![]() The DRC is the largest producer globally. “Cobalt is a strategic material and vital to smartphones and lithium-ion batteries. ![]() “Thanks to the activism of NGOs on the international stage, there are now less children working in cobalt mining,” Kitungano said. However, Kitungano has seen progress in terms of the cobalt mining sector. However, according to Kitungano, "these texts aren’t respected. The fine is $10,000 dollars a day until the violation has ceased. Under pressure, the government released a strategic document in October 2017, settting out its aim to “eradicate child labour in mining by 2025".ĭrawing on child protection laws that condemn the worst forms of child labour, article 299 b of the mining code, which was revised in 2018, bans "mining and the sale of mining products from sites where laws protecting human rights and the rights of women and children” are violated. With the unemployment crisis in Kalehe as well, most of our young people there also turn to artisanal mining."Ībout 40,000 children work in inhuman conditions in the artisanal mining of cobalt alone in the DRC, according to a 2016 report from Amnesty International and the Congolese NGO Afrewatch. In an interview published in March by the Congolese specialist publication Mining & Business, Venant Burume, the minister of mines in South Kivu, conceded that “in territories like Shabunda, Mwenga, more than 80% of the population works in artisanal mining. We will update this article if we do get a response. Jobs need to be created and alternatives must be established in order to get children out of mining.īanro Corporation has not responded to our questions. We try to speak to the parents and the children to try and convince them that working in the mines isn’t the right answer. But we don’t have credible statistics on the number of children who are currently working in the mines in South Kivu.Īs for the NGOs working to end child labour, we have limited resources. The children are taking immense risks because fifty people died in a cave-in in this very same mine in September 2020. Though the government has declared that all children should have access to free primary education, the programme isn’t running across the entire country. ![]() The school dropout rate in this area is very high. Most of the local population abandoned farming for mining, because they are attracted to the quick returns. In order to keep the peace, the Canadian multinational continued to allow local miners to have access to the deposit. Local people were mining well before Banro Corporation arrived. However, according to Raoul Kitungano, the director of the NGO “Justice pour tous" (Justice for all), which fights against child labour in South Kivu’s mines, the local population continue to carry out small-scale, artisanal mining on part of the mine site conceded to this multinational. However, Banro Corporation’s activities in the province have been suspended since September 2019 because of the presence of rebel militias. South Kivu is brimming with gold deposits, most of which are controlled by the Kivu Mining Society (SOMINKI) and the Canadian company Banro Corporation through four branches, including Kamituga Mining, which has the principal mining concession in the town. But the local authorities and the mining police don’t do anything to stop the practice This is taking place, even though child labour is banned by the law. Parents don’t have the means to take care of their children, so the children have to go work in the mines where they make money by selling grams of gold to dealers. There is a high rate of unemployment in South Kivu. Most of these children are school-age, but they don’t go to school even though the president, Felix Tshisekedi, declared that primary education should be free for all children. Others are exposed to toxic substances like mercury, which is used to clean the ore. Some actually go down into shafts that are several hundred metres deep and tunnels to dig for gold without any safety measures. Some children here work in the mines every day, working several hours at a time. "Some actually go down into shafts that are several hundred metres deep" He returned with images and photos documenting the many children at work on these operations. ![]() In mid-February, Idi Kyalondwana, who works for a mining cooperative specialised in rock-crushing traveled to the mines in Kamituga, in South Kivu province, where many locals make their living from small-scale or artisanal mining. They don’t have any real equipment or forms of protection. With buckets and shovels in their hands, children – some of whom are not yet 10 years old – wash the muddy contents pulled up from mines in an attempt to extract gold.
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![]() Maintaining coherence across design and delivery ![]() Reuse can occur at several levels within the programme (e.g., technical components, service design patterns, common business processes), so NextGen Business Architects need to work with Customer Insights teams, Service Design and the Business Analysts to reuse business process templates and service design patterns where-ever possible. Working with the rest of the architectural community, they help identify and embed key architectural components in delivery through codification and reuse to make programmes more effective. NextGen Business Architects play more than a direction-setting role. ![]() NextGen Business Architects will actively support this prioritisation from the perspective of strategic alignment and delivering the greatest business value. ![]() The project prioritisation framework needs to contain several dimensions (effort estimates, removal of technical debt etc.) in addition to business value. Business Architecture owns the common taxonomy used by the business to describe transformation and change, enabling the targeted outcomes and strategic benefits to inform project selection, definition, and prioritisation. NextGen Business Architecture owns the Value Realisation framework and the mapping of individual features to KPIs and the target outcomes (in some organisations there are specialist Benefits Realisation or Value Realisation teams, which may or may not be part of the Business Architecture function, that will also be involved in this work). They work closely with Strategy, Policy, Service Design, Customer Experience Design and other Architecture disciplines to manage this artefact and use it to ensure alignment between with the target Business Model, Target Operating Model and Programme Delivery. Often ‘owned’ by the CFO, this is a critical part of the business design that NextGen Business Architects help bring to life and cement into programme execution. For the sake of simplicity, we will call these Value Realisation frameworks which set out the organisation’s target benefits and outcomes. Of course, how this is documented varies, it can be in the form of an end-to-end Customer Journey or a Service Blueprint (sometimes known as the ‘Golden Thread’) or a Rich Picture narrative. They should be empowered as the guardians of the business vision and owners of Target End State for the transformation. Business Strategy so that strategic alignment is maintained across all programmes. NextGen Business Architects have a critical role in joining together Programme Delivery with. The following diagram shows the lifecycle of value orchestration at an enterprise scale, and in this section we will discuss the role that NextGen Business Architects play in this lifecycle. In Agile environments, where key design and prioritisation decisions are made by programmes on an ongoing basis (rather than during the High-Level and Low-Level Design Phases as would be the case with waterfall delivery), Business Architecture needs to actively partner with the business and the delivery teams to iterate and refine the scope, target outcomes and the associated design guardrails. In delivery, they become the orchestrator of value at the heart of a complex delivery ecosystem working closely with Operations and Transformation groups. They curate the guardrails that link business outcomes to features and functions, focusing and guiding the empowered delivery teams to realise business value. Their role differs substantially from tradition Business Architects in a ‘pure’ waterfall delivery environment in that they convene Strategy, Finance, Operations, and Digital leaders to shape and frame programme delivery. In addition to their strategic role, NextGen Business Architects are also critical partners to the business during programme execution. We introduced the Value Orchestration Scale Framework (below), focusing on the Strategy section of the framework in that post. If you have not already read our post ‘ NextGen Business Architecture, Part 1: A critical partner in strategy and design’, we would recommend you read it first. As guardian of the business vision, Business Architecture translates strategy into a clear set of outcomes, benefits and design parameters that guide the portfolio of work delivering transformation. In our first post, we explained why we see Business Architecture as a critical function in digital transformation, linking strategy to execution and playing a pivotal role to play in the delivery of transformational change. The ‘voice of value’ across the delivery lifecycle ![]() If you use Chrome, move your saved passwords to 1Password and then delete them from Chrome.To stop Chrome, Edge, or Brave from offering or autofilling passwords, you need to clear the saved passwords in your browser: Then you can do yours Delete saved passwords from Safari. If you have saved passwords in Safari, you can move them to 1Password to make sure they are safe. Click on Safari in the menu bar and select Preferences.ģ. Then follow the additional steps for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge oder Brave aus. In the General section, make sure “Make 1Password the default password manager” is checked. ![]() Click the button in your browser toolbar, then click in your browser menu and select Settings.Ģ. This story was updated on 23 January to incorporated a revised statement from Dashlane on Google's disclosure.1. Google is yet to respond to a request from The Daily Swig to respond to Dashlane’s comments on its research findings. We always welcome collaborating with security researchers to identify threats and potential attacks so that we can evolve our security architecture and keep offering the highest level of protection to our users. The findings published by Google’s security team have been helpful in improving the way we communicate with our customers in autofill scenarios. We never submit or propose credentials for a domain when it has not been saved by the user previously - so in that specific use case, we don't see a concrete attack scenario that would lead to credential stealing. Dashlane told The Daily Swig that it had also updated its technology even though it remains unconvinced there was ever a substantive problem in play. In response to a query from The Daily Swig, Bitwarden confirmed that the issue had been resolved through a recent pull request. This can be done in many ways, but one way is to check self.origin of a page and refusing to fill in credentials if self.origin is ‘null’,” according to the Google advisory. ![]() “Password managers should check whether content is sandboxed before auto-filling credentials. Other password managers (including LastPass, 1Password, and Google Chrome’s password vault technology) avoid this mistake, said Google. The security shortcomings outlined by Google mean that the vulnerable password managers auto-fill credentials into untrusted pages, without first requiring users to enter their master password.Īn advisory from Google explains that the issue arises in two scenarios: where web pages have a CSP ( content security policy) sandbox response header or where forms are inside a sandboxed iframe.Īuto-filling by password managers should not happen in either scenario but the affected applications all fail in this regard when encountering sandboxed content. The Daily Swig has asked Apple to comment and we’ll update this story as and when more information comes to hand.Ĭatch up with the latest cybersecurity research news The status of any fix for Apple’s Safari built-in password manager remains unconfirmed at the time of writing. The team from Google went public with their findings on Tuesday (17 January), 90 days after notifying the applications – Dashlane, Bitwarden, and the built-in password manager bundled with Apple’s Safari browser – of the vulnerabilities.īoth Dashlane and Bitwarden have updated their software although Dashlane, at least, remains unconvinced that the bug represents any kind of security threat. UPDATED Security shortcomings mean that multiple password managers could be tricked into auto-filling credentials on untrusted pages, security researchers at Google warn. 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I served myself on a plate and took a bite out of that crispy spicy deliciousness. We were sitting on a sound table with the traditional Chinese Lazy Susan, and the green beans rolled around to me. The first time I tried these green beans were in Beijing in the summer of 2013. They can be stir-fried, sautéed, boiled, steamed, or blanched, depending on the dish you are making. To prepare Chinese green beans, trim off the ends and any tough or stringy parts, and then cut or chop the beans as desired for your recipe. When selecting Chinese green beans, look for beans that are firm, brightly colored, and free of blemishes or signs of decay. Because they are low in calories and high in nutrients, Chinese green beans are often used in vegetarian and vegan dishes as a source of protein and other essential nutrients. They also contain minerals such as calcium, iron, and potassium. They are sometimes referred to as "yardlong beans" or "snake beans" due to their long, narrow shape, which can grow up to 3 feet in length.Ĭhinese green beans are a good source of fiber, as well as vitamins A, C, and K. ![]() These Chinese Green Beans Recipe are made with trimmed green beans, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar.Ĭhinese green beans are also commonly used in Southeast Asian cooking, particularly in Thai and Vietnamese dishes. ![]() The word cannon is derived from the Old Italian word cannone, meaning "large tube", which came from Latin canna, in turn originating from the Greek κάννα ( kanna), "reed", and then generalised to mean any hollow tube-like object cognate with Akkadian qanu(m) and Hebrew qāneh, "tube, reed". This classic European cannon design stayed relatively consistent in form with minor changes until the 1750s. European cannons reached their longer, lighter, more accurate, and more efficient "classic form" around 1480. Cannons as field artillery became more important after 1453, with the introduction of limber, which greatly improved cannon maneuverability and mobility. In 1464 a 16,000 kg (35,000 lb) cannon known as the Great Turkish Bombard was created in the Ottoman Empire. Cannons featured prominently as siege weapons, and ever larger pieces appeared. Cannons were used primarily as anti-infantry weapons until around 1374, when large cannons were recorded to have breached walls for the first time in Europe. By the end of the 14th century, cannons were widespread throughout Eurasia. They subsequently spread to India, their usage on the subcontinent being first attested to in 1366. Recorded usage of cannon began appearing almost immediately after. By the early 14th century, possible mentions of cannon had appeared in the Middle East and the depiction of one in Europe by 1326. In 1288, Yuan dynasty troops are recorded to have used hand cannon in combat, and the earliest extant cannon bearing a date of production comes from the same period. The earliest known depiction of cannons appeared in Song dynasty China as early as the 12th century however, solid archaeological and documentary evidence of cannons do not appear until the 13th century. In the modern era, the term cannon has fallen into decline, replaced by guns or artillery, if not a more specific term such as howitzer or mortar, except for high-caliber automatic weapons firing bigger rounds than machine guns, called autocannons. The word cannon is derived from several languages, in which the original definition can usually be translated as tube, cane, or reed. A cannon is a type of heavy artillery weapon. ![]() Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire and firepower different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees, depending on their intended use on the battlefield. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. ![]() “And I do think in a lot of ways, you’re more intelligent than most people.” “I think you think you’re better than almost everybody,” says Timoner, addressing her subject. ![]() Indeed, during one particularly revealing moment in the film, Timoner’s voice is heard from behind the camera. He wants immortality like he sees in Gandhi and Malcolm X.” She added: “What he wants is what we all want – for our lives to matter, that we’re not forgotten, and he is desperate for that to be the case. “Russell said to me once: ‘Insanity is listening to the voices in one’s head over the voices outside – and I’ve always liked that I tune into my own frequency.’ I don’t believe that Russell Brand is insane but he does think that he always knows best, and that might be his achilles heel.” “My fascination is with impossible visionaries because they take on impossible challenges,” said Timoner. Having built a career on following egotistical, brilliant and troubled men as subjects for her documentaries – from Anton Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre in her award-winning documentary Dig!, or dotcom millionaire Josh Harris in We Live In Public – Timoner said she chose them as subjects because she was interested in both the drive and the flaws that made geniuses human. Despite knowing very little about the comedian, she agreed but only on the condition that Brand’s own struggles with fame could be the focus of the film.ĭuring her time following Brand as he toured with his comedy show Messiah Complex, Timoner captured the comedian at his lowest ebbs, including locking himself in a bathroom in a state of anxiety moments before going on an American talkshow, and struggling with the emptiness of fame as his marriage to the popstar Katy Perry broke down. Brand, says Timoner, is “a visionary, but an impossible visionary”.īrand had been attempting to make a film about how to find happiness and invited Timoner to join the project. The film, which was cut from thousands of hours of footage following Brand over two and a half years, was described by Timoner as a “complex film about a very complicated individual”, but she was adamant she had never wanted this to be the “Russell Brand disaster movie”, as it has been glibly referred to. ![]() The handle should be discreet-only a slight notch in the door that allows you to pull it open and closed, but isn’t obvious at first glance.Ģ. If you have decorative wallpaper, you would want the door to have the same wallpaper as well, so that it’s easily camouflage with the wall. To design a pocket door as a hidden door, you would want the color and texture of the door to match the surrounding wall and trim. Pocket doors are hidden in the wall when the doorway is open.īecause of the pocket door’s unique design, they are perfect for small areas where the swing of a hinged or pivot door would be too much. This is because of how they function by sliding in and out of a wall on a track. By their very nature, pocket doors are less noticeable than regular doors. Sliding Pocket DoorsSliding pocket doors are a great way to conceal an area with a secret door. The following hidden door ideas all have these elements, and will inspire you to include a secret door in your home.ġ. Hidden doors can also be hidden in plain sight when designed to resemble something else, such as cabinet doors or a bookcase door. These include concealed hinges, no door frame, and a design that matches the surrounding wall. ![]() Many parents have incorporated secret doors with a passageway for their kids to be used as a safe and fun space to do homework, read a book, or wind down.Ĩ Hidden Door IdeasHidden doors have a few key elements that distinguish them from regular doors. And while they might not lead to a secret space full of treasure or an escape route, they are still filled with wonder, novelty, and mystery.Ī concealed door is most often used to create a seamless modern design for a mysterious entrance to a private home office, storage space, or safe room where one can unwind without being disturbed. Anyone can design a modern secret door to conceal or hide an entrance. Today, hidden doors are growing in popularity, and aren’t exclusive to those with mansions or luxurious homes. The hidden passageway was often used as an escape route in case the castle was under siege, or it led to a secret room full of treasures that were precious to the owner. Those with wealth and power-but especially the royal-would design hidden doors leading to a secret passage or room. Until recently, hidden doors were almost exclusive to mansions and medieval castles. What is a Hidden Door?Hidden doors are rich in history and legend. From the type of door you use, to the wallpaper, to the decor you surround the door with, there are endless hidden door ideas to inspire your next project. There are several easy and clever ways to incorporate a secret door into your space. Hidden doors add a playful and mysterious vibe to a space, as well as security and privacy for items you prefer not to be out in the open. A perfect example of a unique and mysterious element is a hidden door. When designing something new, you have the ability to add unique elements that weren’t there before. ![]() One of the best parts about designing a new home or tackling a home renovation project is all the creative opportunities available to make it your own. ![]() On average a rental car in Dallas costs $376 per week ($54 per day).
![]() Print a small batch, take a break, print again.Ĭhange the Way You Put the Vellum in the Printer If your vellum starts jamming, smudging, wrinkling, etc., give it a rest. Sometimes, when printers get hot from extended use, they start to do do funny things to paper and print quality. (Shown here, white ink printing on vellum place cards) The heavier the weight setting, the slower the paper is fed through the printer, the more heat and pressure that is applied.Īdjusting the weight setting to a lighter one to accommodate lighter vellum has proven to help with print coverage, paper jamming, wrinkling and feed/recognition issues. Most laser printers allow you to adjust weight or thickness settings so that fusing can be adjusted accordingly. Where ink jet printers spray wet ink onto paper, laser printers use heat and a fusing unit to adhere dry toner to paper. Similar to changing paper types, changing paper weight settings may be very effective. Laser Tip: Try a Light Weight Paper Setting Switching it to something like photo paper or fine art paper may make a world of difference. This is not always best, especially for vellum which is anything but plain. Most print drivers have a paper type or media type option, most of which default to plain paper. ![]() ![]() A tray that feeds paper as straight as possible is likely best. Some trays take paper on a roundabout path which may cause these issues. If you are having issues with jamming, paper feed or even smudging and smearing, try a different paper tray if possible. Just print it, lay it flat, and walk away. Yes, sometimes the fix for wet, smearing ink is as simple as patiently letting it dry. Inkjet Tip: Set it & Forget it (Let it Dry) The less ink you put onto your vellum, the less time it will take to dry. The fix? Try a different quality mode, such as draft or quick, which uses less ink. Because vellum has a non-porous, plastic-like finish, ink can take longer to dry on its surface, resulting in smearing during or after printing. One of the most common problems with inkjet printed vellum is ink smear. Inkjet Tip: Try Different Print Quality Modes for Faster Drying Time Once you are familiar with the ins and outs of your printer, you will know which settings to tweak and how, should you run into problems later. You might also find helpful information in your manual. Use, test and get to know your printer!įamiliarize yourself with the driver, the trays, accepted paper types and weights, print settings and so on. The best way to know how your printer will work with vellum is to first know how it works with other papers. Whether laser or inkjet, all printers are different. With these suggestions you should be printing vellum without trouble in no time. However, due to its non-porous surface and its light, delicate nature, printing vellum paper may be tricky.īelow, we offer some tips and tricks for printing these translucent, delicate sheets and for tackling common issues such as ink smudge and paper jams. These rocks also stirred with novel species of eyeless shrimp, white crabs, translucent sea anemones and large, pink fish.Vellum can be printed with an inkjet or laser printer.On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which material can be projected for convenient reading.But beyond that intimate corner was a wall of translucent glass, giving an uninterrupted view of the mountains.This blown vessel has a body of translucent cobalt blue glass, with a casing of opaque white glass.Some were no more than motionless translucent blobs.Upon those sturdy, well-defined bones the clear, even tint seemed translucent.Saute garlic and onion until onion is translucent.translucence noun Examples from the Corpus translucent From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English translucent trans‧lu‧cent / trænzˈluːs ənt $ træns- / adjective SEE not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through Blue veins showed through her translucent skin. |
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