Cranky Critic® movie reviews: Pitch Black Rated [R], 105 minutes Starring Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser Story by Jim & Ken Wheat Screenplay by Jim & Ken Wheat and David Twohy Directed by David Twohy website: www.pitch-black.com
IN SHORT: "da bomb" . . .
.. . . raved a whole bunch of sixteen slash seventeen year olds on the way out of a sneak of Pitch Black, a sci-fi thriller with more than a couple of good shocks, great scenery, good effects and a mean mutha of a bad guy who can take down big bad aliens, um, with both hands. Scary? Sometimes. Watching Pitch Black is more like taking the really big, really dangerous 'coaster ride at a nearby themepark. You know you're going to have fun, but you also know you're walking out safe. I ain't getting Cranky about a fun ride. The scenery is great (same location and much of the same crew from the Mad Max flix) the effects work, and there are at least two or three really, and I mean REALLY good ones. More than worthy of the oversized popcorn.
Somewhere in deep space, a large transport -- three crew and forty passengers in hypo-sleep -- crashes onto a desert planet. Docking pilot, and now babelicious Captain of Our Survivors Caroline Fry (Radha Mitchell) is the leader of the bunch. Second to her is a bounty hunter/cop named Johns (Cole Hauser) who is transporting mass murderer Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), the meanest mother... you know... to another round of imprisonment. The survivors (and I'll not comment on who they are, lest I give away which folk don't make it -- there are a pair of good surprises in there, too) bake under the rays of three, count 'em three suns. They search for water and discover that the local lifeforms may not be friendly. They bake to a golden brown. They find a settlement, and a ship, abandoned 22 years earlier. It is readily apparent to our victims-in-waiting that the only way off the planet is to get the abandoned ship working. To do that, they have to transport gear from the crash site to the settlement.
When the three suns are eclipsed by a huge, ringed planet and the
planetary natives come out in the dark for a wee bit o' lunch. Not
knowing how long "night" is, the fools decide to make the journey in the
dark, with Riddick's ability to see nocturnally (explained in the flick)
their only ticket to salvation. Otherwise, they're sushi-on-a-skeleton.
But the question hangs over their heads: will Riddick help or will he
slit the throats of everyone else and high-tail it to freedom. The
journey in the dark; the inevitable confrontation between Riddick and
Johns work beautifully. Get yourself in with an audience that talks back
to the screen and it'll get pretty damned noisy
Writer/director Dave Twohy rightfully conceals as much about the alien critters as possible. This builds the tension. But there are thousands of em!  These aliens tend to swarm, and that tires fast. Though it's not non-stop thrilling, you get at least two one-on-one confrontations courtesy Diesel's Riddick. Both totally rock.
Trust me. If this sucker didn't work, it'd be slammed as a second rate Aliens (or maybe a first rate Screamers, which was a similarly themed, real stinker of a couple of years back). Pitch Black was a fun ride.
On average, a first run movie ticket will run you Eight Bucks. Were Cranky able to set his own price to Pitch Black, he would have paid...
$5.50
Definite date flick, especially for the teen kidlets.
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Parallax sites have been all the rage recently, just take a look at these:
If you’re not familiar with them, they’re the sites where the visual structure of the page changes as you scroll. Normally elements within the page scale, rotate or move proportionally to the scroll position on the page.
Whether or not you like parallaxing sites is one thing, but what you can say pretty confidently is that they’re a black hole of performance. The reason for this is that browsers tend to be optimized for the case where new content appears at the top or bottom of the screen when you scroll (depending on your scroll direction) and, in general terms, the browsers work best when very little changes visually during a scroll. For a parallax site that’s rarely the case since many times large visual elements all over the page change, causing the browser to do a repaint of the whole page.
It is reasonable to generalize a parallaxing site like this:
We previously covered scrolling performance and the ways in which you can look to improve your app’s responsiveness, and this article builds on that foundation so it may be worth reading that if you’ve not done so already.
So the question is if you’re building a parallax scrolling site are you locked into expensive repaints or are there alternative approaches you can take to maximise performance? Let’s take a look at our options.
This appears to be the default approach that most people take.  I’ve put together a demo page which does just that.
If you start the DevTools Timeline in frame mode and scroll around you’ll notice that there are expensive full-screen paint operations, and if you scroll a lot you may see several scroll events inside a single frame, each of which is going to trigger layout work.
The important thing to bear in mind is that to hit 60fps (matching the typical monitor refresh rate of 60Hz) we have just over 16ms to get everything done. In this first version we’re performing our visual updates every time we get a scroll event, but as we’ve discussed in previous articles on leaner, meaner animations with requestAnimationFrame and scrolling performance, this doesn’t coincide with the browser’s update schedule, and so we either miss frames or do too much work inside each one. That could easily result in a janky and unnatural feel to your site, which leads to disappointed users and unhappy kittens.
Let’s move the update code out from the scroll event to a requestAnimationFrame
callback and simply capture the scroll value in the scroll event’s callback. Our second demo shows that in action.
If you repeat the scrolling test you’ll possibly notice a slight improvement, although not much. The reason is that the layout operation that we trigger by scrolling isn’t all that expensive, but in other use-cases it really could be. Now at least we are only performing one layout operation in each frame.
We can now handle one or one hundred scroll events per frame but crucially we only store the most recent value for use whenever the requestAnimationFrame
callback runs and performs our visual updates. The point is you’ve moved from attempting to force visual updates every time you receive a scroll event to requesting that the browser give you an appropriate window in which to do them. Aren’t you sweet?
The main problem with this approach, requestAnimationFrame
or not, is that we essentially have one layer for the whole page, and by moving these visual elements around we require large (and expensive) repaints. Typically speaking the painting is a blocking operation (although that is changing), meaning that the browser can’t do any other work and we often run way over our frame’s budget of 16ms and things remain janky.
Instead of using absolute positions another approach we can take it is to apply 3D transforms to the elements. In this situation we see that the elements with the 3D transforms applied are given a new layer per element and, in WebKit browsers, it often also causes a switch over to the hardware compositor. In Option 1, by contrast, we had one large layer for the page that needed to be repainted when anything changed and all the painting and compositing was handled by the CPU.
That means with this option, things are different: we potentially have one layer for any element to which we apply a 3D transform. If all we do from this point is more transformations on the elements we won’t need to repaint the layer, and the GPU can deal with moving the elements around and compositing the final page together.
Here’s another demo showing 3D transforms in use. If you scroll you will see that the situation has improved a great deal.
Many times people just use the -webkit-transform: translateZ(0);
hack and see magical performance improvements, and while this works today there are problems:
If you go down the 3D translation route be cautious, it’s a temporary solution to your problem! Ideally speaking we would see similar rendering characteristics from 2D transforms as we do with 3D. Browsers are progressing at a phenomenal rate, so hopefully before that's what we'll see.
Finally, you should aim to avoid paints wherever you can and simply move existing elements around the page. By way of example, it is a typical approach in parallax sites to use fixed height divs and change their background position to provide the effect. Unfortunately that means that the element needs to be repainted on every pass, which can cost you in terms of performance. Instead you should, if you can, create the element (wrap it inside an div with overflow: hidden
if necessary) and simply translate it instead.
The final option we’re going to consider is to use a fixed position canvas at the back of the page into which we will draw our transformed images. At first glance that might not seem like the most performant solution, but there are actually a few benefits to this approach:
Using a canvas element gives us a new layer, but it’s just one layer, whereas in Option 2 we were actually given a new layer for every element with a 3D transform applied, so we have an increased workload compositing all those layers together. This is also the most compatible solution today in light of the differing cross-browser implementations of transforms.
If you take a look at the demo for this approach and test it in DevTools you’ll notice that performance is very good. For this approach we simply use the canvas drawImage
API call, and we give it our background image and each of our colored blobs to draw in the correct location on screen.
/**
* Updates and draws in the underlying visual elements to the canvas.
*/
function updateElements () {
var relativeY = lastScrollY / h;
// Fill the canvas up
context.fillStyle = "#1e2124";
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
// Draw the background
context.drawImage(bg, 0, pos(0, -3600, relativeY, 0));
// Draw each of the blobs in turn
context.drawImage(blob1, 484, pos(254, -4400, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob2, 84, pos(954, -5400, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob3, 584, pos(1054, -3900, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob4, 44, pos(1400, -6900, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob5, -40, pos(1730, -5900, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob6, 325, pos(2860, -7900, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob7, 725, pos(2550, -4900, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob8, 570, pos(2300, -3700, relativeY, 0));
context.drawImage(blob9, 640, pos(3700, -9000, relativeY, 0));
// Allow another rAF call to be scheduled
ticking = false;
}
/**
* Calculates a relative disposition given the page’s scroll
* range normalized from 0 to 1
* @param {number} base The starting value.
* @param {number} range The amount of pixels it can move.
* @param {number} relY The normalized scroll value.
* @param {number} offset A base normalized value from which to start the scroll behavior.
* @returns {number} The updated position value.
*/
function pos(base, range, relY, offset) {
return base + limit(0, 1, relY - offset) * range;
}
/**
* Clamps a number to a range.
* @param {number} min The minimum value.
* @param {number} max The maximum value.
* @param {number} value The value to limit.
* @returns {number} The clamped value.
*/
function limit(min, max, value) {
return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
}
This approach really works where you’re dealing with large images (or other elements that can be easily written into a canvas), and certainly dealing with large blocks of text would be more challenging, but depending on your site it may prove to be the most appropriate solution. If you do have to deal with text in the canvas you would have to use the fillText
API method, but it’s at the cost of accessibility (you just rasterized the text into a bitmap!) and you will now have to deal with line wrapping and a whole heap of other issues. If you can avoid it, you really should, and you'd likely be better served using the transforms approach above.
Seeing as we’re taking this as far as possible, there’s no reason to presume that the parallax work should be done inside a canvas element. If the browser supports it we could use WebGL. The key here is that WebGL has the most direct route of all APIs to the graphics card and, as such, is your most likely candidate for achieving 60fps, especially if the site’s effects are complex.
Your immediate reaction might be that WebGL is overkill, or that it isn’t ubiquitous in terms of support, but if you use something like Three.js then you can always fall back to using a canvas element and your code is abstracted in a consistent and friendly manner. All we need to do is use Modernizr to check for the appropriate API support:
// check for WebGL support, otherwise switch to canvas
if (Modernizr.webgl) {
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
} else if (Modernizr.canvas) {
renderer = new THREE.CanvasRenderer();
}
And then use Three.js’s API instead of dealing with the context ourselves. Here’s a demo that supports both renderers, assuming your browser does as well!
As a final thought on this approach, if you’re not a big fan of adding extra elements to the page you can always use a canvas as a background element in both Firefox and WebKit-based browsers. That’s not ubiquitous, obviously, so as usual you should treat it with caution.
The main reason developers default to absolutely positioned elements rather than any of the other options may simply be the ubiquity of support. This is, to some degree, illusory, since the older browsers that are being targeted are likely to provide an extremely poor rendering experience. Even in today’s modern browsers using absolutely positioned elements doesn’t necessarily result in good performance!
Transforms, certainly the 3D kind, offer you the ability to work directly with DOM elements and achieve a solid frame rate. The key to success here is to avoid painting wherever you can and simply try and move elements around. Do bear in mind that the way that WebKit browsers create layers doesn't necessarily correlate to other browser engines, so be sure to test it before committing yourself to that solution.
If you're aiming just for the top tier of browsers, and are able to render the site using canvases, that might the best option for you. Certainly if you were to use Three.js you should be able to swap and change between renderers very easily depending on the support you require.
We’ve assessed a few approaches to dealing with parallax sites, from absolutely positioned elements to using a fixed position canvas. The implementation you take will, of course, depends on what you’re trying to achieve and the specific design you’re working with, but it’s always good to know you have options.
And as always, whichever approach you try: don’t guess it, test it.
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The BinanceFuturesFeeModel
models the Binance Futures live trading fees.
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The following table describes the arguments the model accepts:
| Argument | Data Type | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
mUsdtFee |
decimal float |
Maker fee value for USDT pair contracts | 0.0002 |
tUsdtFee |
decimal float |
Taker fee value for USDT pair contracts | 0.0004 |
mBusdFee |
decimal float |
Maker fee value for BUSD pair contracts | 0.00012 |
tUsdtFee |
decimal float |
Taker fee value for BUSD pair contracts | 0.00036 |
By default, the BinanceFuturesFeeModel
charges the order fees of Binance Futures at the Regular User level. If you add liquidity to the order book by placing a limit order that doesn't cross the spread, you pay maker fees. If you remove liquidity from the order book by placing an order that crosses the spread, you pay taker fees. Binance adjusts your fees based on your 30-day trading volume and BNB balance, but we don't currently model these metrics to adjust fees.
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BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL (PRINCIPAL BENCH), NEW DELHI Application No. 4/2013 (THC) 30th APRIL, 2013 CORAM: 1. Hon'ble Shri Justice V.R. Kingaonkar (Judicial Member) 2. Hon'ble Dr. P.C. Mishra (Expert Member) 3. Hon'ble Shri P.S. Rao (Expert Member) 4. Hon'ble Shri Ranjan Chatterjee (Expert Member) B E T W E E N: 1. Gurdial Singh, son of Charan Singh R/o Lamba Pind Bye Pass, Jalandhar; 2. Sudesh Kumar, son of Satpat, R/o 40-A, S.D. College, Old Jawahar Nagar, Jalandhar ....Appellants AND 1 1. State of Punjab through its Principal Secretary Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Mini Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh 2. Punjab Pollution Control Board, Vatavaran Bhawan, Nabha Road, Patiala through its Chairman 3. Senior Environmental Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board Zonal Officer, 16-17, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Jalandhar 4. Chief Engineer (operations), Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. Jalandhar 5. The District Food & Supply Controller Jalandhar. 6. Baldev Raj, BKO, Village Sheikhe, Old Hoshiarpur Road, Jalandhar (presently residing at 264,New Jawahar Nagar ,Jalandhar) .........Respondents 2 (Advocates appeared:: Mr. A.R. Thakkar along with Ms. Durgesh Bali Advocates for Appellants, Mr. Ashish Verma along with Mr.Anup Singh Advocates for Respondent No. 1, 3 and 4, Mr. Rajesh Kr. Pandey, Advocate for Respondent No. 5) J U D G M E N T
1. This is an Appeal preferred by two inhabitants of Jalandhar, Punjab, challenging the common order dated 14th August, 2012, passed by the Appellate Authority, constituted under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (for short, Air Act), and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (for short, Water Act), in Appeal Nos. 14 & 15 of 2012. Those were two different appeals, preferred by Mr. Baldev Raj, (Respondent No. 6) against the orders dated 18.02.2012 and 09.04.2012 passed by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (for short, PPCB). The first order, passed by the PPCB, under sections 21 and 22 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, was for refusal to extend the consent to operate the brick kiln under the Air Act. The Second Order was passed under section 31 of the Air Act giving direction to disconnect electricity supply and also to District Food and Supply controller (for Short, 3 DFSC) to revoke license of the Brick Kiln of Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6).
2. A brief survey of certain undisputed facts may be taken at the outset. Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) was operating a Brick kiln since about 1978.The PPCB had issued "consent to operate" order in favour of Baldev Raj under the Air Act on 02.09.2003. That consent was valid till 31.03.2013.
3. The said consent was cancelled on 7.10.2004 on the ground that Mr. Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) was not using 25% of fly ash as per the mandate of the notification dt. 14.9.1999 as amended on 17.8.2003.
4. The notification dt. 14.9.1999 was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (for Short, MoEF), Government of India, which mandates that a manufacturer of clay bricks must use at least 25% of fly ash generated from Thermal Power Plants as ingredient of the bricks. That notification was challenged by way of Writ Petition No. 19398 of 2004 filed before the Hon'ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana by a group of brick kiln owners. The Hon'ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana directed the PPCB that no coercive action shall be taken against the brick kiln owners. The consent for brick kiln of Mr. Baldev Raj was withdrawn, in the meanwhile, in accordance with the notification issued by the MoEF.
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5. The Respondent No.6 again applied for consent which was granted vide order no.490 dt.17.12.2004 with a validity period up to 16.6.2005. Even after the expiry of the consent to operate i.e from 16.6.2005,the Respondent No. 6 did not apply for grant of consent and continued to run the Brick Kiln in violation of the Air Act.
6. The license granted by DFSC (Respondent No. 5), purports to show that the brick kiln was set up on the land bearing Khasra Nos. 19/4, 16, 24/2 and 25 situated at village Seikhe, Tehsil and District Jalandhar. The brick kiln in question is now inoperative and closed down.
7. Briefly stated, the case by present appellant is that though license was granted by the DFSC to operate brick kiln on a particular piece of land i.e. khasra Nos. 19/4, 16, 24/2 and 25, yet Baldev Raj is not exclusive owner of the said land. The land is owned by Co-sharers including themselves and Baldev Raj. The "consent to operate" was obtained prior to issuance of the license, in favour of Baldev Raj by the DFSC. The brick kiln was being operated in the midst of residential locality of Jalandhar. It is causing air pollution and is detrimental to the health of the residents of the surrounding area. The brick kiln was being operated in blatant violation of conditions of the consent granted by the PPCB as well as the code and practice prescribed in this behalf. The brick kiln emanated excessive polluted air as the SPM level was 5 found to be much higher than the prescribed standards of 500mg/Nm3. Hence, they lodged a complaint against Mr. Baldev Raj to the PPCB. The PPCB collected stack air samples from the Brick Kiln. The analysis of such samples was done in Government laboratory which revealed that the SPM level is much higher than the prescribed standards. The PPCB issued a Show Cause Notice to Baldev Raj. Thereafter vide order dated 09.04.2012 the PPCB directed closure of the brick kiln. The PPCB also gave further directions to disconnect electricity supply of the brick kiln and to DFSC to revoke the license granted for the brick kiln.
8. Feeling aggrieved by the said two orders dated 18.02.2012 and 09.04.2012, Baldev Raj, BKO, (Respondent No. 6), preferred two separate Appeals bearing Appeal No. 14 and 15 of 2012 before the Appellate Authority constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 by the Government of Punjab. The Parties were heard through the Learned Counsel and the appeals were allowed by the Appellate Authority.
9. Though served, Baldev Raj, BKO, (Respondent No. 6), failed to appear before this Tribunal.
10. We have heard learned Counsel. As stated before, Respondent No. 6, Baldev Raj, BKO remained absent during the hearing. Mr. A. K. 6 Thakkar, learned Counsel appearing for the appellants, argued that the brick kiln was found to be a polluting unit. He argued that the stack emission was found to be much beyond the prescribed limit. He contended that on two occasions, i.e. on 17.2.2011 and 3.2.2012, the PPCB collected samples from the unit and found that the concentration of SPM in the stack emission was 780 and 1072 mg/Nm3 respectively against the prescribed limit of 500mg/Nm3. The Learned Counsel submitted that Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) did not cooperate with the officers of the PPCB while collecting the samples. He argued that the action of the official PPCB in collecting and analysing the samples should have been appreciated and accepted by the Appellate Authority. He further argued that the credibility of PPCB cannot be undermined by the Appellate Authority. Finally, he argued that the Appellate Authority should have called upon the Board to monitor the emission level, including the sampling and testing procedure in case the consent to operate is again granted for the brick kiln of Baldev Raj. The Counsel appearing for Respondent No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 supported the contentions of Learned Counsel, Mr. A.R. Thakkar.
11. We have perused the relevant documents placed on record. We have carefully considered the orders of the PPCB as well as that of the Appellate Authority.
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12. It appears that the PPCB granted consent to operate the brick kiln on 27/12/2010. The consent was valid till 23.12.2011. Further it appears that no further consent was granted by the PPCB to operate the brick kiln. On the basis of appellants' complaint dated 31/01/2011 the officials of PPCB conducted inspection of the brick kiln on 17/02/2011. At the relevant time, stack samples were collected in the presence of Baldev Raj, but he refused to sign on the container of the samples. The samples were forwarded to Government approved laboratory for analysis. It was found from the analysis report that Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) level was 780mg/Nm3. Obviously, it was much above the prescribed standards of 500mg/Nm3.A show cause notice was therefore issued by the PPCB on 14/2/2011 calling upon Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) as to why appropriate action shall not be taken against him for operating the polluting Brick Kiln unit. Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) submitted a reply to the show cause notice stating that his brick kiln was not causing any pollution since he had installed pollution control device. In order to verify the fact situation the officers of PPCB made second visit to the brick kiln unit of Mr. Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6). It was found that the conditions put forth, while granting consent to operate the unit, were not being complied with by Baldev Raj. So, another show cause notice was issued to him on 12/10/2011. It appears that 8 Baldev Raj appeared in person before PPCB and requested for another inspection by a different team. Accordingly, PPCB constituted another team of officials and the newly constituted team visited the unit of Baldev Raj on 23/11/2011. The Members of the inspecting team noted the following deficiencies:-
(i) Though, a monkey ladder was provided for collecting samples, yet it was not adequate;
(ii) The Diesel Generator (DG) set was under operation without providing any canopy;
(iii) Coal crushing machine was not available at site ;(iv) The approach road was not stabilized.
However, the inspection team was not able to collect the samples of the stack emissions because the brick kiln was not in operation. Eventually, on 03/02/2012, the stack samples were collected. The laboratory of State Board analysed the samples and reported that the concentration of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) level was 1072 mg/Nm3 against the prescribed standards of 500 mg/Nm3 . As a result of this report the PPCB again issued show cause notice, heard Mr. Baldev Raj personally and passed orders dated 18/02/2012 refusing to grant further consent to operate the brick kiln. Another order dated 9th April, 2012, under section 31 (A) of the Air Act, was also issued to 9 stop the operation of brick kiln on account of violation of the conditions while granting consent to operate the unit.
13. Perusal of the impugned order of the Appellate Authority revealed that there was confusion in the minds of the members of the Appellate Authority. The appellate Authority observed:
"The submissions made by the counsel for the appellant and record available on the file revealed that the report at Annexure P- 24 contains cuttings and changes which are not explained. The sample was collected on 3.2.2012 but the analysis report revealed two different dates of receipt of sample as 4.2.2012 and 9.2.2012 which itself is contradictory. Moreover, the samples were tested on13.2.2012 after the lapse of period of 9 days and the test was signed and dispatched on 14.02.2012 but there are cuttings on the date of dispatch which could be another date. It seems that Board did not follow a transparent procedure while collecting and analysing the samples, and did not follow the provisions of section 26(3) (d), which prescribe that the person taking the samples shall send, without delay, the container or containers to the laboratory. The provisions of sections 26 & 27 of the Air Act have also not been complied with."
14. What appears from the above mentioned reasons, recorded by the Appellate Authority, is that the sampling procedure adopted by the PPCB was not believed by the Appellate Authority. The Appellate Authority did not call for the records of the government testing laboratory in order to find out the date of receipt of samples and date of testing thereof . The Appellate 10 Authority only quoted Section 26(3) (d) of the Air Act and opined that, it was not duly compiled with. The Section 26(3)(d) is attracted only when the collected sample container is to be signed by both the persons, one who is taking the sample and other being the occupier of his agent. Thereafter, such samples have to be dispatched without any delay, to the laboratory established or recognised by the said Pollution Control Board.
15. In our opinion clause (d), sub-section (3) of Section 26 is applicable only when clause (b), sub-section (4), Section 26 is not attracted. The clause (4)(b) of Section 26 states the following:
"in a case where the occupier or his agent is present at the time of taking the sample but refuses to sign the marked and sealed container or containers of the sample of emission as required under clause ( c) of the sub-section (3), the marked and sealed container or containers shall be signed by person taking the samples and ........".
When the PPCB came out with a case stating that the sample was taken in the presence of Mr. Baldev Raj, who refused to sign the container, the version of PPCB could not have been discarded by the Appellate Authority. In case of Tatyasaheb Kore Warana S.S.K ltd Vs Sharad Baburao Patil, (2011) 12 SCC 543, 11 the Apex Court held that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, being a statutory authority, cannot be disbelieved on factual issues of installation of ESPs. In other words, due credibility should be given to the act of PPCB when there is conflict between the version of a private person and that of officials of PPCB. We find that the Appellate Authority did not prescribe sufficient reasons to dislodge the findings derived after analysis of the samples collected on the two occasions by the PPCB. The Appellate Authority passed sweeping remarks while discarding the reports of the analysis and findings of the PPCB.
16. The Government of Punjab had issued an order dated 06.10.1998, a copy thereof is placed on record. This order is titled as "Punjab Control of Bricks Supplies, price and Distribution Control Order, 1998". Clause (3) of the said order prohibits manufacturing and selling etc. of bricks without licence. It also provides certain norms to be followed at the time of granting licence. Clause (5) empowers the District Magistrate to refuse the grant or renewal of licence.
17. It appears that the question "whether brick kiln operating in an area less than of 5,00 hectares requires Environmental Clearance" is being considered by the Apex Court. The brick kiln was to be closed down as per the directions of Hon'ble High 12 Court of Punjab and Haryana. We are of the opinion that the Appellate Authority failed to consider the conduct of Baldev Raj (Respondent No. 6) that he was non-cooperative during the process of collection of samples by the officials of PPCB. He refused to sign containers of the samples and sought inspection by separate inspecting party of the PPCB and he did not explain why he did not sign the container of the samples. In this way, adverse action should have been taken against him. Considering, the forgoing discussion, we are of the opinion that impugned order of the Appellate Authority is improper, illegal and unsustainable. The matter does not stop here. The impugned order shows that it has been signed and delivered by two members of the Appellate Authority. The Section 31 (2) of the Air Act is reproduced below for ready reference.
31(2). The Appellate Authority shall consist of a single person or three persons as the State Government may think it fit to be appointed by the State Government.
The Section 28 (2) of the Water Act is also reproduced below for ready reference.
28(2). An Appellate Authority shall consist of a single person or three persons as the State Government may think it fit to be appointed by that State Government. 13
18. The Sub-clause (2) of Section 31 of the Air Act and Sub- clause (2) of Section 28 of the Water Act make it explicit that the Appellate Authority shall consist of a single Member or three Members appointed by the State Government. It does not mention a two Member Authority to function as Appellate Authority. The intention of legislature appears that the decision can be taken either by a single Member or by three Members. If a decision is taken by single member authority, then it becomes final decision of the authority. If it is the decision of a three member authority, there is inherent provision to mitigate any difficulty arising due to difference of opinion, i.e. if one of the members disagrees the opinion of the rest of the two Members will prevail and can be treated as a majority decision of the Appellate Authority. This is not possible if only two members are appointed because if there is a divergence of opinion among them, there is no third member to overcome the difficulty. Under the above circumstances, the meeting of the authority attended by two members is one more reason as to why the impugned order is liable to be quashed.
19. For the reasons aforestated, we are inclined to allow the appeal and set aside the common order passed by the Appellate Authority. Hence, the Appeal is allowed and impugned order is 14 set aside. It follows that both the orders dt. 18.02.2012 and 09.04.2012, passed by the PPCB, shall be restored and become operative. The Appeal is accordingly disposed of, with no order as to costs.
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Speech
Edward Timpson, Children’s Minister, speaks about support being provided across government for school sport.
Thanks, Jeanne (Dr Keay, Chair of AfPE ), it’s a great pleasure to be joining you today in these truly impressive surroundings - and with just a fortnight to go before we celebrate the Olympics’ anniversary, in a week that’s so far seen phenomenal British sporting success, the reigniting of last year’s Olympic spirit is well underway.
As someone who devours sport whenever I can, and who spent much of my childhood hitting a tennis ball against the garage door or standing in goal, pretending to be my sporting hero Big Joe Corrigan, the Manchester City and occasional England keeper, from the 70s and 80s, whilst my nearly as big brother pounded penalty after penalty at me with little mercy shown, I’m all too aware of the real benefits that instilling sport and PE in a child’s life as early as possible can bring - physical, social and emotional.
Looking around, it’s fantastic to see that these superb state of the art facilities are not only open to our national side for training, but also to local schools and community teams. So, young people can play on the same pitches as their footballing idols, with the hope, of, one day, following in their footsteps, or rather studmarks.
But as inspiring a prospect as this is, for many of these children - as with children everywhere - it’s not the heroes on their screens or in distant stadiums who will, ultimately, help them develop a lifelong love of playing sport themselves.
By encouraging children to become active at an early age, you are, in every sense, setting them up for life - to stay fit and healthy, to build character and to experience the thrill of exceeding their own expectations, again and again. Qualities that are not only real attributes on the pitch or the playground, but in every kind of arena that life throws at us.
Which is why we’re so keen, across government, to support you to seriously raise our game when it comes to school sports.
It’s why we’ve been working closely with AfPE , Sport England, the Youth Sports Trust as well as national sports governing bodies - many of whom are with us today - to see how we can do more to support your work as PE teachers.
And I would like to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to Sue Wilkinson and Dr Jeanne Keay from AfPE . Their contribution to the PE expert group, which has been looking at improving specialist initial teacher training and continuous professional development ( CPD ), has been invaluable.
In all of this, there’s absolutely no question that school sport is right up there as a priority for those of us in government - whether that be in the departments for education, health or sport.
It’s why, the Secretary of State made clear, right from start of the current national curriculum review and confirmed on Monday that PE will remain compulsory at all 4 stages.
And why, in March, the Prime Minister announced a significant boost in funding for PE and sport in our primary schools.
We made this decision after consulting widely with schools, teachers and sporting organisations. And from this, there emerged a strong consensus that the area which needed the most support was primary school PE .
This joint injection of £150 million a year by the departments of education, health and sport is a huge investment at a time when money is incredibly tight. In Staffordshire alone, where we are now, this amounts to over £2.6 million a year in extra funding. This will doubtless provide a welcome boost to youth sports provision in an area which, I understand, includes a number of excellent Change4Life clubs.
It’s money that’s ring-fenced - the only school funding that has such protection - and goes directly to headteachers who, we believe, know best how to meet their pupils’ needs.
And, in fact, I wrote personally to heads, just a fortnight ago, with my ministerial colleagues Hugh Robertson, representing sports, and Anna Soubry, from health, on this very subject, outlining the support that’s available to help them make the most of their extra money.
Having spent time listening to teachers, heads, parents and pupils, there’s 1 area, in particular, that I’m keen they focus on is the lack of specialism at primary level.
As a consequence, we’re doing a huge amount of work with the National College for Teaching and Leadership to tackle this head on by improving initial teacher training and better supporting continuous professional development.
And we’re funding 3 pilot summer schools to train 120 primary PE specialists, which are about to get underway in just a few weeks’ time.
It’s encouraging to know that AfPE is also making great strides in this area, with 1,000 specialist teachers so far set to be trained through its bespoke course by the end of the next academic year. Giving them a recognised professional qualification that will go a long way towards promoting more high quality provision, that will endure.
But, above all, these additional funds present heads with an especially good opportunity to address the lack of PE specialists - something that’s vital to bringing about a culture change and really embedding sporting expertise in schools.
Precisely how heads spend the money will vary according to the particular circumstances of each school. But they need to make these decisions based on evidence of what works, if the funding is to go further and bring about the sustainable change we all want to see.
Naturally, some schools will be more aware of the available options than others. The best guide is, of course, good practice in other schools.
And we know that there’s plenty of outstanding work going on in primary and secondary schools - something that AfPE rightly celebrates through its annual awards, which I had the pleasure of presenting back in February.
I’ve been tipped off that 1 of the winners, Swavesey Village College, from the Cambridge area, is with us today. Congratulations to them again. As just 1 of 5 schools to achieve an AfPE Quality Mark with Distinction, their incredibly high level of sports provision is a terrific example to others.
As are the 4 primary schools, on the fringes of my own constituency in Cheshire, who’ve decided to pool the extra money they’re getting to buy in a full-time specialist coach. The coach will spend 1 day a week in each of the schools and then spend the fifth day working with pupils who need extra help.
And just last month, I also saw, first hand, the brilliant work that the Marjorie McClure Specialist School in Chislehurst is doing to help children with disabilities enjoy sport. The pupils’ level of engagement was extraordinary - a glowing testament to the skill and dedication of their PE teachers. I even had the opportunity, there, of beating John Steele, of the Youth Sport Trust, in a wheelchair race - something that I haven’t been able to resist mentioning whenever he’s around! Knowing John, I suspect he’s already planning a return fixture!
And, tomorrow, I’m visiting a school in Clapham, in south London, with Lord Coe and Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport, to see some of the more imaginative approaches up close.
But we don’t want to simply highlight what good looks like on visits.
We want to make it easier for teachers to tap into this wealth of experience and expertise. Which is why we’ve provided lots of information about the delivery of great schools sports provision on our website.
Including advice from professional sporting bodies and analysis and evidence of good practice, both from here and abroad, with case studies showcasing the innovative things that schools are doing, both inside and outside school and inside and outside normal school hours.
So, heads can see what schools like Allenbourne Middle School, in Dorset, are doing to create excellent, embedded provision.
So they can learn from the experience of those like Bishop Stanton and Sutton Drew, 2 rural primaries in Bristol, that are pooling the extra funding to share a specialist PE teacher.
And so they can be inspired by schools such as Felsted, in Essex, where PE lessons are monitored for quality and where staff receive regular PE training. Pupils, there, are also encouraged to take part in activities they may not have tried during the school’s sports week.
Having said that, this online resource is not static and continues to be a work in progress that we will continue to add material to. So, if you’re doing something that has worked well, shout about it, let us know.
That way, you can help other schools make decisions about how best to spend the additional money, and potentially make a difference to even more children’s lives.
Now, as I said before, we’re keen to make sure that these spending decisions bring real benefits to children and young people. So it’s right that we monitor the impact that they’re having.
As a result, from September 2013, Ofsted inspectors will be asked to look at how well schools are using the money to improve the quality and the range of PE and sports provision and whether more children are taking part and achieving well. Ofsted will also carry out a survey, in a year’s time, to see where the funding has had the biggest impact and where we need to go further.
It’s also important that schools are accountable to parents. That’s why we’ll be requiring schools to include details about their sports provision on their website, alongside information about their curriculum.
But, as we approach the anniversary of the London games, I think we’d all agree that the best measure of the success of this funding is how far it goes to keeping the Olympics’ flame alive in the younger generation.
The spirit of the London games was simply unforgettable and continues to be felt to this day - putting a smile on our faces, a glow in our hearts and a spring in our step. And by the bluntest estimate, in the billions they generated for the economy and in the 8 spectacular Olympic venues whose future uses have already been secured - in stark contrast to Athens and Barcelona that came before.
But it was the promise of a lasting legacy, in the shape of children being inspired to get active at an early age and carry that with them into adulthood, that ultimately clinched the capital’s bid.
It’s a legacy in which we all have stake - and none more so than you, as PE teachers.
I’m eager that we should do all we can to support to you in this hugely worthwhile endeavour, so that, together, we can honour this legacy and see many more of the children you teach enjoying and developing a lifelong love of sport and exercise - and maybe even, one day, claiming their own places on the Olympic and Paralympic podiums.
Unlike Andy Murray or Jessica Ennis, Big Joe Corrigan never got to inspire a whole generation, or single-handedly lift the spirits of a nation, but at the very least he did instil in me a passion for sport that continues to burn inside me to this day. If Big Joe can do it, you can do it too!
Thank you.
Published: 11 July 2013


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Place Of My Own |
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Fly Baby Fly |
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A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 2001 filmcritic.com
I remember sitting in a movie theater at the tender age of 14, watching a little film called D.A.R.Y.L., about a boy with a computer brain trying to cope with modern society and questions of emotion and identity. D.A.R.Y.L. was not some overblown, 2 1/2-hour ordeal. It was 99 breezy minutes of fun fun fun!
A.I. Artificial Intelligence is, too my deep dismay, neither breezy nor particularly fun. The level of anticipation of the film, of course, would be impossible to effectively sate, but A.I. just doesn't cut it. It doesn't even come close.
The mystery-enshrouded story is told obliquely, in fleeting glances of half-explained scenes. Presumably we are meant to absorb the rich, rich atmosphere of the film, and for a long while, this works. But as a result, much of A.I. is cryptic at best, so you'll have to forgive any wandering plot descriptions.
In the future, the icecaps have melted, population controls are rampant, and of course people turn to machines for love. A.I. is the story of a boy named David (Haley Joel Osment), not a real boy, of course, but an artificially intelligent robot who has been programmed to love -- the first of his kind. "Mecha" robots coexist with "Orga" humans in a crowded dystopia, so when Henry Swinton (Sam Robards) brings the first David model home to his wife Monica (Frances O'Connor), who is grieving over a mysteriously ill son, she freaks out but eventually develops a guarded affection for David. When the son in question returns to them (equally unexplained), things come to a head, and the robot boy finds himself a bit of an outcast, a machine that loves people but is not loved in return.
Without giving away too many plot points, suffice it to say that David ends up on an adventure throughout the greater New Jersey area, encountering such characters as the megalomaniacal Gigolo Joe (Jude Law), a "love robot" with all the attendant baggage, and Professor Hobby (William Hurt), David's creator and a scientist with a bad God complex.
As David wanders from the safety of home to the wilds of the big city and eventually, an underwater Manhattan, his journey is inspired by that of the original robot boy, Pinocchio. But Pinocchio is more than an inspiration for the film, it quickly becomes the entire plot, as David searches for the story's "blue fairy" to turn him into a real boy. His robotic teddy bear is a latter-day Jiminy Cricket. He encounters villains and even a theme park, much like our animated hero.
Sadly, this becomes an enormous crutch for Spielberg, as the search for the blue fairy saves him from having to write a real movie. Spielberg earnestly apes Kubrick to a fault (he even credits the film to him in part, a dubious honor I doubt the late genius would have appreciated). A Clockwork Orange and, of course, 2001 are strong influences, particularly in set design. Later in the picture, Blade Runner is an obvious reference point.
The Kubrick connection is worth a little extra ink, because A.I., we should all remember, is Spielberg's resurrection of a film that Kubrick had essentially abandoned years ago. Why he didn't make it we'll never know, but if the scraps of story Spielberg has woven together in this movie are any indication of where he was headed, Kubrick was wise to drop the thing. As for Spielberg, the sole writer credited for the film, it is also worth noting that he hasn't even worked on a movie screenplay since collaborating on The Goonies in 1985.
I don't want to knock A.I. down completely. Law is a fantastic supporting player, giving A.I. the levity it needs during Act 2. The effects are groundbreaking and phenomenal, and while the science of A.I. is dubious, its dystopic future is believable and spooky.
But it's the three mini-movies within A.I. that make it so hard to sit through. The first (David at home) is excellent. The second (David in the big city) is fair. The third (David's quest for infinity and beyond) is unwatchable. By the end, the audience is practically being spat upon with nonsensical, 2001-wannabe metaphysics and general weirdness that goes on and on without end. For what it's worth, the entire movie evoked laughter and snickering from the audience, but only the last act brought out the real hecklers.
Mr. Spielberg, your love is real. Your movie, sadly, is not.

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I began using sleeping pills in a safe way to help me sleep instead of staying up all night obsessing about food and calories (I have an eating disorder). I also self harm. After a binge, I was very upset. Within the span of an hour or two I took 500mg. It was not a suicide attempt, but it was a self harm thing. I ended up calling someone for help because I got scared. I could not move my body. As the trip lengthened, my talk was gibberish and I was so so forgetful. I was taken to the hospital overnight.
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Audiolevels Example
The audiolevels example shows how feed real-time dynamic data to a graph using Q3DBars.
This example reads the audio levels from a microphone and displays those levels in a bar graph. To increase the load for demonstration purposes, and to make the graph little fancier, slightly modified data is used to fill multiple rows.
The interesting stuff happens in AudioLevels
and AudioLevelsIODevice
classes, so we concentrate on those and skip explaining the basic Q3DBars functionality - for that see Bars Example.
Running the Example
To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.
Visualizing Audio Levels
AudioLevelsIODevice
subclasses QIODevice and is given as input device for QAudioInput class, so it receives microphone data.
In the header file for AudioLevels
class we declare necessary members:
Q3DBars *m_graph; AudioLevelsIODevice *m_device; QAudioInput *m_audioInput;
And initialize the microphone listening in the source:
QAudioDeviceInfo inputDevice = QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultInputDevice(); if (inputDevice.supportedSampleRates().size() > 0 && inputDevice.supportedChannelCounts().size() > 0 && inputDevice.supportedSampleSizes().size() > 0 && inputDevice.supportedCodecs().size() > 0) { QAudioFormat formatAudio; formatAudio.setSampleRate(inputDevice.supportedSampleRates().at(0)); formatAudio.setChannelCount(inputDevice.supportedChannelCounts().at(0)); formatAudio.setSampleSize(inputDevice.supportedSampleSizes().at(0)); formatAudio.setCodec(inputDevice.supportedCodecs().at(0)); formatAudio.setByteOrder(QAudioFormat::LittleEndian); formatAudio.setSampleType(QAudioFormat::UnSignedInt); m_audioInput = new QAudioInput(inputDevice, formatAudio, this); #ifdef Q_OS_MAC // OS X seems to wait for entire buffer to fill before calling writeData, so use smaller buffer m_audioInput->setBufferSize(256); #else m_audioInput->setBufferSize(1024); #endif m_device = new AudioLevelsIODevice(m_graph->seriesList().at(0)->dataProxy(), this); m_device->open(QIODevice::WriteOnly); m_audioInput->start(m_device); } else { // No graph content can be shown, so add a custom warning label QCustom3DLabel *titleLabel = new QCustom3DLabel("No valid audio input device found", QFont(), QVector3D(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.0f), QVector3D(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), QQuaternion()); titleLabel->setPositionAbsolute(true); titleLabel->setFacingCamera(true); m_graph->addCustomItem(titleLabel); }
In the header file for AudioLevelsIODevice
class we store pointers to the data proxy and also the data array we give to the proxy, because we reuse the same array to keep memory reallocations to the minimum:
QBarDataProxy *m_proxy; QBarDataArray *m_array;
In the source file we define some static constants to define size of the data array and the middle row index, as well as the resolution of the visualization. You may need to adjust these values to get decent performance in low-end devices:
static const int resolution = 8; static const int rowSize = 800; static const int rowCount = 7; // Must be odd number static const int middleRow = rowCount / 2;
The resolution
constant indicates the sample rate, for example, value 8 means every eighth byte from audio input is visualized. This is necessary to make the data readable, as it would otherwise make the graph scroll too fast.
In the AudioLevelsIODevice
class constructor we initialize the data array:
m_array->reserve(rowCount); for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) m_array->append(new QBarDataRow(rowSize));
The AudioLevelsIODevice::writeData
function is called whenever there is new audio data available to be visualized. There we move the old data along the rows and insert new data in the beginning of the rows:
qint64 AudioLevelsIODevice::writeData(const char *data, qint64 maxSize) { // The amount of new data available. int newDataSize = maxSize / resolution; // If we get more data than array size, we need to adjust the start index for new data. int newDataStartIndex = qMax(0, (newDataSize - rowSize)); // Move the old data ahead in the rows (only do first half of rows + middle one now). // If the amount of new data was larger than row size, skip copying. if (!newDataStartIndex) { for (int i = 0; i <= middleRow; i++) { QBarDataItem *srcPos = m_array->at(i)->data(); QBarDataItem *dstPos = srcPos + newDataSize; memmove((void *)dstPos, (void *)srcPos, (rowSize - newDataSize) * sizeof(QBarDataItem)); } } // Insert data in reverse order, so that newest data is always at the front of the row. int index = 0; for (int i = newDataSize - 1; i >= newDataStartIndex; i--) { // Add 0.01 to the value to avoid gaps in the graph (i.e. zero height bars). // Also, scale to 0...100 float value = float(quint8(data[resolution * i]) - 128) / 1.28f + 0.01f; (*m_array->at(middleRow))[index].setValue(value); // Insert a fractional value into front half of the rows. for (int j = 1; j <= middleRow; j++) { float fractionalValue = value / float(j + 1); (*m_array->at(middleRow - j))[index].setValue(fractionalValue); } index++; } // Copy the front half of rows to the back half for symmetry. index = 0; for (int i = rowCount - 1; i > middleRow; i--) { QBarDataItem *srcPos = m_array->at(index++)->data(); QBarDataItem *dstPos = m_array->at(i)->data(); memcpy((void *)dstPos, (void *)srcPos, rowSize * sizeof(QBarDataItem)); } // Reset the proxy array now that data has been updated to trigger a redraw. m_proxy->resetArray(m_array); return maxSize; }
We use a couple of techniques here to improve performance. First, we reuse the existing data array, as this allows us to avoid any extra memory allocations in our application code. This also means the data array dimensions do not change, which further improves efficiency in the bar graph renderer. Secondly, since each row is a QVector of bar data items, which do not allocate any data that needs deletion, we can utilize memmove
and memcpy
functions to quickly move and copy data around.
Note: In the future versions of Qt Data Visualization, QBarDataItem might get extended so that it does allocate some memory to store other optional bar properties besides the value. In use cases where those optional properties are used, using memmove
and memcpy
could lead to memory leaks, so use them with care.
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Off-duty police officer killed in crash on the FDR Drive
by WABCNEW YORK (WABC) -- Authorities say an off-duty police officer was killed and two other people were injured when their car crashed on the FDR Drive Saturday morning.
It happened around 3 a.m. on the FDR near 23rd Street.
Police say the driver of a black Lexus sedan was going at a high rate of speed when he lost control, and the vehicle slammed into a divider and overturned.
The driver, Officer Garman Chen, 25, was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. Officer Chen was a three-year veteran of the department.
A 25-year-old male passenger and a 25-year-old female passenger were both ejected from the car. The woman sustained a severed right foot.
Both passengers are listed in serious but stable condition. The male passenger is a member of the FDNY.
The Lexus was owned by Chen - family says he was likely on his way home from a night out.
Distraught friends and neighbors in the Kensington section of Brooklyn where Chen grew up are still in shock. They say he loved being a police officer and had aspirations of making Detective.
Police shut down the FDR in both directions for several hours following the accident but all lanes have since reopened.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Police are looking into whether speed or other factors played a role in the crash.


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don't remeber
my brother YoungWoo born!!!!
moved to Sanfrancisco California
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first period
HyunJi moved to US
HeeJin moved to US
Naruto
letter from HeyJin
Marionette
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STIXType defines a bundle of information characterized in the Structured Threat Information eXpression (STIX) language.
| Field Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @idoptional | QName |
Specifies a globally unique identifier for this STIX Package. |
| @idrefoptional | QName |
Specifies a globally unique identifier of a STIX Package specified elsewhere. When idref is specified, the id attribute must not be specified, and any instance of this STIX Package should not hold content. |
| @timestampoptional | dateTime |
Specifies a timestamp for the definition of a specific version of a STIX Package. When used in conjunction with the id, this field is specifying the definition time for the specific version of the STIX Package. When used in conjunction with the idref, this field is specifying a reference to a specific version of a STIX Package defined elsewhere. This field has no defined semantic meaning if used in the absence of either the id or idref fields. |
| @versionoptional | STIXPackageVersionEnum |
Specifies the relevant STIX schema version for this content. |
| STIX_Header0..1 | STIXHeaderType |
The STIX_Header field provides information characterizing this package of STIX content. |
| Observables0..1 | ObservablesType |
Characterizes one or more cyber observables. |
| Indicators0..1 | IndicatorsType |
Characterizes one or more cyber threat Indicators. |
| TTPs0..1 | TTPsType |
Characterizes one or more cyber threat adversary Tactics, Techniques or Procedures. |
| Exploit_Targets0..1 | ExploitTargetsType |
Characterizes one or more potential targets for exploitation. |
| Incidents0..1 | IncidentsType |
Characterizes one or more cyber threat Incidents. |
| Courses_Of_Action0..1 | CoursesOfActionType |
Characterizes Courses of Action to be taken in regards to one of more cyber threats. |
| Campaigns0..1 | CampaignsType |
Characterizes one or more cyber threat Campaigns. |
| Threat_Actors0..1 | ThreatActorsType |
Characterizes one or more cyber Threat Actors. |
| Related_Packages0..1 | RelatedPackagesType |
Characterizes one or more relationships to other Packages. |


RETURN TO ME A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2000 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ***
As you sit watching Bonnie Hunt's adult fairy tale, RETURN TO ME, it's easy to convince yourself that this old-fashioned romance must be a remake of some 1940's movie. With its sweetly sappy scenes of love and courtship, it tells a delightful story that is a throwback to a simpler time at the cinema.
Then it hits you. This can't be remake of something that you saw decades ago because the kickoff point for the plot concerns a medical procedure (heart transplant) that hasn't been around very long.
Bob Rueland's (David Duchovny) wife, Elizabeth (Joely Richardson), dies in a car accident.  After her death, Bob supervises the building of the habitat, but without Elizabeth he's terminally unhappy. His friends try, without much success, to fix him up with dates, including a disastrous one with a woman (Holly Wortell) who has a water obsession. She can only drink bottled water from certain countries.
Meanwhile, Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver), who was near death, is saved by an anonymous heart transplant donor (Elizabeth). This is where the magic in the plot comes in. When Bob first lays eyes on Grace, both smile and feel like they've met before. Even Sydney recognizes Grace. Hunt, however, is wise enough to downplay these incidents. Basically, Bob and Grace just fall in love slowly and naturally, which isn't easy given how hard their respective friends are trying to match them up with everyone they know.
Grace's best friend, Megan (Bonnie Hunt), and her husband, Joe (James Belushi), are always trying to arrange dates for Grace, who is extremely sensitive about the 10 inch scar on her chest from the operation. "I've already told him [Grace's latest blind date] that she's had some work done," Joe tells Megan. "She's not a Buick!" Megan admonishes Joe.
Filmed on location, the movie is a valentine to Chicago. From the intimate scenes set in the Irish-Italian restaurant of Grace's family to the sweeping skyscraper vistas, the city looks gorgeous and inviting.
A veritable senior citizen's home worth of older actors (Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, Eddie Jones, William Bronder and Marianne Muellerleile) support these the 30something leads, Driver and Duchovny. The chemistry between the lovers is genuine and never rushed. The parts of the script that challenge the PG rating are the intensity of the early tragedy. Sex isn't part of the storyline.
It isn't until the last act that Grace and Bob realize the heart connection. The result of the discovery is predictable, but who cares. This heart-warming movie (pun intended) is an unabashedly sentimental love story, not a mystery.
RETURN TO ME runs 1:53. It is rated PG for language and thematic elements and would be fine for kids around 10 and up.
My son Jeffrey, almost 11, liked all of the movie except for the initial tragedy. Giving it ***, he said that he found the movie hilarious and that he especially liked seeing Carroll O'Connor.
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American preachers, RMD for Lagos youth conference
American preachers Stephen and Zai Chandler, actor Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), celebrity pastor Tony Rapu as well as singers Bankole Wellington (Banky W) and Sinach would be speaking to young people on self discovery at a conference in Lagos later this month.
Organised by the Waterbrook, the three-day conference known as Living Your Best Life is designed to help youths find their purpose and identity.
According to the organisers, the speakers including life coach Lanre Olusola, Founder, Real Talk Women Initiative Tolu Ijogun, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation Osayi Alile and CEO Enyo Rerltail Yomi Awobokun would be expected to share insights on how they are living their best lives at 5ye event slated for November 22 to 24.
While there will be panel discussions and interactions, participants will also be thrilled with musical performances.


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Hall-of-famer Maestro Fresh Wes to rock Vernon
by Parker CrookHip hop hall-of-famer Wes Williams, better known as Maestro Fresh Wes, is making his return to the Okanagan.
According to Vernon's Status Nightclub, William's 1989 hit Let Your Backbone Slide was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame Thursday, Nov. 21 at a ceremony in Toronto.
Maestro Fresh Wes will perform at Status Nightclub to mark owner Saverio Loria's 60th birthday Saturday, Nov. 30, the club said.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door.
For more information, visit statusvernon.com.
-This story was updated at 12 p.m. to correct ticketing information.


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You will be pleased to learn that Mr Key has returned from his sojourn on foreign shores, refreshed, revivified, and ready to shower you once again with sweeping paragraphs of majestic prose. I am not going to tell you much, if anything, about my jaunt, but I think it is worth noting that I met, on my travels, a man called Dave, from Australia who, when young, used to dye chickens different colours. It was not entirely clear to me whether he did this as a form of gainful employment, or for his own entertainment. It might even have been art. I mention this because it occurred to me that an Antipodean chicken-dyer could prove a useful recurring character in the various doings recounted here at Hooting Yard. We shall see.
Oh, one more thing. I was startled to discover that Dave was unable to name the four members of The Seekers. I have long believed—with good reason—that it is the mark of any civilised person, and certainly of any civilised Antipodean, that they can rattle off those names without even having to think, much as one might list John, Paul, George, and Ringo (not forgetting Yoko, of course), or Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, or Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. I have no doubt that every single one of my readers will be as baffled as I was by Dave's inability in this regard. Perhaps a lethal chemical constituent of the dyes used on those chickens long ago bedizened his brainpans.


This is a non-programming post in the series I call “re-stating the obvious”. This series talks about topics that have been beaten to pulp already. I’m simply adding to the cacophony. You can find all posts in this series here.
The trigger for this post
In November 2020, some Amazon Web Services servers suffered an outage that caused a domino effect across countless products and services which depend on AWS. Social media was quick to poke fun at the incident with an explosion of jokes and memes. This tweet is a summary of the mood of social media on that day:
I... can't vacuum... because us-east-1 is down.
— Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap) November 25, 2020
Lessons learnt
My take-away from this incident (and others before it) is
Most products and services ought to dwell on the role of technology in the system. Does tech bring the most value as an enhancer or as a prerequisite? In other words, does the system degrade gracefully in the absence of the very tech that differentiates it?
(In this post, I use the term “tech” in a very loose sense)
Examples
Let’s look at some (mostly hypothetical) examples. Since I spent a large portion of my career in two domains (IoT and automobile), some bias is bound to creep into the examples.
- It is awesome that my air-conditioner is connected to the internet. I can set the temperature on my way home so that the house is already comfortable when I reach there. But should it really require the internet to function? Do I absolutely have to configure the WiFi settings before using the air-conditioner?
- An internet-connected blood pressure monitor is a really good idea since it eliminates the manual data entry process and lets medical personnel have direct access to the necessary data. However, a blood pressure monitor that refuses to function when a server is down is not very useful, is it?
- I can unlock my car with my phone? Amazing. Does it also have a good old key for backup? It would be awkward if my phone is out of battery and I cannot even unlock the car.
That last point seems far-fetched but it really isn’t. It is just one step away from this:
Got in our @Zipcar we've been driving for 3 days. It doesn't start. Call Zipcar and get told that the car can't access the internet so it won't start. The only option is to have a tow truck come and tow it to somewhere where it has internet.
— Keith Smiley (@SmileyKeith) December 27, 2018
I could go on with dozens of examples but I think I’ve illustrated my point.
Offline first
“Offline-first” is often used to describe apps that function when the network is unavailable, but it is more than that. Offline-first apps also behave well in the face of a poor network connection. As an end user, the experience when you have that feeble network is way worse than when you have no network at all.
This concept of offline-first can be extended to all things tech. In majority of the cases, solutions need to be designed
- First for the situation where the tech crutch on which the solution depends is unavailable for whatever reason
- Then for the case where the tech is available but in a significantly reduced form
- Then and only then for the case where the differentiating technology is healthy and functioning at its peak
I do qualify all my opinions with “majority of” or “most of” because I’m pretty sure there are situations where this is not feasible. I know there must be some solutions out there that rely completely on the tech, where the solution ceases to exist without the tech.
Conclusion
Tech is making its mark in unimaginable ways in unprecedented fields. It works really well when it enhances an existing system. It would be a shame to go overboard and make a system overly reliant on tech where there is no real need to.


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Sitting here talking to some of the bloggers around the sphere and Scott Lowe and couple others had some good fun. Just like the concept of VDI was driven by companies such as myself and others with a true business need. We offer up the next great idea for VMware from the community.
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A showcase for the Climate Science for Service Partnership with China
(Same in Mandarin)
The VIEWpoint project seeks to maximise the impact of the world-class collaborative scientific research of the CSSP-China (Climate Science for Service Partnership China) programme. VIEWpoint has created tools, demonstrators, articles and videos to make research outputs more accessible to a wider audience, including government, industry and the public.
“新观点” (VIEWpoint) 项目旨在最大化地发挥“中英气候科学到服务伙伴关系计划” (CSSP-China: Climate Science for Service Partnership China) 的世界级科研合作的影响力。通过创建工具、演示、文章和视频，“新观点”项目让包括政府、企业和公众等在内的不同群体更易获得研究成果。
All 300+ journal papers published through CSSP-China have been organised into a searchable catalogue, organised by theme.
Visual demonstrators of CSSP-China projects, including ...
Documentation and tutorials to help users with CSSP-China data.
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I am a graduate of General Assemblies full time data science boot camp. I also work for Arlington County, Virginia handling GIS related tasks for the Department of Transportation Engineering and Operations. Not long ago I completed a certificate in GIS from George Mason University. Before that, I was the technical operations manger for CitiBike in New York. Further back, I was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching computer literacy and building an intranet for the Southern Regional Health Authority of Jamaica
From my time in bikeshare, I have years of experience working with and visualizing operational transportation data, and machine-to-machine data. Back then I used Excel, netSuite ERP, and a BI dashboard called Domo. I used those tools to quantify what field staff were up to, and how well the overall system was performing. NYC DOT was focused on the latter.
Now I'm doing GIS and adding a heaping helping of Data Science knowledge to my skillset. I'm excited to focus on finding actionable information in data which has always been my favorite part of previous jobs, but was never something I’ve been able to do full time.


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Command-line tool to create a desktop app for any web site with minimal configuration.
More information: home page
- Make a desktop app for a website:
nativefier url
- Create a desktop app with a custom name:
nativefier --name name url
- Use a custom icon, should be a PNG:
nativefier --icon path/to/icon.png url


Our Pastor - Rev.Suhas Bawadekar Started the Mission of preaching the
gospel in the year 2012 with his team and his wife Sis.Flora
Bawadekar, helping many Souls to enter the Heavenly Kingdom.He Started his
mission both online and offline .He encourages All the members to
testify, lead the worship and even Share the Word of God. We are thankful to god for leadership and service.
we are grateful for all you do for our church. Thank you for being such a great example
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Downtown Helena Twilight Criterium Results, District Criterium Championships
Total of 41 riders, great weather. Sad note: defending champ Brink crashed
and broke his collarbone, we wish him well and a speedy recovery.
Please contact me with questions at 457-8252 or 442-0877
Thanks,
Joel
Senior Men 1/2/3:
1 - Jason VanMarle, Nutrafig
2 - Dustin Phillips, Northern Rockies
3 - Mark Legg, Northern Rockies
4 - Geoff Proctor, Montana Velo
5 - Kiefer Hahn, Wizards of the Coast
6 - Dan Dahlberg, Northern Rockies
7 - Taylor Anderson, Northern Rockies
8 - John Yarrington, Gallatin Valley
9 - John Weyhrich, Five Valley Velo
DNF - John Burkhartsmeyer, Brink Kuchenbrod, Jeff Caton, Thomas Bass,
Wakefield Troy, Jeffry Seaton
Note: The District Championship was awarded to the highest-placed amateur
rider, Dustin Phillips
Women:
1 - Anne-Blanche Adams, unattached
2 - Amy Hyfield, Team Virtual
3 - Kelly Parsley, Great Divide
4 - Kathy McGann, Five Valley Velo
5 - Bernie Franks-Ongoy, Great Divide
DNF - Margaret Legg
Senior Men 4/5:
1 - Kale Keltz, Allied Signal
2 - Scott Boyles, Great Divide
3 - Jason Dykstra, Echelon
4 - Andy Springer, Gallatin Valley
5 - Will Schneider, Unione Sportiva Italiana
6 - Jeff Agamenoni, Echelon
7 - Steve Field, Great Divide
8 - John Coulthard - Unattached
DNF - Michael Gilpin
Masters 30+:
1 - Mark Legg, Northern Rockies
2 - Marcel Vangarderen, Gallatin Valley
3 - John Yarrington, Gallatin Valley
4 - Steve Perkins, Gallatin Valley
5 - Eric Grove, Great Divide
6 - Richard West, Echelon
7 - Jason Selong, Gallatin Valley
Vets 50+:
1 - Michael Gilpin, San Diego Bicycle Club
2 - Jerry Coffey, Gallatin Valley
Junior Men:
1 - Tejay Vangarderen, Gallatin Valley
2 - Andrew Franks-Ongoy, Great Divide


PCS Kosher restaurant is a family owned retaurant that has been in operation for 25 years with a reputation of having great food, great ambiance, and great service.


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PostgreSQL is well supported by its active community. Current developments are chronicled in the PostgreSQL Weekly News and there are more than a dozen mailing lists available, categorized into topics like administration, announcements, jobs, performance, and SQL. We also have several PostgreSQL User Groups in the world, and there is also an active IRC community.
In addition to the resources available on this site, there are also links to international sites that contain PostgreSQL information in various languages. PostgreSQL community resources are also highlighted in this section of the website.


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Beginning DBC!
15 September 2015
Dev Bootcamp has started and has hit the ground running! After week one there was a decent amount of ground covered and I wanted to review some of the things that were taught within the first week or so. What better way than to begin the blog with the material covered.
Something that has a very clear importance, especially at DBC so far is version control. Version control is a way of tracking your project from the beginning of development and keeping a log of every "version" of the code's development. This can be very beneficial because the nature of how version control is stored. The version control method we've been using so far is Git and it is hosted on Github. What I have noticed from using Git is that it is similar to keeping a timeline of your project and having the ability to go back to previous versions of code if needed. This is useful because if you were testing a new feature you were unsure of or if you had already made a mistake you can go back to previous iterations of the project that still has functional code intact. So far using Git has been pretty intuitive after picking up the basic commands and I am constantly learning new functions that can help further improve your code.
Git is a type of version control and Github (Github.com) is just a git hosting service. Github has been useful because it keeps a copy of the code online. As far as practicality within DBC so far, it has allowed me to constantly keep both my home and work computers synced. I can bring my laptop to work and work on assignments. After I get home I can push my changes up to Github, then update my much larger home computer to work on. It has much more benefits than just syncing computers though. It allows teams to copy other people's repositories into their own and work on a copy of the code without effecting others repos. As a team this can be useful because people can essentially work on the same repo, and update the master file with their changes.


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1242 x 2688 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~458 ppi density)
Dimension
158 x 77.8 x 8.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 in)
Weight
226 g (7.97 oz)
OS
iOS 13, upgradable to iOS 13.2
Chipset
Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)
CPU
Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)
GPU
Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
Memory
N/A
Cameras
Dual 12MP (Wide) + SL 3D camera, Dual 12MP (Wide) + SL 3D camera
Sensors
Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Siri natural language commands and dictation
Battery
Non-removable Li-Ion 3969 mAh battery (15.04 Wh)
Colors
Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Midnight Green (matte colors)
Versions
A2218 (Global market) | A2161 (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) | A2220 (China, Hong Kong)


NuiDialogModule
Dialog can be added by passing template
to the DialogService's open
method.
You can pass the result of the dialog or the reason why dialog is dismissed by using close
or dismiss
methods in your ng-template.
All passed data can be handled by result
property of dialog's open
method.
You can pass an existing component as content of the dialog window.
In this case remember to add content component as an entryComponents section of your NgModule.
For this case you need to pass the component's class name to the open
method of DialogService
.
See both example panels below.
The code of this example panel is related to the example above. It only shows code.
You can pass severity
property to the dialog-header
component and it will show different severity styles. Possible values are: critical, warning, info.
You can also add custom action buttons to the Dialog header.
In order to do so, you need to define them inside dialog-header
component, as shown in the example below.
You can add custom action buttons to the Dialog header.
In order to do so, you need to define them inside dialog-header
component, as shown in the example below.
You can define size of the dialog by passing it as second argument to DialogService's
open
method. Possible sizes are: sm,
md,
and lg
.
Default size is md
.
When content is longer than available screen, dialog grows vertically by default.
By adding responsive-mode
class to the dialog-body
, dialog will fit the available screen
and content will be scrollable inside the dialog. Also it's possible to remove padding from content in
dialog-body
by adding compact-mode
class
It is possible to add custom class to the dialog window. In order to do it, you need to pass windowClass
option into DialogService open
method as second argument.
Here's an example: DialogService.open(content, {{ '{' }} windowClass: "myCustomClass" {{ '}' }})
It will allow you to apply custom styles to the dialog if needed.
Example below shows dialog with custom width (500px).
NOTE: custom class is applied to the dialog component which appended into the body
element.
That's why this class must be specified as body
descendant class.
nui-dialog
component. In this case please make custom class selector more specific in your styles.
You can use Confirmation Dialog by calling the confirm
method of DialogService. Set the message
input
to a string value that will serve as the confirmation message. Optionally, you can customize the title and button labels using
the title
, confirmText
, dismissText
and severity
properties defined in
IConfirmationDialogOptions.
Confirm
button is focused. Use setFocus
input to
set the Dismiss
button focused on dialog open.
There is a field in options
that allows dialog to be interacted with via keyboard. Usage: {{ '{' }} keyboard: false {{ '}' }}
By default, nui-dialog closes if user clicks outside the dialog. It is handy though to keep the dialog on no matter where user clicks. To achieve this behavior,
it is recommended to use the backdrop
input of the component and set static
string to it.
The implementation of the nui-dialog
is not currently based on nui-overlay
, which means there might be a need to display the dialog properly
with overlay-based components, including nested ones. To make the dialog open inside the overlay container it is enough to passe in the useOverlay
option
when opening the dialog.
The nui-dialog
provides you with a number of ways to perform actions on it's closure. There are two built-in events ESC
and BACKDROP_CLICK
which are triggered by the keyboard escape key and clicking the dialog's backdrop respectively. However, the user is able to create their own events, which they can pass as an argument into the
dismiss(event)
method of the dialogRef
. To capture the events there are two types of EventEmitters of the dialogRef
- closed$
and beforeDismissed$
. As can be determined from their names, the closed$
event emitter will emit an event right after the dialog window is closed, while the
beforeDismissed$
emits right before the dialog is dismissed.
beforeDissmissed$
is only emitted on dialog dismissal (or cancellation); it is not emitted on dialog submission.
beforeDismissed$
works best in conjunction with the special beforeDismiss
function, which can
be configured as an optional configuration parameter of the dialog. This function, if it returns false
, will prevent the dialog from closing, until the close
method is called. All this lets you be very flexible in how exactly you want the dialog to be dismissed and when to perform certain actions.
The example of the dialog's closure actions below shows how flexible a simple dialog can be in terms of performing certain actions at certain points of the dialog's lifecycle
For this example:
It's possible to perform some actions in your code when a dialog is opened by subscribing to the
DialogService
's afterOpened$
observable. It emits a
NuiDialogRef
that contains the component's data. This works for both a confirmation
dialog and a dialog containing a consumer-defined component. The examples below trigger a toast on
the top right of the page when each dialog is opened.
The code of this example panel is related to the example above. It only shows code.


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