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The status of Theta Delta Chi (TDX) fraternity
Associate Vice Provost for Inclusion, Community & Integrative Learning Emelyn dela Peña and Senior Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students Mona Hicks update fraternity and sorority leaders.
Dear fraternity and sorority student leaders,
We are writing today to provide an update on the status of Theta Delta Chi (TDX) fraternity as a result of an Organizational Conduct Board (OCB) proceeding, and to reflect on the condition of our fraternities and sororities overall.
TDX was found responsible for three violations of university policy and will lose university recognition for six years, reflecting the deeply serious nature of the violations. TDX may petition to be reinstated as a student organization in Spring 2027.
The university is committed to improving areas that need attention in individual chapters and our Greek-letter community in general, and to sustain aspects of these organizations that are working well. We have work to do to realize the excellence we envision.
Greek leaders have stepped forward to advance tangible, specific change in our fraternity and sorority community. We ask that you join them.
As TDX will no longer be a student organization, it will no longer occupy the house at 675 Lomita Drive. We are working on a process to determine how to allocate this house in a ResX context. We will maintain our commitment to 10 Greek houses.
The TDX investigation
In winter quarter 2020, the Office of Community Standards received a concern regarding illicit substances in the TDX fraternity house. In response, a notice of concern was provided to TDX and the Organization Conduct Board opened an investigation into the allegations.
Allegations and Findings
In October 2020, at the conclusion of the investigation, TDX was referred to an OCB Panel Review to determine:
whether TDX violated the Fundamental Standard by failing to report to professional staff the alleged presence of illicit substances in their fraternity house;
whether TDX violated the Fundamental Standard, the Controlled Substances and Alcohol policy, and/or the 2019-2020 Residence Agreement in regard to opioids that were allegedly present in the house; and
whether TDX violated the Fundamental Standard, the Controlled Substances and Alcohol policy, the Stanford University Marijuana Policy and/or the 2019-2020 Residence Agreement in regard to the marijuana that was allegedly present in the house.
In January 2021, an OCB panel of three students and two faculty/staff members then reviewed the investigative findings and found TDX responsible for all three violations described above.
Next steps for TDX
The Dean of Students reviewed the panel's findings and in March 2021 determined sanctions. After considering the Panel's recommendations, the extremely serious nature of the charges, and TDX's conduct history, the Dean of Students determined that TDX would lose university recognition for six years, including loss of all university privileges normally accorded to a Recognized Student Organization.
This is a serious sanction for a serious matter. A resident of the TDX house, a much-loved member of our community, tragically lost his life last winter. To be clear, the OCB investigation was not about assigning fault or responsibility for the student's death. However, the investigation found serious lapses in policy compliance by the fraternity that we simply cannot have in our community, for the safety of everyone.
Within the next 30 days, TDX may petition the Dean of Students' determination to the Vice Provost for Student Affairs (VPSA), for reconsideration of the sanctions. However, TDX may not contest the findings of the violations. This information was shared with TDX earlier today.
Our resolve for change within our Greek-letter organizations
A student's time as a member of a fraternity or sorority should build the bonds of friendship and community, instill in each member a sense of responsibility and action in service of their community; build a student's character rooted in values-based leadership, and build the lifelong habit of service. The findings in this TDX case do not, in any way, align with these values.
At the same time, a group of student leaders in the fraternity and sorority community are working to address serious concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion; misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs; interpersonal violence; new member intake; values-based education, programming and retention; well-being and flourishing; and community values. We ask that each of you ask yourself how you can join them and how you can enact change within your spheres of influence. These are not issues that can be addressed by a small number of leaders in the community. These are issues that need to be tackled by every member of the Greek community, head on, with courage and conviction.
In February 2019, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Susie Brubaker-Cole wrote a message to our chapters that described a future vision for Greek-letter organizations at Stanford. We believe that the Greek community can achieve the vision she describes, but we need to do it together.
Greek housing
TDX was a housed fraternity at 675 Lomita Drive, and losing university recognition means TDX will not be housed for at least six years. We feel it is important, in this context, to update you on fraternity and sorority housing in general.
In the winter quarter 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the leadership of ResX spent two months meeting jointly with leaders in our ethnic theme dorm, co-op and housed fraternity and sorority communities to examine how we could maintain the integrity of the ResX plan and create a model in which these communities could be sustained. The result of these conversations is reflected in our planning on the ResX website and includes continuing the four ethnic theme dorms, seven co-op houses and our commitment to ten fraternity and sorority houses on campus. We imagine there are many questions about how the 675 Lomita Drive house will be allocated. We are working on this question and will have more information for you soon.
We also acknowledge the current discussion on our campus, led by the ASSU, regarding whether Stanford should continue to house Greek-letter organizations. This is an important discussion and we appreciate the diligence with which the ASSU is engaging in it. The undergraduate residence governance council will work with ASSU and respond to their findings and recommendations when they are received.
As we think about you all reading this message, for many of you who are away from campus, we imagine it can feel disconnected from your day to day life or perhaps overwhelming. As you are managing the many challenges and changes that have come with attending a university during a pandemic, we want to encourage you to seek out the support you need. Our campus resources continue to be available to you and we are here to support you.
Emelyn dela Peña
Associate Vice Provost for Inclusion, Community & Integrative Learning
Mona Hicks
Senior Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students


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Say that I put those pills in myself! Say that I want to harm my own child!
Say it, then look around this room to see who will believe you?
Who would believe that I would swallow those pills and kill my own child?
On the side, Ning Qiutong frowned. She was about to say something, but Ning Xi stopped her.
Ning Xi's gaze swept across everyone with ease as the edges of her mouth curled up, outlining a cold smile. "So what if it was me? Forget about the child. Even if I wanted to poison her to death as well, what can you guys do to me?"
The instant Ning Xi said that, everyone in the room's expression changed.
Su Yan, who had been having mixed feelings, suddenly looked startled as he was in disbelief. "Xiao Xi, you... It was really you who did it all..."
Even though the truth was right before him, after listening to Ning Xi admit it herself, he still could not accept it.
Zhuang Lingyu and Ning Yaohua were like savages who just saw fresh blood spilled. They wanted to rip her apart. "You animal! Animal! What sin did our Ning family do to create such an evil, shameful thing!? You won't even let go of your own brother!"
"Oh my God! She actually dared to admit it!"
"Otherwise? There's solid evidence. She can't run away!"
"She doesn't even look remorseful after doing such a thing. She's even so arrogant, she's too much!"
At this moment, not only Zhuang Lingyu and Ning Yaohua, but Zheng Minjun and Su Hongguang seemed aghast too.
Zheng Minjun rushed out to start scolding, "You cruel woman! Even if you like our Su Yan that much and want to enter the Su family, you can't kill Su Yan's child! This is Su Yan's flesh and blood! Now, you're just taking it out on the child. If, in the future, you really became part of the Su family, if anything doesn't suit your taste even a little, are you going to harm me too!?"
Su Hongguang did not expect that, as the heir of the Zhuang family, Ning Xi's morale would stoop to this poor extent.
This was not a small matter of jealousy. This was murder!
After she killed someone, she could still appear so remorseless and at ease. How terrifying was this woman?
Zhuang Lingyu gripped her chest that began to ache from rage. "You're worse than a beast! You're despicable and lowly. You're not even a millionth of Xueluo, yet you're still deluded about marrying into the Su family. You're deluded about stealing Xueluo's husband! Look at yourself! Do you think you're even qualified in the least?"
Su Hongguang's expression was solemn as he said, "I'm sorry, Yaohua. Even though Ning Xi is your daughter, she has implicated a human life. I'm afraid we can't just let things go so easily."
Zheng Minjun immediately shouted emotionally, "She killed my grandchild. Of course, we have to report her to the police!"
When Ning Xi heard this, she raised her brows slightly. "Oh, report me to the police?"
Upon seeing Ning Xi's fearless attitude, Ning Yaohua became madder. "Animal! I don't care who you have backing you or who's supporting you! If this matter isn't resolved, don't think about going anywhere!"
Initially, he had still been a little wary of the Zhuang family, but when he thought about the Zhuang family's strict ways, if they knew what Ning Xi had done, they would be the first ones to not spare her.
Zhuang Lingyu sneered. "You look so sure about being backed up. You're probably relying on a gold mine that you have!"
For Zhuang Lingyu to say so as her mother, everyone else in the house judged Ning Xi with an even stranger expression.
"There were already rumors that she was taken in as a mistress. It turns out that it's real!"
"Someone like this actually thought of marrying our Su Yan. What a joke!"
"Now, all the little celebrities really aren't self-aware at all. All of them just want personal gain and they rack their brains, thinking about marrying into a rich family. They'll dare to use all sorts of tricks, but they won't consider what trash they are!"

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Christine Alfery, an International Award-winning Conceptual Artist from Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, will be opening her art studio during The Northwoods Art Tour. The Northwoods Art Tour is a self-guided tour through some of Northern Wisconsin's finest artist owned galleries and art studios. Participants will have the opportunity of meeting Christine in her studio, where she will have many of her award-winning paintings on view along with prints of her work on display and for sale during the tour. As well, participants will be able to see the artist at work in her natural habitat and enjoying the inspiration she draws from the surrounding area she lives and works in the Northern woods of Wisconsin.
The Tour begins on Friday, July 26th 2019 and will run thru Sunday July 28th 2019 from 10am-5pm daily. For more information about the tour, visit http://northwoodsarttour.com/.
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"For the longest time I have been working on artwork with contents that are represented by the concept of "journey". The journey for me can be, concept oriented. That is what it takes to get an idea going, the research, the breakthrough and discovery of something new, different, unique, original. My journeys in my work are always concept driven.
There are other journey's to be considered when I create. They might be context driven. For example, some might include the paths others take to reach a certain point, solve a certain problem. The context can be animal driven, like a herd of elk migrating for the season. The migration of monarch butterflies, birds. The historical context of intuits, or tribal travelers.
We have all heard the saying that life is a journey. For me this saying is a journey of contents. How do I feel about this or that? Often art or any kind of work for that matter can be content driven that is political, makes a statement about one thing or another. Women's rights is an excellent example.
The journeys in my work are mainly concept driven, but can include, mostly by accident contacts and content. My circus series is an excellent example of combining content, concept and context. Most of my work is a journey. For the most part if it is a personal concept driven journey I will put this work into my journey series. The works you see are concept driven journeys. When I am looking for something – solving a problem – the work is concept driven.
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Ceneselli (Ceneseli in dialetto ferrarese) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Rovigo in Veneto, situato ad ovest del capoluogo.

Ceneselli è uno dei paesi del Polesine in cui si parla un dialetto affine a quello di Ferrara, perché venutosi a trovare in territori estensi, ne ha sentito una forte influenza.

Storia
Nel 1893 nasce l'organizzazione del Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) a Ceneselli. Il padre del socialismo rodigino fu Nicola Badaloni con la collaborazione di Gino Piva. L'entusiasmo politico e sindacale di Gino Piva fu così contagioso che il primo sciopero del 1894 rimase memorabile tra i braccianti del Polesine da essere ricordato in un canto popolare del tempo:

Evviva Gino Piva / che col suo bel parlare / tutta la provincia / ha fatto ribellare.

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Architetture religiose

Chiesa parrocchiale dell'Annunciazione di Maria Santissima

La struttura attualmente presente risale alla seconda metà del 1700; di elevato interesse storico è la statua di Maria Santissima, probabilmente di scuola ferrarese. Su questa statua si narra una leggenda sul suo ritrovamento miracoloso in un canale presente nella parrocchia di Ceneselli, e per ricordare tale avvenimento ogni 3 anni si effettua una funzione religiosa (con processione fino al luogo di presunto ritrovamento) molto sentita nella parrocchia polesana.

Architetture civili
 Villa Peretti. Villa veneta edificata dalla famiglia Peretti alla fine del XVI secolo qui stabilitasi dopo le prime fasi della Bonifica Bentivoglio che interessò anche la parte più occidentale della Traspadana ferrarese. Sviluppata su tre livelli, è caratterizzata principalmente dalla facciata di gusto neoclassico, con corpo mediano in aggetto, e conserva ancora l'area dell'originale parco.

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Evoluzione demografica

Amministrazione

Sindaco
Di seguito, i Sindaci di Ceneselli dal 1980 in poi. Le ultime elezioni amministrative si sono svolte il 26 maggio 2019 e hanno visto affermarsi come Sindaco l'avvocato Angela Gazzi, con la lista civica "Cenesellinsieme".

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Калмички будистички храм, познат и као Калмички дом, је било здање калмичког народа које је постојало у Београду између 1929. и 1940. године. Сматра се једним од првих будистичким храмова у Европи, после будистичког храма у Санкт Петербургу, подигнутог 1909–1915.

Историјат

Досељавање у Србију
Превирања у свету у првој половини XX века довела су до расељавања пресељења читавих етничких група. Тако се између 1920. и 1944. године у Београду нашао велики број Калмика. Први Калмици избеглице су стигли у Србију почетком априла 1920. године и било их је неколико десетина. Друга, и далеко најбројнија калмичка групација (око 300 избеглица) приспела је у Србију крајем 1920. године. У целом том периоду од 1920. до краја 1923. године у Србију је стигло укупно 450–500 Калмика. Главнина калмичких избеглица (300–400) настанила се у Београду, формирајући тако највећу камичку колонију у Европи. У Београду су се већином настанили у приградском селу Мали Мокри Луг. У почетку су изазивали општу радозналост, и становници Малог Мокрог Луга су их назвали Кинези.

Изградња храма
Са калмичким избеглицама у Србију је стигло и неколико њихових свештеника. Најстарији по годинама и свештеничком чину био је бакша Гави Џимба (Манчуда) Боринов. Своју прву богомољу у Београду Калмици су успоставили у септембру 1923. године у две изнајмљене собе у улици Војислава Илића бр. 47 (та кућа и данас постоји). У тим просторијама храм се налазио до краја 1925. године када је премештен у Метохијску улицу бр. 51. априла 1928. године формирају Калмичку колонију. За председника је изабран бивши пуковних руске војске Абуша Алексејев, који ће заједно са будистичким старешином бакшом Манчуда Бориновим покренути акцију за изградњу будистичког храма у Београду.

На земљишту које има је дао београдски индустријалац, Милош Јаћимовић (1858–1940), Калмици су изградили будистички храм, који је завршен 1929. године. Свечано освећење храма, првог и јединог такве врсте у Европи, обављено је 12. децембра 1929. године. Церемонију освећења новог храма су обавили бакша Намђал Нимбушев, духовни вођа Калмика у изгнанству, који је за ту свечану прилику допутовао из Париза и бакша београдски Умаљдинова, уз асистенцију двојице свештеника. Београд може да буде поносан... писао је 1939. године у Београдским општинским новинама др Стеван Поповић, добар познавалац Калмика.

Убрзо по изградњи, храм је постао обележје Београда и једна од његових знаменитости. У Водичу кроз Београд објављеном 1930. године наилази се на одредницу о храму, а годину дана касније улица у којој се храм налазио добија ново име: Будистичка улица (данас Будванска). Када је дом саграђен и почео да функционише, убрзо потом формиран је и Будистички духовни савет који је био спона међу свим месним Калмицима. Приликом прослава већих будистичких празника долазили су и Калмици из других делова Србије. Убрзо су успостављене везе за енглеским друштвом -{Maha Bodhi Society}- и другим сличним организацијама и удружењима. У храму су држани часови калмичког језика и будистичке веронауке.

Калмичка принцеза Нирџидма Торгутска је посетила београдски храм 20. септембра 1933. Београдском храму су и даље недостајали многи богослужбени предмети које није било могуће набавити у Европи, па је преко посланика Јапана у Букурешту из Токија стигао велики бронзани кип Буде, чије је освећење извршено 25. марта 1934. године. Пола године по освећењу Будине статуе, београдски будисти су одржали помен краљу Александру, убијеном у атентату приликом званичне посете Француској. Крајем 1934, о храму и тамошњем "бакши" су писали и у париским новинама, додуше сензационалистички. Реконструкција храма је предузета 1935. године, чиме је проширен за још 38 m². У септембру 1935. у посету је дошао нови атаман Донских козака, Михаил Николајевич Грабе, који је некада командовао и Калмицима. Након неког времена, и градске власти су почеле новчано да помажу свештенство. Прослава десетогодишњице изградње храма одржана је 23. новембра 1939. Новчана помоћ градске владе им је укинута 1942. године као лицима несрпске националности.

Рушење храма
У борбама за ослобођење Београда (12–16. октобар 1944) које су се водиле у непосредној близини, делимично је порушен горњи део калмичког храма. Београдска колонија Калмика је престала да постоји 1944. године када су њени чланови избегли у Немачку, а касније у САД. Након рата, нове власти су сматрале да је београдски будистички храм изгубио разлог за постојање јер је остао без верника и без реликвија, па су 1950. срушили куполу храма а приземље претворили у дом културе. Касније је у тој згради просторије имао Социјалистички савез радног народа. На крају је зграду преузела радна организација Будућност која је храм порушила, а на његовим темељима подигла двоспратну зграду у коју је уселила свој сервис Хлађење.

Данас у Београду више не постоји калмичка заједница нити будистички храм.

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Литература
 John D. Prince: "A Note on Kalmucks in Belgrade", American Anthropologist (1928), pp. 341-345
 Josip Suchy: "Na obisku pri budistih", Jutro, br.171, 1932.
 Stevan Popović: "Beogradski Kalmici", Beograd, Beogradske opštinske novine, br.12,1939.
 Hemut Klar: "Kalmucks and the Wheel", London, The Middle Way, 29, 3, 1954.
 Helmut Klar: "Die Kalmücken und ihr Tempel in Belgrad und München", Bodhi Baum, 5, 1/1980
 Olga Latinčić: "Budistički hram u Beogradu", Arhivski pregled, Beograd, 1-2/1982
 Zmago Šmitek: "Kalmička zajednica u Beogradu", Kulture Istoka, 25/1990
 Arash Bormanshinov: "Prvi budstički hram u Evropi"; Elista, Šambala, 5-6/, 1997.
 Toma Milenković: "Kalmici u Srbiji (1920 -1944)"; Beograd, 1998.

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 Калмици

Спољашње везе

 Калмички храм у Београду (изложба)
 Историјска библиотека: Будистички храм у Београду
 Потомци Џингис-кана у Београду ("Политика", 27. март 2017)
 Калмици, наши први мигранти (Политика, О.П. 19. март 2019)
 "Време", 4. март 1938, стр. 12. Фото прославе Цаган сара, монголске нове године

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Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday said his much-criticized attempt to stage the G7 at one of his golf courses was not intended to promote his business brand, arguing he's too famous to "need promotion."
"They say, 'Oh, you get promotion.' You don't think I get enough promotion? I get more promotion than any human being that's ever lived," Trump said at a meeting of his cabinet in the White House. "I don't need promotion."
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In her role at Kering, Tang oversaw a portfolio of brands, including Alexander McQueen , Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent , and has played an integral role in guiding their expansion strategies in the profitable Asian markets. In 2012, Kering's Asia-Pacific operations accounted for over 25 percent of the group's annual sales results.
Tang started her career at age 17, working as a buying assistant and merchandiser for what was then called DFS Galleria in Hong Kong. In 1985, Tang joined luxury retailer Joyce and oversaw the store's merchandising and operations in the region for over ten years. In 1996, Tang secured a position as executive vice president of HPL-21 Limited, a former licensing and franchising company overseeing the retail infrastructure for Donna Karan , DKNY and Armani Exchange in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia.
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Q: How can I move ONE document to another library without looping an entire collection? Currently I'm looping through all the files in a collection, which is every single document in the library. Once I find the unique document name, I move it.
I'm trying to getting away from looping over thousands of records.
Maybe i can write a CAML query that will reduce the files in the collection maybe?
    SPFileCollection collFiles = site.GetFolder("Final Candidates").Files;
    for (int intIndex = collFiles.Count - 1; intIndex > -1; intIndex--)
    {
      if (collFiles[intIndex].Name == CName)
      {
        collFiles[intIndex].MoveTo("Draft Candidates/" + CName, true);
        break;
      }
    }

A: I figured it out.
You can use SPFile to check if the file exist in the library and then move it if it does.
SPFile file = site.GetFile("/Final Candidates/" + CName);

if (file.Exists)
{
   file.MoveTo("Draft Candidates/" + CName, true);
}

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Q: SMTP Error 451 4.1.0 I'm adressing to you guys because I'm having a problem when sending an e-mail to a specific adress, I'm getting this message :

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The Algal World: Diatoms
March 27, 2017 February 9, 2017 / Maura Flannery	/ 1 Comment
Diatom plate from Haeckel's Art Forms in Nature
I was first attracted to diatoms by their exquisite beauty. When I studied aesthetics many years ago, beauty was often defined in terms of categories such as symmetry and form, and diatoms are definitely exemplars of both. They are one-celled algae, each encased in a glassy silica shell that varies with species. These structures can be elongated, triangular, circular, square, or more elaborately shaped. There is no better introduction to them than the diatom plate [shown above] from Ernst Haeckel's Art Forms in Nature (1904). There are also great microscope photographs of diatoms on the web, at sites such as Micropolitan University. If you want more than just images, the Natural History Museum, London has Diatoms Online and the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) in Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University) has a Diatom Herbarium, both a real and a virtual space.
I visited the diatom collection at ANS two years ago and was drawn into a very different kind of herbarium world. Yes, there are metal cabinets, but they are filled with boxes of microscope slides, not sheets of white paper in folders. This collection was begun in the mid-19th century by members of the ANS who were interested in microscopy. At the time, this was, like seaweed, a hobby for many people who had the money to have leisure time and to buy a microscope. Some were physicians who had some familiarity with microscopes through their profession; others included bankers and industrialists who simply became fascinated with what couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Like seaweed collecting, this was an area of interest in Britain, and also on the Continent, and had begun in the 17th century (Stafford, 1996). By the mid-19th century, microscope optics had improved and the instruments were easier to use. Many of the ANS microscopists were interested in fossilized diatoms found in diatomaceous earth, which could be found in areas around Philadelphia. This fine, sandy material is used in polishing among other things and represents the remains of organisms that lived in great numbers millions of years ago. Since diatoms are responsible for 20-25% of the earth's carbon fixation, it's difficult to overestimate their abundance, both now and in the past.
Eventually, the microscopists' diatom collections morphed into the ANS Diatom Herbarium, which now houses the second largest such assemblage in the world. Along with slides, there are small glass bottles filled with diatomaceous earth collected in various locations. These are particularly difficult to catalog because each sample contains many species. In some cases, small portions of these sands have been separated out with individual species mounted on slides, but as Maria Popanova, the curator of the collection, notes the bottle that was the source of a particular mount wasn't always recorded on the slide. There are ways of backtracking using dates and collection sites, but it's time-consuming work and slows down digitization of the collection. However, 63,000 specimens are now available online. Also at ANS are rare 19th-century exsiccatae that contain many type specimens. These are store in book-like boxes with specimens either mounted on slides or in tiny envelopes. A counterpoint to these historically important items are posters on the walls of scanning electron microscope images of diatoms revealing an even more elaborate detail than that provided by a light microscope. The images are more expensive to produce so not every diatom receives this attention, but these images highlight the complexity of these minute structures.
I could easily dwell on the aesthetic aspects of these creatures, but I want to also stress their scientific significance. There are good reasons why the herbaria such as the ANS and NHS, among many others, maintain diatom collections. The cells can tell us a great deal about aquatic life of the past, the present, and the future. Diatoms serve as useful markers of aquatic ecosystem health. Their shells remain after death, providing stable evidence of water quality. A water sample's use in monitoring usually deteriorates with time as organisms die, but this is a lesser problem with diatoms. Also, they are ubiquitous, found all over the world in both fresh and salt water. The species present at a site depend upon the presence or absence of pollution, among other factors.
Part of the research done at ANS involves water monitoring studies and having a rich diatom collection, including many type specimens, as reference adds weight to the findings. This work has a long history at the ANS, and the person most responsible for building its stature was Ruth Patrick (1907-2013). She had a doctorate based on diatom research from the University of Virginia and wanted to volunteer at the ANS in the 1930s. She was kept out for several years because they didn't accept women. She finally became a volunteer in 1935, serving first as a virtual servant to the Microscopy Section, setting out specimens for their meetings among other duties. She eventually became the first woman member of the ANS. In the late 1940s, after she became a paid employee, Patrick founded the ANS Limnology Department. Through her work, the ANS developed a focus on freshwater diatoms; before that it had collected mostly fossils and saltwater species. She directed studies on rivers and streams, especially in terms of using diatoms to gauge water quality, and her influence lives on in the ANS's Patrick Center for Environmental Research.
Haeckel, E. (1904). Art Forms in Nature (Vol. 1974 ed.). New York: Dover.
Stafford, B. M. (1996). Artful Science: Enlightenment Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Diatoms in the Herbarium
April 8, 2015 / Maura Flannery	/ Leave a comment
The diatom, Lyrella sp., photo from Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Diatoms are microscopic aquatic organisms that have glass-like shells. These structures are symmetrical, and this symmetry combined with the transparency of the "glass" and the variety in their shapes makes them aesthetically awesome. Their diversity and ubiquity in both fresh and saltwater environments also make them very important ecologically. A few months ago, I visited the Diatom Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, now part of Drexel University. Maria Potapova, the assistant curator in charge of the herbarium, gave me a tour and showed me some of the hundreds of thousands of specimens in the collection. The usual metal herbarium cabinets are filled with box after box of glass microscope slides. In addition, there are vials and small bottles containing with the sandy remains of diatoms. Potapova explained why it is such a slow process to digitize the information about the specimens. A single vial may hold a number of diatom species, and individual species from these vials may have been mounted on a number of different slides. However, the links between slides and vials may not have been noted. Making these connections is possible through dates, collectors, etc., but it takes time.
Potapova also showed me several rare exsiccatae that contain many type specimens. The oldest, that of the German botanist Friedrich Traugott Kützing—Algarum Aquae Dulcis Germanicarum (1833-1836)—is in 16 notebooks with specimens wrapped in tiny paper envelopes or on glass. Another is the set of 22 small leather-bound book-like boxes filled with slides. The title on each spine is Diatomées de Belgique (1882-1885), and the collection was assembled by the Belgian botanist Henri Van Heurck. These are among the treasures of the collection, which includes specimens gathered in the 1800s by members of the ANS, many of whom were wealthy men who had microscopy as a hobby. The origins of the collection was in the Microscopical Society of Philadelphia, founded 1858. The first evidence of interest in diatoms at the ANS were three papers on marine and freshwater diatoms published by F.W. Lewis in 1860s. The Microscopical Society eventually merged with the Biological Section of the ANS to form the Biological and Microscopical Section.
Women could not become ANS members until well into the 20th century. In fact, Ruth Patrick (1907-2013), who had a doctorate based on diatom research at the University of Virginia, wanted to volunteer at the ANS but was kept out for several years. She finally become a volunteer in 1935, serving first as a virtual servant to the Section, setting out specimens for their meetings, among other duties. She eventually became the first woman member of the ANS. In the late 1940s, after she had become a paid employee, Patrick founded the ANS Limnology Department. Through her work, the ANS developed a focus on freshwater diatoms; before that it had collected mostly fossils and saltwater species. She directed studies of rivers and streams, especially in terms of using diatoms to gauge water quality. She collaborated with the noted ecologist Evelyn Hutchinson among others. Her influence lives on in the ANS's Patrick Center for Environmental Research. Potapova and her associates continue to do both taxonomic and ecological studies on diatoms. The importance of this work became evident when Potapova mentioned that diatoms are responsible for 20-25% of the earth's organic carbon fixation.


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Main » 2017 » July » 22 » Mercer Sets Forth Bold New Ideas to Address the Sustainability of Global Retirement Systems
Mercer Sets Forth Bold New Ideas to Address the Sustainability of Global Retirement Systems
Paper is part of an ongoing mission to help improve financial security for individuals globally
NEW YORK -Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and careers, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC), today announced the launch of "Bold Ideas for Mending the Long Term Savings Gap," which addresses ways to improve the $70 trillion global retirement savings deficit. These ideas are part of Mercer's ongoing commitment to exploring ways of improving financial security for individuals.
Through four main themes, Mercer explores innovative responses to what Jacques Goulet, President of Health and Wealth, Mercer refers to as, "one of the greatest crises of our time, for which there is no silver bullet." Mr. Goulet believes that the issue of financial security is not just about retirement but instead about broader financial wellness concerns that plague individuals at varied life stages. These financial concerns undermine social and employment productivity, challenging people to think differently.
"We do not believe that this is merely a 'retirement savings matter.' The retirement savings gap is part of the significant financial security issue that is chipping away at productivity and putting individuals into periods of financial instability," said Mr. Goulet. "Helping to find solutions to this problem goes to the core of our mission at Mercer, our offerings and our extensive research and data in this area."
According to Mr. Goulet, financially secure individuals are confidently able to set and achieve financial goals for themselves and their households, to support their dependents, to enjoy a desired quality of life, and to cover emergencies, without worrying about whether their future income is enough to cover expenses or to sustain retirement.
Through "Bold Ideas," Mercer outlines the importance of multiple stakeholders coming together to take meaningful action against the savings deficit. Stakeholders include governments, employers, and financial intermediaries, all of whom have the incentive and the ability to help mend the long-term savings gap. Each group also stands to benefit by helping to ensure that their citizens, employees, and customers are able to save efficiently and appropriately for the future.
The paper details the main challenges causing the long term savings gap, including:
Longer lives combined with lower birth rates
Lack of easy access to pensions and savings products
Individuals ill-prepared for greater financial responsibility in retirement
Lack of trust in financial markets and products
Low growth environment
Gender imbalance in long-term savings
Mercer has an ongoing mission to advance global financial security through strategic relationships with world renowned organizations like the World Economic Forum. Mercer is the lead collaborator on the World Economic Forum's Retirement and Investment Systems Reform Project. In partnership with the Forum, Mr. Goulet has presented research findings to global leaders on the current state of global retirement systems and the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration. Additionally, Mercer has a wide array of offerings aimed at resolving financial wellbeing challenges including the Mercer Financial Wellness and Harmonise™ platforms, among other solutions.
"Success will require bold and immediate action. Given the current size of the retirement gap, all relevant stakeholders need to act now," said Renee McGowan, Global Head of Individual Retirement Solutions and Financial Wellness, Mercer. "Public and private sector individuals need to work together to create a cultural revolution that engages individuals in saving for the long-term, shifting the concept of 'saving' from a financial services experience into a consumer one. People need to understand what 'good' looks like when it comes to savings products, advice, and decisions. But they also need to have the confidence to act on their knowledge to achieve the best outcomes."
To learn more about Mercer's "Bold Ideas" and about Mercer's work on financial security, go to www.mercer.com/our-thinking/wealth/bold-ideas-for-mending-the-long-term-savings-gap.html
About Mercer
Mercer is a global consulting leader in talent, health, retirement and investments. Mercer helps clients around the world advance the health, wealth and careers of their most vital asset – their people. Mercer's more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 140 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), a global professional services firm offering clients advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue of $13 billion and 60,000 colleagues worldwide, Marsh & McLennan Companies is also the parent company of Marsh, a leader in insurance broking and risk management; Guy Carpenter, a leader in providing risk and reinsurance intermediary services; and Oliver Wyman, a leader in management consulting. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. Follow Mercer on Twitter @Mercer.
References to Mercer shall be construed to include Mercer LLC and/or its associated companies.
© 2017 Mercer LLC. All rights reserved.
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The Nokia Lumia 920 has been faced with its fair share of problems. However this hasn't stopped the device from doing well since it has been on sale and if the demand for the device increases over the Xmas period, it could do well with sales right into 2013.
Nokia had their work cut out for them when Apple revealed the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 continued to sell well. Windows Phone 8 is not the most popular OS on the market and the only hope for the Nokia Lumia 920 was converting fans away from Android and iOS.
Well it seems that the Lumia 920 is doing well in retail. The handset is exclusive to AT&T and at the moment and it is an Amazon best-seller right now, taking the top spot away from the Samsung Galaxy S3 reports MobileNApps. Four colours are on the best-selling list, white, black, red and yellow.
Of course Amazon are not the only retailer where the handsets is doing quite well. All across Europe the Nokia Lumia 920 has sold out and more handsets are expected in stock by Thanksgiving.
This is great news for Nokia of course as they are trying to get back into the smartphone market after a decline.


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Okay, so we need to improve the delivery process so that the business team makes the decisions without relying on the development team. How do we do it?
A few years ago we started to adopt automated tests, letting the machine do what it is good, repetition, and letting humans do what they are good to exploit.
Automating the manual testing process was such a good thing that it even evolved into TDD, a technique where automated testing is done before code implementation.
And do not stop there. After automating the tests, we also decided to automate the execution of them. So every possible change of system goes through the entire suite of tests and the team receives feedback much faster.
Following this line of reasoning, automation emerges as an answer to this problem. Automating the way the software is delivered gives greater predictability and confidence to the process, making the development team no longer a dependency.
To develop a robust Continuous Delivery Process we must ensure that what is delivered will be of quality.
The Continuous Integration server runs only the local tests, but how do I know if the external services (software / hardware) are working? How to know if this code will work as expected outside of the development environment?
Extrapolating the idea of Continuous Integration, we can think of a Pipeline of Implementation (Build Pipeline).
The idea is that each piece of code, in addition to being tested by automated testing, is also implemented on an approval server. This way, not only the code is tested, but also the infrastructure and the database.
Tools that control and version the configuration of the machines and the database are very important at this point, because they make it easier to go back and check where the problems are.
In short, each generated commit will go through the entire test suite, then it will be deployed in an approval environment and integration testing will be done there, ensuring that everything runs smoothly.
Want to put the newest version of the system in the production today? Just use the last commit that went through Pipeline!
In the same way it is easy to get back the version in case of serious problems in production. Just use the last functional commit and perform a new deployment.


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U.S. House Natural Resources Set to Move Raft of Legislation to Protect Wildlife
Sharks are in dire need of protection from finning
Cecil the lion killed in Zimbabwe by American dentist
Legislation Would Protect Sharks and Big Cats, Ban Trophy Hunting Imports
Sharks should not be chopped up for their fins, tigers shouldn't live in basements or backyards, and lions and elephants shouldn't be shot in a head-hunting gambit. "
— Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action
WASHINGTON , DC, USA, September 18, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Today, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by longtime champion of animal welfare, wildlife, and conservation issues, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), is considering a set of major animal protection bills affecting marine and terrestrial wildlife.
The mark-up hearing includes the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (H.R. 737), the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 1380), and his own CECIL Act (H.R. 2245).
"Sharks should not be chopped up for their fins, tigers shouldn't live in basements or backyards, and lions and elephants shouldn't be shot in a head-hunting gambit," said Marty Irby, executive director of Animal Wellness Action. "We applaud Chairman Grijalva's leadership and the tireless work of Delegate Sablan, and Reps. McCaul, Quigley, and Fitzpatrick to advance these important wildlife measures."
"I thank my committee colleagues for joining me today in approving the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act," said Delegate Gregario Kilili Sablan (D-MP-At Large). "The bill has 230 bipartisan cosponsors. 12 states and 3 territories already have a shark fin ban in place. 4 of 5 Americans support a national ban. And over 630 private companies and major corporations have endorsed my bill. This important, commonsense legislation is necessary to effectively curtail the shark fin trade. But we must continue working – to get the bill to the House floor, have the Senate pass Senator Booker's companion bill, and get it to the President's desk."
"Today's mark-up is long overdue," said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX). "As many as 73 million shark fins end up on the market each year, with an increasing number of species facing extinction. Sharks serve as an indicator of the overall health of our ocean and a decline in their population will directly affect our marine ecosystem. Ensuring their survival is of paramount importance."
"Too often, private owners of big cats are unequipped to care for these wild animals, leading to dangerous situations for first responders, the public, and the animals themselves," said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL). "I'm pleased that Chairman Grijalva and the Natural Resources Committee are advancing my legislation to restrict ownership of big cats only to those properly prepared to care for them. It is my hope that it will soon be brought to the floor for a vote and that my colleagues will support this important legislation."
The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, led by U.S. Delegate Gregario Sablan (D-MP-At Large) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), has 231 cosponsors and expands on the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 and the Shark Conservation Act of 2010. While those laws banned shark finning and the transportation of fins on U.S. vessels, this measure would strengthen current law by prohibiting the trade of shark fins and allow for better enforcement of the law. It's counterpart in the Senate, S. 877, led by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelly Capito (R-WV), was reported out of committee at the end of April.
The Big Cat Public Safety Act, led by U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), has 124 cosponsors and prohibits the ownership of dangerous big cats and makes it illegal for exhibitors to allow public contact with cubs. Irresponsible breeding, inhumane living conditions, and public exploitation is a serious problem in the U.S., and caging these wild animals also present a terrible threat to human safety. State laws regarding private ownership of big cats are inconsistent or nonexistent, which is why a uniform federal law is necessary to end this dangerous industry once and for all.
The CECIL Act, led by Chairman Grijalva, and named in memory of Cecil the lion – killed in 2015 by American dentist and big game hunter Walter Palmer – prevents the issuance of import permits for trophies from certain endangered or threatened species. These animals are already subject to a range of human-caused threats that have dramatically reduced their numbers.
Marty Irby
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
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Non-Essential Personnel es el quinto episodio de la quinta temporada y cuadragésimo séptimo episodio a lo largo de la serie de drama y ciencia ficción de TNT Falling Skies. Fue escrito por Jim Barnes y dirigido por Olatunde Osunsanmi. Fue estrenado el 26 de julio de 2015 en Estados Unidos.

La 2nd Mass deja el Barrio Chino pero un pistolero desquiciado toma a Weaver como rehén. Mientras tanto, Tom se dispone a rescatar a Hal de Pope y su peligroso grupo de supervivientes.

Argumento
Pope y su grupo rescatan a un grupo de personas que Anthony se encarga de entrevistar para saber quién es útil a la causa de Pope y quién no. Isabella, una de los que fueron descartados por Pope se hace pasar por enfermera para poder quedarse. Mientras tanto, Tom es guiado vía radio por Pope a hacia lugares donde supuestamente encontrará a Hal. Por otra parte, la 2nd Mass inicia su camino hacia Fayetteville pero son atacados. Weaver se ofrece para mediar entre las peticiones de los atacantes y los suyos, sin embargo, es herido y hecho prisionero. Después de ser herido por Pope, Hal descubre que Isabella no es enfermera y le advierte del peligro que corre cuando Pope se entere de su mentira, así mismo, le ofrece un lugar en la 2nd Mass a cambio de liberarlo. Weaver ofrece a Marty un lugar en la resistencia después de descubrir que su familia ha muerto y Tom se encuentra con aquellos que fueron echados por Pope, quienes le revela la ubicación donde podría estar Hal. Finalmente, Hal es liberado por Isabella y Tom ataca a Pope, ambos se hieren, sin embargo, Tom es tomado por un Avispón que previamente atacó el campamento de Pope.

Elenco

Personajes principales
Noah Wyle como Tom Mason.
Moon Bloodgood como Anne Glass.
Drew Roy como Hal Mason.
Connor Jessup como Ben Mason.
Maxim Knight como Matt Mason.
Colin Cunningham como John Pope.
Sarah Sanguin Carter como Maggie.
Mpho Koahu como Anthony.
Doug Jones como Cochise.
Will Patton como Daniel Weaver.

Personajes recurrentes
Jennifer Ferrin como Rebecca Mason.
Todd Weeks como Marty.

Estrellas invitadas
Treva Etienne como Dingaan Botha.
Catalina Sandino Moreno como Isabella.

Recepción

Recepción de la crítica
Chris Carabott de IGN calificó al episodio como grandioso y le otorgó una puntuación de 8.8 sobre 10, comentando: "Sin duda, la lucha para salvar a la Tierra pudo haber pasado a segundo plano gracias a la locura de Pope pero al menos ha sido entretenido. Weaver consigue un momento para brillar, también. Ben y Maggie siguen siendo atraídos entre sí gracias a sus púas del amor".

Recepción del público
En Estados Unidos, Non-Essential Personnel fue visto por 2.03 millones de espectadores, recibiendo 0.5 millones de espectadores entre los 18 y 49 años, de acuerdo con Nielsen Media Research.

Véase también
 Falling Skies
 Cuarta temporada
 Lista de episodios
 Personajes de Falling Skies

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página web oficial (en inglés).
 Página web oficial (Latinoamérica).
 Sitio oficial  (España).

Episodios de la quinta temporada de Falling Skies


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Middle East & AfricaNov 12th 2005 edition
Hunger for change
A showcase summit may end up advertising a muzzled opposition
THE Tunisian government usually seems to go out of its way to make the country look dull: after all, it is fairly stable and prosperous compared with most of its neighbours. It is also a staunch ally of the West in the global war on terrorism, so the Americans and Europeans are prone to overlook Tunisia's well-documented human-rights shortcomings, despite the protestations of such outfits as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
Yet a group of Tunisians drawn from various strands of opposition are taking a rare chance to make a fuss ahead of the UN's "world summit on the information society" being held in Tunis next week. On October 18th, eight prominent ones, including Ahmed Najib Chebbi of the Progressive Democratic Party, Hamma Hammami of the Communist Workers' Party and Ayachi Hammami, of the Tunisian Human Rights League, went on hunger strike. According to Lotfi Hajji, another of the hunger strikers, who heads the officially unrecognised Tunisian Journalists' Union, the October 18th Movement, as the hunger strikers call themselves, expresses a range of opinion, from the secular far left to Islamists. Its backers share a desire for freedom of the press and of association, and want Tunisia's 600-odd political prisoners to be freed.
The government says they are mischievously trying to manipulate public opinion just when the world's eyes are focusing on Tunisia. But Mr Hajji says the hunger strike is the only means open to protest, "because the authorities have closed all other avenues of dialogue and negotiation with the opposition and with civil society". In recent months, he adds, the authorities have clamped down especially hard on NGOs.
The mainstream press is unwavering in its support for President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, who celebrated 18 years in office on November 7th. It ignores opposition figures and offers no critical analysis of political, social or economic issues. The party machine of the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) is all-powerful, and buttressed by the intelligence services. Press censorship, human-rights abuses and repression of the opposition prevail. The regime is not as nasty as many in the region: it eschews assassinations and systematic torture. But it often confiscates dissidents' passports, brings trumped-up charges against them, and inflicts petty bureaucratic torment on friends and families. Part of the opposition's frustration, aside from being ignored by the world, is that things never seem to get quite bad enough to arouse the ire of most Tunisians.
Something may have changed. Tunisia wants closer ties to Europe, and that should oblige it to introduce political reforms. In theory, holding the UN summit in Tunis carries obligations too. But while Mr Ben Ali's social and economic reforms have moved steadily ahead, political change has been bafflingly slow, despite Tunisia's large middle class, its well-educated and homogeneous population, and increasingly liberal economy. "Tunisia is the country in the region that is most able to democratise," says the diplomat. Yet in the president's manifesto before his re-election a year ago, "continuing political reform" came at the bottom of the agenda, well below his promises to make Tunisia's towns "more pleasant" and to improve relations with Tunisian expatriates.
Still, some people think Mr Ben Ali does in fact want to ease political strictures—albeit slowly. In the past year, small improvements have been visible. The International Committee of the Red Cross is now permitted to inspect prisons. A second chamber of parliament has been created. Within the ruling RCD itself, there have been more elections. And a stipulation that all newspaper articles be censored has been scrapped.
The hunger strike suggests that such changes are too small for the opposition, which many of the hundreds of foreign journalists gathered in Tunis for the information summit are sure to try and meet. So, to the chagrin of the government, their coverage may well focus more on the country's dearth of human rights than on "ways to bridge the digital divide" and other such riveting matters likely to engross local reporters.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Hunger for change"
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Full of tension
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Boeing Recognized for Creating Customer Value within Distributed Mission Operations Market
The Boeing Company's [NYSE: BA] Training System and Services division received the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement in the North American Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) Market at a Nov. 15 Frost & Sullivan best practices award ceremony in San Antonio, Texas.
"Boeing has played an instrumental role in fostering the Distributed Mission Operations market through our focused technology investments and by building strong customer relationships," said Steve Swaine, Boeing director of Fixed Wing Training Systems. "It is a great honor to be independently recognized for our efforts."
Distributed Mission Operations allow pilots in flight simulators at one location to train with pilots several thousand miles away, offering a safe and cost-effective instruction environment.
Boeing has delivered and currently operates F-15C DMO Mission Training Centers (MTCs) at Eglin, Langley, Elmendorf and Kadena Air Force bases and at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. Also, as the prime contractor for the F-15E MTC contract for the U.S. Air Force, Boeing is responsible for the design, development, construction and integration of MTCs at Mountain Home, Elmendorf and Seymour Johnson Air Force bases and at RAF Lakenheath, with first deliveries expected in early 2007. A provider of major components for the U.S. Air Force's F-16 MTCs, Boeing also delivers DMO-capable systems for the Royal Saudi and Finnish air forces, and builds similar DMO components for the Apache Longbow aircrew trainers for the United Kingdom.
"Military flight simulation and training is one of Boeing's strengths, and it leverages its position as the creator of the F-15 to deliver both simulation and training solutions in conjunction with platform modifications or modernization," said Frost & Sullivan research analyst Garrick Ngai.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.8 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer; a foremost developer of advanced concepts and technologies; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in sustainment solutions and launch services.
Stacey Ritter
Support Systems Communications
stacey.l.ritter@boeing.com


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Q: Use Java commons-httpclient with cacert, cert and key extracted from .pfx I have a .pfx file on input.
I extracted CA certificate, client certificate and key from it using following commands:
openssl pkcs12 -in input.pfx -clcerts -nokeys -out client-cert.pem
openssl pkcs12 -in input.pfx -out ca-cert.pem -nodes -nokeys -cacerts
openssl pkcs12 -in input.pfx -nocerts -nodes -out client.key

Now I'm able to execute following request using curl:

curl --cacert ./ca-cert.pem --key ./client.key --cert ./client-cert.pem -i -X POST --data-binary '@./my-data.txt' https://my-target.url

Now I would like to execute same request in Java using commons-httpclient
As far as I got it, I should convert my keys to "keystore.jks" and "truststore.jks" and use them as follwoing:
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
   .loadTrustMaterial(new File("truststore.jks"), PASS.toCharArray())
   .loadKeyMaterial(new File("keystore.jks"), PASS.toCharArray(), PASS.toCharArray())
   .build();

CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.custom()
    .setSSLContext(sslContext)
    .build();

HttpPost post = new HttpPost("https://my-target.url");
post.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(new File("my-data.txt"))));
client.execute(post);

Is there any simpler way to pass certificates to POST ?
If not, what are correct way to converting my .pfx to .jks?
I tried
keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore input.pfx -srcstoretype pkcs12 -destkeystore keystore.jks -deststoretype JKS

but end up with

java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Cannot recover key

A: Final solution was to load pfx file directly and trust certificates there.
final KeyStore store = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS12");

try (FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(new File("file.pfx"))) {
    store.load(stream, PASS.toCharArray());
}
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
    .loadKeyMaterial(store, PASS.toCharArray())
    .loadTrustMaterial(store, TrustSelfSignedStrategy.INSTANCE)
    .build();


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