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Broken promises addressed by Torah
By Rabbi Martin William Shorr May 17, 2013, 1:12 pm 0 Edit
Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89
Parsha Naso is interesting. While a great deal of the sedra refers to its name, identifying the offerings and count of the leaders of each tribe, or nasiam, there are isolated referrals to sins and involving other laws in Torah.
For example, in chapter five verses 11-31, the sin of adultery is discussed in a very interesting way. The instance here, of a woman labeled a sota, a woman suspected of "going aside" and committing sinful behavior against her husband, is brought to the kohen (high priest). Here, she must take part in what is known as "a meal offering of jealously," a drink that is given to a woman and the determination of her guilt or innocence relies on her reaction to the drink. If nothing happens to her, she is considered innocent and the drink shall help her to conceive. (verse 28) However, if the drink becomes "bitter within her" and causes her "belly to swell" and her "thighs to fall away" it is considered a sign of her defilement.
There are a few subjective ways this particular situation could be viewed, and each perspective is colored by one's approach to Judaism.
One way might be to see the Torah proving the innocence of a suspected woman, thus making it critical of the man for having this "spirit of jealousy" (verse 14), this attempt to prove his suspicions to the kohen, despite the high priest needing to assume the innocence of the woman.
A more liberal viewpoint is more likely to see this as an unfair process to the woman — seeming to do the opposite — and assume the expectation of her guilt.
I believe the case must be examined from the perspective of, and in conjunction with, the particular times. It should be understood that after the destruction of the Bait Hamigdash, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zacchi abolished this practice, with divorce being a more prevalent consequence.
The question should be asked: Once trust goes out of a marriage, is there room for that marriage to be saved? In the world today, it would be very difficult. In the days of the Torah, when we were unified as a people, the case of the sota would be examined and clearly involve a man being suspected as well. The world was not the same.
In current times, chances are slimmer of a man suspecting his wife of adultery because of friendships with another man, despite the Torah discouraging such friendships, for these very reasons. It should also be pointed out that if the woman's husband is guilty of adultery, these suspicions of his, and the following results, would be ineffective.
The duty to keep an oath is also stressed in Naso. In particular the laws of nazir are featured, dealing with individuals who wish to show G-d their extreme devotion. Since it is unlawful to over-perform or demonstrate above and beyond mitzvot, the only way for a person to demonstrate further dedication would be to take an oath, in which they would refrain from ordinary personal human pleasure, without violating the laws of Torah, such as refraining from getting a haircut or drinking wine or other alcoholic beverage.
A person who chooses to become a nazir must keep the oaths for as long as they swear to do so. The most famous nazir was the prophet Samson. In the case of Samson, a lifelong nazerite, as soon as he took part in wine, which led to his hair being cut in his sleep, he lost the marvelous physical strength with which he was blessed. We learn from Samson that punishment will occur if one fails to keep their vow.
Many people took the oath of the nazir for short periods of time, to show appreciation to G-d for curing an illness, for a birth, or miracles that they may have experienced. Some would take on the vow for a minimum 30-day period, while others would be so thankful, they would extend the period to seven years. And others that decided shortly after becoming adults, to take on the vow for life, however, not keeping the vow, as we see with Sampson, carries grave consequences.
Despite the well-meaning attitudes of the nazir, the Torah urges us to avoid unnecessary vows. G-d takes our vows and promises very, very seriously. It is a sin to break a vow or an oath made to G-d or to fellow human beings.
(This column is a service of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association.)


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Makinde Suspends Curfew For Crossover Nights In Oyo
Posted by News Staff on December 30, 2020,
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, approved the suspension of the 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew earlier imposed on states by the Federal Government, saying that officials of the state's Task Force on Covid-19 will ensure strict compliance to the guidelines and advisories during the Yuletide and after.
The governor, has, therefore, directed that religious centres be allowed to hold crossover worship services only in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols.
The Technical Team of the Task Force on COVID-19 had earlier stated that it was ruling out the crossover services in view of the 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew imposed by the Federal Government.
The governor, however, warned that worship centres must adhere strictly to the advisories and guidelines put in place to prevent the spread of the virus in the state.
Makinde, in a statement made available to Governor's Office correspondents, further indicated that he gave the directives in a brief endorsed by the chairman of the Technical Team of the COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Temitope Alonge, which reviewed the earlier pronouncement of the Technical Team and lifted the curfew.
He added that other advisories earlier released by the Task Force, including the directive of 50 per cent occupancy for worship and event centres, ban of street carnivals and others, remain in effect.
The statement read: "Following a review of the pronouncement of the Technical Team of the Task Force on COVID-19 in Oyo State on 29th December 2020, His Excellency, the Executive Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE, has magnanimously directed that the 12 midnight to 4 a.m. curfew be lifted."
"The governor has also warned citizens and residents of Oyo State to ensure strict compliance with the guidelines, protocols and advisories as laid down by the OYO State COVID-19 Task Force aimed at limiting the transmission of the disease in our communities."
"Secondly, he has directed that enforcement of these guidelines and protocols in accordance with the law will be applied as appropriate, enjoining individuals and organizations to comply and by so doing ensure that we all spread the joy of this season and not the virus."
It would be recalled that the state Task Force on COVID-19 had, in a communique released on Tuesday, earlier warned individuals, families and corporate organisations in the state to adhere to protocols such as the use of face masks in public places, social distancing and regular washing of hands.
The Task Force had equally reminded event centres on the existing advisory on 50 per cent capacity occupancy for events, while also enforcing the proper use of face masks and handing washing requirements.
It admonished residents of the state, including private healthcare providers and individuals feeling unwell, to access the available testing centres across the 33 local government areas of the state.
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PROJECT COST: $75.8 million
For more than 50 years, the School of Social Work (SSW) at CUNY's Hunter College has promoted civic engagement and dedication to public services. Thanks in part to the largest donation in CUNY's history and a unique public-private partnership, the school will soon be able to link its programs and services directly with some of the neighborhoods it serves through a new eight-story, 147,000-sq ft building under construction in East Harlem.
Rendering Courtesy of City University of New York
Located on Third Avenue between 118th and 119th Streets, the steel-framed SSW building stresses transparency with its extensive use of floor-to-ceiling glass mixed with brick cladding on the lower floors, and a mix of curtainwall and precast concrete panels on the upper levels. Second-floor spaces such as the student lounges and a 2,450 sq ft, 160-seat lecture hall are also "open" to the outside, fostering a sense of connection between the students and the City.
Bruce Davis, a partner with project architect Cooper, Robertson & Partners says the steel frame provided the flexibility to arrange the mixed interior uses without need for large spans and trusses.
After excavating more than 20 feet below grade for the basement-level library stacks and labs, an extensive wellpoint dewatering network was installed to prepare the site for the poured concrete foundation. Several adjacent 19th Century buildings also required extensive underpinning to ensure their structural integrity.
The irregularly shaped urban site is further constrained by construction of a $30 million, 100-bed housing facility for CUNY graduate students that began this spring. The two buildings will be connected by an inner courtyard. Approximately one-third of the SSW building will be occupied by CUNY's new School of Public Health, which will also share the SSW's library and other resources. Other features include a café, art exhibition space, and a second-floor patio.
Construction of the new building was made possible through a public/private partnership with CUNY, the Brodsky Organization, and the Lois and Samuel J. Silberman Fund, which owned the School's current facility on East 79th Street. Brodsky is building the new building in exchange for development rights of the 79th Street site, which it purchased from the Silberman Fund.
Through the non-profit New York Community Trust, the Fund donated $30 million from the sale of toward completion of the new SSW, which will bear the name of its benefactors. The New York State Legislature provided an additional $80 million for land acquisition, design, and construction.
Developer: The Brodsky Organization, New York
Owner: City University of New York-Hunter College, New York
Construction Manager/General Contractor: Turner Construction Company, New York
Architect: Cooper, Robertson & Partners, New York
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects, New York
Civil Engineer: Matthews Nielsen, New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Ysrael A. Seinuk, New York
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Q: Algorithm HmacPBESHA256 not available So, I have written some code to take a PEM, add it to a PKCS keystore via bouncycastle, and then use java crypto to import the PKCS keystore value into a JKS keystore.
I swear that yesterday I had a unit test pass successfully having executed these steps, but this morning I started hitting this
Caused by: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Algorithm HmacPBESHA256 not available
    at javax.crypto.Mac.getInstance(Mac.java:181) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
    at sun.security.pkcs12.PKCS12KeyStore.engineLoad(PKCS12KeyStore.java:2039) ~[na:1.8.0_65]

Now, it's always possible something changed underneath me but I cannot figure out what it was.  It seems whatever provider I was using for that algorithm has since disappeared.
here's my java.security file snippet:
security.provider.1=sun.security.provider.Sun
security.provider.2=sun.security.rsa.SunRsaSign
security.provider.3=sun.security.ec.SunEC
security.provider.4=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider
security.provider.5=com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE
security.provider.6=sun.security.jgss.SunProvider
security.provider.7=com.sun.security.sasl.Provider
security.provider.8=org.jcp.xml.dsig.internal.dom.XMLDSigRI
security.provider.9=sun.security.smartcardio.SunPCSC
security.provider.10=apple.security.AppleProvider

There's not a whole lot to the code.  First I create a PKCS keystore via bouncycastle, adding a pem and saving to disk as PKCS12. Then import via java crypto, saving back out as JKS.
   public KeystoreBuilder createJksFromPem(String pemPrivate, String pemPublic, String alias) throws Exception
    {
        Preconditions.checkState(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(pemPrivate), "pemPrivate must not be empty");
        Preconditions.checkState(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(pemPublic), "pemPublic must not be empty");
        Preconditions.checkState(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(alias), "alias must not be empty");

        String pkcsFilename = filename + ".pkcs";
        convertPemToPkcs(pemPrivate, pemPublic, pkcsFilename);

        importPkcsIntoJks(pkcsFilename);

        return this;
    }

    private void importPkcsIntoJks(String pkcsFilename) throws Exception
    {
        KeyStore pkcs = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS12");
        File pkcsFile = new File(pkcsFilename);
        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(pkcsFile))
        {
            pkcs.load(fis, password.toCharArray());
        }
        pkcsFile.delete();

        KeyStore jks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
        jks.load(null);

        Enumeration<String> aliases = pkcs.aliases();
        while (aliases.hasMoreElements())
        {
            String alias = aliases.nextElement();
            if (!pkcs.isKeyEntry(alias))
            {
                continue;
            }
            Key key = pkcs.getKey(alias, password.toCharArray());
            Certificate[] chain = pkcs.getCertificateChain(alias);

            jks.setKeyEntry(alias, key, password.toCharArray(), chain);
        }

        persist(jks);
    }

    private void convertPemToPkcs(String pemPrivate, String pemPublic, String pkcsFilename) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, OperatorCreationException, PKCSException, FileNotFoundException
    {
        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());

        X509CertificateHolder cert = (X509CertificateHolder) readObject(pemPublic);
        PEMKeyPair keyPair = (PEMKeyPair) readObject(pemPrivate);

        JcaX509ExtensionUtils extUtils = new JcaX509ExtensionUtils();
        PKCS12SafeBagBuilder pkcs12BagBuilder = new PKCS12SafeBagBuilder(cert);
        pkcs12BagBuilder.addBagAttribute(PKCSObjectIdentifiers.pkcs_9_at_friendlyName, new DERBMPString("Kafka SSL Certificate"));
        pkcs12BagBuilder.addBagAttribute(PKCSObjectIdentifiers.pkcs_9_at_localKeyId, extUtils.createSubjectKeyIdentifier(keyPair.getPublicKeyInfo()));

        PKCS12PfxPduBuilder builder = new PKCS12PfxPduBuilder();

        builder.addData(pkcs12BagBuilder.build());

        builder.addEncryptedData(new JcePKCSPBEOutputEncryptorBuilder(PKCSObjectIdentifiers.pbeWithSHAAnd128BitRC2_CBC).setProvider("BC").build(password.toCharArray()), pkcs12BagBuilder.build());

        PKCS12PfxPdu pfx = builder.build(new JcePKCS12MacCalculatorBuilder(NISTObjectIdentifiers.id_sha256), password.toCharArray());

        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(pkcsFilename)))
        {
            fos.write(pfx.getEncoded(ASN1Encoding.DL));
        }
    }

and boom it blows up on
pkcs.load(fis, password.toCharArray());

As you can see, the BouncyCastleProvider was added explicitly. Any suggestions?
UPDATE: Thanks dave_thompson_085 for the suggestion.  Can't believe I didn't see that overloaded method, but the solution was to specify the provider in the call get Keystore.getInstance("PKCS12", "BC").

A: The HmacPBESHA256 sounds like the algorithm to verify the integrity after decrypting the file. You can decrypt your Keystore and encrypt again, which may doesn't use the HmacPBESHA256.

In my case, I generate the key using the Windows tool (i.e "Microsoft Strong Cryptographic Provider"). By default, the pfx uses HmacPBESHA256, which Java 11 doesn't support.
The solution is to create a new Keystore, but using openssl. In order to do that, I run:
openssl pkcs12 -in "your_keystore.pfx" -nodes | openssl pkcs12 -export -out "new_keystore.pfx"

That works on jarsign/apksign, by providing the new_keystore.pfx into as the keystore.

A: as dave_thompson_085 pointed out, I can specify which provider I want to be used for the keystore.  I didn't realize this initially as I missed the getInstance() overload.
So in summary, calling this fixed my issue:
KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS12","BC")
too easy.

A: Alternatively the HmacPBESHA256 algorithm is supported by standard java (SunJCE Provider) starting from Java 12.
I would use it like this:
//run with Java 12!
public void test() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
    Provider provider = java.security.Security.getProvider("SunJCE");
    System.out.println(provider.getName());
    Mac m = Mac.getInstance("HmacPBESHA256",provider);
    System.out.println(m.getAlgorithm());
}

A: Open Android Studio and go to File > Settings > Build, Execution, Development > Build Tools > Gradle, then change Gradle JDK to jdk16, then click Sync Gradle.
And you can go to the build project without any error.

A: This problem can be caused by older OpenJDK Java versions. (Keytool)

In my case this version solved the problem: openjdk version "11.0.17" 2022-10-18

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While Jay & The Techniques, a R&B/rock hybrid group from Philadelphia, managed several hits, their biggest was "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie," an incredibly catchy song which was a ubiquitous radio presence in the summer of 1967 and proved to be the group's only Top 10 single.
Spirit represents this one and its follow-up hit, "Strawberry Shortcake," both written by songwriter/producer Maurice Irby.
"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" was recently placed in an ongoing campaign for West Coast restaurant chain, Marie Callender's.


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All Is As All Should Be é um EP a ser lançado pela banda americana de rock progressivo, The Dear Hunter. O EP foi lançado em CD e Vinil no dia 1 de Dezembro de 2017 pela gravadora Cave and Canary Goods e nas principais plataformas de streaming no dia 8 do mesmo mês.

O anúncio oficial do EP foi feito através das redes sociais e pelo site da banda, onde Casey agradeceu o apoio incondicional dos fãs, e explicou do que se tratava o EP:

As faixas deste EP foram gravadas em locais diferentes, em casas de fãs antigos e mais próximos da banda.

No dia 27 de Outubro, a faixa The Right Wrong foi disponibilizada nas plataformas de streaming e no canal do YouTube da banda. Um mês depois, no dia 27 de Novembro, o videoclipe da faixa Blame Paradise foi lançado no canal da banda no site YouTube.

Faixas

Pessoal

The Dear Hunter
Casey Crescenzo - voz principal, guitarra, violão, órgão, percussão, piano, sintetizador
Nick Crescenzo - bateria, percussão
Rob Parr - guitarra, órgão
Nick Sollecito - baixo, sintetizador
Max Tousseau - guitarra, violão
Gavin Castleton - piano, sintetizador, voz secundária

Paradas Musicais

Referências

Links externos
 The Dear Hunter Official Website

EP de 2017
Álbuns de The Dear Hunter

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Has anyone ever seen this in stores?
I have yet to see it and it is even really hard to find online.
I was wondering how many of you actually ever saw it in stores?
They are in Target in Australia, they actually were on sale for 50% off a couple weeks ago, thats the first time I saw them! $8 what a bargain!
Really? Gah! I wish they were here too!
I think I've seen them here!
Want me to have a look?
Thanks Loa! Do you think they would get here in time for Christmas though?
I think I waited too long now. I kept hoping I would find them here somewhere.
There is even a shortage on them on eBay, it is crazy!


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About Hasse Construction
Bill and John Hasse are the third generation to run Hasse Construction Company, Inc. The history of this business has made up all that Hasse Construction is today. The business was first known as Public Construction Company, dating back to 1920. From 1920 to 1933 William A. Hasse worked at the business as a bookkeeper. He won $18,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes in 1933, which was a lot of money following the depression. He then bought out one of the partners in the company. In 1956, William A. Hasse Sr. and William A. Hasse Jr. bought out the other partner of the business. The two then became part owners of the company, which then changed its name from Public Construction Company to Hasse Construction Company, Inc.
In 1966 William A. Hasse Sr. retired, and William A. Hasse Jr. took over as President. William A. Hasse III (Bill) joined the company as a Project Manager in 1982. William A. Hasse Jr. unexpectedly passed away in 1984. Bill took on this challenge head on, and officially became president on January 1, 1985, at the age of 27. Bill's youngest brother John joined the company on April 1, 1991.
With lots of hard work, a good reputation built by Bill and John's father and grandfather, and a little luck, the company worked its way out of debt, paid off the bank, and expanded its opportunities. Since then Hasse has expanded to many sectors including General Contractor, Design/Build Services, Excavation and Site Work, Sewer and Underground Utilities, Concrete Construction, Office Building, Structural Steel and Metal Building Erection. Hasse hires good quality, hard working, experienced personnel and keep them trained in the different types of construction. Thanks to all of their hard work and dedication, Bill and John Hasse have successfully been able to secure a place for Hasse Construction for generations to come.
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February 26, 2019 / 9:40 AM / 5 months ago
Thailand's rising political star under fire as election nears
Patpicha Tanakasempipat
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand's military "dictatorship", supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval.
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, takes a selfie with his supporter during his campaign rally in Bangkok, Thailand, February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
The 40-year-old heir to an auto parts fortune is a political newcomer and social media star who has energized young voters ahead of March 24 elections, the first since a coup in 2014.
"I urge our 'Futuristas' to campaign against the future in which the junta leader comes back as a prime minister," Thanathorn said at a rally on Saturday.
His message has drawn the attention of police, who want to prosecute him under the Computer Crime Act for criticizing the junta in a Facebook video in June. If found guilty of uploading false information, he could face up to five years in prison.
He denies wrongdoing, and will meet on Wednesday with prosecutors who will decide whether to take the case to court.
Thanathorn also faces a lobbyist's petition asking the Election Commission to disqualify him as a candidate.
These moves, he said, are a sign that his left-wing party is worrying those who want to see the military retain broad power.
"It's fear. Nobody thought we'd come this far. This is dictatorship's last struggle for life," he told Reuters.
Posts shared on social media have cast him as anti-royalist, a serious accusation in a country where criticism of the king is against the law. Thanathorn calls it a smear campaign.
"It's clear we'll be playing a significant role after the election. The only way to undermine us is to destroy our credibility by means of law, fake news and hate speech," he said.
NEW POLITICS?
He promises a new kind of politics to heal the divisions of the past 15 years and reduce the role of the military. The challenge for Thanathorn - nicknamed "Daddy" on social media - will be to turn his online popularity into votes.
The election is broadly seen as a race between the military-backed royalist prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthrown in a 2006 coup.
Parties loyal to Thaksin have won every election since 2001, but after he was ousted, successive governments have been removed by courts or coups, most recently in the 2014 military takeover.
Thai opinion polls can be unreliable, but a Feb. 20-23 survey showed Future Forward topping a list of favored parties with 37.8 percent support, compared to 7.5 percent a month ago.
The February poll conducted by Bansomdej University surveyed 1,152 people in Bangkok, with a three percent margin of error.
Other polls had Future Forward's support at below 10 percent and lagging the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party or the Palang Pracharat party, with junta leader Prayuth as its candidate.
#FAHLOVESDADDY
A former student activist, Thanathorn took over his late father's Thai Summit Group at age 23. Before entering politics, he was known for running ultra-marathons in the Arctic and Sahara, and trekking in Morocco's Atlas Mountains.
He has been embraced by social-media savvy youth, many of them politicized in a way rarely seen since state forces crushed student pro-democracy movements in the 1970s..
About 14 percent of the electorate, or 7 million people, are eligible to vote for the first time next month.
They have lived through Thailand's "color wars", with anti-Thaksin Yellow Shirt protesters and the ex-premier's loyalist Red Shirts alternatively paralyzing Bangkok for weeks at a time.
Last week, "#SaveThanathorn" topped Thai-language Twitter after police said they would prosecute him for cyber crimes.
Another hashtag, "#FahLovesDaddy", had fans jokingly comparing the candidate to a soap opera character "Daddy," a charismatic businessman pursued by a female protagonist, Fah.
He tweeted back "#DaddyAsksFah" to urge supporters to vote.
"He's speaking the same language as the new generation, in terms of mindset, world view, perception," said political scientist Titipol Phakdeewanich of Ubon Ratchathani University.
"GAME OVER FOR DEMOCRACY"
Thanathorn said he was confident his party could send at least 70 members to the 500-member House of Representatives.
That could be enough to influence a coalition against military rule, analysts said, even if his candidacy is in doubt.
On Monday, a lobbyist petitioned election officials to disqualify Thanathorn, alleging he had misled voters in a party biography that described him as chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, when he in fact had led a provincial chapter.
Thanathorn said the "technical error" was corrected.
Another pro-Thaksin party, Thai Raksa Chart, faces possible dissolution after it nominated the king's sister, Princess Ubolratana, as its candidate for prime minister.
"With one month left, who knows what magic tricks the junta still has up their sleeves?" Thanathorn said. "If the junta manages to destroy both Thai Raksa Chart and Future Forward, it's game over for democracy".
Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Kay Johnson and Darren Schuettler


For decades, German courts ruled that neither international law nor domestic German law on state liability could serve as a basis for individuals claims for reparations for unlawful harm caused by the German state in war time. However, in 2013 the Court of First instance in Bonn took a different stance adjudicating the Kunduz case.
The German law on governmental liability in force during the Third Reich, had not been interpreted at that time as applying to sovereign acts carried out in war time.
This line of reasoning was upheld by the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Varvarin (2013) when it found that neither conventional nor customary International Humanitarian Law (IHL) provide a basis for a right to reparations for individuals. However, the FCC left open the question whether German domestic legislation on governmental liability should be interpreted as applying to sovereign acts in armed conflicts, an issue that was subsequently settled the same year in the Kunduz case.
The Kunduz case arose out of the bombing in 2009 of NATO fuel trucks that were stolen by Taliban fighters and subsequently stranded in the Kunduz region in Afghanistan. Fearing that these tanks would be used for attacks against International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel, a German ISAF commander commanded their bombardment after having tried to distinguish between what were assumed to be Taliban operatives – those nearest the trucks - and civilians near the location but further from the truck. However, the information turned out to be inaccurate and the bombardment caused civilian deaths which formed the basis of the victims' relatives' litigation before the German Court of First Instance in Bonn. The claimants argued for their right to reparation, firstly, under international law. The Court dismissed this claim, affirming the non-existence of an individual right to reparations under IHL. The claimants, however, also alleged a right to reparation (compensation) under German domestic law which, to be successful, required the German law on governmental liability to be applicable to unlawful acts performed in war time. Deviating from past judicial rulings, and explaining its position, the Court asserted that it "assumed that governmental liability indeed applies to sovereign acts in war time and that an individual right of claim was conceivable" (see paragraphs 49 ad 50). In other words, it assumed that a breach of IHL norms by German state authorities may lead to liability of the German state to compensate individual victims who had a right to claim such compensation. .
In this article, the author seeks to fill in the gap left by the court, by identifying possible grounds for the Court's statement on the applicability of German domestic law on governmental liability to state acts performed in war time. Firstly, earlier jurisprudence indicates that sanctioning violations of IHL is the only means of enforcing it. Furthermore, it is noted that accepting such applicability gives effect to the developments in international law on the protection of the individual that have come to permeate Germany's domestic legal order. The argument that the political question doctrine, according to which courts must refrain from exercising their jurisdiction with regard to political acts of states, would preclude governmental liability for its acts in war time, a stance that de facto denies an individual right to compensation under domestic law.
Despite the fact that German Courts still maintain that IHL does not grant an individual right to reparation, in Kunduz, the Court pointed to the possibility for victims of German unlawful acts in war time to claim reparation on the basis of German domestic law on governmental liability.
After the publication of this article, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dismissed the claim for compensation on appeal (III ZR 140/15), specifically overruling the Bonn Court's position on the State liability to provide compensation for wartime acts of the State's fighting forces abroad. On 6 October 2016 the Federal Court of Justice confirmed that international law does not confer compensatory claims to individuals for the violation of IHL and treats questions of compensation as a purely interstate matter. It held furthermore that, although national law may provide for grounds for compensation, actions within armed conflicts are not covered by the scope of the state liability regime per se. A constitutional complaint was lodged against this judgment on 28 November 2016.
 An interesting comparison with Dutch jurisprudence may be seen in the Amsterdam District Court's decision in Dedovic v. Kok et al. (Judgment of 6 July 2000) [LINK NAAR NF summary invoegen], that recognized the possibility of deriving individual rights from IHL rules for direct victims of IHL violations.
 Since the Court found that the German colonel's decision to bomb the trucks was lawful under applicable international humanitarian law, it did not lead to liability of the German State. Having reached this conclusion, it was unnecessary for the Court to decide whether the fact that the German colonel acted within the framework of a NATO operation, entailed that his conduct was attributable to NATO instead of Germany.


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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — The first semifinal games in the new college football playoff system will be played in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015.
The BCS conference commissioners announced the dates and rotation for all 12 years of the upcoming postseason format after a meeting here yesterday, the day after the BCS title game in Miami.
Whether they are hosting a semifinal or just a marquee bowl game, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl will always be played on Jan. 1, or Jan. 2 in years in which New Year's Day falls on a Sunday. In the eight years in which the Rose and Sugar do not host the semifinals, the four playoff teams will kick off on New Year's Eve or Saturday, Dec. 30.
The Rose Bowl will also be the site of the last BCS championship game on Jan. 1, 2014.
The site of the first championship game in the new system is still to be picked, though Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, seems to be the front-runner. The title games will always be played on Mondays, at least seven days after the semifinals. The first one will be played Jan. 12, 2015.


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Brock Osweiler is thrilled to be back in Denver as backup QB
Posted on September 5, 2017 February 8, 2018 by Dale Burch
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Brock Osweiler was so excited to be back in Denver he swore he would have signed for a buck, played in bare feet or even been the Broncos' water boy.
Of course, he's getting $16 million this season, all but $775,000 of it from the Cleveland Browns, so he's good for a round of drinks, and he had his pick of shiny white cleats in his locker next to starter Trevor Siemian .
The Broncos brought back Peyton Manning's longtime backup 18 months after he bolted to Houston in free agency because Paxton Lynch sprained his throwing shoulder four days after losing the starting QB job to Siemian for the second straight summer.
After passing his physical, signing his contract, diving into the playbook and hitting the practice field, Osweiler held an extraordinary nine-minute news conference Monday stuffed with honesty, humility and humor — but no heartache.
He said he has no regrets for leaving Denver in the first place but "I'm ecstatic to be back here" after an odyssey that included a playoff win, a benching, a blow-up, a trade, the birth of his daughter and a release to go with all those fat paychecks.
Well, maybe he'd think better of declaring the Texans gave him the best opportunity to win. But Osweiler's not one to look back.
He is one to take stock, though.
"It's kind of like that old deal when you're a little kid and your mom tells you don't touch the hot stove," Osweiler said. "So, what do you have to do as a curious kid? You have to go touch the hot stove and you learn real quick how nice that stove is when it's not hot.
"Needless to say, I'm very thankful to be back here. My wife and I, we miss Colorado every single day. This is a special place, special organization and a special city."
Osweiler was once Manning's heir apparent, but it was Siemian who rose up the depth chart last year when Osweiler signed with the Texans for $37 million in guarantees the same week Manning retired a champion.
After just one season, the Texans traded Osweiler to Cleveland, which cut him over the weekend.
Osweiler said he told his agent he didn't care about any other teams "but if there's an offer from Denver, I don't care if it's a dollar, that's where we're going."
Showing he held no grudges, general manager John Elway brought Osweiler back and declared Denver never would have won Super Bowl 50 without Osweiler, who went 5-2 when Manning was sidelined with a foot injury in 2015.
"With everything he went through in Houston and then going to Cleveland, I'm sure he's going to need a little football rehab," Elway said. "We know that. We'll welcome him with open arms and give him some love."
That's exactly what happened.
"I've got 100 percent confidence if anything happens to 13, 17 will be ready to go because he knows the system," running back C.J. Anderson said. "He was drafted into this system, got to play in it. He's super smart. So, I'm all the way in on the decision."
The Broncos' other option was going with undrafted rookie Kyle Sloter, who led the league in passer rating in the preseason but was undressed by Denver's No. 1 defense in practice and is now on the Vikings' practice squad.
"Sloter played good in the preseason but you want to go into the season confident in your backup quarterback," Aqib Talib said. "We know Brock knows the system. We've seen him in this system before. We know worst scenario if something happens to Trev, we're confident in our backup quarterback now."
Osweiler agreed with Elway's assessment that Denver's nurturing environment with offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and QBs coach Bill Musgrave was the best place for him to get right so he can be a starter again in the NFL someday.
"John Elway knows what he's doing and I trust everything that he's doing, the coaches he puts in here and the decisions he makes," Osweiler said.
So, Osweiler is going to be a loyal backup QB again and isn't worried about how long this second stint will last.
"I'm prepared and ready to support Trevor with whatever he needs," Osweiler said. "Shoot, I would come back here to be the water boy. It's funny, I went in to go get cleats today and they asked what cleats I wanted and I said, 'I don't care, just give me something. I'll go out there in bare feet today.'
"This is Trevor's team and I'm the backup."
He understands not all Broncos fans are as excited as he is about his return.
"I want people to know that decision didn't come lightly," Osweiler said of his departure last year. "I didn't sleep for about a week. I was sick to my stomach every single day. I was a mess. At the end of the day I tried making the best business decision for me and my family. Whether I made the best one or not, that could be argued."
Like the Broncos, he just hopes they'll give him another chance.
"I'm so happy to be back here," Osweiler said. "There's no greater place in the NFL."
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If you have something you would like to said at the Service please send it to me as I have been asked to speak for the Club.


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Roth v. United States
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This post is the first in a series covering the history of pornography law in the United States. I'll focus first on the landmark Supreme Court cases, and then go into legislation. Most of these, especially the early ones, are no longer viable precedent. I find it helpful to read the rationale behind old law to understand how we got to where we are today – and how we might move into the future. Also it's just super interesting b/c I'm a huge sex nerd.
Roth v. United States, 1957
"[T]he rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance."
Justice Brennan in the majority opinion for Roth
Roth was the very first Supreme Court case to deal directly with the topic of pornography (using the parent category of "obscenity"). Laws against obscenity existed at both the state and federal level, but they all had different definitions.
Roth did two notable things:
It established that obscene material was not protected under the First Amendment
It created the first federal definition of obscenity in the US
Also in 1957: Sputnik I was launched, the Little Rock Nine were being denied access to their school by the Arkansas National Guard, and I Love Lucy was in its final season – with Lucy and Ricardo still sleeping in separate beds. The internet did not exist.
The case:
The Supreme Court's Roth ruling is a combination review of two cases: the titular United States v. Samuel Roth, which dealt with federal-level obscenity law, and People v. Alberts, which dealt with state-level obscenity law.
United States v. Samuel Roth
Samuel Roth ran a book business in New York and sent flyers via mail to advertise. Some of these books and advertisements included pornography.
Roth was charged under the the federal postal law (18 U.S.C. § 1461, still active) which prohibits the mailing of "[e]very obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character."
He was convicted by the district court and sentenced to 5 years in prison and a fine of $5,000, or about $45,000 in 2021 money.
Roth's lawyer appealed the case on grounds that the federal obscenity law was unconstitutional under the First Amendment, which prevents Congress from enacting laws against free speech.
People v. Alberts
David Alberts ran a mail-order book business in Los Angeles, and similarly sold books and distributed advertisements which contained pornography.
Alberts was charged with advertising and 'keeping for sale' obscene books. The California Penal Code (§ 311, since amended) at the time prohibited anyone who "[w]rites, composes, stereotypes, prints, publishes, sells, distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any obscene or indecent writing, paper, or book; or designs, copies, draws, engraves, paints, or otherwise prepares any obscene or indecent picture or print; or molds, cuts, casts, or otherwise makes any obscene or indecent figure[.]" (wow that's a lot of vowels!)
He was convicted by the district court, but his sentence was not divulged.
Alberts' lawyer appealed the case on grounds that the state law was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, which prevents the States from enacting laws that infringe on citizens' rights, essentially guaranteeing free speech at a State level.
Both of these appeals were pretty ballsy moves, as lower courts had upheld the constitutionality of obscenity laws many times. I couldn't find any information on why the Supreme Court decided to accept these cases at this point in time, but they did.
The original convictions of both Roth and Alberts were affirmed by the Supreme Court.
The content:
Sadly, little evidence remains about the details of these obscene materials. Neither defendant contested that the materials they had sold were obscene, so it wasn't discussed as part of the case. This question was brought up at some of the lower courts, but they seem to have ditched this line of argument by the time it got to the Supreme Court.
According to Wikipedia (but not confirmed by any other sources I could find), Roth was convicted for mailing a publication he produced called "American Aphrodite: a Quarterly for the Fancy-Free" which contained nude pictures and written erotica.
Picture taken from Amazon, where you can, amazingly, still purchase a copy
The quarterly carried stories with such intriguing titles as "Anybody's Fanny," "The Tongue of Spring," and "The Story of the Stick" which I sincerely hope was a 1950's double entendre. (sources: 1 2 3)
Alberts' content contained pictures of "nude and scantily-clad women," but you'll have to use your imagination for those as I couldn't find any details.
The court:
Roth took place during the Warren court, in the same era that Brown v. Board of Education occurred (3 years earlier).
The Warren court around the time of Roth. (lookit all those white dudes 👀) Public domain photo taken from Oyez
The Roth case was affirmed 6-3, with the single most conservative and two most liberal justices dissenting (according to Oyez's ideology scale).
Justice Brennan (second from the right in photo) authored the majority opinion. This is particularly notable because 16 years later he reverses his opinion. (spoiler alert!)
The consequences:
This was the first time the constitutionality of censoring obscene content had been directly brought up before the Supreme Court, but there were a slew of previous cases that touched on it. In the Roth decision, Justice Brennan says "this Court has always assumed that obscenity is not protected by the freedoms of speech and press."
This case formalized it beyond a shadow of a doubt. (for now – it gets complicated later on) Their justification is as follows:
"All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance — unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion — have the full protection of the guaranties, unless excludable because they encroach upon the limited area of more important interests. But implicit in the history of the First Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance."
(emphasis mine, but that's the bit that gets quoted everywhere anyways)
Having decided it was not constitutionally protected, they then had to give a legally binding definition, basing it off precedent from the lower courts.
The "Roth test," as it is known, was this:
"Appealing to prurient interest" basically means 'it turns people on,' though I'm rather fond of "exciting lascivious thoughts or arousing lustful desire," from the California definition.
'But different people get turned on by different things!' I can hear you protesting. True! And in later cases, the definition of "prurient interest" will be heavily debated, but in 1957 that one sentence was all we got to classify something as obscene. The majority opinion acknowledged this was imprecise, but said that was fine as long as it "conveys sufficiently definite warning as to the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and practices."
I would argue the Roth test did not do this, and Justice Harlan agrees – his dissenting opinion described this test as mixing the other standards into an "indiscriminate potpourri," which is some high class shade.
Chief Justice Warren, though concurring, points out the difficulties of this test: "The line dividing the salacious or pornographic from literature or science is not straight and unwavering."
This leads us to what I consider the first "educational exemption," which will become so relevant to social media policies of today.
From the majority opinion: "However, sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest. The portrayal of sex, e.g., in art, literature and scientific works, is not itself sufficient reason to deny material the constitutional protection of freedom of speech and press. Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages; it is one of the vital problems of human interest and public concern." (emphasis mine)
Content being about sex isn't enough to make something obscene – sex in art, literature, and science are all constitutionally protected. It's only if it appeals to prurient interest that it can be legally censored. This paves the way for the great "is it art or is it porn" debate, but we'll get to that in later cases.
In Roth, there are two big arguments that come up in the dissenting opinions:
Federal overreach
Thoughtcrime
"I judge this case […] in view of the very real danger of a deadening uniformity which can result from nationwide federal censorship."
Justice Harlan's dissent
This is something we will see again and again in obscenity cases (and, indeed, in many Supreme Court cases in general). A decision by the Supreme Court applies to the entire country, overriding any state laws, as we saw happen recently with gay marriage. This is a pretty big stick to wield, and the Court doesn't do it lightly.
This is the nature of Justice Harlan's mixed opinion – he agreed with Alberts' conviction because it was under state law, but disagreed with Roth's because it was under a federal law. "Congress has no substantive power over sexual morality," he says, but the states "bear direct responsibility for the protection of the local moral fabric."
Harlan argues that one state could ban a book for obscenity while the state next to it might allow it, and that was "if not wise or desirable, at least acceptable" – but the nationwide banning of a book was not. He describes the forty-eight states (this was before Alaska and Hawaii joined) as "forty-eight experimental social laboratories."
Interestingly, he does approve of a federal restriction on "hard-core pornography," but he neglects to define what that means.
The majority opinion waves away the 'states' rights' argument and says it's fine for Congress to have a federal obscenity law because they just decided that obscenity is not constitutionally protected.
"By these standards, punishment is inflicted for thoughts provoked, not for overt acts nor antisocial conduct."
Justice Douglas' dissent
The Roth test defines obscenity as that which appeals to prurient interest: that which arouses lustful thoughts. This raises the excellent question: is arousing lustful thoughts a crime?
As Justice Douglas points out, "the arousing of sexual thoughts and desires happens every day in normal life in dozens of ways." Justice Harlan's dissent adds that "[t]here is a large school of thought, particularly in the scientific community, which denies any causal connection between the reading of pornography and immorality, crime, or delinquency."
So if obscenity isn't the only thing that causes lustful thoughts, and there's no clear link between lustful thoughts and actual crime, how can obscenity be a crime?
Harlan's dissent agrees with Douglas: "The Federal Government has no business […] to bar the sale of books because they might lead to any kind of 'thoughts.'"
Chief Justice Warren, concurring with the majority, argues that "[i]t is not the book that is on trial; it is a person. The conduct of the defendant is the central issue, not the obscenity of a book or picture." Roth and Alberts "were plainly engaged in the commercial exploitation of the morbid and shameful craving for materials with prurient effect. I believe that the State and Federal Governments can constitutionally punish such conduct." (emphasis mine)
This line, from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, today reads like a scare tactic in a religious anti-masturbation leaflet. It says the desire to view materials for the purpose of being sexually aroused is morbid and shameful, and facilitation of such is a punishable offense.
It is literal sex-shaming enshrined in law.
Douglas claps back at this: "We reject the prevailing test of tendency to arouse lustful thoughts or desires because it is unrealistically broad for a society that plainly tolerates a great deal of erotic interest in literature, advertising, and art, and because regulation of thought or desire, unconnected with overt misbehavior, raises the most acute constitutional as well as practical difficulties." (emphasis mine) He calls the Roth test "community censorship in one of its worst forms."
The general majority opinion acknowledges this argument, but defends its stance with precedent from libel law where speech doesn't have to be proven to have caused harm before it can be illegal.
The conclusion:
All of these questions – the nature of obscenity, state vs federal authority, and what exactly constitutes a crime – will come up again and again over the years, as the number of Supreme Court cases around obscenity and pornography start to accelerate.
As you might imagine, things get particularly interesting once the internet comes around, so stay tuned!
Next up: Memoirs v. Massachusetts, in which the Court attempts to decide if the infamous "Fanny Hill" is porn or literature – or something else even more complicated. (spoiler alert: it's the latter)
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After a quick trip through the McDonald's drive through, which by the way was the first sign I'd seen that we weren't as far away from home as it had begun to feel, we headed for our spot. This particular location was also a noted early morning photo opportunity, so I wasn't surprised when we arrived to a large crowd. Had I not been aware of this, I might have been tempted to think there was a real river otter following in these here parts.
When we got out of the vehicle, we were greeted by a park ranger who was directing everyone away from the nearby lake and surrounding brush. I asked what was going on. A man carrying a large camera and tripod, who was anxiously following the commands to fall back, told me there was a grizzly bear in the brush. I didn't have but a few seconds to process what exactly that meant before the ranger's voice became louder and more demanding - like the voice of an officer ushering folks away from a crime scene. The grizzly had emerged.
The bear headed up toward the road and near cars that were now parked there, many of the drivers now out taking pictures. This didn't make the ranger any happier, I assure you. The bear wobbled its way across and then up a hill on the other side, eventually disappearing.
Hey Ian, we just saw a grizzly bear. That's better than finding a river otter any day isn't it?
We proceeded down to the lake, coincidentally through the brush formally occupied by a grizzly bear. The timing of our arrival wasn't lost on me. The whole a few minutes earlier scenario dancing in my head. Down by the water we ran into some folks who said they saw river otters the night before playing in the water. Shortly after,we thought we saw one pop up out of the water. It wasn't playing, and he was alone, but he did surface long enough for Katie to take a picture that when zoomed in could be identified as an otter. Or a large bass. It doesn't really matter, since Ian isn't willing to check it off his list yet.
But we did check grizzly bear off, whoever was crazy enough to have it on their list in the first place.
Just follow that screaming ranger's advice and no one gets hurt here.
Who invited all those people to my house anyways?
One thing's for sure, the photography opportunities at Oxbow Bend were indeed endless.
And the boys loved them all.
I loved the shorelines full of reflections.
So many experiences. Just glad I had a helper to offer material for ongoing updates.


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Dakota by Rene of Paris is a gorgeous, medium length, straight style with razored, face-framing layers and a long side-swept bang. This is a beautiful, on-trend, high-end cut with a 100% hand-tied lace front and monofilament part.
- Fringe: 8", Crown: 14", Nape: 11"
Dakota by Rene of Paris is a beautiful, sleek, medium length style that features a 100% hand-tied lace front and monofilament part that looks very natural. The razored, face-framing layers will certainly accentuate your gorgeous facial features.
Liz L. Reviewed by Liz L.
I have such mixed feelings about my Dakota.
First of all, as I have said in other reviews here, I love the RoP line for its beautiful fibers and sophisticated range of styles and colors. The color I chose for Dakota is one I have on two other pieces, Caramel Brown. It is a lovely and realistic blend of 4-6, and an ash blonde. You can read the manufacturer's description to get a better idea of it.
Depending on how I part Dakota, the ash blonde is more or less prominent and that is a plus. It can be changed for versatility. Since I don't typically like mono parts, I am happy to report that I can also vary the side the part is on. I prefer parts on the right (I am left-handed, so that figures) and so a full mono top is better for me.
On the positive side, Dakota is exactly how I wear my biohair: same length and style. I have had my biohair this way since college, with occasional changes to bobs and other styles. I always come back to this as it seems most like "me". Dakota has a lace front -- not a great one but not bad. She is very light weight and the density is realistic. I never had a ton of hair and it has gotten thinner as time has gone on, so for me, this is great. Dakota doesn't have too much permatease, if any. For me that is also great.
Michelle E. Reviewed by Michelle E.
So I would LOVE to give this wig 5/5 stars because when it first arrives I absolutely love this piece! I have naturally thin, silky hair and this is very close to my natural hair. It's super soft & not heavy and bulky like a LOT of other wigs. However......within a few wears this piece gets SUPER sticky at the ends, totally loses its silky texture :( so for this I would give it a 1/5 stars but I love it so much at first I couldn't do that. Luckily it's inexpensive and I just continue to order about 1 every month or so.
Dakota is a beautiful wig with soft, flowy fibers. I love the way she looks on, super stylish! She makes me feel like a rock star! The cap fits nicely with great coverage. The two negatives with this wig is that she tangles easily and also sheds pretty quickly. This wouldn't deter me from buying her again though. The pros of Dakota far outweigh the cons. Don't pass her up!
Dakota in Plumberry Jam-LR, YES!
I really wanted something in Plumberry Jam-LR, so after I tried Kai and didn't care for her I ordered Dakota.
I love the color, the length, and the style of Dakota. The razor-cut layers are modern and flattering. The dark brown roots keep Plumberry Jam from being too bright (I'm a dark-hair girl), while the bright burgundy-pink-purple ends are fun and attention-getting.
The downside, as others have mentioned, are the fibers. They're what kept me from making this a five-star review. The fibers are thin and the ends look dry. Because of the length, Dakota is very tangly, and combing out the tangles exacerbates the problem. To combat the tangles and the dry look I use the Jon Renau wide-tooth comb--slowly and carefully--in combination with a lot of Simply Stylin' spray. Sometimes I spray it on the ends themselves, sometimes I spray it on my hands and use my hands to smooth it onto the fibers.
I do find, also as others have mentioned, that Dakota tends to shed. I lose a number of fibers every time I comb her, in spite of my care.


A long-term research project has revealed a sharp division along class lines among the American teenagers flocking to the social network sites.
The conclusions are based on interviews with many teenage users of the social networking sites by PhD student Danah Boyd from the School of Information Sciences at UC Berkeley.
In a preliminary draft of the research, Ms Boyd said defining "class" in the US was difficult because, unlike many other nations, it did not map directly to income.
Instead, she said, class in the US was more about social life and networks - how people define themselves and who they define themselves with.
"Social networks are strongly connected to geography, race, and religion; these are also huge factors in lifestyle divisions and thus 'class'," she wrote.
Ms Boyd was wary of drawing too many conclusions from her research and calling Myspace "bad" or Facebook "good" or condemning social networks out of hand.
She wrote: "This division is just another way in which technology is mirroring societal values."
In some ways, Ms Boyd wrote, social networking sites are helping teenagers cope with the stresses of 21st Century life.
"Teens are using social network sites to build community and connect with their peers," she said. "And through it, they are showcasing all of the good, bad, and ugly of today's teen life."


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In this letter to the US Department of State drafted in 2004, former UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa condemns harm reduction interventions.
The defining characteristic of Drug Consumption Rooms is that they are legally sanctioned environments where people can take illegal drugs.
Over the past three years Russia and Ukraine have experienced one of the fastest growing HIV pandemics in Europe.
Australia experienced extraordinary and unprecedented changes to its illicit drug market from the end of 2000.
This report considers good practice in objective setting and evaluation.
This new IHRD report details successful efforts from around the world to offer drug users antiretroviral treatment (ARV) and the dangers of failing to do so.
This handbook looks at the complex nature of the collaborative process from formation to the realisation, or otherwise, of agreed targets. It suggests ways of working around the 'barriers' that are likely to be encountered along the way. It could be relevant in the field of drug policy.
This paper aims to determine whether supervised medical prescription of heroin can successfully treat dependent users who do not sufficiently benefit from methadone maintenance treatment.
Strategy Unit Drugs Project Nb 10: Phase 1 Report: "Understanding the Issues"
This report presents the UK Strategy Unit's analysis of the harms caused by crack and heroin.
Executive summary of "Synthetic drug trafficking in three European cities: major trends and involvement of organised crime", the product of a TNI-Gruppo Abele-UNICRI partnership.


Its pretty ovoius that M.Night Shyamalan and James Newton Howard will team up. They said there like Steven Speilberg and John Williams.
I personaly think that the Track Team will colaberate with him to help bring the music to the Big Screen and make it Cinimatic gold.
A member at this Fourm made a beutiful Oppening. To that person well done!
That's really good. How did you do the music. I really liked that.
Thanks for the complements guys.
I've been writing all sorts of music for years now, and I've recently gotten into writing music for video games. I have a lot of equipment and software which helps me to compose music that sounds realistic enough to bypass recording with a full orchestra if a budget doesn't allow for it. It's amazing what software can do nowadays. That whole Avatar piece was composed using various virtual orchestra programs. If wish to know which programs specifically, just ask.
I'd love to know which programs. I am an amateur filmaker, but for my first few films I just used movie music. For my next film I want to compose my own music, but that is really hard. Maybe I should just hire you.
I am a big fan of the EastWest/Quantum Leap sound libraries, almost all of my virtual instruments are made by them.
All in all the virtual instruments cost me several thousand dollars. Most of them are on sale for the holidays now (up to 60% off). Check out soundsonline.com. Don't forget there is stuff like a powerful enough computer needed to run them, keyboards, speakers, audio interfaces, sequencing software, etc.
For my next film I want to compose my own music, but that is really hard.
I think it's pretty cool when filmmakers write their own music, do you have any musical experience?
Maybe I should just hire you.
Lol. That'd be so neat. Just let me know if you don't have time to do it yourself, but you want something original.
Anyway, long note, but if you are interested, I could send you a plot outline of the movie, and the script as it progresses, my producer (a good friend) looks over it with me but I would love to know what someone else thought.
Good, I'll try and get that stuff to you as soon as I can.
I'll PM it to you Dr. Malcom Crowe, because there is a decent amount of stuff.
I just was on soundsonline.com thank you so much for the tip. That is excellent. I am so excited, and you were right, they do have good prices.
Excellent work on that Avatar music, Crowe. If the music in the movies were similar to that, I would be very pleased. I've been curious as to what JNH (if he does write the music) will do about the music. That is, whether he will base it off the Avatar music as you have, or if he will create something completely new.
I think he needs to base some of the main themes off the Avatar music, and then everything else should be original.
Really the music should be incrideble!!!!!!
Hey Dr. Malcome Crow! Is there software you need to start this? Obviously. like you said, you need a fast computer, keyboard, etc etc. But say you buy the EWQL Symphonic Choirs (boys choirs, female choirs, male choirs), do you need anything else? Also, I didnt do a lot of searching, but do they work on both PC and MAC?
My friend and his brother are really into making music and have tons of programs, but I dont think they have some of this.
"My biggest fear in life is to be average."
Yes, I was wondering the same thing, what's neccesary to run the programs.


My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins.
Next post: I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone.
Previous post: I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.


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Senior iOS Mobile Software Engineer
Scandit
Zürich, Switzerland Remote
As a software engineer at Scandit, you will play a critical role in making our core computer vision technology available to our customers on the iOS platform.
You will be in charge of our App Store apps as well as our SDK that helps other iOS developers create engaging user experiences around barcode scanning and AR, and is currently in use on more than 75 million mobile phones worldwide.
In the apps, you will help bring out the best of the SDK by implementing an engaging user experience, a beautiful UI, and flexible remote customization. In the SDK you will help expand our global developer community by providing them with new SDK features both on iOS and in cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter, Cordova, etc.).
You will be responsible for writing well-architected and performant iOS code to provide the best possible user experience to our current and future customers. In all this, you will work closely together with other mobile teams as well as our UX designer.
You know your way around Swift and the iOS universe
You love to collaborate in a small team and quickly iterate on feedback
You appreciate good software architecture and love to apply it to your code
You have a history of creating beautiful, engaging user experiences on iOS
You enjoy working in an international team and dream big
You are thorough and pay attention to detail
You are passionate about the latest technologies (e.g., ARKit, SwiftUI) and learning them
You care about making our SDK available to our developer community in their preferred language and framework, like React Native, Flutter (no experience needed)
Flexible working hours and a fun environment
Opportunity to take ownership and work autonomously in an English-speaking, international, and diverse team, where your passion for working with cutting-edge technologies and highly-skilled people will flourish
The opportunity to travel to Zurich HQ for hackathons, Christmas parties, company outings, and other regular events
Scandit enables enterprises and consumers to change the way they interact with everyday objects and augment the physical world with real-time data captured by scanning barcodes and recognizing text, objects, and other visual identifiers using smartphones, tablets, wearables, drones, and robots.
Scandit's mobile data capture platform is built on proprietary computer vision, augmented reality, and machine learning technologies. Companies in industries such as retail, transportation & logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare can use Scandit's technology to create and power mobile apps for crucial enterprise workflows like mobile point of sale, mobile shopping, self-checkout, inventory management, and proof of delivery.
Many of the world's most innovative and successful companies are benefiting from Scandit's enterprise-grade mobile data capture platform, including Sephora, Louis Vuitton, DHL, and Levi Strauss & Co.
Scandit was founded by a group of researchers from ETH Zurich and MIT. The company is headquartered in Zurich and is also represented in San Francisco, Boston, London, Warsaw, and Tampere. Over the years, our company has evolved into a world-class team of mobile image processing, cloud computing, and "Internet of Things" experts from around the globe.


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Transcript: Understanding Certification Trade Marks for Food - Sean McGuire, Victorian Farmers' Markets Association
This is the transcript for the video: Understanding Certification Trade Marks for Food - Sean McGuire, Victorian Farmers' Markets Association
Sean McGuire, Victorian Farmers' Markets Association
Victorian Farmers' Markets Association. It's an accreditation scheme that's run for farmers' markets.
Basically, they accredit stall holders and also farmers' markets to sell authentic produce from farmers in Victoria.
The certification trade mark was very attractive to the Victorian Farmers' Markets Association because of ACCC approval. It's all about giving integrity to the term farmers' market. And so the consumers know that when they see that branding as they go through the farmers' market they know that the produce is locally made, and they're buying it direct from the farmer at the stall.
So they can ask questions about the product and how it was made which is a fantastic way for consumers to really understand the process. And keep the money within the local community. It's all about authenticity and giving meaning to the term farmers' market. It doesn't really have a meaning otherwise. But by giving a certification program behind it, then people are going to understand what a farmers' market means. That it's about locally produced produce coming from accredited producers direct from the farmer.
My advice would be to get advice early. Understand the process. It can take a long time. But I think if you speak to the right people for branding, for trade marks, and also legal advice, and have a thorough understanding of the process, it can be quite smooth.


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BUHARI SAYS N348.1 TRILLION INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that Nigeria would need investments valued at N348.1 trillion to fully achieve its expectation in the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2025.
This was disclosed by Mr Femi Adesina, the President's Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, after the formal launch of the NDP, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The President made it clear that the NDP will also replace the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), 2017- 2020, which expired in December 2020.
What the President is saying
The President stated that the Plan is to achieve a broad-based real GDP growth rate of 5 per cent on average during the period; generate 21 million full-time jobs; and through an inclusive growth, lift 35 million people out of poverty. He also said the Plan would also set the ball rolling for the FG's plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, under the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS).
The President disclosed that out of the N348.1 trillion needed to push the Plan, the government is expected to provide N49.7 trillion or 14.3 per cent, while the private sector would provide the balance of N298.3 trillion or 85.7 per cent. ''This implies that successful implementation of the Plan will require a strong partnership between the public and private sectors."
''In this regard, a Development Plan Implementation Unit, headed by the Vice President, with the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning as the Vice-Chair, will be established in the Budget and National Planning arm of the Ministry," he said. The president recounted that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Nov. 10, 2021, approved the Draft National Development Plan, 2021-2025, which was the first of the envisaged Medium Term development Plans to implement the Nigeria Agenda 2050.
''The Plan, as a matter of deliberate efforts, is comprehensive and has the capacity not only to accelerate and sustain national development but also to attain various Regional and Global Agendas, including the AU Agenda 2063, ECOWAS Agenda 2050 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2030. 'I have no doubt in my mind that with effective and sustained implementation, Nigeria will achieve quantum leap in unlocking its potentials in all sectors of the economy for a sustainable and inclusive national development,'' he said.
Read more at: https://nairametrics.com/2021/12/23/buhari-says-n348-1-trillion-investments-needed-to-achieve-national-development-plan/
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West Vancouver's Horseshoe Bay is the departure point for Sewell's two-hour marine-wildlife-watching boat tours. Orcas are always a highlight, but even if they're not around you'll almost certainly spot harbor seals lolling on the rocks and pretending to ignore you. Seabirds and bald eagles are also big stars of the show.


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The Selling of the Policy
Questions for Tom Daschle
Credit...Cameron Wittig for The New York Times
By Deborah Solomon
As a former Democratic senator from South Dakota who wrote a best-selling book on health care, "Critical," and was a shoo-in for the position of secretary of health and human services until unpaid taxes became an issue, do you get the sense that the Republicans have dropped out of the health care debate?
That is the sense I'm getting. I'm incredibly disappointed. Several years ago I worked with George Mitchell and Bob Dole and Howard Baker to create a bipartisan policy center. I was very optimistic last spring when we issued our proposal that this could be bipartisan, but clearly that's not the way it's trending.
Do you think President Obama has done a good job of selling health care reform to the general public?
I think we have to do better at making this issue a moral imperative. I don't think we've succeeded at that yet. I think the more we can bring everybody to an understanding about how this in many respects is the civil rights battle of the early part of this century — it's a fight for the disabled, it's a fight for the sick, it's a fight for equal rights when it comes to health.
With all of his eloquence, why can't the president convey that message?
I think in part because the organizational strength of the other side has once again surfaced. The other side has socialism, they have fear of government, they have rationing and all these — Scare phrases. The Democrats need better phrases. We do.
What about Better Care? Medicare to Better Care?
We've got to boil it down to those themes that really motivate and have emotional value.
In my life generally? I work with my wonderful law firm, Alston & Bird.
You're not a lawyer, are you?
Exactly, no, I'm not. If I have one regret in life, and I don't have many, it's that I didn't get advanced degrees when I was younger.
You don't need a law degree; you make your own laws.
I do that, and then I advise clients.
It has been reported that you're a paid adviser to the insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, which opposes your belief that health care reform needs to have a public option. Why do you work with them?
On the left there are those who say that you should never talk to people who differ with you on a high-profile issue. My question to the left would be, whom would they advise these insurance companies talk to? Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin? That's the alternative. They can talk to Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, or they can talk to me.
It has been reported that your salary from Alston & Bird last year was $2 million.
I don't know where that came from. I wish it were $2 million.
Why do you wear red glasses?
When I left the Senate, I felt more liberated to do things that I felt were fun to do.
In February, after you confessed to owing $140,000 in back taxes, you withdrew your nomination for a position in the Obama cabinet, as secretary of health and human services. Did the president push you out?
Oh, no. I have to say I was very pleased and grateful for the support that I got from the president on down. He called me a couple of times that day. He said, think about it and then I will accept whatever decision. Then he called me back later after I indicated that it was my final decision, and he just was calling to see how I was doing.
And how were you doing?
It was a difficult time. I can't deny that. My whole family left work that day or just chose not to go in and they all came over to the house.
What helped you get through that period?
I've got this slogan that my family — they grimace when they hear me say it because I say it too often. But I believe that the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror.


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Q: What is wrong with this Bison grammar? Im trying to build a Bison grammar and seem to be missing something. I kept it yet very basic, still I am getting a syntax error and can't figure out why:
Here is my Bison Code:
%{

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int yylex(void);
int yyerror(char *s);

%}

// Define the types flex could return
%union {
    long lval;
    char *sval;
}

// Define the terminal symbol token types
%token <sval> IDENT;
%token <lval> NUM;

%%

Program:
    Def ';'
    ;

Def:
    IDENT '=' Lambda { printf("Successfully parsed file"); }
    ;

Lambda:
    "fun" IDENT "->" "end"
    ;

%%

main() {
    yyparse();
    return 0;
}

int yyerror(char *s)
{
  extern int yylineno;  // defined and maintained in flex.flex
  extern char *yytext;  // defined and maintained in flex.flex

  printf("ERROR: %s at symbol \"%s\" on line %i", s, yytext, yylineno);
  exit(2);
}

Here is my Flex Code
%{
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "bison.tab.h"
%}

ID [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*
NUM [0-9][0-9]*
HEX [$][A-Fa-f0-9]+
COMM [/][/].*$

%%

fun|if|then|else|let|in|not|head|tail|and|end|isnum|islist|isfun    {
    printf("Scanning a keyword\n");
}

{ID}    {
    printf("Scanning an IDENT\n");
    yylval.sval =  strdup( yytext );
    return IDENT;
}

{NUM}   {
    printf("Scanning a NUM\n");
    /* Convert into long to loose leading zeros */
    char *ptr = NULL;
    long num = strtol(yytext, &ptr, 10);
    if( errno == ERANGE ) {
            printf("Number was to big");
            exit(1);
    }

    yylval.lval = num;
    return NUM;
}

{HEX}   {
    printf("Scanning a NUM\n");
    char *ptr = NULL;
    /* convert hex into decimal using offset 1 because of the $ */
    long num = strtol(&yytext[1], &ptr, 16);
    if( errno == ERANGE ) {
            printf("Number was to big");
            exit(1);
    }

    yylval.lval = num;
    return NUM;
}

";"|"="|"+"|"-"|"*"|"."|"<"|"="|"("|")"|"->" {
    printf("Scanning an operator\n");
}

[ \t\n]+ /* eat up whitespace */

{COMM}* /* eat up one-line comments */

.   {
    printf("Unrecognized character: %s at linenumber %d\n", yytext, yylineno );
    exit(1);
}

%%

And here is my Makefile:
all:    parser

parser: bison flex
    gcc bison.tab.c lex.yy.c -o parser -lfl

bison:  bison.y
    bison -d bison.y

flex:   flex.flex
    flex flex.flex

clean:
    rm bison.tab.h
    rm bison.tab.c
    rm lex.yy.c
    rm parser

Everything compiles just fine, I do not get any errors runnin make all.
Here is my testfile
f = fun x -> end;

And here is the output:
./parser < a0.0
Scanning an IDENT
Scanning an operator
Scanning a keyword
Scanning an IDENT
ERROR: syntax error at symbol "x" on line 1

since x seems to be recognized as a IDENT the rule should be correct, still I am gettin an syntax error.
I feel like I am missing something important, hopefully somebody can help me out.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
I tried to remove the IDENT in the Lambda rule and the testfile, now it seems to run through the line, but still throws
ERROR: syntax error at symbol "" on line 1
after the EOF.

A: Your scanner recognizes keywords (and prints out a debugging line, but see below), but it doesn't bother reporting anything to the parser. So they are effectively ignored.
In your bison definition file, you use (for example) "fun" as a terminal, but you do not provide the terminal with a name which could be used in the scanner. The scanner needs this name, because it has to return a token id to the parser.
To summarize, what you need is something like this:
In your grammar, before the %%:
token T_FUN "fun"
token T_IF "if"
token T_THEN "then"
 /* Etc. */

In your scanner definition:
fun { return T_FUN; }
if  { return T_IF; }
then { return T_THEN; }
 /* Etc. */

A couple of other notes:

*

*Your scanner rule for recognizing operators also fails to return anything, so operators will also be ignored. That's clearly not desirable. flex and bison allow an easier solution for single-character operators, which is to let the character be its own token id. That avoids having to create a token name. In the parser, a single-quoted character represents a token-id whose value is the character; that's quite different from a double-quoted string, which is an alias for the declared token name. So you could do this:
"=" { return '='; }
 /* Etc. */

but it's easier to do all the single-character tokens at once:
[;+*.<=()-]  { return yytext[0]; }

and even easier to use a default rule at the end:
. { return yytext[0]; }

which will have the effect of handling unrecognized characters by returning an unknown token id to the parser, which will cause a syntax error.
This won't work for "->", since that is not a single character token, which will have to be handled in the same way as keywords.

*Flex will produce debugging output automatically if you use the -d flag when you create the scanner. That's a lot easier than inserting your own debugging printout, because you can turn it off by simply removing the -d option. (You can use %option debug instead if you don't want to change the flex invocation in your makefile.) It's also better because it provides consistent information, including position information.

*Some minor points:

*

*The pattern [0-9][0-9]* could more easily be written [0-9]+

*The comment pattern "//".* does not require a $ lookahead at the end, since .* will always match the longest sequence of non-newline characters; consequently, the first unmatched character must either be a newline or the EOF. $ lookahead will not match if the pattern is terminated with an EOF, which will cause odd errors if the file ends with a comment without a newline at the end.

*There is no point using {COMM}* since the comment pattern does not match the newline which terminates the comment, so it is impossible for there to be two consecutive comment matches. But anyway, after matching a comment and the following newline, flex will continue to match a following comment, so {COMM} is sufficient. (Personally, I wouldn't use the COMM abbreviation; it really adds nothing to readability, IMHO.)