I'm beginning to wonder what in the world is going on in Texas! First I told you how the public school system in Texas is being infiltrated with CSCOPE curriculum that teaches that the Founding Fathers, who were involved in the Boston Tea Party, were "terrorists." Now, word is that in a Texas high school, students are told to refer to the Jihadists who hijacked planes on 9-11 to attack America should be referred to as "freedom fighters," not terrorists.
Students at Lumberton High School were not only told this nonsense, but they have also been told to stop referring to the Holocaust as Genocide. Instead they used the term "ethnic cleansing." Well isn't that nice!
Superintendent of the Lumberton Independent School District John Valastro says that the Advanced Placement World Geography teacher did nothing wrong. "What is more dangerous – fear and ignorance or education and understanding," he asked. "From our standpoint, we are here to educate the kids." To which I simply ask, then educate, don't revise history and stop attempting to indoctrinate with political correctness.
"I don't think my freshman-level teacher was trying to politicize radical Islam or anything like that," Valastro said of the 32-year veteran teacher. "I don't think our teacher has...to my knowledge ever converted a single student to Islam."
That isn't even close to the point and it most definitely is politicizing the issue when you completely distort who is who. I wonder if this teacher decided to dig into the pedophilia of Islam's leader or maybe his criminal activity as he attacked caravans and engaged in terrorism or even more those that claimed he was possessed of a demon. The man did not even read or write, according to a pro-Islam source and the Qur'an itself.
Teens at Lumberton High in Texas dressed in Muslim garb at school, following CSCOPE curriculum teaching.
However, it is not just distorting facts, it's the indoctrination of Islam. A photograph of four female students wearing burqas surfaced on Facebook. April LeBlanc's fifteen year old daughter was one of the girls in the photo and she said that parents felt like they had been betrayed by school officials. They had been.
"My biggest thing is not the burqa," she said. "That was the key to opening up the rest. It's scary how far they dove into the Islamic faith. It's scary what they taught my daughter. Who's in charge of this? How did our superintendent let this slip through the cracks?"
"This teacher taught her that a freedom fighter is when they give their life for the Holy War – and that they're going to go to heaven," she said. "They were saturating these kids in Islam and my daughter is an American Christian child."
While Madelyn LeBlanc indicated that the teacher was uncomfortable with the lecture, the teacher taught it anyway, even using sarcasm.
Is this more CSCOPE curriculum? Possibly. Fox News' Todd Starnes claims that the controversial state curriculum is not to blame.
However, Janice VanCleave thinks otherwise. Ms. VanCleave has been an outspoken critic of CSCOPE. She is also a Science teacher, author of Science books and the founder of Texas CSCOPE Review. While Ms. Van Cleave said that Fox's findings may be true, she believes that SCOPE's fingerprints are all over the class.
"With or without the lessons, the class was using required information set by CSCOPE and required by the superintendent," she said.
"This has to stop right now," she said. "Texas superintendents and school board members are to blame for CSCOPE being in Texas schools. Anyone of them that promotes the use of the title of freedom fighters for those who destroyed and killed so many on 9-11 need to be removed from our schools today."
VanCleave said school administrators who support CSCOPE are "working to destroy Texas education and teach our children untruths." It was Ms. VanCleave's daughter that originally informed Freedom Outpost of the teachings about the Boston Tea Party. In response to that, VanCleave said, "The Boston Tea Party (participants) were freedom fighters," she said. "The 9-11 hijackers were terrorists."
Thought this has been in the news, recently it has come to light that the Texas school district is reporting that school officials told students to sign "waivers" for the participation in class where they wore burqas. Ah yes. Now we are getting somewhere. Can you say "CYA?"
April LeBlanc believes that the principal at Lumberton ISD violated parental consent requirements. "I asked the principal why she thought it was okay to take a written statement from my daughter without me present. She stated to us that it is a normal procedure they do at Lumberton High School when incidents occur. They have children sign statements all the time without parents present; that it is their procedure. I told her that it was not ok and that this was not a typical 'incident' like a classroom skirmish or a disobedient student."
"The principal eventually told me that it could have been handled better, and that she probably should have called the parents."
Her daughter would also reveal that she felt pressured into writing an incident report and then called her mother crying relaying the story that she had been dismissed for the day as in a disciplinary action.
When her mother arrived she demanded to speak to the principal. She was told the principal was not there and that she could be taken care of if she would leave her name and number. She then the secretary to get the principal on the phone and according to LeBlanc and that is when a call was made and Ms. LeBlanc was referenced in the statement, "Those parents are here."
While WND documents this, they also discovered that this was indeed a CSCOPE curriculum. It is quite telling that Valastro disallowed a Bible history course previously in 2008, claiming it is a violation of a Texas statute. It seems quite clear that the people behind CSCOPE have an agenda and it is anti-American and pro-Islam. Their agenda is to 'white wash' jihadists and to create hatred for America's founders.
Texas parents it's up to you to stand up to this mess and demand a stop be put to this. If you don't fight, who will?


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Pint-Sized Primates Were First in North America
By Jeanna Bryner 2008-03-03T00:00:00Z
Fossils of a new primate species called Teilhardina magnoliana were discovered in Mississippi. The mouse-size primate would have lived in trees along the coastlines about 55.8 million years ago, the researcher says.
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Leaping, furry mini-monkeys that were as small as mice crossed the Bering land bridge long before humans, representing North America's oldest known primates.
This new claim is based on the fossils of at least three individuals of this previously unknown species of extinct primate uncovered at a site near Meridian, Miss., scientists announced today. The researcher estimates the primate fossils date to about 55.8 million years ago.
If the age of the fossils is accurate, the new finding could indicate that early primates migrated across the land bridge that once connected Siberia with Alaska long before Homo sapiens that arrived some 12,000 to 14,000 years ago. The teeny primate crossover from Asia happened during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum when global temperatures rose at a rate and magnitude similar to today's global warming.
"The primate itself appears new to science, and is thus a welcome addition to what is still a small 'Red Hot' fauna in Mississippi," said Philip Gingerich of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who wasn't involved in the recent discovery. "The site has the potential to be important, but the importance depends to some extent on whether it is really the age the author claims or not."
Called Teilhardina magnoliana, the mini monkey-like creature weighed just an ounce (28 grams) and would have leapt across treetops to snatch up insects and fruits.
"They were acrobatic little creatures," said K. Christopher Beard of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, who details his finding in the March 4 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Closely related species of Teilhardina have been found at sites in China, Belgium, France and Wyoming.
The fossil evidence from the international sites indicates Teilhardina inhabited North America, Europe and Asia at roughly the same time. Researchers have puzzled over the sequence of colonization, or how these tiny primates spread over much of the globe at a time when global climate and sea levels were changing rapidly.
Before the fossils were found in Mississippi, scientists thought Teilhardina migrated from Asia to Western Europe before moving on to North America.
To date the Mississippi fossils, Beard took advantage of the idea that sea level remains constant across the globe at any given time. By matching up erosion features caused by a falling sea level over long distances, Beard estimated the Mississippi fossils are older than Teilhardina fossils from Belgium and France. That suggests the primates moved from Asia to North America and then to Western Europe.
The standard for dating fossils, however, relies on carbon isotopes, Gingerich said.
The study "inexplicably contains none of the now-standard evidence of carbon isotope values that define both the Paleocene-Eocene boundary and the carbon isotope excursion," Gingerich said. "Without this, it is really not possible to know how old the new primate from the 'Red Hot' site is or what it means for mammalian biogeography."
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The coastlines of North America afforded certain advantages to the small primates. For instance, during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, the coastlines became hot and wet, while the Rocky Mountain region became hot and dry. The dry conditions would not have supported the lush trees and their yummy fruits required for Teilhardina and other closely related primates.
Beard found that Teilhardina magnoliana from Mississippi is both older and more primitive than another Teilhardina species previously found in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin. Since the fossil record at Bighorn is remarkably complete, Beard is confident that fossils older than those unearthed in Mississippi would have been found by now if they existed.
That means the earliest North American primates were restricted to coastal regions for thousands of years before they were able to colonize the Rocky Mountain region.
Later, precipitation would have increased to make Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain regions hospitable to the little primates.
Though Teilhardina once occupied parts of the United States for tens of thousands of years, none of its distant relatives, such as monkeys, currently live here.
That's because most primates are adapted to live only in wet, humid tropical or subtropical regions. When Earth began cooling at the end of the Eocene about 35 million years ago, Teilhardina vanished from North America and Europe, Beard said.
Modern humans obviously are adapted to live in a variety of climates today, but at that time, warmer regions were critical layover spots for our primate ancestors. Lucky for us, Beard says, some of these ancestors in the late Eocene had set up camp in warmer climes.
"You and I wouldn't be here talking about it if it weren't for the fact that primates by this time were able to colonize Central Africa and Southeast Asia," Beard told LiveScience. "As far as we know, those were the only two places that primates were able to survive this dramatic cooling event 35 million years ago."
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Nicaragua Rejects Possible Military Intervention In Venezuela
February 23, 2019 orinocotribune 0 Comments anti-imperialism, Daniel Ortega, military intervention, Nicaragua, Solidarity
Central American leftists movements also issued a proclamation "in defense of the principles of independence, sovereignty and self-determination, in solidarity with our brother people," of Venezuela.
The Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has called for peace in Latin America and warned the United States against a war on Venezuela. during an official act commemorating the 85th anniversary of the death of Augusto C. Sandino, the nation's national Hero.
"We salute Venezuela that clearly fights for peace, in a commitment that has its foundations in the spirit and conviction of our Latin American and Caribbean peoples, and so we ratify it on the 85th anniversary of [Sandino] our 'general of free men'," said Ortega during the ceremony.
According to the Nicaraguan president, Latin America has spoken up against war and against intervention on its territory and called for a peaceful solution in Venezuela. "Beyond their political positions, countries have said that they are not in favor of intervention or war. There are some agreements that have to be worked on and initiatives to be developed to find a solution through peaceful means in Venezuela."
Central American left-wing parties have been meeting in Managua, Nicaragua's capital, for the last three days and were also part of the commemorations of Sandino's anniversary. These leftists movements also issued a proclamation "in defense of the principles of independence, sovereignty and self-determination, in solidarity with our brother people and the constitutional and legitimate government of our fellow President, Nicolas Maduro."
During the meeting, the left-wing parties highlighted that the Venezuelan Bolivarian process, that has backed important revolutionary social transformations in Latin America, is under an "interventionist siege of U.S. imperialism," that is threatening a military invasion that would end peace in the region.
"Given the dangerous situation to which the irrational onslaught of the enemies of humanity has led us, we appeal to the political forces and social movements of the world that oppose imperialist hegemony, to express themselves and mobilize by appealing to mechanisms of struggle aimed at stopping the war that threaten our peoples with genocide, destruction and looting ", the proclamation highlights.
The United States National Security Advisor John Bolton stated, on Wednesday, through his official Twitter account that the government of Nicaragua, headed by Daniel Ortega "has its days numbered," according to what U.S. President Donald Trump had said on Monday.
Several White House officials have been attacking Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua for years and their offensive has been intensified lately. U.S. President Trump has stated on several occasions that military intervention is "on the table," against these countries, especially against Venezuela.
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Team tackling the counterfeiters wins 2019 Trinity Bradfield Prize
Published date: October 31, 2019 November 13, 2019
A team of Cambridge PhD researchers, inventors from IsoChemiX, and industry experts building a unique anti-counterfeit technology to combat fake goods and components has won the 2019 Trinity Bradfield Prize.
IsoTagiT uses advanced molecular tags to identify counterfeits – from medical, aircraft and marine components, pharmaceutical drugs, electronic devices to designer handbags, works of art and even bank notes. The winning team's solution combines blockchain, organic chemistry and spectroscopy to create a unique signature, which is stored securely and makes authentification available to all.
PhD student, Ben Woodbridge
Cambridge PhD student at Wolfson College, Ben Woodington, explained:
'Once the technology has been implemented in a supply chain, anyone will be able to take a scan of our tiny tag – the IsoTag – which will be referenced against a secure digital record. It will return a result telling you exactly what that item is, its provenance and whether it is real.
'With the prize money we intend to first secure the intellectual property of the underlying technology as well as continuing our development towards implementation!'
The inventor of IsoTagiT and Director of IsoChemiX, Dr Sean Bew, said:
This is a truly fantastic opportunity, we are delighted to have received the prestigious Trinity Bradfield Prize, against very stiff opposition! We are really excited and are looking forward to working with and being mentored by the Bradfield Centre.
Their expertise and knowledge will help enormously guiding us through the minefield of commercialisation, helping us to exploit IsoTagiT as well as identify market segments, help us with regulatory aspects and prepare us for what's to come, especially for wider adoption.
The Bradfield Centre at Cambridge Science Park
The Trinity Bradfield Prize, established in 2018 by Trinity and The Bradfield at Cambridge Science Park, is open to students and researchers who are keen to pursue early-stage ideas and commercialise their research. At least one member of each team must be at the University of Cambridge.
This year the competition attracted 88 entries, presenting a challenge to the judging panel – Sir Gregory Winter, former Master of Trinity, entrepreneurs and business angels, Robert Swann and Graham Simister, who are Trinity alumni, and Kerry Baldwin, Partner in IQ Capital.
Inside The Bradfield
Technology and business specialist on the IsoTagiT team, Puneet Goenka, said: 'It's an honour to have been awarded this prize and a validation of the research done by our team. We are excited to the potential of our solution for wider industry adoption.'
The IsoTagiT team receives £10,000 and a tailored programme of mentoring at the Bradfield Centre. The team members are:
Dr Sean P Bew, Founder-Director of IsoChemiX, which is generating new chemistry-based technologies for the biotech, agritech, medtech, security, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Dr Enrique Lozano, Managing Director of Elodiz, a company focused on the research and development applications of Raman spectroscopy; and Director of B&W Tek.
David Izuogu, a PhD student at Wolfson College who using computational techniques to investigate materials for quantum computers, spintronics and information storage.
Ben Woodington, a PhD student at Wolfson College who is researching the application of bioelectronics in the treatment of neural disease.
Puneet Goenka, an experienced technology and business leader specialising in blockchain and emerging technologies.
PhD student, David Izuogu
Counterfeiting is not only a huge illegal industry across the pharmaceutical, electronics, fashion, currency, art and chemical sectors but it also poses substantial threats to public health. Fake pharmaceuticals, counterfeit medical devices and semi-conductors used in the military and aviation industry have all been identified in recent years.
Cambridge PhD student at Wolfson College, David Izuogu, said it was easy to see the problem as purely financial – luxury brands losing revenue due to 'knockoffs'.
'This is one aspect but counterfeits within the pharmaceutical and electronic sectors pose genuine, global safety concerns. Indeed, the WHO estimate 1 in 10 medical products in developing countries are illegitimate, contributing to hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.'
'Within electronics, illicit semiconductors have infiltrated legitimate supply chains of the military, aviation and medical sectors and the development of autonomous cars highlights the absolute need for semiconductors of known provenance; component failure in any of these sectors would be catastrophic,' he said.
Dr Bew said:
The applications of our anti-counterfeiting technology are limitless and diverse; we are particularly interested in the semiconductor industry given its scale and inherent risk but we are equally interested in art works, wine, pesticides…there are so many other areas we can tackle.
Ultimately we want this technology to be used to protect the supply chain and make the world safer and more trustworthy. Counterfeiting is growing at an alarming rate across almost all industries and we want to be able to stop that.
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Associazione Sportiva Gualdo Casacastalda is an Italian association football club, based in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria and also representing Casacastalda, a frazione of Valfabbrica, Umbria. The club currently plays in Promozione Umbria.

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Gualdo Casacastalda
The club was founded in 2013 after the merger between A.S. Gualdo Calcio and A.S.D. Casacastalda.

During the second half of the 2012–2013 season, the idea of a merger between Gualdo, playing in Eccellenza at the time, and Casacastalda, playing in Serie D, began to grow. The two companies are a few km away, and the proponent of the idea was Matteo Minelli, Gualdese entrepreneur and honorary president of the Casacastalda. The initiative, carried out by the two companies with the support of the respective municipalities, leads to the birth of the new Associazione Sportiva GualdoCasacastalda officially presented on 11 July 2013. The new company uses the old sports title of Casacastalda, and enrolled in the Serie D.

Before the merger

Gualdo Calcio

The club was founded in 1920 as Società Sportiva Gualdo and made several appearances in professional football, reaching the Serie C1 promotion playoffs twice, in 1995 and 1998.

Casacastalda
The club was founded in 1984.

In the season 2011–12 the team was promoted for the first time, from Eccellenza Umbria to Serie D after playoffs.

Colors and badge
The color of the home shirt is red (in representation of Gualdo), while that of the away is yellow (in representation of Casacastalda).

Non-playing staff
Head coach Roberto Balducci
Fitness coach Antonio Macrì

References

External links
Official site

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2013 establishments in Italy

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Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 5/23/2018 Free MLB Picks and Predictions
by Guy Bruhn - 5/22/2018
Probable Pitchers: Jakob Junis vs. Michael Wacha
The Kansas City Royals visit Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 to play the St. Louis Cardinals. The probable starters are Jakob Junis for the Royals and Michael Wacha for the Cardinals.
The opening line for this matchup has Kansas City at +178 and St. Louis at -190. The Royals have a 19-26-2 over/under record and a 17-30-0 run line mark. The Cardinals are 20-25-0 against the run line and have a 17-24-4 over/under record.
Valuable Kansas City Royals Betting Trends
The Kansas City Royals are 19-26-2 against the over/under
The Kansas City Royals are 17-30-0 against the run line
Important St. Louis Cardinals Betting Trends
The St. Louis Cardinals are 17-24-4 against the over/under
The St. Louis Cardinals are 20-25-0 against the run line
Key Kansas City Royals Injuries
05/21/18 3B Cheslor Cuthbert Back 10-day DL (05/16)
05/15/18 1B Lucas Duda Foot 10-day DL (05/14)
04/25/18 P Justin Grimm Back 10-day DL (04/22)
03/30/18 P Nathan Karns Elbow 10-day DL (03/26)
03/26/18 CF Bubba Starling Oblique 10-day DL (03/26)
03/26/18 P Jesse Hahn Elbow 60-day DL (03/06)
Key St. Louis Cardinals Injuries
05/19/18 P Matt Bowman Finger 10-day DL (05/17)
05/18/18 3B Paul DeJong Hand 10-day DL (05/18)
05/17/18 C Carson Kelly Hamstring 10-day DL (05/17)
05/16/18 P Luke Gregerson Shoulder 10-day DL (05/16)
05/15/18 P Adam Wainwright Elbow 60-day DL (05/14)
05/12/18 P Tyler Lyons Back 10-day DL (05/09)
05/10/18 P Carlos Martinez Back 10-day DL (05/09)
05/07/18 P Dominic Leone Arm 10-day DL (05/06)
05/06/18 C Yadier Molina Groin 10-day DL (05/06)
03/31/18 P Alex Reyes Elbow 60-day DL (03/31)
The Royals have a 14-33 overall record this season. Starting pitcher Jakob Junis has a 5-3 record with an earned run average of 3.51 and a WHIP of 1.08 this season. He has 48 strikeouts over his 56.1 innings pitched and he's given up 49 hits. He's allowed 7.8 hits per 9 innings and he has a FIP of 4.76. The bullpen has an earned run average of 5.45 and they have given up 173 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .282 against the bullpen and they've struck out 115 hitters and walked 61 batters. As a team, Kansas City allows 10.2 hits per nine innings while striking out 7 batters per nine innings. They are 30th in the league in team earned run average at 5.57. The Royals pitchers collectively have given up 471 base hits and 258 earned runs. They have allowed 73 home runs this season, ranking them 1st in the league. Kansas City as a pitching staff has walked 144 batters and struck out 324. They have walked 3.1 men per 9 innings while striking out 7 per 9. They have a team WHIP of 1.48 and their FIP as a unit is 5.00.
As a team Kansas City is hitting .254, good for 10th in the league. The Royals hold a .382 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .318, which is good for 15th in baseball. They rank 11th in MLB with 8.7 hits per game. Mike Moustakas is hitting .295 with an on-base percentage of .337. He has 54 hits this season in 183 at bats with 31 runs batted in. He has a slugging percentage of .525 and an OPS+ of 132. Whit Merrifield is hitting .289 this year and he has an on-base percentage of .353. He has totaled 52 hits and he has driven in 16 men in 180 at bats. His OPS+ is 113 while his slugging percentage is at .422. The Royals have 409 hits, including 81 doubles and 39 home runs. Kansas City has walked 135 times so far this season and they have struck out 335 times as a unit. They have left 331 men on base and have a team OPS of .700. They score 3.87 runs per contest and have scored a total of 182 runs this year.
St. Louis has a 26-19 overall mark this year. With an earned run average of 3.08, Michael Wacha has a 5-1 record and a 1.31 WHIP. He has 44 strikeouts over the 49.2 innings he's pitched. He also has given up 44 hits. He's allowing 8 hits per nine innings and his FIP stands at 3.46. The bullpen has an earned run average of 4.10 and they have given up 152 base hits on the year. Teams are hitting .248 against the Cardinals bullpen. Their relievers have struck out 146 batters and walked 66 opposing hitters. As a team, St. Louis allows 8 hits per nine innings while striking out 8.2 batters per nine innings. They are 4th in the league in team earned run average at 3.39. The Cardinals pitchers as a team have surrendered 370 base knocks and 157 earned runs this season. They have given up 37 home runs this year, which ranks 30th in Major League Baseball. St. Louis as a staff has walked 157 hitters and struck out 379 batters. They give up a walk 3.4 times per 9 innings while they strike out 8.2 per 9. Their team WHIP is 1.27 while their FIP as a staff is 3.75.
As a team, they are batting .238, good for 22nd in the league. The Cardinals hold a .394 team slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .319, which is good for 14th in baseball. They rank 19th in MLB with 8.1 hits per contest. Marcell Ozuna comes into this matchup batting .241 with an OBP of .285. He has 42 hits this year along with 22 RBI in 174 AB's. He maintains a slugging percentage of .322 with an OPS+ of 68. Jose Martinez is hitting .311 this season and he has an OBP of .380. He has collected 51 hits in 164 at bats while driving in 30 runs. He has an OPS+ of 135 and a slugging percentage of .476. The Cardinals as a unit have 363 base hits, including 63 doubles and 57 homers. St. Louis has walked 167 times this year and they have struck out on 399 occasions. They have had 309 men left on base and have an OPS of .713. They have scored 4.49 runs per game and totaled 202 runs this season.
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Guy's Pick: Take the Cardinals -190
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European Testing Campaign 2016: Alarming racial discriminations on the Labour Market across Europe
No less than 11%, up to 84% of applicants racially discriminated against in the job market: the alarming peaks
From January to April 2016, the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement has conducted in nine countries a European Testing campaign to evaluate the levels of racial discrimination in the job market.
The results, presented in the graphic below, show alarming peaks:
Racial discrimination is illegal and represents a fundamental breach in the core values of equality and liberty which are supposed to lie at the heart of our democracies.
In a time of social crisis, it makes it even harder for some individuals to find work only because of their backgrounds, and pushes them to the margins of our societies, a situation which is often and perversely reproached to them.
These results, however high, are not entirely a surprise, since racism has been spreading with increasing permissiveness in recent years all over Europe at the political level, by some opinion leaders as well as in the general population, and since the action by civil society and by the national and European institutions has not been determined enough to fight this phenomenon.
Whatever our positions, it is our responsibility to act to make our societies more just.
Therefore, EGAM urges the various stakeholders concerned to vigorously take action, in the following ways:
The NGOs:
To launch antidiscrimination campaigns, for example by using Testing.
To file complaints against the individuals and institutions responsible for discrimination.
To build antidiscrimination departments in order to support victims.
To educate to antidiscrimination, including through formal and informal education.
The local and national authorities:
To fund NGOs for them to conduct antidiscrimination campaigns.
To exclude from all calls for tender companies condemned for discrimination.
To organize antidiscrimination training sessions for civil servants, especially among the judicial authorities and the police.
For the governments, to adopt a penal policy urging the courts to carefully pay attention to discrimination cases.
The companies:
To organize antidiscrimination training sessions for the employees.
To fund NGOs so that they organize Testing campaigns on them.
The parliaments:
To adopt, when it is not the case yet, laws recognizing the Testing as an evidence of discrimination in court, as well as enhanced antidiscrimination laws.
The European institutions:
To ask the States, following the example of the National strategies for integration of Roma people, to present and implement clear strategies to fight racial discrimination.
To condition European subsidies to States to the seriousness of their actions to fight racial discrimination, and to exclude subsidies to companies which have been condemned for discrimination.
Christopher Metz, Project Manager
Telephone: +33783312847 / Email : tophermetz@live.co.uk
The 2016 European Situation Testing Campaign on Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market was carried out by EGAM, with the involvement of the following organizations : ZARA (Austria), Mrax (Belgium), Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria), Czech Helsinki Committee (Czech Republic), SOS Mod Racism (Denmark), SOS Racisme (France), Amadeu Antonio Stiftung (Germany), Netzwerk Rassismus-und Diskriminierungsfreies Bayern e.V. (Germany), SOS Razzismo (Italy), Youth Initiative for Human Rights Kosovo (Kosovo), Civic Alliance (Montenegro), Youth Initiative for Human Rights Serbia (Serbia), Ekvilib Institute (Slovenia), Malmo Mot Diskriminering (Sweden), IHD – Human Rights Association (Turkey), The Institute of Partnership and Sustainable Development (Ukraine)
Annex 1 : Methodology
9 countries across Europe participated in the 2015/16 European Testing Campaign organized by the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement – EGAM.
Preparation of materials
For each job offer, two very similar applications (CVs, cover letters,…) were sent.
The only difference was the ethnicity marker, identified through the names, the languages spoken and/or the photo used.
Applications were submitted to vacancies within the private sector, with a focus on service industry positions.
Between each application submission, there was a delay of at least one working day for the same vacancy in order to reduce risk of detection. Each vacancy was only tested once.
In all the participating countries, at least 30 sets of applications, meaning a minimum of 60 applications were submitted.
Recording results
All data collected from responses was recorded, noting the following criteria : response for majority group, response for target group, and result (discrimination or no discrimination).
Processing of results
In order to determine the percentage of discrimination, any result where one CV received a positive response and the other received either no response or a rejection was counted as showing discrimination.
Annex 2 : Table of Results
*Italy sent a total of 30 tests, testing a variety of target groups – the largest number of tests (14) were sent for the target group from Sub-Saharan Africa
Annex 3 : Campaigning Organizations and Contact People
Mrax, Belgium
The Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (Mrax) targets three areas of the public: society, victims of racism and discrimination and persons responsible for racism and discrimination. The objective of the organization is to establish equality of rights through the following missions: reflection & action, prevention, information, denunciation & advocacy and reaction.
Contact person : Nicha Mbuli
Tel: (+)32 485695963 / Email: nicha.mbuli@mrax.be
Czech Helsinki Committee, Czech Republic
The mission of the CHC is to foster and protect human rights. CHC activities are oriented towards the development and strengthening of civil society, democracy and social development. CHC deals primarily with issues of equal opportunity and social exclusion, discrimination on different grounds, racism and hate speech.
Contact person : Lucie Rybova
Tel: (+)420/602 646 940 / Email: lucie.rybova@helcom.cz
SOS Mod Racism, Denmark
SOS Against Racism works to promote dialogue and understanding between different peoples and detect and combat discrimination and racism. Its mains missions are education, promote dialogue, contact and other non-violent means to break down myths and prejudices and consequently combat racism and xenophobia.
Contact person : Jette Moller
Tel: (+)45 60633399 / Email: jette.moller@yahoo.dk
SOS Racisme, France
SOS Racisme has a strong permeating influence on French civil society and politics. One of its main activities is supporting victims of racism and racial discrimination. It also provides legal assistance to victims, especially young people, by taking legal action to condemn hate speech and discriminatory and racist behaviour. It was the first NGO to use Situation Testing to reveal discriminatory practices in the work place, and in any field of French society.
Contact person : Nicolas Abdelaziz
Tel: (+)33 666409207 / Email: nicolas.abdelaziz@sos-racisme.org
SOS Razzismo, Italy
SOS Razzismo is made up of social workers and Italian and foreign citizens, working individually or in organized groups, to support the values of solidarity as the foundation of progress and of civilized life.
Its aims are to combat discrimination related to race, origin, culture, faith professed, to combat all forms of xenophobia and acts of violence perpetrated against immigrants, and to foster diversity though involvement and mobilization of all the people working together against racism and discrimination.
Contact person : Nicola Natale
Tel: (+)39 3491929626 / Email: nicola.natale@poste.it
Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Kosovo
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights is a regional network of non-governmental organizations with programs on the territories of Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mission of the Initiative is to protect the victims of human rights violations, establish new connections in the region among the post-war generations, as well as to include the young in the process of transitional justice, through promoting the truth about the wars in former Yugoslavia.
Contact person : Venera Cocaj
Tel: (+)37 744805554 / Email: venera@yihr.org
Civic Alliance, Montenegro
Civic Alliance (CA) contributes to establishing civil and democratic society, through strengthening capacities and support of civil initiatives, protection and promotion of human rights and the control of work of public institutions. It also forms part of the regional network, which has been supporting citizens in the defense of their civil and human rights, assisting them in overcoming the problems of poor institutional cooperation and inappropriate interpretation of legal norms as well as tardiness and lack of responsibility of individual civil servants.
Contact person : Edin Koljenovic
Tel: (+)382 69 52 10 39 / Email: edin@gamn.org
Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Serbia
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights is a regional network of non-governmental organizations with programs on the territories of Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mission of the Initiative is to protect the victims of human rights violations, establish new connections in the region among the post-war generations and to include young people in the process of transitional justice, through promoting the truth about the wars in former Yugoslavia.
Contact person : Dajana Berisavljevic
Tel: (+)381 11 30 35 145 / Email: dajana@yihr.org
Ekvilib institute, Slovenia
The main activities of the Ekvilib institute Slovenia are encouraging and supporting policies and practices which contribute to social responsibility of all actors in the global development. The organization focuses on the importance of human rights, on increasing the level of social responsibility of all actors of society and also explores changes that these rights effect on the lives of excluded individuals.
Contact person : Petra Hartman
Tel: (+)386 14303751 / Email: petra@ekvilib.org
Institute of Partnership and Sustainable Development, Ukraine
The aims of the IPSD are targeted to promote sustainable development based on coordination and harmonization of social, economic and environmental components. The missions of the organization are fostering partnership, transparency, promoting ideas of human rights, peace, the use of advances of civilization, establishing principles of humanity, values of democracy and civil society among others.
Contact person : Olena Berezhniuk
Tel: (+)380966816241 / Email: lena_nika94@ukr.net
Malmö Mot Diskriminering, Sweden
The missions of Malmö Mot Diskriminering – Malmo against Discrimination – are aimed at protecting human rights and fighting against discrimination. The organization's main actions revolve around providing legal advice, assistance and support to individuals who fall victim to discrimination and also raising of awareness of discrimination and creating public opinion on issues related to discrimination and human rights.
Contact person : Karin Henrikz
Tel: (+)46 730 490 567 / Email: karin.henrikz@malmomotdiskriminering.se


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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fee nearly agreed between Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund
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By Nehanda Radio	 On Jan 29, 2018 11,388
Arsenal can sign Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – if manager Arsene Wenger forks out a club record £55 million.
By Bryan Swanson | SkyNews |
Arsenal are close to agreeing a fee of around £60m for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with Borussia Dortmund, according to Sky sources. It is understood that talks are ongoing between the clubs, but a deal has not yet been reached for the striker.
Arsenal had a bid in excess of £50m rejected, with Dortmund's sporting director Michael Zorc saying they would only let the 28-year-old go if their demands were met. It is understood they are holding out for £60m.
One source told Sky Sports News on Sunday night that Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud may yet be involved in a deal to bring Aubameyang to the Emirates.
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Arsene Wenger said on Friday that Giroud would not leave unless another player came in.
"Arsenal have made several attempts so far [to sign Aubameyang] and they have all been rejected," Zorc told Sky in Germany on Saturday.
"Either our demands are fulfilled, then there can be another transfer, or they will not be fulfilled and Aubameyang will play in Dortmund until the summer."
Aubameyang was booed by a section of Dortmund fans at the Westfalenstadion during their 2-2 draw with Freiburg on Saturday and a banner in the crowd read: 'No player is bigger than our club'.
Sky Sports News understands Chelsea have also been monitoring Giroud's situation as they continue their hunt for a target man.
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Editorial: Unfit for teaching position
Pippin Ross was never fit to take a teaching position at Brandeis.
Four DUIs and chronic alcoholism were just the start. Ross escaped from jail and broke a friend out of jail in her past. And how does anyone know? She wrote about it on a blog, easily available from a quick Google search.
No one took the time to ask basic questions. Who was this new hire? What was her history?
Now, students in Writing for Broadcast Journalism have lost a professor and any semblance of a cohesive curriculum. We call on administrators to consider refunding the tuition these students paid for a class that no longer represents the fundamental Brandeis commitment to excellence.
While Maura Farrelly (JOUR), who will assume the class' teaching responsibilities, will be an apt replacement, this does not erase the first half of the semester, during which an unfit teacher ran this sham of a class. Students reported that Ross, before her arrest and subsequent firing, was an unreliable teacher with extremely unorthodox teaching methods.
This was to the students' detriment and they should not be forced to pay for this disgrace. The university failed them and needs to own up to that.
The university failed all its students when it hired a professor who clearly had no place in a classroom. Had the university spent even a few moments Googling Ross, they would have discovered her long list of past felonies.
Not only did the school hire a woman who had a past run-in with law enforcement, they hired a woman who had a long rap sheet with serious offenses. Ross did not just break the law; she displayed a clear disregard for the law and those who serve to enforce it. Ross is writing a book bragging about these escapades.
Brandeis seriously needs to reconsider its hiring practices when it allows such a clearly unacceptable teaching candidate past the resume-submission phase, let alone lets her become a professor at our university.


If you have visited the welcome center recently, you will see an adjacent, empty shell space that will soon be home to the college tech store.
On March 22, trustees approved the execution of a proposed campus reseller agreement with Apple Inc. that would enable the store to offer Apple products and accessories.
Usha Venkat, director of information technology at this college, said Apple will not be exclusive. Other products such as Dell will be sold as well. "It does not restrict our store from other products," she said.
The store is in its logistical and planning stages. As far as a timeline for opening, Venkat said they are tentatively looking at May.
"There are many benefits to having a tech store on campus," Venkat said.
As part of the store's long-term business plan, several community and campus tech initiatives are in the works. In addition to the sale of tech products, the store will showcase the latest technology.
Services will be added, such as free training designed to help users familiarize themselves with the latest tech.
Hernandez said, "I like that something is being done to help students learn." In addition, she was excited to hear that product discounts would eventually be available to students.
Other services include repairs, try-before-you-buy and system recommendations.


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Q: TortoiseSVN on local PC with existing projects I have a few existing coding projects, in scattered directories and would like to bring them under version control on my local PC.
I tried following the instructions, but couldn't see how to add files.

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*Should/must I have a single repository, or should/can I have one for each project? Or is it a mtter of personl preference?

*The code for my current project is in f:\DropBox\programs\Xampp\htdocs\api and I don't want to move it. Where should my repository be?

I am sure this is all very simple, but until now I have only used SVN at work and soemone else had set up the repository.
Anythign else I should know?

A: Preface
You must to read docs, at least SVN Book, in order to have clean vision "what", "why", "when" - I'm too lazy to cite you full chapters from it. It also eliminate a lot of novice questions. But, as starting point, I'll answer

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*You must understand and see differences between "repository", "working copy", "exported tree" entities. For your case:

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"Meteorologist, I asked for his hand in front of … a tornado!"
While most people who plan to propose their marriage hope for the sun as a backdrop, 29-year-old meteorologist Tom Bedard does not. In 2016, the young man met Raya Maday, 26, also a meteorologist, at an American Meteorological Society event in New Orleans. Love at first sight is immediate. A year later, they moved to Wichita, Kansas, where they had both just been hired by Accu Weather, a company that produces weather forecasts for the media.
Two miraculous babies after being swept away by a gigantic tornado while taking their bath
Tom Cruise: the actor's cold anger on the set of Mission Impossible because of… tree branches!
Our two lovebirds have a lot in common, and in particular a very particular one … "We are both passionate about tornadoes, even if we have never had the chance to see one in real life", confides Raya. So when, in this year 2021, Tom decides to ask his darling in marriage, it is only natural that he considers doing it by realizing their common dream. But how do you know when and where a tornado is developing?
Tom had decided to ask Raya if the wind was there
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Forecasting Center released a severe weather forecast for Colorado in mid-May for the weekend of May 29 and 30, with a tornado risk on the 31st. had no difficulty in convincing Raya to leave with me to try to observe it ", explains our lover. In the night from Sunday to Monday, they therefore leave to join the vicinity of Colorado Springs, where the event is to take place.
In his pocket, Tom has an engagement ring and he's not off the hook: he's decided to ask the fateful question if and only if the weather conditions are right. "I was ready to face any weather situation. The only thing that worried me was not having a storm," says Tom. Fortunately, Mother Nature favors them, and within hours of arriving at their destination, a tornado appears on the horizon.
"We really want a tornado for our wedding"
"We were in an incredible natural landscape resembling a canyon when we saw the column of wind appear. I could not have asked for a better setting," says Tom. "When the tornado hit the ground, so did her left knee," recalls Raya, still deeply moved by this incredible surprise. "It was a moment that I will never forget," recalls the one who threw herself into his arms, saying "yes" to him.
The couple, who has not yet set a date for the wedding, however already knows the place. "Somewhere in the middle of Tornado Alley (a region covering several American states where tornadoes frequently occur, editor's note). We very much want another tornado for our wedding," they assure. It remains to be seen whether the expression that associates rain with a happy marriage is also true for a windy union!
Tom Bedard and Raya Maday © FACEBOOK RAYA MADAY
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A BAE Systems engineer from Preston has described being autistic as "just a hurdle" after being recognised at the Autism Professionals Awards.
Phillip Coupe was shortlisted as a finalist for the National Autistic Society's Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual on the Autism Spectrum, and was highly commended for his work improving awareness of disabilities in the workplace.
As an active member of BAE's employee-led support group, ENabled, Phillip has helped shape the support provided for colleagues with disabilities.
Phillip said, "Through ENabled, we help to give employees a focal point for support and guidance when encountering difficulties both in their work and personal life.
"I'm delighted to be recognised for my work and nominated for an award, however my focus is to continue working and hopefully inspire more individuals.
Phillip, who works as an airworthiness engineer at the military aircraft site in Warton, is now focussing on growing the first ever disability network across BAE Systems' UK businesses.
Martin Taylor, COO of BAE Systems' Air sector and the company's UK Disability Executive Sponsor, said, "About four years ago, Phillip first approached me to help promote awareness of autism in the company. Since then, he has gone on to run hugely successful campaigns, lead autism workshops and speak at conferences.
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RHOTHETA > Corporate History
RHOTHETA head office in Murnau
RHOTHETA Elektronik GmbH is building on 20 years of experience in the design, development and production of high-quality direction finders for ATC, VTS and SAR applications. In the area of SAR technology, the company specializes in equipment for professional SAR organizations active at sea and on land.
RHOTHETA Elektronik GmbH was established on 01.08.1989 in the town of Roding in Bavaria, Germany. The company initially developed the RT-1000 direction finder system for ATC and VTS applications, and the RT-1000 received approval from the Deutsche Flugsicherung in early 1992. This product was very successfully marketed by Becker Flugfunkwerke GmbH, and in 1994 we also started to partner with Rohde & Schwarz, which markets the RT-1000 as the PA030. To date, over 100 systems have been deployed worldwide. The RT-1000 has been enhanced on an ongoing basis, and this direction finder system is still used worldwide.
In 1993, the company moved its headquarters location to Vierkirchen near Munich.
In 1996, RHOTHETA introduced its RT-200 CrewFinder direction finder, a completely automatic direction finder for use in high sea states. Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), Germany's leading SAR organization, immediately chose this system for its fleet. Working together with our customers, we have constantly enhanced this direction finder and its functionality and are now marketing the fourth generation of the RT-200/202 system family. Today several thousand systems are in use worldwide.
In 1997, RHOTHETA launched the RT-100 Emergency Receiver (also known as the "CrewGuard") due to popular demand for a receiver to monitor the international emergency frequency 121.500 MHz and trigger alarms in the event of an incident. At roughly the same time, we were receiving frequent requests for a direction finder system for SAR helicopters and winged aircraft. The operators of such aircraft require all civilian and military emergency frequencies as well as the Cospars-Sarsat frequency 406.028 MHz. The year 1996 marked the beginning of the most ambitious undertaking in our company's history, and this undertaking resulted in a new type of system with a patented antenna design. Here too, we were also able to partner with Becker Flugfunkwerk GmbH, whose years of experience contributed to the success of our new system. At the turn of the millennium, the first RT-600s were shipped to customers with the designation SAR-DF 517 by Becker Flugfunkwerk. Several hundred of these systems have been deployed to date.
Our RT-300 direction finder system was developed to meet the needs of many users who wanted to replace their old direction finders by a modern version with MOB functionality. This new direction finder system has been on the market since mid- 2004 and can be considered the most advanced direction finder system for this application available today.
The RT-500-M (Marine), a direction finder system for professional SAR use, is the most recent member of our family of direction finders. Based on our RT-600 (SAR-DF517) direction finder system, the RT-500-M was designed to meet the specific needs of marine SAR organizations. This was done in close cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), which provided a precise specification scope and tested the first prototypes on its rescue cruisers. The RT-500-M went into full-scale production in early 2005.
In August 2005, RHOTHETA moved its headquarters location to the new and larger office in Neuegling nearby Murnau (Bavaria). In August 2008, RHOTHETA moved its headquarter again into a larger office within Murnau. For the very beginning, RHOTHETA has been involved virtually exclusively in the design, development and production of direction finder systems based on the use of the Doppler effect. The advent of worldwide GPS marked the end of the importance of radio direction finding for navigation purposes, and many established companies abandoned their activities in this area or started to concentrate on special military or intelligence applications. RHOTHETA has always recognized the importance of and been committed to the use of radio direction finders for SAR applications. We have built up our competencies in this area on an ongoing basis and can offer a range of products that now represent the state of the art. In the future, we will continue to partner with our customers to enhance our products as a function of their needs. Our products are intended for professional users as well as for private individuals who feel a need for superior technology. We are fully aware of the fact that human life may depend on quality of our products.


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I/4 Azerbejdżański Batalion Polowy (Górski) (niem. Aserbeidschanische Feld Bataillon I/4 (Geb.)) - oddział wojskowy Wehrmachtu złożony z Azerów podczas II wojny światowej.

Historia
Oddział został sformowany w czerwcu/lipcu 1942 r. na okupowanej Ukrainie jako III Batalion Szkoleniowy. Formalnie wchodził w skład Legionu Azerbejdżańskiego. We wrześniu tego roku przemianowano go na I/4 Azerbejdżański Batalion Polowy (Górski). Po skierowaniu go na front wschodni jako I Batalion wszedł w skład 4 Dywizji Górskiej gen. Karla Egsleera. Walczył na północnym Kaukazie, za po odwrocie wojsk niemieckich na początku 1943 r. zwalczał partyzantkę na Krymie. 7 czerwca tego roku został przemianowany na I Batalion 314 Pułku Piechoty nowo sformowanej 162 Turkiestańskiej Dywizji Piechoty. Dowództwo objął mjr Leopold Lenz.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Krótka historia I/4 Azerbejdżańskiego Batalionu Polowego (Górskiego) (jęz. niemiecki)

Bibliografia
 Siergiej I. Drobiazko, Andriej Karaszczuk, Восточные легионы и казачьи части в Вермахте, Moskwa 2000
 Oleg W. Romańko, Мусульманские легионы во Второй мировой войне, 2004

Azerbejdżańskie formacje kolaboranckie w służbie Niemiec hitlerowskich
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Q: How can I solve "Required property not found in json" error without changing the json and its corresponding class? A)
I have a DLL library include a class like the bellow code:
public class Thing
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Assumption: I have not access to the source of the Thing class.

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And I have a JSON like this:
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Note: It has not a pair of name-value for IsBook
Assumption: I wont change the JSON to include IsBook in it.

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If I run JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Thing>(json); then I get the following error:

Error: Required property not found in json ....

Question:
How can I write a custom code to solve the above error by observing the assumptions of the problem?
(please read the above assumptions again before writing your answer.)

A: You can use custom contract resolver to achieve that. For example:
public class Thing
{
    [JsonProperty("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty(Required = Required.Always)]
    public bool IsBook { get; set; }
}

class NeverRequiredContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver {
    protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization) {
        var prop = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);
        prop.Required = Required.Default;
        return prop;
    }
}

And then:
var test = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Thing>("{\"Name\":\"some name\"}",
    new JsonSerializerSettings {
        ContractResolver = new NeverRequiredContractResolver()
    });

Of course you can assign resolver globally and not pass it to every DeserializeObject:
JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
    ContractResolver = new NeverRequiredContractResolver()
};
var test = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Thing>("{\"Name\":\"some name\"}");

you can make only specific properties of specific classes non-required (and not all of them like in example above):
class CustomPropertyContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver {
    private readonly Action<MemberInfo, JsonProperty> _propFixup;
    public CustomPropertyContractResolver(Action<MemberInfo, JsonProperty> propFixup) {
        _propFixup = propFixup;
    }
    protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization) {
        var prop = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);
        _propFixup?.Invoke(member , prop);
        return prop;
    }
}

JsonConvert.DefaultSettings = () => new JsonSerializerSettings()
{
    ContractResolver = new CustomPropertyContractResolver((member, prop) => {
        if (member.DeclaringType == typeof(Thing) && member.Name == "IsBook") {
            prop.Required = Required.Default;
        }
    })
};
var test = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Thing>("{\"Name\":\"some name\"}");

and overall adjust example above however you wish for your specific use case.


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Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Alt-J compete for Mercury Prize
By AFP Jul 27, 2017 in Music
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was nominated Thursday for the prestigious Mercury Prize for his third album "Divide", going up against breakthrough grime star Stormzy and former winners Alt-J and The xx.
"What these artists have in common is an infectious pleasure in music making and an arresting sense of urgency about the music they make," the jury said in a statement announcing the 12 shortlisted albums.
"They delight in exploring musical possibilities and refusing to be pinned down by genre conventions".
Sheeran is in the running for his record-breaking third album "Divide," which topped the album charts in several countries including his native Britain, Australia and the United States.
It also smashed Spotify records, drawing nearly 57 million listens on its first day of release.
The previous record was held by The Weeknd's "Starboy", which drew 29 million streams on its release date.
Despite having won several Grammys and Brit awards since he burst onto the scene with his debut album "+" in 2011, Sheeran has never won the Mercury Prize.
Established in 1992, it recognises the top album by a British or Irish artist.
London-born grime star Stormzy was shortlisted for his debut album "Gang Signs & Prayer", which the jury described as "adventurous, rueful, outraged and soulful".
The rapper said on Twitter that he was "over the moon" with his nomination.
"I put my heart, my soul and my absolute everything into making this album," he wrote.
The list also include former winners The xx for their third album "I see you" and Alt-J for "Relaxer".
"We are stunned, humbled & ecstatic to be on the Mercury Prize list," Alt-J wrote on Twitter.
Kate Tempest, already shortlisted in 2014, made the cut once more with her new "Let Them Eat Chaos" album.
In a Facebook post, she described herself as "honoured and humbled" to be recognised.
Indie guitar pop band Blossoms joined the list with their eponymous album and expressed "innumerous thank-yous" in a video posted on Twitter by band member Josh Dewhurst.
Lesser known artists whose albums were nominated include Sampha, J Hus, Glass Animals, Loyle Carner, Dinosaur and The Big Moon.
This year's winner will be announced at a September 14 show in London.
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This past weekend was super fun because I was able to "deliver a table" to Ty and Becca's new apartment in Palo Alto with my mom. I put "deliver a table" in quotes because while we loved helping with the table, we really just wanted to visit California. We had a great time hanging out with Tyler, exploring the town, eating delicious fish, shopping, and trying Pinkberry's new swirl (coconut & passion fruit, brilliant). We can't wait to go back and we are so excited Ty and Becca will be close enough to see more often!
Woohoo! Cali is awesome. Remember NEWPORT!?! I am craving California for some reason right now. But alas, Cali is not on our travel itinerary in the foreseeable future. Enjoy it for me.


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More bigger internal memory we have will give more capacity to install interesting applications from Google Play Store like Facebook, WeChat, Line Messenger, Whatsapp, Telegram, Viber, Skype, Snapchat, Instagram, Blackberry Messenger (BBM). Because we have more capacity, sometime there are more apps that we want to install. But we have to know that some apps especially new or not famous one may contain viruses or malware that can make some trouble at our HUAWEI ENJOY 7S. That apps will not get any Verified by Play Protect. If we install that kind of apps then our phone will become stuck or bricks or bootloop or frozen or LCD touch screen not responsive or LCD screen not responding with our finger touch. What we have to do? First we have to try do soft reset or reboot or restart to remove temporary files or caches that can make some trouble at this phone. If our HUAWEI ENJOY 7S can boot again, then please directly download one good antivirus applications from Google Play Store like AVAST or NORTON, please choose only one we like. The antivirus will try to scan all installed applications and give recommendation setting to our phone. If the problems still happen, then next steps is doing hard reset or master format. Please note, doing hard reset will remove or erase all important data, therefore we have to backup all data first before doing master format. Doing hard reset will remove all Google account from HUAWEI ENJOY 7S. For safety reasons, please do not install any unknown APK files, because it is very easy to make our phone getting trouble.
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We can use microSD external card to copy or move important files using File Manager applications. If our HUAWEI ENJOY 7S has already signed in with Google account, by default our contact will be synchronize in the background to Google server. Please make sure we check all contact at Google contact server using Internet browse to make sure backup is done.
The HUAWEI ENJOY 7S will continue the step until ready to use in clean factory default.
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Do not worry about this trouble, because Android already give solutions when we forgot security screen lock pattern or password pin protections using Google account to unlock it. Please turn on this phone, when it ask for security answer, then please try to give several time wrong answer continuously until HUAWEI ENJOY 7S locked or freezing about 30 seconds. At this situations we can find Forgot Password / Pattern button. Press this button, to give our Gmail username and password account that we have already signed-in before. If we still can not access Gmail account, then we have to do hard reset using hardware button combination key above.
Is That Any Secret Code for Doing Format HUAWEI ENJOY 7S / HUAWEI P SMART ?
There is no secret hidden code for HUAWEI ENJOY 7S to make it back to factory default. Do the options above to hard reset it.
How to Format or Erase Phone Memory at HUAWEI ENJOY 7S / HUAWEI P SMART ?
There are two phone memory type at HUAWEI ENJOY 7S, one is internal memory and the other one is external memory. If we want to format internal memory phone then we have to do hard reset or reformat the operating system of HUAWEI ENJOY 7S as well. Please use menu setting to do hard reset or reformat using #option 1 above, but make sure to give checkbox mark at Erase Internal SD card / Internal storage. Then it will reformat the factory default operating system and remove or erase any data inside internal memory.
How to Make Battery of HUAWEI ENJOY 7S / HUAWEI P SMART Stronger, Life Longer and Not Fast to Drain ?
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Mahalo to The Maui News for its informative piece Dec. 12 about the Inland Sand Quantification study. David Goode, director of the Department of Public Works, recommends the sand not be shipped off-island but rather be stockpiled on Maui for future uses, such as beach replenishment and cement production.
He states: "As long as the removal is not detrimental to cultural artifacts" the entire Puuone sand dune complex in Central Maui is protected under the Wailuku-Kahului Community Plan as a Wahi Pana (significant traditional place).
The county is required by law to comply with the provisions of the community plan. The sand dunes are the site of the historic Battle of Kakanilua in which hundreds of Hawaii island chiefly warriors perished. The Puuone sand dunes are a well-documented burial ground for kanaka maoli living in the area. In fact, it was recently disclosed that over 700 burial sites have been found in the Maui Lani project district, and one site may have countless burials.
It's time to protect what is left of this hollowed ground. As a kanaka maoli, it is painful to watch the continued desecration of my ancestors, and it is time for the first people of this land to be respected and treated with dignity. I say, any further removal of sand is detrimental to cultural artifacts, and to kanaka maoli who still live and breathe the culture of our ancestors. Let the sand stay where the people lay.


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Re ''Insurers Tighten Rules and Reduce Fees for Doctors'' (front page, June 28): Health maintenance organizations conveniently overlook the fact that physicians are the key value creators in the health care system. Thus I find the arbitrary fee reductions that health insurers are imposing by fiat on physicians to be particularly galling.
Despite the economic boom, doctors are facing fee reductions of almost 50 percent. Has the value of their service fallen, or are insurers shoring up profits at physicians' expense? Limited morally by a commitment to patient care and legally by antitrust regulations, doctors have little bargaining power.
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New Report Underscores Efforts to Erode Public Power
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A new report explores the decades-long efforts by corporate interests to weaken public institutions and to degrade worker leverage, all in an effort to further concentrate wealth and political power in the hands of the corporate elite.
The report, New Rules for the 21st Century: Corporate Power, Public Power, and the Future of the American Economy, was issued by the Roosevelt Institute. It will likely strike familiar chords with postal workers and their allies in A Grand Alliance, as well as the millions of people across the country who rely on public institutions every single day.
The report, authored by Nell Abernathy, Darrick Hamilton, and Julie Margetta Morgan, draws a clear through line from policy changes as far back as tax reforms in the 1950s, through the failure to hold those who caused the 2008 financial crisis accountable, to the recent Supreme Court decision in Janus vs. AFSCME weakening public sector unions, as the markers of a consistent and concerted campaign that leaves working people behind.
What does that campaign look like? Economic elites landed a "one-two punch" to shape the social, economic and political order in their favor. The report details, "First, government was used to build regulatory, tax, and procurement structures that multiplied wealth and power for a small subset of Americans. Second, public sector programs that served the rest of the country were intentionally and systematically eroded."
As a result of this successful onslaught against working people, wages have stagnated, especially for workers of color. Government spending goes disproportionately to programs that benefit the rich.
Fortunately, the report does more than just describe a doomsday scenario that leaves average people poorer while the elites grow ever richer and more powerful. It lays out a compelling course of action for workers and their allies. The report calls for workers to develop a "bold, inclusive and transformative" one-two punch of their own.
The first punch is to "curb the power of corporations by instituting rules aimed at curbing the concentration of wealth in the economy and steering economic growth toward productive and equitable means."
The second punch is to "deploy public power to serve public interests, keeping key principles at the forefront of design" like addressing racial and gender inequality, strengthening unions and taking steps to unleash fair and free democratic processes, unfettered by the corrupting influence of big money in politics.
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a person or thing that copies; copyist.
When he gets his hands on a Canon copier, the reader gets a glimpse into the unique fashion in which his mind works.
As with Xerox copier, 3-D printers have become smaller, cheaper, and more functional over time.
After some trepidation by the Xerox board, Mulcahy became CEO of the copier company in August, 2001.
With a limited demand, the compensation to the copier was sufficient, and the cost to the purchaser moderate.
I very much suspect the fidelity of the copier--there is something more that has not been told, depend upon it.
He naturally was at first a copier of his father, but his productions in this style are not of great value.
They go to you as they came out of the hand of the Copier, without pointing or marking.
1590s, agent noun from copy (v.).