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Q: Cannot serialize dates with ksoap2 No matter what format I try, I can't send a date from my Android (Java) app to the .NET web service. I've tried sending it as a GregorianCalendar, a Date, a Calendar... Nothing works.
I get a "cannot be serialized" error as a runtime exception. I'm using ksoap2 to manage my web service calls. Any ideas?
Errors below:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot serialize: java.util.GregorianCalendar...
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot serialize: java.util.Date...

A: Managed to track this down eventually through several dead ends. It seems the ksoap library doesn't know what to do with dates or doubles to be sent through on the webservice call - you need to tell it how to handle them or it gets a serialization error.
The way to do this is to implement the MarshalDate class: this tutorial has the code you need to implement it.
From my experiences, ksoap2 has the MarshalDate class already in the library and that class will do the job, but doesn't register it against the envelope by default. By registering it against the envelope (as below), the problem was resolved. For doubles or other floating point numbers, use MarshalFloat instead.
To fix this problem, before you send your SoapSerializationEnvelope through your HttpTransport make this call:
new MarshalDate().register(envelope);

where envelope is your SoapSerializationEnvelope.
I found out the ksoap2 library has the MarshalDate and MarshallFloat classes by accident when importing the class, as Eclipse provided me with two options for importing it - one of which was within ksoap2. The included class sufficed and I removed my custom one.


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Francis S. Russell was born on August 13, 1915 in Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois.1 He married Dorothy Clare Breen, daughter of Robert Leo Breen and Honora Hickey, on November 18, 1939 in Bradford, Stark County, Illinois.1 Francis S. Russell died on January 7, 1975 in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, at age 59.1 He was buried in St. Mary Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois.1
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Take Recent Polls About COVID Hastening Demise Of American Religion With A Grain Of Salt – OpEd
December 22, 2021 December 22, 2021 Acton Institute 0 Comments
By Acton Institute
By Thomas Kidd*
Recent polls suggest church attendance and religious affiliation are declining at an even faster pace than before. But who exactly is answering these poll questions, and how do they understand them?
The latest Pew Research Center survey on American religion reflects a familiar trend in recent years: declining levels of Christian affiliation and growing numbers of religiously unaffiliated (the "nones"). Almost 30% of those surveyed told Pew that they identify with no particular religion, compared to 16% in 2007. Similarly, the Barna Group has estimated that in-person church attendance may be 30% to 50% lower than before the pandemic began. Many question whether American churches will ever get back to pre-pandemic levels. Has COVID-19 accelerated preexisting patterns of Christian decline?
The answer is probably yes, but with a multitude of caveats. Polling on religion is notoriously difficult to interpret. What do people mean when they say they have "no religion in particular"? (For that matter, what do respondents mean when they say that they are "evangelical" or "Catholic"?) Only small numbers of the nones are atheists: The total number of American atheists has remained steady at about 2% to 4% of the population for decades. Slightly larger numbers of the nones identify as agnostics, leaving a strong majority of the nones in the murky religious category of "nothing in particular."
Most polls ask no follow-up questions about religious belief or practice, leaving the meaning of such categories as "evangelical" or "nothing in particular" entirely up to individual self-identification. Happily, the Pew poll did ask some follow-ups about attendance, prayer habits, and (most subjective of all) the "importance" of religion in a person's life. These metrics all suggest declining religious observance across the board, too.
Still, there are many reasons to take such statistics with a grain of salt. One reason is polling's dirty little secret: America's plummeting response rates to polls of all kinds. Polling agencies tell us that they have ways of compensating for abysmally low response rates by "weighting the data." (Pew's response rate to this latest poll was 29%, but it was 10% in other polls referenced in their report. For most such reports, even from highly creditable sources, it can be difficult to discern how these rates are counted, if you can find the response rates at all.) Such low percentages are deeply problematic; no amount of data weighting can sufficiently address these concerns. Polls are asking questions only of people who respond to pollsters. The distinguished Princeton sociologist and religion scholar Robert Wuthnow wrote an entire book, Inventing American Religion, dedicated to this subject. It cannot be overemphasized: National surveys are no longer a truly representative sample of the American people, especially in the post–landline phone era.
Second, religion is a qualitative category open to individual, and often idiosyncratic, interpretations. Assuming that a person will tell a pollster the truth, there is not much wiggle room for interpreting a question like "Did you vote for Joe Biden?" A voter either did or did not vote for the president. But a question like "What is your religion?" can be construed in many different ways. For instance, small but significant numbers of people with "no religion"—some studies suggest as high as 10% of them—actually attend religious services at least monthly. Extrapolated to the entire American population, this would mean that perhaps millions of Americans will tell a pollster they have no religion, while simultaneously knowing the church or other congregation where they regularly go. Are these people spiritual "seekers"? Are they nondenominational and interpret that as having "no religion"? Do they attend for the benefit of their children or to accommodate a believing spouse? Are they the type of evangelical who says, "I don't have a religion, I have a relationship with Jesus"? We just don't know.
Finally, we might take statistics on religious decline with a dose of skepticism because both secular media outlets and Christian research firms such as Barna have a vested interest in promoting the narrative of American religion's collapse. Secular journalists and evangelical pastors may not agree on much, but both groups like to amplify the story of the rise of the nones. Secular folks in the media may enjoy reporting on religion's downfall, if it means that the world is finally becoming awakened to the folly of faith. But Christian traditionalists have a strange affinity for that narrative, too. It is a story that goes back at least to the Puritans of colonial New England, and in some ways to the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Most American Christians are familiar with hearing sermons about how the rising generation is not as godly as their forefathers were. The takeaway from such homilies is that we should pray and work hard to live up to their example. In other words, we should "work the program" religiously. However true these exhortations may be, they are also rhetorical "memes," as we would say on social media.
As for the declines in attendance since COVID started, this is observably true for many, if not the majority, of congregations in America. Again, there is a wide range in practice and reliability of attendance statistics. Much of what we hear on the topic is anecdotal and depends on self-reported estimates by clergy. Still, there was unquestionably a massive attendance drop overall, sometimes backed by threats of legal penalties for noncompliance, during the COVID shutdowns. It would be surprising if that catastrophic plunge did not have a lingering impact, especially since the threats of new variants and regional COVID hotspots are constantly in the news.
In the tech-savvy congregations, there was a relatively seamless transition to online services. One imagines that there will have been a "rich get richer" effect, where the most well-resourced and thriving churches were best prepared to make adjustments to maintain contact with members and attendees. Many smaller congregations faced the devastation, socially and financially, of not being able to meet at all. Aging, poorer, and rural congregations struggled with setting up an effective online ministry, especially if they did not already have one set up as of the spring of 2020. Yet even for the larger, more established churches, going online may represent a double-edged sword for the return to in-person worship. Robust online worship could give people the impression that "doing church" online is permissible, normal, and even a devout thing to do.
This online media format may be new, but the trend of electronic church goes back much further, to the days of radio and TV clergy such as the Catholic priest Fulton Sheen, the Baptist minister Charles Fuller, and the Pentecostal preacher Oral Roberts. More recently, even before COVID, many would already listen to their favorite ministers on podcasts or YouTube. For the elderly or infirm, watching church through electronic media may be their only option. But for most Christians, defaulting to doing church from a couch or office chair is an unprecedented practice in the history of Christianity. It is the "communion of saints" in an extremely impoverished sense.
So yes, we may be seeing something happening in churches that roughly equates to the "Great Resignation" transpiring in the workplace. Historically high numbers of workers have quit their jobs in 2021. Will similar numbers of people quit their churches? Perhaps. But in both cases, the essential question is quit to do what? Media narratives of the nones almost always assume that leaving church means leaving for good. But most people who leave one church end up in another church sooner or later. Most people quit their jobs for a better or more flexible opportunity; likewise, most devout Americans leave one church only to go to one that (seemingly) offers better preaching, children's ministries, or other attractions.
The more devout a person is, the more likely that if they leave a church they will soon go to another one. Of course, this is a more complex matter in segments of Christianity that encourage attendance only at the nearest parish and discourage "church shopping." But especially among Protestants, there is little evidence, except for a handful of celebrity "deconstructionists," that people are turning from devout Christian practice to becoming nonpracticing nones.
Many of the nonpracticing nones likely had once been nonpracticing Christians. For many Catholics, of course, there is a deep familial or ethnic attachment to the Catholic faith, an attachment that often endures even when the Catholic in question almost never goes to mass. But among Protestants, and especially evangelicals, there is generally little ethnic or familial association with one's religion, at least in America. What are we to make, then, of the quarter of self-identified "evangelicals" who attend church less than "a few times a year"? Most practicing evangelicals would think those folks are not real evangelicals in any useful sense.
Of all Christian groups in America, wouldn't you think that saying you're an evangelical presumes an active faith? That was true historically, but in today's highly politicized environment, more people apparently see evangelical as a political or cultural term than a specifically religious one. Fewer people see it as oxymoronic to describe themselves as a "nonattending" evangelical. In their relationship to actual churches, however, the "nonattending evangelicals" are pretty much like the nearly 50% of mainline Protestants who likewise say they almost never attend church. These are the prime candidates in America for becoming nonpracticing nones. What functional difference will it make for nonattending nominal Christians to become nonattending nones? Probably not much.
The ambiguity of polling often limits what we can say with certainty about these patterns. But overall, COVID appears likely to accelerate the trend of lower overall church adherence in America. The pandemic has habituated some Christians—especially infrequent attenders—into not attending church at all. For some, COVID also provided a structure of online services that gives them an easy "out" for not attending in person.
In some ways, however, there is nothing new under the sun in the data on the nones. Mainline Protestant denominations have seen a long-standing, cataclysmic decline in membership since the 1960s. COVID might exacerbate that pattern and also heighten it for those Catholic parishes and evangelical churches in decline. But there is little reason to think that many devout American Christians are suddenly becoming skeptical or blasé nonattenders. We're most likely to see an American religious future with even starker cultural differences between practicing American Christians and the nonpracticing "nones." The group that is likely the most endangered on the American religious landscape is the "nonpracticing Christian."
*About the author: Thomas S. Kidd is the author of several books including "Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis."
Source: This article was published by the Acton Institute
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Q: Swift 3 Eureka Forms change button row font color I am creating an IOS app using Swift 3 and implementing Eureka Forms. As part of a form I have a Button Row that is being used as a Delete button. I'm therefore looking to change the text colour to white.
I have tried the following, however cell text colour throws an error. Any thoughts on how I implement this correctly?
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Vladimir Ze'ev Khanin (; * 1959 in Saporischschja, Ukrainische SSR) ist ein israelischer Politologe und Hochschullehrer. Er ist leitender Wissenschaftler im Ministerium für Alija und Integration. Er ist Dozent an der religiös-zionistischen Bar-Ilan-Universität (in Ramat Gan, im Bezirk Tel Aviv) und lehrt auch an der Universität Tel Aviv sowie als Gastwissenschaftler an verschiedenen anderen Universitäten im In- und Ausland.

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Khanin wurde 1959 in Saporischschja in der Ukraine geboren. 1981 schloss er sein Studium der Geschichte und der Anglistik am Staatlichen Pädagogischen Institut K.D. Uschinski in Jaroslawl ab. 1989 promovierte er am Afrika-Institut der Akademie der Wissenschaften der UdSSR in Moskau und verteidigte seine Dissertation über die Beziehungen zwischen politischen Parteien und informellen Machtstrukturen im Osten.

Im Jahr 1991 erhielt er als Stipendiat der Soros-Stiftung und des British Council on Cultural Relations ein Post-Doc-Stipendium am Institut für Russland- und UdSSR-Studien der Universität Oxford. In den Jahren 1981–1992 unterrichtete er an Schulen und Universitäten und leitete das wissenschaftliche Forschungszentrum in der Regionalverwaltung von Saporischschja. Nach seinem Umzug nach Israel im Jahr 1992, wo er in Politikwissenschaften promovierte, arbeitete er als Dozent und Forscher an der Abteilung für Geschichte des Nahen Ostens und Afrikas und am Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies der Universität Tel Aviv und für eine Reihe anderer akademischer und Forschungseinrichtungen gearbeitet. Derzeit ist er Dozent am Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft und Forscher am Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora an der Bar-Ilan-Universität. Er ist Mitglied des Lehrkörpers des Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs und Direktor des Israel-Studienprogramms am Chase Center for Jewish Studies der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem. Er ist Berater der Bildungsabteilung der Jewish Agency for Israel (Sokhnut) und politischer Kommentator für israelische Radio- und Fernsehsender.

Einer seiner Arbeitsschwerpunkte bildet das Judentum und die organisierten jüdischen Bewegungen in der UdSSR/GUS nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, insbesondere in der Ukraine. Zu seinen Forschungsinteressen zählen Politikwissenschaft, vergleichende und ethnische Politik, Israelische Regierung und Politik, Osteuropäische und Dritte-Welt-Politik, Soziologie, Politik und Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinden Osteuropas.

Eine seiner jüngeren Publikationen, From Russia to Israel – And Back?: Contemporary Transnational Russian Israeli Diaspora (2022), ist eine Studie über israelische russischsprachige Emigrantengemeinschaften in verschiedenen Regionen der Welt, sie analysiert diese spezifische jüdisch-israelische Diasporagruppe und untersucht die Siedlungsmuster israelisch-russischsprachiger Emigranten.

In einem anderen Artikel (2014) befasst er sich mit der heutigen Rolle und dem Status des Jiddischen am Beispiel der Ukraine, wo die Tradition dieser Sprache trotz der Härten und Schwierigkeiten des vergangenen Jahrhunderts nie gebrochen wurde.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

 Vladimir Ze'ev Khanin: From Russia to Israel – and back? Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge, 49 Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022
 Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin: Yiddish: Identity and Language Politics in the Post-Sowjet Ukrainian jewish Community, S. 425 ff., in: Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern und Antony Polonsky (Hrsg.): Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry. Volume 26, Jews and Ukrainians. 2014 (Online-Teilansicht)
 Vladimir Khanin: Judaism and Organized Jewish Movements in the USSR/CIS after World War II: The Ukrainian Case. Jewish Political Studies Review Vol. 11, No. 1/2, "Religion in the Public Square: Within the Jewish People" (Spring 1999), S. 75–100. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (in Teilansicht)

Weblinks
 Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin auf der Website der Universität Tel Aviv
 Dr. Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin
 ОБ АВТОРЕ / Über den Autor – rjews.net

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Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) – There's a need to get Parliament closer to people, coalition and Opposition MPs concurred on the occasion of the annual Open House Day at Slovak Parliament marking the Constitution Day (September 1).
"To me it's pleasant to hear the words of encouragement, but I have no problem to listen to critical words either, as they should motivate us. This day is about the parliament and we'll make our best for people to experience a beautiful day thanks to which they will be even more proud about their country," Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) told TASR on Saturday, adding he strives to get Parliament closer to people also in terms of symbols and events at the Bratislava Castle.
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OLaNO leader Igor Matovic has a similar opinion. "It's a holiday for people who have an opportunity to visit once a year the Parliament, the place where laws are adopted," he said.
MP Erik Tomas (Smer-SD) views direct meetings with citizens as a very good opportunity for MPs to have a feedback and listen to proposals they can recast in laws. "Politicians should not be afraid to meet citizens, as sometimes a tough, but a matter-of-fact discussion can contribute towards interesting ideas," Tomas told TASR.
MP Martin Klus (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) is glad about people who came to visit the Parliament and stressed a need to have a respect for the Slovak Constitution. "The Slovak Constitution is the most important law and there's a need to have a respect for it. However, it has undergone so many amendments during all these years that we think that the Constitution Day is one of the public holidays we don't necessarily need," said Klus, adding it would be enough if it was a commemorative day.


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Tronix, also known as TRX, is the native cryptocurrency of Tron: a blockchain-based platform with two main functions. First, it serves as a global online content sharing platform, and secondly, it allows developers to create their own autonomous applications that operate without the need for intermediaries. Tron is one of many cryptocurrency projects vying to […]
Tronix, also known as TRX, is the native cryptocurrency of Tron: a blockchain-based platform with two main functions. First, it serves as a global online content sharing platform, and secondly, it allows developers to create their own autonomous applications that operate without the need for intermediaries.
Tron is one of many cryptocurrency projects vying to decentralize the internet with blockchain technology. It is a platform built specifically for peer-to-peer file sharing with the goal of competing with centralized media tech giants such as YouTube.
In 2017, Tron raised $60 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). Tokens were initially allocated as follows:
15.75 billion Tronix went to private sale investors.
40 billion Tronix went to ICO investors.
The Tron Foundation, the nonprofit guiding Tron's development, received over 34 billion Tronix.
Tech entrepreneur Justin Sun's company Peiwo Huanle Technology Co. in Beijing received 10 billion Tronix.
When Tron's mainnet launched, the Tron Foundation "burned" – or destroyed – 1 billion Tronix.
For now, Tron has a supply cap of 100 billion Tronix. But unlike some other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, that limit is not set in stone, the Tron Foundation has said.
According to price data provider CoinMarketCap, Tron's price reached an all-time high of $0.22 in January 2018 amid a crypto-wide bull run. For most of 2018 and 2019, Tron's price hovered between $0.01 and $0.04. Tron's price hit a fresh peak of $0.16 in April 2021, rising with the rest of the market as bitcoin broke $64,000 for the first time.
Tron aims to make it easier to distribute files, images, videos and other entertainment content in a decentralized way, without media tech giants such as Netflix and YouTube in the middle.
To accomplish that goal, Tron borrows some of its technology from Ethereum. Similar to the popular cryptocurrency ethereum, Tron uses a virtual machine known as the "Tron Virtual Machine," or TVM. A virtual machine is a program that allows network contributors (called nodes) to execute Tron-based smart contracts. Smart contracts are self-executing computer codes that perform certain functions when predefined conditions are met. For example, if Bob sends 1 ETH to a certain wallet, a smart contract triggers and sends him a loan for 2 ETH.
Tron is secured by delegated proof-of-stake, a consensus mechanism where token holders deposit an amount of TRX into a wallet and elect a delegate to validate transactions on the blockchain on their behalf. With Tron, a rotating group of 27 delegates called "super representatives" are swapped out every six hours to validate new transaction data and add it to the blockchain.
The key difference that separates Tron from competitors like YouTube is that Tron is built more with decentralized file sharing in mind.
To make it easier to decentralize media and files, Tron's architecture is split into three layers:
The core layer: This layer deals with smart contracts, account management and the delegated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
Storage layer: For storing files and other large pieces of data.
Application layer: Where Tron developers can build their decentralized applications on the blockchain.
In 2017, Sun founded Tron, launching the Singapore-based Tron Foundation to guide the development of the cryptocurrency. Tron started on the Ethereum blockchain, but migrated to its own blockchain in 2018.
Sun is known for orchestrating extravagant marketing moves on behalf of Tron. In 2018, Tron acquired the popular decentralized file-sharing service BitTorrent for $120 million.
In 2019, Sun donated $4.57 million to a charity to win a lunch with Warren Buffett as an opportunity to talk to the prominent investor and bitcoin skeptic about cryptocurrency.
Tron also launched an ICO for BitTorrent in 2019. All the coins were bought up in less than 15 minutes.


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Awesome! You may be lost, however, due to an oversaturation of information. Below are some tips that can boost the quality of your photos.
Don't get ahead of yourself and try to adjust all the camera settings without really knowing what you're doing. Take it one step at a time by mastering one function, such as shutter speed or sport setting, before moving on to the next. By learning one setting at a time, you will be able to capture your subject.
When you feel as though you are ready for a high end camera, look for a good quality digital single lens reflex camera. This camera is a single-lens reflex digital camera and shows the subject as the photograph is being shot. Get a full-frame DSLR for a better image sensor, and more details.
When photographing landscapes, create a sense of depth. Add scale into your photos by including an object or person in the picture foreground. A small aperture, usually smaller than f/8 in many digital cameras and f/16 for SLR's, allows greater sharpness throughout the entire picture.
Despite the general view that sun-filled days make for good pictures, the reality is that a sunlit day can make for bad pictures It causes odd shadows and glare, and direct sunlight in the eyes of the photographer or the person being filmed is never good. The best times of the day to take a picture are in the early morning and the late evening.
Try different things with the setting that balances the white in photos. When taking shots inside, you generally have a yellow cast due to the light bulbs. You could change the room's lighting, but instead look to your camera's white balance setting. It can completely change the feel of the room. This can help your photos appear more professional.
And the tips just keep on coming! You need to experiment with shutter speeds. The shutter speed settings you will find on your camera are: P,M,A & S. The "P" setting means program mode. This setting is fully automated and will set both the shutter speed and aperture for you. If you have no idea what settings you want, "P" is a safe choice!
Take photos of people wherever you go. Always ask for their permission. Even though the people in these pictures weren't of any particular importance, these pictures might serve as flashbacks of your trip when you look at them in the future. Aim for shots of casual candidness.
Hopefully, this article has given you a good sense of what you can do to improve your photography skills. Refer back to this article whenever you need some new ideas. Any photographer can elevate their work into the realm of art; you can be one of them if you cultivate your talent with persistence.


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Joe Mazel
Joe Mazel serves as the Chief of the FBI's Operational Technology Law Unit, and in that position, leads the development of legal and policy advice to senior executive managers and agents in the FBI concerning the use and worldwide deployment of applied scientific and technological investigative capabilities to support the collection of evidence and intelligence in criminal and national security investigations. Joe has supported the integration and deployment of unmanned aircraft within the FBI and the Department of Justice for a number of years as a member of the Department of Justice's Unmanned Aircraft Working Group, and was a principal contributor to the Department's Policy on the Use of UAS. Joe is also one of the leaders of efforts within the US government on counter-UAS legal/policy issues, and is the FBI's lead on legal/policy efforts with respect to counter-UAS. Joe is a member of the National Security Council's Policy Coordinating Committees on Counter-Drone and Aviation Security, and was a key leader in drafting and obtaining the passage of the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018, which provided both the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security with counter-UAS authority. Joe continues as a key leader in writing and implementing the Administration's C-UAS and aviation security policies. Joe serves as the chair of the Interagency Legal Working Group on Countering Unmanned Aerial Systems, which includes representatives of DOJ, DOD and DHS, where he has drafted requirements documents for industry and the FAA to facilitate C-UAS operations, and consulted with the FAA on UAS public safety and national security concerns.
Prior to the FBI, Joe was a civilian legal advisor to the Department of Defense's Office of Military Commissions, served on active duty with the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps where he deployed in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, and served as an assistant district attorney with the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney's Office in New York, NY.
Joe is a licensed private pilot, and has received the Bronze Star Medal, the Federal Bar Association's Younger Federal Lawyer Award in 2005, and the United States Army's General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award in 2001. He received his Juris Doctor from the Pace University School of Law in White Plains, NY, and his Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ. He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and New Jersey, the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.


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Batiz (románul és németül Batiz) falu Romániában, Erdélyben, Hunyad megyében.

Fekvése
Pusztakalántól három km-re északra, a Sztrigy bal partján fekszik.

Nevének eredete
Személynévből származik, mely talán ófrancia eredetű (Batisse/Baptiste). Névadója a pestesi Batiz ispán lehetett. Első említése: Batizhaza vel al. nom. Soh thesthelek (1346 – másik nevét vsz. sószállítóiról kapta). Mai nevét először 1404-ben jegyezték föl, Batyz alakban. 1750-ben román neve még Botiz volt.

Népessége
 1785-ben 370 civil és kb. húsz határőr státusú lakosa volt. Ugyanazon évben 39 ortodox családfőt írtak össze.
 1850-ben 560 lakosából 498 volt román és 53 cigány nemzetiségű; 551 ortodox vallású.
 1900-ban 666 lakosából 524 volt román, 105 német és 37 magyar anyanyelvű; 527 ortodox, 99 evangélikus, 12 református, 14 római katolikus és 14 zsidó vallású.
 2002-ben 572 lakosából 540 volt román, 14 cigány, 10 magyar és 8 német nemzetiségű; 511 ortodox és 38 pünkösdista vallású.

Története
A 17–18. században a Naláczi család birtoka volt.

1805-ben Naláczi József birtokán Georg D'André alapított fajanszgyárat. Munkásokat a birtok jobbágyai közül toborzott, az alapanyagot az uradalomhoz tartozó agyag- és homokbányákból vették. 1813–1814-ben kezdődött meg a termelés. Az angol szabadalom alapján készült, nádsárga és csillogó fekete mázú, olykor ezüsttel vagy arannyal élénkített és 185 típusban gyártott batizi keménycserép edények a biedermeier kor kedvelt használati tárgyaivá lettek.

1847-ben meghalt D'André. 1851-ben az uradalom Bethlen Olivér tulajdonába került. 1865-ben az akkor már gr. Teleki György tulajdonát képező uradalmat a gyárral együtt elárverezték, és a gyár megszűnt.

1885-ben a nagyszebeni Vereinsbank a bácskai Cservenkáról telepített be kb. 40 evangélikus sváb családot a falu középső részére. Evangélikus egyháza 1964-ig önálló diaszpóralelkészséget alkotott.

Jegyzetek

Források
 Magda Bunta – Pál Gyulai: Batiz. Monografia manufacturii de faianță fină. Cluj, 1971

Hunyad megye települései
Hunyad vármegye települései


In the year 2002, Chitkara Educational Trust established its Punjab campus 30 kilometres from Chandigarh, on the Chandigarh–Patiala National Highway. In the year 2010 Chitkara University was established by the Punjab State Legislature under "The Chitkara University Act". The University offers multi-disciplinary programs, all of which are designed to be industry-relevant.
TecHacks is an annual flagship event of Chitkara University to bring together Developers, Hackers and technology enthusiast's to create innovative solutions for problems related to society, industry and environment. It is a great platform to develop indigenous tech-solution, filled with innovation, converted into a working prototype under the guidance of industry mentors.
TecHacks is an offline event and as a participant you need to be present at Chitkara University campus.
How is your event promoting diversity?
We have special prizes for an all girls team.
Participaton Fees is Rs 200 per student.
Will there be food arrangement?
There are as such no particular rules to be followed. But all the participants do need to follow a code of conduct.
Hackathon Provide hands on experience and mentorship from the experts of different field working on the Projects like IoT, AI, Machine Learning, etc. This will help to give a head start if any one want to make project on the field. Along with that the participant will be provided with cool swags, stickers and refreshments to keep them up.
How to reach Chitkara University for the event?
The nearest airport station is Chandigarh International Airport. The nearest ISBT's are: ISBT Chandigarh sec 43 and ISBT Ambala Cantt from there one can get easily local transport to reach the venue.
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The United States Government, like all organizations with operational expenses, is seeking to reduce its costs while creating a more effective workflow. As the Government seeks to reduce its debt, trim excess spending and bring its operational costs down, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would appear among the most resistant to change.
While the TSA is among the youngest of Federal Agencies, its costs since its inception in November 2001 have spiraled out of control in an effort to be a security show piece, at times at the expense of true operational superiority. An area in which the TSA has been most resistant is the privatization of airport passenger screening and cargo screening through the Screening Partnership Program (SPP).
Recent reports from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure show a tangible financial and operational divide between airport security carried out the TSA and airports with privatized security. While previous US Government Accountability Office reports show significant cost savings to privatized security, and Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office reports have shown higher banned item detection rates than their federalized counterparts, the newer figures, comparing airports of relatively equal size and operating cost structures put federalized security in a different light that is easier to understand on a passenger level.
According to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure the cost per passenger screening at San Francisco International Airport, where passenger screening is privatized, is US$2.42, where as the costs per passenger screening at the comparable Los Angeles International Airport, where the TSA handles passenger screening, is US$4.22.
Overall random tests of security at airports in the United States with privatized security show screeners to be as much as 65% more efficient than their counterparts in the TSA. The efficiency calculation is based not only on the ability to detect banned items passing through screening, but also the number of passengers screened, as well as privatized screeners receiving fewer passenger complaints than their federal counterparts.
With the Transportation Security Administration having spent more then US$2,000,000,000 on the recruiting and training of Transportation Security Officers (TSO) since it entered U.S. airports on the 12th of February 2002, the agency needs to create a more effective agency. The TSA has all the resources at its disposal to create a more effective security environment at a greatly reduced cost, as well as the legal obligation to allow airports to seek out privatized security, as dictated by Public Law 107-71, the same law that created the TSA.
If the TSA reviewed PL 107-71, § 44920. Security screening opt-out program, they may find a healthy balance between a federalized and privatized airport security partnership, benefiting aviation security, the traveling public at a greatly reduced cost the United States Government.
I would think the layout differences between lax and sfo May account for much of that difference.
The two airports for the research report were chosen because they are the most closely matched in terms of operations and operating costs.
I think Matt was implying that since LAX has more Terminals, it has more checkpoints (8 terminals for LAX vs 6 for SFO). However SFO tends to have more lanes per checkpoint because of this so it's more of a moot point.
The real reason for the savings however is because the TSA managers at the airports have no real incentive for saving money. Covenant, the contractor at SFO does.
As such they tend to do some innovative things with personnel management. Such as shifting personnel from checkpoint to checkpoint on an as needed basis using both airline flight information and the airports CCTV system to actually watch line length not only at the checkpoints, but the ticket counters as well so they can anticipate increased traffic at specific checkpoints and route additional staff to open lanes at those points.
With that type of flexible staff management, they can easily handle as much traffic as another airport with less staff reducing costs. Since their contract is based on specific metrics, they have incentive to keep customer complaints down because it effects their bottomline. The senior TSA staff have no incentives other then stern discussions when dealing with costs, passenger throughput or passenger complaint metrics so they have no real reason to proactively do anything about the problems.
Further the same CCTV usage is one reason why SFO got their hand slapped for "cheating" when they did their inspection. The control center was able to track the TSA inspectors attempting to pass prohibited items through the checkpoints and alert the checkpoint when one of them was passing through. Now to me that actually increases effectiveness and is not really cheating.
I fully understand your point about reducing cost, but I doubt making this TSA checkpoints a private business will give you the desired effectiveness and efficiency.
Here in the Netherlands the security checks at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam are fully privately owned businesses. Schiphol (as a customer) requests quotes from various security firms and the one with the best bid gets the job for a year. Fully private, fully commercialized. This commercialization of this service is where the problems start: These businesses want to make a profit. A big profit if possible. The way they do this is cutting cost drastically. They not only cut the number of lanes and the number of crew per lane, so waiting time explodes, but the worse is they cut the education level of the security people.
I travel the USA a lot and because of my 'irregular' itineraries I get selected for extra screening a lot. I found this process (which mostly happens at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport) to be very professional, polite, respectful and efficient. I wish the Amsterdam Schiphol guys would get their training at the TSA.
So bottom line: Costs is not everything. Unfortunately since 9-11 these security checks have become a part of our travel routine and it is costing us a fortune. But realize that if you go private, you will also introduce issues that will make the experience for the traveler a lot worse.


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Dear Members of the Connecticut College Community,
Today, at a campus gathering in the Charles Chu Room at Shain Library, we announced the exciting news that Connecticut College has received $20 million for the renovation of Palmer Auditorium and Castle Court into a new and revitalized center for performance and creative research.
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation provided the impetus, with a generous grant of $10 million, which was followed by another extraordinary gift of $10 million from Nancy Marshall Athey '72 and Preston Athey, longtime supporters of the College and its arts programs. The president of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, Bonnie Himmelman '66, is a former trustee of the College. Nancy Athey, who served as a trustee from 2014-16, was a strong proponent of the Palmer project in the strategic plan.
The historically informed renovation represents just the beginning of a much larger vision to renew and revitalize the campus. It also adds great momentum to our efforts in support of research, teaching, and learning, as we prepare for the largest campaign in the College's history.
I hope you will read more about the project in the website story here.
In the meantime, please join me in expressing our profound thanks to the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and to Preston and Nancy Athey for their amazing generosity, vision, and commitment to Connecticut College.
Katherine Bergeron
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Blasphemy in New and Old Egypt
Many participants and leaders of the January 25 revolution hoped for a new Egypt to emerge, one that respected freedom of speech and freedom of religion, amongst other liberties. More than two years later, it has become glaringly obvious that such hopes were pipe dreams, and that the "New Egypt" will respect neither, in part thanks to the mounting number of blasphemy cases and trials that have taken place.
While blasphemy cases occurred under former president Hosni Mubarak, they have increased since the revolution that removed him, and particularly since the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi came to power as president. The majority of these cases in Egypt are filed against Christians by Muslims. Recent cases have targeted teachers, activists, politicians, writers, artists, social media users, and even children.
The latest victim is a Christian primary school teacher, Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who was accused by three of her students of insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by allegedly stating that the late Coptic Pope Shenouda was a better man than the Prophet.[1] When the principal of Abdel-Nour's school deemed the charges to be unfounded, the parents of the accusers complained to higher officials, and the principal was removed from his post. Abdel-Nour is currently facing trial, one that will hardly be fair, given the strong prejudice against Christians in Egypt and the heavy pressure that Islamist groups will apply to the court.
Article 98f
Article 98f of the Egyptian penal code, as amended in 2006, criminalizes any use of religion "to promote or advocate extremist ideology for the purpose of inciting strife, ridiculing or insulting a heavenly religion or those following it, or damaging national unity and social harmony." The penalty for such offenses is up to five years in prison and a fine of LE1,000 (approximately US$140).
The definition of heavenly religion, according to Shariah, is limited only to Sunni Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. It thus ignores other Egyptian religious sects such as Bahaism and disregards Muslims who adhere to interpretations outside of "mainstream" Sunni Islam, including Quranis and Shi`a. Being openly atheist or agnostic is also a crime under this law, and can land you in prison.
But even the heavenly religions‑‑apart from Islam‑‑do not enjoy privileged status. Judaism and Jews are insulted daily in newspapers and mosques all over Egypt, and Christians suffer from daily harassment and discrimination. While converts from Christianity to Islam enjoy full rights, converts from Islam to Christianity are punishable by this law. A 2007 Human Rights Watch report provides detailed documentation on how government officials interpreted Article 98f to disallow conversions from Islam on the grounds that they disparage Islam and therefore damage national unity and social harmony.[2]
Furthermore, given that Shariah is the basis of all legislation in Egypt, hisbah (an Islamic duty of imposing good when it is absent and forbidding evil when it is present) cases are allowed and legal. The hisbah doctrine gives all Muslims the right to file lawsuits when they believe that the exalted right of God has been violated, even if the violation does not directly harm them. These cases can be filed for any reason. They existed under Mubarak and continue to exist under Morsi.
Written by an Islamist-dominated committee, Egypt's new constitution continues to criminalize blasphemy and simply buttresses the pre-revolution law against insulting religions, despite Morsi's claim that the document would uphold the rights of freedom of speech and religion to all citizens.
The law has made possible twenty-first century witch hunts in which people face flimsy‑‑if not baseless‑‑accusations that either formally and legally persecute them for their opinions or beliefs or defame them and slander their reputation. A review of such recent cases proves that both occur almost equally.
Post-Revolution Cases
The first case after the revolution involved Karam Saber from Beni Suef, who was accused in April 2011 of defaming religion for writing a book that questions belief in God and religion.[3] Others, similar to Abdel-Nour, have been accused of making blasphemous comments, such as Makram Diab, a school employee from Assiut who was reported by his coworkers for expressing derogatory opinions about Islam. He received a six-year sentence in March 2012 on charges of showing contempt of religion and insulting the Prophet Muhammad.[4]
A significant number of cases have stemmed from Facebook postings or tweets. In October 2011, Ayman Youssef Mansour from Cairo received a three-year prison term for insulting and exploiting religion to promote sectarian strife on his Facebook page.[5] Christian billionaire and politician Naguib Sawiris was charged for tweeting a cartoon in 2011 that featured Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie Mouse with a niqab,[6] though the case was dismissed in March 2012. Seventeen-year-old Gamal Abdou Massoud from Assiut received three years in prison in April 2012 for allegedly insulting Islam through cartoons he shared on Facebook, and his home was firebombed alongside the homes of five other Christians.[7] Bishoy Kamel from Sohag received a court ruling in September 2012 of six years in prison for insulting Islam and President Morsi and his family on Facebook,[8] while Albert Saber Ayad from Cairo was arrested in September 2012 for running a Facebook page calling for atheism and insulting religions and posting the trailer for the anti-Islam film The Innocence of Muslims.[9]
Even those who work for the mainstream media are not safe from such charges. Egyptian actor Adel Imam was found guilty in absentia in February 2012 for "defaming Islam" in his films and plays, though in September he appealed the conviction and prevailed.[10] Al-Faraeen television presenters Tawfik Okasha and Hayat el-Dardiry were accused in October 2012 of blasphemy and inciting violence for presenting the Qur'an in an inappropriate fashion and inciting King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to act more aggressively against Morsi.[11] Finally, 10-year-old Nabil Nagy Rizk and nine-year-old Mina Nady Farag, both Christians from Beni Suef, were arrested in October 2012 on the accusation of tearing up papers that included pages of Qur'anic verses.[12] They spent four nights in jail until they were released to their parents, despite the fact that Egyptian law deems it illegal to charge or imprison children at that age. A common thread appears amongst all of these cases: when facing blasphemy charges, the protections that the law and the constitution should provide for the accused are suddenly, for all practical purposes, no longer in effect.
It goes without saying that Article 98f should be revoked for contradicting rights given in the constitution and for violating international agreements of which Egypt is signatory. Yet with the country's current Islamist government, it is unlikely that the article will be revoked, and indeed more likely that these cases will increase in number against opponents and critics of the government, particularly as dissent from all corners of Egypt intensifies.
However, even a legal solution, while a start, is not sufficient to protect citizens, for even those who are acquitted or otherwise cleared of blasphemy accusations still face social punishment. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights tallied, from 2011 to 2012, 36 accusations of blasphemy that were dealt with extra-legally, which could mean such actions as being forced to leave your home by people in your community or getting demoted or suspended by your state employers.[13] Thus, both legal and social measures must be undertaken simultaneously to prevent such incidents from taking place. Until the current government is changed or miraculously changes its modus operandi, the witch hunts in Egypt will continue, and the case of Abdel-Nour will not be the last.
[1] Maggie Michael, "With Conservative Islamists in Power, Blasphemy Cases Surge in Egypt," Associated Press, 19 May 2013, http://www.copticsolidarity.org/media-news-events/news/1492-with-conser….
[2] Human Rights Watch, "Prohibited Identities: State Interference with Religious Freedom," 12 November 2007, http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/11/11/prohibited-identities.
[3] "Arab Human Rights Group Condemns Case Against Author of Where is God," Ahram Online, 28 April 2011, http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/10989/Egypt/Politics-/Arab….
[4] "Egypt Christian Man Jailed for 'Insulting' Prophet," AINA, 1 March 2012, http://www.aina.org/news/20120301144217.htm.
[5] "Egyptian Facebook User Jailed for Three Years for Anti-Islamic Opinions," Egypt Independent, 22 October 2011, http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-facebook-user-jailed-3-ye….
[6] "Egyptian Businessman Naguib Sawiris Faces Blasphemy Trial," BBC, 9 January 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16473759.
[7] Andres Jauregui, "Gamal Abdou Massou, Christian Teen, Sentenced to Three Years for Insulting Islam; House Firebombed by Angered Muslims," Huffington Post, 9 April 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/09/egyptian-christian-teen-gets-t….
[8] "Egyptian Teacher Arrested for 'Offending Islam' on Facebook," Ahram Online, 31 July 2012, http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/49126/Egypt/Politics-/Egyp….
[9] Amnesty International, "Egyptian Arrested for Critical Internet Posts: Alber Saber Ayad," 28 September 2012, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE12/030/2012/en/7b3a1b3a-048c-48ad-bff2-b2015bc47aba/mde120302012en.html.
[10] "Court Acquits Prominent Comedian of Blasphemy Charges," Egypt Independent, 12 September 2012, http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/court-acquits-prominent-comedian-b….
[11] Monica Ayad, "Okasha and el-Dardiry Charged with Defamation of Religions" (in Arabic), al-Wafd, 3 October 2012, http://bit.ly/12FwaAI.
[12] Emad Abu-Zeid, "Two Coptic Children Arrested in Egypt for 'Insulting Islam,'" Ahram Online, 3 October 2012, http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/54658.aspx.
[13] Kristen Chick, "In Brotherhood's Egypt, Blasphemy Charges against Christians Surge Ahead," Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2013, http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0522/In-Brotherhood-s-E….
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REACH Update: Two Weeks Until Pre-registration
Annelie Struessman, PhD
June 1, 2008, marks the day when the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will start managing all activities for the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances in Europe. On that date, the pre-registration phase begins and ranges from June 1—Dec. 1, 2008.
Chemicals qualifying for pre-registration are currently marketed in the EU and meet the definition of phase-in substances. With pre-registration, these substances benefit from three extended registration deadlines, depending on their tonnage and hazardous properties. These deadlines are Nov. 30, 2010; May 31, 2013; and May 31, 2018.
Pre-registration only requires limited data and there is no fee associated. A pre-registration file for a substance needs to provide substance identity including EINECS number; CAS number and name of the substance; envisaged deadline and tonnage band for the registration; and the name and contact information of a contact person or third-party representative who will act as the contact point during data sharing. Also provided, when applicable, should be the substance identification of any relevant substances that may facilitate the risk assessment and data sharing of the substance.
A fee will apply for registration, and further costs for REACH will be present in the steps following pre-registration--from testing of substances, administration of SIEFs and consortia, to expert services such as legal, toxicologist, representative and so forth. The extension of the cost will mainly depend on the tonnage and the testing requirements and will range from several thousand Euros to more than one hundred thousand Euros per substance. Decisions for pre-registration and registration have to be based on careful considerations. However, according to the information given during the "REACH IT" workshop held in Brussels in February, pre-registration can be deactivated.
Several important information documents for pre-registration are still not available, including Annexes IV and V of the REACH regulation that contain the exemptions for substances where sufficient information is known or where registration is deemed inappropriate or unnecessary. After reviews, the commission will prepare amendments with the results of the reviews. Also, the ECHA guidance document on pre-registration is not yet available, and the interpretation of important aspects of the "only representative" is currently under revision. According to the information currently available, the review of Annex IV will be finalized by June 1, 2008.
Pre-registration has to be carried out electronically on the REACH-IT portal of the ECHA Web site. The portal will be launched by June 1, 2008. The three options for submission are online pre-registration, by manually compiling the data required on the REACH-IT portal; IUCLID 5 pre-registration, by entering substance data in IUCLID 5; and XML pre-registration, by entering substance data in an IT system that creates an extensible mark-up language (XML) file in the required format. For pre-registrants, submitting information on only a few substances that are not currently using IUCLID 5, an on-line pre-registration via REACH-IT may be the preferred option. For companies pre-registering many substances, the plug-in or the XML options may be most practical as they allow the submission of pre-registration information of several substances in one single file.
The first step is to create an account for the company, either directly in REACH-IT or by uploading it from IUCLID 5. To do so, the company needs to supply a company ID, invoicing information for use during registration and the contact persons within the company.
The first user of a company who signs up becomes the account manager of the company in REACH-IT, but additional user accounts can be created. The substance data file for pre-registration can be prepared either by manually compiling the data required or by entering the substance data in the IUCLID 5 pre-registration plug-in, or in the XML pre-registration file. The links for the software downloads are given below. It is important, however, that before submission of a pre-registration, the reviewed annexes and other information newly published by the ECHA be carefully read.
• On June 1, 2008, the ECHA will start managing all activities for registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances in Europe.
• The pre-registration phase is June 1—Dec. 1, 2008.
• Pre-registration requires limited information and no fee applies.
• A fee will apply for regular registration.
• Further costs for REACH will derive from testing of substances, administration of SIEFs and consortia and experts' services.
• Pre-registration can be deactivated.
• Several important information documents for pre-registration are still not available, including Annexes IV and V.
• Pre-registration has to be carried out electronically on the REACH-IT portal.
• The portal will be launched by June 1, 2008.
• The three options for pre-registration are REACH-IT Online, IUCLID 5 and XML.
• The first step is to create an account for a company.
• The IUCLID 5 pre-registration plug-in and the XML pre-registration software are already available.
• Before submission of a pre-registration, the reviewed annexes and other information newly published by the ECHA should be carefully read.
Next months' topic: Pre-SIEFS, SIEFs and Actual Status for Consortia Formation
Go to C&T Online's REACH Round Table
Additional Useful Information
Pre-registration Guide (hands-on guide):
http://echa.europa.eu/doc/pre-registration/080403%20ECHA-08-B-01-EN_PracticalSteps-web.pdf
New Guidance Documents on REACH:
Guidance on registration (update)--April 29, 2008
Guidance on Socio-Economic Analysis - Restrictions (update)--May 13, 2008
REACH IT Workshop, Brussels:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/events_en.htm
IUCLID 5 Pre-registration Plug-in:
http://ecbwbiu5.jrc.it/index.php?fuseaction=home.preregistrationPlugin&type=public
Pre-Registration XML Format:
http://ecbwbiu5.jrc.it/index.php?fuseaction=home.preregistrationFormat&type=public
Readers are reminded that the text of the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is the only authentic legal reference. The information in this document does not constitute legal advice.
-Annelie Struessmann, PhD
CONUSBAT
FDA to Explore CBD, Hemp Regulations for Food and Supplements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exploring whether legal cannabis is safe in food or supplements and expects to make recommendations in the coming months for regulating such products. Could this translate to cosmetics?


NIVEA is a global personal care brand spanning facial care, cosmetics, haircare, styling, deodorants, shower products, sun protection and specific ranges for children and for men. Products are sold in distinctive NIVEA blue packaging in drugstores and supermarkets, and from NIVEA stores in Hamburg and Berlin. NIVEA regularly releases new products and variants, using innovation to regularly renew interest in the category and the brand. Public concern over ingredients in personal care products regularly puts NIVEA in the news. Recently it has been over microplastics in shower and cleansing products. Since 2016, all NIVEA products have been free of polyethylene particles, but Greenpeace has since highlighted NIVEA and several other brands as producing products with other ingredients that are toxic to marine life. Brand communications in 2018 involved heavy use of celebrity testimonials. German national football coach Jogi Löw endorses the men's range, and NIVEA has also recruited actress and "Bond girl" Monica Bellucci and musician Robin Schulz.


Marissa Mayer's Newest Management Invention: "Layoff Wednesdays"
Nothing pumps up morale like a little midweek career Russian roulette.
The woman who brought us fresh management techniques like accidental firings, tortuous salvation planning, reading children's books to terrified employees, demanding notarized blood oaths from senior staffers and literally dressing up like Marie Antoinette during a crisis is at it again!
Get psyched Yahoo employees, cuz Marissa Mayer is ready to unveil her newest creation: "Layoff Wednesdays!"
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has designated Wednesday as the day of the week to make massive cuts in staff that the company announced at its earnings call weeks ago. But, instead of just felling the ax at once, she has dragged the pain out in several weekly layoffs.
So, if you're at Yahoo right now and planning to make a "Humpday" joke to Brenda over in Media, you might want to reconsider because it's more than likely that Brenda just got sh!tcanned.
Double M is basically the Rasputin of Tech at this point.
She's making a list and checking it twi...Most of you are fired.
We've reached a point at Yahoo where this actually makes sense.
Evita Mayer has not yet begun to fight!
Morales is not awesome at Yahoo right now, says math.
How much do you want to fire a problem like Marissa?
Who DOESN'T want to buy Yahoo for whatever it might - or might not be - worth?
Marissa has reached the "Let them eat cake" stage of her fall from power.


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#Mass Murderers – Why Do We Kill?
Text & Translation: Corinna
Before we go a little bit deeper into this difficult topic, I would like to say briefly that this post can only address the subject superficially here. I am a) not a trained psychologist, b) even the brightest scientists have not yet found a clear answer to this question, and c) it would simply go beyond the scope of a blogpost.
Furthermore, I would like to mention that murder can never be accepted and that there is no excuse for mass murder, no matter what explanations are listed. Mankind always has the opportunity to choose, to think rationally and to reflect on its actions, because that is what distinguishes us from animals.
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#Types of Mass Murder
Much criticism has been levelled at the definition of genocide since the Convention was ratified, particularly with regard to the restrictive definition of victim groups. For example, by definition, the murder of social, cultural and political groups is not a crime of genocide. Many social and political scientists have therefore created different terms to describe the mass murder of different groups.
#Climate Change & Genocide
At first glance, climate change and genocide seem to have nothing in common, but if you combine them with the keywords "scarcity of resources" and "living space", you get a bigger picture. If one follows the apocalyptic predictions, then the earth will be uninhabitable in a relatively short time. But even the more conservative studies predict that millions of people will be affected by global warming. Climate protection will thus become one of the greatest challenges facing humanity – especially in relation to genocide.
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#Torture – Perversion at its best
Text: Corinna / Translation: Miriam & Daniel
In terms of absolute taboos, torture comes a close second only to genocide.[1] It is a crime against humanity with the sole purpose of deliberately and systematically putting another person through as much pain as possible. The consequences don't only affect the victims and their families, but society as a whole. Torture is one of the most violent attacks on human dignity and human rights in general. It is therefore officially prohibited according to various national and international conventions and agreements and cannot be ignored, even in the extremest of situations.
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#Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month
April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month – when we highlight the events and causes of genocide with the aim to prevent future catastrophes.
Rwanda, Armenia, Cambodia, Bosnia and Darfur – all of these genocides started during the month of April and, as such, this month is crucial for highlighting the atrocities of genocide and the reasons why it must be prevented.
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#Denial – the last stage of genocide
#Genocide denial
to deny = to refuse to admit the truth of a concept or proposition that is supported by most scientific or historical evidence (definition: Oxford dictionary)
denial = refusal to acknowledge an unacceptable truth or emotion or to admit it into consciousness; used as a defence mechanism. (definition: Oxford dictionary)
Every genocide is followed by denial. The perpetrators try to cover their tracks and avoid liability. Death camps and records are destroyed, mass graves are filled up and hidden. They try to discretely hide corpses and intimidate eye witnesses.
#Stages of Genocide
#The 10 Phases of Genocide
"Genocide is not the predictable end product of a clearly worked out plan but a contingent outcome of a complex set of social and political process."1
A genocide doesn't happen overnight. It is a process that consists of several phases. These phases are predictable but not unstoppable. Measures to prevent the spread of a genocide can be taken at any given point in time.
Even though this article contains a list of 10 phases, there is not always a linear progression between them; some phases overlap and the transitions between them are often fluent.
The following text has been adapted from the work of the president of Genocide Watch, Gregory H. Stanton.
photo: Corinna
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Land of Illusion (Master System)
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Gameplay: Platform
Published by: SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Developed by: SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Platform: SEGA Master System (MS)
Once Mickey Mouse was reading fairy tales and fell asleep. When he woke up, he found himself in some strange gloomy village. He was told that an evil phantom had stolen a magic crystal that protected the village. Bad magic changed everything, and all the inhabitants became morose. And Mickey decides to go on a journey to the castle in the clouds to return the crystal to its place. The game is not a masterpiece, but still made at a decent level.


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Q: Google Maps Directions API response duration time format - Python I wrote the Directions API and the response is what I would expect it to be.
Here's the sample response from documentation:
"duration": {
    "value": 74384,
    "text": "20 hours 40 mins"
  },
  "distance": {
    "value": 2137146,
    "text": "1,328 mi"
  },

I wanted to check with the community if there is a way for the API to return a formatted text for duration.
"20 hours 40 mins" is formatted as string, however, I'd like to be able to perform operations with duration, so time format would be ideal. I am thinking it would be good practice to have the response be formatted versus transforming the pandas dataframe. That's the alternative I guess.

A: Just pass the "value" variable of "duration" which is in seconds to timedelta()
Example :
import datetime as dt
dt.timedelta(seconds = value)

Hope this helps!


Please feel free to post your All About Me reviews and stories on this new musical! You can add photos and pictures of your trip to New York City as well. Please remember this is a family site and use appropriate language, any inappropriate reviews will not be submitted. Help others make a decision if this will be the perfect show for them to catch on Broadway! Feel free to be critical and honest in the review.


"He was very professional and he enforced a dress code in class – you couldn't wear flip flops." So says a recent graduate from Randolph-Macon College about Professor David Brat. The same David Brat who defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in a primary Tuesday that sent political shockwaves from the Richmond, Virginia suburbs up I-95 to the U.S. Capitol.
"He was very serious about preparing his students for the future," said Alyssa Warren, Randolph-Macon's 2013 valedictorian. Violations to the no jeans, no t-shirts, no flip-flop dress code resulted in an ethics paper assignment.
Although some students grumbled about that, 2012 graduate Lara O'Brien really appreciated how Brat equipped students for internships and beyond. "He wanted us to get a feel for real life, and not just bumming around campus," she said laughingly.
Students described Brat as a friendly, approachable and extremely intelligent professor. They always felt comfortable engaging him during class, office hours or around their tight-knit campus. He ate with students every day in the dining hall and frequently attended sporting events.
Brat heavily emphasized dialogue in his classes, a tactic that might work well on Capitol Hill if he succeeds in the House of Representatives race for Virginia's 7th district.
O'Brien completely disagreed with Brat's political views, but said his demeanor made him one of her favorite professors. She took two classes with Brat and counted him as a close ally and adviser. He even convinced her to stay at Randolph-Macon when she became homesick for Texas during her freshman year.
Perhaps his charm explains why students of varying political views continue to rave about Brat. Warren described him as a "very charismatic, likeable person." O'Brien agreed it felt genuine.
Alumni even started the hashtag #Brammell on Twitter as a show of joint support.
Alyssa Warren is actually happy she won't be able to vote. "I'm glad it's not my district," she said. "Because how can you vote between two people who you really like and you know both are really great?" The general consensus from past students is that the House of Representatives will be lucky to have whoever may win.


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Despite being dead to begin with, Lady Gaga's meat dress is the one dress that will never die. The original, complete with chunky meat-encased ankle boots and a meaty headpiece, debuted at the 2010 MTV VMAs and pretty much shocked us all. Gaga moved onto new sartorial stunts, but somehow the meat dress has stuck around.
This week, the shiny red look was back in corset form. At an August concert in Bucharest and a concert this week in Amsterdam, Gaga showed off a strapless, bottomless "meat" corset complete with a meat thong up the back.
The original, of course, was much more modest with a mullet hem that covered Gaga's whole backside. Later in September 2010 Gaga covered Vogue Japan in a sinewy meat bikini. Then this past May, Gaga performed in Tokyo wearing a fitted mini version of the beefy frock.
And just weeks ago, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to include the original dress and shoes in its "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" exhibit, now touring in Washington D.C.
With the dress version locked in a display case, Gaga's flaunting her skin (and, um, other creatures' skin) in a beefy corset. If we're being honest, we think it a much chicer way to wear one's meat -- better a taut little onesie than a flimsy mullet dress, right?
Right. See the latest addition to Gaga's carcass-y wardrobe below.


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/* $Id: UIWizardNewVD.h $ */
/** @file
 * VBox Qt GUI - UIWizardNewVD class declaration.
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Oracle Corporation
 *
 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
 * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
 */

#ifndef __UIWizardNewVD_h__
#define __UIWizardNewVD_h__

/* GUI includes: */
#include "UIWizard.h"

/* COM includes: */
#include "COMEnums.h"
#include "CMedium.h"

/* New Virtual Hard Drive wizard: */
class UIWizardNewVD : public UIWizard
{
    Q_OBJECT;

public:

    /* Page IDs: */
    enum
    {
        Page1,
        Page2,
        Page3
    };

    /* Page IDs: */
    enum
    {
        PageExpert
    };

    /* Constructor: */
    UIWizardNewVD(QWidget *pParent,
                  const QString &strDefaultName, const QString &strDefaultPath,
                  qulonglong uDefaultSize,
                  WizardMode mode = WizardMode_Auto);

    /* Pages related stuff: */
    void prepare();

    /* Returns virtual-disk: */
    CMedium virtualDisk() const { return m_virtualDisk; }

protected:

    /* Creates virtual-disk: */
    bool createVirtualDisk();

    /* Who will be able to create virtual-disk: */
    friend class UIWizardNewVDPageBasic3;
    friend class UIWizardNewVDPageExpert;

private:

    /* Translation stuff: */
    void retranslateUi();

    /* Variables: */
    QString m_strDefaultName;
    QString m_strDefaultPath;
    qulonglong m_uDefaultSize;
    CMedium m_virtualDisk;
};

typedef QPointer<UIWizardNewVD> UISafePointerWizardNewVD;

#endif // __UIWizardNewVD_h__