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A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Beyond COVID-19, Part 4: The U.S. "Angers" China and North Macedonia Joins NATO
Beyond COVID-19, Part 4: The U.S. "Angers" China and North Macedonia Joins NATO
Thomas J. Shattuck
Maia Otarashvili
Aaron Stein
National Security Program
Eurasia Program
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Welcome to week three of social distancing and quarantine. Due to the increased number of cases in the United States, President Donald Trump has renewed all restrictions on social gatherings until the end of April. As everyone remains in their homes to flatten the curve and stay healthy, the Foreign Policy Research Institute will continue its discussions of important issues that would normally receive attention but aren't due to the pandemic. This is our fourth "installment" of Beyond COVID-19. We hope that this discussion will inspire you to follow-up on these important developments from around the world.
This Round Table features a conversation between Thomas J. Shattuck, Research Associate in the Asia Program at FPRI; Aaron Stein, Director of the Middle East Program and acting Director of the National Security Program at FPRI; and Maia Otarashvili, Deputy Director of the Eurasia Program at FPRI. The intention is to convene these conversations twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) for the duration of the crisis (with occasional guests popping in), so that readers will not miss pertinent information and stories from the areas that FPRI covers.
General reminder to our readers to keep up to date with guidelines coming from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; continue to stay home as much as possible; and when you must leave your home and engage with people, be mindful of social distancing practices; and wash your hands frequently with soap for at least 20 seconds.
Thomas Shattuck: Maia, let's start with you. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has some exciting news this week. The Republic of North Macedonia joined the alliance! What can you tell us about this development? I know that there was much controversy over the course of many years leading up to the country's NATO accession.
Maia Otarashvili: On March 27, North Macedonia officially joined NATO. In his press statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that North Macedonia's accession should remind other aspirant nations that NATO's door remains open to them, and reaffirmed America's commitment to the Article 5:
As President Trump has said, the NATO Alliance has been the bulwark of international peace and security for over 70 years. North Macedonia's accession to NATO today represents the culmination of many years of effort by the government and people of North Macedonia to join the North Atlantic Alliance. North Macedonia's NATO membership will support greater integration, democratic reform, trade, security, and stability across the region. North Macedonia's accession also reaffirms to other aspirants that NATO's door remains open to those countries willing and able to make the reforms necessary to meet NATO's high standards, and to accept the responsibilities as well as benefits of membership. As NATO welcomes its 30th member, we reaffirm our commitment to collective defense under Article 5, the cornerstone of the Transatlantic Alliance.
Greece had been one of the main objectors to North Macedonia's NATO and European Union accession, due to an age-old dispute between Athens and Skopje. Until 1991, North Macedonia was known as the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Once it became independent, it was named Macedonia. Greece already had a region called Macedonia, which includes much of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia ruled by Alexander the Great. Both Greece and North Macedonia take a lot of pride in their ancient past and consider Alexander the Great an integral part of their history and national identity. Part of the name dispute included Greece's worry that North Macedonia may make claims over the Greek region of Macedonia. The dispute was formally resolved in 2017, when both parliaments voted to approve the name change to North Macedonia.
With this move, Skopje joins the largest security alliance in the world, made up of almost one billion citizens of the 30 member states. On the same day, North Macedonia, alongside Albania, received a final green light from the EU leaders to start EU membership talks. These are major positive developments for both Europe and NATO, but sadly, they will go without much ceremony.
Shattuck: Over the last couple of years, Russia's involvement in the Balkans has expanded both covertly and overtly. What can we expect from Russia in regards to North Macedonia's accession into NATO?
Otarashvili: It's no secret that Moscow opposes any further NATO or EU expansion. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement reflected that sentiment: "Obviously, the fact that Skopje has joined the alliance does not add any value either to European or to regional or to national security. This move will certainly not promote the joining of effort for fighting common threats and challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic. This will only create new separation lines."
In the past, Russia has supported Macedonian radical nationalists and has cozied up to increasingly authoritarian political forces in order to keep the country isolated from the West. It also tried to get involved in the name dispute in order to perpetuate the situation and keep Skopje from joining NATO and the EU. Moscow funded the radical nationalists' movements to sabotage the name change, and took things so far that it even angered a major ally, Greece. Athens even expelled two Russian diplomats over Russia's meddling in the name dispute. It seems Russia has lost this particular battle. But North Macedonia, or the Balkans, really, aren't a top priority for Moscow, like the Black Sea region is. I'll be interested to see how Albania's EU accession process goes—Moscow has more interest and influence there than in North Macedonia.
Tom, Taiwan has been in the news a few times this week. What can you tell us about the TAIPEI Act that President Trump signed last week?
Shattuck: Last week, President Trump signed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act. The bill really gained steam in September 2019 after the Solomon Islands and Kiribati switched their diplomatic ties from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China. The purpose of the law is to deter Taiwan's remaining 15 diplomatic allies from making a similar switch. The most important part of the TAIPEI Act says that the United States should essentially reward or punish nations depending on their relations with Taiwan. Section Five of the law states:
It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should consider, in certain cases as appropriate and in alignment with United States interests, increasing its economic, security, and diplomatic engagement with nations that have demonstrably strengthened, enhanced, or upgraded relations with Taiwan; and consider, in certain cases as appropriate, in alignment with United States foreign policy interests and in consultation with Congress, altering its economic, security, and diplomatic engagement with nations that take serious or significant actions to undermine the security or prosperity of Taiwan.
The caveat "in certain cases as appropriate and in alignment with United States interests" gives the president an easy way out if he doesn't want to carry through on punishing any of Taiwan's remaining 15 diplomatic allies if they switch to China. The symbolism of the law is important because it demonstrates solid American support for Taiwan, but the law could backfire if overused. It could more thoroughly push countries into China's orbit if the United States overreacts to a decision vis-à-vis Taiwan. Taiwan's remaining 15 diplomatic allies are primarily located in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Pacific. These countries, while small geographically and economically, have varying levels of strategic importance for the United States. It is better for the United States to have them in the Taiwan "camp" than the China "camp" because the latter comes with strings attached, generally in the form of predatory loans.
Keeping China out of the Pacific is important for the U.S. Navy to maintain its dwindling strategic edge. Keeping China (or any country) out of Latin America goes all the way back to the Monroe Doctrine of the 1800s, so having El Salvador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic working more closely with China puts the Trump administration on notice. When those three countries made the switch to China in 2017 and 2018, it outraged members of Congress and the administration for the way that those countries handled the situation. Every time that a nation switches ties from Taiwan to China, members of government express their unhappiness, but these three really struck a nerve. That created the main impetus for the TAIPEI Act. I've written at length on this particular topic for our special issue of Orbis on Political War in East Asia.
Aaron, Iran has been in the news, with tensions in Iraq continuing and consistent reports of U.S. deliberations about taking more aggressive action to confront Iranian-allied militias in Iraq. What is the latest, and how is this impacting the military?
Aaron Stein: My two worlds intersected last week, when the U.S. Navy released imagery showing two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, reportedly operating alongside a B-52 bomber. The deployment of two carriers comes amid consistent and repeated reporting that suggests that the Trump administration is debating a range of options to counter Iranian support for militias in Iraq. One option, according to the New York Times, is to use military force to destroy Kata'ib Hezbollah, a militia that has been linked to rocket attacks on bases where U.S. forces are present in Iraq and which has ties to the Iranian leaders. The Trump administration reportedly has advocated for more aggressive U.S. action. According to Marc Mazetti and Erci Schmitt, "Some top officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Robert C. O'Brien, the national security adviser, have been pushing for aggressive new action against Iran and its proxy forces—and see an opportunity to try to destroy Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq as leaders in Iran are distracted by the pandemic crisis in their country."
In Iraq, the United States is currently consolidating its positions, withdrawing from bases it used to support the war against the Islamic State, and hunkering down in a few bases better (Baghdad, Ain al Assad, and Erbil) protected from Iranian missile attack. Maya Gebeily, a correspondent for Agence France Presse (and a previous guest on my FPRI podcast, the Middle East Brief) reported, the "United States has deployed Patriot missile batteries to bases targeted by Iranian missile strikes in January" at bases where U.S. personnel are present in Ain al Assad and Erbil.
As I discussed with Becca Wasser, a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, on the latest Middle East Brief podcast, the deployment of Patriot may strain the force because these missiles are "low in density and in high demand." The same is true of the carriers. The tensions in the Middle East and the increase in the number of carriers have previously resulted in longer deployment times, which undermine readiness, strain the equipment, and have deleterious effects on the sailors, according to Defense News.
The United States has 11 carriers, but only eight are available at any one time for deployment. According to David B. Larter:
The Asia-Pacific region is covered for six months every year by the forward-deployed carrier Ronald Reagan out of Japan, but U.S.-based ships must make up the other half. And if the Pentagon doesn't want to leave the Pacific uncovered for large swathes of the year with two carriers in the Middle East, the Navy will need to maintain between two and three U.S.-based carriers deployed year-round—an immense burden on a fleet of eight aircraft carriers.
This is an issue I wrote about in a report for FPRI about great power competition and U.S. military deployments. Tensions with Iran may seem limited only to the Middle East, and focused on U.S. efforts in Iraq, but clearly the choices we make vis-à-vis Tehran have impact throughout the armed forces.
Tom, last week, the U.S. Navy once again sailed one of its ships through the Taiwan Strait. This time, it was the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell. These transits have become routine over the past few years. What can you tell us about their importance?
Shattuck: Despite having its own COVID-19 crisis to deal with, China has not let up on its pressure campaign against Taiwan. Since 2016 when President Tsai Ing-wen was first elected, Beijing has ratcheted up its military actions at air and sea to push Taiwan to the brink. Fighter jets conduct regular "encirclement" missions around Taiwan, and carrier groups and other ships sail close to the median line (sometimes even crossing it) of the Taiwan Strait, or even to Taiwan's east in the Pacific Ocean. There are two strands of thinking for the People's Liberation Army: the Taiwanese military cannot afford to respond to every single incursion by fueling planes to tail Chinese jets and boats; and constant missions will help the PLA find weak points in Taiwan's defense. Taiwan has done a good job responding to these incursions on its territory so far.
Taiwan is not fighting this battle by itself. The Trump administration has been particularly good at conducting regular transits through the Taiwan Strait. It may not seem like a big deal, but having an American presence in the area serves as a type of protection for Taiwan. It sends a message to Beijing that the United States is in the region and protects its allies, friends, and partners. The U.S. line is pretty simple: we're allowed to do it. U.S. 7th Fleet Spokesperson Lt. Anthony Junco noted: "The U.S. Navy will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows." The Tsai administration welcomes this type of support from the U.S. military.
These transit missions always result in denouncement from Beijing. This time, Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense's spokesman, said the following about the McCampbell's transit: "The provocative actions by the U.S. has damaged China's security interests and has endangered the lives of front-line soldiers and their equipment. They constitute a serious violation of international laws on freedom of navigation and are the root cause of problems between China and the U.S. on maritime security." This pattern is likely to hold for the foreseeable future: U.S. transits to maintain the status quo that Beijing seeks to disrupt through its military incursion into Taiwanese territory.
Aaron and Maia, thanks again for this great discussion!
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a non-partisan organization that seeks to publish well-argued, policy-oriented articles on American foreign policy and national security priorities.
Thomas J. Shattuck is a Research Associate in the Asia Program and the Managing Editor at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Maia Otarashvili is a Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Eurasia Program.
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Aaron Stein is the Director of Research at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). He is also the Director of the Middle East Program and Acting Director of the National Security Program at FPRI.
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Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core: High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid
Tomoaki Matsumoto, Masahiro Machida, Kohji Tomisaka, Tomoyuki Hanawa
We investigate self-gravitational collapse of magnetized molecular cloud cores and formation of the outflow. We employ a nested grid in order to resolve fine structures of protostar and outflow generation, of which size is as small as 1 AU, and to follow the whole structure of the molecular cloud core, of which radius reaches 0.1-1 pc, simultaneously. The nested grid allows us to follow the evolution of the cloud core with the high dynamic range of 105-106 in the spatial resolution. In this paper, we introduce implementations of the self-gravitational MHD nested grid code and show applications to early stages in star formation: gravitational collapse of cloud core, "first core" formation, and bipolar outflow ejection. In both cases of single and binary star formation, magnetic fields play important role in the outflow formation. The outflow region has extremely low beta regions of β= 10 -6-10-3, and our code shows no sign of numerical instability even in these low-beta regions.
Computer Physics Communications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2004.06.033
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference - Falmouth, United States
Duration: Sep 7 2003 → Sep 10 2003
gravitational collapse
Magnetohydrodynamics
protostars
binary stars
Matsumoto, T., Machida, M., Tomisaka, K., & Hanawa, T. (2004). Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core: High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid. Computer Physics Communications, 164(1-3), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2004.06.033
Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core : High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid. / Matsumoto, Tomoaki; Machida, Masahiro; Tomisaka, Kohji; Hanawa, Tomoyuki.
In: Computer Physics Communications, Vol. 164, No. 1-3, 01.12.2004, p. 229-236.
Matsumoto, T, Machida, M, Tomisaka, K & Hanawa, T 2004, 'Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core: High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid', Computer Physics Communications, vol. 164, no. 1-3, pp. 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2004.06.033
Matsumoto T, Machida M, Tomisaka K, Hanawa T. Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core: High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid. Computer Physics Communications. 2004 Dec 1;164(1-3):229-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2004.06.033
Matsumoto, Tomoaki ; Machida, Masahiro ; Tomisaka, Kohji ; Hanawa, Tomoyuki. / Self-gravitational collapse of a magnetized cloud core : High resolution simulations with three-dimensional MHD nested grid. In: Computer Physics Communications. 2004 ; Vol. 164, No. 1-3. pp. 229-236.
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Wilson-Raybould entered federal politics hoping to be a bridge builder
Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:48AM EST
Last Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2019 12:18PM EST
On Feb. 9, The Canadian Press distributed this story profiling federal Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould after a Globe and Mail report accused members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office of trying to pressure the then-attorney general to intervene in the prosecution of Montreal engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. The story included a number of quotes and paraphrased comments critical of Wilson-Raybould's style from unnamed sources.
Following an internal review, we have determined that the story did not meet CP's standards and procedures for how to handle sources who are only willing to speak to reporters on condition of anonymity. The Canadian Press Stylebook, which sets out our policies and principles, restricts the use of anonymous material to "information — not speculation or opinion — that's vital to the report." The quotes and some of the comments attributed to the sources were clearly speculation or opinion.
In addition, CP policy stipulates that when a story cites an anonymous source, a detailed explanation be included to explain to readers why granting anonymity was justified. The report in question made only broad reference to people on Parliament Hill refusing to go on the record about the Wilson-Raybould affair for fear of political or personal recriminations. More details about the sources to establish their credibility should have been included.
When it comes to unnamed sources, our Stylebook reads, in part, as follows: "There are of course many situations when people with information important to the public insist on concealing their identity for understandable reasons. The Canadian Press would be foolish, and in some cases irresponsible, never to grant anonymity in news copy, but it can show leadership in working to stop misuse of unnamed sources."
The Canadian Press has detailed policies on the handling of anonymous sources. They were not followed in this case. We will redouble our efforts to ensure that our journalists use unnamed sources carefully, sparingly and only when circumstances demand it.
CP apologizes to its readers and clients for falling short of our standards.
OTTAWA -- As the frigid air of an Ottawa winter howled outside in January 2013, Jody Wilson-Raybould stood at the centre of a mass of national media, trying to be a peacemaker as First Nations chiefs from across the country battled over how to secure a meeting with the sitting government on their terms.
Some wanted to reject a meeting with prime minister Stephen Harper, because they felt their talks should be directly with the crown, or its representative in Canada, Gov. Gen. David Johnston.
Wilson-Raybould was the British Columbia regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations, and she was going to build the bridge between the chiefs, and then between the chiefs and a government many felt was hostile to Indigenous issues.
When the meeting with Harper finally happened, she would later say, she realized change was going to be easier if she was on the inside. So she ran for the Liberals in the 2015 election and won in a downtown Vancouver riding.
Shortly afterward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would name her Canada's justice minister.
Fast forward six years, and in the frigid air of another Ottawa January, Wilson-Raybould was grim as she faced the reality that three years after getting one of the highest portfolios in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, she was being demoted.
With the enthusiasm of a child being asked to apologize for stealing a cookie, she delivered the agreed-upon line, that moving from Justice to Veterans Affairs was not a negative, that there was "no world" in which serving Canada's veterans had a downside.
But the reality is she wasn't being moved because she was universally loved and doing a bang-up job.
She was being moved because she had become a thorn in the side of the cabinet, someone insiders say was difficult to get along with, known to berate fellow cabinet ministers openly at the table, and who others felt they had trouble trusting.
Less than a month later, Wilson-Raybould is at the centre of one of the biggest storms to hit the Trudeau government: allegations the prime minister or his aides pressured her to help Quebec corporate giant SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution, and demoted her at least partly because she wouldn't co-operate.
Trudeau has flatly denied the allegations.
Several Liberals approached Friday said they were confident the story came from Wilson-Raybould herself.
"She's always sort of been in it for herself," said one insider who didn't want to be identified. "It's never been about the government or the cabinet. Everything is very Jodycentric."
The fear of reprisal for speaking about anything to do with the situation was running so high Friday most Liberals approached flatly refused.
Treasury Board President Jane Philpott, said to be one of Wilson-Raybould's closest friends and allies in cabinet, was not available. One former senior staffer said it was too uncomfortable to talk about.
Those who did spoke of a woman who went through staff at a breakneck pace (she has had four chiefs of staff in three-and-a-half years), and only showed up to meetings when she felt like it.
"I think I saw her at Indigenous caucus just once," said one Liberal.
But there is another view of her from outside government that is far more flattering, a description of a woman who is exceptionally smart and exceptionally driven.
Born into a political family, her father, Chief Bill Wilson, once told Pierre Trudeau, father of Justin, that his daughters were going to be prime ministers one day. Her relationship with her father is sometimes troubled, and one Indigenous source said it is "impossible to talk about Jody without talking about her dad."
Bill Wilson, who issued words of support for his daughter on social media this week, helped get Indigenous title to land and treaty rights enshrined in the Constitution.
Wilson-Raybould does leave a significant legacy as justice minister. She shepherded two of the biggest changes to Canadian social policy in a generation: physician-assisted dying and legalized marijuana.
"She's very serious, she's very credible," said Sheila North, former grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, the northern Manitoba chiefs' organization.
She is bare-legs-in-minus-30-C-windchill tough -- that's how she publicly accepted her new job outside Rideau Hall -- a former B.C. Crown prosecutor who is assertive and knows her own mind. Any criticism of Wilson-Raybould for sticking up for her convictions, said North, is rooted in sexism.
"Someone who is very strong and assertive, when it's a male, it's not even considered anything that's negative," she said.
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Jared Kushner Is Using His White House Relationships To Get Funding for His New Company
By Robin Hill-Gray
Nov. 30 2021, Published 10:54 a.m. ET
Jared Kushner has put his political career to the side in favor of his new venture, an investment firm. News of Kushner's new company, Affinity Partners, broke earlier this year. Kushner's now back in the news as he seeks funding for the venture from his former White House contacts.
He's reportedly leveraging his White House relationships with the Middle East to obtain the funding. While it's not illegal to do so, critics are wondering if it's ethical.
A brief overview of Jared Kushner
Kushner, married to Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, served as Republican senior advisor during Trump's presidency. According to Business Insider, Kushner was involved in affairs in the Middle East, China, and Mexico, opioid crisis management, and criminal justice reform. He also helped manage Trump's presidential campaign.
Kushner pictured at the Saban Forum in 2017.
Prior to his work in the White House, Kushner was heavily involved in his family's real-estate business, Kushner Companies. His involvement in the company grew immensely when his father was sentenced to a year in prison for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions, and witness tampering. In 2006, Kushner bought The New York Observer for $10 million.
He also made a historic purchase when he bought 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.8 billion, the most anyone had paid for a New York building at the time. In 2008, Kushner was appointed CEO of Kushner Companies, and the following year, he married Ivanka Trump.
Jared Kushner at a White House Coronavirus task force daily briefing.
Kushner is using White House resources for his new company
Through working at the White House, Kushner gained ample knowledge on foreign affairs and how certain countries like to do business. He's now leveraging that knowledge to get funding for his new company, Affinity Partners, which is headquartered in Miami and has offices in Israel. The New York Times reports that one place Kushner is seeking support from is the Middle East.
Throughout the course of Trump's presidency, Kushner developed close relations with Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed. He also spearheaded the agreement of a "full normalization of relations" between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Needless to say, Kushner has made himself relevant in Middle Eastern territories, and now, he's seeking financial support from them, particularly Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Kushner hopes to secure well over a million dollars in investment funding and is currently in talks with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund over a "sizable investment" of $2 billion, according to Business Insider. But leaders in Qatar and the UAE have declined to invest in the company.
Jared Kushner (L) attends a meeting on the COVID-19 response.
Critics on White House officials using their position to get funding
Former Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has also leveraged his White House relationship with the Middle East to receive investment funding, reportedly raising $2.5 billion for his private equity fund. While it's not illegal for people to request funds from countries they liaised with while in the White House, critics are questioning if it's ethical or not.
Nick Penniman, head of governement organization Issue One, said, "When former White House officials start cashing in their time served with our government by cozying up to monarchs, it turns the stomach a bit. Is it illegal? No. Is it swampy and seemingly hypocritical? Yes." Given the mixed support from the Middle East, it's uncertain if Kushner will be able to reach his funding goals by his targeted date early next year.


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Q: change background color with JavaScript I have a main div containing n * n divs which have either a black background or a white one.
I want them to change their BGcolor by clicking on the main div.
Here's my code (that doesn't work obviously).
    function invert(){

   var divs = document.getsElementsByTagName("div");

   for(i=0; i<divs.length; i++){
          if(divs[i].style.backgroundColor=="black")
          {
            divs[i].style.backgroundColor="white";
          }
          else if (divs[i].style.backgroundColor=="white")
          {
            divs[i].style.backgroundColor="black";
          }

   }

}

A: If you haven't explicitly set a background color it may still be "" (at least that is what I see in Firefox) so none of your if condition matches.
Instead you could also switch to black if you detect that the current color is not set:
var color = divs[i].style.backgroundColor;
if (color === "black")
    divs[i].style.backgroundColor = "white";
else if (!color || color === "white")
    divs[i].style.backgroundColor = "black";

A: Give all the DIVs a default background color of white.
Add a black class to some of them.
Use classList.toggle to alternate the colors:

document.body.onclick= function() {
  var divs= document.querySelectorAll('div');
  for(var i = 0 ; i < divs.length ; i++) {
    divs[i].classList.toggle('black');
  }
}
body, html {
  height: 100%;
  background: lightyellow;
}

div {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #333;
  display: inline-block;
  background: white;
}

.black {
  background: black;
}

A: Two ways to achieve this:
1- style.backgroundColor (if you let the bg color info inline):

function turnthelights() {

var x = document.querySelectorAll(".inner");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {

if (x[i].style.backgroundColor === "black"){
    x[i].style.backgroundColor = "white";
} else {
    x[i].style.backgroundColor = "black";
}
}
}
body {
  background-color: greenyellow;
}

.inner {
  width: 80px;
  height: 80px;
  display: inline-block;
  outline: 2px solid gold;
}

2- getComputedStyle(element).backgroundColor (bg color info anywhere):

function turnthelights() {

var x = document.querySelectorAll(".inner");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {

  var k = x[i];
  var z = getComputedStyle(k).backgroundColor;

if (z == "rgb(0, 0, 0)"){
    x[i].style.backgroundColor = "rgb(255, 255, 255)";
} else {
    x[i].style.backgroundColor = "rgb(0, 0, 0)";
}
}
}
body {
  background-color: hotpink;
}

.inner {
  width: 80px;
  height: 80px;
  display: inline-block;
  outline: 2px solid gold;
}

.black {
  background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
}

.white {
  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
}

A: Now 2020, and I find the real solution, get the style and set style must use a different method:
function changeColor(cell) {
    var red = "rgba(255, 4, 10, 1)"; //rgba or rgb, so if you really want to use this, you need use regexp.
    var grey = "rgba(230, 230, 230, 1)"; //pls change your css to this too.

    var style = cell.computedStyleMap().get('background-color').toString();

    if (style == grey) {
        cell.style.backgroundColor = red;
    } else if (style == red) {
        cell.style.backgroundColor = grey;
    }
}

for chrome this is ok, but, maybe other browser with other color format, you need test it.

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UTMB and HDT Bio receive US funding for vaccine development
The funds are intended to advance the vaccines to the successful conclusion of Phase I clinical trials.
Under the project, the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nipah virus will be targeted for vaccine protection. Credit: Diana Polekhina / Unsplash.
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and HDT Bio have received funding worth up to $87.4m in a project agreement from the US Government for developing self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccine technology against advanced and emergent viral threats.
The award is provided by Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) of the US Department of Defense (Dod) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA).
The development of vaccines to Phase I trials under the five-year $59m prototype project comprises an additional $28.4m in milestone payments.
Under the project, the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) and Nipah virus (NiV), which are important to military personnel, will be targeted for vaccine protection.
Additionally, the funds are intended to advance the vaccines to the successful conclusion of Phase I clinical trials.
UTMB will utilise saRNA vaccine platform technology and LION delivery system of HDT Bio for developing the vaccine candidates, namely HDT-321 for CCHFV and HDT-331 for NiV.
As a sub-performer for the vaccine development, HDT Bio will receive $49m.
The project will be led by UTMB while HDT Bio will be responsible for the NiV saRNA vaccine candidates' selection and the development of an assay.
Rocky Mountain Labs will partner to select the saRNA vaccine candidates for CCHFV.
HDT Bio CEO Steve Reed said: "We are grateful to DOD and HHS for their support.
"We look forward to working with our partners and the MCDC to protect our military personnel and the American people as a whole from biological threats."
Even though CCHFV and NiV are zoonotic viruses, they can transmit from infected individuals by coming in close contact with bodily fluids.
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New car sales in the UK dropped by 20% in April
By Alexander Joe Published May 4, 2017 at 20:07 PM GMT
New car sales dropped by 20% in April compared to the same period last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The decline comes after a new vehicle excise duty (VED) came into effect on 1 April.
A total of 152,076 new cars were registered last month, down from 189,505 registrations in April 2016.
Private registrations dropped by 28.4%, while registrations by fleets and businesses declined by 12.3% and 21% respectively.
Despite the decline in April, the SMMT said that the overall new car market remains strong in the year to date. The number of new registrations in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 1.1% compared to the first four months of 2016 to 972,092 – the highest level on record.
A total of 972,092 vehicles were registered in the first four months of 2017.
New car registrations in the UK:
Source: SMMT
SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes expects demand to stabilise over the year:
"With the rush to register new cars and avoid VED tax rises before the end of March, as well as fewer selling days due to the later Easter, April was always going to be much slower."
"It's important to note that the market remains at record levels as customers still see many benefits in purchasing a new car. We therefore expect demand to stabilise over the year as the turbulence created by these tax changes decreases," he added.
Ian Gilmartin, head of retail and wholesale at Barclays, was quoted by Motor Trader as saying:
"A dip in new car registrations was anticipated by everyone in the industry following the duty changes introduced at the beginning of April.
"That said, a 20% fall is significant, and can't be entirely attributed to the increase in VED. Consumers may be beginning to tighten the purse strings on large purchases given ongoing uncertainty in the wider economy.
"So, as has been predicted for some time we're probably now seeing some levelling off in demand."


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While researching the origins of liberalism for another project, I came across an interesting analysis by Daniel B. Klein in the Atlantic magazine, where he used Google's Ngram Viewer to trace the origins of the use of the word 'liberal' in a political sense.
I used the same tool to see when and how frequently the words Hindu, Hindoo, Gentoo and Indian were used in the English language.
So, although the word spelt as "Hindu" was used early on in English, the word "Gentoo" was more in vogue until 1781, after which "Hindoo" took over. The "Hindu" returned to popularity around 1867 and stayed in currency since then. We will have to ask historians to explain what happened in the 1780s and the late 1860s that led to these changes.
In comparison, the word "Indian" has always been more popular than "Hindu", although they mean the same thing semantically. There might be some overcounting as the former was also used to refer to Native Americans during most of the period covered in this chart. The pattern is similar in other European languages that Google provides for.


The European Parliament voted to enact one of the most revolutionary efforts against one of the largest sources of pollution in our modern era. They Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority to put a ban on many of the single-use plastics by 2021. The banned items include drinking straws, disposable plates and disposable cutlery. The main purpose of this ban is to spearhead the efforts to reduce ocean waste. As mentioned, the measure was passed overwhelmingly with an almost unheard of margin, 571 to 53 votes with one 34 abstentions.
This all sounds amazing but it might just be a bit too early to celebrate as the European Council will have to lead negotiations with the government ministers form its member states before the legislation can be put into effect. The council is expected to make a decision around the 16thof December.
The Belgian Member of Parliament Frédérique Ries said in a press release that "It is essential in order to protect the marine environment and reduce the costs of environmental damage attributed to plastic pollution in Europe, estimated at 22 billion euros by 2030." In essence, the ban will be on and it will involve items such as disposable tableware in terms of plates, cutlery, straws and cups as well as balloon sticks and cotton buds. The planned enforcement date of the ban is set for 2021.
However, the usage of single-use plastics for which no suiting alternatives can be found, will still be tolerated. Such items would include single-use food boxes, containers for fruits and vegetables and other food-items such as sauces or ice-cream. Nevertheless, the use of said items must be reduced by at least 25% by the year of 2025, according to the passed legislation.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department decided not to extend the deadline for EU citizens to return their voter registration and declaration forms for the 2019 European Parliament elections.
The latest date in which an EU citizen can submit a European Parliament Voter Registration Form (known as a UC1 form) to register as an elector in the European Parliamentary elections is 12 working days before the date of the election. For the recent European Parliamentary elections that deadline was 7th May. The 12 working day deadline is based on two provisions relating to the application process and the publication of, and alterations to, the register before the election. The provisions are contained in section 13B of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and regulation 29 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001; and the equivalent provisions in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 as applied by Schedule 001 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001. To change the 12 working day deadline would require changes to the legislation.
The UC1 form implements a requirement under EU law. EU Council Directive 93/109/EC requires all Member States to send the details of any EU citizens' declarations to the state they are a citizen of "sufficiently in advance of polling day" to ensure an EU citizen does not vote twice in the same European Parliamentary election. This is not a new requirement and has been in place for previous European Parliamentary elections.
On 5 April the Electoral Commission published guidance for Local Returning Officers and EROs on the upcoming European Parliament elections. In this the Electoral Commission reminded EROs to prepare and issue UC1 forms to EU citizens on the electoral register. It also encouraged EROs to agree plans and timings for postal vote despatch (including how to prioritise the despatch of overseas votes). This latter point covers UK citizens living in EU countries.
On 3 May the Electoral Commission published guidance advising EU citizens to avoid registering to vote using unofficial registration sites. In this guidance, they further stated that "any EU citizen who wants to vote in the European Parliamentary election in the UK must also print, complete and return a declaration form stating that they will only vote in the UK." This guidance also included a link to the Your Vote Matters website where the form could be downloaded.


3D point cloud generated from disparity image.
An additional example for stereo disparity. This one shows you how to properly resize input images and convert the disparity image into a 3D point cloud.
// Don't forget to adjust camera parameters for the change in scale!
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Gare de Campo dell'Oro – przystanek kolejowy w Ajaccio, w departamencie Korsyka Południowa, w regionie Korsyka, we Francji.

Jest to przystanek Chemins de fer de la Corse (CFC), obsługiwany przez pociągi TER Corse.

Położenie
Znajduje się na wysokości 7 m n.p.m., na wąskotorowej (1000 mm) linii Bastia – Ajaccio, pomiędzy stacjami Mezzana i Les Salines.

Linie kolejowe
 Bastia – Ajaccio

Linki zewnętrzne
 Chemins de fer de la Corse

Campo dell'Oro
Ajaccio

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Open science is about the way researchers work, collaborate, interact, share resources and disseminate results.
As per https://via.hypothes.is/https://wiki.surfnet.nl/display/OSCFA/Amsterdam+Call+for+Action+on+Open+Science?focusedCommentId=54701361#comment-54701361 , add the idea of improving the things that are listed here.
I wonder if we could get a better photo of the average Ooooby box. This one just doesn't do it justice.


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Our advice incorporated how content might be created cost-effectively – important for a charity – and what pitfalls to avoid.
As part of the consultancy session we discussed keywords, an area where there was very little knowledge within the business. We regularly advise clients to use their website's keywords, or those used in Adwords, as a good start point for keywording on YouTube. In this case, when we looked at the website I saw that the keywords were almost useless from any perspective. This gave the client further insight as to how to improve their existing web presence before even embarking on video work.


Well, as nice as it is to look back, it's important to always keep looking forward! And 2012 holds some great new adventures!
In the short term, next Tuesday is our first field trip of the year! Our original plans got changed because of the flooding situation, so we've been scrambling to find alternative plans. We are going to be heading to a Mexican restaurant for our students to experience "authentic" Mexican cuisine to compliment our upcoming unit on Latin America. It should be lots of fun!
We also have several days off coming up. At the end of March, there is a three day week so that people can attend a teachers' conference. I am not going to the conference because I have to read four books and write a paper before the end of the year to fulfil my contract agreement (because I did not take a Christian Philosophy of Education course at university – I went to a secular university). That long weekend is my dedicated paper writing time.
The week after that, we have a four day week because of Chakri Memorial Day (Friday) and the following week is a three day week: Monday is a new holiday (just found out about it yesterday! something that would never happen so fast in North America, but a lovely side perk of being in Thailand! holidays, holidays, holidays… popping up out of nowhere!) and Friday is the first day of our Songkran break. The following week is completely off for Songkran. When we come back, there's only a month and a half left of school! Time is going to fly by… We also have another field trip to a Thai museum in there, too.
I have my flights booked to be home in Canada. I leave Bangkok June 1st and get back at the end of July. I have a few things booked to do with my family already, but for the most part, this time will be for fundraising and getting ready for coming back.
I am already busy working away on Impact School of Missions (ISM) things, and am getting SO excited as we get closer and closer to our opening term this September! We have already accepted five students so far, and things are moving forward every day!
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The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants (HRM) is the only organization in Israel allowed entry int immigration detention facilities. Throughout 2017, Hotline representatives have monitored detention conditions in four facilities – Holot, Saharonim, Givon, and Yahalom. This report focuses on issues including conditions for transgender inmates separated in solitary confinement, the detention of Darfuri asylum seekers during the year in opposition to the state's policy, and handcuffing of inmates during medical examinations. In addition, the report refers to eight legal proceedings related to detention conditions in Holot as well over-crowding in prisons.
Despite a decrease in total number of inmates over the course of 2017, there has been no apparent improvement in levels of cell crowding. Prison Service authorities have reduced the number of occupied cells rather than reduce the number of inmates per cell. In the Saharonim detention center however, there has been an improvement in the referral of inmates to the social support system and also to mental health facilities, as well as in handling inmates' requests to call a police investigator in order to file violence complaints against border control officers.
This year, as well, the majority of those held in detention facilities are asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan that the Israeli government does not deport to their home country. Others are migrant workers or tourists whose visas expired or who violated the terms of their visa. Detention should be the last resort. According the UNHCR's instructions, "detention is an exceptional measure and can only be justified for a legitimate purpose." The Israeli government's policy for over a decade has been to arrest and detain asylum seekers and migrants for extended periods of time, even when their deportation outside of the country is impossible. The detention of asylum seekers and migrants should be avoided, and priority given to other – more humane and economically efficient – measures, in order to control migration flows.
In light of the State of Israel's deportation plans, the Holot facility – in which over 10,000 asylum seekers have been detained since 2013 – has been shut down. During the deportation operation, thousands of asylum seekers will be wrongly detained. The four years in which the Holot facility was operating, considering the current deportation plan, only strengthens the fact that Israel continues to use detention as a means to increase pressure for the purpose of deportation. The abuse of asylum seekers and migrants continues despite the fact that a majority of them are detained only due to government policy.


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Although there are many things that affect your health, like genetics, activity level, and environment, having a good diet is one of the most influential factors. Having a good diet is essential for maintaining good health, although altering your diet can cause you to gain weight, lose weight, change your body composition, or lower your cholesterol level. You will need to decide what your health goals are and make sure that your diet is in line with those goals.
Although there are many reputed 'miracle diets' out there, most of these diets are not actually a good diet at all, and can be harmful to your body. A good diet allows you to get your daily fill of the proper nutrients so that your body can function the way it should. Many of these miracle diets cause you to starve yourself, even if you are eating something. It is not possible to survive only on foods like salad because you burn more energy by chewing the salad than you gain by digesting it. Diets that deprive you of nutrients only make your body weak and vulnerable to disease and other unwanted conditions.
The Atkins diet is a quasi-starvation diet that has drawn a lot of disciples and a lot of critics in recent years. Although some say it is a feel good diet, it does not promote good diet habits. The Atkins diet is a plan in which you cut your carbohydrate intake to nearly nothing, but you can eat anything else you want, which leaves meat and cheese as the majority of your feel good diet. Because of the lack of carbohydrates your body begins to burn fat for energy at a rapid rate, but critics claim that eating protein-rich food constantly will clog your arteries and eventually cause a heart attack or other heart problems, which means that these are not good diet habits. Many people who have used the Atkins diet claim that it is difficult to keep the weight off when they begin practicing good diet habits again. Like other starvation feel good diets, when you eat normal food again your body tries to prepare for the next time it will be starved by storing reserve energy in the form of fat.
Although there are many guides that will tell you how to take the extra pounds off and keep them off, these plans must somehow incorporate a good diet that is balanced. While eating chocolate cake will not help you lose weight, you cannot avoid it forever, especially once you are at your target weight. Unfortunately most diets require people to stay on them to maintain their weight, which isn't realistic. These extreme diets create yo-yo dieters who become locked in a cycle of losing and gaining weight, never finding a happy medium. The key to keeping your weight at a healthy and normal level is to have a good diet that is balanced and can be maintained.
Some of the more frequently asked questions for eating healthy are listed below.
Everyone knows that an active lifestyle and eating well is the correct thing to do. Our bodies need good food as well as exercise to work at optimum levels. But many individuals battle with eating the right way and getting sufficient physical activity. Even more get blurred when it comes to the many subject matters that the mass media presents us and the incessantly changing selective information in regards to healthy eating habits, smart foods, as well as which particular exercise is best. We'll cover some of those types of questions and furnish answers that have the potential to be of assistance to clear up the puzzle in regards to healthy living.
I have to seriously drop some weight. About how much can I realistically shed if I do various exercises for a half hour each day??
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Frequently, I eat at my home computer, however my gut instinct says that this isn't very healthy for me. Is there a healthier way for me to eat?
Setting aside the time to sit down for meals is all-important. Concentrating on mealtime averts the manner in which individuals can slowly stop eating excessively without recognizing the amount they're eating. If you sit down as well as concentrate on your meal, you'll eat in a slower fashion, that assists your mind and body recognize the point at when it becomes full. Regardless at what location you are having lunch or dinner, regardless of whether you are at the computer, or at your desk, standing up, or even at the kitchen table, you should pay attention to what your body is telling you as well as discontinue eating when you get the sensation that you have had enough food.
I am pregnant as well as eating all the time. Am I going to gain a lot of weight?
Being pregnant has a tendency to heighten the appetite, as a woman . The foods you select to consume when you are pregnant as well as how you'll eat them is significant. You may have a strong hunger for specific foods, yet there's no need to overindulge. Gratify yourself in reasonable servings, and do make sure to select foods that are healthy insead of less nutritional ones. Eat on a day to day basis moderate servings of good food frequently as well as consume healthy snacks handy – a hungry stomach begs for fats as well as foods that are high in salts.
Which exercise style is best?
There are many assorted methods to exercise and it is hard to articulate that one type is more effective than the other types. What is significant is that you're physically active. Whether you get your exercise requirements by playing sports each week or by performing Pilates or weight training it makes no real difference. If you're looking to develop muscles or strength, assorted types of exercise develop different things when it comes to your body. A physical trainer has the ability to furnish you effective advice when it comes to what type of activity you ought to select. Otherwise, if you just wish to stay in satisfactory shape, discover an activity or exercise you enjoy and have fun with.


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NES Classic Duck Hunt Gets New Fanmade C64 Port
Includes mouse, joystick, and lightgun support
by Jack Yarwood Mon 5th Dec 2022
The NES classic Duck Hunt has received a new version for the Commodore 64, courtesy of the user Mahna Mahna (as spotted by the publication IndieRetroNews).
Duck Hunt, in case you've been living under a rock or simply born yesterday, is a light gun shooter that was released for the Famicom in 1984 in Japan.
It was released in the US on the NES one year later, in 1985, and in 1987 in Europe. An arcade version of the game was also produced and distributed across several regions throughout the 80s. The goal of the game was to shoot moving targets on screen with the NES Zapper, with the player only having a limited number of bullets to do so.
If you shoot all the targets, you can advance to the next stage. Miss enough, however, and the Duck Hunt Dog will appear and laugh at your poor shooting skills.
Images: Nintendo/Mahna Mahna
Mahna Mahna produced the Commodore 64 version of the game for this year's Transmission64 3rd Edition event, but you can download the game now from the C64 Scene Database. Compared to the NES version, it only includes two modes, games A and B, which control the number of ducks onscreen. You can aim using a lightgun, joystick, or mouse in port 1.
You can also plug the joystick into port 2 to control the duck in game A. Here's a video of the game in action from YouTuber Saberman:
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Jhena
Mon 5th Dec 2022
Good to hear for Commodore 64 lovers. Duck Hunt is propably the first game I ever played. Still looks fun.
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Q: Can you define Static and Dynamic Language without referring to run or compile times? I'm trying to define static and dynamic programming languages in a simple way. In the context of HTML, CSS and  JavaScript, without referring to the compile or run time.
Is it incorrect to say that
Static languages can only be updated when you update the source code.
Dynamic languages enable you to update content rendered to a webpage via the actual webpage.
Please let me know if I'm understanding it correctly.
Thanks!

A: No dear, this is wrong.
Static and dynamic refers to types or variables, not the whole language itself.
Plus, CSS and HTML are not real programming languages.
You could read this Difference between static and dynamic programming languages and find much more googling