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Oil Prices Rise, OPEC+ Faces Decision
by Nick Cunningham | February 23, 2021
Oil prices have jumped to 13-month highs, with WTI rising above $61 per barrel and Brent solidly in the mid-$60s. Rising demand and progress on global vaccination efforts continue to bolster optimism, while supply growth remains subdued.
The tightening market provides OPEC+ with an opportunity to unwind the extraordinary production cuts put in place last year, and a wounded U.S. shale industry means there is less of a risk of a supply-induced downturn going forward.
Oil market tightens, analysts hike price forecasts
Brent hit $65 per barrel on February 23, a price last reached in early 2020. The rally comes as several investment banks issued bullish forecasts for crude over the coming months.
The rise in prices over the past two months is the result of "better than expected demand and still depressed supply once again creating a larger deficit than even we expected in January and February, with timespreads strengthening," Goldman Sachs wrote in a note to clients on February 21. The bank's analysts added that the deficit will continue to widen into the spring due to lag in production increases from OPEC+ at a time when demand ratchets higher.
Putting it all together, oil prices "will rally sooner and higher," the investment bank said.
The market deficit puts OECD inventories, which ballooned last year to historic heights, on track for normalization by summer, Goldman said. Putting it all together, oil prices "will rally sooner and higher," the investment bank said. Goldman forecasts Brent averaging $70 per barrel in the second quarter and $75 per barrel in the third, both $10 higher than a previous forecast. Oil traders with Socar Trading SA said that oil could hit $80 by the summer.
Morgan Stanley raised its pricing forecast for Brent to $70 for the third quarter. "New COVID-19 cases are falling fast globally, mobility statistics are bottoming out and are starting to improve, and in non-OECD countries, refineries are already running as hard as before COVID-19," Morgan Stanley said in a note.
Meanwhile, the Texas energy crisis may sideline 2 to 4 million barrels per day (Mb/d) for a few weeks, taking a chunk out of global supply, at least temporarily. The impact was offset by outages at several major Texas refineries.
The flurry of bullish price forecasts may itself have played a part in juicing prices. Oil surged on February 22 after major investments banks issued their reports.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch largely agreed with the optimistic outlook for prices, and the bank hiked its forecast as well. However, it noted that there are some downside risks, including the potential return of some 2 Mb/d. Meanwhile, the OPEC+ cuts of 9.7 Mb/d (less than that currently) helped tighten the market and drain inventories, but the coordinated cuts also simply shifted that production into spare capacity. While not actively producing, that capacity will need to come back online.
Should OPEC+ increase production?
Indeed, the tightening of the oil market gives OPEC+ a lot of runway to unwind the cuts. The group is expected to make a highly-anticipated decision in early March on what to do next. The tentative plan is to add another 0.5-Mb/d increment of supply back on to the market, but the recent price gains could spark a more significant change in policy.
The tightening of the oil market gives OPEC+ a lot of runway to unwind the cuts.
However, Saudi Arabia and Russia, the coalition's most powerful producers and de facto decisionmakers, are not necessarily on the same page. Saudi Arabia has suggested that it would unwind its voluntary 1 Mb/d of additional cuts announced earlier this year, but Riyadh is otherwise in favor of not adding too much supply back onto the market over fears of sending oil prices back down. Russia, on the other hand, is much more eager to increase production.
While Russian energy minister said in mid-February that the "market is balanced," his Saudi counterpart warned against declaring victory "too early." Russia's view is to use the market tightness to add supply and regain market share; Riyadh would seemingly prefer to stay the course and let prices rise.
OPEC+ faces some risks either way regardless of what it decides, but the lack of expected growth from U.S. shale grants OPEC+ a degree of flexibility. OPEC lowered its forecast for U.S. shale recently, estimating the sector declines by 140,000 barrels per day in 2021. Indeed, a long line of shale executives told investors and analysts on fourth quarter earnings calls that they would not return to aggressive drilling, even with higher oil prices. Having burned too much cash and too many bridges, there is a ton of pressure on shale E&Ps from investors to show restraint after a decade-long debt-fueled drilling boom.
Nevertheless, because of the enormous spare capacity sitting on the sidelines, OPEC+ will need to maintain market management "beyond April 2022," according to Bank of America, the month at which the deal is scheduled to phase out. "[G]lobal mobility remains constrained, inventories are still high, and OPEC+ sits on nearly 10mn b/d of spare capacity," Bank of America said on Tuesday. "These headwinds will not disappear overnight."
OPEC's Relevance Grows Despite Shale
EIA's Projections a Wake-Up Call Against Complacency

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As a child of the 90s, and the token Millennial here at The Connect Group, I can appreciate the recent uproar that has been surrounding Pokémon Go. Pokémon Go, a mobile game that has already surpassed Tinder in daily active users, and is on the heels of popular apps like SnapChat and Google Maps, uses augmented reality to take over actual reality. Not only has Pokémon Go taken over the gaming world, but it has also had major effects on restaurants and small business all around the world by allowing them to gain revenue and draw in customers through Pokémon Go incentives.
First, I should explain how this game works. The main, and really only point of Pokémon Go, is to "Catch 'Em All." All over the world there are "PokéStops" placed at different landmarks, which allow people to not only collect important items in the game, but also collect rare Pokémon. People travel far and wide to find these stops in hopes of catching as many Pokémon as possible. Another essential part of the game is using "lures." Lures attract wild Pokémon to PokéStops, and simultaneously seem to be attracting customers to restaurants. Restaurant owners all over have been spending real money to purchase lures in hopes that they will incentivize Pokémon Go players to come in, catch Pokémon, and ultimately sit down to eat at their restaurant, café, or bar.
According the New York Post, a New York pizzeria called L'inizio Pizza Bar saw sales sky rocket 75 percent after the GM spent just $10 to have a dozen Pokémon lured to the location. And, L'inizio isn't the only restaurant reporting this kind of sales increase after jumping on the Pokémon Go train. It may seem a little ridiculous that businesses would spend real money to attract fake Pokémon, but those who have decided to embrace the trend are not regretting it.
Because of its innovative use of augmented reality, Pokémon Go is not a movement I see dying down anytime soon so rather than getting frustrated with the hundreds of obsessed players who are glued to their phones trying to catch 'em all, restaurants and small business might as well embrace the little monsters, start thinking creatively and come up with the best ways to take advantage of this latest craze and stay ahead of the game.


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Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud (, born 1977) is a member of the Saudi royal family and a convicted murderer. He is a grandson of King Saud.

Murder and trial
In February 2010, he was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering his servant Bandar Abdulaziz in their suite at the Landmark Hotel in London. During the trial, it was alleged that the prince had received a "sexual massage" before the murder, and that he and Abdulaziz had been in a homosexual relationship.  It was also alleged that the murder was a culmination of an extremely abusive "Master-Slave" relationship. The prince maintained that he and his victim were "friends and equals" ,and denied an alleged homosexual relationship between the two.

However, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw stated that the evidence found - including photographs stored on a mobile phone and traces of semen on the victim's underwear - "establishes quite conclusively that (Al Saud) was either gay or had homosexual inclinations. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw also said the prince had abused his aide in the past, showing jurors a video shot in the Landmark's elevator which appears to show the shaven-headed prince, dressed in white, throwing his 32-year-old servant around and battering him.

On October 20, 2010, Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud was sentenced to life imprisonment and was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years for strangling and beating Bandar Abdulaziz to death. In March, 2013 he was allowed to return to Saudi Arabia to serve the remainder of his term in a Saudi prison. According to the agreement between the U.K. and Saudi Arabia, he must serve at least 20 years before he can be released.

Family

Saud's maternal grandfather was Saud of Saudi Arabia, who was the brother of King Abdullah who was the king at the time when Saud was convicted and sentenced by a court in the UK. Both of Saud's parents belong to the Saudi royal family. They are first cousins to each other, being the children of two half-brothers, both of whom were the sons of King Abdulaziz, the founder of the modern Saudi state. Saud's father is Abdulaziz bin Nasser, the son of Nasser bin Abdulaziz, himself the son of King Abdulaziz. Saud's mother, Fayza, is the daughter of Saud of Saudi Arabia, himself a son of King Abdulaziz.

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This year's ninth annual Iowa DTV Symposium, sponsored by Iowa Public Television, was our most successful yet, with over 400 people from all over the country attending. The growth was attributed to a couple of elements.
Video today, multiple data streams tomorrow
JOHNSTON, IOWA: This year's ninth annual Iowa DTV Symposium, sponsored by Iowa Public Television, was our most successful yet, with over 400 people from all over the country attending. The growth was attributed to a couple of elements.
First, the focus of the program, on both the technical and content sides, is practical implementation of DTV technologies in the real world. Second, we look at the entire DTV process from creation to consumer, recognizing that the entire system has to be properly implemented. Failure to do so in any area can result in the content not reaching consumers, at a time when consumers seem to be embracing DTV.
As of July, the Consumer Electronics Association predicted that 2003 factory-to-dealer sales of DTV products would exceed that of analog products by roughly $400 million. This would mark the first time that DTV sales have exceeded analog. Even though it's not yet an HD resource, DVDs were the original driving force behind DTV display purchases. Now, however, satellite and cable, which collectively serve between 70 and 80 percent of U.S. homes, are beginning to offer true HDTV content. The big attractions under the tent here are sporting events and feature films.
Yet one trend that continues is consumer frustration over the complexity of hardware and confusion in the DTV alphabet soup. HDTV, EDTV, SDTV, 1080i, 720p, 480i, and on and on it goes. Will cable carry HD content originating from local stations? Will the local stations ever produce their own HD content at all? What about satellite?
There is a huge educational void between the consumer and the suppliers regarding all of this, and the point of contact is most likely a relatively untrained consumer product sales rep on the floor of a large retail store, who, by the way, will probably not be at that job for more than a year before moving on. Most of those stores sell DBS hardware and services as well as DTV hardware, so it's in their best interest to have a DBS system installed at the store for demonstrations.
Many don't have a terrestrial antenna installed since very few of their customers are interested or willing to install an outdoor antenna.
Even if they do, the lion's share of the customers are in the stores during the daytime when most broadcast stations are not running HD content, and upconverted analog looks pretty poor when compared to digital SD or true HD. So consumers' exposure to terrestrial HDTV can be pretty limited.
RECON MAN
About once a quarter, I go out to a few of the local super stores, play consumer and ask about DTV. I started doing this more than five years ago and a lot has changed in that time. There is a marked increase in the familiarity and accuracy of the information coming from the store sales reps regarding the basic concepts of DTV. With the advent of satellite-delivered HD content, there are some sales people who can discern the improvement between HD and DVD content.
The gap is most pronounced between the cable and local television station connection, and that's frequently the deal killer for the consumer.
Hardware prices will drop based on volume, just like with DVD players. True HD displays are available and according to information presented by the CEA at the November SMPTE conference, the average price is near $1,400. At the Iowa DTV Symposium, Maryann Baldwin from Magid Research presented data that indicated the consumer buying point is about $882 Although there is still a gap, it is narrowing rapidly.
So where does this leave terrestrial broadcasters? The landscape is changing rapidly with the introduction of HD content from satellite, cable and very soon from affordable DVDs. The special edition of "Terminator 2" includes a second DVD with a Windows Media 9 compressed HD version of the movie. In the not too distant future, the FCC and/or Congress will have to act to resolve cable carriage, and the best minds seem to indicate that there will be a must-carry provision of some sort, but it will probably be for a station's primary stream only. The strategy that I have suggested is that we initiate full-time HD and use all of our bandwidth for our primary stream. The multicast and datacast applications are interesting ideas and there will eventually be business plans to support them, but only if there is cable bandwidth to carry them.
Think of it as a homestead plan to acquire the real estate with the idea that eventually you'll be able to modify the structure to meet later needs.
In his keynote address at the Iowa DTV symposium, NAB's lead lobbyist, John Orlando, spoke about the need to have cable as a serious partner in the DTV transition. The recent agreement between the parties concerned regarding the plug-and-play capability of DTV sets was a good start. However, cable continues to remain inflexible regarding carriage of the DTV signal. It is critical that cable carry both the analog and digital signals. According to Orlando, after the transition, cable must carry the full bandwidth of the DTV stations.
"All free bits must flow!" he said. To listen to Orlando's complete keynote address or to see and hear any of the session material, it can all be found at http://www.iptv.org/dtv/2003/.
Sizing Up the Transition
Iowa DTV Symposium looks to the positive
DTV: It Is Better To Receive
In this month's Journal I wanted to share some observations I have made over the last few years regarding DTV receivers.
Before the Parade Passes By -- in HD
Iowa public broadcasters continue tradition of HD coverage of state fair
The Evolution of DTV Encoding
Today's broadcasters demand flexibility, efficiency and scalability
DTV Antenna Dilemmas
A significant part of planning any project is to look for methods to maximize the purchasing power of the capital investment. When reviewing our transmission facilities at Iowa Public TV, we saw that there would be considerable benefit in purchasing DTV transmitters from the same manufacturer.
Taking It to the Iowa State Fair
Over the last few months, Iowa Public Television has had opportunities to promote our DTV conversion in a number of venues to different audiences. Along the way we have had some successes and some less-than-successful outings. Through it all I have had a song stuck in my head. Because I went to High School and college in the '70s and have worked in broadcasting since high school, music has been one of the ways I mark milestones in my career. The last few months I have been dwelling on the old Doobie Brothers classic "Taking It to the Streets."
DTV Testing and Building Blues
This month I would like to start with the initial power on tests of IPTV's first solid-state DTV transmitter for facility KRIN in the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa, market.
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Roberto Piazza, connu sous son nom de scène Little Bob, aussi surnommé « Libero » (prénom de son père), né le  à Alexandrie, fils d'un ouvrier et petit fils d'un anarchiste du nord de l'Italie en pleine époque mussolinienne. Bob arrive au Havre en 1958 à l'âge de 13 ans et y réside depuis.

Chanteur, il débute dans le groupe les Apaches. Il se fait connaître au sein du groupe de Little Bob Story, un groupe de rock français très inspiré du blues, du rhythm and blues et du rock anglais des années 1960, composé de musiciens venus d'horizons différents (rock, blues et jazz) selon les périodes qui s'étalent de sa fondation en 1974 à 1989.

Entre 1989 et 2012, le chanteur se produit sous le nom Little Bob.

Depuis 2012, son groupe se nomme Little Bob Blues Bastards.

Historique

La formation de Little Bob Story se composait initialement, en 1974 de :
 Roberto Piazza dit Little Bob : chant
 Guy-Georges Gremy : guitare
 « Barbe Noire » : basse
 Mino Quertier : batterie

Le premier single, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, sort en 1975, et le premier album, High Time, sort en 1976.

Très vite, Little Bob Story rencontre un beau succès au Royaume-Uni, alors en pleine explosion punk. Il participe aux deux éditions du Festival punk de Mont-de-Marsan en 1976 et 1977, avec notamment Bijou et The Damned.

Roberto Piazza a enregistré vingt-cinq albums, d'abord avec le groupe Little Bob Story, puis sous son nom de scène : Little Bob, puis avec le groupe Little Bob Blues Bastards.

Les amitiés outre-Manche conduisent Lemmy de Motörhead à faire une apparition sur l'album Ringolevio (Little Bob Story, 1987).

En 2012, Roberto Piazza monte un nouveau groupe, Little Bob Blues Bastards, qui se produit lors d'une nouvelle tournée et sort rapidement un premier album, Break Down The Walls. Trois albums suivent : Howlin''' (2015), New Day Coming (2018) et We Need Hope (2021).

Les rééditions des deux premiers albums, High Time et Living in the Fast Lane, en CD et vinyle, sortent en  chez Aztec/Pias. La réédition en CD de l'album Off The Rails sur le label anglais ACE Records sort en  avec six titres inédits live enregistrés à Londres en 1978. Une série de concerts pour le  anniversaire de scène de Little Bob se déroule de fin 2015 à 2016.

Il joue avec ses Blues Bastards à l'Hôtel Matignon le 21 juin 2017, convié par le Ministère de la Culture.

En 2018, le groupe enregistre au studio de la Ferme à Thoiré-sous-Contensor le troisième album de Little Bob Blues Bastards, qui sort en  : New day coming.

Myriam Piazza, dite Mimie, s'éteint le . Roberto et Mimie s'étaient rencontrés le  et s'étaient mariés le . Mimie était très impliquée dans de nombreux aspects du travail de Little Bob. Ce dernier avait écrit de nombreuses chansons pour elle, notamment The Bull and the Rose sur l'album Lost Territories de 1991, et I Know You Can't Come Back sur l'album We Need Hope de 2021.

 Discographie
 Albums studio

Avec Little Bob Story :

 1976 : High Time 1977 : Living in the Fast Lane 1977 : Little Bob Story (compilation)
 1977 : Off the Rails 1978 : Come See Me 1980 : Light Of My Town 1982 : Vacant Heart 1984 : Too Young to Love Me 1986 : Cover Générale (maxi 45t et single)
 1987 : RingolevioSous le nom Little Bob :

 1989 : Rendez-Vous in Angel city 1993 : Lost Territories 1997 : Blue Stories 1999 : One Story Volume 1 (titres inédits des années 1976 à 1998 : titres rares, en public, démo... )
 2000 : One Story Volume 2 (titres inédits des années 1975 à 1999 : titres rares, en public, démo... )
 2002 : Libero 2005 : The Gift 2009 : Time to BlastAvec le groupe Little Bob Blues Bastards :

 2013 : Break Down the Walls 2015 : Howlin 2018 : New Day Coming 2021 : We Need Hope Enregistrements en public

Avec Little Bob Story :

 1979 : Live in London   (l'album vinyle original offrait en bonus un 45 tours du même concert, qui est inclus maintenant dans le CD)
 1984 : Wanderers... Followers... Lovers... (réédité en 1992 avec deux titres en bonus, auxquels participe Southside Johnny)
 1991 : Alive or Nothing

Sous le nom Little Bob :

 2003 : Rock on Riff on Roll on Move on, Live 2003 (2 CD)
 2007 : Live in the Dockland, concert aux Docks Océane, Le Havre, le  (inclus un DVD du concert, avec quelques titres différents)

Compilations
 2011 : Wild & Deep - Best of 1989-2009

Participations
 1986 : La différence (Mama Béa)
 1999 : Tribute to Lee Brilleaux
 2000 : Blues Against Racism
 2002 : Roots and New 2002
 2002 : A South Louisiana Soul Sensation

Little Bob dans la culture populaire

L'écrivain Jean-Bernard Pouy fait plusieurs clins d'œil à Little Bob, comme dans son roman de 1987 L'homme à l'oreille croquée : « Je me suis levé. J'ai été regarder machinalement qu'est ce que c'était ce rock qui passait pour la troisième fois. Too Young to Love Me, Little Bob Story. Ah oui un groupe du Havre. Son chanteur, c'est Marguerite Duras avec un cuir et des lunettes noires. »

En 2011, Roberto Piazza joue son propre rôle dans le film Le Havre d'Aki Kaurismäki, en compétition au Festival de Cannes 2011.

En  sort un livre de Jean-Noël Levavasseur comprenant 24 nouvelles de 24 auteurs dont chacune est inspirée par les titres des 24 albums de Little Bob : Stories of Little Bob Story. Histoires pour Roberto aux éditions Krakoen.

DVD
 2015 : Rockin' Class Hero, documentaire sur Little Bob (52 min), par Gilbert Carsoux et Laurent Jézéquel. Distribution Zaradoc Films.

Bibliographie

 Little Bob et Christian Eudeline, La Story, Éditions Denoël, coll. « X-treme », 2010 , 251 p.
 Stories of Little Bob, histoires pour Roberto (nouvelles). 24 auteurs rendent hommage à Little Bob, dont Jean-Bernard Pouy, Frédéric Prilleux, Jean-Noël Levavasseur, Jean-Luc Manet, Stéphane Le Carre, Stéphane Pajot, Sylvie Rouch, Serguei Dounovtez... Éditions Krakoën, .
Contribution au livre Le Havre 500 ans d'anecdotes... de Sophie Guillaume-Petit, 2016.
Little Bob, stories, histoires pour Roberto. recueil de nouvelles écrites par 29 autrices et auteurs de polar aux Éditions Goater, 2021.

Références

Annexes

Article connexe
 Little Bob Story

Liens externes

 Vidéo interview de Little Bob — septembre 2007
 Vidéo interview de Little Bob — octobre 2009
 Interview pour l'émission Blues de radio RDL Colmar
 Vidéo interview de Little Bob — juillet 2011

Little Bob Story
Nom de scène
Naissance en mai 1945
Naissance à Alexandrie (Italie)
Chanteur de blues
Chanteur français de rock
Musique au Havre


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19th CPC Central Committee concludes fourth plenary session
The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded its fourth plenary session in Beijing on Thursday with the release of a communique
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/254/236/162/1572529382176.html?newsId=111158
China anniversary: Beijing celebrations mark 70 years of Communist rule
China has celebrated 70 years of Communist party rule and its rise to global superpower status with a military parade showcasing the country's technology, and a promise from President Xi Jinping that "no force can shake the status of this great nation"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/china-celebrates-70-years-military-parade-xi-jinping-hong-kong
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49808078
https://www.euronews.com/2019/10/01/china-s-national-day-military-parade-marks-70th-anniversary-of-communist-state
China rises but 30 years after Tiananmen, crackdown remains taboo
Beijing has not apologised or revealed death toll, but calls for accountability increase as its global profile grows
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/china-rises-30-years-tiananmen-crackdown-remains-taboo-190603075028075.html
Tiananmen Square: China minister defends 1989 crackdown
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday, called the seven weeks of protests by students and workers demanding democratic changes and the eradication of corruption in 1989, political "turbulence"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/china-defends-bloody-crackdown-tiananmen-protests-190602083719934.html
Xi Jinping urges China's young people to be patriotic and loyal ahead of 100th anniversary of May Fourth Movement
Fresh from a week of intensive diplomacy, President Xi Jinping turned his attention on Tuesday (April 30) to public relations of another kind – galvanising China's young people
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-praises-a-student-protest-in-china-that-took-place-100-years-ago
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-30/xi-jinping-100-years-since-student-protests-in-china/11059206
Beijing's "seventh generation" of leaders emerges onto stage
This includes officials born in the 1970s. One of them will be responsible for taking over the reigns from Xi Jinping. The leader can remain party secretary until 2032 and president until 2033. Ten officials seem to have an advantage in running for top party positions. Xi's first requirement for future leaders is "political morality"
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing%27s-%22seventh-generation%22-of-leaders-emerges-onto-stage-46812.html
Who rules China? Representation on the NPC and Central Committee
March Madness for China watchers is the 'Two Sessions': the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the national committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Yet, from scripted press conferences to rubber stamp approvals, these institutions are often dismissed as political pageantry of little significance. Recent scholarship suggests otherwise
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/04/13/who-rules-china-representation-on-the-npc-and-central-committee/
China wants to make the Communist Party 'cool' again with digital propaganda, but is it working?
Mr Xi has told media organisations to prioritise delivering news to mobile platforms like the hugely popular WeChat mobile app, which also allows independent users to set up news accounts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-02/china-wants-to-make-the-communist-party-cool-again/10828154?section=world
China has no use for democracy. It needs a strong leader like Xi Jinping right now: Chi Wang
Chi Wang says China has no ideological basis for the development of a system that prizes personal freedom, nor any history with the rule of law
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2185438/china-has-no-use-democracy-it-needs-strong
The Patriarchy Strikes Back in China
Attempts to crush feminists and labor activists linking up show what the Communist Party fears most
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/15/the-patriarchy-strikes-back-in-china/
China's Xi Jinping begins his most important year at his weakest point
China's economy has faltered in the face of US President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war, and tensions with Washington have spread to political and military issues
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/05/asia/xi-jinping-2019-year-intl/index.html
China under Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is widely viewed as the strongest leader China has had since Deng Xiaoping or Mao Zedong. But six years into his perhaps indefinite tenure, what has Xi actually accomplished? And where might China be headed under his rule?
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/11/19/china-under-xi-jinping/
China opens world's longest sea bridge from Hong Kong to mainland
Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a ceremony in Zhuhai to open the 55-kilometre-long bridge, which links the city to the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-23/china-worlds-longest-sea-bridge-hong-kong-macau/10420468
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/132/91/58/1540257442385.html?newsId=51455
Interpol chief Meng Hongwei under investigation for bribery, China says
Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei is under investigation for suspected bribery, China's Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website on Monday (Oct 8)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/08/china-accuses-detained-interpol-chief-meng-hongwei-of-bribery
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/08/china-claims-detained-former-interpol-chief-accepted-bribes/
Interpol chief Meng Hongwei goes missing on China visit
Police in France have opened an investigation into the whereabouts of the president of Interpol after his wife reported that he had gone missing after travelling home to his native China
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/interpol-chief-meng-hongwei-missing-china-visit-181005142103765.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2167213/french-police-launch-hunt-missing-chinese-head-interpol-meng
https://www.foxnews.com/world/missing-interpol-president-deeply-rooted-in-chinas-security
After Communist Party summer retreat, Xi Jinping is sticking to his policies
President has held at least four high-level meetings since the Beidaihe session wrapped up, but analysts say there are no signs of any big changes
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2161908/after-communist-party-summer-retreat-xi-jinping
The Chinese Communist Party has 89.6m members
The Communist Party of China (CPC) had 89.56 million members with 4.57 million primary-level Party organizations at the end of 2017, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced Saturday
Bibles pulled from China's online bookstores as Beijing releases white paper on religious policy
Bibles have reportedly been pulled from sale through online bookstores across China, sparking confusion and outrage from frustrated Chinese-Christians on social media amid a tenuous split between the Vatican and Beijing
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-04/bibles-allegedly-pulled-from-chinas-online-book-stores/9616560?section=world
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/04/china-cracks-sale-bible-amid-vatican-talks/
China's new cabinet members endorsed
13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held the seventh plenary meeting of its first session Monday morning and endorsed the new lineup of the State Council.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/npc-2018-whos-who-in-chinas-cabinet
China's parliament gives Premier Li second term
China's parliament gave Premier Li Keqiang a second five-year term on Sunday (Mar 18), but he faces a tenure deeper in the shadow of the country's powerful leader Xi Jinping
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-parliament-gives-premier-li-second-term-10053894
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/76/175/135/1521366927159.html
Xi Jinping gets second term, with ally Wang Qishan as vice-president
China's legislature formally endorsed Xi Jinping's second five-year presidential term on Saturday, and voted in Wang Qishan as the country's new vice-president
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137615/wang-qishan-chinas-new-vice-president-after
http://www.france24.com/en/20180317-china-xi-jinping-reappointed-second-term-president
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43440877
New vice-chairpersons of 13th CPPCC National Committee
A total of 24 people were elected vice-chairpersons of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at a plenary meeting of its first session on Wednesday
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/171/57/30/1521108753889.html
Wang Yang elected chairman of China's top political advisory body
Wang Yang was elected chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, Wednesday afternoon
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/28/235/75/1521018096117.html
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2137217/wang-yang-down-earth-liberal-taking-chinas-top-advisory
China's Congress votes to abolish presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely
China's Congress has passed a constitutional amendment that removes presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely and confirming his status as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong died more than 40 years ago
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-11/china-abolishes-presidential-term-limits/9537166?section=world
http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/11/china-s-parliament-lifts-time-limit-on-presidency
7 things you need to know about lifting term limits for Xi Jinping
At this point, there are more questions than answers about what this means for China, and for other countries. I will pose some of the major questions below and offer best guesses on the answers
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/02/27/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-lifting-term-limits-for-xi-jinping/
Chinese Communist Party proposes removal of two-term limit for president
China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely, with a proposal to remove a constitutional clause limiting presidential service to just two terms in office
https://www.trtworld.com/asia/china-proposes-removal-of-two-term-limit-for-president-15476
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/25/xi-jinping-to-cement-his-power-with-plan-scrap-two-term-limit-china
Ma Zhaoxu: China's next man at the UN
Former foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu will become China's ambassador to the United Nations headquarters in New York, one of the country's most prestigious overseas posts, according to diplomatic sources
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2018/01/672_242839.html
'The Chinese Dream' and Xi Jinping's power politics in 2017
China's leader Xi Jinping ends 2017 in an unassailable position of power, having consolidated his grip over the Communist Party and state. Xi's ultimate goal is to transform China into a global superpower
http://www.dw.com/en/the-chinese-dream-and-xi-jinpings-power-politics-in-2017/a-41941966
China's new military leaders
The new CMC membership is stacked with Xi's favoured generals. While the two CMC deputies — Xu Qiliang and Zhang Youxia — share a long history with Xi, the remaining members either served in the former Nanjing Military Region, which encompassed Xi's former Fujian and Zhejiang strongholds, or have been groomed for higher office since Xi assumed the CMC leadership
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/11/22/chinas-new-military-leaders/
Xi ally Li Qiang named Shanghai party boss — Xinhua
Li Qiang, an ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has been named the top Communist Party official in Shanghai, replacing Han Zheng who last week joined the elite Politburo Standing Committee, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Sunday
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/china/xi-ally-li-qiang-named-shanghai-party-boss-xinhua-1.2114840
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-leadership-changes-who-is-li-qiang-new-party-chief-of-shanghai
China congress: No heir apparent as Xi reveals top leadership
China has revealed its new senior leadership committee, breaking with tradition by not including a clear successor to President Xi Jinping (see the full list of new leaders)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/meet-president-xi-jinping-new-leadership-team/9086372?section=world
http://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/101/76/75/1508905872099.html
http://www.ecns.cn/2017/10-25/278369.shtml
What China's elevation of President Xi Jinping to the Communist pantheon means for the superpower's future
China's Communist Party votes to enshrine President Xi Jinping's ideology in its constitution, making him the country's most powerful leader since chairman Mao Zedong
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-communist-party-constitutional-amendment-ideology-enshrined-superpowers-future-mao-a8017111.html
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2017-10-24/xi-jinping-becomes-most-powerful-chinese-leader-since-mao-has-name-added-to-constitution/1711526
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-communist-party-boosts-xi-jinpings-status/av-41092174
One-man rule? China's Xi Jinping consolidates grip on power
Xi is already China's most powerful leader in decades, but could he use the world's biggest political party and its 89 million members to cement that grip and stay in power beyond the customary two terms? And to what end? A 42mn video debate
http://www.france24.com/en/20171018-debate-china-one-man-rule
Xi Jinping delivers report to CPC 19th congress, stressing socialism with Chinese characteristics in new era
Xi Jinping called on all members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to "secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and strive for the great success of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2115858/key-points-xis-speech-chinas-communist-party-congress
http://live.china.org.cn/2017/10/17/opening-ceremony-of-the-19th-cpc-national-congress/
Communist Party expels former high-flyer Sun Zhengcai in countdown to key congress
Former political star Sun Zhengcai has been expelled from China's Communist Party and will face prosecution, state media reported on Friday – two months after his shock downfall and just weeks before a key five-yearly leadership reshuffle
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2113438/chinas-communist-party-expels-former-political-high
http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/china/9/20170929/33348.html
What is Xi Jinping thought?
At the next Congress, Xi Jinping's thinking will be included in the party's constitution, just like Mao Zedong's was. But this thought seems only to be made of rhetoric, nationalism, and an emphasis on China's greatness. Xi's much-vaunted contribution to Chinese-style communism tends to stop reforms to maintain power in the hands of the party and his own
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/What-is-Xi-Jinping-thought-41877.html
Xi loyalists grab the reins of pivotal projects
Chinese President Xi Jinping is giving close allies full control over two signature projects that promise to help him achieve total political supremacy: the Belt and Road Initiative and the remodeling of Beijing
https://asia.nikkei.com/Features/China-up-close/Xi-loyalists-grab-the-reins-of-pivotal-projects?page=1
What to expect from Xi Jinping's Communist Party congress power play
When Xi Jinping took the helm of China's ruling Communist Party in late 2012 he had few trusted allies by his side or loyal aides at his command
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104492/how-chinas-leader-building-team-communist-party
China marks army's 90th anniversary in huge military parade
President Xi Jinping has overseen a large-scale military parade in a show of force to mark the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. Xi urged the army to "unswervingly stick to" the Communist Party
https://www.scmp.com/video/china/2104637/xi-jinping-oversees-parade-celebrate-plas-90th-anniversary
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/07/china-marks-armys-90th-anniversary-huge-military-parade-170730110920587.html
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-xi-wants-world-class-army-to-beat-all-enemies/a-39890302
Chinese Communist Party threatens to punish members if they are religious
The party remains concerned about the enduring issue. "Party members should be firm Marxist atheists, obey Party rules and stick to the Party's faith," one official writes. They should not be "allowed to seek value and belief in religion"
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Communist-Party-threatens-to-punish-members-if-they-are-religious-41348.html
China passes tough new national intelligence law
China's legislature passed a new national intelligence law on Tuesday (June 27) after an unusually brief round of discussions, granting authorities new powers to monitor suspects, raid premises, seize vehicles and devices and operate overseas
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-passes-tough-new-national-intelligence-law
Beijing offers chinese spy-hunters cash rewards for amateur counter-espionage
China's Ministry of State Security pledged to pay Chinese citizens 500,000 yuan (about 72,000 dollars) for providing the authorities with any information on espionage activities in the country
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201704101052495103-china-security-intelligence-foreign-spies-reward/
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2086308/whistle-blowers-wanted-beijingers-urged-report-foreign
New Party chiefs named in 4 Chinese provinces
The central leadership has named new Party chiefs in four provinces in the latest reshuffle of provincial leadership ahead of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China later this year
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2017-04/03/content_15595120.html
Is Xi Jinping's political ambition bad for China?
It is an important year for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is consolidating his influence for long-term control of the Communist Party. But China expert Willy Lam explains why Xi's ambition may be bad for the country
http://www.dw.com/en/is-xi-jinpings-political-ambition-bad-for-china/a-37785583
China's finance minister Lou Jiwei steps down, former tax chief to take role
Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, who has been struggling in recent years to tackle the country's huge debt problems, is stepping down as he approaches retirement age
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2043588/chinas-finance-minister-lou-jiwei-steps-down-former-tax-chief
http://www.atimes.com/article/finance-minister-lou-jiwei-among-three-replaced-reshuffle/
China's Xi condemns 'cliques' and 'conspiracies' within party
China's President Xi Jinping condemned "cliques", "conspiracies" and "fraud" within upper echelons of the Communist Party and said there were urgent problems to be addressed, state media reported on Wednesday
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-xi-condemns-cliques-and-conspiracies-within-party/3256568.html
President Xi Jinping named as Chinese Communist Party's 'core' leader
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has formally named President Xi Jinping as the "core" of the party leadership, a title that carries deep political meaning and is set to shape the power play in the run-up to a leadership reshuffle next year
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2040675/chinese-communist-party-expands-xi-jinpings-political
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20161027_36/
Xi Jinping may delay picking China's next leader, stoking speculation
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears prepared to defy the Communist Party's established script for transferring power and delay the designation of his successor until after a party congress next year, unsettling the party elite and stirring speculation that he wants to prolong his tenure
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/world/asia/china-president-xi-jinping-successor.html?smid=li-share
China unveils world's largest amphibious Aircraft
China has completed production of the world's largest amphibian aircraft, AG600, that it plans to use to fight forest fires and perform marine rescue operations
http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/246105739
http://english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/today-headlines/2016-07/24/content_7171059.htm
CPC has nearly 89 million members
The Communist Party of China (CPC) had 88.758 million members at the end of 2015, according to figures revealed by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday
'Rebel' China village chief arrested for corruption
The chief of a village that became a symbol of resistance against corruption has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes, Chinese authorities said Saturday, as a large police operation moved in to head off dissent
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/rebel-china-village-chief-arrested-corruption#sthash.7CMUpKsE.dpuf
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-police-block-wukan-village-ahead-of-anti-corruption-protests/a-19340037
Beijing carefully ignores anniversary of violent Cultural Revolution
It has been 50 years since the spark that touched off China's volatile period of mass collectives and student uprising. Beijing did not mark the occasion, and clamped down on social media discussions of the event
http://www.dw.com/en/beijing-carefully-ignores-anniversary-of-violent-cultural-revolution/a-19260230
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/china-cultural-revolution-50-media-blackout-160516050538313.html
China's Xi moves to take more direct command over military
Chinese President Xi Jinping has assumed a more direct role over the country's powerful armed forces as head of its increasingly important joint operations, displaying both his strong personal authority and China's determination to defend its interests.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-xi-moves-more-direct-command-over-military-034110933.html?nhp=1
http://worldaffairsjournal.org/content/chinas-xi-jinping-takes-commander-chief-military-title
20 arrested over letter asking for resignation of "Comrade Xi Jinping"
Chinese authorities have arrested 19 other people on charges of having participated in the publication of the open letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign. The total number of detentions now stands at 20: Jia Jia the reporter, the first to be detained, appears less and less involved in the matter and his release is expected
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-35897905
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Open-letter-to-Xi-Jinping-reveals-divided-Party:-Resign,-for-your-own-good-and-the-good-of-the-nation-37011.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/china-widens-crackdown-xi-resignation-letter-160325182008794.html
China rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's trial ends amid scuffles
One of China's most prominent human rights lawyers, Pu Zhiqiang, goes on trial over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police scuffled with supporters gathered outside the courthouse
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1891126/chinese-rights-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-rejects-charges
Communist Party of China holds event to commemorate Hu Yaobang
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a symposium to commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of its former general secretary Hu Yaobang on Friday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
http://atimes.com/2015/11/communist-party-of-china-holds-event-to-commemorate-hu-yaobang/
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-issues-book-commemorating-reformist-leader-hu-yaobang-062837877.html
Xi Jinping on What's Wrong with Contemporary Chinese Culture
At the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art, President Xi Jinping spoke to a high-level audience of arts professionals about the role of arts and culture in China. The speech was given in Beijing and titled "Talks at the Forum on Literature and Art Work,"
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/culture/xi-jinping-whats-wrong-contemporary-chinese-culture
Xi relies on 'second red generation' generals to maintain grip
Generals belonging to the so-called second red generation are increasingly dominant in the Chinese military, riding their parents' coattails to power, following the purge of two top uniformed officers in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign
http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/China-up-close/Xi-relies-on-second-red-generation-generals-to-maintain-grip
China military parade commemorates WW2 victory over Japan
With swarms of fighter jets and helicopters flying overhead, some 12,000 troops marched through the center of Beijing as China marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with its biggest ever display of military might
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/02/asia/china-world-war-ii-military-parade/index.html
http://worldaffairsjournal.org/content/chinas-xi-jinpings-speech-commemoration-70th-anniversary-japanese-wwii-surrender
Why the Communist Party's new security law is bad news for China
From "social contradictions" to food safety, from environmental crisis to foreign religions, from the Internet to outer space, there is hardly any realm of the country's activity that doesn't fall under the rubric of national security risk in the new law
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/02/opinions/china-security-law-nicholas-bequelin/index.html
China adopts new law on national security
China's top legislature on Wednesday adopted a new national security law highlighting cyber security and demanding the establishment of a coordinated, efficient crisis management system.
China jails former security chief Zhou Yongkang for life for bribery, corruption
China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life – the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-s-ex-security-chief/1908474.html
http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/11/china-s-crackdown-on-corruption-ex-security-chief-handed-life-sentence/
Late Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang can be laid to rest – a decade after death
The family of late liberal Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang said on Sunday they had finally received approval for the burial of his ashes, a decade after his death
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1757115/late-chinese-leader-zhao-ziyang-can-be-laid-rest-decade-after-death
A Modern Cult of Personality? Xi Jinping Aspires To Be The Equal of Mao and Deng
Having been in office for just over two years, President Xi Jinping has already laid claim to being the third most powerful politician of post-liberation China, just after Chairman Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43626&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=943c3fb1d23aefca0021f99432e34917#.VQH5Iu9_nmS
Former Chinese propaganda chief Deng Liqun dies at 100
Former Chinese propaganda chief and communist hardliner Deng Liqun, a fierce critic of the economic reforms championed by late leader Deng Xiaoping, died Tuesday at the age of 100, state media reported.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/471418/former-chinese-propaganda-chief-deng-liqun-dies-at-100
Chinese government attacks textbooks that promote Western values
For Education Minister Yuan Guiren, high schools and universities should shun or ban textbooks that promote "non-Chinese" values. Previously, President Xi Jinping had also attacked freedom of thought. Teachers who speak out are hounded, fired and even jailed
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Chinese-government-attacks-textbooks-that-promote-Western-values-33337.html
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/china-warns-against-western-values-in-imported-textbooks/?ref=asia&_r=0
China: The Eclipse of the Politburo
Evidence suggests the Politburo Standing Committee is in decline, while the central party bureaucracy gains more clout.
http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/china-the-eclipse-of-the-politburo/
Mourners mark China leader Zhao Ziyang's 10th death anniversary
Mourners have gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of China's purged former leader, Zhao Ziyang
China's Xi calls for tighter ideological control in universities
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater "ideological guidance" in China's universities and urged the study of Marxism, state media reported on Monday, as the country tightens control on Western ideology
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/chinas-xi-calls-tighter-ideological-control-universities
Xi Jinping: the growing cult of China's 'Big Daddy Xi'
Xi Jinping completes two years as president in January and as he enters his third year in office a growing cult of personality is being built around the 61-year-old as he fights to stamp his authority onto the Chinese Communist Party.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11279204/Xi-Jinping-the-growing-cult-of-Chinas-Big-Daddy-Xi.html
Zhou's arrest affirms Xi's grip on power: Experts
The arrest of former public security czar Zhou Yongkang and his expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) underscore President Xi Jinping's tightening grip on power. It is also the Chinese leader's biggest and boldest move yet in his two-year campaign to root out corruption across all ranks, experts said.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/zhous-arrest-affirms-xis-grip-power-experts
China arrests ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang
Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11276723/China-arrests-former-security-chief-Zhou-Yongkang.html
China stresses Communist party's control over military
Anyone calling for China's People's Liberation Army to be loyal to the state rather than the Communist party has a "very black heart", military media said Monday, after President Xi Jinping stressed: "The party commands the gun"
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Beijing embraces 'rule of law with Chinese characteristics'
China's Communist rulers declared Thursday that the country would embrace the "rule of law with Chinese characteristics", official media reported after a key party meeting touted as heralding legal reform.
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China's ex-president drops down rankings: paper
Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao has slipped further down the Communist Party rankings, state-run media said Tuesday, as his successor Xi Jinping consolidates his authority in the one-party state
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The Red Beatification of Xi Jinping
He is not yet one of the "saints" of the Chinese Communist Party along with Mao and Deng. But already, after less than two years in office, Xi Jinping is, to borrow a phrase from the Catholic Church, being "beatified" – given pre-sainthood status.
http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/red-beatification-xi-jinping/
Xi Jinping wants to be Mao but will not learn from the latter's mistakes
Concentrating power in top leader of party, state and army has unleashed a flood of flattery and brought back the cult of personality that had been "abolished" after the death of the Great Helmsman. However, the new leader's style and way of exercising power fails to heed the fact that when one rises above all others, one feels free to make blunders
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Xi-Jinping-wants-to-be-Mao-but-will-not-learn-from-the-latter's-mistakes-31787.html
Probes and propaganda: Xi's double strategy to consolidate power
Under Xi Jinping, China's government formed after the Communist Party's 18th National Congress at the end of 2012 has adopted a double strategy to bring its control to the country's 31 province-level governments. On the one hand, Beijing plays tough through the party's inspection system; on the other hand, it exerts soft power softly through propaganda
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Xu Caihou's Family Arrested: Was He Involved in Military Coup?
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) finally announced on June 30th that Xu caihou was expelled from the Communist Party for alleged corruption and his case handed to prosecutors for investigation. Following is earlier report on his case by http://www.ntd.tv/en/programs/news-politics/china-forbidden-news/20140630/117427-xu-caihous-family-arrested-was-he-involved-in-military-coup.html
Top China military official Gen Xu Caihou accused
One of China's most senior military officials has been accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/418185/china-communist-party-expels-four-top-officials-over-graft
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/06/china-probes-top-politician-graft-2014614142225515823.html
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/china-official-probed-disciplinary-violations-media
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Authorities blanketed central Beijing with heavy security today on the 25th anniversary of the bloody military suppression of pro-democracy protests centred on Tiananmen Square, pre-empting any attempts to publicly commemorate one of the darkest chapters in recent Chinese history
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10873978/Chinas-Tiananmen-Square-locked-down-by-security-forces-on-25th-anniversary.html
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/413526/beijing-tightens-security-for-25th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-crackdown
China Defends Crackdown Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary
China on Tuesday defended as "lawful" its detention of government critics ahead of this week's 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-cracks-down-on-critics-ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary/1928154.html
China detains series of dissidents ahead of 25th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre
Several dissidents disappear in Beijing and Guangzhou and a well-known lawyer is arrested on charges of "causing unrest" ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10809825/China-detains-series-of-dissidents-ahead-of-25th-anniversary-of-Tiananmen-massacre.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/05/china-detains-prominent-human-rights-lawyer-2014569270309666.html
Six injured in knife attack at Chinese train station
At least six people have been injured in a knife attack at a station in Guangzhou, Chinese officials say
http://www.euronews.com/2014/05/06/china-knife-attack-wounds-six-in-guangzhou/
Xi Jinping 'using purge of Chinese officials to fill key positions with allies'
Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of senior officials suspected of corruption to put his own men and reform-minded bureaucrats into key positions across the Communist Party, the government and the military, sources said
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10772555/Xi-Jinping-using-purge-of-Chinese-officials-to-fill-key-positions-with-allies.html
Beijing: two more Zhou Yongkang cronies arrested
For experts and analysts, the government is trying to rid itself of former powerful "national security czar." Zhao Miao and Yan Cunzhang, two of his associates, are the latest victims, both accused of corruption. For one observer, a "power struggle" is underway
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing:-two-more-Zhou-Yongkang-cronies-arrested-30830.html
China Captures Remaining Suspects in Train Station Attack
China says it has captured the final three suspects in the stabbing rampage at a train station that killed 29 people and injured 143 others. Citing the Ministry for Public Security Monday, the official Xinhua news agency says the suspects who carried out the attack are part of a terrorist gang led by Abdurehim Kurban.
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-captures-remaining-suspects-in-train-station-attack/1862890.html
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Xinjiang separatists behind deadly China rail attack: Xinhua
More than 10 assailants slashed scores of people with knives at a train station in southern China, drawing police fire, in what authorities called a terrorist assault by ethnic separatists based in the far west, state media said Sunday. Thirty-three people were killed and 130 wounded
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2014/03/02/401858/China-blames.htm
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/02/world/asia/china-railway-attack/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
Communist leaders battle to regain 'street cred'
China's normally reclusive leaders have been flocking onto the streets to court the masses after Xi Jinping, their commander-in-chief, scored a major propaganda coup by popping out for a bun lunch at a working man's diner.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10546660/Communist-leaders-battle-to-regain-street-cred.html


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As you know, our family is expecting an addition.
On one hand, 9 weeks feels like forever.
On the other hand, 9 weeks is the time between now and Christmas.
Oh. My. Goodness. We have a lot of work to do between now and then.
An awful lot of work to do.
Anyway, the new baby is on Grace's mind a lot.
This morning, she drew a picture of our family.
She's been drawing people often lately, especially drawing the three of us.
This time, however, she included our January baby. It was the first time ever.
She is tiny, but she has eyes, a nose, and a mouth just like the rest of us. Like Grace and I, she has crazy, wild hair, but since she's a baby, she got only one strand.


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Easy for you, tough for a robot
Engineers are trying to reduce robots' clumsiness — and boost their common sense
A robot can easily calculate a winning chess move. But it would have a lot of trouble picking up and moving a chess piece. That's because grasping and moving a chess piece isn't nearly as easy as it seems.
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By Kathryn Hulick
You're sitting across from a robot, staring at a chess board. Finally, you see a move that looks pretty good. You reach out and push your queen forward. Now it's the robot's turn. Its computer brain calculates a winning move in a fraction of a second. But when it tries to grab a knight, it knocks down a row of pawns. Game over.
"Robots are klutzes," says Ken Goldberg. He's an engineer and artificial intelligence (AI) expert at the University of California, Berkeley. A computer can easily defeat a human grandmaster at the game of chess by coming up with better moves. Yet a robot has trouble picking up an actual chess piece.
Let's learn about artificial intelligence
This is an example of Moravec's paradox. Hans Moravec is a roboticist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn., who also writes about AI and the future. Back in 1988, he wrote a book that noted how reasoning tasks that seem hard to people are fairly easy to program into computers. Meanwhile, many tasks that come easily to us — like moving around, seeing or grasping things — are quite hard to program.
It's "difficult or impossible" for a computer to match a one-year-old baby's skills in these areas, he wrote. Though computers have advanced by leaps and bounds since then, babies and kids still beat machines at these types of tasks.
It turns out that the tasks we find easy aren't really "easy" at all. As you walk around your house or pick up and move a chess piece, your brain is performing incredible feats of calculation and coordination. You just don't notice it because you do it without thinking.
Let's take a look at several tasks that are easy for kids but not for robots. For each one, we'll find out why the task is actually so hard. We'll also learn about the brilliant work engineers and computer scientists are doing to design new AI that should help robots up their game.
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Task 1: Pick stuff up
Goldberg has something in common with robots. He, too, is a klutz. "I was the worst kid at sports. If you threw me a ball, I was sure to drop it," he says. Perhaps, he ponders, that's why he wound up studying robotic grasping. Maybe he'd figure out the secret to holding onto things.
He's discovered that robots (and clumsy humans) face three challenges in grabbing an object. Number one is perception. That's the ability to see an object and figure out where it is in space. Cameras and sensors that measure distance have gotten much better at this in recent years. But robots still get confused by anything "shiny or transparent," he notes.
The second challenge is control. This is your ability to move your hand accurately. People are good at this, but not perfect. To test yourself, Goldberg says, "Reach out, then touch your nose. Try to do it fast!" Then try a few more times. You likely won't be able to touch the exact same spot on your nose every single time. Likewise, a robot's cameras and sensors won't always be in perfect sync with its moving "hand." If the robot can't tell exactly where its hand is, it could miss something or drop it.
Physics poses the final challenge. To grasp something, you must understand how that object could shift when you touch it. Physics predicts that motion. But on small scales, this can be unpredictable. To see why, put a pencil on the floor, then give it a big push. Put it back in its starting place and try again. Goldberg says, "If you push it the same way three times, the pencil usually ends up in a different place." Very tiny bumps on the floor or the pencil may change the motion.
People and animals have evolved effective ways to grasp all kinds of things. Ken Goldberg's dog, Rosie, is great at grabbing onto toys with her mouth. K. Goldberg
Despite these challenges, people and other animals grasp things all the time — with hands, tentacles, tails and mouths. "My dog Rosie is pretty good at grasping anything in our house," says Goldberg. Millions of years of evolution provided brains and bodies with ways to adapt to all three challenges. We tend to use what Goldberg calls "robust grips." These are secure grips that work even if we run into problems with perception, control or physics. For example, if a toddler wants to pick up a block to stack it, she won't try to grab a corner, which might slip out of her grasp. Instead, she's learned to put her fingers on the flat sides.
To help robots learn robust grips, Goldberg's team set up a virtual world. Called DexNet, it's like a training arena for a robot's AI. The AI model can practice in the virtual world to learn what types of grasps are most robust for what types of objects. The DexNet world contains more than 1,600 different virtual 3-D objects and five million different ways to grab them. Some grasps use a claw-like gripper. Others use a suction cup. Both are common robot "hand" types.
In a virtual world, a system can have perfect perception and control, and a perfect understanding of physics. So to be more like the real world, the team threw in some randomness. For each grasp, they shifted either the object or grabber just a tad. Then they checked to see if the grasp would still hold the object. Every grasp got a score based on how well it held onto an object throughout such random changes.
After a robot has completed this training, it can figure out its own robust grasp for a real-world object it has never seen before.
Thanks to research like this, robots are getting much less clumsy. Maybe someday a grasping robot will be able to clean up your room.
A person can pick up 400 to 600 items every hour. A robot trained on DexNet can grab up to 500 things per hour, but some items are much trickier to grasp than others. A suction cup can't pick up stuffed animals. And a claw can't grasp flat things, like a playing card. Neither can grab a paperclip.
Task 2: Get around the world
If someone plops you down in the middle of a building you've never been in before, you might feel a bit lost. But you could look around, find a door and get out of the room quickly without bumping into anything or getting stuck. Most robots could not do that. Researcher Antoni Rosinol first got interested in this problem while working with drones. Usually, someone pilots a drone via remote control. That's because most drones can't fly very well by themselves. "They can barely go forward without colliding against a tree," notes Rosinol. He is a PhD student studying computer vision at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge.
Perception is a big problem for many navigating robots, just as it is for robots that grasp things. The robot needs to map the entire space around itself. It needs to understand the shape, size and distance of objects. It also has to identify the best paths to get where it needs to go.
Computer vision has gotten very good at detecting and even identifying the objects around a robot. Some robots, advanced drones and self-driving cars do a very good job at getting around obstacles. But too often, they still make mistakes. One of the trickiest things for a navigating robot to handle is a large, blank space such as a ceiling, wall or expanse of sky. "A machine has a lot of trouble understanding what's going on there," Rosinol explains.
Kimera maps and identifies the different objects in a room. It also maps the structural parts of the room and the open spaces. Antoni Rosinol
Another issue is that robots don't understand anything about human living spaces. A robot trying to get out of an unfamiliar room will usually circle around, looking for openings everywhere — including on the floor. If it finds a bathroom, it may go in, not realizing that this room won't lead anywhere else.
The MIT team has developed a system that can help solve this problem. They call it Kimera. "It's a group of maps for robots," says Rosinol. Those maps are nested into layers. The bottom layer is what most robots already create. It's a map of the shape of the three-dimensional space around them. This shape has no meaning to a robot, however. All it sees at this level is a bumpy mass, as if the world around it were all the same color. It can't pick out walls, doorways, walking people, potted plants or other things.
Kimera's other layers add meaning. The second layer divides up the bumpy mass into objects and agents. Objects are things like furniture that don't move around. Agents, such as people and other robots, do move. A third layer identifies places and structures. Places are open areas that the robot can move through, such as doorways or corridors. Structures are walls, floors, pillars and other parts of the building itself. The final two map-layers identify rooms and the entire building that those rooms belong to. A robot equipped with Kimera can build all these maps at once as it moves through some space. This should help it more easily find a direct path.
Kimera provides a map for robots. But it also adds meaning to that map. This allows a robot to find its way without a lot of pointless circling and exploring.
Task 3: Understand people
No matter what a robot tries to do, one big thing holds it back. Robots lack common sense. This is the knowledge that people don't have to think or talk about because it's so obvious to us. Thanks to common sense, you know that you should grab a lollipop by the stick and not by the candy. You know that doors are almost never located on the floor or ceiling. And so on.
Computer scientists have tried teaching robots common-sense rules. But even huge databases of these rules don't seem to help much. There are just too many rules and too many exceptions. And no computer or robot understands the world well enough to figure out these rules on its own.
This lack of understanding makes grasping and navigating tougher. It's also the main reason that virtual assistants sometimes say ridiculous things. Without common sense, an AI model can't understand people's words or actions, or guess what they'll do next. "We want to build AI that can live with humans," says Tianmin Shu, a computer scientist at MIT. This type of AI must gain common sense.
We learn a lot of common sense from our experiences in the world. But some common sense is with us and many other animals from birth, or soon after.
A July 2021 study in Science reported that an unborn mouse's visual system is already active. It's as if the mouse dreams about moving through the world before it ever opens its eyes. When it's born, it already understands how to interpret the world around it as it moves.
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Before they are 18 months old, human babies understand the difference between agents and objects. They also understand what it means to have a goal and how obstacles can get in the way of a goal. We know this because psychologists have run experiments to test babies' common sense.
Based on these experiments, Shu decided to make a virtual world called AGENT. Like DexNet, AGENT is a training arena for AI models. The models practice by watching sets of videos that demonstrate a basic common-sense concept. For example, in one video, a brightly colored cube jumps over a pit to reach a purple cylinder on the other side. In the next two scenarios, that pit is gone. In one of them, the cube jumps anyway. In the other, it moves straight to the cylinder. Which of these decisions is more surprising?
The cube is an agent and the cylinder is its goal. Even young babies understand that an agent usually takes the easiest path to reach a goal.
Common sense says that you take the most direct route. Babies (and grown-ups) show surprise when they see an unnecessary jump. If an AI model gets rewarded when it shows surprise at the jump, it can learn to show surprise for similar scenarios. However, the model hasn't learned the deeper concept — that people take the shortest path to a goal to save time and energy.
Shu knows this because he tried training a model on three types of common-sense scenarios. He then tested it on a fourth type. The first three scenarios contained all the concepts needed to understand the fourth. But still his model didn't get it. "It's still a grand challenge in AI to get a machine that has the common sense of an 18-month-old baby," says Melanie Mitchell. She's an AI expert at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico.
Task 4: Think of new ideas
In spite of these challenges, AI has come a very long way — especially in recent years. In 2019, AI models that had learned to recognize both dragons and elephants still couldn't combine those into a new concept, an elephant dragon. Of course, a child can imagine and draw one quite easily. As of 2021, so can a computer.
Dall-E is a brand new AI model made by the company OpenAI. It turns a text description into a set of new, creative images. (The name "Dall-E" is a combination of the last name of Spanish artist Salvador Dali and the robot Wall-E, the star of a 2008 Disney movie.)
Human designers think up the words describing images that Dall-E should combine together. The AI model then came up with some incredibly cool elephant dragons. Which is your favorite?	OpenAI
Some of Dall-E's kangaroos made of carrots look a bit awkward. But for what it's worth, most people probably wouldn't make the best carrot art, either.	OpenAI
Who knew a confused jellyfish could be so adorable?	OpenAI
OpenAI released a website on which people can pick combinations of words from a drop-down list and see what images Dall-E comes up with. Possible combos include a kangaroo made of carrots, a confused jellyfish emoji and a cucumber in a wizard hat eating ice cream. Have a look for yourself at https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/.
A robot may not do a great job at picking up chess pieces. But at least Dall-E can draw some interesting pictures of sharks playing chess!OpenAI
Dall-E doesn't have common sense. So its imaginings aren't always on target. Some of its carrot-kangaroos look more like awkward orange blobs. And if you tell it to draw a penguin wearing a green hat and a yellow shirt, all the pictures show penguins, although some sport yellow or red hats.
Sometimes though, Dall-E's non-human way of seeing things is delightful and creative. For example, if you ask a person to imagine a shark playing chess, they'll probably draw the shark using its fins as hands. In one of Dall-E's images, a shark uses its tail instead. Someday, Dall-E or a similar model could help human artists and designers come up with a wider range of ideas. "So many things I've seen, I never would have thought of on my own," says Ashley Pilipsizyn, who until recently was technical director at OpenAI.
It's very likely that in the coming years someone will design a graceful robot or even an AI model with common sense. For now, though, if you want to beat a robot at chess, make it play on a real, physical chess board.
Kathryn Hulick, a regular contributor to Science News for Students since 2013, has covered everything from acne and video games to ghosts and robotics. This article was inspired by her new book: Welcome to the Future: Robot Friends, Fusion Energy, Pet Dinosaurs, and More. (Quarto, November 2021, 128 pages)
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agent: A person or thing (it can be a chemical or a form of energy) that plays some role in getting something done.
artificial intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making exhibited by machines or computers. The term also refers to the field of study in which scientists try to create machines or computer software capable of intelligent behavior.
database: An organized collection of related data.
drone: A remote-controlled, pilotless aircraft or missile.
engineer: A person who uses science to solve problems. As a verb, to engineer means to design a device, material or process that will solve some problem or unmet need. (v.) To perform these tasks, or the name for a person who performs such tasks.
evolution: (v. to evolve) A process by which species undergo changes over time, usually through genetic variation and natural selection. These changes usually result in a new type of organism better suited for its environment than the earlier type. The newer type is not necessarily more "advanced," just better adapted to the particular conditions in which it developed. Or the term can refer to changes that occur as some natural progression within the non-living world (such as computer chips evolving to smaller devices which operate at an ever faster speed).
intelligence: The ability to collect and apply knowledge and skills.
model: A simulation of a real-world event (usually using a computer) that has been developed to predict one or more likely outcomes. Or an individual that is meant to display how something would work in or look on others.
paradox: An idea or a statement that is true, but that seems logically impossible.
perception: The state of being aware of something — or the process of becoming aware of something — through use of the senses.
PhD: (also known as a doctorate) A type of advanced degree offered by universities — typically after five or six years of study — for work that creates new knowledge. People qualify to begin this type of graduate study only after having first completed a college degree (a program that typically takes four years of study).
physical: (adj.) A term for things that exist in the real world, as opposed to in memories or the imagination. It can also refer to properties of materials that are due to their size and non-chemical interactions (such as when one block slams with force into another).
physics: The scientific study of the nature and properties of matter and energy. Classical physics is an explanation of the nature and properties of matter and energy that relies on descriptions such as Newton's laws of motion. Quantum physics, a field of study that emerged later, is a more accurate way of explaining the motions and behavior of matter. A scientist who works in such areas is known as a physicist.
plastic: Any of a series of materials that are easily deformable; or synthetic materials that have been made from polymers (long strings of some building-block molecule) that tend to be lightweight, inexpensive and resistant to degradation.
psychologist: A scientist or mental-health professional who studies the human mind, especially in relation to actions and behaviors.
random: Something that occurs haphazardly or without reason, based on no intention or purpose.
range: The full extent or distribution of something. For instance, a plant or animal's range is the area over which it naturally exists. Also, the distance within which something can be reached or perceived.
robot: A machine that can sense its environment, process information and respond with specific actions. Some robots can act without any human input, while others are guided by a human. Someone who designs or builds robots is known as a roboticist.
scenario: A possible (or likely) sequence of events and how they might play out.
self-driving car: Also known as a driverless car or autonomous vehicle. These cars pilot themselves based on instructions that have been programmed into their computer guidance system.
sensor: A device that picks up information on physical or chemical conditions — such as temperature, barometric pressure, salinity, humidity, pH, light intensity or radiation — and stores or broadcasts that information. Scientists and engineers often rely on sensors to inform them of conditions that may change over time or that exist far from where a researcher can measure them directly.
technology: The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry — or the devices, processes and systems that result from those efforts.
virtual: Being almost like something. An object or concept that is virtually real would be almost true or real — but not quite. The term often is used to refer to something that has been modeled — by or accomplished by — a computer using numbers, not by using real-world parts. (in computing) Things that are performed in or through digital processing and/or the internet. For instance, a virtual conference may be where people attended by watching it over the internet.
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Calculate how many rolls/meters you need of the pattern. Pattern repeat and waste are taken into account. Note: the result is indicative, not an exact calculation.
The Roaring Twenties: the decade that will forever be known for the rise of radio, cinema and jazz music. Fashion is provocative and interiors more opulent than ever before. Fast-forward to the present day, where the luxurious new palazzo style is an unstoppable trend. We see many typical Twenties elements making a comeback, although in contemporary form. That combination of new palazzo and the lavish style of the Twenties forms the inspiration for the Insolence collection.
Fil-à-fil wallcovering with a soft velvet touch. The design is based on an authentic drawing from the beginning of the 20th century, but in a very modern version. The colours are striking and contemporary, the pattern itself is faded, giving it a bleed effect.
The fil-à-fil effect, which is woven into the core of the product results in a truly unique plain wallcovering. You can see this very well by looking at the back. This technique makes the textile effect on the wall very realistic.
Inspired by the flamboyant Charleston dresses! Fringes are literally everywhere again: in fashion, jewellery, handbags and in modern interiors. Make your choice of non-woven with a realistic textile effect (pattern Shiver) or authentic fil-à-fil with soft velvet touch (pattern Swing).
A modern herringbone inspired by the Gatsby style, with a fine line in metallic gold.
A trendy interpretation of the classic terrazzo floors, which are undeniably making a comeback in our interiors.
This design fits perfectly into the layering trend. The pattern is simplistic, but you can look at it for ages. Which plane came first?
A design inspired by classic, wrought-iron collapsible lift doors. You can still see them occasionally in hotels in the heart of Paris.


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Docent Walks
Flora, Fauna & Birds
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In addition to the open trails and docent-led walks, Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve hosts educational and special events and activities throughout the year, including the Cambria Wildflower Show, native planting programs, educational outreach activities for local students, and fundraising events. Information on special events and activities is listed below and on Facebook. When visiting Cambria, stop by the Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve office from 11AM to 2PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, where a volunteer will have information on upcoming events. Our office is located at 604D Main St., between Sandy's Deli and Maddie Mae's Pet Pantry.
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