew that the administration was not being honest with the American people.
In order to rectify this situation and bring justice, we need to know what Lois Lerner said, when she said it, and to whom she said it. We need those "lost" emails and we are committed to finding this evidence. To that end, my colleague, Rep. Louis Gohmert and I introduced legislation in Congress proposing a $1,000,000 reward for any individual or group who can recover Lois Lerner's lost emails and a $500,000 reward for information regarding the destruction of the emails that can be used for prosecution of the individuals involved.
Let me be clear about one thing, this is not a political stunt. We want the truth and we know that Lois Lerner, the IRS and the Obama Administration are covering up the truth. If there is just one individual that worked in the Administration or at the IRS that has access to these emails, we are encouraging them to do the right thing and help us bring this Administration to justice for breaking the law. We also want justice for all of the bureaucrats who unlawfully targeted conservatives, those who unlawfully "leaked" sensitive tax returns to liberal groups, and those who tried to cover up these crimes!
Please forward this email to anyone you think might be willing to help us keep this fight alive to bring justice to the American people.
With Great Respect,
Bill Flores
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Teachers demoralized, overwhelmed, overworked
By Jenny Wilson Correspondent
Feb 2, 2016 at 10:23 PM
Morale at schools is low this year, according to the results of an anonymous survey that found that Alachua County teachers feel demoralized by a flawed evaluation system.
Morale at schools is low this year, according to the results of an anonymous survey that found that Alachua County teachers feel demoralized by a flawed evaluation system, overwhelmed by disciplinary problems following recent budget cuts and overworked by pressures associated with high-stakes standardized testing.
The survey was distributed to all teachers in the district by the local teachers' union, which presented the findings at a School Board meeting Tuesday night at the Kirby-Smith Center downtown. More than 75 residents and teachers attended the meeting, which lasted more than two hours.
Of the nearly 50 percent of teachers in the district who responded to the survey, 66 percent of them said they had "given serious thought to leaving the profession or retiring early this year." Alachua County Education Association President Karen McCann detailed those figures, as well as other troubling statistics reflecting teacher frustration, in her presentation to the board.
The response, from the School Board members and Superintendent Owen Roberts, was brimming with rhetoric about the value of teachers, but offered few concrete solutions to address their concerns. Roberts, who took over last year, said after the meeting that there were areas in which he thought the district could make change to alleviate some of the educators' stress.
The teachers' concerns stem in part from state education mandates that are out of the district's control. But McCann on Tuesday highlighted some decisions made at the district level that have worsened teachers' woes. McCann, in her hourlong presentation, ranged from pragmatic to apocalyptic: She acknowledged that overworked and underpaid is an age-old plight for teachers, but she also told board members that masses of educators were considering leaving the profession.
"I am currently rethinking this profession due to being knocked down so much," one teacher wrote in response to a question about the teacher evaluation system. The evaluation system was a particular target. Teachers are still stinging from Roberts' decision to hire an expensive outside consultant to train school administrations to perform evaluations – using a model that dismissed the advice of the teacher-comprised district appraisal committee.
McCann told the story of a teacher who was marked from "highly effective" down to "effective" because a young child had his head on his desk during class. There had been a domestic violence incidence in the child's home the night before, McCann said, and one of his parents was in jail at the time.
Kimberly Cook, a first-grade teacher at Irby Elementary who was a member of the appraisal committee, said school administrations were trained to penalize teachers "for issues beyond their control," such as lack of technology education when students don't have access to technology.
One teacher, in her survey response, described an environment in schools that led to the "constant blame of teachers."
"I'm feeling no success in our profession," a teacher said. "I hate that administrators' hands are tied in dealing with students that are disciplinary problems."
Disciplinary concerns were another complaint of teachers following Roberts' decision to remove behavioral resource teachers in schools. The lack of support staff now in place at schools led one teacher to write in her response that she was now "put into problems that are not safe for me or my students."
"Surely, there's a tremendous respect for the voice of the teachers," Roberts said after the meeting.
He said that especially around the teacher appraisal system, "there may be some things" that could be done to address teachers' concerns – although the state has to approve evaluation plans before districts implement them. The best solution in Alachua County, Roberts said, might be to revisit "the way we apply the plan."
As for the behavioral resource teachers, Roberts said: "That's another thing we're looking into."
"I inherited a $2.6 million deficit," the superintendent said. "We fixed it, but we had to figure out where to fix it."
Roberts mentioned that he had reduced the testing calendar since taking over at the helm of the school district, but that there may be some room for changes that could be made to standardized assessments at the primary level while still keeping in compliance with state mandates.
The meeting Tuesday included plenty of criticism for state and federal education policy that educators say results in "teaching to the test." McCann, and teachers who spoke during the public comments section of the meeting, criticized the standards, saying that they are not age-appropriate, and that the emphasis on those standards has eliminated the once-important role of art, music, PE and recess as schools are forced to focus increasingly more on test scores.


Daryl Sams
Slicemysta
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Occupation(s)
rapper, producer
MCEO, Shaman Work, Balance Coalition (BalCo)
Associated acts
Justus League, 9th Wonder, Little Brother, The Undefined
[under construction]
Daryl Sams,[1] known professionally as Edgar Allen Floe is a hip hop artist from North Carolina and a member of Justus League and The Undefined. His name is a play on words of the name of the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe.
2.1 Solo albums
2.2 Group albums
2.3 Singles
Biography[edit]
Floe's early ambition in hip hop was to become a DJ rather than an MC, but hearing his uncle playing records by the likes of Rakim and Ice Cube led to Floe writing his first lyrics at the age of 14.[2] Mal Demolish, Floe's partner in the group The Undefined, gave him this name in 1996, and Floe stuck with it saying, "Edgar Allan Poe was a well-respected writer and storyteller. I tried to incorporate that into my standpoint. He was a dope writer; I'm trying to be a well respected and dope writer, so it all goes hand in hand."[3] He has released one EP, True Links (2005) and two mixtapes, Floe Almighty (2006, with a remixed version released later) and The Road to The Streetwise (2008). All contain production from Khrysis and 9th Wonder. Floe also produces on these albums under the alias SliceMysta.[2] Floe Almighty received mixed reviews from critics, several frustrated at the delays in releasing his first album.[4]
Floe released his first full-length album, The Streetwise LP, on October 28, 2008, on his own record label, MCEO Records, just as True Links was. The Streetwise LP has guest appearances by Median, L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Sean Boog of The Away Team, and was positively received by critics, with one writing, "Floe raps from a pulpit of authority that not many emcees rival."[5] He is planning[when?] to release a project with Mal Demolish.[6]
Floe works as a consultant in Artist development for 9th Wonder's It's A Wonderful World Music Group / Jamla Records labels.
Floe opened his new website, eafloe.com, on his birthday in 2012. The site included Floe's music catalog, as well as articles pertaining to health, wealth, self-knowledge, the music business and other topics. The site is currently under construction as Floe plans to revamp the site upon the release of new music.
Solo albums[edit]
True Links EP (2005) MCEO
Floe Almighty (mixtape) (2006) Shaman Work Recordings
Floe Almighty The Remixture (2007) MCEO
Road to the Streetwise LP (mixtape) (2008)
The Streetwise LP (2008) MCEO
Floetry In Motion [digital] (2012) MCEO / Mass Media
Group albums[edit]
Plan U [with The Undefined]
Singles[edit]
"The Torch" (2006)
^ "Edgar Allen Floe & J Wheels - Floetry In Motion". bandcamp.com. Bandcamp. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
^ a b Proctor, Ryan (2007) "Edgar Allen Floe - Redefinition", Six Shot
^ Feature, allhiphop.com
^ Ivey, Michael (2006) "Edgar Allen Floe - Floe Almighty Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine", nobodysmiling.com
- Hermes (2006) "Edgar Allen Floe Floe Almighty Review", Hip Hop News
- Horowitz, Steven J. (2006) "Edgar Allen Floe Floe Almighty", PopMatters
- Jacoby, Samuel (2006) "Edgar Allen Floe :: Floe Almighty", RapReviews
- Cowie, Del F. (2006) "Beats & Rhymes: Hip Hop Reviews: Edgar Allen Floe - Floe Almighty", Exclaim!
^ Tullis, Eric (2008) "Edgar Allen Floe's The Streetwise LP", The Independent Weekly
- Varine, Patrick (2008) "Album review: The Streetwise LP, by Edgar Allen Floe", GateHouse News Service
^ Jones, Todd E. (2005) "Edgar Allen Floe - "Edgar Allen Floe Is Linking You To Hip-Hop Culture"", Hip Hop Elements
eafloe.com
"RapTalk.net Exclusive Q&A Interview Session w/ Edgar Allen Floe", RapTalk.net
Wilson, Simone (2008) "Edgar Allen Floe The Streetwise LP", UCSD Guardian
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Cesar Comanche
Khrysis
Phonte
Big Pooh
Sean Boog
Notable albums by
The Listening
True Links
The Minstrel Show
The Commercial Free EP
Leave It All Behind
Leftback LP
Darien Brockington
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From a space shuttle to your beer can: less harmful gases in the making
Two of the world's biggest aluminium producers just announced a major breakthrough! A new technology that removes carbon dioxide from the smelting process in aluminium production has been unveiled. Together with the Canadian government, Alcoa and Rio Tinto developed a proprietary material that replaces the carbon-emitting anodes that are destroyed during the smelting process.
Finding ways to reduce the environmental impacts related to metal production, a criterion that is increasingly being used to assess new technologies has been labeled as "the most significant development in aluminium in a century" by companies' executives.
Aluminium beer cans. Source: Juan Cruz
Aluminum production accounts for about 0.8% of global GHG emissions. This new development would help reduce a significant amount of carbon emissions—the equivalent of removing about 1.8 million vehicles off the road in Canada alone. From packaging food to construction and transportation, aluminium is one of the most versatile and heavily used metals on Earth. Even space shuttles contain up to 90% of aluminum alloys in their parts. It is the third most abundant metal in the Earth's crust and is one of our best recyclable materials. Theoretically, it is 100% recyclable and it uses 95% less energy to recycle scrap aluminum then to produce new aluminum.
This is also great news for the auto industry. Even before this new technology was unveiled, experts were predicting that cars would increase their average aluminum content to 60% by 2025. The reason for this is because manufacturers are replacing steel with aluminum to make cars more fuel efficient, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. This new breakthrough will definitely help stimulate this transition. While large amounts of energy are still required in the smelting process, this could come from renewable sources in the future, making aluminium production carbon-free.
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And why I will never stop loving it
I am a sucker for Beauty and the beast tales. Give me a woman falling in love with a beast and I'm salivating all over it. Never mind all those problematic aspects where the trope can go horribly wrong. But why is it that this fairytale has such an effect on me, and that it gets me every time? My heart starts pounding when Beauty meets her beast and they share a first, awkward moment. When the beast enters the story in all its unrefined roughness, coarse and sometimes outright nasty (or not, more often, when the *beastliness* comes only from its appearance, not its character), I can't help but rooting for it to find its match and lover in Beauty.
(Burns, James: Household Tales and Traditions of England, Germany, France, Scotland; p. 96)
The story of Beauty and the beast is a trope we're well familiar with. It's a fairytale told often and throughout many cultures, from Madame Catherine de Villeneuve's tale to the Scandinavian tale East of the sun and West of the moon. It's abundant in pop culture, be it TV series, movies or books throughout genres – from Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber over G.R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, Eloisa James' When Beauty tamed the Beast, or the manga The Ancient Magus Bride, to countless retellings in New Adult Fantasy. The trope has lost nothing of its fascination.
By the convention of the trope, it often starts with Beauty getting placed in new, frightening circumstances. The conditions lie outside of her control. For one reason or other, she has to live with the self-identified beast. With this rather gothic beginning of her story, a pleasant shiver starts crawling up my spine. Like a roller coaster ride, the fear of what lies ahead instills the breathlessness of fear in Beauty. Best case scenario, the reader/viewer feels it too.
There's an aspect of dubious (to openly non-) consent here, and it's all too easy for the story to drift into dangerous waters. It's a slippery slope, but hey, there's nothing wrong with indulging yourself in those dark and murky waters. I do it myself often enough. Though I tend to tolerate it better when a story knows what it's doing. If it accidentally veers into non-con land, I'm zipping out of there faster than Flash on steroides. If it tries to sell it as romantic, I may puke while doing so.
On the other hand, this may be exactly what makes the story so irresistible to me. A storyteller who knows how to walk this fine line turns me to wax in their hands. Between a heroine tossed into a problematic situation beyond her control and a budding romance despite this situation, there's room for lots of delicious tension. She has to face the stuff of her nightmares in form of a beast, without having a choice in the matter. In fiction, the exploration of dysfunctional, problematic relationships gives me life. The contrast between the inner workings of beast and Beauty and their outer circumstances is intense. The conflict they find themselves in has me buzzing like a vibrator powered by angry wasps. And reading these stories feels exactly like using said vibrator: it's a dangerous ride, but oh, so enjoyable.
The beast presents a challenge to Beauty's conceptions and prejudices. She's trapped at his side, in his castle, and soon enough, she'll realize that there's no way around it: she has to face it. By doing so, she undergoes her own transformation, and takes control of her life and her choices. In no small part, she's able to do that because the beast allows her to. He makes her queen and mistress, emphasizing her right to choose. Despite his beastliness and scary appearance, he treats her as an equal. He's gentle and polite, and he respects her choice when he asks her to marry him and she declines. And, at some point in the story, he even lets her go, often at great cost to himself.
This point is essential, because only when she leaves, she can return of her own volition. There's an implication of submission in such a tale, and maybe that is what gets my gears going. Of course, it's a two-way street; the beast submits to its Beauty just as much as she consents to be his queen and mistress. Their blossoming love is an intricate dance. Sometimes, like in Angela Carter's story The Tiger's Bride, it ends with Beauty stripping off her human skin, revealing the fur of her very own beastliness. More often, it's the beast that changes.
"The transformed or tamed (read "humanized") prince is not nearly so memorable as the Beast, a figure of power and vulnerability combined. That is a rich combination of natures. It is the Beast as beast who rivets attention and burns the story into one's mind. It is the Beast on whom storytellers, writers, and artists focus their imaginations. The climax of the story is Beauty's love of the Beast himself, not the transformation and marriage, which is anticlimactic if pleasant. Therein lies the great disappointment of many graphic and literary conclusions of "Beauty and the Beast." The prince seems bland in contrast to the powerful reconciled beast; he is in fact anticlimactic to the forceful struggle of balancing beauty and beast."
Betsy Hearne – "Beauty and the Beast – Versions and Revisions of an Old Tale"
The transformation that Betsy Hearne finds to often be the great disappointment is not necessary and seems like a concession to the reader/viewer of the story. Beauty fell in love with the beast, she doesn't need him to change. The transformation is a bonus, a symbolic act rather than the goal of the story. Beast and Beauty recognize their true nature in each other, and accept it. She sees the beast for what it really is. It's so that we, the consumer of the story, see it too that the transformation takes place.
Sometimes, the change the "beast" undergoes is ripe with ableism. Often enough, the mark of the beast is disfigurement or disability. (I have to fess up to my heavy cane kink here; I have it since the first transforming love story I read featured a hero with a limp. I'm not proud of it). When the magical curse is lifted, the disfigurement is gone. In that first love story I mentioned above, the hero gets tortured and racked, thus losing the limp. He loses his pretty voice in the process, too, and presumably his life, to return some books later as a masked pirate reclaiming his former wife. She doesn't recognize him due to changed appearance and voice. I still get palpitations over the revelation scene.
Of course, in these stories, there's not always a physical transformation, or any transformation at all.
The message cannot be that love will change a beast into a prince, even when, on the surface, it looks like exactly that. But what message would that be: Just love someone enough and they'll change for you? No. Reality doesn't work like that. In fact, I hate it when a story gets turned into this trite, even harmful cliché: Just love your partner enough and they'll stop hurting you. That's bullshit. So why do I love the beauty and the beast trope so much? Because it is decidedly not like that.
Beauty and the beast is about acceptance, about looking beyond the presented skin, about challenging conceptions. Despite being victim to her circumstances, Beauty masters her own fate. Sure, once upon a time the story served as a tale for young women who got married to older men. It challenged them to look behind their façade and find happiness with their husbands. Now we can find and assign new meanings to old stories. We can find a meaning that is relevant to us and our time, and it's this that lets stories transcend through times. With new meanings and new readings, they lose nothing of their fascination.
Some find comfort in this story as it shows them that everyone can be loved. They see in it that everyone is lovable despite what they conceive as their beastliness. I am drawn to the delicate power play and the theme of submission that brims just under the surface of these stories. The fear I feel on Beauty's behalf before the beast shows its gentle, tender side is invigorating, and it hooks me every time anew. I'm a slut for the Beauty and the beast trope. Period.
I even wrote my own retelling!
One day, after losing all his money, a father decides to sell one of his daughters to a terrible beast. Beauty takes it upon herself to become the beast's possession and enters his castle, a place full of enchantments and strange creatures, the strangest of them all her new master, the beast, who binds her with thorns and pricks her pride.
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Apple granted patent for a 'multi-usr computer generated reality platform'
NewsOpinionsPatentsDennis SellersOctober 27, 2021
posted on Oct. 27, 2021 at 6:00 am October 26, 2021
Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,157,739) for a "multi-user computer generated reality platform." It involves the rumored "Apple Glasses" — an augmented reality/virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD).
In the patent data, Apple notes that, as the capability of electronic devices increases and their ability to output high-quality visual displays improves, applications are becoming more immersive. One such example is the increasing mainstream demand for computer generated reality applications.
The patent involves techniques for providing a multi-user computer generated reality ("CGR") environment and to facilitate user interaction with the environment. Such techniques optionally complement or replace other methods for providing a multi-user CGR environment. Apple says that such techniques can improve the user experience, increase privacy and security, and enable CGR interfaces (e.g., 3D interfaces) with advanced functionality. And the company wants multiple users of its HMDs to navigate the "same" virtual world seamlessly while viewing the same computer generated reality.
Here's Apple's abstract of the patent: "The present disclosure relates to providing a multi-user computer generated reality ("CGR") session. In some embodiments, a first electronic device displays a CGR environment, wherein the CGR environment is responsive to input from the first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the second device is external to the first device.
"While displaying the CGR environment, the device obtains a first scene graph from a process executing on the first device, wherein the first scene graph includes information for rendering a first entity, and obtains a second scene graph from a process executing on the second device, wherein the second scene graph includes information for rendering a second entity. The first electronic device updates the displayed CGR environment based on the first scene graph and the second scene graph, wherein the displayed CGR environment includes a visual representation of the first and a visual representation of the second entity."
About Apple Glasses
When it comes to Apple Glasses, such a device will arrive in 2022 or 2023, depending on which rumor you believe. It will be a head-mounted display. Or may have a design like "normal" glasses. Or it may be eventually be available in both. The Apple Glasses may or may not have to be tethered to an iPhone to work. Other rumors say that Apple Glasses could have a custom-build Apple chip and a dedicated operating system dubbed "rOS" for "reality operating system."
Still another patent shows that Apple is still considering an AirPower-like device
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The highs and lows of an evening at Curry Café
Yesterday was my son's birthday and because we could not celebrate at home we decided to all go to his favourite Indian restaurant in Northcote - where he lives. As he said - he has helped to keep them going through lockdowns by ordering regular takeaways.
The restaurant - well it's a bit low key probably to be called a restaurant, and it calls itself a cafè/canteen anyway - Curry Cafe. It's sort of grunge inner suburban eating. I had been there once and I did indeed remember the food as being good.
This evening did not go smoothly though.
Problem number one - Northcote and parking. Easy to get to, but then a good ten minutes driving around narrow streets reserved for permit holders, or packed to the gills, before we found a spot on the main road round the corner. Not a good start for my city hating husband though.
Problem number two - being eleven people we were directed out the back of the very modest, even tiny café - yes outside - to a narrow sort of alleyway with three tables, into which the owner tried to fit us and another table of, I think, six. He tried to make the eleven of us fit around a table for eight - well six really, but we resisted and the other group went back inside. Only to return in a short time, but by then we had rearranged ourselves and indeed we did all fit in.
But we are outside. It's winter! And it's been raining recently so one of the benches at least had a puddle in it. I did wonder what would happen if it rained though. Although now that I look at the picture I think there might be some kind awning above. However there were three large gas heaters and we did all have coats and jackets - except for one grandson who had insisted on coming in shorts. I have no idea how he fared, although he seemed happy enough. The rest of us were warm enough but would have preferred to be inside. Anyway - different - but ultimately Ok and even included the Southern Cross (isn't that a station? said one grandson) directly overhead. It also meant that we could hear each other and the children could make as much noise as they liked. The other table included children as well. Besides when you are in the open air the noise disperses. Not as much worry about COVID either.
Problem number three - being outside, and being eleven people it took an awful long time for them to get around to (a) taking our orders and (b) bringing out the food. Well over an hour in fact. The drinks came a bit faster, but not the glasses required. Bit of a black mark there. I mean it's good that they were busy, but not good that we were virtually ignored for a very long time. The other table - having been in the front section for a time had presumably ordered in there, because their food came well before ours. But then on the plus side it did give us longer to socialise and catch up.
Problem number four - first of all our Tandoori chicken and a dish called Achari chicken - this is it - were brought to the adults table. We thought this was just the first of everything else. So we sat and waited for the breads, the rice and the curries. The children by now were very hungry - but commendably patient. But the breads, etc. didn't come, so eventually we decided to eat it. Obviously the café regarded these - from the BBQ section of the menu - to be starters only and didn't require anything else to go with them. Well at least we should have had bread I think, and we also should have been told that nothing else was coming for a while. Anyway we did dive in eventually and it was very good - particularly the Achari chicken - of which a little more later.
But for now I'll continue with the problems and then come to the food - which was really, really good.
Problem number five - when it came time to pay it was discovered that their card machine was not working. Cash was required. Lots of it. David I think was panicking about this - he would have had to walk a fair way to an ATM, but was rescued by me because by some very strange coincidence I actually had a lot of cash in my purse. Problem solved - phew! I mean who carries cash around with them these days? We have become virtually a cashless society so it was indeed very, very lucky that I had some. I never usually do, and I can't quite remember why I did at the time.
Problem number six - last one and minor. We had ordered naan and also some aloo parathas. But when they were delivered to the table we were told they were all naan. We asked for the parathas, the chef swore he had made them and so there was a bit of back and forth before it was discovered that the parathas had been in the same basket as the naan and our naan loving second son had nearly eaten all we three ladies' parathas. Well it was all delicious anyway. But still - a bit shambolic. Alas I forgot to take pictures until the end and what I took were pretty dreadful - this is the best.
And finally an actual complaint. The wine was carafe wine and not very wonderful but it cost $50.00 a carafe - horrendously overpriced and because it was a carafe you couldn't take any leftovers home with you. Wine by the glass was rather more reasonable.
To the food. Lots of butter chicken - well the children dined excluslively on this. Prior to the meal one granddaughter had wondered whether it would be better than hers. She admitted somewhat sadly that it was. I must tell her that in a way you would hope that it would be - otherwise what would be the point of being there? We adults also had a dish of this and a pumpkin masala and roghan josh I think. All standard things but done beautifully. I think the standouts though were the Achari chicken and something called Martaban - 'lamb slow-cooked in pickling spices for 48 hours served in an earthen clay pot.' I now see that actually these two dishes share the same pickling spice, but they are cooked differently. Both of them were new to me, so here is what I found about them.
Martaban or Martabaan usually has the suffix ka meat. It seems to be a north Indian recipe for lamb that is marinated in spices and then cooked very slowly. The chef - one Hemant Oberoi - at one of Dubai's very posh hotel restaurants seems to have cornered the market as it were for online recipes. There is lots about the restaurant on the net which has the name Martabaan, and Food and wine has reproduced his recipe. On the left is a picture of it as served in the restaurant, then a picture of the Food and Wine recipe (which doesn't look the same at all); below is a recipe from a website called Femina and finally a picture of the same dish served in a Californian restaurant. If you want to do it right it seems - the earthenware pot is necessary. And ours was. It was a bit spicy but then it's supposed to be. Ours was also much darker than the two non hotel pictures - it was more like the posh one. It was perhaps the best dish of the evening. You can just see the pot on the murky photograph that I took at the end of the meal above.
The other really nice dish was Achari chicken. That's what the café called it but I think it was really Achari chicken tikka. Achari chicken - there are recipes on the net - is more curry like than our dish - which is the first one shown below. It was indeed wonderfully spicy and sharp, but some bread to go with it would have been nice. The other two pictures are: Achari chicken tikka from a website called Foodies Terminal and Achaari chicken tikka from one Sanjeev Kapoor. It looks like the Indians - or rather the transliterators of the various Indian languages are often not sure whether to use two a's or just one. Not quite the same as Chicken tikka.
So there you go. A bit of a mixed experience, and today I realised we totally forgot to sing happy birthday and do the claps for each year. Considering how much went wrong though it was a very lovely eventing. Indeed some of the 'problems' actually made it more fun. Everyone enjoyed themselves anyway and the food really was very good. Not worth a trip to Northcote for us, but if you live there go and try it out - but don't order carafe wine.
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The women who inspired me to travel
WHILE RESEARCHING topics for International Women's Day, I came across this infographic by momondo (below) that depicts the women whose achievements have not just inspired, but set the precedent for, women traveling. It made me think about the women who inspired me to travel. They continue to stand out in my mind and inform the how and why I travel the way I do.
The first time my mother flew on a plane she was 18 years old, emigrating from Jamaica to Canada. After graduating high school, she worked hard to pay for travel to Europe, the USA, and back to the Caribbean again. Years later, she would have me and at about 6 months old, I would be taken on my first international flight. Not only was my mom an independent female traveler — she sparked the wanderlust in me, too.
My third-year roommate
Every year of university, my good friend Heather would work in between classes to save up all of her money to spend a month in France and backpack Europe. After the end of university, she spent months backpacking Southeast Asia. Twenty-seven countries later, I still love listening to her stories of hang gliding in Austria, full-moon parties in Thailand, and too many gyros in Greece. The month we spent on a summer abroad together in France continues to be one of my fondest travel memories. It's also an experience I never would have had if she hadn't convinced me to!
'Traveler' may not immediately come to mind when you say the name Zora Neale Hurston, but she did cultural anthropological research in the Caribbean and American South. I studied her research and her fiction work in university, and she had an authenticity in her insights that could only be gained from an extended experience away from home. It showed me you can't truly know a place by reading about it, or even going there and seeing prescribed places. You have to be a part of that place, and it's for that reason I love slow travel and living abroad — I get to feel part traveler, part anthropologist.
The ability to explore the world was once a freedom allowed only to men – and it still is in many parts of the world. For those who have this privilege, we shouldn't take it for granted. We should look back to the women who blazed this trail for us while looking ahead to the next feats we need to achieve. Which women inspired you to travel?
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Receiving, Inspection and Storage
On receipt the product should be inspected to confirm that it corresponds to the one ordered. If the steel wire rope is not to be used immediately, it must be stored in a dry place. If it is to be stored for a longer period, it must be checked regularly to determine whether it requires lubrication (see also "Maintenance of Steel Wire Rope", page 8-26).
Inspection of Dimensions
It is important that the steel wire rope's dimension is checked before installation, and that it is checked that the dimension matches the equipment with which the steel wire rope is to be used (see also "Dimension Tolerances and Ovalness", page 8-18).
Correct measurement of dimension (EN 12385-1 5.3.1) is undertaken with a calliper gauge equipped with a broad enough jaw to cover at least two strands (see fig. 31).
The measurement is undertaken at two places at least one metre apart on a straight section without any load. At each place two measurements are made at 90° angles. The average of these four measurements defines the diameter of the steel wire rope. The degree of ovalness in the steel wire rope is the greatest difference between the four measurements, expressed as a percentage of the nominal diameter of the steel wire rope.
Inspection of Guidance Equipment
Before the steel wire rope is fitted, it is important to ensure that all parts that will come into contact with the steel wire rope are in good condition and match the steel wire rope, e.g.:
Distance between drum and first sheaf or lead sheaf
Guide roll
If the equipment is not suitable, there is a significant risk that the steel wire rope will suffer unusually great wear and tear and will thus have a shorter life expectancy.
Check that the drum dimensions and possible rope grooves match the steel wire rope, and check the condition of the drum.
Randers Reb recommends that correct rope grooves are as follows (fig. 32):
B = diameter of groove = 1.06 x d
A = elevation of groove = 1.08 x d
C = depth of groove = 0.30 x d
R = upper radius = approx. 0.15 x d
where d = steel wire rope's nominal diameter
If the rope grooves do not match the steel wire rope, the rope will suffer unusually high wear and tear, stresses will be introduced and the grooves will have to be repaired.
Please note that norms and standards often impose special requirements in respect of drum diameters, etc.
The steel wire rope's life expectancy depends to a great extent on the drum's dimensions, among other things. The larger the drum, the longer the life expectancy (see also "Sheaves/Blocks", page 8-21).
The distance from the winch to the first sheaf is of importance for the consistency of the winding process.
Randers Reb recommends that the distance L or the fleet angle ß should be (fig. 33):
For drums without rope grooves:
Lmin = 20 x drum width.
For drums with rope grooves:
15 x drum width ~ ß = 2º,
and 20 x drum width ~ ß = 1.5º.
If the distance does not match these figures, the steel wire rope will be subject to unusually significant wear and tear; the distance should therefore be changed.
Guide Rolls
Check whether the guide rolls, e.g. those on the winch, are worn. If they are, the steel wire rope will be subject to unusually significant wear and tear; the guide rolls should therefore be replaced or repaired.
If the guide roll is repaired by welding, care should be taken to ensure that the hardness of the welding material is approx. 300 Brinel, and that it is the guide roll that is worn, and not the steel wire rope.
Sheaves/Blocks
Check that the sheaf diameter and sheaf groove match the steel wire rope. The sheaves must also be able to turn freely.
When a steel wire rope is fed over e.g. a sheaf and bends, certain complex tensions (a combination of bending, tensile and compression stress) are generated in the wires. The greatest tensions occur in the wires furthest away from the steel wire rope's bending centre. After repeated bends, stress failure will occur in these wires.
The steel wire rope construction and the size of the sheaves are decisive in determining when wire fracture occurs. The curve below (fig. 34) shows the influence of the D/d ratio (sheaf diameter/nominal steel wire rope diameter) on the life expectancy of steel wire rope of different types.
Please note that norms and standards often impose special requirements in respect of sheaf/drum diameters. If this is not the case, a minimum D/d = 25 is recommended for 6x7 steel wire ropes, minimum D/d = 20 for 6x19 and 6x36 and a minimum D/d = 10 for combination ropes.
If at all possible, S-bends (where the steel wire rope runs from the lower side of one sheaf to the upper side of the next) should be avoided. Such bends result in premature damage. The sheaf ratio (see below) should thus be increased by at least 25% in relation to the same change of direction. The problem is particularly great when the sheaves are placed close to each other.
The groove in the sheaf also has a significant influence on the steel wire rope's life expectancy. The groove must be neither too large nor too small - the groove must match the steel wire rope's dimensions (fig. 35).
Randers Reb recommends that a correct sheaf groove should support approx. 1/3 of the circumference of the steel wire rope (~120°C) and have a groove diameter of Dsp = 1.06 x the steel wire rope's nominal diameter (see fig. 36). The groove diameter may under no circumstances be less than the relevant steel wire rope's diameter.
The curve in the diagram below (fig. 37) indicates the effect of the D/d ratio (sheaf diameter/steel wire rope diameter) on the steel wire rope's life expectancy.
Always check whether the sheaf groove is worn at the base and along the edges. If it is not, the steel wire rope will be subject to unusually significant wear and tear and stresses will be introduced into the rope. Defect sheaves/blocks should therefore be replaced or repaired immediately.
If the groove is repaired by welding, Randers Reb recommends that the hardness of the welding material is approx. 300 Brinel, so that it is the sheaf that is worn, and not the steel wire rope. The size of the steel wire rope's contact angle (angle change) on the sheaf also has an effect on the steel wire rope's life expectancy (see fig. 38).
If the steel wire rope has to change direction, Randers Reb recommends avoiding changes in direction between 5° and 45°.
Installation of Steel Wire Rope
Steel wire rope from Randers Reb is produced in such a way that in an unloaded state it is tension-free. The steel wire rope is supplied either on reels or in coils. To avoid creating tension or kinks in the steel wire rope during installation, it is necessary to place the coil/reel on a revolving platform, or as shown in fig. 39. If this is not possible, the steel wire rope can be rolled out on the ground while the end of the rope is held in place.
Remember to secure the end of the steel wire rope against opening, regardless of whether or not it is pre-formed. This can be done by such means as tapered and welded ends, beckets, or seizing with soft or annealed wire or strand (see also "Cutting and Seizing of Steel Wire Ropes", page 8-24).
During the unwinding of the steel wire rope, it must not:
In any way pass over the edge of the reel or be taken from a coil on the ground, as this will create kinks in the steel wire rope (see fig. 40).
Be dragged over a hard surface that can damage the wires.
Be dragged through earth, sand or gravel, as abrasive particles will attach themselves to the greased surface of the steel wire rope.
Winding from Reel to Drum
During installation, when the steel wire rope is running directly from the reel to the drum, care must be taken to ensure that the reel is running in the same direction as the drum (fig. 41).
If this is done incorrectly, the steel wire rope is subjected to tension.
In order to achieve problem-free winding in multi-layer winding, it is extremely important that that the steel wire rope is under tension when applied to the drum. If the layers are too loose, the upper layers can damage or cut into the layers below when tension is applied, resulting in damage to the steel wire rope. The rope must be wound onto the drum at a tension corresponding to at least 2% of the tensile strength of the rope.
Braking of the drum can be done in several ways (see fig. 42). Please note: Steel wire rope should never be pressed between two wooden plates, as this will result in permanent damage to the rope.
Correct Fitting to Drum
Fig. 43 illustrates the correct way of installing and winding on to the drum for right and left hand laid steel wire rope respectively.
Cutting and Seizing of Steel Wire Rope
Randers Reb recommends that, as long as the steel wire rope does not have welded ends, it has to be seized before being cut. The following seizing method must be used (See Fig. 44):
Please note that low-rotation and rotation-resistant steel wire ropes must have at least four seizings on each side of the cutting point.
Running in Steel Wire Rope
After the steel wire rope has been installed, Randers Reb recommends that it is run through the system several times at low speed and moderate loading (e.g. 5% of tensile strength). In this way the steel wire rope will gradually become accustomed to the new conditions. The strands will settle, the steel wire rope will lengthen and the diameter will decrease a little due to the fact that the strands and the core are compressed. The steel wire rope will thus be less susceptible to damage when maximum load is applied. The time spent "running-in" the steel wire rope will be earned many time over, as the steel wire rope will thus have a longer life expectancy.
Maintenance of Guidance Equipment
Thorough maintenance of the equipment that the steel wire rope will come into contact with is of great significance for the steel wire rope's life expectancy. Worn sheaf grooves, guide rolls, etc., crooked sheaves and jammed bearings all result in such effects as shock load and vibrations in the steel wire rope, which have a destructive effect on the steel wire rope, resulting in exaggerated wear and tear and fatigue.
Equipment that the steel wire rope comes into contact with must be inspected regularly. If there is a problem with the equipment, it must be replaced or repaired immediately. If the guidance equipment is repaired by welding, care should be taken to ensure that hardness of the welding material is approx. 300 Brinel, so that it is the sheaf that is worn, and not the steel wire rope (see also "Inspection of Guidance Equipment", page 8-19).


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