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Q: How to use ProgressMonitorInputStream I know I must be missing something very obvious, but whenever I try to use the ProgressMonitorInputStream when copying a file, I never get the ProgressDialog popup.
The examples I see don't seem to do much other than wrap their input stream within the ProgressMonitorInputStream.
The docs say:

This creates a progress monitor to monitor the progress of reading the input stream. If it's taking a while, a ProgressDialog will be popped up to inform the user. If the user hits the Cancel button an InterruptedIOException will be thrown on the next read. All the right cleanup is done when the stream is closed.

Here is an extremely simple example I put together that never pops up the dialog with a large file even if I setMillisToPopup() to an insanely small number.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ProgressMonitorInputStream;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;

public class ProgressBarDemo extends JFrame {

   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

   private JButton button;

   ProgressBarDemo()
   {
      button = new JButton("Click me!");
      ButtonActionListener bal = new ButtonActionListener();
      button.addActionListener(bal);

      this.getContentPane().add(button);
   }

   private class ButtonActionListener implements ActionListener
   {

      @Override
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         Worker worker = new Worker();
         worker.execute();
         button.setEnabled(false);
      }
   }

   public void go() {

      this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      this.setVisible(true);
      this.pack();
      this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
   }

   private class Worker extends SwingWorker<Void, Void>
   {

      private void copyFile() {

         File file = new File("/Users/mypath/Desktop/WirelessDiagnostics.tar.gz");

         BufferedInputStream bis;
         BufferedOutputStream baos;
         try {
            bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
            ProgressMonitorInputStream pmis = new ProgressMonitorInputStream(
                  ProgressBarDemo.this,
                  "Reading... " + file.getAbsolutePath(),
                  bis);

            pmis.getProgressMonitor().setMillisToPopup(10);
            baos = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("/Users/mypath/Desktop/NewWirelessDiagnostics.tar.gz"));

            byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
            int nRead = 0;

            while((nRead = pmis.read(buffer)) != -1) {
               baos.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
            }

            pmis.close();
            baos.flush();
            baos.close();
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
         } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
         }
      }

      @Override
      protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         copyFile();
         return null;
      }

      @Override
      protected void done() {
         button.setEnabled(true);
      }
   }
}

public class TestProj {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      ProgressBarDemo demo = new ProgressBarDemo();
      demo.go();
   }
}

Any suggestions?

A: You are calling copyFile from within the context of the Event Dispatching Thread, this means the EDT is unable to respond to new events or paint requests until after the method returns.
Try placing the call within it's own Thread context...
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(
    public void run() {
        copyFile();
    }
));
t.start();

Equally, you could use a SwingWorker, it's a little bit of overkill, but you get the benefit of the PropertyChangeListener or it's done method, which could be used to re-enable the JButton, should you want to prevent people from clicking the button while a copy operation is in progress
See Concurrency in Swing and Worker Threads and SwingWorker for more details
Updated with example
Copying a 371mb file, across the local disk...

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ProgressMonitorInputStream;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;

public class ProgressBarDemo extends JFrame {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private JButton button;

    ProgressBarDemo() {
        button = new JButton("Click me!");
        ButtonActionListener bal = new ButtonActionListener();
        button.addActionListener(bal);

        this.getContentPane().add(button);
    }

    public void go() {

        this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        this.setVisible(true);
        this.pack();
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    private void copyFile() {

        File file = new File("...");

        BufferedInputStream bis;
        BufferedOutputStream baos;
        try {
            bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
            ProgressMonitorInputStream pmis = new ProgressMonitorInputStream(
                            this,
                            "Reading... " + file.getAbsolutePath(),
                            bis);

            pmis.getProgressMonitor().setMillisToPopup(10);
            baos = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("..."));

            byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
            int nRead = 0;

            while ((nRead = pmis.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                baos.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
            }

            pmis.close();
            baos.flush();
            baos.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private class ButtonActionListener implements ActionListener {

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

            button.setEnabled(false);
            SwingWorker worker = new SwingWorker() {

                @Override
                protected Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
                    copyFile();
                    return null;
                }

                @Override
                protected void done() {
                    button.setEnabled(true);
                }

            };

            worker.execute();
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ProgressBarDemo demo = new ProgressBarDemo();
        demo.go();
    }
}

Remember, there is overhead involved in setting up the window and displaying, which needs to be factored in.  The system may "want" to display a window, but by the time the system has set it up and is prepared to display it, the steam may have finished copying...
Extended Example
nb: I don't really like the ProgressMonitor API as I've not been able to find where the UI is synchronised with the EDT, this can cause issues in Java 7 & 8
You could formalise the idea into a self contained worker, for example...
public class CopyWorker extends SwingWorker {

    private File source;
    private File dest;
    private Component parent;

    private ProgressMonitorInputStream pmis;

    public CopyWorker(Component parent, File source, File dest) {
        this.parent = parent;
        this.source = source;
        this.dest = dest;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
        try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(source)) {
            try (OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(dest)) {
                pmis = new ProgressMonitorInputStream(
                        parent,
                        "Copying...",
                        is);

                pmis.getProgressMonitor().setMillisToPopup(10);

                byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
                int nRead = 0;

                while ((nRead = pmis.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                    os.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void done() {
        try {
            pmis.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
    }

}

This attempts to contain the functionality, but also deals with the cleanup of the ProgressMonitorInputStream within the done method, making sure that it's done within the EDT.  I'd personally attach a PropertyChangeListener to it and monitor the done property to determine when the worker has completed and examine the return result in order to pick up any exceptions, this gives you the ability to handle the exceptions in your own way and de-couples the worker from your process

A: Your program works on files, but when it comes to server and client streams, it
    fails.
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
import javax.swing.ProgressMonitorInputStream;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;

public class FileReceive extends JFrame {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private BufferedInputStream bufferInput;
    private FileOutputStream fout;
    private BufferedOutputStream bufferOutput;
    private Socket client;
    private JButton button;
    private File fileinfo;
    ProgressMonitorInputStream pois;

    FileReceive() {
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        setVisible(true);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        pack();
        receiveFile();
    }

    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        new FileReceive();
    }

    public void receiveFile() {
        try {
            fileinfo=new File(filepath);
            client=new Socket("localhost",9090);
            fout=new FileOutputStream(fileinfo);
            bufferOutput=new BufferedOutputStream(fout);
            bufferInput=new BufferedInputStream(client.getInputStream());
            pois=new ProgressMonitorInputStream(this, "reading", bufferInput);
            int ch;
            byte[] b=new byte[2048];
            System.out.println("Receiving File");

            while(-1!=(ch=pois.read(b))) {
                bufferOutput.write(b,0,ch);
            }

            pois.close();
            bufferInput.close();
            bufferOutput.close();
            fout.close();
            client.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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Exhibition explores the history of American block quilts
July 28, 2017 · 3 min read
International Quilt Study Center and Museum
The "Block on Block" exhibition will include this quilt, "Delectable Mountains," which was most likely made in Pennsylvania between 1820 and 1830.
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum will unveil a new exhibition and feature a guest lecturer during a First Friday celebration on Aug. 4.
Bill Volckening, a nationally known author and collector, will give a free lecture at 5:30 p.m. A self-described "quilt magnet" with a particular fondness for 1970s polyester quilts, pieces from his private collection are now showing at the museum in "Off the Grid: The Bill Volckening Collection."
Bill Volckening
"Bill is an amazing collector and scholar," said Leslie Levy, executive director of the museum. "He is also a good friend to the museum and we enjoy his energy and sense of humor. His lectures are always fun and informative."
Born in New Jersey, Volckening has lived in Oregon since 1998. He purchased his first quilt in 1989. This soon evolved from collecting for home décor to collecting to preserve and celebrate the craft.
The exhibition, "Block by Block: American Quilts in the Industrial Age," examines the development of the block pattern, considered the quintessential American quilt form. While early examples of block-style quilts feature European elements — such as a center medallion — during the 1820s and 1830s American makers moved toward the allover block patterns. By the mid-century, this style was in full force.
"We are excited for people to discover this new research done by a young scholar, who delved deeply into the subject matter," said Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections. "The exhibit includes some of our most prized early 19th-century quilts."
The exhibit builds on guest curator Janice Frisch's investigation of this development, which will be featured in the forthcoming book, "American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870." Edited by Ducey and Patricia Cox Crews, the comprehensive catalog of the museum's collection will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in February 2018.
"It has been an outstanding experience to work with renown scholars to produce the second catalog of the museum's collections, which are some of the most significant in the world," Ducey said. "The information in this book is well-researched, well-written and provides new and exciting information about our American quilt history. The quilts, themselves, are incredibly stunning."
"Block by Block" opens in the museum's Peg Coryell Gallery and will run through Nov. 30.
First Friday events at the museum are 4-7 p.m. and offer free admission to the galleries and related programming.
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A few weeks ago, I watched a small French indie film, Willy 1er (Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, 2016). Billed as a comedy, I find that at its core, the film is about loss and dearth. It's about the loss that death brings screeching around the corner of your life, crashing into you headlong, and forcing you (limping and bloodied) to take notice. And it's about the dearth of social connections born (that is, suffered) by society's marginalized, almost like some sadistic sociological experiment that investigates how many robust relationships can be snipped away before The Human Subject simply goes mad.
Daniel Vannet stars as both the title character and his twin brother, Michel. The brothers are corpulent, middle-aged men, mentally disabled, and living at home with their parents. They both work at blowing leaves and other yard maintenance at a local park, and Willy loves to watch Michel "make donuts" with his car by spinning round and round in the same direction. It is a simple life. We have to suppose it was too simple for Michel. One day he hangs himself.
Willy takes notice of this death by finally resisting his parents' counsel. "I'll move to the city," he says, "buy a scooter, get an apartment, find some mates, and you can stuff yourselves!"
He does as he threatens. His mates are not, perhaps, the best choices, but Willy I is oblivious to social nuance. At his new job at a grocery store, he meets Willy II, a queer, and it takes Willy I a long time to befriend Willy II and then to understand why his "mates" don't accept this newcomer to the group. Willy I and Willy II are a different sort of twin. Their shared name only draws viewer attention to the ways in which they share an affectscape of isolation and desperation, and how they both cling stubbornly to small, even negligible, threads of certain identity.
What really blew me away, however, is how the Boukherma brothers generate ghosts as the affective correlates of the two Willys' grief. A transparent Michel appears outside Willy I's window, or stands beside him in the road. The ghost conveys the way in which death is carried physically, relationally, and bodily by the one who grieves. We see how that spirit-presence is only sometimes present, even while the grief-work is persistent.
I wish I could find an image of the other ghost. Here is the scene of his arrival. Willy I is finally telling Willy II about his brother's death. He talks of a suicide he can't believe in because he can't fathom it. It doesn't make sense, he says. Willy II understands. He tells Willy I his own story, how five years ago he lost the boyfriend he'd lived with for four years. The boyfriend had been a cop, but the death was just a stupid accident. Something went wrong with the car. It doesn't make any sense, he says, twinning Willy I's words. The ghost of the boyfriend–the name is James, I think–shows up and looks tenderly down on Willy II. Willy I asks him if he's ever gotten over it. No, Willy II says. You learn to live with the loss; that's all. It doesn't go away.
At the very end of the film, Michel's spirit sidles up to Willy I on the street and chats with him. We see a ghostly car pull up, and Michel says, "Well, I have to go." Words cannot transmit very well what happens here, but it's as if in watching Michel's ghost drive off in the car, we see Willy I's grief drive down into his soul.
I've never seen a film treat loss and social dearth with such care and loveliness. The film is billed as a comedy (can you believe it?) but to me, its backbone is formed by these ghosts. We are haunted by losses we each carry in agonizing solitude, no matter how many times we tell the story; and yet, telling the story saves us by its salving connection. Especially for those society has already, with a thousand small snips, pushed to the margins, friendship becomes the material nourishment for learning to live with senseless loss.


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Q: Responsive design based on jQuery - changing elements, unwanted preloads

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    width: 100%;
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#banner_phone
{
    width: 100%;
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$( window ).resize(function() {
    if ($('body').width() < 300)
    {
        $('#banner_desktop').hide();
        $('#banner_phone').show();
    }
    else
    {
        $('#banner_desktop').show();
        $('#banner_phone').hide();
    }
});

$( document ).ready(function() {
    $(window).trigger('resize');
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http://jsfiddle.net/j9jnq/
I have a "special" attitude toward responsive design this time. Here, the banner image changes according to the width.
But in this case, both image preloads, when youre on desktop, the 2nd image shouldnt need to load - on phones, the 1st one shouldnt. Its not only unnecceserly, it also disturbs a view, because something shows and disappears. But I cant do the showing-hiding before the HTML loads. I know there is mediaquery, but its impossible to do it for every elements (I will do this kind of approach with different sizes).

A: You can either hide them both by CSS, and then when JS kicks in, decide which to show or, strongly suggested, is to revisit media queries. In the long run, you'll end up doing much more work and getting much less performance if you go with JS.
In fact, your code right now is harder to maintain, longer and less performing than a potential media query version doing the same thing.


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Repentance: Financial Income for the Islamic State
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi • Sep 28, 2015 at 4:16 pm
http://www.aymennjawad.org/2015/09/repentance-financial-income-for-the-islamic-state
The concept of repentance (tawba in Arabic) is key for the Islamic State (IS) whenever it takes over a new area and aims to consolidate control. Whoever undergoes repentance under IS successfully is issued a repentance ID document that stipulates the person has abandoned his/her apostasy and is to be treated like the rest of the Muslim populace under IS rule (Specimen 3V). The repentance process has two main applications. First, it is used to subdue people who had been affliated with rival forces primarily through the quid pro quo principle of sparing one's life in exchange for surrendering all weapons to IS. This generally includes members of Syrian rebel groups, Sunni conscripts to the Syrian army, and members of the Iraqi army and police. For a sample case, see Specimen 1B in the archive of IS admin documents with the case of the Albukamal area in Syria. At times, IS has faced agitation against its rule from those who had repented, such as in the Fallujah area, which led to the tightening of repentance conditions last year (Specimen 6Q).
Repentance is also important for co-opting existing administrative structures as far as possible into IS governance, as many who repent will have worked in jobs that cannot be applied to the IS system and so will be left without actual work (leaving aside salary payments for the moment). Most notable with regards to co-optation within the strictures of IS governance is the attempt to bring the Iraqi and Syrian education systems in areas of IS control in line with IS ideology, which entails securing the repentance of teachers and education admin staff and then subjecting them to 're-education' in the form of Shari'a lessons, using IS textbooks like al-Taqrirat al-Mufida fi Aham Abwab al-Aqida (Beneficial Courses in the Most Important Aspects of Doctrine).
Section from the aforementioned textbook denouncing Ba'athism.
It also turns out that repentance is apparently a source of revenue for IS, as a fee is charged for the initial act of repentance with additional payment required for subsequent 'renewal' of repentance. This is something that tends not to come to light in the documentary evidence. Below I have translated the testimony this month of pro-IS source Omar Fawaz of Mosul regarding payments for repentance. It appears the sums are quite hefty and have contributed to the harsh negative impact on living standards, which will only be compounded by the most recent Iraqi government decision to stop direct salary payments to employees in areas controlled by IS. More generally, the testimony is important in illustrating the economic hardship faced by a growing number of residents under IS rule, something that was predictable from the outset:
Omar Fawaz
"My brothers are coming upon my private account and corresponding with me, for one of my brothers in God has a discussion with me and says: 'Since when did repentance towards God become something in exchange for paying money?' And another says to me: 'When we- those affiliated with the army and police- repented in the last year, the Islamic State demanded from us a sum of $2500 in exchange for accepting repentance and forgiving us, so we paid it and obtained a repentance ID, and days ago we were informed that we must renew the repentance ID by paying a sum of $200, and the one who doesn't renew the repentance ID will be considered an apostate and will be executed in punishment. And on account of the difficult living circumstances we are without employment or work, and by God sometimes we don't have the means to buy milk for our children, not to mention keep ourselves alive.'
And another says to me: 'We are employees of the elections delegation [electoral commission] and the Islamic State today demands us to pay a sum of $1000 in exchange for obtaining a repentance ID, and we have not received any salary for more than a year and we don't even have our daily food on account of the difficult economic circumstances and the lack of existence of any job opportunities in the shadow of these difficult circumstances in which we live.'
And another says: 'Is this the law of God? Is this as the Messenger of God (SAWS) did?'
My brothers, by God I do not have anything to do with these matters. I am only a Muslim servant of God. Trust me, I convey all your sufferings and spare no effort in that. And God is the guarantor of success. There is no Lord but He."
Update (27 December 2015): The question of what became of Omar Fawaz will perhaps be of some interest to readers. To begin with, here is the original post above on the Facebook account in his name:
Notably, this post was subsequently deleted. As of the time of writing the account remains on Facebook but the profile picture of Fawaz has been removed, with occasional posts concerning Islamic history and theology (undoubtedly in an attempt to come across as a learned individual) while content directly touching on the Islamic State is kept to a minimum. Other posts prior in date to the one above on repentance also concern history and theology. Some samples below.
Meanwhile, a Twitter account calling itself "Adam Adam" (suspected in anti-IS Mosul social media of being a pseudonym for Fawaz: here the account itself says it is indeed Omar Fawaz) has largely ceased tweeting since early September. Similar to the Facebook account, the Twitter account displays an interest in Islamic history.
At the same time, the pro-IS orientations of both accounts are apparent. In the only other post directly touching on IS on the Facebook account, a request is made for verification of claims of govt forces advancing in the Baiji area, as rumours have apparently spread among people in Mosul that "members of our state [IS] have fled from Baiji." As for the Twitter account, an overview of the tweets it "likes" points to an account that remains favourable to IS.
Based on the similarities between the two accounts, it is most reasonable to conclude that both accounts are being run by the same person: namely, Fawaz himself. This is so despite a report in early September claiming he was executed by IS and a photo circulated in anti-IS Maslawi social media that purportedly shows him holding a placard dated 18 September, saying he has no Facebook account at the present time (as below).
In short, Fawaz has ceased to be the prolific source on IS he once was. His descent into obscurity may reflect more restrictive IS policies on members and supporters' use of the Internet and social media to broadcast information about IS outside the official media channels. The deletion of the original post on IS repentance fees is quite telling and would seem to undermine the idea the Facebook account is fake: rather he may have crossed the line for the final time and now must be very careful. Despite his orientation, he posted some quite valuable information and it may be that IS authorities came to perceive some of his posts, even if well-intentioned, as detrimental.
It is also worth overviewing biographical information on Omar Fawaz. According to the anti-IS Maslawi page "Mosul" on Facebook, his name is also Omar Mustabeh. The page offers the following account of him:
"Omar Fawaz al-Shammary from the city of Mosul lives in al-Mazari' neighbourhood and is a graduate of technical engineering from Mosul University as well.
In the days of university, he called himself Omar the poet or Omar al-Shammary, of vile manners and despised by the majority of his colleagues for his despicable conduct and his depravity in dealing with people. In the last elections, he began spouting words of zealotry calling on people to vote for the Muttahidun lil-Islah list headed by Osama al-Nujaifi. For that he received a respectable sum of money and he was sent to Japan as he was sent via the province [provincial funds] for a time.
His maternal aunt Nadia Jiyad al-Najamawi submitted herself as a candidate for the elections but she did not succeed. It is said that she was killed. So how could Omouri Mustabeh help his aunt's killers? [...]
It is well known that Omar Fawaz is a drunkard and of vile manners...His father Dr. Fawaz al-Shammary is a doctor in the al-Salam government hospital in the city of Mosul and he is a former al-Qa'ida member and a Da'esh member of senior rank according to the information we have received. His father moved with his family to Raqqa so that he could take up an important position in the organization
Omouri Mustabeh left Mosul after its fall for Dohuk and from Dohuk he went to Turkey. And for a time he waged a media war against the organization and he called to fight it. But then he changed suddenly and not only began advocating for the land of the Caliphate but also recruited a number of fighters, including a young man from Samarra he recruited and sent from Turkey to Raqqa and then from Raqqa to Iraq."
Of course, after his apparent 180-degree turn to support IS, he eventually returned from Turkey to Mosul. Interestingly, it appears that prior to the fall of Mosul, he had a Twitter account under the name of Omar Fawaz al-Shammary with the Twitter handle of @omar_faz. Minus the beard, the photo is unmistakably that of Omar Fawaz. From the account, it is clear he was a fan of the TV show Arab Idol, Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram, and famous Iraqi national football player Younis Mahmoud.
Though some of the information presented in the biography should be treated with a degree of caution, it does appear that Omar Fawaz represents a rather interesting 'radicalization' case.
Update (22 February 2016): Some further source information on repentance and financial income for the Islamic State:
. The news page Mosulyoon in mid-September 2015 reported that the Islamic State offered the chance for repentance to those who worked in the electoral delegation [electoral commission] on the following conditions:
- Permanent basis employees: pay a sum of $1000
- Contracted employees: pay a sum of $500
- Contracted for one day only (i.e. participation only on the day of the election): repentance without paying a fee.
. In December 2015, Mosul Eye affirmed that in Mosul, every police officer who has repented (or otherwise been executed) since the beginning of Islamic State control of the city has paid $2000.
. In June 2014, al-Masalah cited local sources reporting that each security apparatus officer had to pay 1,000,000 Iraqi dinars (c. $900) and hand over his weapons for repentance. By September 2014, al-Akhbariya News Agency put the required sum for ex-security personnel at $2000 or a Glock pistol as part of the completion of the repentance processes. Thus it seems the initial sums demanded were raised over time.
Update (29 March 2016): I corresponded with Fawaz's Twitter account. He denies that the Facebook account is his and says he does not know whether repentance has involved paying financial sums. In addition, he mentions that he has abandoned media work, reflecting the IS policy of keeping the broadcast of information to its own authorized channels. I leave all the material above for the interest of the reader.


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Manistee Prepares Beaches And Homes For Winter Weather
9and10news Site Staff, 910 Media Group
12/07/2016 6:3 PM EST
People along the Lake Michigan shoreline are getting ready for winter storms. ... Manistee Prepares Beaches And Homes For Winter Weather (910 Media Group)
People along the Lake Michigan shoreline are getting ready for winter storms.
The city of Manistee is preparing beaches and homes for the high winds and snow.
9&10's Taylor Jones was in Manistee with the precautions people are taking before the weather rolls in.
"One of the best assets that our community has, is the sandy beaches along Lake Michigan," says Jeff Mikula, Manistee Department of Public Works director.
But during the winter months, it takes work to keep that sand in place.
Snow fencing is just one of the ways the Department of Public Works protects the beaches from damage and erosion.
"The fencing just decreases wind velocity, which allows the sand particles to drop out of the wind. We set up a series of fencing perpendicular to the wind and then fencing goes parallel to each other, we have an area for that sand trapped," says Mikula.
Manistee beach house owners like Diana Monovich, also use the fencing, but have to prepare for winter weather all year by planting dune grass that holds sand and snow in place.
"The first year, I was in before the grass really took hold. The snow would come and I would try to use the snow blower and you weren't picking up as much sand or snow, so I got rid of that and called a snow plow," says Monovich.
The grass may solve some wind problems, but other precautions have to be taken for loose outdoor furniture and even Christmas decorations.
"I have a cording system that ties down my deck furniture down. Even the Christmas decorations, the few that I put outside have to be wired a lot or wired to a railing, you just can't put decorations out because everything blows away," says Monovich.
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Discuss Space Camp related merchandise. Also a place to buy, sell, trade, or post merchandise available on eBay other members might want!
I had several people send me this link.
Would be hilarious to show up wearing this, your first time there.
Hilarious. Bought it for my wife. Our only child and I have both been (numerous times). So this will sting just the right amount. Love it.


(i've actually already coded them).
> data somewhere between invocations.
sleep() calls to be on the minute.
> Anselm, if you don't like popen, then take Jeremy's runScript function.
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