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A08155 Summary:
BILL NO A08155B
SAME AS SAME AS S05857-B
SPONSOR Morelle (MS)
COSPNSR Weinstein, Sepulveda, DenDekker, Vanel, Rozic, Carroll
Ren §50 to be §50-f, add §§50, 50-g, 50-h & 50-i, amd §§50-f & 51, Civ Rts L; amd §215, CPLR
Establishes the right of privacy and the right of publicity for both living and deceased individuals; provides that an individual's persona is the personal property of the individual and is freely transferable and descendible; provides for the registration with the department of state of such rights of a deceased individual; and that the use of a digital replica for purposes of trade within an expressive work shall be a violation.
A08155 Actions:
05/31/2017 referred to judiciary
06/07/2017 reported referred to codes
06/14/2017 reported referred to ways and means
06/14/2017 amend and recommit to ways and means
06/14/2017 print number 8155a
06/19/2017 reported referred to rules
06/20/2017 reported
06/20/2017 rules report cal.564
06/20/2017 ordered to third reading rules cal.564
01/03/2018 ordered to third reading cal.586
06/05/2018 amended on third reading (t) 8155b
06/18/2018 passed assembly
06/18/2018 delivered to senate
06/18/2018 REFERRED TO RULES
8155--B
Cal. No. 586
Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, WEINSTEIN, DenDEKKER, VANEL -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- reported and referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the right of priva-
cy and the right of publicity; and to amend the civil practice law and
rules,  in relation to the timeliness of commencement of an action for
violation of the right of publicity
1    Section  1.  Section  50 of the civil rights law is renumbered section
2  50-f and a new section 50 is added to read as follows:
3    § 50. Definitions.   For the purposes of  sections  fifty-f,  fifty-g,
4  fifty-h,  fifty-i  and  fifty-one  of  this article, the following terms
5  shall have the following meanings:
6    1. "Deceased individual" means any individual, including  his  or  her
7  persona, who has died.
8    2.  "Digital replica" means a computer-generated or electronic reprod-
9  uction of a living or deceased individual's likeness or voice that real-
10  istically  depicts  the  likeness  or  voice  of  the  individual  being
11  portrayed.   A  digital  replica  is  included  within  an  individual's
12  portrait.
13    3. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
14    4. "Fund-raising" means an organized activity to solicit donations  of
15  money  or  other goods or services from persons or entities by an organ-
16  ization, company or public entity.
17    5. "Individual" means a natural person, living or dead.
18    6. "Name" means the actual or assumed name, or nickname, of  a  living
19  or deceased individual that identifies that individual.
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1    7.  "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, partnership,
2  corporation, company, syndicate, receiver, common law  trust,  conserva-
3  tor,  statutory  trust,  or  any  other entity by whatever name known or
4  however organized, formed or created, and includes not-for-profit corpo-
5  rations, associations, educational and religious institutions, political
6  parties, and community, civic or other organizations.
7    8.  "Persona"  means, individually or collectively, the name, portrait
8  or picture, voice, or signature of an individual.
9    9. "Right of privacy" means a personal right, which  protects  against
10  the unauthorized use of a living individual's name, portrait or picture,
11  voice,  or signature for advertising purposes or purposes of trade with-
12  out written consent, extinguished upon death.
13    10. "Right of publicity" means an independent property right,  derived
14  from  and  independent of the right of privacy, which protects the unau-
15  thorized use of a living or  deceased  individual's  name,  portrait  or
16  picture,  voice,  or  signature  for advertising purposes or purposes of
17  trade without written consent.
18    11. "Signature" means a handwritten or otherwise legally binding  form
19  of an individual's name, written or authorized by that individual, which
20  distinguishes the individual from all other individuals.
21    §  2.  Section  50-f of the civil rights law, as renumbered by section
22  one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
23    § 50-f. Right of privacy and right of publicity.  [A person,  firm  or
24  corporation  that  uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of
25  trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having
26  first obtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of  his
27  or  her  parent  or  guardian,  is  guilty of a misdemeanor.] 1. For the
28  purposes of the right of privacy, a living  individual's  persona  shall
29  not  be  used  for  advertising  purposes  or  purposes of trade without
30  obtaining the written consent of such person, or if a minor  of  his  or
31  her parent or guardian.
32    2.  For  the  purposes of the right of publicity, a living or deceased
33  individual's  persona  is  personal  property,  freely  transferable  or
34  descendible, in whole or in part by contract or by means of any trust or
35  testamentary  instrument,  whether  such contract, trust or testamentary
36  instrument was entered into or executed before or  after  the  effective
37  date of this subdivision.  Such right of publicity shall not be used for
38  advertising  purposes  or  the  purposes  of trade without obtaining the
39  written consent of the individual, his or her successors or  assigns  as
40  provided  for  in the provisions of this article pertaining to the right
41  of publicity. In the case of a minor,  written  consent  must  first  be
42  obtained  of his or her parent or guardian for the purposes of an exclu-
43  sive or non-exclusive license as limited by section 35.03  of  the  arts
44  and  cultural  affairs  law.  A  parent  or  guardian is prohibited from
45  assigning a minor's right of publicity, and such  assignments  shall  be
46  unenforceable. Nothing in this section shall limit any other rights such
47  minor may have.
48    §  3.  The  civil  rights  law is amended by adding three new sections
49  50-g, 50-h and 50-i to read as follows:
50    § 50-g. Duration of an individual's right of publicity. Every individ-
51  ual's right of publicity shall continue to exist for forty  years  after
52  his or her death, and does not expire upon the death of the individual.
53    §  50-h.  Methods of transfer and conveyance. 1. The rights recognized
54  under the provisions of this article pertaining to the right of  public-
55  ity are freely transferable and descendible, in whole or in part, by the
56  following:
1    (a) contract;
2    (b) license;
3    (c) gift;
4    (d) trust;
5    (e)  testamentary document. The rights shall vest in the persons enti-
6  tled to the right of publicity under the testamentary instrument of  the
7  deceased individual effective as of the date of that individual's death.
8  In  the  absence  of an express transfer in a testamentary instrument of
9  the deceased individual's right of publicity, a provision in the  testa-
10  mentary  instrument  that provides for the disposition of the residue of
11  the deceased individual's assets shall  be  effective  to  transfer  the
12  rights  recognized  under  this  article in accordance with the terms of
13  that provision; and
14    (f) intestate succession. The right  to  publicity  of  an  individual
15  dying  intestate  shall  be  distributed  under  the  laws  of intestate
16  succession, and the rights and remedies of this article may be exercised
17  and enforced by a person or persons who possess  at  least  a  fifty-one
18  percent  interest  of  the individual's right of publicity. Such persons
19  shall make a proportional accounting to, and shall act at all  times  in
20  good  faith  with  respect to, any other person in whom the rights being
21  enforced have vested.
22    2. The rights established by the provisions of this article pertaining
23  to the right of publicity shall also be freely transferable or descendi-
24  ble by any subsequent  owner  of  the  deceased  individual's  right  to
25  publicity  as  recognized  by this article. Nothing in the provisions of
26  this article pertaining to the right of publicity shall be construed  to
27  render  invalid or unenforceable any contract entered into by a deceased
28  individual during his or her lifetime by which the  deceased  individual
29  assigned  the  rights,  in  whole or in part, to use his or her right of
30  publicity as defined in this article.
31    3. If any deceased individual does not  transfer  his  or  her  rights
32  under  this  section  by  contract, license, gift, trust or testamentary
33  document, and there are no surviving persons as described  in  paragraph
34  (f) of subdivision one of this section, then the property rights associ-
35  ated with the deceased individual's right of publicity shall terminate.
36    4.  Any  person claiming to be a successor in interest to the right of
37  publicity of a deceased individual under this article or a licensee of a
38  deceased individual's right of publicity shall register that claim  with
39  the  secretary on a form prescribed by the secretary and upon payment of
40  a fee of one hundred dollars. The form shall include the name  and  date
41  of  death of the deceased individual, the name and address of the claim-
42  ant, the basis of the claim, and a  sworn  affidavit  under  penalty  of
43  perjury  as to the rights claimed. Claims registered under this registry
44  and information regarding such successors in interest  to  the  deceased
45  individual's right of publicity shall be public records.
46    5.  Upon  receipt  and  after  filing of any document pursuant to this
47  section, the secretary shall post the document  along  with  the  entire
48  registry  of  persons  claiming  to  be  successors  in  interest to the
49  deceased individual's right of publicity or a registered licensee  under
50  this  section  upon  an  internet website developed by the secretary for
51  such purpose. The secretary may reproduce by digital or other means  any
52  of the filings or documents and destroy the original filing or document.
53    6. The secretary is authorized to promulgate such regulations as he or
54  she  shall  deem  necessary  to implement the provisions of subdivisions
55  four and five of this section.
1    7. No action shall be brought under the  provisions  of  this  article
2  pertaining  to the right of publicity by reason of any use of a deceased
3  individual's right of publicity occurring after the  expiration  of  the
4  duration  of  the  right  of publicity as provided in section fifty-g of
5  this article. Furthermore, no action may be brought under the provisions
6  of  this article pertaining to the right of publicity for a violation of
7  a deceased individual's right of publicity unless the  claim  is  regis-
8  tered.  However,  an  action may be brought under the provisions of this
9  article pertaining to the right  of  publicity  for  a  violation  of  a
10  deceased individual's right of publicity:
11    (a)  for  any violation that occurs prior to registration provided the
12  claim is registered within six months following the individual's  death;
13  or
14    (b)  for  any  subsequent publication, manufacturing, distribution, or
15  sale or use in violation of a deceased individual's right  of  publicity
16  once a claim has been registered.
17    8.  If there is a right of publicity registration for a deceased indi-
18  vidual, any person seeking to license the right  of  publicity  for  the
19  individual shall have the right to rely upon such registration and post-
20  ing  and  thereby  presume that the person who has registered and posted
21  his or her claim on the secretary's  public  internet  website  has  the
22  right to assign or license the deceased individual's right of publicity.
23  The  registration and posting of a person's claim to a deceased individ-
24  ual's right of publicity on  the  secretary's  public  internet  website
25  shall  constitute a defense to an action brought under the provisions of
26  this article pertaining to the right of publicity.
27    9. Any person who knowingly makes a false or fraudulent representation
28  in connection with a registration with  the  secretary  to  establish  a
29  claim  to  a  deceased  individual's right of publicity pursuant to this
30  section shall be liable for any damages sustained as  a  result  of  the
31  false  or  fraudulent registration as determined by a court of competent
32  jurisdiction.
33    10. Any document filed with the secretary, whether such document is  a
34  reproduction  or  an  original, may be destroyed by the secretary forty-
35  seven years after the death of the individual whose right  of  publicity
36  has  been  registered  therein.  The secretary shall remove any document
37  registered and posted upon the public internet website upon showing of a
38  court order from a court of competent jurisdiction that a person  claim-
39  ing  to  be  a successor in interest to a deceased individual's right of
40  publicity has wrongfully registered such claim.
41    § 50-i. No abrogation of rights and remedies. Nothing contained in the
42  provisions of this article shall be  deemed  to  abrogate  or  otherwise
43  limit  any  rights  or  remedies otherwise conferred by federal or state
44  law.
45    § 4. Section 51 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 674  of
46  the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
47    §  51.  Action  for injunction and for damages. 1. Applicability.  The
48  provisions of this article related to the right or privacy and the right
49  of publicity apply to an act or event that occurs within New York.
50    2. Right of publicity exceptions. For purposes of the right of public-
51  ity, consent for use  of  another  individual's  persona  shall  not  be
52  required, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of
53  this section, when used in connection with the following:
54    (a)  news, public affairs or sports broadcast, including the promotion
55  of and advertising for a public affairs or sports broadcast, an  account
56  of public interest or a political campaign;
1    (b) in:
2    (i)  a  play,  book,  magazine, newspaper, musical composition, visual
3  work, work of art, audiovisual work, radio or television program  if  it
4  is  fictional  or nonfictional entertainment, or a dramatic, literary or
5  musical work;
6    (ii) a work of political, public interest or newsworthy value  includ-
7  ing a comment, criticism, parody, satire or a transformative creation of
8  a work of authorship; or
9    (iii) an advertisement or commercial announcement for any of the works
10  described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision or this paragraph; or
11    (c)  fundraising  purposes  by  not-for-profit  radio  and  television
12  stations licensed by the federal communications commission of the United
13  States, or by not-for-profit advocacy organizations if the  use  is  for
14  commentary or criticism;
15    (d)  use  of the right of publicity of a deceased individual where the
16  licensee or successor in interest has failed  to  register  and  post  a
17  claim of right under section fifty-h of this article, with the exception
18  of the safe harbor period listed in subdivision seven of section fifty-h
19  of this article, until such time as a claim of right has been registered
20  and posted as required under such section.
21    (e)  Nothing  in this section relating to the right of publicity shall
22  be deemed to abrogate or otherwise  limit  other  rights  or  exceptions
23  otherwise  conferred by state and federal case law interpretations as to
24  the applicability of sections fifty and fifty-one of this  article  made
25  prior  to  the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand
26  eighteen which amended this section.
27    3. Digital replica for purposes of trade in an  expressive  work.  (a)
28  Use of a digital replica, as defined in subdivision two of section fifty
29  of  this  article, of an individual shall constitute a violation if done
30  without the consent of the individual if the use is:
31    (i) in a scripted audiovisual or audio work, or in a live  performance
32  of  a  dramatic  work,  in a manner that is intended to create, and that
33  does create, the clear impression that the individual represented by the
34  digital replica is performing, the activity  for  which  he  or  she  is
35  known, in the role of a fictional character; or
36    (ii)  in a performance of a musical work, in a manner that is intended
37  to create, and that does create, the clear impression that the  individ-
38  ual  represented  by the digital replica is performing, the activity for
39  which he or she is known, in such musical work; or
40    (iii) in an audiovisual work, in a manner that is intended to  create,
41  and  that does create, the clear impression that the athlete represented
42  by the digital replica is engaging in an athletic activity for which  he
43  or she is known.
44    (b)  Consent  for  the  use of the digital replica of an individual as
45  provided in the provisions of this article shall not be required if such
46  use is:
47    (i) for purposes of parody, satire, commentary, or criticism;
48    (ii in a work of political, public interest, or newsworthy  value,  or
49  similar  work,  including  a  documentary,  regardless  of the degree of
50  fictionalization in the work; or
51    (iii) de minimis or incidental.
52    4. Digital replica use in a pornographic  work.    Use  of  a  digital
53  replica  of  an  individual shall constitute a violation if done without
54  the consent of the individual if the use is  in  an  audiovisual  porno-
55  graphic work in a manner that is intended to create and that does create
56  the impression that the individual represented by the digital replica is
1  performing.    Nothing  in this section shall limit any other rights the
2  individual may have against any  party  relating  to  such  pornographic
3  work.
4    5.  Limited  immunity.  The owners or employees of any medium used for
5  advertising including, but not limited to, newspapers, magazines,  radio
6  and  television  networks  and stations, cable television systems, bill-
7  boards, and transit advertising, who make unauthorized use of  an  indi-
8  vidual's  persona  for  the purpose of advertising or trade shall not be
9  liable for such use under the provisions of this article  unless  it  is
10  established  that  such owner or employee had knowledge of the unauthor-
11  ized use, through presence or inclusion, of the individual's persona  in
12  such advertisement or publication.
13    6.  Action  for  injunction  and  for damages. Any person whose [name,
14  portrait, picture or voice] persona is used within this state for adver-
15  tising purposes [or], for the purposes  of  trade  without  the  written
16  consent  first  obtained  as [above] provided [may] in the provisions of
17  this article is entitled to maintain an equitable action in the  supreme
18  court  of  this state against the person[, firm or corporation] so using
19  his [name, portrait, picture or voice] or her persona,  to  prevent  and
20  restrain  the  use thereof; and may also sue and recover damages for any
21  injuries sustained including an amount equal to  the  greater  of  seven
22  hundred  fifty dollars or compensatory damages by reason of such use and
23  if  the  defendant  shall  have  knowingly  used  such  person's  [name,
24  portrait,  picture  or  voice] persona in such manner as is forbidden or
25  declared to be unlawful by [section fifty] the provisions of this  arti-
26  cle  relating  to  the  right  of privacy or the right of publicity, the
27  [jury] finder of fact, in its discretion, may award  exemplary  damages.
28  [But  nothing]  A violation of an individual's right of privacy or right
29  of publicity may occur without regard to whether the use or activity  is
30  for profit or not-for-profit.
31    7.  No  defense.  It  shall  not constitute a defense to an action for
32  violation of an individual's right of privacy or right of publicity that
33  such violation includes more than one individual.
34    8. Use and transfer.  Nothing contained in this article  shall  be  so
35  construed  as to prevent any [person, firm or corporation] individual or
36  person from selling or otherwise transferring  any  material  containing
37  such  [name,  portrait,  picture or voice] persona in whatever medium to
38  any user of such [name, portrait, picture or voice] persona, or  to  any
39  third  party for sale or transfer directly or indirectly to such a user,
40  for use in a manner lawful under this article[; nothing].
41    9. Photographers. Nothing  contained  in  this  article  shall  be  so
42  construed  as  to  prevent any person[, firm or corporation,] practicing
43  the profession of photography, from exhibiting [in or about his  or  its
44  establishment]  or  displaying,  including  in a gallery or on an online
45  portfolio specimens of the work of such [establishment, unless the  same
46  is  continued  by  such person, firm or corporation after written notice
47  objecting thereto has been given by the person portrayed;  and  nothing]
48  photographer, or from making specimens of the work available for licens-
49  ing  purposes  in so far as the licensed use does not violate this arti-
50  cle. A photographer shall not be liable if the use of the photograph was
51  not authorized by the photographer.
52    10. Manufacturers, writers, composers and artists.  Nothing  contained
53  in this article shall be so construed as to prevent any person[, firm or
54  corporation] from using the [name, portrait, picture or voice of] perso-
55  na  owned  by  any  manufacturer or dealer in connection with the goods,
56  wares and merchandise manufactured, produced or dealt in  by  [him]  the
1  manufacturer  which  [he]  has been sold or disposed of with such [name,
2  portrait, picture or voice] persona used  in  connection  therewith;  or
3  from using the [name, portrait, picture or voice] persona of any author,
4  composer  or  artist  in connection with his or her literary, musical or
5  artistic productions which he or she has sold or disposed of  with  such
6  [name, portrait, picture or voice] persona used in connection therewith.
7    11.  Copyright  owners of a sound recording. Nothing contained in this
8  section shall be construed to prohibit the copyright owner  of  a  sound
9  recording from disposing of, dealing in, licensing or selling that sound
10  recording  to any party, if the right to dispose of, deal in, license or
11  sell such sound recording has been conferred by contract or other  writ-
12  ten document by such living person or the holder of such right. [Nothing
13  contained  in  the  foregoing  sentence  shall  be deemed to abrogate or
14  otherwise limit any rights or remedies otherwise  conferred  by  federal
15  law or state law.]
16    12.  Termination  of  post  mortem  right of publicity. Nothing in the
17  provisions of this article pertaining to the right of publicity shall be
18  construed as prohibiting the use of the deceased individual's  right  of
19  publicity  that occurs after the expiration of forty years following his
20  or her death.   Nor shall anything in the  provisions  of  this  article
21  pertaining  to the right of publicity be construed as creating liability
22  or giving rise to any remedy for any actions or  conduct  involving  the
23  use of a deceased individual's right of publicity that occurred prior to
24  the  effective  date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand eighteen
25  which amended this section.
26    13. Statute of limitations. Actions brought under  the  provisions  of
27  this  article  pertaining  to  the right of publicity shall be commenced
28  within one year of the date of discovery of the injury to the  plaintiff
29  or  from  the  date  through  the  exercise of due diligence such injury
30  should have been discovered by the plaintiff, whichever is earlier.
31    § 5. The section heading and subdivision 3 of section 215 of the civil
32  practice law and rules are amended to read as follows:
33    Actions to be commenced within one year: against sheriff,  coroner  or
34  constable; for escape of prisoner; for assault, battery, false imprison-
35  ment, malicious prosecution, libel or slander; for violation of right of
36  privacy  or  the  right  of publicity; for penalty given to informer; on
37  arbitration award.
38    3. an action to recover damages for assault, battery, false  imprison-
39  ment, malicious prosecution, libel, slander, false words causing special
40  damages,  or a violation of the right of privacy or the right of public-
41  ity under [section fifty-one] article five of the civil rights law;
42    § 6. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
43  sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
44  competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
45  impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
46  its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
47  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
48  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
49  the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
50  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
51    § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
52  it  shall  have  become a law, and shall apply to all living individuals
53  and deceased individuals who died on or after such date.


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Popular Beauty YouTuber Comes Out As Transgender In Moving Video
by Julie Sprankles	January 13, 2020
NikkieTutorials/Youtube
NikkieTutorials just came out as transgender, hoping to inspire "little Nikkies" struggling with their identity
ICYMI, a Dutch YouTuber who goes by the handle NikkieTutorials has been killing the YouTube beauty game for years — 11, to be precise. It stands to reason that many of you reading (and this writer, too) have benefitted from her fabulous makeup guides. And, let's be real, we all live in envy of those flawless brows. But today, Nikkie De Jager shared a video that is inspiring fans in a different and deeply profound way.
In a video titled, "I'm Coming Out," De Jager did just that: She came out as a transgender woman. "Today, I am here to share something with you that I've always wanted to share with you one day, but under my own circumstances, and it looks like that chance has been taken away from me. Today, I am taking back my own power," she begins.
She goes on to explain that she wants to start the new year off with her truth.
"Planet Earth is full of labels, and I never felt comfortable with labels. I wanted to be my own person, my own identity, my own human being without any rules, without any labels, and without any restrictions. It is a brand-new year," she says, continuing, "I want to start the year off by finally revealing a part of my life that has made me who I am. I want to talk about a part of myself that makes me, me."
That part of herself? De Jager was "born in the wrong body." Both De Jager and her mom recognized from a very early age that Nikkie identified as female, and by six years old she had grown her hair out to align with her feeling of femininity. By around the age of eight, she was wearing girls' clothes exclusively. And by 14, she began transitioning.
"I am here to share that I am openly transgender and, with this message, I want to inspire little Nikkies around the world who feel insecure, who feel out of place, who feel misunderstood… This world needs us. We need to accept each other. We need to respect each other. But most of all, we need to hear each other and understand," Nikkie pours out, visibly emotional. "It doesn't matter what type of label someone belongs to, what kind of hair color someone has, the type of clothing they wear, their height, their weight, their size, the way they look, the way they want to express themselves."
Ideally, we'd live in a world where De Jager wouldn't even need to make this video. Unfortunately, though, trans people are still often marginalized and viewed with prejudice. For her, that includes being blackmailed to reveal her truth — hence the reveal video to reclaim her own narrative.
And mamas and daddies out there, Nikkie has something you need to hear, too. "Growing up, and the number one I think I'm most thankful for, is my mom," she shares, "because she has been there for me since day one. She has always supported me, always accepted me, and that is everything you need as a kid — a parent that understands and listens and respects."
She closes the video by emphasizing that, ultimately, this doesn't change anything. Her bottom line? "At the end of the day, I am me. And at the end of the day, you are you."
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from atomicpress.app import db, app, manager
from atomicpress.models import (
    Blog, Author, Category, Tag, Post, PostStatus, PostType)
from flask_script import Manager

PreFillCommand = Manager(usage='Insert initial dummy data')

logger = app.logger

@PreFillCommand.command
def fill():
    # Blog
    blog = Blog(title="My Blog", tagline="Hi! And welcome to my blog")

    db.session.add(blog)
    db.session.commit()

    # Author
    author = Author(
        login="admin",
        nicename="johndoe",
        email="john@doe.com",
        display_name="John Doe"
    )

    db.session.add(author)
    db.session.commit()

    # Category
    main_category = Category(
        name="News",
        slug="news",
        hidden=False,
    )

    db.session.add(main_category)
    db.session.commit()

    category = Category(
        name="Economy",
        slug="economy",
        hidden=False,
        parent=main_category
    )

    db.session.add(category)
    db.session.commit()

    # Tags
    tag = Tag(
        name="2014",
        slug="2014",
        hidden=False
    )

    db.session.add(tag)
    db.session.commit()

    # Post
    post = Post(
        title="Hello world!",
        author=author,
        name="hello-world",
        content="This is an example text",
        status=PostStatus.PUBLISH,
        type=PostType.POST
    )

    post.categories.append(category)
    post.tags.append(tag)

    db.session.add(post)
    db.session.commit()

    # Page
    page = Post(
        title="About",
        author=author,
        name="about",
        content="This is a little page about something.",
        status=PostStatus.PUBLISH,
        type=PostType.PAGE
    )

    db.session.add(page)
    db.session.commit()

    logger.info("Prefill complete!")

def setup():
    manager.add_command('prefill', PreFillCommand)

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text:
Landmark exit
Print edition : April 14, 2017 T+ T-
A rally in Seongju, South Korea, on March 18 against a plan to deploy there the advanced U.S. missile defense system THAAD. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP
Former President Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to undergo prosecution questioning on March 21. Photo: Getty Images
Moon Jae-in, the opposition's presidential contender. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP
The recently impeached President's regime was marked by worsening ties with North Korea, anti-union moves and blacklisting of critics of the government.
THE unanimous decision of the South Korean Constitutional Court to uphold the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye by the country's parliament is a landmark event. It is the first time that a democratically elected President of the country has been impeached and thrown out of office. Syngman Rhee, another South Korean President, had fled the country in the face of widespread public protests. But that was in 1960, more than 25 years before the country transitioned theoretically into a constitutional democracy. Park Geun-hye was also the first woman to be elected President of South Korea. Diehard supporters of the right-wing President staged a violent protest after the Constitutional Court announced its decision. But they were outnumbered by people loudly cheering the outcome. Koreans had been gathering in huge numbers on the streets of the capital, Seoul, every Saturday for several months demanding the immediate resignation of their president. The South Korean parliament impeached her in December on charges of corruption, breach of trust and dereliction of duty.
Park Geun-hye denied all the accusations against her in spite of the ample evidence unearthed by investigators probing the allegations. She has refused to say whether she concurs with the Constitutional Court's judgment. For that matter, she has refused to acknowledge any guilt or wrongdoing. Instead, she has been feigning innocence and suggesting that the court's decision was incorrect and politically motivated. She no longer enjoys immunity from prosecution as she has been removed from her constitutional post. Her close friend and associate, Choi Soon-sil, is in jail for soliciting and receiving more than $69 million from big business conglomerates such as Samsung for out-of-turn favours.
With the goal of implementing her extreme right-wing agenda, Park Geun-hye went to the extent of preparing a blacklist of thousands of writers, journalists and intellectuals who were critical of the government's policies. They included some of South Korea's most famous filmmakers and actors. Yoo Jin-ryong, a former Culture Minister under Park Geun-hye, said that the list had originated from the President's office. Those on the blacklist were denied work in government-controlled art institutions and media outlets.
Park Geun-hye's very ascent to power was by dubious means. It was discovered that the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the country's national intelligence agency, was clandestinely involved in her election campaign. The agency had sent over a million messages through social media to bolster her campaign. An official inquiry that followed covered up these serious transgressions of electoral law. Once in power, she assiduously implemented her hawkish right-wing agenda, most notably in the government's North Korea policy, which was toughened.
Her predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, also a conservative, had dumped the "sunshine policy" implemented by former President Kim Dae-jung. The policy had sought normalisation of relations with North Korea by engaging in dialogue and allowing trade and investments. Last year, Park Geun-hye ordered the closure of the Kaesong industrial complex that the South Korean government was jointly running with North Korea, after Pyongyang carried out one of its nuclear and missile tests. The complex, situated in North Korea, was a successful confidence-building venture. It was set up during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung in 2002. Kim Dae-jung, the architect of the "sunshine policy", was given the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to foster peace in the Korean peninsula. South Korea had invested more than $852 million in the factories and infrastructure it had built in the border town of Kaesong. South Korean companies gained by utilising the comparatively cheaper North Korean labour force. The two Koreas agreed in 2013 that they would not allow the project to be impacted "by political situations under any circumstances".
Park Geun-hye not only rode roughshod over this agreement but went a step further and resumed hostile propaganda broadcasts across the border. Her government also accelerated plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile defence batteries on Korean soil despite vociferous domestic objections and protests from China. The first elements of THAAD were deployed in the second week of March even as the impeached President was packing her bags and getting ready to leave the Blue House, South Korea's presidential palace. Elections are to be held in May, and the opposition, which is predicted to win, has strongly opposed the installation of THAAD systems on Korean soil. THAAD is a battery of 48 missile interceptors, with a range of 200 kilometres, on mobile erector launchers that use powerful radar and infrared technology.
THAAD has its limitations as it does not have the ability to stop short-range missiles fired from just across the border into thickly populated areas such as Seoul. Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the left-of-centre Democratic Party of Korea, has objected to the hasty decision of the disgraced government to allow the entry of the THAAD system. "To be honest, deploying THAAD will hurt both us and China. No one will gain anything from it. The starting point of THAAD is wrong, so we have to reconsider it completely. Otherwise our future will be gloomy, chaotic and insecure," he said. Moon Jae-in, a former opposition leader and a leading contender for the presidency, recently said that although he valued the friendship with the United States, South Korea should also learn "to say no to the Americans". The liberal opposition has said that the THAAD deployment will lead to an unnecessary escalation of tensions in the Korean peninsula and the region. Moon Jae-in is of the view that the deployment was done in a hurry to make it a "fait accompli" and an issue in the May elections.
The Donald Trump administration was in a hurry to install the missile system before a new left-of-centre government was in place in Seoul. The previous Barack Obama administration and the Park Geun-hye administration worked closely to coordinate their hawkish North Korea policies and close all doors on the continuation of the dialogue process. Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, said in a statement in the second week of March that the THAAD system was deployed "to honour alliance commitments to South Korea and for the protection of American troops in the region, U.S. allies and the American homeland".
When Park Geun-hye was campaigning for the presidency, she had promised to run an inclusive and transparent government. Many South Koreans had very bad memories of the dictatorial rule of her father, Park Chung-hee. No dissent or trade union activity was allowed during his long rule. His daughter turned out to be a chip off the old block. Soon after assuming office, she started targeting the trade union movement. She tried her best to ban the left-leaning Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union. There were police raids on the offices of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions, some of which were ransacked. The leader of the union, Han Sang-gyun, was sent to prison on trumped-up charges.
Park Geun-hye also banned the United Progressive Party (UPP), a small left-wing party, on charges that it was close to North Korea. The party had five members in the parliament. All of them had to resign after the party was banned in November 2013. The UPP stood for peace and eventual reconciliation with North Korea. Nine party members were charged with "rebellion" and sent to jail. The UPP leader, Lee Seok-ki, had strongly denied the charge that his party had any links with North Korea. He was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Constitutional Court.
Sewol ferry disaster
It was on Park Geun-hye's watch that the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, which killed more than 250 children, occurred. As rescue efforts were going on, the President could not be contacted for more than seven hours. Her whereabouts at the time are still shrouded in mystery. The government badly mishandled the rescue efforts. An official inquiry commission was constituted after much pressure from the families of those who perished, but the government ensured that the commission remained toothless. Those who called for an independent inquiry into the disaster were tarred by the President's supporters as "pro North Korea commies". Her government also tried to rewrite school textbooks to reflect a revisionist version of Korean history. The new textbooks were to be introduced later this year. With Park Geun-hye now cooling her heels at home, that threat has vanished, but it could reappear if one of her acolytes wins the presidential election.
Huge crowds have been protesting in the capital, calling for Park Geun-hye's immediate arrest and speedy trial. The conservative media as well as many members of her own party have stopped supporting the fallen President. The opposition has pledged to end the nexus of corruption between the government and big business, which has proved detrimental to both the country's politics and economics. Moon Jae-in, the opposition's presidential candidate, has also said that a new government under him will try to restart talks with North Korea. "We must embrace the North Korean people as part of the Korean nation, and to do that, whether we like it or not, we must recognise Kim Jong-un as their leader and as our dialogue partner," he stressed in a recent interview.


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Q: Conflicting javascript libraries I have seen some questions but non of the answers apply to me.
I have two scripts
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"><script>
<script src="https://google-code-prettify.googlecode.com/svn/loader/run_prettify.js"></script>

Depending on which order I place them the code for the other breaks. When I look at the source code I see its because the function names conflict. I need to load both.
Can I somehow make the entire second library load into a separate namespace? How do I go about making all the functions load from both scripts :/
What I'm trying to do
I need to call prettyPrint() from run_prettify.js
what prettyPrint() does is insert <ol>'s and <li>'s and <span>'s and into my  tag which contains a chunk of code. Then once those tags are inserting my custom css can style the chunk of code.

A: Have a look at RequireJS http://requirejs.org/. It is a library designed to build javascript modules which are completely self contained and manages dependencies for you as well.
Using RequireJS you could do something like:
require(["js/bootstrap.min"], function(bootstrap) {
    //use bootstrap here
});

require(["https://google-code-prettify.googlecode.com/svn/loader/run_prettify"], function(run_prettify) {
    //use run_prettify here
});

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1. To make the external bottle on the balanced position and the ink of the ink storage warehouse at the same level.
2. When required to open the vent hole to: carton usually has two holes. A the refilling hole (large hole/ink hole) a vent (small hole/air hole), inkjet printer equipped with CISS, CISS outer box above the vent is not sealed, in order to avoid the failure of the color print.
3.Carton shall not be higher than the printer: the placement of the carton, and parallel to the printer. The box and the printer should be on the table.
4. When the carton ink reaches the warning area, please refill the ink. Otherwise it would be complicated for refill processis.
5. The pipeline should be kept clear when the ink flows. Otherwise it would affect print quality.


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package com.axelby.riasel;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Utils {

	final static SimpleDateFormat dateFormats[] = new SimpleDateFormat[] {
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.US),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US),

			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("EEE d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm z", Locale.getDefault()),
			new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.getDefault()),
	};

	static Date parseDate(String date) {
		for (SimpleDateFormat format : dateFormats) {
			format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
			try {
				return format.parse(date);
			} catch (ParseException e) {
			}

			// try it again in english
			try {
				SimpleDateFormat enUSFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format.toPattern(), Locale.US);
				return enUSFormat.parse(date);
			} catch (ParseException e) {
			}
		}

		return null;
	}

}


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Stench of Death Tops Scientists' List of Nature's Sickest Smells
Dan Robitzski
6.16.2017 5:51 PM
No one knows better than scientists that the world is full of some foul-smelling shit. So who better to rank the rankest smells than those who have encountered them? On Wednesday, some battered and nauseous researchers took to Twitter to determine which of nature's smells were the most offensive. The top stinkers comprised a range of animals that were bloated, rotting, and dead. And while the different items varied in gruesomeness, their stenches all shared a common, foul base note.
The twitter thread began when David Steen, a conservation biologist at the University of Auburn tweeted: "RT if you're a field biologist and you've ever asked yourself, 'Why do I smell bad?'" Horrific stories of inhumane stenches ensued. One scientist described a six-weeks-dead fin whale that had been rotting in the sun. Another recounted his experience with the leaky anal glands of a once-frozen, long-tailed weasel that had thawed in a museum's taxidermy room. Also making the list were dead frogs and a pile of nice, fresh vulture puke.
Arguably, Steen's own submission topped the list — a dead sea turtle found in the middle of the road that smelled so bad it made him vomit. The dead turtle's spot at the top of the stink list was corroborated by Kathryn Wedemeyer-Strombel, Ph.D., a marine biologist from the University of Texas, and wildlife biologist David Syzdek, Ph.D., who said the dead turtle's stink "destroyed my soul."
But while smell ranking is an obviously subjective endeavor, there exist compounds that most humans naturally find offensive. Not surprisingly, they are present in many of the items on the scientists' list.
First up are the sulfur-containing compounds, which are responsible for the dank rotten-egg smells in farts and, it seems, weasel butts. In 2002, some unfortunate souls did a chemical analysis of weasel anal glands and, in the Journal of Chemical Ecology, reported they'd found nine different compounds that contained sulfur. They suspected that the horrific cocktail of sulfur-containing chemicals found in weasel poop is used by other animals as a warning that a weasel passed through the area.
And then there's the stench of death, which most of the submissions shared. This smell is largely due to four chemicals found in the body: the gruesome and appropriately named cadaverine, putrescine, skatole, and indole. Cadaverine, the smell of which is officially classified as "unpleasant," is responsible for the foul smell of rotting flesh and is also found in urine and semen. Putrescine, which smells fairly similar to cadaverine, is also what makes bad breath bad. Skatole — which is also found in coal tar — and indole are major components of feces. Strangely enough, skatole and indole are also used in low concentrations to develop flowery scents for perfumes.
Smell is perhaps our most subjective sense -– different odors mean different things and bring about different reactions from people based on their age, lifestyle, and background. But the stench of rotten death is nearly universal, and people move back (or vomit) when they encounter it. This link between potent smell and powerful emotion is likely a result of our evolution –- our early ancestors wouldn't have lasted very long if they walked up to those dead turtles and decided to have a snack.


French newspaper L'Equipe claim that Tottenham are in advanced talks to sign former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra on a free transfer.
The holding midfielder is currently without a club after his contract expired at Lokomotiv Moscow. Spurs also face competition to sign Diarra from French club Marseille, who currently top the Ligue 1 table by four points.
The 29 year old had agreed to join Harry Redknapp's Queens Park Rangers, who currently sit bottom of the Premier League table, in the summer transfer window, and successfully completed a medical ahead of the move, only for the deal to fall through in the final stages.
Other reports say that Diarra will receive a ulcerative weekly pay packet on top of a number of tempting bonuses if he moves back to North London.
However, you would be led to believe that Diarra may not want to join Tottenham due to their massive squad depth and especcially strong depth in the holding midfield positions. Already at the club, Mauricio Pochettino has the likes of Moussa Demebele, Benjamin Stambouli, Etienne Capoue and more recently, Ryan Mason at his disposal.
Tottenham are the closest to sealing a deal for the Frenchman, but do not rule out Diarra returning to his homeland to join Marseille.
It could be a busy transfer deadline day at Tottenham! Here are ten transfers that could potentially happen at Spurs on this annual day of madness!
Reports suggested on Friday night that the current Montpellier holding midfielder was set to join Tottenham in a £4.7m deal. The French club even posted it on their official Twitter account! Rumours gathered momentum once again yesterday as Stambouli was reportadly spotted at White Hart Lane during Tottenham's 3-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool.
The current Manchester United striker has been linked with a move away from the club, but Louis Van Gaal has neither denied or confirmed reports that Welbeck will leave the club this summer. Reports last night claimed that that Spurs had agreed a loan deal with United, the deal believed to be worth £2m.
The attack minded midfielder has been linked with a move to Spurs ever since the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino. Papers claimed last night that Spurs are to offer £14m plus Andros Townsend for the England international. The former Burnley man is still months away from playing after picking an injury in April against Manchester City, but he says the recovery is going well.
The Sun report that enquires have been made by both North-London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal. The paper understand that the defender is set to make a choice of either clubs today. The centre-back appears to not be in the manager's plans for this season.
The Daily Mail reported last night that QPR are very close to sealing a season long loan for the Brazilian. It was believed that Napoli and other Italian clubs were interested in the holding midfielder. It was reported that Sandro is not in Mauricio Pochettino's plans, fuelling speculation that he will move away from White Hart Lane this summer.
The German has been previously linked with a move back to his old club Schalke 04, but those rumours seemed to have fizzled out. New reports say that Everton are interested, but Hamburger SV seem to have beaten them to it, with Holtby set to have a medical with the German club today. The clubs Sporting Director has confirmed it, saying that he will have a medical.
As I mentioned earlier, Townsend has been linked with an involvement in a deal for Jay Rodriguez. In addition to this, the England international has been linked with many other clubs in the Premier League. Either way, he could be on his way out of White Hart Lane and could've made his last appearance yesterday.
The Independent reported last night that Spurs are set to listen to offers for Roberto Soldado. In the past few weeks, the former Valencia striker has been linked mainly with moves to Italy and previously reports have claimed that Spurs tried to sign Mattia Destro, throwing Soldado in with any potential deal.
A journalist at Sky Sports has claimed that QPR are close to sealing a loan swoop for the English winger. It could be a deadline day Spurs steal for QPR as they are also interested in signing Brazilian midfielder 'The Beast' Sandro. Lennon has not fitted into the Pochettino system particularly well so far.
Sky Sports report that youngster Zeki Fryers is set to complete a move to Crystal Palace today after reports have suggested this move for a couple of weeks now. Crystal Palace's defence needs strengthening after conceding three at the weekend away to Newcastle. It is unclear however, if Fryers is for now or for the future.
The Telegraph claim that Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino has put eleven players up for sale for this window in an attempt to reduce the Tottenham squad to twenty-five players ahead of the new season. New man Pochettino said a few days ago that the squad is too big and he will reduce the number of players at Spurs by the end of the window.
The Telegraph also claim that they know who these players are and say that they will be sold if the price is right. Here is the list of those players up for sale.
There are many question we can ask now. For example, 'does this spell the end for Roberto Soldado?' This list may indicate that Soldado is not in Pochettino's plans for this season, even if he isn't sold.
It is very likely that all these players will get sold, it will most likely be five to seven of them, but this list does give us some indication as to who has nailed down their first-team spots at Tottenham.


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text:
◄ AUGUST ►
◄ 1953 ►
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Vice-President: Richard M. Nixon (R)
House: 213 (D) 219 (R) 1 (Other) 2 (Vacant)
Southern states: 100 (D) 6 (R)
Senate: 47 (D) 46 (R) 1 (Other) 2 (Vacant)
Southern states: 22 (D)
GDP growth: 5.4% (Annual) (In recession since
-0.6% (Quarterly) July 1953)
Inflation: 0.8%
Aug 2: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is driven from the official Prime Minister's country residence Chequers to the Royal Lodge at Windsor for a forty-five-minute audience with Queen Elizabeth II. This is his first audience with the Queen, who he normally sees weekly, since his stroke in June. He is still not expected to return to his office until September.
Aug 3: Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh wins more than 99.9 percent of the vote in the first phase of a plebiscite to dissolve the Majlis. Iran's constitution doesn't allow for a plebiscite to dissolve the nation's parliament. Only the Shah has that power. But Mossadegh decided to call the plebiscite to go around the Shah, who also has the power to dismiss Mossadegh. So Mossadegh has called this plebiscite to ascertain "the will of the people," which he says is a higher law. That's not the only problem though. The ballot is not secret. Separate polling places are set up for those voting for and against the proposal, making it obvious to those outside the polling places how everyone is voting. Furthermore, voting slips require the voter to give his name, address, and his ID card number and place of issue. All of this makes the outcome pre-ordained. A large part of the voting is cast by members of the banned Tudeh (Communist) party, which is trying to ally with Mossadegh.
Aug 4: U.S. Senate Republicans choose Sen. William F. Knowland (R-CA) as Senate Majority Leader to replace the late Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) who died last week. There are currently more Democrats than Republicans in the Senate. But because Independent Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon says he will support Republicans on organizational issues, and with Vice President Richard Nixon casting any tie-breaking vote, Republicans will retain control.
Aug 5: The first Prisoner of War exchanges take place at Panmunjom in Korea. Four hundred U.N. POWs held by the North are exchanged for 1,000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners who have elected to go back. These daily quotas will be met until all of the prisoners agreeing to repatriation are exchanged by September. Most of the prisoners exchanged in the first few days are ill or injured. The first official American POW to be returned was Pfc. Samuel E. Banuelos from Fresno, California. Altogether 70,183 North Korean and 5,640 Chinese POWs will be sent north, and 12,773 U.N. prisoners (including 7,862 South Koreans and 3,597 Americans) will be returned south.
Aug 8: Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov announces to 1,300 cheering members of the Supreme Soviet that "the United States has no monopoly in the production of the hydrogen bomb." Western experts find the announcement unsurprising. They knew since January 1950 that physicist Klaus Fuchs, who confessed to spying for the Soviet Union, had passed along significant nuclear secrets including details of hydrogen fusion bombs. However, until there is actual evidence of the Soviets detonating a hydrogen bomb, some observers caution that the announcement may be a propaganda ploy.
Aug 8: U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dullers and South Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai initial a draft of a mutual defense agreement between the U.S. and South Korea. The mutual defense pact had been a key demand by South Korean President Syngman Rhee as a condition for supporting the armistice.
Aug 8: Les Paul and Mary Ford's single "Vaya Con Dios" begins its nine consecutive week run at number one. It will return to the top spot for two more weeks again in November.
Aug 10: American poet and memoirist Mark Doty is born in Maryville, Tennessee..
Aug 10: Canadian voters return the Liberals to power for the fifth time in the last eighteen years. Louis St. Laurent retains his post as Prime Minister, a position he has held since 1948. The Liberals now hold 169 seats in Parliament. The Progressive Conservatives hold 51, the Co-Operative Commonwealth 23, Social Credit 15, and seven others are distributed among other parties. While the Liberals hold a commanding seventy-three seat majority, the strength is down by twenty-two since the last election in 1949. Overall, turnout is low — 68%, compared to 75% in 1949 — because many potential voters are on vacation during the August election.
Aug 10: Iranian Prime Minister again wins more than 99.9 percent of the votes in the second phase of a plebiscite to dissolve the Majlis. This second round is held in various cities outside of Tehran. As in the first round of voting one week earlier, there is no secret ballot. Separate polling places are set up for those voting for and against the proposal, and voting slips require the voter to give his name, address, and his ID card number and place of issue. Under these conditions, the total result from both rounds surprises no one: 2,043,389 vote for Mossadegh's proposal, and only 1,207 courageous souls vote against it. The rigged plebiscite reduces popular support for Mossadegh by angering liberals and conservatives alike. Some twenty newspapers in Tehran have come out against Mossadegh over the past two weeks. All of this makes Mossadegh more dependent on the officially-outlawed but tolerated Tudeh (Communist) party's ability to turn out street demonstrations when needed.
Aug 12: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at 10 Downing Street for the first time since his stroke in June. He doesn't stay long — two and a half hours — but he doffs his hat and waves to the crowd of tourists who happened to be on hand.
Aug 14: Kinsey's "Sexual Behavior of the Human Female" is published. The reception for the second volume of Kinsey's reports is very different from 1948's Sexual Behavior of the Human Male. This time, we're not talking about boys being boys, but the fairer sex. Discovering that more than 90% of women had indulged in sexual petting, 66% dreamed about sex, 62% masturbated, about half gave blow jobs, half had premarital sex, a quarter had cheated on their husbands, and a sixth had had sex with another woman at least once in their lives — all of that is seen as an attack on the sanctity of the American Mom and her apple pie. Kinsey is branded an enemy of religious propriety and American values. But not all reactions are negative. Many women find comforted in the knowledge they aren't sexual freaks, and that many other women enjoy sex in all of its various forms as much as they do. Both volumes, collectively known as the Kinsey Reports, will provide ammunition for the reform of the nation's antiquated morality laws, including those criminalizing adultery, homosexuality, and a number of other sexual activities between consenting adults, often even consenting married adults.
Aug 15: Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh announces that he is unilaterally dissolving the Majlis as a result of the rigged referendums held earlier this month. In doing so, Mossadegh eliminates the last source of oppositional power in government. And with the Shah's powers having been reduced to little more than a figurehead, Mossadegh is now the undisputed and unchallenged leader of Iran.
Aug 16: The Shah of Iran still possesses one key power under what's left of the constitution — he can still legally dismiss Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. The Shah issues a decree doing so, along with a second one naming retired Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi the new Prime Minister. According to a plan coordinated by the CIA and Britain's SIS, the commander of the Imperial Guard arrives at Mossadegh's residence with two truckloads of soldiers to deliver the first decree. Mossadegh however have been tipped off and his forces are waiting. Mossadegh's guards quickly surround the Imperial Guard and arrest them. Within a few hours, the Shah's Court Minister and several suspected pro-Shah military officers are rounded up, and pro-Mossadegh troops and tanks ring the Prime Minister's home. Other pro-Shah military leaders lose their nerve and at 5:45 a.m., Radio Tehran announces that Mossadegh's government has foiled a coup. The Shah and Queen Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari flee the country for Iraq and Zahedi goes into hiding. Mossadegh's Foreign Minister and close associate Hossein Fatemi holds a press conference in which he unleashes a savage attack on the Shah and his late father, Reza Shah, for whom many in Iran still hold great respect and esteem. But by the end of the day, Mossadegh appears firmly in power.
Aug 17: The government of Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh continues arresting those involved in what the government calls an abortive coup. Arrests reportedly include sixteen civilians and fifteen officers, including two major generals and six colonels. An intense search is on for Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, who, in an interview appearing in some of the day's newspapers, maintains that he is the legitimate Prime Minister by virtue of his appointment by the Shah. (He is also hiding out at the U.S. embassy, which is looking for ways to recover from the previous day's debacle.) According to Zahedi, it is Mossadegh who has staged a coup d'état by unconstitutionally dissolving the Majlis and defying a legitimate decree from the Shah removing him from office. A few papers also begin printing copies of the Shah's two decrees. That same day, the Shah broadcasts from Baghdad a statement reiterating the same points that Zahedi has made. The Shah adds that while he left Iran for his own safety, he has not abdicated. Tudeh (Communist) Party members begin organizing pro-Mossadegh demonstrations in different parts of Tehran where they destroy several statues of the Shah and his late father.
Aug 18: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Queen Queen Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari fly from Baghdad to Rome. In Tehran, the government posts a 100,000 rial reward (US$1,200; about $11,200 today) for information leading to the arrest of Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, who claims to being Iran's legitimate prime minister. Some anti-Mossedegh newspapers print the Shah's decrees dismissing Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and appointing Zahedi, along with confirmation from the Shah in Iraq that he had signed the two decrees. Tudeh (Communist) partisans sack the headquarters of the Pan-Iranist Party (which was unenthusiastically allied with the Shah), and loot private businesses, shops and bazaars, while pro-Tudeh newspapers demand that the government legalize the outlawed party. Throughout the day, Tudeh party members tear down street signs and monuments referring to the Shah and erect party flags and signs bearing "popular" and "democratic republic" names. Nationalists, many armed with improvised weapons and backed by police, beat back the Tudeh mobs. The day's actions by Teduh members create a violent backlash. That night, Security forces are given orders to clear the streets. Amidst the fighting, some police officers are heard shouting pro-Shah slogans. (Five decades later, the CIA will release documents showing that all of the mobs were seeded with rioters paid by the CIA. The documents will also show that in the evening, the CIA and British SIS try to call off any further actions to bolster Zahedi's claim to the premiership in the belief that "the operation has been tried and failed." The cables are ignored at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.)
Aug 18: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill holds a surprise Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street for the first time since June 24. News of Churchill's stroke on June 23 has been withheld from the public, which has been told that Churchill's doctors prescribed an extended rest for "exhaustion." Today's Cabinet meeting is seen as a sign that Churchill is back at work, although some observers suspect that the main reason for the Cabinet meeting is to give the nation just such a sign.
Aug 19: In Tehran, six newspapers print the Shah's decrees deposing Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and appointing Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi to succeed him. That is in addition to the many thousand broadsheets bearing a photostatic copy of the decrees that suddenly show up in the streets. Pro-Shah crowds assemble in the bazaar area in the morning, alarmed at the outlawed Tudeh (Communist) party's shows of strength over the two days. The crowd, egged on by CIA and SIS-backed participants, sacks and sets fire to one pro-Mossadegh and three pro-Tudeh newspapers. By 11:30, pro-Shah elements in the military and police, who had mostly remained on the sidelines, finally arrive and begin taking up positions at the parliament building and other squares throughout the city. The pro-Shah demonstrators march toward Mossadegh's residence. They are met by pro-Mossadegh troops, which fire above the crowds but are unwilling to fire into it. A pitched tank and rifle battle ensues between pro-Shah and pro-Mossadegh forces in front of Mossadegh's house. When the pro-Shah forces overwhelm the Premier's household guard, they find that Mossadegh had escaped. At 2:20 p.m., Radio Tehran, which had been broadcasting cotton prices and music, falls into royalist hands and begins broadcasting the Shah's decrees and news of the uprising. At 5:30, Zahedi broadcasts a triumphant speech to the nation.
Aug 20: Pravda publishes an official announcement: "Within the last few days an explosion of one of a variety of hydrogen bombs was carried out for experimental purposes." The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission confirms that it had detected the Soviet test on August 12, and that their data indicates that the detonation was indeed a hydrogen bomb, although later analysis will dispute that. It will turn out that the bomb was a kind of a hybrid fission/fusion bomb that produced a ten-fold higher yield than an ordinary atomic bomb. The Soviet Union will not detonate a true hydrogen bomb until 1955, but this bomb does give the Soviets H-bomb bragging rights. The U.S. had officially revealed in January that it has detonated a hydrogen bomb, following numerous unofficial reports of a test in November.
Aug 20: Former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh comes out of hiding and surrenders following an insurrection that swept Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi into power and restored the Shah to the Peacock Throne. Mossadegh and three top aides are taken into custody at Zahedi's headquarters in Tehran.
Aug 22: Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi returns triumphantly to Tehran just six days after he fled the country. As the Shah's motorcade makes its way to Saadabad Palace, royalists slaughter sheep in thanksgiving along the road as the Shah passes.
Aug 26: The new Iranian Prime Minister, Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, and President Eisenhower exchange letters addressing Iran's pressing financial crisis. Zahedi writes, "The treasury is empty; foreign exchange resources are exhausted; the national economy is deteriorated. Iran needs immediate financial aid to enable it to emerge from a state of economic and financial chaos." Eisenhower responds: "…I have authorized my Ambassador to Iran to consult with you regarding the development of our aid program there. I recognize that your needs are pressing. Your request will receive our sympathetic consideration and I can assure you that we stand ready to assist you." This is a notable turnaround since the previous June, when Eisenhower told then-Premier Mohammed Mossadegh that the U.S. would not provide additional aid without an agreement to end Iran's oil dispute with Britain over the loss of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's extensive holdings in Iran due to Iran's nationalization action.
Aug 31: The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announces that it has detected an atomic detonation "in Russian territory" on August 23. The AEC says that this detonation is consistent with ordinary nuclear detonations and is not a hydrogen bomb test.


Thinking About a Job Change?
You're tempted. Who wouldn't be? A prospective employer is wooing you with a higher hourly wage or annual salary, or maybe even a sign-on bonus. You daydream about making a down payment on that new car, taking a much-needed vacation or putting a dent in your credit card debt.
But proceed with caution. Money shouldn't be the only factor in an employment decision, say human resources consultants. Although you'd be taking home a bigger paycheck, you could be miserable in the new working environment. And accepting a job that offers more cash but less generous employee benefits -- like health and retirement plans -- could be a mistake. In fact, benefits typically represent about 25 percent to 30 percent of an employee's salary, experts say.
"It's always good to do your homework," says John Barbadian, a senior consultant at William M. Mercer Inc., a nationwide human resources consulting firm. "Always ask a lot of questions and make a comparison checklist."
Have you walked around the workplace? How do people interact? What is the professional atmosphere? Will you fit in?
Will you be able to communicate openly with various levels of management? Is the environment collaborative?
Are you going to be challenged at the new workplace? Will you be able to advance? Will you have the opportunity to earn more if you attain a higher degree or certification?
Have you researched the company? Has the organization recently merged with another, or is it considering a merger? Such an action could affect your job security.
Does the employer offer a range of health plans? How does the coverage level and access to healthcare compare? Will you have to pay more in premiums, copayments or deductibles for your family?
How does the retirement plan stack up? How much does the employer contribute or match? Is the plan portable?
Does the employer offer other benefits that may be important to you? Some examples of additional benefits are: dental insurance, a vision plan, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, continuing-education reimbursement, on-site continuing education, disability insurance, maternity leave, flexible working hours, on-site child care or reimbursement for child care, and job sharing.
How many vacation, sick and personal days will you receive annually? How many paid holidays? How quickly will you accrue more vacation time?
Are all your days lumped together into one pool of paid time off? Is that system appealing to you?
What is the employer's policy on leaves for the birth or adoption of a child or the illness of a close family member? Does the employer offer more than the 12 weeks of unpaid leave mandated under the Family and Medical Leave Act? Can you take additional time off if the need arises?
Will your new commute be more time-consuming or expensive than your old one?
How will the new job fit into your lifestyle? Will the job interfere with more important commitments or priorities in your life?
Does the new job put you closer to achieving your long-term goals?


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Destination Showcase: Pearland, Texas
December 5, 2017	by	SportsEvents Magazine
New Home to Texas State Games and New Sporting Facilities
Pearland, Texas, has added several new sports facilities during the past two years, with additional fields and improvements expected early 2018 in time for spring league play.
With the Sports Complex at Shadow Creek Ranch providing a perfect setting for regional tournaments in softball, baseball, soccer and volleyball and the Hickory Slough Sportsplex offering multipurpose and lighted fields for lacrosse and soccer, new fields and facilities are already attracting outside attention. Phase II construction on Centennial Park to upgrade soccer fields, softball fields and amenities, will allow the city to expand its offering to host even more sporting events for recreational leagues as well as regional tournaments.
Pearland also offers a variety of indoor facilities for basketball, gymnastics, powerlifting, swimming, water polo, pickleball and other sports in venues in local schools, indoor recreational facilities, hotels and other spaces.
In January 12-14, 2018, Pearland will host the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) Winter Games of Texas 2018 and 2019, with the prestigious sports festival drawing athletes and fans to watch 15 individual and team sports competitions in the Olympic-style medal event. The 2018-2019 Winter Games will feature archery, basketball, football, golf, gymnastics, kickball, lacrosse, martial arts, pickleball, powerlifting, soccer, softball swimming, tennis and wheelchair rugby taking place in various venues across the city. The Texas games hosted by both the Pearland Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Pearland will debut after a 12-year run in Frisco for the city-wide event.
In a prime location only 10 minutes from Houston's Hobby Airport and downtown Houston, the options for dining, attractions and easy access to Pearland make it a favorite destination for traveling teams. But the city has enough hotel rooms in the 11 brand-name properties and enough dining options with 140 eating establishments to ensure players, coaches and families have plenty to keep them busy between games. With more than 80,000 square feet of venue space city-wide, groups can create memorable experiences at local breweries, golf courses, parks or throughout town to please sports groups.
In all, Pearland offers more than 175 acres of park lands, walking, hiking, jogging and biking trails and plenty of splash pads, tennis courts, basketball courts and places to picnic or relax to give sports enthusiasts and spectators plenty of ways to burn off calories after indulging at one of the famous restaurants or to just relax after a long day.
While in Pearland, look for the Pear-Scape Trail, an attraction envisioned by the Pearland Convention and Visitors Bureau that features four-foot fiberglass pears painted by local artists positioned throughout the city near area attractions, in the town center and near parks that both residents and visitors enjoy seeing.
Visit Pearland to discover Texas hospitality and a can-do attitude.
Megan Flowers
Sales & Event Manager
Pearland Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.visitpearland.com
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As a developer coming from a webforms background, I am continuing my understanding of MVC. A major part of the MVC framework is Razor which is the syntax used within views (Scott Guthrie has a good explanation here). Two components of razor are Layouts and Sections and I will explain these a little further.
From a Webforms perspective, a layout is similar concept to a masterpage (introduced in ASP.Net 2.0). They allow the developer to create coded templates that surround the content; therefore allowing CSS, JS etc to be globally set in the template and be available to the content page once it is rendered. MVC3 uses Layouts in much the same way.
A layout is generally stored in the ~/Views/Sharedfolder of the MVC3 project so it is visible to all views. But you can store it wherever you want because you specify the path to it in the view. You will see what I mean later.
Not only do layouts allow you to globally set stylesheets or include script files, but you can also put individualised view content into areas marked up in the layout page. You can even customise whether to show these areas based on the content in the view.
Let's look at the structure of a layout page. Say we have a layout page called _SiteLayout.cshtml and a view called index.cshtml. Here is the code of _SiteLayout.cshtml.
The section in this page marked as @RenderBody is where the content from the view gets injected. The entire contents of any view that uses this layout page will be injected into this area of the resulting page.
Here is some example code for the Index.cshtml.
The code line Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_SiteLayout.cshtml"; indicates that this view will use the _SiteLayout.cshtml layout page.
Another feature of layout pages is that you can inject a number of different code blocks from the view into the layout page. In much the same way as the entire contents of the view get inserted into the layout page in the above example, we can specify a block of specially marked code in the view to be injected into a specific area in the layout page. Let's use the same example above, but include a special area that will accept code from the view.
The layout page has a dedicated area set aside for code in the view. The view must have a specially marked section which will be injected into the sidebar div element. The view code would look like this.
Notice that the section blocks have the same name – SideBar. This is the key to this functionality. When the layout page has a @RenderSection block, the contents of a @section block in the view will be injected at the nominated element DOM location. So the view now handles two different areas of content. The content in the @section block gets inserted into the @RenderSection area in the layout and the rest of the view gets inserted into the @RenderBody area of the layout page.
The order that the blocks appear in the view doesn't even matter. You just need to specify the block and it will be inserted in the layout page. You can also specify that the section must be specified in the view by changing the required attribute.
You might have mixed content in different pages and therefore don't want the sidebar in every single page. Instead, you may want to put some other "placeholder" text in the page instead of the sidebar. You can do this with the IsSectionDefined function. This function looks into the view to see if the section has been declared. If so, the section is rendered. If not, the layout page can be told to insert some other text. Look at how this would look in our layout page above.
I hope that helps you understand layout pages and sections a little more. Feel free to drop a comment if you have any suggestions or experience with these.


Data security is serious business with a lot at stake. How can you be sure to provide the highest level of data security services, while maintaining processing volume, maximizing profits and adhering to NAID, R2 and e-Stewards compliance?
To address this, Makor Solutions has performed integration with some of best known data erasure vendors around the world to achieve "Best of Class" Data Security processes within the Makor ERP (see more in Josh Feldman's new eBook "Best Practices in ITAD: Data Security Services). The results of this successful integration has created a demand from many other vendors that are looking to integrate their products into the Makor ERP platform. In order to simplify the integration process for bios/data erasure vendors, Makor has released a new Data Security API. This is a streamlined and simplified multi-layered API that supports the full array of discovery, erasure and imaging.
What does this mean for ITAD, eWaste and Resellers?
For ITAD, eWaste and resellers, this expanded integration means they will be able to benefit from the processing efficiencies, advanced security and data accuracy this integration provides with the flexibility of choosing the preferred vendor for data security.
At Makor Solutions, we have been helping customers implement our flagship Makor ERP system, built specifically for ITAD, Resale and eWaste to integrate their data security process connected to the rest of their operation to deliver results and advance business goals. If you'd like to discuss any topics within, get connected to companies in your space who have done this well, or explore how the Makor ERP could help you, please reach out to us at Makor Solutions.


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