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/*
 * Changes for GemFireXD distributed data platform (some marked by "GemStone changes")
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
 * may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
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 * LICENSE file.
 */

package com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.jdbc;

import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.error.PublicAPI;
import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.error.StandardException;
import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.reference.JDBC30Translation;
import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.reference.SQLState;
import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.iapi.services.info.JVMInfo;
import com.pivotal.gemfirexd.internal.impl.jdbc.Util;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.SQLWarning;
import java.sql.Statement;

import java.lang.reflect.*;

/**
	A Statement implementation that forwards all of its requests to an underlying Statement.
 */
public class BrokeredStatement implements EngineStatement
{

	/**
		My control. Use the controlCheck() method to obtain the control
		when calling a check method. This will result in the correct exception
		being thrown if the statement is already closed.
	*/
	final BrokeredStatementControl control;

	final int resultSetType;
	final int resultSetConcurrency;
	final int resultSetHoldability;

	/**
		My state
	*/
	private String cursorName;
	private Boolean escapeProcessing;

    BrokeredStatement(BrokeredStatementControl control) throws SQLException
    {
		this.control = control;

		// save the state of the Statement while we are pretty much guaranteed the
		// underlying statement is open.
		resultSetType = getResultSetType();
		resultSetConcurrency = getResultSetConcurrency();

		resultSetHoldability = getResultSetHoldability();
    }

    public final void addBatch(String sql)
              throws SQLException
    {
		getStatement().addBatch( sql);
	}

    public final void clearBatch()
        throws SQLException
    {
           getStatement().clearBatch();
	}

    public final int[] executeBatch()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().executeBatch();
	}

    public final void cancel()
        throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().cancel();
    }

    public final boolean execute(String sql) throws SQLException
	{
		return getStatement().execute(sql);
    }

    public final ResultSet executeQuery(String sql) throws SQLException
	{
 		return wrapResultSet(getStatement().executeQuery(sql));
    }

    public final int executeUpdate(String sql) throws SQLException
	{
		return getStatement().executeUpdate(sql);
    }

    /**
     * In many cases, it is desirable to immediately release a
     * Statements's database and JDBC resources instead of waiting for
     * this to happen when it is automatically closed; the close
     * method provides this immediate release.
     *
     *
Note: A Statement is automatically closed when it is
     * garbage collected. When a Statement is closed its current
     * ResultSet, if one exists, is also closed.
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final void close() throws SQLException
    {
		getStatement().close();
    }

    public final Connection getConnection()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getConnection();
	}

    public final int getFetchDirection()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getFetchDirection();
	}

    public final int getFetchSize()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getFetchSize();
	}

    public final int getMaxFieldSize()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getMaxFieldSize();
	}

    public final int getMaxRows()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getMaxRows();
	}

    public final int getResultSetConcurrency()
        throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getResultSetConcurrency();
	}

    /**
     * The maxFieldSize limit (in bytes) is set to limit the size of
     * data that can be returned for any column value; it only applies
     * to BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY, CHAR, VARCHAR, and
     * LONGVARCHAR fields.  If the limit is exceeded, the excess data
     * is silently discarded.
     *
     * @param max the new max column size limit; zero means unlimited
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final void setMaxFieldSize(int max) throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().setMaxFieldSize(max);
	}

    /**
     * The maxRows limit is set to limit the number of rows that any
     * ResultSet can contain.  If the limit is exceeded, the excess
     * rows are silently dropped.
     *
     * @param max the new max rows limit; zero means unlimited
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final void setMaxRows(int max) throws SQLException
	{
        getStatement().setMaxRows( max);
    }

    /**
     * If escape scanning is on (the default) the driver will do
     * escape substitution before sending the SQL to the database.
     *
     * @param enable true to enable; false to disable
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final void setEscapeProcessing(boolean enable) throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().setEscapeProcessing( enable);
		escapeProcessing = enable ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
	}

    /**
     * The first warning reported by calls on this Statement is
     * returned.  A Statment's execute methods clear its SQLWarning
     * chain. Subsequent Statement warnings will be chained to this
     * SQLWarning.
     *
     *
The warning chain is automatically cleared each time
     * a statement is (re)executed.
     *
     *
Note: If you are processing a ResultSet then any
     * warnings associated with ResultSet reads will be chained on the
     * ResultSet object.
     *
     * @return the first SQLWarning or null
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final SQLWarning getWarnings() throws SQLException
    {
		return getStatement().getWarnings();
	}

    /**
     * After this call getWarnings returns null until a new warning is
     * reported for this Statement.
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final void clearWarnings() throws SQLException
    {
		getStatement().clearWarnings();
    }

    /**
     * setCursorName defines the SQL cursor name that will be used by
     * subsequent Statement execute methods. This name can then be
     * used in SQL positioned update/delete statements to identify the
     * current row in the ResultSet generated by this getStatement().  If
     * the database doesn't support positioned update/delete, this
     * method is a noop.
     *
     *
Note: By definition, positioned update/delete
     * execution must be done by a different Statement than the one
     * which generated the ResultSet being used for positioning. Also,
     * cursor names must be unique within a Connection.
     *
     * @param name the new cursor name.
     */
	public final void setCursorName(String name) throws SQLException
    {
		getStatement().setCursorName( name);
		cursorName = name;
	}

    /**
     *  getResultSet returns the current result as a ResultSet.  It
     *  should only be called once per result.
     *
     * @return the current result as a ResultSet; null if the result
     * is an update count or there are no more results or the statement
	 * was closed.
     * @see #execute
     */
	public final ResultSet getResultSet() throws SQLException
    {
        return wrapResultSet(getStatement().getResultSet());
    }

    /**
     *  getUpdateCount returns the current result as an update count;
     *  if the result is a ResultSet or there are no more results -1
     *  is returned.  It should only be called once per result.
     *
     *
The only way to tell for sure that the result is an update
     *  count is to first test to see if it is a ResultSet. If it is
     *  not a ResultSet it is either an update count or there are no
     *  more results.
     *
     * @return the current result as an update count; -1 if it is a
     * ResultSet or there are no more results
     * @see #execute
     */
	public final int getUpdateCount()	throws SQLException
    {
        return getStatement().getUpdateCount();
    }

    /**
     * getMoreResults moves to a Statement's next result.  It returns true if
     * this result is a ResultSet.  getMoreResults also implicitly
     * closes any current ResultSet obtained with getResultSet.
     *
     * There are no more results when (!getMoreResults() &&
     * (getUpdateCount() == -1)
     *
     * @return true if the next result is a ResultSet; false if it is
     * an update count or there are no more results
     * @see #execute
	 * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final boolean getMoreResults() throws SQLException
    {
        return getStatement().getMoreResults();
    }

    /**
     * JDBC 2.0
     *
     * Determine the result set type.
     *
     * @exception SQLException Feature not implemented for now.
     */
    public final int getResultSetType()
		throws SQLException
	{
        return getStatement().getResultSetType();
    }

    /**
     * JDBC 2.0
     *
     * Give a hint as to the direction in which the rows in a result set
     * will be processed. The hint applies only to result sets created
     * using this Statement object.  The default value is
     * ResultSet.FETCH_FORWARD.
     *
     * @param direction the initial direction for processing rows
     * @exception SQLException if a database-access error occurs or direction
     * is not one of ResultSet.FETCH_FORWARD, ResultSet.FETCH_REVERSE, or
     * ResultSet.FETCH_UNKNOWN
     */
    public final void setFetchDirection(int direction) throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().setFetchDirection( direction);
    }

    /**
     * JDBC 2.0
     *
     * Give the JDBC driver a hint as to the number of rows that should
     * be fetched from the database when more rows are needed.  The number
     * of rows specified only affects result sets created using this
     * getStatement(). If the value specified is zero, then the hint is ignored.
     * The default value is zero.
     *
     * @param rows the number of rows to fetch
     * @exception SQLException if a database-access error occurs, or the
     * condition 0 <= rows <= this.getMaxRows() is not satisfied.
     */
    public final void setFetchSize(int rows) throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().setFetchSize( rows);
    }

    public final int getQueryTimeout()
        throws SQLException
    {
        return getStatement().getQueryTimeout();
    }

    public final void setQueryTimeout(int seconds)
        throws SQLException
    {
        getStatement().setQueryTimeout( seconds);
    }

	/*
	** JDBC 3.0 methods
	*/
	public final boolean execute(String sql,
                           int autoGeneratedKeys)
        throws SQLException
    {

        return  getStatement().execute( sql, autoGeneratedKeys);
    }

    public final boolean execute(String sql,
                           int[] columnIndexes)
        throws SQLException
    {
        return getStatement().execute( sql, columnIndexes);
    }

    public final boolean execute(String sql,
                           String[] columnNames)
        throws SQLException
    {
        return getStatement().execute( sql, columnNames);
    }

    public final int executeUpdate(String sql,
                           int autoGeneratedKeys)
        throws SQLException
    {
                int retVal =  getStatement().executeUpdate( sql, autoGeneratedKeys);
                return retVal;
    }

    public final int executeUpdate(String sql,
                           int[] columnIndexes)
        throws SQLException
    {
             return  getStatement().executeUpdate( sql, columnIndexes);
    }

    public final int executeUpdate(String sql,
                           String[] columnNames)
        throws SQLException
    {

        return getStatement().executeUpdate( sql, columnNames);
    }

    /**
     * JDBC 3.0
     *
     * Moves to this Statement obect's next result, deals with any current ResultSet
     * object(s) according to the instructions specified by the given flag, and
     * returns true if the next result is a ResultSet object
     *
     * @param current - one of the following Statement constants indicating what
     * should happen to current ResultSet objects obtained using the method
     * getResultSetCLOSE_CURRENT_RESULT, KEEP_CURRENT_RESULT, or CLOSE_ALL_RESULTS
     * @return true if the next result is a ResultSet; false if it is
     * an update count or there are no more results
     * @see #execute
     * @exception SQLException thrown on failure.
     */
	public final boolean getMoreResults(int current) throws SQLException
    {
// GemStone changes BEGIN
        return getStatement().getMoreResults( current);
        /* (original code)
        return ((EngineStatement) getStatement()).getMoreResults( current);
        */
// GemStone changes END
	}

    /**
     * JDBC 3.0
     *
     * Retrieves any auto-generated keys created as a result of executing this
     * Statement object. If this Statement object did not generate any keys, an empty
     * ResultSet object is returned. If this Statement is a non-insert statement,
     * an exception will be thrown.
     *
     * @return a ResultSet object containing the auto-generated key(s) generated by
     * the execution of this Statement object
     * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     */
	public final ResultSet getGeneratedKeys() throws SQLException
    {
        return wrapResultSet(getStatement().getGeneratedKeys());
    }

    /**
     * Return the holdability of ResultSets created by this Statement.
     * If this Statement is active in a global transaction the
     * CLOSE_CURSORS_ON_COMMIT will be returned regardless of
     * the holdability it was created with. In a local transaction
     * the original create holdabilty will be returned.
     */
	public final int getResultSetHoldability()
        throws SQLException
	{
// GemStone changes BEGIN
	  int holdability = getStatement().getResultSetHoldability();
	/* (original code)
        int holdability =
            ((EngineStatement) getStatement()).getResultSetHoldability();
        */
// GemStone changes END

        // Holdability might be downgraded.
        return controlCheck().checkHoldCursors(holdability);
	}

	/*
	** Control methods
	*/

	public Statement createDuplicateStatement(Connection conn, Statement oldStatement) throws SQLException {

		Statement newStatement;
		newStatement = conn.createStatement(resultSetType, resultSetConcurrency,
                    resultSetHoldability);

		setStatementState(oldStatement, newStatement);

		return newStatement;
	}

	void setStatementState(Statement oldStatement, Statement newStatement) throws SQLException {
		if (cursorName != null)
			newStatement.setCursorName(cursorName);
		if (escapeProcessing != null)
			newStatement.setEscapeProcessing(escapeProcessing.booleanValue());

		newStatement.setFetchDirection(oldStatement.getFetchDirection());
		newStatement.setFetchSize(oldStatement.getFetchSize());
		newStatement.setMaxFieldSize(oldStatement.getMaxFieldSize());
		newStatement.setMaxRows(oldStatement.getMaxRows());
		newStatement.setQueryTimeout(oldStatement.getQueryTimeout());
	}

	public Statement getStatement() throws SQLException {
		return control.getRealStatement();
	}

    /**
     * Provide the control access to every ResultSet we return.
     * If required the control can wrap the ResultSet, but
     * it (the control) must ensure a underlying ResultSet is
     * only wrapped once, if say java.sql.Statement.getResultSet
     * is returned twice.
     *
     * @param rs ResultSet being returned, can be null.
     */
	final ResultSet wrapResultSet(ResultSet rs) {
		return control.wrapResultSet(this, rs);
	}

	/**
		Get the BrokeredStatementControl in order to perform a check.
		Obtained indirectly to ensure that the correct exception is
		thrown if the Statement has been closed.
	*/
	final BrokeredStatementControl controlCheck() throws SQLException
	{
		// simplest method that will throw an exception if the Statement is closed
		getStatement().getConnection();
		return control;
	}

    /**
     * Returns false unless iface is implemented
     *
     * @param  iface                  a Class defining an interface.
     * @return true                   if this implements the interface or
     *                                directly or indirectly wraps an object
     *                                that does.
     * @throws java.sql.SQLException  if an error occurs while determining
     *                                whether this is a wrapper for an object
     *                                with the given interface.
     */
    public boolean isWrapperFor(Class iface) throws SQLException {
        checkIfClosed();
        return iface.isInstance(this);
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the statement is closed. Not implemented for this
     * class since isClosed() is a new method in JDBC
     * 4.0. The JDBC 4.0 sub-classes should override this method.
     *
     * @return true if the statement is closed,
     * false otherwise
     * @exception SQLException not-implemented exception
     */
  // GemStone changes BEGIN
  // changed to public so will compile with JDK 1.6
    public boolean isClosed() throws SQLException {
  // GemStone changes END
        // Not implemented since we cannot forward the call to a JDBC
        // 4.0 method from this class. This dummy implementation is
        // provided here so that checkIfClosed() can be implemented
        // once in this class instead of once in each of the
        // Brokered*Statement40 classes.
        throw Util.notImplemented();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the statement is closed and throws an exception if it
     * is. This method relies on the isClosed() method
     * and therefore only works with JDBC 4.0.
     *
     * @exception SQLException if the statement is closed
     */
    protected final void checkIfClosed()
        throws SQLException
    {
        if (isClosed()) {
            throw Util.generateCsSQLException(SQLState.ALREADY_CLOSED,
                                              "Statement");
        }
    }

  // GemStone changes BEGIN
  // Dummy methods so can be compiled by a JDK 1.6 compiler
  public <T> T unwrap(java.lang.Class<T> interfaces)
  throws SQLException {
    throw new AssertionError("unexpected call in JDBC 4.0");
  }

  public boolean isPoolable() throws SQLException {
    throw new AssertionError("unexpected call in JDBC 4.0");
  }

  public void setPoolable(boolean poolable) throws SQLException {
    throw new AssertionError("unexpected call in JDBC 4.0");
  }

  // jdbc 4.1 from jdk 1.7
  public void closeOnCompletion() throws SQLException {
    throw new AssertionError("unexpected call in JDBC 4.1");
  }

  public boolean isCloseOnCompletion() throws SQLException {
    throw new AssertionError("unexpected call in JDBC 4.1");
  }
  // GemStone changes END
}

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Q: Cannot Transform Correctly with Elasticsearch Watcher {{ctx.payload.hits.hits}} I have a watcher configuration as follows:
{
  "trigger": {
    "schedule": {
      "interval": "5s"
    }
  },
  "input" : {
    "search" : {
      "request" : {
        "indices" : [ "my_index" ],
        "types" : [ "my_type" ],
        "body" : {
          "query" : {
            "match_all" : {}
           }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "transform" : {
      "script" : "return [ body: groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(ctx.payload.hits.hits)]"
  },
  "actions" : {
    "hbase_webhook" : {
        "webhook" : {
            "method" : "POST",
            "host" : "<some_ip>",
            "port" : <some_port>,
            "path": "/v0.1/_events",
            "body" : "data: {{ctx.payload.body}}"
        }
    }
  }
}

The data posted in the body is not a valid JSON: Something like:
{ 'data: ': { '{"_index":"my_index","_type":"my_type","_source":{"key":"val"}},"_id":"<some_id>","_score":1.0}': '' } }

I don't know how to parse this output as JSON.parse in Node.js won't correctly parse it anyway.

A: Never. Forget. Headers.
I was forgetting:
"headers" {
    "Content-type": "application/json"
}

So it was impossible to parse with any tool.

A: Ran into this while creating an alert for an endpoint where we just wanted to send off the actual records that matched specific criteria.  See sample below:
"actions": {
    "my_webhook": {
      "webhook": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "host": "webhook.site",
        "port": 443,
        "method": "post",
        "path": "/webhooksiteguidwouldbehere",
        "params": {},
        "headers": {
          "Content-type": "application/json"
        },
        "body": "{{#toJson}}ctx.payload.hits.hits{{/toJson}}"
      }
    }
  }

Second Note:
If the body size is set to 0 your hits will be returned as null. :)

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Home >> Newsroom >> Stats >> Cbp Use Force >> Case Summaries
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March 19, 2015, use of force incident in Sumas, WA, resulting in death
Incident Date:
On March 19, 2015, at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a sensor activated on the U.S.-Canadian border. Two Border Patrol agents assigned to the Sumas Border Patrol Station in Sumas, Washington, were immediately dispatched to investigate the sensor activation.
The first U.S. Border Patrol agent to arrive on scene encountered a male subject who carried a backpack. When approached, the subject mumbled incoherently, placed his hands in his backpack, and backed away from the agent. The agent issued verbal commands, and the subject failed to comply. The agent drew his service-issued handgun while still issuing commands. The subject pulled a can of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) bear-grade spray out of his backpack, pointed it at the agent, dropped his backpack, and ran down a hill covered with blackberry bushes. Instead of pursuing on foot through the blackberry bushes, the agent returned to his vehicle and drove on the road in an attempt to cut off the subject.
The subject emerged at the bottom of the hill, where a second U.S. Border Patrol agent had arrived in his vehicle. The second agent and two Sumas Police Department (SPD) officers, who were in their patrol cars, saw the subject and observed that the subject appeared to be agitated and had blood running down his face. The second agent exited his vehicle, deployed his collapsible straight baton (CSB), and walked toward the subject. The subject walked toward the SPD officers in their patrol cars, pointed the OC bear spray at them, and yelled obscenities and "kill me, just kill me."
As the subject moved toward the SPD officers, they backed up their patrol cars and then exited their vehicles. The subject turned around, began moving toward the second agent, and then lunged toward the second agent while pointing the OC bear spray in the direction of the second agent's face. At this point, the second agent transitioned from his CSB to his service-issued handgun, issued verbal commands, and backed away from the subject to create distance. The subject ignored commands, lunged again at the second agent, and released a cloud of OC bear spray which struck the second agent in the face and upper torso. The second agent fired two shots from his service-issued handgun, one of which struck the subject in the head, and the subject collapsed to the ground. The medical examiner concluded that the other may have grazed the subject, but investigators at the scene were unable to locate the second bullet.
At 2:51 p.m. local time, "shots fired" was broadcast over the radio. Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene at 2:52 p.m. and at 2:53 p.m. The subject was pronounced dead at the scene. The second agent was treated for exposure to OC bear spray.
Following this encounter and identification of the subject, Canadian authorities reported that the subject was a suspect in the murder of an 18-year-old man. Canadian authorities were seeking an arrest warrant against the subject for first-degree murder at the time of his death. The Border Patrol agents did not have this information prior to the encounter with the subject.
Result of the NUFRB
The CBP NUFRB convened October 15, 2015, to review the facts as investigated. The NUFRB determined that the agent's use of deadly force March 19, 2015, was consistent with CBP's Use of Force Policy.
Consistent with the mandate to review and report on potential improvements to policy and training, the NUFRB also made two operational and policy recommendations that have been referred

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The Benaki Museum, the U.S. Embassy Athens and the British Council are organizing the conference "THE CO-MUSEUM: Synergies, Coalitions and Partnerships between museums, cultural initiatives, civil society and beyond"
Stathis Athanasiou | Visual Artist, Stavros Gasparatos | Composer and Serafita Grigoriadou | Performer, create a performance and an interactive audio-visual installation for the gaze, its subjectivity, its positioning and its relation and interaction between the observer and the observed.
At the fifth annual Museum Conference, museum and cultural professionals from Greece, the U.S. and the UK will examine how museums and other cultural organisations can engage with diverse audiences and drive changes in society.
The 5th Museum Conference, co-organized by the Benaki Museum, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, and the British Council, will focus on these topics. Prominent speakers from Greece, the U.S., and the U.K. will share ideas and insights on how museums and other cultural institutions can function as change agents in society.
The building is a landmark, being the National Shrine of the Greek Orthodox Church of America and it is designed as a place open to everyone, regardless of the religion, a place for worship, pray, meditation and welcoming.
As part of an ongoing academic research, X|A workshops introduce participants into contemporary discussions of formal exploration in Architecture and Art.
The fourth installment of the Museum Conference co-organized by the Benaki Museum, the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the British Council, will examine the shifts – both internal and external – that museums and cultural institutions experience. Museum managers, curators and artists from Greece, the UK and U.S. will meet to discuss the future of the museum and the museum of the future.
The exhibition More or Less examines the nature of work of the six artists, aiming to highlight their common characteristics and alongside, to provide adequate emphasis on their diverse aesthetic dimension. From September 28 till October 10 at the Benaki Museum.
Depression Era is a group of artists, researchers, writers, architects, journalists and theoreticians based in Athens, who came together with the sole purpose of recording the crisis in Greece, through images and texts.


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Trump's gamble, Iran's revenge, Canada's tragedy: Three consequences of a changing balance of power in the Middle East
The U.S. killing of General Qassem Soleimani was a belated effort to reclaim the influence Washington has lost (and Tehran and others have gained) since the 2003 Iraq War, analysts say – and the chaotic changes in the region are far from over
Mark MacKinnonSenior International Correspondent
Eric RegulyEuropean bureau chief
Geoffrey YorkAfrica Bureau Chief
Campbell Clark
Doha, Beirut, Jerusalem and Kuwait
Tehran, Jan. 6: A mourner holds a picture of Gen. Qassem Soleimani after a funeral ceremony for him as she walks past the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, now surrounded by satirical graffiti of the U.S. flag. Days earlier, the United States killed the top Iranian military commander in an airstrike in Baghdad.
Vahid Salemi/The Associated Press
The chain of events that led to the downing of a Ukrainian airliner with 176 people aboard – which was allegedly struck by an Iranian missile – began with a stunning gamble by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mr. Trump's decision to order the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani briefly looked like it would provoke a regionwide war in the Middle East. That possibility diminished this week as Iran claimed its "revenge" in the form of ballistic missile attacks that hit two U.S. military bases in Iraq but seemed designed to avoid any loss of life. Mr. Trump, in turn, decided not to respond to those volleys, bringing this round of hostilities to an apparent end.
While both Iran and the United States stepped back from the brink, the killing of Gen. Soleimani continues to have unexpected side effects, including the deaths of the 176 people – 57 of them Canadian citizens – who seem to have been caught in the crossfire on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.
The latest: Iran admits 'disastrous mistake': Its military accidentally shot down Flight 752
Mr. Trump struck a triumphant note in the wake of Tuesday's limited military exchange, crowing to a rally Thursday that he had delivered "American justice," but little has changed on the ground so far in the Middle East.
Tehran still wields wide influence – and disruptive power – from the Persian Gulf to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The regime backed away this week from the idea of open conflict with the U.S., but it will continue to try to push the U.S. out of Iraq, where parliament this week asked U.S. troops to leave the country, and other parts of the region.
Where the U.S. was once acknowledged as the hegemon in the region – able to wage wars (Iraq, Afghanistan) or forge peace treaties (Israel and Egypt, Israel and Jordan) almost unilaterally – it is now just one player among many.
Washington is largely on the sidelines in Syria after Mr. Trump's precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces last year, with Moscow, Tehran and Ankara now settling the country's future.
Similar events are unfolding in Libya, where Russia, Turkey and a range of other players – but not the United States – have each backed a side in the struggle for the oil-rich state.
The Persian Gulf monarchies that play host to U.S. bases are wondering today whether that alliance puts them in peril.
Mr. Trump's administration chose not to act last year when Iran was accused of attacking Persian Gulf shipping and firing missiles at Saudi oil installations. This week, states such as Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were threatened with retaliation if they allowed the U.S. military to use their territories to strike Iran.
Rockets are shown launching from Iran to attack Iraqi targets on Jan. 8, in an image from a state-run Iranian news agency.
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Of course, the decline of American influence didn't begin with Mr. Trump. U.S. standing in the region has been tumbling since George W. Bush's ill-fated 2003 decision to invade Iraq over its phantom weapons of mass destruction. The slope got steeper a decade later when Barack Obama backed away from enforcing his no-chemical-weapons "red line" in Syria's ongoing civil war, allowing Vladimir Putin to step in as the country's main power broker.
The Kremlin's role in the Middle East is now almost as important as that of the White House. And while Beijing lacks the military presence that Washington and Moscow wield, Middle Eastern governments are increasingly deferential to China and the economic might it can deploy.
Some see the conflict between the U.S. and Iran as dating back to the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the acrimony stemming from the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy. Many Iranians point further back to 1953, when the U.S. supported (some would say orchestrated) a coup that re-installed pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was deposed by the 1979 uprising.
But beyond Iran's borders, the aftershocks of the Iraq War continue to reverberate. In removing dictator Saddam Hussein and dismantling his regime, the U.S. awakened old Sunni-versus-Shiite sectarian divides inside Iraq and across the Middle East. The resulting chaos allowed Iran to emerge as the champion of Shiites in the region, building and funding a network of militias from Baghdad to Beirut.
"In my opinion [the invasion of Iraq] was the big mistake," said Joseph Bayeh, assistant professor of international affairs at Qatar University. "They got rid of Iraq's Sunni regime, and Afghanistan's Sunni regime [the Taliban], and you had this revolutionary Shiite regime in the middle. You gave them a free way to become a hegemon."
The assassination of Gen. Soleimani, Prof. Bayeh said, was the first real American move to try to roll back the influence Iran has gained since 2003. "The U.S. doesn't want war with Iran, but the U.S. wants to get rid of Iran's auxiliaries, its proxies, in the region."
Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 8: Fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces, a militia allied with Iran, wave flags as mourners prepare to bury the PMF's deputy leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in the same airstrike as Gen. Soleimani.
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Most analysts expect the next phase of the contest will be in Iraq, where an Iranian-backed network of militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is already trading blows with the U.S. military. It was a Dec. 27 missile attack against a U.S. base in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk – carried out by a PMF militia – that set the current crisis in motion by killing a U.S. contractor.
The U.S. retaliated two days later with air strikes that killed 25 PMF members, and the PMF responded by mobilizing its supporters to surround the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. On Jan. 3, Mr. Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Gen. Soleimani. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy leader of the PMF and the commander of its most feared militia, was killed in the same strike. The PMF said after this week's Iranian missile attack that it still plans to exact its own revenge against U.S. forces in the region.
The largest asset Iran can deploy beyond its borders is in Lebanon, where ally Hezbollah is often described as a "state within a state," especially after it fought Israel's mighty army to a stalemate in a bloody 2006 war. Hezbollah's political arm is one of the biggest parties in the Lebanese parliament, and its armed wing has greater capacity than the Lebanese army.
Hezbollah has held its fire so far. But should it launch its arsenal of thousands of missiles against Israel, the Israeli military has vowed to respond with overwhelming force.
Before the assassination of Gen. Soleimani, Hezbollah was on the defensive in Lebanon – the target, along with other entrenched parties, of weeks of demonstrations against the country's corrupt, sectarian political structure.
The assassination, however, permitted Hezbollah to return to its main narrative of being a resistance movement defending the country against Israel by labelling the U.S. as the aggressor in the region. In a television address on Jan. 5, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called Gen. Soleimani "the glue that held the 'resistance axis' together" – a reference to the network of Iranian allies across the Middle East. "Our confrontation has already begun, from the night of the assassination," Mr. Nasrallah said.
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While the world was mesmerized this week by Mr. Trump's impulsive moves, shrewder and more experienced leaders were quietly moving through the back rooms of the Middle East, loosening the reins of U.S. power and expanding their own zones of influence.
One of them was Mr. Putin, who flew immediately to Damascus – where he received Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a Russian military base in a protective show of force – and then to Istanbul in the wake of Gen. Soleimani's death. Another was Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose talks with Mr. Putin are likely to help shape the future of battleground countries such as Libya and Syria. Also on the move was China's special Middle East envoy, Zhai Jun, who flew into Tehran to criticize "saboteurs" – a thinly veiled reference to the United States.
A decade ago, Washington would have been looked to as the key player in deciding the fate of countries such as Libya and Syria. But as its influence fades, it is increasingly absent from the Middle East chessboard, allowing others to step in to fill the void. Fragmented countries such as Yemen and Libya have become the sites of proxy wars, where regional powers squabble for control without U.S. involvement.
The rising new players are increasingly energetic and assertive. Russia has sent military forces into Syria and mercenaries into Libya, while Turkey has deployed its own troops in both countries. Between them, they are grabbing territory and negotiating ceasefires, while the United States watches almost silently from the sidelines. China, for its part, is opting for economic power: building ports in Israel, buying oil from the Gulf states, constructing railways in Saudi Arabia and investing heavily in Iraq and Iran.
Damascus, Jan. 8: Presidents Bashar al-Assad of Syria and Vladimir Putin of Russia light candles at the Mariamite Cathedral.
ALEXEY DRUZHININ/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
In that context, Mr. Putin's supremely confident visit to Syria and Turkey this week seemed almost like a victory lap. The Kremlin boss is one of the few world leaders who has a friendly relationship – if not quite an alliance – with the regime in Tehran.
Mr. Putin was the first world leader French President Emmanuel Macron telephoned after learning of Gen. Soleimani's death. This weekend, Mr. Putin will be meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Kremlin, with the Middle East expected to be at the top of the agenda. And he will return to the region on Jan. 23 to visit a memorial that Israel is erecting to mark the Second World War siege of Mr. Putin's home city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) – a gesture an Israeli cabinet minister told The Globe and Mail last year was intended to deepen the Russian President's attachment to Israel.
Mr. Putin is an ambitious and ascending figure in the Middle East rivalries, especially after the U.S. announcement of a withdrawal from Syria in December, 2018. His troops have taken over abandoned U.S. bases there, while his allies in the private Wagner Group have unleashed a Russian mercenary army in Libya, helping warlord Khalifa Haftar make dramatic gains over the past year.
Istanbul, Jan. 8: Mr. Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the launch of a pipeline to carry Russian natural gas through Turkey to Europe.
Umit Bektas/Reuters
Mr. Erdogan is on the other side of the Libyan conflict, sending Turkish troops and Turkish-backed Syrian fighters into Libya this month to defend the besieged capital, Tripoli, from Gen. Haftar's rampaging forces. But when he sat down with Mr. Putin in Istanbul this week, they proposed a ceasefire and seemed ready to carve up the country between them, just as they had previously reached agreement on dividing power in Syria. (The two leaders held six meetings in 2019 as their alliance deepened, and Mr. Erdogan rattled NATO by purchasing sophisticated Russian-made anti-aircraft systems.)
After his military incursions into Syria, Mr. Erdogan has made it clear that he sees Turkey as a regional power in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. This week he invoked the historic Ottoman empire, referring to Libya as "these lands where our ancestors made history."
A range of other players – Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan – have been supporting Gen. Haftar, while Turkey and Qatar are supporting the UN-backed government. German Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas warned that Libya must not become "a second Syria." But the U.S. has been largely absent from the conflict – less than nine years after it spearheaded the NATO intervention that led to the chaotic conflict of today.
Jerusalem, Jan. 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a policy conference.
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
Israel, one of America's closest allies in the region, has watched with alarm as Mr. Trump hints at a growing desire to disengage from much of the Middle East.
Israeli leaders were quietly pleased by the assassination of Gen. Soleimani, but they were worried by the Iraqi parliament's vote to expel U.S. troops and equally troubled by the U.S. military's disputed letter to Iraq this week, which seemed to confirm a U.S. troop withdrawal.
"If the assassination leads to an evacuation of American forces from Iraq, as it seems now, this will be a problem for Israel," wrote Amos Harel, a defence analyst for Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in a commentary this week.
The assassination could encourage Tehran to again expedite its nuclear program – which is precisely what the Iranian leadership has vowed to do in the wake of the killing.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program no longer faces any operational restrictions," read a statement carried by Iran's official Mehr news wire. "From here on, Iran's nuclear program will be developed solely based on its technical needs."
Though Mr. Trump has made himself into a champion of Israeli interests – recognizing its 1982 annexation of the Golan Heights from Syria and moving the U.S. embassy to the disputed capital of Jerusalem – his unpredictability is a concern. "It's hard to say whether Israel can be certain of an American willingness to act to prevent Iran from realizing this [nuclear] aspiration," Mr. Harel wrote.
As a long-term strategy to diversify its allies and reduce its dependence on U.S. support, Israel has expanded its commercial links with China and has discussed a possible free-trade agreement with Beijing. Chinese companies are investing heavily in Israel; two have reached deals to manage new private seaports in the Israeli cities of Haifa and Ashdod.
This, in turn, has prompted concerns from some U.S. officials, who fear the U.S. Navy might lose access to Haifa, where it often docks.
Beijing, Dec. 31, 2019: Foreign ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran and Wang Yi of China shake hands at a meeting at the Diaoyutai state guest house.
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The decline of American influence is enabling a rise in China's economic clout across the region. Beijing is eyeing investments in everything from ports and rail to power generation and oil and gas – infrastructure in general.
"There is only one winner in this situation: China," wrote Minxin Pei, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, in the wake of Gen. Soleimani's assassination.
This past fall, Baghdad signed on to China's Belt and Road Initiative, its global development strategy, and ties are deepening by the month. In 2018, Iraq sent about US$20-billion of oil to China, making it China's fourth-largest supplier.
China has also quietly imported oil from Iran in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
On the military front, last month it held its first-ever joint naval exercises with Russia and Iran in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration calls "the world's most important oil transit chokepoint."
China's strategy is to go where other foreign investors fear to tread because of high geopolitical risk or economic and financial stress.
In the Mediterranean, the model is Piraeus, near Athens, the main Greek port. COSCO Shipping, China's state-owned logistics giant, first invested in the ailing, strike-ridden port in 2008 and has steadily boosted its spending there over the past dozen years. Today, Piraeus has emerged as the second-biggest container port in the Mediterranean and Europe's biggest passenger port.
It has allowed China to establish a firm foothold in a prominent European Union and NATO country, one that could be used to extend China's influence throughout the Mediterranean, including the countries on the sea's eastern shore.
To that end, China has bolstered diplomatic ties with Lebanon and Syria and is poised to make substantial investments (China's embassy in Syria remained open throughout the war).
Chinese companies have already built a new quay in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, and Chinese plans to greatly expand that port are under consideration by the caretaker Lebanese government.
Tehran, Jan. 4: A poster of Gen. Soleimani looms behind Iranians taking part in a rally against the United States.
Kuwait University professor Shafeeq Ghabra says the way the recent crisis unfolded highlights the uncertainty created by the changing power dynamics.
"There is still U.S. power. There is still a role," Prof. Ghabra said. But "you can see there is a shift in the region. U.S. power is not as it used to be. Iranian power is still there.
"This is why you see Turkey [with a military base] in Qatar. This is why you see the Chinese with a base in Djibouti."
The region has been unsettled since Mr. Trump's 2018 decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal – known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – that Mr. Obama had negotiated with Tehran. The JCPOA saw Iran agree to limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of Western economic sanctions.
Since Mr. Trump walked away from the deal and reimposed sanctions, Iran's cash-strapped leadership has been lashing out – including threatening shipping in the Persian Gulf – in an effort to force the U.S. to return to the terms of the agreement. In a speech from the White House this week, Mr. Trump said he wanted to negotiate a new deal with Iran, an offer Tehran said it could not contemplate while under the "economic terrorism" of sanctions.
Long-time U.S. allies now know well that Mr. Trump, in one unpredictable gesture, can and will destabilize the entire region. "There is a sense that America can push you in a certain way, but when everything falls out of order, it may not give you cover," Prof. Ghabra said.
Toronto, Jan. 9: Mourners console each other at a vigil for those killed in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.
Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
The allegation that Flight 752 was struck by an Iranian missile in the chaotic hours of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning – supported by Western intelligence that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "clear" – raises the possibility that the current crisis has claimed dozens of innocent lives.
Still, there's a sense of relief across the Middle East that the tensions did not spill over into open warfare – this time. (Though a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said Thursday that this week's missile exchange was only "the start of big operations which will continue in the entire region.")
"We think that episode, at least, is over," said Lowlah al-Khater, Qatar's assistant foreign minister, in an interview at her office in Doha.
"Going back in time is just not possible. There were new factors that were introduced to the formula. Yet, there is a realization from both parties – and the other countries in the region as well – that this [direct confrontation] is a very dangerous area that needs not to be invoked."
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Haver & Boecker has introduced additional configurations of its Ty-Rail quick-tensioning system for screen media. Ty-Rail now comes standard on all new F-Class and T-Class machines with three-bend tension rails. The company engineered two angle box designs for reverse and tight areas. The reverse design allows maintenance technicians to loosen and remove bolts from the inside of the vibrating screen. The tight-area design flips the angle box 180 degrees from the standard angle box configuration to allow producers to loosen the bolts and drop the angle box gate. A reinforced strap secures the gate during screen media change-out. Each Ty-Rail package includes two tension rails, eight angle boxes, eight bolts and hardware required to change one screen section. Once installed, each rail becomes a singular, removable piece since the bolts remain attached to the rail, and the angle boxes remain attached to the vibrating screen.


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2020 MTA Gaming Tournament Announces Special Guest Gordon Hayward
A while back, we teased the appearance of a special guest at our 2020 Virtual Gaming Tournament. As this year's tournament nears, we're excited to finally introduce you to this year's special guest: NBA superstar and longtime esports enthusiast Gordon Hayward! That's right, when Gordon is not sinking shots for the Celtics, he's online and live streaming his numerous conquests as he plays Valorant....
2020 MTA Gaming Tournament Goes Virtual
Esports have gained significant momentum throughout Alaska over the years and MTA is proud to continue leading this charge. Our annual esports tournament has played a critical role in deepening connections between education and technology while serving as a hub connecting Alaskans through competitive gaming and community building....
MTA Recognized by FCC as Honoree of the Inaugural Digital Opportunity Equity Recognition (DOER) Program
MTA has been recognized by the FCC as an honoree of the inaugural Digital Opportunity Equity Recognition (DOER) Program for our efforts to close the digital divide during the COVID-19 pandemic. We couldn't be more proud of this honor and want to give thanks to our employees who came together while apart by quickly mobilizing initiatives to ensure our communities remained connected...
From Student to Specialist: An Alaskan Tech Journey Leads to MTA Shield
As a young high school graduate in Alaska, I always foresaw myself in a career utilizing technology to develop and bring new products and services to life. Today, I am fortunate to work for one of the state's technology leaders, leading a team through the development of innovative software that would help make life better and safer for thousands of local individuals, families and businesses....
MTA Announces MTA Shield to Provide Device and WiFi Security for Members
Palmer, Alaska – August 18, 2020 – MTA, Alaska's best choice for technology and communications products, has announced the release of MTA Shield, a suite of three apps that puts members in charge of their WiFi and protects their devices. MTA Shield provides unique privacy features to keep members' data private both at home and on the go, a variety of user management tools...
Bridging Virtual Victory with On-The-Ground Support: Giving Back to the Community with MTA Gaming
On May 1, MTA Gaming successfully hosted the Virtual Victory esports tournament, its first official event under its new brand. Bringing Alaskans together to duke it out over Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the event helped build connections and support our community during what is a difficult and isolated time for many. With nearly 40 gamers participating, a live Twitch stream and play-by-play ...
Planting the Seeds of Alaska's Connected Future
Today, MTA Fiber Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTA, completed construction and officially commissioned AlCan ONE (Alaska Canada Overland Network), the first and only all-terrestrial fiber network connecting Alaska to the contiguous United States and beyond. AlCan ONE began construction in spring 2019, and with its completion, it establishes a secure, reliable fiber connection to any point...
MTA Fiber Holdings Completes AlCan ONE, Historic First All-Terrestrial Fiber Line That Will Improve Alaska's Connectivity
Palmer, Alaska – May 26, 2020 – MTA Fiber Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTA, Alaska's best choice for technology and communications products, has officially completed construction and commenced operation of AlCan ONE (Alaska Canada verland Network), the first and only all-terrestrial fiber network connecting Alaska to the contiguous United States and beyond....
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Over the last few weeks, we've been excited to roll out the refreshed MTA Foundation, which serves to grow talent, promote technology awareness and boost economic development and entrepreneurship in our service area and throughout the great state of Alaska. (It also has a wonderful new website!) Who knows what Alaska would look like if its current business leaders didn't receive any training ...
MTA Fiber Holdings Wins 'Outstanding Wireline Company' Award for Landmark AlCan ONE Project
Palmer, Alaska – January 28, 2020 – MTA Fiber Holdings (MTAFH), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTA, Alaska's best choice for technology and communications products, announced today it is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Wireline Company Award from the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) for its construction and completion of AlCan ONE (Alaska Canada Overland Network), ...


Applying "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
Since the foundation of KCS is capturing and improving the collective experience of the organization, teamwork and collaboration are critical. While tools can enable collaboration, the behaviors are what drives the benefits. And, the behaviors are heavily influenced by the culture of the organization. Creating a culture of collaboration and collective ownership is the leader's responsibility. The leader needs to ensure the environment nurtures and recognizes collaboration that is creating value. In our experience, most teams could use some work in this area. Historically, organizations have focused so heavily on individual contribution the shift to valuing collaboration and teamwork can be a challenge. For example, the old management practice of stack racking individuals is hugely dysfunctional if we want create a knowledge sharing, collaborative environment. Fortunately, organizations are moving, albeit slowly, to recognizing collaboration and teamwork as important competencies. A fairly well established and successful example of this shift from individual contribution to team capability is the adoption of the Agile Methodology in software development environments. The same kind of shift that software development has made with Agile is necessary for long term KCS success.
In the appendix of Lencioni's book, he offers a simple survey for assessing the health of an organization. It appears to be the best tool available. We have found it to be relevant to small teams as well as large teams. KCS is a team sport; The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a great resource for organizations adopting KCS.


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Designating Companies Shipping North Korean Coal
North Korean coal piled up on a dockside at the port in Rason. (File)
n an effort to pressure the North Korean regime into abandoning its nuclear and missile programs, the United Nations Security Council adopted a number of resolutions aimed at preventing North Korea from selling its natural resources to fund its weapons of mass destruction programs.
In an effort to pressure the North Korean regime into abandoning its nuclear and missile programs, the United Nations Security Council adopted a number of resolutions aimed at preventing North Korea from selling its natural resources to fund its weapons of mass destruction programs. Most UN Member States, including the United States, support and implement these resolutions and impose their own sanctions on entities and individuals who choose to circumvent the UN Security Council resolutions.
In mid-December, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, took sanctions action against six companies and four vessels related to the transport of North Korean coal.UN Security Council resolution 2371 bans the export North Korean coal, iron, lead, and seafood.
OFAC designated the ship Asian Bridge and its operators, the Chinese company Weihai Huijiang [Hway-dzh-young] Trade Ltd and UK-registered Always Smooth Ltd and Good Siblings Ltd, and also identified two ships, the Lucky Star and the Asia Bridge, as blocked property related to these companies. Both vessels loaded coal in North Korean ports and transported it throughout the region.
Hong Kong-based Silver Bridge Shipping company and the Thinh Cuong [Tin cue-ong] company of Vietnam were also designated by OFAC, which also identified as blocked property two related vessels, the Calm Bridge, and the Star 18. Both ships loaded coal in North Korean ports and transported it throughout the region.
Finally, OFAC designated the Korea Daizin [Dai-zin] Trading company, which operates in North Korea and Vietnam. Over the past four years or more, Daizin Trading has exported large quantities of North Korean coal.
The designations prohibit U.S. companies and individuals from dealing with the sanctioned companies and vessels. Foreign companies and financial institutions that do business with designated entities may themselves be subject to sanctions.
"The DPRK [North Korea] continues to circumvent the UN prohibition on the exportation of coal, a key revenue generator that helps fund its weapons of mass destruction programs," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. "The North Korean regime often uses forced labor from prison camps in its mining industries, including coal, exploiting its own people to advance its illicit weapons programs."
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In 2017, the median house price in Melbourne alone has risen above the $800,000 mark - many times greater than the average salary of struggling families and individuals who are striving to get a foot in the elusive housing market. This fact, combined with the sting of regular government cut-backs at both a state and federal level, plus increasing tax and utility costs being thrown our way, shows that the 'great Australian dream' is rapidly becoming just that - wishful thinking.
Despite this apparent depressing outlook for home buyers, there's never been a better time than now to save dollars with the goal of home ownership in your sights. Whether you are an individual, couple or a family, either first home buyers just starting out or already paying a mortgage, trimming your everyday costs, is your first plan of action for setting up a good savings system.
No matter where you are on your home buying journey, successful budgeting always starts with the small and simple things. Just cutting back on your regular take-out coffee, lunches at work and monitoring and reducing your impulse purchases which can rapidly add up over the weeks, months and years, can make a huge difference to your savings in the long term. Exercising self-control with spending in these smallest of ways can effectively make a difference of several hundred dollars, or even thousands, in your bank account each year.
Reduce your living expenses. No matter what your current living situation is, trimming costs off your food budget, utility costs and everyday living can help you save cash. If you're renting, this could mean finding a cheaper rental for the time being and banking the difference towards a deposit. Don't be afraid to shop around for deals from electricity providers too. Change supermarkets if your current one is not competitively priced or find the time to budget your weekly shop by spreading it across several stores for the best deals on items both big and small.
Reduce your credit expenses. Credit cards are useful on occasion as a back-up, however, relying on them to cover your spending on a regular basis can quickly lead to a cycle of overspending and debt which can be difficult to reign-in. Interest rates on credit cards are rarely user-friendly once you've overdone your budget. Unless you can curb your spending with credit and pay the debts off in a timely way each month, you'll need to re-think your relationship with the plastic. Your best plan of action where credit cards are concerned, is to pay these off in full each month to avoid the high interest rates being applied to any outstanding balance, and then either rarely use them, or consider cancelling the cards altogether if you can't manage them in this capacity.
Save! Save! Save! As you save for your home, shop around for great deals with secure financial institutions. A term deposit, for instance, is a wise choice for savers, where your money is locked in a higher interest earning account for a nominated period of time. Just keep rolling your funds over as they mature and adding your additional savings to see your account grow. Likewise, set up affordable automatic debits from your salary that go straight into your nominated savings account as soon as you are paid. This will ensure you will always have your savings growing seamlessly while you continue to work towards your goal of home ownership.
Shop around for home loan deals. There are so many options and considerations here and it helps to be wise about how you go about this. HashChing is an ideal place to start your search.
HashChing is an Australian online marketplace where you can browse for the best home loan deals and it's completely free to use for home buyers. HashChing connects you directly to verified mortgage brokers who can then negotiate a better rate from lenders on your behalf, ultimately saving you the groundwork, hassle and money.
Home loan rates on HashChing start from 3.59% p.a. and consumers can have a look at the home loan deals page to see what offers are available. Click here to access weekly home loan deals.
If you're already up to this stage in your quest to own a home, you can easily get in touch with one of the brokers at HashChing. Even if you're already mortgaged and comfortably settled in your own home, it's still wise to get in touch with a broker at HashChing and save big dollars over the life of your loan. HashChing can help you out at no cost too. You can contact an expert today by clicking here.
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Hit really is out of reach for many of us. Hope that changes soon!
The situation is dire! Future generations will have a worse time again if things don't radically change.
My reply comment went below Tracy!
I wonder how my kids are ever going to be able to buy a house in Sydney!
We too worry about this for our own children.
We already technically own our own home but its a townhouse and even with a property already, buying a 'real' house is going to be a struggle.
You have a solid foundation with a townhouse at least. Not sure what the property situation is where you are. We are glad to be in our own home and managed to get in just before things went crazy here in Melbourne.
I couldn't agree more. Falling out of the credit card lifestyle is the best plan of action for savings. You sound as if you have a great system in place.
We have a credit card and use it for day to day stuff (because points!) but we pay it off at the end of every month. We review all our policies and service providers every couple of years to see where we can save some dollars too.
Paying off home loans fortnightly helps. I have a credit card after swearing off them for 10 years. We have it for points and emergencies. Sometimes it gets out of control so we get it paid off and start over again!


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Apr 02, 2019 I Jocelyne LeBlanc
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Hidden Palace With Markings Of Ramesses The Great
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Archaeologists from New York discovered an Egyptian palace at the same site as the adjoining Temple of Ramesses II. The palace and temple are located at the ancient site of Abydos, Egypt, where numerous kings are also buried.
Archaeologists were excavating in and around the temple when they discovered the palace. They first found a walkway made from stones at the southwest entrance to the temple and they ended up finding a new entrance to a different building that had the markings of Ramesses II.
Ramesses II
When the researchers excavated the cornerstones of the temple, they noticed very similar royal symbols. The newly found symbols and the discovery of the palace give archaeologists more information regarding temples from that period of time. In fact, for the first time in around 160 years, the floor plan of the temple will have to be changed because of these new discoveries.
Ramesses II was also known as Ramesses the Great, and is considered to be one of the most important rulers in Egypt's ancient times. It is believed that he ruled from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. He is said to have built huge temples and put cartouches (an oval engraving that represents the name and title of a monarch) on several of the monuments.
Professor Joann Fletcher from the University of York informed Newsweek that King Ramesses III's Luxor funerary temple also included a palace.
The ancient city of Abydos is located about 300 miles south of Cairo and is where pharaohs from the dynasties of the earliest times are believed to be lying in tombs. These early dynasties include Qaa from the first one ever, as well as Peribsen from the second dynasty.
The city also includes temples that are dedicated to the god Osiris and the Pharaoh Seti I. In fact, around the years 2025 B.C. to 1700 B.C. (also known as the Middle Kingdom), many people went to the city to worship Osiris.
Fletcher stated, "The new discovery will certainly emphasize the way Ramesses II, like his father Seti, saw Abydos as the origin of royal power," adding, "The fact Ramesses II required a palace at Abydos also reveals that he didn't just order a new temple at the site but was spending enough time there to warrant such accommodation." She went on to explain that the discovery "begins to balance out Abydos' role as purely a cemetery and temple site. To have a building in which people lived their lives is always a fascinating thing to find."
Click here to see pictures taken at the site of the palace and temple of Ramesses II.
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Jocelyne LeBlanc works full time as a writer and is also an author with two books currently published. She has written articles for several online websites, and had an article published in a Canadian magazine on the most haunted locations in Atlantic Canada. She has a fascination with the paranormal and ghost stories, especially those that included haunted houses. In her spare time, she loves reading, watching movies, making crafts, and watching hockey.
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My first thought when I hear the phrase "silicon-based aliens" is robotic aliens based on silicon semi-conductor circuitry. Maybe such aliens would rather "eat" silicate atmospheres (http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/703/2/L113/fulltext/apjl_703_2_113.text.html).
I'm sure a lot of animals would prefer eating atmosphere as well. Plants could be seen as "eating" atmosphere, but animals eat based less on the building-block value of their food than on the energy content of their food. Do silicate atmospheres have more chemical energy than silicate buildings do?
It's a bit silly, in any case. Oil is organic and has high energy content, but that doesn't mean that we can eat it.
Is there some reason that life couldn't use both silicon and carbon? Is it a case of anything sili-can do, carbon do better?
Silicates have no significant chemical energy, but that's not really a problem. Silicate atmospheres only exist on extremely hot worlds which are close to the parent sun. As such, there's plenty of solar power.
In theory, anything silicon can do carbon can do better. In practice, our digital technology is heavily based on silicon, rather than diamond or graphene. Currently, at least, the forms of carbon suitable for high performance digital electronics are expensive and difficult compared to silicon technology.
So, it's possible that technological aliens may find it easier to develop silicon based machines than carbon based machines.


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Neeraj Suri received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He currently holds the Chair Professorship in "Dependable Systems and Software" at TU Darmstadt, Germany. His earlier appointments include the Saab Endowed Chair Professorship, faculty at Boston University and multiple sabbaticals at Microsoft Research.
His research interests focus on design, analysis and assessment of trustworthy (dependable & secure) distributed systems and software. The emphasis is on composite issues of dependability and security for web-scale SW/OS, verification/validation of distributed protocols and especially "trusted/secure systems by design". His group's research activities have garnered sustained support from the European Commission, German Science Foundation (DFG, Loewe etc), US-NSF, US-DARPA, US-ONR, Microsoft, Hitachi, IBM, NASA, Boeing, Saab, Volvo, SSF, Vinnova, Daimler Chrysler among many others. He is also a recipient of the US-NSF CAREER award, Microsoft and also the IBM Faculty Award.
Suri currently serves as the associate Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Trans. on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) and an inaugural editorial board member for TDSC. His editorial board roles have included IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, ACM Computing Surveys, Journal of Security and Networks, and has been an editor for the IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems. He is a member of IFIP WG 10.4 on Fault Tolerance and Dependability, and on advisory boards for IBM, Intel, NASA, Uppsala University, European Commission RISEPTIS Board for Trust and Security, and a member of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board (TCAAB). He has served as the PC Chair for multiple IEEE conferences such as DSN/DCCS, SRDS, HASE, ISAS, Microsoft-TUD RAF, and ICDCS.
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prabhasp » Map-a-thon Nepal: 3000 buildings mapped in an afternoon!
Last weekend's Map-a-thon was a great success! It was a absolute full house at Lehman College's GISC Lab, with all the 20 computers in the Lab occupied over the course of the day. We had visitors from the OSM community (most of whom were curious about OSM, but hadn't gotten hands dirty yet), from the Nepali community, and even a visitor from Israel who was on a two-week visit for Passover!
The Nepali community from Queens who joined us, including Shaky Sherpa, a co-organizer.
I show the group how to use JOSM.
And then, stats! 19 mappers, all but two or three new to OSM, mapped 3,000 buildings in total. I don't Alex Barth's skills for history analysis, but I did some manual collation, and with some error, noted some 29,00+ buildings, which I'll round up to 3,000 for brevity's shake.
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And of course, thanks to the OSM Nepal community for inspiring us, the indomitable Shaky Sherpa for co-organizing and taking the onus of helping everyone out, that State Department for donating imagery, Lehman College and the GISc Lab for hosting us, and OpenDRI / GfDRR for their work regarding disaster resilience in Nepal.


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