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Hard Times in Peterborough: Peter Wylie Takes on Small Town Big Business
January 17, 2022 January 5, 2022 No Comments on Hard Times in Peterborough: Peter Wylie Takes on Small Town Big Business
Trent University, 2011. Suzanne Schroeter, Wikimedia Commons
David M. K. Sheinin
In 1997, the Peterborough real estate developer AON, Inc. settled out of court libel suits against the Peterborough Examiner newspaper, local television station CHEX-TV, and Trent University Economics professor Peter Wylie. As a function of the settlements, each respondent apologized unreservedly to AON. At issue was an accusation by Wylie that AON and the City of Peterborough had colluded on a contract to build a downtown parking structure. The Peterborough Examiner and CHEX-TV told the story to the public. According to a thirty-year veteran of CHEX-TV, nobody at the station can remember another occasion on which the lead news anchor has issued an on-air apology. In steamrolling its opponents, AON made clear that further legal wrangling would cost the respondents dearly, and for years to come. Run out of town on a rail, Wylie lit out for British Columbia.
The clash between the powerful real estate corporation and the Trent University professor (with local media as collateral) capped two decades of rapid change in Peterborough. In the 1960s, Peterborough had been a booming industrial city shaped by high-tech industries like Canadian General Electric (CGE) and tool-and-die manufacturer Fisher-Gauge. But by 1990, Outboard Marine, which once employed 2,000 people, and several other industrial plants, had closed. The 80-acre CGE site employed a tenth of those working there three decades earlier. General Motors (Oshawa) now ranked as the county's largest employer followed closely by Trent University. Through two decades of deindustrialization, AON had overtaken traditional heavy industrial concerns as the most powerful business voice in the city—demonstrated publicly in its apology demands. Meanwhile, in its tepid support of Peter Wylie, Trent University—once a hotbed of 1960s political and cultural dissent—had settled into a more staid identity as a respectable corporate member of the Peterborough community. In the case against Peter Wylie, both AON and Trent University put their stamp on the city. Continue reading →
Canadian history, Urban History	citizen activism, development, Ontario, Peterborough
History Slam 199: The Making of a Museum
January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 No Comments on History Slam 199: The Making of a Museum
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By Sean Graham
In this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Judith Nasby, former Director of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre/Art Gallery of Guelph and author of The Making of a Museum. We discuss the gallery's style (1:51), the challenges facing smaller museums (5:21), and how a dedicated space changed the gallery's prospects (14:12). We then chat about the gallery's relationship with the university (17:02), writing memoir as history (23:00), and what advice Judith would give to anyone wanting to work in museums (25:24).
History Slam, Podcast	art galleries, Art Gallery, Art History, Autobiography, Canadian, cultural history, History Slam, Memoir, museum, Ontario, podcast
With Intent to Destroy a Group: Genocides Past and Present in Canada
January 10, 2022 January 4, 2022 No Comments on With Intent to Destroy a Group: Genocides Past and Present in Canada
Andrew Woolford
Chris Chang-Yen Phillips and Dylan Hall are MA Students in the Department of History, Classics, & Religion at the University of Alberta. They interviewed Dr. Andrew Woolford as a part of the department's annual Western Canadian History Lecture. Crystal Gail Fraser and Shannon Stunden Bower edited the transcribed interview for length and clarity. Andrew Woolford is a Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba. He is also an emeritus member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars and former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
If you are a Survivor of Indian Residential Schools and need support, please call the National Indian Residential School Crisis line at 1-866-925-4419 or text 686868. You can also call the Canadian Mental Health Association toll free at 1-833-456-4566 (in Quebec 1-866-277-3553) or visit crisisservicescanada.ca. Other self-care acts include taking a walk, calling or texting a friend, nourishing your body with a snack, and openly showing your emotions.
Chris: In 2021, the news of thousands of unmarked graves at former Indian Residential School sites has forced a national conversation about settler colonialism's destruction of Indigenous Peoples' lands and cultures. Why were you drawn to the field of genocide studies?
Andrew: When I began my master's degree, I was interested in Latin American human rights issues. I traveled to Chiapas, Mexico and was learning Spanish to become a human rights observer in the Lacandon Jungle after the Zapatista Uprising. Simultaneously, I heard news from home about the British Columbia Treaty Process. I realized that I was in Mexico trying to support Indigenous Peoples when I knew so little about Indigenous Peoples in Canada, particularly on Vancouver Island where I grew up.
I interviewed Coast Salish Elders and Leaders for my PhD research on the BC Treaty Process and they often said, "Well, first we have to tell you about the genocide." For example, in Tsawwassan I learned how the road to the BC ferry terminal destroyed their last longhouse and with the coal port decimated local shellfish populations. At the time, I was TA-ing a course on genocide studies, which was my first introduction to this field. These two intellectual pursuits – Indigenous histories and genocide studies – made me think, "What has been said about genocide in Canada and why do we seldom discuss it? Whose power is reflected within the conceptual architecture of genocide?" Continue reading →
Canadian history, Indigenous History	colonialism, community engagement, genocide, Interview, residential schools
History Slam 198: Atacama
January 6, 2022 January 6, 2022 No Comments on History Slam 198: Atacama
In the 10 years that we've been doing the History Slam Podcast, I've learned that there is no correct way to tell historical stories. Over the years we've talked with playwrights, musicians, and literary authors about the ways in which they tell accurate (and moving) stories from the past within their respective media. One of my favourites to discover over the years has been the incredible depth of historical fiction in Canada, where authors have been able to tell stories that have otherwise been underrepresented in the more traditional historical literature.
One such example comes in the form of Atacama: A Novel, by Carmen Rodriguez. It tells the story of two 12-year-olds in Chile in the early 20th century, brought together at a time when workers' rights and collective action around the world were changing the face of Chilean life. Together they forge a lifelong connection through their opposition and resistance to the autocratic regime and repressive military. Based in part on Rodriguez's own family history, Atacama combines archival research, oral history, and artistic license to tell a captivating tale that spans over 20 years. The violence imposed by the government is starkly contrasted by the optimism of youth, combining to tell a story that is much more optimistic than one would guess at first sight.
In this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Carmen Rodriguez about the book. We discuss the benefits of telling historical stories through fiction, the challenge of having more historical context than the characters, and her personal history with Chilean political resistance. We also chat about the book's message of hope, the contributions of Chilean immigrants in Canada, and the universal themes present in the book.
History Slam, Podcast	Atacama, Canada, Chile, historical fiction, History Slam, Oral History, podcast, storytelling, storytelling and art
History Slam Special: Best of 2021
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 No Comments on History Slam Special: Best of 2021
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Before we put 2021 to bed later tonight, I wanted to look back at some of the great conversations we've had on the History Slam this year. The past 12 months have not been the easiest for anyone, but I've been so energized by the discussions, insights, and expertise that has been part of the show. So in this special edition, we re-visit a few of the great guests from 2021:
Samantha Cutrara discusses the idea of 'We' in Canadian History (1:52)
Shannon McConnell explains the decision to use poetry in telling a traumatic historical story (4:07)
Rita Shelton Deverell talks about the power of national myths (5:48)
Francesca D'Amico Cuthbert outlines her criteria for selecting road trip songs (11:08)
Habiba Cooper Diallo describes the challenges of creating inclusive and welcoming environments in schools (16:14)
Lynn Gehl chronicles her legal battle against the Indian Act (21:35)
John Sandlos profiles the expansion of mining in Canada through the 20th century (24:50)
You can find the full catalogue of 197 episodes under the podcast tab or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy New Year and all the best for 2022!
History Slam, Podcast	2021, Best of, History Slam, podcast, Recap, Year in Review
A Peace Resembling War
December 29, 2021 January 3, 2022 No Comments on A Peace Resembling War
W. George Lovell
December 29, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of a peace accord that, under the auspices of the United Nations, brought a formal end to thirty-six years of armed conflict in Guatemala. At the time the accord was signed, Guatemala's was Latin America's most prolonged internal strife, during which acts of genocide occurred. A quarter-century on the peace that was supposed to be firm and lasting is anything but. If peace prevails in Guatemala, it is a peace resembling war.
Anthropologist Victoria Sanford sums up the situation thus: if the number of victims keeps rising, she predicted, "more people will die in the first twenty-five years of peace" than during the country's brutal civil war, which a U.N. inquiry documented at over 200,000. More than 80 percent of casualties were unarmed Indigenous Mayas, hence the charge of genocide levelled against the Guatemalan army, held responsible for 93 percent of the killings. To guerrilla insurgents fighting to overthrow a heinous regime could be attributed three percent of recorded atrocities.
Sanford's grim reckoning is borne out by Guatemalan homicide rates. Continue reading →
Commemoration, Latin American History	Anniversary, Guatemala
Science as Vocation and Life
December 23, 2021 December 21, 2021 No Comments on Science as Vocation and Life
By Dimitry Zakharov
Gerhard Herzberg was a man of science. His life revolved around his office, where he spent countless hours, often working six days a week going over spectrograms, interpreting and writing results, and familiarizing himself with the latest research in his own field and quantum physics in general.
Spectroscopy and the scientists involved in this field were his first family. In his short 1985 memoir, published in the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, Herzberg recollects the moment in 1929 when he married Luise Oettinger, who co-authored several papers with him, and mentions the birth of his two children, Paul and Agnes, when they lived in Saskatoon.[i] The focus of this memoir, however, was spectroscopic research and the people who contributed to this discipline – scientists like Alex Douglas and Walter Heitler, and the affirmation of their work by Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, whom Herzberg met in England. Despite conventional ideas about individual genius, which still persists in the form of breakthroughs attributed to the ideas of a single person, Herzberg's work attests to the importance of the scientific community and the collaborators who often play a far larger role than they are given credit for.
Science as a Community
Gerhard Herzberg's intellectual history is a complicated subject. He was trained as a theoretical physicist at Darmstadt and then Göttingen, the best physics university of the time. Perhaps only the Cambridge system with its Wrangler system could have matched it in terms of prestige and sheer physico-mathematical importance. In the Cambridge mathematics program, the first place Senior Wrangler exemplified an achievement of the university itself, and this classification system went down to the lowest final passing grade of the year, accompanied by the dubious title of Wet Spoon.[ii] As historian of science Iwan Rhys Morus has argued, English and German universities of the 19th century had different models of education. While English universities favored mathematical and empirical science, German universities encouraged a Buildung model, favoring a holistic or balanced approach that encompassed scientific disciplines, as well as the arts, history, philosophy, literature, and music.
This model produced some of the best scientists of the time and didn't ignore creating a balanced individual.[iii] Morus argues that the German educational model produced more theoretically minded scientists than their English counterparts. Herzberg, a product of this system, specialized in the sciences, but was also well versed in music and philosophy.[iv] What's more, he formed scientific communities wherever he went. Herzberg was a brilliant experimentalist, an equally brilliant theoretician, and he also possessed an aura of charisma that gathered other great minds around him wherever he went. Continue reading →
Canadian history, Commemoration, History of Science and Technology	defining moments canada, Herzberg50
Physics in Exile: Nazism, Anti-Semitism, and the 1933 Scientific Exodus
December 22, 2021 January 17, 2022 No Comments on Physics in Exile: Nazism, Anti-Semitism, and the 1933 Scientific Exodus
In September, 1935, physicists Gerhard and Luise Herzberg arrived in Saskatoon, Canada. This move was a leap of faith, as they had only learned of the small prairie city's existence shortly before their journey, and secured a university position due to a chance friendship with the University of Saskatchewan chemistry professor John Spinks, and a generous grant from the Carnegie Foundation which aimed at helping German scholars. While Saskatchewan was not previously known to the Herzbergs, available faculty positions in universities outside of Germany were already scarce. Many postings in England and North America were already filled by academics and scientists who left as soon as the Nazi party passed a law forbidding Jews and other non-Aryans from working in public sector jobs like universities.
Several months prior to his arrival, Herzberg had received news from the Carnegie Foundation that he qualified for funding of a two-year tenure appointment in a British Dominion or Commonwealth university. His first choice in Canada was the University of Toronto, which already had a spectroscopy laboratory led by British/ Canadian physicist Sir John Cunningham McLennan. However, the University of Toronto already made an offer for its available faculty position to a German mathematician, Bernard Haurwitz from Leipzig. After more communication with chemist John Spinks and University of Saskatchewan President Walter Murray, Herzberg accepted their offer on April 2nd, 1935. On September 1st, the Herzbergs arrived by ship in New York, and left by train for their new home, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
An NSDAP poster dated February 27, 1925 advertising a meeting in Munich where Adolf Hitler will address the party. The poster reads "Germany's future and our movement" and announces the re-establishment of the party. Image courtesy of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
What caused the exodus of German scholars, the Herzbergs among them? What made staying in Germany too dangerous for Luise and Gerhard and for a number of other notable scientists, doctors, and others? Continue reading →
Canadian history, History of Science and Technology	defining moments canada, Herzberg50
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and The Prize
December 21, 2021 December 21, 2021 No Comments on Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and The Prize
By Denisa Popa
In Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science, Boris Stoicheff recalls the amusing way in which Herzberg found out he had received the Nobel Prize. On November 2nd, 1971, as Herzberg was seated on a train waiting to leave Leningrad station, the Secretary of the Soviet Academy of Science ran up to his cabin and informed him he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics.[1] This was well before smartphones, of course, so Herzberg, stuck in this train, had no way to contact his colleagues and family back in Canada. He spent the next six hours by himself on the train wondering why he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics and not Chemistry.[2]
"Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Award Certificate, Dec. 1971" Dr. Gerhard Herzberg Fond, National Research Council of Canada.
The confusion was cleared up once he arrived and learned that the award was, indeed, for chemistry. Herzberg's memorable experience was not the last time a Nobel laureate found out they'd won the prize while stuck in transit. In 1991, Richard Ernst found out he won, for chemistry, while on an airplane traveling from Moscow to New York.[3] As he recalls in this video, the captain came to his seat mid-flight to personally inform him of the news. Ernst recounts going to the plane's cockpit to call his family.[4]
Herzberg's Nobel journey began in 1958, Continue reading →
Canadian history, Commemoration, History of Science and Technology	Defining Moments, Herzberg50
Scientific Freedom and "the Golden Years": Gerhard Herzberg and the National Research Council of Canada
December 20, 2021 December 21, 2021 No Comments on Scientific Freedom and "the Golden Years": Gerhard Herzberg and the National Research Council of Canada
Denisa Popa
From 1948 until his retirement in 1994, Dr. Gerhard Herzberg conducted ground-breaking research at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). As his close friend and biographer Boris Stoicheff has noted, Herzberg's early period at the NRC– culminating in his Nobel win in 1971 — were truly "the golden years" of his career.[1] Recognizing the essential nature of his work, the NRC offered him the time, resources and freedom to pursue any research of his choosing. (The NRC's intellectual environment was challenged during Herzberg's later years.) This latitude contrasted the constraints he'd faced previously at the Yerkes Observatory in Chicago from 1945 to 1948. Indeed, this episode further highlights the vital role that Canadian institutions played in Herzberg's scientific work.[2]
"Gerhard Herzberg in lab coat at blackboard" Dr. Gerhard Herzberg Fond, National Research Council of Canada.
Yerkes Observatory: University of Chicago
When Herzberg first arrived in Canada, he spent 10 productive and enjoyable years as a professor at the University of Saskatchewan. But in 1945, Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago offered him a job. At first, this opportunity seemed like "the ideal situation" for Herzberg as he would join a larger institution connected closely to U.S. universities.[3] As Stoicheff notes, it would enable him "to become an astronomer, a career he had dreamt of long ago."[4] Yet even while he was negotiating the job offer, difficulties began to crop up. The university could only hire him as an associate professor, a step down from his position in Saskatchewan. Nevertheless, Herzberg accepted the position, and set out for Williams Bay with his family.
The intellectual focus of the Yerkes Observatory differed greatly from Saskatchewan. Continue reading →


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Q: Facebook Graph API, pull information anonymously I know that this question could have been asked a million times before, but unfortunately I can't compile all these answers to get it working.
I want to write a PHP code that uses facebook graph API, to search for a profile (by name for example) and then grab this information to a local store. I revised facebook graph API but it makes use of OAuth and plenty of overhead tasks that I don't need. Cause simply I don't want be using the API on behalf of specific user account. I just want to use it anonymously, or even with a sample user who shouldn't necessarily be a friend with these users that I'm searching for.
I'd be grateful if somebody could tell me whether it is doable or not, or even ask me to clarify my question a little bit more :)
Thanks in advance.

A: You have to retrieve an access token to use the Graph API to search for users. I don't think there is a way around it. At least not with the Graph API.
Try here to use the Graph API to search for users. You'll see that they're using an access token. Trying to search for a user without an access token will lead to the following error message.
{
    "error": {
    "type": "OAuthException",
    "message": "An access token is required to request this resource."
    }
}

Update:
From the Facebook Developers documentation:
"Facebook authentication enables your application to interact with the Graph API on behalf of Facebook users, and it provides a powerful single-sign on mechanism across Web, mobile, and desktop apps."
The authentication process isn't that complicated.

A: Sure here's a fast way to go about getting the information you want:
<?PHP

define('FACEBOOK_APP_ID', 'yourappIDhere');
define('FACEBOOK_SECRET', 'yourFBsecretkeyhere');

function get_facebook_cookie($app_id, $application_secret) {
    $args = array();
    if(isset($_COOKIE['fbs_' . $app_id])){
        parse_str(trim($_COOKIE['fbs_' . $app_id], '\\"'), $args);
    }

    ksort($args);
    $payload = '';
    foreach ($args as $key => $value) {
        if ($key != 'sig') {
            $payload .= $key . '=' . $value;
        }
    }
    if(isset($args['sig'])){
        if (md5($payload . $application_secret) != $args['sig']) {
            return null;
        }
        else
            return $args;
    }
    else
        return null;
}

$cookie = get_facebook_cookie(FACEBOOK_APP_ID, FACEBOOK_SECRET);

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<?php if ($cookie) { ?>
  Your user ID is <?PHP echo $cookie['uid']; ?>
<?PHP
    $user = json_decode(file_get_contents('https://graph.facebook.com/me/access_token=' . $cookie['access_token']))->data;

} else {
?>
  <fb:login-button perms="email"></fb:login-button>
<?php } ?>

After what Fair mentioned above, here's the very BASIC code you need to get the authentication setup for yourself.
HTH :)
You can change the parameters for the login button so it's not just "email" and then search by whatever else you may desire.

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The Ministry of Employment and Labor ("MOEL") recently announced its Workplace Labor Inspection Plan for 2016 (the "Plan"). The Plan's intent is to reduce the gap between regular workers and more vulnerable non-regular workers through reforming working conditions and improving treatment of non-regular workers. Based on the Plan's details, we expect that labor inspections will be strengthened qualitatively, as well as quantitatively, in comparison to last year.
As a trial run, the MOEL will establish a team devoted to inspecting workplaces to allow inspections under criteria more tailored to each individual workplace. The inspections will focus on unfair labor practices and unlawful dispatch cases, which recently emerged as important issues. In addition, to strengthen the forensic tools available for inspections, the MOEL will establish a digital forensics analysis team to support the inspectors when restoring and analyzing electronic documents is necessary.
In addition, to alleviate the gap between regular workers and non-regular workers (which has become a major social issue), the MOEL will focus on reforming the treatment of and eliminating discrimination against non-regular workers (e.g., fixed-term employees, dispatched workers, and subcontracted workers). Furthermore, the MOEL will conduct inspections of workplaces that retain significant numbers of teenage workers, interns and/or part-time workers.
As a separate issue, on March 8, 2016, the MOEL announced its revision of the Labor Inspector Administration Regulation (the "Revised Regulation"), which is expected to come into force on July 1, 2016. Under the Revised Regulation, the disposition of violations of certain labor-related laws has been enhanced substantially.
Under the current regulation, no further legal action was taken against an employer for violation of serious matters provided that the employer complies with a correction order. However, under the Revised Regulation, a labor inspector must take legal action without first issuing a corrective order.
Under the current regulation, an employer has 25 days from the date of the correction order to cure the failure to pay wages or other money payable to an employee. However, under the Revised Regulation, the employer will only have 14 days to cure.
With regard to violation of matters that can be cured in a shorter period (e.g., execution of employment contract in writing, reassignment of apprentices, posting new laws), the cure period will be reduced from 14 days to 7 days.
It seems that the MOEL intends to set a higher bar on workplace inspections starting this year. More importantly, the regulatory basis for a labor inspector to dispense with corrective orders and directly take legal action against violators would pose a more immediate risk to employers. Accordingly, a prompt compliance check of workplaces is highly recommended.
고용노동부는 최근 「2016년 사업장 근로감독 종합시행계획」을 수립하여 현장에 공유하였습니다. 이번근로감독계획은 귀사의 운영에도 영향을 끼칠 수있을 것으로 보이는바, 취약계층 근로조건 개선과비정규직 처우 향상을 통한 노동시장 격차해소에중점을 두는 이번 근로감독계획에 따르면, 전년에비해 질적, 양적 측면에서 근로감독이 보다 강화될것으로 예상됩니다. 이에 이번 근로감독계획의 주요내용을 말씀 드리면 아래와 같습니다.
고용노동부는 2016년부터 시범적으로 사업장근로감독을 전담하는 전담팀을 신설, 더세밀하게 각 사업장 특성을 반영한 분야별 감독을실시하고, 파급효과가 큰 부당노동행위, 불법파견등에 대해서도 집중적으로 감독을 시행할예정입니다. 또한, 수사역량 강화를 위하여삭제된 전자문서의 복원, 분석 등을 담당하는디지털 증거분석팀도 신설하고 사업장근로감독을 전담할 인력을 보완하여 근로감독을강화할 예정입니다.
고용노동부는 2016년 근로감독을 실시함에있어, ① 서면근로계약, ② 계약서류 미보존, ③임금대장 미작성, ④ 금품청산, ⑤ 근로시간, ⑥연장∙야간·휴일근로, ⑦ 유급주휴일, ⑧최저임금, ⑨ 퇴직급여, ⑩ 연차휴가에 집중할예정입니다. 이에 더하여, 최근 사회적으로이슈가 되고 있는 노동시장의 이중격차를해소하기 위하여 비정규직(기간제, 파견직,하도급 근로자 등) 근로자의 처우 개선과차별해소에 주력할 예정이며, 취약계층인청소년, 인턴, 단시간근로자 등을 다수 고용하고있는 업종을 대상으로도 집중 감독을 시행할예정입니다.
아울러 고용노동부는 2016. 3. 8. 근로감독관집무규정을 개정·공포(2016. 7. 1. 시행예정)하였는데, 근로감독관 집무규정을개정함으로써 개별노동관계법 위반사항에 대한처리기준을 대폭 강화하였으며, 주된 내용은아래와 같습니다.
§ 중한 위반사항(해고 제한규정 위반,출산전후휴가 부여 위반 등)에 대해서는시정명령을 부여하지 않고 즉시 범죄인지할예정입니다. 이번 개정 전에는 시정명령에따라 시정하면 별도로 사법처리를 하지는않았으나, 이번 개정으로 시정명령 없이사법처리를 하는 것으로 달라지게 됩니다.
§ 금품체불 등 임금과 관련된 위반사항들은시정기간이 현행 25일에서 14일로단축되며, 그 외 짧은 기간에 시정이 가능한서면근로계약 체결, 기능습득자의배치전환, 법령요지 게시 등의 위반사항역시 시정기간이 현행 14일에서 7일로단축될 예정입니다.
이처럼, 고용노동부가 2016년부터 사업장감독전담팀, 디지털 증거분석팀을 신설하고 주요위반사항에 대해서는 예전과 달리 시정명령 없이즉시 입건하거나 시정기간을 대폭 축소한 점에비추어 볼 때 올해부터는 사업장 근로감독이 보다엄격하게 시행될 것으로 예상됩니다. 특히,근로감독을 통해 법 위반사실이 적발될 경우위반행위의 경중에 따라 사용자가 이를 시정하더라도사법처리가 진행될 가능성이 높아진 점을 고려해 볼때, 사전에 법 위반사항이 없는지를 점검할 필요성이있을 것으로 판단됩니다.


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Rethinking the Cell Phone
An Israeli startup has made a modular mobile phone that can work on its own or slip into other electronic devices. Will it catch on?
by Kate Greene
If you could reduce a mobile phone to its essence, it would look like the Modu. This tiny phone, which is slightly larger than a domino, is capable of sending and receiving calls and text messages. It can store contacts and MP3s with up to 16 gigabytes of storage capacity, and it has a small but usable screen and a sparse keypad that lacks numbers. Launched this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Modu can be used as a stand-alone phone. But more important, it can also be slipped into a variety of "jackets," such as in-car MP3 players, Global Positioning Systems, and larger cell phones, that expand the Modu's functions and change its look.
Mini mobile: The Modu, a cell phone slightly larger than a domino, is designed to slip into other electronic devices, such as picture frames, stereo systems, and bigger phones.
Modu Mobile, the Israeli startup that launched the phone, is hoping to change the way that consumers think about their handhelds, explains Itay Sherman, the company's chief technology officer. Today, people generally have one phone that they use all the time, and they use it for a year or two because it's too expensive to buy a new model more frequently. But Sherman says that the idea of one phone for all occasions doesn't mesh with people's lifestyle. Sometimes you want to walk around with the smallest possible phone, he says; other times you want a good messaging device with a large keyboard, or a media player with a large screen. "Instead of buying a completely new phone, the jacket enables you to switch."
In making the Modu, Sherman says, there were a number of technical considerations. While semiconductor technology is at the point where chips are small enough to easily fit into the mini mobile, his team also had to shrink the phone's other features, such as the screen, keypad, and battery. The display, for instance, needed to be specially designed: it uses organic light-emitting diodes and is a mere one millimeter thick. (See "Super-Vivid, Super-Efficient Displays.") Knowing that it would be impractical to put a full, numbered keypad on the Modu, Sherman says, his team designed a simpler keypad that lets people access menus on the screen, similar to those of MP3 players. The lithium-ion polymer battery, which uses the same basic technology as traditional phone batteries, was customized to be thin and long, while still providing about 3 hours of talk time and 100 hours of standby.
Once a user plugs the Modu into a jacket, however, the features improve. "The jacket may also have a battery," says Sherman, and the combined device shares the load between the two batteries. "It extends the talk time and standby time."
One of the main innovations, says Sherman, is that the software that runs the Modu automatically reconfigures when it is put in another device. A resource file defines the way the Modu and jacket will work together. "Every jacket you plug into, you'll get a completely different experience, yet it keeps the basic functionality in all cases so that it's familiar to the user," he says.
Beyond cell-phone jackets, Modu Mobile will offer other consumer-electronics devices in which the phone module can be inserted, improving the basic functions of the device. For instance, a camera with the Modu could wirelessly send pictures to other phones, and a car entertainment system designed for the Modu could let a user access his MP3s while enabling hands-free calling.
This isn't the first time that consumer-electronics companies have tried to build modular phones, says Avi Greengart, the research director for mobile devices at Current Analysis, a market research firm. He points to IXI Mobile, the maker of the Ogo mobile messenger. "It had the notion of connecting multiple devices together via Bluetooth," he explains. A user would have a basic storage module and then connect to a large display or media player. However, the technology didn't catch on because few people think to buy a shell of a media player and then the other pieces to make it work, Greengart says.
Greengart is skeptical that the Modu will take off. "It makes sense on paper, but in the past, every effort to create modular types of devices has failed because [the companies] miss the way consumers actually buy products," he says. "It requires a change in consumer behavior … Consumers don't buy [multiple] modules at once or have the foresight to know that they're going to want more … down the road."
Modu Mobile hopes to buck the trend by getting people used to thinking in terms of jackets and the Modu. "We want to educate the market on the flexibilities and offerings," says Sherman. The company's first products will be available in October in Italy, Russia, and Israel. The initial package, which will include the Modu and two phone jackets, will cost 200 euros, an amount that the company expects will be subsidized by cell-phone carriers. In 2009, the company will extend to operators in the rest of Europe and in the United States, Sherman says.
Greengart admits that by inking deals with major carriers in the three initial countries, Modu Mobile has overcome one of the hurdles in making a marketable phone. "Oftentimes, the biggest challenge with a mobile device is just getting it in front of the consumers," he says. "They have carriers in Israel, Italy, and Russia. We'll see how much weight they put behind it."
The Modu is a different idea, and "the industry could use more 'different,'" Greengart says. But it will be hard for the company to gain traction in the mobile market and, especially, compete with Apple's popular iPhone. "I hate to say it because it sounds cliché," admits Greengart, "but no matter what jacket you slip this thing into, it's not going to be an iPhone."
Kate Greene

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Q: format date in xslt version 1 I have an xml that looks something like this
<book>
  <name>someName</name>
  <date>2014-02-05-05:00</date>
</book>
<book>
  <name>DifferentName</name>
  <date>2014-04-05-05:00</date>
</book>

In my xslt i have this schemas
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">

So when i do
<xsl:variable name='myDate' select='date' />
<xsl:value-of select="$myDate" />

it works fine, but when i try to do this
<xsl:variable name='date' select='impactDate' />
<xsl:value-of select="ms:format-date($date, 'MMM dd, yyyy')"/>

I get this exception
The first argument to the non-static Java function 'formatDate' is not a valid object reference.

Does any one know how to fix this exception or is there any other function i can use to do this.
Thank you

A: Note that, as it name suggests, ms:anything is a microsoft-specific extension function and is NOT PORTABLE. Bad practice if you can solve the problem any other way, since you're putting yourself in a position where you'll have to go looking for another solution if you ever change XSLT processors.
Better practice would be to use the EXSLT Date Extensions. EXSLT is still a set of extension functions and therefore is not guaranteed to be implemented in all XSLT processors -- but many do support most or all of these, and they have the huge advantage that if they're supported at all they will work the same way on all processors that support them.
If you look at the EXSLT page, you'll also find that they show XSLT implementations of many of these functions (as named templates), which can be copied into your stylesheet and used as a completely portable solution.

A: ms:format-date expects a dateTime string that has to be formatted like this: 2000-02-16T15:56:00
try getting it in the correct format first, something like:
<xsl:variable name="date" select="concat(substring(date,1,10),'T',substring(date,12),':00')"/>
<xsl:value-of select="ms:format-date($date, 'MMM dd, yyyy')"/>

Edit: Just saw you're using java for the transformation, for the ms:* functions to work I think you will have to use MSXML or .Net to do your transformation


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Q: How to get all the dates and name of days of a particular month of an year in PHP? I want to print all the dates and name of days of a particular month of an year in PHP. I am trying to use cal_days_in_month function, but unable to achieve my desired functionality. Please suggest me the way.
<?php
$number_of_days = cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, 7, 2016);
for ($x = 1; $x <= $number_of_days; $x++)
{
    echo "
Day: ".$x."
";
}
?>

Output:
Day: 1
Day: 2
...
...
Day: 31

Is there a way, I can get output like this:
Day: July 1, 2016 (Friday)
Day: July 2, 2016 (Saturday)
...
...
Day: July 31, 2016 (Sunday)

A: Try:
$number_of_days = cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN,$month, $year);
for ($x = 1; $x <= $number_of_days; $x++) {
    echo date("F", strtotime($x . "-" . $month . "-" . $year)) . " " . $x . "," . $year . "(" . date("l", strtotime($x . "-" . $month . "-" . $year)) . ")
";
}

output:
July 1,2016(Friday)
July 2,2016(Saturday)
July 3,2016(Sunday)
July 4,2016(Monday)
July 5,2016(Tuesday)
July 6,2016(Wednesday)
July 7,2016(Thursday)
July 8,2016(Friday)
July 9,2016(Saturday)
July 10,2016(Sunday)
July 11,2016(Monday)
July 12,2016(Tuesday)
July 13,2016(Wednesday)
July 14,2016(Thursday)
July 15,2016(Friday)
July 16,2016(Saturday)
July 17,2016(Sunday)
July 18,2016(Monday)
July 19,2016(Tuesday)
July 20,2016(Wednesday)
July 21,2016(Thursday)
July 22,2016(Friday)
July 23,2016(Saturday)
July 24,2016(Sunday)
July 25,2016(Monday)
July 26,2016(Tuesday)
July 27,2016(Wednesday)
July 28,2016(Thursday)
July 29,2016(Friday)
July 30,2016(Saturday)
July 31,2016(Sunday)


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Scotts Bluff, Neb. (AP) -- Five of the crew, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed and three men injured Friday in the crash of a Liberator bomber from the McCook, Neb., air base, 13 miles northeast of Morrill, Neb.
Straight Townsend, Scottsbluff county attorney, and Deputy Sheriff Steve Warrick who investigated the crash, said that the big plane broke in two after striking the ground and the fore part burst into flames. The fire burned grassland for a half mile around the wrecked plane.
Three crewmen were hospitalized here.
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June 10, 2019 Electric Vehicles
Elon Musk Interview Highlights
Posted by MasterXploder
On June 2nd, 2019, Elon Musk did an interview with the Ride the Lightning Podcast. The interview was excellent and I highly recommend downloading the podcast. Many topics were discussed but for this post, I thought I'd summarize my favourite parts of the interview. I hope you'll enjoy reading my Elon Musk Interview Highlights. Let's get into it!
Photo Credit: Ride The Lightning Unofficial Tesla Podcast
Overcoming Relentless Negativity (6:07)
In 2008, it was thought to be impossible to make a long range, high performance, electric car. Even Elon thought that Tesla had only a 10% chance of being successful. The Roadster was Tesla's first car and sold well as a niche product. Of course it wasn't long before critics changed their tune and claimed it was "easy" to produce an electric sports car. Critics then claimed the real challenge is producing an electric premium sedan. Tesla answers with the Model S – Motor Trend's 2013 Car of the Year. The criticism of Tesla continues and never ends. I enjoyed these stories because it shows that Tesla and Elon Musk continue to fight on. 🙂 Even if you don't care about cars, the lesson on perseverance is certainly worth learning from.
The New Roadster Hardcore Smackdown (20:40)
Tesla will soon be coming out with a new updated version of the Roadster. Elon admits it's not really necessary to produce such a car, but that the new Roadster will utterly crush any gas car… on every dimension. Elon mentioned that there's going to be some new things with the Roadster that are "unfair to other cars." Elon couldn't disclose everything about the new Roadster but there was talk of a "Space X package." The Space X package will cold gas thrusters, allowing the car to go any direction, including up at 2 g's. Ummm…. that's insane! I guess when one of your other companies builds rockets, there's going be some technology crossing over.
Tesla Technology and Design Innovations (25:27)
Elon talks extensively about the technology and design of Tesla models. I find it interesting because Tesla is a relatively new auto company that heavily relies on technology. Much of their technology is self-developed. For example, Tesla has developed sonar that can see through metal, bluetooth triangulation to automatically open doors, and has even worked with video game developers. In addition, Tesla is continuing to develop autonomous operation. If you're a tech nerd, you can't miss this interview. Even if you aren't, the conversation is really interesting.
Tesla Future Direction (44:43)
Finally, Elon was asked if Tesla might make an even more affordable car. For example, one for $20,000 USD. Elon said it's just not possible right now. He mentioned how regular cars have essentially had trillions of dollars poured into them over a 150 years to refine their technology. In contrast, Tesla is only on it's third version. Elon also feels that an autonomous car is the better route to pursue, potentially increasing the car's value up to 5 times. The idea being that autonomous cars would allow owners to make money by giving rides. Fleet managers would then service the cars as needed.
Elon never disappoints. In Tesla's short history, the company has accomplished so much. The challenges Tesla has faced have been significant, but they keep pressing ahead. Truly inspiring. I look forward to seeing where Tesla goes next!
What highlights are you looking forward to? Please feel free to like, comment, share, and subscribe!
Thanks for reading my summary of the Elon Musk Interview Highlights from the Ride the Lightning Podcast. I hope you enjoyed it. The podcast comes out weekly and I encourage you to check it for yourself here!
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I'm not too sold on the idea of having a stranger sit and use my car just to earn some extra money. I think most people that can afford to part with the cash for a Tesla are really that hard pressed for the extra cash either. Will be rather a niche thing
MasterXploder says:
You may have a point there Doug. I guess to each their own. Seems like Elon thinks there is real money to be made. If I had one, I'd certainly consider it!
Cold gas thrusters?!? Sounds cool I but really doubt that will become a reality. Also, I think Elon should get his team working on making a Tesla motorcycle. Ebikes have struggled to become popular popular or even that useful due to limited range. Maybe he can change that.
It certainly is cool! Elon sounds pretty serious to me. Good point regarding the e-bikes. I'm sure that will also eventually happen.


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Northern and Central California, Northwestern Nevada, Alaska, Japan, South Korea, Guam, Diego Garcia, Philippines and Thailand
Welcome to the Province of Silver Desert
The Province of the Silver Desert is a branch group of the Principality of Cynagua in the Kingdom of the West. The West Kingdom is the birthplace of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). An "anachronism" is something being chronologically out of place. We re-enact the middle ages, approximately 600-1600 AD, as they should have been: no plagues and all are treated as gently born lords and ladies.
The West Kingdom covers Northern California, Northern Nevada, Alaska, Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Rim.
The Principality of Cynagua encompasses Northern Nevada and the Northern Central Valley & Sierras of California.
The Province of the Silver Desert covers Washoe County, Nevada and portions of adjoining areas. Main population center of Washoe County is the Reno-Sparks area. We have regular get-togethers and two fighter practices/gathers. Please see the calendar of events for more information.
There is something for everyone. We have willing and well-studied mentors in the areas of various arts, sciences, crafts, and skills. If you are interested in the middle ages, want an unusual experience, or are just curious, come check us out!
Fight Practice (and general social gather) is held twice a week:
Sundays at 3:00 pm at North Valleys Park.
Practices take place at the south end of the park, near the south parking lot off Sky Vista.
Wednesdays at 6:00 pm at Shelly Park.
Provincial business meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of the month at 7pm. Location varies, see the Facebook Group or contact the Seneschal.
For more informaiton about the SCA, contact the Chatelaine ("welcome" officer in modern parlance), Lady Jitka Pavlova.
For more information about the Province of the Silver Desert, contact the Seneschal (similar to a group "president" in modern terms), Viscount Daniel de Blare.
For more information about fighter practices, contact the Marshal, Baron Mahon MacDiarmada.
Click Officers tab above for contact information for the aforementioned officers.
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The Province of Silver Desert includes Northern and Central California, Northwestern Nevada, Alaska, Japan, South Korea, Guam, Diego Garcia, Philippines and Thailand.
This is the recognized web site for the Province of Silver Desert of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and is maintained by Aurora Komnene, Province of Silver Desert Web Minister. This site may contain electronic versions of the group's governing documents. Any discrepancies between the electronic version of any information on this site and the printed version that is available from the originating office will be decided in favor of the printed version. For information on using photographs, articles, or artwork from this web site, please contact the Web Minister. They will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors.
All external links are not part of the Province of Silver Desert web site. Inclusion of a page or site here is neither implicit nor explicit endorsement of the site. Further, SCA, Inc. is not responsible for content outside of westkingdom.org.


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So, what are the differences between .cer, .pvk and .pfx certificate files?
In Windows platform, these file types are used for certificate information. Normally used for SSL certificate and Public Key Infrastructure (X.509).
CER file is used to store X.509 certificate. Normally used for SSL certification to verify and identify web servers security. The file contains information about certificate owner and public and private certificate keys. A CER file can be in binary (ASN.1 DER) or encoded with Base-64 with header and footer included (PEM), Windows will recognize either of these layout.
This file can be generated using Certificate Creation Tool (makecert.exe) as shown in the link below.
Beside CER, there's also SPC file, which is Software Publisher Certificate. It's a different representation of certificate in PKCS #7 format.
You can generate a SPC file from a CER file.
Stands for Private Key. Windows uses PVK files to store private keys for code signing in various Microsoft products. PVK is proprietary format.
You can create a CER file based on a PVK file.
Or Personal Exchange Format, is a PKCS12 file. This contains a variety of cryptographic information, such as certificates, root authority certificates, certificate chains and private keys. It's cryptographically protected with passwords to keep private keys private and preserve the integrity of the root certificates. The PFX file is also used in various Microsoft products, such as IIS.
PFX file can be created from a CER, SPC, or PVK file.
You cannot extract pvk from cer. It has no sense, as it would be easy to sign my application with a private key from a Microsoft Certificate exported from the store.
You are right! Thanks for the input, correction has been made.
I don't think .cer files can contain private keys These are the files that should be shared with the public. According to this MSDN link, the only format that supports bundling private keys along with public keys/certs is the Personal Information Exchange format, i.e. the .pfx file.


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Dee Williams Married
Dee Williams' marriage is the subject of much discussion. What was their relationship like? Did the couple have a happy relationship or did it end in divorce? We can't really say, but we'll be glad to know the details of their relationship. We hope you enjoy this short article, and we wish you all the best. Until then, enjoy the photos! Also, let's find out about William's new role as a father.
Dee Williams was born in Dallas, Texas on June 24, 1977. She is an American citizen. She will be 44 years of age in 2021. Her astrological sign is Cancer, and she completed school in Texas. Her educational qualifications haven't been revealed, but there's no denying her talent. In addition to acting, Dee Williams practices jiu-jitsu, which is a sport she enjoys.
While there is not much information about Dee Williams' parents, we can get an idea of where she grew up and where she went to school. She is a member of the White-Caucasus ethnic group. Her family is middle-class and believed to be Christian. Whether she was born in Texas or elsewhere, she did not reveal her birth date. If her husband is American, then his ethnicity should be White Caucasus.
They were reconciled in 1997, even though they divorced in 1993. Dee Williams, who married Matt Williams in 1972 has continued to work in theater as well as film. Her body figure is impressive for her age. She is blessed with a wonderful family. Her husband has not yet revealed his name. They have been married almost 50 years. Their sons, named Dylan and Corey, are healthy and happy. Williams is an excellent role model and we wish him the best with his new role.
Williams' television credits are numerous and his career is prolific. He has appeared in numerous specials and shows since his first appearance on "Dynasty." He has appeared with Marla Gibbs on several shows, including the hit "The Jeffersons". He has also appeared on Dancing With the Stars and '227. In addition to his acting roles, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors.
Billy Dee Williams continues to act on television. He has voiced the character Lando Freeman in the animated show The Boondocks. He also voiced a fictionalized version of himself in the episode 'The Story of Lando Freeman'. It has been a decade since Williams got married. If he's married to another woman, he's already married. This means that he is no longer a bachelor.
A combination of social factors determine Dee Williams' net worth. Therefore, her net worth may be significantly different from the figures listed above. Dee Williams' personal and romantic life are still a mystery. As far as marriages go, it's difficult to say. Williams' relationship with her husband, despite her long and successful career as a model, has been mostly overlooked. Her popularity grew after her debut on Instagram.
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The ability to control and utilize combustion is at the heart of NASA's ability to explore space. Traditional propulsion systems that rely on chemical combustion have been heavily optimized over the years, but the emergence of plasma-assisted combustion technologies have paved the way for even further improvements. Direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) fields can couple with the chemical ions that are normally liberated in high-temperature combustion environments, depositing energy and inducing plasma-chemical reactions.
My research project seeks to better understand how high-frequency alternating fields can be used to control and enhance combustion, enabling improved efficiency and non-traditional control techniques. Specifically, I study the coupling of microwave fields with solid propellant combustion, which when doped with alkali-based compounds can strongly react to electric fields. Enhancements in burning rate and performance have already been demonstrated for relatively low-power microwave fields.
Additionally, high-frequency alternating fields can exhibit strongly anisotropic behavior under certain physics conditions, which can create electron populations that vary significantly from the typical Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions. This presents a number of unique possibilities for interacting with flames beyond simple joule heating or ionic wind effects, potentially providing new techniques to sustain combustion in ultra-lean conditions or accelerating burning rate of solid rocket propellants.


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These Bearings are great but there are some things you need to be aware of when buying. They work great but the removal of the bearing shield means they will serve you best in the Park. They are easier to clean but are prone to get dirt and dust in them. Not for use in sketchy areas and avoid water at all costs. These beauties are loud and fast!! Perfect.


MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (CBS Local) — Two Ohio cousins are being hailed as heroes after they saved the lives of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter.
Rayfield Hallman and Steven William Wood were driving home Sunday night in Maple Heights, just outside Cleveland, when they spotted an unconscious woman on the ground in the doorway of her home and a very small child sleeping on her mother's chest, shivering in the bitter cold.
The little girl was awakened as the two men approached.
Hallman and Wood called 911 and as they awaited emergency responders to arrive, they put the toddler in their vehicle and got her out of the cold. They even helped corral the family's small poodle, which had gotten out of the home.
The woman, 42-year-old Latonya Perry, had suffered from seizures of an unknown cause. She was transported to Marymount Hospital. She was treated and returned home on Wednesday.
"I'm blessed, God is so good. You saved my life," Perry said during a phone call to one of the good Samaritans.


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It is good news for bald men and women, Japanese researchers have managed to grow new hair in bald mice successfully, which has generated new hopes for a cure for male pattern baldness. If you have additional questions, you may want to visit Ali Asaria. The principal author of the study, Takashi Tsuji of the Tokyo Science University has fed his team two types of hair follicles of mice for later transplanting them. Three weeks later, the researchers found that 74% of the hair follicles had become black hair. Click Crawford Lake Capital Management to learn more. During the study, the researchers observed two types of skin stem cells, two of which contain instructions to grow hair. The research team administered acetylcholine, a drug that is used to muscle contraction problems, in the region of skin with follicles through bioengineering. After a few days, hair began to grow, thus indicating that the transplanted follicles have been integrated with the muscles and surrounding nerves, as they make normal hair follicles.
Although the research has been conducted in rodents, humans can expect that here comes out a potential treatment for baldness. The researchers of the study, which has been published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, were also able to change the density and color of hair. Our study contributes substantially to the development of bioengineering technologies that will enable the regenerative therapy for the future when the hair loss is caused by injury or disease as alopecia and alopecia androgenic, claim the researchers of the study. With hope on research, the scientist Takahi Tsuji has said that with these hair follicles bioengineering has been very successful to connect naturally with the surrounding tissue, and has added that if it works for mice, humans can also expect a treatment soon.
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Freshly put: this is what the road lobby wants in Europe. Use tax-payers money to upgrade roads in order to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions thanks to the socalled integrated approach. New roads=less friction. My friend why not use rail?


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Cabeças Grotescas é um desenho de Leonardo Da Vinci. É a mistura de caricatura com desenho (caricatura de reis).

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Saratoga Jewish Community Arts in recognition of Martin Luther King Day, with the generous support of The Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY and the Golub Foundation, presents the inspiring film Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent.
As a young rabbi in Berlin, Joachim Prinz was forced to confront the rise of Nazism and becoming an outspoken critic. He later came to be a Zionist leader and eventually in 1937, with the Nazi's giving him an ultimatum, he was expelled from the country and immigrated to the United States. Within a short period, Prinz's activism helped him rise to become one of the top leaders within the Jewish organizational structure. He held a top leadership positions in the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Congress and the World Conference of Jewish Organizations. Later, he was a director of the Conference of Jewish Material Claims against Germany. His early involvement in the Zionist movement made him a close ally and friend of the founding leaders of the State of Israel.
Prinz devoted much of his life in the United States to the Civil Rights movement. He saw the plight of African American and other minority groups in the context of his own experience under Hitler. From his early days, when he settled in Newark, a city with a very large minority community, he spoke from his pulpit about the disgrace of discrimination. He joined the picket lines across America protesting racial prejudice from unequal employment to segregated schools, housing and all other areas of life.
American Jews were far more successful than African Americans in overcoming barriers, their American experience and the historic anti-Semitism faced by their forebears created an empathy for the black predicament and, ultimately, for the Civil Rights Movement. Compared to other white ethnics, Jewish Americans took greater notice of racial injustice and committed themselves, and their resources, to expand democratic rights for blacks.
At the same time, however, many Americans were ambivalent about this identification with African Americans. In the post-World War II decades, American Jews made great progress in the process of becoming "white." For Jews and other ethnics who had been marginalized, becoming white was seductive. Prinz's uncompromising stand for identification with African Americans at a time when racial lines were being heavily drawn and disrupted made him controversial.
Because of his experience in Germany, Prinz identified with the black community, the outcasts. Witnessing racism by Jews in Atlanta in 1948, Prinz realized that Jews in America had a choice. They could ally with the white majority culture or they could ally with African Americans and other minorities. To Prinz, an identification with the white majority culture was wrong in moral terms and a grave strategic error. As a minority, Jews' only chance to survive and flourish in America came from democracy. If all were not equal before the law and society, Jewish existence would always be in peril as it had been in Germany.
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr was leading a movement that was trying to take a great step in the seemingly endless march of African Americans toward freedom. The March on Washington marked a culmination of long-standing aspirations among blacks, whites, Jews and Gentiles and others who saw civil rights as a foundational quest in a nation long burdened by intolerance against "the others," particularly blacks.
When more than 250,000 Americans gathered on the Mall on that hot day, they hastened the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Symbolically, their presence demonstrated an interracial alliance that would make the quest for civil rights the nation's foremost domestic issue for most of the decade. In his moment at the March podium, Martin Luther King, Jr. represented generations who had given their lives in the journey from slavery, and he spoke for their descendants, who had now arrived in Washington to claim their freedom.
Prinz and King speaking together at the March on Washington marked the intersection of two journeys from slavery to freedom, two narratives of "getting over." However, in that moment, the African American journey and the Jewish journey could be found at different points along the continuum from slavery to freedom. Prinz did not feel that his people, the Jews had completed the journey to a secure, lasting freedom. As long as others were still back on the other shore, just stepping in, or struggling neck-deep in the water, it was not yet time for timbrels and celebrations. He had been on the other side, and he knew the journey could not be made alone.
Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent will be shown on January 15, 7:00 pm at Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Panel discussion and dessert reception to follow. $5 donation requested. Call (518) 584-8730 or email office@saratogasinai.org.


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Sheboygan County Christian High School held its first annual summer art camp during the last week of June. The camp was led by art teacher Ron Van Der Pol.
More than 20 young artists in grades first through sixth attended the camp. The eight classes offered during the week had artists create a variety of artwork, including straw blowing paintings inspired by Edvard Munch's "The Scream," mixed media paintings using melted crayons and colorful clay turtles and geckos.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and GE has announced that Elizabeth Widder, of Sheboygan Falls, is among the 20 students who were awarded the GE Reagan Foundation Scholarship.
The scholarship program, which just completed its fourth year, awards students who embody the vision and values personified by President Reagan, including leadership, drive, integrity and citizenship. Each student will receive $10,000 a year, for up to four years, to be applied to student tuition, room and board while the recipient is pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited U.S. college or university.
Widder will attend Iowa State University in the fall to pursue a degree in agronomy.
North High School will host its last Activity Code at noon Monday, Aug. 4, in the North High library. All new students planning to participate in athletics, debate or forensics must attend this meeting with a parent.
Students who anticipate going out for any sport must have certain items on file at the school, before he or she can participate. The forms can be picked up in the student office between 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or forms can be found online at www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north.
A salmon-colored clearance slip will be given to the student once all the items are turned in. Athletes will not be allowed to practice until the salmon slip is turned in to the head coach.
For more information, contact Kelly at North's activity office, 920-459-4087, or email ktimm@sasd.net.
Kathryn Boening, who graduated from Plymouth High School in June, is one of the first Wisconsin Global Scholars, thanks to a new state program.
She was one of seven students statewide to earn the new Global Education Achievement Certificate offered through the Department of Public Instruction.
To earn the certificate, students took four years of a world language as well as four credits of globally connected classes in literature, history, social studies, mathematics or the arts. Students also completed an extracurricular and community service project connected to a global community or global issue.
Sheboygan Falls High School students and families participated in a Dodge Booster Club fundraiser on June 16, and raised $2,020. During the fundraiser, held during a school baseball game, the Dodge brand contributed $20 for each test drive of a 2014 Dodge Durango, Journey, Grand Caravan or Dart.
Students and teachers from Plymouth High School helped serve at the Welcome Table recently.
The Welcome Table was created in 2008 to provide a free meal to those in need of friendship and fellowship. Supported by local churches, organizations and businesses, the dinner is provided free of charge from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday in the cafeteria at Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Student participants were Cole Bogenschuetz, Molly Brooks, Jonell Klopf, Patrick Lemkuil, Derek Novotny, Julia Novotny, Jennifer Novotny (of Riverview Middle School), Harrison Salibi, Kylie Schmitz and Katie Stephan; PHS teachers were Amy Bogenschuetz, Chuck Salibi and Kay Tharp.
Lily Ross Bohn, of Kohler, was selected to attend the Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum this July, which was held at Edgewood College in Madison. Bohn, who attends North High School, was among 28 students from throughout the state of Wisconsin who were chosen to participate based on leadership potential and community involvement.


Mark Wills' musical dream came true on Jan. 11 when he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. The singer was asked to join the esteemed organization by Vince Gill on Dec. 21.
Opry legend and longtime member Jeannie Seely welcomed Mark to the stage on Friday night, as she did back in the mid-90s when he stepped into the circle for his very first performance. Mark started his three-song set with his Top 10 debut single, "Jacob's Ladder," followed by "Phantom of the Opry," which pays tribute to Opry members who are no longer with us, including the late George Jones, whose jacket Mark wore for the special occasion.
After Mark's set, Craig Morgan presented him with his Grand Ole Opry trophy.
Mark went on to recognized his mom and dad in the crowd, along with wife Kelly and daughters Macey and Mally, who proudly watched from the backstage wings. But there was one other person in the crowd Mark praised for getting him where he is today—his junior high choir teacher, who encouraged the young boy to join her class after hearing him sing.
Mark also asked those in attendance who personally knew him to stand so he could see each of their faces and singled out several, sincerely thanking them.
Mark closed out the night with his seven-week No. 1 hit, "19 Somethin'," marking his first performance as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Mark has been no stranger to the Opry stage over the past 19 years of his career. If he wasn't stepping inside the circle singing his catalog of hit singles in his 256 performances on the stage, he could often be found wandering backstage on Friday and Saturday nights with his daughter, Macey, soaking up the environment and paying his respect to the stars who came before him.


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South Korean central bank to issue bigger bank notes for first time in over 30 years
The Bank of Korea said Wednesday that it plans to issue bank notes in larger denominations for the first time in more than three decades to match price and income changes in South Korea's economy.
The central bank currently prints notes in denominations of 10,000 won (US$(US$11; euro8), 5,000 won (US$5; euro4) and 1,000 won (US$1; euro80 cents), and will continue to do so.
In a statement the bank said it will issue notes in denominations of 50,000 won (US$54; euro40) and 100,000 won (US$108; euro79), possibly by the first half of 2009.
"Since the introduction of the 10,000 won note in 1973, prices have risen (by) 12 times, while the nation's income has so far increased more than 150 times," the central bank said in a statement.
The plan is also aimed at reducing the costs of issuing checks, which in South Korea come in preprinted amounts, and preventing counterfeiting, the bank said.


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Review: Detective Comics #1018
"Have Yourself A Pagan Little Christmas"
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artist: Scott Godlewski
Color Artist: David Baron
Letterer: Rob Leigh
The New Year brings with it a new story arc and a new artist. Yes, Detective Comics #1018 rings in the new, but still celebrates all that is great about this title, and the 80 year old Caped Crusader whose adventures it chronicles. (He's looking pretty good for 80, right?)
It's been pretty clear for over a year now that Peter J. Tomasi has a solid grip on Batman and his universe. More importantly though, it's also evident that this writer loves these characters and is having fun with them. Case in point, this issue really gives us Batman the detective, a side of the character that I adore, but feel that we still see too little of. We also catch up with good ol' grumpy Harvey Bullock, and his banter with the Bat is a thing of beauty.
Look out for a classic phone conversation between Harvey B. and Batsy, plus a wonderful exchange between the Dark Knight and an incorrigible ruffian at the start of the issue. This is Batman as written by someone who really gets the character and his motivations.
Great Scott!
Welcome to Detective Comics Mr Scott Godlewski! I'm a long-time fan of Scott's art and was overjoyed to see his take on Batman again. Mr G. is a fine talent: artist , writer, and co-creator of Image Comics' Copperhead. He's responsible for the pencils and inks in Detective Comics #1018, and they're lovely; clean, crisp, brilliantly drafted and oozing with charm and character. Scott is the kind of artist who can juggle darkness with humor, and deliver terrific action, expressive faces and detailed, yet uncluttered, backgrounds. This issue was lovely to look at, and I hope that he sticks around for a long time.
Another reason the book looks great is because of 'Tec mainstays; color artist David Baron and letterer Rob Leigh. I love the way Mr Baron seems to adjust his style to suit the artist he's working with, and he's one of the most versatile colorists in the business. Once again he's adapted the hues in his pallet to match the story beats, and the line-art. Honestly, the coloring style in this book looks different to previous issues, and distinct – yet again – from his stellar work on The Batman Who Laughs.
Rob Leigh keeps producing quality work. I've reviewed two books this week, and Rob's lettered both. Impeccably.
Horrible grizzly murders, a new killer with an agenda and Batman at his sleuthing best. We get all of this plus some Terrific art and wonderful dialogue. Detective Comics #1018 is a keeper, and I cannot wait to see how the story progresses.
See you all in two weeks time, Batfans!
Batman Comics Review David Baron DC Comics Detective Comics #1018 Fantastic Universes Harvey Bullock Peter J. Tomasi Rob Leigh Scott Godlewski Steve J. Ray


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New Court Filing Puts Biden In Panic Mode As "China Hustle", A Multi-Billion Alleged Stock Fraud Scheme Comes To Light
Posted By: Dino Porrazzo May 4, 2020
From Mark Sidney at We Are Biased OPINION Blog FLASHBACK!
Opinion| Lawrence David| A 'defrauded' investor named Joel Caplan claims to have been defrauded out of his life's savings by Chinese companies and that former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's bank records can unlock the mystery surrounding billions of dollars that have gone missing in the communist country.
According to the DailyMail.com court papers show that Caplan requested Judge Don McSpadden make him a third party in Lunden Roberts' suit against Biden. Lunden Roberts, a professional stripper, is Hunter's baby mama.
(DailyMail.com) …in a 30-page filing, Caplan lays out how he was allegedly swindled out of 10 years of his life savings in a 'multi-billion dollar stock scheme known as the China Hustle.
Caplan, who filed papers from Jerusalem, Israel, claims many Chinese nationals made fortunes from the ploy, which involved presenting fake company documents and claiming they were genuine investments when they were actual frauds.
Then they went on to use the ill-gotten gains to influence politics and even 'bribe' individuals, such as Biden, Caplan claims.
Biden: China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man… I mean, you know, they're not bad folks, folks. But guess what, they're not competition for us."
Another exclusive look at @SteveHiltonx's interview with @realDonaldTrump where Steve asks the president about @JoeBiden's ties to China – be sure to catch the full interview this Sunday at 9PM ET on @FoxNews! #NextRevFNC pic.twitter.com/66exg8bkUk
— The Next Revolution (@NextRevFNC) May 17, 2019
Caplan is asking Judge McSpadden to all investigators to 'follow the money' and present what they find as part of the evidence in the case.
If the judge grants Caplan's request, we can speculate where this eventually leads.
(Capital Research) As president, Bill Clinton essentially wiped out any strategic advantage the U.S. had by selling advanced U.S. missile technology to our enemy, the People's Republic of China.
That "administration's voluntary release of all the secrets of America's nuclear tests, combined with the systematic theft of the secrets that were left as a result of its lax security controls, effectively wiped out America's technological edge," David Horowitz writes in the recently published, The Black Book of the American Left Volume 7: The Left in Power: Clinton to Obama.
Unlike the administrations that preceded it, the Clinton administration accepted millions of dollars from the military and intelligence services of at least one hostile foreign power. All of this was done in exchange for illegal campaign contributions from a massive totalitarian country determined to eclipse the U.S. as a world superpower.
President Clinton also lifted security controls, allowing thieves to access other vital military technologies, while disarming his own side and opposing needed defenses.
"One of the key technological breaks China received, without having to spy to get it, was the deliverance of supercomputers once banned from export for security reasons," writes Horowitz.
This article originally appeared at We Are Biased OPINION Blog and was republished with permission.
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