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Academic Paper: The Security Infiltration of Israel in Sub-Saharan Africa
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By: Prof. Dr. Walid 'Abd al-Hay.[1]
(Exclusively for al-Zaytouna Centre).
An Israeli academic study on the national security doctrine for Israel suggests that "Israel should train African immigrants (Jewish Ethiopian and illegal immigrants) and send them back as spies to form a native grid of espionage."[2] In 2020, a report revealed that seven African countries use Israeli cyberespionage tools to snoop on calls, texts, and the location of phones of influential figures in various sectors.[3]
Also, Israeli newspapers have revealed that a document in the Israel State Archives indicated that in 1962, some Africans underwent military training by Mossad operatives in Ethiopia, where Nelson Mandela was among them. These operatives were unaware of Mandela's true identity until his arrest later.[4]
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David Barnea, who became Mossad chief in 2021, gives particular importance to the African continent, and is working on expanding Mossad's activities in various African countries. Since he was previously responsible for locating, recruiting and handling agents, it is expected that the recruitment of agents in the African continent will increase significantly in the near future.[5]
The grandson of former President Nelson Mandela, Zwelivelile Mandela, has revealed the penetration of Israel into Africa through the supply of military and surveillance technology to several governments and by supplying opposition forces with weapons under the cover of agricultural projects, thus fueling civil wars with the aim of penetrating African societies. Mandela gives example the events of Rwanda, South Sudan, Cameroon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea and Togo.[6] It is known that Israel is the eighth in the list of the world's ten largest weapons exporters, with a share of 3.1% of all security exports worldwide.[7]
These reports were supported by what was revealed about South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was targeted by Israeli-manufactured Pegasus spyware, developed by the Israeli-based private company the NSO Group, which enables the hacker to read messages, listen in and even record calls, as well as snap pictures at a distance. Such information were confirmed by Amnesty International reports.[8]
African news reports have confirmed the Mossad's use of Pegasus programs to influence the African elections, as demonstrated in Botswana in 2014, Ghana in 2016 and 2020, and Malawi in 2020, in addition to other countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Senegal, Angola and Niger. Israel uses its aid, especially in agricultural technology, to influence African decisions. This was clear, in 2016, for when Senegal submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations (UN) condemning settlements in the West Bank, Israel canceled its aid to Senegal.[9]
The Role of Institutes and Universities in Building Israeli Espionage Networks in Africa
In addition to the alignment of Israeli academia with Israel's policies and their cooperation with the security services, as Israeli professor Ilan Pappe has reported,[10] some institutes specialize in preparing leaders, especially African students.
In this context, the Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) is mentioned, which draws its students from senior officials and experts in foreign countries, mostly African, who usually exceeded one thousand, and in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry. In 2016, when Netanyahu made his African visit, two GIMI graduates were serving in the cabinet of the new Ugandan government. Another became Ghana's minister of education. A fourth, a rear admiral, worked as policy director at naval headquarters in Nigeria. GIMI head Joseph Shevel, who served as a captain in the Israel Defense Forces, said most African countries had at least one institute graduate serving in a cabinet post. He added that enrollees in general "learn Israeli management techniques," and in defense and security, for example, this is "not how to shoot and bomb," but rather how to "establish national and regional defense networks." This is most evident in East Africa. GIMI periodically sends Israeli specialists to check that local instruction by its graduates stays on track.[11]
Israeli Objectives
The Israeli objectives of spying on African countries vary, and Israel tends to prioritize the security dimension in its relations with African countries, over traditional ones. It is even ranked the fourth globally in terms of the dominance of the security establishment in Israel's considerations and decision-making processes in the field of foreign relations, where security ties include arms deals, knowledge and intelligence sharing, help in the fight of pro-Israel regimes against armed opposition, and training of security forces. The motives driving closer relations between Israel and African countries are as follows:[12]
1. Reducing African Solidarity with Palestine: Israel's relations with African countries deteriorated the most between 1967 and 1977. However, there was some improvement following the peace agreement with Egypt, the Oslo Accords and Wadi Araba Treaty. In 2021, Israel had diplomatic relations with 41 African countries, and with 11 of them it had an embassy.
2. Gaining Support at the United Nations: This motive was cleared in Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at a meeting with Israeli representatives in Africa in 2017, "If I look at our foreign policy interests as a pyramid, Africa is very high…The first interest is to dramatically change the way Africa votes at the UN and in international bodies, from opposition to support." This is also the belief of Knesset Member Avraham Neguise, who said, "We need Africa to vote for us in UN institutions. For example, today Ethiopia is a member of the Security Council.…We want Ethiopia to be with us, and the same goes for other countries in various UN organizations, such as UNESCO."[13]
3. Helping African rulers close to Israel stay in power: Western and Israeli reports indicate the strong Israeli support of the current military leadership in Sudan, they also mentioned that the Mossad chief, David Barnea, personally visited Chad in 2021 and discussed the possibility of Israel maintaining a forward base there, from which to fly its surveillance drones. They could be helpful in monitoring the security situation in Libya and Algeria, thus helping Morocco that has become one of four Arab states to normalize relations. Moreover, Israel wants to keep close tabs on the Polisario Front's representatives who have found refuge in Algeria. Barnea also sought to thank the Chadians for supporting Israel's bid to become an observer at the African Union.[14] However, this accreditation was opposed by Algeria,[15] and no less than 21 of 55 member states expressed their discontent with the decision to admit Israel as an observer.[16]
The Israeli security roles are evident in the pursuit of some opposition organizations, especially those described as Islamic, such as Boko Haram in Nigeria; in the cooperation with the Cameroonian army, which depends to a large extent on armaments from Israel; in the security cooperation with Eritrea to monitor Islamic movements in the Horn of Africa, especially in Somalia, on the one hand, and to be in the proximity of the Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait so as to monitor what Israel considers "Iranian" activities, on the other hand; and in the unlimited support of South Sudan until its secession, which became one of Israel's most consistent supporters in international forums, including the UN.
Reliable news sources reported that the Israeli intelligence services have been pushing to strengthen Israeli-Arab relations, and that meetings were held with Sudanese and Libyan military leaders to push for the normalization of ties.[17] Israeli studies consider that there is a link between the Israeli desire to limit military aid to the Palestinian resistance in Gaza through Sudan, and the military coup in Sudan and the rush of the putschists to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for Israeli support.[18]
Israel focuses sometimes on the security units of the African presidents. For example, in 1994 the president of Congo-Brazzaville Pascal Lissouba hired a private military provider from Israel to provide security and train his personnel, while he was busy dismantling those units loyal to the former president.[19] Studies on the private security companies (PSCs) in Angola, indicate that most PSCs there are Israeli ones, which secure the diamond trade, provide security for the Angolan president, and help arrange arms procurement from a third party, in addition to securing specific needs for the armed forces.[20]
Sometimes the security relationship between Israel and some African leaders becomes ambiguous, as happened in 1971 with Uganada's former President Idi Amin, whom Israel helped to overthrow the regime. However, afterwards there was a dispute between him and Israel concerning arms for his army, and their relations were disturbed.[21]
4. Economic gains, by selling Israeli cyberespionage tools until 2022 to eight African countries, however the Pegasus scandal greatly affected this endeavor. The total exports from Israel to sub-Saharan Africa (non-Arab African countries) accounts for a mere 1% of Israel's global exports, which means that the $850 million worth of total trade with sub-Saharan Africa is not of strategic importance, especially since it has also tended to fluctuate over the past few years, and since 2011 it has been declining. 73% of this trade is with four countries, where in 2019, it reached $270 million with South Africa; $173 million with Nigeria; $121 million with Ethiopia; and $57 million with Kenya. And 27% of this trade is with the rest of the sub-Saharan African countries (37 countries).[22]
This means that the security aspect of sub-Saharan Africa is more important to Israel than the economic aspect.
The is evident in the Israeli arms sales to Africa, as they provide the chance to penetrate into African military institutions; hence, paving the way to influence decision-makers there. Arms sales include heavy and light weapons, maintenance, and brokering weapons not originating from Israel, similar to what happened with Serbia in 2008. Israeli arms sales to African countries are growing steadily, with defense exports increasing 70% between 2015 and 2016. Less than 1% of deliveries of major weapons to sub-Saharan Africa came from Israel, particularly to Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, the Seychelles, South Africa and Uganda.[23] It is known that Israel has not ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, and as the Database of Israeli Military and Security Exports (DIMSE) indicates, Israel uses this situation to ensure that some African dictatorships that support Israel remain in power. DIMSE gives as an example the dictatorships in Angola, Cameroon and Uganda which have relied on Israeli military support for decades. In other cases, Israel would support some parties during the struggle for power, as happened in Congo, when it provided financial support for the ouster of Mobutu Sese Seko and the takeover of the state by Laurant Kabila and it supported its stay in power afterwards. In 2017, the Mossad is alleged to have organized the coup d'etat against Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. International reports also reveal the role of the Israeli security services in the diamond trade and related conflicts in the African continent.[24]
According to the DIMSE database concerning the importers of Israeli military and security products between 2000–2019, they are ranked as follows:[25]
Country Morocco Angola Uganda South Africa Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire
Rank 33 36 40 47 53 75
In 2009–2019, Israeli security exports to Africa reached $2.259 billion, i.e., $225.9 million annually. Although the total Israeli security exports are declining, its security exports to Africa are generally increasing, where 50% of those go to Nigeria.[26]
Year Security exports to Africa ($million)
5. Contacting the Jewish community of some African countries, particularly in South Africa and Ethiopia. Organizations are established that would have connections with the Mossad, such as the Community Security Organisation (CSO). They battle the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement that support the Palestinian rights, or the activities of Al Aqsa Foundation, Hizbullah or Iran in South Africa.[27] Due to the limited number of Jews remaining in Africa, where most of them are concentrated in South Africa,[28] the role of the security services in securing Jewish immigration from Africa to Israel has declined.
6. Gathering information on African military industrial plans, as happened in 2010 with the South African anti-tank missile plans.[29]
In addition to technology, espionage operations may be executed through arranging medical care, finding housing, arranging logistics and financing operations to some sectors, individuals and groups. Technical data and all kinds of overt intelligence would be collected, whether a rumor or an article in a newspaper. Furthermore, airlines are also used in intelligence operations, where we find El Al playing a role as a major Israeli intelligence asset. In 2007, a major scandal erupted, causing a rift between the Mossad and South African Intelligence when it was revealed that El Al was essentially a front for Israeli intelligence.[30]
1. If the historical relationship between the two apartheid regimes in South Africa and Israel is one of the most important reasons for the African position against Israel, then the normalization of the relations with the Arab African countries, Egypt, Sudan and Morocco, has greatly undermined the position of the African movement opposing Israel.
2. In the Israeli strategic calculations, the Israeli-African security relationship is superior to the economic and political ones. Espionage and collecting data about prominent figures and African institutions are the most prominent operations of Israeli security activity in Africa.
3. The Israeli companies operating in aviation, agriculture, mining, water, etc., are closely linked to the Israeli security services, which makes them a cover for espionage activity.
1. The diplomatic activities of Palestinian resistance should pay more attention to the African liberation forces, for there is an African community that is prepared to cooperate with official and popular Palestinian diplomacy.
2. The Israeli security penetration into Africa must be given more importance in the Palestinian political and media literature.
3. The resistance forces have important activities in Africa, hence coordination is needed to confront the Israeli activity, especially since there are many popular Arab channels that support these forces.
4. The diplomatic activities of Palestinian resistance should always be conducted in consultation with the Algerian diplomatic corps, for it has extensive and deep experience in African affairs. This was evident when granting Israel an observer status in the African Union was suspended. This resistance must as well cooperate with study centers and Arab intellectual elites concerned with African studies.
[1] An expert in futures studies, a former professor in the Department of Political Science at Yarmouk University in Jordan and a holder of Ph.D. in Political Science from Cairo University. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Irbid National University, the National Center for Human Rights, the Board of Grievances and the Supreme Council of Media. He has authored 37 books, most of which are focused on future studies in both theoretical and practical terms, and published 120 research papers in peer-reviewed academic journals.
[2] Avner Golov et. al, A National Security Doctrine for Israel, Policy Paper (IDC Herzliya, 2010), p. 72.
[3] The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools, site of African Arguments, 23/2/2021, https://africanarguments.org/2021/02/the-seven-african-governments-using-israeli-cyberespionage-tools
[4] Mandela Received Weapons Training From Mossad Agents in Ethiopia, Haaretz newspaper, 20/12/2013, https://www.haaretz.com/2013-12-20/ty-article/.premium/revealed-mandela-trained-by-mossad/0000017f-e66c-dea7-adff-f7ff18740000
[5] New Mossad chief deploys African strategy, site of Intelligence Online, 25/10/2021, https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2021/10/25/new-mossad-chief-deploys-african-strategy,109700645-eve; and David Barnea to be nominated as next Mossad head, site of Al-Monitor, 24/5/2021, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/david-barnea-be-nominated-next-mossad-head
[6] Israel uses spyware, weapons and agritech to buy influence in Africa, site of Mail & Guardian, 20/4/2022, https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022-04-20-israel-uses-spyware-weapons-and-agritech-to-buy-influence-in-africa
[7] Yaron Salman, "The Security Element in Israel-Africa Relations," Strategic Assessment, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), vol. 24, no. 2, April 2021, p. 42.
[8] Pegasus spying scandal: Rwanda targeted South Africa's Ramaphosa, site of the African Report, 23/7/2021, https://www.theafricareport.com/111202/pegasus-spying-scandal-rwanda-targeted-south-africas-president-ramaphosa/; and Amnesty categorically stands by Pegasus Project data set, site of Amnesty International, 22/7/2021, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/amnesty-categorically-pegasus-project-data-linked-to-nso
[9] Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Israel, site of Meta Newsroom, 16/5/2019, https://about.fb.com/news/2019/05/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-from-israel; and Israeli Pegasus spyware saga could sow diplomatic rifts in Africa, site of CNBC, 27/7/2021, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/the-pegasus-spyware-saga-could-sow-diplomatic-rifts-in-africa-.html
[10] Ilan Pappe: Israeli academia deserves to be boycotted, personal website of Mona Baker, 27/11/2015, https://www.monabaker.org/2015/11/27/ilan-pappe-israeli-academia-deserves-to-be-boycotted
[11] Eric Rozenman, Israeli College Connects Globally; Institute Trains Future Leaders, site of Jewish Policy Center, spring 2018, https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2018/04/11/israeli-college-connects-globally-institute-trains-future-leaders
[12] See details in Yaron Salman, "The Security Element in Israel-Africa Relations," passim; and The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools, site of African Arguments, 23/2/2021.
[13] Yaron Salman, "The Security Element in Israel-Africa Relations," p. 46.
[14] Israeli Intelligence Aids African States Threatened By Islamist Insurgencies In Return For Normalization, site of Eurasia Review, 26/10/2021, https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102021-israeli-intelligence-aids-african-states-threatened-by-islamist-insurgencies-in-return-for-normalization-oped
[15] How did Israel end up with AU observer status?, African Arguments, 27/4/2022, https://africanarguments.org/2022/04/how-did-israel-end-up-with-au-observer-status
[16] Jean-Loup Samaan, The Long History of Israel's Outreach to Africa, site of TRENDS Research & Advisory, 19/12/2021, https://trendsresearch.org/insight/the-long-history-of-israels-outreach-to-africa; and Israel's accreditation to the AU is dividing Africa, site of Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 9/9/2021, https://issafrica.org/iss-today/israels-accreditation-to-the-au-is-dividing-africa
[17] Shaheer Choudhury, Mossad the master puppeteer as Sudan trip & Haftar presidency hopes emerge, site of Islam21c, 3/11/2021, https://www.islam21c.com/news-views/mossad-the-master-puppeteer-as-sudan-trip-haftar-presidency-hopes-emerge
[19] Sabelo Gumedze (ed.), Private Security in Africa, ISS Monograph Series, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), no. 139, Nov. 2007, p. 22.
[20] Ulrike Joras and Adrian Schuster (eds.), "Private Security Companies and Local Populations: An Exploratory Study of Afghanistan and Angola," Swisspeace, 12/11/2007, https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/private-security-companies-and-local-populations-exploratory-study-afghanistan
[21] Idi Amin's Israeli Connection, site of The New Yorker, 27/6/2016, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/idi-amins-israeli-connection
[22] Trade between Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa, site of Israel Export Institute, https://www.export.gov.il/api/Media/ExportInstitueEnglish/Services/Economic%20Unit/economy_trade_between_Israel_and_sub-Saharan_Africa_eng.pdf
[23] See details in Siemon T. Wezeman, "Israeli Arms Transfers to Sub-Saharan Africa," SIPRI Background Paper, SIPRI, October 2011, https://www.nonproliferation.eu//wp-content/uploads/2018/09/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf; and Israeli arms exports to Africa growing, site of defenceWeb, 19/3/2018, https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/israeli-arms-exports-to-africa-growing
[24] Terry Crawford-Browne, "The Illegal Arms Trade and Israel," site of Pressenza, 25/2/2021, https://www.pressenza.com/2021/02/the-illegal-arms-trade-and-israel
[25] Site of The Database of Israeli Military and Security Export (DIMSE), https://www.dimse.info
[27] Richard Silverstein, Spy cables expose Mossad South Africa operations, site of Middle East Eye, 19/3/2015, https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/spy-cables-expose-mossad-south-africa-operations
[28] According to the 2021statistics, the number of African Jews is about 56–57 thousand, of whom more than 52 thousand are in South Africa, 2,000 in Morocco, and the rest about 3,000 are located in various African countries. See details in David Graham, "The Jews of South Africa in 2019," Institute for Jewish Policy Research and Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, march 2020, https://jpr.org.uk/documents/JPR-Kaplan_The_Jews_of_South_Africa_in_2019_March_2020.pdf; and Jewish Population by Country 2022, site of World Population Review, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/jewish-population-by-country
[29] Richard Silverstein, Spy cables expose Mossad South Africa operations, Middle East Eye, 19/3/2015.
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Q: Why does this console log twice? What I'm trying to do:
I want to use Node to fire up two child processes in a particular order at a particular time, console logging their stdout as they stream, occasionally switching between the two.
The output I want:
`Proc 1 log # 1`
`Proc 1 log # 2`
`Proc 1 log # 3`
`Proc 1 log # 4`
`Proc 2 log # 1`
`Proc 2 log # 2`
`Proc 2 log # 3`
`Proc 2 log # 4`
`Proc 1 log # 9`
`Proc 1 log # 10`
`Proc 1 log # 11`
`Proc 1 log # 12`
`Proc 1 log # 13`
`Proc 1 log # 14`
`Proc 1 log # 15`
`All procs have finished!`

Of course it's super easy to do. Imperatively. But it's also really ugly & stateful and just urgh. So I'm trying to do it purely, and have built up the computation using the Task monad from folktale (the old one, that is), threading through a stateful object by hand like a chump:

//    main _ :: Task error {childProcs}
const main = startProc1({})
  .chain(logUntilProc1IsReady)
  .chain(startProc2)
  .chain(logUntilProc2IsReady)
  .chain(logUntilProc1IsFinished)

Much prettier. It would be much better too, if it worked!

The output I get:

`Proc 1 log # 1`
`Proc 1 log # 2`
`Proc 1 log # 3`
`Proc 1 log # 4`
`Proc 2 log # 1`
`Proc 1 log # 6`   // <-- These should not be logged
`Proc 2 log # 2`
`Proc 1 log # 7`
`Proc 2 log # 3`
`Proc 1 log # 8`
`Proc 2 log # 4`
`Proc 1 log # 9`
`Proc 1 log # 10`  // <-- now it's logging twice! :confounded:
`Proc 1 log # 10`
`Proc 2 log # 6`
`Proc 1 log # 11`
`Proc 1 log # 11`
`Proc 2 log # 7`
`Proc 1 log # 12`
`Proc 1 log # 12`
`Proc 2 log # 8`
`Proc 1 log # 13`
`Proc 1 log # 13`
`Proc 2 log # 9`
`Proc 1 log # 14`
`Proc 1 log # 14`
`Proc 2 log # 10`
`All procs have finished!`

Stuff I've done:
Here is the logging function:

//    logStreamUntil :: int -> (a -> bool) -> proc -> string -> Task error State () {childProcs}
const logStreamUntil = curry((predFunc, procName, procObj) =>
  new Task ((_, res) => {
    const proc = procObj[procName]
    const logUntilPred = data =>
      predFunc(data)
        ? (rmAllListeners(proc), res(procObj))
        : console.log(data)
    proc.stdout.on('data', logUntilPred)
}))

Of which the tl;dr: is that I'm sending it a process name and the object to pluck the actual child-process from, as well as a predicate function used to decide for how long to console log the stdout of whichever child-process had been thrown at it. The predicates just look for something specific in the string from stdout. So it console logs the output when the predicate function returns false, else it stops logging, removes the listener and that should be that!

And here then is the rmAllListeners function:

//    rmAllListeners :: childProc -> childProc
const rmAllListeners = proc => (proc.removeAllListeners(), proc.stdout.unref())

Which latter is clearly the issue. Listeners, despite being namespaced and supposedly obliterated by the above, are not being. And I don't know why?!? Help!

Further reading:
There's a repo of it too for those interested in seeing the entire thing: you can find it here.

A: You're removing listeners from the proc instead of from stdout. The doubles are appearing because you're attaching a second copy of your listener to the 'data' events on the proc.stdout.
Adding .stdout in rmAllListeners fixes it for me:
diff --git a/why-log-twice.js b/why-log-twice.js
index 276d15c..6c15467 100644
--- a/why-log-twice.js
+++ b/why-log-twice.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const PROC_ONE_PATH = `node child-proc "Proc 1 log # "`
 const PROC_TWO_PATH = `node child-proc "Proc 2 log # "`

 //    rmAllListeners :: childProc -> childProc
-const rmAllListeners = proc => (proc.removeAllListeners(), proc.stdout.unref())
+const rmAllListeners = proc => (proc.stdout.removeAllListeners(), proc.stdout.unref())

 //    procIsReady :: string -> bool
 const procIsReady = str => str.includes('5')

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Rebels draw on prisoners and stolen weapons to sustain attack on Philippine city
Filipino troops move into their position while fighting against Islamist militants in Marawi. EPA
A week-long assault by Islamist rebels in a southern Philippine city is being fueled with stolen weapons and ammunition and fighters broken out of jails, the military said on Wednesday, as troops battled militants resisting ground and air attacks.
Philippine soldiers attack ISIS-linked militants in besieged city
MARAWI, Philippines — Philippine government forces launched "precision attacks" Thursday...
The pro-Islamic State Maute group has proven to be a fierce enemy, clinging on to the heart of Marawi City through days of air strikes on what the military called known rebel targets, defying expectations of a swift end to their occupation.
The military deployed for the first time SF-260 close air support planes to back attack helicopters and ground troops looking to box rebels into a downtown area. The army said the rebels hold about a tenth of the city.
The hardline Maute had kept up the fight with rifles and ammunition stolen from a police station, a prison, and an armored police vehicle, and were using them to hold off the troops, said military spokesman Restituto Padilla.
The militants had freed jailed comrades to join the battle and opted to engage in urban warfare because the city had stocks of arms and ample supplies of food.
"Yes indeed, there was planning involved," Padilla said.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is alarmed by the strength of the Maute and intelligence reports suggesting it has teamed up with other extremist groups and has recruited foreign fighters.
He last week declared martial law on Mindanao island where Marawi is located, in a move to quell movements he said he had long warned would mushroom into what is now an Islamic State invasion.
A Philippine Marine guards communication equipment and high-powered firearms.AP
"I specifically warned everybody there is more dark cloud ahead of us. I was referring specifically to the contamination of ISIS slowly creeping towards our shores," Duterte told navy personnel in Davao City.
"In Marawi now, I have to tell you we have suffered tremendous losses because we are the invading force and they have been waiting for a long time for the forces of the republic to come."
Eighty-nine militants, 21 security forces and 19 civilians have so far been killed during clashes.
Slow Progress
The slow pace of the military's efforts to retake Marawi – with air support and far superior firepower than the rebels – has prompted questions about its strategy.
That has been compounded by social media images of smiling fighters with assault rifles posing on an armoured, U.S.-made police combat vehicle, dressed in black and wearing headbands typical of Islamic State.
Another picture showed a bearded man at the wheel of a police van flying an Islamic State flag. The authenticity of the images has not been independently verified and the military has urged the public not to spread "propaganda".
The military believe the Maute group staged the Marawi takeover to prove itself to Islamic State and try to win its endorsement as its affiliate in Southeast Asia.
Duterte said he would not allow Islamic State to gain traction in the Philippines and inflict murder on the scale of Syria and Iraq.
He changed his mind on last week's offer of dialogue with Maute and said he "will not talk to the terrorists".
"They are trying to correct the way of living for everybody. They do it by killing people, invoking the name of God and that is a very terrible ideology," he said of Islamic State.
"It does not know anything except to waste human lives."
Security experts believe extremists in the southern Philippines have quietly become better organised and funded, pointing to the Maute's rapid rise from obscurity.
The government on Wednesday said another rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had agreed to help get civilians, dead or alive, out of Marawi and had accepted Duterte's unconventional offer for communists, separatists and the military to unite against radical Islam.
Congress held a special hearing on Wednesday on martial law, which minority bloc lawmakers said was an overreaction by Duterte and a unilateral decision he made while overseas.
But most legislators back the measure as being needed to meet the security threat.
"We have a serious problem," said congressman Harry Roque, who filed a resolution supporting martial law.
"ISIS is not a small problem, it is a very big problem."
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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.StreamAnalytics.Models
{
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using System.Linq;

    /// <summary>
    /// The properties that are associated with an input.
    /// </summary>
    [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonObject("InputProperties")]
    public partial class InputProperties
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the InputProperties class.
        /// </summary>
        public InputProperties()
        {
            CustomInit();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the InputProperties class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="serialization">Describes how data from an input is
        /// serialized or how data is serialized when written to an output.
        /// Required on PUT (CreateOrReplace) requests.</param>
        /// <param name="diagnostics">Describes conditions applicable to the
        /// Input, Output, or the job overall, that warrant customer
        /// attention.</param>
        /// <param name="etag">The current entity tag for the input. This is an
        /// opaque string. You can use it to detect whether the resource has
        /// changed between requests. You can also use it in the If-Match or
        /// If-None-Match headers for write operations for optimistic
        /// concurrency.</param>
        /// <param name="partitionKey">partitionKey Describes a key in the
        /// input data which is used for partitioning the input data</param>
        public InputProperties(Serialization serialization = default(Serialization), Diagnostics diagnostics = default(Diagnostics), string etag = default(string), Compression compression = default(Compression), string partitionKey = default(string))
        {
            Serialization = serialization;
            Diagnostics = diagnostics;
            Etag = etag;
            Compression = compression;
            PartitionKey = partitionKey;
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        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets describes how data from an input is serialized or how
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        /// (CreateOrReplace) requests.
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "serialization")]
        public Serialization Serialization { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets describes conditions applicable to the Input, Output, or the
        /// job overall, that warrant customer attention.
        /// </summary>
        [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "diagnostics")]
        public Diagnostics Diagnostics { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the current entity tag for the input. This is an opaque
        /// string. You can use it to detect whether the resource has changed
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        {
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I desperately needed refreshment after I spent 2 hours picking every single last currant off the bush in the backyard on a 95-degree afternoon. This Purple Lemonade did quite nicely.
OK, so maybe it's fuchsia. But black currants make me think purple. Also, I didn't want it to be confused with pink lemonade made with strawberries or raspberries.
Puree the currants in a food mill using the finest disc. If the puree has seeds, strain it through a fine mesh sieve to remove them. Combine the sugar, lemon zest, and 1 cup of the water in a small saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool. Stir in the lemon juice and strain through a fine mesh sieve. Stir together the currant puree, lemon mixture, and remaining 2 quarts of water in a large pitcher. Serve over ice.
Makes about 3 quarts. For sparkling Purple Lemonade, substitute soda water for half of the second quantity of water.
Wow that seems to be a cool drink for summers.
Wow!! This looks amazing! Your photos are stunning!!


We are experienced at sourcing and researching senior level respondents on a variety of Business to Business topics, covering both qualitative and quantitative projects.
LJE Research have worked on Healthcare and Pharmaceutical projects over the past 10 years, covering topics such as new product concept testing, medical device evaluation and development, health and fitness app design and usability, and qualitative IDI interviews with hospital in-patients, Consultants and Nurses.
Do you want to know what your customers think of your brand or your product? Carrying out both qualitative and quantitative studies with consumers you can understand what works with your current products, or maybe test a new concept. Do you want to understand if your product stands out on the shelf? We carry out accompanied shops to understand what attracts consumers to certain brands and products. Or do you want to understand your consumers better – what makes them tick? What about an in-home ethnographic study? We have all the skills and know-how to make any project a success, and lots of ideas of the best way to achieve your objectives.
Employee research is key to improving employee engagement. With very specific guidelines from the MRS on conducting and reporting employee research, we can help take the strain out of the task. With 15 years of employee research experience, we can ensure you ask the right questions to understand what your teams want.


With over a decade of experience in nutrition, Julie Starr has worked with a diverse group of healthcare practitioners including medical professionals, personal trainers, midwives, herbalists, and acupuncturists. She has served as the National Director of Nutrition at Exhale Spas, a pediatric nutritionist at a local community health center, and taught nutrition courses at the college level. As a private nutrition specialist, Julie helps clients overcome any food or nutritional struggles, including weight challenges, disordered eating, and food allergies. Julie also provides nutritional guidance and program development as part of corporate wellness programs, including wellness lectures, webinars, and seminars to businesses throughout the country. She works with groups to develop healthful eating habits on the job, while educating and motivating each individual to lead a lifestyle that promotes wellbeing.
A certified yoga and barre teacher, Julie also owns and teaches classes at two Starr Yoga studios, in Roslindale, MA and West Hartford, CT, as well as live online virtual classes. In her spare time, Julie loves to cook, eat and hobnob around the Boston area with her seven year-old daughter Izzy and shih tzu Daisy.


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Home / Times Accessories / Wool "T" Baseball Cap
Wool "T" Baseball Cap
Navy Black Olive
Baseball caps have been around since 1858, but wool fabric is making it a whole new ball game. The Times wrote that wool "adds warm, gentlemanly swagger to a boyhood classic." Get in the game on cool days with our soft wool cap, featuring a Times "T" logo and produced by Knickerbocker Manufacturing in Brooklyn.
The baseball cap has a deep-rooted history, dating back to the New York Knickerbockers in 1849. The Knickerbockers, often acknowledged as the sport's first organized team, introduced the baseball uniform, though it was topped off with a not so game-ready wide straw hat. Around 1858, the Brooklyn Excelsiors introduced the forerunner of the modern baseball cap, with its round crown and small brim.
Our wool cap is a contemporary take on the traditional baseball hat, with fabric milled in Japan. The fabric's texture and substance makes the hat an ideal winter accessory. The cap has an adjustable brass buckle and a herringbone cotton twill sweatband. The visor is lightweight to match up with the weight of the wool fabric, yet strong enough to keep its shape.
The navy and black wool caps display our "T" logo on a label made on a 1950s needle-loom machine.
These caps are part of our Early Edition of vintage-style clothing. Each item in this collection links to The Times's past and is produced in collaboration with Knickerbocker Manufacturing in Brooklyn.
Material: 90% yard dyed wool, 10% nylon


When buying a house most people will walk through the house once at a open home, and then if they think that they are interested, will make a second and possibly third visit.
For most people, buying a house will be one of the biggest investments that they will ever make. Therefore it is unbelievable that the decision to buy will be based on possibly as little as three visits and a whole lot of emotion.
The house may have been recently renovated, may be a complete do up with great potential, or may be in great but original condition.
BUT how many people really know what they are in for? How many people will look at a property with a critical eye, or have the knowledge required to be so circumspect?
Houses need to be inspected from the foundations to roof to determine the true condition of the structure.
Has a recently redecorated/ repainted house always been kept in such pristine condition or has the dwelling been prepared for sale,.If so, then any work carried out may be superficial, done on the cheap and will therefore rapidly deteriorate, leaving the new home owner disappointed and with a hefty remediation bill.
Your new purchase may have a new kitchen including cabinetry, new bathrooms, ensuite laundry including new plumbing and electrical fittings and fixtures. Did this work require building consents? Are there producer statements, certificates of compliance (or similar) for the building, plumbing and electrical work.
Are there tiles in the wet areas? If so than a water proofing membrane should have been applied behind the tiles. Has this waterproofing been carried out by a Licenced applicator? Has a producer statement been issued for this work?
If the house has been redecorated/renovated but the foundations are in need of replacement or partial replacement, then this renovation work may be damaged due to the re levelling of the house.
If the roof is in poor condition and at risk of letting in water then this will need to be addressed as soon as possible to ensure the interior of the house is not damaged.
Rotten joinery and cladding may have been patch repaired and painted over for the purpose of selling the property. These areas will deteriorate very quickly and will need to be readdressed.This usually entails replacement of the rot affected components.
Unfortunately if any work is required as mentioned above, this work will not necessarily add value to a property, whereas a bathroom, kitchen, laundry, garage, landscaping etc will.
So be very careful of where you heart is taking you. My advice is to have the property inspected by a suitably qualified property inspector to ensure that your new purchase is a true investment.


Using the Right Private Investigator is More Important Than Ever!
As big data grows and more and more records are collected, filtered and examined, the greater the risk that using an expert who is sub-par in any way can endanger your case. More and more mistakes, embellishments and character issues arise each year as access to a great and more comprehensive collection of data about all of us becomes accessible to more people. Your private investigator is no exception.
In the past, simple prior job experience with an law enforcement agency or respected PI firm would ordain a private investigator as competent and accredited. Now it simply opens that experience up to scrutiny as specific case they worked on, trial outcomes and public missteps are located within the experience and used to discredit them. Even true experts like those in the forensics sciences are finding that they very methods they have been trained in are under attack.
Accordingly, it is essential to work with a private investigative agency that can be vetted in detail and can explain each step they take during the course of their investigation and the appropriateness of those steps. Gone are the days of simply seeing someone is a former Federal Agent or Police Officer and having that be sufficient.
For more detailed information on what to examine when determining if an investigative agency is able to pass intense scrutiny and examination, please contact our team. We would be happy to discuss your matter and what to look for, and as always, the call is strictly confidential.


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Q: How to use Spark to read all rows from hbase and post it to elastic search In my current application, we are loading data to elastic search in the form of jsondocuments, and this data is generated by processing the data taken from HBASE.
Currently we are using mapreducefor doing this, which fetch each row from hbase, process it and post the generated jsonfile to elastic search.
Our data consists of millions of documents and it takes too much time to do this data loading.
Is there a more time efficient way to do the same using Spark.

A: you can replace your Mapreduce with spark . you have to use the below configuration .
val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName(appName).setMaster(master)
conf.set("es.index.auto.create", "true")

If you want to see the complete document Apache spark with elasticsearch
Scala code with elasticsearch Scala code for elasticsearch
If you want to get the row from your Hbase then you check spark-hbase-connector


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Q: Y axis disappears when I try to use state_smooth() without geom_point() For some reason, ggplot is omitting the Y axis labels when I try to use stat_smooth() without first calling geom_point(). The hacky solution I came up with was to call geom_point(size = 0, alpha =0), but I'd love (1) to understand what's going on and (2) a more elegant solution.
Minimal reproducible example
library(tidyverse)
# Mock data
set.seed(24)
df <- tibble(x = rep(c(1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13), 20),
  y = round(.3 * x + rnorm(140, 5)),
  z = rep(c("A", "B"), 70))

# Original plot
ggplot(df, aes(x, y, color = z)) +
  geom_point() +
   stat_smooth(method = "lm", formula = "y ~ x", se = FALSE) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(1, 10, length = 4),
    minor_breaks = c(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9),
    labels = c("1. Fully disaproves", "4", "7",
      "10. Fully approves"))

# The plot I actually want (except the Y axis labels disappear)
ggplot(df, aes(x, y, color = z)) +
   stat_smooth(method = "lm", formula = "y ~ x", se = FALSE) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(1, 10, length = 4),
    minor_breaks = c(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9),
    labels = c("1. Fully disaproves", "4", "7",
      "10. Fully approves"))

# Hacky solution
ggplot(df, aes(x, y, color = z)) +
  geom_point(size = 0, alpha = 0) +
   stat_smooth(method = "lm", formula = "y ~ x", se = FALSE) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(1, 10, length = 4),
    minor_breaks = c(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9),
    labels = c("1. Fully disaproves", "4", "7",
      "10. Fully approves"))

Output

PS: I'm totally blind–obviously, I can't see the output. There's a chance that the plots don't show at all what I hope they do. Hopefully, You'll be able to figure out what I want from the code.

A: The issue is that when you use stat_smooth only, the range of the plotted data is different from when you also add the geom_point. As by default ggplot2 sets the limits of the scale according to the range of the data you get a scale which ranges from 5 to 9. Because of this only one of your breaks (i.e. 7). will show up, while all other breaks are omitted as they fall out of the limits. This said, to achieve your desired result you have to set the limits:
library(ggplot2)
library(tibble)
# Mock data
set.seed(24)
df <- tibble(x = rep(c(1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13), 20),
             y = round(.3 * x + rnorm(140, 5)),
             z = rep(c("A", "B"), 70))

# The plot I actually want (except the Y axis labels disappear)
ggplot(df, aes(x, y, color = z)) +
  stat_smooth(method = "lm", formula = "y ~ x", se = FALSE) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(1, 10, length = 4),
                     minor_breaks = c(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9),
                     labels = c("1. Fully disaproves", "4", "7",
                                "10. Fully approves"),
                     limits = c(1, 10))


This is basically taking a plain plastic panel/moulding/handle etc and changing it to the existing colour on your vehicle.
Firstly the relevant plastics are removed, eg; bumper/door mirror, this is done so that we can paint right round the edges (preventing flaking). The removed plastic section must then be rubbed down thoroughly so that primer will key into it. The plastic is then treated with a glue solution then 2-pack primed.
Once dry, the panel is rubbed down again until smooth, the colour is then double checked, and parts are then painted and refitted to the vehicle.
Prices vary according to the amount of plastic to be colour coded on the vehicle. Our prices are very competitive particularly with such vehicles as VW transporters, transit vans etc. We have a no-flake guarantee, and after 4 years of colour coding we have not yet had a paintwork complaint.
We can also plastic weld cracks in bumpers and door mirrors if required.


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Social Justice Action Center || 400 SE 12th Ave.
Four weeks, $100 || Space is limited.
What is magic exactly, and how does it relate to poetic craft? Poets often cite a connection with with the magical imagination as a source for their work. If we look at the word as a magical unit, we can inhabit the writing rituals of poets from various traditions and explore possibilities for making more room for magic within our own writing.
In this course, we'll unpack the relationship between magic and poetry through the lenses of rhetoric, Romance, literary theory, the creation of personal rituals, digital communication, and more. Beginners and experienced poets are welcome.
What is performative utterance and how can it help us bring the "truth of imagination" into our daily lives? We'll explore the connective tissue between the mystical and the mundane via ancient thinkers, literary theorists and the Romantic poets.
If language is a magical medium, then we can use it to experience and alter our environment. We'll look at 20th century poets who used their craft for social activism as well as the nature poets who branched from the Romantic tradition.
How are some of the magically-inclined poets of our times operating, and how do their creative processes come into play? Why are witches having a cultural moment, and what are all those witches up to? We will brainstorm our own tailor-made poetic rituals.
Share your own ritual-derived creative work generated during the course, or just observe your classmates' projects. Leave with a broadened framework for continuing your own poetic practice.
Megan Freshley is a writer, editor, and witch living in Portland, OR. She taught writing at PSU and served as an editorial assistant for McSweeney's Poetry Series. Megan's work is published in Stay Wild, 1001, Poor Claudia: Phenome, and Witch Craft Magazine. She was a 2013 recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize.


Members working at Central Maine Power (CMP) comprise the largest bargaining unit of IBEW 1837, with more than 600 members represented. The contract covers field and support workers in the line departments, meter departments, substations departments, customer service representatives, area and systems dispatchers, engineers, programmers, communications center and field offices, GIS and CADD technicians, offices services personnel, technical services representatives, and a variety of other support personnel.
Collectively, these union members design, build, repair and maintain the electric grid serving the largest customer base of any electric utility in Maine, and provide customer service assistance to residents and businesses in most of southern, central and western Maine. They also control the balance and flow of electricity across the grid beyond their own customer base into other parts of Maine and New England.
Central Maine Power Company is owned by Avangrid.
IBEW 1837 members who work at CMP belong to either Unit 6, 7, 8 or 9, depending on their work locations.


Dr. Doni Wilson is a leading naturopathic doctor and nutritionist with an expertise on developing nutritional solutions to reduce stress and boost wellness. Now Dr. Doni is shedding light on how a stress-free diet can help your body heal and prevent disease.
She advocates consuming a gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free diet for better health.
March is National Nutrition Month, marking an important time to reflect on the foods we eat and how they play into our overall health and wellness. Dr. Doni Wilson (Dr. Doni) is a leading naturopathic doctor and nutritionist with an expertise on developing nutritional solutions to reduce stress and boost wellness. To celebrate National Nutrition Month, Dr. Doni is unveiling the seven steps to her popular HAMPTONS CLEANSE, a gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free approach to healing and strengthening health, with insider medical wisdom and tips for success.
Avoid reactive foods: gluten, dairy, eggs, and soy.
Delayed food sensitivities are a major source of inflammation throughout the body. By avoiding the foods that are most likely to trigger sensitivities, you'll be giving your body a break from inflammation.
Eat six small "half meals, spaced 2-4 hours apart: 40% protein, 40% carbohydrates, 20% healthy fat.
Balancing your blood sugar, whether you have diabetes or not, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation and stress in your body.
Choose organic foods and drink filtered water or tea (green tea or herbal tea).
By choosing organic foods and filtered water, you'll be eliminating pesticides and other toxins from your daily exposure.
Avoid sugar, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, trans and hydrogenated fats.
One way we can lower stress in our bodies is by choosing stress-free foods. Sugar and sweeteners stress our bodies, as do alcohol and trans fats.
Have a protein shake, such as the Hamptons Shake, once or twice a day.
A protein shake can be a quick and efficient way to get protein along with nutrients, but without sugar or dairy, all of which drops your stress levels.
Avoid toxins: artificial ingredients, preservatives, pesticides and environmental toxins.
A cleanse is a perfect chance to bring your awareness to all the places you are exposed to toxins throughout the day and eliminate them.
Get seven and a half to nine hours of sleep each night and 15 minutes of exercise three to five times each week.
What better way to lower your stress and rejuvenate than to get plenty of sleep.
DR. DONI WILSON, N.D. is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, natural health expert, nutritionist and midwife. She specializes in gluten sensitivity, intestinal permeability, adrenal stress, neurotransmitter imbalances, hypothyroidism, women's health, autoimmunity, insulin resistance and genetic variations called 'SNPs', which can have a profound impact upon your health. For nearly 20 years, she has helped women, men and children overcome their most perplexing health challenges and achieve their wellness goals by crafting individualized strategies that address the whole body and the underlying causes of health issues. She is the creator of The Hamptons Cleanse and author of The Stress Remedy: Master Your Body's Synergy and Optimize Your Health as well as the bestselling e-book Stress Remedies: How to Reduce Stress and Boost Your Health in Just 15 Minutes a Day .
Are these 5 superfoods on your grocery list?


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Le tournoi de simple dames des Championnats du monde de badminton 2022 a lieu du 22 au  au Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium de Tokyo au Japon.

Têtes de séries
Voici la liste des joueuses têtes de série et leurs résultats dans la compétition. Le classement mondial au 9 août 2022 sert de base pour le tirage des têtes de série.

Tableau

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Dernier carré

Notes et références

Lien externe
 Résultats du simple dames sur tournamentsoftware.com

Championnats du monde de badminton 2022

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Yemen Is Fighting Its Severe Water Shortage by Harvesting Its Fog
DAVID NIELD
Finding fresh, clean water in Yemen is no easy task: supplies have become so scarce in the war-torn country that villagers are often spending days fetching enough to drink, wash, and cook with, and climate change is making rainfall levels more unpredictable than ever before. But there's new hope of a better way to source water, thanks to a UN-sponsored initiative designed to harvest it from the fog that floats across the country's landscape.
Fog is ever-present in Yemen, arriving every afternoon and often sticking around to the early hours of the morning. Coffee planters already use rocks to turn this fog into moisture and water their crops. Now locals are using special 3 x 2-metre mesh screens to condense the fog, and just one can reportedly produce enough drinking water for a family of seven.
Fog harvesting isn't a completely new idea - it's previously been used in places like Chile, Morocco, Guatemala, and Haiti, and locals in Yemen have been experimenting with it since 2003. But it's only in the past couple of years that the results have shown enough promise for the technique to be seriously considered.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Yemen's National Foundation for Watershed Management are now looking at extending the scheme, and it couldn't have come at a better time. "Already a region beset with serious water shortages in peacetime, Yemen's yearly rainfall is only about 900 million cubic metres, or three quarters of what it needs, according to 2003 data from Sana'a University," Annalisa Merelli reports for Quartz.
UNDP project
According to the UNDP, 1,563 people have benefitted from the fog harvesting scheme so far, with 215 units installed across two sites in Yemen. It's currently in the process of being scaled up to be used extensively in more areas of the country, together with a range of other initiatives designed to get the most out of the rain that does fall.
"God has given us the fog to quench our thirst," Am Ali, a mother of six from Manakha, Yemen, was quoted as saying. Another villager who has benefitted from the scheme talks about releasing her children from the tedious task of fetching water every day and having fewer concerns over their health - the stagnant, standing water previously used by these people is often of a poor quality and can carry disease.
The UNDP's project has involved installing the fog harvesters, giving locals training in how to use them, and establishing a coffee tree nursery that's now flourishing with the extra irrigation. Alongside the fog harvesters, locally sourced bamboo is being used to build roofs for cisterns in the same area, so the collected water can be safely stored.
Civil war and sanctions have devastated Yemen in recent years, and some estimates suggest the country's capital could run out of water completely by 2017. With each US$15 fog screen collecting 40 litres of water each per day, these new devices could help provide some much-needed help for local communities in the region.


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Sadhguru and Isha Foundation condole demise of actor Vivek
Sadhguru and Isha Foundation joined thousands of netizens to pay tribute to Tamil actor Vivek who passed away this morning in Chennai where he was hospitalized for a cardiac condition.
Sadhguru's message on his Twitter handle read: "@Actor_Vivek – a Master of his Craft who brought joy to millions. Will be equally remembered for initiating one of Tamil Nadu's most ambitious tree-planting projects – a man whose heart beat for this Land & its people. My deepest condolences & Blessings to his family.-Sg #விவேக்" https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1383368140856328194
Isha Foundation also posted a message of condolence for the actor and a wonderful human being "Deeply saddened by the demise of @Actor_Vivek – a great actor, philanthropist, ardent tree-planting enthusiast, and a wonderful human being. #விவேக்" https://twitter.com/ishafoundation/status/1383354146103828486?s=1002
The actor has long been associated with Isha's outreach activities and was an ardent supporter of the organization's ecological initiatives, especially the Cauvery Calling project. He had also launched an ambitious tree-planting program to green Tamil Nadu. The actor was popular for his professional versatility and was known for his passion for reversing ecological degradation in Tamil Nadu.
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Liberty Hill TX Relocation Guide
Situated between the forks of the San Gabriel River, The City of Liberty Hills offers a relaxing small town atmosphere with easy access to all the amenities one might find in a larger city. Liberty Hill ISD is the cornerstone of the community and is dedicated to excellence in all student programs. K-12 is spread between 5 campuses with a student-teacher ratio being one of the lowest in the state.
The city of Liberty Hill is in the midst of some rather dynamic growth and continued growth for the next 5 to 10 years. Liberty Hill is not only among the fastest growing cities in Central Texas but one of the fastest in the Nation. The city's leadership is dedicated to creating an atmosphere that will encourage entrepreneurs and innovative people to locate their businesses in Liberty Hill. Newcomers will find Liberty Hill to be charming, friendly, and beautiful. Liberty Hill is a great place to play, to work, to live and to grow in.
Approximately 1,000
3% Above National Average
3% Below Austin, TX
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
10625 TX-29
TXU Energy
Summit Power & Supply
15550 TX029
P & R Butane Inc.
Liberty Hill Independent School District
Liberty Hill Elementary School
1400 Loop 332
Bill Burden Elementary School
315 Stonewall Pkwy
Liberty Hill Intermediate School
101 Loop 332
Liberty Hill Junior High School
13125 W Hwy 29
Liberty Hill High School
Meridell Achievement Center Inc.
Liberty Hill ISD
301 Forrest St
Apache Moving & Storage
250 N Bagdad Rd
Square Cow Movers
9311 N FM 620


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Tranceport is a trance music DJ mix album series. The series debuted in November 1998 with Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport, released on Kinetic Records. The album featured many trance songs that were receiving a lot of dance club play at the time, including Three Drives on a Vinyl's Greece 2000 and the Paul van Dyk remix of Binary Finary's popular 1998.  Tranceport is widely regarded among electronic music listeners as one of the best trance albums ever released.

The later releases in the series were based on this template. DJs featured in this series included Dave Ralph and Quivver (Tranceport 2 and Transport 5, respectively). After Vol. 3, the series changed its name to Transport to better reflect the evolving popular club sounds and the incorporation of genres other than trance. There were 6 albums in the series, spanning 4 years. In 2003, the most popular trance started changing its sound from the tech-trance featured in the series to a much more epic sound being pushed by DJs like Armin van Buuren, thus lessening the series' popularity; it ended for good after Kinetic's demise in early 2004.

Entries in the series
1998: Paul Oakenfold Tranceport
1999: Dave Ralph Tranceport 2
2000: Sandra Collins Tranceport 3
2001: Max Graham Transport 4
2001: Quivver Transport 5
2002: Trendroid Transport 6

DJ mix album series


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'Blackmailed' Latvian Smuggler Sentenced to 25 Years
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A Latvian who claimed he was blackmailed by a Russian man and forced to smuggle $48 million worth of cocaine from Trinidad to Eastern Europe was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a court in Bermuda on Tuesday.
Janis Zegelis, 29, said he thought he was simply transporting a 38-foot craft named Arturs for a Russian client until he discovered 166 kilograms of cocaine and a Beretta pistol with 192 rounds of ammunition hidden in the ship's hold, the local Royal Gazette reported.
When confronted, the Russian client, whom Zegelis refused to identify in court, threatened to kill him and his family if he didn't deliver the drugs to the Denmark Channel, he told the court in broken English.
Defense lawyer Mark Pettingill said Zegelis was being threatened by a Russian mobster.
"He could have thrown it over the side and gone to the Russians and said, 'Oh, sorry, I lost your $48 million in a storm,' but that's not the real world," Pettingill said, the Gazette reported.
Investigators argued that Zegelis had actually turned to drug trafficking to dig his family out of dire financial straits.
Zegelis, a father of three young children, pleaded for leniency, but the jury unanimously found him guilty on all charges.
He had been arrested in August 2011, about one week after ship damage allegedly forced him to make an unscheduled stop in the port of St. George's.
The drug haul was the second-largest ever seized in the British territory, trailing only a 586-kilogram stash that authorities discovered in 2001.


We have 20 spaces allocated and as always this is open to car club members only. The cost is £5 per car with the driver and a passenger, anyone else will need to pay for a ticket. However this year all money is being donated to the Great North Air Ambulance and as I will have to pay that on the day I will be collecting it from you. Information on how to book and pay me will be sent by PM.
I will also look at hotel accommodation to stay over and again the info will be sent by PM if required so let me know.
Any BMW is welcome. Let me know if you have any questions.
Sorry guys but I cannot quote properly on this forum so I'm typing the list up again! (Annoying!!) Plus since you lot are not very good at following instructions I have sent a PM to everyone who has either put their name on the list and / or sent me a PM! Do not delay in booking up!
Don't worry about keep this list up to date if you cant quote as I will work out a way to do it!
****I GIVE UP TRYING TO DO A STRAIGHT LIST WILL SORT THIS OUT LATER!!!!!!!
All PMs have been replied to so let me know once you have booked.
Gary and Judette Y. Y. Y. Y.
All Pms have been replied to but there are still spaces if anyone else is interested please follow the instructions in the OP.
Entries for this show are now closed. Thanks everyone!
Jim let me know what they reply as entries for car clubs is now closed and it's only open for individual entries only.
I have recieved all the passes today. I will collect your £5 and share your ticket with you nearer the time.
Please find the final instructions for the Cumbria International Motor Show 19th May 2019.
Westmorland Show Ground Crooklands, Kendal. Sat Nav use Postcode LA7 7NH.
Please note, we have wavered the entry price for a car exhibitor and one passenger this year and we are asking if you can donate the fee to the Great North Air Ambulance our chosen charity for 2019. (They will be present on the show ground on the day).
Additional passengers will be charged as follows: Adult £10.00 Child up to 16 years £5.00 and under 5 years free.
On arrival: Please place your pass in your windscreen so the stewards can direct you to your designated area, park carefully, do not obstruct other exhibitors and keep road ways clear. Please arrive before 10.00am, as due to health & safety reasons, exhibitors arriving after 10.00am will be parked in the public car park.
The gates will be open from 7.00 am till last entry at 10.00 am.
Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome at our event.
The Motor Show has a strictly no movement policy during the event, following Health and Safety guidelines. The Westmorland show ground committee have now placed bollards on their entrances, and they will be locked after the last car enters the event and unlocked from 4.30pm to allow exit.
Neither CIMS or the venue owners accept responsibility for any property lost or damaged at the event and as a result cannot be held liable.
Anyone moving their car, revving their engine, playing loud music, flying unauthorised drones, disturbing other people or being abusive to staff members will be asked to leave immediately.
The Trophy presentation will start from 4.00pm till 4.30pm.
When arriving and leaving the show ground please can we ask you to drive at the 5MPH speed limit, with due care, as people will be present in and around the area and their safety is of the upmost importance.
There will also be a police presence on exiting the show field.
We hope you enjoy your day at the Cumbria International Motor Show and hope to see you return next year.
David and Heather Robinson and the CIMS team.
Not long to go to the Cumbria show.
To everyone who has a place on the stand I have the tickets and I will collect the £5 entry fee the night before the show however if you are not staying over please let me know so we can make arrangements to get the ticket to you and get your money before the show.


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Embry-Riddle Receives Grant Funding to Study Wildfires
28 March 2019	Jason Kadah
Embry-Riddle's Applied Meteorology Program Granted National Science Foundation Funding to Study Southwest Wildfires
PRESCOTT, Ariz. – Embry-Riddle Department of Applied Aviation Sciences/Applied Meteorology Program faculty members Dr. Dorothea Ivanova and Dr. Michael Kaplan have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) funding of up to $102,000 over the next three years to study wildfires and other climate events in collaboration with researchers at North Carolina A&T University.
"Not only do fuel moisture content, fuel loading and topography play a role on wildfire spread and behavior, but the wind plays a significant role," said Dr. Curtis James, Department Chair of Applied Aviation Sciences and Professor of Meteorology at Embry-Riddle's Prescott campus. "This grant will shed light on these mechanisms, helping to improve fire weather forecasting and hopefully mitigating loss of life and property."
Several historical wildfires, including the devastating Yarnell Hill fire of 2013, will be studied in order to learn how certain large-scale atmospheric conditions can influence windstorms that affect the spread and intensity of wildfires throughout the Southwest.
"This research project hits home to the Prescott Quad City area in light of the devastating impacts that the Yarnell Hill fire had on our community," said James. "There have been a number of other recent fires affecting the area in the past two decades. Wildfires are probably the most likely natural disaster that we face here in Prescott."
This is the first research grant awarded by the NSF to Embry-Riddle's Department of Applied Aviation Sciences.
"This grant represents a first step to other research grant proposals in the works," said James. "We are thrilled with this opportunity to utilize the expertise of two of our faculty to investigate a relevant and important current topic in the field of meteorology."
Media Contact: Jason Kadah, Communications Director, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ariz.; (928) 777-6731; jason.kadah@erau.edu.
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Good Things Come in Large Packages- by Brenda Barnhart
Jacob was a stoutly boy, with round features through and through, including his eyes which glowed almost neon blue from round granite spheres. He accepted his roundness, for after all, good things come in large packages, or so his mother always told him, with a funny grin on her lips. He never understood the grin, but took it to mean it was their little secret, that the world had yet to learn this, and Jacob was the one to teach them.
On this warm Sunday morning, he sits in the coffee shop awaiting his food. His platter, really, for Jacob was a boy with a ferocious appetite and he fed this appetite lovingly. "SEVEN egg omelet with half a pound of cheese…" said the waitress as she dropped the plate to the table, rolling her eyes in amazement at this boys order. 'This poor boy', she thought to herself, 'what have his parents done to cause such low self esteem.' Jacob dug into his food immediately and rather seriously, as if feeding a hunger that never rested.
Jacob watched silently out the window after he finished his feast, lost in thoughts of his future, of becoming something special and showing the world what love really is. He didnt know how he was going to do this, but he knew, from the depths of his soul, that this was his mission in life, and he looked forward to it with an excitement that made any Christmas morning celebration look like a Sunday at church.
But this morning, however, something was different. Jacob thought about his future with a new sense of melancholy that he could not explain. He felt as if something was going to happen very soon that would catapult him into his purpose, and he wasn't sure he was ready. He was processing his thoughts, analyzing his feelings when a sudden bang brought him back to his seat at the booth, once again aware of his surroundings.
He looked around for the source of the interruption to his thoughts, and saw people gathered around something on the floor. At closer examination he saw it was a body, very pale and thin and had sores on his face. You could see his skeletal structure he was so thin. People were frantic, but no one wanted to assist the man lying on the floor."He has AIDS" someone yelled, "don't touch him! You'll surely catch it!"
Jacob got up and walked over to the man, knelt down and felt for a pulse. An older woman tried to stop him but he paid no attention. "He's got a pulse!" he said, "He's still alive. Call 9-1-1, NOW! Hurry!" he screamed as he began to perform CPR. People gasped in horror as they watched this large boy press his mouth against this sick man. He continued the CPR until the ambulance arrived, and he kept him alive.
As Jacob started his walk home, he heard whispers fading behind him as folks continued to talk about him with disbelief at what h'd done. "That wasn't brave!" said one man, "it was purely idiotic!" Jacob just shook his head as he walked away, lost in his own thoughts of what had just occurred. He WAS a hero, regardless of what that man was ill from, but that didn't matter. Jacob didn't care about that. His melancholy had grown still without recognition as to its source, and this is what Jacob was deeply contemplating when the truck hit him. He never heard it coming. Total blackness ensued… and very soon after, death.
By this time news had gone around about what Jacob had done at the diner. The news reporters were at the diner the moment Jacob was hit a few miles down the road. The story of the year for this small town. The headlines the next morning read,
"TWISTED FATE: Cancer patient collapses at Mel's Diner, and a young boy saves his life, only to die moments later". The story ended noting that the cancer patient was in remission, and collapsed due to food lodged in his throat and no one noticed his struggles for breath. This man was a father of three young babies.
Three young babies, who will grow up with their father; their father, who will live to see his babies grow up. All because of the selfless love of a young boy. A young boy (Good Things) in a large package, with a heart bigger than life could contain
© Brenda Barnhart, all rights reserved.
http://www.brenniesdreamscape.com
Extracted from Your Spiritual Revolution Magazine – June 2007 issue
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Labor Day sobers under police vigil
Nicholas Carr|September 7, 2013
Nicholas Carr
Glenn County Sheriff's deputies watch swimmers as they begin the journey south on the Sacramento River from Irvine Finch Boating Access Area.
Bringing an end to the chaotic revelry of years past, Butte and Glenn county law enforcement descended on the Sacramento River last weekend to enforce an alcohol ban targeted at the traditional Labor Day float.
Last year's float saw roughly 10,000 people on the river, said Sgt. Kirk Coon, a state park ranger.
After a quiet Saturday with Butte County Sheriff's deputies reporting less than 100 float participants on the water, roughly 3,000 took to the river Sunday and filed through a series of checkpoints for a floating experience controlled by more than a dozen different law enforcement agencies.
"We have had to turn a few away due to the level of intoxication," said Sgt. Todd James of Glenn County Sheriff's department.
Although most of the river's guests were acting peaceably, police made three arrests on the Glenn County riverbank by 2:30 p.m., James said. In addition to the arrests, which were for alcohol violations, police issued several citations for smuggling liquor onto the river.
The first participants began to show up around 10 a.m. Sunday, he said. By 10:45 a.m. the first charter bus ferrying people between Chico and the landing had shown up.
"Most of them have been coming in on party and charter buses," James said.
Despite this, the south lane of Highway 32 crossing over the Sacramento River down to the outskirts of Hamilton City was flanked by more than 100 trucks and cars.
The Butte County Sheriff's office issued the following citations by 3 p.m.: one drunk in public, two driving under the influence, two minor in possession and one possession of narcotics.
In addition, first responders assisted 50 people and rescued 33 float participants by that time.
Denise Rist, a superintendent at the Parks and Recreation Department, joined with Glenn County Sheriff's deputies to screen the swimmers for contraband as they made their way down to the landing.
"Most of them are voluntarily giving it up," she said.
Out on the river, floaters were closely observed by first responders from several different agencies, including California Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Recreation.
From jet skis and patrol boats, they spent the day cruising through the ranks of tubes issuing citations and taking people back to shore.
By 6 p.m., a majority of the day's participants were out of the water. As they lazily drifted towards the float's end, at a beachhead a few hundred meters south of Scotty's Landing, staff from Chico River Adventures guided them in.
Elvert Richardson and Ian Coleman had started the day at Irvine Finch Boating Access Area, where they provided compressed air for tubes and rafts. At the end of the day, they helped swimmers out of the river and cleaned up the trash left in their wake.
Despite the pile of tubes left at the bottom of the hill, both Richardson and Coleman agreed that the environmental impact was significantly less than in previous years.
The difference was the result of the alcohol ban more than the number of participants, Coleman said. While they were nearly finished with a quick cleanup by 6:30 p.m., in the past the river would be clogged with beer cans.
"This is the cleanest I've ever seen it," Richardson said. "And I've lived in Chico my whole life."
Nicholas Carr can be reached at [email protected] or @NickolasCarr on Twitter.
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Inhulsen, an East Grand Rapids resident, has been an active fundraiser as the Kent GOP's Finance Chairman over the last two years.
In addition to Inhulsen's election to succeed Chris Beckering as Chairman, Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons takes over as Vice-Chair, restaurateur Johnny Brann Jr. was elected Treasurer, and former Kent GOP Executive Director Kristen Ward was elected Secretary. Adtegrity President Scott Brew and Charlie Secchia, a partner at SIBSCO in Grand Rapids will serve as Finance Co-Chairs. Paul Cordes will remain in his position as Executive Director.


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'Last Man Standing' Is, In Fact, Still Standing
Last Man Standing Is, In Fact, Still Standing
The Tim Allen sitcom has found a second life at Fox.
By Tyler Coates Published: May 11, 2018
Last May, Tim Allen's sitcom Last Man Standing was cancelled after a six-season run on ABC. It was a surprise to many, including Allen himself. The final season averaged 8.3 million viewers a week, which is a lot of people tuning in to watch a grumbling middle-aged man throw insults at his wife and daughters. (You see, he was the only man in his family. He was—hold onto your butts—the last man standing.)
A year later, the show is getting another shot. As rumored last week, Fox is officially picking up the show for its Fall 2018 schedule.
As Uproxx reports:
In a FOX press release, the network announced that Allen and his TV family shall return for the 2018-2019 season. The show, which starred Allen as (yet another) version of himself, ran on ABC from 2011-2017 before getting the boot and being passed over by CMT for a near-immediate revival. The former Home Improvement "Tool Time" juggernaut then popped off a little while declaring his alter-ego to be too "dangerous" for television to handle.
Allen did, indeed, describe himself as a conservative martyr last year following ABC's cancellation of the show, comparing his character to All in the Family's Archie Bunker:
Archie Bunker pushed boundaries, but Carroll O'Connor was not that guy at all. I am a version of that guy. But there is nothing more dangerous, especially in this climate, than a funny, likable conservative character. He is mitigated on the show by a family of women who had a difference of opinions, but [Mike Baxter] was a likable guy and a principled guy about work and ethics and all this stuff, I think.
While ABC has lost Last Man Standing, it still has Roseanne to fill their Red State programming bucket. Sadly, it seems like the beloved Brooklyn Nine-Nine had to be cut to provide another major platform for Allen's beleaguered man to stand up for himself against the women in his life. Let's hear it for gotta-hear-both-sides entertainment.
Tyler Coates
Senior Culture Editor
Tyler Coates is the Senior Culture Editor at Esquire.com. He lives in Los Angeles.
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