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EGYPT'S ONLY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADER DIED IN A CAGE.
June 21, 2019 Ahmed Rashed
Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first and only democratically elected president, died in a cage. In a glass box in a Cairo courtroom this past Monday, in visibly poor health, he stood up for the latest [ More … ]
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Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it "made a very big mistake" in shooting down a [ More … ]
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June 20, 2019 MEO Staff
By: AMR DARRAG and YEHIA HAMED We have been aware of the Egyptian foreign ministry's statement regarding the deliberate murder of president Mohammad Morsi, in which the ministry's spokesperson condemned United Nations High Commissioner for [ More … ]
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Touted by its architects as the 'deal of the century', US president Donald Trump's plan for Palestine and Israel has had to again be kept hidden as Israel heads back to elections after a failure [ More … ]
'Credible evidence' links MBS to Khashoggi's murder: UN report
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Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi dies
State TV reports Egypt's first democratically elected president Morsi fainted during court session and died afterwards. Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in Cairo, according to state media. The 67-year-old died after [ More … ]
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The New Censors vs. Freedom of Speech
by John Stossel | Jun 23, 2020 | Free Speech
When entitled leftists declare themselves the sole arbiters of truth, it's crucial that we all speak up for free speech.
Do you say what you think? That's risky! You may get fired!
You've probably heard about a New York Times editor resigning after approving an opinion piece by Senator Tom Cotton that suggested the military to step in to end riots.
Many Times reporters tweeted out the same alarmist wording, "Running this puts Black NY Times staffers in danger."
Running this puts black people in danger. And other Americans standing up for our humanity and democracy, too. @nytimes pic.twitter.com/MQAA2WJ6YG
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) June 4, 2020
Really? How?
In my new video, Robby Soave, a Reason Magazine editor who writes about young radicals, explains, "They only claim it because that's their tactic for seizing power in the workplace."
They learned this tactic from so-called woke professors and fellow activists at expensive colleges, says Soave.
Last year, Harvard students demanded that law professor Ron Sullivan resign as a resident dean. Why? He'd agreed to be part of Harvey Weinstein's legal defense team.
A female student said, "I don't feel safe!" although Sullivan had been a dean for many years. Sullivan resigned.
At UCLA, business school lecturer Gordon Klein rejected a request to give black students different treatment on their final exam because of George Floyd's death. Klein pointed out that since the class was online, he had no way of knowing which students were black. He also told students: "remember that MLK famously said that people should not be evaluated based on the color of their skin."
The activist group Color of Change (which once demanded that I be fired) launched a petition to have Klein "terminated for his extremely insensitive, dismissive, and woefully racist response." UCLA quickly caved. Klein is on mandatory leave.
Now that many former college radicals have jobs at elite media companies, they demand that newspapers not say certain things.
When, in response to looting during George Floyd protests, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran the insensitive headline, "Buildings Matter, Too," 44 staff members claimed that "puts our lives at risk." Their letter didn't give any evidence as to how it threatened their lives (in fact, today both blacks and whites are safer than ever), but they won. The editor resigned.
A week later, young activists at NBC news tried to silence The Federalist, a respected conservative site that NBC labeled as "far-right." The Federalist had published a column that said, correctly, that the media falsely claimed that violent riots were peaceful. But the column did contain a mistake. It quoted a government official saying tear gas was not used, when it had been used.
NBC then ran an article bragging that Google blocked The Federalist's ads after an "NBC news verification unit" brought The Federalist's "racism" to Google's attention. NBC's reporter even thanked left-wing activist groups for their "collaboration."
But NBC was wrong. Google didn't cut off The Federalist. Google merely threatened that if the Federalist didn't police its comments section.
It was one time when the activist mob's smears failed. But they keep trying to kill all sorts of expression.
Some now even want the children's TV show "Paw Patrol" canceled because it suggests law enforcement is noble.
When activists decide that certain words or arguments are "offensive," no one must use those words.
"(But) we're supposed to occasionally offend each other," says Soave, "because you might be wrong. We have to have a conversation about it. We have to challenge dogma. What if we were still with the principle that you couldn't speak out against the King?! That's the history of the Middle Ages."
That's when authorities arrested Galileo for daring to say that the earth revolved around the sun.
"That's the condition that all humans lived under until just the last 300 years, and it was a much less happy place," says Soave. "Then we came to an idea that we improve society by having frank and sometimes difficult conversations about policy issues, philosophy, about how we're going to get along and live together."
Life has been much better since people acquired the right to speak freely.
Elite colleges spread the idea that speech can be a form of violence. "Words are like bullets!" they say.
But words are words; bullets are bullets. We must keep them apart.
When entitled leftists declare themselves the sole arbiters of truth, it's crucial that we all speak up for free speech.
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John Stossel is author of No They Can't! Why Government Fails — But Individuals Succeed. For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.
There is no reason for government to regulate today's "dominant" firms — Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon –as if they are true and invincible monopolists.
Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters. Secondly, it affirms what the First Amendment already implies—that private companies don't have to host speech that violates their values.
Real censorship is when the state uses its legal power to use force to determine the content of speech we should engage in (either by banning non-rights violating speech or forcing one to say things one would not do so voluntarily). If the state can arbitrarily determine what Twitter must post, it goes from being the protector of freedom of speech to its censor.
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These portraits try to turn the image of fatherhood in poverty upside down
Joshua Mann poses for a portrait with his son, King Joshua Mann, on March 29, 2015. "I'm just gonna keep my son strong to me. He's like my best friend. He's gonna be stuck to me like glue. I can't let nothing happen to him. I'd let it happen to me before it'd happen to him." (Phyllis B. Dooney)
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Photographs and text by Phyllis Dooney
To tell this story, I decided to install camera obscuras and then capture a portrait. I wanted to visually represent the counter-influence of public and private life.
Camera obscura is the phenomenon of light that led to the invention of the camera and is astonishingly simple; light waves will travel through a hole and land on the opposite plain, in this case, the walls, upside down. To create them, I blacked out any windows and light sources, and cut a hole where the light could come through. The effect was that the neighborhood was literally projected onto the walls of the subject's home.
The juxtaposition of the outside scenes in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood pouring into the interiors became an installation-metaphor in which to contemplate how one's environment affects the intimate spaces of domestic life, relationships and fatherhood.
"Raising East New York" (RENY) is a multimedia piece featuring a series portraits — of men in East New York — that initiates a conversation about fatherhood.
This generation of fathers in East New York — a growing concentration of people of color, living in a high concentration of poverty — is rife with the long-term societal and psychological effects of mass incarceration: the War on Drugs and the 1980s crack epidemic, economic insecurity and frequent exposure to crime and trauma. The effect of those problems shows up in day-to-day home life.
Family households in East New York are at the extreme end of the spectrum where, despite having a higher percentage of family households overall than in greater New York City, only 8.7 percent include a spouse and only 1.7 percent include an unmarried partner. That means that most children do not live with both of their parents. Statistics like this are often dangled in the media, without context, to condemn fathers as being absent. The neighborhood, like many in the United States where the nuclear family has significantly diminished, paints a picture of a complex communal child-rearing effort.
RENY helps fill the vacuum by exploring — on a personal level — how day-to-day life, grappling with the monumental societal challenges in East New York, affects these fathers and the endeavor of (co-)parenting. By doing this, RENY also exposes how the "deadbeat dad" label — often stapled to the American inner-city black man — is a gross and counterproductive simplification.
The interviews with the fathers can be heard on Narratively.


Since the beginning of the year, HonestReporting Canada (HRC) has made close to 100 complaints to the CBC, over what the organization believes are unfair or inaccurate reports about Israel.
The volume is in part due to the fact that the CBC has so many platforms, including radio, television, its website and social media. But in too many cases, there is "a pattern of problematic reporting," said Mike Fegelman, executive director of HRC.
In a recent case, HRC was concerned that a CBC report about a "paramedic" who was shot and killed by Israeli forces during the confrontations in Gaza in May omitted the crucial information that the man, Musa Abuhassanin, was a captain in Hamas' security force, and that Hamas boasted about his service.
Esther Enkin, the CBC's ombudsman, dismissed both complaints. In the case of the HRC complaint, Enkin said that the paramedic was a minor figure in the story, which focused on the allegation that Israeli troops shot and wounded London doctor Tarek Loubani and that the medic who treated him was subsequently killed by Israeli forces.
"The story is based largely on Dr. Loubani's account of what happened. The fact that the medic, Abuhassanin, was a member of Hamas was not essential to the understanding of the story in this context," Enkin stated.
Fegelman was less circumspect in addressing Kawas' assertion.
Fegelman said HRC brings its concerns to the CBC when it believes the news organization has missed the mark in its duty to be fair and accurate, but that it does not control the CBC's reporting.
"It's an outrageous Jewish conspiracy theory," he said.
CPA did not respond to requests for a comment.
Turning to the CBC's failure to identify Abuhassanin as a Hamas operative, Fegelman argued that the CBC fell short in its journalistic duties.
"The CBC took it at face value that he was a medic, based on information from a biased source with an agenda," he said.
Fegelman thinks it's troubling that even after the CBC learned that the man was a Hamas operative, it did not amend its report or investigate him further. Instead, it adopted a narrative in which Abuhassanin was portrayed as "an altruistic paramedic who was out there to treat the wounded and save lives. We don't know that. Who's to say he wasn't a Hamas scout?" Fegelman asked.
As of Sept. 27, a story on the CBC's website, in which Carol Off interviews Loubani, still refers to Abuhassanin as a medic, without referencing his affiliation with Hamas. A different CBC story about Hamas' involvement in the protests does reproduce a Hamas infographic of 10 of its operatives who were killed in a single day in May, including Abuhassanin, but does not link him to the Loubani story.
On May 18, the blog site Israellycool published the Hamas infographic, which identifies Abuhassanin as "captain" of Hamas' security forces.
According to Loubani, Abuhassanin was shot in the chest while ministering to wounded Palestinians.


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Now I have a blog, crazy. Actually the only reason I'm here is that each of my english group has to do a blog next year and today I was bored so - here I am.
Have a nice day, my dear non-existant followers!
And always remember: A really cool guy once said, "Rather be dead than cool".


Solo exhibition, Password Revolt, opens at Simon Lee Gallery, New York, Wednesday 16th January 6 – 8 pm and will run until 2nd March.
Over the course of a career spanning more than twenty years Woods has developed a unique painterly language that is concerned by the sculpting of an image in two dimensions. Her early practice as a sculptor continues to inform her exploration of physical form via the materiality of paint. A preoccupation with large-scale landscape painting has given way in recent years to a focus on the human figure rendered in oil paints, as opposed to the enamel originally used. The unpredictability of viscous oil on aluminum echoes the corporeality of her subject matter, helping the artist to engage with her medium on a physical level, while allowing her to confront, almost tangibly, the emotional range of her source material.
Woods derives inspiration from found photographic sources such as newspaper clippings, magazines, and other diverse sources of visual ephemera that depict unsettling, disturbing and often transgressive imagery. An astute chronicler of personal and historical trauma, she attempts in her painting to process the effects of grief, disappointment and cruelty even as it cryptically depicts those subjects. Straddling abstraction and figuration, lived experience and cultural memory, these paintings point to a more emotive mode of representation. Acute psychological states are portrayed through the nuances of Woods's gestural approach to painting, which defamiliarizes the familiar and expresses strangeness through expansive, vigorous brushwork, compositional distortion and abstract color.
In this recent body of work Woods confronts the experience of living and the ways in which we cope with the adversities of the human condition. The paintings offer an open-ended view of social and political histories marked by a fluctuating approach to abstraction and figuration. Opening up the space between photographic portrayal and individual sensation and memory, Woods creates a new type of representation that holds the tension between what she sees and experiences in the act of mark-making. Shifts in scale emphasize human presence, pulling the viewer backwards and forwards and helping them to engage with the static object. Woods's enigmatic imagery invites an interrogation of hierarchies of authenticity and questions what it means to be human in an ever evolving political and technological time.


Static and cyclic model pile tests in sand. DFI, Bruges, 13-15 June 1994, 9 p., 14 figg., 3 tabb.
KANAI, S., & Van Impe, W. (n.d.). Static and cyclic model pile tests in sand. DFI, Bruges, 13-15 June 1994, 9 p., 14 figg., 3 tabb.
KANAI S, Van Impe W. Static and cyclic model pile tests in sand. DFI, Bruges, 13-15 June 1994, 9 p., 14 figg., 3 tabb.
KANAI, S, and William Van Impe. "Static and Cyclic Model Pile Tests in Sand. DFI, Bruges, 13-15 June 1994, 9 P., 14 Figg., 3 Tabb." n. pag. Print.


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HC asks govt to explain inaction regarding attack on Santals
Published at 05:52 pm November 22nd, 2016
Last updated at 11:30 pm November 22nd, 2016
The High Court issued a ruling on Tuesday asking why the looting, arson attack, shooting and killing of Santals in the name of eviction in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha would not be declared illegal. The court also asked why the authorities concerned would not be directed to take legal actions under the Code of Criminal Procedure against the individuals involved in the attack. A High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Krishna Debnath issued the ruling after hearing a writ petition filed by Olivia Hembrom and Rumila Kisku, two Santal women who were victims in the attack, on Monday. The court asked 12 government officials, including the local lawmaker in Gobindaganj and secretaries at the Ministries of Home Affairs, Industries, Land and Law, to respond to the ruling within two weeks. Speaking to reporters, Jyotirmoy Barua, one of the counsels for the petitioners, said according to the law, the district administration is required to issue a notice to an individual or a party occupying a land or an establishment at least 30 days before eviction. "But the deputy commissioner of Gaibandha did not issue such a notice to the Gobindaganj Santals," he said. Besides, the upazila nirbahi officer of Gobindaganj led the eviction drive without the official authorities, which makes the drive illegal, Jyotirmoy added. "The looting, arson attack, shooting and killing are criminal offences, and they cannot be justified under any law or authority," he told reporters. The petition also prayed for the court's directive to form a judicial commission to investigate the attack. "The court will hold another hearing on November 30," Jyotirmoy said. On November 6 and 7, Gobindaganj upazila administration evicted around 600 Santals from a land in Sahebganj-Bagda sugarcane farm area. Three Santal men died and many more were injured when they protested the eviction, and the all the Santal houses were burnt to the ground. The eviction was carried out by police, RAB and BGB members and assisted by local Bangalis allegedly loyal to the local lawmaker.
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Vision and Members
Inequalities and Discriminations
Violence and Crime
Human AI and Society
EmpoderaData
Open Learning Hub
Ciudata Segura
Colombia's Big Data Strategy
Measuring Tier 3 SDGs
Refugees and Host Communities
Mena and Eurasia
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Mobility and Population Density
C-19 Global South Observatory
Datatoons
Information last updated: 5 May, 2020
Total population: 11.7 M
Population +65 yo: 8%
GDP Per Capita: 11,009 USD
Informal employment: 32% (2015)
First registered case: 2 March
Hospital beds: NA
Sources: TheWorld Bank and WHO (Population over 65 years old, Informal employment, GDP-PPP, Hospital beds).
General nationwide lockdown from March 22 to April 20.
Risk for community spread is "highly elevated".
Response set up and capacity
The National Coronavirus Response Authority was formed on March 25th to centralize prevention and control measures. Together with the Permanent National Committee for Disaster Prevention, Response and Relief (operating under the Ministry of Interior), it coordinates monitoring and follow-up efforts of the governorates and the Regional Committees of Disaster Prevention, Response and Rescue Organization. The Ministry of Health and the National Observatory of the New and Emerging Diseases (ONMNE) are also directly involved in the decision-making and coordination around the healthcare system and the lockdown measures. At the local level, municipalities have the right to implement, monitor and enforce additional measures.
Tunisia has adopted stringent measures early on to avoid an overburdened healthcare system. In spite of being ranked as the second best in Africa, the health care system of Tunisia is marked by underinvestment, lack of coordination, low number of ICU bed capacity and high regional disparities between the North, Center and South regions of the country and various governorates. With regards to the healthcare capacity, Tunisian public healthcare sector counts 109 district hospitals; 33 regional hospitals and 24 modern teaching hospitals (Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire). A recent study conducted by a doctoral candidate in Tunisia, surveyed that there are 282 functional ICU beds in the public sector (ratio of on average 3 beds/100 000 people). It has been announced that 400 additional beds would be made available from the private sector. In terms of testing as of 13/04, 12415 RT-PCR tests have been performed since the beginning of the crisis. Additional capacity for 30,000 additional tests (as of March 28) and 500,000 rapid tests is expected to arrive.
Stakeholder Mapping
Entities / Organizations
• National Coronavirus Response Authority (under the supervision of the Head of the Government)
• Permanent National Committee for Disaster Prevention, Response and Relief Organization
• National Security Council
• Ministry of Health
• National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases (ONMNE)
• The National Authority for Health Assessment and Accreditation (INEAS)
• Ministry of Social Affairs
• Emergency Medical Service (SAMU)
• Governorates and Municipalities
Additional actors
• International organizations (IMF/ World Bank, IOM, UNHCR, GIZ, UNDP)
• Civil Society (IWatch) • Citizen Initiatives/Tech Community (Dashboard of citizen initiatives and tech projects, Online citizen platform: mw.tn)
Mitigating factors - What is being done?
March 2: The Tunisian Minister of Health confirms the first case of coronavirus. It was identified in a recent traveler from Italy who had self-reported having COVID symptoms.
March 4: The Health Minister announces the suspension of ferry services coming from the Genoa port in the North of Italy. Safety and control measures for the cruise ships coming from Marseille, France are intensified. At the Carthage International Airport, terminal 2 becomes dedicated for passengers coming from Italy and border health checks are implemented.
March 9: All maritime connections and flights with Italy are suspended except for Tunis-Rome flight route whose frequency was reduced from 14 weekly flights to 3. Significant reduction of flights with specific countries where coronavirus had started to actively spread: France, Germany, UK and Egypt. Additionally, school holidays are scheduled to start earlier. The MoH and ONMNE announce additional preventive measures which include, among others, the creation of the National Committee to monitor the epidemiological situation and coordinate the response; creation of a free hotline number for the public dedicated to COVID-19 related inquiries; and preparation of a "health guide" to treat the suspect cases and preparation of the necessary laboratory tests.
March 13: All flights to Italy are cancelled. All passengers arriving in the country are obliged to self-isolate for 14 days. The government orders suspension of all collective prayers and early closure of restaurants and cafes from 4pm.
March 16: PM Elyes Fakhfakh announces suspension of all international flights and closure of land, air and sea borders except for transport of goods and repatriation flights. Additionally, a ban on all public gatherings is placed and the daily working hours for state employees are reduced to 5 hours a day. The head of the government also announced a postponement of all sports events. Ban on inter-regional travel.
March 18: A Presidential Decree is issued for a nationwide 12-hour curfew from 6pm to 6am with the army patrolling the streets to enforce it.
March 20: A general nationwide lockdown is announced on March 20 by the President of the Republic Kaîs Saîed. The services and industries defined as essential, such as food industry, medical, administration and others, are allowed to continue operating.
March 26: Laboratory testing was decentralized and extended from Charles Nicolle hospital to additional hospitals in Tunis, Monastir, Sousse and Sfax.
March 31: The nationwide lockdown is extended by two weeks until April 20. Fines of TND 50 for breaking the confinement and curfew are put in place.
April 2: The government opens a new shelter for women victims of violence. This facility is put in place to host women in the midst of an upsurge in gender based violence, acknowledging that access to existing shelters may put in risk women already there.
April 4: The parliament activates Article 70 of the constitution by a majority vote, delegating some of its powers to the prime minister.
April 19: lockdown is extended until May 3rd and the curfew hours changed to 8pm to 6am
April 29: Government announces 'deconfinment' measures by phases, which will begin on May 4. This measurse will apply first to vital sectors of the economy, including professions for which telework cannot be done.
May 4: First of three phases of 'deconfinement' strategy begins. This initial phase will go until May 14 .
In addition to the measures taken to prevent and limit the community spread of the coronavirus in the country, the government announced a set of financial aid measures to combat the negative social and economic effects of the crisis. However, since this announcement, and starting on March 30, different protests have taken place in different parts of the country "demanding an end to the lockdown and access to the financial aid the prime minister had pledged". A number of similar protests against the lockdown also erupted in late March. In recent media coverage, President Kaid Sais has been seen personally distributing aid.
The government announced a TND 2.5 Billion ($850 million USD, 2% of GDP) socio-economic package to vulnerable socio-economic groups and SMEs. Out of this, TND 450 million ($155million) is planned to be distributed in aid to poor families or those who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus outbreak.
1.2 billion in loans were announced in aid to help companies affected by the crisis.
The Central Bank cut its key interest rate by 100 basis points.
Additionally, the government adopted a delay on tax debts, postponement on taxes on small and medium-sized businesses and effected a delay on repayments for low-income employee loans.
Financial aid has also been approved or pledged from the external multilateral sources: IMF approved $745m emergency assistance loan, EU granted €250m ($273m), Italy announced it would grant €50m ($55m), Islamic Development Bank announced plans to lend $280m.
Risks, vulnerabilities, obstacles
As of April 14, according to the ONMNE the estimated risk of community spread remains very elevated and largely depends on the strict application and respect of the preventive measures, and specifically: targeted testing, self-isolation and confinement.
Projected growth: As there are no official growth estimates by the government, individual public health experts have divergent opinions of the projected growth and the peak of the epidemic in Tunisia. While some public health representatives have expressed their opinion that the peak will come at the end of April, others have estimated the epidemic to reach its peak in August. In the scenario of a delayed peak, the ICU bed capacity is expected to be saturated by June.
Projection for growth and epidemic peak based (the model used is SEIR model for spread of COVID-19)
Projected evolution of the epidemic (March-October 2020) (source: Jaber Belkhiria on Medium)
Comparison between the projection of the model and the current trends of the numbers communicated by the MoH (March-October 2020) (source: Jaber Belkhiria on Medium)
High socio-economic impact of the lockdown measures: IMF estimates that the Tunisian economy will contract by 4.3% due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the industries of the service sector, such as tourism (10% of the GDP). The growth forecast for this year was reviewed down to 1% from previously expected 2.7%. With unemployment rate of 15% and high informal employment, the number of the unemployed is expected to increase and the lockdown measures disproportionately affect the low-income vulnerable populations that are left without income and savings. If not addressed in a timely manner, this could lead to mass hunger and social unrest, as protests demanding food and financial help are already erupting across the country.
Bottleneck in the health care system capacity and response coordination: Tunisian public healthcare system has been suffering from underinvestment and neglect. Today, the main weak points identified by the experts for an effective nation-wide response is the lack of effective coordination in the healthcare system exacerbated by regional disparities, Emergency Services (SAMU) bottlenecks, insufficient protective equipment for the healthcare workers, and delay in the number, rapidity and availability of large-scale testing (12,415 tests have been performed to date).
Refugee & migrant flows: While there are no reports of refugees having tests positive for COVID-19 as of 15/4, migrants and refugees are among the most vulnerable groups in Tunisia. The lockdown measures taken by the government until now have succeeded in limiting the spread of the virus, however, these measures exacerbe their vulnerabilities. In addition, conflict fighting in neighboring Libya could force more displacements for people in search of a safe haven.
Potential actions and demands
Several accounts relayed by the media tell the story of people trying to get tested due to their symptoms, but being confronted by the unpreparedness of healthcare institutions in dealing with suspected cases. Public health experts have made the creation of a clear protocol and guidelines imperative in order to improve public health delivery.
Many stakeholders, such as the national professional order of medical doctors, have publicly advocated for a mass non-targeted rapid testing strategy that expands testing to all public and private healthcare facilities. The additional 500,000 tests that were planned to be imported have not arrived yet, and the MoH has not changed its testing strategy at the moment.
Given the socio-economic impact of the lockdown, some experts and civil society have called for a controlled de-confinement with large-scale testing, mandatory mask-wearing and obligatory quarantine if tested positive. On April 13, the scientific committee for fight against COVID-19 has recommended to extend the lockdown until May 3. The decision needs to be validated by the National Security Council.
Experts have called to improve and expand the hospital capacity in terms of available ICU beds, personal protective equipment and ventilators. The Minister of Health, Abdellatif Mekki has announced that 4 additional temporary hospitals would be set up to receive COVID-19 patients.
Quick coordinated actions are needed to distribute the emergency financial aid to the most vulnerable population and avoid the country-wide social crisis.
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Q: Constructing multi-level object tree with manual dependency injection I am working on refactoring a Java application that I wrote. At the time of writing the original, I made some poor design decisions, and am now suffering the consequences. In particular, the code is nearly impossible to unit test, and dependencies are all over the place.
I have been doing a lot of reading about design patterns and good OO-design principles (including SOLID). I think the key to solving my problems lies in the following: constructor dependency injection (ideally NOT via a framework like Spring; I'd rather stick to plain old Java), factories, builders, and good OO-design in general.
Without getting into too many specifics, imagine I have an object structure where O1 has one or more O2 child objects, and each O2 object has one or more O3 child objects, and so on. So, essentially, O1 is a parent of O2, and O2 is a parent of O3. (But not in the inheritance sense.)
The dependencies I want to represent are of the child to the parent. So, for example, injecting the dependencies into the constructor might result in something like this:
// highest-level object; no dependencies
O1 o1a = new O1();

// second-level objects; depend on highest-level object
O2 o2a = new O2(o1a);
O2 o2b = new O2(o1a);

// 3rd-level objects; depend on second-level objects
O3 o3a = new O3(o2a); // dependency on o2a
O3 o3b = new O3(o2a); // dependency on o2a
O3 o3c = new O3(o2b); // dependency on o2b

OK, so that in itself is simple enough. But there are some complicating factors:

*

*Each of these objects is potentially quite complex to construct (some involve the parsing of schemas and the building of in-memory object models associated with the objects);

*I won't know at compile time how many of each object will be required (this is configuration dependent); as such, manually coding dependencies (as above) is not an option;

*I don't want to "new" specific classes, because I want the code to be extensible, and want to be able to "stub" in different versions for testing; (factories?);

*I need to be able to start the creation process at the "lowest level"; for example, I may know at run-time that I need to create a specific O3 object; to do this requires determining O3's "parent" (O2), and then O2's parent (O1), then creating O1, creating O2 (injecting newly-created O1), creating O3 (injecting newly-created O2), etc.

*I might also, potentially, want to keep track of objects so that they can be reused; so, in the example above, o3a and o3b both make use of o2a; if o2a was created in the course of creating o3a, I'd want to reuse the same object when creating o3b.

In all my reading of design patterns, unfortunately, I have never seen any example of how to accomplish something even vaguely like this. (All examples are quite simple by comparison.)
I have wondered about creating some sort of factory or builder for O3, and passing it an instance of a factory or builder for O2. That instance of O2 factory or builder would, in turn, have been created with an instance of a factory or builder for O1. But I'm not sure if this is the right approach, and even if it is, I'm struggling to get much beyond the high-level concept.
I would greatly appreciate some guidance on how to accomplish all of this in a clean, maintainable, extensible way. It's a bit of a tall order, I know.
Thanks in advance,
Greg

A: I started out with basically the same problems as you are. I wanted a pure Java "Injection" solution without magic, so I created JayWire. Even if you don't plan to use this library, you may want to look at the Wiki for some ideas.
Specifically, the basic idea was to inject factories (java.util.function.Supplier) instead of constructed objects. That way, the consuming class does not have to know whether the object is a singleton, pooled, or constructed every time (new). It goes like this:
public class O3 {
    private Supplier<O2> o2Supplier;

    public O3(Supplier<O2> o2Supplier) {
        this.o2Supplier = o2Supplier;
    }

    public void doSomething() {
        ...
        // Here O3 wants an O2 instance, but does not
        // need to know how to construct it, or even
        // whether its constructed, or the same instance
        // is re-used.
        O2 o2 = o2Supplier.get();
        o2.doIt(...);
        ...
    }
}

This way the hierarchy is "hidden" from O3, it only knows it needs O2, but doesn't necessarily need to know how O2 is constructed.
You can of course change Supplier to Factory (or whatever), although a Factory implies it will always create a new instance.
You even might have some parameters at the construction of O2 that are local, but still want to hide the fact that it needs O1 from the consumer O3. This can also be done this way:
public class O3 {
    private Supplier2<String, Integer, O2> o2Supplier;

    public O3(Supplier2<String, Integer, O2> o2Supplier) {
        this.o2Supplier = o2Supplier;
    }

    public void doSomething() {
        ...
        // Here O3 wants an O2 instance again, but also
        // wants additional parameters for its construction.
        O2 o2 = o2Supplier.get("Param1", 5);
        o2.doIt(...);
        ...
    }
}

Supplier2 is similar to a Supplier, it only takes 2 additional parameters to its get() method.
This way, O3 still does not know that O2 needs O1, so the hierarchy can be broken up. You may want to look at "Propagating Dependencies" in the Wiki.
JayWire enables all this, and also helps you create these Suppliers easily.

A: So I have a solution I use for quickly being able to do swapping of implementation classes for a set of interfaces.
I -think- you -might- be able to make use of the code to make 'defaults' for your different POJOs, etc.
It is Made up of 3 classes, 1 'interface Module', 1 'class ModuleImpl', and 1 (or more) Factory class that builds the configurations.
I haven't tried this code, but I think it would work for allowing you to both have default constructors and Injected constructors.
Module.java (You'll need to add your package info)
public interface Module {

    /**
     *
     * This method returns the component that is bound to a given type.
     *
     * @param type
     *            - type type of component to retrieve
     * @return
     */
    public <T> T getComponent(Class<T> type);

    /**
     *
     * Bind a component to a type.
     *
     * @param type
     *            - the type to bind the component to
     * @param component
     *            - the object instance to associate with the type key
     */
    public <T> void setComponent(Class<T> type, T component);

}

ModuleImpl.java (You'll need to add your package info)
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class ModuleImpl implements Module {

    private final Map<Class<?>, Object> mMapping = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>();

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public <T> T getComponent(Class<T> type) {
        // We are the only ones putting things into this map so we're guaranteed
        // type safety.
        return (T) mMapping.get(type);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> void setComponent(Class<T> type, T component) {
        mMapping.put(type, component);
    }

}

Here is the Factory for Configuration(s) By Default this is great for 'system wide' configuration
public class ConfigurationModuleFactory {

    public static Module makeDefaultConfiguration() {
        final Module module = new ModuleImpl();
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceA>.class, new <ConcreteClassA>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceB>.class, new <ConcreteClassB>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceC>.class, new <ConcreteClassC>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceD>.class, new <ConcreteClassD>());
        return module;
    }

    public static Module makeSomeCustomConfiguration() {
        final Module module = new ModuleImpl();
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceA>.class, new <ConcreteClassA2>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceB>.class, new <ConcreteClassB2>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceC>.class, new <ConcreteClassC2>());
        module.setComponent(<SomeInterfaceD>.class, new <ConcreteClassD2>());
        return module;
    }

    /// BIT OF REDUNDANCY BELOW HERE, but... There are a few different ways you can do this, I'm just showing a couple variations.

    private static Module configuration = makeDefaultConfiguration();

    public static Module getModuleConfiguration() {
        if (configuration == null) {
            // This also allows the configuration for the entire application to
            // be changed by altering this line only
            configuration = makeTestConfiguration();
        }
        return configuration;
    }

}

Here is something you 'could' do....
Make a module config for each class
public class ConfigurationModuleFactory {

    public static Module 03_default() {
        final Module module = new ModuleImpl();
        module.setComponent(02Interface.class, new 02());
        return module;
    }
    public static Module 02_default() {
        final Module module = new ModuleImpl();
        module.setComponent(01Interface.class, new 01());
        return module;
    }
}

If you decided to store Class Instances within 03, etc.
public class 03{

    02 m02 = null;

    public 03(){
        // get the generator configuration Module
        Module configuration = ConfigurationModuleFactory.03_default();
        // get the appropriate class instances
        m02 = configuration.getComponent(02Interface.class);

    }

    public 03(02 02Instance){
        m02 = 02Instance;
    }

}

Or store an interface in the classes
public class 03{

    02Interface m02 = null;

    public 03(){
        // get the generator configuration Module
        Module configuration = ConfigurationModuleFactory.03_default();
        // get the appropriate class instances
        m02 = configuration.getComponent(02Interface.class);
    }

    public 03(02Interface 02Instance){
        m02 = 02Instance;
    }

}

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Q: Is it possible to share a cache between WKWebViews? I am building a hybrid iOS app around WKWebView. When the user taps a link the request is hijacked and a new view controller is pushed on the navigation stack. The new controller creates a new WKWebView and loads the existing request. This enabled the app to "feel" native but have the content rendered on the web.
By use of the Safari debugging tools I've noticed that no assets are being cached between web views. However, if I re-request something in an existing web view all of the JavaScripts and CSS are marked as "cached".
So, is it possible to share the cache between WKWebView instances? They are already sharing the same WKProcessPool to share cookies.

A: WKWebView has a lot of catching up to. If you've already implemented a shared WKProcessPool, you can try manually fetching and storing the cookies.
Try this:
    func webView( _ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationResponse: WKNavigationResponse, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationResponsePolicy) -> Void )
    {
        assert( self.webView == webView )
        decisionHandler( .allow )
        guard let httpResponse = navigationResponse.response as? HTTPURLResponse else { return }
        guard let url = httpResponse.url else { return }
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        let _ = cookies.map{ HTTPCookieStorage.shared.setCookie( $0 ) }
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Obviously you can decide to allow or reject, that's just an example. WKWebView does not currently share cookies in the standard shared cookie storage location as UIWebView does. This should resolve that for most cases.


When Alex Alger was traded to the Johnstown Tomahawks of the North American Hockey League in early February, he had no idea what was in store for him. He knew the Pennsylvania town was where the iconic movie "Slap Shot" was filmed, but that was about it.
The small town of Johnstown, Pa., may not be thriving as it was when the steel industry boomed throughout much of western Pennsylvania. But when 3,000-plus fans piled into the Cambria County War Memorial for his first game for the junior team, Alger realized how unique his new home was.
"When I first came in they told me I could go to the soup kitchen and see people there that are at your games," Alger said. "It shows what hockey really means to the community. People are willing to spend what little money they have to come out to support the team. It's really an incredible place to play. It's truly a hockey community."
Soon after he arrived, Alger learned of Johnstown's bid to win Kraft Hockeyville USA. He enthusiastically joined the campaign, and enlisted his friends and family from his home in Livonia, Mich., to encourage people to vote for Johnstown.
Although the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay Lightning will be the ones to christen the updated arena with a preseason game Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN), the Tomahawks will be the ones benefitting most from the $150,000 the city won that will go toward rink renovations.
Alger will play this season with the Tomahawks and is committed to Miami University for next season. He and Johnstown captain Logan Hudson are eager to experience the improvements made to the 65-year-old arena.
"This will be my third season playing here and I'm more excited about getting a scoreboard that works than anything else," Hudson said. "That's going to be nice. All the arena upgrades we're going to get are going to be awesome. It's already the best place to play junior hockey, but it's just going to make it even better, especially being able to read your own scoreboard."
In addition to a working scoreboard, the arena received used boards, glass and netting from the Dallas Stars; a new ice compressor; new flooring in the locker rooms; and the benches and penalty boxes were expanded.
Tomahawks coach Mike Letizia said Hockeyville will have a lasting impression on hockey in Johnstown. From recruiting to a revival in youth participation, Letizia said the state of hockey will be improved thanks to the arena upgrades and NHL-recognized Kraft Hockeyville USA title.
"Every place always needs a little bit of a facelift," Letizia said. "All the new stuff is only going to help it; it's only going to make it better. It won't lose its character or history by any means. It helps the new generation of players too. Hockey is a kid's game, they love to say. So the youth hockey players deserve to have a little bit of an upgrade as well."
The arena hasn't housed a professional team since the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL moved to South Carolina in 2010, but the community has been supportive of the Tomahawks, often packing in thousands of fans for each game.
Already the Tomahawks has had a player drafted by the NHL; goaltender Ryan Bednard was selected by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round (No. 206) of the 2015 NHL Draft. The Tomahawks also drafted the rights to Mario Lemieux's son, Austin, who will play with the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League this season.
Letizia said the continued support of the community has allowed the Tomahawks to thrive in Johnstown. His players are equally as obliged to be thankful.
"There's a junior team out where I live," said Hudson, who is from Mattawan, Mich. "There was just no support in the community. I love where I grew up, but coming to Johnstown, it's a nice place for a home away from home. Back home we don't have that. If they have pro teams, they don't care about the junior guys. Our goal is to make the pros, so it's nice having the feedback and everything."
As the opportunity arose for Johnstown to grab the Hockeyville USA title, Alger, Hudson and their coach were not surprised to see the community's efforts pay off. The determination to win was a reflection of how much they say the fans value hockey in Johnstown.
Like most players who come through Johnstown at some point in their career, the Tomahawks players appreciate the history of hockey where they play. Now they are ready to take advantage of the town's new title and write their own history.
Hudson said he hopes to lead the Tomahawks to the NAHL championship this season; it would be the first championship celebration in the city since the Johnstown Jets won the 1974-75 NAHL title, when the NAHL was a minor professional league.
"We want to win the national championship," Hudson said. "Everyone that comes in here, that's the goal. I get chills thinking about having a parade and all the fans coming out. We owe so much to the community and everything they've done for us."


This web page describes my experience installing one of these new Hughes HX50 VSAT terminals in October 2007. Update 14 April 2016: What is discussed here also applies to HX90.
In summary: I had no problem putting the dish together or programming the HX50 modem and pointing at the satellite. I powered off and connected the transmit cable, powered on and, without touching anything, ten minutes later it was all working well and I was browsing the internet. On the minimal tariff (nominal up to 500 kbit/s download speed) I get between 355 and 612 kbit/s until I have downloaded 35 Mbytes, things then slow down to 128k and then to 64kbit/s if I get above 40 Mbytes downloaded. It resets to back to zero traffic count and up to fast speed again every 8 hours. I downloaded 150 Mbytes of Microsoft updates and a couple of hours later was back to full speed again. It is more than adequate for my needs, which are web browsing for 1 PC/person and the download of some 20 Mbytes of text server log files every day. Different VSAT tariffs have different maximum speeds and Mbytes allowances.
During the assembly and installation I noted several new features, such as the new mode-matched feed horn and the way it needs to be assembled for polarisation setting. I draw attention to these points in the further details below.
The HX VSAT terminal arrived in three packages. The large square box contained the 1.2m antenna reflector, the long slim box contained the feed support arm and two support struts and the feed horn. The cube shaped box contained the 3 axis antenna positioner and the Hughes HX50 modem and the outdoor 2 watt Ku band radio assembly.
Put the modem is a cool dry place, away from direct sunlight and sources of heat. A free flow of cool dry air into the lower vents either side near the base and out via the vents around the top is important. There is a DIN type multi pin low voltage DC cable that goes between the HX50 modem and the power supply module. This low voltage multi-way cable should stay connected to the modem all of the time. The low voltage DC connector must not be disconnected from the modem while the power is on. If you need to cycle the power, this must be done at the AC mains wall switch.
The mains AC power supply module has input intended for 100 - 240V 50-60Hz (2.0A max) and output of 6.5V 1.3 A and 19.5V 2.85 A.
The use of the base, to hold the modem in an upright orientation is mandatory for cooling.
The 1.2m antenna reflector has a long F/D ratio to give good cross-polarisation performance. The reflector comes in a large square box marked "Fragile" and it needs to be treated as such. Wash your hands before you hold it. When you remove it take care to lift it and not to scrape the edges. I was rather impressed to see that there were 4 ball rod reference points around the periphery of the curved surface. These show that the designers/manufacturers are taking the dimensional accuracy seriously. I have the impression that this dish is probably good for Ka band operation, provided the reflective metal material under the paint surface is smooth and continuous.
I put tight fishing lines across and up and down across the dish. See image. Where the fishing lines crossed in the middle, the lines just touched, with either one on top. This is perfect. I have seen many reflectors with errors of several mm, even straight out of the box. If you ever use a dish with a heavy radio/LNB/BUC amplifier etc do pay attention to the weight and the way it may distort the dish. At 14.5 GHz the rim must be flat to 1.3 mm if possible (1/16th wavelength error at 14.5 GHz). In this case there was 0mm (zero) error as the dish was measured straight out of the box. Brilliant.
The front of the dish has been spray painted with a matt white paint which has a hydrophobic effect. After heavy dew the surface is covered in tiny droplets. The "matt" aspect is good since it reduces the heating of the feed and RF assembly when the sun reflects at around the time of sun noise events, which occur on several days in spring and autumn and for a few minutes on each day. Try not to touch the front surface.
This comes in a cube cardboard box marked 0800-3455 , containing AZ/EL positioner 1.2m 0.8 F/D.
0185-483 Antenna azimuth-elevation-polarisation 3-axis positioner: The 3-axis positioner is a good design, clearly based on many years of experience.
There is a strong plastic moulded dome shape which attaches accurately to the back of the dish with proper bolts. I much prefer this to the giant self tapping screws, as used on some older antennas.
Offset angle: The rear of the plastic dome is angled so as to compensate for the offset angle of the dish and to provide a polarisation adjustment plane at right angles to the beam direction. It is possible to place an inclinometer here, against the vertical metal plate, where the two pairs of the 4 polarisation bolts are located. If you don't have an inclinometer then read about setting elevation angle by measurement.
The beam elevation angle and beam direction remains unchanged even when the entire dish is turned by up to +/- 90 deg polarisation adjustment.
There is an arrow pointer like this < on the rear plate, at the left side, aimed at the polarisation scale. This scale is really good, it is accurate and easy to use and you don't need a magnifying glass to read it! Loosen the four polarisation bolts and rotate the dish to set the required polarisation adjustment angle. Clockwise, while facing towards the satellite, is positive. If you are close to the equator a large polarisation adjustment angle may be required, possibly approaching + or - 90 deg.. This will lead to some strange appearances, as the entire dish may seem to be almost on its side. Don't worry, this is correct. Set the polarisation angle accurately - the scale clearly shows 1 degree intervals. If you are operating with a Eutelsat satellite, add 3.5 deg to the calculated angle before applying it to the polarisation scale.
Rear view of the 3-axis positioner, while facing towards the satellite. The polarisation has been adjusted to +30 deg clockwise. The site is north of the equator and the satellite is in a south-westerly direction.
Rear view of the 3-axis positioner, you are facing towards the satellite. The polarisation has been adjusted to -20 deg anticlockwise. The site is north of the equator and the satellite is in a south-easterly direction.
Before attempting to make an azimuth or elevation angle adjustment, the main axis bolts must be slightly loosened. Some grease on the moving parts won't do any harm, for example between the top of the canister and the rotating plate, and plenty along on the elevation screw. If your intended elevation angle is between 87 and 90 deg (i.e. almost straight up) you may wish to leave out the large flat washer on the main azimuth bolt and also the two outer flat washers on the T bar at the top of the elevation screw. When you are nearing completion of the alignment tighten the very large azimuth axis bolt and then do the final tweaking of the elevation angle last.
0490-662 Elevation screw: The lower end of the elevation screw fits through a U shaped bracket with the two adjuster nuts above or below. There are two possible orientations for the U shaped bracket. Use the lower position normally, so that the outer nut is easily accessible with a spanner, while adjusting the elevation. Use the upper position only if you are operating at a very low elevation angle. If you tighten the main elevation axis bolt, remember to loosen it again if you come back to make a further elevation adjustment. There is no elevation angle scale. Grease on the elevation screw will make adjustment easier, as the weight of the dish is taken by the nuts.
0200-1330 Poly bag hardware kit containing 2 short and 2 long antenna attachment bolts and one larger elevation screw bolt and two big nuts.
4096-662 Instruction manual for 1135 series 1.2m KU RX/TX antenna az/el Eutelsat 3-axis adjuster. The instructions are good.
The pipe or pole interface below the 3-axis positioner is the canister which is intended for a vertical pipe, 2.88 inches or 72 mm outside diameter. The minimum height of the top of the pipe is 18 inches above ground level. The pipe should extend 30 inches below ground level into concrete. The bottom end of the pipe needs to be cut diagonally or to have some metal welded on at the side to prevent it rotating in the concrete. Before pouring concrete check you can see the satellite !
You can use a locally purchased pipe. Think about elevation angles and visibility of satellite before buying the pole and pouring the concrete. Alternatively, you may use a non-penetrating mount. If you have a non-penetrating mount follow the assembly instructions carefully. Some designs involve the lower and upper sets of diagonal braces being joined at the pipe in anticlockwise and clockwise directions to prevent slight pole rotation movement.
1. 0200-1342 Hardware kit to attach the main feed arm to the dish, comprising three nuts/bolts/washers for the three attachments to the dish plus one longer bolt to go sideways through the main feed arm, where the side struts attach. There is only one hole across through the main feed arm, so no chance of incorrect assembly!
2. 0200-1323 This is a grey coloured rectangular plastic spacer, flat on top and with a rounded shape underneath to interface between the main support arm and the outdoor RF unit. It comes with two bolts, washers and nuts for attaching to the round tube of main feed arm.
3. 0176-323 (Quantity 2) Two side struts to hold the main feed support arm. Specific to 1.2m diameter dish with 0.8 F/D ratio. The ends of the rods are flattened. The longer ends go to the reflector.
4. 0183-721 39 deg mode matched feed horn and circular waveguide spacer. This feed is described at "ASSY 39 DEG EUTELSAT FD"
The radiation power pattern of the feed must match the F/D ratio (distance from feed to bottom of the dish versus dish diameter) of the dish so that the power from the feed is best distributed across the dish. The power distribution is a compromise, to achieve acceptable gain and sidelobe pattern simultaneously.
The throat of this feed horn has three internal mode matching slots machined on the inside which cause cross polarisation performance opposite to that generated by the offset-antenna geometry. The net result is superb cross-pol performance of the complete antenna. For this to work properly, the three slots must oriented towards the feed support arm, regardless of the polarisation set. The feed horn comes with a spacer section of tapered circular waveguide, attached to the feed horn at a specific angle. The rear flange rim of the waveguide spacer is marked in two places, at 90 deg to one another, with a single score and a double score marking, 90 degrees apart. The 505 on the feed throat and the single score mark on the rear flange of the spacer must be oriented directly away from the feed arm - regardless of the polarisation required.
The feed comes with a yellow sticker saying "Hazards caused by Electromagnetic fields, Keep away 4 feet (1.2m) from this point"
5. 0176-323 Feed support main arm. This an angled, galvanised steel tube which attaches to the lower edge of the dish. Its length is suitable for the 1.2m diameter dish and 0.8 F/D ratio to meet Eutelsat requirements for cross-pol performance. The feed end of the arm is circular tubing, with two bolt holes.
6. 0200-604 Waveguide hardware kit comprising rubber O ring, silicone grease sealant, 6 waveguide screws, washers, and 7/64th inch hex (Allen) key spanner.
7. 4096-689 12 page instruction manual with diagrams for assembling the 1.2m Ku band TX/RX EUTELSAT NEC INTERFACE ANTENNA FEED SYSTEM. These are good instructions and worth reading. But, on page 10 there is reference to a forward yoke which is not used in this instance. If the forward yoke existed it would help make sure that you have fixed the feed horn/spacer so that the single score mark is away from the feed arm, but it provides scope for +/- 7 deg fine adjustment.
Earthing / Grounding: Note that the three feed support arms and the outdoor RF unit are not joined by metal to the positioner and mounting pipe behind the dish. This in my opinion is a good thing as it prevents stray earth currents from the antenna location to the modem location travelling via the coax cable. For lightning protection I recommend that a lightning earth (ground) cable/rod be attached to the pipe/positioner and that the two coax cables be earthed as they enter the building, with a co-located large diameter earth cable connection to the building earth. The connection of the coax cable outers and the building earth to a real lightning earth is controversial and possibly hazardous and a qualified electrician should be consulted. In buildings using PME the addition of a new earth cable to the real ground may, under fault conditions, provide a path for a very high current from the local neighbourhood and thin cables alone, such as the coax outer braids, from the modem to the lightning ground are a fire hazard.
2 watt outdoor RF assembly: OMT, LNB, BUC and mounting yoke.
The LNB was type INVACOM VSAT LNB&FILTER SPV-3SM with switchable internal reference local oscillator 9.75 or 10.6 GHz for the frequency bands 10.7 - 11.7 GHz (950-1950 MHz in cable) ) or 11.7 - 12.75 GHz (1100 - 2150 MHz in cable). local oscillator switching is done using a 22 kHz tone from the modem, sent up the coax cable. Stability is +/-0.45 MHz and therefore suitable for receiving large bandwidth DVB-S or DVB-S2 type outlink carriers.
Attachment of the feed to the OMT requires special attention regarding nominal polarisation setting at the initial assembly. From your service provider determine what is the nominal polarisation you are to receive before your start assembly. This nominal receive polarisation will be called "horizontal" or "vertical".
Assemble the Feed to the OMT/BUC for the nominal horizontal polarisation. You later rotate the entire complete dish by 90 deg either way if Vertical name receive polarisation is require. Then apply the polarisation angle adjustment amount.
Horizontal nominal receive polarisation is achieved with the single score mark on the spacer flange at the top and the OMT/LNB side arm at the top, away from the feed arm. The polarisation scales on the white BUC yokes read 0 (zero) deg. The image below shows the top view, looking directly downwards.
As shown, the transmit polarisation, from the BUC on the left, is vertical. Receive polarisation is Horizontal. Remember to attach the feed horn with the 505 directly away from the feed support arm.
With the entire dish rotated so that the feed arm is at the bottom centre you are at a Horizontal receive polarisation starting position. For a Vertical polarisation starting position rotte the entire dish 90 deg, one way or the other.
This is a two step process - set to nominal and then apply the adjustment amount (between +/- 90 deg).
First set the nominal receive polarisation. If Horizontal, then the feed arm will be central at the bottom, near the ground (set like the picture above). If you want Vertical nominal receive polarisation then turn the whole dish by 90 deg either way, so that the feed arm is directly at one side or the other. If the intended adjustment amount is + positive then there is some preference that the initial 90 deg adjustment is anticlockwise (as viewed from behind the dish). If the intended adjustment amount is - negative then there is some preference that the initial 90 deg adjustment is clockwise (as viewed from behind the dish).
Having set the nominal polarisation, apply the adjustment amount. if the amount is + positive then turn the dish by that amount clockwise (as viewed from behind the dish). If you started with the feed arm at the bottom centre then the read the scale directly. If you are starting with he feed arm out at one side then note that it is the amount of adjustment movement that matters. The scale numbers will read backwards from 90, so a 30 deg movement will result in scale reading of 60.
The white yoke at the feed end, was attached to the grey metal base plate in focus location = 2. I made a pattern measurement which clearly showed the two first sidelobes so I believe that this focus position is correct.
At the back end of the transmit BUC module are two F connectors marked IFL (inter facility link cable) and AP (antenna pointing). There is a black cover on the AP connector. The IFL (inter facility link cable) is the one to be used for the transmit cable (To SATellite).
The instruction manual 4096-689 for the 1.2m Ku band TX=TX Eutelsat NEC interface antenna feed system, needs to be read with care. Section 3, dealing with polarisation refers to Vertical and Horizontal polarisation - but omits to say that this refers to the transmit polarisation - which is unusual. If in doubt, think: The receive polarisation is defined by the pin inside the rectangular waveguide entering the LNB. If the broad faces of the LNB rectangular waveguide are on either side that is horizontal receive polarisation.
This unit must be mounted on edge as shown using the base provided. If it is oriented horizontally it will overheat and damage. Put it in a safe place where is won't get knocked or pulled down by its cables. Secure the cables if possible but don't bend them sharply. The coax cables should not be attached to walls etc, using evenly spaced clips. Clips, if used ,should be randomly spaced and care taken to avoid crushing the cable at each clip.
If you need to power it on or off use the mains switch, don't pull out the DC cable with the power on.
Initially, prior to commissioning, you must connect a single PC directly. Once commissioned, the modem will have a different IP address and the modem may be used to connect a local area network with many PCs.
The HX modem contains a web site called by entering http://192.168.0.1 into your browsers address bar. This web site has all kinds of information to help you.
In particular there are four key buttons to click on: System Status, Reception Information, Transmission information, System Information. Each of these leads to much more detail, as required.
Many users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will self install. It is not difficult, but it does require that you carefully follow the instructions. If you have problems, call your service provider (Bentley Walker or WAFA) for advice.
Read the http://www.satsig.net/bentley-walker/hn7000s/H7000S-HN7700S-Remote-Terminal-Installation-Guide.pdf ( Warning: this is a 9 Mbytes pdf file so may not be appropriate to download ) This installation guide refers to an earlier version of the modem, but much of the details still apply.
You will need to send the PSN number on the back of your modem and your latitude and longitude and coax cable length to Bentley Walker or WAFA service provider.
Prepare your PC by setting the Local Area network connection properties so that for TCP/IP it will Obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP). Also check that in Internet Explorer proxy server is turned off. Do Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, make sure "Use proxy server for your LAN" is turned off, i.e. blank.
Determine the latitude and longitude of your location using http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm Write down your latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes. e.g. Longitude 3 deg 12 minutes East and Latitude 40 deg 56 minutes North.
It is important to join the DC power supply module to the modem with its multi way DC power cable before switching on at the AC mains supply. In reverse, you must turn off at the AC mains; never disconnect the DC cable between the modem and the power unit while the mains power is on.
Initially leave the BUC transmit cable disconnected at the modem until all dish pointing is finished. Initially have only the LNB coax cable connected to the SAT IN connector. If you have a Horizon meter, connect it into the LNB cable now.
At power on observe that all front panel LEDs light up for a moment, then the Power LED stays on, then the LAN LED comes on if your LAN cable and a PC are connected, and finally the Power LED starts to flash, indicating that the terminal is not yet commissioned.
If not, try ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew and ipconfig /help to try and resolve. Reboot the PC if necessary.
Now try a ping to the modem at 192.168.0.1 If this succeeds you are now successfully communicating with the HX modem. You send a ping by typing ping 192.168.0 1 into a black command prompt DOS window.
Now to configure the HX modem which means putting in the wanted downlink frequency etc.
Access the HX Control Panel web site, which is inside the HX50 modem. Open up your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) and type in the url http://192.168.0.1/fs/registration/setup.html in the Address bar.
Select Manual Commissioning and the form below should appear. Using the paper page of information provided to you by your service provider, type in all the entries exactly and then double check before clicking "save configuration" at the bottom. There is one anomaly. When your receive polarisation is nominal Horizontal your nominal transmit polarisation is Vertical. The displayed transmit polarisation may spontaneously change to a display showing Horizontal. Ignore this 'feature'.
This is where you enter the satellite orbit location, configuration data, like frequency, symbol rate, your site latitude and longitude, LAN parameters etc.
Once the above configuration information is saved, the modem will start trying to receive the outlink (download) carrier to you.
Note that the satellite downlink carrier frequency is the L band cable frequency, as above, into the modem plus the LNB local oscillator frequency. The LNB local oscillator frequency is typically 9750 MHz, 10000 MHz or 10600 MHz depending on the type of LNB and the voltage or 22kHz tone applied. The modem tuning needs setting in 100kHz intervals, i.e. 12345 x 100kHz is the same as 1234.5 MHz.
Point your dish at the satellite. To do this set the polarisation angle on the back of the dish (-90 to +90 deg) and set the elevation putting an inclinometer up/down against on the polarisation arrow < plate. When using an inclinometer the scale may read backwards. Think, when the dish is pointed low down near the horizon the elevation angle is low, like 15 deg. When the dish is pointed high, the up elevation angle increase, ultimately to 90 deg.
If you don't have an inclinometer, don't worry. There are two alternatives.
(2) measure the distance along the elevation screw.
Using a home made inclinometer, beam elevation angle 48 deg, applied directly to the backing plate of the wedge shaped plastic boss.
Once you have pre-set the elevation angle as best you can, swing the dish boldly around the general azimuth direction and your Horizon meter will say satellite found and the modem will show the signal quality. If you miss, go up and down slightly in 3mm steps, on the elevation screw and try again.
Now peak up. This needs skill and care and time - it may take an hour. Do the azimuth first. One suggestion is to put the two nuts about 2 turns loose. Repeatedly swing the dish gently to rest against each nut and measure the low degraded quality on each side, either side of the beam peak. Adjust one nut till exactly the same poor quality is detected on each side. Then wind in both nuts by exactly the same number of turns and flats (1/6ths of a turn). The azimuth will then be in the exact centre.
Now tighten down the large centre azimuth axis bolt. The dish elevation will rise up a little and you may lose the signal temporarily.
Last, peak up the elevation. Wind the outer nut all the way through the beam peak, while counting the turns. Then wind back to the middle. In elevation the weight of the antenna will normally mean there is no backlash.
Make sure now that all aspects of the antenna are tight. If final tightening causes a signal drop re-peak in azimuth and elevation. It may take anything from 1 hour to 1 week to find the satellite and peak up.
You must get the peaking perfect as the transmit beam is narrower then the receive beam. Record your receive signal quality. The scale goes up to 100.
Having finished the antenna, de-power the system using the indoor AC mains switch. Disconnect the Horizon meter (if used) and reconnect the LNB cable. Connect up the transmit cable also. Make sure no one interferes with this dish from this time.
Now phone the hub and tell them you are ready to transmit. Tell them the signal quality factor you measured.
They will say to turn the power on. Now leave alone for ten minutes while the hub commissions your site. It is important not to interrupt the process. You may watch some progress indications, such as download of the latest software files. After a few minutes your terminal will be ready for use.
Your PC should have had DHCP enabled and it will have adapted to the new IP address of your modem, and subnet mask. In my case the modem's new IP address is 10.136.6.161 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.240 If the last number of the subnet mask is 240 and means that you can have 13 IP devices connected. There are in fact 16 IP addresses involved. In this case the first IP address 10.136.6.160 is the subnet identity or name, written like 10.136.6.160/28 (where 28 is the number of masked bits). This name is what you might write on a network diagram against the line. The next IP, 10.136.6.161, is normally used for the gateway (the HX modem in this case) and there are a further 13 IP address available up to 10.136.6.174, for your devices. The final IP address 10.136.6.175 is a broadcast IP address and is not for a specific device. Read here for more details about subnet masks and IP address calculations. So, with a .240 subnet, you can connect up to 13 devices, using a passive hub or switch. You may of course insert a router and expand any of the IP addresses to your own invented private IP address space. You must limit the number of PCs to keep congestion down.
Now access the web site inside the HX50 modem. Open up your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) and type your own specific gateway, in my case http://10.136.6.161 in the Address bar.
You should see a screen that refreshes itself every 15 seconds. It shows the status with four important buttons at the top and provides links to various functions. I suggest you make this page one of your bookmarks / favourites.
Normal web browsing: No problems.
Upgraded Microsoft updates: About 150 Mbytes downloaded. This caused me to exceed 40 Mbyte, so I was then slowed down for a while, but within a couple of hours the 8 hour boundary occurred and the system was back to full speed again.
Downloaded 7 Mbytes log file using ftp. Took 3 min 17 seconds, bit rate 355 kbit/s.
Downloaded 7.5 Mbyte log file using ftp. Took 2 min 1 sec. bit rate 606 kbit/s.
Upload 7.5 Mbytes using ftp: Took 7 min 77 sec, 154 kbit/s. The initial speed was about 400 - 300 kbit/s for perhaps 10 seconds, reducing to steady 160k after about a minute..
Downloaded 10 Mbytes: Started at 450kbit/s for a few seconds, then down to 356 kbit/s steady for 4m 43 sec. Overall 355 kbit/s.
Downloaded 7.2Mbytes: 354 kbit/s 202 sec.
Downloaded a Youtube video and sound (Beatles: and I love her) and 5.6 Mbytes file simultaneously. The ftp download was slowed to 175kbit/s. The video was also about 1/2 speed (3 sec music, 3 sec silence) so it seems this music needed 350kbit/s.
Downloaded 8.1 Mbytes 605kbit/s (at 00:11 am Sunday).
Monday morning 9:30am Downloaded 4.9 and 8.2 Mbytes 256 and 354 kbit/s.
15 Nov. download: 6.6 Mbytes 355 kbit/s.
17: Nov Downloaded 10 Mbytes. 355 kbit/s. Downloaded 4.9 Mbyte pdf file from Codan - slow ?
19 Nov: Downloaded 22 Mbytes ftp 356 kbit/s. Downloaded 18 Mbytes zip file around 500k initially, then gradually downwards to 384 kbit/s.
20 Nov Downloaded 12 Mbytes. 612 kbit/s.
26 Nov Downloaded 10 Mbytes at about 9:30 am speed 305 kbit/s. 10 Mbytes at about 13:00 am speed 302 kbit/s.
This system is evolving to best share out the available capacity.
According to the tariff you have chosen you have various thresholds per 8 hour period.
15 - 297 Mbytes uploaded when speed is reduced to 30 - 45 kbit/s.
45 - 2200 Mbytes downloaded when speed is reduced to 64 - 256 kbit/s.
Every 8 hours you start again and go back to full speed.
Your normal full speeds, the traffic quantities and the reduced speeds are associated with each particular tariff, so you get your fair share, corresponding to what you are paying for.
Download max 512k, typical 256k. 30 GBytes per month. Upload max 128k, typical 30k suitable for 1 - 3 PCs.
Both back to Fast speed every 8 hours.


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Q: How to write a file in AWS S3 bucket during AWS lambda function execution? I've a requirement to generate file's (.docx , .pdf) using docx4j and iText. And end generated documents should be store at S3 bucket using AWS lambda function.
I've tried couple of options but none of the solution works for me. I can able to upload a local file to S3 bucket and write a normal text file to AWS S3 bucket using my java code.
However my require is, firstly I've to create a file path's for (.docx, .pdf) of the desire location i.e. S3 bucket then give a call to my code to generate the files(.docx, .pdf) and save it to S3 bucket.
NOTE: I wish to call my save method (lambda handler) which will directly save files in S3 bucket. Or either way if s3 doesn't allow to save files directly then whats the alternative aws provide to save files locally/temp so later i can  push those temp files into s3 bucket??
If any ever work on this or have an idea how to do that please share their inputs.

A: There are two ways you can do this. First method would be storing the file in /tmp/ first then use the putobject API to upload to s3 specifying the bucket and keyname.
Second method is directly uploading the object to s3 using the same putobject but specifying your object.
The docs for this can be found here
A detailed example of this can be found here


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Each year, the location for the IDNIYRA Championships is rotated between Europe and North America, with the North American location rotating between Eastern, Central and Western Regions. Kingston was determined as a location for the 2015 IDNIYRA Championships due to its location within the North American Eastern Region and its available ice, which is required to be smooth and free of snow.
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Fifth Grade Technology Lessons focus on typing skills development and expense spreadsheets with charts (Qtr.1), coding and logic games (Qtr.2), research (Qtr.3), and presentations (Qtr.4).
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2) In Advance: Teachers - Go to the teacher dashboard and create a 4th Grade Section in Hour of Code (beginner coding activities) and add your students' names.
for your class sections Hour of Code and Course 4. Example.
Print these out for the students to use.
Students: Begin working on the steps to complete your first project.
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1) Students will need to sign up for an account at https://scratch.mit.edu/ .
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The Rocon is a self-contained sensor is employed to sense blades on a target rotor mounted on the driven shaft. The unit operates on a digital principle, the response time being inversely proportional to speed, i.e. the higher the speed the shorter the response time. Switching occurs when the frequency of the blades passing the sensor corresponds to the threshold frequency. On dropping below the threshold the sensor de-activates.
The RoCon® Series 6 complies fully with the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 and the requirements of Category 2 & 3 Equipment. It is suitable for use in Zone 21 & 22 conditions.
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In the event of machine failure the RoCon provides a control signal to stop and protect the machine. Used within single or multiple machine control systems.
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