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Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner is a character actor who has worked extensively in theater (in London's West End and on Broadway), and in television as well as in film. He has also appeared in several BBC Radio 4 plays, including The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Insignificance. His top-notch narration includes The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix.
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To Cook a Bear
Author: Mikael Niemi | Narrator: Allan Corduner and Anthony Mark Barrow
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | A SUNDAY TIMES UK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR | SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION AWARD"So much to relish here . . . and the writing is just lovely!" —Diane Setterfield, New York ...
Author: Gavriel Savit | Narrator: Allan Corduner
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A SYDNEY TAYLOR NOTABLE BOOKPerfect for readers of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, a sweeping historical fantasy that follows two teens on a journey through the Far Country, a Jewish land of spirits and d...
Author: Dan Vyleta | Narrator: Allan Corduner, Dominic Hoffman, Mark Bramhall, Steve West, Fiona Hardingham, Nicholas Guy Smith, Deepti Gupta, Katharine Lee McEwan and Juha Sorola
The electrifying sequel to the national bestseller Smoke - bringing back readers to a world that Entertainment Weekly called "Part Dickens, part dystopia, and totally immersive."The year is 1909. It has been ten years since Thomas Argyle, Charlie Coo...
Live a Little
Author: Howard Jacobson | Narrator: Allan Corduner
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question and J, and one of "our funniest writers alive" (Allison Pearson): a wickedly observed novel of old age and new love. At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forge...
Author: Julie Berry | Narrator: John Lee, Allan Corduner, Nathaniel Parker, Dion Graham, Jayne Entwistle, Steve West, Fiona Hardingham and Julie Berry
Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A critically acclaimed, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods ho...
Monstrous Devices
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"I enjoyed everything about Damien Love's debut—its title, its breakneck action, its sly sense of humor. I wish my first novel had been as imaginative and assured." —Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of...
Dracul
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The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula's true origins but Bram Stoker's--and the tale of the enigmatic woman w...
They Fought Alone
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"Highly detailed and fast-paced, Charles Glass's They Fought Alone is a must-read for those whose passion is the Resistance literature of World War II." —Alan Furst, author of A Hero of FranceFrom the bests...
The Cloven
Author: Brian Catling | Narrator: Allan Corduner
The epic climax to B. Catling's beloved Vorrh Trilogy. A Vintage Books Original. In the stunning conclusion to this endlessly imaginative saga, the young Afrikaner socialite Cyrena Lohr is mourning the death of her lover, the cyclops Ishmael, ...
The Erstwhile
The Erstwhile brings readers back to the singular world and mind of B. Catling, continuing the groundbreaking storytelling of his hit The Vorrh.In London and Germany, strange beings are reanimating themselves. They are the Erstwhile, the angels that ...
Author: Dan Vyleta | Narrator: Allan Corduner
Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta's thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover st...
The Passion of Dolssa
Author: Julie Berry | Narrator: Allan Corduner, Jayne Entwistle, Fiona Hardingham and Julie Berry
I must write this account, and when I have finished, I will burn it. Buried deep within the archives of a convent in medieval France is an untold story of love, loss, and wonder and the two girls at the heart of it all. Dolssa i...


Geographic Information System (GIS) are often old and so, some geographic elements are not represented. From satellite images and/or aerial images, we can detect cartographic elements to integrate them in the GIS and then upgrade it. Making it manually is a very long and tedious work, so computer based methods are needed. This paper presents several specific and automatic or semi-automatic methods to detect and identify several types of cartographic elements. These methods are fast and very efficient. A result evaluation is given to permit a manually correction for the non-confident elements.


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Prof Dermot Diamond
Dublin City University
dermot.diamond@dcu.ie
https://www.insight-centre.org/users/dermot-diamond
Title of the speech: Reliable in-Situ Sensing of Water Quality Parameters Using Low Cost Autonomous Analysers - Opportunities and Challenges
Dermot Diamond received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. from Queen's University Belfast and joined DCU in 1987. He was Vice-President for Research at Dublin City University (2002-2004) and was director (2007-2015) and founding member of the National Centre for Sensor Research (www.ncsr.ie) at DCU. In 2002, he was awarded the inaugural silver medal for Sensor Research by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. He was awarded the DCU President's Award for Research Excellence (2006) and the DCU President's Award for Innovation (2015). In May 2014, in recognition of his academic contributions and achievements, he was admitted to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy. In April 2015 he was awarded the Boyle Higgins Gold Medal by the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland in recognition of his research achievements. In 2018, his contributions to music, arts and culture were recognized by the award of an honorary Doctorate by Ulster University (D.Litt). He is currently a principal investigator in the SFI INSIGHT Centre (http://www.insight-centre.org) and co-chair of the EU Future and Emerging Technologies programme advisory group (FETAG) dealing with topic selection for very large scale FET-Flagship initiatives, and strategy related to the FETopen and FETproactive programmes. His research is focused on the fundamental science of stimuli responsive polymers, the development of futuristic autonomous chemical sensing platforms, and the use of analytical devices and sensors as information providers for wireless networked systems i.e. building a continuum between the digital and molecular worlds.
Recent Publications: Professor Diamond has a h-index of 68, with 16,868 citations (Google Scholar). He has published 19 book chapters and 6 books, over 350 papers in international journals, and presented/published over 400 papers at international conferences, symposia and seminars, many as invited, keynote and plenary contributions.
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dermot_Diamond
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Ferguson Prosecutor Indicted Black Cop For Hitting Man's Hand
Trending News: The Prosecutor Who Let Off Darren Wilson Once Indicted A Black Cop For Hitting A Man's Hand
Emma Overton
Because this provides even more context for Bob McCulloch's prosecution, or lack thereof, of Officer Darren Wilson.
In July of this year, Bob McCulloch, the prosecutor in the Ferguson shooting trial, charged a black officer with second degree assault for hitting a man on the hand with his baton.
In July of this year, Bob McCulloch charged a black police officer, Dawon Gore, 44, with second degree assault for "striking a MetroLink passenger on the hand with his expandable baton," according to a CBS Local news report.
Gore, a 13-year veteran of the force, was placed in jail on a $3,500 cash-only bond.
Bob McCulloch is the St. Louis County prosecutor who decided to put the decision of whether or not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown to a grand jury — a decision his spokesman acknowledged was strange, as in cases like these, the prosecutor will usually ask a jury to endorse a charge, rather than leaving it entirely up to them.
I'm not going to pretend that I'm a legal expert and that I in any way have a full understanding of the ins and outs of these two cases, but the side-by-side comparison of the charges these two officers faced seems to speak for itself.
Darren Wilson, a white man, fires multiple shots at an unarmed 18-year-old black teen, killing him, and receives no charges. Dawon Gore, a black man, hits a 24-year-old subway passenger with his baton, and is charged with second degree assault, placed in jail on a $3,500 cash-only bond and is suspended with no pay. If convicted, Gore faces up to seven years in prison.
A bit of background: the victims in both cases were young black men and the subway passenger, Pierre Wilson, was allegedly left with three broken fingers. Wilson was reportedly asking for help finding his missing girlfriend, which led to an argument between him and Gore, resulting in the injury. Neither officer filed a police report about the incidents.
Officer Gore was interviewed by TheFreeThoughtProject.com and spoke about racism within the St. Louis County Police Force: "I've been embedded in St. Louis County for 14 years and I am going to tell you this on camera, that's the worst entity I have ever worked for." Gore said. "I've been in the military, I've served the St. Louis metropolitan police department… but when I got there I ran into this big wall of cultural bias that I had never seen before."
Gore requested help from the same organizations that raised over $400,000 for Officer Darren Wilson — organizations that are supposed to support cops. At the time the TheFreeThoughtProject.com article was posted, Gore had raised only $25 on his gofundme account.
The ordeal has left Gore disenfranchised with police work and he has vowed to never again don the blue uniform. "I am Mike Brown, I just wore a uniform," Gore said.
The same prosecutor who didn't charge #DarrenWilson has charged STL office #DawonGore with assault pic.twitter.com/aeFQtLK6OF
— Chloe A. Hilliard (@Chloe_Hilliard) November 26, 2014
Google Dawon Gore...
— Miss Simp (@MonicaThePub) November 26, 2014
Ask The Big Question: How can racial bias within the court room and police force still be this bad?
Disrupt Your Feed: Anyone who doesn't think racial bias was involved in the prosecution of Darren Wilson, Google Dawon Gore.
Drop This Fact: During the Ferguson shooting trial, Cornell Brooks, the president of the NAACP called for a special prosecutor to replace McCulloch in the case. Despite having a petition with 70,000 signatures, he was not successful.
Trending News: 'Empire' Star Brutally Beaten in Possible Hate Crime
Trending News: Some Hero Punched George Zimmerman In The Face
Trending News: No More Police Will Be Prosecuted For The Death Of Freddie Gray
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Alamo Group Inc
NYSE: ALG - USD
FARM & HEAVY CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY
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Update 3pm: The Tenerife Cabildo has confirmed that the fire was brought "under control" at a quarter to three this afternoon.
Update 10.30am: The Cabildo says that the TF21 between Boca Tauce and Vilaflor has been partially opened under controls for traffic, but that the public should take extreme care – clearly only necessary traffic will be welcomed, and the police are calling for tourists or sightseers to stay away because the fire is still not yet even "under control".
Update 11 June 9am: Although we hoped to wake up to "it's under control", the situation worsened considerably during the night thanks to the strong winds at altitude. Three helicopters have added their efforts to ground crews since first light at 7.30am, but the fire has already set 50 acres of Vilaflor forest ablaze. During the night, the fire was been declared a level 3, so above Tenerife (level 1) or the Canarian Government (level 2) jurisdiction, which would make it a national-level fire in terms of fire-fighting coordination and allow for the water plane to be brought into action. It does appear, however, that the current efforts of ground and air crews are having their effect at last with the Cabildo saying that the fire seems to have been perimetered and is therefore "stabilized". That normally means that they expect to get it "under control" within hours. Meanwhile, the TF21 is closed between Boca Tauce and Vilaflor to facilitate access for emergency traffic.
Original post 10 June: The Tenerife Cabildo has said that brigades are fighting a forest fire outbreak tonight close to the Las Lajas recreation area near Fuente Fria in the hills around Vilaflor. The outbreak began around 7.30pm, and apparently it is considerably windy in the area, which is hampering efforts to get the blaze under control. Since helicopters are unable to operate in hours of darkness, land crews are in the area and are expected to be fire fighting throughout the night.
Looks like they have the fire under control and nearly extinguished in Vilaflor. Well done yet again to our fantastic fire men putting themselves at risk. Thank you.
as of 9am, it is just "stabilized". Hopefully throughout the morning they will be able to get it under control if weather conditions permit, but it's still blowing a gale up top.
What a blunder we were informed last night early morning that the fire was under control and nearly extinguished. We could not see due to low heavy cloud. Sorry for Passing on duff information early this morning. My husband was told in the supermarket this morning that it was thought that the fire had been started on purpose as it appeared to have been ignited in four different places. ,!!!!
Yes, arson is considered the likeliest cause … but that is not confirmed at present. Nothing is confirmed at present (12.30pm) other than the fire is still not yet under control, but is stabilized.


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Die Zusamplatte ist ein Naturraum der Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte. Sie wird begrenzt durch das Donauried im Norden, Schmutter sowie Stauffenbergserie im Osten, Reischenau im Süden und Mindel im Westen.

Naturraum
Nach den Gliederungen des Handbuchs der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands von Meynen/Schmithüsen (1953–1962) und den Verfeinerungen der Einzelblätter Nr. 180 Augsburg und Nr. 172 Nördlingen handelt es sich um den Naturraum 046.6 der Iller-Lech-Schotterplatten im Alpenvorland. Er gehört zur naturräumlichen Haupteinheit 04 – Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte.

Geologie
Die Bezeichnung "-Platte" beschreibt einen Schotterkörper, der im Quartär im Alpenvorland periglazial deponiert wurde. Die Schotter der Zusamplatte können relativ in den Donaukomplex (Calabrium) eingestuft werden. Bei Roßhaupten und Lauterbrunn konnte in solifluktivem Lößlehm die Brunhes-Matuyama-Umkehr des Erdmagnetfelds nachgewiesen werden.

Die auf der Zusamplatte nacheiszeitlich verbliebenen Mittelgebirgsrümpfe sind in Kartenwerken als nördlicher Holzwinkel verzeichnet.

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Robert Capa, Founder Magnum Photos
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On December 3, 1938, Picture Post introduced "The Greatest War Photographer in the World: Robert Capa" with a spread of 26 photographs taken during the Spanish Civil War at the battle of Ebro.
The "greatest war photographer" hated war. He was born Andre Friedman, a Jew from Budapest, and studied political science at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin (1931-33). At the same time he was working part-time in the lab of the Ullstein magazines group to whom he sold his first published picture of Leon Trotsky's 1931 Copenhagen meeting. Driven out of the country by the beginnings of the Nazi regime, he settled in Paris in 1933.
In 1947 he founded Magnum Photos, in conjunction with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, George Rodger and William Vandivert.
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Regarded as one of the greatest photographers of his time, Henri Cartier-Bresson was a shy Frenchman who elevated "snap shooting" to the level of a refined and disciplined art. His sharp-shooter's ability to catch "the decisive moment," his precise e...
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Contracts For April 24, 2020
Sysco Raleigh, Selma, North Carolina, has been awarded a maximum $120,930,698 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for full-line food distribution. This was a competitive acquisition with one response received. This is a two-year base contract with two 18-month option periods. Location of performance is North Carolina, with an April 19, 2022, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting agency is Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-20-D-3269).
EFW Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $79,054,850 firm-fixed-price contract for hand stations, gunner hand stations and circuit cards for the Bradley fighting vehicle. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S .Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a three-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Texas, with an April 30, 2023, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-20-D-0019).
Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has been awarded a $57,989,530 firm-fixed-price contract for engines with containers. This is a two-year four-month contract with no option periods. This was a competitive acquisition with one response received. Location of performance is Wisconsin, with an Aug. 8, 2022, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2022 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-20-C-0109).
Thales Defense & Security Inc., Clarksburg, Maryland, has been awarded a maximum $19,317,824 firm-fixed-price contract for airborne low frequency sonar spare parts. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a three-year four-month contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Maryland, with an Aug. 30, 2023, performance completion date. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2023 Navy working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPRPA1-20-C-Y025).
American Water Military Services LLC, Camden, New Jersey, has been awarded an $8,704,164 modification (P00014) to a 50-year contract (SP0600-18-C-8324), with no option periods, for water and wastewater utility services at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract increasing the obligated value from $18,232,817 to $19,190,974. Locations of performance are Missouri and New Jersey, with an April 30, 2069, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 through 2069 Army operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Co., Inc.,* St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a maximum $8,465,640 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for M119A1 light towed howitzer infinity collimators. This was a competitive acquisition with three responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Missouri, with a May 24, 2025, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2020 through 2025 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-20-D-0091).
Raytheon Corp., Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $117,543,944 modification (P00110) to contract FA8705-14-C-0001 to exercise the production option contract line item numbers 0005, 0006, 0009, 0050AC and 0050AF for a global aircrew strategic network terminal. This modification brings the total cumulative value of the contract from $542,640,854 to $660,184,798. Work will be performed in Largo, Florida, and is expected to be completed by June 24, 2022. Fiscal 2020 other procurement funds in the amount of $117,543,944 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Material Command, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Fairfax, Virginia, and Des Moines, Iowa, has been awarded a $64,076,424 contract for Air National Guard operational training support. This contract provides for support of the Distributed Training Operations Center (DTOC). The primary mission of the DTOC is to provide expertise and staffing for the execution of Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) events and tests, and to provide technical and analytical expertise in support of networked operations. This effort includes technical and program management, scenario development, DMO mission execution, data collection, data reduction and analysis, technical and analytical support of networked operations, cybersecurity, test planning and reporting, requirements definition, system engineering, system software quality assurance/configuration control tasks and verification, validation and accreditation tasks. Work will be performed in Des Moines, Iowa, and is expected to be complete by April 30, 2025. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition under the Training Systems Acquisition III multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract where two offers were received in response to the Fair Opportunity Proposal Request. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,119,379 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8621-20-F-6258).
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $75,141,193 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft Service Life Assessment Program and Service Life Extension Program, Phase C follow-on effort. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (50%); and El Segundo, California (50%), and provides non-recurring engineering to assess the fatigue life of the aircraft as well as its subsystems and structures to extend the service life of the F/A-18E/F beyond the original design of the 6,000 flight hour service life. Work is expected to be complete by April 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-D-0051).
Hydroid Inc., Pocasset, Massachusetts, is awarded a $39,414,560 modification to previously-awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-19-D-0010) to exercise Option Year One for production support for the MK-18 Family of Systems – Unmanned Underwater Vehicle systems. Work will be performed in Pocasset, Massachusetts, and is expected to be complete by April 2024. This contract was awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations 6.302-1(a)(2), with only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. No additional funds are being obligated at the time of this action. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $67,647,172 modification (P00001) to Foreign Military Sales (India, Taiwan) contract (W52P1J-20-F-0225) for modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensors and its subcomponents on the Apache 64D/E helicopter. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 24, 2023. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
Tabcon Inc.,* Queen Creek, Arizona, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for roofing repair and replacement work on various buildings at Fort Riley, Kansas. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 24, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Kansas, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-20-D-4003).
Cepheid, Sunny Vale, California, was awarded a $12,075,000 firm-fixed-price contract for swabs and test kits to support COVID-19. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 23, 2021. The U.S. Army Health Readiness Contracting Office, Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W81K04-20-D-0008). (Awarded April 23, 2020)
BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee, was awarded an $8,118,623 modification (P00712) to contract DAAA09-98-E-0006 to design a flashing furnace type treatment technology, including the necessary air-pollution control systems and support building(s) for the purpose of thermal treatment of appropriate waste streams. Work will be performed in Kingsport, Tennessee, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2020 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $8,118,623 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
Luhr Bros Inc., Columbia, Illinois, was awarded a $7,633,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide stone subaqueous paving grade stone B at six locations. These sites are considered emergency work locations where bank degradation is threatening the integrity of the levee system. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 17, 2020. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-20-F-0116).
Alstom Renewable US LLC, Greenwood Village, Colorado, was awarded a $7,009,487 modification (P00005) to contract W912EF-17-C-0024 for design, fabrication and delivery of a new upper bearing bracket for the Little Goose Dam. Work will be performed in Dayton, Washington, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 25, 2022. Fiscal 2017 and 2021 blanket purchase agreement funds in the amount of $7,009,487 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla, Washington, is the contracting activity.
Global Connections to Employment Inc., Pensacola, Florida (HE1254-20-C-1001), is being awarded a fixed-price contract for custodial services and labor support in the amount of $14,376,570. The place of performance will be Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The period of performance is one 12-month base period and four 12-month option years. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $2,844,568 will be obligated on this award. This contract was awarded as a mandatory source through the AbilityOne program in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 8.7 (Acquisition from Nonprofit Agencies Employing People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled). The contracting activity is the Department of Defense Education Activity, Alexandria, Virginia.


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Stuart Neville as Haylen Beck
Stuart Neville has started a new series, set in America. He's written Here and Gone under the pseudonym Haylen Beck.
Here's the summary, as it appears in the Web Store.
Here and Gone is a gripping, wonderfully tense suspense thriller about a mother's desperate fight to recover her stolen children from corrupt authorities.
It begins with a woman fleeing through Arizona with her kids in tow, trying to escape an abusive marriage. When she's pulled over by an unsettling local sheriff, things soon go awry and she is taken into custody. Only when she gets to the station, her kids are gone. And then the cops start saying they never saw any kids with her, that if they're gone than she must have done something with them…
Meanwhile, halfway across the country a man hears the frenzied news reports about the missing kids, which are eerily similar to events in his own past. As the clock ticks down on the search for the lost children, he too is drawn into the desperate fight for their return.
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Read the report: Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers.
Recently, three California municipalities filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code: Stockton, San Bernardino, and Mammoth Lakes. These filings—occurring just months after the City of Vallejo completed its three year Chapter 9 process—have raised questions about the use of Chapter 9 in California. In this video, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Brian Uhler addresses questions about the use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy by municipalities in California. It is a companion video to the LAO report "Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers."


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Q: Math.Floor to x digits after decimal I need to display two digits after decimal point while rounding to floor as a percentage. I wrote out this code to do so, but this looks too complex, is there another more effecient way of doing this?
 double decimalPlacesFactor =Math.Pow(10, numberOfDigits+2);
 percentage = Math.Floor((NumA/NumB)*decimalPlacesFactor)/decimalPlacesFactor *100;

The output should look like
99.78 %

A: Depends on how you want to display the percentage value, but I am guessing you'll want to show string of the percentage? What about:
string percentage = Math.Floor(NumA/NumB).ToString("0.00");
Console.WriteLine(Math.Floor(2.3).ToString("0.00")); //this will output 2.00

If you want to make the number of digits after decimal configurable you could create the masking string beforehand, with something like this:
private string CreateMaskingString(int numberOfDigits)
{
    var sb = new StringBuilder("0.");
    sb.Append(new string('0', numberOfDigits));
    return sb.ToString();
}

And usage would look like this:
Console.WriteLine(Math.Floor(2.3).ToString(CreateMaskingString(2))); //this will output 2.00

A much more simple and elegant solution looks like this, as has been pointed out by RomCoo:
string percentage = Math.Floor(NumA/NumB).ToString("F" + numberOfDigits);

What does the "F" mean here? You can read the explanation here. But basically:

The fixed-point ("F") format specifier converts a number to a string of
  the form "-ddd.ddd…" where each "d" indicates a digit (0-9). The
  string starts with a minus sign if the number is negative.

A: Use the ToString() methode to convert your number to a string. Display it as a floating point with X digits by using the argument "FX". e.g. "F2" for two digits
string percentage = Math.Floor(NumA/NumB).ToString("F"+numberOfDigits);

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Home » Jan. 17, 2003: Bush Economic Plan Helps Contractors, Says ACCA
Jan. 17, 2003: Bush Economic Plan Helps Contractors, Says ACCA
Greg Mazurkiewicz
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has applauded President Bush's economic stimulus plan, pointing to tax provisions that it says will help contractors reduce their taxes significantly.
Included in the economic plan proposed by the president is a permanent increase in the amount businesses are allowed to expense on capital equipment, up to $75,000 from the current cap of $25,000.
"President Bush has recognized that small businesses, including HVACR contractors, are being squeezed from all sides right now," said Paul T. Stalknecht, president and CEO of ACCA. "Under this plan, contractors will be able to write off a significantly higher amount of money spent on new equipment and technology purchases."
The proposal would also index the $75,000 expensing allowance in 2004, so that it would rise with inflation each year. Currently, this deduction is available on equipment purchases of up to $200,000; under the president's plan, the higher expensing allowance would be available on equipment costing up to $325,000.
ACCA called on Congress to accept the president's expensing proposals and include the increase to $75,000 in any final stimulus legislation. "This provision means real money in the pockets of small contractors and their employees all over the country," Stalknecht said. "We applaud President Bush for including this proposal in his package. It will have a tremendous impact, but it needs to happen soon."
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Ko Olina developer sells interest in Four Seasons Resort to Hong Kong's richest man
Original Article Hawaii developer The Resort Group has sold its share of the Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina to its partner in the luxury hotel at Ko Olina Resort, a company owned by the richest man in Hong Kong, for an undisclosed amount. The sale of The Resort Group's interest in the hotel […]
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Like Like Plaza, which was home to Like Like Drive Inn for almost 70 years, has been sold for more than $15.3 million, officials involved with the transaction announced Friday.
Hawaii-based BlackSand Capital closed on the acquisition of the Waikiki Galleria Tower Friday for $270 million, returning a block of prime retail frontage along Kalakaua Avenue to local ownership.
A Japanese real estate investor has purchased a former retail property on a Waikiki corner near The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach for nearly $5 million.
The Mills Group and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation are putting nearly 460 acres of land in Kahului on the market for sale, including the 18-hole Dunes Maui Lani golf course, commercial buildings and lots at Maui Lani Village Center and undeveloped residential land zoned for up to 1,900 homes.
Original Article More businesses are returning to their offices at Pacific Guardian Center in Downtown Honolulu a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of them local companies, according to the building's asset manager. "The local tenants are returning fairly rapidly – you can't even get a seat at lunch now in the courtyard," said […]
Hawaii Meadow Gold facility sells for $24M, slated for redevelopment
The sale of the former Meadow Gold Dairies manufacturing plant in Honolulu closed Tuesday for $24.1 million to affiliates of Connecticut real investor Twenty Lake Holdings, which may redevelop its first Hawaii investment into a mixed-use complex with nearly 700 residential units and commercial space.
Boutique Waikiki hotel sells for $8M to Japan investors
The Kai Aloha Hotel, an 18-room boutique hotel next door to the Trump International Hotel Waikiki, has sold to investors from Japan for $8.1 million.
Three Hawaii-international teams shortlisted for Aloha Stadium P3 project
Original Article Three development teams of Hawaii and international partners have made the state's short list of groups to bid on the public-private partnership redevelopment of the Aloha Stadium complex in Honolulu into a mixed-use sports and entertainment district. The three entities were chosen from a request for qualifications process for what the state is […]
Warehouse demand on Oahu stays strong despite pandemic
Original Article While businesses want to be close to urban Honolulu — hence the $125 million freight Amazon paid for its land adjacent to the harbor — more and more are wanting warehouse space with docks and room for large trucks to maneuver, which is not always available in urban core industrial neighborhoods such as […]


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Q: Debian Sid, legacy nvidia 340.108 driver ruins running Qt software Debian Sid.
With nouveau all working good. But after installing legacy 340.108 nvidia driver for my gf9800 i have Segmentation Fault at launching all Qt GUI software. And opposite, Qt works again after uninstalling nvidia driver.
But very strange that if i run Qt soft via debugging tools such gdb or strace i have no errors.
gdb ./doomseeker
strace ./doomseeker

Same is with Qbittorrent

and 2048-Qt

Only one Qt application starting normally - CMake GUI and Audacious Qt theme
Segmentation fault
#include <QApplication>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  QApplication app(argc, argv);
  return 0;
}

Is where any solution to fix this?


Nagaland Board of School Education is abbreviated as NBSE. This Board was formed on 15th November 1973. NBSE is a Government board working under the Nagaland. The Headquarters of NBSE located at Kohima, Nagaland. Students who are study from 11th & 12th Standards in Arts, Commerce, Science Streams are eagerly looking for NBSE HSSLC exam dates. Here the Candidates get the information about this Nagaland Class XI & XII Time Tables.
Nagaland Board of School Education is responsible for conducting HSLC & HSSLC Examinations in all Government and Private Schools/Colleges under this NBSE. The Objectives of the NBSE is preparing Exam Curriculum, Syllabus, Text Books by the approved courses of study.
Student who are anxiously waiting for the Nagaland Board XII Time Table 2019 are advise to visit this page for latest updates on Nagaland Twelth Suppley Examination for academic year 2019. NBSE +2 Arts, Science, Commerce Exam Scheme will also disclose on newspaper. Here we will also update this page with the subject wise date and day of exam in tabular form.
This Year also lakhs of Students are going to participate in the Nagaland plus 2 Compartment Examination for session year 2019. The Students have to start their Examination preparation according to Official Syllabus or Revised Syllabus. For more information regarding the NBSE 12th Routine 2019 students should be visiting the official website regularly. The MP Board will release the 12th Exam Examination Calendar very soon.
Nagaland is going to conduct Class 12th Subject wise Main/Final Examination 2019 for all streams such as Arts, Commerce and Science in the month of February/March 2019. For NBSE Board HSSLC Date Sheet is being prepared by the examination authority.
It is expected that the NAG 12th Secondary Exam Programme will release in the Last week of December to first week of January, 2019. The date of declaration of Nagaland Plus Two Routine 2019 is not declared yet. The Students who are waiting for NBSE 12th Class Exam Scheme are advised to visit this page regularly. Here we are provide the latest information of Nagaland XII Schedule download given below procedure.


The £101.9 m Al Shemouk Twin Towers project in Doha, Qatar, is a commercial and retail development spanning a pair of 22-storey towers and central mezzanine level, with a combined area totalling 170,000 m2.
Amenities provided at the Twin Towers include conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, a swimming pool and a health club.
CCL designed, supplied and installed its post-tensioned (PT) XF flat-slab system, which covered a total area of 45,000 m2 and used 216 tonnes of strand.
The objective of the company's involvement with the project was to provide value engineering on the original PT design provided by the main consultant.
CCL's design team proposed installing band beams for the long spans and then cantilevers of 4.0m to 5.0m to enhance deflection.
The company provided its cost-effective solutions on the site from July 2011 to July 2012 and completed the project within the predicted timescale.


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Announcing the 2022–2023 JUMP into STEM Challenge Winners
Nationwide Building Science Student Competition Awards Teams Addressing Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability Solutions
The next generation of building scientists is responding to the challenges of climate change with solutions for a more sustainable planet. The 2022-2023 JUMP into STEM Challenge asked college student teams from across the country to develop ideas to increase electrification, reduce energy use and carbon emissions, and to develop novel solutions to improve resiliency and sustainability of the built environment. The annual student competition is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
"This was another successful year for receiving high-quality submissions," said Dr. Yeonjin Bae, ORNL's JUMP into STEM program manager. "These students focused on developing comprehensive and innovative solutions that address climate change and energy justice, so that affordable building energy technologies can be available to all communities."
"The JUMP into STEM management team congratulates our 2022-2023 Challenge Winners and Runners Up" said Dr. Kim Trenbath, NREL's JUMP into STEM program manager. "Building science and sustainability is a growing field and an excellent career choice. We are pleased that we received many thoughtful and novel idea submissions that will advance building technology."
2022-2023 JUMP into STEM Challenge Winners and Runners-Up
Composite Beam Machine
Arielle Kopp, Jacqueline Quirke, Alexandra Filipova, and Maggie Chudik— Vanderbilt University
Currently, steel is a major component of many buildings. While researchers are working on reducing the embodied carbon content of the material, the rate at which houses are being built is soon predicted to outpace the demand. This will leave a shortage of recycled steel, and is going to force the need to look for alternative sustainable solutions. To address this issue, the team created a machine that makes composite steel-timber beams. These beams are composed of both steel and cross laminated timber to create strong structural supports for buildings. This solution will target the environmental injustices associated with key stakeholder groups (specifically those located near these plants) and work to create jobs and a healthier community.
Carbon-Negative Building Materials: Building a Greener Tomorrow
Colleen Moauro, Tyler Fenton, Molly Maksin, and Zane Prose — Colorado School of Mines
Concrete is the most used building material due to its positive qualities including, but not limited to high strength, durability, resistance to water, thermal insulation, and inexpensiveness. Unfortunately, concrete is also responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions with half of its emissions from the necessary calcination reactions to produce cement. Therefore, to cut the carbon in building production, alternative materials and methods of construction must be considered. Lignin is the second-most abundant biomaterial in the world and a byproduct of several industries such as the paper and pulp industry. When isolated, it has excellent mechanical properties including high compressive strength and good plasticity that make it a compelling candidate for use in green construction materials, especially because it does not require high-carbon emitting calcination. The research team proposes designing a novel construction material called "LignoResin" to replace concrete in building construction. The research team also addresses and provides potential solutions for barriers to market adoption. A cost analysis shows that this material can be cost-competitive to concrete. Lastly, life-cycle analysis is conducted of the environmental impacts from 1 m3 of concrete to supplement the findings from other analyses. It is concluded that because much of the CO2 emissions for concrete are from the calcination process, switching to the lignin-based solution will cut the carbon for buildings.
Upcycle Old Electric Vehicle Battery Modules for Backup Power Systems in Rural Areas or Areas with Uncertain Power Supply
Dante Siracusa, Kennedy Moonin, Lindsey Albrecht, and Jacob Frogge — Indiana Institute of Technology
Repurpose EV Batteries Team targets specific groups and population sizes for repurposing electric vehicle batteries. EV batteries will be very prominent in the future, resulting in advantages and disadvantages. Once an EV battery ends its purpose and functional life, the Repurpose EV Batteries Team would like to repurpose the battery module for solar and electric power. This device can store an electric power supply for backup plans. The group/population, our team, is pinpointing is rural, small, lower to middle-class communities, towns, or villages. Most of these groups do not have a running generator for backup power supply purposes; however, repurposed EV batteries can be produced when there is a power shortage in a specific community. This battery power system has both opportunities to work domestically with the potential for international growth.
Solar Savings Web Estimator
Ila Sharma, Patrick Young, Joelle Dlugozima, and Gururaj Deshpande — Georgia Institute of Technology
This project focuses on raising awareness for and easing the incorporation of rooftop solar panels into low income housing projects. The proposal is a website that allows the low income population of Atlanta to view the average savings and tax break received if they decided to use solar power based on their current energy usage. This website also contains a separate page detailing the cost benefits of solar power in its relation with the Inflation Reduction Act raising awareness for these federal reforms.
An Inquiry into Rainwater Harvesting for the Supplementation of Water Infrastructure During Times of Crisis
Daksh Sehgal, Yash Gupta, Vibha Narasayya, and Krishnav Bose — Georgia Institute of Technology
Water crises can cause great damage to infrastructure that is difficult to repair. Due to climate change, crises like these have become more common in the United States and are disproportionately affecting people of color (POC) and low-income communities. This research team has set out to solve the issue using Jackson, Mississippi, a predominately POC and low-income city that is highly affected by water crises as a case study. The research team developed a solution using rainwater collection cisterns that are installed in low-income households, along with a public initiative to make the solution accessible to low-income communities. The public stigma associated with the quality of rainwater will be addressed through with social campaigns to present the benefits of rainwater harvesting systems and its safety. A Randomized Control Design was utilized to test whether rainwater capture systems can reduce public water supply consumption and reduce home water costs in low-income households.
Solar Success Loans for Baltimore Resilience and Sustainability
Hanting Wong, Brennan Hughes, Cecilia Doyle, and Helen Hu— Johns Hopkins University
Due to the changing climate, the number of severe weather events is expected to increase. The growing number of record-breaking climate events is concerning for the power grid, as 90% of power outages are due to failure in electricity distribution systems caused by weather-related events that damage transmission infrastructure. To address the inequity in energy burdens, as well as the disproportionate effects of severe weather events for marginalized communities, this research team proposes "Solar Success Loans". With this program the effects of extreme heat will be mitigated as community members will be able to afford more electricity, meaning more air conditioning. As more communities are developed with solar, the city will become more self-sustaining.
JUMP into STEM Finalists will be invited to present their solutions during the 2022–2023 Final Competition in January 2023 and compete for a paid summer 2023 internship at NREL, ORNL or PNNL.
JUMP into STEM works closely with industry sponsors, including Clayton Home Buildings Group, to make this competition a success. Sponsorship funds are crucial to allow for the inclusion of more student teams in the final competition, as well as expansion of the reception, activities, and other benefits for final event attendees and challenge winners.
JUMP into STEM is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Visit the Building Technologies Office website for more on energy-efficient building initiatives.


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Stein: "This Is A Breakthrough Moment for Greens Everywhere"
by Kathryn Bullington, published Jul 28, 2017
Greens will have a chance to win the New Jersey governorship in November. Ohio will have the same opportunity to vote in a Green governor in 2018.
After a high profile 2016 presidential campaign, running candidates for governor over the next two years might keep momentum going for the Green Party.
New Jersey Greens are running Seth Kaper-Dale as a 2017 candidate for governor.
Kaper-Dale is a high profile pastor and social justice advocate. He "has a well organized campaign," according to national Greens Media Director, Mr. Scott McLarty.
"The attention the [Kaper-Dale] campaign brings, makes his competition important," McLarty said in comments for IVN.
Kaper-Dale has had extensive media coverage in religious publications, and major news outlets, for his social advocacy. His work building homes for young adults who have aged out of foster care was featured in, among others, PBS's Religion and Ethics Weekly.
The New York Times ran an article on Kaper-Dale's extraordinary achievements protecting immigrants rights, and getting ICE to look more compassionately at individual cases.
A peer in his work, Amy Gottlieb, immigrant rights director of the American Friends Service Committee, called his accomplishment "amazing" in the NYT article. She's quoted in the piece saying:
"One, you just never believe that ICE is going to work with you on anything, given the history, and given the intensive arrest efforts for the last two or three years, it's hard to believe that people are ready to recognize that every single case has a human angle."
Kaper-Dale's work in these areas, and others, like prison reform and LGBTQ rights, have been featured in dozens of high-profile outlets including NPR, the Huffington Post, and the New Republic, as well as several mainstream media news outlets like Fox, ABC, and NBC.
Jill Stein, the Green's 2016 presidential candidate calls Kaper-Dale's race, "a breakthrough moment for Greens everywhere," and called Mr. Kaper-Dale a "social justice giant."
Though Greens hope that such a high-profile community member can bring in the limelight, Nate Fishman, Kaper-Dale's operations director, says that though he has gotten a lot of attention for his social justice work, "the corporate media is blocking attention" for his candidacy, and separating his advocacy from his party status.
In 2018, Greens will run Constance Gadell-Newton Esq. for Governor, in Ohio. According to the Ohio Greens, Gadell-Newton started her career prosecuting war criminals in the Hague, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Gadell-Newton is currently a co-chair of the Ohio Green Party, and defense attorney in Columbus.
She is running on typical Green issues: justice reform, immigrant rights, universal healthcare, and fair wages. She also adds protecting gun rights to her list of concerns.
Running candidates for governor brings a lot of attention, says McLarty.
"We have had candidates running for governor before, and some have done very well," he said in his interview.
For example, McLarty offered, the Howie Hawkins campaign in New York. Hawkins did not win, but he garnered 50,000 votes, enough to gain the Greens party status in New York until 2020.
Even when they don't win, said McLarty, having candidates run for governor brings visibility to the Greens, and can bring in the numbers they need for a more established party status in the US.
After a blockbuster campaign season for ballot access in 2016, having two high profile campaigns might help carry the Greens momentum into the next few elections.
Photo retrieved from Global Greens.
Kathryn Bullington
Kathryn is a freelance writer covering politics, civics, and agriculture.


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Can a Nuclear Strike on Iran Be Prevented?
by Jorge Hirsch Posted on November 21, 2005 August 7, 2009
The Bush administration has put together all the elements it needs to justify the impending military action against Iran. Unlike in the case of Iraq, it will happen without warning, and most of the justifications will be issued after the fact. We will wake up one day to learn that facilities in Iran have been bombed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack. It may even take another couple of days for the revelation that some of the U.S. bombs were nuclear.
Both Americans and the rest of the world have left the door wide open for this to happen. The international community has failed to declare the Iraq war illegal (e.g., Resolution 1483) under international law, implicitly condoning the next similar U.S. adventure. Furthermore, since the IAEA resolution of Sept. 24, 2005, it is "legal" for the U.S. to use nuclear weapons in a military conflict with Iran.
And the discussion now riveting the country's attention, about whether the administration misused faulty intelligence to justify attacking Iraq, plays right into the plan to attack Iran. Many critics of the war are implicitly conceding that if the intelligence had been right, the attack on Iraq would have been justified. However, the charges that were false for Iraq are true for Iran, or are at least widely accepted to be true.
Since after the fact there isn't much one can do about it, except, in Cheney's words "clean up the diplomatic mess," it is important to bring up the topic for discussion now, even if the administration would prefer that you focus instead on the Iraq mess, incredible as that may seem.
How the Iraq Deception Aids an Attack on Iran
The country is up in arms over the "16 words" in the 2003 State of the Union address about Iraq "attempting" to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger. Some criticisms imply that if indeed there had been such an attempt, the attack against Iraq would have been justified. Iran makes its own yellowcake and is processing it into uranium hexafluoride at this very moment. According to the latest reports, the material being processed is enough for 10 nuclear bombs.
The other reasons given to attack Iraq apply at least as much or even more so to Iran and will be brought up by the U.S. government after the attack, so we may as well consider them now:
Iraq was falsely accused of possessing WMD; it turned out it didn't have a single ounce. Iran almost certainly still has remnants of chemical weapons (as do many other countries, including the United States). The U.S. accuses Iran of having both chemical and biological weapons.
Iraq was accused of having used chemical weapons in war in the past. Iran has been also.
Iraq was accused of having ties to al-Qaeda and 9/11. The bipartisan 9/11 commission determined that Iraq had no significant ties to al-Qaeda, and no connection to 9/11. Instead, it determined that "senior al-Qaeda operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives" in 1993, alleged the "persistence of contacts between Iranian security officials and senior al-Qaeda figures" after 1996, and claimed that "there is strong evidence that Iran facilitated the transit of al-Qaeda members into and out of Afghanistan before 9/11, and that some of these were future 9/11 hijackers."
Iraq was accused of supporting terrorists intent on harming America. No proof of such allegations has emerged. Iran is accused of sponsoring Hezbollah, labeled a terrorist organization. Iran was indicted by the U.S. attorney general for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing that killed 19 Americans, which according to the 9/11 commission, may have involved al-Qaeda. Furthermore, an American court ruled that Iran was directly involved in the 1982 Beirut bombing that killed 241 U.S. marines.
Both Iraq and Iran have long been declared enemies of Israel. The U.S. and Israel have been warning against the Iranian danger to Israel for many years, claiming it is trying to develop nuclear weapons since at least as far back as 1995. Iran has missiles that can reach Israel; Iraq did not after the Gulf War. Iraq was only accused of giving money to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers; Iran is accused of supplying arms and rockets to Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists.
The U.S. and Britain are accusing Iran of supplying arms and bombs to insurgents in Iraq.
Iraq under Saddam Hussein was a secular regime, more to the liking of America than the Iranian Muslim fundamentalist regime.
Iran has denied most of the allegations listed above. However, the accusations are widely reported in the Western press as facts, and most Americans have accepted them as such.
Consider the following: if the Bush administration knew that it was misusing and manipulating faulty intelligence to justify the Iraq invasion, as most Americans now believe, it also knew that the truth about nonexistent Iraqi WMD would come out after the fact. Whether the American people interpreted it as incompetence or deliberate deception, the administration's decision to go to war would eventually be subject to widespread criticism on either ground. Why did the administration choose to build up a case for invading Iraq out of thin air, knowing full well it was destined to fall apart in the aftermath?
I believe there are two complementary reasons. (1) The faulty arguments to attack Iraq provide an even stronger justification to attack Iran, as explained above. Since the country has already accepted that line of argument, the administration can argue after the attack on Iran that it did not need to go to Congress or the American people to ask for their support again. (2) The real, ultimate goal was always to attack Iran, but the Iraq invasion was a necessary intermediate step.
What the Rest of the World Is Doing
The United States used diplomacy, in particular UN resolution 1441 of November 2002, which was supported unanimously by the Security Council, as a cover to justify its military action against Iraq, and it is using the same strategy again. Europe is enabling the U.S. strategy by pushing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran to the Security Council. When the process reaches a dead end at the Security Council, or even if it never gets there, the U.S. will argue that the international community, especially Europe, "share[s] our assessment of the danger, but not our resolve to meet it." Depending on whether diplomatic action stalls at the Security Council or before that at the IAEA, the U.S. will argue that each entity "has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours." Russia and China oppose placing sanctions on Iran, but they are not taking a strong stand against U.S. aggression.
Why a Nuclear Attack Against Iran Is Imminent
The U.S. and Israel have made it clear that they will not allow Iran to implement a civilian nuclear program that includes the fuel cycle, because it will bring Iran closer to a point where it could develop nuclear weapons if it so decided. Iran claims the right to develop civilian nuclear technology, including the fuel cycle, which is explicitly allowed under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). These are completely irreconcilable positions, and in the absence of compromise they can only be resolved by military action in which the stronger side prevails. The U.S. is not negotiating with Iran either directly or indirectly and is in essence demanding that Iran prove today beyond any doubt that it will not have nuclear weapons in the indefinite future, which is as impossible as it was for Saddam Hussein to prove that he did not have weapons he didn't have.
Iran is much stronger militarily than Iraq was, and is potentially a much larger threat to Israel. Iran will continue to grow stronger in the future, and following the Bush logic, it is preferable to preempt than to wait. The Bush statement in the 2002 State of the Union address,
"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic."
was directed to Iran as much as to Iraq. So was the following:
"I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons."
Furthermore, the balance of power in the region has been upset by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in an irreversible way. The containment that Saddam Hussein provided to Iran's power in the region no longer exists, and if the U.S. reduces its presence in Iraq without attacking Iran, Iran is likely to establish itself further as a strong regional superpower, expanding its influence over Iraq as well as the broader Middle East.
So why hasn't Iran been attacked yet?
Only because several elements had to first fall into place, as they now have. The attack on Iran will occur at any time in the coming days or weeks and will include the use of nuclear weapons by the U.S. Let us summarize the pieces of the puzzle assembled by this and previous administrations that lead to the upcoming nuking of Iran:
The lumping of nuclear weapons together with other unconventional weapons under the general concept of WMD, starting in earnest in the early '90s;
The "negative security assurance" [.pdf] declaration of the United States, which promises not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, but explicitly excludes from this assurance states that are in noncompliance with the NPT;
The United States' gradual modification of its approach to the use of nuclear weapons, to the point where now they are part of the conventional arsenal. In 2002, when the "Nuclear Posture Review" policy document was leaked and criticized, the Defense Department argued that it was just a "wide-ranging analysis of the requirements of deterrence" and that it "does not provide operational guidance on nuclear targeting or planning." Such "operational guidance" was recently provided and leaked to the press (possibly to gauge public reaction, which unfortunately has been almost nonexistent) in the "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations" [.pdf] document, which describes many specific scenarios in which the U.S. will use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries, scenarios that apply specifically to the Iran situation.
The scuttling of the NPT Review Conference of 2005, caused mainly by the refusal of the U.S. to include on the agenda issues related to nuclear disarmament and negative security assurances, which are of primary interest to non-nuclear states;
The declaration by the IAEA on Sept. 24, 2005 [.pdf], that Iran is in noncompliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and thus subject to nuclear attack by the U.S.;
The placement of 150,000 U.S. troops within the range of Iranian missiles and conventional forces.
Why are nuclear weapons an indispensable part of the enterprise? Because conventional military action against Iran would be very costly and would likely lead to disaster. Iran has dozens of Shahab 3 missiles that can reach Israel and many more short-range missiles that can target U.S. forces in Iraq, potentially with chemical warheads. It also has a 7 million-strong Basiji volunteer militia and local support from the Shi'ite population in southern Iraq, all of which would easily overwhelm the 150,000 U.S. troops and the weak Iraqi army.
Before the U.S. invaded Iraq, a conventional aerial attack against Iranian installations (like Israel did to Osirak's reactor in 1981) would also have been futile. Iran's facilities are numerous, many are underground, and partial destruction would only have led to a radicalization of Iran's regime and a full-scale drive toward nuclear weapons.
However, to justify the breaking of the 60-year-old taboo against the use of nuclear weapons, it is necessary for the lives of many Americans to be at stake. Otherwise, the American public would not condone the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. By placing U.S. forces within range of Iranian missiles and conventional forces, a situation has been created in which the American public will support the use of nuclear weapons to save thousands of American lives. This is why the invasion of Iraq was a necessary prelude to the nuclear attack on Iran.
Most importantly, the value of nuclear weapons as a deterrent is emphasized in Defense Department policy, and it will undeniably enhance their deterrent effect to demonstrate that the U.S. is ready to use nuclear weapons, lest the world forget after 60 long years of dormancy that nuclear weapons are for real.
Why a Nuclear Attack on Iran Is a Bad Idea
Now that we have outlined what is very close to happening, let us discuss briefly why everything possible should be done to prevent it.
In a worst-case scenario, the attack will cause a violent reaction from Iran. Millions of "human wave" Iranian militias will storm into Iraq, and just as Saddam stopped them with chemical weapons, the U.S. will stop them with nuclear weapons, resulting potentially in hundreds of thousands of casualties. The Middle East will explode, and popular uprisings in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other countries with pro-Western governments could be overtaken by radical regimes. Pakistan already has nuclear weapons, and a nuclear conflict could even lead to Russia's and Israel's involvement using nuclear weapons.
In a best-case scenario, the U.S. will destroy all nuclear, chemical, and missile facilities in Iran with conventional and low-yield nuclear weapons in a lightning surprise attack, and Iran will be paralyzed and decide not to retaliate for fear of a vastly more devastating nuclear attack. In the short term, the U.S. will succeed, leaving no Iranian nuclear program, civilian or otherwise. Iran will no longer threaten Israel, a regime change will ensue, and a pro-Western government will emerge.
However, even in the best-case scenario, the long-term consequences are dire. The nuclear threshold will have been crossed by a nuclear superpower against a non-nuclear country. Many more countries will rush to get their own nuclear weapons as a deterrent. With no taboo against the use of nuclear weapons, they will certainly be used again. Nuclear conflicts will occur within the next 10 to 20 years, and will escalate until much of the world is destroyed. Let us remember that the destructive power of existing nuclear arsenals is approximately one million times that of the Hiroshima bomb, enough to erase Earth's population many times over.
Furthermore, despite all the U.S. and Israeli allegations, there is not a shred of real evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The fact that it hid its nuclear program for many years is understandable, given that the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran and first accused it of pursuing nuclear weapons many years ago. Since 2003, all Iranian nuclear activities have been open and accessible to the IAEA, and Iran has signed an additional protocol that allows unannounced inspections of all its facilities. Iran would not be able to develop nuclear weapons under these conditions even if it wanted to. Finally, Iran has offered to enter into partnerships with foreign companies to provide additional assurances that its uranium enrichment is devoted solely to civilian purposes. Recall that uranium enrichment for reactors is at 3-5 percent levels, while weapons require 90 percent levels, which demands a qualitatively different effort.
Can a Nuclear Attack Be Averted?
The reader will notice that this section is very short. Creative ideas are needed!
Because the United States is counting on the "nuclear option" to ensure the success of military action against Iran, it is not seriously pursuing diplomatic alternatives, such as negotiating directly with Iran to reach an agreement on a civilian nuclear program under strict international supervision.
It is essential to debate whether the U.S. should use nuclear weapons against Iran before it happens rather than after. In the case of Hiroshima, because the existence of nuclear bombs was classified information, a public discussion on whether nuclear bombs should have been used against Japan to end World War II could not occur. Many physicists who were part of the Manhattan Project in 1945 urged the government not to use the newly developed weapons, but their calls went unheeded.
Today, a public debate can occur. The scenarios described in the Pentagon document [.pdf] in which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons include "for rapid and favorable war termination on U.S. terms," against "an adversary intending to use WMD against U.S., multinational, or alliance forces," and "to demonstrate U.S. intent and capability to use nuclear weapons." These are not acceptable scenarios. It is not in the best interests of the United States nor the rest of the world for the U.S. to base its military planning on such policies, because if it does so a situation will inevitably arise in which no alternative will be left, as in the case considered here. There has to be a public discussion in the media, online, and in Congress. Unless there is an extraordinary outcry of opposition against such policies, they are bound to be implemented in the very near future.
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