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Syrian Reconstruction Ready for Takeoff
by Ulf Sandmark, EIR Stockholm correspondent
Central Damascus is a beautiful and busy city.
The support for the International Trade Fair from the Syrian people was massive, with 300,000 visitors a day.
A PDF version of this article is in the September 8, 2017 issue of Executive Intelligence Review and is re-published here with permission.
September 4, 2017 —The incredible momentum of the Syrian Armed Forces in reconquering vast regions of Syrian territory from ISIS and other terrorist groups, is energizing the Syrian economic recovery. With only four months' lead time, the Syrian government organized the reopening of the Damascus International Trade Fair to kick off the restarting of the economy. EIR took part in this historic event through its Stockholm correspondent, Ulf Sandmark, who visited the fair as part of a 25- person delegation of Swedish businessmen.
This was the 59th Damascus International Trade Fair since its inception in 1954, after a five year-hiatus during the war. It turned out to be a huge success, with exhibitors from 45 nations and overwhelming popular support, flooding the fair grounds with 300,000 visitors a day. The Syrian people were eager to see the full scope of Syria's productive powers—the famous Syrian food and textile industries, as well as the chemical and engineering industries. There were also two pavillions relaunching the Syrian heritage of artisans and handicraft. On display were the industries that had been kept going throughout the war, in many cases on a 24-hour basis, joined by restarted industries like the Khallouf Trading Company, which in February 2017 resumed its Hama car manufacturing plant in partnership with the Chinese Dongfeng Motor Company.
The Political and Media Advisor of the President of Syria, Bouthaina Shaaban (center), with the Schiller Institute's Talal Moualla (left) and the author.
Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis receives the EIR special report in Arabic, The New Silk Road Becomes the World Landbridge.
EIR met with the highest Syrian government representatives, bringing them the full scope of Lyndon LaRouche's Four Laws policy (here in Arabic) in the form of the Arabic translation by Hussein Askary, of EIR's World Landbridge Special Report. EIR took part in a meeting at the Prime Minister's office, where representatives of many of the nations of the old Silk Road renewed their commitment to cooperation with Syria
—a truly historical moment. Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis, with a big smile, received his own copy of the EIR Special Report. Sandmark subsequently met with the Minister of Tourism Eng. Besher Yazji, with the Director General of the Syrian Investment Agency, Dr. Inas al-Omawi, and other high officials. A special donation, by a very prominent Swedish EIR subscriber, of 15 copies of the World Land-Bridge Special Report in Arabic for the universities in Damascus and Aleppo, was delivered to the President of Damascus University, Prof. Dr. M. Hassan al-Kurdi. In total, 40 copies were brought to Syria.
The Special Report, with its added chapter, "Phoenix Project Syria: Discussion Points on the Reconstruction of Syria," will provide crucial input for Syrian economic policy making. See the video about the Phoenix project in the context of the reconstruction of Aleppo. It has also been covered on this Syrian site.
The challenges for Syria are enormous after the devastation of more than six years of war. The World bank has estimated that the war destruction in Syria amounts to U.S. $320 billion. The rebuilding of Syria will definitely require a credit system, taking into consideration that millions of Syrians, especially in youth brigades, need to be put to work in the coming year to maintain the momentum needed to unify the nation and keep peace. A government effort in a New Deal style will be crucial.
Dr. Inas al-Omawi (left), Director General of the Syrian Investment Agency (SIA) for foreign investors, with the author (right), Syrian representative of the Schiller Institute Mr. Talal Moualla, and delegation member Aly El Khosht. SIA is part of the Office of the Prime Minister and is located in the beautiful, old-style building where the prime minister formerly resided.
Syria Tourism Minister Eng. Besher Yazji (second from left) received the author (right), Syrian representative of the Schiller Institute Mr. Talal Moualla, and delegation member Aly El Khosht (far left).
The Friends of Syria has already begun projects to restart the economy. Russia, beside all diplomatic, military and civilian aid, has restarted the coastal railway line and is aiding in the restarting of the petroleum industry. Iran is committed to bring industries, like the one they restarted in 2015 for the production of the Syrian car Sham. China will help rebuild all airports, then the railway system, and subsequently the highway system.
However, the main effort rests on the shoulders of the Syrian nation, which under the leadership of President Dr. Bashar Assad, has conducted the war in the spirit of nationbuilding. The sovereignty of Syria has been asserted with continuous efforts to keep strong national institutions functioning for public services in all sectors. Reconstruction has been ongoing in huge public work projects, during the war. Territories under government control during the war have been repaired and are fully functioning, including the construction of entirely new Damascus suburbs.
Every destroyed apartment house that could be seen in the Damascus war zones, formerly occupied by gunmen, was under repair.
The reconstruction of the devastated areas, that used to be occupied by the terrorists, is now fully underway. Every damaged house we saw when travelling in the Damascus suburbs, was under repair, with new walls going up. This is the secret behind the success of the Syrian Arab Army. It is not only because of the support of the military allies, but because of a nationbuilding effort working for victory, with the Syrian population working non-stop to keep their nation functioning: the baker making bread, and health workers, teachers, and school kids doing their part to keep the nation going. The salary for such a public servant is now about U.S. $50-60 per month.
No greater testimony to the broad popular support of the President can be given than this continuing mobilization of an absolute majority of the Syrian people, including the millions of internal refugees who fled into government-controlled areas. It can also be seen in the accelerating national reconciliation process, which is bringing back thousands of former armed rebels to resettle and resume their citizen status, taking up their work in society and sometimes also in the army, to fight their former military allies. At least 600,000 refugees, mainly from Aleppo, have returned to their homes to rebuild.
A Deadly Attack Against the International Trade Fair
The high-quality Syrian handicraft sector is relaunched as a policy. Here an artisan shows handmade rugs from Aleppo.
This war mobilization—of the people, by the people and for the people—is the only way to explain the absolutely remarkable reaction by visitors to the Trade Fair to the deadly attack against its entrance. This attack is significant, and it was the only news in most of the Western world media about the remarkable Damascus International Trade Fair.
The BRICS nations and Asia were massively present. The South Korean Kioti tractors at the Damascus Trade Fair are shown here.
Scania Trucks and Buses was represented at the Damascus International Trade Fair through Iran. Here, the author (left) with Nidal Hana, head of the Hanagroup, which owns the Scania manufacturer in Iran.
The terrorists from a nearby terrorist-controlled suburb, on the fourth day of the Trade Fair, launched a grenade from a grenade launcher, hitting the side of the entrance building of the Fair Grounds. Nine people died and many were wounded when the the grenade hit the stone pavement and spread deadly shrapnel. Among the the dead were a female export manager and her husband. Later this author inspected the traces of shrapnel on the building and the broken windows.
However, when the Swedish delegation arrived a few hours after the attack, the entrance was crowded with people. The Trade Fair was not shutdown or evacuated. This is the fighting spirit of the population, who continued to come to the Fair Grounds by the hundreds of thousands every day. People wanted to celebrate and take part in the economic recovery of their nation, and would not allow terrorists stop them. They trusted the army to hit back and no further attack was launched against the fair. The whole fair grounds was furthermore under an anti-missile protection shield covering the nearby airport.
The terrorists had broken a deconfliction agreement with the Russians. It is the so-called "moderate" terrorists who have made such agreements, not the other Al-Qaeda-linked group in the occupied Eastern Ghouta Damascus suburb. These "moderates" are the terrorists providing the territorial basis for Mohammad Alloush, of the Jaish al-Islam faction, who is a member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), which is leading the opposition delegation in the UN-led peace negotiations in Geneva, as well as in the negotiations in Astana. He has been supported by the Western world, including Sweden, in his role as negotiator for the Syrian "opposition."
The Damascus 59th International Trade Fair became a people's festival celebrating the Syrian revival.
Throughout the war, most of Damascus has been a war zone, where terrorists, from time to time, randomly send grenades from their area, Jobar, just outside the Old City, and from Eastern Ghouta a little further away. The population takes its losses and fights back, working and supporting the army to protect them. The repair work is being done much faster than in Europe. In a visit by this author in 2015, passing by a street crossing attacked the day before, all traces were cleaned up. The wrecked cars had been towed off. Only some new asphalt, and damage to trees nearby, revealed the attack the day before.
This time, on Sunday, Aug. 30, this author heard two grenades hit central Damascus at two different occasions and places. When hearing these grenade explosions, the Syrian people in the streets just shook their heads silently and kept on with their business. Three nights in a row at midnight, the Syrian army, for twenty minutes, fired a special new type of missile that can reach the terrorist tunnels in Eastern Ghouta; even then, the people in the street did not blink an eye.
The Use of Terrorism for 'Diplomacy'
The terrorists cling to these remaining territories in the Damascus area, hiding in huge tunnel systems for months. They have no military significance at all beyond the capacity to launch terrorist attacks. The occupation of this slice of territory in the Syrian capital is pure cabinet warfare, used for diplomatic purposes, to try to continue the UN negotiations in Geneva, which were intended to bring down Syrian President Dr. Bashar al-Assad and bring chaos as in Libya. These terrorists have helped Western intelligence services stage incidents for international consumption, trying to bring the United States into an open war against the Syrian (and Russian) governments. The most famous was the gas attack in Eastern Ghouta in 2013, where the videos from the incident displayed dead bodies of children, but these were children kidnapped much earlier from an entirely different part of Syria.
The terrorists have brought nothing but destruction, and they oppress the local population in terrorist-held areas, putting women and children in metal cages, on the roofs of buildings as human shields, to prevent their bases and offices from being attacked. They know the Syrian government would not attack women. These hold-outs will soon come to an end. The Syrian Arab Army has been making steady progress in reconquering these suburbs, which are the last Damascus area suburbs remaining in terrorist hands after the recent victory by the combined forces of the Lebanese Army, Hezbollah, and the Syrian Arab Army on the Lebanese border in Qalamoun district. All other areas have been cleared by military campaigns in combination with reconciliation negotiations, where terrorists agreed either to be bussed away to friends in other Syrian areas, or to give up their weapons and settle accounts, and the question of their citizenship, with the Syrian state.
The military campaigns and the genial reconciliation process is about to outflank the UN-led Geneva peace talks. This entirely domestic peace process soon will have settled the conflict, so there will be no more reconciliation to talk about in Geneva. However, after a final military victory, the most difficult part of the domestic peace process will have to proceed for a long time. As Minister of Reconciliation Ali Heidary said: "It is only when the mother of the martyr is reconciled with the mother of the murderer, that the country will come to peace."
The Need for a Credit System
The more than one-hundred-year-old Damascus university is one of the typical, strong backbone institutions of Syria, with 200,000 day students and 70,000 in the evening. It has been open throughout the war in spite of grenade attacks. In the campus park, a monument commemorates the martyred teachers and students.
The government will have something like a year after the war to bring the people together and take care of its most vulnerable citizens. In that one-year period, millions of Syrians will have to be put to work. Economic development will have to reach all areas, especially areas where there has been dissent. Otherwise Syria will explode again.
Even though the guns of the rebels will have been turned in to the government, the nation will still be full of hidden arms and experienced fighters. Before the war, the economic conditionalities of the International Monetary Fund created austerity for the Syrian population and an economic crisis, which fueled the protests in the heavily orchestrated Arab Spring in Syria.
The British imperial powers and their international coalition will not take a military victory by the Syrian nation and its heroic President easily. EIR emphasized in all discussions with Syrian officials that what the British empire could not achieve by military means, with the help of their terrorists, they will try to accomplish with the help of their banks. They will try to rob the Syrian people of their economic sovereignty, create a new economic crisis, fuel dissent and restart the troubles. With their control of international banks and the financial system, they will try to continue the economic embargo aiming to freeze the nation economically, as they did with the victorious nation of Bosnia Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia which, within the Dayton agreement, was not allowed to control its own Central Bank. That action had blocked its economic development until the recent Chinese action to start huge development programs there.
The difference is just that. Unlike Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syria has been asserting its sovereignty and has friends, like the BRICS countries, as well as among its regional neighbors. However, all financing for reconstruction cannot come from abroad or from rich Syrians in exile. The government absolutely needs a credit system to control the credit flows of the banks to be able to put Syrian industrialists, businessmen, farmers, artisans, and new entrepreneurs, deprived of all resources in the war, back in business. The same goes for putting millions of returning refugees to work, to be able to make a living and rebuild their lives. Likewise for putting young people into work training programs in youth brigades, to integrate the nation in a huge reconstruction effort, as Franklin D. Roosevelt did with the New Deal and the Civil Conservation Corps for youth.
The crucial input of the Four Laws of Lyndon LaRouche in the context of the New Silk Road/World Land-Bridge will therefore be decisive in keeping up the momentum of victory and the full realization of Syrian sovereignty. Syria is now in a full "war mobilization" with its nation-building measures. This puts Syria in the best position to launch a credit system and a New Deal policy to take care of all of its desperately poor—but hopeful—people, people now coming out of the newly liberated but devastated war regions formerly occupied by terrorists.
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Mac and cheese-y, made easy.
Being a poor college kid means that you gotta appreciate the basic things in life. Here's a couple ways to step up your microwaveable Easy Mac (whichever kind you want, even though we all know which kind is the best) without getting too crazy.
No joke. This is the easiest way to make your mac way better. Either add a combo of milk and water when you're first adding it to the noodles, or pour some in after it's done cooking. It makes the cheese powder mix in more smoothly AND your mac is instantly creamier. Win-win.
Use actual bread, use saltines, use those soup crackers you steal from the dining hall- they all work. After you finish making your mac, sprinkle as many crumbs as your carb-loving heart desires on top and either nuke it again for like 30 seconds or let it sit so that it forms a crust. That'll show everyone who ever said you weren't chef material.
Cheese. Is. Awesome. If it were up to me, there'd be cheese on everything. Get a bag of shredded cheese and sprinkle some on top after you mix in the powder so it melts and gets gooey. Or mix it in while you're stirring to make super cheesy mac.
Impress someone (yourself, your friends, maybe your mom) by adding a little bit of spice to your mac. We recommend cayenne pepper, cinnamon, or paprika.
I have no idea why this is such a good combo, but it totally is. Make frozen peas in your microwave (you should have them in your room anyway) and mix them into your mac. Thank me later.
If you're like me and have wimpy taste buds, don't worry. Adding hot sauce to your mac won't blow the roof off of your mouth, but it will give your easy mac a kick that'll make you forget you made it in the microwave. Mix as much as you're feeling into your noodles before or after you add the cheese.
Everything is better with bacon, right? Obviously it'll go well with your mac. Sprinkle in some bacon bits after you add the cheese. Gotta get that bacon fix somehow. To make your own bacon bits, check out this recipe so easy a freshman could do it.


The Wanderer PSK Award Series (WPA) was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 28th September 2008. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards for contacts with amateur radio stations working portable or mobile from various World Wide Maidenhead Grid Squares. An instrument of the Maidenhead Locator System (named after the town outside London where it was first conceived by a meeting of European VHF managers in 1980), a grid square measures 1° latitude by 2° longitude and measures approximately 70 × 100 miles in the continental Europe. A grid square is indicated by two letters (the field) and two numbers (the square), as in IO75, the grid square within which MM0EPC, Scottish EPC Club Station, resides.
WPA 100, WPA 200, WPA 300, WPA 400, WPA 500, and WPA 600 Awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted/monitored portable or mobile stations from 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 different Maidenhead Grid Squares respectively on BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125, QPSK31, QPSK63, and/or QPSK125 modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. The same portable or mobile station is valid from different Maidenhead Grid Squares. All worked or monitored stations should have a portable or mobile identification after the call sign, such as /p, /m, /1...0, etc. Portable station means the station working outside of the home QTH. As much as possible we will maintain a list of the special portable expeditions working without the portable identification, such as MS0DGR, MS0EPC, etc. Maritime Mobile stations are not valid for this award series. For the purposes of this award, remote control operating is not allowed. Contacts are valid on or after 10th June 2006.


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When can my baby get a haircut at a salon?
There's no definite time when it's okay to cut your baby's hair – just use your judgment.
"In some cultures parents shave a newborn's head; in others it's customary to wait until a child can speak to cut his hair for the first time, so there's no hard and fast rule," says Lyuba Konopasek, assistant professor of pediatrics at the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
But unless you're following custom or tradition, it's probably best to wait at least until your baby can support his head when you hold him on your lap, which is around 3 months. This will make his first haircut a lot easier on everyone involved.
Some salons have a minimum age requirement, so call ahead to check before bringing your baby.
Of course, if your baby has a lot of hair and you feel it needs trimming before you want to take him for a real haircut, you can do the job yourself at home. Just be prepared for a less-than-perfect outcome.
A good, clean pair of shears will make it easier to cut quickly and evenly – old scissors can pull hair, causing uneven cuts. If you plan to trim your child's hair regularly, consider purchasing shears designed for cutting hair.


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Father of Omar Mateen hosted bizarre political talk show, railing against America and praising Taliban
By Jason Silverstein
Jun 13, 2016 | 9:58 AM
Seddique Mateen posted dozens of hour-long episodes of his "Durand Jirga Show" on YouTube.
The father of Omar Mateen hosted a bizarre, shoestring talk show, in which he ranted about the United States and once declared his support for the Taliban.
Seddique Mateen posted dozens of hour-long episodes of his "Durand Jirga Show" on YouTube between 2012 and 2015. The clips cast a confounding shadow over the man who initially claimed his terrorist son was not religiously motivated in killing at least 50 people at an Orlando gay nightclub.
Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen in an episode of the "Durand Jirga Show." (Seddique Mateen via Youtube)
The videos show Seddique Mateen's peculiar political passions and attempts at humor. He sometimes pretended to be the president of Afghanistan, and in the most recent episode, from last May, he announced he will run for that position — even though the election was held the year before.
Omar Mateen
Remembering the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando
In one episode, he praised the Afghan Taliban while castigating the Pakistani government.
Investigators outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where Omar Mateen killed at least 50 people. (Doug Clifford/AP)
"Our brothers in Waziristan, our warrior brothers in Taliban movement and national Afghan Taliban are rising up," he said in Dari, according to a Washington Post translation.
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Victims of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting
A former Afghan official told the Associated Press the show is filled with "anti-US tirades."
Omar Mateen was enraged after seeing men kissing in front of his family months ago, his father said. (Myspace)
On the show, Mateen regularly showed a telephone number and post office box that traces back to the Mateen home in Fort Pierce, Fla. The show was broadcast on Payam-e-Afghan, a California station, according to the Post.
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Hours after Omar Mateen was shot and killed by a SWAT team, his father awkwardly came to his defense by saying the slaughter was not motivated by religion. Instead, Mateen was "very angry" after seeing two men in Miami kissing near his family months ago, his father told NBC News.
But law enforcement later said the shooter pledged allegiance to ISIS right before the assault, and the terror group claimed responsibility for the deadliest shooting in American history. The killer's ex-wife and her father described Omar Mateen as an abusive and unstable man.
Seddique Mateen, whose name was initially reported as Mir Seddique, said his family was "in shock like the whole country" over the attack. He made no further comments and could not be reached by the Daily News.

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Categories: Jewellery & Watches, Watch.
Thomas Tompion (English, 1639–1713) was the best known English clockmaker of his day. The original timepiece indicates the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals on its chapter ring, with separate, concentrically mounted hands for the hours and minutes, and a separate chapter ring with its own hand for seconds. It also boasts a remarkably early stop mechanism that can be activated to measure short intervals of time.
The Museum's dapper watch is adapted from one of master clockmaker Thomas Tompion's (English, 1639–1713) classic timepieces. Tompion was one of the most successful watchmakers in Europe during his lifetime, with customers such as King William III of England and Cosimo III, Duke of Tuscany. The Museum's collection includes an extraordinary pair-case watch (1682– 83) with a movement by Tompion and an inner case and dial by Nathaniel Delander (English, recorded 1668/9, d. probably before 1697). Delander, one of Tompion's preferred casemakers, contributed to the watch's beauty with his fine engraving and matte gold on the dial. 18K gold overlay case. Black croco-patterned leather band. Quartz movement. Imported. Case: 1 1/2"W. Band: adjusts from 6 1/2"L to 8"L.


In Tiny Rifles you have to buy troops and send them to the frontlines of the battlefield. Take down alle enemies on the right. Buy snipers, machine gunners and airstrikes. Use your mouse/or tap with your finger to buy new soldiers and let move up a line.


Hey, Rube! – Can You Hear Me Mutha?
Inspired by Quantum Bleep's great review of the Hey, Rube's "Can You Hear Me Mutha?" (Steel Tiger Records) i couldn't help but to publish it here so more listeners find out about the album.
My favorite track is most definitely Pimpdaddy, i play it again and again. Enough said, listen to this gem.


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Orlando Pride determined to finish NWSL season with playoff spot
By Mike Gramajo / September 9, 2017
Last Thursday's 1-1 draw against the Seattle Reign may have not secured a playoff spot for the Orlando Pride, but after an equally match that saw two stoppage-time goals from both teams, the Pride remain motivated on closing the season with a postseason berth.
"At the end of the day, I want us to continue to win and continue to push into the playoffs," said Pride forward Alex Morgan, who scored the Pride's lone goal in the second minute of stoppage time.
"At the time that we needed it the most, the big players all stepped up together, especially all of the international players, the Australians and the Brazilians. [Ashlyn Harris] came back at the perfect time, so it just all came together at the right time," added Morgan. "A little unlucky tonight but overall, our confidence is continuing to go up, our momentum is continuing and that feels good [knowing] two games from playoffs."
Soon after Morgan scored, Seattle's Jessica Fishlock headed in a ball past Harris to equalize the game in the closing moments of the game. The final result: a split even 1-1 draw that halted the Pride (10-6-6, 36 points) from officially punching its playoff ticket.
Orlando said it was a "Switched off" moment that cost them the three points. But just because they couldn't secure a playoff spot that night, the Pride extended its unbeaten run to six games as the final two games of the season approaches.
That in itself, however, introduces a new challenge.
With women's international break going on next week, the Pride returns to take on the No. 2 seed Portland Thorns (12-5-4, 40 points) on Sept. 23 at home at 3:30 on Lifetime. A road game against No. 1 North Carolina Courage (14-6-0, 42 points) on Sept. 30 finishes the season.
Two potential playoff opponents. Two matches to try secure a postseason duel against potentially one of them. A challenge the team would welcome, according to defender Ali Krieger.
"No matter if we would have won tonight or not, we still would have want to win the last two games," said Krieger. "Obviously we are on a really good streak right now. We haven't lost in six games and it's two of the best teams in the league. Hopefully in the playoffs, once we get there, we are going to have to play one of these teams again."
"It's great for us. I love playing against great players and the best teams because that's what makes the game fun… you want to play against the best teams and the best players week in and week out because you can only get better," she added.
The Pride will enter the Thorns game on the 23rd with the same scenario as last Thursday's game: A win and Orlando Pride are playing in the playoffs in October.
A loss or even a draw puts them in a dangerous position.
Morgan praises rookie Hill
After scoring a brace on Sept. 2 against the Boston Breakers, rookie forward Rachel Hill continued with another impressive performance Thursday night.
Though she didn't score, Hill came close scoring Orlando's opening goal in the 47th minute after heading a ball from Camila toward goal, only to bounce off the crossbar. A few more shots attempts at goal, and that was enough to get her credit from teammate Alex Morgan.
"I thought she had at least one tonight, especially the header. I thought that was for sure in. It went off the crossbar unfortunately. But she's been playing really well," said Morgan. "She's been taking on players. Her game has definitely escalated the more that she's gotten playing time. She's fun to play with, so she's going to continue to grow the more playing time she gets."
Hill has played in 13 games this season and has started in eight. The 22-year-old forward has scored three goals this season.
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Dog attacks and ensuing bites have long been a concern across the US. In an effort to deal with the issue, Florida enacted legislation with a focus on protecting the public from the actions of dogs not being controlled by their owners. Florida's statute, FLSA 767.04, states that a dog owner is liable for injuries if the dog bites another person, and/or the person is in a public place or lawfully in a private place when such an attack takes place.
Two types of legislation have emerged nation-wide in an attempt to provide the most effective and efficient means of bite prevention: dangerous-dog laws and breed-specific legislation. Owners should purchase dangerous dog insurance if they feel that their pet may pose a threat to other individuals.
Dangerous-dog laws are designed to determine whether a dog is vicious or dangerous and impose ownership regulations based on the particular dog's prior conduct. In contrast, breed-specific legislation regulates or bans ownership of particular breeds based on a belief that the breed is inherently vicious or dangerous. Breed-specific legislation may be the primary means of regulating dangerous dogs or supplemental to existing state or local dangerous-dog laws.
More than thirty states, as well as the District of Columbia, and numerous cities have enacted dangerous-dog laws as a means of addressing the dog-bite epidemic. These laws were enacted in an attempt to require owners of dogs considered to be a danger to abide by statutorily defined precautionary measures.
Florida's statute of limitations limits the amount of time an injured person has to file a lawsuit after a dog bite injury. It requires an injured person to get their lawsuit filed in Florida's civil court system within four years of the date of a dog bite. The court will likely throw out the case of anyone filing past this four-year deadline. Dog bites are a serious concern and Florida dog bite laws are meant to protect the public. An owner can protect himself and his dog by using proper restraints at all times and purchasing dangerous dog insurance.


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In Locomotors L is 12th, O is 15th, C is 3rd, M is 13th, T is 20th, R is 18th, S is 19th letters in Alphabet Series.


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Q: How to define two ng-click functions in a directive? Here's my code in the template.
    <button ng-click="{{backFunction}}" ng-show="{{backShow}}"> Back </button>
    <button ng-click="{{nextFunction}}" ng-show="{{nextShow}}"> Next </button>

Directive Code
directive('navigationButtons', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'AE',
        templateUrl : 'angular/app/partials/navigationButtons.html',
        scope: {
            backFunction: '@',
            backShow: '@',
            nextFunction: '@',
            nextShow: '@'
        }

        };
})

View Code (where I'm using the directive)
<navigation-buttons nextFunction="a.active=true" nextShow="true" backFunction="b.active=false" backShow="true"></navigation-buttons>

It is showing error as Syntax Error: Token 'nextFunction' is unexpected

A: you should receive functions with & and not @
also receive the boolean for show/hide with = if you need two way binding & dont want to setup $watch/$observe
directive('navigationButtons', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'AE',
        templateUrl : 'angular/app/partials/navigationButtons.html',
        scope: {
            backFunction: '&',
            backShow: '=',
            nextFunction: '&',
            nextShow: '='
        }

        };
})

check this link on passing functions to directive
EDIT
also check out this great article on directives

A: You have some errors in your code, first of all, in your template, you have change the camel case names for dash separated, and remove the curly brackets
<button ng-click="backFunction()" ng-show="backShow"> Back </button>
<button ng-click="nextFunction()" ng-show="nextShow"> Next </button>

Now in your directive replace the scope isolations:
directive('navigationButtons', function() {
return {
    restrict: 'AE',
    templateUrl : 'angular/app/partials/navigationButtons.html',
    scope: {
        backFunction: '&',
        backShow: '@',
        nextFunction: '&',
        nextShow: '@'
    }
};

I created a jsfiddle with your code working: http://jsfiddle.net/v7V6y/
Best!

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Q: Drag + drop in Safari OSX It seems that Safari does not handle well drag-drop. In the snippet below, the green div does not follow the mouse pointer when dragged but follows it way to the right and lower down.
EDIT: when embedded here the green div is nowhere to be seen when dragged. This fiddle is better https://jsfiddle.net/8vckLerm/1/
I could not find any tricks to make it behave properly. Does anybody have any suggestion ?
Thanks

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Associate Director of New England University Transportation Center Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at the MIT AgeLab, discusses how the self-parking car works.
The outside of the AgeLab/NEUTC car.
Research Scientist at MIT's AgeLab and Associate Director of New England University Transportation Center Bryan Reimer discusses and demos a car that can park itself.
EXCELLENT work but i feel changing of gears can also be automated giving complete freedom to driver and hence your system to take complete control of it.
This is just another money grabbing innovation. Car will cost at least for 4 figures more and in reality maybe 5-10 % will use this feature.
Quite amasing job FoMoCo and MIT. I was impressed!. Apart from the MKZ there is another vehicle from Ford which has this feature, I think is the Focus.


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Chihuahuas do seem to recognise and prefer their own breed, so it's a great idea to keep two of them. Oscar and Izzy also play well with other Chihuahuas. In the park Izzy tends to want to hide from other dogs and Oscar can become protective.
Yes however, they do not like rough or loud play or they may become frightened and hide. If you have kids they will need to be teenagers or older and only if extremely gentle.
Both enjoy outings but as they are small, they don't like long walks. Izzy loves short strolls or play-time at home. Oscar will come along too but is not always as enthusiastic – a lazy Mexican especially at home.
Will stay close by and come when called.
Yes, as long as they have each other for company. However, preference will be given to a home where they do not have to spend lengthy periods of time without human company – we don't want them sleeping their lives away.
Gentle cuddles are top on the list. Oscar and Izzy are very people orientated and are happiest when showered with attention and affection.
Other dogs rushing into their space – they become frightened because they are so small.
Oscar and Izzy would love a home with active seniors or adults who work from home – where someone is home more often than not. You will need to be overtly affectionate and be looking for lap dogs to pamper. As Chihuahuas have their own special quirks experience with the breed is also preferable.
Oscar and Izzy are devoted to each other and cannot be separated. At home Izzy is more lively, bold and confident but is timid and nervous around other large dogs - Oscar tends to be the opposite.
While these dogs will appeal to many families, the most suitable environment for them is one that is quiet, calm and with a routine. Even though they sleep a lot they do love human company. They need at least a small yard (no apartments) and an outing now and then. They are trusting, soft-hearted and need a home where there is time and a wiliness to make the dogs a central focus.
They will not suit homes with young, elderly or frail people.


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UC students plan documentary in Eastern Europe during the war
Digital media collaborative majors map out way to capture art during conflict
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As global media descend on Eastern Europe to cover Russia's war in Ukraine, two University of Cincinnati students are planning to cover the region from a different angle.
Hunter Shallcross and Tanmay Srivastava, both digital media collaborative majors in UC's College of Arts and Sciences, have planned a trip to multiple European countries to film a documentary titled "The Edge of Chaos." The trip is scheduled for May of 2023.
The pair became friends through their passion for film, and soon started partnering on projects. Last February, Shallcross and Srivastava became interested in the way culture and art are changing in countries on the edge of Europe due to the war and decided to develop the idea into a documentary.
"Everybody is flocking to Eastern Europe to document what is going on. We want it to show the artistic side," says Shallcross. "The shots, the camera angles, and the narrative we want to tell about relationships and personal issues that go beyond war."
They began pitching their documentary idea to various professors and making any connections they could to bring their idea to life. Last May, they even attended the Cannes Film Festival, to get some firsthand film experience, while networking with people there.
UC digital media collaborative students Hunter Shallcross and Tanmay Srivastava at Film Cincinnati.
The first faculty member to help them with their plan was Michael Gott, professor of film and media studies. Gott encouraged them to apply for the Taft Undergraduate Enrichment Award scholarship, which they were later granted. The scholarship supports students pursuing projects that help them get hands on experience with their field outside of the classroom. The scholarship puts emphasis on student traveling beyond classroom study.
The official trip will consist of them traveling from the most north Baltic state, Estonia, and down the border of Ukraine, through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. With the trip taking them close to the Ukrainian border, they hope to interview people who grew up in the former Soviet Union.
"One thing A&S helped with is that the professors are really good leaders, and they are really good at what they do," says Srivastava. "My interest in this research was encouraged by interacting with Dr. Sunderland."
Not only do the two students appreciate help from Gott, but also from professor of history Willard Sunderland. With extensive scholarship in Russia and the Soviet Union, Sunderland helped the students plan out their map for the trip.
"My area of expertise is Russian history, and I've traveled and lived for long periods in the different parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union," says Sunderland. "In talking with Tanmay and Hunter, I shared some of my understandings of the borderland region they'll be exploring. It's a complicated place.
"Numerous peoples and cultures, lots of connections between the different groups but also deep grievances and contested memories. The borders of the region have also changed considerably over time. It's important to have an appreciation of these complexities."
Shallcross and Srivastava plan to use smaller camera equipment so that the filming process is less intrusive. They want to examine each area's individual characteristics and artistic values outside the war.
"It's a direct cinema opportunity on the edge of a chaotic regime, hence why it is called the Edge of Chaos," says Shallcross. "We are very ambitious. Not only will the film itself be interesting but the idea of undergraduate students flying to a border makes it stand out."
Featured image at top: Person makes adjustments to camera. Credit/Jakob Owens for Unsplash.
By Hayley Garr
Student Journalist, Marketing and Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
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UC offers new social justice, Latin American studies degrees
University of Cincinnati students can now enroll to earn a Bachelor's degree in two new humanities programs: Social Justice, and Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies, offered through UC's College of Arts and Sciences.
UC to host symposium on socially just community research
Event: March 5, 2021 9:30 AM
On Friday, March 5, The Cincinnati Project (TCP) will host its seventh-annual symposium titled "The Art and Science of Socially Just Community Partnered Research," sponsored by UC's College of Arts and Sciences and The Taft Research Center. Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) Mohan Dutta will deliver the keynote speech. Based in New Zealand, CARE is a global organization dedicated to developing community-based solutions for social change, advocacy and activism, inspired by the conviction that health is a human right. Founded in 2016, TCP unites researchers from UC's College of Arts and Sciences with community partners to benefit marginalized communities in Cincinnati, tackling economic, race, gender and health issues. Past TCP research has focused on high eviction rates in Hamilton County, resulting in city legislation to protect the rights of renters through an eviction prevention plan. In addition to the keynote speaker, the symposium will include discussion panels from area organizations such as Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, the Center for Closing the Health Gap, and UC faculty researchers. Topics will include ways in which community-based research can be conducted in socially just ways, in order to benefit the communities it is designed to serve. The symposium will be held virtually via Zoom from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, please visit The Cincinnati Project.
UC student body leaders use platform to empower others
University of Cincinnati student body leaders have taken on a full slate of undergraduate activities, including classes, studies, Bearcats games and leading student government for UC. Elected as president and vice president earlier this semester, the students set to work delivering on their platform of diversity and inclusion, sustainability, campus spirit, mental health and accessibility. Initiatives so far include a Mental Health Advocacy Week, a career-ready clothing drive and civil discourse training.
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A cleaner Santa Cruz River helps Tucson community connect
By Angelica Cabral | Cronkite News
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017
TUCSON – Jason Ground has two main reasons to enjoy the stretch of the "new" Santa Cruz River that runs through Tucson.
As a communications specialist with Pima County, he's been involved with the project to make the river healthier and stronger in the last few years, but on a more personal level as a Tucson native, he said it's been great for him to see it become a place the community can truly enjoy.
Ground said he sees the river as the main reason Tucson was founded all the way back in 2100 BC.
And now, instead of being notable for its bad smell, the river and the surrounding trails can actually connect the community.
A stretch of The Santa Cruz River in Tucson. The river has shown significant improvement after upgrades to a nearby water treatment facility. (Photo by Angelica Cabral/Cronkite News)
"A lot of these neighborhoods would be really isolated pockets, but the loop provides this sort of artery to the rest of the community," Ground said.
He said the river represents Tucson in an appropriate way; it's a place where people, including himself, can take part in recreational activities, thanks to the mentioned new trails, which also serve to help with maintenance upkeep.
"When I was growing up, nobody came out here, there was nothing to see here, you didn't want to come here," he said. "Now, literally as we've been standing here, there's been dozens of people coming by on bicycles and joggers and stuff. It's made it a better place."
Getting the river to where it is now has been the result of a four-year undertaking lead by Pima County. Cleaning up the water required a serious upgrade to treatment plants, which the county funded through grants provided by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The city now puts highly treated wastewater into the river, instead of the previous, more toxic matter they were dumping in.
None of these improvements, however, have come at a cheap cost. With the addition of the second water treatment plant, officials said the estimated final cost of the project is $660 million.
The trails have even given rise to some interesting hobbies
Evan Canfield, a civil engineer with Pima County, is excited about the new developments regarding not just the river, but the trails around it. (Photo by Courtney Mally/Cronkite News)
Susan Carosielli is a Tucson resident who has been coming to the river for years to collect the golf balls that get hit onto the trail from the neighboring golf course. She's noticed the odors are still present at times, but also that there's been an increase in the amount of water flowing through.
The Sonoran Institute, an environmentally focused nonprofit group whose mission is to connect communities with natural resources, has been tracking the changes and recently released their fourth and final report regarding the Santa Cruz River.
And although the river has shortened in length, the water itself is now much more clear and healthier. Claire Zugmeyer, an ecologist with the Sonoran Institute, said another bonus is they have seen new species popping back around and in the river.
"What we were finding before were insects that were not bad, but just have a higher tolerance to poor water quality. So now with the higher quality water, we're seeing more diversity," she said. "More sensitive ones are starting to come back, but not yet the really sensitive ones."
Those involved with the project referred to the bad layer that was under the water as schmutz. The layer, which was essentially nitrogen and nutrients from the wastewater, would block spaces so water couldn't percolate down. Now, they said they have poked holes in the layer so that it's not interfering as much. Zugmeyer said the nutrients were in such high quantity, they were severely impacting the river.
Claire Zugmeyer, an ecologist with the Sonoran Institute, gets ready to head down to the Santa Cruz River. (Photo by Courtney Mally/Cronkite News)
"We've removed a lot of those nutrients, too much of a good thing is a problem," she said. "Before the upgrade, we weren't seeing very many fish because ammonia is one form of nitrogen that's really toxic in high concentration, so we're seeing fish now."
Evan Canfield, a civil engineering manager for the Pima County regional flood control district, said the removal of the schmutz shows progress.
"The schmutz stack was an embodiment of all the nastiness that was generated by the poor quality water that was being dumped and the loss of it is sort of emblematic of this great change."
He said another great result of the undertaking has been the Living River Art Project that local high school students have been participating in.
"That's been one of the great wonderful surprises about the project," he said. "That we could tie in a child educational component and that the kids would get so excited and that the poetry would be so good and inspiring to the rest of us."
Canfield also said the project has helped get the word out to the community.
"As a parent, there's few ways better to get my attention than the things my kid brings home from school and get excited about," he said.
Students at Tucson Magnet High School created artwork about the Santa Cruz River for their biology class. (Photo by Courtney Mally/Cronkite News)
Marea Jenness, a biology teacher at Tucson High Magnet School, started this project with her students as a way to connect the arts and sciences. After studying the subject, students take a field trip to a portion of the Santa Cruz River, where they observe and interact with the environment.
"This art project enables me to weave another strand into my teaching about biology because one of the most important skills to teach as a biologist is observation," Jenness said. "When you do biological drawing, it makes you focus on your observations and you make much better observations."
She said the projects lean sometimes more toward traditional art and other times more like clinical presentations, but that students are constantly surprising themselves with their talent and the inspiration they draw from the river.
In the time she's been going to visit it, she said she's also noticed changes to the area.
"It's getting greener, it's getting more grown in," Jenness said. "The water is healthier, we find all kinds of macroinvertebrates in there."
The river currently has a good flow, but during monsoon season it can get flooded after a big storm. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, Claire Zugmeyer said, and she can still see improvements on days when it hasn't been raining.
"Fortunately, a lot of the vegetation has adapted to that, so they just lean over and pop back up after the water is gone," Zugmeyer said. "On a normal, non-storm day, the water is much clearer now than it was before the upgrade."
Zugmeyer said their work isn't done yet, but the middle stretch of the river, which was once mostly abandoned, is now a valued community amenity.
"We're building on the Living River reports by finding out what people value about the river, what they know and where they go, what they want to see, what their concerns are," she said.
She added she wants the community to come out and see the river and enjoy it.
"The Santa Cruz is the reason we can call Tucson home," Zugmeyer said. "The river has a lot of personality, so you have to go exploring to get to know it."
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She has taught online at skillshare.com, and has lectured at General Assembly Boston and Bentley University.
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package com.lofidewanto.demo.client.common;

import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.fusesource.restygwt.client.Method;
import org.fusesource.restygwt.client.MethodCallback;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Answers;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.Spy;
import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyBoolean;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyObject;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AbstractMethodCallbackTest {

	private static final Logger logger = Logger
			.getLogger(AbstractMethodCallbackTest.class.getName());

	@Spy
	private AbstractMethodCallback abstractMethodCallback;

	@Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS)
	private Exception exception;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
	}

	@Test
	public void checkTimeoutErrorWithJsonErrorText() throws Exception {
		final boolean isTimeout = abstractMethodCallback.checkTimeoutError(
				new Exception(
						AbstractMethodCallback.ERROR_TEXT_RESPONSE_WAS_NOT_A_VALID_JSON));

		assertEquals(false, isTimeout);
	}

	@Test
	public void checkTimeoutErrorWithTimeoutError() throws Exception {
		doNothing().when(abstractMethodCallback).redirectToLogin();

		final boolean isTimeout = abstractMethodCallback.checkTimeoutError(
				new Exception(AbstractMethodCallback.ERROR_TEXT_LOGIN_FORM));

		assertEquals(true, isTimeout);
	}

	@Test
	public void execute() {
		doNothing().when(abstractMethodCallback).showLoadingMessage();

		abstractMethodCallback.execute();

		verify(abstractMethodCallback, times(1)).executeCallService(any());
	}

	@Ignore
	@Test
	public void executeCallService() {
		doAnswer(invocationOnMock -> {
			logger.info(invocationOnMock.getMock().toString());

			((MethodCallback) invocationOnMock.getArguments()[0]).
					onSuccess(any(Method.class), anyObject());

			return null;
		}).when(abstractMethodCallback)
				.executeCallService(any(MethodCallback.class));

		abstractMethodCallback.executeCallService(any(MethodCallback.class));

		verify(abstractMethodCallback, times(1)).
				onSuccess(any(Method.class), anyObject());
	}

	@Test
	public void executeOnFailure() {
		doReturn(false).when(abstractMethodCallback)
				.checkTimeoutError(exception);
		doReturn(
				AbstractMethodCallback.ERROR_TEXT_RESPONSE_WAS_NOT_A_VALID_JSON)
				.when(exception).getMessage();
		doNothing().when(abstractMethodCallback).onFailure(any(), any());
		doNothing().when(abstractMethodCallback)
				.hideLoadingMessage(anyBoolean());

		abstractMethodCallback.executeOnFailure(null, exception);

		verify(abstractMethodCallback, times(1)).onFailure(any(), any());
	}
}

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Rock Blast is favored over Stone Edge; despite the latter's early damage window its single bar makes it exploitable, while the former is spread out across 3 bars.
Gyro Ball is clearly inferior due to its late damage window, lack of STAB, and poor counter coverage.
This little bug is the epitome of extremes. Its resume is nothing if not eye-catching; Shuckle has the absolute lowest CP and Atk in the game, with the 4th lowest HP stat as a kicker. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Shuckle has the single highest Def stat in all of GO, making its role plain to see.
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By Admin on March 13, 2020 · Local News
As global economies struggle to contain the consequences of the ongoing global health emergency known as Coronavirus (COVID-19) which originated in Wuhan Hubei, China, the BVI is bracing for its share of the economic fallout as leaders agree that this is to be expected. The fear is that this situation of anticipated economic down-turn comes on the heel of announced $30M falloff from the BVI bread and butter Financial Services industry. However, as anticipation holds the Financial Services' overarching bodies are devising a plan to weather the expected global turbulence.
It is believed that the Coronavirus which has already struck many countries will result in a decrease in revenue for the Territory at the end of this financial year. This assertion was made by Leader of the Opposition Hon. Marlon Penn during the House of Assembly sitting on 27 February.
While debating the suspension Bill for the Micro Business Act, the Leader of the Opposition noted that while the Territory prepares and plans to deal with the virus itself the economic impact is beginning to show up. He told the House, "Coronavirus has already hit the BVI in a major way. The BVI Financial Services industry holds over 40 percent of its shares in Hong Kong, China, Asia Pacific region."
In explaining the ripple effect and the impact of this global pandemic Hon. Penn mentioned that China is a major exporter to countries around the world who depend on their goods for various economical purposes. Therefore Hon. Penn mentioned that the lack of such goods will affect economies globally. This problem has already impacted Chinese exports which have hit a snag.
"Imagine the tack on implications to all the other global industries. That means an economic loss and a downturn for the US as well – who is one of the main consumers. Who is one of our main tourism customers …These are things that we have to be strategic and mindful of," he added.
The Leader of the Opposition alluded to the fact that Asian countries (many of which are affected by the virus) are major contributors to the financial services sector.
In noting the seriousness of the situation of the virus and the BVI's bread and butter industry Hon. Penn noted that typically the BVI gets about 10,000 to 8,000 incorporations in January alone annually. However, he pointed out that there is some concern for the first-quarter results. "That has been traditionally the busy period for incorporations. But, half of the firms have been shut down or are operating skeleton staff…We have to accelerate how we innovate in this industry, how we protect this industry," Hon. Penn further stated.
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Returning to the talk show Honestly Speaking With Claude Skelton-Cline on 3 March CEO of BVI Finance Elise Donovan announced mitigating and planning has begun. She announced, "We are putting our heads together to see…what we should be doing as soon as it [the emergency]abates hopefully within the next couple of months."
"We are certainly preparing ourselves in the BVI Finance getting ready to produce a guide for the industry in terms of preparing." This plan Donovan explained guides the industry on business continuity efforts and working remotely.
She said that the plan extends to after the Coronavirus threat has been extinguished.
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Meanwhile, a meeting was held on 3 March with His Excellency Governor Augustus Jaspert, Premier Hon. Andrew Fahie, Deputy Premier, and Minister of Health and Social Development Hon. Carvin Malone and representatives of key response agencies across the public service to discuss the current global outbreak of COVID-19.
In a statement issued following the meeting the Governor announced that the conference was essential for formulating the best possible response in the Territory to the ongoing global COVID-19 outbreak, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) activated at a Level 1.
His Excellency said that the activation of the NEOC is not meant to scare residents but rather reassure that Government is taking the situation seriously. "I remind you all that at Level 1, key agencies within the NEOC are closely monitoring the situation and are standing by to escalate our activation level, should that prove necessary," Governor Jaspert stated.


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\subsection{Introduction}
Magnetic fields are everywhere in nature, and they affect many physical processes over a wide range of scales in both space and time.
Indeed, stochastic magnetic fields have been observed to exist even on the scale of
galaxy clusters\cite{Wolfe:1992ab,Clarke:2000bz,Xu:2005rb} and their origin is  a recent focus in cosmology\cite{Turner:1987bw,Ratra:1991bn,Vachaspati:1991nm,Kibble:1995aa,Ahonen:1997wh,Joyce:1997uy,Barrow:1997mj,Durrer:1999bk,Bamba:2004cu,Takahashi:2005nd,Hanayama:2005hd,ichiki:2006sc}.
Although cluster magnetic fields may be explained by a dynamo mechanism, for example, occurring in AGN jets \cite{Xu:2009if} or via the Weibel instability \cite{Fujita:2006}, its existence on large scales allows for the possibility that a primordial magnetic field (PMF) could also be present.

Such a PMF could have influenced a variety of phenomena in the early universe
such as the cosmic microwave background
\cite{Jedamzik:1999bm,Seshadri:2000ky,Mack:2001gc,Subramanian:2002nh,Subramanian:2003sh,Lewis:2004ef,Yamazaki:2004vq,Yamazaki:2006bq,Yamazaki:2007oc,Giovannini:2008aa,Kojima:2008rf,Paoletti:2008ck,Caprini:2009vk,Kojima:2009ms},
non-Gaussianity and low multipole anomalies of the CMB\cite{Bernui:2008ve,Seshadri:2009sy,Caprini:2009vk},
the formation of large-scale structure (LSS)
\cite{
Tsagas:1999ft,
Giovannini:2004aw,
Tashiro:2005hc,
Tashiro:2005ua,
Yamazaki:2006mi,
Sethi:2008eq,
Yamazaki:2008bb}, and the gravitational wave background\cite{Caprini:2001nb}.
Effects of a PMF on the BB polarization mode of the CMB have also been  studied by several authors
\cite{Mack:2001gc,Seshadri:2000ky,Lewis:2004ef,Kosowsky:2004zh,Yamazaki:2007oc,Kristiansen:2008tx,Giovannini:2008zv,Kahniashvili:2008hx}
and these effects have proven to be as important as
the other physical processes which strongly affect the BB polarization through Lorentz symmetry violation \cite{Komatsu:2008hk,Kostelecky:2009zp,Kamionkowski:2008fp}.

The purpose of this paper is to present the newest results of constraints on cosmological parameters by taking account of the effects of the PMF inferred from the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis of the observed CMB anisotropies and matter power spectrum.
We show that presently existing and future precise observations of the CMB anisotropies have the potential to place stringent constraints on the PMF parameters.
Indeed, existing data may already provide some evidence that a PMF existed in the early universe. If confirmed by future observations, this PMF could be a new probe of physics before the CMB epoch and would impact our understanding of the physics of the early universe.

\subsection{Model}
Recently, several different groups \cite{Lewis:2004ef,Yamazaki:2004vq,
Yamazaki:2006bq,Yamazaki:2006mi,
Yamazaki:2007oc,Giovannini:2008aa,Yamazaki:2008bb,Paoletti:2008ck,Caprini:2009vk,Kojima:2009ms} have been developing  the complex analysis of  PMF effects on the CMB and matter power spectrum.
The work presented here, however, is the first complete statistical analysis of the constraints on PMF parameters.
Although, occasional discrepancies  among different groups have occurred their sources have been identified and the groups are now concordant where comparisons can be made.

To analyze the role of the PMF, one can assume that the photons and baryons behave as a single fluid since these particles interact rapidly before the last scattering of photons.  Briefly stated, the PMF directly affects ionized baryons through the Lorentz force. Since the baryons and photons are tightly coupled before the epoch of last scattering, photons are indirectly influenced by the PMF. The cold dark matter (CDM) is also indirectly affected by the PMF through gravitational interaction.
We assume that the PMF was generated  some time during the radiation-dominated epoch.  In the case of a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) background cosmology with linear perturbations, the time evolution of the energy density of the PMF can be treated as a first order perturbation with a stiff source.  In this case, all of the back reactions from the fluid can be discarded.
For a PMF that is statistically homogeneous, isotropic and random, the fluctuation power spectrum can be parametrized\cite{Mack:2001gc} as a power-law
$S(k)= \langle B(k)B^\ast(k)\rangle  \propto k^{n_\mathrm{B}} $
where $n_\mathrm{B}$ is the power-law spectral index of the PMF that can be either negative or positive depending upon the
physical processes of magnetic field creation.
A two-point correlation function for the PMF can then be defined\cite{Mack:2001gc}  for $k < k_C$ where $k_C$  is a cutoff wave number in the magnetic power spectrum, i.e.
$\left\langle B^{i}(\mbi{k}) {B^{j}}^*(\mbi{k}')\right\rangle
	=	({(2\pi)^{n_\mathrm{B}+8}}/{2k_\lambda^{n_\mathrm{B}+3}})
		[{B^2_{\lambda}}/{\Gamma\left(\frac{n_\mathrm{B}+3}{2}\right)}]
		k^{n_\mathrm{B}}P^{ij}(k)\delta(\mbi{k}-\mbi{k}'), $

where $P^{ij}(k)=\delta^{ij}-\frac{k{}^{i}k{}^{j}}{k{}^2}~~.$
Here, $B_\lambda=|\mathbf{B}_\lambda|$ is the magnetic strength in comoving coordinates derived by smoothing over a Gaussian sphere of radius $\lambda=1$ Mpc.
The quantity  $k_\lambda = 2\pi/\lambda$.  Radiative viscosity damps the PMF \cite{Jedamzik:1996wp,Subramanian:1997gi}.   We use this effect to evolve the cutoff wave number, $k_\mathrm{C}$.
We then compute the PMF power spectrum using  the numerical methods developed in
Refs.~\cite{Yamazaki:2006mi,Yamazaki:2007oc}.

In this article we place new limits on the  magnetic field strength together with other cosmological parameters using a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method in the numerical analysis\cite{Lewis:2002ah}.
We use adiabatic initial conditions for the evolution of the CMB anisotropy and matter power spectrum in the presence of a PMF. Details of the initial conditions are summarized in Ref.~\cite{Lewis:2004ef,Kojima:2009ms}.
For the scalar mode, we use adiabatic initial conditions for the matter contribution as in Ref. \cite{Kojima:2009ms}.
Although  in previous numerical estimations the curvature perturbations of the scalar mode were too small to stabilize the numerical calculations for larger scales at early times, our present initial conditions stabilize the  numerical scheme for all scales and times.  Hence, we can now obtain reliable numerical results\cite{footnote1}.

We consider  a flat  $\Lambda$CDM universe characterized by  8 parameters, i.e.~$\{ \Omega_b h^2,
	\Omega_c h^2,
	\tau_C,
	n_s,
	\log(10^{10}A_s),
	A_t/A_s$, $( |B_\lambda|/3.0\mathrm{(nG)})^4$, $n_\mathrm{B} \}$,
where
$\Omega_b h^2$
and
$\Omega_c h^2$
are the baryon and CDM densities in units of the critical density,
$h$ denotes the Hubble parameter in units of 100 km s$^{-1}$Mpc$^{-1}$,
$\tau_C$
is the optical depth for Compton scattering,
$n_s$
is the spectral index of the primordial scalar fluctuations,
$A_s$
is the scalar amplitude of primordial scalar fluctuations and
$A_t$
is the scalar amplitude of the primordial tensor fluctuations.
We define the tensor index of the primordial tensor fluctuations as $n_t =-(A_s/A_t)/8 $.
For all cosmological parameters we use the same priors as those adopted in the WMAP analysis \cite{Dunkley:2008ie}.

\subsection{Results}
In our likelihood analysis, the MCMC algorithm was performed until all of the cosmological parameters were well converged to the values listed in Table 1. With the inclusion of a PMF, the minimum total $\chi^2$  changes from 2803.4 to 2800.2 corresponding to a change in the $\chi^2$per degree of freedom from 1.033 to 1.031.
Hence, the goodness of fit is slightly improved
by considering a PMF even after allowing for new degrees of freedom.
Figure 1 shows the 68\% and 95\% C.L.~probability contours in the planes of
 various cosmological parameters versus the   amplitude $|B_\lambda|$, or power law index $n_\mathrm{B}$, along with the probability distributions.  The bottom of the figure shows the probability distributions for $|B_\lambda|$  and $n_\mathrm{B}$.  Of particular note for this article is the presence of  maxima for $|B_\lambda| = 0.85 \pm 1.25$ nG and
$n_\mathrm{B}= -2.37^{+0.88}_{-0.73}$.  Although these values are consistent with zero magnetic field and thus only imply upper limits, they suggest the possibility that with forthcoming data (particularly for large CMB multipoles) a finite magnetic field may soon be detectable.

These figures exhibit no degeneracy between the PMF parameters and the standard  cosmological parameters. Table 1 confirms  that the standard cosmological parameters are not significantly different from those deduced directly from the WMAP 5yr data analysis without a PMF.
The reason  for this is  simple. The standard  cosmological parameters are mainly constrained by the observed CMB power spectrum for low multipoles $\ell < 1000$ (up to the 2nd acoustic peak).  On the other hand,   the PMF dominates for
$\ell > 1000$.   Hence, the  PMF effect on the power spectrum is  nearly independent of the standard cosmological parameters.

The tensor to scalar ratio $A_t/A_s$ deduced in our analysis is smaller than the upper limit $A_t/A_s <$ 0.43 (95\% CL) deduced  from the WMAP 5yr data analysis without a PMF.
The reason for this is that we define $A_t$ as the tensor amplitude of the primary CMB spectrum (without a PMF).  This tensor term only arises from the primordial gravitational-wave background produced during  inflation. We combine the tensor amplitude from the PMF and $A_t$ when we compare our tensor amplitude with the result deduced by others. The value of $A_t$ by itself is comparable  to the tensor contribution from the  PMF. Since the value of $A_t/A_s$ from the WMAP 5yr data is less than 0.43 (95\% CL),
our result,  is consistent with the previous constraints when the additional PMF contribution is included.

The  degeneracy of PMF parameters\cite{Yamazaki:2006bq} is broken by the different effects of the PMF on both the matter power spectrum and the CMB power spectrum.
The vector mode can dominate for higher $\ell$ in the CMB temperature anisotropies\cite{Yamazaki:2007oc}, while the matter power spectrum becomes sensitive\cite{Yamazaki:2006mi} to the power law spectral index $n_\mathrm{B}$ when a PMF is present.
Additionally, the PMF fluctuations are smaller  than the CMB fluctuations for the scalar mode on larger angular scales. Therefore,  the tensor to scalar ratio is not affected by the PMF.

Figure 2 shows our deduced probability distributions and the 1$\sigma$ and $2\sigma$ (68\% and 95\% C.L.)
probability contours for the resultant cosmological parameters, $\sigma_8$, $H_0$, $z_\mathrm{reion}$, and Age.  Here, the "alternative normalization parameter" $\sigma_8$ is the root-mean-square of the matter density fluctuation within a comoving sphere of radius  $8h^{-1}$ Mpc. $H_0$ = 100$h$ km s$^{-1}$ Mpc$^{-1}$ is the Hubble parameter, $z_\mathrm{reion}$ is the red shift at which re-ionization occurs,  and Age is the presently observed age of the universe in Gyr.
It is important to keep in mind that these parameters are not  input parameters, but are  output results.  The concordance of the results on Figures 1 and 2 provides convincing evidence that both upper and lower limits to the parameters of the PMF can be deduced statistically.

Table 1 summarizes the upper limits to the PMF parameters along with input and output $\sigma_8$, $H_0$, $z_\mathrm{reion}$, and Age.
In particular we find that
$|B_\lambda| \mathbf{< 2.10} ( 68\% \mathrm{CL})$
nG and $\mathbf{< 2.98} ( 95\% \mathrm{CL})$ nG and
$n_\mathrm{B} \mathbf{< -1.19} ( 68\% \mathrm{CL})$
and
$\mathbf{< -0.25} ( 95\% \mathrm{CL})$ at a present scale of 1 Mpc.
Although previous work
\cite{Yamazaki:2006bq,Yamazaki:2007oc,Yamazaki:2006mi,Yamazaki:2008bb}  could obtain a less stringent  upper limit to $|B_\lambda|$ they could not constrain $n_\mathrm{B}$ at all. Moreover, our deduced probability distributions suggest that a finite PMF provides the best fit.

On angular scales smaller than that probed by the CMB the observed number density of galaxies is a better measure of the power spectrum.  Therefore, since the PMF mainly influences the  small angular scales, using both the CMB
(WMAP 5yr\cite{Hinshaw:2008kr},
ACBAR\cite{Kuo:2006ya},
CBI\cite{Sievers:2005gj},
Boomerang\cite{Jones:2005yb}) and the LSS (2dFDR\cite{Cole:2005sx}) observational data,
 we can  constrain the PMF better than in previous works which relied on the CMB data only.
In particular, the upper limit on $n_\mathrm{B}$ can be constrained for the first time and the lower limit to $n_\mathrm{B}$ is approaching the  1$\sigma$ confidence level.

The right-bottom panel of FIG.~1 shows that the maximum likelihood is for $n_\mathrm{B}= -2.2^{+0.9}_{-1.3}$.
It is important\cite{Caprini:2001nb,Yamazaki:2006bq} to constrain  $n_\mathrm{B}$ as this parameter provides insight into models for the formation of the PMF.   If the PMF were formed during inflation one would expect a value of
 $n_\mathrm{B} = -3$.  The value deduced in Fig.~1 and Table 1, are consistent with an inflation generated PMF at the 1$\sigma$ confidence level.  The optimum values  of $n_\mathrm{B}$, however, if confirmed would suggest that the PMF could have been generated at a later phase transition
\cite{Vachaspati:1991nm,Kibble:1995aa,Ahonen:1997wh,Joyce:1997uy}
(such as the electroweak transition) or even generated after the epoch of BBN \cite{Caprini:2001nb,Yamazaki:2006bq}.  This constraint on $n_\mathrm{B}$ derives from the gravity waves produced along with the PMF. Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) depends upon a balance between the nuclear reaction rates and the expansion rate of the universe. Since gravity waves contribute to the total energy density they affect the expansion rate. Hence, they are constrained by a comparison between the BBN predictions and the  observed light element abundances \cite{Caprini:2001nb,Yamazaki:2006bq}.
Forming a PMF at very late times (i.e. after BBN) is a challenge. However, models have been proposed (e.g.~via second-order MHD effects during recombination \cite{ichiki:2006sc}) for the generation of magnetic fields at late times which are not excluded from the range of PMF parameters of the 2 $\sigma$ confidence limits deduced here.

A PMF affects not only the temperature fluctuations, but also the polarization of the CMB.
Although we fit all available polarization data, it turns out that the TT and BB modes (where T is the temperature fluctuation and B is the curl-like component of polarization) are most important.
  Figure 3 shows a comparison of the computed best-fit total power spectrum with the observed CMB spectrum.  Plots show various spectra for the TT and  BB modes.
We plot both the best fit and allowed regions both including  the SZ effect (scattering from re-ionized electrons) at the K(22.8GHz) band (upper curves) and without the SZ effect (lower curves).  Including the SZ effect only slightly diminishes the best fit magnitude of the PMF.
Although the CBI point falls about 1 $\sigma$ above the best fit, the $\chi^2$  is  dominated  by the better ACBAR08 data and this point does not significantly affect the deduced PMF parameters..

\subsection{Summary}
To summarize, this work presents the first complete statistical analysis of constraints on  parameters characterizing the PMF based upon available data on the CMB and matter power spectrum.  For the first time we constrain the spectral index $n_\mathrm{B}$, which provides new insight into models for the formation of the PMF.
The matter power spectrum deduced here is consistent with observational constraints on the  growth of linear structure as is also reflected in the deduced  $\sigma_8$ parameter.
We conclude that future plans to observe the CMB anisotropies and polarizations for higher multipoles $\ell$, e.g.~via the {\it Planck}, {\it QUIET}, and {\it PolarBear} missions, we will be able to constrain the PMF more accurately.  This will permit a better understanding of the generation and evolution  of the PMF and provide new insight into the formation of  LSS as well as a possible new probe of the physics of the early universe.

\begin{acknowledgments}
This work has been supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific
Research (20105004, 20244035, 21740177) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology of Japan.  This
work is also supported by the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, International
Research Network for Exotic Femto Systems (EFES).  Work at UND supported  by the US Department of Energy under research grant DE-FG02-95-ER40934.
\end{acknowledgments}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{figure1
\caption{\label{fig1} Probability distributions and contours of 1$\sigma$ and 2$\sigma$ confidence limits for the standard cosmological parameters as a function of the PMF field strength $|B_\lambda|$ and power law index $n_\mathrm{B}$.
Blue contours show 1 $\sigma$(68\%)
 confidence limits and sky blue contours show 2 $\sigma$(95\%)
confidence limits.
Red curves in the middle and bottom of the figure show the probability distributions of each parameter.  Note the existence of a maximum in the probability distributions for $|B_\lambda|$  and $n_\mathrm{B}$.
The standard cosmological parameters do not have a degeneracy with the PMF parameters because they are mainly constrained by the observed CMB data for $\ell<$ 1000 (up to  the 2nd peak), while the PMF is mainly influenced by the power on smaller angular scales and higher multipoles, $\ell>$ 1000.
}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{figure2
\caption{\label{fig2} Probability distributions and contours of 1$\sigma$ and 2$\sigma$ confidence limits for the parameters  $\sigma_8$, $H_0$, $z_\mathrm{reion}$ and Age.
Blue contours show 1 $\sigma$(68\%)
 confidence limits and sky blue contours show 2 $\sigma$(95\%)
confidence limits.
Red curves show probability distributions for each parameter.
Note that these are not  input priors,  but output results.
}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{figure3
\caption{\label{fig3}Comparison of the best-fit computed total power spectrum with the observed CMB spectra.
Plots show various ranges for: (a) TT($2 < \ell < 2750$), (b) TT($400 < \ell < 2750$) and (c) BB($2 < \ell < 2750$) modes.
Blue regions are from the best-fit parameter set
and allowed regions are from the constrained parameter set in Table.1.
Red, black, blue, green, orange, and purple dots with error bars show
WMAP 5yr, ACBAR 08, Boomerang, CBI, CAPMAP, and DASI data, respectively.
Downward arrows for the error bars on panel (c) indicate that the data points are upper limits.
Since the SZ effect depends upon the frequencies of the CMB for the TT mode, we plot the best fit and allowed regions in panels 3(a) and 3(b) surrounded by the curves with the SZ effect at the K(22.8GHz) band (upper curves) and without the SZ effect(lower curves).
Since the BB mode is not affected by the SZ effect, the upper curves and lower curves in  panel 3(c) are defined by the constrained cosmological parameters of Table.1.}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\multicolumn{3}{c}{\it Cosmological Parameters}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Parameter} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{
mean}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{best fit}\\
\hline
$\Omega_b h^2$ &
$0.02320 \pm 0.00059$ &
$0.02295$ \\
$\Omega_c h^2$ &
$0.1094\pm0.0046$ &
$0.1093$ \\
$\tau_C$ &
$0.087\pm0.017$ &
$0.082$ \\
$n_s$ &
$0.977\pm0.016$ &
$0.970$ \\
$\ln(10^{10}A_s)$ &
$3.07\pm0.036$ &
$ 3.06$\\
$A_t/A_s$ &
$< 0.170 ( 68\% \mathrm{CL}), < 0.271 ( 95\% \mathrm{CL})$ &
$0.0088$\\
$|B_\lambda|\mathrm{(nG)}$ &
$\mathbf{< 2.10} ( 68\% \mathrm{CL}), \mathbf{< 2.98} ( 95\% \mathrm{CL})$ &
$\mathbf{0.85}$\\
$n_\mathrm{B}$ &
$\mathbf{< -1.19} ( 68\% \mathrm{CL}), \mathbf{< -0.25} ( 95\% \mathrm{CL})$ &
$\mathbf{-2.37}$\\
\hline
$\sigma_8$ &
$0.812^{+0.028}_{-0.033}$ &
$ 0.794$\\
$H_0$ &
$73.3\pm2.2$ &
$ 72.8$\\
$z_\mathrm{reion}$ &
$10.9\pm 1.4$ &
$ 10.5$\\
$\mathrm{Age(Gyr)}$ &
$13.57\pm 0.12$ &
$ 13.62$\\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{PMF parameters and $\Lambda$CDM model parameters and 68\%
confidence intervals ($A_t/A_s$  is a 95\% CL) from a fit to the WMAP\cite{Hinshaw:2008kr} + ACBAR\cite{Kuo:2006ya} + CBI\cite{Sievers:2005gj} +Boomerang\cite{Jones:2005yb} +  2dFDR\cite{Cole:2005sx} data. }
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