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The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies is one of the leading institutes for Middle East research in Germany and Europe. Scholars examine topics such as state and regime structures, energy security, violent conflicts, forced migration, Islamist movements, and the reshaping of the regional order.
The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies is a leading institute in Germany and Europe for the study of political, economic, and social developments in the Middle East and North Africa. Scholars of GIGA's Middle East Institute examine topics such as state and regime structures, energy security, violent conflicts, forced migration, Islamist movements, and the reshaping of the regional order. The Institute has developed context‐sensitive approaches based in Comparative Politics, Political Economy, and International Relations for assessing the region's societies. The growing interaction between the MENA and its neighbouring regions such as the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South Asia is being investigated in research projects that are informed by the GIGA's signature approach of Comparative Area Studies. Strong expertise in political hotspots of the area and their development potential (e.g. Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen) makes the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies a key resource for decision makers and leading media. Researchers of the Middle East Institute maintain deep ties in the region and collaborate closely with local partners. The Institute operates the GIGA Research Platform Middle East in Beirut and Tunis and is a core partner in the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb at Tunis University. The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies engages prominently in associational life. It is a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) and the advisory council of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies researchers are also active members of the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO).
Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz
Director of the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies / Editor GIGA Focus Middle East
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Gabriele Tetzlaff
Daniela Wald
taz | Quote | 21/01/2023
Sanktionen gegen Revolutionsgarden: Diskussionen um EU-Terrorliste
Die EU-Staaten planen laut Bundesregierung am Montag weitere Sanktionen gegen den Iran – auch gegen Mitglieder der Revolutionsgarde.
Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
Tagesspiegel | Quote | 15/01/2023
Sanktionen gegen den Iran: Zaudern vor der roten Linie
Reagiert die Außenministerin hart genug auf das Abschlachten von Demonstranten? Um die Aufnahme der Revolutionsgarden auf die Terrorliste gibt es Streit.
Dr. Christian von Soest
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Peace and Security"
Internationale Politik | 01/2023
Irans steiniger Weg in die Freiheit
Der Artikel nimmt zunächst die tieferen Ursachen der Proteste in den Blick, um zu untersuchen, was die Proteste für die Menschen und das Regime bedeuten und welche Folgen sie innenpolitisch, regional und international haben könnten.
Dr. Sara Bazoobandi
Spotlight on... | 19/01/2023
"Spotlight on..." New Doctoral Researcher Houssein Al Malla
Houssein Al Malla joined the GIGA Doctoral Programme in October 2022. He is currently working on his dissertation titled "Personality and Foreign Policy: The Role of Political Psychology in Accounting for the Outcomes of International Sanctions". Get to know Houssein in this interview.
Middle East Critique | 10/2022
Collective Identity Change under Exogenous Shocks: The Gülen Movement and Its Diasporization
This paper takes a comparative historical perspective to the post-2016 diasporization of the Gülen Movement (GM) and discusses how the GM responded differently to sudden exogenous shocks in 1997, 2007, and 2016.
Dr. Hakkı Taş
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Blog Article | 01/2023
Under Attack: Addressing Cross-Border Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Focusing primarily on Iran's role, this analysis concludes that even in a best-case scenario of total democratic political change in the KRI, the the realities of the international system put the power to prevent malign intervention by neighboring states largely out of local hands.
Dastan Jasim
Doctoral Researcher
GIGA Focus Global | 1/2023
Threat and Integration: Attitudes towards Refugees in Germany
In 2023, German and European authorities expect refugee numbers to rise further. Whether existing attitudes towards refugees in Germany can be changed by positive or negative statements made about their further admission in future is discussed in this Focus Global.
Dr. Thomas Richter
Janosch Kleinschnittger
Dr. Katrin Brettfeld
Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels
Why the Military Promised to Withdraw from Power in Sudan
Dissolving former ruling parties and purging institutions breaks with old regimes. But, Hager Ali, building strong political parties to govern after ousting long-time rulers takes far more time than new incumbents have, especially when they face severe crises.
Hager Ali
International Journal of Conflict and Violence | 12/2022
Civic Culture and Support for Democracy amongst Kurds in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
This paper shows that the last hundred years of Kurdish political movements have strongly influenced the civic culture of Kurds. Overall, this paper finds that being Kurdish has a strong positive effect on support for democracy versus autocracy in all three countries.
All GIGA Projects
Research Project | 01/03/2022 - 28/02/2025
Explaining Middle-Power Engagement in External Regions: A Comparison of Iranian, Saudi, and Turkish Sub-Saharan Africa Policies
By means of a comparative historical analysis of Iranian, Saudi-Arabian, and Turkish engagement in Africa following the continent's decolonization processes and running up until 2020, this project seeks to make sense of middle-power engagement in external regions. First, the project will identify the periods of shifting IST engagement in Africa. Second, it will analyze the reasons why, and the conditions under which, IST have stepped up—or reduced—their foreign policy efforts in Africa. Third, it will develop mid-range generalizations on middle-power engagement in external regions.
DFG, 2022-2025
Mira Demirdirek
Hamid Talebian
COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, political leaders reacted by containment measures that, next to combating the spread of the pandemic, also presented a window of opportunity to bolster executives' personal grasp on power. Personalization of power has been particularly worrying in the Global South where constraints on the chief executives were often already weak prior to the pandemic. This project assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personalization of executive power in 36 countries of the Global South.
Dr. David Kuehn
Dr. Martin Acheampong
Dr. Esther Song
Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South during a Pandemic (DFG Network)
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to novel experiences of isolation, mobility restriction and exclusion. Mobile populations are particularly affected when borders are closed and migrants are turned away, commuters are denied border crossings, resettlements are suspended or unlawful deportations are justified by pandemic-related risks. This network brings together twenty migration researchers to collect data, build theory, and gain new knowledge about the impact of the pandemic on the Global South.
Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm
Dr. Antje Missbach
Judith Altrogge
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Soledad Alvarez Velasco
Dr. Sabine Mohamed
Dr. Tabea Scharrer
Dr. Gerhild Perl
Dr. Dora Sampaio
Dr. Victoria Kumala Sakti
Dr. Megha Amrith
Dr. Wayne Palmer
Yaatsil Guevara
Dr. Magdalena Suerbaum
Dr. Monika Palmberger
Dilshad Muhammad
Dr. Franzisca Zanker
Prof. Dr. Jelena Tosic
Maria Lassak
Dr. Katja Girr
Prof. Dr. Magnus Treiber
A Different Kind of Refugee: A Case Study of the Emirates' Syrian Migrants Seeking Citizenship in Europe
In the absence of access to citizenship rights and permanent residencies in the Gulf States, Syrian migrants of the Gulf are increasingly seeking alternative permanencies elsewhere. Through an ethnography in Berlin and Hamburg, this project aims to explore how Syrians, born and raised in the UAE, navigate the 'asylum seeking route' to Western Europe, taking into consideration the situation in Syria and its effects upon their relationship to citizenship and future plans, within the Gulf and Europe. AvH, 2021
Dr. İdil Akıncı
Formerly Visiting Fellow
SAGE-Centre: Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change in the Middle East
In dealing with climate change, scientific cooperation between emerging countries and industrialised nations is of particular importance. The GIGA is part of the Climate and Environment Centre SAGE – one of four global centres on the topic, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Foreign Office. SAGE will contribute to empowering Middle Eastern societies to create a science-based, adaptive and sustainable management of natural resources in a changing world.
DAAD, 2021-2025
World Order Narratives of the Global South (WONAGO)
The decades since the late twentieth century are marked by the end of the bipolar world order and the rise of countries of the Global South. Most explanations focus on political and economic power shifts and do not pay much attention to ideas of order, especially those prevalent in the Global South. To provide a more inclusive perspective, this project researches world order narratives in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of its Area Studies strategy.
BMBF, 2021-2024
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Mücke
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer
Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough
Dr. Khalil Dahbi
COVID-19 and the Dynamics of (Post-)War Violence: Lessons from Colombia and Syria
What are the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dynamics of violence during and after civil wars? The project analyses the pandemic-related reconfiguration of social and political orders in a comparative study of Syria and Colombia at subnational levels. In this way, it will provide new knowledge on violence dynamics in two of the most complex conflicts today and be able to suggest crucial lessons for similar (post-)war contexts in other parts of the world.
Volkswagen Foundation, 2021-2022
Viviana García Pinzón
Policy Tracker on Gender-Based Violence
The policy tracker aims to provide context, insight and analysis into governmental response to issues of gender based violence during the coronavirus pandemic. We will collect data globally, and engage in more detailed case studies of a smaller set of countries. Our goal is to create a publicly available knowledge exchange platform for policy-makers, scholars and advocates.
BMZ, GIGA, 2020-2021
Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield
Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies
Asma Khalifa
Ardahan Özkan Gedikli
Doctoral Researcher / Representative of Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Alyssa Miller
Diba Mirzaei
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"
Mona Saleh
Dr. Marika Sosnowski
Prof. Dr. Ariel Ahram
Prof. Dr. Martin Beck
Dr. May Darwich
Dr. Yazan Doughan
Prof. Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury
Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig
Jessica Johansson
Dr. Maren Koß
Dr. Viola Lucas
Dr. Merouan Mekouar
Dr. A. Erdi Öztürk
Dr. Massimo Ramaioli
Dr. Carl Rihan
Swantje Schirmer
Dr. Kressen Thyen
Dr. Jessica Watkins
Can Özelgün
Visiting Fellow
DAVO: German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation
DAVO is the leading association of Middle East scholars in Germany.
DAVO advocates a relevant, contemporary and interdisciplinary approach to Middle East scholarship.
Each year, DAVO holds an annual international convention, for which the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies often organises panels.
The Middle East Studies Institute assists in the publication of DAVO white papers.
EuroMeSCo: Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission
Members of the EuroMeSCo network come from 33 of the member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). EuroMeSCo unites the most salient research institutions working on relations between Europe and North Africa/the Middle East. Currently, 99 research institutions are integrated into EuroMeSCo.
EuroMeSCo's research activities are oriented towards foreign policy and security policy and work to achieve the goals of the UfM.
Depending on the topic, the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies participates in the development of EuroMeSCo's annual research agenda.
Through the signing of cooperation agreements, the Middle East Studies Institute has been able to expand its collaboration with leading research institutes and lay the groundwork for formal cooperations in research and knowledge transfer. Collaborations were agreed upon with the following institutions:
Lebanese American University, Beirut, Libanon (LAU)
Observatoire Tunisien de la Transition Démocratique, Tunis (OTTD)
Rabat Social Studies Institute, Rabat/Marokko (RSSI)
Furthermore, in the context of specific research projects, the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies works closely with other European, North African and Middle Eastern contracted partners, including:
Forum Euroméditerranéen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques (FEMISE)
Institut de recherches et d'études sur le Monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM), Aix-en-Provence
L'Institut d'études de l'Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (IISMM), Paris
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), University of Durham, Durham UK
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, Exeter
Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (DMG), Beirut
Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies
Sultan al Qaboos University, Muscat
Universität Bir Zeit
The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies also provides a temporary home base to various visiting scholars.
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar is President of the GIGA. Her research focuses on international negotiations, economic statecraft, and multilateralism. She has a special interest in India, Asia, and the BRICS.
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Accountability and Participation Peace and Security Globalisation and Development Global Orders and Foreign Policies


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SCOTT STAPP Biography - Musicians
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SCOTT STAPP
Name: Scott Stapp
Birth name: Anthony Scott "Stevus" Flippen
Born: 8 August 1973 Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Scott Stapp (born Anthony Scott Flippen, August 8, 1973, in Orlando, Florida) is
an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the now
disbanded post-grunge/alternative rock group Creed.
Stapp attended Valencia College in Orlando, where he received his associate's
degree in the arts. He then attended Lee College (now known as Lee University)
in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Florida State University, where Creed was formed.
During interviews, he does not discuss the meanings of his lyrics, preferring
instead to let the lyrics speak for themselves, but he has told the Christian
press that he is a Christian even though he has struggled with several personal
problems.
Stapp cites The Doors, particularly Jim Morrison, as one of his principal
musical influences and performed with the surviving members of the band for a
televised concert in 1999, as well as the Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the
Doors tribute album. On VH1's Behind the Music special on Creed, Ray Manzarek of
The Doors said, "When you hear Scott Stapp singing, it's kind of shocking 'cause
it sounds so much like Jim Morrison."
In 2004, Creed officially announced its breakup and Stapp began working on his
debut album, The Great Divide, which was released in 2005. The other members of
Creed went on to form Alter Bridge with former Mayfield Four vocalist Myles
Kennedy.
On February 10, 2006, Stapp married Miss New York USA 2004 winner Jaclyn
Nesheiwat in Miami, Florida, his second marriage and her first. They welcomed
their first child, a baby girl named Milan Hayat Stapp, on January 4, 2007.
He was previously married to Hillaree Burns for 16 months -- before divorcing in
1999 -- and has a son from that union, Jagger Stapp, the subject of the song "With
Arms Wide Open".
Stapp has been ordered not to come into contact with his wife, Jaclyn, or enter
their home in western Boca Raton, FL except to use the "recording studio."
This restriction was placed as a condition of his release from the Palm Beach
County Jail for allegedly assaulting his wife by throwing a bottle of Orangina
within inches of her face.
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If voters want to safe some pennies when mailing in their ballots for the Nov. 3 election, they need to follow the instructions.
Some voters going to area post offices are finding that they need to put 60 cents on the ballot to mail it instead of the 44-cent stamp that information on the ballot states.
But Dave Sapp, Greeley postmaster, said postage can be increased from the 44-cent level if voters don't follow all the instructions.
Sapp said he has been telling his window clerks that if customers come in with ballots, they will mail them for the 44-cent rate regardless of the weight, but at the same time, he encourages postal customers to follow the instructions to ensure ballots are returned in a timely manner.
Weld County voters should remember to carefully follow instructions when completing and mailing their mail-in ballots, according to the Weld County Clerk and Recorder. Voters should not tear off the perforated portion of the ballot before submitting the ballot. A story in Friday's Tribune was incorrect in that aspect.


Are Billionaire Donors Driving Trump's Iran Policy?
President Donald Trump's latest denunciation of the Iran nuclear deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) at the United Nations was hardly a surprise. Indeed, attacking the agreement was a mainstay of Trump's campaign rhetoric from the early days of his candidacy. But with an October 15 deadline looming for the White House to certify Iranian compliance with the deal, as the president must do every 90 days, there is growing speculation that he will not certify Iran's compliance.
Trump is considering this move despite the U.S. military's assessment and International Atomic Energy Agency certifications that Iran is in compliance with the JCPOA. Also, decertification would decrease the likelihood of Iranian willingness to negotiate on the Trump administration's stated areas of concern, including Iran's ballistic missile program and Tehran's support for Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad, and the Houthis in Yemen.
Trump is leaning in this direction to fulfill one of his campaign promises and tear up President Barack Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.
But a review of the statements and activities of some of Trump's key donors also helps explain why he is considering reneging on the agreement. A small number of his biggest campaign and legal defense donors have made extreme comments about Iran and, in at least one case, advocated for the use of a nuclear weapon against the Islamic Republic.
Take, for instance, Bernard Marcus, billionaire and Home Depot founder. He's one of a handful of wealthy donors paying for legal costs incurred by Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s attorneys as part of the probe into Russian election interference, via a Republican Party account. Marcus contributed $101,700, an amount matched by five other big donors.
And Marcus is happy to put his money to use in supporting groups that have opposed nuclear diplomacy with Iran. In 2015, his foundation contributed $1 million to the American Israel Education Foundation (AIPAC's 501c3 wing), $3.5 million to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), $75,000 to Israel Emergency Alliance, $250,0000 to The Israel Project, $350,000 to the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), and $250,000 to the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), all groups which actively opposed the JCPOA.
Marcus isn't the biggest donor opposing the Iran deal. Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, alongside his wife Miriam, was Trump's biggest single campaign supporter, sending $35 million to pro-Trump Super PAC Future 45.
Trump didn't say why Adelson wanted to use Rubio, but in 2012 Newt Gingrich said that Adelson's "central value" is unconditional support for Israel, specifically its right-wing Likud party and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (the two have reportedly experienced a falling out over the past three months).
Adelson was treated as a guest of honor when the Israeli prime minister delivered a March 2015 speech before Congress to blast the Iran deal, a rare moment in which Netanyahu appeared to be dabbling in partisan politics and throwing into question the bipartisan support usually enjoyed by Israeli leaders on Capitol Hill.
Adelson, like Marcus and Singer, has given generously to groups opposing the JCPOA, contributing at least $1.5 million to the FDD by the end of the group's 2011 tax year. In 2015, his foundation contributed $400,000 to Christians United for Israel (CUFI), $50,000 to the David Horowitz Freedom Center, $100,000 to the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), $7.45 million to the Israeli American Council, $250,000 to JINSA, $1.47 million to Shmuley Boteach's The World Jewish Values Network, and $1 million to the ZOA, all groups that have opposed the JCPOA.
And the Las Vegas-based billionaire makes no secret of what he considers a preferable approach toward the Islamic Republic, telling a Yeshiva University audience in 2013 that U.S. negotiators should launch a nuclear weapon at the Islamic Republic as a negotiating tactic.
Although less outspoken than Marcus or Adelson and an early opponent of Trump's candidacy, hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer opened his wallet to Trump's inaugural committee, contributing $1 million, while simultaneously funding a number of groups opposed to the Iran deal.
Politico reported that Singer was included in a White House meeting of key donors in June.
But he promptly went back on his word when he accepted their support for his candidacy once he had secured the nomination.
Marcus, Adelson, and Singer would not be the first political donors, as Trump readily admits, to seek a return on their investments.
Most old guys settle for fishing and collecting stamps in retirement, others buy senators and manipulate foreign affairs policies as their pet vanity projects. This is how money runs government in the US.
Buying cheap politicians is not like buying cheap products to sell at high margins. There is no return policy. At every turn there is a new low for the Israeli firsters in the US.
Rich fanatical supporters of Israel, hoping to bring the US another idiotic war. Disgusting.
A trio of "control freaks", if ever there was one!
Bernie Marcus' toupee is so ridiculous it makes Trump's comb-over look credible.


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Keeping the Kingdom Cool: Breezer Makes the Move to Saudi Arabia
In the hottest places on earth, staying cool isn't a luxury; it's a necessity. This is certainly the case in Saudi Arabia, where recent high temperatures have ranged from 43˚C to 52˚C. With this level of heat, it can be difficult to keep workers, residents, and visitors of the nation cool. Breezer Mobile Cooling recently received authorization to sell their products in Saudi Arabia, and with years of research and development supporting it, they are ready to rise to the challenge.
Breezer faced some tough obstacles in reaching this goal. The country has stringent safety requirements for Breezer Mobile Cooling to meet. IEC 60335-2-80, for instance, is a set of safety standards regulating the use of fans and cooling systems. Breezer put in the work during product development in order to adhere to these requirements. The expertise of Breezer's engineers ensures their products are already held to the highest standards from the very beginning.
In addition to these safety requirements, new voltage and frequency combinations were configured to adapt products from United States voltage standards to those of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, Breezer took the steps to obtain an SASO Certificate of Conformity: a document required for all exports to the kingdom. For products certification, Breezer submitted them to a Conformity Assessment Programme. During this process, Breezer's hard work and trademark perseverance paid off. Breezer is now ready to bring their cooling solutions to the region.
Roy White, VP of Products at Breezer, said of this new venture, "Everyone deserves to be cool. It's why we do what we do. We are very pleased to reach this milestone to help cool the people of Saudi Arabia. We look forward to expanding our international reach."
Breezer Mobile Cooling's Power Breezer® helps keep workplaces cool all over the world. From sporting events to aircraft hangers and everything in between, Breezer has a solution for even the hottest climates. With the ability to expand into the Saudi Arabian market, Breezer is one step closer to helping keep the world cool. Click here to learn more about the Power Breezer!


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May 3, 2016 update. Adam W. has gone up the tree and installed the base, upon which tree branches will be tied-down onto it, to create something we hope will seem reasonable for eagles to use. There's a blue diagrammed piece added into the photo, where I'm asking for some additional metal added.
More remarkable pictures. Don cut off the treetop, as part of the process that will mount a cellphone booster antenna, install a safer platform to stand-on up there, and put an eagle nest site at the top.
Look closely to see Don at the top of the tree.
Here's the piece that was cut off.
The view from up high.
Here's the ladder as it nears the top.
And Don took a selfie at the top.
And here's the link to the earlier post on this topic, showing the process of building the ladder up the tree, and how tall it really is. ladder up a tree.
Why? The practical reason is to put a cellphone booster antenna up high enough to have line-of-sight to the telus tower at the south of Chemainus, so that reliable cellphone service is available on my side of the island. When I'm on-call, I need cellphone to be reliable, and it hasn't been. The house is not in line-of-site to the tower.
Also, Bald eagles like a flat place to build their nests at tree tops. Here's a link about monitoring eagle nest sites on Gabriola island. natural nests are quite large. Google images of bald eagle nests.
July 17, 2015 update. Next steps, a platform for humans to stand on, installed up high.
Just think of the courage to install that, then stand on it for the first time. It gives a much different view of the ferry.
Here's a good view of the entire tree.
I think the antenna needs it's wires protected, and the mount strengthened, and put below the platform, so that Eagles don't destroy it.
We should aim the antenna at the tower.
Then humans would interlock wood sticks above it, and hopefully the eagles would finish build it themselves.
I suggest the artificial nest be NOT centered over the platform for standing. If it's asymetrical, then humans would be able to stand and look into the nest properly.
I learned recently that bald eagles might lay more eggs than they want, and then choose the healthiest chick to raise, and discard weaker baby eagles out of the nest.
I heard this happened a few months ago, to one of my neighbors on the island. They found a baby eagle, alive, below a tree. They watched it from a distance for a while, to realize it was starving and abandoned by it's parents. So they phoned the provincial animal services and they took it away to a center for care of wildlife.
If our artificial eagle nest up a tree should eventually become successfully nested, I think I will install a net to catch falling baby chicks, thereby saving them from become Otter food. Maybe someone would adopt an eagle for Falconry, if that is legal. I'll have to check on that.


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Accountants Behaving Badly: Alyssa Milano Lawsuit Settled, Money Laundering, Revenge=Jail Time
Here are some accountants who were up to no good last week.
Alyssa Milano settles $10 million suit with former accountant [Variety]
Actress Alyssa Milano has settled a legal battle with her former accountant Kenneth Hellie as the case was about to go to trial. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Milano and her husband, agent David Bugliari, sued Hellie in 2017, alleging that he had forged her signature on checks, failed to pay overdue bills and taxes, and allowed costs to balloon on their home remodeling project.
Hellie filed a countersuit, accusing Milano and Bugliari of ignoring repeated warnings to rein in the remodeling project and stop spending.
The case was set to go to trial on Aug. 19 in the Van Nuys Superior Court in California. However, the parties filed a settlement notice on June 24 and both suits will be dismissed.
3-year suspension upheld for accountant accused of misconduct [New Hampshire Union Leader]
The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the three-year suspension of a Maine accountant's license after the New Hampshire Board of Accountancy found he committed professional misconduct in his former work for the Tri-County Community Action Program.
Ronald Beaulieu, who owned Ron L. Beaulieu & Co., was found to have failed to properly retain records for five years and did improper auditing for the Berlin, NH-based anti-poverty agency. He also was fined $5,000.
The case began with a $1.6 million adjustment to a 2008 audit Beaulieu had done and not adequately explained.
Associate Justice Anna Barbara "Bobbie" Hantz Marconi, who wrote the court's unanimous opinion that had upheld a Superior Court's decision on Beaulieu's license suspension, said, "Beaulieu testified that he stood by the accuracy of the numbers in his audit, but that he had 'no idea' as to the reason for the adjustment because he had not 'looked at those on an individual adjustment-by-adjustment basis.'"
Mountain Top accountant sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for laundering nearly $1.4 million and for failing to report over $800,000 to the IRS [Justice Department]
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 24, U.S. District Court Judge James Munley sentenced Adam Kamor, 44, to seven years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for committing money laundering and tax evasion.
Adam Kamor
Kamor worked as a CPA and operated the accounting business Decker Accounting LLC in Wilkes-Barre, PA. From October 2014 to January 2018, Kamor embezzled approximately $1,384,000 from one of his clients, a nonprofit organization, by shifting the funds through a series of accounts under his control. Kamor used the embezzled funds for his own personal benefit, primarily to gamble at the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino.
Kamor also failed to report a total of $804,365.73 in income between tax years 2014 ($110,607.08), 2015 ($315,224.71), and 2016 ($378,533.94). Kamor filed a false Form 1040 for each of those tax years.
The U.S. seized $32,443 of the remaining embezzled funds, which will be returned to the victim of Kamor's crimes. Munley ordered Kamor to pay additional restitution of $1,353,244.56 to his victim and $241,623 to the IRS to satisfy his outstanding tax obligation.
Accountant, 26, jailed for tricking ex's new girlfriend into sending naked pics and posting them online [The Sun]
Here's an update to a story we included in Accountants Behaving Badly on June 3:
A JEALOUS accountant who tricked her ex's new girlfriend into sending her nude pictures before posting them online has been jailed for four months.
Former convent schoolgirl Blerina Dobla, 26, posed as a male model during internet exchanges with the 23-year-old and deliberately tagged her friends and family in the embarrassing internet posts.
This week she was sentenced at Camberwell Green Magistrates court and a five-year restraining order for the attacks in 2017 over almost a year.
Blerina Dobla
Dobla was arrested at work in February and pleaded guilty in late May to charges of sending a communication of an indecent or offensive nature in January two years ago and sending a shower video to the victim's friends and family.
Her victim said that the online attacks caused her to quit her job and consider committing suicide.
Tags: Accountants Behaving Badly, forgery, misconduct, money laundering, Sweet Sweet Revenge, Tax Evasion


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The export of steel from China in 2014 will be a record 70 million tons
According to the British analytical bureau MEPS, the total export of steel from China in March 2014 amounted to 6,76 million tons, and in the first quarter - 17,3 million tons. If the average daily steel export is maintained, China may set an absolute record of 70 million tons of steel products sold abroad by the end of this year.
Chinese metallurgists will ship for export 8,3% of all steel produced in the country, analysts say, which will exceed the level of 2007 of the year. For clarity, MEPS reported that only three countries in the world produce each separately more steel than exports from the PRC.
British experts stressed that Chinese steel exports put significant pressure on global steel prices. Exports have also become a major factor for the rapid development of the machine-building complex in Asia, where competitive spare parts and components for western and eastern corporations are being created with the help of inexpensive Chinese metal products.
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Ashwagandha is a medicinal herb that has incredible health benefits for the body. It's classified as an "adaptogen," which means that it can help your body manage stress. Ashwagandha can also provide all sorts of other health benefits – such as lowering blood sugar levels, reducing cortisol, boosting brain function, and help fighting symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Let's find out why adding ashwagandha to your daily diet might be beneficial to your overall health.
According to Healthline.com, ashwagandha is one of the most important herbs in Ayurveda, a form of alternative medicine based on Indian principles of natural healing. It has been used for over 3,000 years to relieve stress, increase energy levels and improve concentration.
"Ashwagandha" is Sanskrit for "smell of the horse," which refers to both its unique smell and ability to increase strength. Its botanical name is "Withania somnifera," and it's also known by several other names, including winter cherry and Indian ginseng.
Many of ashwagandha's health benefits are attributed to its high concentration of withanolides, which have been shown to fight inflammation and tumor growth. In fact, it's ashwagandha's ability to work as a stress-protective agent that has made it such a popular herb. Like all adaptogenic herbs, ashwagandha helps the body to maintain homeostasis, even in moments of emotional or physical stress.
It has also shown incredible results for balancing thyroid hormones. Plus, it's been used for mood disorders and the prevention of degenerative diseases.
One of the most amazing aspects of adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha is that they help people with thyroid problems. Ashwagandha has been shown to support a sluggish thyroid for people diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, or underactive thyroid.
For the millions of people who are struggling with thyroid problems – many of whom don't even know it – ashwagandha may serve as the solution they've been waiting for.
Ashwagandha benefits for helping patients with subclinical hypothyroidism were evaluated in a 2017 study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. The 50 participants were diagnosed with thyroid disorder but didn't display obvious symptoms of thyroid deficiency – i.e. fatigue, constipation, dry skin, weight gain, and muscle weakness – to name a few.
During an eight-week period, the treatment group received 600 milligrams (mg) of ashwagandha root extract, daily, and the control group received starch as the placebo. Researchers found that ashwagandha improved serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) levels significantly, compared to the placebo recipients.
It was concluded that ashwagandha may be beneficial for normalizing thyroid levels in patients with hypothyroidism.
Chronic stress is an ever-present facet of our modern lives and has been linked to higher risk for a number of illnesses. According to Organixx.com, a 2016 study conducted a double-blind, randomized clinical trial, in which 52 people who were subjected to chronic stress received either 300 mg of ashwagandha or a placebo control, twice daily.
Treatment with ashwagandha significantly reduced stress levels felt by the study subjects, as assessed by various questionnaires. At the same time, blood cortisol levels (a reliable indicator of stress levels), body weight, and body mass index (BMI) were noticeably better in the ashwagandha treatment group when compared to the control group.
Similarly, 60 days of treatment with ashwagandha significantly reduced both stress and cortisol levels in 64 subjects in another double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled clinical trial. These studies and others indicate that ashwagandha can help to effectively and safely manage chronic stress and its consequences. Along with alleviating stress symptoms, it is also known to combat fatigue, infuse energy, and enhance powers of concentration.
"Besides managing stress, it can help with chronic fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, mild obsessive compulsive disorder, restless leg syndrome, and fibromyalgia," says Ann Baker, plant expert and holistic nutritionist.
Ayurvedic medicine texts suggest that ashwagandha encourages "bala," which means strength.
But does modern research back up this claim?
Clinical research published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Medicine says 'yes'. The study tested 57 men between the ages of 18 and 50. The men were not involved in any weight lifting training prior to the study. The men were divided into two groups. One group of 29 men was given 300 mg of an ashwagandha extract twice a day for eight weeks (600 mg per day).
The other group was given a placebo for the same period. Both groups underwent a supervised muscle training program for the two months. Before and after the study, the researchers tested the subjects for muscle strength using bench press and leg extension workouts. They also measured muscle size, fat composition and muscle recovery.
The researchers measured muscle recovery levels by testing blood levels of creatine kinase – which is a marker for muscle injury, which increases after strenuous workouts. The subjects were measured prior to and after the two months of withania supplementation.
The research found that those who took the ashwagandha were significantly stronger after the eight weeks. The ashwagandha group bench-pressed an average of 101 lbs., while the placebo group benched an average of 55 lbs. The ashwagandha group lifted an average of 32 lbs. on the leg extensions, while the placebo group averaged 22 lbs.
The ashwagandha group's muscle size also increased. The average arm muscle size for the ashwagandha group was 3.3 inches, while the placebo's average arm muscle size was just two inches. Meanwhile, the ashwagandha group's chest size averaged 1.2 inches, while the placebo group averaged less than one inch (0.55 inches).
Ashwagandha root extract is the preferred form of ashwagandha, for the purposes of supplementation. The lowest effective dose for the acute usage of ashwagandha – and perhaps the most cost-effective dose – is 300-500 mg. The optimal dose is 6,000 mg a day, usually divided into three 2,000 mg doses. And while 300-500 mg is effective for most situations, a lower dose of 50-100 mg can be seen as effective in a few instances, such as reducing the immunosuppression seen with stress and augmenting anxiolytic (anxiety reducing agents).
Ashwagandha should be taken with meals. If taken once a day, it should be taken with breakfast.
Don't expect to pop an ashwagandha pill and feel all your stress magically dissipate.
In other words, be patient and accept the fact that adaptogens are powerful, yet slow-acting. Also, be sure to talk to a healthcare professional and/or herb expert before beginning a regimen of ashwagandha, so you know which form and dosage will work best for you.


The trick with harvesting peas is to get them when they are the very sweetest. If you pick them too soon, they won't be very sweet but they will be tender. If you pick them too late, they will be tough and mealy and they certainly won't be sweet. So the best way to know when to harvest peas is to taste-test them every day and see when they are the sweetest.
In Utah, peas can be planted in mid-March (St. Patrick's Day) until the end of April. If you plant some every week, during that time, you will be harvesting peas from mid-June through early July.
Peas can be planted again in mid-August for a fall crop.
Here is more information about growing peas in Utah.
Harvesting Sugar Snap Peas !


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Вернер Эрхард (; род. 1957) — немецкий дирижёр и скрипач-аутентист.

Биография
Родился в 1957 году в Кёльне. Вернер Эрхард получил подготовку как скрипач-аутентист в Брюсселе, Оксфорде и Кельне, среди его наставников Сигисвальд Кёйкен. Совершенствовался как дирижёр у Карла Хайнца Блёмеке в Детмольде.

Выступал в качестве дирижёра в Государственной опере Штутгарта, дирижировал Гамбургским и Бернским симфоническим оркестром, Камерными оркестрами Штутгарта и Берна, RIAS Kammerchor и Tölzer Knabenchor. Среди солистов, с которыми он постоянно сотрудничает: Ксавье де Местр, Бруно Ганц, Андреас Шолль, Барбара Хендрикс, Магдалена Кожена, Роберта Мамели, Эдита Груберова… Выступал с концертами в европейских странах, в Северной и Южной Америке.

С 1985 по 2005 год руководил известным ансамблем старинной музыки «Concerto Köln», был одним из его учредителей. Под его художественным руководством был выработан характерный для этого ансамбля стиль интерпретации произведений барокко Северной Европы. В 2004 году основал ансамбль «L'arte del mondo», которым продолжает руководить в настоящее время. В ноябре 2014 года выступил с этим оркестром и солисткой Робертой Мамели в Санкт-Петербурге на фестивале «Серебряная лира».

В 2007 году Вернер Эрхард с ансамблем «Concerto Köln» получил премию в номинации «Старинная музыка» от Echo Klassik за запись «Il Divino boemo» Йозефа Мысливечека. Полный список записей Вернера Эрхарда включает в себя более 50 дисков. Постоянно сотрудничает с фирмами звукозаписи Sony Music Entertainment, Deutsche Grammophon.

Избранная дискография
 Joseph Mysliveček. Medonte. L'Arte del Mondo. München. Sony Music Entertainment. 2 CDs. 2012.
 Christoph Willibald Gluck. La clemenza di Tito. L'arte del mondo. München. Sony Music Entertainment. 4 CD. 2014.
 Richter, Max. Vivaldi — the four seasons. L'arte del mondo. Berlin. Deutsche Grammophon. DVD-Video (NTSC, Ländercode 0, 44 Min.). 2014.
 Joseph Martin Kraus. Funeral cantata for Gustav III. L'arte del mondo. München. Sony Music Entertainment. CD. 2013.
 Notte veneziana. Antonio Vivaldi; Elias Parish Alvars; Remo Giazotti; Félix Godefroids… Xavier de Maistre, harp, München. L'arte del mondo. Sony Music Entertainment. CD. 2012.
 Amor oriental: Händel alla turca. Juanita Lascarro, soprano. Ahmet Özhan, singer. Florin Cezar Ouatu, countertenor. Pera Ensemble. Ensemble l'Arte del Mondo. Aufn.: Berlin, Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal, October 13th 2010, live. München. Sony Music Entertainment. CD. 2012.
 Paisiello, Giovanni. Passio di San Giovanni: the Assisi passion (Johannes-Passion). Trine Wilsberg Lund, Testo. Monika Mauch, Cristo. Jörg Schneider, Pilato. Vocalconsort Berlin. L'Arte del Mondo. Aufn.: Köln, Trinitatiskirche, 13./14.4.2006, live. Frechen. Delta Music. CD. 2007.

Примечания

Литература
 Рецензия на концерты Вернера Эрхарда в Бразилии в апреле 2014 года.

Ссылки

 Werner Ehrhardt. Katalog der Deutschen Nationbibliothek
 Страница Вернера Эрхарда на официальном сайте «L'arte del mondo»
 Биография Вернера Эрхарда  на hamburgersymphoniker.de

Родившиеся в 1957 году
Академические музыканты Германии
Исполнители старинной музыки

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Alexanderband 11 er det elvte album fra den danske satiregruppe Alexanderband.

Numre
 "Ny Pave"
 "Skinketern"
 "Feeder-sangen"
 "Hyldest til Linie 3"
 "Min Onde Tvillingebror"
 "Möse Schmeckt Viel Besser"
 "Luk"
 "Kebab"
 "Vi Må Dele Kloden"
 "Tre Røde Roser"
 "Hizb ut-Tahrir"''
 "Horehus"
 "Fritzl"
 "Den Bekvemme Sandhed"
 "Grindstedværket"
 "Muskelhund"
 "Jackson Influenza"
 "Talentløs"
 "Posemand Per"
 "Gud Ser Alt"
 "Flere reklamer"
 "Paradise Missionshotel"
 "Hvad Er Det Værd?"
 "Sport!"

Komikalbum
Album fra 2005


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Q: Check a site to display notifications Suppose the address www.foo.com/notification.txt is updated often with a formatted string that must be shown as a notification in an Android device. What's the best approach for getting that string?
I've tried several things. My last attempt was creating a class that extends a BroadcastReceiver and configuring ALARM_SERVICE to call it repeatedly:
AndroidManifest.xml:
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"></uses-permission>
 <receiver  android:process=":remote" android:name="Alarm"></receiver>
    <receiver android:name=".AutoStart">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"></action>
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

Alarm.java:
package br.com.mypackage.cfqm;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.StrictMode;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat;
import android.support.v4.app.TaskStackBuilder;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class Alarm extends BroadcastReceiver
{
    int period_ms = 5*60*1000;
    SharedPreferences prefs;
    String user;
    String pass;
    Context context;

    public void check_notifications(){
            //http request to get and parse the notifications
        String[] notifications = http_request("http://foo.com/notification.html")).split("\n");

        NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        notificationManager.cancelAll();
        int notification_next_id = 0;

        for (String notification_line:notifications){
            String[] notification = notification_line.split(";");
            if (notification.length==3)
                notify(notification_next_id++,notification[0],notification[1],notification[2]);
        }
    }

    public void notify(Integer id,String title,String text,String url){
            //displays a single notification
        NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

        NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder =
            new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
                .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_search)
                .setAutoCancel(true)
                .setContentTitle(title)
                .setContentText(text);
        Intent resultIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));

        TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(context);
        stackBuilder.addParentStack(Main.class);
        stackBuilder.addNextIntent(resultIntent);
        PendingIntent resultPendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
        notificationBuilder.setContentIntent(resultPendingIntent);
        notificationManager.notify(id,notificationBuilder.build());
        Log.v("cfqm","notificado");

    }

    public String http_request(String url) {
            //makes a http request
        try {
            HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
            HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
            HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet, localContext);
            String result = "";

            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
            String line = null;
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
              result += line + "\n";
            return result;
        }
        catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
            return "";
        }

    }

     @Override
     public void onReceive(Context ctx, Intent intent)
     {
         context = ctx;

         StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
         StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);

         // The function below will be called periodically
         check_notifications();
     }

     public void SetAlarm(Context context)
     {
         prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
         user = prefs.getString("user","");
         pass = prefs.getString("pass","");

         AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
         Intent i = new Intent(context, Alarm.class);
         PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, i, 0);
         am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), period_ms, pi); // Millisec * Second * Minute
     }

     public void CancelAlarm(Context context)
     {
         Intent intent = new Intent(context, Alarm.class);
         PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
         AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
         alarmManager.cancel(sender);
     }
 }

I can make the function check_notifications to run repeatedly if all I do there is Log a string. But wheter I use http_request inside weird things happen, from the app crashing, to the whole system freezing. I understand I was supposed to run it async. But how?

A: You have to use AsyncTask.
Android Documentation here:
Async Class
Its pretty simple.
Also if you want this to run periodically, consider using a Service(Service Class)
Also the app crashes because you are running something on main thread, and not in the background. So everything freezes until you got the result from webpage.
And in situations of heavy load on that webpage you have to wait.
Async class Example:
 private class MyAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<URL, Integer, Integer> {

 protected Integer doInBackground(URL... urls) {
     int count = urls.length;
     long totalSize = 0;
//This is for many urls. If you download staff only from one url use url[0] instead of a for-loop.
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         //do something with url[i]
     }
     return 0; //or return some stats you can later use (eg how many bytes downloaded)
 }

 protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress) {
//You can completely skip this method. It is to show a progress bar of how % is done
     setProgressPercent(progress[0]);

 }

 protected void onPostExecute(Integer result) {
//This is where everything finishes, and you got the result of your webpage

     showDialog("Downloaded " + result + " bytes");
 }
}

And then, create a new AsyncTask object, and start the task like this:
asyncTaskObj.execute(...);

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Trump Goes Back to his Box of Magic Tricks
Written by Steven Jonas
By Steven Jonas, M.D., M.P.H.
"Either this nation will kill racism, or racism will kill this nation." (S. Jonas, Aug, 2018)
I have written on this subject on a number of occasions. Trump, as his niece and numbers of others have told us, is not very bright, is poorly educated, very limited emotionally, and very mean and nasty. As I said myself in a column back in 2018:
"Trump has a particular way of acting, very well known to everyone, that all started in the way he was brought up, particularly by his father (and I am not about to say here anything that any objective observer doesn't already know). He is a bully. He is poorly educated and doesn't care that he is. He is highly opinionated, without too much dependence on fact for his opinions. He is a racist from his youth. He is a faker/liar from the beginning; e.g., indeed he went to the Wharton School (likely with a paid-for entry-form) but there is no evidence (to my knowledge) that he received its graduate degree. And so on and so forth."
(Actually, as it turned out, he apparently had his SAT's taken him for him by a hired hand, and he only attended a couple of Wharton classes while at Penn.)
But as history's greatest con man he has made it all the way to the U.S. Presidency. And so, how did he do it? As detailed in the columns referenced just above, I came to the conclusion that he did it with what I called his remarkable "Box of Magic Tricks," developed over the course of his younger life. There are six of them:
1. He has always had one or more protectors and enablers, either personal, or financial or both.
2. For decades he has had a standard operating procedure to use when he faces an adversary of any kind. He learned it from Roy Cohn (who learned it from Joseph McCarthy): "Always attack; Never defend." (For example, just watch him deal with "Die Luegen Presse" [Hitler-speak] in his daily campaign speeches.)
3. Also learned from Roy Cohn is the mantra: "when you run into a problem, just sue." [One example? Last April 29, 2020, Trump actually threatened to sue his own campaign manager, Brad Parscale, because he, Trump, didn't like the negative poll results that Parscale was reporting to him.] You may not win, and it may cost you some money. But a) you might win, and b) with the endlessness with which civil litigation can be drawn out in the U.S. legal system, the other side may just get worn out.
4. In the whole of his business life, Trump has never been responsible to anyone else, either above him (except for Dad, of course) or even alongside.
5. Trump has lived his life surrounded by enemies (real or imagined --- if he doesn't have them in reality, he makes them up), whether in business, in his personal life, in his banking and financial life, certainly in politics, and not just at this time. In dealing with them, his supposed "Art of the Deal" has never been about deal-making, but always about attempted opponent-crushing. Negotiation in the usual sense of the term is just not his thing.
6. Finally, Trump is history's greatest con man (as noted above).
It is well-known that when the COVID-19 pandemic (which I call the "Trumpidemic2020©") first appeared, Trump first down-played it, then claimed that he had prevented its entry into the U.S. from China by a travel-ban (which proved to be sieve-like), then claimed it would magically disappear --- over an ongoing series of differing deadlines --- and so on and so forth. But back in February when with Hannity etc. he was claiming that talk of an impending epidemic was all a combo "Democratic/'Fake News' " plot to deny him re-election, it turns out, as recorded on the "Woodward tapes," that privately he knew, or seemed to know, the true nature of the impending calamity.
Actually, at the same time he and Hannity were pooh-pooing the whole thing publicly, he and certain aides were telling certain financiers about the true nature of what was coming. A common reaction among them was apparently "sell short." (One wonders if Hannity --- and perhaps others at Fox"News", like its owner ---knew of this.)
OK. So, Trump really knew what was really coming. And as is well-known, and as is detailed in a variety of my columns and thousands of other since the Trumpidemic2020© first burst through in the Northwest and New York City, he has not only done nothing effective to deal with it but has done tons of stuff to make it worse. So, the question is "why?" If he knew back in February what was about to happen, why does the United States have the worst outcomes of any developed country (e.g., click here)?
We do know that if Trump had instituted a common, well-understood, public health program (like the one that had been developed by Obama/s pandemic preparedness office that Trump dismantled) back in February-March our nation's experience would have been very different. And in my view back then Trump would have been on a glide-path to re-election. But although his one-and-only concern has always been getting re-elected, he didn't see (or was simply incapable of seeing due to the lack of both intelligence and education) that the "public health road" would do it for him.
He chose the wrong pathway, certainly for the hundreds of thousands of U.S. dead and permanently damaged (in one way or another), and very possibly for himself as well. The conclusion that I have come to, very recently, is that when, way back then, he already knew that his electoral chances were slim, he decided that the best pathway to re-election for him would be the creation of chaos. Which is precisely what he has been trying to do all along. But now, as it comes down to the last two weeks, he is trying to achieve that end most intensively by using his old reliable "Box of Magic Tricks." And so:
1. The enablers. Hannity, Carlson and their ilk are always there (although the News division of Fox is apparently backing away from the latest magic trick, the "Bidens Story," at least a bit and there are the elements of the newsroom at The New York Post who are refusing to buy in as well). But the principal enabler right now is the neuroradiologist Scott Atlas who has suddenly become an "expert" in public health and is pushing the "herd immunity" hoax (and it really is a hoax --- see just below). That is that if lots of people get sick (which with this disease means that many will die) then eventually the whole population will become immune.
But sorry folks, among other things wrong with/about Dr. Atlas (like setting himself up as a public-healther with neither training nor experience in the field), that is not what herd immunity is.
As I learned, when doing my Master of Public Health degree at Yale back in the 1960s, "Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, [emphasis added], in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached." The concept was actually first developed in observing herds of cows in France, about a century ago, who had been immunized against tuberculosis. When enough cows had been given the vaccine, it was found that the whole herd became, pretty much, immune. I guess that Dr. Atlas must have just missed that basic public health course in medical school. But boy, is he is enabling Trump, in actual fact in creating chaos.
(Actually, I have been thinking about setting myself up as a neuroradiologist. After all, I did graduate from medical school, still have my license, and did look at some X-rays at the time. And actually, if I hooked up with the right politician and became the national leader for re-setting radiology policy, the first thing that I would do would be to have the whole field go back to film for X-rays. They have a real feel that images on a computer screen can never manage. And then, on the "freedom" issue that Atlas, and Trump, and many others on the Right keep harping on in relation to mask-wearing, I would advocate that just like not wearing masks to protect others from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, people who feel like it should have the freedom to move their bowels into a conveniently located public water supply. That is, if so doing would make them feel "free.")
2. "Always attack; never defend." As for example, Trump's screaming attacks on Dr. Fauci and Vice-President Biden in re the public health approach to the pandemic. I will not take the time here to deal with the substance, but as with so much of what he is running on now, "Always attack; Never defend" worked so well for Trump in 2016, why would he not roll it out with guns blazing now.
3. "Just sue." I don't see any examples of his doing this vis-à-vis the Trumpidemic2020© but he is creating a side-show with the E. Jean Carroll "slander" case, even getting Barr to try to do his dirty work for him on this one too. And of course, he got tons pf legal action going in his attempts to sabotage the vote. (By the way, have you noticed the following, vis-à-vis Barr [as I tweeted]: thepoliticaljunkies tpjmagazine: Click Here. Two reasons why Barr will very likely not respond on this one. His widely heralded investigations of both "Trump-Russia" (Durham) and "unmasking" have flopped. Barr knows he will be out of a job w/Trump, win or lose. Barr wants to work again, somewhere.)
4. As he has done for the whole of his life, Trump is totally running his own show, even if he may well be running it into the ground.
5. "Living life surrounded by enemies." First, having no understanding of what the disease really is, Trump has managed to make the SARS-Co-V-2 virus itself into an enemy. (But, you might ask, didn't what he said to Bob Woodward indicate that he did understand the disease and the impending pandemic? Well, no. He was just spouting some information that he had heard at a White House meeting which he apparently quickly forgot. If he really understood it, national policy would have been very different.) He actually sees the virus as an enemy army, against whom he can send his loyal followers as warriors to defeat it. And to the Democrats in general, and to Hillary and President Obama in particular, he has now added to his enemies list former V-P Biden, Sen. Harris, and, of all people, Dr. Fauci. Man, amazing. And of course, what do you do to enemies? "Lock 'em up!"
6. And finally, we come back to Trick 6. He is indeed "history's greatest con man." And he wants to run one last con, having run the country into the ground, with worse yet to come. He not only wants to get back to the Presidency, but he knows that if he can con his way back to it, he can become dictator, running the country the way he has always run his companies (that's Trick 4). And after a lifetime of losing, as detailed in the marvelous book (Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump), and having to rescue himself over-and-over again with one con after another, wouldn't it be great to finally win one? So what if doing so would cost possibly millions of U.S. their lives and would also mean the end of U.S. Constitutional Democracy (which he never had much truck with anyway). It would be a win, wouldn't it? And yes indeed, it would have been that Box of Magic Tricks that brought that win to him.
This column was previously published at: https://www.opednews.com/articles/Trump-Goes-Back-to-his-Box-by-Steven-Jonas-Chaos_Cows_Health_Health-201022-7.html


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Lower Township has long been on every birder's bucket list, and is simply one of the best places in the world to witness the spectacle of migration. While Higbee's Beach Wildlife Management Area (WMA), the Nature Conservancy's South Cape May Meadows, and The Rea Farm/Beanery are household names for any birder who has visited Cape May, there are many locations north of the Cape May Canal and within Lower Township which equal or rival the south-of-the-canal locations in a given season. The Delaware Bay beaches from Norbury's Landing to the Cape May Lewes Ferry, can hold many migrant shorebird including the Federally Endangered Red Knot, wading birds, and dozens of Bald Eagles at at time! Birding Norbury's Landing on low tide can provide a wide expanse of exposed mud and sand flats where thousands of birds can be seen in a single view, while on the incoming tide birds tend to be concentrated closer to the shoreline. Be sure to scan those distant dark "lumps" on the edge of the flats- because more often than not they're Bald Eagles working on their latest catch, or sizing up a nearby raft of ducks!
Cox Hall Creek WMA, formerly Ponderlodge, has developed into a wonderful mosaic of habitats reminiscent of an ancient lost civilization being overtaken by nature. The site is easily traversed by foot or bike on a network of paved paths and is within walking distance of many rental properties in The Villas neighborhood. On any given day during fall migration, if the conditions at Higbee's Beach WMA are good for birding, it's more than likely that Cox Hall is excellent as well! But migration isn't the only time to bird Cox Hall Creek WMA, with a number of breeding species including Hairy Woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird, and Chipping Sparrow, and a great amount of cover and food throughout the winter, all seasons are excellent at this site. Cox Hall Creek WMA can be accessed from two locations, Shawnmount Ave. on the east side, and Bybrook Rd on the west.
Let's not forget the Atlantic marshes, as they can be some of the birdiest places in Lower Township! Best traversed by boat, at least two local operators (The Osprey, out of the Miss Chris Marina, and the Skimmer Salt Marsh Safari at 2-Mile Landing) can get you into some beautiful landscapes full of egrets, herons, osprey and oodles of shorebirds, rails, waterfowl and raptors. Once you're in the Back Bays of Jarvis Sound, you'll forget you're in New Jersey entirely - and you'll realize again why we're called the Garden State!
Still wondering where to go? For nearly 40 years New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory and Nature Center of Cape May have been connecting people to nature in Lower Township. Stop in or call either of the three centers for up-to-date information on what's being seen, recommendations for sites to visit and programs to attend, and maps to help you get around!
David La Puma is the director of New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory and enjoys spending all of his free time birding in and around Lower Township.


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He crossed the street and hit the pier. Far below, the waves smashed against the pylons and rocks. Everything was closed, but strings of white lights had the entire length of the pier glowing into the dark night. He stilled to listen and heard the soft click, click, click of heels. Gotcha, he thought, and followed.


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Q: How to install libvirt in Eclipse How to install libvirt-java-0.4.9 in Eclipse Juno Service Release, I cant get it. Pleas help

A: Libvirt is a Python library and you need to install it from source code or from packages and after this, you find it at /user/local/lib/python2.7/dist-package/libvirt,
go to window -> preference-> pydev ->interpreter-python librery an new folder and add the path
libvirt will be setup in eclipse


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Q: Splitting array based on values It's been a long time since I had to work on some javascript code and I'm a lot rusty.
I need to split an array like this:

Object (
    [0] => 2013-04-12
    [1] => text
    [2] => text
    [3] => text
    [4] => text
    [5] => 2013-04-11
    [6] => text
    [7] => text
    [8] => text
    [9] => text
    [10] => text
    [11] => text
    [12] => 2013-04-10
    [13] => text
    [14] => text
    [15] => text
    [16] => text
    [17] => 2013-04-09
    [18] => text
    [19] => text
    [20] => text
)

into json objects or arrays where index 0 is always the date:

Object0 (
    [0] => 2013-04-12
    [1] => text
    [2] => text
    [3] => text
    [4] => text
)
Object1 (
    [0] => 2013-04-11
    [1] => text
    [2] => text
    [3] => text
    [4] => text
    [5] => text
    [6] => text
)

Object2 (
    [0] => 2013-04-10
    [1] => text
    [2] => text
    [3] => text
    [4] => text
)

Object3 (
    [0] => 2013-04-09
    [1] => text
    [2] => text
    [3] => text
)

So as you can see, I can only use the value to figure out each new array, which can be of different sizes.
Thanks for any help.
UPDATE
Sorry I didn't publish my code in the initial question because what I had written was way too crap (and I was very ashamed).
Here the code I used in the end thanks to the solution from Bangerang.
Thanks everyone for your help and contributions.
var events = [];
var result = [];
var j = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < tableData.length; i++){
    if (/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.test(tableData[i])){ //Returning true if it's just numbers
        j = j + 1;
        events[j] = [];
        events[j].push(tableData[i]);
        result.push(events[j]);
    } else {
        events[j].push(tableData[i]);
    }
}

// Then I write the json message which will be eval to use with FullCalendar.
var json_events = '[';
for (var i = 1; i <= events.length; i++){
    if (typeof events[i] !== 'undefined' && events[i].length > 0) {
        for (var j = 0; j < events[i].length; j++){
            if(/@/.test(events[i][j])){

                json_events += '{"start":"' + events[i][0] + '",';
                json_events += '"textColor":"black",';

                var tmp = events[i][j].split("@");
                json_events += '"backgroundColor":"' + tmp[0] + '",';

                var text_pattern = new RegExp(/<b>([a-z_]+)<\/b>(.+)/);
                var title_desc = text_pattern.exec(tmp[1]);
                json_events += '"title":"' + title_desc[1] + '",';
                json_events += '"description":"' + title_desc[0] + '"';
                json_events += '},';
            }
        }
    }
}
json_events += ']';
json_events = json_events.replace("},]","}]");

A: Assuming that the date's is the only ones with just numbers in it you can try this:
var object = [];
var result = [];
for (var i = 0; i < objects.length; i++){
    if (/^\d+$/.test(objects[i])){ //Returning true if it's just numbers
        object = []
        object.push(objects[i]);
        result.push(object);
    }else {
        object.push(objects[i]);
    }
}

A: basically,
result = []

sourceArray.forEach(function(element) {
    if(element looks like a date)
        result.push([])
    result[result.length - 1].push(element)
})

post your actual code if you want more ;)

A: Currently, the work is not really complicated. You just have to go through your array, and create a new one when you encounter a date formatted cell. Until then, you fill the previous created array with the non-date encountered values. I suppose that all of the array content are string, so we will determine here the date format using a simple regex ^[0-9]{8}$
var result = new Array();
var date_format = /^[0-9]{8}$/;

for (var k in big_array) {
    // if date format, add a new array
    if (date_format.test(result[k])) {
        result.push(new Array());
    }
    // finally, push the value in the last array
    result[result.length-1].push(big_array[k]);
}

This is a really simple algorithm exercise, so i would recommend to practice more the code's writing and avoid asking next time, or at least show what you tried.
Best regards.


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Q: passwordless login set up automation for ubuntu I have space separated file containing ip addresses and credentials like this:
10.0.0.1 user_master password_master
10.0.0.3 user_slave1 password_slave1
...
10.0.0.20 user_slave20 password_slave20

I want create mutual passwordless ssh login between master(first line) and all other slaves. All machines are new Ubuntu 14.04 with no openssh-server installed.
Right now I am able to use ssh-keygen and ssh-copy-id to create public key login without inputing password one by one manually, but it's tedious when there are many machines.
I want to know how to write script to automate this process. I find it hard for me especially when I have to pass credentials after ssh to other machine then exit.
Or is there a out-of-box tool designed for this automation task?

A: You can create simple bash script ex: upload.sh and write some automation script :
#!/bin/bash

remote_host=(192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 172.90.44.21)

for i in "${remote_host[@]}"
do
    echo Uploading SSH Key to Host : $i
    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $i
done

You can input your remote address on remote_host array
Make it executable
chmod upload.sh

and then, execute it
./upload.sh


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Instagram has emerged as a major front in the fight for abortion rights
Amid the controversy over Texas' SB 8 law, groups are using social media to get out the word on self-sourced abortion.
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At the end of August, Plan C Pills — a national nonprofit designed to bring awareness to "the modern medical technology of abortion pills" — was finishing up a four-day "road trip to end all road trips" through college campuses in West Texas.
The message "Missed period? There's a pill for that" appeared in English and Spanish, along with the hashtag #TXDESERVESBETTER, on a digital billboard on the side of the organization's truck. The trip, which began on Friday, Aug. 27, was taking place under the looming shadow of SB 8, the controversial Texas law that bans abortions at six weeks. (The law came into effect Sept. 1.)
While the truck rolled through Texas, the organization was posting activist art on Instagram and holding what cofounder and co-director Elisa Wells calls a "lively dialog" in the comments. Then, on Saturday, Aug. 28, Plan C Pills' Instagram account was shut down.
Plan C Pills' roadtrip stopped at Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas Plan C Pills
"To have our access cut off for no reason, at a time when restrictive laws were about to come into place, made it really hard to spread the word" about the road trip, says Wells. "In terms of where the conversation is happening, a lot is on Instagram. It's the social media platform most used by people who are needing abortion."
The shutdown was staggered: The Plan C Pills account was reinstated on Monday, Aug. 30, shut down again Tuesday and back up on Wednesday. Wells says that Instagram has still not offered any explanations as to why Plan C Pills' account was shut down during this time period. ("The account @plancpills was mistakenly disabled and has been restored," an Instagram spokesperson tells Input. However, the platform did not respond to requests to elaborate.) Wells adds that Plan C Pills had been told that some past shutdowns were related to "selling supplements" — something the organization does not do.
Wells tells Input that Plan C Pills also has had censorship problems with Facebook, Google Ads, and other online entities, and similarly has not received an explanation as to why. These are the types of issues faced by many campaigners who utilize social media to educate on self-sourced abortions. "It's sort of a big, big black box when you get disabled on these social media platforms, without any information as to what you've done that would bring that action," Wells says.
Christie Pitney is a women's health nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife who manages the Instagram and TikTok accounts Forward Midwifery, which post informative and supportive content about abortion. She echoes Wells' sentiments. "On TikTok, I've had a number of my videos taken down," Pitney says. "People report it, they take down the video, and TikTok gives you the opportunity to appeal it."
Pitney adds that she's had no problem with reposting videos after they've been removed. "It doesn't seem that they have a very consistent way of determining what videos stay and what videos go," she says.
"We are very careful not to give advice through social media, because it's not secure."
When they're not dealing with takedowns and shutdowns, campaigners are often fighting misinformation on social media. For Pitney, this seems to be more of an issue on Instagram. "I see a lot of posts about the technicalities of heartbeats or how unsafe self-managed abortions are, which the research has shown is not true," she says. Pitney believes that many of these posts are created by anti-abortion groups, who use pro-choice hashtags to amplify the reach of their content.
Christie has started collecting a record of false information she's found on Instagram. Among the posts she's reported are ones that claim "over 11 million women have used abortifacients as contraception" and that "being pro-choice is against human rights." There are also alarming, inaccurate statements on the platform about self-sourced abortion: An organization called Students for Life of America, for instance, posted, "Chemical abortions are four times as risky as surgical abortion."
This statement is categorically false. "To make it clear, there have been studies done," says Dr. Zoe Thill, a family medicine doctor and abortion provider in New York, when asked about the safety of drugs used for self-sourced abortion. "What people are getting through the mail right now is chemically identical to what they would get at a doctor's office. These medicines that we give people routinely are very, very safe, and there are very few contraindications for the vast majority of people."
Thill adds that risks associated with self-managed abortion stem "largely from the surveillance and policing of people, particularly women of color, rather than the medical procedure or the medication. People delay care or they don't tell their providers the full truth about what's happening, because of that policing infrastructure — and that can lead to an increase in harm."
The threat of surveillance on social media is one abortion-rights education organizations take extremely seriously. "We are very careful not to give advice through social media, because it's not secure," says Susan Yarnow, a spokesperson for SASS (Self-managed Abortions, Safe and Supported), a project of the international nonprofit activist organization Women Help Women.
"If somebody writes to our Facebook page with a question, they're directed to our secure portal," Yarnow says. "If they ask a question, they get back a randomized web link, and the answer to the question would be there. That web link would be blanked out in seven days. So if, for some reason, someone has involvement with the police, there would be no information in their electronics to incriminate them."
"The situation is horrible right now in Texas, but it's bringing a level of outrage that we haven't seen in our country recently."
SASS's high level of digital security was designed, Yarnow says, to minimize the risk for people seeking self-managed abortions. "We've had around 24 people arrested in various states for using pills on their own," she warns. "There have been cases where people were charged, and there was evidence that they had searched or asked about abortion on their electronics."
Despite all the issues groups like Plan C Pills face on social media, their message seems to be getting through in the wake of SB 8. News of the Instagram ban got a good amount of attention on other social media platforms, and Plan C Pills' Instagram went from 4,000 followers to 26,000. According to Plan C, its web traffic skyrocketed from 1,000 visitors a day before SB 8 went into effect to over 30,000 in the days that followed. (A supportive tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez certainly helped.)
"The situation is horrible right now in Texas, but it's bringing a level of outrage that we haven't seen in our country recently," Wells says. "In a way, the legislators are shining a spotlight, allowing us to say, If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Now we must wait and see if this wave of online activism translates to support for these campaigners and advocates where they need it most: IRL.


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Great Valley Girl Scout Council honored 16 girls with distinguished awards on May 17 at the council's biannual Senior Awards ceremony held at Mack Trucks Inc., World Headquarters in Allentown.
Holly Miller of Bangor received the Gold Award (comparable to the Boy Scout Eagle Award), Girl Scouting's highest recognition available.
Miller qualified to receive the Gold Award and the Great Valley Medal for Distinguished Senior Girl Scouts because of her extensive leadership and service in her school, her community and Girl Scouting.
"The Reading Express," her Gold Award project, was inspired by President Clinton's request for volunteers to help achieve our country's goals in education and literacy. She accepted the challenge by creating three age-appropriate literacy events for girls in the Slate Belt to complete some of the requirements necessary to earn Girl Scouts' "Read to Lead" Contemporary Issues patch.
Miller has been a Girl Scout for 11 years, and a member of Senior Girl Scout Troop 234. She has earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, the Cadette and Senior Leadership Awards and five community service bars.
The daughter of Nancy and Budd Miller of Bangor, she plans to major in secondary education and become a high school guidance counselor. She also received the senior medal for exceptional service and leadership.