Recognition and Beyond

With the founding of Israel in May 1948, the American labor movement rejoiced. However, it maintained steady pressure on the Truman administration to allow for weapons sales to Israel and to ensure a multi-million dollar U.S. government loan to Israel. In a remarkable sign of AFL and CIO cooperation, AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray visited President Truman in the White House in 1950 to make their case for U.S. support of Israel. Also during the early 1950s, the ILGWU led an effort to fund affordable housing for Israeli workers through the Amun-Israel Housing Coporation. This effort marked the culmination of the American labor movement’s central role in the building of Israel’s infrastructure.

On Whether the Venetians Should Ally with the Emperor or Stick to the Alliance with the King of France

This chapter considers how, once again, the Venetians had found themselves under steady pressure from two sides — this time between the new king of France, Francis I, and Charles of Habsburg, the king of Spain as well as the Holy Roman Emperor. Although they had not come to a clear rupture with the Emperor, the Venetians had dutifully performed their role in the war on the French side, and were now rather at sea as to what they should do next. On the one hand, Francis incited them to hold on, for he would soon send another army into Italy; on the other hand, Charles was trying to detach them from the French alliance with various reassurances and offers.

Aircraft Ditching Loads Simulation Tool

The present work presents a novel methodology developed for calculating the steady loads acting on aircraft structures in the event of ditching in water. It represents the preliminary result of Stirling Dynamics as part of a NATEP research project. The overall objective of the project is to expand the capabilities of the Stirling Dynamics proprietary software SD-GLOAD (originally designed for ground and crash loads dynamic simulations) to aircraft ditching simulations. The methodology presented in this paper employs a Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) to calculate the steady pressure distribution acting on the submerged parts of the ditching aircraft. The proposed methodology is validated against a higher-fidelity CFD multi-phase model for a selected test-case and several ditching conditions.

EU is likely to renew Russia sanctions

Significance Russia has said the ban is in response to the EU's sanctions against Russia. EU economic sanctions expire at the end of July, and their renewal requires consensus. The contingent nature of the circumstances that allowed the sanctions' introduction has led to speculation that the EU will be unable to maintain its united stance. The entry ban forms part of Russia's effort to split the bloc before its sanctions renewal decision. Impacts The sanctions renewal decision could come at the June 25-26 EU summit, or be delayed to a later foreign ministers' meeting. Washington is likely to maintain steady pressure on its European allies to maintain a hard line against Moscow on Ukraine. The CEE EU states' responsibilities as EU and NATO members are likely to override their views of their own interests. The outcome of the Iran nuclear negotiations could affect EU views about the effectiveness of sanctions as a diplomatic tool.