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Q: Append an output of a command to a txt file and place it in non writable directory? If i try for example :
directory A i don't have write permission on it
sudo ls -l > /home/A/a.txt
bash: /home/A/a.txt: Permission denied

Then how can i do this trick , any Suggestion is appreciated .

A: tee is the command people would usually use. You can pipe to it and it redirects into the file (as well as the console).
ls -l | sudo tee /home/A/a.txt

It also has an append flag (equivalent to >>):
ls -l | sudo tee -a /home/A/a.txt

The alternative is wrapping an entire subshell in your sudo:
sudo bash -c 'ls -l > /home/A/a.txt'

I preference tee mostly because that way you're still running the bulk of the command as the lower user. When you wrap everything in a sudo bash -c '...' construct, the whole thing gets executed as the root user. Redirecting something like whoami into another user's directory could become troublesome.
As I lead with, tee also bounces the output back to STDOUT. This makes chaining commands pretty simple.
For example if you wanted to compile a .less file into CSS (and save it) "minimise" that CSS (and save it) and then compress that minimised copy with gzip to save your server doing it (and save that).
You could use bare commands, using full filenames each time:
lessc less/bootstrap.less > dist/bootstrap.css
cleancss --selectors-merge-mode ie8 dist/bootstrap.css > dist/boostrap.min.css
gzip -qk9 dist/boostrap.min.css

or just pipe it around with tee:
lessc less/bootstrap.less | tee dist/bootstrap.css \
  | cleancss --selectors-merge-mode ie8 | tee dist/boostrap.min.css \
  | gzip -qc9 > dist/boostrap.min.css

That's code I use daily.
It probably is more efficient (you're saving reading from the subsequent files, tee keeps it in memory) but I think more than anything it's objectively prettier code. That's an underrated aspect when you're dealing with this nonsense on a day to day basis.

A: You can create the file using sudo (or as the user owning the directory):
sudo touch /home/A/a.txt

Now you can make another user the owner of the file using:
sudo chown username:username /home/A/a.txt

Replace username by the username you want to be the owner.
Or if you want all users to be able to read and edit the file:
sudo chmod 666 /home/A/a.txt

Note: using > you won't append to the file. Use >> to append.

A: Oli answer is Perfect , after Google search ,  I tried to run shell itself with privilege :
Command :
sudo bash -c " ls -l > /home/A/a.txt"

And its solved .


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Nature and Biblical History in the Judean low land - Group Tour | Gold Carpet Tours - Israel
Nature and Biblical History in the Judean low land – Group Tour
Judean Foothills, Biblical Beit Shemesh, Biblical Azeka, Ella Valley, Beit Guvrin, Biblical Lachish
This tour will take you on a journey through some of Israel's hidden gems, such as the Burma road, biblical Azeka and Sokho overlooking the Ella valley known as the battlefield of David and Goliath, the man-made caves of Beit Guvrin and ancient Lachish.
Service of a licensed guide in English.
Pick up / drop off at hotel.
All entrance fees.
Prices are quoted in USD per person
Business class:a small group in a tourist van /minibus (Economy class is not available in this tour).
We recommend to book the tour at least 24 hours in advance.
Drive to the Judean Foothills (Shfela) region where we stop at the Harel Lookout, overlooking the famous "Burma Road" constructed during the War of Independence and played an important roll in overcoming the blockade of Jerusalem. In the winter and spring we can enjoy the lush green and multitude of wild flowers of the surrounding scenery.
We continue through the Shfela, passing the archeological site of biblical Beit Shemesh, not far from the modern day city of its name. We proceed to visit Tel Azeka overlooking the Elah Valley, named after the Elah or Turpentine trees that are indigenous to the valley, and site of the historical battle between David and Goliath, with the Philistines encamped at Azekah and the Israelites encamped at Socho. Today Socho is renowned for the Blue Lupines that carpet its slopes every March. In season we will be able to enjoy this wondrous sight.
We continue to Beit Guvrin, a national park encompassing the ruins of Maresha, which was one of the important towns of Judah during the time of the First Temple, and which was succeeded by Beit Guvrin as the main town of the region in the Roman era. We will have a view of archeological Maresha and visit the magnificent manmade caves of Beit Guvrin – the columbarium, the Phoenician cave, the Bell Cave and others.
Our last stop on this journey is Tel Lachish, site of an ancient Near East city, now an archaeological site and an Israeli national park. According to the Bible, Lachish was an important city in the Kingdom of Israel, which was first destroyed by the Assyrians, and later by the Babylonians. The Lachish region today is renowned for the longevity of its grapes, which are grown using innovative natural methods, with no genetic engineering. The scenery is filled with vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see.
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Step Into Rehearsal for The Music Man with Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster with These Photos
November 19th, 2021 | By Lindsey Sullivan
Rehearsals for the eagerly anticipated Broadway revival of The Music Man are underway, and theater fans can take a look inside! As previously reported, the Jerry Zaks-helmed production of the classic musical comedy stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. Performances are scheduled to begin at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 20 with opening night set for February 10, 2022. Enjoy the rehearsal photos below!
Hugh Jackman will star as Harold Hill in The Music Man.
The Music Man's choreographer Warren Carlyle, director Jerry Zaks and music director Patrick Vaccariello chat with the company.
You've got trouble! See Hugh Jackman and the entire talented cast of The Music Man at the Winter Garden Theatre beginning on December 20.
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It's never OK
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Most healthcare workers want to help others when they're at their most vulnerable. But we are facing a serious issue in our healthcare sector.
Workers are regularly confronted with violence and aggression – from patients, visiting friends and family, even bystanders.
The people who behave this way are not just those under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or those who are not of full capacity of mind. Often it's everyday people who find themselves in a stressful situation.
No matter the situation, aggression and violence against healthcare workers is never OK.
Let's work together to stop it.
What is occupational violence and aggression?
Unacceptable behaviour can have a negative impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of our healthcare workers.
Most of us understand that extreme acts of violence are unacceptable. But not everyone realises there is a scale of violence and aggression. Some examples include:
aggressive gestures or expressions such as eye rolling and sneering
verbal abuse such as yelling, swearing and name calling
intimidating physical behaviour such as standing in a healthcare worker's personal space or standing over them
physical assault such as biting, spitting, scratching, pushing, shoving, tripping and grabbing
extreme acts of violence and aggression such as hitting, punching, strangulation, kicking, personal threats, threats with weapons, sexual assault.
None of these are ok.
Being exposed to these incidents repetitively can have a cumulative and significant ongoing effect on wellbeing.
Report aggressive and violent behaviour – because It's never OK.
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Dwayne Haskins knew how he wanted his future to look — like the Road to Glory mode in the now-extinct NCAA Football video game.
He said he would play the story mode every season, portraying himself as a 6-foot-4, 220-pound quarterback donning No. 7 for Ohio State. And with this quarterback, he won the Heisman Trophy every season he played.
In his first season as the starting quarterback for Ohio State, the numbers the 6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback has put up have been video game-like, breaking the single-season Big Ten total yards record, the Big Ten single-season touchdowns record, the Big Ten passing yards record and the Big Ten passing touchdowns record.
And now, he has the chance to live the fantasy of the video game he played as a kid after being invited as one of three finalists for the Heisman Trophy, which will be announced on Dec. 8.
Haskins is joined by Alabama sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray as the three up for the award.
Head coach Urban Meyer, who has traveled to New York for the Heisman ceremony four times, once with former Utah quarterback Alex Smith in 2004 and three times with former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow from 2007-09, had no doubt Haskins was worthy to be considered for college football's top award after the performances he's had.
But in the grand scheme of Haskins' performance for Ohio State this season, it's more than just the numbers he recorded, the records he's broken and the games he's won. He changed the perception of the Buckeyes' offense.
Haskins knew who he was as a quarterback. He was never going to be the dual-threat J.T. Barrett was before him, which he told coaches coming into his college career.
That did not seem likely at the beginning of the season, coming into an offense with two former 1,000-yard backs, the typical dream of a coach with a balanced offensive mind such as Meyer.
That thought has not changed for the head coach, saying on Sunday if a particular team can't run the ball consistently, they will lose at some point.
And, even though he has been placed more in the category of former Florida quarterback Chris Leak and Cardale Jones instead of Barrett and Tebow, Meyer said Haskins has done an excellent job doing anything he could to move the chains.
There was an element of change in the offense that Meyer acknowledged, giving the credit to offensive coordinator Ryan Day. Haskins said Meyer's trust in him got to a point where the quarterback could attempt a pass in short-yardage situations, something that, with the quick and veteran receivers he had in his arsenal, became the bread and butter of the Ohio State offense.
Haskins said that level of trust took time, crediting both Day and Meyer for putting him in those offensive situations.
But Meyer played another important role for Haskins during the 2018 season. While Day primarily put the quarterback in a position to succeed, the head coach continued to keep him grounded.
But after Haskins' 499-yard day against Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship, Meyer and Ohio State began vouching for their starting quarterback, beginning his Heisman campaign. Haskins said these were the same players and coaches who helped him to be elite this year.
And that is what Haskins wanted to prove. He feels like he has given enough to be warranted for discussion for Ohio State's first Heisman winner since Troy Smith in 2006.
Meyer said he does have thoughts about what Haskins' future would look like, saying it would be unfair to him and his family to discuss that at this point.
Haskins might not know either. The Heisman Trophy and the national championship is where the Road to Glory ends in the NCAA Football video game.
But with Haskins as a Heisman finalist, a quarterback who broke Big Ten and Ohio State records and a quarterback who changed the dynamic of the Ohio State offense, who knows? There might be a 6-foot-4, 220-pound My Player wearing No. 7 in a Madden video game Haskins might be preparing to emulate.


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The Blue Bird of Ed Advocacy, 2017 Edition
August 31, 2017 Eduflack Media, reform, Social media
After a year's hiatus, Education Next magazine and the Fordham Institute's Michael Petrilli today released its annual list of the Top Education Policy People and Organizations on Social Media. The lists are definitely worth a gander.
As someone who spends a great deal of time on the education policy Interwebs, I was pleasantly surprised by how this year's rankings shook out. We are seeing more voices of color on the respective lists than in previous years. We continue to see members of the media strongly represented. And, from dear ol' Eduflack's perspective, we tend to see fewer members of the "education reform" community, both individually and as organizations, on these lists than we did in previous years.
Petrilli and EdNext smartly included a list of "Other Educators to Follow," which provides a terrific list of classroom voices who are providing important insights, as they should, into the education discussion.
The top five education policy people on social media (meaning Twitter and measure by Klout score) are: 1) Diane Ravitch; 2) Randi Weingarten; 3) John White; 4) Xian Franzinger Barrett; and 5) Patrick Riccards (they really like me) and Andy Smarick.
Based on total Twitter followers, the top five education people are: 1) Ravitch; 2) your Eduflack; 3) Weingarten; 4) Alfie Kohn; and 5) Betsy DeVos.
The top five education organizations on social media (by Klout score) are: 1) NEA; 2) U.S. Department of Education; 3) Edutopia; 4) Teach for America; and 5) Ed Surge.
Based on followers, the top five orgs are: 1) U.S. Department of Education; 2) Edutopia; 3) Education Week; 4) Huffington Post Education; and 5) US News Education.
Yes, the ranking still uses Klout scores. Folks can get all over Petrilli for this (as they do every year), but if you do, how about offering another quantifiable metric? In this instance, Klout is like VAM scores. It is a vastly imperfect measure, but it is still the best one available.
And yes, the focus is on K-12 education folks and organizations. So those focused on higher education are not the focus of these lists.
A huge thank you to all of those who follow @Eduflack on Twitter and find enough value in what I offer to retweet and like my randomness. Just about everything on Eduflack is education related. I try to stay way from personal opinions, and instead focus on news articles and research studies in education. From time to time, I will offer personal opinions. And from time to time, I will include posts on the NY Mets, MMA fighting, and Guatemala. I strive to make it a relatively impartial clearinghouse of education policy info.
Please check out all of the lists on Education Next. And if you are on Twitter but aren't following someone on those lists, be sure to add them to your feeds immediately!
Prepping for an End to ED?
August 29, 2017 Eduflack BAM, DeVos, reform, TrumpED
A start of a new school year is usually the time for presidential administrations to launch new education efforts and start new campaigns. But we are currently hearing crickets. EdSec Betsy DeVos still is without most of a senior leadership team, and the US Department of Education is still without major proactive engagements.
Maybe that is the whole point. After decades of Republican calls for the elimination of the US Department of Education, is the effort actually underway? Is that why we are seeing ED simply acting to the letter of the law?
On the latest episode of #TrumpED on the BAM! Radio Network, we explore this theory and look at whether this is the end game. Give it a listen.
Is It Too Much to Ask for a Little Civility
August 28, 2017 August 28, 2017 Eduflack DeVos, Media, reform, Social media
As Hurricane Harvey was bringing devestation to Texas over the weekend, EdSec Betsy DeVos did what most public officials do during such disasters. DeVos tweeted her thoughts and prayers to those affected by the hurricane, noting that the US Department of Education is prepared to help.
It's what is expected. It usually gets little notice. It's what we do.
But this tweet was different. What was a pro forma statement by a government leader became a lightning rod. Sportscaster turned talk show host turned Resistance instigator Keith Olbermann saw a need to respond. Knowing that DeVos remains controversial was too much for Olbermann to pass up. So he tweeted this response.
The Saturday Olbermann message has been, as of Monday morning, been retweeted more than 17,000 times and favorited more that 48,000 times. Anti-Trumpers across the country celebrated the former ESPN newsreader for being so bold.
Really? Have we gotten to the point where using a tragedy to both personally insult a government leader and use some of the vilest language possible in the process? Is this the new normal?
I get that the Resistance believes that shocking, ugly language is the best way to make its point. Dear ol' Eduflack has written about the dangers of such an approach previously. But what are we really saying here?
If a teacher used such language in the classroom, would we now be OK with it? What if it was said in relation to the President? Or to those who organize nazi rallies? Would that be ok?
What if a teacher used it in relation to Robert E. Lee? Or slave-owning Founding Fathers? What if a conservative teacher used it in relation to Obama? Or to Hillary?
We quickly forget that our kids watch us closely and model our words and our actions. When we, as parents, cheer over the use of such language, we tell our kids it's permissible. We condone such ugliness with our kids. Heck, we celebrate it.
At the end of the day, Olbermann got exactly what he wanted. He was cheered by the left Nd celebrated on social media. But he has added nothing to the debate, nor has he contributed to the discourse. All Olbermann has done is take a rhetorical level we thought was as low as it could get, and drive it deeper into the mud and muck.
And that's a cryin' shame. Our political discourse deserves better. And so do our kids.
Are We Coming for Surnames Next?
August 24, 2017 August 23, 2017 Eduflack equity, Media, PR, race, Social media
I also worry about letting our sensitivities and concerns for "what if" drive our decisionmaking. We cannot embrace free speech or assembly if we believe it only applies to those with whom we agree. We cannot embrace a free press if we do not acknowledge that includes media with stark biases that may conflict with our personal beliefs. And we cannot embrace inclusiveness if we are afraid a surname will engender concern or outrage.
From my latest on LinkedIn Pulse, exploring ESPN's head-scratching decision to remove a broadcaster from a U.Va. football game because of his "Robert Lee" name
Another Reminder to Learn Our History
August 23, 2017 Eduflack civics, Immigration, Media, race, TrumpED
And for those who think this lacking grasp on American history is limited to those writing on the right-hand side of our historical ledger, one only needs to look at recent responses from the left on what needs to be done to get rid of President Donald J. Trump to understand that a broader understanding and appreciation of American civics is needed by all comers.
From dear ol' Eduflack's latest commentary on Medium, exploring recent rhetoric on removing President Donald Trump, rhetoric that flies in the face of everything on which the United States is built
How Protected Should Our College Students Be?
August 22, 2017 Eduflack accountability, BAM, civics, higher ed, Students, TrumpED
As it was preparing for the Charlottesville showdown, Eduflack's alma mater, the University of Virginia, urged its students to remain in their dorms and not join in the protests against the nazis marching through town.
While it is a college's top responsibility to keep its students safe, is this really the message an elite university should be sending? Shouldn't dear ol' U.Va. be teaching its students to speak out and speak up instead?
This is the topic we explore on the latest episode of TrumpED on the BAM! Radio Network. Give it a listen. Give it a shout out!
Some Advice for Hope Hicks
August 17, 2017 Eduflack Marketing, Media, PR
It's in the best interests of all communications professionals – and the nation – for new White House Communications Director Hope Hicks to succeed in her new role for the Trump Administration.
Over at LinkedIn Pulse, dear ol' Eduflack offers some unsolicited communications advice to Hope Hicks. Hicks can take it or leave it, but it would serve her and the office well to at least consider it.
Give it a read here.
Is It "Blood Money?"
August 14, 2017 Eduflack Arne Duncan, BAM, charter schools, reform, TrumpED
Recently, it was revealed that former EdSec Arne Duncan advised a group of education reformers to refuse new dollars coming from the Trump Administration intended to further support charter schools. In his thinking, Duncan referred to it as "blood money," suggesting that charter school operators should not accept these dollars if it meant hurting the traditional public schools they share a community with.
In the latest episode of TrumpED on the BAM! Radio Network, we explore the sentiments offered by the former U.S. Education Secretary and former CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. And we ask if the same could be said to those who benefited from program consolidations under the Obama Administration, and if efforts like Teach for America should have refused new dollars from Obama because it was taking from other programs in the field.
Give it a listen here.
My Fellow Americans: Reflections on Charlottesville
August 13, 2017 Eduflack accountability, Alt Prez, race, reform, TrumpED
As a proud graduate of the University of Virginia, Eduflack was disgusted by the terrorist actions in Charlottesville this weekend. I was also frustrated by the lack of a meaningful address from President Trump on this important topic.
So dear ol' Eduflack decided to record his own alt presidential remarks on the situation. My apologies for the stutters and stumbles, but this is from the heart, with no script and no notes.
Give it a watch, and then please give it a share.
Gender Lines on the … Alphabet?
August 1, 2017 August 1, 2017 Eduflack arts, early childhood education, Media, Parents, reading, reform
Most parents have been warned of the dangers of "gender-specific" toys and what that means nowadays. It's perfectly acceptable for little girls to play with soldiers or guns (as long as parents aren't anti-violence, etc.) and it is equally acceptable for little boys to play with dolls and tea sets.
Just the other day, a friend of Eduflack shared a photo on Facebook of her five-year old son receiving an American Boy doll for his birthday. The child just couldn't have been grinning any bigger than he was from scoring his dream present.
We say that there are no gender-specific colors either. It is perfectly fine for girls to prefer drab colors, just as it is for boys to own pinks and purples. (And I can proudly say that Eduflack has a significant number of pink, purple, and pastel articles of clothing, but owns almost nothing black, except for my kickboxing gear.)
One would hope we've gotten past the whole gender appropriate discussion when it comes to equipping our children with the attire, toys, and such one needs these days. But then Amazon has to go and ruin everything. For you see, in 2017, there is one set of ABCs for boys, and another set for girls.
Seriously? We are more than halfway through 2017 and we still think boys learn the ABCs from airplanes and dump trucks while girls only garner it through lessons of butterflies and castles?
Setting aside, for a second, that folks are paying $10 a piece for an ABC book. Setting aside, for a moment, that twice as many people saw the need to review the boys' ABCs than the girls'. Setting aside, for a bit, that it took two additional years to finally wrap up the ABCs that were appropriate for the "fairer" gender. Was all of this really necessary? Is there now a demand for a gender-fluid ABCs?
I miss the good ol' days when it was all about making sure a child could read at grade level by the end of the third grade. It didn't matter if they were reading words from a Babysitters Club book or the Hardy Boys.
Sigh. Double sigh. Sigh in both pink and camo.


"There are a lot of odd and bizarre circumstances in this case," Sheriff Grady Judd said. "We fear and are preparing for the worst. We're working this case as if it were a homicide."
Shakespeare – ho had a criminal record that included arrests and prison time for burglary, battery and not paying child support – took a lump-sum payment of $16.9 million instead of annual installments.
He bought a Nissan Altima, a Rolex from a pawn shop, a $1 million home in a gated community. He talked about starting a foundation for the poor and insisted the money wouldn't change him.
"I'm not a material person," he said in 2007. "I don't let material things run me. I'm on a tight budget."
A former co-worker sued him in 2007, accusing Shakespeare of stealing the winning ticket from him. Six months later, a jury ruled the ticket was Shakespeare's.
"They didn't wait. They just came right after they found out he won this money," his mother, Elizabeth Walker, said recently.
Moore – who could not be reached by The Associated Press – said she was interested in writing a book about Shakespeare's life. She became something of a financial adviser to Shakespeare, who never graduated high school.
Property records show that Moore's company, American Medical Professionals, bought Shakespeare's home for $655,000 last January. His mother said the last time she saw him was shortly afterward, around her birthday in February.
The sheriff said the last time anyone saw Shakespeare was in April – but it wasn't until Nov. 9 that he was reported missing, by a police informant.
That made sense to Shakespeare's mother – sort of. "I remember once, talking with me over the phone, he said he might go to Jamaica," she said.
She even gave the paper a video that she said she took of Abraham. In the video, he says he is tired of people asking him for money. "They don't take no for an answer," he says.
"It don't matter to me. I'm not a picky person," Shakespeare replies.
Moore's past includes a year of probation after she was charged with falsely reporting that she was carjacked and raped in 2001. Officials said she concocted the scheme so her insurance company would reimburse her for the SUV, which she claimed had been stolen.
Sheriff's officials won't comment on Moore's involvement in Shakespeare's life.
The sheriff said that Shakespeare spent the bulk of his lottery winnings. The fact that he didn't call his mother on Christmas <http://g.ajc.com/r/F5/> reinforces the theory that Shakespeare is not just hiding, Judd said.


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Tom Gola is Dead
Was one of Philly's most-accomplished basketball players ever.
By Joel Mathis· 1/27/2014, 5:35 a.m.
Philly basketball legend Tom Gola has died at the age of 81. He took La Salle to an NCAA championship in 1954 and the Philadelphia Warriors to an NBA championship during his rookie season. He is one of just two men to ever win an NCAA, NIT and NBA title.
La Salle went 102-19 over the course of Gola's playing career and was coached by the man from 1968-70. The 1968-69 team lost only one game; many local basketball fans consider it the best college basketball team ever to come from Philadelphia. La Salle's home arena was named after him in 1998.
"Tom Gola was a Philadelphia icon and a treasure for La Salle. His contributions as a player and coach provided La Salle with a true national profile," Tom Brennan, Explorers athletic director, said in a statement. "Tom's athletic accomplishments and athletic career were second to none."
He is survived by his wife Caroline.
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The Indian government has launched an effort to recover a priceless diamond from Britain.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond was given to Britain's Queen Victoria as a present in 1850, when India was a British colony. The diamond is now kept as part of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
Ownership of the Koh-i-Noor was the subject of a hearing this week in India's highest court.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court Monday that the diamond belonged to Great Britain. "It was given to the British as compensation for help in the Sikh Wars," he said. "The Koh-i-Noor is not a stolen object."
His comments shocked many Indians.
In a written statement, India's Ministry of Culture said the government does not agree with Kumar's position. The statement said the government would like to bring back the diamond in what it called "an amicable manner."
Media reports say India, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have each tried to claim ownership of the Koh-i-noor. In recent years, the four nations have demanded its return from Britain.
The mother of Queen Elizabeth II wore the diamond in her crown prior to her death in 2002.
The name Koh-i-Noor means "Mountain of Light" in Persian. Several media sources reported the diamond to be worth as much as $200 million.
Last year, she launched an effort to raise relief funds for a major earthquake in Western China.
It took a long time for him to recover from a bad cold.
The Tower of London stands in the East End of London.
I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible.
1.Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court Monday that the diamond belonged to Great Britain. "
Remittance and collection belong to the commercial credit.
2.In a written statement, India's Ministry of Culture said the government does not agree with Kumar's position.
He tends to get angry when people do not agree with him.
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Eriksson Ek has two points, Wild keep rolling with 4-1 win over Edmonton
Dec 7, 2021 10:31 PM
EDMONTON — The Minnesota Wild keep piling up the wins, and the goals.
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist as the Wild won their seventh straight game, rolling over the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 Tuesday.
The seven-game run is tied with Dallas for the longest active streak. The Wild have scored at least four goals in six straight games.
Marcus Foligno, Victor Rask and Dmitry Kulikov also scored for the Wild, who improved to 18-6-1.
"They played real well in the second period, but we really liked our regroup and how we played in the third period," said Wild head coach Dean Evason. "We did a lot of real, real good things."
Amongst them was keeping the potent Oilers power play off the board at 0-5 on the night.
"Our penalty kill was outstanding tonight, I can't say enough about them," said Minnesota goalie Cam Talbot, who made 38 saves. "We weren't giving them those Grade A chances that they're accustomed to and with the statistics coming in you wouldn't think the power-play match-up would favour us, but we got a big one early and our penalty kill did a great job, so give our special teams a tone of credit tonight.
Jesse Puljujarvi had the lone goal for the Oilers (16-8-0) who are mired in a three-game losing skid.
"Obviously we're going through a little bit of a lull and we need to figure it out," said Oilers captain Connor McDavid. "I remember maybe my second year, we kind of did the same thing where we got off to a great start and played .500 for probably a month or two and then got back on a roll. Obviously the good start has bought us a little time here, but we can't rely on that. We've got to get back in the win column on Thursday."
The Oilers once again found themselves down early as Minnesota started the scoring just 1:11 into the opening period on the power play. Eriksson Ek poked a puck that Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen had jammed against the post with his skate into the net for his 10th of the season.
The Wild made it 2-0 seven minutes into the first period as Matt Dumba made a nice feed to a hard-charging Foligno, who redirected the puck into the net for his 11th.
Edmonton got a goal back six-and-a-half minutes into the middle frame as Connor McDavid fed Puljujarvi during a battle in front, and he sent it past Talbot.
The Oilers outshot Minnesota 20-6 in the second period.
Minnesota restored its two-goal lead five-and-a-half minutes into the third as Jonas Brodin sent it through to Rask, who had a wide open net to shoot at before Koskinen could get across.
The Wild put the game away with five minutes remaining as Kirill Kaprizov sprung Kulikov for a rare defenceman breakaway and he made the most of it, undressing Koskinen for his third goal of the season.
Both teams return to action on Thursday. The Wild are in San Jose to face the Sharks, while the Oilers play the third game of a six-game homestand against the Boston Bruins.
Notes: Wild captain Jared Spurgeon (lower body) missed his eighth game, while teammate Frederick Gaudreau was out due to COVID-19 protocol. Missing from the Oilers lineup were Mike Smith (lower body), Slater Koekkoek (lower body), Duncan Keith (upper body)and Cody Ceci (COVID)… Oiler forward Devin Shore returned after missing the last 13 games with a lower body injury. As a result, Edmonton put forward Brendan Perlini on waivers to make room on the roster... Edmonton has only scored the first goal of the game in nine of their 24 games this season, winning all nine of those contests… Minnesota's 37 points through its first 25 games represents its best start in franchise history.
Shane Jones, The Canadian Press
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Skeptophilia
Skeptophilia (skep-to-fil-i-a) (n.) - the love of logical thought, skepticism, and thinking critically. Being an exploration of the applications of skeptical thinking to the world at large, with periodic excursions into linguistics, music, politics, cryptozoology, and why people keep seeing the face of Jesus on grilled cheese sandwiches.
The big bad wolf
Given that most of what I do here at Skeptophilia is to rail against people whose primary form of exercise is jumping to conclusions, it's nice to see that occasionally someone gets it right.
And it is, unfortunately, still only "occasionally" at this point. Popular websites are much more likely to leap from reality right into woo-woo-land over any number of claims, from ghosts to El Chupacabra to demons to Bigfoot to psychics.
Hard evidence?
We don't need no stinkin' hard evidence.
But there's a claim out of Macedonia that has stirred up the cryptozoological world, and the folks over at Phantoms and Monsters (of all people...!) are taking exactly the right approach with it.
First, let's look at the claim.
What apparently happened is that a farmer named Trayche, in the village of Novo Selo Stipsko, was plowing his field, and his plow hit an obstacle that turned out to be a wooden box wrapped in a chain. Hoping it was buried treasure, Trayche cut the chain and opened the box, and found...
... this:
The last word, which comes out (more or less) "vrekolak" if you put it into English phonetics, is apparently a word that means (once again, more or less) "werewolf:"
Sabine Baring-Gould explains the many variations of lycanthrope folklore in "The Book of Werewolves," noting the term "vrekolak" resembles the Greek term "bourkolakas."
"The Greek werewolf is closely related to the vampire. The lycanthropist falls into a cataleptic trance, during which his soul leaves his body, enters that of a wolf and ravens for blood. On the return of the soul, the body is exhausted and aches as though it had been put through violent exercise. After death lycanthropists become vampires. They are believed to frequent battlefields in wolf or hyena shapes, and to suck the breath from dying soldiers, or to enter houses and steal the infants from their cradles," Baring-Gould writes.
So, of course, we have every incentive for the woo-woos to claim that it's a werewolf skull, case closed.
I was pleasantly surprised, however, when the writer at Phantoms and Monsters didn't go that direction. He mentions a Bulgarian student, Filip Ganov, who saw the box and the skull and interviewed Trayche, and who at least was able to verify that the skull isn't an out-and-out fake. The article says:
Trayche would not part with his werewolf skull but he did let Ganov take pictures, which were presented to a wildlife expert in Bulgaria who speculated that it was indeed from a wolf but not necessarily a werewolf. Instead, he surmised the wolf was suffering from Paget's disease, a genetic disorder (also common in humans) that can cause misshapen bones and enlarged skulls. Paget's disease can be caused by canine distemper virus, a common virus in wolves and dogs.
How about that? A rational explanation! The writer goes on to say:
The skull definitely looks both canine and human and a little baboonish, which would probably cause some consternation among Bulgarians and Macedonians raised on Eastern European folklore. The chain around the box is a good indication whoever buried it believed it was a creature they did not want roaming around again.
Which is exactly the point. The fact that the people who buried the skull thought it was a werewolf isn't any kind of proof that it is a werewolf.
And finally, there's a call for further investigation:
So, is Trayche's skull-in-a-box from a werewolf? It's definitely a creature that's out of the norm. Only a DNA test will tell.
Precisely. That's the thing I've always come back to; it's not like we don't have a way to find out the answers to these questions. It's called science. Of course, you have to believe the results once you get them, and accept it when you're wrong, a lesson that certain other cryptozoologists (I'm lookin' at you, Melba Ketchum) have yet to learn.
But it's heartening that at least here, we have someone who's saying, "Yeah, it's probably got a natural explanation. In fact, we've even got a guess as to what that might be. But let's find out."
Yes, let's. And while we're at it, let's encourage other fringe researchers to take the same approach. Could some of what they claim be true? Sure. But it's science that's going to tell us the answer, not adding more to the pile of zero-evidence anecdotes.
Posted by Gordon Bonnet at 2:37 AM
Labels: cryptozoology, Macedonia, Phantoms and Monsters, vrekolak, vrkolak, werewolf
Tyler Tork November 5, 2014 at 4:52 AM
I'm actually not sure what a DNA test would prove. Based on the description of how werewolves operate, where someone's spirit takes over the body of some convenient wolf in the area, why would we expect that to affect the wolf's DNA?
I'm not personal friends with a lot of wolves, but the ones I've met haven't really been ravening for blood. They've gotta eat, of course, and they like a Scooby Snack as well as the next canine, but they're just hungry, not angry. They don't go roaming around killing more food than they can reasonably eat. Trance person, THAT IS ALL YOU, and what the hell is your issue?
It must be a trial for the wolves, getting taken over and forced to do all sorts of stupid stuff. A wolf likes to keep a low profile, y'know?
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Piper Isobel Ferguson will play a lament during centenary commemorations for the Tuscania at CWGC Kilnaughton Military Cemetery on Monday, February 5. Private Roy Muncaster is the only American serviceman still buried on Islay (Photo: WW100 Scotland)
Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses
Posted on centenarynews.com on	02 February 2018
The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on a year of events to commemorate the sinking of the troopships Tuscania and Otranto in 1918, with the loss of around 700 American and British lives.
Both vessels were bringing US troops to Europe to support the Allies when they were sunk in separate incidents spanning the final year of the First World War.
Community remembrance services will be held this Monday (February 5) and again on October 6 to mark the respective centenaries. For details see WW100 Islay.
The centrepiece of the 2018 tributes will be a day of commemoration on May 4, hosted by centenary organisation WW100 Scotland in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council, honouring all those who died and Islay's contribution to the war effort.
WW100 Islay chair, Jenni Minto, said: "Every village on Islay lost men in the Great War but the SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto disasters brought the war directly to Islay's shores.
"In addition to remembering the soldiers and crew who lost their lives in these two tragedies the Islay 100 programme recognises the contribution made by the local community to the rescue of survivors and its dedication to respectfully burying the casualties."
Tuscania, a converted liner, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the waters between Islay and Northern Ireland 5 February 1918 while carrying more than 2,000 American troops. Most were rescued - but around 200 US soldiers and British crewmen perished.
Ten months later, Otranto sank with the loss of 470 lives after colliding with another troopship on October 6 during a storm off Islay's west coast.
Professor Norman Drummond, Chair of the Scottish Commemorations Panel, said: "One hundred years on from these terrible events, we will reflect on the lives lost as well as remembering the deeply respectful actions of the local community in caring for the survivors and giving the casualties appropriate burials."
Only one American now rests on Islay. Piper Isobel Ferguson will play a lament at the grave of Private Roy Muncaster during the centennial remembrance service for the Tuscania at CWGC Kilnaughton Military Cemetery on February 5.
After World War I, Private Muncaster's compatriots were reinterred at Brookwood American Cemetery, near Woking in southern England, or repatriated to the United States.
But a stone tower, commissioned by the American Red Cross, stands guard on the cliff tops of the Mull of Oa (at the southwestern tip of Islay) in permanent tribute to all those who died off these shores in the tragedies of 1918.
Read more about the loss of SS Tuscania here in Centenary News.
Source: WW100 Scotland; WW100 Islay
Images courtesy of WW100 Scotland
Posted by: CN Editorial Team
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Ibane Bowat (Londen, 15 september 2002) is een Schotse voetballer die als verdediger door Fulham wordt verhuurd aan FC Den Bosch.

Carrière
Ibane Bowat speelde zes jaar in de jeugd van het Engelse Chelsea en vier jaar bij Fulham. In de tussentijd, van 2014 tot en met 2018 deed Bowat aan rugby. Fulham verhuurde hem, met optie tot koop, op 18 januari 2023 aan FC Den Bosch.

Twee dagen later, op 20 januari 2023, maakte hij zijn debuut in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie. Thuis tegen Jong PSV startte Bowat direct in de basis en maakte hij de 90 minuten vol. FC Den Bosch won de wedstrijd met 1-0.

Interlandcarrière
Bowat maakte op 17 november 2022 zijn debuut voor Schotland O21. In de met 1-2 verloren wedstrijd tegen IJsland O21 startte hij in de basis en werd na 79 minuten vervangen door Robbie Fraser.

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 Lijst van spelers van FC Den Bosch

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The plan was to travel to Goteborg by train to Malmo, where I would change trains to the one Wallander uses to visit Copenhagen. You know, the one that disappears under water mid-crossing from Sweden to Denmark.
It took quite a long time and at relatively frequent intervals people wanting to get to the airport would get together and share a taxi so as not to miss their flights. Although waiting was eating into my 'explore Copenhagen' time, at least there wouldn't be any serious or financial implications of my standing on street corner in Malmo for two or three hours.
The trip across the water was uneventful and driving into that tunnel is actually no different to any other, despite it being in the middle of the Baltic Strait.
Having been dropped at the airport by the rail replacement bus I used the Metro system to finally reach my destination: Copenhagen Station.


Aker Energy has announced discovery of new oil in the Pecan South-1A well in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block offshore Ghana.
The Norwegian company in a statement said it will now drill a sidetrack well to further appraise the volume potential.
The Pecan South-1A well was drilled south of the main Pecan field in the DWT/CTP block and encountered oil.
"Aker Energy is in the process of analyzing the well result and will commence further drilling in order to verify the volume estimate. These volumes will be an addition to the gross contingent resources (2C) from the existing discoveries in the area, previously estimated to 450 – 550 mmboe," the statement said.
Jan Arve Haugan, CEO of Aker Energy added: "We are pleased to announce another successful well as the operator of the DWT/CTP block. The drilling result is another confirmation of the geological model for the area".
"The discovered resources from the well will further strengthen the robustness of the Pecan field development. We will now continue the appraisal drilling campaign, while finalizing the Plan of Development to be submitted by the end of March".
"The drillship Maersk Viking will now drill a sidetrack well in Pecan South, before relocating to drill the third well in the ongoing appraisal campaign, Pecan South East.
Based on the Pecan South result and pre-drill estimates of Pecan South East, Aker Energy estimates that the total volumes to be included in a Plan of Development (POD) have the potential to increase to between 600 – 1,000 mmboe. Aker Energy sees further upsides in the area. The company has identified multiple well targets to be drilled as part of a greater area development after submission of the POD".


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Is Jesus Anti-Science?
Thaddeus Williams — April 23, 2017
The Bible insists that everything exists for Jesus. He is the Telos, the Goal, the Final Point where all lines converge. 'But isn't that such a strange and invisible conclusion? Doesn't such a view make Christianity fundamentally anti-science?'
This confusion clears with a moment's reflection on the meaning of the word "for." Most of us use this three-letter preposition everyday when we want to express the teleology of something, that is, its purpose, why it is. 'Why are there lawnmowers, daddy? What are they made for?' 'Well my boy, lawnmowers are for mowing lawns.' Dad has offered Junior a teleological answer. If Junior asks, 'What are lawnmowers made of, daddy? then dad faces a very different question, one that calls not for a teleological but a material answer, something to do with motors, wheels, and steel blades.
We know more about something when we know what it's made of and what it is made for. Both are important to knowledge-seeking. Imagine Junior again asking his dad why lawnmowers exist and Dad responds, 'Well son, lawnmowers have plastic wheels, metallic frames, steel blades.' 'Hmmm. Ok, but why are there lawnmowers?' 'Well, once upon a time there was a simple single blade at the end of a stick called a sickle. Eventually three or four blades were twirled together around an axel with two wheels. Then came two more wheels, a metal frame, a motor, and eventually we got the lawnmowers we have today. Get it now?" Junior scratches his head. He wasn't asking what lawnmowers have been made of through the centuries; he was after their meaning. If this goes on long enough, a lawnmower's meaning will be buried under an ever-growing pile of knowledge about a lawnmower's mechanics.
Ignorant of a lawnmower's actual meaning Junior might as well make up his own. One blistering summer day, he props one up sideways in his room, fires up the motor and gets the blade whirling as a makeshift fan. A few missing fingers and a minced housecat later, the lopsided-ness of Junior's education becomes clear. For all of his encyclopedic knowledge of lawnmower mechanics, he has become too teleologically thick-headed to realize that lawnmowers and their sharp blades were never designed for indoor cooling.
The moral of the story is that it is possible to be an expert and a blockhead about something all at the same time.[i] In the era before the 17th century, before Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, a fixation on meaning questions often left our understanding of the material world dragging woefully behind. In the era following the Scientific Revolution, we have come to understand the mechanics of the universe far greater than ever before. Yet it appears more meaningless to us than ever. We know more and more about matter but less and less about why matter matters.
It is not as if we carried out an open-minded investigation and finally reached a scientific consensus that there is no meaning out there.[ii] No scientist's list of material facts, no matter how long, could ever warrant a philosopher's conclusion like cosmic meaninglessness. Rather, we presuppose meaninglessness for non-scientific reasons. We wear anti-teleology goggles into the laboratory, then look under the microscope and exclaim, "Behold, it's meaningless!" Evolutionary biologist, Richard Lewontin, explains,
… we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes … Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.[iii]
Such close-minded materialism has ushered us into a kind of teleological Dark Ages. We have become just as naïve about the meaning of the universe as the medieval alchemist was about the mechanics of the universe. But the meaning void left swirling at the center of a materialist's cosmos will be filled with something. The human heart, like nature, abhors a vacuum.
Dr. Loyal Rue offered the American Academy for the Advancement of Science[iv] three possibilities for filling the void: 1. Each individual can become the centerpoint of meaning for his own universe of personal fulfillment. Rue calls this "the madhouse option," which abandons all hope for social cohesion. 2. The State can make itself the centerpoint of meaning in an otherwise meaningless cosmos. Rue calls this "the totalitarian option" where all individuality and freedom are lost. 3. We can say that the universe has meaning even though it doesn't. Rue calls this "the Noble Lie," which "deceives us, tricks us, compels us beyond self-interest." In Rue's bleak trilemma, either the Me destroys the We, the We destroys the Me, or the Lie saves them both, but only by destroying the Truth. (Rue himself defends option three, since "without such lies we cannot live.") Alex Rosenberg offers a fourth option in the concluding line of his book, The Atheist's Guide to Reality: "Take Prozac or your favorite serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and keep taking them till they kick in."
So take your pick: Would you rather live in Rosenberg's Pharmacy of chemically-induced meaning, Rue's Church of the Noble Lie, the totalitarian's Prison of State-imposed meaning, or the relativist's Madhouse of self-made meaning? But those are not our only options if (and it is a massively hope-filled "if") Jesus is, in fact, the Telos. What if he really can break into our Teleological Dark Ages and cast infinite beams of meaning on everything? 'But wouldn't that plunge us backward into some kind of scientific Dark Age?' some might worry. Why be so pessimistic? The last time people took Jesus seriously as the Telos a Scientific Revolution happened. If everything exists for Him, then we have all the more reason to explore what things are made of. Probing the mysteries of the natural world is no longer a matter of what Nietzsche called "staring into the void," but of Kepler's "thinking God's thoughts after Him."
[Excerpted from REFLECT: Becoming Yourself by Mirroring the Greatest Person in History (Weaver, 2017.)]
[i] Such erudite ignorance can happen in the other direction too. Imagine a scientifically curious Junior whose every question about what lawnmowers are made of is met with some profound insight into the meaning of lawnmowers. Eventually he earns a Ph.D. in Lawnmower Teleology. Then comes time to cut the grass. Junior stares blankly at the lawnmower, not sure which button to push or lever to pull. Ignorant of lawnmower mechanics, the renowned scholar of lawnmower teleology watches his yard slowly become a dark Amazonian jungle from which housecats never return.
[ii] As atheist Thomas Nagel argues, "Whatever one may think about the possibility of a designer, the prevailing doctrine—that the appearance of life from dead matter and its evolution through accidental mutation and natural selection to its present forms has involved nothing but the operation of physical law—cannot be regarded as unassailable. It is an assumption governing the scientific project rather than a well-confirmed scientific hypothesis" (Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False, [New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012] 11).
[iii] Richard Lewontin, "Billions and Billions of Demons," The New York Review of Books, Jan. 4, 1997, pg. 31.
[iv] Loyal D. Rue, "The Saving Grace of Noble Lies," address to the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, February, 1991.
Thaddeus Williams


It's 2 AM and I should probably be sleeping. Since I'm not sleeping, I've decided to update everyone on Library Series: Book Three.
This book feels like the end of the series, but is it? I'm about halfway through the writing and it seems like everything should be coming to a close, but there's also a barrier preventing everything from being brought to a close. Right now I am about 50% of the way through the writing and I think that there are two books left in the Library Series. A major part of the story will definitely end in Book Three in a way that made me think "huh, isn't this end?". However, I soon realized that I wasn't thinking deeply enough. Even if that story is brought to a close, it definitely isn't the ending to the series.
So, I am excited to announce today that the Library Series will see Book Three and Book Four, the latter half of the series, in 2013. This also means that the Library Series will come to a close at that time. I'm very excited for this journey and I think it will be satisfying for the readers. Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself. Book Two was released not that long ago and there's almost a year left before the end. Then again, as the author it's necessary to think about these things well in advance.
Writing Update: Book Two Submitted!
After many hours of checking for minor mistakes (hopefully I caught them all), the second book in the Library Series, The Weapon of The Kara, has been submitted. While it will likely be available tomorrow, before the official release date, it will still be free for the duration of October 5th.
I expressed some of my thoughts on completing this book in the Author's Note, but being able to publicly write about them on my blog is a completely different experience. I've put a lot of effort into the series thus far and Book Three is going to take a significant amount of work. I hope to gain new readers with the release of Book Two and I hope everyone can enjoy the experience. Even if everything that I've done isn't seen as a great work of art, all I want is for a few people to have genuinely enjoyed themselves. That's all the motivation I need to keep writing… actually, I'll probably keep writing even if that doesn't happen.
I've had a lot of fun with the Library Series so far and even though I am happy to continue it, I'm also a little bit sad that I'm now one book closer to the end. With each book, the ending becomes clearer in my mind and the journey of the characters progresses towards that end and their individual ends. Please look forward to the next book in 2013.


Over the next ten weeks the Mouse will have what is known as Tron Tuesday in which they will release clips/surprises from the upcoming film. This week the first is a clip from Daft Punk's score with the track: "The Game has Changed." Enjoy it and await each week until you can purchase that ticket. What a difference twenty-eight years makes.
Got my ticket to Tron Night. Anybody hear if they will be giving out posters like they are at the Back to the Future screenings?
Judging by how they're pushing ElecTRONica and how that feels when compared to the original Tron, oh yeah, the game has changed completely. But it's a good thing.
Based on the 20 minute preview being shown at elecTRONica, my excitement for the movie has been reduced to casual interest (i.e. it looks like this movie will not live up to its potential).
Judging by you comment, it's likely you didn't see the clip and don't intend to see the fim, therefore you're trying to discourage others. The clip plating at DCA is a 9 minute clip, not a 20 minute one. Perhaps you should get your BS straight before you type it.
I've seen the clip and it looks awesome. I actually thought the original was ok, the new one actually is something I'm interested in.
Care to change your bull**** story?


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Xi calls for advancement of all-round cooperation with ASEAN
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-- The 17th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit opened in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
-- Addressing the opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will work with the ASEAN to advance all-round cooperation and maintain good momentum for development and prosperity in the region.
-- Xi said the China-ASEAN relationship has grown into the most successful and vibrant model for cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and an exemplary effort to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
NANNING, Nov. 27 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said that China will work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to advance all-round cooperation and maintain good momentum for development and prosperity in the region.
Xi made the remarks via video when addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
"The China-ASEAN relationship has grown into the most successful and vibrant model for cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and an exemplary effort to build a community with a shared future for mankind," Xi said.
China continues to regard ASEAN as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy and a key region for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, he said.
This year's expo, which will conclude on Nov. 30, aims to deepen cooperation in trade, the digital economy, science and technology, health, and other fields to foster a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
GREATER ECONOMIC, TRADE COOPERATION
Xi said that as next year will mark the 30th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations, China will work with ASEAN to take their strategic partnership to a higher level.
China welcomes the signature of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and looks forward to its early entry into force, he said.
It will work with ASEAN members to sustain the smooth flow of trade, promote mutual investment, open up markets wider to each other, and foster deeply integrated industrial, supply and value chains, Xi said.
ASEAN has become China's largest trading partner. In the first 10 months, bilateral trade between China and ASEAN increased by 7 percent year on year to 3.79 trillion yuan (about 571.64 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 14.6 percent of China's foreign trade, according to China's General Administration of Customs.
This year's expo also highlights the RCEP, the world's biggest trade pact, which was signed earlier this month by 15 Asia-Pacific countries, including ASEAN's 10 member states and China. It was a massive move for regional economic integration, multilateralism and free trade.
"I believe that the RCEP will also provide a solid foundation for an open, inclusive, and rules-based global trade environment," said Myanmar President U Win Myint at the expo's opening ceremony.
Xu Ningning, executive president of the China-ASEAN Business Council, said that opening up the markets of the 15 countries to each other will bring about new changes and closer regional cooperation.
PROMOTING DIGITAL ECONOMY
Stressing the need to deepen cooperation on the digital economy, Xi said China and ASEAN could create more highlights of cooperation in such areas as smart cities, 5G, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, big data, blockchain and telemedicine, and strengthen the protection of data security and policy communication and coordination.
China will work with ASEAN on the China-ASEAN Information Harbor to advance digital connectivity and build a digital Silk Road, he added.
The added value of China's digital economy registered 35.8 trillion yuan in 2019, accounting for 36.2 percent of the country's GDP, up 1.4 percentage points from the previous year, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
"China is one of the countries that are at the forefront in developing, investing and utilizing digital technology in the world. In this regard, advancing cooperation in the area of digital technology, under the Belt and Road Initiative, will be an important agenda in the future," said Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen via video at the expo's opening ceremony.
It is estimated that ASEAN's digital economy will increase from 1.3 percent of the group's GDP in 2015 to 8.5 percent in 2025, according to ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi.
Myanmar President U Win Myint said that the digital economy is an important segment of sustainable development, "especially at a time when we are becoming increasingly reliant on digital technology for communication, education, health care, trade, investment, stock exchange, and other forms of business activities in the face of challenges posed by the global pandemic."
"We should also continue to encourage the exchange and transfer of modern technological know-how in order to facilitate a transition to the digital economy," said Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.
CLOSER COOPERATION AGAINST COVID-19
President Xi said the two sides also need to strengthen cooperation against COVID-19 and enhance capacity building in public health.
China stands ready to work with ASEAN to enhance policy dialogue on public health, information sharing and cooperation on the production, development, and deployment of vaccines, Xi said.
"The COVID-19 crisis has made us realize the importance of friendship and international cooperation even more. We have witnessed weaknesses that need to be improved and strengths that need to be further enhanced and developed," Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said via video at the ceremony.
The crisis caused by the pandemic bears testimony to the greater need to uphold the principles of multilateralism and to strengthen international cooperation, said Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.
Editor: zhangrui
29-11-20 10:06 BJT
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