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Conor Kelly
The Zuck Sucks: How Mark Zuckerberg's testimony reveals glaring flaws in Facebook's policies
This week, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress to promote his new cryptocurrency program but found himself stymied by direct and heated questions from both sides of the aisle. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez repeated laid into Mr. Zuckerberg, questioning him on numerous issues and scandals by the company; showing some members of Congress were not keen on trusting the CEO's judgment. Rep. Maxine Waters went so far as to explicitly oppose the new cryptocurrency, saying:
"As I have examined Facebook's various problems, I have come to the conclusion that it would be beneficial for all if Facebook concentrates on addressing its many existing deficiencies and failures before proceeding any further on the Libra project."
The tepid testimony received numerous rebukes from lawmakers, many of whom were concerned about previous abuses and failures by the social media platform, revealing a simple reality about Facebook and its owners: they don't care. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez questioned the young CEO on Facebook's new advertisement policy — which would allow political figures to buy ads on the site regardless of factual accuracy — asking if she could put out ads lying about Republicans supporting the Green New Deal. While hesitant to answer at first, Mr. Zuckerberg conceded that it was probable that she would be able to do so. When questioned further on the subject, Mr. Zuckerberg, speaking in defense of the policy, said:
"Well, Congresswoman, I think lying is bad, and I think if you were to run an ad that had a lie in it, that would be bad. That's different from it being … in our position, the right thing to do to prevent your constituents or people in an election from seeing that you had lied."
While it is easy for some to see this as the right answer to the issue at hand, I can't help but disagree. While free-speech is essential to the democratic process and is inherent right to all, our democracy also depends upon the rational choice of the people when they vote. Rational choice, in turn, depends upon an informed and objective populace that is aware of the issues that are affecting their lives. When major media platforms like Facebook — which 43 percent of American adults use — are the main source of information and news for many people, then the onerous for eliminating propaganda and misinformation falls upon said platform.
This is an obligation that Mr. Zuckerberg seems incapable of accepting. Just this month, he gave a speech at Georgetown University, downplaying the role of the Russian attempts to interfere in the election and defending Facebook's position on false political ads.This isn't surprising as Mr. Zuckerberg didn't initially believe that the Russians significantly impact the election, going so far as to call the idea "crazy." Regardless of his shift from that position, Zuckerberg and by extension, Facebook, has shown itself to be remarkably unable to address many of these problems. Indeed, when questioned about his knowledge about Cambridge Analytica, Zuckerberg seemed apprehensive to answer the question and couldn't recall the exact date when he found out about the data harvesting, but then seemingly corrected himself by stating that he may have known about Cambridge Analytica as an "entity", but not its use of data. A convenient evasion.
While it is not entirely evident that Zuckerberg knew about Cambridge Analytica's misdeeds, he did know there were concerns about data leaks and downplayed them as evidenced by an email he wrote in 2012. This lackluster effort to buff security would eventually backfire on him when the Cambridge Analytica story broke out. The story was disastrous for Facebook and it was fined $5 billion of for its failings by the Federal Trade Commission, the largest fine the FTC has issued against a tech company. Facebook's dealings are becoming increasingly toxic and an anti-trust investigation into the company's use of consumer data has expanded to included forty-seven attorneys general as of Tuesday. The resulting shock from the probe brought Facebook's stock down by 4.4 percent.
Still, Facebook is growing despite its shortcomings and that growth may matter more to Mr. Zuckerberg and his colleagues than the concerns of his critics. In the latest trading session, Facebook's stock closed at $186. 38 in its last trading session, lagging behind the S&P 500, but also outpacing the Computer and Technology sector's gains within the same time frame. It saw 7.95 percent increase in its year-over-year growth and its quarterly revenue was up 26.19 percent. This growth is consistent and will likely continue if no intervention by the government takes place, further incentivizing Facebook to continue with business as usual.
So long as Facebook's numbers continues to rise, it is unlikely Facebook will make any changes in the future and unless more is done to limit its expansion, it won't have any incentive to change its current path, regardless of who gets hurt.
Conor Kelly is a politics and history major currently enrolled at Loras College. His interests include politics, and history. Support me here:https://ko-fi.com/
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American Diabetes Association Alert Day is observed every year on the 4th Tuesday of March, which this year falls on the 26th!
It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about type 2 diabetes that develops in adults, and encouraging people to take the Diabetes Risk Test online which can also be found on the Association's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanDiabetesAssociation along with other useful information.
This fast and simple test takes about a minute to complete and for each one taken from March 26 through April 9, the delicatessen company Boar's Head will donate $5 (up to $50, 000) to the American Diabetes Association, which makes taking the test and spreading the word on social media a worthy cause!
Learn more about American Diabetes Alert Day here.


Mrs. Betty Sue Ryles Hughes of Hartford gained her wings on Monday, March 20, 2017 surrounded by her loved ones while under the care of Kindred Hospice at Flowers Hospital. she was 71.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2017 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory in Slocomb with Rev. Johnny Belcher and Rev. Bradley Chamblee officiating. Burial will follow in the Hartford City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family asked that donations be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3431 County Road 36, Hartford, AL 36344, Shiloh Baptist Church Building Fund, 873 N. Shiloh Road, Hartford, AL 36344 or Kindred Hospice, 2740 Headland Ave., Dothan, AL 36303.
Mrs. Hughes was born July 30, 1945 in Geneva County to Bertha Ryles and the late Cody Ryles. Mrs. Hughes was loved by all that ever met her. She was the curator of the Byrd family history and the one that held and promoted our family reunions for more years than anyone can remember. She wanted all family history preserved and remembered for the generations to come. The Byrd family was blessed to have her and her passion for preserving of our family history. One of her greatest joys was being the secretary and communications coordinator for St. Paul for many years. She spent countless hours perfecting bulletins that she took great pride in for her church family. In Sue's bible were many written notes and several times she had the words "This Is It" with the following scripture... "Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this? John 11:25-26 NASB.
In addition to her father, in laws: Wilton A. and Cela Mae Hughes; brothers in law: Jesse L. Hughes and Jerry M. Hughes and numerous beloved family members all preceded her in death.
Survivors include her sweetheart and husband of 51 years, Oscar Hughes, Hartford; beloved son, Allen Hughes, Birmingham; her mother, Bertha Ryles, Hartford; brother, Tim Ryles (Susan), Brunswick, GA, nieces: Rene Endres (Oliver Petit) and daughter Cody, Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Andrea Ryles, Atlanta GA and Heather Wilson (Adam) and son, Liam of Atlanta, GA; sister-in-law, Betty Hughes, Hartford; brothers-in-law, Jack Hughes (Martha), Dothan and Frank Hughes, Midland City, special caregiver and companion since 2013, Merel Thomas Hampton; special cousin, Donna Hatfield; special niece and nephew, Kim Sorrells (Perry) and Chris Hughes (Connie); numerous other nieces, nephews cousins, family members and friends.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Oscar and the family, Mrs. She was an amazing woman and I'm better and blessed to have known her. I often think of the many times she would stop by my desk on her way to see Oscar. I'll always treasure those conversations and great hugs that she had. Always had a smile. God Bless you and your Family.
I am so sorry for anyone that did not have the pleasure of knowing Sue . She has her wings now and she is singing with her Lord. I will miss her welcoming smile and her willingness to welcome you into her heart. My love and prayers with Oscar and Allen and Miss Bertha. Her South Carolina family will miss her very much. Godspeed.
Oscar, I am so sorry for your loss, MS Sue was a wonderful person. I will continue with prayers for you and your family. May God bless you and your family every day.
Oscar and Betty were unfailingly kind to me whenever I visited from Dunbarton's parent company offices in the Midwest, or when they traveled to see us for meetings or social events. Thoughts and prayers are going out to Oscar and his family this week from Wichita, Kansas.
I am so sorry for your loss. Miss Sue was always very sweet and will be missed. You and your family will be in our prayers.
May the love of our Savior be your comfort in coming days.
Our family will miss her.


I was contacted by a publisher a few months ago to ask whether I minded having a photo of the Kremlin used on the cover of a book. I replied that I didn't mind, and today I was told that a couple of copies would be coming my way.
The book is Russia and Postmodern Deterrence , and this is the photo of the Kremlin that they used (from my 2001 trip).
I only wished I could still find the negatives for it, as it was a low quality scanner that I used to create that jpeg.
I'm looking forward to reading the book when it arrives.


Joe Johnson should consider getting sick more often.
Playing through a cold, Johnson turned Barclays Center into his own personal shooting gallery Monday night, scoring a season-high 37 points — including 29 points in the third quarter alone — to lead the Nets to a runaway 130-94 victory over the hapless 76ers in front of 16,733 inside Barclays Center.
Johnson entered into a zone few others have Monday night in the third quarter, when every time the ball left his hand it looked destined to settle into the bottom of the basket.
Williams and the rest of the Nets did over and over again in the third, and Johnson didn't disappoint. By the time it was over, he had outscored Philadelphia by himself in the quarter, 29-25, while barely missing a shot.
He went 10-for-13 overall in the quarter — including 8-for-10 from 3-point range — to get those 29 points, breaking his previous career-high for points in a quarter of 22, while also setting a new career-high for 3-pointers in a game by going 10-for-14.
Johnson's eight 3s in the third quarter tied former Bucks guard Michael Redd's record for most triples in a single quarter.
There was no better example than Johnson's final make of the night, a step-back 3-pointer from the corner while being fouled by James Anderson, sending the crowd into a frenzy after seeing the biggest scoring quarter by a player in Barclays Center's brief history.
"I got a good look at it," Johnson said of that final shot. "I got a little separation, got a good look and I let it go.
Johnson's performance allowed the Nets, who were playing without center Brook Lopez for the second straight game as he continues to nurse a sprained left ankle, to breeze to a comfortable victory, one in which all five starters — including Mirza Teletovic, who scored 11 points in his first career start — sat out for the entire fourth quarter.
That included Johnson, who was asked by Kidd and prodded by some teammates to stay in the game, though he wanted no part in doing so.
"I was hoping I wouldn't have to," he said with a smile. "Guys were telling me I needed [two] more to break the record, but I wasn't worried about it.
The frenetic pace at which the Sixers (7-19) play, combined with their horrendous defense, allowed the Nets to get a ton of wide-open looks from all over the floor. The Nets finished the game shooting over 60 percent from the field and exactly 60 percent (21-for-35) from 3-point range, with the 21 makes setting a new franchise record for most 3-pointers in a game.
"The ball was moving, so there were a lot of guys touching the ball," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "Guys were making plays for one another.
But nobody was knocking down shots like Johnson, who was making them at a rate that few people in the building could ever say they'd seen before.
"I have. Not recently but yes, I have," said Kevin Garnett, before adding with a smile, "I've been in the league since, like, Moses. Not too much I ain't seen.


In an emphatic verdict aimed at punishing O.J. Simpson for decades to come, a jury Monday ordered him to pay $25 million in punitive damages to the relatives of murder victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.
"We came to the conclusion that Mr. Simpson should not profit from these murders," said juror Stephen Strati.
Simpson did not attend court to hear the verdicts, though his sister and brother-in-law sat in their customary front-row seats as the judgments were read. The atmosphere was subdued, even relaxed, as the victims' relatives listened in silence to the verdicts, their only reaction quick, grateful glances toward the jurors.
It was a remarkable contrast from last Tuesday night, when the same jury found Simpson liable for the murders. Then, the courtroom had crackled with tension, anticipation and--when the verdicts were read--unabashed exuberance from the victorious plaintiffs. This time, the dominant mood was of relief that a long ordeal was drawing to an end.
"The man who killed my son and Nicole was held responsible by a court of law," Fred Goldman said Monday. "That's all that matters."
The jury ordered Simpson to pay $12.5 million to his two young children by Nicole Simpson, who were recently returned to his custody. Goldman's divorced parents, Fred Goldman and Sharon Rufo, are to split another $12.5-million punitive damage award.
In addition, jurors last week awarded Goldman's parents $8.5 million in damages to compensate them for the loss of their son. The total damages of $33.5 million represent a daunting sum even for Simpson, who in his "glory days" as a football commentator, actor and pitchman never earned more than $2.5 million a year, according to his business attorney. The defense said he was broke even before the first judgment came down last week.
Strati, who served as jury foreman during the punitive phase, said the panel calculated the punitive award based on an expert's testimony that Simpson could earn about $25 million over the rest of his life by trading on his notoriety with book deals, movie contracts, speaking tours and memorabilia sales.
The huge judgments left no doubt that most jurors were outraged by the slayings--and determined to hold Simpson responsible despite his forceful testimony proclaiming his innocence.
"He was a hero to us, and he betrayed us all," said juror Orville Bigelow, 30, a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines who lives in Westchester. "He's a charming man, a nice man, but charming men kill."
While the jury was unanimous last week in finding Simpson responsible for the slayings, they could not reach consensus during five hours of deliberations about punitive damages. One juror voted against punitive damages altogether. Another dissented from the final figure, holding out for a lower award because she did not think Simpson could earn enough money to pay the entire $25 million.
After the verdicts were read, the jurors talked to the plaintiffs' attorneys. Then, in an extraordinary move, five jurors and three alternates agreed to a news conference in the Santa Monica Courthouse. It unfolded calmly--until after the final question. Then a crush of reporters shoved forward to request personal interviews, pressing business cards and letters toward the besieged jurors.
When they got home, many found demands for more interviews--this time accompanied by huge bouquets of flowers, giant baskets of candy and letters signed by high-profile television personalities. A few even found limousines idling outside their front door, ready to whisk them away to evening TV shows.
As the jurors and winning lawyers moved into the limelight, Simpson remained unavailable. According to an employee at the Knollwood Country Club in Granada Hills, Simpson learned about the verdicts by glancing at television reports while chatting with three golfing buddies in the club bar. He did not comment then or after.
Los Angeles civil rights lawyer Leo J. Terrell, who became a friend of Simpson after the slayings, offered the only comments from the defense side. "The family expected a verdict against O.J. Simpson," Terrell said in an interview, "but they never in their wildest imagination thought it would be such an outrageous amount."
The verdicts are certainly not the last word in the Simpson saga. The case that has twisted and turned for 2 1/2 years will continue to reverberate, especially as appeals and collection efforts stretch on.
Nonetheless, Monday's verdicts against Simpson rang with a sense of finality.
As lead plaintiffs attorney Daniel M. Petrocelli told the jurors just before they began to deliberate on punitive damages: "You are the last ones [to judge Simpson]. It stops here."
In interviews Monday, several jurors talked of reviewing all the evidence piece by piece, knowing they would have to justify their decision to the national press. They weighed the defense's conspiracy claims carefully, they said--and rejected them resoundingly.
"There's just no way anyone could have planted all that evidence," Bigelow said. Plus, he added, even as defense lawyers tarred the Los Angeles Police Department as sinister conspirators, they blasted them as inept bunglers. "And how could incompetent people plant all that evidence? It doesn't make sense," he said.
Simpson's contradictory statements, painstakingly laid out by the plaintiffs' team, appeared to have sealed the verdicts against him.
The jurors who participated in the news conference voiced doubts about his testimony: How he could remember every detail of his alibi, but not how he cut his left hand the night of the slayings? How he could deny ever hitting Nicole, when they could see her battered face in photos? How he could insist he never, ever wore Bruno Magli shoes even when confronted with 31 photos of him in the exact model that tracked bloody prints at the crime scene?
"Finding O.J. Simpson liable of the murders and [finding that he acted] with oppression and malice was one of the easiest decisions I have ever had to make," one female juror said.
To prevail, the plaintiffs had to prove their case by showing it was probable that Simpson killed his ex-wife and Goldman on June 12, 1994. But some jurors said they far exceeded that standard, even satisfying the criminal trial burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
"It's 100% for me," another female juror said. "I really believe Mr. Simpson is guilty."
Another, who had taken notes so intently she was often the last to leave the jury box, concurred: "Beyond a shadow of a doubt," she said.
But in calculating the judgments against him, the jurors may have given Simpson a potent argument on appeal. California law requires that jurors take into account the defendant's net worth. But the punitive damage award far outstrips even the most optimistic estimate of Simpson's assets.
In basing their punitive award on the $25-million estimate of Simpson's future earning, the panel did not subtract the substantial liabilities Simpson has incurred, including tax bills, attorneys fees and bank loans. Factoring those debts into account, even the plaintiffs figured he was worth only $15.7 million.
Given that top-drawer estimate, "you probably can't have a punitive damage award worth more than $15 million," legal analyst Brian Lysaght said. "I would expect [Superior Court Judge Hiroshi] Fujisaki to whittle it down a bit."
Fujisaki is likely to get his chance soon.
Defense attorney Robert C. Baker--who, like the rest of Simpson's team, declined to comment on the verdicts--served notice that he will file appeals almost immediately. Fujisaki ordered the plaintiffs to hold off collecting Simpson's money for 10 days, until he has time to review some of the appeal motions.
Baker said his first step will be to demand a new trial. He can also ask Fujisaki to override the jury and strike down the verdicts. Or he can plead with the judge to cut the damage award. If Fujisaki turns down any or all of those requests, Simpson can appeal to a higher court.
Simpson's supporters mobilized to press that appeal within minutes of the verdicts. Morris Griffin, for one, was circulating through the low-key crowd outside the courthouse waving a sign that said, "Help O.J. Appeal," followed by a phone number for potential donors to call.
"We know the man is innocent," said Griffin. The civil trial jurors, he added, "were impulsively and compulsively emotional . . . they were reacting and not thinking about the evidence" in reaching a verdict.
Griffin's passion--echoed by several other protesters in the crowd--indicated that this verdict, however resounding, is unlikely to seal shut the Simpson case. Even some of the victims' relatives said that although they felt relief and vindication, they were not ready to put the tumultuous pain of the past 2 1/2 years behind them.
"I think it will be quite some time before any of us feel any closure," Dominique Brown said.
The Browns emphasized that any money that flows to Sydney, 11, and Justin, 8, will be set aside in a trust fund. Neither Simpson nor the Browns will be able to tap the fund, which will be preserved intact until the children reach adulthood.
But it is far from clear how much of the $12.5-million award the children will actually receive.
To come up with anything close to the $15.7 million the plaintiffs say he has, Simpson would have to auction off his furniture, his artwork, his cars, his house and the rights to use his name on various products. He would also have to liquidate his pension funds.
California law protects him from having to take such drastic measures. Though the plaintiffs have the right to seize Simpson's assets, they cannot force him into utter poverty.
Simpson is permitted to keep $75,000 worth of home equity, a car worth $1,900 and whatever furniture and clothing a judge deems "ordinarily and reasonably necessary" for everyday living. The plaintiffs cannot raid the $4.3 million invested in his pension funds. On the other hand, Simpson cannot use his retirement money to support a lavish lifestyle; if he buys anything luxurious, it's fair game for the plaintiffs to seize.
Though Simpson won an extra 10 days before the plaintiffs swoop in on his assets, he cannot hold them off forever. They are allowed to collect their debt even while an appeal is pending, unless Simpson posts a bond equal to 150% of the total judgment--or more than $50 million.
Faced with such a towering judgment, Simpson could declare bankruptcy. But his debt to the plaintiffs cannot be erased by bankruptcy; in fact, the victims' families can renew the judgment every 10 years until it is paid in full.
The plaintiffs' lawyers will likely be scrambling for years to squeeze as many dollars as possible from Simpson if the verdicts are upheld. They receive their fees as a percentage of every dollar they collect. A typical contingency fee is 35% to 40%.
Analysts warn that collecting the judgment will be a long, laborious process. But that kind of detailed money hunt plays to the plaintiffs' strengths.
The four Goldman family attorneys from the firm Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp are known as behind-the-scenes deal makers who are expert in unraveling financial documents and tracking down dollars. Before the trial, in fact, some analysts questioned whether they could pull off what in essence was a murder trial, given that their expertise lay in securities fraud and contract disputes, not in DNA analysis or domestic violence.
But throughout the civil trial, they won high marks for presenting complex scientific evidence clearly, concisely and above all, persuasively. Petrocelli, who has worked on relatively few jury trials, earned considerable praise for his meticulously organized, passionate closing arguments.
"We all felt that it was absolutely essential to call O.J. Simpson a killer, to treat O.J. Simpson as a killer if we wanted the jury to find he was a killer," Petrocelli said. "We could not expect a jury to stand up to him if we did not."
Though several of the jurors declared in no uncertain terms that they, too, believed Simpson a killer beyond any doubt, they declined to second-guess the criminal trial jury that acquitted him in October 1995, after three hours of deliberation.
They also insisted that they did not view the trial in racial terms. Unlike in the criminal trial, the civil defense team did not suggest that Simpson was framed because he is black. And the jurors pointedly said they judged Simpson without regard to the color of his skin.
Nonetheless, the one black woman who sat through the entire case, as an alternate, suggested that there were racial overtones in the plaintiffs' case. She said she believed the defense arguments that evidence was planted or contaminated. And though she acknowledged that Simpson's testimony was shaky on a few points, she said she considered the plaintiffs "bullies" for pressing him so roughly. "They were very unprofessional," she said.
The jury has decided damages in the O.J. Simpson civil case. The judge will now decide if the awards are reasonable, in light of the estimates of Simpson's wealth.
Note: Estimates based on figures presented in court last week. It does not take into account what Simpson owes in damages.


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Home NEWS	Remembrance Day ceremonies altered again due to pandemic
Remembrance Day ceremonies altered again due to pandemic
by The Other Press November 9, 2021 November 10, 2021
Photo by Anna Machuik
Significantly, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada
The poppy celebrates 100 years as a symbol in honouring war veterans
By Brandon Yip, Senior Columnist
Remembrance Day in the Lower Mainland will be altered once again due to the pandemic. The Tri-City News reported on October 30 that no public events will be held at cenotaphs in Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam. Although, there will be special ceremonies held for veterans at local legions (invitation-only events). As well, commemorative wreaths will be placed at local monuments.
But people can honour veterans in several ways. The public can purchase a poppy at a local retailer or online at mypoppy.ca. Proceeds from the poppies go to support veterans, education, and other programs. In addition, on Thursday, November 11 at 11 am, citizens are encouraged to observe two minutes of silence wherever they are. As well, the public can watch a Canadian Remembrance Day event, beginning at approximately 10:45 am. The ceremony will be aired live at the National War Memorial and can be viewed on national television stations. The Royal Canadian Legion's Facebook Page will be live streaming the ceremonies.
Douglas College students at the New Westminster campus have the opportunity to honour veterans on Remembrance Day. The New Westminster Record reported on November 1 several events will be occurring in the city. On November 11, the public can partake in a self-guided walking tour of WWI veterans' homes in the Queen's Park neighbourhood. The event is presented by Heritage New West and begins at 10 am and ends at 5 pm. However, if there is rainfall, the signs outside each home as part of the tour—will not be placed. A notice about the event stated, "Interpretive posters telling their stories were created by New Westminster's Heritage Preservation Society and researched and written by local historian Jim Wolf. Museum staff will place these posters along the street outside each of the homes listed on the map for people to explore at their own pace."
Significantly, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada. According to the City of New Westminster website, the origins of the poppy were made famous in John McCrae's war poem, "In Flanders Fields." In 1921, it helped inspire Madame Anna Guérin to distribute the poppy on Armistice Day as an attempt to raise money for war veterans. Additionally, the poppy was used as a symbol to remember the lives lost during WWI. In July 1921, the Great War Veterans Association approved the poppy as the Flower of Remembrance. And this tradition of Remembrance has been upheld ever since. In 1925, the GWVA united with other veteran groups to establish the Canadian Legion.
Other Remembrance Day events (courtesy of the Tri-City News)
1) Paint a poppy
This event started November 1 at Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam (corner of King Albert Avenue and Veterans Way). People attending can paint a poppy with supplied materials. Or as an alternative, messages may be sent by email at parkspark@coquitlam.ca.
Remaining dates:
Tuesday, November 9 from 9:30 to 11:30 am (Coquitlam city hall)
Wednesday, November 10 from 1 to 4 pm
2) Watch a documentary
People who enjoy documentaries can go to Port Moody on Friday, November 12. The Port Moody Film Society is having a special screening of Peter Jackson's WWI documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody (100 Newport Drive). The film starts at 7:30 pm; with ticket sales beginning at 6:45 pm. But to view the movie, people must have a $5 membership. Tickets are priced at $5 each (cash or cheque only). However, there is limited seated (50 percent capacity)—with tickets being sold on a first-come-first-served basis. For more details, go to pmfilm.ca.
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Introduction: Creating optimized opportunities for experiential learning and practical training is an important factor that improves the quality of education. This study aims to identify and analyze the mechanism of improving apprenticeship course for the students of Environmental Health Engineering at School of public Health in Kermanshah.
Methods: This study is based on comparing the quality of education in apprenticeship courses by before – after study. The participants were the students who passed the apprenticeship course in the first semester of 2014 -2015 (32 students). The SPSS v.16 and the statistical T-test were used for statistical analysis.
Results: The average scores for men before apprenticeship was 2.02±0.41 and after the apprenticeship was 2.82 ±0.44, and the average scores for women before and after the apprenticeship were respectively 1.9±0.34 and 2.84±0.37, respectively. The level of training during the apprenticeship course influence on increasing knowledge in the students of environmental health engineering.
Conclusion: Analyzing the effective factors on improving the apprenticeship course influenced by the following factors: implementation method of effective roles of the educating units, playing an effective role in apprenticeship course, supplementary training activities during the serving time and playing an effective role be apprentices.


A few more tidbits on the Softbank Mobile turnaround, for which helped architect the mobile platform.
SoftBank phones have a "Y!"-button which links to Yahoo!-keitai. Yahoo-Keitai! offers a list of official sites, new services (e.g. a new communicator service), and also access to free mobile internet sites through the YAHOO directory, as well as access to YAHOO services, such as YAHOO-auctions.
my new publishing technique is unstoppable – but why limit to blog posts?
P.S. The photo is credited to Yodel Anecdotal, which is another blog. Did anyone catch when that first showed up? URL anyone?
I've always had a thing for text analysis.
Does XPath 2.0 exist outside of Java?
A semi-random thought that occurred to me.
One marker of a well-designed markup language is that it looks to the future. This doesn't mean it's an amorphous blob of abstract indirections mapped to tags. It can (and arguably should) be concrete and solid, but designed in such a way that keeps bigger things in mind.
The nofollow setting on an outbound link should be a user-editable option, subject to the same community process that all other content on wikipedia already is. (Site guidelines, dispute resolution, restricted editing on certain articles for unregistered users, etc.) By default, links would get nofollow, but over time, they could be 'blessed', perhaps after a certain amount of time or human review. Wasn't this how nofollow was supposed to work in the first place?
In the link following "same unofficial naming scheme as", the attribute is missing its closing quote-mark, which (in my browser at least) causes a lot of the subsequent text (up to the next quote-mark) to be slurped in as the attribute value, effectively hiding it.
This might be fixed by the time you read this, but indeed an interesting typo.
Q: Does the iPhone (or specifically the desktop-grade Safari browser) make the "mobile web" obsolete?
A: The "mobile web", as we know it today, will become obsolete without any help. Things change. Devices improve. That said, the context in which one uses the web is different, and there will always be a need for some sites to have mobile-specific versions, even after the day every mobile browser is desktop-grade.
Q: Does the advent of desktop-grade mobile browsers mean that today's mobile development is meaningless?
A: No. The race is on today, and the winners will be those who can make the most users happy. That includes users who–for several more years–won't own hardware capable of desktop-grade browsers. The winner on this playing field will have any easy momentum play to carry over to the next one.
Q: Will the iPhone "cannabalize" iPod sales?
A: Goodness, no. People who buy one will be either 1) buying it instead of an iPod, or 2) not. The Cingular CEO said it was a "multi-year exclusive" deal, signed sight unseen. In other words, Apple had incredible leverage to get a good deal. Their subsidy on the 2-year contract is probably significant, maybe in the $300 range, possibly a lot more. So would you call selling a $800-900 device instead of a $200 one cannabalization?
Q: What does this mean for XHTML-MP and XHTML Basic?
Q: What does this mean for Mobile Web Best Practice and mobileOK?
A: Like the "mobile web" both of these specs-in-progress will become obsolete without help. But now they are going to look increasingly obsolete at an accerated rate.
I have a question for the mobile geniuses out there. What's the difference (if any) between inputmode="latin digits" and inputmode="user digits"?
Will browsers treat these differently? How so? Which ones? Answer in the comment section below.
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Issue of US$643 million asset-backed securities by Astrea VI Pte. Ltd.
A&G News 19 April 2021
Allen & Gledhill advised Astrea VI Pte. Ltd. ("Astrea VI"), as transaction counsel, on the issue of S$382 million Class A-1 secured fixed rate bonds due 2031, US$228 million Class A-2 secured fixed rate bonds due 2031, and US$130 million Class B secured fixed rate bonds due 2031 (collectively, the "Bonds").
The Bonds are backed by cash flows from a diversified portfolio of 35 private equity funds with a net asset value of US$1.456 billion, managed by 28 general partners.
Advising Astrea VI as to Singapore law were Allen & Gledhill Partners Yeo Wico and Jeanne Ong.
Advising Astrea VI as to tax issues was Allen & Gledhill Partner Lim Pek Bur.
Advising Astrea VI as to insolvency issues were Allen & Gledhill Partners Andrew Chan and Jo Tay.
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Admission of new Partners and Counsel 2023
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Catellus Corporation is proposing to bring an In-N-Out Burger, Safeway gas station and Chase bank branch to this 2.3 acre site near the Webster Tube.
Alameda's Planning Board will weigh in Monday on a proposal to place a 24-hour Safeway gas station and convenience mart, a Chase Bank branch and an In-N-Out Burger fast food restaurant at the mouth of the Webster Tube.
The proposal is part of the Alameda Landing development on the Navy's 77-acre former Fleet Industrial Supply Center Annex. The new development will include a Target-anchored shopping center and 276 new homes.
The board is being asked to sign off on a design review for the proposed development of the 2.3-acre site into three commercial buildings that would accommodate the businesses. The land is currently zoned to allow a mix of businesses and housing, including apartments and other multifamily housing, but no housing is planned for the site.
The permits are needed for a pair of drive-through lanes and to allow the burger restaurant to remain open until 2 a.m. and the gas station – which city staff said is a "precondition" to Safeway's building a store in the new shopping center – to remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Safeway is also asking for permission to sell beer and wine in the 950-square-foot convenience market, but staff is recommending that the board not grant it. Last year, the city denied a Webster Street gas station permission to sell alcohol, City Planner Andrew Thomas noted in a report to the board for Monday's meeting.
Safeway's Alameda South Shore Center gas station is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, he wrote, and the city refused the grocery chain's request to sell alcohol there as well.
A traffic study conducted for the project's developer, Catellus Corporation, determined that the proposed development would not significantly impact traffic. But city staffers want to ask for land that would allow them to widen Mariner Square Loop in the future if needed.
They are also recommending the city seek property easements that would allow the city to build sidewalks along Webster Street and Wilver "Willie" Stargell Avenue should Caltrans – which controls both Webster Street and the Tube – allow better pedestrian access there.
Construction on the Landing development's shopping center began in July 2012; the center will be anchored by a 139,000-square-foot Target store slated to open in October, and the development is also expected to include a 45,000-square-foot Safeway store, a Michaels craft store, a Sleep Train, a Habit Burger Grill and a Corner Bakery Café. A hearing on the design of some of the shopping center's buildings was scheduled for Monday, but has been moved to July 8.
The housing to be built on 22 acres of the former Navy property is to include a mix of single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums, flats and an apartment building.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Monday in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue. It will be broadcast on Comcast cable channel 15 and AT&T cable channel 99 and webcast on the city's website.


The reproductive output of western Atlantic leatherbacks is nearly twice that of eastern Pacific turtles This difference is attributed to more productive foraging areas in the Atlantic that are not subject to the high climate variability of ENSO as those in the eastern Pacific.
The relationship between multidecadal regime shifts indicated by the type and frequency of ENSO events, and the nesting response of eastern Pacific leatherbacks. This natural variability renders the eastern Pacific population more sensitive to human induced mortality and likely explains the precipitous decline in turtle numbers without any signs of recovery.
An adult male leatherback turtle feeding on a jellyfish in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Early morning a female returns to sea after the rigorous process of nesting. Females typically nest at night but sometimes arrive in the dark morning hours and end up returning to sea during sunrise. Other female tracks can be seen in the background.
Research by Dr. Vincent Saba of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and colleagues provides the first evidence of a link between declining numbers of leatherback sea turtles in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the climatic phenomenon of El Niño.
The research, which appears in the May issue of Ecology, has been selected as a "highlight of the recent literature" by the editors of Science magazine.
Saba's findings, part of his Ph.D. research in the College of William and Mary's School of Marine Science at VIMS, help explain why leatherback populations in the eastern Pacific have failed to respond to protections established on the turtles' main nesting beaches in Costa Rica in the early 1990s. Leatherbacks, the world's largest marine turtle with adults reaching up to 8 feet long and weighing up to 2,000 lbs, are an endangered species.
Similar protections along nesting beaches in the Caribbean and Africa have been credited with a recent increase in the numbers of leatherbacks in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Declines in the number of leatherbacks and other marine turtles (all 7 sea-turtle species are either threatened or endangered), are typically attributed to poaching of eggs, bycatch in fishing gear, and loss of nesting beaches. But those threats seem to be equally distributed around the world, failing to explain why leatherback numbers in the eastern Pacific continue to fall, while Atlantic and Indian leatherback numbers are on the rise.
By combining population data from nesting beaches with oceanographic data from satellites, Saba was able to show that leatherback declines in the Eastern Pacific reflect the inconsistency of their food supply in the region. A large part of that inconsistency is due to the periodic appearance of El Niño. A large-scale shift in atmospheric pressure and ocean currents, El Niño occasionally replaces the Eastern Pacific's normally cool, nutrient-rich waters with waters that are warm and nutrient-poor.
Researchers watch as a female leatherback turtle returns to the sea after nesting at Playa Grande, Costa Rica, also known as Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas (Leatherback National Marine Park). Photo courtesy Dr. Vincent Saba.
Female leatherbacks require large amounts of energy to produce eggs, and to make the long migration between their nesting and feeding grounds. The turtles' favorite food is jellyfish, which they must consume in large quantities to gain sufficient energy. Jellyfish, in turn, depend on nutrient-rich waters to fuel the plankton that make up their diet. Saba's research shows that when an El Niño appears, this food chain is severed, and leatherbacks must expend much more energy as they swim far and wide in search of prey.
Looking to the future, Saba cautions that both observations and computer models suggest that human-induced climate change may be leading to conditions in the Eastern Pacific that are less favorable for leatherbacks, including the more frequent appearance of El Niño events.
Saba co-authored the paper, Bottom-Up and Climatic Forcing on the Worldwide Population of Leatherback Turtles, with Professor Jack Musick of VIMS, James Spotila of Drexel University, and Francisco Chavez of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.


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While I still don't like the song, I loved the music video. The intro was especially hilarious.
I also have to commend the stellar acting from the band.
Topic: '8' - Album discussion
Re: '8' - Album discussion
So much hate for Make Out Party. That was probably the best song off the EP (instrumentally at least).
Undefeated. It's okay. I have no immediate feelings towards it whatsoever - kind of like hearing it for the first time on the radio and thinking "oh, a pop song" and moving on. I do commend Mike's guitar work here. But for all its pop/mainstream aspirations, I felt this song would be bette...
I did not like State of the Art. - They used one of the most generic pseudo-uplifting chord progressions in pop music in the chorus. - Brandon's lower register was nice, but even the supposedly wise Sardy couldn't get rid of his annoying vibrato. It's the single worst singing habit he has picked up ...
Forum: Amp
Topic: Currently Listening To...
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Someone on Facebook recommended this band to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnFuBmKuCKk
I'm liking them so far. Great blend of atmosphere and groove
Forum: Idiot Box
Topic: Last movie seen
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9UW2xjdqE
I did not know the Death Note adaptation would be a series. I think you'd have to be a really bad producer/director to screw up the series. They'll be fine if they just remain faithful to the source material. I'm sort of excited for this..
Moonlight I liked it. Chapter 1 & 2 were great - especially chapter 2. The film very clearly communicated why his spirit was so broken after he got beat up and the end was completely justified. But Chapter 3 (Black) was kind of a hard sell to me. I found it hard to believe he grew up to be that ...
I still can't figure out the end of the bridge (little transition) leading to the last chorus.
I hated Power Rangers as a kid, so I didn't believe the hype a single bit.
Watching Power Rangers is like watching Hanna Barbera over Looney Tunes.
Topic: Incubus survivor: Make Yourself (Results and discussion)
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this is getting too hard
Dean Youngblood wrote: NB may be a by generic but if it helps win some mainstream rock fans / reinvigorate some forgotten Inc fans that's a good thing IMO.
NB won't win over new fans, that's for sure.
Lars and the Real Girl Absolutely hilarious at times, but mostly weird and creepy. Ending felt too convenient - as if Gosling's character was just fooling everyone all along. 7/10 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates I like Aubrey Plaza. Laughed some, but largely forgettable. 5/10 50/50 I thought Joseph...
I'd still have to familiarize myself with their catalog, assuming they'd ever end up on this side of the planet.
Not interested in the snippets either. First time hearing the bridge in Glitter Bomb. Looks like they're finally onto something. Judging by the energy in that section alone, I can already imagine how exciting it must be for them to do this song live. I can't remember the last time they wrote a secti...
The guitars need a bit more distortion and reverb but this track is definitely way way better than NB (I hated NB). I loved that they chose to place odd notes here and there. I like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttGgIQpAUc
This music video is so cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdZ2lHqaDyI
New 311 is nice. I'm feeling it.
I like the album cover.
The band has dabbled in drum n bass in the past (Magic Medicine, Pardon Me, Nowhere Fast, etc), so if Skrillex knows his place, he might be of some good use. The best case scenario would be Skrillex conjuring something up with Jose & Ben. Worst case, Skrillex completely takes over rhythm section...
https://www.yahoo.com/music/brandon-boyd-on-heartache-breakups-skrillex-and-new-incubus-album-8-210347759.html So apparently Boyd broke up with his gf and was an emotional wreck during the writing process of this new record. And here I thought those two would eventually marry. And yeah, I think the ...
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Pub Chats: Holland Park Press
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Pub Chats is back! After an extended hiatus, the Poetry School's long-running series of interviews with indie publishers returns with a fresh round of innovative small presses. Joining us today in our imaginary theatre pub somewhere in London's docklands is Bernadette Jansen op de Haar of Holland Park Press.
Hello there! What are you drinking?
Bernadette: A nice glass of wine, red or white.
How long has Holland Park Press been running?
Bernadette: I founded the company in March 2009.
What were some of the practical things you did to get started?
Bernadette: Decide on a name. Incorporate the company as a Private Limited Company. Open a business bank account. Select the founding books. Write a business plan. Buy Clarke's Publishing Agreements. Do lots of research.
Does your personal background lend itself being an independent publisher?
Bernadette: Yes, very much so, after working for traditional and electronic publishing companies in a range of positions. Working at director's level I gained plenty of experience about the ins and outs of running a business. Apart from that I'm quite well organised and like multitasking.
Where does the name Holland Park Press come from?
Bernadette: I wanted a name that sounded quite established and I also looked for a name that indicated a Dutch connection. I'm Dutch but I've lived here for more than thirty years.
Could you describe the sort of poetry you publish?
Bernadette: First and foremost, the poetry needs to be good. We like the poems in a collection to belong together and have an underlying theme or take readers on a journey.
How are you different from other independent publishers?
Bernadette: We accept unsolicited manuscripts all year round with a turnaround time of 4 to 6 weeks. We publish Dutch authors in English and Dutch. We run a pop-up bookstall on markets and book fairs.
What have been some of your biggest successes so far?
Bernadette: Our most successful poetry book is 100 Dutch-Language Poems – From the Medieval Period to the Present Day: it is a poetry bestseller and has won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
We are also proud of Diaspo/Renga, a collaboration in alternating Renga by Marilyn Hacker and Deema Shehabi which also sells very well.
What's the best thing you've found from the unsolicited pile?
Bernadette: For poetry, the titles mentioned above. We also published some notable successes for our fiction books.
How important is the physical book design for you?
Bernadette: It's important. Books should look nice, inside and out. We are very lucky to have the excellent people at Reactive Graphics who design the covers and do the layout of our books. This means that our books share a look and feel which helps with the branding and encourages repeat sales.
Who prints your books?
Bernadette: CPI (Group) UK Ltd prints our books in the UK.
Could you describe your editing process? And how long does it take start to finish?
Bernadette: All our editing is done by tracking changes in MS Word. How long it takes varies quite a lot. Some manuscripts are a lot cleaner or more complicated than others. It takes as long as it takes.
What's your submissions policy?
Bernadette: You can find our submissions policy here.
Where do you look for new writers?
Bernadette: In most cases writers find us either through the various directories in which we are listed, or by referral from other authors. We have also found some new authors through our annual competition. We're currently running the Brexit in Poetry competition.
How do you pay your writers? How does remuneration work?
Bernadette: We pay royalties.
Do you work full-time as a publisher?
Bernadette: Yes, I think you serve your authors best by working on their titles full-time.
Who distributes your books and where can I buy them?
Bernadette: Central Books in the UK. SPD in the USA. CB in the Netherlands. Xavier Nagel Agencies in South Africa
You can buy our books online and in bookshops, and of course from our own website and our pop-up bookstall.
Do you have any staff? If so, how many?
Bernadette: I run the company with my brother, Arnold Jansen op de Haar, who is a published author of prose and poetry in English and Dutch.
Apart from books/pamphlets, what else do you make?
Bernadette: For poetry we publish full collections and anthologies in print but we do not publish pamphlets. We also publish literary fiction: novels, novellas and short story collections.
What other indie publishers do you like?
Bernadette: I like And Other Stories, Comma Press, Five Leaves, Peirene Press, CB Editions and Istros. Actually, I admire most small presses which publish literary fiction and poetry. Here in the UK, we are a member of the IPG and, in the US, we are a member of CLMP.
How optimistic are you about the future of independent publishing? Are you satisfied with your own solutions to the problems it currently faces?
Bernadette: I believe in the future otherwise why would I be putting in all this effort? Our aim is to publish books that are still read in a hundred years' time. Yes, there are challenges, but a printed book, poetry or fiction, remains to this day a wonderful companion and a comparatively cheap and sophisticated present.
What advice would you give to someone starting their own independent publishing business today?
Bernadette: Don't do it if you want to get rich. But if you want to have a very rewarding career and the opportunity to add something lasting to our cultural legacy, it's a great opportunity.
Tell me something about being an independent publisher that most people don't know.*
Bernadette: Having a thick skin is essential.
Holland Park Press Ltd publishes literary fiction and poetry and places special emphasis on bringing the work of Dutch authors to the English language market.
We work in partnership with our authors. We use the latest technology and the internet to power our innovative publishing process and to encourage the interaction between authors and readers.
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Rising data center complexity! Increasing costs! Extended procurement and deployment times! What do all of these things have in common? Well, a few things. First, many companies are facing these challenges and they don't want to. Second, many companies are actively looking to eradicate these ne'er-do-well characteristics from their data center environment.
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Hilti's B2B eProcurement-team would love to talk with you and highlight solutions that can simplify your procurement processes. Perhaps you'd like to become more digital but don't know where to start. eProcurement is the perfect option!


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Q: Shorthand for empty function in Node.js In JS, there is shorthand for an empty object which is {}. Is there shorthand for an empty function in JS?
The reason being, as functions are first-class objects, we use them as arguments more often, but passing in an empty function is at best ugly.
var foo = baz(function(){});

In order to declare a function, at somepoint we have to declare function(){}.
I would like more Node.js APIs to require a (callback) function to be passed, so the API doesn't deceivingly look synchronous. Perhaps one step in that direction would be to create shorthand for empty placeholder functions.

A: No, there is not. With ES6, you might be able to use an arrow function: ()=>{} which is a bit shorter.
If you really need this very often (you shouldn't?!), you can declare one yourself:
function noop(){}

and then refer to that repeatedly. If you don't want to clutter your scope, you can also use the Function.prototype function (sic!) which does nothing but constantly return undefined - yet that's actually longer than your function expression.

A: You could try the following if you are trying to avoid curly brackets:
const f = () => undefined;

A: ES6 one could be:
   const noop = () => {};

Be careful if using Babel as it compiles differently - instead you can explicitly return something:
   const noop = () => ({});

See this tweet as to why the curly braces are important: https://twitter.com/_ericelliott/status/601420050327711744?lang=en

A: If you use lodash, there is a noop method.

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US, EU agree to lift punitive tariffs
31st October, 2021 11:27:03 AM
The United States and the EU agreed Saturday to lift punitive tariffs on imported European steel and aluminum, ending a dispute that strained their trade ties since then-president Donald Trump imposed the levies three years ago.
The deal was announced by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who said it "allows limited volumes of EU steel and aluminum to enter the US tariff-free."
Increased EU retaliatory measures on iconic American products like Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Levi's blue jeans and Kentucky bourbon -- due to take effect December 1 -- will not now be applied, Raimondo said from Rome where she was attending the G20 summit.
EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said in a tweet: "we have agreed with US to pause our steel & aluminum ... trade dispute and launch cooperation on a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel & Aluminum."
Trump in June 2018 imposed tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum from several economies, including the European Union. He said he was acting on national security grounds.
The Europeans hit back quickly, with duties on tobacco, corn, rice and orange juice from the US, besides motorcycles and bourbon.
In June, as they announced a deal to end their dispute on subsidies to Airbus and Boeing, the US and the European Union gave themselves until December 1 to resolve the steel tariff issue.
"These industries were facing retaliatory tariffs of 50 percent," Raimondo said of the likes of Harley Davidson. "No business can survive that. There are 1.7 million Americans supported by the distilled spirits industry. There are 5,600 manufacturing workers at Harley Davidson and all of their jobs are safer today because of this deal."
The accord announced on the first day of the G20 summit in Rome does not specify the volume of European steel and aluminum that will be allowed in the United States duty-free.
"We expect that this agreement will provide some supply chain relief and help drive down some of those cost increases as we lift the 25 percent tariffs and increase volume," Raimondo said in reference to pandemic-related disruptions to manufacturing and distribution of key products.
- 'Cleaner' steel -
The deal specifies that all steel imported from Europe to the US must be manufactured entirely in Europe, Raimondo said.
She also said the accord creates a framework through which the US and EU will take carbon intensity into account in future talks.
"What that means is that the US and the EU both produce steel and aluminum that is 'cleaner' than the steel produced in China," Raimondo said.
"China's lack of environmental standards is part of what drives down their costs, and it's a major contributor to climate change."
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the host of the G20 summit, said the accord "confirms the strengthening of already close transatlantic relations and the gradual passing of protectionism in recent years."
The US Chamber of Commerce reacted with relief. Even under Trump it had complained about the tariff battle.
"When these tariffs were imposed in 2018, the Chamber warned they 'would directly harm American manufacturers, provoke widespread retaliation from our trading partners, and leave virtually untouched the true problem of Chinese steel and aluminum overcapacity," the chamber said in a statement.
"All of that came to pass. These tariffs hurt 50 American workers for every one they helped. We should learn from this experience," it added.
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