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Biography of Faizullah Khan Safdarzadeh Haghighi
1943: Biography of Feizollah Khan Safdarzadeh Haghighi
Feizollah Khan Safdarzadeh Haghighi, the son of Master Mehdi Khan, was born on March 16, 1943 in Esfahan in a family which the carpet weaving industry was inherited. Due to his great interest in painting and his father's profession, he completed his education in Esfahan Fine Arts Conservatory under the supervision of masters such as Rostam Shirazi and Issa Bahadori – director and teacher of Fine Arts and carpet designer in the field of miniature.
Feizollah Khan's studentship with master Rostam Shirazi, influenced his artistic style in the field of miniature and by using traditional and modern methods of painting he created new designs and had a great impact on Iranian carpet weaving art and industry.
1964: Training under the supervision of the Italian International Association
After graduating from the conservatory in 1964, Feizollah Khan was employed by the Isfahan Cultural Heritage Organization and he trained in the restoration of paintings on historical Monuments for six years, under the supervision of the Italian International Society for Middle East and Far East Studies (IsMEO), and from 1968 to 1971, Along with Italian delegations, he restored the murals of the Chehelston and Aali Qapo palaces.
1971: Weaving historical 121 square carpet of the Islamic Parliament of Iran.
In 1970 he was transferred to the Esfahan Department of Culture and Arts and worked in the carpet weaving workshop at the Esfahan Fine Arts Conservatory. His presence for six years in this conservatory provided an opportunity that Feizollah Khan, in collaboration with his brother Gholamali Safdarzadeh Haghighi, could execute the carpet designs of his conservatory Master Issa Bahadori. At this time and during the celebrations of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of Persian Empire, Master Haghighi prepared carpet maps of the faces of kings, presidents and dignitaries, invited from different countries. Also in 1971, he collaborated with his counterparts in weaving the historical 121 square carpet of the Islamic Parliament, which was designed by Master Shirazi.
1976: Presenting a new approach in the field of carpet design as Haghighi style.
In 1976 the late Feizollah Khan, after 12 years of service in governmental agencies, resigned and began to work privately in the field of artistic activities. During this period, inspired by the geometric and islamic designs of Esfahan architecture he cooperated with Master Rostam Shirazi, Nowruz Hafizi and Jafargholi Fadakar, in the creation of space, coloring and structure of historical architecture in carpet design.
Motivated by miniature art and delicate paintings, he also presented a new approach to carpet design. Based on these designs, it is possible to understand a different structure in the form and texture of his designs, which is known as "Haghighi style" in the art of carpet weaving.
Among these works of pictorial carpets are the great hall of Vakil Mosque in Shiraz, the exterior view of Chehelsotoon Palace, one of the minarets of Esfahan Abbasi Mosque entitled "Goldasteh Allah Akbar", Naghsh Jahan Square in Esfahan and Khosrow Agha Bath in Esfahan. A number of the master carpets such as the great hall of Vakil Mosque in Shiraz, the exterior view of Chehelston Palace and "Goldasteh Allah Akbar" were donated to the carpet treasures of Astan Qods Razavi Museum by the Master himself.
1995: Carpet design of historical buildings
The noteworthy point in this regard is that before Master Haghighi's efforts in this field, pictorial carpet weaving was done exclusively by Tabriz artists and for the first time Master Haghighi designed the pattern of the carpet of historical monuments in order to weave the pictorial carpet with a historical and documentary approach in Esfahan. With his efforts, there is now an exquisite pictorial carpet of the Khosrow Agha Safavi bath in Esfahan, which was destroyed by unwise people in a reckless act in 1995.
2001: Winning the Crystal Comb Award
Master Feizollah Khan Safdarzadeh Haghighi, who is one of the most well-known artists in the field of Iranian carpet industry, had a large presence in international carpet exhibitions and art events during his lifetime. Brilliant work of the master for decades gave rise in him to receive valuable awards in the field of carpet weaving. Feizollah Khan won the prestigious award "Crystal Comb" entitled "Creativity while Preserving Originality" at the Exquisite Carpet Festival in 2001. Also, in 2002, Master Haghighi won the "Crystal Comb" award again in the festival of selecting the best carpet weavers in Iran for designing and weaving the most beautiful carpet.
Feizollah Khan Haghighi won the crystal statuette of the Festival of the Most Exquisite Carpets of Iran in 2005 and 2007 and received the statuette of the Iranian Carpet Festival in 2003 and 2009.
2020: Death of Master Feizollah Khan Haghighi
Finally, Feizollah Khan Haghighi, the esteemed master of Iranian carpets, passed away on April 26, 2020, at the age of 78, after decades of artistic activity and effort to promote Iranian identity and culture.
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Dixie State Athletics recently transitioned from the Junior College ranks to the NCAA Division II competition level. In 2007–08, Dixie State began to play in the Pacific West Conference, which includes teams from Hawaii, California, Arizona, and now Utah. In addition, the DSU football team joined the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC), which features programs from California, Oregon, and Washington.
At the NJCAA level, Dixie State's athletic programs consistently enjoyed time in the national spotlight. Since 2000, the university's athletic teams have won four national championships in women's soccer (2000/2003), men's basketball (1985/2002), and men's baseball (2004). Now in
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Q: Files don't open in first attempt I moved folders on Desktop to consolidate files. But when I double click, it says "File Not Found." When I try again, the file opens normally.
Desktop/FolderA/Files to Desktop/FolderB/FolderA/Files

Then, when I move FolderA back to the Desktop, the same behavior is exhibited:  files don't open on the first attempt.
This is a brand new Mac with latest OS.
I spoke to Apple support and they asked me to reinstall the OS; still the same issue.
They have captured data etc and told me they will get back in few days.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
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*I download a folder from Dropbox or OneDrive.

*The folder downloads
as a Zip file in the Download folder but it automatically
decompresses it. As expected.

*Assume the downloaded folder has 10 files.

*I can open the files from Download folder, no issues.

*But when I drag and drop the downloaded folder to Desktop, the files
don't open in the first attempt.

Edit 2
I created a new user and followed the above steps in Edit 1. Same problem. Files don't open in 1st attempt.
Edit 3
Screenshot attached.

Edit 4

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*From the linked OneDrive Folder: copy folderA to Desktop/test/folderA/files

*The files open on the first attempt

*Move folderA to Desktop. The files do not open on 1st attempt.

This is a bizarre issue.
Edit 5
24 Hours later, Apple support asked me to reset user permissions but still the issue persists.
Edit 6

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*Download a folder from cloud drive. It downloads as Zip file but does not automatically decompress. (Strange as earlier, it automatically decompressed)

*Put the Zip file on Desktop and decompress by double click.

*The files open in first click. The folder structure is: Desktop/FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/Files

*Copy FolderC to Documents folder by cmnd C, cmnd V. The files from Documents folder open in 1st attempt

*Delete FolderC from Documents

*Now, drag and drop FolderC to Documents folder. This time, the files do no open in first attempt.

Edit 7
48 hours later, Apple support said to uninstall OneDrive as it is crashing in the background. I did that and still same problem.

A: It sounds like some sort of extension/login item/syncing issue to me.
I suggest your next step should be to boot into Safe Mode. The process for doing this depends on whether your Mac has an Intel processor or an Apple chip.
If you're not sure how to boot into Safe Mode, refer to Start up your Mac in safe mode. Once you've booted into Safe Mode, test the same things.
When you've finished testing, just restart your Mac to boot up again normally.
If your Mac works normally while in Safe Mode, this means we have narrowed down the problem to software that's loading when your Mac boots up. If so, it's time to investigate login items, fonts, and kernel extensions. See below.
If your Mac still displays this behaviour during Safe Mode, let me know so we can investigate further.

Investigating login items, fonts, and kernel extensions
Let's start with Login Items:

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*Startup normally

*Go to System Settings > Users & Groups

*Select the General icon

*Click on Login Items

*Now remove all of "Open at Login" items by highlighting them and clicking on the - button below

*Restart your computer

Now your Mac will boot up without those login items loading. Test this and see if the problem persists:

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*If the problem goes away you know one (or more) of the Login items were causing the problem. You can then add them back in one by one until you've identified the culprit. Problem solved.

*If the problem does persist, it's either a problem with fonts you've installed yourself or with a 3rd party kernel extension. A little more info below:

Fonts:- You can remove any of the fonts you've installed yourself to see if this makes a difference.
Kernel Extensions:- You can open Terminal (found within your Utilites folder) and enter the following command:
kextstat | grep -v com.apple
The above command will list 3rd party kernel extensions (you may need to stretch the Terminal window so it's easier to read). Look for anything you don't remember installing, or something that belongs to software you've removed, or just anything that looks out of place. Remember though, this is a list of 3rd party kernel extensions and therefore any of them could be causing the problem.

A: Went to the Apple store and the assistant was able to reproduce the bug, in the machines they have. It seems the bug is in the OS build.

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Stocks surge as Powell hints slower interest rate hikes
U.S. stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in eight months Wednesday
Stocks surge as Powell hints slower interest rate hikes U.S. stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in eight months Wednesday Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2018/11/28/stocks-surge-powell-hints-slower-interest-rate-hikes/38634691/
Marley Jay, AP Markets Writer Published 4:47 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2018
Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average on November 28, 2018 in New York. - Wall Street stocks rallied Wednesday after investors cheered remarks from the US Federal Reserve chairman which they viewed as a sign interest rates may not rise much further.(Photo: Bryan R. Smith / AFP/Getty Images)
New York – U.S. stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in eight months Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed might not raise interest rates much further. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 617 points.
In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Powell said that rates are close to "neutral," the level at which they neither hold back growth nor aid it. That might mean the Fed isn't planning to raise interest rates far above their current levels. Powell also appeared to suggest that the Fed might pause its cycle of interest rate increases next year so the central bank can assess the effects of its actions.
That relieved investors who feel the nine-year-old bull market could come to an end if rates rise too fast. Those worries have contributed to the market's big slump in October and November.
Stocks rose in morning trading and nearly tripled their gains as Powell spoke. Bond yields slipped and the dollar weakened as investors adjusted their expectations for how quickly interest rates might rise in the future.
After slashing interest rates to near zero before the 2008-09 financial crisis, the Fed has been steadily raising them since the end of 2015 and it's expected to announce another increase in December. But higher interest rates tend to slow economic growth, and since growth in the U.S. and other regions is already likely to slow down next year, investors are concerned the increases will hinder the economy.
"He's acknowledging that if you make an interest rate move today, you're not really going to feel the effects of it for 12 to 18 months," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Cresset Wealth Advisors. "Global central bank tightening (of rates) was probably the biggest risk that equity investors faced over the next four quarters, so having the Fed chairman come out and suggest they're almost done is welcome news."
The S&P 500 index surged 61.61 points, or 2.3 percent, to 2,743.78, its biggest gain since March 26. The S&P 500 has gained 4.2 percent this week, but would still need to rise another 6.8 percent to return to its record high from late September.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 617.70 points, or 2.5 percent, to 25,366.43. The Nasdaq composite rose 208.89 points, or 2.9 percent, to 7,291.59. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gained 37.53 points, or 2.5 percent, to 1,530.38.
After an initial decline, bond prices turned higher, sending yields lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.06 percent from 3.07 percent earlier in the day. It stood at 3.05 percent late Tuesday. The yield on the 2-year note steadied at 2.81 percent.
The dollar weakened, which sent metals prices higher. The ICE US dollar index lost 0.6 percent.
Customer-management software developer Salesforce surged 10.3 percent to $140.64 after its earnings and revenue were stronger than analysts expected. That helped pull technology companies higher. Software maker Adobe rose 7.3 percent to $249.21. Apple jumped 3.8 percent to $180.94 and Microsoft rose 3.7 percent to $111.12.
Tiffany skidded 11.8 percent to $92.54 after it said foreign tourists, especially from China, didn't spend as much at its stores in its latest quarter. That contributed to disappointing sales for the company. Chinese economic growth has slowed since the government clamped down on bank lending last year as part of an effort to rein in surging debt. The U.S.- China trade dispute has also contributed to the slowdown.
Jam and packaged food maker J.M. Smucker fell 7.2 percent to $101.28 after it reported a smaller profit and less revenue than analysts had expected. Smucker also lowered its forecasts for the full year.
Boeing recovered a sliver of its recent losses as investigators in Indonesia discussed their probe into the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8. Indonesian authorities said they are still struggling to understand why the plane crashed, but added that faulty equipment and carrier Lion Air's own safety failures had pilots fighting for control of the plane as it fell into the Java Sea on Oct. 28, killing all 189 people aboard.
The MAX is Boeing's newest plane, and questions about the crash have pulled Boeing's stock lower. The stock rose 4.9 percent to $333.50. Wednesday, but it's still down 10 percent since Nov. 8, when federal regulators gave an emergency directive telling pilots how to handle incorrect data from a sensor that may have malfunctioned during the flight. Pilots for U.S. airlines have said that they were not told about a new feature in the MAX that could pitch the nose down sharply if sensors indicate that the plane is about to stall.
The dollar fell to 113.53 yen from 113.79 yen. The euro rose to $1.1376 from $1.1296.
Benchmark U.S. crude slipped 2.5 percent to $50.29 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, the standard for international oil prices, sank 2.4 percent to $58.76 a barrel in London.
Wholesale gasoline lost 1.6 percent to $1.40 a gallon. Heating oil fell 2.5 percent to $1.84 a gallon. Natural gas rocketed 10.6 percent to $14.72 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold rose 0.8 percent to $1,223.60 an ounce. Silver jumped 1.7 percent to $14.33 an ounce. Copper soared 3.3 percent to $2.80 a pound.
FTSE 100 in Britain fell 0.2 percent and Germany's DAX lost 0.1 percent. France's CAC 40 was little changed.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1 percent and South Korea's Kospi recovered 0.4 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.3 percent.
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Six athletes to make up Refugee Paralympic Team at Tokyo Games
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Burundian refugee Parfait Hakizimana during a Taekwondo training session at the Amahoro Stadium in Rwanda's capital, Kigali. © UNHCR/Anthony Karumba
Competitors in four sports – including first female refugee Paralympian – ready to take to world stage after beating the odds despite being forced to flee their homes.
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Six athletes from the fields of swimming, athletics, canoeing and Taekwondo have been selected to compete on the world's biggest sporting stage as members of the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The team announced by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Wednesday comprises one woman and five men, who have all excelled in their chosen sports. Some were injured in war, and others experienced life-changing injuries or medical conditions while living in exile.
Among them is the first female refugee Para athlete and the youngest member of the team, Alia Issa, 20, a Syrian refugee living in Greece who will compete in the club throw – a specialist event for athletes unable to grip a javelin, shot put or discus.
Alia contracted smallpox aged four, which resulted in brain damage that left her with physical and intellectual impairments. After losing her father to cancer, she discovered sports three years ago at her school in Greece, and now competes internationally, most recently placing fourth at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships.
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Alia said that getting involved in sport was a pivotal important moment for her, making her feel stronger and more confident. "I would like to tell people that if they have a child with impairments like me, don't keep them hidden at home. Encourage them to participate in sport," she said.
See also: IPC announces six athletes to compete for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
One of two swimmers on the team, Abbas Karimi is an Afghan refugee now living in Fort Lauderdale in the United States, who earlier this year became a High Profile Supporter for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Born without both arms, he faced discrimination in his homeland due to his disability and his ethnicity and fled to Turkey, where he lived for four years as a refugee before being resettled to the US.
Abbas has won eight medals, including a silver in the Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships, and is hopeful of claiming another in Tokyo. "I believe I have the potential to make the podium at the Paralympics and I believe it is important for all refugees and our legacy that one of us refugee athletes make the podium, it can bring change for refugees and inspire and bring hope," he said.
Another bidding for glory in the pool is Ibrahim al Hussein, originally from Syria, who competed at the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016 as a member of the first two-person Independent Paralympic Team featuring refugees and asylum seekers. Ibrahim, who now lives in Greece, had his right leg amputated below the knee after being caught in a bomb blast whilst trying to help an injured friend in Syria.
A keen swimmer since childhood, he described competing at the Paralympics as a dream come true. "I want every refugee to have opportunities in sport. I cannot imagine my life without sport," Ibrahim said.
"I cannot imagine my life without sport."
Fellow Syrian Anas Al Khalifa fled to Germany via Turkey in 2015, where he worked installing solar panels before a spinal cord injury sustained in a fall from a two-storey building in 2018 left him with limited movement and sensation in his lower limbs.
His physiotherapist introduced him to para canoeing a little over a year ago, and thanks to his dedication to training and the support of his coach – herself a former Olympic medalist – Anas has made remarkable progress. "When I go to train, sport is kind of demonstrating how you can accomplish so many things and you forget about the disability. It makes you feel like you don't have any impairment anymore," Anas said.
Shahrad Nasajpour, who was the second member of the Independent Paralympic Team in Rio, will again compete in the discus throw in Tokyo. Born in Iran with cerebral palsy, he first took up table tennis before switching to Para Athletics. After moving to the US in 2015, he contacted the IPC about the idea of a refugee team for Rio, eventually booking his place at the Games.
As one of the pioneers of the Refugee Paralympic Team, Shahrad is encouraged by its expansion to six members for Tokyo. "When you have a group, you get more attention. It's so great to see more athletes involved now. I hope this gets bigger and bigger in the coming years," he said.
"It's so great to see more athletes involved now."
The final team member is Parfait Hakizimana, who will travel to Tokyo from Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp where he has lived since fleeing conflict in Burundi. After losing his arm aged 8 during an attack in which his mother was killed, he later took up Taekwondo and now competes internationally while also training refugee children living in the camp.
Parfait credits the values of respect, friendship, and competitiveness promoted by Taekwondo with helping him to find his own place in a new country. "Refugees don't have a lot. But sport helps them forget their troubles," he explained.
The Refugee Paralympic Team was announced via video by stars from the world of music, sport, literature, stage and screen, including UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors. The athletes will compete under the IPC flag in Tokyo, and will be the first team to enter the Japan National Stadium during the opening ceremony on 24 August.
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The team will represent more than 82 million people worldwide forced to flee conflict, persecution and human rights abuses, 12 million of whom live with a disability and often face increased risks and barriers to accessing assistance and opportunities, including participation in sports.
UNHCR is working with the IPC to support the team's participation in Tokyo and, together with the athletes, advocate for a world in which all forcibly displaced people – with or without disabilities – have equal access to sport and other forms of inclusion.
Originally published by UNHCR on 30 June 2021.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is poised to order 10 more destroyers this year, all of which will be the new Flight III variant that integrates Raytheon's new AN/SPY-6 air and missile defense radar.
Congress is on the cusp of greenlighting a 10-ship buy that the Navy says saves 10 percent overall, essentially giving the service a free ship over the life of the contract. But 2017 saw a vigorous debate between the shipbuilders (especially from Maine-based Bath Iron Works), some members of Congress and the Navy over questions concerning the Navy's design progress and how much risk was acceptable for a multiyear contract for this major design overhaul.
Both Huntington Ingalls Industries and Bath Iron Works have signed on to build Flight III DDGs — DDG 125 will be the first one, built at Ingalls in Mississippi, followed by DDG 126 at Bath Iron Works — but questions linger about whether entering into a multiyear contract on what is almost a new class of ship invites delays and cost overruns.
The ship is being built for the air and missile defense radar, and fitting the system in the design required integrating a new electrical power system and about a 45 percent redesign of the class.
The Navy thinks it has done everything within its power to reduce the amount of uncertainty, according to Capt. Casey Moton, the DDG 51 program manager, most importantly through detailed 3-D modeling of the ship.
The Navy is also doing a bunch of testing — the AN/SPY-6 will soon be shipped to the Aegis testing facility in Moorestown, New Jersey, to begin integration with the new Baseline 10 software, Moton said. The back end hardware is already being tested with Baseline 9, he added.
The 3-D modeling is also being applied to the electrical system, Moton said.
"We did a very detailed 3-D model of the electric plant," Moton said. "So we had already tested that model and we'd already done extensive testing of normal operations, casualty mode if, say, a system goes down.
As it stands today, Ingalls' Flight III (DDG 125) will be the first to deliver in 2023, followed by Bath's DDG 126 in 2024. Both of those ships were changes to already contracted ships. Bath will be later, Moton said, because the addition of DDG 127 — slated to be a Flight IIA — pushed its timeline back.
Analysts agree the Navy has taken measures to reduce the risk of cost overruns and delays. And yet some still doubt whether moving to a multiyear buy before even one ship gets in the water is a prudent idea.
Bryan McGrath, a retired destroyer skipper and consultant with The Ferrybridge Group, said that despite extensive modeling, the redesign complexity means the shipyards and the Navy don't have a firm idea of how much the new ship will cost.
"Everyone is just sort of guessing what it will cost," he asserted. "When the shipyards are bidding on a multiyear on a design that includes as much immaturity as this one does, they have to price that risk.
McGrath said he's supportive of the program but that it would be best to first build a few to get an accurate idea of the costs.
Failure to do so will likely lead to grumpy exchanges before the Senate Armed Services Committee about cost overruns that were predictable.
"I can see a day where we have the DDG 51 program manager and the assistant secretary of the Navy for research and development called before the SASC, six to 10 years from now to answer for cost overruns that were wholly foreseeable given the risk of moving from a IIA to a Flight III," McGrath said.
Thomas Callender, a retired submariner and analyst with the Heritage Foundation, acknowledged that bidding a multiyear before a single ship is built is unusual, but he added that the risks were worth the costs.
"The biggest benefit to the multiyear, the block buy, is you get the economy of scale," Callender argued. "With long-lead items, the builders can buy them ahead of time. And for small vendors, for the subcontractors, it gives them the security to ramp up production. It provides them more security to plan and the Navy gets some additional savings there also.
Doubts aside, the final approval of the Flight III multiyear is hung up in Congress, awaiting passage of the defense appropriations bill. The government is currently operating under a continuing resolution.
The House appropriators have passed its bill, but the Senate is yet to weigh in, save for the Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Thad Cochran's markup, which proposes 10 ships in line with U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request.
That's five fewer than was authorized under the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed in December.
All of this, however, is in flux because nobody actually knows how much money is going to be allotted for defense. And until that top line is established, it's anyone's guess what it's going to be.
The much-touted $700 billion defense bill is nothing more than a congressional wish list until appropriators come up with the cash, which is some ways off pending a spending deal.
The current deal means the government has until Jan. 19 to strike a deal on the budget or another continuing resolution.
If all goes according to plan, Moton said, the award of the multiyear is on track for this summer. In the meantime, Ingalls is slated to begin fabrication of its first Flight III in May, he added.


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Q: What does the environmental variable "term" mean in the mongo config? I was trying to create a sharded mongo cluster and came across the env. variable "term", with value "xterm". Need help to understand the config field.
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A: TERM is an env var that contains the terminal emulator used by your system. This var is not related to MongoDB.
In my Ubuntu 16.04, if I type echo $TERM, I'll get xterm-256color.
If you are using Docker, that TERM: xterm means that the terminal emulator used when you access your container will be xterm.
TERM affects MongoDB in the following way: Different terminal emulators generate different escape sequences when you press keys like Arrows, Home, End, Delete, etc; Mongo Shell, that runs on top of the emulator, will translate those sequences into its own 'language' to guarantee that each keystroke will present the same result in different terminals. Mongo uses Linenoise to do this job.
The value of TERM is not that important for 'keystroke processing'. Mongo Shell will try to translate the escape sequence from each terminal 'language' it supports. On the other hand, TERM is used to decide if the shell can show colors or not.


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Q: How do I real time communicate a Universal Windows App with a older .Net 4.5 app in the same solution. IPC? I have been struggling with this for over a month, but am slowly learning. Here is what I have:
C# Solution With 3 Projects
-Universal Windows Platform App (Cortana Voice Support)
::Above just shows a floating PNG image and is Cortana enabled

-Universal Windows Service (Cortana Background Service)
::Needed for the Cortana Support

-.Net 4.5 C# App with HTML DOM Automation
::Automates locating elements and clicking of a website

I can't re-code my .Net app's functionality in my Universal app because some of the libraries it uses won't install. (GhostDriver, PhantomJS, and a HotKey Library provided via NuGet. Installing on the Universal Platform fails on all 3 libraries).
What is needed:
-Master Universal Windows App or Service sends signal to .Net App

-.Net App receives signal and calls method/function providing my functionality.

I've never tried calling methods in other apps within the same solution and was wondering if there was a few-code workaround. What I need I think is a method of inter process communication or events, but can't find any examples of a UWP. Most are .Net communicating with other older non universal apps.
Thank you so much!

A: If I understand correctly, you were developing a app which will can automate the DOM operation through Cortana.
Do you need to submit this app to App Store?
If no, as Scott said, you can use WCF to communicate between UWP process and .NET 4.5 desktop app process.
If yes, as Andrew pointed out, you need an intermediate remote server hosting the service.


Asana, is a workplace productivity startup co-founded by Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook. After paying just $9000 for the Asana.com URL in June 2009, the company has raised $9m in venture funding to expand their business. The founders are predicting we'll be working in a much more transparent and efficient way if they have anything to do with it.
Earlier this week, former Facebook alum and now Asana co-founder Justin Rosenstein said that solving the "friction of communications" in the workplace by innovating via "information transparency" was Asana's goal. The Asana team is making some big promises ahead of their launch.
Oddly, the way their solution is being pre-launched is similar to the way Spock.com was announced by Michael Arrington and Tim O'Reilly back in 2007. You remember, a lot of hype about changing the way we search through social networking but with very little follow through from Spock. I mean who used Spock.com?
"We are not taking existing tools and porting it over the to web, but rethinking how people can productively work together", said former Facebook alum Justin Rosenstein.
Bloggers and pundits following the Enterprise 2.0 space have recently made Asana.com the topic of a solution guessing game. Incited by a $9m round of funding for Asana from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen-Horowitz, some high profile sites have written feverish stories after word of the investment was announced.
Sounds complex. Making complexity easy and intuitive is the holy grail in software development. I was intrigued so I reached out to Asana on their Facebook Fan page and got a very interesting answer.
A little vague, but mystery may be what they're shooting for.
The Asana team has created a new programming language called Lunascript. Apparently the new programming language will allow users to create their own work related applications and business processes within the Asana solution.
Still, proprietary languages and 3rd party application developers usually don't mix well. Sure the new language allows quicker application development because it's built to work with the solution. But getting developers to learn yet a new language (with limited skill transferability due to it only working with one solution) is a major challenge. Asana will need to convince programmers that it's worth their time and investment.
Early word from their Facebook exit interviews alluded to an open source solution. No word yet on whether Asana is following through with that earlier statement.
Most of you know that I've been working in and studying the space since 2001. The challenges to building a truly revolutionary work productivity solution that will greatly improve the way we work today is immense. The current digital infrastructure doesn't support offline activities and barely handles online collaboration across disparate web properties and data silos.
How are these important aspects of work going to be captured in a technology solution? How can you easily organize offline communication?
Then add the challenge of getting all of your ERP, MRP, CRM, HR, email and other systems working in concert to support your employees' productivity. Major issue since the big guys are not going to port their systems to Asana's until they show some real traction in the market.
There is also the problem of today's web browsers. They don't compare to their desktop solution counterparts in terms of performance and functionality. Desktop software is built to support one application. Asana will be limited by today's web browsers unless as Google is doing they create their own.
And that's the rub. Today's browsers aim to be the lowest common denominator in order to handle all web applications . They are not tuned for collaboration, social networking, and application performance.
These are major obstacles that can't easily be overcome with existing infrastructure that's outside Asana's control.
But maybe I've just over thinking Asana's solution. Maybe the hyperbole is just public relations build up.
Don't miss tomorrow's Part II article on Asana. I'll cover what should be in the Asana solution in order to really increase productivity in the workplace.
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When one gazes at the bare hills of Karangahake it is hard to imagine just how all the homes that once existed found even a foundation to rest on, yet I can't recall any sliding down even the steepest slope. Having lived on the top of one of these heights — access to which was via Scotchman's Gully, or No. 8 Road (from the station) named after No. 8 level half way up the side of the trig — I recall the following families: Delamore, Keoghan, Hyde, Hungerford, Ross, Grace, Hassett, McIntyre, Dixon, Nolan, Sheehan, Mason, Hamilton, Eady, Rowley, Gilmour, McCallum, Warne, Nightinggale [Nightingale? - E] and McGuire. Other homes I can recall but not the occupants' names.
To and from school, the above families used Scotchman's Gully route through which flowed a small stream and most of the way small ferns covered the banks. I can still see the hundreds of glow-worms as one passed through at night and although I have never visited Waitomo glow-worm caves, I'm sure they could not be more beautiful. The road wound past the Talisman Battery with its snow white floor, sparkling windows and shining machinery. From the assayer's room next door, we collected chalk for our hop-scotch dens, then over the swing bridge across the street and up the numerous steps to the school itself.
About half way up Scotchman's Gully lived an elderly couple who had a summer house on a knoll commanding a view of most of the road. From this vantage point they spied on us and always butted in on any arguments that arose between the children. The bank from their house to the road was covered in foxgloves, nasturtiums and Canterbury bells and many a time we tried to pick a bunch for the teacher without success as we were too closely watched.
— G. Hewitt (nee McGuire).


Creating an economic environment that supports job growth and innovation is my top priority. Our small business owners are the backbone of our economy from Norfolk to the eastern shore. I will work to keep their taxes low and regulations simple so businesses can have the certainty they need to flourish and create the jobs of today and tomorrow. We must also continue to invest in education and the jobs of the future such as the tech sector and advanced manufacturing.
I also understand the important role that our family farming tradition plays in our region. That's one of the many reasons why I will continue to cut government waste to keep our tax dollars here at home supporting the people that make our communities great.
My values tell me that we must defend our individual rights and freedoms. That's why I will continue to stand up to those in Richmond and Washington who want the government interfering in our private lives. Personal decisions, such as health choices, must remain between a patient and their doctor. That's why I will continue to support good preventative measures such as cancer-screenings and defend a woman's right to choose.
For our communities to prosper, our children deserve the best possible education from pre-school right on through to college. That's why I will continue to work to make sure our kids enjoy high quality education, extra-curricular activities, and skilled teachers so they can succeed.
I also understand that our young students are the business owners and job creators of the future. Therefore, it is so important that we do everything we can to support access to quality training in critical disciplines such as Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM).
I want my son and all future generations to be able to enjoy the natural beauty we have in this part of Virginia. That's why environmental sustainability and local control of our natural resources are so critically important. I will continue my record of protecting and preserving our world-class natural areas, such as the Chesapeake Bay, so they can continue to support local tourism, aquaculture and recreational industries.
Additionally, we should do everything we can to make wise environmental decisions to attract new green businesses to our communities. This emerging sector of the economy has the potential to create local jobs, stimulate our growing eco-tourism industry and promote a well-rounded local economy.


Organizing an event, an elopement or a wedding, is just one of the skills that we are asked for. But what does guarantees full satisfaction and flawless results?
Listening skills, imagination abilities, flexibility in planning, attention to particulars and details, collaboration with the location managers and suppliers, constant updates and independence in performing passionately a profession with creativity and originality!
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We propose you four different typologies of service (from 2000 €), and in agreement with you, we will decide the one that best suits your needs.
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Once everything is confirmed the type of package you want, firstly we will create a bulletin board on Pintarest in where together we will share photos, ideas, details in order to understand the tastes and trends and we can get to know each better.
From this moment our availability will be maximized and we will always answer within 24 hours to the emails and/or telephone contacts with our spouses.
Including a chosen style, we will select the most suitable suppliers and once formulated a palette of colors, we will send it to you to maintain uniformity and coordination.
At this point the official project (if it will be required , from images, we will realize a rendering) and you can constantly monitor a costs-table in order to control and distribute the budget of the couple.
During the preparation period we will compare and share with the collaborators and with the spouses by email, by telephone and in person (usually seven meetings are expected) the definition of details and the particulars: from the menu, cake, mise en place, type of tablecloth, under plates, glasses, to the choice of the dresses, shoes, jewelleries, participations, flowers, and the productions.
In short, with us nothing will be left in case! Everything will be imagined, selected and realized for you!
One month before your big date, there will be one last meeting: none of the employees will have to miss. We will confirm and share what we will print and we will deliver it to them: the plan of the various moments of the day with timetables, notes and details.
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I wanted to believe, and I believed firmly to the point of seeing everything shining around and inside me. I knew that Matera, the European Capital of Culture 2019, would be an unusual destination. Yes, just so extraordinary and magical but, let me, I never thought I would feel like a bottle of sparkling water that is going to be open after being agitated for a while!
Here I am again at home, in my little nest on the Lake of Como, I sit down and I have a drink while observing all those sparkling bubbles in my glass, I cannot help myself on retrace the fantastic experience recently lived together with a fantastic team.
I think back to that singular sky that seemed to have argued with who knows what divine essence that only Matera has been able to give me.
Then to the surrounding Murge and those ' infinite ' stones overloaded with history, it would be more correct to say pre-history, which brought me back to mind that beautiful Mel Gibson who right here set "The Passion of Christ".
Certain! He also had to give himself a great deal to have shot the entire film in Latin and, I am sure, after that he probably had some bubbles too!
Here in Matera, I really felt my fearless heart! I let out all the passion I had for all the little details. I wanted to play with clay turning it into participations, in plates with the names of the guests carved in and the menus that you see on the table.
And everything was hand painted!
I stole the blue of that sky and I transformed it, together with my super creative team, in thousand different shades giving color to linen fabrics (that you see on the table too).
In front of that wild and untamed nature, furthermore, I could not give up the flowers and branches of Murges plants, putting them in contrast with the bright colors of European flowers. Yes, I just wanted that people could notice that intense nature that left me open-mouthed.
A set of colors and scents were inserted in small antique amphorae, (oh yes, the place claimed them) the same that, in bigger version, were used for the wedding ceremony.
Now, throw an eye on the bride and her boudoir.
Close your eyes and try to imagine the magnificent feeling that you can try in preparing the bread, wearing that mise; a bread that encloses a long tradition and which requires the drawing of a symbol, the rooster, through a stamp that for the occasion was made by a local artisan.
Only on special days, where everything is possible, you can experience extraordinary moments like these.
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Biden rolls back Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims
Biden reelection bid not official, but fundraising to begin
Joe Biden to select Jeff Zients as next chief of staff
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Signing several actions in front of reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon, Biden said there was "no time to waste" in issuing the executive orders, memorandums and directives
US President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
US President Joe Biden signed half a dozen executive orders on Wednesday to reverse several hardline immigration policies put in place by former President Donald Trump, although migration experts warn that it will take months or longer to unravel many of the restrictions imposed in the past four years.
In a sharp departure from his Republican predecessor, Biden, a Democrat, just hours after being sworn in also sent an immigration bill to Congress that proposes opening a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.
The executive actions, signed at a ceremony at the White House, included immediately lifting a travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries, halting construction of the US-Mexico border wall and reversing a Trump order preventing migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted for congressional districts.
Biden also signed a memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US attorney general to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects migrants who came to the country as children from deportation, and reversed Trump's executive order calling for stricter immigration enforcement away from the country's international borders.
Immediately after the actions were announced, DHS said it would end all enrollments in a controversial Trump program - known as the Migrant Protection Protocols - that forced more than 65,000 asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait for US court hearings. The release did not clarify what will happen to migrants currently in the program, many of whom have been stuck for months in squalid tent camps near the southwest border.
The actions show that Biden is beginning his presidency with a sharp focus on immigration, just as Trump kept the issue at the center of his policy agenda until the last days of his administration -- though they come at the issue from radically different perspectives. In one of his rare post-election public appearances, Trump earlier this month visited a section of the US-Mexico border wall, which he had ordered built by shifting funds from the military budget.
Biden's decision to immediately roll back Trump's travel ban won praise from business groups and migrant advocates. Myron Brilliant, the head of international affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce, said the ban was "was not aligned with American values" and its reversal would help "restore our credibility on the global stage."
More Actions Coming
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, travel to the United States has been curbed and DHS said in its announcement Wednesday that current non-essential travel restrictions will remain in place.
Biden has not yet laid out clear plans for a March 2020 order issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows officials to expel almost all border crossers. Since the order was put in place, around 380,000 people have been quickly sent to their home countries or pushed back to Mexico, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
Incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on a call with reporters on Tuesday that it would be "unwise" for migrants to come to the border now because of limited capacity to process asylum claims.
"The situation at the border is one we intend to change, but it is going to take considerable time," he said.
In Central America in recent weeks migrant caravans have been on the move, with some aiming to arrive at the southwest border after Biden's inauguration.
The president plans additional immigration moves soon. On January 29 he will issue executive actions to restore US asylum protections, strengthen refugee processing and set up a task force to reunify families still separated by Trump's border policies, according to a memo shared with lawmakers and obtained by Reuters.
The Biden administration will also review barriers to legal immigration put in place by Trump over the past four years, including a regulation that made it harder for poorer immigrants to get permanent residency, the memo said.
Bill No Slam Dunk
Lifting the travel ban and implementing executive orders may be an easier task than getting Congress to pass Biden's ambitious immigration bill. It lays out an eight-year road map to citizenship for many of the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country unlawfully, according to a fact sheet distributed to reporters by incoming White House officials on Tuesday.
Eligible immigrants who were in the country as of January 1 and meet certain requirements would be given a temporary status for five years before being granted green cards. They could apply for citizenship after three more years, officials said.
The wait time for legalization would be shorter for DACA recipients and immigrants living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), both programs Trump tried to end. It would also be expedited for some farmworkers.
While Democrats effectively hold a majority in the US House of Representatives, the Senate will be divided 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote. A lack of bipartisan support has torpedoed past efforts to overhaul the immigration system.
On Tuesday, Republican Senator Marco Rubio called the bill a "non-starter" that included "a blanket amnesty for people who are here unlawfully."
Advocates acknowledge privately that the bill will probably serve more as a statement of goals to set the stage for a series of smaller, single-issue bills that might attract more bipartisan support.
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A powerful, moving documentary from the filmmakers of the Academy Award nominated War/Dance , Inocente delivers a rare glimpse inside the inspirational life of a homeless, undocumented fifteen-year old girl, a burgeoning artist, and the extraordinary challenges she must contend with on a daily basis.
In San Diego, a young teenage girl's eyes stare into a compact mirror. She paints a dramatic black swirl around her eye. She never knows what her day will bring, but she knows at least it will always begin with color. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be destroyed by her life as an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years.
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Wife of Canadian 9/11 victim visits Guantanamo to look 'evil' killer 'straight in the eye'
Ken Basnicki was meeting colleagues on the 106th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Centre when al-Qaeda terrorists rammed a hijacked plane into the building on Sept. 11, 2001. Twelve years later, his wife Maureen, a former Air Canada flight attendant and now an outspoken activist for the rights of Canadian terror victims, visited the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay this week to observe court proceedings against accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, a.k.a. KSM, and four others, including Ramzi Binalshibh, a would-be hijacker who was refused a U.S. visa and instead allegedly helped coordinate the attacks from Germany. In an interview from Guantanamo, Ms. Basnicki told the National Post's Stewart Bell what it was like to sit in the same room as those suspected of murdering her husband for their fanatical cause.
Q. Why did you want to go?
A. I had an overwhelming desire to see things and judge for myself. I wanted to try to understand why these five men were so full of hate for innocent civilians that they were capable of killing so many people going about their daily life. I wanted to be a representative of another country other than America, because I'm constantly trying to remind both Americans and Canadians that it's not just all about Americans. There were citizens from 92 countries that lost their lives that day.
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It even had its own hook, which might be wise considering where it�s been.
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In 1997 when Giambi played for the Oakland A�s, a reporter told him he belonged on the all-tan team.
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It wasn�t long before a sports undergarment company he�s affiliated with mailed him the thong.
It eventually became a good-luck charm, the perfect antidote for a friend or teammate who�s slumping at the plate.
Swisher hadn�t been that enthused when a Yankees trainer suggested he needed it.
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Student Enrollment On The Decrease At Mother Lode Schools
By Bill Johnson	 Published Mar 7, 2009 08:00 am Updated Mar 7, 2009 07:54 pm
Sonora, CA — Tuolumne and Calaveras County schools have been losing students this decade.
Since 2000 Tuolumne County enrollment is down 15 percent and Calaveras County is down seven percent.
"If you go back to the year 2000 we had almost 7,000 students and during that time we had a number of families moving up here and then commuting to places like the Central Valley," says Calaveras County Schools Superintendent John Brophy. "We found that as the housing bubble increased and prices went up 15-40 percent in just a few years, families couldn't afford to buy those homes as easily."
Brophy says the economy has also hurt the schools, as many families have left for jobs outside of the region.
Tuolumne County Schools Superintendent Joe Silva has made similar observations.
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A decrease in students has meant less money for the individual school districts. It has also led to a decrease in the need for school personnel.
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In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thug's alcoholic girl as a singer. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl Ivy is now the only decent thing in his life.
In the Stone Age, the strong caveman Tonda is the leader of a hostile tribe and the outcast Atouk feels unrequited desire for Tonda's mate Lana. One day, Atouk is walking with his best friend Lar and they meet the cavewoman Tala. They save her blind father Gog from a tar pit and Tala fells unrequited affection for Atouk. Soon the smart Atouk becomes the leader of the misfit tribe and dispute the leadership of the whole clan and Lana with Tonda. But in the end, the leader needs a worthwhile mate.
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Les Keys sont un archipel situé à l'extrémité méridionale des États-Unis, dans l'océan Atlantique et dans l'est du golfe du Mexique. Cette suite d'îles de faible altitude se développe depuis la péninsule de Floride jusqu'au nord de l'île de Cuba. L'archipel s'étire depuis les environs de Miami en direction du sud-ouest, délimite ensuite la baie de Floride au sud, puis se dirige vers l'ouest jusqu'à Key West ; il se termine par les îlots sableux des Dry Tortugas. Key West se trouve à  de Cuba. Les Keys sont parcourues sur 181 km par l'Overseas Highway.

Histoire

Arrivée des Européens
C'est en mai 1513 que les européens découvrent l'archipel où vivaient les peuples Calusa et Tequesta. Un lieutenant de Christophe Colomb, Juan Ponce de Léon, dirige une expédition. Les îles sont appelées Las Tortugas car selon les hommes de l'expédition, leurs formes rappellent des silhouettes d'hommes en souffrance. Une autre appellation ; « Cayos », signifiant « petites îles », s'est anglicisée en Keys. Les Espagnols décident de s'établir dans les Keys malgré les attaques des Amérindiens et des pirates.

Ère américaine
En 1822, les Keys, par achat aux Espagnols, passent sous la souveraineté américaine. D'abord base navale sous l'impulsion de John W. Simonton (premier propriétaire de Key West après les Espagnols), Key West, l'une des îles principales devient officiellement port d'entrée américain et une maison des douanes y verra le jour. En 1845, la Floride devient le  État américain ; les Keys se dotent d'une base navale et du Fort Zachary Taylor.

Au niveau économique, l'île bénéficie du pillage des bateaux échoués sur les récifs des Keys si bien que Key West devient à la fin du , la ville la plus riche par habitant des États-Unis. Suivra le développement économique lié au tourisme naissant grâce à la construction de l'Overseas Railroad, ligne ferroviaire achevée en 1912, qui relie les îles habitées entre elles et au continent. Après un début de  agité par le krach boursier de 1929, une crise économique et un ouragan qui endommage la voie ferrée en 1935. L'économie de l'île et son rayonnement repartiront à la hausse dès la seconde guerre mondiale.

Aujourd'hui, c'est le tourisme qui représente la première source de richesses des Keys de Floride.

Géographie
Parfois présenté comme l'archipel aux mille îles, les Keys se composent d'environ 1 700 îles et îlots, dont une trentaine sont habitées. La population était de 73 000 habitants en  2010. Reliées entre-elles, dès 1912, par le chemin de fer, elles le sont depuis 1938 par une route :  l'Overseas Highway, moyennant 42 ouvrages d'art.

Exception faite des îles sablonneuses situées à l'extrémité est de l'archipel, les Keys constituent les derniers vestiges de vastes récifs qui commencèrent à se former il y a  d'années, alors qu'une mer peu profonde submergeait la région.

Le récif de Floride est la seule barrière de corail vivante dans la zone continentale des États-Unis. Il est le quatrième plus grand système de ce type dans le monde. Il se trouve à quelques kilomètres au large des Keys et est large, en moyenne, de .

A l'extrémité est, Key Biscayne et Virginia Key, proches de Miami, sont en fait rattachées au continent et ne sont généralement pas considérées comme faisant partie des Keys.

Les Keys dépendent du comté de Monroe dont le siège se trouve à Key West. Il y a 16 municipalités : Key West, Marathon, Key Colony Beach,Layton, Islamorada, Stock Island, Big Coppitt Key, Cudjoe Key, Big Pine Key, Duck Key, Tavernier, Key Largo, North Key Largo, Flamingo,  et .

Principales îles

Les îles sont listées du nord-est vers le sud-ouest ; elles sont réparties entre Upper, Middle et Lower Keys.

Upper Keys

Dans l'océan Atlantique (détroit de Floride)
 Virginia Key
 Key Biscayne
 Keys situées dans le parc national de Biscayne (accessibles uniquement en bateau) :
 Keys de transition :
 Soldier Key
 Ragged Keys
 Boca Chita Key
 Sands Key
 Véritables Keys, anciens récifs de corail :
 Elliott Key
 Adams Key
 Reid Key
 Rubicon Keys
 Totten Key
 Old Rhodes Key

 Keys situées dans le parc national des Everglades
 Club Key
 Cormorant Key
 Dump Keys
 Murray Key
 Otter Key
 Peterson Keys
 Rankin Key
 Samphire Keys
 Stake Key
 Triplet Keys
 Umbrella Key

Dans le golfe du Mexique
 Key Largo
 Islamorada :
 Plantation Key
 Windley Key
 Upper Matecumbe Key
 Lower Matecumbe Key
 Gopher Keys

Middle Keys

Dans le golfe du Mexique
 Craig Key
 Fiesta Key
 Long Key (également nommée Rattlesnake Key)
 Conch Key
 Duck Key
 Grassy Key
 Deer Key
 Marathon :
 Key Vaca
 Boot Key
 Knight's Key

Lower Keys

Dans le golfe du Mexique
 Little Duck Key
  dans le parc national de Bahia Honda
 East Bahia Honda Key
 Summerland Key
 West Summerland Key
 No Name Key
 Big Pine Key
 Pine Key
 Big Torch Key
 Torch Key
 Middle Torch Key
 Little Torch Key
 Crane Key
 Little Crane Key
 Ramrod Key
 Knockemdown Key
 Cudjoe Key
 Sugarloaf Key
 Saddlebunch Keys
 Big Coppitt Key
 Boca Chica Key
 Key Haven
 Key West
 Johnston Key
 Teakettle Key

 Geiger Key
Keys Backcountry : Snipe Keys, Barracuda Keys, Mud Keys, Marvin Key…formées de bancs de sable blanc

Îles occidentales éloignées

Dans le golfe du Mexique

Les îles Marquesas, Bocca Grande, Barracouta, Man, Woman, Garden Key, Bush Key, Long Key, Loggerhead Key, Middle Key, Hospital Key, et Dry Tortugas, ne sont accessibles que par bateau.

Parcs nationaux
Treize parcs assurent la protection des Keys :

  - Key Largo
 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Key Largo
  - Près d'Islamorada
  - Islamorada
 Indian Key Historic State Park - Islamorada
  - Islamorada
  - Long Key
  - Marathon
 Bahia Honda State Park - Bahia Honda Key
 Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park - Key West
 Biskayne National Park- Sud de Key Biskayne
 Everglades National Park-Everglades
 Dry Tortugas National Park- Dry Tortugas

Réserves
Quatre réserves fauniques nationales protègent les espèces animales et leur environnement dans les Keys :

 National Key Deer Refuge, centré sur Big Pine Key, abrite le Refuges' Nature Center, le Nature Store de la Florida Keys Wildlife Society et le cerf des Keys, en voie de disparition ;
 Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, à l'extrémité nord des Keys, abrite de nombreuses espèces protégées dont le crocodile américain ;
 Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, englobe une grande partie de l'arrière-pays des Lower Keys ;
 Key West National Wildlife Refuge, comprend les îles situées à l'extrémité sud de l'archipel, y compris les Marquesas Keys.

Parc marin
Le  protège environ 9 900 km 2 d'eaux côtières et océaniques et estuariennes du sud de la Floride, le long de Middle et Lower Keys, jusqu'au parc national des Dry Tortugas, atteignant l' océan Atlantique, la baie de Floride et le golfe du Mexique. Il englobe également le récif de Floride.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Peuples indigènes des Everglades, culture des Clairières
 Cerf des Keys
 Duma Key, roman de Stephen King
 Seven Mile Bridge

Liens externes

  NASA, Florida Keys.
 Les îles Keys de Floride : le paradis des plongeurs et des randonneurs National Geographic