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Character Series nº 2 - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
(Part II)
As I mentioned in my previous post, LV became one of the masters of guerrilla warfare. In fact, Ian F.W. Becket (in his Encyclopaedia of Gerrilla Warfare) labels him "one of the most sucessful guerrilla leaders in history".
The term guerrilla derives from military activities during the struggle against French occupying forces in the course of the Peninsular War (1807-1814), and literally means "little war". But in my opinion, LV was more than just a sucessful guerrilla leader, since he did not just become engaged in little wars. When the number of his forces allowed it, he faced regular enemy army units in the field, in set piece battles, with uniform sucess.
One of such instances was the Battle of Tanga.
(The Battle of Tanga)
The word "tanga" has a funny double meaning in Portuguese. Over here in Portugal we feel that the politicians are set to give all of us a lot of "tanga", that can be roughly translated as hoodwinking.
But "tanga" was what I can say LV gave the British army, in early November 1914.
The first shots of WWI in German East Africa were fired on the 8th August 1914, by two English light cruisers. They fired at the wireless tower extant at Dar-es-Salam (the Capital) trying to bring her down. They missed every shot, since the tower came out unscathed from the encounter. Faulty gunpowder, maybe...
LV had ordered combat patrols to enter the British territory (British East Africa, modern day Kenya) situated to the north of German East Africa, and operate against the Uganda and Magad Railway. This was the main supply artery of the region, with a length of about 440 miles, wich offered multiple opportunities for disruption of traffic to a bad intentioned opponent - as LV set himself to be. These attacks or at least threat of attacks were sure to draw the attention of large numbers of enemy troops, needed to protect it.
Do not forget that since this guy wanted to "grip the enemy by the throat", the Uganda Railway was very importante strategic objective - and LV readily identified it as such.
And because of that, on 2 November 1914 the British army came knocking at his door, with two cruisers and fourteen transport ships. More precisely, they knocked at the door of the coast city of Tanga, situated about 80 kilometers from the northern border with British East Africa. The landing of the British troops started on 3 November. Our Character ordered the general alarm to be sounded throughout the Colony, since he had only two Askari companies in the neighbourhood. As the fighting began, he kept directing troops to it, as they arrived. This operation was only possible due to the improvised but very efficient supply and transport system they had meanwhile organized - something I think only a German organization could have pulled off at the time.
Our hero considered that the British troops were clumsy to move and were more clumsily led in battle, but he sometimes faced odds of 20 to 1. The number of his Askari troops was a little over 1.000, arriving piecemeal, while the enemy landed between 6.000 to 8.000 soldiers.
On the other hand, LV's troops were raw and had never seen combat before. They several times wavered in combat in a most dangerous way. Do you know what this guy did at such times ? He and other German officers got to the front line, standing and laughing, taunting the Askaris for being afraid of the enemy bullets and enemy numbers. But this way he got what he wanted from them. When ordered to charge with the bayonet, they did it with a vengeance.
And then it was time for the British colonial troops to take to their heels!
The battle was over by 5 November. The British suffered a thorough beating and were forced to retreat in haste back to their transport ships, leaving in the field a lot of weapons and supplies, besides large numbers of dead and wounded soldiers. Those supplies the Germans endeavoured to put to good use, since they were short on every war materiel.
In his book, LV estimates the enemy casualties in the thousands, while his were a little over one hundred. It was noted that the German medical staff treated equally well all casualties, regardless of nationality, and many wounded were set free on parole (a solemn oath given not to fight again in the war) - this gentlemanlike aproach to war became an LV trademark, and assured him many friends among the British after it ended.
This reaction on the German side must have been an unpleasant surprise to the British command, but our Character knew better than to think the determination of this particular enemy might decrease or be affected by it. He knew full well that the British were tough and resilient and started to prepare the follow up. As you can see, at this stage he was still planning and conducting regular military operations, since the number of troops and resources at his disposal allowed it.
But he also knew that this situation could not last for long - and you will also know more about it next Friday.
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The curse of -40 hits Buffalo pilots Devan and Scott on a food mail flight up the Mackenzie Valley when a mysterious rise in oil pressure threatens to destroy one of the C-46's engines. Rookie pilots Andrew and Graeme face the test they've been working toward for years – getting "checked out" as DC-3 co-pilots. And when Jynelle gets pulled back into running Buffalo's cargo operations during her school exams, it's a recipe for a meltdown.


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Treasure Island tolls opposed by TI residents and businesses go to Board of Supervisors Tuesday
Lame duck Board of Supervisors to decide Treasure Island's fate
by Steve Zeltzer
Treasure Island residents should not be forced to bear the heavy financial burden of paying tolls in both directions, to leave and return to their homes. With a potential third toll for the Bay Bridge itself, this could end up costing as much as $13 per day per vehicle!
A proposal to start charging tolls to enter and leave Treasure Island will be considered by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Treasure Island Mobility Management Authority (TIMMA), on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Residents and businesses, who nearly unanimously oppose the plan they claim will price out low-income residents and choke off the businesses' lifeline, have organized an ad hoc coalition and will attend the 11 a.m. hearing to make their concerns known. The meeting will be held in the Supervisors' Chambers, Room 250, City Hall.
Many questions about the plan and the planning process remain:
The proposed tolls, currently scheduled to start in 2021, mostly tax current residents and businesses for transportation improvements they won't see for 10 years or more, and does so in a way that ensures they won't be around to see the benefits they've paid for.
The toll plan is a regressive tax that will be a burden for low-income and middle-income resident families, one that will price them off the island, gentrifying it and turning it into a wealthy, gated bedroom community.
TI residents feel the toll proposal discriminates against them and violates their equal rights as residents of San Francisco. TI is the only neighborhood that would have to pay to go to other neighborhoods in the City and the only one to be charged separately for their public transit options.
The tolls threaten to clear businesses off the island, especially destination ones like the restaurants and wineries. They will have a harder time attracting customers who are adverse to paying more tolls. Vendors, already reluctant to come to TI, will be further put off by tolls, and some have said they will not service TI businesses if they face tolls.
"The tolls are eviction by other means," said Paris Hayes, a 15-year resident of Treasure Island. "The affordable housing being built is a great idea, but when you add the costs of tolls and parking, no low-income families will be able to stay here."
"The tolls are eviction by other means," said Paris Hayes, a 15-year resident of Treasure Island.
Business owners echo these fears and foresee a similar demise. The City and the developers didn't make a real effort to reach out to businesses until the beginning of November. At the called meetings Nov. 2 and 5, a schedule was presented with a final vote about tolls to be held Dec. 11. The business owners' response was to immediately and unanimously oppose the proposal as an existential threat.
When the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) board held one of its few on-island meetings Nov. 14, it faced its largest turnout ever. Every one of the residents and business people who spoke at the hearing voiced complete opposition to the tolls, so much so that the president of the TIDA board noted that her staff and TIMMA should address our concerns before moving forward.
TIDA Director Bob Beck said he would draft a memo with the City Attorney's Office about the possibility of alternative funding sources. We have not heard anything on those issues since then, and yet the proposal is now up for a final vote.
At the TIMMA board's last meeting Nov. 27, even Supervisor Jane Kim, who represents the island, questioned why the plan was moving ahead considering its many uncertainties, ill-defined assumptions and lack of community input.
So the residents and businesses will be asking the Supervisors to postpone the vote on tolls until next year so these matters can be resolved. They will also present a petition opposing the toll proposal signed by more than 1,000 San Francisco residents.
"Given all the project's missed deadlines, and how many warnings of further delays are coming out, we can't see why this has to be decided right now," said Jim Mirowski, owner of Treasure Island Wines. One of the oldest businesses on the island, it was established in 2007.
"Given all the project's missed deadlines, and how many warnings of further delays are coming out, we can't see why this has to be decided right now," said Jim Mirowski, owner of Treasure Island Wines.
"Whose interests does it serve to have a board with so many lame ducks rushing to this decision when the newly elected Supervisors, who will be around to be accountable for its consequences, get sworn in in three weeks. Where are we, Wisconsin?"
Sign the petition supporting Treasure Island residents and businesses
The petition opposing the toll proposal, signed by more than 1,000 San Francisco residents, can be found at https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-vehicle-toll-for-TI-residents.
Steve Zeltzer and the Labor Video Project can be reached at lvpsf@igc.org. Listen to his WorkWeek Radio show every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. on KPFA.
Jim Mirowski
Labor Video Project
low-income and middle-income resident families
Paris Hayes
regressive tax
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Steve Zeltzer
Supervisor Jane Kim
TIDA Director Bob Beck
Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) board
Treasure Island Mobility Management Authority (TIMMA)
Treasure Island Wines
On MLK Day, Black San Franciscans demand new measures to hold the City accountable
Strongest tenant protections in decades begin Jan. 1, 2020

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The Greek hotel industry is coming back as travelers rediscover its charm, beaches and antiquities, but hoteliers realize that numerous challenges remain in the country, especially for domestic operators and investors.
REPORT FROM GREECE—The Greek hotel industry has turned a corner, but there still are many concerns among operators and investors, according to sources.
Domestic banks remain reticent about or are unable to lend money to hoteliers.
"We are starting to stand on our own feet, and in all these very tough years, the only thing to be positive, year after year, is tourism," said Angela Michalopoulou, director general of investments at state investment body Enterprise Greece.
Michalopoulou said Greece's gross domestic product rose 1.7% in 2017, and inbound investment increased by 35%.
Petros Stamatogiannakis, CEO of the Stamatogiannakis Group of Companies, agreed that tourism is the only sector with potential. His company's Oceanos Hotels Group division has 18 hotels in Crete as well as single assets in Mykonos and Sounion, just south of Athens.
Stamatogiannakis Group also manages a recently formed destination management company called Sigma Hospitality Group, which Stamatogiannakis said has potential as tour packages have grown in line with the re-emergence of travel to Greece.
According to STR, the parent company of Hotel News Now, hotel occupancy for all of Greece increased in 2017 by 4.8% year over year to 72.3%, average daily rate increased 7% to €119.74 ($148.07) and revenue per available room increased 12.2% to €86.53 ($107.00).
In Athens, hotel occupancy rose 5.6% to 74.6%, ADR grew 3.9% to €119.33 ($147.56) and RevPAR grew 9.7% to €89.06 ($110.13).
Michalopoulou said several developments have aided Greece's hotel industry, namely infrastructure upgrades. The country has made improvements to 14 regional airports, and a new airport in Crete is due to open later in 2018. Also this year, Greece has begun the partial selloff of its international airports, which includes American and Australian investors. The completion of the freeway between Patras—on the northern coast of the Peloponnese and Greece's third-largest city—and Athens has cut driving time to 90 minutes.
Greece has also unveiled its Golden Visa program for those investing €250,000 ($309,140) or more, and lawmakers have simplified legislation, including regulations pertaining to hotel development, she said. Developments of more than €100 million ($123.6 million) outside of urban areas or projects promising more than 120 jobs have a shorter path to approval.
Finding destinations and debt are two significant concerns in the Greek hotel industry, sources said.
Michael Hay, founder and managing partner of Israeli development firm Vision Hospitality, said "the main challenge is to find sites." Hay said Israeli hotel concerns are now back in Greece after pulling out due to concerns about the direction of the country's politics.
Michalopoulou said finding sites is frustrating, despite the presence of numerous vacancies.
Greece's other important cities also are seeing some development.
Thessaloniki is seeing more travelers from the Balkans, and Patras will see a boost from infrastructure improvements, Michalopoulou said. Marriott International is opening a Moxy property in Patras in partnership with Greek real estate firm Pangaea, and majority owner Invel from the U.K. Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is developing the Greek island of Skorpios, once owned by shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
But for domestic hotel firms, access to debt is far more difficult, Stamatogiannakis said.
Michalopoulou said the European Central Bank is back again and supporting local banks who want to start lending, but Stamatogiannakis said he does not see this capital reaching the hotel industry.
"The ECB is of course providing important funds to Greek banks, but if you are a Greek registered business you have to go through the local banks, and it is a closed system, one not easily opened," Stamatogiannakis said.
On 27 March, the European Stability Mechanism approved an additional €6.7 billion ($8.3 billion) of funds to Greece, which was largely regarded as acknowledgement that Greece is turning itself around in terms of financial responsibility.
Michalopoulou said currently there are 12 hotels in the pipeline in Athens, with the development trend being office conversions. Serviced apartments also are seeing a rise in the city, she added.


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Antifungal activity of a Pinus monticola antimicrobial peptide 1 (Pm-AMP1) and its accumulation in western white pine infected with Cronartium ribicola. 2011. Zamany, A.; Liu, J.-J.; Ekramoddoullah, A.; Sniezko, R. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 57(8):667–679
Available from the Journal's Web site. †
DOI: 10.1139/w11-046
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Pinus monticola antimicrobial peptide 1 (Pm-AMP1) was expressed and purified from bacterial cell lysate and its identity and purity confirmed by Western blot analysis using the Pm-AMP1 antibody. Application of Pm-AMP1 resulted in visible hyphal growth inhibition of Cronartium ribicola, Phellinus sulphurascens, Ophiostoma montium, and Ophiostoma clavigerum 3–12 days post-treatment. Pm-AMP1 also inhibited spore germination of several other phytopathogenic fungi by 32%–84% 5 days post-treatment. Microscopic examination of C. ribicola hyphae in contact with Pm-AMP1 showed distinct morphological changes. Seven western white pine (Pinus monticola Douglas ex D. Don) families (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10) showing partial resistance to C. ribicola in the form of bark reaction (BR) were assessed by Western immunoblot for associations between Pm-AMP1 accumulation and family, phenotype, canker number, and virulence of C. ribicola. There was a significant difference (p < 0.001) in mean Pm-AMP1 protein accumulation between families, with higher levels detected in the full-sib BR families (Nos. 1, 2, 5) than the half-sib BR families (Nos. 6, 7). Family 8, previously described as a Mechanism 'X' BR family, had the highest number of BR seedlings and displayed high Pm-AMP1 levels, whereas the susceptible family (No. 10) showed the lowest levels (p < 0.05). Family 1 showed a significant association between Pm-AMP1 accumulation and overall seedling health (p < 0.01, R = 0.533), with higher protein levels observed in healthy versus severely infected seedlings. In general, low Pm-AMP1 levels were observed with an increase in the number of cankers per seedling (p < 0.05), and seedlings inoculated with the avirulent source of C. ribicola showed significantly higher Pm-AMP1 levels (p < 0.05) in the majority of BR families. Cis-acting regulatory elements, such as CCAAT binding factors, and an AG-motif binding protein were identified in the Pm-AMP1 promoter region. Multiple polymorphic sites were identified within the 5′ untranslated region and promoter regions. Our results suggest that Pm-AMP1 is involved in the western white pine defense response to fungal infection, as observed by its antifungal activity on C. ribicola and a range of phytopathogens as well as through its association with different indicators of resistance to C. ribicola.
Zamany, A.
Liu, J.-J.
Ekramoddoullah, A.K.M.
Sniezko, R.A.
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Q: Having trouble manipulating image size + bootstrap Hey guys I'm at a bit of a loss here.
I'm trying to recreate this web page:

Here's what my result looks like:

I'm having trouble with the image.  I've got it pretty well where I'd like it but I can't seem to get the height to match the reference image.  I figured it would fit nicely into a bootstrap row without needing much css.
Here's my code:

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A: Bootstrap rows have no inherent height. They'll expand to fit whatever you put in them. So, you'll need to set a height or max-height CSS property on your .row.
The other trick is that you want to display the image with a different crop and aspect ratio than its natural state. In other words, you don't want to display the full image, just part of it. You can do this with a combination of  with a
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Q: How to run a function for certain period of time in react-native? I made a counter component using touchableopacity,
What I want to do is keep adding 1 until user holds the button and stop when they leave it,
I also want to just add 1 when user taps the add button.
What I have tried is I started a loop on pressIn with a time interval so the whole process looks good but I couldn't stop the loop on pressout

A: This is resolved,
What I did is onPressIn called my add function inside an interval of 500 and onpressout cleared that interval
Here is the code snippet for better understanding
add = () => {
    this.setState(p=>{
        return{
            ...p,
            number:p.number + 1
        }
    })
}
addLoop = () => {
    this.addInterval = setInterval(this.add,500)
}
stopAdding = () => {
    clearInterval(this.addInterval)
}

and in my touchableOpacity called it like this
onPressOut={this.stopAdding} onPressIn={this.addLoop} onPress={this.add}


The commissioner of this work requested a piece that characterized humankind's ability to overcome personal tragedy, a scenario which often leaves one with a philosophy of serenity. The composer decided to use the analogy of the sequoia, a generic name for the huge redwood trees, particularly the Californian redwood. The remarkable life cycle of these amazing trees involves them dropping seeds to the ground which require heat to open their shells and germinate. The redwood forests are frequently subject to fires which can destroy the mother tree but ironically also provide the impetus for their seeds to spring into life; the trees actually need a disaster to procreate. In a similar way, the human spirit can actually gain from setbacks - we become stronger after adversity. The music falls into sections which can broadly be characterised as doubt, conflict, catharsis, inner calm and, finally, triumph.


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NOPD Investigates Hit-and-Run Fatality in Seventh District
Topics: seventh district, Traffic Fatality/Hit and Run
The NOPD is investigating a hit-and-run fatality that has claimed the life of an adult female Saturday evening (Oct. 16) in the Seventh District.
Suspect Arrested After SWAT Roll in First District
Categories: On Duty
Topics: Criminal Damage, First District, Good Police Work
NOPD officers have arrested Noble Thomas (DOB:10/12/1985) after a SWAT roll that occurred Monday (Oct. 18) in the First District.
NOPD Seeking Persons of Interest for Questioning in Homicide Investigation
Topics: Fourth District, Homicide
The NOPD is seeking assistance in locating two unknown subjects for questioning in the ongoing investigation of a homicide on October 10, 2021 in the 2200 block of Burgundy Street.
NOPD Arrests Suspects on Weapons, Drug Charges in Second District
Topics: Good Police Work, Second District
The NOPD has arrested Joshua Meyers (pictured at top, black male, DOB: 02-08-1990), David Louis IV (pictured at bottom, male, DOB: 03-21-2003) and a 17-year-old juvenile male on drug and weapons charges in an incident on October 14, 2021 at the intersection of General Ogden and Forshey streets.
Subject Wanted for Aggravated Battery in the Fourth District
Topics: Assault/Battery, Fourth District
NEW ORLEANS – The NOPD is requesting the public's assistance in locating Alvin Tucker (pictured; 10/7/81) who is wanted for an aggravated battery incident that occurred October 11, 2021.


Can anyone tell me the processor speed of the ipod classic 7th gen 160gb?
What about the cache, is it 64mb or 32mb?
In addition, I have seen the Toshiba hard drive in ipod classic 7th made in China and Philippine. Is it possible that this hard drive be made in Thailand? I have bad impression on hard drives made in Thailand.
Alex, you can find some of the information on here. Where the HDD was built, that would be up to Toshiba, depends on which of their factories they assigned this task to.


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Day 198 of self-isolation - Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb
Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb
71 deaths and 7143 new cases. It's rising horribly fast. 7143 is the worst number we've ever had. There's a lag between new cases and deaths of 2-3 weeks, and the number of new cases we had then was about 3000. So this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Spain and France are also seeing disappointing numbers.
And the rules are so complicated that even our oven-ready Boris can't get them right. Does it have to be so complicated that people can't understand what they're supposed to do?
I accept that we're in a difficult situation, and we can't do a simple "lock down for everyone" like we did last spring. But how about this.
Set up seven different sets of rules, and make them as simple as possible, These different sets of rules would be for the various situations that can apply in various regions of the country.
So you have defcon 1 (no restrictions) up to defcon 7 (total lockdown). Defcon 2 to 6 would have various restrictions, carefully spelled out on the government web site.
Then you would simply announce "Camberwick Green is now at defcon 3, but will move to defcon 5 from Friday." And there would be an app, and a map on the government web site, that showed the defcon levels for each area. So, if Boris visits Camberwick Green, before he goes he checks out the defcon level, and when he's asked, he can answer using the defcon number, and if anyone wants them explained, he refers them to the government web site.
I'm afraid there's a serious error here. The fire service never featured in Camberwick Green. They were in Trumpton, led by the frustrated Captain Flack who 'never had a real fire' and frequently scolded his team for unnecessarily deploying the hose - 'No, not the hose!'. Firefighting services in Camberwick Green were provided by the soldiers of Pippin Fort under Captain Snort.
I expect that Mr Clamp the greengrocer would make deliveries, probably aided by the fire brigade, and that Miss Lovelace would still be able to walk her Pekes.
drsolly 1 October 2020 at 01:57
My first draft was Trumpton, but I thought that the first five letters might be misunderstood.
Charles Dytham 6 October 2020 at 07:59
Sounds like world beating, oven ready health secretary may be going for a system such as that you suggest.
Apparently, the first thing he does each day is read my blog to find out what he needs to do next.
It's an awesome responsibility.
That would explain it :-)


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package org.opencloudb.cache;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;
import net.sf.ehcache.config.MemoryUnit;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.opencloudb.cache.impl.EnchachePool;

public class EnCachePoolTest {

	private static EnchachePool enCachePool;
	static {
		CacheConfiguration cacheConf = new CacheConfiguration();
		cacheConf.setName("testcache");
		cacheConf.maxBytesLocalHeap(50,MemoryUnit.MEGABYTES).timeToIdleSeconds(2);
		Cache cache=new Cache(cacheConf);
		CacheManager.create().addCache(cache);
		enCachePool = new EnchachePool(cacheConf.getName(),cache,50*10000);
	}

	@Test
	public void testBasic() {
		enCachePool.putIfAbsent("2", "dn2");
		enCachePool.putIfAbsent("1", "dn1");

		Assert.assertEquals("dn2", enCachePool.get("2"));
		Assert.assertEquals("dn1", enCachePool.get("1"));
		Assert.assertEquals(null, enCachePool.get("3"));

		CacheStatic statics = enCachePool.getCacheStatic();
		Assert.assertEquals(statics.getItemSize(), 2);
		Assert.assertEquals(statics.getPutTimes(), 2);
		Assert.assertEquals(statics.getAccessTimes(), 3);
		Assert.assertEquals(statics.getHitTimes(), 2);
		Assert.assertTrue(statics.getLastAccesTime() > 0);
		Assert.assertTrue(statics.getLastPutTime() > 0);
		Assert.assertTrue(statics.getLastAccesTime() > 0);
		// wait expire
		try {
			Thread.sleep(4000);
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
		}
		Assert.assertEquals(null, enCachePool.get("2"));
		Assert.assertEquals(null, enCachePool.get("1"));
	}

}

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Mills of the Vendee
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Restaurants Marais Olonne
Attractions Marais Olonne
The Marais Olonne lies North of Les Sables d'Olonne and is one of a string of salt marshes or Marais Salant which can be found all down the Atlantic coast from Guerande north of the Loire to the Ile d'Oleron in the Charente Maritime. It is an area of outstanding interest to naturalists and an important resource for the local fishing industry. Continuing north from Les Sables d'Olonne to just south of Brem-sur-Mer and centred around the village of Ile d'Olonne, the Marais Olonne takes in the communes of La Bureliere and La Salarie with the rivers Auzance and Vertone running through it.
In the Roman era this area (Gulf d'Olonne) was covered by the sea with the off shore islets of Vertone running from what is now La Chaume northwards to the mouth of the River Vertone at la Gachere. Gradually the gulf silted up and the islets were stabilised with the planting of pine trees forming the 'foret d'Olonne'. At this time the Romans visited what was then then port of Olonne-sur-Mer to collect salt, which was so important for food preservation. Through the Middle-Ages the marshes developed with the area being of importance, for fishing as well as salt production. It was attacked by the Vikings and Normans as well as pirates and other nations who were all after the "white Gold" as salt was referred to.
Modern methods of producing and refining salt saw the trade fall into decline and all but disappear leaving the marshland to be used primarily for fishing. There has however been a resurgence in the interest in salt from the Marais due to a combination of the flavour and quality of the salt and an interest from holiday makers. Some 10 years ago the local community bought and renovated two marshes specifically to rent to new young "sauniers" (salt producers), in an effort to regenerate the industry.
Possibly the most important feature of the Marais Olonne is its natural habitat where unique flora and fauna flourish, with the sheltered saline waters being home to plants like Salicorne, obione and soude. The rich marine life is very important for both the many species of bird that live and breed on the Marais, and the thousands of waders and other migratory birds that stop off here in the late autumn on their way south.
Bird Observatory. Just outside the town in the direction of Olonne-sur-mer is a wooden bird observatory with an tremendous view over the wetlands. It is reported that some 180 different species of bird have been observed here. During July and August there are organised visits with telescopes provided though you can visit at any time of the year. Open July-August daily from 9.30 to 18.00 further details Tel. 02 51 33 71 79
The best way of seeing all that the marais has to offer is to walk, cycle, on horseback or by boat, the following list are places where you can hire boats and Bikes
Canoes:
L'Ile d'Olonne. Base Canoes de l'Auzance. Rue du Courroux. L'Ile d'Olonne
Tel. 06 62 41 95 90. April to September.
Website.www.canoe-auzance.e-monsite.com
Olonne. Base de Canos les Loirs. Tel. 02 51 90 75 45.
Les sables d'Olonne. Base de Canoes les Salines, 120 route de
l'Aubraie. Tel. 02 51 21 01 19.
Bike Hire: From the Tourist office l'Ile d'Olonne.
Veloo de la Foret.19 ru de la Foret, Olonne-sur Mer Tel.0610 52 42 59
Veloo de la Foret.Boulevard de L'Ile Vertima. Les Sables d'Olonne
Veloo de la foret. La Pilniere. Olonne-sur-Mer. Tel. 06 10 52 42 59
Cycles Evasion. 32, rue Alcide Gabaret. Tel. 02 51 20 15 64.
Holiday Bikes. 66 Prom. Georges Clemenceau. Tel. 02 51 32 64 15.
Chemin du sel Horse driven carriage rides that stops at each of the main attractions and you have a guided tour. The tours are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays in July and August and can be booked from the tourist office in the town.


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Protect your crane and your building by installing a spring, hydraulic or rubber long travel bumper that meet legal requirements.
Where long travel brakes are used, typically on DC powered cranes, these brakes can be arranged for cab or floor operation. Components to refurbish or replace include electric and hydraulic shoes, DC spring sets, discs and release mechanisms.


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Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet (24 February 1665/66 – 7 January 1748), of Bekesbourne and Brymore in Kent, was an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1747.

Hales was the eldest son of Thomas Hales of Howletts, Bekesbourne and his wife Mary Wood, daughter of Richard Wood of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.

He was baptised on 1 March 1665/66 at Saint Peter's, Bekesbourne, Kent, England

He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1683 and subsequently travelled abroad in France. His father died in 1692, and in December 1693, he inherited the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather Sir Robert Hales, who had been created a baronet at the Restoration.

Hales was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Kent at the first general election of 1701. He topped the poll in a contest at the second general election of 1701 and was returned unopposed at the 1702 English general election. He did not stand in 1705.  He stood for Nottinghamshire at a by-election in June 1711, but was unsuccessful.

At the 1715 British general election Hales was returned as Whig MP for Canterbury and was then rewarded with an appointment to the commission for forfeited estates with a salary of £1,000 a year. He supported the Administration, except in 1719, when he voted against the Peerage Bill. He was re-elected for Canterbury in 1722 and 1727. Hales voted for the excise bill and at the 1734 British general election, he was defeated in the poll, but was returned on petition on 11 April 1735. He was defeated at the 1741 British general election and was not returned until a by-election on 23 January 1746. He was defeated at the 1747 general election and did not stand again.

Hales married Mary Pym (d. 1729), daughter of Sir Charles Pym, 1st Baronet of Brymore, in 1688, and their children included:
 Sir Thomas Hales (c. 1694–1762), who succeeded to the baronetcy
 Mary Hales, who married Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet (d. 1728), of Goodneston
 Catherine Hales, who married Edward Cook of Canterbury
 Anne Hales
 Elizabeth Hales, who married (first) Benjamin Lethiemillier of East Shen and (second) Charles Pyott of St. Martin's
His younger brother Stephen Hales was a curate who became a famous scientist, inventor and philanthropist.

References

External links
 Hales genealogy
 England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 @ FamilySearch
 Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms Image @ Findmypast
Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)

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1666 births
1748 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Whig (British political party) MPs
English MPs 1701
English MPs 1701–1702
English MPs 1702–1705
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Jabhat al-Nusra is a Salafist fighting group in Syria, formed in July 2011 as the initially unofficial Syrian wing of al Qaeda in Iraq and allied with - but rejecting the perceived pro-West constraints on - the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The group is also called al-Nusra Front (Arabic: جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام Jabhat al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham, meaning: "The Support Front for the People of the Levant [Greater Syria]") and bears the flag shown at right.  Generally considered one of the most effective and best-supported groups in the struggle against Syria's government (sometimes called "Syria's Best Rebel Fighters"), they became infamous for gross violations of Human Rights and were listed by the United States as a terrorist organization - in fact, as a different name for the organisation also known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq - in December 2012. More than one and a half years later on June 3, 2014, Turkey, often-accused of aiding al-Nusra, finally designated the group a terrorist organization as well. According to some reports, only two weeks later it was removed from the list of terrorist organizations again. As late as October 25, 2015, the Israeli cabinet declared the Nusra front and ISIS terrorist organisations. In late July 2016 the group changed its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and formally split from al Qaeda. In late January 2017 it merged with other Islamist groups into Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham under unified leadership.
7.2.2 Created by the Syrian Government?
A January 2013 "strategic briefing" by Noman Benotman and Roisin Blake of the anti-extremist think-tank Quilliam Foundation gives a quite detailed report of origins, goals and strategy of the organization. In February 2013 a leading Jihadi internet forum produced a "comprehensive strategy for Syria" paper in a collaborative effort which mentions Al-Nusra several times as "our brothers on the ground" and shines further light on ideology, goals and strategy. It was translated into English by Cole Bunzel of the monitoring site "Jihadica" in late February.
Contrary to groups like the FSA, the fall of the Assad government is only a short-term goal for al-Nusra, while the end-goal is to establish an Islamist caliphate in all of what they call Bilad al-Sham (The Land of Sem) - not the modern Republic of Syria in its present borders - but basically the whole Levant including Jordan, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine and the present Turkish province of Hatay (ar: Iskandaroun). This caliphate would eventually encompass the whole Muslim world.
Jabhat al-Nusra is against democracy on principle, claiming that it is God and not mankind, who is the supreme authority. The people in a Muslim country, for example, does not have the right to oppose the introduction of Shari'ah laws. But the organization can accept elections inside an Islamic system provided that non-Muslims do not have a say, except in their own internal affairs.
The organization's problem with the Assad regime has thus nothing to do with democracy or freedom. The main problem is that this regime is secular and dominated by an apostate sect that should be put to death. The fact that Syria's population is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim compounds this problem. al-Nusra's mother organization "The Islamic State of Iraq" (al-Qaeda in Iraq), however, have the same line although Iraq has a Sunni minority. The schism of late 2013 between Al Nusra and ISIS, which had by then developed out of "The Islamic State of Iraq", was primarily about leadership and methods, with ISIS refusing to follow orders of formal al-Qaeda head Zawahiri.
"Allah knows what will happen to them. There is a difference between the basic kuffar [infidels] and those who converted from Islam. If the latter, we must punish them. Alawites are included. Even Sunnis who want democracy are kuffar as are all Shia. It's not about who is loyal and who isn't to the regime; it's about their religion. Sharia says there can be no punishment of the innocent and there must be punishment of the bad; that's what we follow."
The group has been identified as involved in a number of heinous and criminal acts across Syria, with a handy partial list at the Wikipedia page. Jabhat Al-Nusra was one of the few groups to explicitly refuse recognizing UN envoy Brahimi's late October Eid Al-Adha cease-fire proposal, to which both the government and the FSA agreed. The cease-fire was shattered almost immediately by, among other things, terrorist car bombings in Damascus thought to be carried out by the Front. They have claimed responsibility for a vast majority of the car bombings, suicide and otherwise, that have been carried out so far in the Syrian war.
Jabhat Al-Nusra has been especially active in and around Syria's largest city of Aleppo in the north. They documented themselves executing dozens of army soldiers there in September, 2012. They later declared a "no-fly zone" over Aleppo, threatening to shoot down commercial airliners if they felt they carried weapons. They've been blamed for the Aleppo University Attack of Jan. 15, 2013 (perhaps in part to help underscore the importance of their "no-fly zone"). They were blamed by some for the Queiq River Massacre, in which some 80 or more local men and boys were executed and found in a rebel-held stretch of the Queiq river in Aleppo in January, 2013.
These are examples, and nothing like a comprehensive list.
There is a widespread but not necessarily true belief that Syria's rebels turn or will turn to Islamic extremist groups like Jabhat Al-Nusra, due to a lack of Western support, a mangled "Jihad vs. McWorld" conception. The young boy in Syria seen at left, partaking in an early December demonstration in Isqat (far north), apparently understands the perceived problem (unless he didn't really make the sign).
However, it's entirely conceivable, to put it mildly, for the opposition in whole to take the support of both the West and the Jihadists, and use them together for an end more in line with the goals of one side or the other. All the talk of balance might be nothing more than a clever opposition playing supporters off against each other to accelerate a competition of support they can reap profitably on both ends.
The State Department confirmed earlier accusations that Jabhat Al-Nusra was a direct offshoot of Al Qaeda in Iraq.  One of its more prominent members killed in fighting in January, 2013, was claimed by Jordanian Salafists as a brother-in-law of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, AQI's onetime leader.
"There is nothing wrong with fighting in the name of Islam," said the coalition leader, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, a moderate imam, in his speech to assembled ministers and diplomats. He requested the Americans to reconsider their decision.
Turkish officials reportedly complained on January 17 that the front should not have been declared terrorists until after the war was over.
This ironic set of statements came as the Turks planned another enabled border-crossing at Ras Al-Ayn, with Al-Nusrah jihadists driving tanks into the Kurdish town once again on the 18th, , and at the same time Turkey arrested 15 prominent lawyers and human rights activists under counter-terrorism laws, allegedly as part of a crackdown on some leftist group.
The relationship between JaN and the ostensibly rival sectarian-Salafist group Islamic State/ISIS/Daesh - disowned even by al-Qaeda - is complex and not covered much here yet. Soon after its appearance, by November 2013, Daesh was picking fights with JaN and they fought, as if to clarify the point that they were not allies. But consider that on many other occasions, they have freely cooperated in offensives including, for example, the one that yielded the August 2013 Latakia Massacres (some Islamist FSA brigades were also involved there).
Whatever the true relation, it's important how the world and its leaders see the relationship. In some ways, the alarming rise of ISIS sharpened awareness of the general problem of extremist groups proliferating amidst the regime-change campaign. But in the long run, the emergence of this brutal faction with alarming successes has made it, to a large extent, so that any group can be seen as acceptable just by not being ISIS.
At the end of July, 2015, the U.S.-trained and supported anti-ISIS "Syrian insurgent group" Division 30 - the one famously comprising about 60 members - came under attack by Jabhat al-Nusra instead, just days after entering Syria. First they captured the group's leader and another commander plus six soldiers, then launched a military assault on them that required US airstrikes to cover their retreat. No rebels came to their aid. The Times reports current and former senior administration officials considered it "a significant intelligence failure."
The accepted sponsorship theory being, like any terrorist organization, Jabhat al-Nusra gets its support from ideologically-aligned private donors and volunteers, and other non-state sources. Presumptively, no responsible government on the face of the Earth would openly embrace an official branch of al Qaeda. So, the "alternate" sponsorship theories will be mainly or totally accusations that certain governments or blocs of them are in fact consciously behind the group or at least its curious success.
The basic evidence is that Al-Nusra Front, other Al Qaeda and other Salafist Sunni groups and rigades in Syria, are working against the secular Syrian state. In this they are directly supported, most people understand, by elites from the Persian Gulf monarchies, Erdogan's Islamist Turkish government, at one time by Morsi's in Egypt, and by Libya's post-Gaddafi non-government. Despite being listed technically as terrorists by the United States, it and its allies indirectly support al-Nusra in Syria in various ways, including allowing its aforementioned allies to continue their support.
But as awareness increased of how obnoxious the group is, the mouthpieces of the groups' supporters often turned to alternate theiories in which the terrorists are supported by or even created by the Syrian government and its allies, pretty much to make the opposition look bad, it seems. And no one was able stop them from looking bad, the plan was so clever.
Daily Star, Feb. 8 2014 Iran assisting Al-Qaeda operations in Syria: U.S.
"The Iran-based Al-Qaeda network has also leveraged an extensive network of Kuwaiti jihadist donors to send money to Syria via Turkey," the Treasury added.
Business Insider, February 1: Why Is (sic) Iran Letting A Top al Qaeda Operative Pump Fighters And Cash Into Syria? Al-Jazeera video report, picture of Mr. Suri (wanted, $10 million reward), and speculation that Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani "is personally handling Iran's extensive contributions to the Assad regime and has allowed al Qaeda operatives a degree of freedom in Iran since several arrived after 9/11." But the writer, Michael Kelly, acknowledges "[The] reported arrangement is puzzling, given Iran's staunch backing of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."
"Yasin al-Suri" is a pseudonym for Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil (Wikipedia). Al-Suri, as with Abu Musab al-Suri, seems to mean "the Syrian," as Al-Libi means "the Libyan." Thus, the two prominent al-Suri men are presumably unrelated, and look nothing alike. This one, the Wikipedia article says, has had his reward bumped up to $10 million (becoming one of only three global suspects in that category). It cites a State Dept. briefing as the source for Iran's denial of the "completely baseless" reports that Al-Suri is working with them or is even in Iran. But it's impossible to prove a negative like that, so true or not, if Treasury keeps saying it, it will remain widely accepted as true or, at least, eminently credible.
Created by the Syrian Government?
Any attempt at identifying al-Nusra Front with the revolution is supported by the way facts on the grounds are pushed to that direction. The regime has always been doing that so that it could establish al-Nusra as the only available alternative in case the Syrians decide to demand change.
Today the facts that are being revealed prove that the Syrian regime has to be toppled as soon as possible. Among those facts is the way the regime used al-Nusra and similar groups in its conflict with the Syrian people in the 1970s and 1980s as well as in its regional wars, especially with militant networks in Iraq, throughout the past decade. Now it is back to the same strategy through creating of al-Nusra the only opposition faction. Add to this the return of the militants previously sent to Iraq to fight the Syrian regime together with other fighters from Iraq and other countries.
The model of al-Nusra has always served the Syrian regime's ends and which always revolve around stripping the conflict of its political dimension.
An awful lot of people who seem opposed to the government (regime) have been suckered, if Mr. Al-Amin is the slightest bit correct. All other evidence suggests he is not.
One background claim that will play into these accusations is the widely-believed claim that Bashar Assad's government had supported al Qaeda in Iraq when it was fighting American troops, and similar claims that came in especially over the years 2007-2009.
The ranks of Al Qaeda have been fattened in the past three years, once again with Saudi recruits. More than 1,000 Saudis are currently training in a Qaeda camp in Syria, which itself is the subject of contentious negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Syrians, who still refuse to arrest them or shut down the camp. Young Saudi men are also training in Al Qaeda camps in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
Baghdad, 7 Dec. (AKI) - Former al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (photo) was approached by Syrian intelligence services to collaborate with them before he was killed in Iraq, according to a former al-Qaeda operative. "The late al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, rejected a collaboration offer advanced by Syrian secret services," said Shahada Jawhar, former head of terrorist training for al-Qaeda.
Jawhar revealed the collaboration offer and other details of the internal operations of al-Qaeda in Iraq, in an interview with TV network, al-Arabiya, to be telecast on Friday night. "The secret services sent a mediator who met Zarqawi in 2006 outlining the possibility of obtaining any kind of help, but Zarqawi rejected the offer because he didn't want to fight the Americans for the political interests of Syria," he said. Jawhar said Zarqawi wanted only to defend Jihad, while the Syrians wanted to put pressure on the Americans and avoid opening a new front in the war in their country.
Abu Musab al-Suri had been held in Syria for six years after being captured by the CIA in 2005 and transported to the country of his birth under its controversial extraordinary rendition programme.
But he is now said to have been released as a warning to the US and Britain about the consequences of turning their backs on President al-Assad's regime as it tries to contain the uprising in the country.
Al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, was al-Qaeda's operations chief in Europe and has been accused of planning the London bombings, in which four British-born terrorists detonated three bombs on the Underground and another on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 others in 2005.
In a move that has never been officially confirmed, the Americans then reportedly turned him over to Syria where he had been held for the past six years in the Aleppo prison, on its border with Turkey.
Quoting local sources, Syrian opposition website Sooryoon.net revealed al-Suri's release last week.
It said: "The timing of his release raises a lot of questions and observers believe the release may indicate the regime is stopping security co-operation with the Americans and thus releasing all those Washington considers a threat to its interests." So it's not even certain he ever was handed over to Syria, but presuming he was, reports say he was free by then, on government order. But that's not proven either. And even if it was so, and could be, is this something they decided on just as a "warning," or perhaps as part of some prisoner swap with rebel forces? Those were at the time taking civilians prisoner in drioves in the city of Homs. In fact just as this report came out, 138 apparent male prisoners were killed by rebels in the Khalidiya Massacre. That's a little late to explain this particular release as, say, a prompt (the women and younger children go next, unless...). But it seems likely that stiff negotiations of some type were going on in those particular days. A war with two sides has been unleashed there, and while one side can be imagined to support and use al Qaeda, the other side to some extent is al Qaeda, and this move managed to free a prominent one of their own.
These basic allegations were "confirmed" in July 2012 by a defecting ambassador, Nawaf Fares. CNN, July 15: Ex-Syrian ambassador calls for foreign military intervention, tells the whole truth and nothing but to justify it. Right?
That is, virtually every force on the battlefield will need to overcome by something that, obviously, doesn't exist yet. And it's had three years to try and exist.
As for ISIS' behavior, there are much simpler explanations that do not require resort to conspiracy. One need only look at its name to see what its agenda is and the problems therein: Islamic State. ISIS does not merely consider itself a group (jamaat) or faction (faseel). It believes foremost in the setting up of an Islamic state as the basis for a Caliphate that should encompass the entire world.
Abdulmuhassan Abdullah Ibrahim al-Sharj (AKA Sanafi al-Nasr ), wanted Saudi AQ affiliate and recruiter who moved with the group to Syria from the Afghanistan-Pakistan area.
Abdullah Suleiman Salih al-Dhabah, (AKA Abu Ali al-Qasimi),Saudi national, on Saudi Arabia's list of most-wanted AQ members, , waged jihad in Pakistan and Afghanistan before going to Syria, arriving as early as 2011. Killed in the city of al-Bab in Aleppo by a rocket from a MiG plane, SITE said, citing online messages posted by Islamists on Jan. 18.
On September 28, Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain observed in a deconstruction of media reports about the group that "once it served its purpose of justifying the start of the bombing campaign in Syria, the Khorasan narrative simply evaporated as quickly as it materialized."
It later surfaced that a main target of those strikes has been a French agent "highly trained in Western intelligence trade-craft and explosives" who defected to the Nusra Front. Apparently the man survived the attacks.
In an Al Jazeera interview in May 2015, Al-Nusra leader Golani said that while there are fighters from Khorasan (a historical name for a region of Central Asia including most of modern Afghanistan) in his organization, there is no such thing as a "Khorasan group" which has only been an invented pretext for the bombing campaign.
According to the Pentagon the alleged head of the group has been killed by an air strike in Aleppo countryside in mid-October 2015.
On July 28, 2016, Nusra Front leader al-Jolani announced in his first public appearance that his organization will split from al-Qaeda and change their name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Levant Liberation Front. On the same day, al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri released an audio message in which he gave his blessings to the split if useful for the unity of Islamist fighters in Syria. The changes will not affect the designation of the group as a terrorist organization, according to statements released by both Russia and the US.
Around Aug. 1, 2016, one of Syria's al-Nusra Front commanders appears on CNN to tell why the group has changed its name and split off from al Qaeda - video . The video has since disappeared, but is on CNN website after a commercial.
In this Orient News video (English captions), in the first 7 minutes they state what are they up to; appear to present themselves as similar to any other group and limit themselves to Syria. Published on Jul 28, 2016, and contains the first sighting of the leader.
Following infighting in Idlib province, in late January 2017 JFS merged with some other groups like the notorious Noureddine Al-Zenki into Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham, while their opponents consolidated under the banner of Ahrar Al-Sham.
According to sources, displaying an image with some US State Department announcement in Arabic (example), 'US declared the morphed group a terrorist organization' on March 11, 2017. In early May 2017, the State Department told Canadian media that the March statement was a mistake, has been corrected to "al Nusra Front" and that HTS is, while closely affiliated, not a designated terrorist organization.
US State Department official list has al-Nusra (ANF), does not have Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), as seen on the web on May 15, 2017. There is a reward for the leader, with reward text (May 10, 2017) stating that he remains the leader of ANF.
By late Summer 2017, after HTS won a "civil war" against Ahrar Al-Sham with many defections to them following, the Russians estimate the manpower of HTS at around 15,000, the majority of 9,000 of them in the Idlib pocket.
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham's income and resources Christiaan Triebert and Rao Kumar, Hate Speech International, August 15, 2016. This gives some details on "key income flows, including taxation and tariffs, spoils of war, ransoms, donations, oil, looting and asset seizure, and sieges and smuggling" - what JaN/JFS taxes and charges people for, where they seized the most weapons, how much they've collected in ransom money (many millions, mostly paid by Qatar), etc.
↑ "An interview with Jabhat al-Nusra", Economist (May 23rd 2013). Retrieved on August 13, 2013.
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The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy
Fumio Hayashi, Edward C. Prescott
Issued in March 2006
NBER Program(s):Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
The question we address in this paper is why the Japanese miracle didn't take place until after World War II. For much of the pre-WWII period, Japan's real GNP per worker was not much more than a third of that of the U.S., with falling capital intensity. We argue that its major cause is a barrier that kept agricultural employment constant at about 14 million throughout the prewar period. In our two-sector neoclassical growth model, the barrier-induced sectoral mis-allocation of labor and a resulting disincentive for capital accumulation account well for the depressed output level. Were it not for the barrier, Japan's prewar GNP per worker would have been close to a half of the U.S. The labor barrier existed because, we argue, the prewar patriarchy, armed with paternalistic clauses in the prewar Civil Code, forced the son designated as heir to stay in agriculture.
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El Estado de Mysore era un estado independiente dentro de la Unión de la India existente desde 1948 hasta 1956 con Mysore como su capital. El estado se amplió considerablemente en 1956 cuando se convirtió en un estado de lengua kannada lingüísticamente homogénea, dentro de la Unión de la India. Su nombre se cambió en 1973 a Karnataka.

Historia

El Reino de Mysore era uno de los tres estados principescos más grandes dentro del antiguo imperio británico de la India. Una vez que la India obtuvo su independencia en 1947, el maharajá de Mysore firmó el instrumento de adhesión que incorpora su reino con la Unión de la India el 15 de agosto de 1947. Los territorios del antiguo estado principesco de Mysore se reconstituyeron como un estado dentro de la India.

En 1956, el Gobierno de la India llevó a cabo una reorganización completa de los límites estatales, basada en el principio de la lengua compartida. Como resultado se promulgó el Acta de Reorganización de los Estados Indios el 1 de noviembre de 1956, por medio de la cual los distritos de habla kannada de Belgaum (excepto Chandgad taluk), Bijapur, Dharwar, y el Canara del Norte fueron transferidos del estado de Bombay al de Mysore. Los distritos de Bellary, Canara del sur y Udupi fueron transferidos del estado de Madrás y los distritos de Koppal, Raichur, Gulbarga y Bidar del estado de Hyderabad. También el pequeño estado Coorg fue agregado al estado de Mysore, convirtiéndose en un distrito de este. Aquellas áreas que hablaban el idioma kannada se unificaron por lo tanto en un solo estado. Como una gran parte de este nuevo estado comprendía el territorio del reino de Mysore, el nombre "Mysore" se mantuvo como el nombre del recién creado estado hasta que pasó a denominarse Karnataka el 1 de noviembre de 1973.

Véase también
 Estados nativos de la India
 Integración política de la India
 Historia territorial de la India
 Mysore

Referencias

Estados y territorios desaparecidos de India
Karnataka


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Q: How do I change the class of a  that has an ID? I have a tabbed page in a web app where I could filter restaurants through a budget and cuisine, and the results are tabbed by meals, snacks, and drinks.
My tabs are basically buttons with their respective windows just below them.
This is the code for my tabs:

                <button href="#filterTab" data-toggle="tab" class="btn meals-tab">MEALS</button>

                <button href="#filterTab" data-toggle="tab" class="btn snacks-tab">SNACKS</button>

                <button href="#filterTab" data-toggle="tab" class="btn drinks-tab">DRINKS</button>

My buttons have an href to one div that will show the content which has this as the code:

My tabs are color-coordinated and what's happening is when I click on any tab, the background color of the tab-content doesn't change to the color of the tab. It's because the

only has the class meals-tab-box when I want it to change to snacks-tab-box or drinks-tab-box whenever their corresponding buttons are clicked. (The *-tab-box CSS only have differing background colors in them)
Is there a way through Javascript to change classes of a div when referenced?

A: You can use the show event of the tabs widget and try something like
jQuery(function ($) {
    $('#tabs').tabs();
    var $filterTab = $('#filterTab');
    var $filterBtns = $('#tabs').find('button[href="#filterTab"]');
    var filterClasses = $filterBtns.map(function () {
        return this.className.match(/[^\s]+-tab/) + '-box'
    }).get().join(' ');
    $filterBtns.on('show', function (e) {
        var $btn = $(e.target),
            clazz = e.target.className.match(/[^\s]+-tab/) + '-box';
        var clazz = $filterTab.removeClass(filterClasses).addClass(clazz);
    })
});

Demo: Fiddle

A: If you can use jquery, you could manipulate it like this for example:
$('.tab li').removeClass('selected');
$('#selectMeals').addClass('selected');

A: You can catch and handle the tabs events of Bootstrap so:
$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown.bs.tab', function (e) {
  e.target // activated tab
  e.relatedTarget // previous tab
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Anomalous periodicity in superpositions of localized periodic patterns
Omer Amit, Or Dobkowski, Zhifan Zhou, Yair Margalit, Yonathan Japha, Samuel Moukouri, Yigal Meir, Baruch Horovitz, Ron Folman
Interference between overlapping periodic patterns gives rise to important phenomena, such as Moiré fringes, appearing when the patterns have different periods or orientations. Here we present a novel phenomenon, applicable to both the classical and quantum regimes, where two one-dimensional localized periodic patterns with the same period interfere to create fringes with anomalous periodicity. We analyze the effect theoretically and demonstrate it with atomic matter waves. When a central parameter of the system is scanned continuously, we observe a discontinuous but piecewise-rigid periodicity of the resulting fringes. We show that this is a universal phenomenon that emerges from a superposition of two spatially shifted localized periodic patterns of any source or nature when they interfere with a global phase difference. The rigidity of the spectrum becomes even more robust for a coherent superposition of non-overlapping wavepackets, although the conventional interferometric visibility drops to zero. The effect is expected to appear in space and time, as well as in the momentum distribution of quantum particles.
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Amit, O., Dobkowski, O., Zhou, Z., Margalit, Y., Japha, Y., Moukouri, S., Meir, Y., Horovitz, B., & Folman, R. (2022). Anomalous periodicity in superpositions of localized periodic patterns. New Journal of Physics, 24(7), [073032]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac7cff
Amit, Omer ; Dobkowski, Or ; Zhou, Zhifan et al. / Anomalous periodicity in superpositions of localized periodic patterns. In: New Journal of Physics. 2022 ; Vol. 24, No. 7.
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The Global Economy in the New Decade
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Economic upheavals in modern global history have often been succeeded by promising periods of reinvention and revival. The devastations of the Great Depression of 1929 and the World War II were followed by several decades of prosperity in the Western world driven by Keynesian ideas of counter-cyclical government interventions. The oil shock and stagflation of the 1970s introduced the world to the neoliberal ideas of free market that eventually lifted millions out of poverty. Similarly, as the fault lines of deregulation within the model resulted in the global financial crisis of 2008, there was an expectation that nations would move towards more social democracy. Instead, the last decade has witnessed bailouts for the corporates and banks, on one hand, and austerity for the people, on the other. As we enter a new decade, the question remains whether the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic will herald a renewed economic thinking that has been long overdue.
There can be little disagreement that the global economy, and economics in general, are in dire need of fresh ideas. In the latter half of the previous decade (2016-19), global real wage growth has fluctuated between 1.6 percent and 2.2 percent as per International Labour Organisation (ILO) statistics. When China is excluded from the sample, the range falls between 0.9 and 1.6 percent. During this period, average global GDP growth fluctuated between 2.3 percent and 3.3 percent. This implies that the labour share in global income has been declining. In fact, the real wages have been barely keeping pace with the contribution of the labour to the overall output. The ILO estimates show that if both real wages and labour productivity are assumed at 100 two decades ago in 1999, the latter would be at 122 in 2019 while the former would merely be at 114.
The implications of these trends range from economic to political. When the rise in real wages falls behind output growth and productivity numbers, it implies that capital owners are commanding a larger share of the pie. Consequently, the sections in society that can afford to invest in capital assets can accumulate income and wealth at a faster pace. As the focus on development remains on aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, these underlying trends of growing inequality remain unnoticed until they surface in different and dangerous ways. The previous decade has been replete with such outcomes on the political front. The general feeling of discontentment with the prevailing economic order led to the emergence of populist leaders like Donald Trump in the Global North to Jair Bolsonaro in the Global South. The growing sentiments of othering and polarisation over the last decade are outcomes of the lack of economic betterment among the masses.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the situation. The economic shock caused due to the lockdowns is estimated to leave over 100 million people in developing countries on the verge of extreme poverty. The social discontentment from such an outcome will be exponentially worse than anything that the world has experienced in recent times. Thus, the manner in which the global economy handles the aftermath of the pandemic will determine the course of the new decade.
The pandemic has also reminded the world of what matters and where the possible solutions lie. First, it has underscored the importance of the competent governance and responsible public investment in ensuring equitable outcomes. The spectre of the virus has pulled focus on crucial developmental matters such as health and education, which are often brushed under the carpet. If there is one learning that the global economy can draw from the pandemic, it is the importance of maintaining a policy focus on social investment and outcomes. When real wages are not rising at a satisfactory pace, public investments on social goods can partly compensate for the inadequacy.
Second, the abrupt pause in global flows of goods and people due to the pandemic has allowed nations to reconsider their movement towards hyper-globalisation. As nations have begun to focus inwards into their domestic economies, it might prove beneficial for low-skill workers in the advanced economies and create new avenues for employment in the emerging economies. However, since globalisation had a complex relationship with inequality, especially in the developing world, the larger implications of any movement away from it are bound to be equally complex.
Finally, the pandemic has proven that the world can unite behind a global threat and work together for solutions to combat them. A looming threat that could become the defining challenge of the new decade is climate change. While it is relatively easy to galvanise into action against a virus that had visible fatal consequences, the shift to sustainable production techniques requires stronger political willpower. But a failure to do so will have graver repercussions than the pandemic. And like economic inequality, it will have implications that are far-reaching and menacing.
The need for a fresh developmental outlook that is more equitable and sustainable has become more crucial than ever. Hopefully, the latest economic shock nudges the world into the right direction.
The article was published with Economic Times on January 4, 2021.
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Nightmares, REM
Why humans dream remains one of behavioral science's great unanswered questions. Dreams have a purpose but it may not be to send us messages about self-improvement or the future, as many believe. Instead, many researchers now believe that dreaming mediates memory consolidation and mood regulation, a process a little like overnight therapy. But it's not a benefit all share equally: People who are sleep deprived also tend to be dream deprived, spending less time dreaming and perhaps not remembering dreams as well.
What Dreams Mean
Dreams are the stories the brain tells during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep. People typically have multiple dreams each night that grow longer as sleep draws to a close. Over a lifetime, a person may dream for five or six full years. How best to examine all that content remains a source of debate.
Are all dreams based on real life?
Dreams typically involve elements from waking life, such as known people or familiar locations, but they also often have a fantastical feel. In dreams, people may live out scenarios that would never be possible in real life, although they aren't always positive.
Can we interpret our dreams?
People have always tried to figure out the meaning of their dreams, but dream interpretation as a field of psychological study emerged in 1899, when Sigmund Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams. Today, most experts disagree with Freud's conclusions, and some don't believe dreams signify anything at all. But people continue to mine them for clues to their inner lives, creative insight, and even hints of the future.
Why We Have Nightmares
Nightmares can create feelings of terror, anxiety, or despair, and lead to psychological distress or sleep problems like insomnia. Research has identified a range of causes for nightmares, including post-traumatic stress, anxiety—especially the presence of generalized anxiety disorder, dissociation, and physiological changes.
Are nightmares based on real-life experiences?
"Re-experiencing" is a common symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as flashbacks. These involuntary recollections often manifest in the form of nightmares that can cause significant emotional distress. Even when the dreams are not exact replays of a trauma, they may have a strong symbolic or indirect connection to the event.
Do children have more nightmares than adults?
Terrifying dreams that rouse people from sleep plague children more often than adults, and nightmares can be especially vivid for young children because they may have a harder time separating fantasy from reality. But at least half of grownups also have occasional nightmares, although fewer than 10 percent report frequent or recurring episodes.
Is there a treatment for nightmares?
Experts recommend that individuals experiencing nightmares tied to stress try to focus on positive elements of their day immediately before bed; catch themselves when they feel themselves ruminating or catastrophizing; and train themselves not to dwell on disturbing images from nightmares. For nightmares tied to PTSD, visualization treatments in which patients replay traumatic memories in "safe" ways have shown potential to bring relief.
Are night terrors caused by nightmares?
Not necessarily. Night terrors, which are primarily experienced by children, cause sleeping people to scream, bolt out of bed, or demonstrate symptoms similar to a panic attack. But night terrors tend to occur earlier in the sleep cycle, while nightmares take place primarily during REM sleep. And unlike nightmares, night terrors are usually not remembered by sufferers, even though they may appear to be awake during the experience.
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How do lucid dreams work?
Research suggests that the brain undergoes a physiological change during lucid dreaming. In fMRI studies, the prefrontal cortex and a cortical network including the frontal, parietal, and temporal zones have been shown to activate when the brain begins lucid dreaming. This appears related to the "waking consciousness" that characterizes lucidity.
Can anyone have lucid dreams?
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Motor Sports Previews, Predictions & Betting Tips
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Motor sport is a wide ranging term that is used to describe the group of competitive sporting events involving the use of motorised vehicles. The most common are four wheeled vehicles and two wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles.
There are two federations that govern motorsport competitions. Four or more wheeled motorsport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), with the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) governing two-wheeled competitions.
Since motorised vehicles were invented people have wanted to race them to see which one is the fastest and/or most durable. After World War I European countries organised Grand Prix races on closed courses with dirt track racing becoming popular in the United States.
The Grand Prix circuit became more formally organised after World War II, with stock car racing and drag racing becoming established in the United States.
Formula racing refers to motor vehicles that have their wheels on the outside of the vehicle. The most common are Formula One, Formula 3, Formula Ford, Formula Renault and Formula Palmer Audi.
In North America the IndyCar series is the premier open-wheeled racing series. European open-wheeled series include GP2 and GP3 with former 'Formula' series including Formula 5000 and Formula Two.
Formula One is the most popular form of single-seat, open-wheel grand prix closed course racing. F1 is organised by the Formula One Group with regulations and strict rules which govern vehicle power, weight and size.
Sports car racing
Sports car racing features sports cars and specialised racing types with the the premier race being the 24 Hours of Le Mans which takes place annually in France.
Motorcycle racing includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing on circuits, open courses and track racing. The most popular include Motorcycle Grand Prix, Superbike racing, Supersport racing, Endurance racing, Sidecar racing, Motocross and Supercross.
Betting on Motor Sports
There are a few main way to bet on Motor Sports with the race winner being the easiest and most popular. Other markets include podium finish, top 5 and top 10. Here are some of the most common types of betting markets:
Race Winner: The easiest and most common motor sport bet to understand. Simply choose who is going to win the race.
Poduim Finish: The top three get to celebrate on the podium with overflowing champagne and grid girls. This bet offers more security than the race winner bet at reduced odds.
Top 5: Select which driver or rider will finish in the top 5 of a Formula 1 or Moto GP race. This bet is good for outsiders who don't usually win a lot of races but consistently finish in the top five.
Top 10: Predict which driver or rider will finish in the top 10 of a Formula 1 or Moto GP race. This bet can offer great value in a market that is often overlooked with much of the focus on race winner.
At Freetips.com we provide regular Formula 1 and Motorcycle Grand Prix tips including race winner, podium finish, top 5, top 10 and outright winner tips.
Our Motor Racing experts at FreeTips.com provide you with their selections, predictions and tips that you can use to consistently win your F1 and Moto GP wagers.
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