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The eroding fiat
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The economy is reeling under double digit inflation. It is official that the currency amplification now stands at 11.5 per cent. The month of November witnessed its peak in the last 20 months. Yet no eyebrows have raised over it as it is an outcome of a number of negative indicators, including the capitulation of the rupee to its worst, an unparalleled rise in imports, and a record hike in fuel prices. The economy seems to be slowing down, and apart from social unrest this stagflation could lead to polarisation in policy parameters. The government is stuck between the devil and the deep sea, as it maneuvers to find a way out for relief and at the same time keep the donors happy by obliging them to their lethal conditions.
As a quick-fix, the government's Rs120 billion relief package will lead to some solace. But that is a temporary measure, and will have its repercussions. The government has failed to manage the root cause of hike in prices of essential commodities which are rising on their own. Likewise, the tendency to pass on the bulging oil bill to the consumer has taken its toll. Thus, inflation is there to stay and with control slipping out of hands, it could be a disaster in the making. As a first corrective measure, import of food products should be attended to. It is unnecessarily eating up forex reserves and pushing the price tag upward. While the country saw a bumper crop for the second consecutive year, the policy should be to work on food security to attain self-sufficiency. The agrarian sector must be at the vanguard and this is how the economy can bounce back.
Inflation is a worldwide concern now. The United States' Federal Reserve chairman pointed out that inflation stands at 6 per cent, and is impacting social security consideration. Thus, the piecemeal of advice was to cut back on subsidies. The donors, who work rightly under the nose of Washington, have a reason to bombard the same prescription on lenders, and Pakistan is already a victim of overdose. It is time to redraft priorities in an earnest attempt to stem erosion of currency.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 3rd, 2021.
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China coronavirus outbreak
The death toll in mainland China from the coronavirus has surged to 811, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, as a Japanese and an American became the first foreigners to die of the illness in China.
The Commission reported 89 deaths nationwide up to midnight on Saturday with 81 of the fatalities in Hubei, the central province at the heart of the outbreak.
More people have now died from coronavirus in China than did worldwide during the 2002-2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the total number of infections in the country rising to 37,198.
Two people have died from the virus outside mainland China – one in Hong Kong and another in the Philippines – and at least 25 countries have confirmed cases.
Major airlines have suspended flights to and from China and several countries have evacuated their citizens from Wuhan and the wider Hubei province in a bid to stop the spread of the infection.
Sunday, February 9
Schools in China's Hebei to remain shut until March – state media
The northern Chinese province of Hebei will keep its schools shut until at least March 1 to control the coronavirus outbreak, the Communist Party-run People's Daily newspaper said, citing the local education bureau.
Hebei, which surrounds the capital Beijing, is one of a number of provinces and municipalities to extend the school shutdown until the end of the month, with others including Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai.
Hong Kong lifts quarantine on cruise ship
Hong Kong has lifted a quarantine on the World Dream cruise ship after clearing all its crew members of the new virus.
The ship, which has 1,800 mostly Hong Kong passengers and an equal number of crew members, had been placed under quarantine since it docked on Wednesday after eight mainland Chinese passengers on a voyage last month were diagnosed with the virus.
Port official Leung Yiu-hon said tests on all 1,800 crew members were completed ahead of schedule and were negative.
Malaysia expands China traveller ban
Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after China's decision to lock down cities in the provinces to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Southeast Asian nation on January 27 imposed a temporary ban on travellers arriving from the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, and the surrounding province of Hubei.
"Travel restrictions will be enforced in accordance with the lockdown region imposed by the Chinese government," Wan Azizah said in a statement.
Shandong province to keep all schools closed until end of February
China's northern Shandong province said all schools will stay closed until the end of February, the province's education bureau said in a statement on its official website on Sunday.
The decision, which applies to all types of schools, is being implemented to guarantee students' safety, it added.
Singapore Airshow to go ahead despite coronavirus fears
Organisers scrambled on Sunday to shore up the Singapore Airshow, one of Asia's biggest aerospace exhibitions, after more than 70 exhibitors pulled out because of the coronavirus.
Few deals are expected at the biennial show, which begins on February 11 and is usually a magnet for planemakers, suppliers and arms buyers.
Organisers advised trade visitors to avoid shaking hands and to choose alternative forms of greeting such as bowing or waving. The number of public tickets available will be halved.
This week's show will still feature a rare head-to-head, superpower fighter display from the United States and China, the US flying the F-35B while the People's Liberation Army Air Force aerobatics team, Ba Yi, will put on a display with its J-10 fighters.
China health body warns against excessive use of protective suits
China's National Health Commission called for the "reasonable use" of protective suits in a statement on Sunday, cautioning against "excessive and disorderly" use of the clothing that would waste resources and could also increase infection.
The statement was issued as China faces a severe shortage of equipment, including suits, masks and goggles, to protect medical workers from infection.
Though supplies of protective clothing have improved, they are still insufficient, said the statement.
Philippines evacuates 30, including infant, from Wuhan
Thirty Filipinos returned to the Philippines on Sunday from Wuhan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
England's chief medical officer self-isolates after experiencing coronavirus symptoms
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Palestinian man on hunger-strike close to death, says Israeli rights group
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Safety violation: Company cited after exposing worker to aniline
On behalf of Morgan & Justice CO. LPA | Mar 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited a commercial incinerator facility in Ohio that disposes of commercial hazardous waste after completing an investigation into an August incident in which a worker was exposed to aniline. This follows an incident in which the company was found to have committed the same safety violation in 2012,in which three workers were hospitalized after exposure to aniline. A statement by the company says that its goal is to have zero incidents of workplace injuries.
According to OSHA, the worker who was exposed in August is a 56-year-old technician with many years of experience in the chemical industry. Despite his experience, safety protocols were not in place, and the man was sent to the hospital after being exposed to aniline. Such exposure typically causes headaches, confusion, weakness, skin lesions and can even cause cancer.
OSHA investigators determined that, as in 2012, the company once again failed to evaluate the hazards and provide employees with adequate protection in the form of effective respirators. Moreover, the use of the respirators by workers was not monitored. The company also failed to implement a procedure for decontamination after workers were exposed to hazardous chemicals.
Any safety violation that causes an occupational illness can bring about long-term medical problems. Any Ohio worker who suffers the consequences of exposure to toxic waste materials may be unable to return to work for some time, and he or she may have to face ongoing medical expenses. To obtain financial assistance with medical expenses and lost income, benefits claims may be pursued through the workers' compensation insurance program.
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Home Newsroom News and press releases Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 18 March 2019
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 18 March 2019
KYIV 19 March 2019
Media accreditation to OSCE events
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This report is for the media and the general public.
Compared with the previous 24 hours, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Small-arms fire was directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near Peredove.
The SMM recorded ceasefire violations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area and observed military hardware inside the Zolote disengagement area.
The Mission observed weapons in violation of the withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line.
It observed electronic jamming systems in Yuzhna-Lomuvatka.
The SMM saw for the first time mines and unexploded ordnance near government-controlled Marinka and Krymske and near non-government-controlled Kruta Balka, Ilovaisk, Hirne and Donetsk city's Petrovskyi district.
Restrictions of the SMM's access continued in all three disengagement areas and elsewhere, including in non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske and Zaichenko and government-controlled Peredove, as well as near Izvaryne and Sievernyi, areas close to the border with the Russian Federation.*
Ceasefire violations[1]
In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations, including 145 explosions, compared with the previous 24 hours (about 50 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations were recorded at south-easterly directions of Chermalyk (government-controlled, 31km north-east of Mariupol) and of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk), in areas south-west of Yasynuvata (non-government-controlled, 16km north-east of Donetsk) and in areas west and south-west of Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk).
In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations, however, fewer explosions (ten) compared with the previous 24 hours (about 35 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations were recorded in areas near the disengagement area close to Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk).
While conducting a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight in areas north-east of Peredove (government-controlled, 68km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM heard four single shots of small-arms fire about 1.5km south-west, assessed as aimed at the UAV. The SMM recovered the UAV safely.
Disengagement areas[2]
On the evening of 17 March, the SMM camera in Zolote recorded a projectile in flight at an assessed range of 1-2km east (assessed as outside the disengagement area). During the day of 18 March, positioned at various locations north and south of the disengagement area near Zolote, the SMM heard nine undetermined explosions and 67 bursts of heavy-machine-gun fire at an assessed range of 3-5km south-east (all assessed as outside the disengagement area).
On 18 March, positioned near Molodizhne (non-government-controlled, 63km north-west of Luhansk), the SMM heard 60 shots of small-arms fire at an assessed range of 2-3km south. A few minutes later, the SMM observed a grey, boomerang-shaped UAV (with a wing-span of about 40cm) flying at a height of about 60m in a northerly direction towards the Zolote disengagement area. A member of the armed formations present in the area told the SMM that the small-arms fire (see above) had been directed at the UAV.
On 17 March, an SMM mini-UAV again spotted an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) (BMP-1) inside the disengagement area near Zolote, assessed as belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on road T-1316, about 900m south of the disengagement area's northern edge. On the same day, the same UAV spotted an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23-2, 23mm), assessed as belonging to the armed formations, and at least 20 ammunition crates inside the disengagement area, about 100m north of its southern edge and about 800m west of its eastern edge.
During the day of 18 March, while on the eastern edge of Stanytsia Luhanska (government-controlled, 16km north-east of Luhansk), the SMM heard four shots of small-arms fire at an assessed range of 3-4km south-south-west (assessed as inside the disengagement area), as well as an undetermined explosion and a burst of heavy-machine-gun fire at an assessed range of 3-5km south (all assessed as outside the disengagement area).
Positioned 2km north of the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), the SMM heard five shots of small-arms fire 1km south (assessed as outside the disengagement area).
Withdrawal of weapons
The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons in implementation of the Memorandum and the Package of Measures and its Addendum.
Weapons in violation
Government-controlled areas
An SMM mid-range UAV spotted two surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10) near Verkhnotoretske (23km north-east of Donetsk).
Non-government-controlled areas
An SMM mini-UAV spotted:
16 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), 14 towed howitzers (D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm) and three anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) in a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk) and
an anti-tank gun (MT-12) near Perevalsk (38km west of Luhansk).
An SMM mini-UAV spotted six tanks (probable T-64) and a probable self-propelled howitzer (2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm) in Luhansk city.
Beyond withdrawal lines but outside of designated storage sites
11 tanks (T-64), including one with its barrel missing, in a training area near Shymshynivka (27km south-west of Luhansk) and
25 tanks (T-64), including one with its barrel missing, nine towed mortars (2B11 Sani, 120mm) and four surface-to-air missile systems (9K35) in a training area near Buhaivka (see above).
Weapons permanent storage site
At a permanent storage site in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region
The SMM noted that all weapons previously observed at the site were present.
Indications of military and military-type presence inside the security zone[3]
An SMM long-range UAV spotted:
two armoured combat vehicles (ACV) near Pyshchevyk (84km south of Donetsk);
three ACVs near Novoselivka Druha (69km south of Donetsk); and
two IFVs (BMP-1) near Hranitne (60km south of Donetsk).
An SMM mid-range UAV spotted:
two IFVs (a BMP variant and a BMP-1) near Verkhnotoretske and
two IFVs (BMP-2) near Kamianka (20km north of Donetsk).
An SMM mini-UAV spotted three IFVs (BMP-1) and several dozen ammunition crates nearby near Myrne (63km south of Donetsk).
An SMM mid-range UAV spotted an IFV (BMP variant) near Muratove (51km north-west of Luhansk).
The SMM saw:
- an armoured personnel carrier (APC) (BTR-70) near Novobakhmutivka (28km north of Donetsk);
three armoured reconnaissance vehicles (BRDM variant) near Muratove; and
an IFV (BMP-1) near Kriakivka (38km north-west of Luhansk)
Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of 12 ACVs in a training area north of Svobodne (73km south of Donetsk), in a zone within which deployment of heavy armament and military equipment is proscribed according to Point 5 of the Memorandum of 19 September 2014.
An SMM mini-UAV spotted an automatic jamming system (R-330Zh, Zhitel) on a KamAZ-4310 and a radio-electronic jamming complex (Tirada-2) near Yuzhna-Lomuvatka (60km west of Luhansk).
An SMM mid-range UAV spotted an 8m trench extension (not seen in imagery from 29 November 2018) and an automatic grenade launcher (AGS-17/30 Plamya, 30mm) in fighting position, as well as about five ammunition crates, near Vasylivka (20km north of Donetsk).
An SMM mini-UAV spotted an armoured recovery vehicle (BREM-1) in Luhansk city.
Presence of mines and unexploded ordnance
On 15 March, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time eight anti-tank mines laid in a single row across a road next to a trench, as well as an anti-tank mine (probable TM-62M) 100m south-east of the aforementioned mines, also on a road next to a trench, all on the northern edge of Marinka (government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk). It also again spotted 33 anti-tank mines (probable TM-62M) laid in two rows across the same road. About 150m further north-east, the same UAV spotted for the first time 12 probable anti-tank mines laid in two rows in close proximity to a gas pipeline in an overgrown field.
On the same day, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time 90 anti-tank mines laid in three rows across 120m in a field, 300m west of civilian houses on the western outskirt of Trudivski area of the Petrovskyi district in Donetsk city (non-government-controlled, 15m south-west of the city centre).
On 16 March, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time 12 anti-tank mines (TM-62) laid in three rows across a road about 200m from civilian houses on the northern outskirts of Kruta Balka (non-government-controlled, 16km north of Donetsk) (not seen in imagery from 18 November 2018).
On 17 March, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time at least 50 anti-tank mines (type undetermined) laid in two partially completed rows running north to south for approximately 200m near Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, south-west of Krymske (government-controlled, 42km north-west of Luhansk).
On 18 March, in Ilovaisk (non-government-controlled, 30km south-east of Donetsk) the SMM saw for the first time two metal objects assessed as probable projectiles from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS, Grad-type, 122mm) protruding from the road surface near 57 and 85 Shevchenka Street, about 70m from the nearest building. At 171 Shevchenka Street, the Mission again saw a previously observed unexploded ordnance.
The SMM saw that fields south of Hirne (non-government-controlled, 56km east of Donetsk), where it had previously observed demining activity, were cultivated.
SMM facilitation of repairs to civilian infrastructure
The SMM facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to the Petrivske water pumping station near Artema (government-controlled, 26km north of Luhansk) and to the water supply network near Donetskyi (non-government-controlled, 49km west of Luhansk). The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station (15km north of Donetsk) and to monitor the security situation around the pumping station near Vasylivka.
Border areas outside government control
Positioned at a border crossing point near Izvaryne (52km south-east of Luhansk), the SMM saw a car (with Ukrainian licence plates) and two trucks (with Belarusian licence plates) entering Ukraine, and four trucks (all with "LPR" plates) and a bus (with Ukrainian licence plates) exiting Ukraine. After five minutes a member of the armed formations told the SMM to leave the area.*
Positioned at a border crossing point near Sievernyi (50km south-east of Luhansk), the SMM saw no cross-border traffic. After five minutes a member of the armed formations told the SMM to leave the area.*
The Mission continued monitoring in Kherson, Odessa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Chernivtsi and Kyiv.
*Restrictions of SMM's freedom of movement or other impediments to fulfilment of its mandate
The SMM's monitoring and freedom of movement are restricted by security hazards and threats, including risks posed by mines, UXO and other impediments – which vary from day to day. The SMM's mandate provides for safe and secure access throughout Ukraine. All signatories of the Package of Measures have agreed on the need for this safe and secure access, that restriction of the SMM's freedom of movement constitutes a violation, and on the need for rapid response to these violations. They have also agreed that the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination should contribute to such response and co-ordinate mine clearance. Nonetheless, the armed formations in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions frequently deny the SMM access to areas adjacent to Ukraine's border outside control of the Government (for example, see below). The SMM's operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remain restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April 2017 near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission's observations.
Denial of access:[4]
At a checkpoint about 1km north of Zaichenko (non-government-controlled, 26km north-east of Mariupol) two armed members of armed formations again denied the SMM passage southwards to Sakhanka (non-government-controlled, 24km north-east of Mariupol) and westwards to Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol), citing "risks to the security of the SMM".
At a border crossing point near Izvaryne (non-government-controlled, 52km south-east of Luhansk), a member of the armed formations again told the SMM to leave the area and not to approach the border crossing point closer than 200m.
At a border crossing point near Sievernyi (non-government-controlled, 50km south-east of Luhansk) a member of the armed formations told the SMM to leave the area.
Regular restrictions related to disengagement areas and mines/UXO:
The sides continued to deny the SMM full access to the three disengagement areas, as well as the ability to travel certain roads previously identified as important for effective monitoring by the Mission and for civilians' movement, through failure to conduct comprehensive clearance of mines and UXO.
At a checkpoint of the armed formations about 3km south of the bridge in Shchastia (government-controlled, 20km north of Luhansk), a member of the armed formations told the Mission that mines on the road leading north had not been cleared.
At a checkpoint 600m west of Verkhnoshyrokivske (formerly Oktiabr, non-government-controlled, 29km north-east of Mariupol), an armed member of the armed formations requested that the SMM share their planned route before proceeding. The SMM refused and was only allowed to pass through the checkpoint after 40 minutes.
Other impediments:
The SMM heard four shots of small-arms fire while flying a mini-UAV near Peredove (government-controlled, 68km south-west of Donetsk), assessed as aimed at the UAV (see above).
On 17 March, an SMM long-range UAV temporarily lost its GPS signal, assessed as due to jamming, while flying along the contact line in the south of Donetsk region.[5]
[1] For a complete breakdown of ceasefire violations, please see the annexed table. During the reporting period, the SMM camera in Krasnohorivka was not operational.
[2]Disengagement is foreseen in the Framework Decision of the Trilateral Contact Group relating to disengagement of forces and hardware of 21 September 2016.
[3] The hardware mentioned in this section is not proscribed by the provisions of the Minsk agreements on the withdrawal of weapons, unless otherwise specified.
[4] The sentence on a denial of access to a heavy weapons permanent storage site in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region in SMM Daily Report 16 March 2019 should have read: A member of the armed formations denied the SMM entry into a compound in Luhansk city, citing "security" reasons.
[5] The interference could have originated from anywhere within the radius of several kilometres of the UAV's position.
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Defiant Trump doubles down on threat to Iran cultural sites
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled the threat of targeting Iranian cultural sites on Sunday amid claims that any such action would be a war crime.
When his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, insisted that any military action would comply with international law, Trump said that if Iran resorted to deadly force against US targets, cultural sites would be considered fair play.
"They're allowed to kill our people, they're allowed to torture and maim our people, they're allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people and we're not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn't work that way," Trump told reporters.
"If they do anything there will be major retaliation."
His remarks on his return from a break in Florida followed a surge of criticism of Tweet on Saturday night in which he said that places that were "essential to ... Iranian culture" were on the list of 52 potential US targets.
Tehran's foreign minister had reacted to those initial comments by drawing parallels with the Islamic State group's destruction of the Middle East's cultural heritage.
And as Twitter was filled with images of revered Iranian monuments in ancient cities like Isfahan under the hashtag # IranianCulturalSites, leading U.S. Democrats said the president would be in violation of international agreements if he were to make good his threat.
"You are threatening to commit war crimes," Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democrats hoping to challenge Trump in November´s election, wrote on Twitter.
"We are not at war with Iran. The American people do not want a war with Iran."
"Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do. It´s a war crime," added fellow Senator Chris Murphy.
Secretary of State Pompeo said in a flurry of interviews on the Sunday talkshows that the US would not hesitate to hit hard against the "kleptocratic regime" of Iran if it came under attack, but vowed that any move would be consistent with the rule of law.
Both sides have traded threats since a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday killed Qasem Soleimani — one of the most important figures in the Iranian government.
"We'll behave lawfully. We'll behave inside the system. We always have and we always will," Pompeo told the ABC network.
"The American people should know that every target that we strike will be a lawful target, and it will be a target designed with a singular mission, of protecting and defending America."
His comments came after his opposite number in Tehran Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that "targeting cultural sites is a WAR CRIME".
"A reminder to those hallucinating about emulating ISIS war crimes by targeting our cultural heritage: Through MILLENNIA of history, barbarians have come and ravaged our cities, razed our monuments and burnt our libraries," said Foreign Minister Zarif.
"Where are they now? We're still here, & standing tall."
Threat 'Un-American'
Nicholas Burns, who served as US ambassador to NATO under president George W. Bush, said the Trump administration would be guilty of hypocrisy given it was part of international efforts to deter IS from destroying countless pre-Islamic artefacts, including in the Syrian UNESCO-listed site of Palmyra.
"Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian cultural sites would be a war crime under UN Security Council resolution 2347 - supported by the Trump Administration itself in 2017 to warn ISIS+Al Qaeda of similar actions.
"His threat is immoral and Un-American," said Burns, now a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Others drew comparisons with the Taliban's 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan
Pompeo refused to give details on the 52 potential targets which Trump said had been drawn up to represent each and every hostage held in the standoff at the US embassy in Tehran four decades ago.
But one former official expressed skepticism that military planners would agree to target cultural sites.
"I find it hard to believe the Pentagon would provide Trump targeting options that include Iranian cultural sites," said Colin Kahl who was National Security Adviser to former vice president Joe Biden.
"Trump may not care about the laws of war, but DoD (Department of Defense) planners and lawyers do... and targeting cultural sites is war crime."
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Elderly Americans are filing for bankruptcy at an alarming rate.
A new paper issued by the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, "Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society," indicates that seniors 65 and older are filing for bankruptcy at alarmingly high rates in comparison to prior periods.
I am not surprised. Retirees are going into retirement with much higher debt overall, and specifically much higher mortgage debt. For example, in 1995 only 22 percent of 65 year-old's had mortgage debt; now 38 percent do. The average mortgage debt in 1995 was $27,300; now it is $73,000. Those are scary numbers.
The proportion of retirees who have defined-benefit pension plans has decreased substantially. Today's retirees are more dependent on defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k)s. With a defined contribution plan, the retiree must manage the portfolio himself or pay a financial planner. Most retirees don't have the financial expertise to manage their own portfolio. Our educational system is totally inadequate when it comes to teaching us how to effectively manage a portfolio.
Another important factor is age of retirement. Many employees would like to work longer before retiring, but most corporations offer early retirement incentives so they can pay younger workers at lower salaries. When an early retiree looks for other work, he/she faces age discrimination, with practically no recourse, despite anti-discrimination laws.
Most people who need to retire early are forced to accept Social Security at age 62, and their benefit is significantly reduced. Although it would be beneficial to wait until age 70, most retirees simply can't afford to.
Another factor is health care costs. These costs increase at much higher rates than other costs. Many corporations have reduced the health care benefits for retirees. For seniors, the costs of Medicare , supplemental health care and prescription drugs keep increasing at high rates. Congressional representatives talks a lot about controlling prescription drug costs, but they have been unsuccessful in doing so. Individuals who use Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage find that as drug costs keep increasing, they are in the "bubble" much earlier in the year, resulting in a much greater costs.
The drug companies have substantial lobbies in the U.S. which has resulted in higher drug prices for U.S. citizens than for those overseas. Dental costs increase also for seniors more than the general population, and Medicare doesn't cover these costs. Many companies have either no dental coverage or inadequate coverage for retirees.
Another factor is longer expected life. Although it is nice that we are living longer, there are other implications. The longer we live, a larger the "nest egg" that is needed going into retirement to ensure that our money will last for as long as we live. It's hard to build a larger asset base going into retirement if corporations want their workers to retire early. Moreover, as expected life expectancy increases, insurance companies reduce monthly payments for lifetime annuities.
Another factor is required support for other family members. Because tuition costs have increased dramatically, most college graduates are graduating with high debt. As retirees assist their children with this debt, it puts more of a burden on their financial well-being.
So, it is not surprising that more people 65 and older file for bankruptcy. What can be done? There are no simple solutions. However, I have a few suggestions: Try to minimize your debt going into retirement. Try to enter retirement with no mortgage debt. Educate yourself regarding managing your own portfolio, so you are not dependent on financial advisers with high fees. Maintain a significant amount of your portfolio in common stock index funds so your portfolio can keep pace with inflation. Don't let your children to be too financially dependent on you. Make sure you let your congressional representatives know that you want Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to be protected. Also suggest that they do more to prevent age discrimination in employment. Insist on better control of drug costs.
Many factors are beyond our control. However, make sure that you do control the ones that you can.
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In this article we will probe all important points as regards the order of the replacement of the photo in the passport, namely the invalidity of the passport in encounter of missing the deadline for gluing photo, as accurately as come in the works following the money for instruction roughly how to replace the portray in the form of a residence come clean. Any passport renewal is a the complete important procedure for all citizens, who have this important document. As you know, the photo in the passport must be replaced (gluing) after the reaching 25 and 45 years of age. So, there are excerpts from the Regulations in the heavens of insinuation to the Ukrainian citizen passport (certified. by the Resolution of 26. 06. 1992 2503) in version to the last page of the passport of every one one citizen of Ukraine, according to which "in the passport sticker album after the reaching by the citizen 25 and 45 years of age are pasted photos that permit to their age. Passport, which has no such glued photographs after the reaching the specified age by the owner, deemed barred. "What does the "invalidity" of the passport purpose?
This means that as soon as such passport it is not allowed to realize banking, kill powers of attorney, conclude contracts, vote, etc. In accessory words, any legally significant happenings cannot be carried out. In this connection, we suggest you, if you'taking into account hint to going to treaty in the look of someone to check the availability of the age-take control of pictures in the passport. Otherwise the accord, where one of the parties operated taking into account suggestion to the basis of an void passport, may be confirmed invalid. How to renew passport and photo in a dwelling assert. We should in addition to vacillate the order of an pain of the photo replacement in the recognize for the right of remaining blazing, known as a "dwelling confess".
Many holders of the home permits lift the ask how to renew passport and photo in this document as the Department of Visas and Registration make a obtain of not educate, and the compulsion to replace the photo appears to be short and untimely "admiration" for many people". Lets expand this narrowing. According to paragraph 8 of the Procedure of the registration and issuance of the long-lasting blazing identity (app. by the Cabinet of Ministers of 26. 12. 2002 1983), after the reaching of the 25 and 45 years of age by the person, the surviving flaming identity (i. e. dwelling allocate) must be replaced (exchanged). Thus, photos gluing in dwelling concede by the age is carried out by a replacement of a habitat have enough maintenance access itself. The terms and procedure for the replacement of a residence assist does not insist by a play a portion.


I've read somewhere that the problem could be the synaptics (?) drivers, but how can I do anything about them when I cannot move the mouse?
I tried a separate mouse in the USB key, but that didn't even appear to register.
Help?!? I'm a computer user of limited ability, and thoroughly frustrated!
Ok, what seems to me to be the problem is the system is having an issue with recognizing USB devices. This might be a problem either with your physical USB ports, or with Windows. Your USB ports might have been damaged, or Windows is having an issue recognizing USB devices once it loads up. Windows is weird in that it loads up all the device drivers and recognizes USB stuff as it starts up and sometimes a USB device that's plugged in before it books will make it go screwy. I've had a similar issue once before.
First of all, what I'd like you to do is unplug the mouse and any other unimportant USB device you have. USB keyboard, USB mouse, USB flash drive, USB external drive....whatever. If it doesn't need to be on there, take it out.
Start up the computer. Once it loads up Windows, try plugging the keyboard and mouse back in. What should happen is Windows, having already loaded the USB drivers and such, will see you plugging in the USB devices again and it will try to detect what they are and get the necessary drivers to make them work.
After you've tried this, let me know what's happening. If it isn't fixed, then there's something even worse that's wrong with Windows or your USB ports.
It would be interesting to know the outcome of this problem since good advice has been offered.
Need to go under system device manager and remove all USB devices.
Then once you remove the USB devices then reboot the PC. Windows will rebuild the USB devices again for you. These tend to get corrupted after awhile. Don't forget to update your system from Microsoft.
As for the touchpad mouse you should download the latest drivers for that from the makers site. USB devices leave them plugged in when doing the above steps.


Obviously a sequel to Flying Tigers, this game makes us the pilot of a hi-tech ship, known as "Flying Tiger". According to the story, you are fighting "techno terrorists" who have begun a sinister plot to destroy all the Flying Tigers. Whatever, let's just go shoot some planes!
Similar to Raptor, Flying Tigers II is a typical vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up, where you have to survive until end of level. Planes attack you relentlessly, and each four levels you get to fight several bosses - very powerful and strong planes. You can also come upon zeppelins of steel (don't ask), warships and active volcanoes. While you'll be flying over the sea most of the time, you can also encounter patches of land with ground installations of them; all of these can be blown up. During your mission, you'll find weapon upgrades (which also heal you a little). The yellow bonuses change the type of your main weapon (which is basically a machine gun), while the blue ones give you a secondary weapon - such as lasers, missiles or flaming napalm! You can shoot the bonuses to change the weapon contained within them. At the end of every level, you get bonus points for the planes and buildings you destroyed.
Flying Tigers 2 is a decent top-down shooter that is identical to its predecessor in every respect, except for new levels and enemies. If you have played the first game, you know what to expect: a vertical shooter set in the real world, with a myriad of enemy planes that look like clones of fighters from WW2. Fun for a while, but the lack of variety and power-ups push the game down to the barely above-average level. Smooth animations and good controls help, but not much. If you want a relatively easy shooter that you can while a few minutes with, then try Flying Tigers 2. Otherwise, it simply can't compete with other games in the genre, even fellow shareware games like Zone 66.
This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems. Please choose Download - Easy Setup (2.38 MB).


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In Algeria protesters demanding clean slate despite arrest of former leaders
Former prime ministers Abdelmalek Sellal and Ahmed Ouyahia have been arrested as part of a corruption probe
Algerian protesters gather during an anti-government demonstration in the centre of the capital Algiers, Algeria. AP
Demonstrators rallied in the Algerian capital on Friday to keep up their demands for the ouster of all officials linked to the former president, unappeased by the detention of two ex-leaders.
The protest came a day after former prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal joined a long list of prominent politicians and businessmen who have been detained as part of investigations into corruption.
"Thieves, you have pillaged the country," the crowds of protesters marching in Algiers chanted.
"They deserve what they got... and they must be held accountable by the people for their actions," said protester Mohammed, who declined to give his surname.
Thursday's Supreme Court decision against Mr Sellal, an ally of ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, came a day after another former leader, Ahmed Ouyahia, was also remanded in custody as part of a graft probe.
"Jailing Ouyahia and Sellal is an excellent thing," said Cherif Tigrin, a 40-year-old carpenter taking part in the massive rally in the centre of Algiers.
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"But we must continue" to protest as long as Mr Bouteflika's cronies remain in power, he said.
Algerians have been holding massive protests since February, after an ailing 82 year old Mr Bouteflika announced plans to seek a fifth term in office.
The veteran leader resigned on April 2 as the pressure against him to quit mounted from all sides, only hours after army chief and close ally Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah demanding impeachment proceedings against him.
Lt Gen Gaid Salah has since emerged as a key power broker in the North African country.
Although the army chief has ordered anti-corruption investigations in the country, according to observers, he has not won favour with the demonstrators who are also calling for his departure.
"Gaid Salah to the (rubbish) bin," protesters chanted on Friday, according to footage posted online by local journalists.
They also called on interim president Abdelkader Bensalah and his prime minister, Noureddine Bedoui, to step down.
Several demonstrators also held up signs to mark the 18th anniversary of the "Black Spring" bloody riots of 2001, sparked by the death of a high school student in a police station in the Kabylie region.
The mountainous Kabylie region east of Algiers is home to the largest Berber community in Algeria who have long suffered marginalisation.
"April 2001 and February 2019... the struggle continues," read one of the signs.
Demonstrations also took place on Friday in several other Algerian cities and towns, according to social media reports.
It was not immediately clear, however, how many protesters took to the streets nationwide as official figures were unavailable.
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Print Server : What is Printer Server, When it is needed ?
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Print Server : What is Print Server, When you will need one ?
Print Server forwards printing job to printer. Print server is often used as standalone devices or dedicated servers. Colloquially Print Server includes both the software as well as the hardware on which it runs.
Print server is used to print without network interface over the network to centrally manage or device drivers to distribute the work. The ancestral Print Server system is of client-server model. Print Server model was designed for Unix development, but also in implemented on Windows NT later. Samba is available on Unix. More print server technologies and protocols for print servers are available.
The modern Internet Printing Protocol is based on CUPS. It is practically for all Unix-like operating systems but works on Windows too.
Adapters are widely used for USB – IEEE-1284 or EIA-232 ports of printers in a printer server. Such devices have a rudimentary operating system and most have a web interface or software interface to manage them. They are used in order to provide printers with a network interface.
They come in different versions for attachment to an IEEE 1284 interface or as a desktop unit , for managing one or more printers, with or without 802.1X authentication, for RJ connectors or wireless local area networks.
Wireless Print Server as a device is not usually used for home or small office as they itself has a cost which becomes a burden from both recurring cost and space eating point of view. Print server functionality may be integrated with other devices typically such as a wireless router. High end Printers usually have the integrated Print server functionality. All commercially available printers comes with the right type of connector which are compatible with all print server available. However, compatibility and data transfer rate must be checked from official documentation.
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Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar)
Jaime Esteve Bengoechea
Pedro Almodóvar has often used something as obvious as the character of a film director to speak of his relation with movies, and you can always trace elements of himself in these characters. Whether it was, among others, Eusebio Poncela frustrated that, according to the Law of Desire, the sexual impulse is not something you can direct in others or in yourself in the same way you direct actors in movies, or Lluis Homar being so ravaged by illness and the Broken Embraces of the past that he can't bring himself to make movies again. And yet, despite those obvious self-references, there was always in those works some other outlandish plot of mystery or death putting the focus elsewhere, making the autobiographical elements relative, concealed and diffuse, almost a footnote that illuminated some aspects of the story but that hardly got the proper focus and development. All those characters, however, and no matter how concealed and diffuse, spoke of Almodóvar's need to explain himself, of a certain longing to explore what it is about the job of making movies that obsesses him so much, and what it is about his own life that forces him to represent it in endless forms and variations in his films.
With Pain and Glory it would seem as if he had finally realized that he could not keep handling the topic as side commentaries on other stories or through veiled allusions, and that he needed to tear down the veil and speak frankly and sincerely about it all. It is as if a painter who had been including, as a meta-referential game, more or less prominent self-portraits in paintings that had other subjects, had now decided to make just that, a self-portrait; which, read that way, might sound like an act of egotism, but is somewhat the opposite when you look at the result and see how mercilessly sincere the operation is. The point is not so much putting himself front-and-center for the pleasure of it, but on the contrary ceasing the referential game because it led to only partial truths that might be glamourizing and hiding the perhaps uglier whole. Almodóvar himself has used the word 'autofiction' to talk about his last film, although he (rightfully) denies it can be entirely classified as such, since he doesn't place Pedro Almodóvar as the character in fictional situations, but instead a fictional character. But the points of contact with his own life are so many and so open (even the name of the protagonist, Salvador Mallo, has all the letters of the word 'Almodóvar') that there simply is no denying that this is an exploration of the self, even if it is through fictions that jump from springboards taken from his own life.
The operation has precedents so illustrious in film history that it gives one pause to name them, so as not to put an excessive burden on this new film of being compared to them. But it's time to say it openly: Pain and Glory can compare to them, it is as good as them and, like those films for their directors, it is one of the absolute artistic peaks of Pedro Almodóvar. Yes, this is to Almodóvar's oeuvre and life what 8 ½ or Amarcord could be to Fellini's, or what Fanny and Alexander could be to Bergman's: works of barely disguised fiction that cover events so similar to those in the lives of those directors that they are understood by everyone almost as memoirs. In fact, 8 ½ will probably be the title on most people's lips when it comes to comparisons, since both that film and this one tell the story of a film director who, in the midst of a creative crisis, struggles with the question of what to do next, and why. Though I'd dare to say that, the tone being here so far from Fellini's brainy and nearly cynical satire, we're probably closer to Amarcord, considering the warmth and nostalgia of the proceedings. While, as in 8 ½, Almodóvar fortunately doesn't indulge in self-aggrandization or self-pity and is brutally critical of himself, the point isn't just the self-critique, but to express the aching, almost unbearable longing for what time took away, and for what he himself let go and for whose loss only he is to blame.
In order to reach the level of sincerity he reaches there, he has gone further onto the route of simplicity and austerity he had been hinting at since 2009 but that he fully embraced with his previous film, Julieta. The world has always marveled at the many and very creative ways in which Almodóvar used to tell stories or express his worlds, often with very flashy editing or narrative techniques. There is perhaps a risk that some critics may accuse this movie of being too straightforward, simple or earnest, like what happened with Volver when some in 2006 misguidedly called it 'minor' simply because it reached such a level of transparency, through depuration, that some mistook it for lack of effort. But let's please not be mistaken this time: when an artist distils his talent so much that you don't perceive the artifice it's not precisely for a lack of effort, but rather the opposite: there has been so much effort that it now looks easy and simple. Or in other words: remember the silent short to explain a plot point in Talk to Her? Here a small stage play within the film also explains a plot point, but it is so organically and naturally imbricated in the fabric of the rest of the film that you don't immediately realize what a sophisticated way it is to explain in one scene lots of things about three different characters, and about so many subjects such as love, drugs, art, film, fiction, reality and the different kinds of catharsis all those things can produce. There is no space in a mere review to analyze all the many mirrors and ironies subtly peppered through the story that reflect on both the dark and the luminous in all those subjects, but suffice it to say this is as dense and complex as the master has spoiled us into expecting from his works.
It is revealing, for instance, how some of the best scenes (and they are among the most moving scenes you are likely to watch this year, and probably in many years) are just one-on-one conversations, filmed either in master shots (as wonderfully composed as always) or in simple shot-reverse-shot patterns. The auteur's writing is so good here that he is confident he needs nothing more than a good actor and a well-calibrated cut to a close-up to achieve the desired effect. At other times though, the magic does come from his peerless sense of aesthetics that mix the popular with the sublime, as in an opening scene that can put a lump in your throat just because of how beautiful it is, and yet it is also a beauty of great simplicity (although it must be said that, in terms of strict production values, this might be the most beautifully photographed, edited and scored Almodóvar film ever, even when in the modern-day scenes everything is more sober than in other films).
The result is a film that only feels like a simple, straightforward and earnest self-portrait because the director has depurated every element to its essence with the confidence of a true, veteran master, and through that he has made it one of his most deeply moving works (even if it is quietly so, since there may not be tragedies as tear-jerking as in, say, All About My Mother). But make no mistake: under that simpler surface, we have one sophisticated concoction that is emotionally exuberant, intellectually rigorous, and thematically as layered and rich as the best in his oeuvre, or more. Truly a masterpiece that feels both like a necessary aside he had to make to finally face certain things, and like the summation and meditation on everything else he had done before.
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Romanian Duo Hacks MySql.com
Author: Paul Roberts
The Web site MySQL.com and other Web servers belonging to Oracle Corp.'s Sun Microsystems division were compromised on Sunday by Romanian hackers who took advantage of a SQL injection vulnerability in an application running on the server.
A group of Romanian hackers using the handles TinKode and Ne0h broke into the Web servers hosting MySQL.com, the main Web site for the open source database product, as well as sister sites for the French, German, Italian and Japanese markets. The hackers posted account credentials for MySql.com administrators, including the account credentials for Robin Schumacher, MySQL's Director of Product Management, and Kaj Arnö, MySQL's VP of Community and others.
In a post claiming responsibility for the hack, the two hackers said they attacked a parameter on an application running on the MySQL.com Web sites that was vulnerable to SQL Injection. Other MySQL installations were not believed to be vulnerable to the attack, assuming they are not running the same application, said Stefan Tanase, a security researcher at Kaspersky Lab.
The vulnerability isn't the first disclosed for the MySQL.com domain, which supports the global community of developers working on the MySQL database. In January, Tinkode also published information on a cross site scripting vulnerability on the same Web domain. Tanase said the duo have taken responsibility for other high profile compromises, but are not believed to be malicious hackers, but are quick to disclose vulnerabilities, often not giving the affected party time to plug the hole before it is disclosed or compromised.
SQL injection vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to compromise the security of SQL databases and, in some cases, gain remote access to the database and its content. They work by injecting malicious SQL code into user input statements (for example: Web forms) that are incorrectly filtered by the application.
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List of All Social Media Platform Banned Donald Trump
Souvik Dey January 10, 2021
Donald John Trump is the 45th and current president of the United States. The Electoral College confirmed that Joe Biden will be the nation's next president with 279 votes and Donald Trump with 214 votes. Only some days left in the presidency of Donald Trump. But Wednesday's shocking events can be traced to the inception of Trump's candidacy Not only Twitter several other social media platforms banned Donald Trump. Here is the list of social medial platforms that banned Donald Trump.
Facebook has banned President Donald Trump from the platform "indefinitely" due to his efforts to incite violence at the US Capitol, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.
Zuckerberg said a one-day ban imposed on Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram was extended because of Trump's "use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government."
The Facebook CEO told that the risks of allowing the President to continue to use service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, they are extending the block and placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete. Facebook CEO also told that the shocking events of the last 24 hours demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.
We've assessed two policy violations against President Trump's Page which will result in a 24-hour feature block, meaning he will lose the ability to post on the platform during that time.
— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) January 7, 2021
"We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great," Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page.
Instagram banned Donald Trump from posting on his Facebook accounts for at least the next two weeks until the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden is complete. On Wednesday, Instagram's parent Facebook did remove the video Trump posted addressing the violence without fully condemning it before taking greater action against Trump on Thursday.
On Friday, Apple had warned Parler, which styles itself as a "free speech" alternative to Twitter or Facebook. Parler, the social-media app popular among Trump loyalists and right-wingers, was removed from the Google Play Store late Friday — with the internet giant alleging Parler failed to remove "egregious content like posts that incite violence." The app faces a ban from the App Store within 24 hours if it didn't remove content that "encourages illegal activity."
Before it was banned from Apple's App Store, Parler was the No. 1 trending app on Saturday in the U.S. In its response to Apple's concerns, Parler told the tech company it had been taking violent speech and calls for illegal activity on its app "very seriously for weeks" through a moderation plan put in place "for the time being." Per Apple's guidelines, it requires apps to have robust content moderation plans in place.
"Parler has not upheld its commitment to moderate and remove harmful or dangerous content encouraging violence and illegal activity, and is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines," Apple told the app company in a notice Saturday.
In a statement, Google said that "to protect user safety on Google Play, our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence." It continued, "We're aware of continued posting in the Parler app that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S."
"We recognize that there can be a reasonable debate about content policies and that it can be difficult for apps to immediately remove all violative content, but for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious content. In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app's listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues."
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5. Discord
Discord has banned a server called "The Donald," a pro-Trump community linked to banned subreddit r/The_Donald and TheDonald.win. The ban comes two days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol, encouraged by President Trump, though Discord says that it has no evidence that the server was used to organize the riots.
"We have a zero-tolerance policy against hate and violence of any kind on the platform, or the use of Discord to support or organize around violent extremism," Discord said. "While there is no evidence of a server called The Donald being used to organize the Jan 6 riots, Discord decided to ban the entire server today due to its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence, plan an armed insurrection in the United States, and spread harmful misinformation related to 2020 U.S. election fraud."
6. Reddit
Reddit has banned a forum dedicated to supporting and promoting Donald Trump citing "repeated policy violations in recent days regarding the violence at the US Capitol."
The social news and message board site banned the subreddit group "r/DonaldTrump," a forum whose members glorified and incited Wednesday's Capitol Hill violence. Reddit declined to provide more specifics about why the subreddit was removed but did note that its actions against r/donaldtrump were isolated and no other subreddits were banned today. The subreddit was not related to President Trump in any official capacity.
The r/donaldtrump forum had about 52,000 members before it was shut down. A notice on the page says, "This community was banned due to a violation of Reddit's rules against inciting violence."
"Reddit's site-wide policies prohibit content that promotes hate, or encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence against groups of people or individuals. In accordance with this, we have been proactively reaching out to moderators to remind them of our policies and to offer support or resources as needed. We have also taken action to ban the community r/donaldtrump given repeated policy violations in recent days regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol."
Pinterest has been limiting hashtags related to pro-Trump topics such as #StopTheSteal since around the November election, a spokesperson said. "Pinterest isn't a place for threats, promotion of violence or hateful content," a Pinterest spokesperson said. "Our team is continuing to monitor and removing harmful content, including misinformation and conspiracy theories that may incite violence."
Though Trump does not have a Pinterest account, the image-sharing app has reportedly been limiting pro-Trump related topics since around November.
Snapchat blocked President Donald Trump's account after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol. Snapchat confirmed Thursday that it locked Trump out of the photo-sharing platform amid concerns over his dangerous rhetoric. Trump was suspended from Snapchat amid the riots on January 6.
Snapchat previously stopped promoting Trump's account on its Discover page in June 2020. "We are not currently promoting the president's content on Snapchat's Discover platform," "We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover. Racial violence and injustice have no place in our society and we stand together with all who seek peace, love, equality, and justice in America."
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9. TikTok
Trump doesn't have a TikTok account. But the president's speeches that helped incite the mob who yesterday stormed the U.S. Capitol will have no home on TikTok's platform. The company confirmed its content policy around the Capitol riots will see it removing videos of Trump's speeches to supporters. It will also redirect specific hashtags used by rioters, like #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty, to reduce their content's visibility in the app.
TikTok says that Trump's speeches, where the president again reiterated claims of a fraudulent election, are being removed because they violate the company's misinformation policy. That policy defines misinformation as content that is inaccurate or false.
10. Twitch
Twitch has disabled President Donald Trump's account indefinitely following his encouragement of a pro-Trump mob's attack of the US Capitol on Wednesday.
"In light of yesterday's shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump's Twitch channel," a Twitch spokesperson said in a statement. "Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President's incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community and prevent Twitch from being used to incite further violence." The company says it will reassess Trump's account after he leaves office.
After temporarily blocking his account on the day of the attack, the company pulled the plug permanently on @realDonaldTrump. However, the official account for the President of the United States, @POTUS, remains live. Twitter, finally banned US President Donald Trump's account on Friday, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence" following the US Capitol Hill siege and the unrest that followed.
On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump Tweeted:
"The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape, or form!!!"
Shortly thereafter, the President Tweeted:
These Tweets violate the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.
Twitter Banned
YouTube has removed several videos that US President Donald Trump has posted on his channel and warned that any channel found to be posting three times within 90 days with false claims on US election results will be permanently removed from the Google-owned video platform.
"Over the last month, we've removed thousands of videos which spread misinformation claiming widespread voter fraud changed the result of the 2020 election, including several videos that President Trump posted on Wednesday to his channel," Google said in a statement.
"Due to the disturbing events that transpired on Wednesday, and given that the election results have been certified, any channel posting new videos with these false claims in violation of our policies will now receive a strike, a penalty which temporarily restricts uploading or live-streaming," it said.
"Channels that receive three strikes in the same 90-day period will be permanently removed from YouTube," Google said in its statement.
Trump's YouTube channel has 2.68 million subscribers. Following the violence that erupted at the US Capitol after his supporters stormed the building, YouTube has removed most of his videos from the rally he addressed earlier in the day. YouTube believes that those videos alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 elections violated its policies.
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13. Shopify
Shopify has removed Trump's official campaign merchandise from its platform by disabling his online stores, trumpstore.com and shop.donaldjtrump.com. "Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms, or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause. As a result, we have terminated stores affiliated with President Trump," said Shopify on January 7.
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This is Christian with Arctic Spas. And today I'm going to tell you how to replace your Onzen Electrode. We recommend that you did this once a year to make sure you produce the sanitizer from your salt water system.
So the first thing that you're going to want to do, is flip the breaker off, and then once the power is cut, then we'll come back and you unthread the electrodes and the housing completely out of the tub. Pull it up and out of the water if your tub has water in it. You'll want to make sure that you keep the housing completely dry. There's one set screw that you can undo with just a regular Phillips screwdriver.
Once your set screw is completely loose, then you'll twist out the old electrodes and pull it completely out. And remember, this is what you need to keep completely dry. You'll take your new electrode and thread it into place. Make sure that you hit the stop there, because that's where the set screw can feed into its position on the inside. And then just simply tighten up the set screw.
Once that set screw is in place, you'll want to feed that cord back into the niche that's inside the tub, and simply just thread the whole assembly back in. Once you're done with that, fill the tub, turn your power back on. That's all you have to do.
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Bao Le-Huu takes on A Classic Education, Company, Floor, Blind Pilot and more
by Bao Le-Huu
I dunno how much of the NBA All-Star weekend glitter you were able to soak in, brush up against or just gawk at from a roped distance. I myself braved downtown a couple times during the temporary insanity but wasn't exactly cruising to mingle with the fly-in weirdness that basically invaded our city for the weekend. But with all those insanely inflated prices around town, I hope some of my locals out there were at least able to cash in on the deep-pocketed craziness.
Still, I do wish I could've crossed paths with Knicks guard and sports Cinderella story du jour Jeremy Lin just to high-five the dude. It's about time some other Asian dude was making some waves, am I right? Seriously though, big ups to this kid. To take a sport like b-ball by storm, where my people are so genetically disadvantaged,well, that fucking rules. Damn, what next, porn? Believe it.
By disposition and job description, I'm always looking for the new. But this week was a refreshing return to simple, straightforward goodness, and I couldn't be more refreshed by it.
Italy's A Classic Education (Feb. 20, Will's Pub) were a bracing study in basic quality. Their lovely, layered sound is rooted in elegant '80s guitar pop, and their sonic profile was thoughtfully rendered in textures kissed with just enough gorgeous haze. But at their cozy core is an unassuming but unfailingly bright perfection of melody. If all indie rock could be done with this much precision and fundamentals instead of trend and posture, this would be a much more satisfying world.
Not nearly as conventional but also effective were Telethon. With a sound that's always straddled art school and funhouse, the freak rock of Orlando's leading dealers of odd is seldom boring. But the newest moon of their modern indie psychedelia has taken some dancey, electronic turns that are working really well.
Although I don't love their new album at all, Cleveland headliner Cloud Nothings were notably more impressive in person with a live sound that's more revved and incisive. It's undeniably fresh-faced, but it's the kind of pop-punk that you don't have to be ashamed to listen to past your teen years.
Another outstanding case of incredibly solid indie rock was South Carolina's Company (Feb. 26, Peacock Room). Again, nothing flashy, just high quality. And though that equation's simple enough, achieving it is neither easy nor typical, it seems. Their outstanding songwriting comes in ringing, crystalline melodies that glow and warm like shimmering embers that occasionally rise into voluminous flames. Judging from their basic craftsmanship, Company seems to come from indie rock's timeless side. I just love it when anything is done well, and these guys are poster boys for plain old quality. And when all scores are tallied, quality is always classic. Something this constant online reality of ours is making glaringly clear to any thinking person is that we'd all be much better off if we got back to focusing on what's good instead of just what's next.
Later down the street was one of the highly anticipated performances on the reunion run of Miami alternative metal band Floor (Will's Pub). However retroactive their current celebrated status is due to the subsequent success of Torche, they are now basking in their revised status as legendary underground heroes of the Florida heavy music pantheon. Between that sweet, scalp-tingling midrange roar and an expansive, sky-streaking approach to the heavy, the seeds of Torche's defining sound could definitely be heard on an exhilarating scale. More than anything though, this set was total validation of all of the plaudits that are now being heaped upon them. Just ask the crowd that packed out the house and went completely coconuts. Awesome.
This week's final exemplar of the simple triumph of good songwriting is Portland's Blind Pilot (Feb. 24, the Social). Their pop music speaks a florid folk dialect through a virtual orchestra expansive enough to encompass guitars, drums, horns, organs, bells, banjo, upright bass – the whole nine. It's a sound that's pleasing and supremely lush with layer upon layer of vibe. But, again, what drives all the grand pageantry is an essence of strong, sharply etched songwriting that's likeably accessible with a Shins-esque buoyancy.


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Made during the reign of Charles I, this delicate silk bookmark is an immensely rare survival and a masterwork of design and technical skill. Each of the thirteen strands carries a Latin quotation. Seven of these are taken directly from the Anima Christi, a medieval Catholic prayer to Jesus. That the marker was used with an embroidered Protestant Bible suggests that its original owner conformed outwardly to the state religion, whilst at the same time acknowledging a private Catholic identity. The bookmark and Bible were later owned by Princess Elizabeth (1770–1840), daughter of George III.