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Heinrich Witt (* 8. Juni 1876 in Stewken, Landkreis Thorn; † 28. Januar 1954 in West-Berlin) war ein deutscher Gewerkschafter, Politiker (SPD) und Widerstandskämpfer gegen das NS-Regime.

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Der Sohn eines Eisenbahnbeamten besuchte die Volksschule und absolvierte im Anschluss eine Lehre als Schlosser und Dreher. Er ging nach seiner Lehrzeit auf Wanderschaft, leistete von 1898 bis 1900 Militärdienst beim 47. Infanterie-Regiment in Posen und arbeitete daraufhin bis 1914 als Dreher in Brandenburg an der Havel. Von August 1914 bis Oktober 1918 nahm er als Soldat am Ersten Weltkrieg teil.

Witt trat 1900 in die SPD ein und wurde im gleichen Jahr Mitglied des Deutschen Metallarbeiterverbandes (DMV), für dessen Interessen er sich in der Folgezeit einsetzte. Im Juni 1914 wurde er zum hauptamtlichen Geschäftsführer des örtlichen DMV in Brandenburg an der Havel gewählt, 1918 übernahm er auch den Vorsitz des Ortsausschusses des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (ADGB).

Witt war vom 16. Oktober 1919 bis Anfang 1933 unbesoldeter Stadtrat im Magistrat von Brandenburg an der Havel. Ab 1927 fungierte er als Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Bauhütte und als Geschäftsführer der Volkshausgesellschaft in Brandenburg. Bei der Reichstagswahl im Juni 1920 kandidierte er für den Reichstag, verpasste aber den Einzug ins Parlament. Im April 1932 wurde er als Abgeordneter in den Preußischen Landtag gewählt, dem er bis zum Ablauf der vierten Legislaturperiode 1933 angehörte. Im Landtag vertrat er den Wahlkreis 4 (Potsdam I).

Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten wurde Witt am 15. Februar 1933 verhaftet, da er die Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation (NSBO) in einem Flugblatt als "arbeitgeberfreundliche" Organisation dargestellt hatte. Er wurde am 25. März 1933 aus der Haft entlassen, verlor aber am 2. Mai 1933 im Zusammenhang mit der Zerschlagung der Freien Gewerkschaften seine Funktionen im DMV und wurde erwerbslos. Am 1. Juni 1933 wurde er erneut verhaftet und ins KZ Oranienburg verbracht. Zuvor hatte er auf einer öffentlichen Veranstaltung die Gleichschaltung der demokratischen Freien Gewerkschaften scharf kritisiert. Die Gestapo verlegte Witt am 7. September 1933 vom KZ Oranienburg ins KZ Sonnenburg. Nach seiner Haftentlassung am 25. Januar 1934 wurde er unter Polizeiaufsicht gestellt.

Witt betätigte sich weiterhin im Widerstand und unterhielt dafür Kontakte zu ehemals führenden Gewerkschaftern, unter anderem Max Urich und Otto Eichler. Er zog nach Berlin, wo er als ungelernter Metallarbeiter in einem Rüstungsbetrieb arbeiten musste. 1942 wurde Witt zur Wehrmacht eingezogen. Im Zuge der "Aktion Gewitter" erfolgte am 23. August 1944 seine Festnahme. Witt wurde im KZ Sachsenhausen inhaftiert, aus dem er am 15. September 1944 entlassen wurde. Zuletzt wohnte er in Berlin-Tempelhof.

Heinrich Witt heiratete 1902 Minna, geb. Becker, mit der er drei gemeinsame Söhne hatte. Das Paar trennte sich 1932. Daneben hatte er einen außerehelichen Sohn, der bereits vor der Eheschließung geboren wurde.

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 Stefan Heinz, Siegfried Mielke: Heinrich Witt (1876-1954), In: Siegfried Mielke, Stefan Heinz (Hrsg.) unter Mitarbeit von Marion Goers: Funktionäre des Deutschen Metallarbeiterverbandes im NS-Staat. Widerstand und Verfolgung (= Gewerkschafter im Nationalsozialismus. Verfolgung – Widerstand – Emigration. Band 1). Metropol, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86331-059-2, S. 584–592.
 Ernst Kienast (Hrsg.): Handbuch für den Preußischen Landtag. Ausgabe für die 4. Wahlperiode. R. v. Decker's Verlag (G. Schenck), Berlin 1932, S. 502.

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 Stefan Heinz, Siegfried Mielke: Biografie von Heinrich Witt in der Online-Ausstellung "Die politischen Häftlinge des KZ Oranienburg"

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T-Mobile data breach: Hackers accessed phone numbers & network info
U.S. telecom provider T-Mobile has announced that it recently suffered a security breach that compromised an unspecified number of customers' phone numbers as well as customer proprietary network information that included call-related information and the number of lines subscribed to individual accounts.
In a security incident notification published on the telecom provider's website, Matt Staneff, the chief marketing officer of T-Mobile USA, said the malicious, unauthorised access to its IT systems was recently discovered and quickly shut by the cybersecurity team before hackers could gain access to customers' personal information.
Even though hackers managed to gain access to customer proprietary network information that T-Mobile collects as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, Staneff said the breach did not compromise customers' names, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs.
T-Mobile suffers its fourth hack in less than three years - still "takes the security of your information very seriously" https://t.co/VMugsPNZQp pic.twitter.com/duMWZNj2so
— Graham Cluley (@gcluley) January 5, 2021
"Our Cybersecurity team recently discovered and shut down malicious, unauthorized access to some information related to your T-Mobile account. We immediately started an investigation, with assistance from leading cybersecurity forensics experts, to determine what happened and what information was involved. We also immediately reported this matter to federal law enforcement and are now in the process of notifying impacted customers.
"Customer proprietary network information (CPNI) as defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules was accessed. The CPNI accessed may have included phone numbers, number of lines subscribed to on your account and, in some cases, call-related information collected as part of the normal operation of your wireless service.
"As stated above, the data accessed did not include names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs," he added.
According to cyber security expert Graham Cluley, this is the fourth security breach T-Mobile has suffered in the past three years. The previous breaches involved hackers stealing the names, phone numbers, account numbers, zip codes, and email addresses of over two million T-Mobile customers in August 2018, hackers stealing the personal information of over one million prepaid users in November 2019, and hackers breaking into employees' email accounts and stealing customer account information in March last year.
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French Press: Kevin Gamiero has said he prefers a move to PSG over Newcastle.
Shane Long still attracting our interest.
Nolito on a free from Barca, competing with Bolton.
Boatang of Ghana around £5m, battling with other teams supposidly.
And the obvious ones talked about: Gervinho, N Zog, Adam, Cabaye (pretty well known to be almost complete), Gameiro, Taylor (Swans), Adam Johnson and Adebayor.
We will get some one in instead if gervinho. We do need strikers but, we all agree. Wud be good to see Charles z back, remember him when we were in uefa cup, and he was good. We will find a goal scorer after all we are one if the bigger teams in England and everyone knows about the toon army. We have to trust Pardew.
Gervinho looking less likely as time passes. However, a lot has been said about him going to Arsenal. This could be a good thing as we heard nothing aboit Cabaye, Gosling, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Abeid etc. when they signing. .that's club policy.
In Terms of N'Zogbia, that looks very likely as a deal is in place. It would be 9m if we were a Champions League team but Wigan want 12m as we are in competition with them. He is just what we need in terms of a player. .as a person, not so sure?
Unsure of Gervinho to Newcastle however a '' 2 so called'' football agents on twitter claimed he was off to Arsenal, a day later both accounts deleted. This happened 2 days ago. I have a feeling Gervinho will sign for NUFC. Deal in place for N'Zogbia to come back, latest gem to be linked with his Marvin Martin. Gameiro still unsure, Newcastle have the highest bid in. . .Valencia have big 7 million, not sure if PSG have bid yet but they will with there new Qatar ownership.
according to several newspaper and media Gervinho will sign for Arsenal:( too bad. . . But reports today are claiming that Zoggy will be our second buy after cabaye!
The proposed transfer of Lille central midfielder Yohan Cabaye (left) to Newcastle is expected to be finalised in the coming days, with the player heading to Tyneside for a medical following international duty with France.
The 25 year-old is in the French squad who face Poland this evening (Thursday) in a friendly fixture that will be played at the home of Legia Warsaw.
If he plays, Yohan will win his fourth full cap for Les Bleus, since debuting during a 1-2 friendly loss to Norway back in August 2010. After another cameo outing against Brazil in February, Cabaye was promoted to the starting XI for a 4-1 friendly win over Ukraine in Donetsk on Monday.
PS: Newspaper reports on Thursday put the Cabaye transfer fee at £4.8m.
According to the Chronicle, Cabaye is flying in tomorrow to finalise the deal.
I would just like to clear a few things up for all us toon army fans. number 1, we will be siging cabaye, but the deal won't be done unitil july 1st since the trnafer window is still shut. number 2, there was never going to be press confrence today, so people stop putting rubbish up. number 3, gamerio will not be signing for the club, he is going to spain. number 4, we will not be spending £35m in the summer, we don't have to blow it all. number 5, why on earth would we spend £12m on sturiage??? number 5 WE WILL NOT BE SIGNING GERVINHO, HE HAS PICKED ARSENAL SINCE THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ALL BE WELL. Number 6 ther will also be NO press confrence tomorrow FACT! ! ! number 7 we could sign nzobie again, if martinez joins villa. JUST TO CLEAR IT UP, GERVINHO WONT BE SIGNING FOR US AND THERE IS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PRESS CONFRENCE TOMORROW AT ALL! ! !
Cabaye due to have his medical.
I don't think any one of us know where Gervinho is going. I'd have a guess at 75% chance of Arsenal, 25% us.
prees conference has been posponed till tomorrow afternoon sice pardew has been away where cabaye signing will be announced and some other exciting news with gervinho , n'zogbia and sturridge.
Hoping this is not his way of saying that despite his best efforts, Gervinho has decided to go to Arsenal.
If it is a fake account then why is Danny Simpson replying to it?
Because Danny Simpson's account is fake?
Ngog not moving to Sunderland from LFC, because Newcastle came in with late bit of £7.75m. LFC have accepted the bid. I am told Ngog having medical at NUFC on Tuesday.
There is no press confrence Today as Pardew doesn't return until Tomorrow and Cabaye is also finalising his deal Tomorrow.
With Klose choosing to go to Italy instead of Valencia looks like the Gameiro deal is back on for the La Liga club.
hope fully newcastle will keep nolan and barton because they have been good for the club and there is no need to sell them, nolan is a good captain and barton is a good play maker and leav them in the squad and by some players aswell.
sky sports has nothing on cabaye or gervinho, so please get over it. only cabaye is joining us. gervinho heading to arsenal. and when is this press confrence going to happen, i can answer that, IT WONT! !
This news conference which apparently happening today sounds like absolute nonsense to me, , where is it?
If Kevin Nolan leaves Newcastle, Alan Pardew will move for Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam as he think he will be a great replacement.
Gervinho and Cabaye in, Enrique away to Barca for 12 million, Nolan has 6 mill price tag, so 50/50 if he goes. Barton likely to be away before season starts, with Arsenal a shock destination. If N'Zogbia or Adam Johnson will join too. With extra Enrique money we could move for Wickham.
I have heard that Newcastle are closing in on French Under 21 Playmaker R my Cabella. Cabella who is owned by Montpellier had been on loan last season to relegated AC Arles-Avignon. He has impressed Graham Carr with some outstanding Performances and is set to sign within the next couple of weeks.
We won't be signing gervinho he going to stay at lillie now. Can't wait for this so called press conference tomorrow, which will never happen! ! So get over it people.


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HBO's The Last of Us finds hope in another zombie apocalypse — for some
The effortless adaptation of the PlayStation game bolsters its strengths and underlines its weaknesses
By Joshua Rivera Updated Jan 15, 2023, 5:30pm EST
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If we accept as fact that The Last of Us, the 2013 PlayStation 3 video game from a studio called Naughty Dog, is a remarkable achievement in digital storytelling — and why not? there are all kinds of achievements — then its HBO adaptation is a long-awaited form of vindication. Here, on the network that defines "prestige TV" in the minds of many viewers, is a live-action version of what might be the most lauded story in video games, Cormac McCarthy with a joystick. Time folds in on itself: In 2013, the game is compared to an HBO series in good-natured jest; in 2023, the tongue-in-cheek refrain is now real, and animated performers give way to flesh-and-blood ones reenacting their programmed movements with dizzying verisimilitude. The content singularity is upon us, and it's actually pretty entertaining.
The Last of Us follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler living in a time after the world has succumbed to a mutated version of the Cordyceps fungus that turns people into violent zombielike creatures. It's a genuinely unsettling twist on the traditional zombie, taking a real group of parasitic fungi that infect insects and imagining what would happen if it made the leap to humans. However, much like the most successful zombie apocalypse story in recent memory, The Walking Dead, The Last of Us is less concerned with its signature monsters and more with what happens to humanity after society's collapse.
The Last of Us' survey of post-apocalyptic America kicks off when Joel gets a job he doesn't want and didn't ask for: smuggling Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a profane teenager, across the country to a hideout run by the Fireflies, a vigilante militia opposed to what remains of the federal government. For reasons no one knows or understands, Ellie is immune to Cordyceps infection, and the Fireflies, led by the pragmatic Marlene (Merle Dandridge, one of the only actors reprising their role from the video game), hope that Ellie is the key to curing the world.
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This familiar dynamic forms the spine of The Last of Us, in which a grumpy older man must protect a plucky young girl, and their relationship over time turns from resentful to appreciative. As shopworn as this sort of pairing is (doubly so for fans of the game), Pascal and Ramsey are tremendously good on screen together. Pascal's Joel is more haunted than gruff, and Ramsey brings a meaner edge to Ellie that does a lot to transcend what began in the video game as a conduit for paternal feelings.
And yes, The Last of Us is a video game adaptation, perhaps the most faithful one committed to the screen thus far. In its first season — which runs for nine episodes, all of which I've seen — the series closely follows the blueprint laid out by the PlayStation 3 (and 4, and 5) game, with entire scenes and lines of dialogue lifted verbatim from it, digital acting made flesh again. What the series adds to the original narrative is a little more perspective: Where the video game is limited to Ellie's and Joel's subjective experiences, the series occasionally takes the time to step away from them and show the viewer what life is like for others when Joel and Ellie aren't passing through.
These moments are easily the best The Last of Us has to offer, as fleeting as they are. (The show's best episode is an hour almost wholly dedicated to an off-screen relationship that's barely hinted at in the video game.) It's in expounding on the people who fill this faithfully recreated world that The Last of Us is able to settle down and be an excellent TV show. But in their hurry to get moving and get to the next adapted set-piece, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (himself co-director of the original game) continually breeze past characters that yearn to fill the space afforded by the story's new medium.
What's frustrating about this is that the HBO series' additions to the story are what make The Last of Us still feel worthwhile in 2023, a full decade after the video game made waves for its aesthetic embrace of prestige TV. The main plot of The Last of Us, as reproduced in the series, is about as bleak as you'd expect — a string of encounters where Joel and Ellie meet someone else, they're revealed to have a heartbreaking story or a terrible secret, and then they meet a horrific end before our heroes must be on their way.
Yet in taking time to consider the inhabitants of the world Joel and Ellie are journeying through, The Last of Us makes a case for itself in contrast to the other big cultural touchstone it will likely be compared to. Unlike The Walking Dead, it seriously considers the idea of community in the post-apocalypse. In fact, community is the ultimate goal of survival in The Last of Us, as Joel and Ellie continually see how other people live — under the strict regime of FEDRA, the closest thing to a federal government there is; alone with their loved ones; in a socialist encampment slowly inching toward normalcy; in a religious cult that offers solace from fear.
The Last of Us isn't rigorous in its exploration of these ideas — the show, like its source material, has a pretty clear view on what is the "right" way to live in a community — but it's just enough to make the series feel more hopeful than most of its peers in post-apocalyptic fiction. How much of that hope is felt will depend on the lens the viewer brings to the show, as it (in a blunder bafflingly similar to its source material) regularly has its queer/BIPOC characters violently killed. As a result, it's hard to make a case for The Last of Us beyond its novelty as a video game adaptation. On its own, it's one of dozens of zombie-filled wastelands that viewers can stream, from the U.S. and beyond. When you can choose your own apocalypse, it's hard to say why anyone would pick this one.
The secret to The Last of Us' success as a video game wasn't necessarily in originality. Zombies were already old hat in 2013, as The Walking Dead was at the peak of its popularity with the nongaming crowd, and game publishers were happy to flood the market with violent titles that entailed surviving hordes of zombies or zombielike creatures. The Last of Us' trick, then, was bringing some humanity back to a medium that was frequently eager to back-burner it, rooting its players in the characters they played as and making them feel guilt over the violence they perpetrated toward those they did not. In context, it transcended its rote story and became a milestone for an entire industry. Its television adaptation arrives in a medium with no such baggage. Here, the story of The Last of Us lives or dies the way most art does: in the ways it is human, and the ways it fails to be.
The Last of Us premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, Jan. 15.


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Lana Del Rey's New Paradise EP Is So Good I'm Losing My Mind
Lana Del Rey's Paradise EP, attached as a bonus to her debut release of Born to Die, is out today, so you know I am actually losing my mind.
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I sensed that the EP would be great when I saw the music video for "Ride." It has the most detail we've seen from her yet and sheds so much light on the inspirations behind her controversial persona. This is expanded across the nine-song set in such a way that it feels more like a separate album than a complimentary bonus add-on to Born to Die.
Critics of Born to Die implied that Lana had taken perhaps one too many Ambien in the studio.* Paradise* has its own dreamlike atmosphere, for sure, but Lana seems much more present within the dreams, a true narrator of the rich world she's created for herself. Also,* Paradise *feels stronger as a collection because of its intimate, often profane lyrics. Even her gorgeous rendition of vintage classic "Blue Velvet" has an appropriate place on the album.
The most intimate lyric on this record is, of course, its most talked-about. In "Cola," a song that fantasizes about life as the other woman, Lana sings, er, "My p---y tastes like Pepsi Cola." A line like that is certainly provocative enough, but for Lana, it becomes something a bit more. Considering her persona, which is essentially a pin-up girl for a highly-romanticized America, you can almost replace that Pepsi Cola sentiment with the words "I'm a true blue American girl." It's still a sexy sentiment no matter how you slice it, which makes it curiously unsettling.
It's hard to pick a favorite track on this album (I like all the songs, so much!), but "Bel Air," a music box waltz of a tune, is pretty close. The yearning in Lana's voice when she sings about waiting to meet her lover at heaven's gates is absolutely breathtaking. Video to that, below:
Ultimately, after hearing this record, it's really hard for me to see why people even debate Lana Del Rey's existence as one of pop music's most intriguing stars in recent memory. It's only up from here!
What do y'all think of Lana Del Rey's Paradise Edition? Will you be listening in? Click the links to the tracks for streams and let me know what you think!
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Not All Virtual Learning Is Created Equal, But Tech Innovation Can Help
Erik Anderson is Vice President of Enterprise Accounts at Stratix. Stratix SmartMoblie Eduction Technology helps to bridge the digital divide with a full suite of SmartMobile devices and services that deliver a comprehensive remote experience for students, working right out-of-the-box. Full profile →
Rapid paradigm shifts can introduce issues for any sector, but they're particularly challenging in the field of education. School districts across the country attempted to answer the call of remote digital learning at an unprecedented speed and scale, but they faced huge inequalities in students' access to technology and the imbalance in resources needed for digitally-enabled student-citizens.
Schools and districts able to adapt swiftly to the new environment were largely those in highly connected, digitally-enabled communities. Where student households had ample access to high-speed internet and technology devices, budgets could be directed to building a robust digital infrastructure of well-trained teachers, well-tested software, learning management systems and IT support capabilities. Consequently, they were well-positioned for the swift disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the other hand, Title I schools—named for the provisions for serving immigrant and lower-income students in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, and predominantly rural schools—were attempting to serve a student populace mostly without ample access to online learning technology at home. Unfortunately, they were struggling because they lacked the foundation of that same digital infrastructure.
What did that look like?
In Tucson, AZ, some schools were facing a whopping 80% of students lacking access to online learning.
In Minnesota, more than 40% of African-American and Latinx students had no devices or Wi-Fi at home.
In Northern California, waves of students missed weeks of distance learning due to lack of devices or Wi-Fi.
In Miami, 29 Miami-Dade County public schools recorded average distance-learning attendance rates below 80% for the first two weeks of April.
In Georgia school systems with fewer than 1,000 students, 56% of households don't have high-speed internet available.
Every community, state and the nation at large grappled with how to close the digital divide.
Absenteeism was already a problem before the pandemic, but with the necessity of remote learning, the chasm between well-funded students and low-income students began to grow perilously wide. Teachers of low-income students indicated that fewer than half of their kids regularly participated in daily activities. Beyond straightforward academic processes, getting connected online was critical to keep children engaged with their teachers, classmates and daily routines in extracurricular activities like school bands. The consequences of the disconnect could potentially derail years of academic progress and even affect the possible lifetime money-earning opportunities of these individual students.
"This really is a humanitarian crisis," notes Beth Lambert, a Maine Department of Education coordinator of secondary education. "We will never make progress around equity and closing the achievement gap if we can't close the digital divide."
Fortunately, while this widespread disruption brought its share of challenges, it also presented an unprecedented opportunity to bridge this divide. The recent Phase Three Stimulus set aside $13.5 billion in dedicated funding for K-12 education. Specifically, that funding can be allotted for serving remote educational programs during long-term closures, including the provision of internet connectivity and internet-connected devices to boost access to distance learning.
The relief also allocates $25 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Programs to support "distance learning, telemedicine and broadband." This coincides with guidance from state/private foundations and enterprise managed mobile technology partners such as Stratix, who can help procure, deploy, support and track the tools needed for effective distance learning. There is now a clear opportunity for underserved districts and communities to leverage these funds and partnerships to build the digital infrastructure needed to bridge the divide.
Ultimately, the success of this initiative will depend upon the willingness of local actors to innovatively approach the issue. In the aforementioned Tucson, AZ school district, staff formed a Dropout Prevention Team to manage the delivery of devices to hundreds of homes. Additionally, they began using school buses as Wi-Fi hotspots, parking at various school lots so families could safely get online from their car and download critical assignments.
Even with creative solutions like these being deployed, teachers were still on the hook for fielding support calls from parents and students embracing digital learning for the first time. Funding still remained inconsistent from district to district. Indications are that post-pandemic virtual learning will comprise an increasingly significant part of K-12 education.
It's become clear that multi-tiered digital education programs—encompassing device procurement/distribution, Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity, help desk support, device administration and logistics—will be critical for bridging this persistent digital divide both now and in the years to come.
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Brigadier Robin Lindsay with the cast of "The Troth".
THE new touring fund for theatre and dance, a controversial part of the Creative Scotland funding announcements earlier this year, has finally been unveiled.
The £2m fund is now open for applications from "Scottish based dance and theatre artists, companies and organisations, independent dance and theatre producers and venues, for the making and touring of new work or the restaging of previous work for touring to a minimum of 12 locations across Scotland over a maximum two-year period."
Further application dates will be published in early 2019.
Creative Scotland said that the decisions on the fund will be made by a panel of five judges from the theatre and dance world, and up to four staff from the funding body.
In the Regular Funding controversy earlier this year, the Touring Fund was initially positioned as a substitute or alternative for regular funding to some theatre companies.
Iain Munro, Creative Scotland's acting Chief Executive, said: "It is an extremely important and exciting new development which will generate more opportunities for high quality theatre in Scotland to flourish and for more people across the country to experience and enjoy it.
"The co-creation of the fund with the Federation of Scottish Theatre signifies a major step forward in our shared endeavour to address the challenges set out in the Review of Touring Theatre and Dance."
Jude Henderson, Federation of Scottish Theatre Director said: "FST members have devoted significant time, thought, energy and care to working with Creative Scotland on the development of this fund.
"We welcome Creative Scotland's commitment to addressing the issues raised by the Review of Touring Theatre and Dance, and to continuing open dialogue and flexible review of the fund as it operates'.
THE ARMY is back at the Fringe festival this year.
Fijian warriors and dancers from a show about World War I Indian soldiers were joined by the Operational Head of the Army in Scotland for the launch of Army@TheFringe 2018.
The venue, which opens today, has a programme of seven productions and a photographic exhibition.
Brigadier Robin Lindsay, Commander, 51 Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, said: "For three weeks in August, the Army in Scotland becomes part of the world's biggest arts festival.
"This year we'll be showcasing productions with a strong emphasis on the international and on diversity.
"Some of these will challenge the audience's perception of the Army, soldiering and service."
He added: "Research indicates that the Army and those who serve in it are held in high public regard. However, it also shows the Army is not particularly well understood.
"We are an organisation rooted in society; we live in, work in and contribute to our communities, but sometimes we lack the depth of dialogue we need to make a greater connection with society."
Many of the productions are accompanied by after-show discussions.
Army@The Fringe takes place at the Hepburn House drill hall.
A KILLER whale skull from the only resident killer whale pod in the UK, one of two known silver tea kettles to be made by Ebenezer Oliphant, one of the most accomplished goldsmiths of the 18th century, and a selection of Japanese ceramics are among objects featured in New to the National Collection, a display opening at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on 17 August.
New to the National Collection will highlight some of National Museums Scotland's recent acquisitions.
Five pieces from five generations of the Seif? Yohei lineage will be on display, demonstrating craftsmanship in a variety of styles.
The 1911 talking clock by Bernhard Hiller developed Thomas Edison's earlier recording methods incorporating tape-based voice technologies into the piece.
An electric regulator clock from 1924 designed by Alexander Steuart of Edinburgh was extremely accurate and used to set the time on other clocks.
Also on display is a tea kettle by Ebenezer Oliphant from 1752-3 which is one of only two known to have been made by him.
The skull and some teeth from a Scottish killer whale known as 'Lulu' will also be displayed.
Lulu came from the only killer whale pod in the UK and was found dead on Tiree in 2016.


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package net.newstring.crux.core.tools.model;

import net.newstring.crux.core.lang.BytesConvert;
import net.newstring.crux.core.lang.StringUtil;
import net.newstring.crux.core.tools.model.Exception.ModelConvertException;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created on 2016/7/22 11:06.
 * 核心的基本数据类型,在其他包和其他项目中使用,用于转换出通用数据 基于{@linkplain Map Map<String, Object>}
 * @author lic
 */
public class CruxItem extends HashMap<String, Object> implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2629197375524473962L;
    private String descriptor;

    /**
     * 将对象自身转为byte数组,用于持久化存储
     *
     * @return bytes
     * @throws ModelConvertException
     */
    public byte[] toBytes() throws ModelConvertException {
        try {
            return BytesConvert.objToByte(this);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new ModelConvertException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * 从byte数组中获得这个对象 静态方法 返回转换出的对象或者抛出异常
     * <br>只能转换{@link CruxItem} 和 {@linkplain Map Map<String, Object>}类型
     *
     * @param bytes 待转换数组
     * @return 结果 或者抛出异常
     * @throws ModelConvertException 异常
     */
    public static CruxItem fromBytes(byte[] bytes) throws ModelConvertException {
        try {
            Object obj = BytesConvert.byteToObject(bytes);
            if (obj instanceof CruxItem) {
                return (CruxItem) obj;
            }
            if (obj instanceof Map) {
                CruxItem cruxItem = new CruxItem();
                cruxItem.putAll((Map<String, Object>) obj);
                return cruxItem;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new ModelConvertException(e);
        }
        throw new ModelConvertException("ModelConvertException:" +
                "\n\tThe Object convert from bytes is not an instance of CruxItem!");
    }

    /**
     * 从Map中载入对象 必须要传入一个描述符key 并且其对应的数据必须有值
     *
     * @param map   待处理Map
     * @param descriptorKey 主键key
     * @return 对象或null
     */
    public static CruxItem fromMap(Map<?, ?> map, String descriptorKey) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmptyStr(descriptorKey) || map == null || map.size() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        CruxItem item = new CruxItem();
        if (map.get(descriptorKey) != null) {
            item.setDescriptor(map.get(descriptorKey).toString());
        } else {
            return null;
        }
        for (Map.Entry entry : map.entrySet()) {
            if (entry.getKey() instanceof String) {
                item.put((String) entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
            } else {
                item.put(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue());
            }
        }
        return item;
    }

    /**
     * 从Map中载入对象  descriptor直接设置为null
     * @param map  待处理Map
     * @return 对象或null
     */
    public static CruxItem fromMap(Map<?, ?> map) {
        if (map == null || map.size() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        CruxItem item = new CruxItem();
        for (Map.Entry entry : map.entrySet()) {
            if (entry.getKey() instanceof String) {
                item.put((String) entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
            } else {
                item.put(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue());
            }
        }
        return item;
    }

    /**
     * descriptor 可能会为null
     *
     * @return descriptor 描述符
     */
    public String getDescriptor() {
        return descriptor;
    }

    public CruxItem setDescriptor(String descriptor) {
        this.descriptor = descriptor;
        return this;
    }
}

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Ms. Leibowitz has had a variety of work experiences which she began on the mortgage backed securities trading floor at Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette as a research assistant. After earning her Master's degree at NYU, she worked as a counselor at the University of Richmond's Women's Resource Center, as a financial aid counselor at Duke University, and in Student Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Ms. Leibowitz owned an educational consulting firm supporting elementary, middle, and high school students before returning to Collegiate to teach Latin in the Middle School. She is a graduate of Collegiate (1988), Brandeis University (BA), and New York University (MA).


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//
//  BMXSDObjectMappingHandler.h
//  BMCommons
//
//  Created by Werner Altewischer on 2/9/11.
//  Copyright 2011 BehindMedia. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <BMCommons/BMObjectMapping.h>
#import <BMCommons/BMXMLParser.h>
#import <BMCommons/BMParser.h>
#import <BMCommons/BMAbstractSchemaParserHandler.h>

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

/**
 BMParserHandler implementation that parses an XSD schema file and returns an array of BMObjectMappings.
 */
@interface BMXMLSchemaParser : BMAbstractSchemaParserHandler<BMXMLParserDelegate>

@end

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END


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Tennis Court Maintenance & Repair Workshop March 23 - Munson, Inc.
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To help people responsible for tennis court upkeep or tasked with the challenge of hiring a contractor to estimate and renovate their existing courts, our Tennis & Track Division will be sponsoring a free Tennis Court Repair and Maintenance Workshop on Thursday March 23, 2017 at our offices located at 6747 N. Sidney Place in Glendale, WI.


bby never knew I had that blog. Prayer was a big factor. Early on when we prayed together, Herb asked the LORD to "give me a shot of joy"! Prayer and answers to prayer kept us going, even when Herb prayed the same prayer over and over again as his thinking declined.
At the same time Herb was going downhill, I took seminary counseling classes, free to church members. I sought out biblical counselors such as Dr. Howard Eyrich and my papers for the seminary were peppered with footnotes about dementia. Later after Herb died, grief counselor, Rev. Carl Mahn, helped me with the last chapter on grief that the seminary wanted in my dissertation. What I was learning could get me an Ed.D in biblical counseling—perhaps.
As a senior citizen and a widow who had now moved from Florida to Huntsville, Alabama where I have family, how would I manage traveling to defend a dissertation? I went to Florida twice and would have to go again. Did I need a degree? Maybe not. But speak on the topic? Bring it on! I have been in Toastmasters for years!
I decided that as a senior I better finish a book that could help others. I had some time to revise my dissertation draft when I substitute taught. There was time in my schedule. Middle school and high school students would often have excellent behavior for me here in Huntsville, Alabama, so that I would rap for them at the end of the period. Many knew I was writing a book. Didn't think I had time to find a real publisher.
So I invested money in a self-publisher, Xlibris, who gave me a discount perhaps because the main manuscript was done. $900. They told me I could have twenty-five pictures and it was fun to provide them with twenty-five pictures—not something my dissertation would have had.
Problem one. Footnotes from the incomplete dissertation needed permissions that took a lot of time. I learned that poems and hymns needed permission, but small sections of other books did not. I used the New King James Version of the Bible and noted that at the beginning of the book. Our couple friend's names were changed to "Sally and Jake" and they gave permission to have part of their story in the book.
Problem two. Money. Xlibris made the book available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can get the book as an eBook, hardback or paperback in anyone of three venues. Xlibris marketing wanted more money from me to market the book—to get me on TV, etc., or to sell the book to a "real" publisher. No, I decided. No money for marketing. I marketed my YouTube channel, MC AC The Rap Lady, myself. If 8000 plus people have viewed my rap "Rocket City Ditty", then maybe the right people will buy the book.
This book is biographical, practical and theological. It covers strategies to help Christian counselor, pastors and caregivers and friends minister to the needs of care receivers. Behaviors of dementia care receivers and others are detailed, as are strategies for caregiver stress and facing the mourning that follows.
The day I first showed students the book, Getting Through the Dark Days of Caregiving, they clapped louder for me than when I rap!
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Wow, this is so inspiring, Carol. Glad to read about what you have done. I'm sure your book will be a gift to many people.
Hope so, Jeannie. That's why I wrote it!
Visiting from Carol's blog; enjoyed her book and this guest post of hers. She has written a valuable resource for caregivers, medical providers, pastors, church support staff, etc.
Betty, you were one of my first blogger friends to encourage me with first the dissertation and then the book. Then you bought the eBook and to read it! Thanks so much. I know you will be prepared should your hubby or someone else in your life get dementia.


The EV5416-R-00B is an evaluation board for MP5416, a complete power management solution which integrates four high efficiency step-down DC/DC converters, five low dropout regulators and flexible logic interface.
COT control DC/DC converter provides fast transient response. 1.5MHz default fixed switching frequency during CCM mode greatly reduces external inductor and capacitor value. Full protection features include UVLO, OCP and thermal shutdown.
Output voltage is adjustable through I2C bus or preset by OTP (One Time Programmable). The power on/off sequence is also programmable by OTP or can be controlled through I2C bus online.
The MP5416 requires a minimal number external components, and is available in space-saving 28-pin QFN28 (4x4mm) package. Electrical Specification.


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Q: Laravel JWT dont expires Im using firebase/php-jwt this package and try to expire the token after 10 seconds to see if im getting error and its seem like the token is still valid. what im doing wrong?
$key = "example_key";
        $token = array(
            "iss" => "http://example.org",
            "aud" => "http://example.com",
            "iat" => 1356999524,
            "nbf" => 10000
        );

        $jwt = JWT::encode($token, $key);
        $decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, $key);

        print_r($decoded);

A: Taking a look here https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-06#section-4.1.5, nbf should be a timestamp, if you want it to expire after 10 seconds, you can try setting exp at 1356999524 + 10.

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මෙම ඉන්දියානු නමෙහි, ත්‍රීපති යන නම පීතෘනාමික කොටසක් වන අතර, එය පවුල් නාමයක් නොවේ. පුද්ගලයාව හඳුන්වනු ලබන්නේ දෙනලද නාමය වන දිව්‍යංකා අනුව ය.
දිව්‍යංකා ත්‍රීපති දාහියා යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වෙන්නේ හින්දි රූපවාහිනී කර්මාන්තයේ නියුතු ඉන්දියානු නිළියකි. ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ වඩාත් ජනප්‍රියම නිළියක ලෙස නාමය ගොඩනගා ගත් ඇය, ඇය ජනප්‍රියත්වයට පත්වූයේ සී ටීවී නාළිකාවෙන් විකාශය වූ රූපවාහිනී කතාමාලාවක් වන බානූ මේන් තේරි දුල්හාන්හි ද්විත්ව චරිත නිරූපණය කිරීම නිසායි. ඒ සඳහා ඇය ඉන්දියානු රූපවාහිනී ඇකඩමි සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී නාට්‍ය ප්‍රවර්ගයෙන් හොඳම නිළියට හිමි සම්මානය දිනාගත්තා ය. පසුව ඇය ස්ටාර් ප්ලස් නාළිකාවෙන් විකාශය වූ සෝප් ඔපෙරාවක් වන යේ හේ මොහබ්බතයින් කතාමාලාවේ වෛද්‍ය ඉෂිතා රමන් භල්ලාගේ චරිතය නිරූපණය වෙනුවෙන් ප්‍රධාන චරිතයක හොඳම නිළිය සඳහා ඉන්දියානු ටෙල්ලි සම්මානය ද හිමි කරගත්තා ය.
ත්‍රීපති උපත ලැබූයේ 1984 දෙසැම්බර් 14 දින ඉන්දියාවේ මධ්‍ය ප්‍රදේශ්හි භෝපාල් ප්‍රදේශ‍යේ ය. ඇය සිය පාසල් සහ කොලීජී අධ්‍යාපනය සම්පූර්ණ කළේ භෝපාල්හි නූතන් කොලීජියක දී ය. උත්තර්කාෂිහි කඳු නැඟීම පිළිබඳ නේරු ආයතනය වෙතින් ත්‍රීපති කඳු නැගීමේ පාඨමාලාවක් ද හැදෑරුවා ය. ඇය භෝපාල් රයිෆල් ඇකඩමියෙන් රයිෆල් වෙඩි තැබීම පිළිබඳ පාඨමාලාවක් ද හදාරා ඇත. ඇය රයිෆල් වෙඩි තැබීමේ ඉසව්වලින් රන් පදක්කම් දිනාගෙන ඇත.
ත්‍රීපති සිය වෘත්තිය ආරම්භ කළේ භෝපාල්හි ආකාශ් වානිහි නිවේදිකාවක ලෙස ය. ඇය 2003දී පැන්ටීන් සී යොවුන් රැජින තරගාවලියට සහභාගී වූ අතර, එහි දී රූමත් සමක් ඇති මෙනවිය (Miss Beautiful Skin) නාමය හිමි කරගැනීමට සමත් විය. 2004 ඉන්ඩියා'ස් බෙස්ට් සිනෙස්ටාර් කි ඛෝජ් තරගාවලියට සහභාගී වූ ත්‍රීපති භෝපාල් කලාපයේ ජයග්‍රාහිකාවක ලෙස නිවේදනය කෙරිණි. 2005දී මිස් බෝපාල් කිරුළ හිමි කරගැනීමට ඇය සමත් විය.
ත්‍රීපති සිය රංගන වෘත්තිය ආර්මභ කළේ දූර්දර්ශන්හි ටෙලිචිත්‍රපටවල චරිත නිරූපණය කරමිනි. ඇයව ජනයා විසින් හඳුනාගන්නා ලද්දේ සී ටීවී නාළිකාවේ ප්‍රබන්ධ නාට්‍යයක් වූ බානූ මේන් තේරි දුල්හාන් තුළිනි. මෙහි දී ඇය විද්‍යා නැමැති අනාථ නූගත් යුවතියක සහ දිව්‍යා නැමැති නූතන උගත් තරුණියක ලෙස ද්විත්ව චරිත නිරූපණයේ නියැළුණා ය. මෙම කතාමාලාවේ ඇගේ රංගන ප්‍රතිභාව හේතුවෙන් සම්මාන ගණනාවක් හිමි කරගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර, මේ අතරට නාට්‍ය ප්‍රවර්ගයේ හොඳම නිළිය සඳහා ඉන්දියානු රූපවාහිනී ඇකඩමි සම්මානය සහ නැවුම් නවක මුහුණට හිමි ඉන්දියානු ටෙල්ලි සම්මානය ද වේ. අනතුරුව ඇය ස්ටාර් ප්ලස් නාළිකා‍වේ සංත්‍රාස කතාමාලාවක් වූ ෂ්...ෆිර් කොයි හේ කතාමාලාවේ දෙවන කථා වාරය සඳහා රංගනයෙන් දායක වූවා ය. පසුව ඇය SAB TV නාළිකාවේ ප්‍රහසන නාට්‍යයක් වූ මිසිස් ඇන්ඩ් මිස්ටර් ෂර්මා අලහබාද්වාලේ කතාමාලාවේ රශ්මි ෂර්මා නැමැති ගෘහණියකගේ චරිතය නිරූපණය කළා ය.
2013 සිට, ඇය විසින් ඒක්තා කපූර්ගේ රූපවාහිනී කතාමාලාවක් වන යේ හේ මොහබ්බතයින්හි වෛද්‍ය ඉෂිතා භල්ලාගේ චරිතය නිරූපණය කරයි. මෙය ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරියකු සමග විවාහ වී ඔහුගේ දියණියට මව් සෙනෙහස සපයන නිසරු දන්ත වෛද්‍යවරියකගේ චරිතයකි. මෙහි ප්‍රධාන චරිත නිරූපණය කළේ ඇය සමග කරන් පටෙල් ය. ඉෂිතා ලෙස ඇය නිරූපණය කළ චරිතය සම්මාන සහ නිර්දේශ ගණනාවක් සඳහා පාත්‍ර විය. මේ අතරට ප්‍රධාන චරිතයක හොඳම නිළිය සඳහා ඉන්දියානු ටෙල්ලි සම්මානය, ප්‍රධාන චරිතයක හොඳම නිළිය සඳහා ලයන්ස් ස්වර්ණ සම්මානය, ප්‍රධාන චරිතයක හොඳම නිළිය සඳහා බොරෝප්ලස් ස්වර්ණ සම්මානය වැනි සම්මාන අයත් වේ. 2015දී ඇය ෂාන්-ඊ-භෝපාල් සම්මානයෙන් පිදුම් ලැබුවා ය. 2016දී, ස්ටාර් පරිවාර් සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී සම්මාන හයක් හිමි කරගැනීමට ඇය සමත් වූවා ය. එසේම සී ස්වර්ණ සම්මාන උළෙලේ දී වසරේ මුහුණ සහ ප්‍රධාන චරිතයක හොඳම නිළියන යන සම්මාන ද්විත්වය ද ඇයට හිමි විය. ඉන්දියානු රූපවාහිනී ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සෙසු නළු නිළියන් හා සැසඳීමේ දී වඩාත් ජනප්‍රියම සහ රසිකයින් විශාල සංඛ්‍යාවක් හිමි නිළියක වශයෙන් ඇය සැලකේ.
2016 ජනවාරි 16 දින, ත්‍රීපති යේ හේ මොහබ්බතයින්හි ඇගේ සහෝදර නළුවකු වූ විවේක් දාහියා සමග විවාහ ගිවිස ගත්තා ය. 2016 ජූලි 8 වන දින භෝපාල්හි දී මෙම යුවළ විවාපත් වූහ.
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දිව්‍යංකා ත්‍රීපති හා සබැඳි මාධ්‍ය විකිමාධ්‍ය කොමන්ස් හි ඇත.
මේ පිටුව අන්තිමට සැකසුවේ 14 නොවැම්බර් 2017 දින දී, 04:02 වේලාවෙහිදීය.


The Supreme Court has on Thursday commuted death sentence of a man after noticing "unexplained and inordinate delay" of almost five years in taking a decision on his mercy petition. It also noted the convict remained in jail for 14 years.
The top court, however, ordered that the man would suffer life imprisonment till the end of his life for committing murder of his own wife and five children.
A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Deepak Gupta and Indira Banerjee kept in mind the circumstances, including the unexplained delay of five years in deciding the mercy petition, and his incarceration for almost 14 years to make its conclusion.
This was not fit case for execution of death sentence awarded to Jagdish, "regardless of the brutal nature of crime", the court said.
inordinate and unexplained delay on the part of the state of Madhya Pradesh but to make matters worse, the state has not even cared to file any counter affidavit in the writ petition even though notice was issued four years back on November 18, 2014.
death sentence has to be executed the same should be done as early as possible," the bench said.
Jagdish was tried for the murder of his wife and five children. He was convicted by the trial court on April 24, 2006 and sentenced to death. He filed an appeal which was dismissed by the High Court on June 27, 2006. Thereafter, he filed appeal in the top court which was dismissed and again death sentence was confirmed on September 18, 2009.
He filed mercy petition before the jail authorities on October 13, 2009, which came to be rejected by the President of India on July 16, 2014.


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Q: Android TimeZone Turkey GMT For 2016 Turkish Government decided to stay GMT+3 timezone to save daylight, but on android:
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
calendar.setTimeInMillis(timestamp * 1000);
Date currentTimeZone = (Date) calendar.getTime();
calendar.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, tz.getOffset(calendar.getTimeInMillis()));

So the problem is;
it's showing GMT+3 for the date before November:
Wed Oct 26 18:00:00 GMT+03:00 2016
but for after November:
Mon Nov 07 20:00:00 GMT+02:00 2016
it should've stay at GMT+3 for the whole year, is that a special issue to android lib of TimeZone or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
UPDATE
Although I've added a check for timezone and gmt parameters,
The situation will be a little chaotic for the Android devices that uses Turkey's timezone, cause after Oct 29 the hour of device will be an hour early than normal, until Android releases a update for that and user applies that.

A: See the release note of tzdb-database for version 2016g:

Release 2016g - 2016-09-13 08:56:38 -0700
Changes to future time stamps
Turkey switched from EET/EEST (+02/+03) to permanent +03,
effective 2016-09-07.  (Thanks to Burak AYDIN.)
Use "+03" rather than an invented abbreviation for the new time.

Obviously, your Android device still uses an outdated timezone version. Actually you have following options to proceed:

*

*Wait for a new Android version (not attractive, not recommended).

*Use another external library like Joda-Time-Android or my library Time4A which already use 2016h (Threeten-ABP is still behind, actually on 2016e).

*Or write your own hack using fixed offsets for Turkey, for example TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+03")


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How the Ravens' finale vs. Pittsburgh could affect their draft order, record books and more
University of Maryland pig heart transplant recipient stabbed a man seven times years ago
For contractors, riches from ruin: Wrecking : The city's drive to shore up neighborhoods is worth millions for a handful of demolition businesses.
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THE DOWNFALL OF DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS
City crafts first zoning overhaul in 40 years
By By Steve Kilar and The Baltimore Sun
Mark Dent set up his computer repair and sales business in the old Mount Vernon United Methodist Church after buying and renovating the property. (Baltimore Sun photo by Kim Hairston)
After the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church was ravaged by a lightning-strike fire four years ago, the Hampden neighborhood was left with what appeared to be an unusable building.
But Mark Dent saw more than a burned-out shell of an old stone church. He saw the future home of Chesapeake Systems, the 25-person computer company he co-owns.
Still, the rebirth of the burned out church as a commercial building almost didn't happen. Dent's company spent months — and thousands of dollars — trying to work through the city's antiquated zoning law. As the process dragged on, he thought seriously about moving out of Baltimore, to an office park off Interstate 95.
The city hopes to avoid such near-misses with a far-reaching piece of legislation, "Transform Baltimore," that would replace the city's decades-old zoning law. The new law is designed to be more understandable, speed up the zoning process, and discourage ad hoc zoning layers that are being used to sidestep outmoded rules.
"We've missed out on opportunities for investment because of red tape," said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who introduced the new zoning legislation to the City Council in October. The overhaul, promoting mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities, will help the city's population begin growing again, she said.
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The new code is more focused on broadening the options for development. The Planning Department — which this week begins a series of public meetings on the proposed revisions — hopes it will allow vacant buildings such as the Hampden church to be reused more easily.
Dent is proud of the unique, historically reverent space he's created for Chesapeake Systems, which handles Macintosh computer systems for businesses from New York to Washington.
The main stained-glass window at the back of the church is a pixelated representation of the company's logo. Dent hopes to restore the organ to working order. And he is contemplating installing a roof deck, accessible from the remaining church tower stairwell.
"It's really nice to have a building with character," said employee Zeb Drinkwater. He and his colleagues have individual work stations in the renovated church basement. "Showing up at a place with white cubicle walls, it can be soul-crushing."
The renovated space is a far cry from the eyesore the abandoned church had become. Dent recalls that the stained glass was boarded up, the grass was overgrown and a construction fence surrounded the lot at the corner of West 33rd Street and Chestnut Avenue, in the midst of Hampden rowhouses.
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"We were at a point where we wanted to own something and I saw it sitting here," Dent said. Before moving in over July 4th weekend last year, Chesapeake Systems spent the prior 15 years in the nearby Mill Centre. "I knew all of the employees were OK with it because we were already in the area."
Getting the OK from the city was not as simple. The zoning process dragged on for 10 months and cost Chesapeake Systems thousands of dollars in fees to a consultant who helped the company navigate it.
"How much time and energy did I put into it? How much emotional stress did it cause?" Dent said.
On display in Chesapeake System's office, as a reminder of the work needed to get into the space, is a timeline that marks each major event in the rezoning. It is surrounded by 10 other frames filled with documents and photos related to the company's trying months in the zoning maze, which required Councilwoman Belinda Conaway to introduce legislation specific to the property.
The Planning Commission, on the recommendation of the Planning Department, disapproved of the legislation. Under Maryland law, the church did not qualify for rezoning because its current classification was not a mistake nor had the character of the neighborhood changed, according to the department's legislative analysis.
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"I don't still quite understand why they approved it," Dent said of the City Council, which permitted the zoning change — in spite of the Planning Commission's assessment that it was illegal (the city's Law Department came to the opposite conclusion). Although it worked out in the end, the process soured Dent on the city's zoning regulations, which he sees as standing in the way of Baltimore's ability to hold on to prospering companies.
"I live in the county. Most of my employees live in the county," Dent said, adding that it would have been easier to get to clients if Chesapeake Systems were near a highway.
The city's zoning code was developed by a commission appointed in 1957, according to reports in The Baltimore Sun. It was eventually introduced to the City Council in 1968 and approved in 1971. It followed a suburban model, separating commercial and residential uses.
This time around, the city began rethinking the zoning code in 2008, holding public meetings to discuss what works and what doesn't, according to Tom Stosur, the city's planning director.
The next year Camiros Ltd., a Chicago-based planning consultant, was hired to work with officials to develop zones that will meet the city's current needs. Public comment, drafting and redrafting of the 343-page proposed law continued until it was introduced to the council.
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Back in August 2010, when the Planning Department disapproved of Dent's proposal for the Hampden church, Stosur made explicit in the legislative analysis that the new code would allow the church to be used for businesses such as Chesapeake Systems.
The new law would create a category called "neighborhood commercial establishment," allowing a business to open in residential areas as long as the existing commercial structure it is moving into is "non-residential in its construction and original use."
The new category would avoid the requirement of having a law passed to rezone a specific property for commercial use. And that would save time for business owners — and City Council members, who currently have to shepherd zoning changes in their districts though the legislative process.
If the new code had been in place when Dent applied, he would only have needed approval from the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to transform the church. "It would be a four- to six-week kind of process instead of the nine- to 12-month zoning change process," Stosur said.
"There's still many opportunities for the community to understand [a proposal] and give input," in the zoning process, said Laurie Feinberg, head of the city's comprehensive planning program. The zoning appeals board can even apply conditions to the property's use, she said.
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The Planning Department hopes this shorter process will satisfy neighborhood groups, including the Hampden Community Council, which raised a concern about parking availability during the rezoning of Chesapeake System's new home.
The "neighborhood commercial establishment" category, which limits commercial uses to businesses compatible with residential areas including day care centers, art studios and restaurants, is one of many "tools" introduced by the legislation to merge contemporary sensibilities with the zoning law, Stosur said.
Another example is the "industrial mixed-use district." This district will encourage "the reuse of older industrial buildings for light industrial use" and other commercial and residential uses, including "live/work dwellings," according to the bill.
The Planning Department says such a "loft district" would encompass structures like the Copycat building in Greenmount West, an industrial building that was turned into an artists' loft less than 10 years ago. Under the current zoning code, it took months to have a procedural bandage — a "planned unit development" — approved to make it a legal space for residences.
Under the new code, residences would be allowed in buildings like Copycat "as-of-right, over the counter," Stosur said. All that would be required is approval by the zoning administrator, an independent office that ensures construction activity complies with the zoning code. It could take as little as a day, he said.
So far, the proposed zoning code has been met with limited criticism. Most objections from the public or business owners have related to provisions designed to reduce the number of corner stores that sell liquor, and prevent temporary parking lots downtown from becoming permanent.
The Planning Department, though, recognizes questions about the zoning overhaul will persist as the City Council nears its decision on the law. The department recently sent 170,000 property owners notices about meetings that have been planned, starting Wednesday, to discuss the proposed law.
The Planning Department and the mayor are asking people to come out to learn more about the zoning changes, which they hope will help Baltimore progress as a liveable, walkable city.
"We really need community input to make sure we get this right," Rawlings-Blake said.
steve.kilar@baltsun.com
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An earlier version of this article gave the wrong first name for Mark Dent. The Sun regrets the error.
Scheduled meetings on Baltimore zoning law
Informational only, no testimony:
Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. — War Memorial Building (101 N. Gay St.)
Hearings where public testimony will be taken (doors open one hour before time listed for individuals to ask questions of Planning Department staff):
Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. — War Memorial Building (101 N. Gay St.)
Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. — BCCC, Liberty Campus (2901 Liberty Heights Ave.)
Saturday, Jan. 5 at 11 a.m. — Polytechnic Institute (1400 W. Cold Spring Lane)
Thursday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. — Southeast Regional Library (3601 Eastern Ave.)
Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. — Morgan State University
Thursday, March 7 at time to be announced — Planning Department (417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor)
Wednesday, April 3 at 5 p.m. — City Council Hearing at City Hall
Source: Baltimore Planning Department, subject to change
Some proposed categories in new zoning law
Open Space Zoning District. Permanently preserves open space "as an important public asset and critical environmental infrastructure" in order to "enhance the quality of life for city residents." Many park areas are currently zoned for residential use, according to the Planning Department.
Bio-Science Campus Zoning District. Allows for a "broad mix of uses" including office, research and development, limited retail, educational facilities and some high-density residences. An earlier version of this zoning district was amended to allow for limited retail, according to the department.
Rowhouse Mixed-Use Overlay District. "Intended to address those areas of rowhouse development where a mixed-use environment is desired, where some rowhouse structures are used for residential uses and others for first-floor commercial uses." East 25th Street between North Calvert and Barclay streets in the Barclay neighborhood is a good example of this zoning overlay, the department said.
• Maritime Industrial Zoning District. Will preserve "deep-water frontage of the Port of Baltimore for maritime use by delineating an area where maritime shipping can be conducted." This new district will prevent waterfront residences from cropping up on land important to the city's shipping industry, the department said.
Transit-Oriented Development Districts. Four district types with varying building height, residential density and mixed-use requirements for areas around current and future transits hubs. The districts are designed to encourage development that will increase the use of public transportation.
Source: Council Bill 12-0152
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Unrest, Conflicts and War
Morgan State University
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Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry


Sep. 30, 2018 7:55 a.m.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland postponed her marquee United Nations speech Saturday as negotiators on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border continued their full-court press for a breakthrough on a North American free trade deal.
Freeland, who had been scheduled to deliver Canada's address to the General Assembly, exchanged her slot with another country on the UN itinerary that was to take the rostrum Monday — and sources familiar with the plan say it may not even be the minister who gives it.
Monday is an important date in the NAFTA calendar: Congress has declared an Oct. 1 deadline for Canada to join an existing agreement between the U.S. and Mexico in time for a vote on Capitol Hill, and it's also the day voters in Quebec go to the polls.
Quebec, which is home to half of Canada's dairy industry, has become an important political fulcrum in the talks, particularly since sources familiar with the effort say Canada has indeed offered concessions that would improve access to the country's dairy market for U.S. producers.
And despite the fact that dairy remains a popular talking point for people like U.S. President Donald Trump and his trade ambassador, Robert Lighthizer, sources say it's no longer a hurdle, suggesting that those concessions have been agreed to on the American side.
Other sources say Freeland, who was in Ottawa on Saturday along with U.S. ambassador David MacNaughton, took part in a lengthy conference call Friday night with negotiators and their U.S. counterparts in Washington, who have been engaged in intensive talks all week.
Trade experts took the change in Freeland's itinerary as a positive sign: "It is more likely than not that we will have a deal by the deadline," said Dan Ujczo, an Ohio trade lawyer and partner with the U.S. firm Dickinson Wright.
The most contentious issues continue to be preserving Canada's cultural exemption and Canada's insistence on preserving Chapter 19, which allows for independent panels to resolve disputes involving companies and governments.
Canada also wants assurances it will no longer be subject to heavy American tariffs on steel and aluminum exports, as well as autos — a weapon Trump has made clear in recent months is his preferred cudgel for beating up on trade partners he believes are mistreating the U.S.
As of now, Canada appears content to conduct the negotiations via conference call — a departure from its earlier strategy, which saw Freeland racking up the frequent-flyer miles as she jetted back and forth between Washington and Ottawa.
In an eyebrow-raising news conference Wednesday at the UN, Trump hinted at personal animus between Lighthizer and Freeland when he claimed that he rejected a Canadian request for a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — a request Ottawa flatly denied making.
Dunniela Kaufman, a Canadian trade lawyer based in Washington, called the latest developments good news and a sign that Ottawa is taking the president's tactics in stride.
"Her postponing her UN speech to focus on NAFTA is admirable, and indicates that the Canadian government is staying focused and not being distracted by Trump's negotiating ploys," Kaufman said.
The president — to say nothing of everyone else in the U.S. capital — has likely been seized all week by the riveting testimony this week out of the Senate Justice Committee, which heard details of the allegations of sexual assault against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The formal text of the U.S.-Mexico deal must be released by Sunday so it can be presented to the U.S. Congress by the end of the month, fulfilling a 60-day notice requirement that would allow lawmakers to approve it by Dec. 1 before the newly elected Mexican government takes power.
Fears have persisted that Congress would be willing to press ahead with the bilateral agreement if Canada can't get a deal done. Mexico's new president-elect, however, said in an interview Friday that he has agreed to push the American side to make a deal with Canada.
Mexico and the United States announced their own bilateral deal last month, sparking a renewed round of negotiations between Washington and Ottawa to bring Canada into the NAFTA fold.
One source says Chapter 19 has not survived the Mexico-U.S. deal, but Chapter 20, the government-to-government dispute settlement mechanism, has been preserved in its entirety.
There's no guarantee Congress would allow Trump to move forward with a two-country deal that excludes Canada because it originally granted him the authority to negotiate a three-country pact.
Trump says he will pursue a trade deal with or without Canada, and has repeatedly threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Canadian automobiles if a trilateral deal can't be reached.
Trump has already imposed hefty steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, using a section of U.S. trade law that gives him the authority to do so for national security reasons.
The Trudeau government has branded the 232 tariffs illegal and insulting given the close security relationship between Canada and the U.S., including their shared membership in Norad, which defends North American airspace.


Our inflatable dock is made of 1,000 Denier 3 ply PVC reinforced fabric material. The magic is on the inside of the inflatable structure with sewn in Drop-Stitch construction supports that will not allow the dock to inflate out of form (deform) and also acts as extra support when fully inflated. Dock is equipped with (6) reinforced grab handles to help with boarding and (6) stainless steel D-rings to tie anchors, coolers, chairs, etc. Dock can be used as a swim platform, work platform, fishing pier, yoga mat, etc. and can be used in all types of water and easily stored on a boat when not inflated.


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Millions of plastic bottles flood Flint amid water crisis
Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
FLINT, MI - The outpouring of support for the Flint water crisis has presented a new challenge for the area.
What to do with the millions of donated plastic water bottles once they have been emptied?
So far, the state alone has handed out more than 176,000 cases of bottled water since a state of emergency was declared in the city Jan. 5.
The number of plastic water bottles in the area has been steadily rising in the months since Flint residents were told not to drink their water in October, following the discovery of high levels of lead in the blood of children and infants after a switch to the Flint River as the city's water source.
Just this week, a group of celebrities that included Diddy, rapper Eminem and actor Mark Wahlberg announced they were sending another million bottles of water to the city.
But not everyone is so excited about such donations.
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 18 million gallons of bottled water were shipped to California from Fiji in 2006, producing about 2,500 tons of global warming pollution.
Most bottled water comes in recyclable PET plastic bottles, according to the NRDC, but only about 13 percent of the bottles we use get recycled.
At least one Flint school is using the plastic bottle issue as a learning tool.
Durrant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School, the Flint School District's largest elementary, goes through about one bottle of water per day for each of its 725 students, Principal Shelly Umphrey said.
Throughout the week, about 10 students participate in the schools "lunch and learn" recycling program called DTM Pride group.
A couple of times per week, the kids go around and empty the plastic bottles from recycling bins throughout the school.
Students then take the empty bottles to a larger recycling big in the parking lot of the school, Umphrey said.
"We're just taking this opportunity to make it real life for them," she said.
While Flint residents already pay for recycling on a biweekly basis, according to city Spokeswoman Kristin Moore, there also are several companies stepping up to help rid the city of the millions of empty bottles.
Residents can return clear bags full of empty water bottles to any of the water stations throughout the city.
Young's Environmental said on its Facebook page that it will have a roll-out box starting at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25 in front of their corporate headquarters at 5305 N. Dort Highway, between Carpenter and Coldwater roads.
Residents can drop off their empty water bottles that will then be recycled.
Each Monday, residents also can place a bag of plastic water bottles on the curb for pick up by Mission Protect Flint Recycling Project.
The Group also has a drop off from 10 a.m. to noon at Roy Wilkins School, 121 E. York Ave., the group said in a statement.
Anyone with questions about the pickup is asked to call 810-259-5281.
Republic Services, which provides trash and recycle services to the city, is providing additional resources to Flint for the influx of water bottles.
"We definitely want to encourage everyone to recycle the bottles rather than place them in the trash," said Jennifer Eldridge, Republic Services spokeswoman.
Dominic Adams is a reporter for The Flint Journal. Contact him at dadams5@mlive.com or 810-241-8803. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.


Full spectrum extract of Mucuna pruriens, possessing a 40% total L-Dopa content and the full profile of other actives in the bean.
Recommended amount per dose is 100-250 mg, or a 1/5th to half full size '00' capsule. Absorption of L-Dopa is greatly enhanced on an empty stomach when consumed with green tea, carob, or cacao.


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The University of Stirling has a strong international focus, providing flexible degree programmes and specialist support for overseas students. Stirling also prides itself on its well-renowned research culture and commitment to undertaking quality research that is relevant to society's needs. Stirling has a reputation for being one of the friendliest universities in the UK, and having a community which boasts some of the UK's finest researchers and teachers.
Stirling Campus
Stirling, Highland, Western Isles
Faculties: Applied Social Science, Arts and Humanities, Education, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Sport, Stirling Management School
Why Choose The University of Stirling?
The University of Stirling aims to teach its students the skills and confidence to shape their world beyond university.
Stirling has been rated in the top 10 UK universities for Teaching Quality Assessment (The Times Top 100 Universities, 2005)
The most recent Scottish Higher Education Council Quality Assessment Scheme looked at the quality of teaching at Stirling. 20 subject areas were assessed with the highest possible rating for quality of teaching. 14 subjects were rated 'highly satisfactory' and a further six were deemed 'excellent'.
Stirling has also been rated top in Scotland for Communications and Media (The Independent Complete University Guide and The Guardian University Guide, 2011), 1st in Scotland for Education (The Times Good University Guide, 2012 and The Guardian University Guide, 2012) and 2nd in the UK for Education (The Times Good University Guide, 2012).
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 10 % of Stirling research was judged to be 'world leading' and a further three quarters as 'internationally excellent' and 'internationally recognised'. Among the highlights were:
Top in Scotland for Nursing and Midwifery; Education; Sports Studies; Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.
Second in Scotland for Accounting and Finance; Social Work, Social Policy and Administration; Philosophy.
Within the top five UK universities for Sports Studies.
Within the top ten UK universities for Nursing and Midwifery; Accounting and Finance; Philosophy.
The University of Stirling rates highly for UK student satisfaction and has a strong reputation for being an inclusive campus with a close community atmosphere.
The University of Stirling held 24th place in the UK overall in the (National Student Survey, 2010) and fourth in Scotland for student satisfaction.
Stirling is also rated as best in the UK for campus environment and second in the UK for sports facilities in the (National Student Survey, 2010).
Other accolades include the 'best place to be' in Scotland and 2nd in the UK (The International Student Barometer, Autumn 2010), Best Student Living Experience in the UK (City of Stirling in National Student Housing Survey 2010) and was rated with 89% overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey, 2010).
The Sunday Times Scottish University of The Year in 2009/10 and Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 (The Sunday Times University Guide, 2010).
Stirling was also named 1st in Scotland for Sports Facilities and Services (The Times Good University Guide, 2008)
Graduates of the University of Stirling enjoy high employment rates and benefit from tailored and supported courses:
93% of graduates from The University of Stirling find employment after 6 months (Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2010)
The Career Development Centre is open to all students and provides careers guidance and credit-bearing careers education.
The university provides a jobshop service as part of the Career Development Centre, which helps students to find part-time work and experience.
Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, with particular strengths launching careers in golf, swimming, tennis and football.
Students studying primary or secondary school teaching can fast-track at Stirling, enabling them to qualify a year before other university courses.
Stirling trains nurses on three campuses, in Stirling, Inverness and the Western Isles.
Built in the shadow of the Ochil Hills, the Stirling campus is situated on a magnificent 310-acre estate, around a large loch and 18th-century Airthrey Castle. Campus facilities are within walking distance and linked by a central social area. The University's facilities include:
State of the art refurbished library and 24-hour computer labs
On and off-campus accommodation
The MacRobert arts centre, with theatre and cinema and a public art collection
The Robbins Students' Centre with bars and nightclub and various cafes and restaurants
A shopping precinct, with bank, travel agent, pharmacy and supermarket
Extensive indoor and outdoor sports facilities including a 50-metre swimming pool
A nine-hole golf course and driving range
On-campus medical/dental clinics, wellbeing facilities and campus policemen.
Heriot-Watt is currently a leading institution in science and aims to ensure that its programmes meet the needs of all students and prepare them for professional leadership roles in the global environment.
The University offers a wide variety of undergraduate programmes and more than 90 taught postgraduate programmes focusing on Humanities, Human Sciences, Natural Sciences and Management. There are also research opportunities across these schools.
The University has created a unique 'degree' of flexibility that enables students to develop and control their own studies.
The International Study Centre offers a range of programmes, specifically designed for international students who have not met the requirements for the course they wish to study, to equip them with the English language, study skills and academic knowledge required to succeed in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the university. Successful completion of these programs will guarantee students direct entry into the appropriate 2nd or 3rd year undergraduate programmes or masters programme.
The Centre for English Language Teaching (CELT) offers a range of English language courses, including General English and IELTS Preparation, Pre-sessional English and an English Language Summer School in August.
The main University of Stirling campus is located in the heart of central Scotland.
It is easily accessible by public transport. The campus is home to students from over 90 nationalities.
Stirling itself is one of the most attractive places to live in the UK, and is home to a unique mix of contemporary culture and national history. 20 % of the population is made up of students, and while Stirling is big enough to offer the culture and entertainment of a city, it is compact enough to retain a community atmosphere. Stirling is home to a vibrant Scottish history and a thriving modern culture which all the arts venues, nightlife and eateries of a modern city. Stirling Castle in particular retains the town's history.
Stirling is surrounded by some of Scotland's most interesting scenery, where the lowlands and highlands meet. The cost of living is consistently lower than in Scotland's larger cities, and Stirling's quality of life is high. Less than hour away from Edinburgh, Glasgow and both their airports, Stirling is extremely accessible for the rest of the UK and Europe


So, this is the original baking directions, but I tweaked mine a bit: Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, then drop the temperature to 200 degrees for 45 minutes. Turn oven off and let it set for approximately five hours. Freeze overnight.