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IOT Platform: Typical Characteristics
Posted by Jai on June 29, 2016
There are common characteristics for iot platforms but it is indeed very difficult to benchmark iot platform solution as many of these try to solve fundamentally different problems. In this post we will cover some of the typical characteristics which such a solution should have.
IOT Platform Categorisation
There are lot of IOT platform providers now a days and numbers are growing every year. Each having some very common features and some having quite different features. On high level, we can categories these IOT platforms in different categories,
Connectivity / M2M platforms
To provide connectivity to connected devices with cloud.
IaaS backends
Infrastructure-as-a-service backends provide hosting space and processing power for applications and services.
Hardware-specific software platforms
Domain specific platform supporting only those connected devices.
Consumer/Enterprise software extensions
Existing enterprise software packages and operating systems allowing the integration of IoT devices.
Lot of companies investing in providing different kind of services. Some are focused on providing infrastructures as backend, some working on providing connectivity, some providing platform only for specific domain and devices. The industry as a whole is still evolving and yet far from generalising the platform providing all feature set. Companies providing these capabilities are very observant for now and based on which industry pick up first consumer market, manufacturing, energy , automotive etc. the energy, efforts and money and platform maturity will also move in that direction.
As mentioned, there are around 400 plus such platform available having different strategy to expand and grow. Depending on which domain you work, but to make it generic and be available to provide mass support the below characteristics are typically be there.
IOT Platform Characteristics
In general, some of the typical characteristics of such an IOT platform are,
Day by day, the number of devices getting connected to internet are increasing rapidly. Each domain adds variety of devices and the variations is huge depending on the devices size and processing power. Irrespective to diversity, the solution ability to support diverse type of internet of things, devices should be there.
Ability to support different transport protocols to target various devices communication protocols. Support for some of the common protocols like HTTP/REST, MQTT, AMQP, CoAP etc. are in common. Ability to provide support for other common protocols, library to convert to supported solutions. Eg. intermediate raw TCP/IP and UDP gateways to convert to relevant supported transport protocols. Support for open source standards, protocols, library integration etc.
The very basic requirement of any solution is to be scalable enough to support the rising number of such devices. A very stable and scalable environment to support increase in load should be there. The solution should be able to provide device management for millions of devices.
Data volume
Not only the number of connected things but indeed the solution should be able to handle Exabytes of data. It should be able to digest, process and store that huge amount of data.
Another basic requirement from such a solution is to be reliable from services perspective. Either instances, servers, components, hardware, network, or data centres etc. it should provide typical failover and disaster recovery solutions.
Different domain has different requirements related to data processing. For some data is required for analysis perspective which can be processed, alerted and stored. For some cases, we need to process the data on real time basis and take actions accordingly. For different in memory processing and real time availability of data is required. The solution should provides ways and services with minimum latency in such cases.
Bi-directional Communication
For most of the connected devices, the requirement of bi directional communication is there. Device should be able to publish data to cloud and cloud should be able to push commands, configurations, firmware update to the devices. The solution should enable bi directional communication for all connected devices.
Hosting Agnostic
As discussed earlier, there are different varieties and variations of IOT platforms around now a days. Designing and Architecting such a solution, should be loosely coupled with the hosting environment in totally itself. And tight coupling with hosting environment may restrict the solution. Some of the hosting possibilities around can be,
in house – Dedicated environment on client side
hosted/private cloud – self hosted environment shared with multiple clients
public cloud – to be able to host on any public cloud using IAAS model.
The solution need to incorporate end to end security support in the system. Device identification, device authentication, secured transport layer security, end point access control for authorisation. Firmware patching and security alerting also required.
The solution should have ability to add different services modules for specific features. Each domain has its own requirements in terms of data processing. Some of the typical use cases are generic through different domains.
The solution should be data agnostic, support to process and provide connectivity points for different varieties of data. Possibility to support structured or unstructured data etc. should be there. Some of the features are also common in devices across domain etc. Location based information, time series data etc. One of the features of such solution is to provide out of box solution of commonly used data structures and services around same. Solution should provide different domain customisations and different domain wise features based on rules engines etc.
Data Analysis
We have heard of same so many times that Data is currency, real value is in data. It should support all data processing, visualisations and analytics support. Typical business value addition from analytics is very much domain and data specific. Machine learning integration is indeed one of such requirements to really get value out of data and make it futuristic and to be able to monetise same. Ability to integrate data from multiple sources in analytics like customer data, connected devices data, market research data and combine those to provide relevant complete analytics solutions for end customers.
Ecosystem Integration
The solution should be able to provide integration point to external services. Third party cloud integration to be able to digest data from or to be able to push data to may also be required at times. Additional dashboard, portal or interfaces are also required based of domain requirements like Customer Support portal.
External System integration
The solution capability to provide integration with other backend service is also required. Ability to push data to client API or certain data warehouse is additional features used.
Management Portal
The solution should provide a management portal for different services within the system. Device management, security configurations, firmware management, device repository and devices health etc. are some examples.
Data Access API
Various cases, the connected devices are also directly used with consumer based applications. Ability to expose data to end customers using various means is also required. Mobile SDKs or REST Api are typical examples which the solution should provide to be able to expose data to end customers easily.
The solution should provide data flow monitoring within the system. Ability to monitor device connectivity status to data flow to services status should be there.
The solution should provide different alerting options based on specific configuration or events. Whether it is related to device status, data flow or device compromise status alerts. SMS, Email, Push Notifications are different alerting options are used.
Only some of typical characteristics have been discussed above, there are variations of platforms providing domain specific features also. In future posts, we will be covering technical challenges in building such platforms and end to end security aspects.
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Dear Lynn,
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Projects relating to physiopathology of neurodegenerative diseases
Glaucoma and DMAE are pathologies that exhibit the involvement of highly specialised cell-types with very high energetic requirements. In order to satisfy this demand, both lymph node cells in the retina and the photoreceptors exhibit a high concentration of mitochondria in their plasma. The mitochondria are responsible for regulating the energy metabolism of eukaryote cells, although they also play an important role in signalling channels, cellular differentiation, proliferation and cell death.
At a cellular level, several authors have shown mitochondrial involvement in these pathologies. The causes inherent to neurodegenerative diseases such glaucoma or DMAE are several, although the most prominent are oxidative stress. Mitochondrial dysfunction and excitoxicity.
The group for Neurobiology of the Retina studies and analyses the role that mitochondria perform in the maintenance of cell integrity and its involvement in the neurodegenerative diseases studies. Furthermore, this team has proven and continues to obtain information on how exposure to light, and more specifically the blue element (of short wave lengths) affects in a negative manner, the different cell-types of the retina.
PROJECT 6. IN VITRO STUDY OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PIGMENTARY RETINA EPITHELIUM IN RELATION TO THE FUNCTION OF THE MTHFR ENZYME.Head Researcher: Ms. Beatriz Fernández-Vega Sanz
Head Researcher: Ms. Beatriz Fernández-Vega Sanz. Mehylentetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a very important enzyme for the regeneration of methionine, to the point that, due to mutations in the MTHFR gene it codes, its deficiency alters its activity with repercussions on both the metabolism of homocysteine and in the metabolism of neurotransmitters and other metabolic reactions. In clinical practice, it has been observed, that a large number of patients sharing a series of common retinal dysfunctions related to the pigmentary epithelium of the retina (EPR), exhibited this mutation. Among the dysfunctions, the accumulation of sub-retinal fluid.
EPR is a polarised cellular mono-layer which features great metabolic activity, essential to the visual circuit. Each cell in the EPR is closely connected to its adjacent cells, forming an external haemo-retinal barrier, vital for development, survival and physiological activity of the visual cells.
This project aims to characterise the various functions in a line of pigmentary retinal epithelium with the goal of evaluating the effect, that the enzyme MTHFR has on them, as well as the relationship with the concentration of the amino acid methionine and of other compounds in the metabolic route affected by the mutation.
Projects relating to neuro-protection in ocular pathologies
Studies carried out by the research team have shown the neuro-protective effect of exposure to a certain type of red light, in regards to lesions that may take place in pathologies such as glaucoma, observing the capability of red light to increase the survival rate of the cells predominantly affected in this disease. The potential therapeutic effect of red light is also being analysed at the present time for other pathologies of the eye.
Although research carried out shows a beneficial effect of treatment with the red light tested, little is known at present, of the underlying mechanisms. For this reason, the group for Neurobiology of the Retina also studies the various molecular mechanisms that may be activated. Familiarity with the changes taking place at a sub-cellular level taking place in the cell in the event of a lesion or when the cell protects itself from it, gives way to new avenues of research for the attainment of more specific approaches.
PROJECT 2. NEUROPROTECTION IN THE RETINA BY MEANS OF TORES DE CRECIMIENTO (PRGF).PRGF is an autologous serum rich in growth factors, obtained from blood of the same patient. Several studies have shown that this serum has clear beneficial effects on ocular regeneration and ocular proliferation, among other positive effects.
The study set forth by the research team aims to clarify whether PRGF may act as a neuro-protective agent in the retina, besides its possible use in the field of regeneration, starting from certain neuron strains.
PROJECT 3. DEVELOPMENT OF LUMINESCENT NANOMATERIALS FOR NEUROPROTECTION AND NANOTHERAPY OF OCULAR PATHOLOGIES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF RETINA LESION FROM LIGHT. RETINETA PROJECT. CHALLENGES OF SOCIETY 2014.RETINETA is a project partially financed on a state level, within the framework of the national Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, aimed towards the challenges of society and as part of the Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación furthered by the Ministry of Finance and Competitiveness.
In this project the Retina Neurobiology Group of Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, goes in hand with the Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega and the Asturian Fundación ITMA. The project's goal is the development of new systems in neuro-protection for the retina, with the use of the latest technological advances available.


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Divine Service
Sunday 6pm
This is our main service of the week. The service is taken by a visiting medium and includes an address on the Philosophy of Spiritualism. Spirit Mediumship is part of this service, where the medium will try to bring forth evidence of life after physical death.
A freewill collection is taken after the service.
Evening of Mediumship
Monday 7.30pm
The Demonstation of Mediumship is the focus of this service and there is no Philosophy.
Again, the service is taken by a visiting medium, and the medium will try to bring forth evidence that life continues after physical death.
There is an admission Charge of £3.00 .
Private Sittings
Private Sittings are available in the centre by appointment.
For more details please contact the centre.
Development / Awareness
Development and awareness classes are available in the centre and can be attended by invitation only.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar slumped to a record low against the Swiss franc and a four-month trough versus the yen on Monday, with more losses seen if U.S. lawmakers fail to compromise on a deficit reduction plan.
With a little more than a week before the August 2 deadline to raise the $14.3 trillion U.S. debt ceiling, there is an ever-increasing threat of a ratings downgrade and default, an event that could cause a frenzy in financial markets.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans pursued separate budget proposals with no clear path to bring them together.
U.S. Senate Democrats would offer a $2.7 trillion spending-cut plan while U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican candidate in Congress, introduced a new plan on Monday.
President Obama will make an address on the debt limit at 9 p.m. EDT.
"While investors still appear to be giving Washington lawmakers the benefit of the doubt that they will reach a deal, every day that passes without a resolution will likely see markets price in a higher risk premium into the dollar's valuation," said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington.
Overall, the Swiss franc was the biggest beneficiary of the demand for safe havens, pushing the dollar to an all-time low of 0.80210 francs on trading platform EBS. The dollar has fallen in three of the last four sessions against the Swiss currency. It last traded at 0.8058, down 1.5 percent on the day.
"While a deal is still likely to be reached in the 11th hour every day that passes is likely to see investors become increasingly unwilling to hold dollar denominated assets," Esiner said.
The euro also fell versus the franc, dropping as much as 1.7 percent, as did sterling. Traders reported heavy selling of the pound ahead of Tuesday's UK gross domestic product data for the second quarter.
The U.S. debt ceiling stalemate, however, helped the euro gain against the dollar. It last traded at $1.4374, up 0.2 percent on the day, according to Reuters data.
Moody's further slashing of Greece's debt rating on Monday did not benefit the dollar much as a safe-haven alternative to the euro but instead boosted the Swiss franc and gold.
Despite the new bailout introduced by the European Union last week, there are still unanswered questions on how the group plans to implement the unprecedented measures, according to David Song, currency analyst at DailyFX in New York.
"In turn, the European Central Bank may show an increased willingness to keep the benchmark interest rate at 1.50 percent for the remainder of the year, and the Governing Council may have little choice but to maintain its unconventional tools as the EU struggles to address the sovereign debt crisis."
Against the yen, the dollar fell as low as 78.055 yen, its weakest since mid-March.
Many traders say the dollar could test a record low of 76.250 yen if concerns about the U.S. debt ceiling worsen, while they also expect the U.S. currency will keep plumbing all-time troughs versus the Swiss franc.
In related news, global foreign exchange turnover rose in April from October, driven by increasing volume across spot, forwards, swaps and options activities, according to a semiannual survey released by major central banks on Monday.
The ICE Futures' dollar index .DXY slipped 0.1 percent to 74.108, not far from a six-week low of 73.889 hit last week.
Additional reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by James Dalgleish


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WaveformAnalyzer.SettingsSave method
Saves graphic settings of the waveform analyzer into a XML file. The saved XML file can be retrieved at a later time through the WaveformAnalyzer.SettingsLoad method.
The XML file will contain all settings stored inside the various waveform analyzer data structures: WANALYZER_GENERAL_SETTINGS, WANALYZER_RULERS_SETTINGS, WANALYZER_SCROLLBARS_SETTINGS and WANALYZER_WAVEFORM_SETTINGS.
For details about the use of the Waveform Analyzer refer to the How to use the Waveform Analyzer section.
For further details about methods of the Waveform Analyzer refer to the WaveformAnalyzer object section.
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CFCA - Greater Health Community Walking Club
Center for Creative Arts
Event Details
Step to Greater Health Community Walking Club affords each participant an opportunity to explore, connect and thrive. Our approach is unique, we provide a guided tour through Palmer Park's beautiful trails, monthly walking enrichment demonstrations/presentations and rewards for commitment.
Join us Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm - 7:30pm for an experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression.
Program begins Monday, April 18, 2016 and runs through November 17, 2016. During the months of October and November the walking group will be held indoors.
Walking Enrichment Schedule is as follows:
10-Day Eating Clean Challenge - Thursday, August 4 @ 6:00pm
Food Vibrations - Thursday, September 1 @ 6:00pm
Tune to Greater Health - Thursday, Octoberber 6 @ 6:00pm
Celebration and Award Ceremony - Thursday, November 17 @ 6:00pm.
When & Where
Palmer Park
19021 Woodward Avenue
Center for Creative Arts
At the Center for Creative Arts we use a broad array of mediums to empower today's families and the children therein. Our inquiry based methods in programming include the facilitation of literary art introspection, health, nutrition and physical education coupled with a technology model to fully integrate and develop the skills of our participants. While our goal is to expand access to quality supplemental programming, our mission remains one that commits to providing services regardless of level of expertise.


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Saturday, 13 March 2010
Broadcasting and copyrights then and now.
Musicians (pop stars mainly) are complaining of lost revenue, due to their music being downloaded from the Internet, but copying music is nothing new, as pop songs were recorded onto tapes during radio broadcasts in my day.
To try and counteract these measures, Disc Jockeys were either told to talk over the start of the songs, and cut short the endings, or maybe it was the Disc Jockeys collaborating with the artists to safeguard their copyrights.
Either way it was a complete nuisance when we were recording the songs, but it never stopped us, and if you were sitting playing your tapes in the car with the window open, people walking past could never be sure if it was the radio or the tape deck that was playing the music if, on recording we never pressed the stop button before the DJs voices could be heard. It was all a matter of timing, and if you were willing to put up with the DJs voice, then it didn't really matter what was being said over the music as long as we had the main part of the song blaring for all to hear.
DJs still talk over the songs they play, but it wasn't always that way, so it's thanks to my generation that we still have to put up with their gibbering even though tape decks are almost a thing of the past.
I say almost, as I still copy some songs from the radio, and play the tapes on an old player I have at home, but I can no longer go to the beach, open a window and blast out the top ten from the comfort of my car on tapes I made up, as it only has a CD player, and although the car is only four years old, the said CD player is all but out of date already, before I even got round to making any discs.
The pop stars of today are facing the same problems as the stars of old, only this time the Internet does more damage, so I do sympathise with them, although they still make enough money to keep the wolves from the door, as did the stars of yesteryear.
I have no wish now, to copy in any way the songs that adorn the charts these days, as I think the old ones are the best, and I have already copied all of the the ones that I wanted.
There are a few good songs still coming from this generation but they are few and far between, so I'll leave all the copying to the younger ones, and let them worry about copyrights, but I am sure of one thing, no matter how many new ways of transmitting music comes along, and no matter how they try to safeguard it, someone will always come up with a way to overcome it.
Hopefully the new ways of broadcasting will provide us with a way of listening to the radio without all the needless banter over the music from the DJs, and we can go back to the days of old when you sat down to listen to the radio, and heard all of the songs that were played, then got the dedications for the next song from the more subdued DJs.
Posted by Donald Swarbrick at 09:52 11 comments
Labels: Arts, Compact Disc, Disc jockey, Pop music, Radio broadcasting
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The shoals of cod.
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There was still a cold winters chill in the breeze that blew off the sea on this March afternoon as I strolled along my usual haunt at Ayr beach, bringing back memories of the cod fishing around the Ailsa Craig at this time of year.
Although there was a breeze blowing the sea was calm, and had been for weeks now, something that did not seem to happen during the cod fishing when I was at sea, as I remember vividly getting tossed about every day with lumps of sea crashing down around us as we gutted cod continuously from daylight to dark, our hands freezing from the icy blast that whipped up the waves.
It was always after a cold winter that the cod were at their thickest, and as this was the coldest winter we have had for years, I was wishing I could get down to the fishing grounds to see for myself if there was any cod left to catch, as a few years ago, the European Union put a stop to fishing for them during the spawning season to try to replenish the stocks that had seemingly depleted over the years.
The cod came into the Firth of Clyde every year at this time to spawn bringing boats from all the fishing ports around the coast of Scotland to cash in on this bonanza.
For around three weeks of March the cod were at their thickest, small catches appearing just before the main flood, and then again, after they returned to the deeper water, making the season last for about six weeks in all.
Each night Ayr harbour was full of fishing boats waiting to squeeze into a space at the quay to unload their catches to the eager buyers who, although the cod was plentiful, would try to out bid each other to acquire the green gold that could make or break their year, also for the fishermen whose livelihood depended on the shoals, and getting the best prices possible for their fish.
It is hard to believe that these shoals do not come here anymore, because even though they took a slaughtering, year after year they would return in greater numbers to go through the process all over again, until one year the numbers started to decline.
The winters had been getting warmer, and we had started to catch the cod in the deeper waters where they returned to after spawning, but we always believed that there were plenty more fish in the sea, so we carried on regardless, after all we were there to make money and that was what we were doing.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we began to catch cod with both male and female reproductive organs inside them, and I often wondered if that was natures way of making sure they survived.
The grounds around the Ailsa Craig where these cod used to shoal, have not been fished for some time now, and given the conditions of this winter I would love to be able to have a couple of experimental hauls just to see if the warmer winters was one of the reasons the cod started to dwindle, or if it was the damage caused by us that depleted the stocks so much so that there came a point of no return.
Having kept all my hunting instincts even though I left the fishing years ago, I still think there are plenty fish in the sea, and that the cod found another place to spawn during the warmer winters, and now that we have had a cold spell just at the right time, my instincts when I walked along Ayr beach yesterday with the chilly breeze hitting my face told me the cod were there.
Whether it was just the smell of the cold sea air bringing back memories of the good old days, or my instinct I'll never know, because I'll never get to prove it one way or the other thanks to the laws of the European Union, which in this case might be good or bad. Who knows?
The yearning for these days, and their memories will never leave me, and no matter how many walks I take on a cold March day, this year or in years to come, I will be down at the fishing grounds around the "Craig" catching large hauls of cod, and there is nothing the European Union can do about that.
Posted by Donald Swarbrick at 07:04 7 comments
Labels: Ailsa Craig, Cod, European Union, Firth of Clyde, Fish, Scotland, Spawn
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Thursday lunch!!
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We hope you all have a splendid long weekend and a great Easter! We are open tomorrow serving a brunch menu from 8am-4pm and normal hours on Saturday. Remember we are closed on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday!
Soup: Sweet Potato with Peanuts & Ginger
Quiche: Roasted Mushroom & Courgette
Frittata: Chicken, Pesto & Potato
Special: Turkish Pizza with Lamb and Peppers served with Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad
Pearl Barley with a Roasted Pepper Coulis, Peas and Pomegranate
Cucumber and Black Olives
Spinach, Sunflower Seeds, Garlic Oil and Raisins.
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I recently came across this wonderfully creepy video for "Come on My Selector" by UK-based electronic artist Squarepusher. Directed by Chris Cunnigham, it takes place in the "Osaka Home for Mentally Disturbed Children" and features a little girl making her escape with advice from her dog.
I realize my 'discovery' is way behind the times, as the video came out over ten years ago. Still, I thought it was interesting.
While the Japanese voice-overs seem accurate for the most part, it's pretty obvious that the actors are all speaking English. But what really happened to catch my attention is the similarity with the currently popular Fuji TV series, "Marumo no Okite". The show is about a company worker trying to take care of two orphaned children, and along the way he ends up with a dog (similar to the one on the video) that periodically talks to him, though he never seems sure if it's not just a stress-induced hallucination.
Obviously, the dogs and shows are very different, but finding this video right when another work using the 'dog talks to mentally fragile people'-concept is the rage just struck me as amusing.
The main characters (including the talking dog) are all in the first 30 seconds, but feel free to watch the whole episode. The rest of the series (this is episode 5) so far has been uploaded to Youtube.


text: Random Vinyl: Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (1988) by Steve Seel, Jill Riley November 7, 2012 random vinyl Album art for Cinderella's "Long Cold Winter" (Album Art) Play/Pause Listen: Random Vinyl 11/07/12 Download MP3 | 00:08:33 This week on Random Vinyl it's guilty pleasure week! 80's glam rock band Cinderella was featured with "Gypsy Road." The other big hit from this album was "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)." Jill can't decide if she felt more guilt than pleasure when grabbing this from the "home use only" shelf this morning. Tweet


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With the sweep of hard-hitting stories dominating the headlines in recent months, you might think sexual harassment claims are the primary area of concern for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcing federal employee protection laws. But there's a more prevalent issue that continues to rear its ugly head in workplaces: retaliation.
Again for fiscal year 2017, retaliation dominated the list of cases handled by the EEOC. Of the more than 84,000 charges filed with the agency in that period, almost half (48.8%) involved employer retaliation.
What, exactly, is retaliation? And why do so many businesses get into legal trouble with it?
Retaliation comes in many forms, but it typically involves any action against an employee after he or she has engaged in "protected activity," such as making an internal complaint, filing a charge with a government agency (the EEOC and others) or acting as a witness in an investigation. First, the employee speaks up, files a complaint or otherwise pursues his/her legal rights, then the employer responds inappropriately or downright illegally.
Improper responses may include:
For the employee who has been wronged, it's relatively easy to win a retaliation claim by showing a connection between
Let's look at an example:
Jane, a 10-year employee at a retail store, has always exceeded her sales quota and received excellent performance appraisals. Shortly after providing a witness statement in support of a coworker's sexual harassment claim, Jane is terminated. The reason given by the employer was that Jane failed to provide 48 hours' notice to her supervisor about a shift swap with a coworker.
During the investigation, it comes to light that employees frequently swap shifts on the same day without consequence, despite the 48-hour notice policy. As a result, and given the short time between the "protected activity" (the witness statement) and the perceived "retaliatory action" (the termination), the odds of Jane winning a retaliation case are high.
Because the EEOC enforces a handful of anti-discrimination and harassment laws — Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Equal Pay Act — it is the government agency hit the hardest with retaliation claims. But other federal agencies and laws often come into play. Employers also can land in legal hot water for retaliating against an employee regarding time and pay rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), medical leave rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — both enforced by the Department of Labor (DOL) — or for reporting a workplace safety issue to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
All employers should be on high alert about the potential for retaliation claims — and take the proper measures to avoid them. According to the EEOC, "people seek retaliation when they feel the workplace is not fair and that they cannot depend on formal channels for fair or just treatment."
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Game is crashing when you approach a car on a traffic stop
More than likely you do not have SearchWarrant installed correctly, or you have an error in your general.xml for SearchWarrant (keep in mind SearchWarrant is not required for this plugin, you may also use PoliceSearch or neither of them).
- The most common cause of this crash is installing SearchWarrant but not DarkAPI which is required.
- Get the latest DarkAPI here: https://www.ausgamer.net/files/file/24-darkapi/
- Install it to your main GTA V directory
If this did not work, then the second most likely cause is an error in general.xml for SearchWarrant
- Go to GTAV\Plugins\LSPDFR\SearchWarrant and right-click "general.xml" and then click "Edit"
- Hit Ctrl + F and enter "&" into the search field, then click find
- If you find a "&", then simply replace it with the word "and"
- Save the file, and the issue should now be fixed
- More than likely you do not have SearchWarrant installed correctly, or you have an error in your general.xml for SearchWarrant (keep in mind SearchWarrant is not required for this plugin, you may also use PoliceSearch or neither of them).
Keep in mind 2.0.0b is a beta release and may contain bugs I am not aware of. If you find any bugs, please report them to me in the comments section with the relevant information
Known Bugs:
- Sometimes arrested peds will leave the backseat of your vehicle and try to drive away. No known fix but to grab them and put them back in the vehicle. Probably a plugin interaction.
Be sure to change the .ini file to your liking
Thank you to Yo Adrian and FirstThirtyMinutes for making these videos!
This wall of text and pictures do not do this plugin justice; I definitely recommend giving it a try!
- Traffic Policer
- (Optional) Darkmyre's Search Warrant or PoliceSearch
Ped Observation
Get observations for any ped
- Automatic traffic stop observations for all occupants
- Gets status of ped including mood, behavior, and signs of intoxication
- Get observations for any ped
[NEW] Lite Menu Based Computer System
- Run record checks, issue citations, summons, and create arrest reports with the new computer system
- Fully integrated with the rest of this plugin
Customizable XML files for charges and citations
IMPORTANT! Do not edit/add any new main root entries (eg direct descendants of the "Main" root). They will not be recognized by my plugin
- You can only add/edit entries under these roots with the "Charge" name
- IMPORTANT! Do not edit/add any new main root entries (eg direct descendants of the "Main" root). They will not be recognized by my plugin
Traffic Stop Questions
[NEW] Traffic stop questioning menu, replaces default LSPDFR+ one
- To use, approach a car on a traffic stop and press the interaction key (default "Y") to open the menu
You can:
Ask the driver for their license and proof of insurance
- If the driver has no license, a suspended license, or warrants, there is a chance they will refuse to identify themselves to you, which is arrestable.
- Ask for passenger's identification
- Tell the driver the reason for pulling them over (27 default reasons so far, just comment any more ideas you have and I will try to add them)
Ask general questions:
- "Where are you headed?"
- "Where are you coming from?"
- "Is the address on your license current?"
- "Do you own this vehicle?"
- "How do you know the passenger(s)?"
Ask questions related to crime:
- "Have you been drinking recently?"
- "Have you you used any drugs recently?
- "Is there anything illegal in the car?"
- "Can I search your vehicle?"
- Most question's answers will depend on the ped's mood/intoxication level
- 210+ lines of mostly unique dialog
- Any more ideas for questioning should be added in the comments!
- Ask the driver for their license and proof of insurance
- [NEW] Issue warnings, citations, and summons with the new computer system
- [NEW] Can now order occupants out of the vehicle
- [NEW] Traffic stop questioning menu, replaces default LSPDFR+ one
Field Sobriety Tests
Currently has two tests, tried to be as realistic as I possibly could to real life tests:
Walk-and-Turn test
- IMPORTANT! Make sure you select an area where the ped has enough room to walk and turn; I would say at least 3 feet on either side empty. Otherwise if in object is in the path the ped is walking, they may take a strange route.
- Learn more about the real life test: http://www.fieldsobrietytests.net/walkandturnfieldsobrietytest.html
Horizontal gaze test
- Learn more about the real life test: http://www.fieldsobrietytests.net/horizontalgazenystagmusfieldsobrietytest.html
- Walk-and-Turn test
- Fully animated
- Currently has two tests, tried to be as realistic as I possibly could to real life tests:
- Store any evidence you find in any police vehicle
- View stored evidence
- Drop off stored evidence at any police station, marked by a "stash" icon on the map (pot leaf blip next to police stations)
Field Narcotics Test Kits
Narcotics stored in your evidence can be tested using reagent test kits in your trunk
- Positive tests are automatically stored in evidence
Automatically recognizes when you store drugs in evidence and makes them available for testing
- Drugs are not always what they seem, e.g. sometimes what you think is meth will turn out to be PCP or cocaine
If you use one of the custom XML files, these phrases are currently recognized by evidence storage as able to be tested:
- "white powder"
- "tan" or "brown powder"
- "blotter paper"
- "crystal" or "crystals"
- "unmarked pills"
5 different tests, based on real life counterparts (all information based on products from: http://www.sirchie.com/forensics/narcotics-investigation/pouches.html)
- Marquis Reagent (meth, heroin, morphine, MDMA)
- Scott Reagent (cocaine/crack)
- Fentanyl Reagent (Fentanyl)
- Phencyclidine Reagent (PCP)
- Ehrlich's Reagent (LSD)
- Custom narcotics.xml for DarkMyre's Search Warrant and PoliceSearch adds more options for unidentified drugs such as: "white powder", "suspicious crystals", etc
- Narcotics stored in your evidence can be tested using reagent test kits in your trunk
Automatic Pursuit Updates
- When in a pursuit, will automatically give information on the speed and direction that the suspect vehicle is heading.
- Also gives details on traffic condition such as light, medium, or heavy (togglable)
- Copy the "Plugins" folder to your main GTA V directory.
- Pick an XML to use depending on what search plugin you have for added realism! (not required)
- Enjoy!
Don't know what else to put here, just let me know if you find any bugs or if anything is unclear and I will try to fix it. Been a long road of development, thank you to everyone who has helped me on the way!
What's New in Version 2.0.1b
- Fixed small bug where .ini file changes to keys were not being registered. Should work now
2.0.0b (beta release)
[NEW] Lite, menu based computer system! Fully integrated with the rest of the plugin
- Create arrest reports, citations, perform record checks
- Can be disabled in .ini if you wish to use Computer+
- Customizable XML files for citations and charges
- Removed ScriptHookVDotNet2 dependency
Reorganized traffic stop menu
- Can now issue warnings, citations/summons, and ask occupants out of the vehicle
3 new pullover reasons:
- Improper overtaking, illegal u-turn, and failure to stop for emergency lights/sirens
- Various other bug fixes/improvements that I can't remember that have been made over the past couple months
- Keep in mind that this is a beta release; there may be bugs present in this version that I am not aware of. If you find a bug, please report it to me in the comments section with all the relative info
- Fixed a bug that would cause the traffic stop menu to be permanently enabled if an exception occurred on a stop
- Swapped "Where are you coming from" and "Where are you headed to" questions for personal preference
Added 7 new pullover reasons:
- Failure to maintain lane
- No license plate light
- Failure to display both license plates
- Excessive acceleration
- Misuse of left lane on highway
- Underglow lighting on vehicle
- Illegal tint/tint too dark
- Fixed typo, drivers license is now driver's license
- Fixed slight bug with STP, horizontal gaze, and observe functions. Should now work better together
- Bug where evidence couldn't be stored has been fixed
- All plugin's features including observation and field sobriety tests should now work on peds stopped by STP with little to no issue
- Fixed a crash that occurred when a question was asked on a traffic stop before the observations were complete
- Fixed crash that happened if you leave a traffic stop while the stop was still active
All of my wonderful beta testers!


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Ask Me, by William Stafford
24 November 2014
Doing my ironing this evening I listened to a BBC Radio 4 documentary on William Stafford, a poet I had never previously heard of. He wrote a poem every day for over 50 years – over 20,000 in total. That's a resolution that far outstrips the one at the genesis of this blog, to read a poem every day – which while keeping up much longer than its original year, is now also long lapsed.
This is one of his poems, featured in the documentary.
Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.
I will listen to what you say.
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that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.
[Ripped from http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/william-stafford/ask-me/]


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