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US, China Play Dangerous South China Sea Game
China's growing assertiveness matched by US combativeness
By: BA Hamzah
The South China Sea, through which an estimated third of global seaborn commerce travels every year, is becoming one of the world's flashpoints with China and the United States having chosen it as the seaborne arena in which to assess each other's strength at a time when Trumpian pre-election rocket-rattling can't hurt at the polls.
Certainly, China has stirred considerable irritation not just with the US, which sees its waning clout being tested, but among the littoral nations as well. Reports of foul play, human rights abuses and trafficking of Indonesians have lately put a new spotlight on the activities of Chinese fishing vessels.
Similarly, the presence of Chinese warships and armed Coast Guard vessels in Malaysian waters is a disturbing development for a nation that arguably has cooperated more than it needs to because of its dependence on China for trade, tourism and investment. China has been Malaysia's largest trading partner since 2009 although these reports are not new. Thus far, nothing untoward has happened as both sides are careful not to allow such infringement to mar their diplomatic and economic relations.
However, in mid-April, Haiyang Dizhi 8, a Chinese government survey vessel that has been operating in Vietnamese and Philippine waters since 2017, caused concern. She was spotted trailing the West Capella, a drilling vessel on contract to Petronas, Malaysia's national oil company. Haiyang Dizhi 8 was escorted by several well-armed vessels from China's Coast Guard.
That incident follows on from a previous three-month stand-off between Chinese "survey vessels," always accompanied by the Chinese Coast Guard, and Malaysian enforcement agency vessels in Luconia Shoals, an area rich in hydrocarbon resources.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it known that unilateral PRC activities to harass Malaysian fishery and hydrocarbon activities in Laconia Shoals and James Shoal, an underwater outcropping on the continental shelf of Malaysia, are unlawful. Similarly, in the same vein, the US now formally "rejects any PRC maritime claim in the waters surrounding Vanguard Bank (off Vietnam), Luconia Shoals (off Malaysia), waters in Brunei's EEZ, and Natuna Besar (off Indonesia)."
Such activities are quite common. Apart from rampant illegal and unreported fishing (IUU), incidents of sea robbery, piracy, human and drug trafficking, destruction and degradation of coral reefs and exploitation of protected mollusks like giant clams by many long-distance fishing boats including those from China, to name some, are unsettling.
However, they are just the very tip of the iceberg of maritime violence and criminality along with the US$3.5 trillion-plus worth of international commerce that pass through annually. These criminal activities are likely to add fuel to the volatile political environment. For instance, in early July, Indonesian authorities arrested two Chinese fishing vessels off the Riau islands, following a tip that an Indonesian crew member had died on one of the boats. The body was found in a freezer, believed to be the victim of a human trafficking racket.
Three Indonesian crew members also allegedly died while working on a Chinese vessel fishing for tuna early last year. A video of the three, unceremoniously buried at sea, has angered the Indonesian authorities. Jakarta demanded an explanation of the inhumane working conditions on Chinese-flagged fishing boats that led to their death.
Early this year, Indonesia deployed six warships and four F-16 fighter jets to the Natuna Sea to counter intrusion by 60 Chinese fishing vessels which were escorted by two Chinese Coast Guard vessels. The showdown was defused after the Chinese vessels left the area, which is reportedly rich in natural gas deposits and fish. Jakarta has since reinforced its military presence on the Natuna Islands which it owns.
In the absence of mitigating mechanisms, the tensions could metamorphose into military flashpoints overnight, with potentially serious global consequences.
Mike Pompeo's recent statement that formally rejects "Beijing's claims to offshore resources in the SCS as unlawful" is bound to put China on the defensive and will make it more difficult to rein in the recalcitrant fishing fleets and dubious "research & survey vessels." Pompeo took Beijing to task for what he implies as its bullying, predatory and coercive strategy against its weaker neighbors.
Beijing has a long history of harassing ships in the South China Sea. Chinese fishing fleets have long operated illegally in waters claimed by Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. A Chinese maritime surveillance vessel, for example, rammed and sank a fishing vessel from Vietnam off the Vanguard Shoal in April. Confrontations with Filipino fishermen, especially in traditional fishing areas off the Scarborough Reef, which China occupied in 2010, are quite common despite President Rodrigo Duterte's subservient posture towards Beijing.
The evidence of growing political tensions is quite compelling. These tensions have steadily increased in recent years after China went overboard within what Beijing regards as the nine-dash line outlining Chinese hegemony despite President Xi Jinping's assurance to former US President Barack Obama that China would not militarize the area.
The construction of military facilities on a number of artificial islands since 2012 has alarmed Washington, which has challenged China's excessive maritime claims under its Freedom of Navigation Program after the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) came into force in 1994.
Beijing's refusal to embrace the proposed Declaration on the Conduct Parties (DOC) by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in "its entirety" after 20 years of negotiations has made it exceedingly difficult for ASEAN countries to engage China constructively. China's lip-service to any form of regional mechanism to mitigate violence and lower regional tensions has left behind a bad taste.
The claimant states are questioning China's real intentions since it started to build military garrisons on the artificial islands in the Spratlys after 2012. All seven military outposts in the Spratlys (Mischief, Subi, Cuateron, Gaven, Fiery Cross, Hugh, and Johnson Reefs) are closer to Western Palawan, for example, than to Yulin, a town in Southern Hainan, China's nearest mainland.
The distance between Yulin and Mischief Reef that China occupied since 1995 is 1166 km; Mischief Reef to Western Palawan is only 241 km. Moreover, China's potential to extend the operational range for offensive purposes against the claimant states from any of its outpost in the Spratly is high. For instance, using Subi Reef as a forward position, China's operational range for its aircraft can be extended by 1,000 km. This means all primary targets along the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia are within China's military operational range. Together with US new commitments to the region, this fact has changed the strategic landscape.
Beijing says the outposts are for deterrence purposes against the US, which it accuses of containing its rise. While this anti-access and anti-denial military strategy remains valid, it has become a double-edged weapon. The bases can be used against the claimant states that are at odds with China's maritime strategy. Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia have separately criticized China's military and illegal fishing activities.
Apart from the DOC process, there is little evidence of ASEAN member states adopting a common position against what China is doing. Statements like the need to exercise self- restraint in the conduct of activities and resort to international law in settling disputes are non-contentious in nature. The ASEAN Chairman's Statement of the 36th ASEAN summit (26 June 200) reaffirmed the relevance of the 1982 UNCLOS as the preferred legal framework "for determining maritime entitlements, sovereign rights, jurisdiction and legitimate interests over maritime zones." This phrase is included in the Chairman's statement with China in mind.
There are several reasons why the tensions may flare up into low-level naval skirmishes between China and ASEAN member states with overlapping claims, namely Vietnam and the Philippines, and lately Malaysia. Even Indonesia, as suggested above, a non-claimant, has been drawn into the fray. This new development is caused primarily by China's coercive policy.
Although Beijing has downplayed the presence of the US warships in the trouble spot, this region could see escalated tensions between the US and China as President Donald Trump could look for excuses to boost his chances for re-election in November 2020, away from domestic woes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The closure of China's consulate in Texas this week is also intended to underscore Washington's anger with China's alleged "stealing of intellectual property," a euphemism for spying. Of course, stoking the bilateral tensions is essentially geopolitical in nature as Washington seeks to further blunt Beijing's growing influence.
I have argued elsewhere that as Commander-in-Chief, President Trump could order the US Navy to strike against the military targets to achieve limited political objectives. In the worst military conflict scenario, the military targets offer minimum collateral damage to the population and property, avoiding an all-out war. China's growing assertiveness has fuelled concerns over armed conflicts in the South China Sea that President Trump could use as a diversionary strategy to win re-election.
BA Hamzah is a professor in the Department of Strategic Studies, National Defense University of Malaysia. He can be reached at bahamzah8@hotmail.com
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CDs by Reba McEntire
All The Women I Am (2010)
Greatest Hits Volume III - I'm a Survivor (2001)
If You See Him (1998)
Keep on Loving You (2009)
Love Revival (2008)
Love Somebody (2015)
My Kind of Christmas (2016)
My Kind of Christmas (expanded version) (2017)
Reba #1's (2005)
Reba Duets (2007)
Room to Breathe (2003)
Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection (1999)
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope (2017)
So Good Together (1999)
Starting Over (1995)
Stronger Than the Truth (2019)
What If It's You (1996)
Reba McEntire has enjoyed a long career as one of country's superstars. This consists of 3 chronologically arranged CDs, starting with her number 1, How Blue, from 1984 through her most recent top 5, Because of You , a duet with Kelly Clarkson from 2007. There are no new songs, alterative takes or anything else that a collector might want. In fact, a few hits are missing, including her first two number ones Can't Even Get the Blues and You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving.
McEntire tended to mix her styles over the years between country and glossy pop. Her first few hits here - How Blue and Somebody Should Leave were both squarely country. Over the years, however, McEntire veered increasingly towards a pop sound as evidenced by such songs as Forever Love from 1998 and I'm a Survivor from 2005.
No one could accuse McEntire of being a trail blazer, though she did have a role in delivering strong woman and message songs. She is not a songwriter (she wrote only Only In My Mind), so her role is really a song interpreter, and she has done a fine job of that over the years along with picking songs that suit her style. McEntire captures the heartache and emotion of Whoever's in New England and The Greatest Man I Never Knew perfectly. She also deserves tremendous credit for cutting She Thinks His Name Was John about AIDs.
The CD, which is for those looking for an overview of her career or a complete McEntire set since there is nothing new, showcases the breadth of McEntire. With a winning personality and a slew of hits, she has endured.

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The US Postal Service introduced Zip Codes (Zone Improvement Plan) in the mid 1960s to speed up mail delivery by marking precise geographic locations.
But Zip Codes are also maps of brutal social inequalities affecting the lives and even the life expectancies of our communities.
Bringing together scholars and activists, this virtual roundtable will ask: How has the Zip Code legacy shaped our experience and understanding of the ongoing pandemic? Can thinking through Zip Code maps help us equalize access to healthcare, safety and well-being? Can Zip Codes be mobilized in activist pursuits of social justice?
Gregg Gonsalves, Epidemiology, Yale University
Bill Rankin, History of Science, Yale University
Jacqueline Wernimont, Digital Humanities and Social Engagement, Dartmouth College
Jia Zhang, Columbia University Center for Spatial Research
Moderator, Laura Kurgan, Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and Director of the Center for Spatial Research
Convener, Laura Wexler, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and American Studies, Yale University and Acting Co-chair of the Public Humanities Program
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Q: LINQ with groupby and count, plus Name I want to display a list with owners Name and number of lists for each.
The group.Key gives me the id of the person but how can i switch it for the name?
// Get all lists owned by an organization
var lists = context.SalesToolsLists.Include(x=>x.OwningUserOrganization).Where(x => uoids.Contains(x.OwningUserOrganization.Id));

// Get a dataset where each row contains OwningUserOrganization.FullName, group.Key and group.Count()
res.UOListCounts = new List<Tuple<int, int>>();
foreach (var listgroup in lists?.GroupBy(info => info.OwningUserOrganizationId).Include(x=>x)
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A: You just need to group items by name instead of OwningUserOrganizationId as follows:
foreach (var listgroup in lists?.GroupBy(info => info.OwningUserOrganization.FullName).Include(x=>x)
        .Select(group => new
        {
            Metric = group.Key,
            Count = group.Count(),

        }).OrderBy(x => x.Metric))
{
    res.UOListCounts.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(listgroup.Metric, listgroup.Count));
}

So that group.Key gives to OwningUserOrganization.FullName
And as a bonus as @gunr2171 pointed out on comments, you can move query out of the foreach and into its own variable to improve code readability.

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Sailors in camouflage? Author Paul Stillwell (above) prefers the Navy jumpers, neckerchiefs, and bell-bottom trousers of his youth.
Back in the 1980s, I interviewed Rear Admiral Elliott B. Strauss. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1923, retired in the 1950s, and lived to be 100. For years Admiral Strauss was director of the Naval Historical Foundation, and he had an appreciation for the broad sweep of history. As he looked back on his career long afterward, the admiral observed that he had served in the Navy at just the right time.
His father, Admiral Joseph Strauss, had graduated from the Academy in 1885, during the age of sail. The son recalled a time late in the father's life when his dad and a contemporary were observing that they appreciated having been in the Navy at just the right time. For them it had been so, and it is probably that way for most of us. Our particular time of service assumes a rosy hue in retrospect, and subsequent changes seem abnormal. My own period of active service was largely in the 1960s, so to me that remains essentially the norm.
I remember that period as a time when many of the ships and many of the people had World War II experience. The ships, for the most part, were powered by steam turbines and relied on guns, rather than missiles, as their weapons. Rotating radar was standard equipment, and only gradually were computers and systems linkages taking over to deal with threats. In the combat information center, a radarman wrote new information backward while standing behind the Plexiglas status board. That enabled others in CIC to read it the right way. Not being all that technologically adept myself, I am overwhelmed by the electronic wizardry now available.
Personnel then were quite low-priced by current standards. I think my first rate of pay as an enlisted man was something like $3 a day, plus a bunk and three meals. One consequence of the 1960s pay structure was that ships were manpower intensive and far less automated than those of the present day. Subsequent increases in the pay structure, and the enhanced opportunities for minorities and women, are definitely improvements over the Navy of 40-some years ago.
Another memory, though not directly related to the Navy, was the relative ease of air travel. In the late 1960s, by which time I was an officer, the airlines made it simple for military people to fly on leave or liberty. To get a flight, one just showed up at the airport not too long before flight time, presented an ID card, and bought a half-price ticket. After the passengers with reservations boarded, the rest of us flew in standby status. No screening at all—just walk aboard the airplane. That is a rosy memory indeed.
What brings all this to mind is the recent spate of changes in Navy uniforms. In the past few years, we have seen a dizzying array of wear tests and Fleet studies of various outfits. My own grumpy-old-timer reaction has been one of disappointment. I still look fondly on the traditional combination of white hat, jumper, neckerchief, and bell-bottom trousers. One of my lasting mental images is the pride I felt while marching at boot camp and seeing my moving shadow with the hat atop it.
When I see a Navy man or woman wearing the new combination of black trousers, khaki shirt, and nearly invisible metal collar devices, the look is no longer distinctively Navy. The individuals now seem anonymous. From a distance I used to be able to make a quick identification by looking at a rating badge and a batch of hash marks and service ribbons. The combination provided a mini-biography of an individual whom I would not know as an acquaintance but with whom I felt a brief connection as a fellow mariner.
The camouflage uniforms leave me even more stupefied. There are titles such as "woodland" and "desert" and "digital," sometimes in combination and apparently continuing to change. There is without any doubt a need for camouflage uniforms for special-warfare forces and for those serving in individual augmentation billets in Iraq and Afghanistan. But do we really need camouflage suits on board ship and on stateside shore stations? One smiling Sailor recently gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation: The Navy suffers from "camouflage envy." When I attended a ship commissioning recently, security was provided by rifle-toting personnel in camouflage. When I got close enough, I could see that their breast-pocket labels read "U.S. Navy." The Marine Corps is concerned to make sure that all these new Navy designs don't encroach on its territory. Marines understandably take great pride in being distinctive.
Having said all that, I recognize that a number of the recent changes have been in response to expressed preferences of the currently serving Sailors—obviously an important consideration. They like the comfort of the new working uniforms. They like the ease of taking care of the black-and-khaki uniform. It reminds me of a conversation years ago with the late Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a Navy icon in the computer world. At that time the uniform in vogue was called "salt and pepper." It featured a white shirt and either black trousers or skirt. Hopper recounted that she had been chatting with a male officer while standing in an ATM line. She was complaining that white skirts or pants showed dirt too easily and needed to be cleaned more often than black ones. The man responded: "Oh, that's no problem. I just have my wife wash them."
Hopper wryly shot back, "I don't have a wife."


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At the Allahabad Kumbh this year, devotees dipped in unusually clean waters. Can other rivers be similarly salvaged?
It's a sea of humanity. The largest gathering of people on earth. The Kumbh Mela, a festival for salvation for the faithful, is centred around water. The gathering this year in Allahabad (renamed Prayagraj) is remarkable for one thing: the Ganga and Yamuna, at their confluence, are not polluted at all. For those who have visited the Kumbh on earlier occasions, this is a pleasant surprise.
Over the past couple of decades, the Kumbh, which is held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik, had one defining characteristic. Except at Haridwar, where the swiftly flowing Ganga enters the plains from the Himalayas, the rivers stank.
The previous Kumbh was held in Ujjain and the Kshipra River was dirty, and a foul smell assaulted those who bathed in it. This was despite government efforts that included diverting water from the Narmada to keep the Kshipra flowing freely.
In contrast, the Allahabad Mela was sparkling clean. Although this time round it is an Ardh (half) Kumbh, the State government has tried to make the event a success in an election year. But, whatever the motivation, the authorities' efforts to control pollution deserves praise.
One of the main contributors to river pollution in India is the entry of untreated sewage. In Allahabad, some 270 million litres of sewage once flowed into the two rivers every day through 46 drains. With new sewage treatment plants, boosting capacity at existing ones and using technology such as bio-filters and bio-remediation, the authorities stopped untreated sewage going into the Ganga and Yamuna.
As a result, the biological oxygen demand, an indicator of water quality, dropped to healthy levels. The temporary shuttering of polluting industries in Kanpur, upstream of Allahabad, helped in keeping the pollution levels low too.
The funds for this exercise came from Namami Gange, a scheme to clean up the Ganga and its tributaries. The programme, earlier iterations of which started as far back as 1986 in the form of the first Ganga Action Plan, has been widely criticised for failing in its objectives miserably despite billions being spent on it.
The point, however, is that it is indeed possible to clean long stretches of a river if there is sufficient administrative will, and despite the systemic obstacles. It now remains to be seen whether the good work done in Allahabad is carried out after the Kumbh is over too.
We have in the past 50 years or so managed to pollute most of the country's rivers. The Central Pollution Control Board says that 275 rivers out of the 445 it monitors are highly polluted. Pollution in the Damodar River in eastern India has reached a critical point. More that 60% of the water in the Narmada, a lifeline for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, is unfit for drinking. In the south, the Cauvery's water is so toxic in some stretches that it is unfit even for irrigation.
The situation is severe but can still be remedied as we see from the successful in Allahabad, but we must broaden our scope from a single-minded focus on the Ganga and its tributaries.
As a first step, it is entirely possible to treat urban sewage, which would by itself reduce the pollution load in rivers significantly. Millions of Indians consider the Ganga a holy river. But other rivers, for people living by them, are no less sacred and deserve equal treatment.


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Jaggi Singh was arrested on Ste. Catherine St. on the night of March 21. Photo Melissa Gonzalez-Ley
Jaggie Singh playing music on speakers after a demonstration earlier in the night. Photo Melissa Gonzalez-Ley
The Montreal police arrested Singh on Ste. Catherine St. on the night of March 21. Photo Melissa Gonzalez-Ley
On March 21, Montreal activist Jaggi Singh was arrested on the corner of Crescent and Ste. Catherine St. at 9:15 p.m.
He was fined $440 for being in violation of a by-law concerning noise and $148 for refusing to cooperate with the police. He was brought to SPVM station 20, which is also on Ste. Catherine St.
Singh was walking away from the Marine Le Pen "Welcoming Committee" demonstration that he organized while playing music from a speaker attached to a trolley.
The activist was accompanied by two friends who were at the protest in front of the Montreal Château Marriott, two Link journalists and live-streamer Jade Sambrook.
Singh crossed Crescent St. when one of two police officers parked on Ste. Catherine St. asked him to stop. When Singh refused, the second police officer, Gabriel L'Heureux, with the badge number 6989, ran and crossed Crescent to stop Singh.
A third police vehicle arrived quickly on the scene, and was followed by two others. The six police officers on the scene closed off the corner, then asked that bystanders cross the street and move away from the scene of the arrest.
When questioned by bystanders regarding why Singh—a Coordinator at QPIRG Concordia—was arrested, L'Heureux said just because Singh was at the protest earlier, didn't mean he could now "play music loud in the street."
Confronting a far-right politician
Earlier that evening, the demonstration Singh organized took place in front of the Marriott hotel on the corner of Peel St. and Place du Canada.
The leader of France's controversial Front National, Marine Le Pen, was rumoured to be staying at the hotel. Le Pen was to attend a cocktail hour planned for 6:00 p.m., but it was cancelled, according to hotel staff.
The hotel also closed the metro entrance inside that would allow anyone from entering the building from underground.
Le Pen is in Quebec for a six-day visit. She was in Quebec City on Sunday to give a speech to celebrate International Francophonie Day.
Numerous Quebec politicians have refused to meet Le Pen, such as Parti Québécois leader Pierre-Karl Péladeau and Quebec City mayor Régis Labeaume.
Protesters arrived at around 7:45 p.m. The situation was calm, but by 8 p.m., when Singh showed up, around 100 protesters had gathered.
A small fence separated the demonstrators from the SPVM, who were down the steps from the hotel across from the hotel's roundabout.
Singh brought his trolley on the roundabout and was confronted by three police officers. From that point on, the number of SPVM protecting the hotel's entrance increased.
"I'm here for a dance party," Singh said, speaking in the microphone attached to a loudspeaker.
Forty-seven-year old Sandra Cordero was at both protests this week: the anti-police protest on March 15 and the demonstration on March 21.
Cordero didn't understand why the government didn't try to stop Le Pen's visit, and was disappointed that Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard didn't denounce the assault by one of Le Pen's guards in Quebec City on Sunday.
According to the Canadian Press, Le Pen's guard punched a protester twice during a demonstration. The altercation was caught on tape.
Festive songs were played, like "Ouvrir les frontières" by reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly. The latter was picked up by a five-piece marching band who stormed in and joined the group.
"Put something in French for Le Pen!" shouted a protester.
After hearing that Le Pen was likely not going to be at the Marriott, Singh declared: "The hunt for Marine Le Pen continues. Where will we find her? In a hostel? At the Old Brewery Mission?"
Throughout the night, rumours spread that Le Pen may have been at the Station des sports restaurant on Ste. Catherine St.
When The Link called the restaurant, the manager didn't confirm her presence but footage from TVA shows Le Pen leaving the establishment.
According to protester Gregoire Beaune, who was at both the Marriott and Station des sports demonstrations, two people—possibly more—were arrested outside the restaurant.
When protesters began to leave at 8:45 p.m., some headed for the Station des sports.
"It was a success," Singh declared on the microphone.
He was arrested 15 minutes later, on his way to the QPIRG office.
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Megyn Kelly Calls for 'Outside Investigation' of NBC in Return to Fox News Airwaves
"They investigated themselves. That doesn't work. Fox News had an outside investigator. CBS News had an outside investigator. NPR, the NFL. This is how it's done."
Justin Baragona
Updated Oct. 17, 2019 2:21AM ET / Published Oct. 16, 2019 9:15PM ET
In her first appearance on Fox News since she left the network in early 2017 and her first on-air interview since departing NBC late last year following her blackface controversy, former Fox News star Megyn Kelly told Tucker Carlson that there needs to be an "outside investigation" of NBC over allegations made in former NBC reporter Ronan Farrow's new book Catch and Kill.
Carlson noted that just roughly a month before she was fired by NBC, Kelly called for an outside investigator to look into the sexual harassment and assault allegations surrounding former Today host Matt Lauer and the accusation that the network killed Farrow's reporting on Harvey Weinstein.
The Fox News host then pointed out that MSNBC host Chris Hayes recently took to the air to back Farrow's reporting while addressing the credibility of the network's higher-ups, asking Kelly if Hayes should be concerned about being fired.
"No comment on that," Kelly answered. "I will say the question is open as to whether they put dollars ahead of decency. If they were more interested in protecting their star anchor than protecting the women of the company."
"There needs to be an outside investigation into this company," she added. "They investigated themselves. That doesn't work. Fox News had an outside investigator. CBS News had an outside investigator. NPR, the NFL. This is how it's done."
NBC News chief Noah Oppenheim has pushed back on the claims in Farrow's book, calling some of the allegations a "smear" and "conspiracy theory" while defending the network's handling of Farrow's reporting and insisting they had no advance knowledge of Lauer's behavior.
Kelly, meanwhile, called on NBC to release any former or current NBC employees who have accused Lauer of sexual misconduct from any confidentiality agreements.
Noting that there's a "legal sleight of hand" that NBC could have used to hide any settlement made to an accuser by calling it "enhanced severance," Kelly said the network needed to disclose any payouts.
"The No. 1 thing that needs to happen now is they need to release any and all Matt Lauer accusers from their confidentiality agreements," she declared. "NBC says it has nothing to hide. Great! Let's not hide anything."
"Show us all of the agreements, the enhanced severance agreements that were reached or at least the numbers, so we can see which ones pop out and which ones were super high," Kelly added.
Carlson announced the Kelly interview during his Monday night broadcast, suggesting at that time that Kelly would largely be focused on the current turmoil at her former home NBC while saying he was sure she'd have a "lot to say."
Fox News, meanwhile, made sure to quickly tamp down on any speculation that Kelly could be making a potential return, especially in the wake of longtime anchor Shep Smith's sudden departure.
"Megyn Kelly's forthcoming guest appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight was coordinated weeks ago and is a one-time occurrence," a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement. "Any future programming changes we are considering do not involve her."
Carlson booking the Kelly interview, however, was a sore spot for many at Fox News. Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that nighttime hosts Martha MacCallum, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham were "spooked and irked by the prospect of Kelly's return," prompting Fox News chief Suzanne Scott to reassure each one individually that their jobs were safe.
Kelly, who played a prominent role in the downfall of former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in July 2016, is also downplaying any speculation that she's looking to come back to the network that made her a star. A source familiar with her thinking told the Beast that she "has a good relationship with Lachlan [Murdoch] and Tucker, among others, but left Fox News for good reason and has no intention of going back."


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The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Dec. 9, to Sunday, Dec. 15, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.
1. Phantogram, "Fall In Love" (Republic Records)
2. BANKS, "Waiting Game" (Harvest Records)
3. Oscar Isaac, Marcus Mumford, "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song) from Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Record" (Nonesuch Records)
4. Aloe Blacc, "The Man" (XIX Recordings/Interscope)
5. Young the Giant, "Crystallized" (Fueld By Ramen)
6. Hozier, "Take Me To Church" (Rubyworks)
7. Mapei, "Don't Wait" (Downtown Records)
8. A Great Big World, "Say Something" (Epic Records)
9. R. Kelly, "Marry the P---- " (RCA Records)
10. Vance Joy, "Riptide" (Infectious Music UK)
2. The War On Drugs, "Red Eyes" (Secretly Canadian)
3. Pharrell Williams, "Happy" (Back Lot Music)
4. We Are The In Crowd, "The Best Thing (That Never Happened)" (Hopeless Records)
5. Vance Joy, "Riptide" (Infectious Music UK)
6. Led Zeppelin, "Kashmir" (Rhino Atlantic)
7. Led Zeppelin, "Stairway To Heaven" (Rhino Atlantic)
9. Led Zeppelin, "Immigrant Song" (Rhino Atlantic)
10. Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On" (Rhino Atlantic)


CHERAW, S.C. — Camp Exploration, a summer day camp for rising seventh, eighth and ninth graders, will be held on the Cheraw campus of Northeastern Technical College this summer beginning July 12 through July 17.
The theme of the camp is "Amazing Automation" and the program will guide campers through a diverse schedule of workshops, interactive learning activities, career exploration, leadership activities and a field trip to learn about advanced manufacturing, engineering, science and technology. Workshops will be led by college faculty while students are chaperoned by qualified middle school and high school faculty and student teaching assistants.
NETC Nursing instructor Holly Copeland shows Camp Exploration campers how robotics are used to train nursing students.
The camp will be from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and Friday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., July 13 through July 17. There will be an orientation session on Sunday, July 12 from 4-6 p.m., for all campers and their families. At least one parent or guardian is required to attend the orientation session with a participating camper. A Soft Skills for Success panel and other activities will be part of the Sunday session.
Camp Exploration has 25 openings for students. Participants must apply by June 30, 2015. The cost of the camp is $50. Limited scholarships are available and must be requested at the time of application.
For more information about the program and/or the application process, call Northeastern Technical College at 843-921-6920.
Camp Exploration is offered in partnership between Northeastern Technical College and the Pee Dee Regional Education Center. The goal of the program is to inspire, support and prepare students for success in the workplace while helping to improve the quality of life for all South Carolinians.


In the 241st episode of the Sales Babble sales podcast, Pete talks to host Pat Helmers about his latest book, Cadence: A Tale of Fast Business Growth, and about the seven drivers of profit that if business owners focus on one by one, will collectively add up to fast business growth.
First focus on having a 10% improvement on each of the profit driver. Because of this, the effort will compound to a doubling of profit. Given these incremental improvements, there will be a collective 2X effect.
Listen to the episode here: https://www.salesbabble.com/cadence-7-drivers-of-profit-with-pete-williams-241/.


Which was absolutely adorable! The kids loved this room and it got a lot of use. And, it would still be fine – if they didn't grow up. The old playroom had a little adorable white table and small pink reading chairs. It was the sweetest – full of preschool size furniture and toys! But, as Ella and Andrew got older and little Miss Sydney came along, we had to fit all of our needs into this one room. It was time for a playroom update!
So, our playroom has now turned into THIS!
We just love this updated playroom that is now suited for toddlers to elementary age kids! It's not a whole lot different but, we've added a few different elements that now works for everyone. The adorable little white table now has a home in the back room by my computer so that Sydney can color and play while I'm working. And the little pink reading chairs, the desk and the computer have new homes. This space works much better for us now!
We now have a bigger table that has bigger chairs that can still be used by the little kids, but now the big kids are more comfortable while they color and play games. It's by Kidkraft – I just love all their products! So durable and stylish!
We've also added a double sided easel in the corner. One side has an eraser board and the other has a chalk board. This was an excellent purchase since Ella LOVES to play school when she get home each day. It's two years old and it has been used every single day since we got it. It's nice and sturdy and a great size. I would definitely recommend it!
We still have the organization unit that has been so popular on the last post. It's my Pottery Barn knock off by JC Penney. They don't sell this exact one now, but they do have this ONE that you can check out. It has held up so well! I'm so glad we decided to give it a shot. Also, we still have the bins we bought originally to go with it. They still look great! Gotta love Target!
We organize each bin by the type of toys in each one – (from left to right) Light up toys, soft baby toys, pretend play, cars and trucks, dress-up and pull toys.
Behind the doors are puzzles and books, bins with little toys and instruments. This way of organizing has worked really well for us! The kids know where to put toys back since we've been doing it this way for years.
On top of the unit is Ella's play school papers, coloring books, crafty stuff and other papers for drawing. This is not my ideal place for this little storage unit, but I have plans for this type of thing! Stay tuned!
I love this room! As you can see, it's not magazine perfect but it works for us! It's real life, real toys, real organziation. There's a lot that needs to fit into this room and I think we've managed to do so without too much of a cluttered mess. There's a bin for balls, a bin for soft toys, a new book display shelf and also little people houses sitting around. There's also a corner by the kitchen set has a baby bed, high chair and stroller. This is Sydney's favorite area! She spends a good part of her day here.
I also have the changing area by the door. It just makes sense for me to have this in here since I spend a great deal of my life changing diapers. ha!
Updating our playroom didn't take a lot of money or time but it works perfectly for what we need. I'm not completely done yet. There's always room for improvement! I'm dying to get a craft storage area in here! That's up next!
But for now…I'm going to enjoy THIS sweet girl while she rocks her baby to sleep.
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Thanks, Kari! Come see it in person and bring that sweet baby boy!
This is adorable Kasey!!! Love it!!
PLEASE come decorate my house! If you can do this with a play room, I want to see what else you can do! I am SO envious of your play room!
It's fresher & brighter now. I like it.
Thanks, Robin! It feel brighter, too!
WOW. Is all I can say! I LOVE the colors and how organized and clean this room is. I am jealous!!!!!!! Awesome job!
That is the cutest playroom ever and you organized it beautifully!
This playroom is so beautiful, organized and functional!
It really does work for us!
What a precious and soothing playroom! Love the color choices!
Love all the changes. The room really looks brighter and the new table and chairs really helps with that. I really like that double-sided easel in place of the TV. Good job!! Your daughter is just adorable.
Well, I hope when I grow up that I have a completely organized home! haha!
Kasey, it looks absolutely GORGEOUS. You outdid yourself!
Seriously the cutest, most organized playroom ever. PLEASE come to my house and organize mine!
What an incredible play room!
It's gorgeous! I love everything about this playroom… especially the storage!
The storage is the best!
Oh the room looks great! I am still stuck in limbo with having big kids and a toddler, but this looks really, really nice!
It sure is hard to get them all fit in! But, we did it!
YES creating is much better than TV!
Love it – it's organized, useful, and fun! Wish I had the space for a playroom 🙂 I guess every room is kind of a playroom at my house, for better or for worse!
Glad to have you in my SITS Tribe – have a great Monday!
haha! I know that feeling, too!
Dear Kasey, what a darling room to play in – it looks so pretty and fresh. Your children must feel very happy in it.
AND I'm very impressed by how you've managed to organise it so that you can fit such a lot in and yet it doesn't look cluttered.
I am looking forward to working alongside you as a SITS tribe member this week!
Thank you! We just love it!!
I love the colorful chairs and how organized yet inviting your playroom is. I think you've got the perfect blend of neatness and come on in and have fun vibe going on. Stopping by to say Hi from SITS Tribe.
Thanks, Linda! Glad to see you!
What a sweet, sweet room!!!!!! Awesome sauce!!!
Cute room! Can you share the paint color?


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If you're one of those delusional people who thought "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock was so catchy; You need to get hit with some knowledge. He lifted the entire melody wholesale from Warren Zevon's infinitely superior "Werewolves of London". Since this is the last week of October and Halloween is on Thursday, the song is also the perfect way to close out this horrific set of songs. I'm sure that there's some sort of slang going on in Werewolves of London but, looking at the lyrics, it seems like Warren is just singing about an actual werewolf running around London getting into trouble. He also name checks the Wolfman himself, Lon Chaney Jr. and his father Lon Chaney. Check out the video for the song below, featuring what looks like a cross between Dracula and The Wolfman.


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Q: Getting com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreException: Backend Error while accessing Cloud Datastore from Dataflow I am using below code snippet to access Cloud Datastore from Dataflow. Datastore is created in my project and I am able to run Dataflow samples that's accessing only cloud storage.
    Pipeline p = Pipeline.create(options);
    String datasetId = "myGoogleProjectId";
    p.apply(
             Read.from(DatastoreIO.source()
                    .withDataset(datasetId)
                    .withQuery(getQuery())))
                .apply(new ParseEntity())
                .apply(new ProcessEntity())
                .apply(TextIO.Write.named("WriteEntityAttributes").to(options.getOutput()));
    p.run();

I am using below code to create the query,
        Query.Builder q = Query.newBuilder();
        q.addKindBuilder().setName("MyKind");
        return q.build();

But I am getting below error while running the dataflow using DirectPiplelineRunner
Aug 17, 2016 1:02:15 AM com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.DirectPipelineRunner run
INFO: Executing pipeline using the DirectPipelineRunner.
Aug 17, 2016 1:06:26 AM com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.RetryHttpRequestInitializer$LoggingHttpBackoffUnsuccessfulResponseHandler handleResponse
WARNING: Request failed with code 503, will NOT retry: https://www.googleapis.com/datastore/v1beta2/datasets/myGoogleProjectId/runQuery
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreException: Backend Error
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.Read$Bounded$1.evaluateReadHelper(Read.java:189)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.Read$Bounded$1.evaluate(Read.java:168)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.Read$Bounded$1.evaluate(Read.java:164)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.DirectPipelineRunner$Evaluator.visitTransform(DirectPipelineRunner.java:858)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.TransformTreeNode.visit(TransformTreeNode.java:219)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.TransformTreeNode.visit(TransformTreeNode.java:215)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.TransformHierarchy.visit(TransformHierarchy.java:102)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.Pipeline.traverseTopologically(Pipeline.java:259)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.DirectPipelineRunner$Evaluator.run(DirectPipelineRunner.java:814)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.DirectPipelineRunner.run(DirectPipelineRunner.java:526)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.DirectPipelineRunner.run(DirectPipelineRunner.java:96)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.Pipeline.run(Pipeline.java:180)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.examples.WordCount.main(WordCount.java:291)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreException: Backend Error
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.DatastoreIO$DatastoreReader.advance(DatastoreIO.java:920)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.DatastoreIO$DatastoreReader.start(DatastoreIO.java:911)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.Read$Bounded$1.evaluateReadHelper(Read.java:178)
    ... 12 more
Caused by: com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreException: Backend Error
    at com.google.api.services.datastore.client.RemoteRpc.makeException(RemoteRpc.java:115)
    at com.google.api.services.datastore.client.RemoteRpc.call(RemoteRpc.java:81)
    at com.google.api.services.datastore.client.BaseDatastoreFactory$RemoteRpc.call(BaseDatastoreFactory.java:41)
    at com.google.api.services.datastore.client.Datastore.runQuery(Datastore.java:109)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.DatastoreIO$DatastoreReader.getIteratorAndMoveCursor(DatastoreIO.java:969)
    at com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.io.DatastoreIO$DatastoreReader.advance(DatastoreIO.java:918)
    ... 14 more
Caused by: com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponseException: 503 Service Unavailable
Backend Error
    at com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest.execute(HttpRequest.java:1070)
    at com.google.api.services.datastore.client.RemoteRpc.call(RemoteRpc.java:78)
    ... 18 more

Highly appreciate your help!

A: To use this version of Dataflow, you need to enable the "Google Cloud Datastore API (v1beta2)" API in the Cloud Console.


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Kenan will be joined in conversation after his keynote by host Luke Stegemann.
Tickets: $27 / * $21 Concession.
His latest book is The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics, published by Atlantic. Previous books include Multiculturalism and its Discontents: Rethinking Diversity After 9/11, From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy, Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate, Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature and The Meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society. From Fatwa to Jihad was shortlisted for the 2010 Orwell Prize while Strange Fruitwas on the 2009 Royal Society Science Book Prize longlist.
Luke Stegemann is a writer and cultural historian based in south-east Queensland, having previously held senior positions in media, publishing and higher education in Australia, Europe and Asia. He has written for a wide range of Australian publications including Meanjin, The Monthly, The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Overland and the Australian Institute of International Affairs, as well as leading Spanish newspaper El País. He is the author of The Beautiful Obscure (2017) and received the 2018 Malaspina Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of scientific and cultural relations between Australia and Spain. His current work focusses on the cultural politics of memory and forgetting.


Customers are indicating that they need a solution that provides social and web insights rather than limited social listening capabilities. To keep up with the evolving advancements of the industry, Dynamics 365 is investing in AI capabilities to combine insights from social media and Bing search. We recommend that Microsoft Social Engagement customers try the public preview of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Market Insights. Dynamics 365 Market Insights is an application that can help businesses gain insights and increase its market by monitoring external information sources, such as social media and trending search terms on the web. Unlike other solutions in the market, this application provides social and web insights, along with AI-powered sentiment and intent analysis features. This helps businesses understand their customers, build their brand, gain competitive advantage, and support their unique needs.
Capabilities will continue to evolve--please refer to the Release Notes for the latest insight into capabilities.
Know what your customers are saying, seeking, and feeling by acquiring audience insights from Bing search. Access demographic and historical insights to align marketing and product development activities. Turn these insights into actions by developing targeted campaigns.
Listen to what customers and competitors are saying, and track how their sentiment changes over time through automatic sentiment analysis and conversation analytics. Leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect intent within social posts and help you identify new leads or respond to service questions.
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Author Wendy Shalit Explains Privacy in a Public World & Other Orthodox Jews in the News
By Allison Josephs
In Orthodox Jews in the News, Profiles
Welcome to "JITC's Weekly Round-Up:" a new weekly post we'll be putting out every Friday which collects all of the positive news stories about Orthodox Jews we found from that week.
KJ Resident Turns Yeshiva's Refusal Into Positive Experience, Graduates From YU After being rejected from a yeshivah in his own community, Elimelech Wagschal successfully graduated from Yeshiva University this week.
A Return to Modesty: An Interview with Wendy Shalit. An interview with Orthodox Jewish author Wendy Shalit, whose book "articulates the deeply confusing cultural message of what it means to be powerful women in an age where we're told to keep nothing private."
How One Exec Runs Busy Digital Agency While Staying True to Her Faith. One of JITC's 2013 Orthodox Jewish All Star – Global CEO of 36OI, Sarah Hofstetter was profiled this week in Ad Age on balancing work and Orthodox Judaism.
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Pinchos Woolstone says on May 30, 2014
you are doing a terrific job keep on going,
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Allison Josephs is the founder and executive director of Jew in the City has been involved in the field of Jewish Outreach for over twenty years and is the Partner in Torah mentor to actress Mayim Bialik. She was named one of NJOP's Top Ten Jewish Influencers and one of the Jewish Week's 36 under 36. Allison has been quoted or written about in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, People Magazine, NYPost, Daily News, TMZ, The Daily Beast, and Hollywood Reporter. She has appeared on numerous television and radio networks including CBS, ABC, Fox5, TLC, Associate Press TV, and NPR; her articles have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, JTA, Jewish Week, Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and Kveller. Pearson Education, the largest textbook company in the world, produced a video segment on Allison's life for the Judaism chapter of their textbook. She is a sought-after international lecturer whose corporate clients include Con-Edison and NYU Langone and hosts a weekly podcast on the Nachum Segal Network. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in Philosophy and lives with her husband and four children minutes from the George Washington Bridge.
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any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
a crazy or simple-minded person.
That loon is known as "Dr. Who," and his nerdy fans are legion.
There was Sen. Claire McCaskill, fresh after dispatching Tea Party loon Todd Akin, on Meet the Press.
Sticking with six brackets is supposedly meant to signal that he believes in a little stability and is not a loon.
As the loon brigades proved as they berated Precious, our humanity is the enemy of ideologues.
Next thing you know that loon Glenn Beck will have a hit TV show.
You hear the loon crying on the water, or the last whistle of the heron up the pass.
The Indian came from the tribe on Loon Lake, and some of his fellows up there are sick with the same thing.
Loon, Pleasant and Bixby's Lakes were all dammed and located upon for the water company.
But a loon flapped up from the rushes, brushing the priest's face with its wings.
large diving bird (especially the Great Northern Diver), 1630s, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian lom, from Old Norse lomr).
"crazy person," mid-15c., lowen "rascal," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Dutch loen "stupid person."


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UK police charge man over Vietnamese migrants disaster
Christopher Kennedy from Northern Ireland is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday, November 25
Published 7:44 PM, November 24, 2019
Updated 7:47 PM, November 24, 2019
PROBE. British Police forensics officers work on lorry, found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on October 23, 2019. File photo by Ben Stansall/AFP
LONDON, United Kingdom – A 23-year-old man has been charged with human trafficking offenses in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals whose bodies were found in a refrigeration truck in Britain.
Christopher Kennedy, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court in Essex, southeast England, on Monday, November 25, police said.
He has been charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of people with a view to exploitation, and conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of British immigration law.
Kennedy was arrested early Friday on the M40 motorway.
The bodies of 8 women and 31 men were found in a refrigeration trailer on an industrial estate east of London in Essex, on October 23.
The trailer had earlier arrived on a cargo ferry from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
Truck driver Mo Robinson, 25, from Northern Ireland, has appeared in court charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering.
He is scheduled to appear at an administrative hearing at a London court on Monday.
Another man from Northern Ireland, 22-year-old Eamonn Harrison, is facing extradition proceedings for the same charges and appeared in court in Dublin on Thursday.
The case was adjourned until December 12.
Three other people have also been arrested, questioned and released on bail as part of the investigation. (READ: Vietnam arrests 8 over UK truck deaths)
Essex Police detectives last month said they wanted to speak to two brothers – also from Northern Ireland – about the case and urged them to hand themselves in.
Many of the victims were from impoverished central Vietnam, where the main source of income is from fishing, farming or factory work.
Many families took on thousands of dollars of debt to send their children to Britain, in the hope they would land good jobs and send money back to pay off the loans. (READ: Ambitious and broke, Vietnam migrants risk lives for riches in Europe)
The incident has laid bare the dangers of illegal migration in Britain, where Vietnamese nationals have often found work in nail bars or illegal cannabis farms. – Rappler.com
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Children to Help Build Ramp for 3D Projects Office in Morant Bay
More than 100 persons, many of them children, are expected to participate in the national project for Child Month's Action Day on May 18, which will entail constructing an access ramp to the 3D Projects' office in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.
Lily Roberts, Chairman of the Action Day Planning Committee of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), told JIS News that this year, focus is being placed on projects that will assist at risk children and senior citizens.
She noted that 3D Projects, which recently moved into a new building at 8 Miramar Road, was selected as the national project, because of the urgent need for wheelchair access to the facility.
"We are going to landscape the compound so that the children and wheelchair users can get to the building for medical care and other services and we will resurface a rectangular area that we can erect a tent and use it as a multipurpose area," she informed.
Activities will get underway with an opening ceremony at 10:00 a.m. and a number of officials are expected to be in attendance including Minister of State for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, and Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke.
A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), 3D Projects is dedicated to the development of persons with disabilities and "it is a place where they can come and access medical treatment among other services offered such as skills training," Ms. Roberts explained. The organization, which is headquartered in St. Catherine, operates out of five parishes.
In addition to the national project, Ms. Roberts is encouraging children across Jamaica to get involved in projects in their schools and community especially an activity that will help children, who are at risk. Over the years, Action Day has emerged as the children's version of Labour Day.


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Unionizing discussions planned at state Developmental Center
REDFIELD (AP) -- A union representing government workers has scheduled meetings with employees at the South Dakota Developmental Center that is plagued by worker complaints and staff shortages.
REDFIELD (AP) - A union representing government workers has scheduled meetings with employees at the South Dakota Developmental Center that is plagued by worker complaints and staff shortages.
Some former employees claimed the center has a hostile administration and a dangerous work environment. The facility is also chronically short of staff, resulting in required overtime for some employees.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will hold two meetings on Feb. 11 with workers at the center in Redfield to discuss the prospect of unionizing, the American News reported.
"I just want to sit down and hear what kind of struggles they are going through," union spokesman Nathan Rham said. "If it's something that they feel is going to benefit them in moving forward, then obviously, we would try to do whatever we could to help them one way or another."
Center Director Jan Banghart has said the facility is using a variety of options to advertise open positions. She also has said staff meetings have addressed the claims of a poor work environment, and that focus groups are working on worker retention, recruitment and better support for staff.
The state-funded facility supports people with developmental disabilities. About 140 people live at the center and get round-the-clock care. The center has 338 worker positions, with about 40 currently unfilled.
Continuing success in county GOP elections, conservative candidates sweep in Minnehaha
Throughout the county party election season, stretching from mid-November to the end of January, delegates have succeeded in changing the makeup of key county parties, like Minnehaha and Pennington.
'A ton of opportunity,' says Kansas native who found second home in Mitchell after buying Mitchell Livestock
"In our industry there aren't a lot of young people in it. I like the fact that there are a lot of young people in agriculture here," he said of the Mitchell area.
By Sam Fosness
Resignations, departures at South Dakota School for the Blind: Can the institution be turned around?
After the departure of longtime superintendent Marje Kaiser and the hiring of Dan Trefz, who recently resigned, advocates say the specialty school needs help from lawmakers to reach its past heights.
Mitchell City Council to review utility rates, discuss secondary water source in special meeting
Over the past year, the city has been mulling over bringing a secondary water source to Mitchell – a move Mayor Bob Everson said is aimed at positioning the city to grow.


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Governors and Mayors Should Quit Making Quarantine Decrees
By Jim Geraghty
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at the unveiling for the Mother Cabrini statue in New York City, October 12, 2020.	 (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
Considering the Supreme Court's rejection of New York state's restrictions on religious gatherings during the pandemic . . .
. . . and California governor Gavin Newsom's dinner at The French Laundry, and the mayor of San Francisco dining in the very same restaurant the following night, and the Los Angeles County supervisor dining in a restaurant after voting to ban outdoor dining as well as indoor dining, and the mayor of Denver flying off to see family after telling residents to avoid unnecessary travel, and Nancy Pelosi visiting a hair salon in violation of local restrictions, and the mayor of San Jose breaking his own restrictions by attending a big Thanksgiving dinner with multiple households present, and the mayor of Washington, D.C., attending a Biden victory party in Delaware after barring all nonessential interstate travel, and [insert all subsequent examples of politicians violating their own quarantine restrictions here] . . .
. . . maybe it's time for governors and mayors to get out of the lockdown-by-decree business and get back into the recommendation business. Americans have been through a terrible ordeal of a year, and they're not going to just stay home behind closed doors with Christmas and Hanukkah and New Year's coming up. Clearly, these sweeping restrictions are far too strict, because otherwise elected officials wouldn't be breaking their own rules all over the place.
The first vaccinations in the U.S. will start in about two weeks. Until the vaccine is widely available, we've got another month or two (or three?) of frequent handwashing, social distancing, avoiding crowds, wearing masks when indoors, and maybe throw in taking some Vitamin D or other vitamins and supplements to keep our immune systems at tip-top shape. Americans aren't going to stay away from restaurants or religious services entirely, so tell them to space the customers or worshippers out as much as they can and keep hand sanitizer plentiful and ubiquitous. Americans aren't going to stay away from their elderly relatives entirely, so tell them to get tested before and try to minimize exposure until the gathering. Take the precautions that you can, where you can, when you can. This is not a perfect or risk-free system; perfect and risk-free systems don't exist. As the Christmas carol goes:
Someday soon we all will be together, if the fates allow,
Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow,
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
In short, mayors and governors, don't ask your citizens to make any sacrifice that you're not willing to make yourself.
Because if another bunch of fat-cat politicians try to decree that no one should get together for Christmas, and that everyone should stay out of restaurants and church and so on, the reaction from much of the public will be a metaphorical middle finger, and that reaction will be entirely deserved. Elected officials didn't start this pandemic with a ton of trust and respect for their authority, and the worst among them have destroyed what was left in the past few weeks.
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Home Videos James Hetfield Spoke Harshly On Chinese Government's Censorship To The Band's Playlist
James Hetfield Spoke Harshly On Chinese Government's Censorship To The Band's Playlist
Metallica performed 2 concerts in China, the band's first shows ever within the country ofof Metallica's 30 yr historical past a few weeks ago. Getting into the nation was no simple process. The Chinese authorities is known for their strict censorship, and the band was not except from these practices. Metallica had to send all of the band's track lyrics to the Chinese authorities and the federal government came back and advised them there were certain songs they could not perform, including "Master of Puppets."
It is no shock that a track like that would not get past the censors. In any case, a point can be drawn from the track to criticisms of the Chinese authorities.
After all, Metallica could've protested and just cancelled their shows however in the end they didn't want to do this and let their 40,000 followers down. Frontman Hetfield said on the Howard Stern present on Monday, when revealing the news:
"Whatever rules they set down, the fans were there to have fun. We got our foot in the door. We were able to go and play in China. That was the key."
That is an excellent point. No matter censorship, the band has an enormous fanbase that wanted to see the band perform and could live with out getting to listen to "Master of Puppets" live, though Hammett thought of some alternate solutions:
"What I did is, I had an open guitar solo thing where I just sit there and riff. I played the riff for 'Master Of Puppets' and a couple of other songs that weren't allowed to be played. I played just the music, so I kind of snuck it in there."
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E-bus demand goes up
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai flagging off the first batch of 75 Switch EiV 12 buses in front of Vidhana Soudha
In Mumbai alone, the number of e-busses is poised to cross the 10,000 mark in the next three years
By Business India Editorial
Bengaluru city will soon have 1,222 modern electric buses in its public transport system, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday while flagging off the first batch of 75 Switch EiV 12 buses in front of Vidhana Soudha.
The buses that were flagged off have been supplied by Switch Mobility, a carbon-neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company. The new technologically advanced electric buses are a part of the 300 electric buses.
The chief minister said that the Centre has sanctioned 922 EV buses for Bengaluru on a lease basis as against 1,500 buses the government had requested. These buses and the 300 buses which Switch will supply will strengthen transport utility BMTC's fleet, he said.
Bommai also said that Bengaluru was seeing addition of about 5,000 two and four wheelers a day, and at this rate, the city's vehicle population would overtake the number of city's residents. The city has the highest vehicle density in the country, he said, and urged people to switch to public transport to make the city livable.
Switch India's CEO, Mahesh Babu, said: "With increasing focus on electrification of mass public transportation, Switch India is committed to democratising zero-carbon mobility. In order to cater to these needs, Switch India launched the Switch EiV 12 platform in June 2022, and today we are delighted to begin initial deliveries of our Switch EiV buses to BMTC as part of our 300-strong electric bus order. These buses will play a vital role in reducing carbon footprint in the city of Bengaluru -- a reduction of over 14,500 tonnes of CO2 per year equivalent to planting 87,000 trees.''
Across the country, the penetration of e-buses has picked up.
In FY19, there were barely five electric buses plying the roads of Mumbai. In 2022, there are 1,954 battery-operated public buses deployed across the country, according to the ministry of heavy industries. In Mumbai alone, the number is poised to cross the 10,000 mark in the next three years.
industry observers reckon that while the FAME 2 policy bootstrapped the EV sector with budgetary support, Convergence Energy Services (CESL) aggregated e-bus demand across cities, and helped procure them at compelling rates, massively boosting deployment across the country.
Aided by subsidies and lower running costs, the total cost of ownership (TCO) of electric buses is lower than that of diesel ones. Consequently, besides the Union government, many states have also announced their own EV policies.
"Given the government support and push towards electrification, the penetration of e-buses in India has picked up," said Rohan Kanwar Gupta, vice president and sector head - corporate ratings, ICRA.
Mahua Acharya, MD & CEO, CESL, believes there are roughly 1.4 million registered publc buses, at least 50,000 of which are end-of-life and need to be taken off the roads. "We are deliberating the way forward. The target is to replace these with e-buses by end-2030," she said recently.
While only eight states had deployed e-buses under FAME 1 (2015-March 2019), subsequently, around 25 states have decided to electrify their fleets after the implementation of FAME 2 (from April 2019).
Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which had zero electric vehicles in its fleet until FAME 1, now aims to have 8,000 e-buses (comprising 80 percent of its fleet) by 2025. It currently has 250.
Pollution-free environment
"DTC has ordered another 1,500 e-buses, which will be deployed by end-2023," said Ashish Kundra, principal secretary, government of Delhi, adding, "We will be coming up with a large tender for e-buses, 2,000 of which will be smaller nine-metre-long vehicles meant for last-mile connectivity.''
Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST), a civic transport and electricity provider, intends to have 10,000 buses running on electric powertrains by 2026.
"Our key objective is to provide a pollution-free environment. We were among the first transport corporations to have electric buses. At present, we have 3,672 e-buses in our fleet. By 2026, we hope to have a fully electric fleet of about 10,000 buses, at least 10 per cent of which will be double-deckers,'' said Manoj Varade, public relations officer, BEST.
Given the push for e-buses, manufacturers' order books are naturally bulging. They feel that pan-India numbers could double by FY23, and treble to 6,600 units by FY24.
It is learnt that Tata Motors, Switch Mobility (a step-down subsidiary of Ashok Leyland), Volvo Eicher, Foton-PMI, JBM-Solaris, Olectra Greentech, and BYD, are among the manufacturers who have started shipping their products.
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The jury will introduce the best film in each section, and a special award will be dedicated to the jury's chosen film of the festival.
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