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News Round Up (14 April 2010)
Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Report: U.S. confirms Syria gave Scuds to Hezbollah
By Haaretz Service
United States officials have confirmed Israeli allegations that Syria supplied Hezbollah with ballistic missiles capable of inflicting heavy damage on Israel's cities, according to reports in the United States Wednesday.
U.S. officials briefed on the intelligence told the Wall Street Journal that they believe Syria transferred Scud missiles built with either North Korean or Russian technology to the Lebanese militant group.
The American confirmation comes after Israel on Tuesday publicly accused Syria over the missiles.
"Syria claims that it wants peace, while simultaneously delivering Scud missiles to Hezbollah, which is constantly threatening the security of the state of Israel," President Shimon Peres told Israel Radio.
Later the same day, he said: "Syria is playing a double game. On the one hand it talks peace, yet at the same time it hands over accurate Scud missiles to Hezbollah so that it can threaten Israel."
The allegations are already having repercussions on Washington's efforts to restore full diplomatic ties with Damascus. According to the Journal report, senior Republican politicians will press the U.S. Congress to block plans to reappoint an ambassador to Syria. But allegations over the Scuds have led to calls for Obama to rethink his policy of conciliation.
"It's increasingly hard to argue that the engagement track has worked," the Journal quoted Andrew Tabler, a Syria analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, as saying.
The House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved Ford's nomination, but three Republican senators registered their objection.
The Washington Post quoted congressional aides as saying that a full floor vote may be delayed until the administration can provide answers to the Israeli allegations.
Government officials responded to speculation by saying that provocations such as the Scud transfer made a U.S. diplomatic presence in Syria all the more necessary.
"If anything, we need (an ambassador) in Damascus full time just to ensure that reality gets its day in court now and then," the Wall Street Journal quoted a senior administration official as saying.
Wash Post:
….Asked whether U.S. intelligence agencies think Scud missiles have been moved into Lebanon, a U.S. official briefed on the matter said, "I don't think we know whether they've gone over or not." But he said that "there has been significant concern in the intelligence community" that Syria had provided missiles to Hezbollah or was poised to do so….
Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha denounced the reports as a "ridiculous story" created by Israel and its allies to spoil the possibility of a rapprochement with the United States. He said no U.S. official has raised the issue with him.
In WSJ
Israeli officials called Scud missiles "game-changing" armaments that mark a new escalation in the Mideast conflict. They alleged that Mr. Assad is increasingly linking Syria's military command with those of Hezbollah and Iran…. A senior U.S. official involved in Mideast policy said… Syria's arms transfer could have been meant as a form of deterrence.
Oxford Business Group, 14.04.2010
Syria's oil and gas sector is gearing up for a rejuvenation of sorts, with the minister of oil, Sufian Alao, announcing recently that the government expects oil production in the country to rise this year following 13 years of steady decline. The announcement came as the Syrian hydrocarbons sector prepared to welcome 265 companies from 41 countries to the Seventh Syrian International Oil and Gas Exhibition (SYROIL 2010), held in Damascus April 5-8.
Oil production in Syria currently stands at around 383,000 barrels per day (bpd), a decline of around 7000 bpd from last year's average figure, and around 200,000 bpd below the all-time high of 583,000 bpd reached in 1993. While Syria's 13-year decline would appear to place it firmly in the rank of nations experiencing the phenomenon of "peak oil", the country nonetheless still has estimated reserved of some 2.5bn barrels and expects to produce 2bn barrels of oil by 2025. Alongside oil, Syria also currently produces 28m cu metres of gas a day, using around 20m cu metres for domestic electricity generation. Alao announced that he also expects gas production to rise this year…….
Investment in the energy sector currently accounts for around a quarter of total government investment – around $5.5bn. Meanwhile, a further $3bn of foreign investment has also been attracted. One area where the government is likely to prioritise new foreign investment is in expanding Syrian refinery capacity.
Alao announced on April 5 that a long-planned 140,000-bpd refinery deal with Kuwait's Noor Financial, anticipated to involve investment of some $1.7bn, had been cancelled…..
Iraq: Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria are pressuring Iraqi leaders to include Sunnis in the next Iraqi government. They look favorably on Allawi, as does America. Maliki understands that they are trying to push him out.
The Iranian Embassy in Baghdad said Sunni participation was essential in the next government; that was interpreted as a subtle endorsement of Allawi. On a visit to Saudi Arabia, Talabani said Sunday that Iraq's neighbors favored a unity government with all Iraqi components. Saudi Arabia has also welcomed Maliki's main Shiite rivals in the last two weeks.
Representatives of Allawi's coalition are expected to visit Iran this week. Parties have also made stops in Turkey, Qatar and Jordan.
Shiite supporters of Maliki have described Allawi as the choice of Sunni Arab states and Turkey. Some of Maliki's allies have accused the CIA and State Department of trying to topple him.
Good days ahead for Hezbollah
By Sami Moubayed
DAMASCUS – The Arab World is going through tremendous and very unexpected – yet positive – upheaval. A few years ago, nobody would have imagined that a secular former Ba'athist such as Iyad Allawi could win elections in Iraq, while Iran-backed religious parties like the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council would be defeated within their strongholds.
Nobody would have imagined a Turkish prime minister, in this case Recep Tayyip Erdogan, championing the rights of Palestinians and standing at dagger's end with both the United States and Israel.
In Lebanon – given all the tension that erupted between the ruling March 14 coalition, backed by the West, and the Hezbollah-ledhttp://asianmedia.com/GAAN/www/delivery/lg.php?bannerid=27&campaignid=23&zoneid=36&loc=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atimes.com%2Fatimes%2FMiddle_East%2FLD13Ak01.html&cb=8df9640595
opposition, backed by Syria, after the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri – nobody would have imagined such an harmonious outcome.
This month, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gave verbal instructions to media officials at his Future TV that they should refrain from criticizing Syria in any of their broadcasts – a far cry from what was has been said on the television network over the past five years. He also stressed that Syria should receive the same respect accorded to his traditional patron, Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, youth elements in his Future Movement were instructed to refrain from criticizing Syria either in private or in public, in light of the prime minister's December 2009 visit to Damascus, which by all accounts was a thundering success.
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a ranking member of March 14 who regularly fired insults against Syria in 2005-2008, has since repeatedly apologized to the Syrian leadership and people and he was this month allowed to visit Damascus for a high-profile meeting with the Syrian president.
Jumblatt was only pardoned after he patched up his relationship with Hezbollah, meeting with its chief Hassan Nasrallah last summer, and effectively revoking all earlier remarks that called for disarmament of the Lebanese party. He is now championing its arms, claiming that they should be protected and embraced by the Lebanese government.
Hezbollah, needless to say, is happy with the results, having orchestrated Jumblatt's Damascus visit, where the Druze leader was told that any future contacts between him and Damascus would run through Nasrallah. Earlier, all of Hezbollah's demands had been met by the March 14 coalition after the summer 2009 parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
Hezbollah got to name all of its ministers, received veto power in the Hariri cabinet and managed to empower its Christian ally, Michel Aoun, by securing key portfolios like that of telecommunications for his Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Additionally, the Hariri cabinet promised to "protect and embrace" the arms of Hezbollah, this in a cabinet statement hammered out by the prime minister in late 2009. This week, Hariri is expected in Damascus for another high-profile visit.
The prime minister will discuss internal security with the Syrians, who want to see Hariri establish full control over the Palestinian camps in Lebanon, to make sure that lawlessness is eradicated so al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic groups like Fatah al-Islam, which surfaced in 2007 and carried out a terrorist attack within Syria in 2008, do not resurface in Lebanon. On security, they want to coordinate efforts to see that Hezbollah is sheltered from all talk about involvement in the murder of Rafik al-Hariri. Such talk has surfaced in the Western media, but remains unofficial since nothing has come out of the international tribunal investigating the Hariri case.
In an interview this month on al-Manar, a television station, Nasrallah made clear that no members of Hezbollah were suspected in the Hariri case, although several "members and friends" have been summoned as witnesses since 2008.
He added, "We will also cooperate and watch [the performance of the international tribunal]; we will refuse politicization and refuse accusations with no proof." Any reference to Hezbollah's involvement, he added, would trigger another confrontation in Beirut with those trying to blame the affair on Hezbollah – a clear reference to the men of Christian leader, Samir Geagea, who are the only ones still trumpeting such a line within March 14.
To avoid raising emotions too high, however, given that he is a charismatic and inflammatory spokesman, Nasrallah decided to speak calmly in the interview, rather than deliver a fiery speech. The Syrians made it clear that their number one request in Lebanon was the protection and empowerment of Hezbollah, and this was said very clearly to Jumblatt while he was in Damascus. In order to maintain the relationship with Damascus, Hariri has to see to it that Nasrallah remains happy with the operation of the cabinet.
Additionally, the Syrians want to coordinate efforts with Lebanon, which is now serving on a rotating seat at the United Nations Security Council, to see to it that that body's resolution 1559, which calls for the disarmament of all non-governmental groups, be considered fulfilled. The argument, being marketed by Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami, is that 1559 calls for the disarmament of non-governmental militias, whereas Hezbollah is not a militia but a resistance organization.
Perhaps explaining how smooth the relationship is between Hezbollah and Hariri is the recent action of his trusted Interior Minister, Ziad Baroud. The latter was expected to send a group of Lebanese soldiers from Internal Security for United States military training in Jordan, aimed at counter-terrorism (as agreed on with the US in 2007).
Before accepting to sign off on the travel permits, Baroud requested that all clauses in the agreement that make derogatory statements vis-a-vis Hezbollah be removed from the original text of the Lebanese-US agreement. That text, it must be noted, had been signed by Hariri's predecessor and protege, ex-premier Fouad al-Siniora.
Additionally, behind-the-scenes talks are currently underway to create a National Opposition Front to the cabinet of Saad al-Hariri, headed by ex-prime minister Omar Karameh, scion of a leading political family in Tripoli. Former president Emille Lahhoud, under whom Karameh had served in 2005, has already given his blessing for such a grouping, through his son, ex-member of parliament Emille Lahhoud Jr.
The new coalition will include important Sunni politicians like Abdul Rahim Murad and Usama Saad, another former member of parliament, and Abdul Rahman Bizri, the head of the municipality of Sidon. Albert Mansour, Elias Firizli, George Qorm and Elias Saba, and the Druze politician, Wiam Wahhab, will represent non-Sunni politicians. Karameh hopes to invite the Lebanese Communist Party and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) to join, in addition to the ex-Beirut member of parliament, Najah Wakim.
According to sources in Beirut, neither the Marada Movement of Suleiman Franjiyeh nor the Free Patriotic Movement of Michel Aoun has agreed to join the new group, which Karameh is now describing as "a shadow cabinet that will keep checks and balances on all ministers in the Hariri cabinet". Pro-Hariri elements immediately fired back, saying that this front was an immediate response to the reconciliation talks that kicked off in early March at Baabda Palace, given that all of its members – with the exception of the SSNP – were not invited to the roundtable talks.
Reportedly, the front will be announced on April 18 at a luncheon held by ex-minister Wahab in honor of ex-prime minister Karameh. Murad hopes to send off a message to Syria by hosting a reception at his home also this April, honoring the Syrian ambassador to Beirut, Ali Abdul Karim. All of the front's players are staunch allies of Syria.
Many are questioning the timing of such a front; and whether it will be able to challenge the policies of Hezbollah, which is a key player in the Hariri government, given that Karameh and Nasrallah are strong allies. A closer look, however, shows a behind-the-scenes role for Hezbollah in the formation of the front. Hezbollah wants to play the go-between, walking the tight rope between Hariri and other Sunni figures like Karameh, while maintaining excellent relations with both.
It needs to maintain a strong relationship with Hariri, and yet, keep its back-channels open with men who were very supportive of its policies during the difficult years in the Hariri-Nasrallah relationship, in 2005-2008. Ultimately, Hezbollah is interested in bolstering the policies of those "left out" of the current cabinet, men like Karameh who are more worthy of cabinet posts, they believe, than Samir Gagea's Lebanese Forces (LF).
Hezbollah might be toying with the idea of an internal change within the Hariri cabinet – granting the prime minister enough ammunition to get rid of his two LF ministers and replace them with someone from the camp, formerly known as March 8, whose remains now coalesce into Karameh's front. There is no reason for Hariri to remain allied to Gagea, they believe, given that the two men have nothing in common.
The only reason they were brought into one camp in the first place in 2005 was with the common objective of reaching power – back then – and getting the Syrians to leave Lebanon. Now that Hariri is firmly in power, he is more in need of Hezbollah support, and that of Damascus, than he is of LF support.
The Christian umbrella that Hariri needs has already been granted by Michel Aoun, meaning he can effectively rid himself of Gagea's men, with minimal damage to his cabinet coalition and no damage to his credibility in the Christian street. Karameh, it must be noted, would never approve joining a cabinet that has Gagae's men in it, given that the latter was convicted and jailed for the 1987 murder of his brother, ex-prime minister Rashid Karameh. For Karameh to jump onboard today, Gagea would need to leave the ship of Saad Hariri.
Deep inside, Hariri wants it as well, seeing the Gagea alliance as an embarrassment enforced on him when he first rose to the political stage of Beirut in 2005. Breaking with Gagea, therefore, would effectively be a blessing in disguise for the prime minister, and yet another thundering victory for Hezbollah.
Sami Moubayed is editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine in Syria.
Palestine:
Israel's latest population transfer scheme
Posted By Amjad Atallah Tuesday, April 13, 2010
"A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years. When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will automatically become criminal offenders liable to be severely punished."
This concise summary by Israeli reporter Amira Hass describes the latest round in increasingly dangerous provocations by the Israeli government in its attempt to ensure Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian territory. And for the Palestinians, it clearly sets out the potentially fatal weakness of American government efforts to represent Palestinian interests in any meaningful way. (For an excellent fact sheet on the new regulation, also see Yousef Munayyer's analysis today.)
First, what does the military order really mean? In effect, it confirms that all Jews who are in the Occupied Territory (but which is labeled as "Judea and Samaria" on Israeli government maps) are subject to Israeli domestic legal jurisdiction. For purposes of Israeli law, there is no difference between an Israeli settler living in the middle of Hebron and one who is living in Tel Aviv, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps trying to remind President Barack Obama.
But this order takes this de facto annexation one step further. Now those who are not Jewish who reside in the West Bank are effectively there illegally according to Israeli military regulations. The rule requires Palestinians to hold a "valid permit", but the rule does not define what these permits are, who would issue them, or where they would come from.
Israeli human rights groups have already filed complaints before the Israeli High Court to challenge the regulation. The New York Times cites Israeli human rights lawyer Elad Cahana as noting that "the concern was less of a mass expulsion than of the military deporting those officially registered as residents of Gaza, as well as Palestinians or their spouses who moved to the West Bank from abroad."
Palestinians are rightly in a panic over the new regulation. Fatah and Hamas have been desperately trying to contain any new outbreak of violence against Israeli provocations, convinced that Israel may seek a new round of violence to deflect American pressure for a two-state solution. Hamas in the last week has detained members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah in the Gaza Strip to force their compliance with the cease-fire. Today's clashes between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza which have left two Palestinians dead are a reflection of just how difficult maintaining a cease-fire in these conditions will be.
Fatah has attempted to deflect Palestinian outrage into public campaigns to assert Palestinian sovereignty in the West Bank and boycotts of settler products. And yet, the only real strategy to confront this latest in a series of provocations is to rely on international support to pressure Israel to back off.
There are two trends of thought on why the Israeli government has accelerated its integration of the West Bank into Israel. The first is that the Likud government is attempting to "train" the American President in much the same way as it deals with Arab leaders. When asked to do something it doesn't want to do, Israel will do the opposite of what it's asked. Ultimately, it assumes that it will stop being asked to do things. As former US Secretary of State Jim Baker noted in 1991 when dealing with the Likud leadership in Israel at that time, "Every time I have gone to Israel in connection with the peace process…I have been met with an announcement of new settlement activities. It substantially weakens our hand in trying to bring about a peace process."
In fact, a cursory look over the last year of President Obama's administration shows the pattern has been accelerated with various types of provocations in response to several US visits or demands increasing qualitatively and quantitatively.
The following table links the Foundation for Middle East Peace's Settlement Report and other news events with major US diplomatic visits with Israeli leaders. It reveals a clear pattern consistent with Baker's observation almost twenty years ago.
"Israel's Holy Warriors," by Eyal Press, April 29, 2010, New York Review of Books
China and Iran:
Walt in Foreign Policy (Cable)
The New York Times and other news agencies are now reporting that China is preparing to get behind the U.S.-led effort to toughen economic sanctions on Iran. The Times's headline (in the print version) reads "China Supports Iran Sanctions," but the actual story tells a rather different tale. It says that President Hu Jintao agreed yesterday to "join negotiations" for a new sanctions package, but reminds readers that China has a well-established pattern of using negotiations to delay and deflect stiffer measures. In particular, the article reports that former President George W. Bush tried three times to "corral Chinese support " for tougher penalties on Iran, only to have China use its participation to "water down" the resulting resolutions.
China has every reason to drag its feet on meaningful economic sanctions. To begin with, China wants to safeguard its access to Iranian oil and gas and protect its ability to invest in Iran. Iran is now China's second largest source of oil and gas (providing about 15 percen of its consumption), and China is Iran's second largest customer. China has also become a substantial investor in Iran's economy. With demand for oil likely to grow in the future, this is not a relationship Beijing is likely to jeopardize.
Second, China is sanguine about the prospects of an Iranian bomb because it has a more realistic view of what that development would mean. China's leaders know that they didn't gain a lot of geopolitical clout when they tested their own nuclear weapon in 1964, and being a nuclear power didn't enable them to dictate or blackmail Taiwan, Vietnam, the Koreas, or anyone else. China's rise to great power status was driven by its economic development, not its modest nuclear arsenal, and Bejing knows that same would be true for a nuclear Iran. While China would probably prefer that Iran not develop nuclear weapons, it hasn't succumbed to worst-case paranoia….
Tags: Israel news, Hezbollah, Syria
The allegations are already having repercussions on Washington's efforts to restore full diplomatic ties with Damascus. According to the Journal report, senior Republican politicians will press the U.S. Congress to block plans to reappoint an ambassador to Syria.
President Barack Obama in January decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after a four-year absence, appointing Arabic-speaking diplomat Robert Ford to the task of wooing Damascus away from its closest ally, Iran.
But allegations over the Scuds have led to calls for Obama to rethink his policy of conciliation.
Government officials responded to speculation by saying that provocations such as the Scud transfer made a U.S. diplomatic presence in Syri all the more necessary.
"If anything, we need (an ambassador) in Damascus full time just to ensure that reality gets its day in court now and then," the Wall Street Journal quoted a senior administration official as saying
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Amir in Tel Aviv said:
Sami Moubayed is really hilarious, calling Ayad Allawi, a Ba'athist.
And his analysis on regional politics, had to lead him to a totally different conclusions. Jumblatt and Hariri did their pilgrimage to Assad, not because of sudden affection, but because of intimidation and fear for their lives. Remember the may 2008 siege on Beirut, and Assad's "prophetic prediction" about an imminent Lebanese civil war, within weeks, if not days ?
And then, there's Iraq and there are brave Iraqis, who do the opposite of what is expected from Arabs. That is to vote for a secular bloc, instead of voting traditionally, and in a sectarian fashion.
And if Sami Moubayed tries to hint that Turkey is now a member of the Muqawama camp, let us remind him of the Gallop survey, which showed Turkish people support to HA and Hamas at 3% each.
Conclusion: when given a democratic choice, Arabs and Muslims (Pakistanis included) aren't revolutionaries, nor Islamists, nor pro-brutal-politics-of-intimidation-and-fear nor pro-sectarians.
Ghat Albird said:
"US confirms Syria gave Scuds to Hezballa"
What a surprise announcment by the zionist controlled media in the US!
Interesting that the recent delivery of several shipments of "cluster bombs" to Israel were never mentioned in the WP, WSJ,NYT, et al. Is this announcement to be considered coincidental to the reports that Russia has already began shipping the Sam 300 missile to Iran.
What arrogance! Why is it permissible for the US to continually supply Israel with military hardware and the states that are daily threatened by Israel are also threatened by the US. The days of buying this b#ll are over.
"We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force."
A direct quote of a Martin Van Creveld a military history professor in Israel.
Dr. Creveld also pointed out that "collective deportation" was Israel's only meaningful strategy towards the Palestinian people.
If the whole world was upside down and the US was threatened by both a Beijing-Moscow axis with atomic war heads as Van Creveld claims Israel has would Washington be getting any rockets from India or Japan?
The zionists better get used to the reality that they are dealing with a people that has never been brainwashed. Come to think of it its time Americans started to distinguish between what is right for the US and what is wrong for the US.
Had to share this un-anticipated and un-expected news about actions by members of the US Senate and of US Congresspersons both representing the citizens of "the home of the brave and the land of the free".
Three-quarters of the US Senate sign a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remind the administration of the importance of relations with Israel.
Published on Tuesday, the bipartisan letter was circulated by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and was SIGNED BY 76 of their colleagues.
"From the moment of Israel's creation, successive US administrations have appreciated the special relationship between [the] two nations," said the senator's letter strongly backed by pro-Israeli lobby group AIPAC.
"By helping keep Israel strong, the United States has helped to reduce threats to Israel's security and advance the peace which successive Israeli governments have so avidly sought."
Admitting to disagreements on particular issues in the Middle East peace process, the letter calls on the administration to resolve the differences "amicably and in a manner that befits longstanding strategic allies" and does not harm mutual interests.
"We must never forget the depth and breadth of our alliance and always do our utmost to reinforce a relationship that has benefited both nations for more than six decades," it concludes.
The US House of Representatives sent a similar letter to Clinton over the weekend, which was also signed by more than THREE QUARTERS OF THE the 435-member legislative body.
With the acquisition of the majority of the Government of the USA and the capability of "possessing several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force." [As stated a number of times by an Israeli military expert]
Are the zionists in DC and Tel Aviv seriously worried about a few scuds? Or are these further attempts to increase the number of cluster bombs going to Israel as well as pressuring the US to not only nuking Iran but in succession nuke, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, as well as the West Bank as their ultimate final Solution to peace.
Are the zionists in DC and Tel Aviv seriously worried about a few scuds?
Ghat,
I would take Professor Josh's approach and not worry about DC, Tel Aviv or the UN. Just pretend that most Americans would prefer relations with regimes that support war and terrorism like Syria.
Of course, don't give up your day job.
Michael Young:
My theory, and take it for what it's worth, is that Landis' ambition is to be the premier mediator with and interpreter of Syria in American academic and policy-making circles – a latter-day Patrick Seale. In this context, and again this is just a coagulating hypothesis, Landis has frequently used his blog to prove his worth to the Syrians – perhaps to enjoy better access.
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3109
Hugh Fitzgerald:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/09/fitzgerald-a-tribute-to-joshua-landis.html
Patrick Devenny:
http://spectator.org/archives/2006/01/04/assads-academic
almasri said:
Hugh Fitzgerald and Patrick Devenney have convinced me that Joshua Landis is doing an excellent job explaining the Syrian policy to the Americans and other Westerners. The two writers also convinced me that the Syrian policy aimed at regaining Lebanon and Palestine as part of Syria is in the best inetersts of the Arabs and Middle East stability. These two artificial entities of Lebanon and Israel have been the source of so much instability for the region and it is time to redraw the map properly and erase the effects of the divisions imposed by Western powers in the last century. Egypt must abrogate its treaty of shame with Israel and should help Syria regain control over its Syrian territory which includes Lebanon and historic Palestine. The Assad government seems to be the only Syrian government which is seriously working towards that goal, and should be supported by all the Arabs and Western powers seeking good and honset relations with the Arabs and stability in the Middle East.
TO: AKBAR PALACE:
An expected and to a certain extent quite revealing of you that you would note an extract of Michael Young's theory:
In several parts of the world MY is known for being a האָמאָסעקסואַל; as well as a פּימפ, القواد, proxenet, sąvadauti this last one is in Lithuanian and the one before is in Moldavain.
Birds of a feather do indeed flock together.
Nour said:
The repetitive Zionist comments on this and other sites about Americans having relations with "regimes that support war and terrorism like Syria" are hilarious. So "Israel" that has known nothing but war since its very inception; that used planned and deliberate ethnic cleansing campaigns to create its own pure racist entity; that has launched numerous wars against its neighbors; that has attacked 5 countries in my lifetime alone and over 15 countries since its founding; that has engaged in assassinations of scientists and political figures (including Rafiq Hariri) from across the Arab World; that has assassinated hundreds of professors in Iraq; that has armed militias and terror groups within other countries in order to destabilize them; that deliberately attacked a US intelligence gathering ship in 1967, killing 34 US sailors and injuring 117; that continually spies on the US and steals its technology only to sell it as its own to other countries; and that most recently boasted that it could bomb European capitals with nuclear weapons is not a supporter of war and terrorism, and Americans should be proud to have relations with such a criminal entity. But Syria, which is defending itself against repeated and continuous "Israeli" threats and aggression should be condemned as a supporter of war and terror. Only in the bizarro world of Zionists and their American puppets is this a logical view.
Husam said:
Nour:
The only repetitive comments on this particular website with ludicrous Zionist propaganda are from Akbar Palace (aka AP or PPP, Paid-Professional-Parrot) and Amir in Tel Aviv.
The facts speak for themselves. The Zionist crimes are out there, they are just suppressed by the same Zionist controlled media, and covered-up by the US Congress even before 1948. It is a simple formula that has worked for the last century.
Free Press Concern NewZ
The Zionist crimes are out there, they are just suppressed by the same Zionist controlled media…
Husam,
This may come as a surprise to you, but the Western media is freer than most Arab government-controlled media.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=251&year=2008
No, really. They hate Ayad Allawi so much. God, how they hate him.
There's no insult in the English language, that they didn't use. CIA agent.
Collaborator. Former Ba'athist. Ba'athist ?? Ayad Allawi Ba'athist?
And who call Ayad Allawi a Ba'athist? Sami Moubayed ! No, really, that's great stuff for a SNL.
I mean, if Ba'athist is used by Mubayed to smear Allawi, then why is Mubayed the father of all Ba'athists??
They hate him so much, because Allawi is going to spoil and to sabotage all of what they planed for us, in the Middle-East.
A greater muqawama alliance. Not with Allawi. Wide Shi'i crescent, that stretches from Lebanon in the west to Iran in the east. Not with Allawi. Continuation of autocracy dictatorship and oppression. Not with Allawi.
And what really really, but really drives them crazy?
That this is the genuine will of the Iraqi people, and that no-one can argue with this fact. Fact = ballot boxes results.
So what are they been left with? (Lots of) hate to Ayad Allawi.
Shami said:
Amir:Conclusion: when given a democratic choice, Arabs and Muslims (Pakistanis included) aren't revolutionaries, nor Islamists, nor pro-brutal-politics-of-intimidation-and-fear nor pro-sectarians.
Amir i do agree with you here,and it's true even in the most backward arab and muslim countries.
Sectarianism is only strong among the small isolated minorities and it's temporary i think ,we saw in Syria during these last years the integration of the alawites in the mainstream syrian society which is a positive thing.As for the maronites in Lebanon ,they are not more sectarians than Muslims and Orthodox but they used weapons by fear after the Kissingerian -Asad deal over their country.
A.P. said
but the Western media is freer than most Arab government-controlled media.
Yes they are free to lie and Deceive
jad/2 said:
"Neo-Syria," Rami Zurayk
http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/2010/03/neo-syria.html
"Read (..) this article http://gulfnews.com/business/features/syria-an-economy-in-transition-1.604982 : It says what the introduction says, that Syria was able to build a low debt, high foreign reserve economy under a "command-type" economy, which mitigated the impacts of the financial crash. But now, they have to introduce neo-liberal economy in order for the new plutocracy to empty the coffers and to destroy the productive sectors, agriculture and industry."
Zionist-Controlled Media NewZ
Ghat said earlier today:
Then majedkhaldoun added his knowledge base:
From the AFP: (Agence France-Presse
US concerned Syria may supply Scuds to Hezbollah
WASHINGTON — The United States voiced alarm Wednesday about the possible sale of Scud missiles to Hezbollah militants, warning it would put Lebanon at "significant risk."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gNU1tGuyPXPQO9mnAHavQp-eZ0UQ
NY Times article rehashing the latest and regarding a shift in policy in the ME.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/world/middleeast/15mideast.html
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Proposition for name change for AP (aka: Akbar Palace)
If Prof Josh & and the rest of us here are so racist, why come here and subject yourself to it? Why is it that you ran away behind the column like a coward when I proved with links and videos of Mossad and CIA terrorist operations killing civilians, links showing you proof of who created Mujahadeen, Taliban, Al-Qaeda (and other American & Israeli assests)? I refuted your claim showing you videos that were hoax, pictures of Bin Landin that varied and were photoshoped. You never replied. Why? Because everytime you are cornered you move on to another systematic copy-paste-critic. It is getting really boring. Do you expect to sway SC's opinion here to your B.S? You seem to disagree with every person here including moderat Jews.
I call on all SC commentators to ignore you and when they really must then we should all replace your abreviation from AP to PPP: PAID-PROPAGANDA-PARROT
Lets have some fun while we are at it.
William deB. Mills said:
More than a year after Obama entered the White House, it is not clear what anyone has gained from the new conciliatory tone in U.S.-Syrian relations. If anyone knows of any substantive concession yet made by either side, please send me a note. Words matter…but they only go so far, especially in a context where words pour out from all quarters in a steady flood that mixes nice with nasty just the way real floods mix rain with mud. So what are we to make of the new story of Syrian Scuds being turned over to Hezbollah?
If Israel made this story up, then it may be extremely serious for it would suggest Israel is looking for an excuse to start another war (or at least is trying to distract the world from its own behavior). But that is a very cynical interpretation for which I have no direct evidence, so enough about that.
If Syria in fact gave Scuds to Hezbollah or plans to give them or is trying to create the impression that it intends to give them, then the most obvious interpretation would seem to be that, amazingly, Damascus has figured out…that it is not clear it has gained anything from the new conciliatory tone in U.S.-Syrian relations. This statement rests on the assumption that what Syria really wants is a combination of national security and the return of the Golan Heights. On neither score is it getting anywhere.
Perhaps the enormous prestige of having a U.S. ambassador in residence and the possibility of various economic incentives that might flow from an improved bilateral tone are more important than security and territory, but land and security are normally pretty basic goals. By Occam's Razor, I'm going to stick with that assumption until presented with some persuasive evidence to the contrary. It flows from this logic that Damascus has decided that it needs to signal Washington that its core interests are not being served by a "new tone" in bilateral diplomacy. This isn't a romance; it is an effort to create a military balance in the Levant to replace the current Israeli dominion that sees Israel with not just an overwhelming military edge but also with the political ability to 1) decide what weapons its opponents may possess, 2) attack without being attacked in return, 3) overfly its opponents' territory without penalty, and 4) keep in perpetuity whatever it conquered in 1967.
The Scuds, balanced against Israeli weaponry, aren't much of a strategic military weapon, but they constitute a serious political statement. If the Scud story is accurate, Washington should be interpreting the Scuds not as a threat but as a message. Lunch on the White House lawn is not Syria's goal; it's goal is redress of grievances.
At least that is how I see it from a logical perspective. I'd be interested in the comments of this blog's readers, most of whom no doubt know a good deal more about Syria than I do.
William Deb. Mills:
I agree with your whole analysis. I also understand about the reality of the Scuds, no one knows if it is a true factual story. But, history shows that Israel lies and fabricates stories to advance its own interest. Kindly read Josh's news today about how the Israeli's lied about the Scuds in Iraq. So, a liar will almost always be a liar. Same as a thief.
The whole Iraq war was based on disinformation of WMD's fed by Israeli intellegence which was bought by the US as a pretext for the current war in Iraq at a cost of a million lives (killed and wounded), and a trillion dollars later.


Ninety-day-old tiny, perfect, captive-bred Blue Tuxedo Urchins (Mespilia globulus) rest in a drop of water in breeder Chad Vossen's hand.
Excerpt from the March/April 2019 issue of CORAL Magazine – subscribe today!
The propagation of fishes and corals is a high-profile endeavor, but aquarists seldom give a second thought to the clean-up crews—the inverts, occasionally well-endowed aesthetically, that we invite to live in our reef tanks. But, as some researchers have cautioned, little is known about the sustainable harvest of wild invertebrates.
While today's Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) certainly supports aquarists working to breed invertebrates, nothing has really replaced the momentum generated by Project DIBS (Desirable Invertebrate Breeding Society). Some think it's high time to bring the breeding of these often-overlooked invertebrates to the center stage. The MBI's nearly 10-year-old database has yielded a preliminary list of marine aquarium invertebrate species that have been bred in captivity. Those original data have been augmented by insider knowledge and insights from other aquarists. The result? For the first time, CORAL is offering a comprehensive look at the captive breeding of motile tropical ornamental invertebrates for the marine aquarium hobby and trade.
This list intentionally excludes invertebrates cultured as food organisms, whether for adult or larval fishes and invertebrates; you won't find brine and Mysis shrimps, rotifers, or copepods on the list. Also intentionally excluded are those that propagate asexually (by fragmentation and division); we have focused squarely on the often-difficult task of sexually propagating marine invertebrates, many of which exist as captive-propagated organisms only as byproducts of other research or food production (for example, Tridacnid clams).
This list also excludes the propagation, sexual or otherwise, of all sessile Cnidarians (stony corals, soft corals, anemones, and so forth), at least for this first year, but does include some examples of captive-bred sea jellies. In the future, the list may expand to include a proper accounting of sexually-propagated corals.
It must be acknowledged that this list is incomplete; some species that have been propagated have very likely been missed. However, the hope is that this list will spark discussion and information-gathering. Please review it, then comment and share additional data that may be incorporated into a more robust offering for 2019 and beyond.
Orange Common Name = Starting in 2019; all species are "new to the list" this year!
Pink Common Name = Starting in 2019; all species are "new to the list" this year!
Green = Commonly Available. Easy to find as a captive-bred marine invertebrate, often from more than one source, throughout 2017.
Blue = Moderate to Low. Might have taken some searching, and availability may have been limited, potentially only with one source, but was reasonably obtainable as a captive-bred marine invertebrate in 2017.
Purple = Scarce. Generally, only one source or breeder is known, and potentially only a handful of specimens may have been available. You may have "had to know someone" or even know the breeder directly in order to obtain them as captive-bred marine invertebrates during 2017.
Black = None. The authors and consulted parties were unaware of any retail availability of this species from a captive-bred source during 2017.
*This species was added after the print edition in 2018.
We welcome your comments and feedback on this inaugural list. You may also wish to review the 2018 Captive-Bred Marine Ornamental Fish List, Part I of our annual recap.
here are many types of marine or saltwater invertebrates that you can keep in your saltwater aquarium. From sea stars to crabs and shrimps, the possibility of finding an insert that you like is quite good. Most are kept for a specific purpose such as cleaning fish of parasites or helping rid that reef tank of algae.


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By Holdsworth on September 17, 2018 in Cambridge, News, Public Relations, Social Media, Technology
From news-jacking stories about robots, to working with Silicon Valley companies and promoting new tests for human and animal health, here's an insight into our PR work week.
By Holdsworth on August 2, 2018 in Cambridge, News, Public Relations, Social Media
Our latest blog offering a PR peek into our working week – including press-event organising, film producing, lab test assisting, and birthday cake candle lighting!
A naked flash of inspiration
By Claire Lynn on March 30, 2017 in Humour, Technology
The Eureka! moment can hit at the most unexpected of times. Some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs and useful inventions have first flashed in to someone's brain at the oddest of times.
Creating research to drive PR
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SureFlap is a microchip operated cat flap that only permits the resident cat to enter the home, keeping intruder cats outside.
The client wanted to raise the profile of its product with the national media, so we used research to create a story.
An analysis of customers revealed that many had purchased SureFlap as they wanted a secure cat flap that would excluded unwanted visitors. Desk research showed that although little was known about the behaviour of cats it was known that home invasions caused stressed.
HA developed a research project with an animal behaviourist from the Royal Veterinary College to provide credibility for the results and then interested Your Cat Magazine in collaborating with a series of features aimed at raising awareness that home invasion caused stress for cats and this could be prevented by using a secure cat flap such as SureFlap.
Over 1,000 people completed the survey.
Analysis by HA with the behaviourist generated sufficient material for five features in YourCat Magazine.
The findings were launched at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association to a room of vets (key influencers)
Results were published in major veterinary publications
Radio interviews were secured on the BBC
Coverage was achieved in the pet trade publications and resulted in request for several articles
Coverage was achieved in the Independent, Daily Telegraph, Express, Metro
Client comment
The 300% increase in turnover we achieved last year has enabled us to grow the team significantly in the past six months. Sales continue to grow both in the UK and abroad and we now have country managers in place to target the US and Germany. With sales also picking up in Australasia, we plan to have a local presence there too within the next six months.
– Dr Nick Hill, Managing Director, SureFlap Ltd
Public relations can help raise profile and secure investment. Our specialist PR agency tailors each campaign to support business objectives and reach target audiences.
Gaining profile with investors
Cambridge has changed and the launch of a new book 'Cambridge Phenomenon: Global Impact' by Charles Cotton and Kate Kirk created an opportunity to profile its international impact.
Promoting the Cambridge Phenomenon
How do you generate international coverage for a textbook? We dug beneath the surface to create human interest stories that brought the UNEP Atlas of Great Apes to life for the media and public.
Generating national media interest for World Atlas launch
Delivering consumer PR: from tech start-up to Apple app
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Holdsworth Associates helped ViewRanger go from start-up to international player with public relations
Launch ViewRanger
Raise the brand and product's profile with potential customers in the UK and overseas
Support the company's business development
How we did it?
Throughout our three years working with Augmentra, we created a sustained communications campaign by identifying and developing a regular flow of company/product stories aimed at different sections of the media. Press releases were researched, drafted and distributed on a monthly basis to a wide range of media including: outdoor pursuits, smartphone apps, travel, general interest and many more. During this time we built good relationships with key journalists who were interested in the technology.
In order to sustain a flow of newsworthy press releases we looked beyond straight 'announcement' stories. For example, we recognised that ViewRanger is great for locating friends on mountainsides, and even at music festivals, and created a light-hearted media story about using ViewRanger to find your tent which appealed to Chris Evans and secured 20 minutes on BBC Radio 2's drivetime radio.
We proposed, planned and coordinated activities that would raise ViewRanger's profile directly with potential customers. This included helping ViewRanger support charity activities such as The Incredible Solar Electric Flight and Hannah 100.
Additionally, we arranged support for walking festivals and gained a prime position for our client in the 'Best British Walk' category of the Great British Life website.
To ensure ViewRanger reached a wider audience, we also supported international launches securing coverage in the USA and Germany.
Coverage was sustained throughout the whole period in newspapers, magazines, broadcast, local and online media – appearing in over 250 different publications.
Highlights include: an interview with Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2; articles in The Independent and Daily Mail Weekend; and in magazines covering a range of hobbies such as Trek and Mountain magazine, Outdoor Photography, What Mountain Bike and Birding World.
The Viewranger app was reviewed by 35 journalists in a variety of media including BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times and Country Walking magazine. During the time we worked with ViewRanger, we were delighted to support its growth from an early stage start-up to an established business.
Return project: PR to launch the Apple Watch Series 2
In September 2016, Holdsworth Associates were again asked to support ViewRanger thanks to the success of our earlier work.
ViewRanger was to be one of the launch apps for the Apple Watch Series 2, to be announced at the annual Apple event held in San Fransisco. In a live stage demo (pictured above), Head of Design Hannah Catmur took the audience on a virtual hiking tour of Four Mile Trail in the USA's Yosemite National Park with the ViewRanger app providing turn-by-turn directions and highlighting key route features such as viewpoints, camping locations, and waterfalls.
Holdsworth Associates produced results – good results – which helped us to establish our brand, raise our profile with initial investors, and grow our business.
Craig Wareham, Co-founder and CEO
Holdsworth Associates was asked to provide the final design for, facilitate the construction of and organise a launch event for a pet crematorium memorial garden.
Design through to launch of a memorial garden
Public relations is invaluable for science and technology SMEs and start-ups.
Profiling early-stage technology companies
Launching a new food intolerance test product to the healthcare market.
Generating market pull for new health product

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Il doppio maschile del torneo di tennis Lipton International Players Championships 1985, facente parte della categoria Grand Prix, ha avuto come vincitori Paul Annacone e Christo van Rensburg che hanno battuto in finale 7–5, 7–5, 6–4 Sherwood Stewart e Kim Warwick.

Teste di serie

 Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd (quarti di finale)
 Heinz Günthardt /  Balázs Taróczy (secondo turno)
 Stefan Edberg /  Anders Järryd (quarti di finale)
 Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso (terzo turno)
 Kevin Curren /  Steve Denton (secondo turno)
 Broderick Dyke /  John Fitzgerald (terzo turno)
 Fritz Buehning /  Ferdi Taygan (quarti di finale)
 Henri Leconte /  Yannick Noah (semifinali)

 Joakim Nyström /  Mats Wilander (quarti di finale)
 Sherwood Stewart /  Kim Warwick (finale)
 David Dowlen /  Nduka Odizor (secondo turno)
 Francisco González /  Matt Mitchell (terzo turno)
 Peter Fleming /  Ivan Lendl (secondo turno)
 Jan Gunnarsson /  Michael Mortensen (secondo turno)
 Tim Gullikson /  Tom Gullikson (primo turno)
 Peter Doohan /  Michael Fancutt (terzo turno)

Tabellone

Finali

Parte alta

Sezione 1

Sezione 2

Parte bassa

Sezione 3

Sezione 4

Collegamenti esterni

Lipton International Players Championships 1985

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However, one thing that I haven't been able to figure out about the setup is how mail sent through the service would preserve the authenticity of the original domain... bad wording, but I'll explain. If I'm sending e-mails directly from the office network to the SMTP service, without relaying it first through the shared host (to which the domain name is registered), will I not see mail bouncing back because the domain and IP don't match?
I figure I need to do something along the lines of adding an MX entry to my domain, but to my knowledge, that only applies to incoming mail. Something through the registrar, maybe?
Any corrections / suggestions are much appreciated. E-mail protocol isn't something I've read much on... yet.

A: The best solution would be to use your MX mail server as a relay for your office network. Due to the very diverse methods of spam protection used by different hosts, this is the most reliable way to prevent your mails from being spam filtered. If however the offical SMTP server for your domain is often blacklisted because it is on a bad shared hosting service, you will need to move it away from there as you will always have trouble to send mail and just sending the mails form your office network will not help with it all that much.
Other than that, you could look into SPF and/or DKIM to associate your office network with your mail domain, which is good idea to adapt for your MX host anyway. Both methods use special DNS records to indicate which hosts are allowed to send mail on behalf of a specific domain, with DKIM the more advanced and reliable but considerable more difficult method. However, if your office network is connected to the internet via some kind of dial-up network (e.g. DSL), it might very well be that this network range is blacklisted as such in some database and many hosts will flatly refuse to talk to your office network hosts, SPF/DKIM or not. Use this service to check. There is nothing you can do about this except relay mail through your official mail server.

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Ludhiana (Punjab), Oct 16 (ANI): A private firm 'Farm2Energy' has set up a paddy waste management plant in Punjab's Manki village to collect stubble on its own from the fields. The company would use stubble to turn it into bio-coal, stubble powder, CNG etc.
Although the state government has taken steps to control stubble burning and has fined several errant farmers who continue to burn the stubble, but no firm changes has taken place on ground. A farmer says, "Before this we had no solution but to burn stubble.
Now all the stubble has been cleared in six villages. It is very beneficial.
We're happy. It's a permanent solution." General Secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Harinder Singh Lakhowal said, "We welcome these private firms.
We are not happy in burning the stubbles, rather it is our compulsion."


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More than a million screened
Will County Executive Larry Walsh has his hearing screened – for a second time – by Hope Cathelyn, the county's Chief Vision and Hearing Screening Technician during the organization's 50th anniversary celebration on Aug. 26.
Bird in Naperville Will County's first confirmed case of West Nile Virus in an animal
The Will County Health Department announced Thursday that a bird picked up in Naperville had West Nile Virus, making it the first confirmed case in an animal in the county in 2016.
Will County Health Department celebrates 50 years of vision and hearing screening
The Will County Health Department's vision and hearing program will celebrate 50 years of providing screenings to the community with an open house on Friday.
Rabid bat found in Joliet
Fifth rabid bat reported in Will County
Will County health officials said a fifth rabid bat has been reported. A bat was found Aug. 17 in a house in the 500 block of Bannett Street in Joliet.
Will County Issues Bonds
Moving Will County Projects Forward -- Will County Executive Larry Walsh (center) signed off on the issuance of $175 million in General Obligation, Alternate Revenue Source bonds for the county on August 18, 2016. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds will be used to finance a new Public Safety Complex, a new Judicial Complex, a new Health department building, and a northern court satellite location.


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Q: How to control continuous requests to server using javascript while displaying images I am editing a code snippet I found for displaying a slideshow of images stored on the server. I checked the inspect window on browser and under network tab and I found it is continuously making GET requests to the server. Is it okay to keep a continuous connection with the server. Is there any other way to do it ?
The code written accesses images that are stored as 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg and displays them in a slideshow.

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Atengo es un pueblo y uno de los 125 municipios en los que se divide el estado mexicano de Jalisco. Se ubica en la región Sierra de Amula en el oeste del estado. Según los datos del censo del 2015 el municipio tiene una población de 4918 habitantes.

Toponimia
Atengo es una palabra de origen náhuatl y significa: "en la orilla del agua".

Historia
Era pueblo perteneciente al cacicazgo de Tenamaxtlán. Fue habitado por indígenas toltecas que adoraban un ídolo que llamaban Pupuca porque echaba humo por los ojos y boca.

La conquista del lugar la realizó Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura en 1525, cuando se dirigía a Tepic. Durante los días que estuvo en la región, recibió el vasallaje de todos los pueblos del cacicazgo de Tenamaxtlán, entregando en encomienda tales poblaciones a Pedro Gómez y a Martín Monje de León. Este fundó una estancia de ganado entre Tenamaxtlán y Atengo que aún estaba en pie en 1579, año en que era corregidor del lugar Pedro de Ávila.

Una relación firmada por Martín Monje, dice que Atengo, en ese entonces, tenía la mayor población de la provincia. Ya para el año de 1785 Atengo solo contaba con 30 familias que se dedicaban a la agricultura y la ganadería. En 1825 Atengo ya tenía ayuntamiento, y desde esa fecha hasta 1843 perteneció al 6o. Cantón de Autlán; a partir de esa fecha y hasta que se erige en municipalidad perteneció al 10o. cantón de Mascota.

El 31 de mayo de 1918 el gobernador sustituto del estado, don Manuel Bouquet, publicó el decreto número 1859, según el cual se erigía en municipalidad la comisaría de Atengo, anexándole la comisaría de Soyatlán. El edificio de la presidencia municipal fue construido en 1940.

Descripción geográfica

Ubicación
Atengo está ubicado en la porción noroeste de la región sur del estado, en las coordenadas: 20º13'20" a 20º25'40" latitud norte y 104º05'40" a los 104º25'30" longitud oeste; a una altura de 1,417 metros sobre el nivel del mar.

El municipio colinda al norte con los municipios de Mixtlán y Tecolotlán; al este con los municipios de Tecolotlán y Tenamaxtlán; al sur con los municipios de Tenamaxtlán, Ayutla y Cuautla; al oeste con los municipios de Cuautla, Atenguillo y Mixtlán.

Orografía
La superficie de este municipio es irregular, con zonas planas (46%), semiplanas (21%) y zonas accidentadas (33%) con montañas y serranías con alturas que fluctúan entre los 1,400 y los 2,100 metros sobre el nivel del mar.

Suelos. La mayor parte de su territorio está formado por suelos cafés y café rojizo de bosque. La composición de los suelos es de tipo predominantes Feozem, Cambisol y Regosol en la superficie plana y semiplana.

El municipio tiene una superficie territorial de 41,242 hectáreas, de las cuales 15,917 son utilizadas con fines agrícolas, 8,876 en la actividad pecuaria, 13,600 son de uso forestal, 175 son suelo urbano y 2,674 hectáreas tienen otro uso. En lo que a la propiedad se refiere, una extensión de 11,988 hectáreas es privada y otra de 24,385 es ejidal; 3,869 hectáreas son de propiedad comunal.

Hidrografía
Sus recursos hidrológicos son proporcionados por los ríos: Atengo, San Pedro y Yerbabuena; por los arroyos: El Salitre de la Pila, Cofradía, Cedros y Agua Fría y por la presa La Garruñoza, además de existir pozos profundos.

Clima
El clima es semiseco, con otoño e invierno secos y semicálido, sin cambio térmico invernal bien definido. La temperatura media anual es de 20.3 °C, con máxima de 27.2 °C y mínima de 13.4 °C. El régimen de las lluvias se registra en los meses de junio y julio, contando con una precipitación media de los 924 milímetros. El promedio anual de días con heladas es de 29.5. Los vientos dominantes son en dirección del norte.

Flora y fauna

La vegetación que predomina son encinos, pinos, robles y oyamel; en las zonas planas existe vegetación baja espinosa y matorral.

El conejo, el armadillo, la ardilla, el tecolote, el gavilán, el venado y el jabalí habitan en el municipio.

Economía
Ganadería. Se cría ganado bovino, equino y porcino.

Agricultura. Destacan el maíz, sorgo y frijol.

Comercio. Predominan los establecimientos dedicados a la venta de productos de primera necesidad y los comercios mixtos que venden artículos diversos.

Servicios. Se prestan servicios técnicos, personales y de mantenimiento.

Industria. Es de origen doméstico, se abastece con materias primas de la localidad, permitiendo la elaboración de productos lácteos, materiales de construcción, forrajes y carbón.

Minería. Existen yacimientos de oro, plata y cobre; y no metálicos como el ópalo.

Explotación forestal. Se explota pino, encino y oyamel.

Pesca. Solo para el autoconsumo, se captura el bagre, carpa y camarón.

Turismo
Arquitectura
 Templo antiguo de Atengo.
 Templo El Rosario.
 Presidencia municipal.

Artesanías
 Elaboración de: talabartería, chamarras forradas, muebles típicos y soguillas de piel.

Parques y reservas
 Río Atengo.
 Bosque El Picacho.
 Bosque La Tetilla.
 Bosque Telexeca.

Fiestas
Fiestas civiles
 Fiesta taurina de la delegación de Macuchi. Enero.

Fiestas religiosas
 Fiesta en honor de la Virgen de Atengo. Del 30 de agosto al 8 de septiembre.

Ciudades hermanas

  Zapopan, México (2002).

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sistema de información del Estado de Jalisco

Localidades del estado de Jalisco
Municipios de la Región Sierra de Amula


An upcoming election shakes up Honeysuckle. When an outspoken resident who opposes the changes to the magical small Southern town turns up dead, it's up to Charli Goodwin and her special talents to get on the case…except her valuable magic doesn't seem to be working.
What starts as a simple search uncovers a darker layer of manipulation and sabotage. Will Charli be able to figure out who is pulling the strings before the foundations of the town are destroyed?
Grab some sweet tea and find out now in Fried Chicken & Fangs: A Southern Charms Cozy Mystery Book 2!


Home News Watch Now: The Official Bohemian Rhapsody Teaser Trailer!
Watch Now: The Official Bohemian Rhapsody Teaser Trailer!
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
Bohemian Rhapsody - The Movie will be released to cinemas on October 24th in the UK and November 2nd in the US. Release dates for other territories to be announced soon!
15th May 2018 Watch Now: The Official Bohemian Rhapsody Teaser Trailer!


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Our new section, SWEET (Stanford Women Empower Everyone, Together), is planning a brunch at the Ronald McDonald House for children who are undergoing treatment, and their families. It will be on Saturday, May 18. We need volunteers to help set up and serve about 60 to 70 people. Set up is at 9:30 am and clean up is from 11:30 to 12:30. Ronald McDonald House also needs contributions of food. Fruit salad would be especially welcome. If you are able to participate or contribute, please call Diane Claerbout at (650) 493-1393 or Diane Levin at (650) 494-4991.
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Home » Publications » Global and Planetary Change » 2020
10/2020 The Earth Has Humans, So Why Don't Our Climate Models? Journal Article Beckage, Brian University of Vermont
09/2020 The DOE E3SM v1.1 Biogeochemistry Configuration: Description and Simulated Ecosystem‐Climate Responses to Historical Changes in Forcing Journal Article Burrows, S. M. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
01/2020 Parameterizing Perennial Bioenergy Crops in Version 5 of the Community Land Model Based on Site‐Level Observations in the Central Midwestern United States Journal Article Cheng, Yanyan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
12/2020 New SOA Treatments Within the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM): Strong Production and Sinks Govern Atmospheric SOA Distributions and Radiative Forcing Journal Article Lou, Sijia Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
03/2020 MPAS‐Ocean Simulation Quality for Variable‐Resolution North American Coastal Meshes Journal Article Hoch, Kristin E Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
01/2020 Mathematical Reconstruction of Land Carbon Models From Their Numerical Output: Computing Soil Radiocarbon From C Dynamics Journal Article Metzler, Holger Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
09/2020 Land Use and Land Cover Change Strongly Modulates Land‐Atmosphere Coupling and Warm‐Season Precipitation Over the Central United States in CESM2‐VR Journal Article Devanand, Anjana Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
05/2020 Initial Land Use/Cover Distribution Substantially Affects Global Carbon and Local Temperature Projections in the Integrated Earth System Model Journal Article Di Vittorio, A.V. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
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Marla Preston believes everyone should expect the best. As general manager of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Regina, she strives to make guests and employees happy, and...
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Has there ever been a more exciting time in the hotel industry? As we present Hotelier's annual Top 35 Hotels issue, there's an incredible surge of activity...
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Social Media Erupts over New UN Sculpture, Some Say it Resembles End Times 'Beast' from Daniel and Revelation
Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com | Monday, December 13, 2021
#United Nations
A new sculpture at the United Nations Plaza in New York City is sparking up controversy because of its striking resemblance to the end times beast described in the biblical books of Daniel and Revelation.
"A guardian for international peace and security sits on the Visitor's Plaza outside #UN Headquarters. The guardian is a fusion of jaguar and eagle and donated by the Government of Oaxaca, Mexico," the UN tweeted.
A guardian for international peace and security sits on the Visitor's Plaza outside #UN Headquarters. The guardian is a fusion of jaguar and eagle and donated by the Government of Oaxaca, Mexico @MexOnu. It is created by artists Jacobo and Maria Angeles.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías pic.twitter.com/q8SSsQhz1L
— United Nations Photo (@UN_Photo) November 9, 2021
According to the Mexican Ambassador to the UN, Alejandro Murat, the governor of Oaxaca, sent the winged-feline sculpture last month to express the power of Mexican culture to the UN.
"With the purpose of demonstrating to the UN that Mexico has a powerful culture that can send messages through our artisans, and like 76 years ago, Mexico continues to be a guardian of international peace and security," the ambassador said in a video message.
#Cultura #Internacional 🇲🇽🦅🇺🇸El colosal alebrije oaxaqueño denominado "Guardián de la Paz y la Seguridad Internacional" ya es expuesto en la Plaza de las Naciones Unidas en #NuevaYork🇲🇽🦅🇺🇸
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📲Información https://t.co/XhEPrHIEht pic.twitter.com/oTi9i443pe
— Meganoticias GDL (@Meganoticias) November 5, 2021
As reported by CBN News, people quickly reacted to the sculpture on social media by likening it to the "beast" written about in the books of Daniel and Revelation.
In Daniel 7:2-4, the prophet Daniel described "four great beasts," one of which is "like a lion" with eagle's wings.
"Daniel said: 'In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea'," the scripture reads. "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle," it added.
In Revelation, the apostle John told of a similar beast to the one Daniel described.
"The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority," Revelations 13:2 reads.
Some social media users have also pointed to 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 when criticizing the statue, noting that the scripture warns that unbelievers will call for "peace and safety" just before the rapture.
First Thessalonians 5:2-3 says, "For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape."
Photo courtesy: ©Getty Images/Larry Lee Photography
Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for Christian Headlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.


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SBU News > Newsroom > Press Release > General > Stony Brook Named the #4 "Environmentally Responsible University" in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges
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Stony Brook Named the #4 "Environmentally Responsible University" in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges
STONY BROOK, N.Y., April 17, 2015 – As Stony Brook University readies for its annual week-long "Earthstock" celebration leading up to Earth Day on April 22,
The Princeton Review's Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition
announced that the University ranked the #4 most environmentally responsible "green" college. The Guide to Green Colleges is the only free, comprehensive resource identifying colleges with exemplary commitments to sustainability based on their academic offerings and career preparation for students, campus policies, initiatives and activities. Schools were also ranked based on their 2014 Green Rating score (of 60 to 99), which Stony Brook ranked 99 – the highest score possible.
"Environmental stewardship is a commitment the University makes to students, faculty and staff; and together we are committed to the community at large," said Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD. "Implementation of green technologies, resources, and sustainability initiatives is an investment that not only impacts the future of Stony Brook but our collective future. We share this outstanding distinction with the entire Campus community."
Stony Brook has a long history of green awareness and environmental sustainability. It began with the Environmental Defense Fund which was cofounded in 1967 by Dr. Robert E. Smolker, a professor of Biological Sciences at Stony Brook University. Since then Stony Brook signed the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), created an Office of Sustainability and integrates sustainability into its facilities and services programs. The University also offers a comprehensive Sustainability Studies Program which offers five majors, six minors and a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems, as well as a Fast-track BA-MBA.
As a recognized leader in the field of sustainability and included in the Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges for the past six years, Stony Brook University takes pride in the numerous initiatives that led to the recognition. They include:
Recycled the most e-waste nationally in RecycleMania 2013 & 2014 competitions, and placed 1st in SUNY in the Gorilla category in 2013 & 2012;
"Tree Campus USA" designation in 2013 and 2014 by the National Arbor Day Foundation, in recognition of the university's dedication to the five core standards that promote the health of trees and student involvement to improve their forests;
Designated a 2014 Groundwater Guardian Green Site by the Groundwater Foundation in recognition of its groundwater and environmental stewardship;
Stony Brook finished in 1st Place in the University category of Car Free Day Long Island 2013 and 2014 by having its community pledge to be car free;
University vehicles are powered by a variety of sustainable propulsion systems, including bio-diesel/ultra-low sulfur diesel, hybrid and electric only;
Actively promotes biking on campus: solar powered "Wolf Ride Bike Share" program, expansive Paul Simons Memorial Bicycle Path, bicycle lockers, and bike racks on Stony Brook's Transit vehicles;
University partners with various entities, including Suffolk Transit and 7Bus, to offer enhanced mass transit alternatives;
Multiple solar installations, including arrays that partially power buildings, metered parking lots and exterior lighting;
Energy performance contracts have been utilized to implement a variety of building energy efficiency initiatives (such as lighting, HVAC), and have saved over $35 million since 2006-07;
University uses energy efficient lighting, including LED, induction and fluorescent fixtures, as well as occupancy sensors in a variety of locations on campus;
University dining halls use biodegradable food packaging, offer reusable dining plates/utensils and recycle over 5,000 gallons of kitchen compost annually using an on campus, in-vessel food waste composter;
During the growing season, organic student vegetable gardenprovides dining hall with herbs and fresh vegetables;
Implemented managed print initiative, which promotes networked printing, toner/e-waste recycling and buying of recycled paper;
Stony Brook operates a total of 10 electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) on its main and R&D Park campuses;
Since 2006-07, Stony Brook has planted over 4,900 trees, saplings, bushes and perennials using an on campus greenhouse and nursery;
In 2014, the University unveiled its Building Dashboard system, which provides real time energy consumption and sustainability initiative information online;
Stony Brook awarded 2015 Green Cleaning Awards Honorable Mention by American Schools and University magazine for its healthy and sustainable cleaning methods.
Additionally, Stony Brook is home to a variety of buildings with green features, including the Advanced Energy Center, Frey Hall, Marine Sciences Research Center, Nobel Halls, Simons Center for Geometry & Physics, Walter J. Hawrys Student Recreation Center, Southampton Library and West Side Dining.
The 218-page Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition is downloadable at www.princetonreview.com/green-guide. The profiles in the guide also give prospective college applicants information about each Stony Brook's admission requirements, cost and financial aid, as well as student body facts and stats.
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was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. The inventor of the Arisaka Rifle, he is regarded as one of the leading arms designers in Japanese history, alongside Kijirō Nambu.

Biography
Arisaka was born in Iwakuni, Suo province (currently part of Yamaguchi prefecture) as the 4th son of a samurai retainer of Chōshū Domain. At the age of 11, he was adopted by firearms craftsman Arisaka Nagayoshi, from whom he took his family name. After the Meiji Restoration, he enlisted in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. In 1891, he caught the attention of General Murata Tsuneyoshi, designer of the Murata Rifle, the standard Japanese Army rifle, and was appointed to a position in the Tokyo Arsenal.

In 1897, Arisaka completed work on the Type 30 Rifle, an improvement on the Murata Rifle, which was adopted by the Japanese Army as its standard weapon in time for the Boxer Rebellion. In 1898, he also completed design work on the Type 31 75mm Mountain Gun, and his name became known in the world of artillery as well as small arms. However, his earlier designs were not well received by combat troops. The Type 30 Rifle was regarded as underpowered and lacked lethality. The Type 31 guns lacked recoil buffers and had poor accuracy.

In 1903, Arisaka was appointed head of the Army Technical Bureau. He oversaw a committee charged with improving older models, including the Type 30 Rifle. The chief designer on the project was Captain Kijirō Nambu, who would later attain fame as a weapons designer on his own. The result of this project was the famous Type 38 Rifle, otherwise known as the "Arisaka Rifle", which was issued to front line infantry troops just in time for the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. The ruggedness of the Type 38 rifle was praised by combat troops, although the issue of its small caliber was not addressed until much later. The Type 38 Rifle, and its various modified versions, continued to be used by the Japanese military until the end of World War II.

Throughout the Russo-Japanese War, Arisaka continued to work on improvements and variations to his rifles, and at the request of Chief of the General Staff Yamagata Aritomo, he also worked on designs for large caliber siege weapons and fortress guns. In 1906, Arisaka was awarded with the Order of the Golden Kite (2nd Class) and promoted to lieutenant general. In 1907, he was further elevated to the kazoku peerage when he was made a baron (danshaku). In 1910, he was awarded with the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1st class).

Arisaka died in 1915, and his grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo.

References

Books
 Bishop, Chris (eds) The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Barnes & Nobel. 1998.
McCollum, Duncan O. Japanese Rifles of World War II. Excalibur Publications (1996)
Honeycutt, Fred. L. Military Rifles of Japan.Julin Books (1996).
 Mayer, S.L. The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan. The Military Press (1984)

External links
Markings on Japanese Arisaka Rifles and Bayonets of World War II
Japan's Intriguing Arisakas
Buy Military Rifles of Japan from the Author

Notes

1852 births
1915 deaths
People from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Military personnel from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Kazoku
Firearm designers
Japanese generals
People of Meiji-period Japan


deadCENTER Film Festival is currently happening in Oklahoma City, with several films featuring Oklahoma music making their Oklahoma City debuts on Saturday and Sunday. Check out the descriptions, pictures and videos of five films below.
Chad Sullins & the Last Call Coalition released their new album, Incommunicado, yesterday.
The album was produced by Wes Sharon, features guest spots by Jon Knudson (The Damn Quails), Ryan Engleman (Turnpike Troubadours), Parker Milsap, John Cooper (Red Dirt Rangers), Randy Crouch and Tony Pearce.
AMusicChannel.tv unveiled another episode of 'Extended Play' today, featuring Red Dirt Rangers.
The newest issue of Oklahoma Today is officially on newsstands today. This issue is a special Oklahoma country music collector's edition, with six different covers available.
Something in the Water – Oklahoma's country music landscape–which predates the Dust Bowl and continues to unfold–is as varied as the land that nurtured it.
Roger and Out – The life and times of Roger Miller, who do-wacka-did life on his own terms and in his own inimitable style.
Stand by Your Fans – If a country musician sings a song and no one hears it, does it make a sound? This crowd-pleasing portfolio shows the importance of the listener to the message.
Team Blake – With a number-one album, a countrified princess bride, a ranch near Tishomingo, and a star turn on The Voice, Ada native Blake Shelton's career is off the charts.
Flash Back – As all good alumni know, the best lessons are often learned outside the classroom–in this case, at Willies Saloon in Stillwater.
Pure Country – Fifty essential country recordings from singing cowboys to the Grand Lady of the Grand Ole Opry to Thompson Square.
Hit the Road – Scoot a boot at Stillwater favorite the Tumbleweed; settle into luxury country at Rawhide Ranch Company in Oklahoma City; cowboy cuisine goes high end at Tulsa's Go West; Deanna Bright of Murphy's in Bartlesville gets to the meat of the matter; and a tour of Stockyards City in Oklahoma City.
Okies – What makes the Turnpike Troubadours tick; a behind-the-scenes tour diary; country musicians give back for the greater good; Nashville insiders Tim DuBois and Scott Hendricks share their musical wisdom; and Roy Clark picks his favorite guitars.
Culture – A lesson on Hee Haw at the Oklahoma History Center; local music venues live on; a quiz to test your country-lovin' skills; the country music melting pot; and Andy Whitcomb loves the songs that make him smile.
The Rock-and-Roll issue of Oklahoma Today is currently available on newsstands throughout the state and can be purchased via phone at 800.777.1793 or online at oklahomatoday.com.
After the jump, see all six covers and read the full press release announcing the issue.
Inspired by Oklahoma Today's September issue focusing solely on country music, we'll be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Country Songs over the next several weeks.
Every weekday, we will unveil another five songs that helped shape the way Oklahoma country music is heard by the outside world.
Although unreleased, this track shows off the Red Dirt Rangers mixture of bluegrass, country and folk, along with their tight harmonies. They're one of the longest lasting groups in the red dirt genre, meeting and performing together since the early 1980s in Stillwater.


How to Play Furoticon, Part 2: Types of Cards!
Maybe there could be a collector's set that has a DVD version of these with maybe an animated short or two and a few cards only available from the DVD set. Alternate/extended art versions of existing cards would be fine, though all new cards would be awesome.
so curious is there a video that covers all this in one?


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Kiwi should be bought when they are firm but give to pressure.
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Keep this fruit away from sun or heat.
You can speed up the ripening process by putting kiwis in a paper bag with an apple, banana, or pear. This ripening tip can also be used for other unripened fruit.
Ripe kiwi can be stored at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
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Q: Generating a token for API Authentication with Python I'm trying create an API application using Python.
In order to access this API, the app must generate a token
that has the format: <key>:<hash>:<epoch>
The docs for the API use javascript for an example of how to generate the token.

You can generate the hash from your key and secret in the following
  way;
var hash = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret).update(key +
epoch).digest('base64');
1- Create sha256 hash from secret.
2- Update with key and epoch concatenated.
3- Return base64 representation.

The application token can then be added to the 'Authorization' header
  as follows;
Authorization: A5-API <token>

Seems pretty straightforward, but my python code is resulting in a 401 error.
{'status': 401, 'name': 'NotAuthorizedError', 'message': 'You must use a valid A5 Authorisation token'}

Seems like somehow I'm generating an invalid token, but I've been through it a dozen times and
don't see what could be wrong.
I know this is not an issue of a bad key/secret, because when I test with the key/secret
on the api dev website, the token is generated just fine.
So I'm wondering if anyone can notice something potentially wrong with the code I'm using?
thanks!
Please see my code below (API key, secret, and url removed).
import base64
import hashlib
import requests
import time
import urllib.parse

"""
auth-token example:
A5-API 5eb77cd86erb50010f57c2ce:gUrQbsIV+S9Fyq8yIzAS+cl2Q3zizQLrFMDGq7zubaI=:1590105400
"""

key = <key>
secret = <secret>
epoch = str(time.mktime(time.localtime()))[:-2]

h = hashlib.sha256(secret.encode())
h_update = (key + epoch).encode('utf-8')
h.update(h_update)
hash_encode = base64.b64encode(h.digest())
hash_decode = hash_encode.decode('utf-8')
epoch = str(time.mktime(time.localtime()))[:-2]
token = f"{key}:{hash_decode}:{epoch}"
authorization =  f"A5-API {token}"

headers = {"Authorization": authorization }

url = <api url>

r = requests.get(url, headers = headers)


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George Pullman (Brocton, New York, 1831. március 3. – Chicago, Illinois, 1897. október 9.) amerikai gyáros és feltaláló. Üzleti sikereit először koporsókészítéssel, majd Chicago szennyvízelvezetésének tervezésével kezdte. George Pullman utazásai során elhatározta, hogy kényelmes, éjszakai utazásokra is maximálisan alkalmas kocsitípust fejleszt ki. Vasúti hálókocsik építésébe fogott, melyek minden kényelemmel el voltak látva, ezek világhírűvé tették. Nevét napjainkban a pullman-kocsik őrzik.

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Pullman 1831. március 3-án született az USA-ban. Már tizennégy évesen kimaradt az iskolából és saját vállalkozásba fogott. Chicagóban halt meg 1897. október 9-én.

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Amerikai üzletemberek
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1831-ben született személyek
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Jambati with dark patina and basic artwork. Slowly pulsing bass with a strong solid overtone and very subtle next note combine with excellent harmony in a simple soundscape. Longevity is good. Fine rim play with leather – pure powerful bass, pure overtone, a bit more activity than on the strike. Woods are a bit rough but do bring something additional in the way of highs. With overtones at C#4, C5, A5.


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Magdalena är en kommun i Mexiko.   Den ligger i delstaten Jalisco, i den centrala delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Mexico City. Antalet invånare är . Arean är  kvadratkilometer.

Terrängen i Magdalena är huvudsakligen kuperad, men österut är den bergig.

Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är april, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är april, med  mm nederbörd.

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