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Safeguarding Operation Encompass Prevent
As part of our ongoing child protection and safeguarding duties we fully support the government's Prevent Strategy.
The Government has published guidance for authorities, including schools, on their responsibilities under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, which came into effect on 1 July 2015. Under the Act, schools and other authorities have a duty to "have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism". This duty is known as the Prevent Duty for Schools.
At Alverton, we build pupils' resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and enabling our pupils to challenge extremist views. You can read about how we promote British values in the British Values section of our website.
We believe that children should be given the opportunity to explore the issues of diversity and understand Britain as a multi-cultural society. We base our approach on the principle that people should treat everyone with respect whatever their race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, special need or disability and promote a positive attitude to others with a focus on shared values, whilst developing a high regard for themselves. By building resilience and self-esteem and providing a safe learning environment, children are encouraged to be positive about others and not be influenced by negative peer pressure they may encounter.
The statutory guidance refers to the importance of Prevent awareness training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. The Home Office has developed a core training product for this purpose – Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) which our staff have attended on what Prevent is about and how to deal with any issues they may see inside or outside school.
Further information can be found in our Preventing Radicalisation Parent Guide and our Safeguarding Policy.
Martin Higgs, Headteacher, is the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Prevent.
The Designated Prevent Governor for Alverton School is Pheona Lowell.
The Cornwall Prevent Lead is Steve Rowell who can be contacted on 01736 336587 or at steve.rowell@cornwall.gcsx.gov.uk or prevent@cornwall.gov.uk
Government advice site for parents http://educateagainsthate.com/parents/
Link to the official Prevent Strategy document https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97976/prevent-strategy-review.pdf
Prevent Duty for Schools document https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439598/prevent-duty-departmental-advice-v6.pdf
Alverton School Prevent Policy June 2019.pdf
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy January 2019.pdf
Prevent Parent Guide.pdf


In a paper about to be published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society, a team of researchers identifies something they call the "paradox of unanimity." If you've ever smelled a rat when everyone else is celebrating an idea then this paradox is for you. While unanimous agreement (or something close to it) might suggest that a particular claim is right, the researchers, led by Lachlan J. Gunn, an engineer at the University of Adelaide in Australia, found the opposite to be true. Rather than confirming truth, unanimity indicates that something went wrong, that a "systemic failure" undermined popular judgment, that the confidence of the crowd has been skewed by bias.
As it's currently framed, the paradox applies primarily to criminal justice concerns—police line-ups and the like. But it also has implications for food and agriculture. Few fields of popular interest have cultivated a wider array of glib axioms of empowerment than food: genetically modified organisms are bad, local is better, you shouldn't eat food your grandmother wouldn't eat, and so on. In the context of Main Street foodie wisdom, these claims enjoy something close to unanimity. But, for all their support, none comes closer to the unanimity quotient than the gilded assertion that organic food is food grown without pesticides.
Few fields of popular interest have cultivated a wider array of glib axioms of empowerment than food.
The message is widespread. After widely publicizing a list of produce—"The Dirty Dozen"—with comparatively high (but legal) levels of pesticide residue, the Environmental Working Group recommends "that people who eat a lot of these foods buy organic instead." To "avoid pesticides in your food," Tracey Ternes, writing on the website of a leading organic retailer, instructs, "buy local, organic food whenever possible." And here's EcoWatch's advice: "The best way for consumers to avoid pesticides in food is to purchase organic produce if possible." Stop anyone in the grocery store choosing organic produce. Ask them why. Chances are good the answer will be to "avoid pesticides."
Enter into this conventional belief the paradox of unanimity. This time the buzz kill comes from the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recently released annual summary for pesticide data program. According to this survey, 21 percent of the 409 organic samples of produce tested by the USDA showed evidence of synthetic pesticide residues. What's notable about this already high percentage is that the residue detection test doesn't even measure commonly used organic pesticides like copper and sulfur compounds, mineral oil, and bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). According to Steve Savage, who wrote about the report for Forbes, if organic pesticide residues were measured, "the detection percentage for organic would be much higher." So, score one for the unanimity paradox, one that, this time, may save you money at Whole Foods.
What's exciting about this paradox is not only that it turns sacred truths into flimsy myths, but that in doing so it offers an opportunity to explore a) the bias that led to our error, and b) an explanation for the newly discovered reality. For organic produce, it seems safe to say that the bias derived from our irrational belief in food purity. The idea that our food can be "all natural" is rooted in a deeply romanticized idea about farming, one that categorically fails to consider the long-term genetic changes imposed on food to make it food, much less the impact that pests can have on agricultural yield. We would do well to re-consider out relationship to this jejune notion.
But what's more interesting in this case is the possible explanation. Why was there synthetic residue on organic crops? The most logical culprits are drift from nearby farms growing crops conventionally and cross contamination from the bins used for harvesting both organic and conventional crops (many farms grow both). "Many of the detections are at such low levels they fit th[e]se scenarios," according to Savage. In other words, yes, makes sense.
One likely response to the drift dilemma is to argue that organic produce deserves better protection. That perhaps there should be laws requiring conventional agriculture to keep its distance from the organic good guys. But the problem with this objection is not only that, as indicated, many farmers grow both organically and conventionally, but that (as a conventional apple grower once told me) organic farmers sometimes want to be around the conventional growers because pesticide drift helps reduce pests on their farms as well.
But there's a final, more controversial point to consider. In his Forbes piece, Savage noted something that might raise eyebrows: "When I looked at the conventional detections for the same 78 chemical/crop combinations, the organic detections were only significantly lower in 26 cases, and the organic detections were equal to or higher than those in conventional for 30 cases." Implication? Well, Savage never spells it out, and in an email he explained that he has no way of knowing for sure, but the possibility does cross my mind: illicit spraying by the organic growers.
My guess is that, within the foodie world, there will be agreement against this charge. And, surely, it'll be unanimous.
Is There Such a Thing as Food Choice?
New data on vegetable consumption raises a question we too easily overlook.
Waste Not, Want Not ... Wait?
Re-assessing how much food we throw out.


The USD took a breather from yesterday's beating and fought back vs. the G8 block and precious metals, gaining some modest ground while the DOW dropped 43.90pts or .33%. The irony of it is Bernanke (the Dollar's worst friend) continued with his accommodative policy comments today, saying the FED is ready to use all options to fight a declining US economy. While this statement is in the same vein as yesterday's comments which hammered the USD as investors globally interpreted this as CTRL + P for another round of QE3 coming, the USD gained against the majors across the board including precious metals Gold and Silver. We suspect this is short term as the selling of EUR, AUD, NZD, Gold and Silver was moderate at best suggesting the sellers were not coming in droves so look for dips to be bought.
Taking a second stab at the yearly highs and critical resistance just shy of 111.50, on Monday the pair climbed to 111.24 but then pulled back to close sub 111. Price today has been muted and formed an inside bar smack in the middle of Monday's open and close. Considering this inside bar is in the middle of the range for Monday's bar, we expect any upside challenges to those yearly highs to be tentative at best as buyers would have to fight through all the price action up to Monday's high which is mostly rejection territory from here, plus the next major highs just above at 111.42 and 111.51 so the ceiling above presents many challenges for the bulls.
Thus, look for intraday price action triggers off the 111.42/50 range to sell this pair short term with tight stops above 111.59 targeting the 110.50/30 range as we do not see bulls coming in force to fight through this upside territory which looks like a technical disaster for them.
Our EURUSD pin bar strategy from the London Close Trade Setups has come off further being a nice bull trap after breaking the range highs from yesterday's asian session. We expect the pair to continue down tot he 1.3300/3284 area where it will test the bulls to see if they want to get back in. Look for price action setups off this level for a possible long. Any break and close below the 4hr 20ema and 1.3300 will bring 1.3200 in focus near term.
The USD Gained mildly against the majors with AUD, EUR, JPY and NZD all losing ground vs. the greenback. Losses were not heavy so either this is a corrective pullback before the next run up, or the bears have subtly wrestled control of the short term direction. Continued losses in NY will tell tale if this is so. We expect price action to be more volatile with a slew of economic announcements tomorrow on deck.
After chopping around for most of the day, the DOW closed down 43.90pts or .33% while the S&P shed 3.99pts or .28%. Commodities suffered as well with Gold losing about $12 dropping to %1681 while Silver is sitting at key support around $32.56 an oz.


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There have been several studies focusing on the impact of supply chain cooperative relationship on performance, which is mainly based on transaction cost theory and the resource-based view theory. Our study deeply analyzes the inner mechanism between supply chain cooperative relationship and its performance from a perspective of knowledge management. We totally collected 136 valid samples in the questionnaire survey. Through the empirical study, we find: 1) Supply chain cooperative relationship has an obviously positive impact on performance; 2) Knowledge sharing is a partial mediator variable between supply chain cooperative relationship and performance; 3) Environmental uncertainty takes a positive regulating effect for supply chain cooperative relationship to promote knowledge sharing between enterprises, but has no obvious effect for the influence of knowledge sharing to performance. According to findings above, our study is aimed to provide some suggestions to Chinese enterprises on a knowledge management perspective.
The tendency of global economy and Internet technology make a huge impact on development of industries involving supply chain. By reason that supply chain is composed of the relative upstream and downstream companies, the managers need not only to focus on a single company but also to consider cooperative relationship between them, to promote supply chain performance totally.
Supply Chain Cooperative Relationship means aligning the activities of two or more organizations in the supply chain to coordinate the supply of goods or services, creating a competitive advantage through improved service or efficiency improvements  . And Supply Chain Performance refers to the extended supply chain's activities in meeting end-customer requirements, including product availability, on-time delivery, and all the necessary inventory and capacity in the supply chain to deliver that performance in a responsive manner  . According to relative literature reviews, we find previous studies show supply chain cooperative relationship is positively related to its performance. There are some based theories as follows: According to transaction cost theory, when company partnership is under the contract of both sides, transaction cost will decrease and transaction success rate will increase. According to resource-based view theory, different companies have resources with high heterogeneity. For acquiring and sharing outer resources, companies need to maintain a long-term partnership  . In previous empirical studies, some researchers explore the influence of supply chain cooperative relationship features on performance  , and others focus on the indirect effect of above process. They find supply chain collaboration  , supply chain integration  and information sharing  can be an indirect variable.
However, researchers seldom think about effect of knowledge in above process  . With the coming of knowledge economy, knowledge has become the most important strategic resource for a company. So researchers should focus more on how the knowledge can spread and share among different companies, and what effect it will make on these companies. As for supply chain, knowledge flows and shares both in and out of companies, so we choose knowledge to explore the intermediate mechanism of supply chain cooperative relationship and performance. Also, because the high-tech industry is more likely to be affected by knowledge, so we choose high-tech industry and narrow our study scope to it.
In performance-relative studies, "input-process-output" structure is widely used to construct performance model, which is so-called IPO model  . As for supply chain performance, most studies are about "input" part, namely the independent variable, and few studies are about "process" part. Under the background of knowledge economy, what is the effect of knowledge in "process" part? We infer that: in a close relationship, supply chain companies are more likely to believe in their cooperators, and are willing to share their knowledge, which leads to form a constant increment knowledge value chain. Then the knowledge value chain will transform to core competence of companies  and finally promote whole supply chain performance. Therefore, we choose knowledge sharing as a mediator variable and environment uncertainty as a moderator variable in our study model.
We refer to Fynes' study (2005) to divide our variable supply chain cooperative relationship to 4 dimensions: trust, commitment, communication and adaptation. Knowledge can be divided to explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge by judging whether it can be encoded with formal and systematic language and record clearly. Different kinds of knowledge make different influences on knowledge sharing, so we will divide knowledge to explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge. Researcher Beamon proposes that supply chain performance can be divided to resource, output, and flexibility three sides, in which resource side includes cost, inventory, and return on investment (ROI), with the goal of minimum cost and maximum efficiency; output side mainly include market, aiming at high quality of production service and customer satisfaction; flexibility side focuses on a company's ability to make immediate response when facing uncertainty. We choose Beamon's method to divide supply chain performance after considering both our study object and uncertain factors.
In supply chain, for achieving the presupposed goal, companies will build the cooperative relationship with each other  . In our study, we will start up with trust, commitment, communication and adaptation.
Trust means a company has the confidence with its partners' integrity and reliability. High trust level is helpful to decrease exchange cost between companies, and increase success probability of transaction  , which promotes performance of resource side; good trust relationship will motivate company resource sharing and innovation ability, which helps to provide better production service, and promotes performance of output side; Moreover, trust can also maintain a long-term partnership and reduce uncertainty  .
Commitment means a company makes a promise to its partner for performing duties and obligations. In supply chain, commitment make companies respect with each other  , and maintain a long-term relationship; A steady relationship makes it possible for a company to obtain others' scare resource and market competitive advantage  , which ensures a stronger flexible performance.
Communication means an information exchange method of companies' for promoting cooperation and performance. Firstly, previous studies show that communication can not only increase trust of both sides  , but also make a positive effect on commitment  ; Secondly, communication between companies can allocate inner resources immediately to face with a rapidly changing environment, and promote flexible performance  .
H1c: Supply chain cooperative relationship has positive effect on flexible performance.
H2b: Supply chain cooperative relationship has positive stronger effect on implicit knowledge sharing than that on explicit knowledge.
H3f: Implicit knowledge sharing has positive effect on flexible performance.
H4b: Implicit knowledge sharing has mediating effect in process from supply chain cooperative relationship to performance.
H6: Environment uncertainty has negative moderating effect between knowledge sharing and supply chain performance.
In conclusion of Section 2 and Section 3 above, we build our study model (Figure 1) as follows.
Our study choose questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaire includes following 5 sections: basic information, supply chain cooperation relationship scale, knowledge sharing scale, supply chain performance scale and environment uncertainty scale, with seven point Likert scale method. And every scale all refer to maturity scales of relative fields.
almost of them are middle or senior managers, with 3 to 15 years of working experience.
We choose Cronbach's α to measure reliability of questionnaire. The result shows, the value of trust, commitment, communication and adaption respectively are 0.606, 0.734, 0.745 and 0.788; the value of explicit knowledge sharing and implicit knowledge sharing respectively are 0.710 and 0.652; the value of resource, output and flexible performance respectively are 0.806, 0.903 and 0.851; the value of environment uncertainty is 0.912. In conclusion, our questionnaire is reliable. After KMO and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity, we continue an exploratory analysis, and finally get the result: the factor loading of every variable are above 0.5, and their cumulative interpretation of variance are above 64%, which means our questionnaire has a good structure validity.
We choose SPSS to make statistics and analysis of the collected questionnaires. The result of correlation analysis shows, the correlation coefficient of implicit knowledge sharing and resource performance is not significant, which is contrary to H3d, and other results preliminarily support H1(a, b, c), H2(a, b), H3(a, b, c, e, f). All results are shown in Table 1, and the data is from SPSS result of our study.
We choose regression analysis to verify the causality of each variable, and verify our hypothesis.
Table 1. Correlation of each variable (N = 136).
***: P < 0.001; **: P < 0.01; *: P < 0.05. SCCP: supply chain cooperation relationship; KS: knowledge sharing; EKS: explicit knowledge sharing; IKS: implicit knowledge sharing; SCP: supply chain performance; RP: resource performance; OP: output performance; FP: flexible performance; EU: environment uncertainty. The same as following tables.
The regression results of supply chain cooperation relationship and performance are shown in Table 2 below, and the data is from SPSS result of our study. We can draw a conclusion that H1, H1a, H1b, H1c are all supported.
The regression results of supply chain cooperation relationship and knowledge sharing are shown in Table 3 below, and the data is from SPSS result of our study. We can draw a conclusion that H2, H2a, H2b are all supported.
The regression results of knowledge sharing and performance are shown in Table 4 below, and the data is from SPSS result of our study. We can draw a conclusion that H3, H3a, H3b, H3c, H3e, H3f are supported, except that H3d are not supported (P = 0.294 > 0.5).
To verify mediating effect, we refer Wen's method to avoid type I or II statistical error rates  . The result is shown in Table 5, and the data is from SPSS result of our study.
According to the discriminant coefficients above, knowledge sharing (a = 0.394***) and implicit knowledge sharing (a = 0.606***) has a partial mediating effect, H4 and H4b are supported. But explicit knowledge sharing (a = 0.134) is not significant, we need continue a Sobel verification, shown in Table 6, and the data is from SPSS result of our study.
The result shows statistics Z is 5.934, whose absolute value is larger than critical value (0.97), which means p is less than 0.05, so explicit knowledge sharing also has a partial mediating effect, H4b is supported.
Table 2. Regression analysis of SCCR and SCP (N = 136).
Table 3. Regression analysis of SCCR and KS (N = 136).
Table 4. Regression analysis of KS and SCP (N = 136).
Table 5. Mediating effect verification of KS (N = 136).
Table 6. Sobel verification of EKS (N = 136).
According to Table 7, which is from SPSS result of our study, we can draw a conclusion that H5 is supported (ΔR2 = 0.065), but H6 is not supported (ΔR2 = 0.001, β of KS* EU is not significant).
After above theoretical derivation and empirical analysis, we can draw the conclusion that: 1) Supply chain cooperative relationship has an obviously positive impact on performance; 2) Knowledge sharing is a partial mediator variable between supply chain cooperative relationship and performance, and implicit knowledge sharing has stronger mediating effect than explicit knowledge sharing; 3) Environmental uncertainty takes a positive regulating effect for supply chain cooperative relationship to promote knowledge sharing between enterprises, but has no obvious effect for the influence of knowledge sharing to performance. These study results not only provide relative theory basis for supply chain management research, but also provide guidance to managers to take measures to enhance company partnership, promote knowledge sharing, and supply chain performance: 1) Establish a common value, to decrease cooperation resistance and knowledge differences between partners; 2) Establish relative motivation and restriction system, and reify the benefit included; 3) Use modernized method, such as mobile office app and remote meeting system, to improve intercompany knowledge sharing level; 4) Attach importance to the effect of implicit knowledge to company performance, build the intercompany communication and share mechanism.
Table 7. Moderating effect of EU (N = 136).
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Q: Simplifying triple nested loop to avoid callback hell in android retrofit2 (via RxJava2?) Context
Using android retrofit2, need to access deeply nested name strings to fetch and display their Details (where Details object has reference to the Group and User objects used to get the Detail).
The JSON consists of a list of Groups that each contain a list of Users that each contain a list of name Strings which are captured in these models:
public class Group {
    @SerializedName("id")
    public String id;
    @SerializedName("users")
    public List<User> users;
}
public class User {
    @SerializedName("id")
    public String id;
    @SerializedName("detailNames")
    public List<String> detailNames;
}
public class Detail {
    // allow access to objects used to get detail
    public Group group;
    public User user;
    @SerializedName("name")
    public String name;
    @SerializedName("description")
    public String description;
}

The models are populated using the UserApi:
public interface UserApi {
    @GET("groups")
    Call<List<Group>> getGroups();

    @GET("groups/{group_id}/users/{user_id}/details/{detail_name}")
    Call<Detail> getDetail(
            @Path("group_id") String groupId,
            @Path("user_id") String userId,
            @Path("detail_name") String detailName
    );
}

Aim
The aim is to use a given UserApi to make and parse requests to display a Dialog  in the format of:
Group1 (expandable heading)
    User1 (expandable heading)
        Detail1 (checkbox)
        Detail2 (checkbox)
        ...
Group2 (expandable heading)
    User2 (expandable heading)
        Detail1 (checkbox)
        ...
    ...
...

Problem
The problem is the current solution requests Groups and uses a triple nested for loop to access and fetch Details for each name:
private void fetchDetails(List<Group> groupList) {
    ArrayList<Group> groups = (ArrayList<Group>) groupList;
    if (groups != null && groups.size() > 0) {
        for (Group group : groups) {
            for (User user: group.users) {
                for (String detailName : user.detailNames) {
                    fetchDetail(group, user, detailName);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

The problem is worsened since the triple loop makes a request for each name, and is done within the getGroups onResponse callback, which seems unreadable/unmaintainable:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    mUserApi = UserApiClient.getApi();
    fetchGroups();
}
private void fetchGroups() {
    Callback<List<Group>> groupsCall = new Callback<List<Group>>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<List<Group>> call, Response<List<Group>> response) {
            int statusCode = response.code();
            switch (statusCode) {
                case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK:
                    List<Group> groups = response.body();
                    fetchDetails(groups);
                    break;
            }
        }
        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<List<Group>> call, Throwable t) {}
    };
    mUserApi.getGroups().enqueue(groupsCall);
}
private void fetchDetail(final Group group, final User user, String detailName) {
    Callback<Detail> detailCallback= new Callback<Detail>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<Detail> call, Response<Detail> response) {
            int statusCode = response.code();
            switch (statusCode) {
                case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK:
                    MainActivity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            // display details in ListView
                        }
                    });
                    break;
            }
        }
        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<Detail> call, Throwable t) {}
    };
    mUserApi.getDetail(group.id, user.id, detailName).enqueue(detailCallback);
}

An RxJava2 solution was suggested to avoid nesting callbacks like the above implementation, but was unfinished due to confusion regarding managing 3 layers of nesting to access the names:
Observable<List<Group>> groupCall =  mUserApi.getGroups();
groupCall.flatMapIterable(x -> x)
   .flatMap(group -> {
       Observable.fromIterable(group.users)
           .flatMap(user -> {
               Observable.fromIterable(user.detailNames)
                   .map(detailName -> {
                        mUserApi.getDetail(group.id, user.id, detailName)
                            .flatMap(detail -> {
                                detail.group = group;
                                detail.user = user;
                                return Observable.just(detail)
                            })
                            .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                            .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                            .subscribe(new Observer<List<Group>>() {
                                @Override
                                public void onSubscribe(Disposable d) {}
                                @Override
                                public void onNext(List<Detail> value) {
                                    mDetails = (ArrayList<Detail>) value;
                                }
                                @Override
                                public void onError(Throwable e) {}
                                @Override
                                public void onComplete() {}
                            });
                   });
           }
   })

There have been some questions (e.g., RxJava multiple loop with condition) that deal with nesting in RxJava but still unsure how to apply these to the deeply nested names.
Question
Is it possible to use RxJava2 to avoid callback hell and simplify the triple for loop, is there another way, or should the solution resort to synchronous requests within AsyncTask/AsyncTaskLoader?

A: As I mentioned in the comment, I think what you already have is pretty much the simplest form you can get. But it seems you are interested in doing this without the loop so here's a couple of suggestions (but not necessarily better):
Method 1: Container Classes
If you are willing to create intermediate container classes that can hold group, user, detailname in a single object, you can do something like this:
First, create these container classes:
public class UserWithGroup {
    final Group group;
    final User user;

    public UserWithGroup(Group group, User user) {
        this.group = group;
        this.user = user;
    }
}

public class DetailWithUser {
    final Group group;
    final User user;
    final String detailName;

    public DetailWithUser(Group group, User user, String detailName) {
        this.group = group;
        this.user = user;
        this.detailName = detailName;
    }
}

Then your code with Java 8 Stream can be:
private void fetchDetails(List<Group> groupList) {
    groupList.stream()
            .flatMap(g -> g.users.stream().map(u -> new UserWithGroup(g, u)))
            .flatMap(ug -> ug.user.detailNames.stream().map(n -> new DetailWithUser(ug.group, ug.user, n)))
            .forEach(d -> fetchDetail(d.group, d.user, d.detailName));
}

Or with RxJava:
private void fetchDetails2(List<Group> groupList) {
    Observable.fromIterable(groupList)
            .flatMap(g -> Observable.fromIterable(g.users).map(u -> new UserWithGroup(g, u)))
            .flatMap(ug -> Observable.fromIterable(ug.user.detailNames).map(n -> new DetailWithUser(ug.group, ug.user, n)))
            .flatMap(d -> mUserApi.getDetail(d.group.id, d.user.id, d.detailName)
                    .map(detail -> {
                        detail.group = d.group;
                        detail.user = d.user;
                        return detail
                    }))
            .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
            .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
            .subscribe(detail -> {
                ...
            });
}

Method2:
Android.util.Pair a container class that can hold any two objects. If you use this instead of creating intermediate containers, and you are okay with it, the code can be further simplified.
Java 8 Stream and Pair:
private void fetchDetails3(List<Group> groupList) {
    groupList.stream()
            .flatMap(g -> g.users.stream().map(u -> Pair.create(g, u)))
            .flatMap(p -> p.second.detailNames.stream().map(n -> Pair.create(p, n)))
            .forEach(p -> fetchDetail(p.first.first, p.first.second, p.second));
}

RxJava and Pair:
private void fetchDetails4(List<Group> groupList) {
    Observable.fromIterable(groupList)
            .flatMap(g -> Observable.fromIterable(g.users).map(u -> Pair.create(g, u)))
            .flatMap(p -> Observable.fromIterable(p.second.detailNames).map(n -> Pair.create(p, n)))
            .flatMap(p -> fetchDetail2(p.first.first, p.first.second, p.second)
                    .map(detail -> {
                        detail.group = d.group;
                        detail.user = d.user;
                        return detail
                    }))
            .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
            .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
            .subscribe(detail -> {
                ...
            });
}

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iTunes Match: Still in beta?
Discussion in 'Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, Apple Services' started by JoEw, Sep 24, 2014.
Has the match team done nothing in these last couple years?
I imported 10 discs all from live shows and labeled the tracks by set list by hand most of these sets have a small "Intro" that is about minute and a half long.
I imported close to 10 of these and iTunes match refuses to upload any of the other "Intro" songs just the first disc I ripped. I got to right click on it to "Add to iCloud" oh, no option there.
And iCloud still can't figure out how to delete old metadata out of my library on iCloud when I delete it from iTunes, it shows a greyed out tracks everywhere now browsing on my ATV.
Let me just throw out this rant here, how is it literally none of the problems this service has had since it's starting not been fixed?
iTunes Match is not in beta.
Yep, been using it for a long time. Works great for me.
Good for you, are you ripping live shows?
I imported close to 10 of these and iTunes match refuses to upload any of the other "Intro" songs just the first disc I ripped.
What do you mean by refuses? If you enable the "iCloud Status" column in the song list, does it say "ineligible" or "error" for these songs?
You mean the iCloud Status column is empty? That would be unusual. Seems like something in your library is seriously screwed up. Turn off iTunes Match in iTunes, then log out of your account. Log back in, reactivate Match and let iTunes do its thing (can take several minutes).
When songs in the cloud are greyed out on iOS devices, it usually means that they haven't been fully processed yet.


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The Trustees have been in negotiation with HCC and the local landowner to open up a footpath along the old railway cutting to link the Gratton to Beggar's Drove.
There is a footpath through the new housing development on the old station site leading from the Gratton to the railway bridge.
We are delighted to announce that with the support of a grant from Wonston Parish Council that we have cleared the first section under the bridge.
Trustee Jackie Porter says "There is a lot of local support for our plans to open up a further section of the old line. Many residents have fond memories of the railway.
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Friday People can't wait for the weekend. They can't wait to get away from their jobs. They don't enjoy their work enough to want to do any work outside of their scheduled hours. For Friday People, the end of the week is freedom.
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1. In a large bowl, crush Rice Krispies (I use my Blentec, if you don't have a blendtec feel free to use a food processor, your clean hands or a wooden spoon).
2. Add peanut butter and softened butter to the bowl and mix thoroughly until the Rice Krispies are well mixed.
3.Begin adding powdered sugar to the mixture 1/4 pound at a time and stir well. Keep adding sugar until all of it is mixed into the Rice Krispies/peanut butter mixture.
4. Roll the mixture into small balls and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
5. Heat the melting chocolate according to directions in a saucepan over low heat until all chocolate is melted.
6. Roll the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate and place on wax paper to dry.
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Top House Republican Proposes Aggressive Plan to Help Trump Fight Terrorism
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Speaking at a military base in Tampa on Tuesday, President Barack Obama touted his legacy as commander-in-chief, making the case that "no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland" during his eight years in office.
On Wednesday, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee countered Obama's state of the terrorism threat, describing how Congress will aim to work with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump to "make America safe again."
[mc_name name="Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)" chamber="house" mcid="M001157″ ] delivered his second "State of Homeland Security" address at The Heritage Foundation, outlining a rush of counterterrorism policies marked by a stricter U.S. approach to determining who is allowed into the country.
McCaul, like Trump has, proposed that the U.S. "immediately suspend immigration from high-risk countries where we cannot confidently weed out terror suspects."
He said he agrees with Trump on most issues, promising the Republican-led Congress will work with the next president to impose "extreme vetting" of immigrants and refugees, building a border wall with Mexico, and deporting criminal illegal immigrants.
And he called for a serious approach to preventing the kind of homegrown terrorism that has come to define how the Islamic State, or ISIS, imposes its will by inspiring "lone wolf" Americans to attack domestically.
"We are in the highest threat environment I've seen in my tenure as chairman," McCaul said. "Our country is less secure than it was eight years ago. We are grappling with the calamities of retreat and a failed foreign policy. We still find ourselves in a struggle against Islamist terror. We face difficult choices that will determine if the conflict takes years or if it takes lifetimes."
Here are the policy prescriptions McCaul offered for dealing with national security and immigration.
'Shutting Down Terrorist Pathways'
McCaul said Republicans in Congress will work with Trump to "start shutting down all terrorist pathways into the U.S."
McCaul, like Trump, wants to suspend the U.S. refugee program to resettle Syrians fleeing war and terrorism until "we can get the right protections in place."
The Obama administration counters that the current vetting process for Syrian refugees is the most stringent screening for any category of legal immigrant. It has admitted more than 14,000 Syrian refugees since last October.
"We are a compassionate nation, and have a very proud tradition of welcoming refugees, but we can't allow terrorists to take advantage of our humanitarian efforts," McCaul said.
The Daily Signal previously reported that Trump has the authority to immediately pause the U.S. refugee program completely, or restrict refugees from specific countries.
Trump can also limit other forms of legal immigration to the U.S., as he and his incoming administration have hinted they may try and do.
McCaul signaled he would support doing that, saying the U.S. "must immediately suspend immigration from high-risk countries." McCaul did not specify which countries fit that criteria.
Foreign travelers to the U.S. who are not subject to these suspensions should still receive "extreme vetting", McCaul said, which he defined as increasing visa security by deploying more investigators at diplomatic posts abroad.
"Our goal should be to be able to identify and exclude individuals who have ties to terror, who advance Islamist extremism, or who support the overthrow of our government or Constitution," McCaul said.
'Stop Radicalization From Within US'
McCaul agrees with Obama on at least one aspect of counterterrorism policy.
In their speeches, both leaders emphasized the importance of preventing domestic terrorist attacks committed by vulnerable U.S. residents and citizens who are often radicalized online.
Recent homegrown terrorist attacks include the Boston Marathon bombing and mass shootings at Fort Hood, Texas; San Bernardino, California; and Orlando, Florida.
The George Washington Program on Extremism reports that since March 2014, 111 individuals have been charged in the U.S. of offenses related to helping, planning, or acting on behalf of ISIS.
McCaul's approach to this challenge is similar to Obama's in that he believes the U.S. government can work with Muslim leaders across the country to defend their communities against extremist ideology, and spot warning signs.
Many communities have already developed their own innovative strategies, as The Daily Signal has reported, and the Obama administration is supporting some of these efforts with grant money.
McCaul said he wants to narrow Obama's counter-radicalization efforts to focus primarily on Islamic extremism.
He also called for working with the private sector to remove terrorist content from the internet, and enhancing counter-message propaganda using local Muslim voices.
"We need to repeal and replace President Obama's failed and politically correct countering violent extremism policies," McCaul said. "We should focus on more than generic violence prevention. We should target the specific threat we face: radical Islamic terror."
Boost Border Security
McCaul proposes a "military style" approach to border security.
He said Republicans in Congress should act quickly to help fulfill Trump's biggest campaign promise.
"Next month, people will get what they asked for," McCaul said. "We are going to build the wall. Period."
Trump will need Congress to appropriate money to finish construction of a wall across the southern border, even if it's not brick-and-mortar, but rather, extended fencing. McCaul also wants more Border Patrol agents, and enhanced aerial surveillance.
McCaul prodded Mexico to better secure its own southern border to prevent Central Americans from traveling there en route to the U.S.
Central Americans escaping violence and poverty now make up the largest group of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally.
McCaul said he'd support Trump if he sought to overturn Obama administration immigration policies that were enacted by the executive branch.
For example, Trump could cancel Obama's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which has provided deportation protection and work permits to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
McCaul said he agrees with Trump's pledge to focus enforcement on illegal immigrants with criminal records, and that Congress should work with the president-elect to block federal funding from sanctuary cities that limit their interaction with federal immigration authorities.
'Fix Broken Bureaucracy'
The agency that Trump and Republicans will task with implementing their proposed reforms must be "fixed," McCaul said.
The Department of Homeland Security, established after the 9/11 attacks, is a sprawling agency with more than 240,000 employees who do everything from fighting terrorism to enforcing immigration laws.
On Wednesday, Trump nominated retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly to run the Homeland Security Department beginning next year, according to news reports.
If confirmed by the Senate, Kelly, among other things, would be tasked with restoring morale amongst employees in the agency who have lacked it.
"DHS plays a vital role in stopping bad people and bad things from getting into the U.S., and there have been improvements, but morale at the department is terrible and too often the mission has gotten drowned out by organizational infighting," McCaul said.
McCaul offered one policy proposal to reform an aspect of the department: He called for the revamping of the Transportation Security Administration so that airports can appoint screeners from private industry in addition to government employees.
Fighting a 'Silent War' in Cyberspace
To respond to a "watershed" era of cyberattacks from foreign actors, McCaul is promoting an aggressive U.S. government response.
"We cannot allow foreign governments to interfere in our democracy," McCaul said. "When they do, we must respond forcefully, publicly, and decisively. The United States should respond to cyberattacks in a way that will make our adversaries think twice about doing it again."
McCaul cited an October hacking attack that disrupted major U.S. websites, and the breech of Office of Personnel Management's database last year, a break-in that exposed the records of more than 22 million current and former federal employees. U.S. government officials have said they suspected the involvement of the Chinese government in the latter attack.
And this election season, the Obama administration accused Russia of hacking U.S. political organizations.
Broadly, McCaul said the U.S. government, as it has been, should work with state and local governments to protect their networks and share cyberthreat data.
He said his "highest priority" is to encourage the formation of a single agency within the Homeland Security Department to handle cybersecurity.
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Consuming and creating content on social media is a way of life for the Millennial generation. For Gucci, it is an opportunity to engage with a truly global community. Robert Triefus, Executive Vice President, Brand and Customer Engagement, explains how Gucci builds its following on social media platforms.
What are the guiding principles of Gucci's digital strategy?
Two things are fundamental to the way we develop the strategy and narrative that appear on our social media platforms – authenticity and inclusivity. They are at the heart of Alessandro Michele's philosophy, and the way he creates his collections. In social media terms, it means we see Gucci's platforms both as open doors to the outside world – allowing him to co-create with other people – and a reflection of what Millennials believe in. So the campaigns he creates, the way he brings his fashion shows to life, and the original content we shoot for our social media platforms, are all very coherent and essentially telling this same narrative. Alessandro's vision of fashion is really to allow individuals to express themselves. This is what our brand stands for today, and what drives our digital strategy.
Could you give some examples of that strategy in action?
#GucciGram, where Alessandro invited artists and illustrators to repurpose three of Gucci's iconic motifs on Instagram, and #24HourAce, where the brand handed over the reins of its Snapchat account to a series of different artists for a full 24 hours and asked them to shoot a creative and colorful mini-video centered around the Ace sneakers.
The #TFWGucci meme project, to launch of a new timepiece collection, brought together digital artists from around the world. These artistic connections can also develop well beyond a single campaign. For example, Alessandro's discovery on Instagram of Unskilled Worker – the moniker used by British artist Helen Downie – led to a collaboration around an exclusive capsule collection.
How successful has Gucci been in engaging with new generations on social media?
Gucci has emerged in research in recent months as one of the brands achieving the greatest engagement through its content, especially on Instagram thanks to its authentic and consistent narrative and also its collaborations.
Our greatest engagement is coming from our original creative content, often through collaboration – either in the form of a creative project, or through a friend of the House with a large personal following who appears in the content itself. For a luxury brand, it's also important to distribute that same narrative across all your different touchpoints, which not only include social media, but also your website, windows, packaging, campaigns, etc. In my view, that ability to connect all the dots in a coherent, cohesive way, is a really fundamental element in Gucci's success today.
What has been key to achieving that sense of coherence?
Clearly, it comes from having a sole creative director, delivering a unique vision across all the collections. That said, the task is not an easy one due to the sheer number of touchpoints. But it's important for our community to feel that wherever they are engaging with a brand, the message is coherent and it fits in with the narrative. If you are unable to do that, the brand becomes very disconnected. I think that is especially a challenge for brands with multiple creative directors or, for example, where their fragrance business is separated from their fashion activities. Our strength comes from the fact that we express one consistent narrative with one voice.
As for the content itself, how does Gucci drive that engagement?
Our content operates at multiple levels. You can look at a photo or illustration and simply enjoy the aesthetics at face value. However, if you want to dig down, our content has a deeper level. For example, the illustrations created for Gucci by digital artist Ignasi Monreal for our Spring Summer 2018 campaign are inspired by modern art and there is a story behind each image. If you read the narratives on our Instagram posts, there is an intellectual and cultural level to them. Overall, I would say there is a high degree of sophistication about our social media content that creates a stronger emotional engagement.
The Gucci Art Wall in New York by Ignasi Monreal – Courtesy of Krista Lindahl_Colossal Media
How does Gucci engage with the various social media networks?
The first point is that we are continuously generating content and tailoring it for different platforms – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, WeChat and Snapchat. The days of launching campaigns in line with two seasonal collections and the pre-collections are over. There is now a voracious appetite for our narrative, so the rhythm and cadence of content generation is rapid. As for the media, Instagram is probably our signature platform in terms of traction and engagement. We currently have 21 million followers and the visual nature of Instagram allows us to display our content, while the addition of Instagram Stories has given us a very powerful medium for bite-size video – which is extremely important today.
Finally, how does Gucci's social media strategy reach out to Chinese Millennials?
We have a dedicated team in China, creating and deploying our content on local social media platforms, the most important of which is WeChat. That said, the content is coming from and inspired by what Alessandro is creating at the center. So, because Chinese Millennials particularly enjoy elements such as emojis and animations, we are embedding more of those into our content – while maintaining the artistic foundation, which comes from Alessandro. For example, this Chinese New Year, we launched a campaign to mark the Year of the Dog with some innovative content in the form of two dog animojis, that respond to facial recognition – which had not been done before. China is clearly the world's biggest fashion market and we've had a website there for several years, and have just launched an e-commerce site. It is fundamentally important for us.
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Here Are Tom Cruise's Most Dangerous Stunts From the "Mission: Impossible" Movies
Cruise is known for nail-biting stuntwork as well as sprinting everywhere.
A screengrab from a video showing Tom Cruise skydiving down to a desert in Abu Dhabi as part of a stunt for Mission Impossible: Fallout. (Mission: Impossible/Twitter)
By Rebecca Gibian
Tom Cruise is known for being his own best stuntman, but that means he sometimes ends up injured in the process. For example, while filming a scene for Mission: Impossible 6, Cruise hurt his ankle when he had to jump between two buildings and production had to be halted. In honor of Mission: Impossible – Fallout coming out July 27, we look back on some of the riskiest stunts the superstar took on during filming the classic movies.
And you can keep seeing Cruise's ridiculous, and impressive stunts in action when Mission: Impossible — Fallout hits theaters on the 27th.
Hanging off the Side of a Plane In Mission: Impossible: – Rogue Nation
Tom Cruise hanging off a plane during a stunt for "Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation."
Cruise himself has described this stunt as "undoubtedly the most dangerous thing I've ever done." It kicks off the opening sequence of the fifth Mission: Impossible movie. According to director Christopher McQuarrie, the idea for the stunt started as a joke, but then they made it a reality. Besides the obvious danger factors of hanging directly off a plane as it takes off at full speed, the star said he was really worried about staying in the camera's shot.
Holding His Breath for Over Six Minutes in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Tom Cruise had to hold his breath for over six minutes while filming "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation."
Cruise learned how to hold his breath for six-and-a-half minutes for one scene. He and his co-star Rebecca Ferguson trained with professionals to learn how to hold their breath for long periods of time.
Scaling the World's Tallest Building in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Cruise scaled the world's tallest building for "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol."
During the series' fourth installment, Cruise hung off the world's tallest building: Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands at 2,722 feet. The film's stunt coordinator, Gregg Smrz, later told the New York Daily News that he thinks he "probably aged 10 years" while Cruise was hanging 1,700 feet in the air with a wire for support.
Almost getting stabbed in the eye for Mission: Impossible 2
Tom Cruise had a knife within a quarter inch of his eye for this fight scene with Dougray Scott for Mission: Impossible 2.
This stunt required a lot of trust between Cruise and Dougray Scott. In this epic fight scene in Mission: Impossible 2, Scott takes out a knife and stabs it within a quarter of an inch from Cruise's eye. Cruise wanted the scene to be as realistic as possible, which meant no stunt doubles. Everything was measured out and built to avoid disaster and the blade was connected to a cable to ensure it didn't reach Cruise's eye.
Flying a Helicopter — and Manning the Camera for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Tom Cruise is flying a helicopter and manning the camera in "Mission: Impossible – Fallout."
Not only did Cruise learn how to fly the helicopter on his own for this stunt, but he also manned the camera, all while playing Ethan Hunt. Special camera rigs were created to show that Cruise is flying the helicopter on his own. Thirteen helicopters were in the air at once, which actually made the stunt more dangerous. It went off without a hitch, luckily.
Jumping across buildings in London for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Cruise broke his ankle jumping from a platform to a building in "Mission: Impossible – Fallout."
Cruise got actually hurt on this one. He broke his ankle when he tried to run and jump from one platform onto another structure. He missed the mark and slammed into the building. They had to pause production while it healed.
Breaking into the CIA for Mission: Impossible
For "Mission: Impossible," Cruise had to break into the CIA.
For Mission: Impossible, Cruise had to break into the CIA wearing only a harness to stop him from falling to his death. He did most of it himself and had to stay in one position for the whole shoot.
Jumping out of a cargo plane and free-falling for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A screengrab from a video showing Tom Cruise skydiving down to a desert in Abu Dhabi as part of a stunt for Mission: Impossible – Fallout. (Mission: Impossible/Twitter)
Cruise jumped out of a military aircraft above the Abu Dhabi desert and fell almost 25,000 feet before his chute kicked in. Yup. It is called a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) Jump, and he was the first actor to do one on camera. You open the shoot under 20,000 feet, and the jump is most frequently used by the military to sneak into a country undetected. They had to develop a special helmet for Cruise's safety, and the crew did over 100 jumps to get the scene. He fell at 200 mph and needed to land three feet away from the camera while 20,000 feet above the ground.
Climbing a cliff for Mission: Impossible 2
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II (2000) (IMDb)
Cruise scaled Utah's Dead Horse Point with no safety net and wearing only harnesses (which were digitally removed in post-production. Cruise tore a muscle in his shoulder in the process of getting this scene shot.
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China provides USD 9 billion to debt ridden Pakistan to keep it afloat, will it make quick move to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka
China has offered a USD 9 billion bailout package to Pakistan and pledged more support for the cash-strapped nation, saying that it has done its "utmost" to stabilise the financial situation of its all-weather ally and will continue to do so.
All eyes are now on China as to how quickly it can move ahead on debt restructuring talks with the crisis hit Sri Lanka which is likely to miss the December deadline for securing a USD 2.9 billion bailout package from IMF. China and Sri Lanka are yet to come onboard for this.
In Sri Lanka fails to secure the IMF loan in December, it will have to wait for March 2023. As a pre-condition, Sri Lanka's creditors have to agree to a deal for debt restructuring.
India and Japan have already initiated a dialogue with Colombo on debt reconciliation and restructuring but talks with China got delayed due to Beijing's single-point focus on the ruling Communist Party's 20th party congress in October where President Xi Jinping was reappointed as top leader for the norm-breaking third time.
According to official data, Sri Lanka – USD 84.5 billion economy – has foreign debt of USD 35 billion in total which includes bilateral, multilateral, and commercial loans as of June 30, this year.
Sri Lanka's outstanding debt to China, its top lender since the end of a 26-year civil war, is nearly USD 7 billion or nearly 20 percent of the total outstanding foreign debt. China accounts for 43 percent of the total bilateral loans, the data showed.
China's move has drawn huge attention, as last week, during Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to Beijing, the Chinese leadership promised to roll over USD 4 billion in sovereign loans, refinance USD 3.3 billion commercial bank loans and increase currency swap by about USD 1.45 billion.
Quoting Xi Jinping, Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday that the Chinese President in his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister in Beijing on November 3 had assured him, "don't worry, we will not let you down".
However, Sri Lanka is yet to receive any concrete assurance from Chinese leadership despite repeated requests to Beijing several times even before it defaulted on its foreign debt in April this year because it ran out of foreign currency reserves.
Sri Lanka's finance minister Shehan Semasinghe said in a media interview on Tuesday that he was conveyed Beijing's readiness to aid the crisis-hit nation during his meeting with Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong.
However, no other details have emerged about any substantial financial assistance to Sri Lanka similar to what China has given to Pakistan.
It is also not clear whether the debt restructuring talks resumed with China which were stalled till October due to China's pre-occupation with the party congress. Sri Lanka has been asking China for financial assistance and debt roll-over since the beginning of this year but got only a small aid.
According to media reports, Sri Lanka government officials said last week that the timing of the IMF loan disbursement will be mainly depending on China's decision on its bilateral and commercial debt restructuring modalities.
Last week, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said: "Now, If we can move and come to an agreement by December, which means coming to an agreement by mid-November, and going up to the IMF Board in mid-December, we will gain a big advantage.
However, I don't know whether we can do it for the simple reason that in China the focus has started now after the party conference. However, we must aim to have it by January."
The big ticket infra projects undertaken by Sri Lanka with Chinese assistance have played a role in pushing the Island nation deep into an economic crisis with no signs of recovery at least in the next five years as there are no revenue coming from them.
Entire South Asian region including countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal are facing financial troubles including dwindling forex reserves. India has been helping friendly countries especially Sri Lanka going out of its way to keep it afloat.
China, however, doled out huge debts under its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) without properly assessing project viability in order to increase its influence in the region.
Despite India's consistent opposition to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which violates India's sovereignty, China pumped in money into it, later to face terrorist attacks and local opposition.
Experts say, dismal state of CPEC projects and Sri Lanka's default has put China's BRI under scrutiny which is crumbling under corruption and 'white elephant' projects.
Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday last said that Islamabad would be getting about USD 9 billion from China and USD 4 billion from Saudi as the government tries to steady the nation's weak economy as part of arrangements for about $35bn putouts against debt and liabilities during the current fiscal year.
According to Pakistani media reports, IMF had estimated total external financing needs at about $33-34bn, but this did not include the requirements of flood damages.
Pakistan owes international debt of around USD 10.7 billion from wealthy western nations under Paris Club. The Paris Club is a group of officials from major creditor nations whose role is to find coordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan's total non-Paris Club bilateral debt currently stands at about USD 27 billion, of which Chinese debt is about USD 23 billion.
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