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FactCheck Q&A: how much was spent on the Cambodia refugee deal and how many were settled?
This Fact check by the Kaldor Centre's Madeline Gleeson includes a review by our Associate, Dr Maria O'Sullivan. It first appeared on The Conversation website.
By Madeline Gleeson, Kaldor Centre, UNSW Australia
The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.
Excerpt from Q&A, November 14, 2016, watch from 0.40.
…when it comes to the government's previous attempts, we know when there was announced with great fanfare that people were all set to head off to Cambodia, and of course we saw that millions of taxpayer dollars – but very few lives which were changed by that. – Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Development Kate Ellis, speaking on Q&A, November 14, 2016.
Shortly after the Australian government announced it planned to send refugees from Papua New Guinea and Nauru to the US, Labor's Kate Ellis told Q&A viewers that the government had previously said it would send people to Cambodia, that millions of taxpayer dollars were spent and "very few lives which were changed by that".
What was Ellis talking about – and was she correct?
Checking the source
Kate Ellis is referring to an agreement signed by Australia and Cambodia on September 26, 2014, providing for the relocation of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia. The agreement was intended to cover any person who:
had arrived in Australia by boat as an asylum seeker and been removed to Nauru for processing;
had undergone refugee status determination in Nauru and been found to be a refugee, as defined in the 1951 Refugee Convention;
met certain unspecified "entry and settlement requirements" of Cambodia;
had been provided with information by Cambodian officials on the living conditions, customs, traditions, culture and religion of Cambodia; and
voluntarily accepted an offer of settlement in Cambodia.
When asked for a source to support her statement, a spokesperson for Kate Ellis referred the Conversation to a Senate committee hearing that took place in November 2016.
In that hearing, Labor senator Murray Watt said about $55 million had been earmarked for the agreement, "divided between $40 million in aid and about $15 million for the actual resettlement", to which a senior official from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection replied:
Yes, not all of which has been drawn down.
In the same Senate hearing, another departmental official, Claire Roennfeldt, said $3.48 million of the $15 million earmarked for the resettlement program had been spent since the agreement was struck.
It appears the money is spent through payments to service providers rather to the government of Cambodia directly.
Another exchange between Watt and another senior Department of Immigration and Border Protection official, David Nockels, revealed the number of refugees resettled:
Senator Watt: And I am right that in total there have been five people resettled there? Is that right?
Mr Nockels : Five or six… Excuse me, Secretary. It is six. Two are still there.
When asked if all these numbers discussed in the Senate hearing were up to date, a spokesman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection told The Conversation:
The testimony referenced is correct, however, current figures for the total expenditure of the resettlement assistance to date is now $4.77 million.
So Kate Ellis was correct. It is fair to describe the Cambodia deal as having cost millions of taxpayer dollars but changing very few refugee lives.
Why was the Cambodia deal pursued?
When the agreement was signed in September 2014, then immigration minister, Scott Morrison, described it as a regional solution that was
about providing genuine resettlement in a third country.
It came at a time when conditions were worsening and tensions were rising at the two regional processing centres in Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG). There was a clear and urgent need for an answer to where the people found to be refugees at these two centres would subsequently go.
The Australian government maintained that they would never be settled in Australia, and neither Nauru nor PNG had a workable settlement policy. So the agreement with Cambodia appeared, to some, to offer a much-needed solution.
However, others expressed concern about the workability of the agreement from the outset, including the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and António Guterres (then the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, now the Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations).
It was never clear how many people the agreement would cover. Its provisions do not specify a number, and state only that decisions about the number and timing of relocations are to be made by Cambodia.
What happened next?
At the time it was signed, Scott Morrison announced that the two countries would:
undertake an initial trial arrangement with a small group of refugees which will be followed by further resettlement in accordance with Cambodia's capacity.
He said there would be "no caps" to the agreement, and there were reports that as many as 1,000 people could be relocated.
But Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior, Sar Kheng, rejected such a high number, committing only to Cambodia accepting "three to four people first".
In April 2015, four people accepted offers of resettlement to Cambodia from Nauru – an Iranian couple, an Iranian man, and a man from Myanmar.
The four arrived in Cambodia in June 2015. Despite rumours of more refugees joining them, just one more man – a Rohingya from Myanmar – joined them in November 2015.
By May 2016, he would be the only one left in the country, with the initial four refugees all choosing to return to their countries of origin between October 2015 and May 2016, despite having been assessed to have genuine fears of persecution or other serious harm there.
Rumours of further transfers from Nauru again surfaced in October 2016, but only one more man – from Syria – is known to have gone.
These transfers bring the total number of refugees currently in Cambodia to two, with one saying he would leave if he could.
Breaking down the cost
At the time it was signed, immigration minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia would provide Cambodia with $40 million over four years "to support various overseas aid development projects", in addition to the approximately $79 million that it was providing in aid to Cambodia.
In October 2015, Michael Pezzullo, the Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection clarified that Australia was providing $40 million "in development assistance – not directly related to the resettlement per se", as well as $15 million for the overall resettlement program that would be "pay on performance".
It appeared that the $15 million would not be paid all at once, but rather would be disbursed on a progressive basis depending on how many refugees were resettled.
As discussed earlier, a spokesman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection told The Conversation that the current figure for the total expenditure of the resettlement assistance to date is now $4.77 million.
Kate Ellis was correct. It is a fair to describe the Cambodia deal as having cost millions of taxpayer dollars, while changing very few refugee lives. – Madeline Gleeson
This is a sound analysis. There appears to be some difference in approach by politicians as to how much the Cambodian deal has actually cost. This is because the government has divided the funds between $40 million in aid and approximately $15 million directly for resettlement services and support.
I think it is more accurate to view the resettlement agreement amount holistically as totalling $55 million. This is because the "development assistance" was tied to the resettlement agreement. Putting any dispute as to the exact monetary contribution aside, it is correct that it has assisted very few refugees. – Maria O'Sullivan
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said it was Labor senator Tim Watts who asked about the Cambodia deal in the Senate hearing. In fact, it was Labor senator Murray Watt. The Conversation takes responsibility and apologises for this error, which was introduced in the editing process.
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Being A Government Employee Not A Ground To Grant Bail To A Rape Accused: Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court noted that being a government employee is not a ground to grant bail to an accused alleged of committing rape.
Justice HP Nivas dismissed the petition and stated, "The fact that petitioner is a Government employee is not a ground to enlarge him on bail, when the serious offence of rape is alleged against the petitioner."
The prosecution submitted that the petitioner took the girl to his Home Stay and subjected her to sexual assault on 14th September 2021. He allegedly committed the offence even though the victim girl was already engaged to some other person.
The victim alleged that the accused promised her that he would marry her and also threatened her not to disclose the incident to anybody otherwise he will take away her life.
Advocate Kemparaju, representing the petitioner, submitted that the petitioner is working as Assistant Executive Engineer in KPTCL and a false case has been registered against him since he is a Government employee.
He also questioned the delay of 1½ months in filing a complaint. Advocate Kemparaju submitted that no prima facie case has been made out and the petitioner has been in custody since 14 November 2022.
As per the prosecution, the victim in her statement under Section 164 of CrPC has disclosed that she was subjected to sexual assault and caused a life threat too. The prosecutor went on to add that the medical evidence also proves that the girl was assaulted and therefore, there is a prima facie case against the petitioner.
"From the statement of the victim girl, it is seen that, she has stated that she was subjected to sexual act against her wish and also caused life threat. She has also stated that her marriage was already engaged with another bridegroom and hence, after committing the sexual Court, he promised that he would marry and also caused life threat," the court said.
The bench added, "Apart from that, medical evidence is also clear that hymen was tear and opinion of the doctor is also clear that, she was subjected to sexual act and material collected not rules out subjecting her for sexual act. When such being the material available on record, the fact that petitioner is a Government employee is not a ground to enlarge him on bail."
"Prima facie, the medical evidence, as well as the 164 statement, disclose that the fact that victim was subjected to sexual act," the court added.
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Things that pee you off
By Craig Strongman,
July 15, 2007 in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Interests:Was born and raised in Nottingham, take a keen interest in coal mining history, ham radio reading, woodworking etc etc.... I'm called a lot of things but I'll accept John Waudby as it's my given name...LOL
You wouldn't recognize todays trucks Catfan, the seats cost a couple of grand each!! everything is controlled with electronics, some have drive by wire now, ie brakes and accelerator are just sensors. Anti pollution equipment, no more black as coal exhaust. The older anti pollution equipment was a liquid you put in a tank when filling up, I don't know how it works other than spraying into the exhaust, that's been replaced now by a canister that collects particulate matter and as it gets blocked, sprays a small amount of diesel into the canister to "regenerate" the canister, fancy word for burning the particulate matter off at high temperature, much the same as what's on my fairly new Kubota tractor.
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Although we dont live in the UK and it may be a different point of view. Here over the years employment or the lack of it has been very different to that in UK. My husband has worked since he was
I used to be called Victor Meldrew at work so I have been mostly avoiding this thread until now but here are a few things that really pee me off: # Drivers who don't acknowledge you when y
Before the indignent hand wringing liberalists and self righteous start their protestations, let's just get one thing straight. The dead criminal deliberately set out to rob yet another old couple, an
The canister is a catalytic converter and yes the do burn off to regenerate. There is a growing market over here for them, they contain Platinum, Rhodium etc. A thief can have one off your car and away in under two minutes, with Rhodium at £4000 an Oz it's no wonder thefts are increasing. One for a big truck is several thousand pounds to replace
Son's Diesel LWB hybrid Range Rover started on the button first time, despite it standing outside his house since the end of July. We've travelled about 100 miles in it today, goes well, extremely comfortable ride but we won't be getting one for ourselves, it's like sitting in a National Express coach but with cosier (massaging if it takes your fancy) seats.
Catfan, they all have fuel traps, it's called a water separator, and it's one of the pre trip checks done by all truckers. Check this video out.
A little more searching, and I find ALL diesel engined pickups have a fuel/water separator that needs checking at least every month or sooner.
Lizzie, I hope they are more comfortable than Land rovers, I used to drive those underground at BPB, they were the most uncomfortable vehicles I've ever driven.
I like my Chevy Silverado full sized truck, it's comfortable even with the bed full of stuff, Like driving a luxury car! Recently changed out the seat adjust switch assembly and the drivers side window switch assembly.
It has adjustable pedals too, ideal for short or very tall people.
The only thing I don't like is the auto transmission, I prefer manuals, but over this side of the pond they are as rare as hens teeth. I know of many Americans who feel the same too, BUT, the big three decided to stop making manual transmissions, so not much we can do about it.
Brew, they are not catalytic converters, they have no expensive metals in the, they are supposed to be ceramic and have very minute holes along the length of them to catch particulate matter, not to burn off CO or unburned fuel. Takes about half an hour to regenerate, AND during the process it churns out CO, so has to be done outside. Totally different to the Catalytic converters in our petrol engined cars and trucks.
Don't get me wrong though, they too are very expensive to replace, but can be professionally cleaned.
It appears truckers over here are having a lot of problems with them, so the EPA has given them permission to have them bypassed until the problem is sorted.
Over here there's a kit to prevent the Catalytic converters being stolen, it's big business with thieves here to, more in cities than rural areas.
22 hours ago, LizzieM said:
Son's Diesel LWB hybrid Range Rover started on the button first time, despite it standing outside his house since the end of July.
Today we were out around Dorset in son's car and thought it wise to put some fuel in it. Well we resembled Mr and Mrs Magoo. First problem was not being able to open the flap over the fuel cap. Pressed lots of buttons, a chap filling up next to us came to assist and had no luck so I googled the Land Rover main dealer but couldn't work out how to use the car's satnav. I put the post code onto my phone and set off. We ended up in the middle of town by the bus station, with no car dealership anywhere to be seen. Rang our son, who's working in Tanzania, who told us to press a button under the steering wheel. Back to same petrol station, my husband said the nozzle wouldn't fit in the hole so I suggested it was a petrol car …… "No, he definitely said diesel" came the reply. Rang son again and even he said at first it was diesel and then quickly changed his mind! Well he HAS been away for nearly 3 months! Finally, successfully re-fuelled the car but wish we'd never bothered collecting it, I'll be glad to get my car back.
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You would not have that trouble with the Morris 8 Lizzie wish i still had mine. The new car we got 4 months ago is full of elecronic gadgets still trying to figure them out.
Too true Ian, but there are a few considerations to be taken into account with Little Mo ……. the journey to Dorset would probably entail an overnight stay somewhere in Oxfordshire, it's not a comfortable ride and there are no seat belts so these days one feels a little vulnerable plus, although it's easy to open the fuel cap it does take leaded fuel so we'd need to take a bottle of Redex on the trip too. I'm happy to let her stay cosy in the garage!
The engineering on my car is among the best but the gadgets/electronicals were designed by someone drunk or has serious sadistic tendencies.
Good luck figuring yours out...
Mine will be a collectors item by the time i figure it all out.
Men wearing a T Shirt instead of Dress shirt with a Suit........
Men not wearing socks with Sandals...in fact showing feet...
Men wearing Baseball Caps...especially back to front.........
Men wearing shorts when out and about.........
Politicians wearing white shirt with sleeves rolled up.......when visiting work places.........
I could go on........
I've always thought socks and sandals were a bit daft. I thought wearing sandals were cooler in the summer. Then to put a pair of socks on, defeated (no pun intended) the object.
I;d prosecute men wearing sandals.....with or without socks.......
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Some feet are not fit to be put on public display. Never seen the attraction of baseball caps no matter which way round they are. We always used to refer to them as brain restrictors when I was a kid.
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I have a Musto baseball cap I used to wear when I was seafaring. It has a strip down the back with a clip that goes onto the collar. Stops it blowing away in the wind!
Woody, you must be a young whippersnapper to know baseball caps as a kid. In my childhood the only caps were school caps for the boys, and 'ratting' caps for men.
Still got a 'ratting cap'.
Ian, do you have a whippet as well?
I've got a ratting cap but I prefer my tweed baseball cap, with a peak at the front, when I'm working around the estate. Obviously I wouldn't desport myself in public whilst wearing it!
No whippet just a ferret with a wooden leg.
We had one of those - it went pit pat pit clunk, pit pat pit clunk
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Google's 'Ratting Cap' not a ScoobyDo
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Having MP3 tag tools is imperative if you want to come with an organized music collection. MP3 tag tools are extremely helpful when trying to edit music ID3 tags. In today's technological society more and more people download music than actually purchase tangible CDs. With that being said when music is downloaded usually the song details are made up by the user that uploaded them, which is why there are many commonly misspelled names and album titles. I'm going to speak about the best tools for automatically tagging your MP3 files. https://ledisimusic.com/tours-history.html Experimental is usually a label that is certainly put on artists that stray from the norms in music. Perhaps their musical style won't follow the familiar formulas that comprise a specific genre like jazz or pop music. Perhaps the structure with their pop song will not stick to the normal verse chorus and bridge structure. As a music and spoken word artist, a chorus may not even exist in certainly one of my songs. So my music feels directly to be classified as experimental. And as I am not interested in duplicating what has already been done, this feels suited to me and also fitting for my artistic approach and intentions.
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For as long as we've got lived down the street, Josh has loved music. He has had his very own band since junior high. Who would feel that being informed they have an extremely deadly cancer will be cause of celebrating? But Josh is looking at cancer and saying why not? Why not live, until we die? He isn't about to give up while the music is still in him. His friends gather nightly to help him keep the music alive. When I've seen them come pouring out of the property it requires to have been for the break between groups of music. They are all browsing friends surrounding this tall, slim, and bald young man. He is smiling. I smile when I imagine Josh's decision to hold on playing. He keeps playing because she has an excuse to call home. He doesn't understand it but he's teaching average folks how to reside in, too.
John Baldry perhaps never had the wider recognition he deserved but his talent was acknowledged by emerging superstars at the time including Elton John, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Rod (The Mod) Stewart who all supported him every now and then. Rod was imagined to have been discovered after John Baldry heard him busking with an underground (metro) station.
3. Oh Father (1989) This song is unquestionably under-rated. I think the songs video for "Oh Father" can be as a compelling reason to set this track on any top list as the song itself. The imagery and details were unrivaled when the video first aired. Not to mention, this issue matter is extremely serious (the death of her mother) nevertheless human. Shot entirely in black-and-white, the playback quality is said to possess taken stylistic inspiration from your Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane". It's been a little while becasue it is release, but take another listen/view with this one.


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Should caution be exercised in the rollout of covid-19 vaccines to NZ children from 5 years old? History indicates rushed decisions lead to regret.
Gerhard Sundborn,1* Simon Thornley,2 Rupert Scott,3 René de Monchy,4 Matt Shelton,5 Byram Bridle6
Lecturer in Pacific Health, University of Auckland, Department of Pacific Health, New Zealand 1
Epidemiologist/Public Health Physician, University of Auckland, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New Zealand 2
General Practitioner, Whangarei, New Zealand 3
General Practitioner and Psychiatrist, Tauranga, New Zealand 4
General Practitioner, Wellington, New Zealand 5
Professor of Viral Immunology, University of Guelph, Canada6
Corresponding author * email: g.sundborn@auckland.ac.nz
The New Zealand Ministry of Health have indicated that they are now actively considering the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine for New Zealand Children age from 5 to 11 years old.1 This follows its approval for use in New Zealand children aged 12 to 15 years on Monday 21st June, by 'Medsafe', New Zealand's drug regulator.2 Other countries including USA, Canada, China and the European Commission who have also approved the vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. China has authorised vaccination for children from three years of age. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) advise that children and adolescents have milder disease than adults and therefore more evidence is needed on different covid-19 vaccines for this age group, which has prevented them from making general recommendations for their use.3 In the UK the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JVCI) concluded that the health benefits gained by vaccination of 12 – 15 year old children are only marginally greater than the potential and known harms. And that this margin of benefit was too small to support universal vaccination of healthy 12 to 15 year old children.4 Since covid-19 itself poses little risk of fatality to children, and the exposure to a vaccine entails risks which are now poorly understood, we examine them in more detail here. Recently, an Auckland Professor of Epidemiology, regarding covid-19 vaccination stated:
"The Government has introduced (vaccine) mandates in health – total no-brainer. They've also introduced one in education for all the staff – total no-brainer. They need to introduce the same mandate for 12-and-over children".5
To date, a decision to rollout the vaccine to children aged 5 – 11 years has not been made. We question the idea that vaccine mandates are a "no-brainer" particularly for children. Specifically, we believe that for children, emerging data indicates that such a policy will lead to more harm than good. We urge a precautionary approach be taken and that any plans for the vaccination of children be delayed for three important reasons.
Long-term safety and efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine is unknown: The first and most crucial point is that the long-term safety and efficacy data from the trial will not be available until 2023. Although short-term safety and efficacy data looks promising, this has only been tested in a small cohort of children, with 1,131 children receiving the vaccine at the time of writing.6 This means that detected adverse effects would only be those which are relatively common, and side effects, such as excess clotting that have led to the withdrawal of the AstraZeneca vaccine, for example, from many countries would not have been detected.7 This vaccine is one of the fastest to ever be developed and rolled out, taking less than one calendar year. Before this, the fastest approval was four years. Most take an average of ten to fifteen years from development to approval for clinical use.8
When we reflect on the 2009 swine flu pandemic a similar scenario occurred where the hastened development and approval of a vaccine took an astonishing 5-6 months once the new virus was identified.9 The vaccine was then administered widely, until 2011-12 when long term safety and efficacy data were available – from which studies indicated that the vaccine caused unacceptable rates of narcolepsy.10 This resulted in over a billion-dollars' worth of these vaccines being destroyed.11-13
Another more distressing example occurred in the 1976 swine flu outbreak at the US Fort Dix military base. The infection caused one death and 230 soldiers to become ill. This led to a hastily developed vaccine that was rolled out to approximately 22% of the US population. The resulting vaccine caused over 500 cases of paralysis and 25 deaths. The vaccine was far worse than the virus itself and observers thought that the government response was too fast, with important safety considerations overlooked.14
In the US there has been a dramatic increase observed in US government vaccine injury reports as evidence of vaccine harm. The 100-fold increase in post-vaccine deaths reported in temporal association to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines in late 2020 is perhaps best shown in the plot below.
Figure 1. Time series of monthly reports of post-vaccine deaths to the US VAERS monitoring system.
Such a rapid increase in reports should be cause for concern, particularly when the development and clinical testing of the vaccines has been so truncated, and adverse effects from wide scale vaccination are unknown.15 Conventional epidemiological knowledge confirms that medical adverse event databases generally under-report safety signals. In a United States study that compared augmented electronic monitoring of health records in the thirty days post-vaccination, with prompting of clinicians to report likely vaccine-related events to usual practice, the augmented system resulted in a 30-fold increase in vaccine-related incident reporting, compared to historical periods. 16 When considering whether the spike in adverse event reporting is related to increased rates of vaccination or harm due to the vaccine, statistical tests carried out by Rose et. al. indicate clearly that the deaths are clustered around the time immediately after the event, in a manner which is incompatible with what would be expected if such deaths were occurring due to background mortality risks (P < 0.001).17
Efficacy of the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine is reported to be 52% after the initial dose and 95% after the second dose which has been taken from interim data.18 However, these claims have been questioned by researchers in Israel who have seen a far lower than expected decline in cases following vaccination of over 75% of their elderly population. Rather than a 52% decline in cases they have seen a significantly lower reduction in cases by 33%.19 Further, the protection against new variants of the virus remains unknown. A study recently published in the Lancet has found being fully vaccinated does not reduce any transmissibility once infected with the virus, compared to unvaccinated infected people.20
Very recently published evidence from overseas, where the vaccine rollout has occurred earlier than in New Zealand shows that vaccines are not resulting in enduring and lasting protection from the virus. A preprint Swedish cohort study (1.6 million people) which compares the risk of Covid-19 infection in vaccinated and unvaccinated people throughout the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in the country from the 4th of January to the 4th of October 2021.21 Analysis of those who had taken the Pfizer vaccine showed that the effectiveness at preventing symptomatic infection waned from initial high levels to 47% in the period 121-180 days after the vaccine to no convincing effect beyond day 211 post-vaccination (23% reduction; 95% confidence interval, -2 to 41, P = 0·07), compared to unvaccinated people. This modelled decline in vaccine effectiveness is illustrated in the figure below. Such an effect was observed for all Covid-19 vaccinations used in the country, and observed for more severe health outcomes such as prevention of Covid-19 hospitalisation and death.
Figure 2. Estimated adjusted effect of vaccine to prevent Covid-19 infection after vaccination in Sweden.21 Solid line represents point estimate and shading represents 95% confidence interval. Overall, no beneficial effect is observed after 240 days (8 months) since vaccination.
The risk covid presents to children is negligible: The second reason against vaccinating children is the very small risk that the virus poses to this group.22 There is a 1,000-fold difference in mortality risk between comparing children with frail elderly people after testing positive for covid-19. It is extraordinarily rare for a child to suffer any significant illness from covid-19 and orders of magnitude more rare for them to die from this virus.23 A prominent US epidemiologist likened the risk of a person less than 65 years old dying from covid-19 as remarkably uncommon and about the same as dying during a car journey from between 21 – 162 km each day.24 This comparison shows that there is little personal risk posed by covid-19 to children and thus no reason to expose them to an experimental vaccine. Other arguments for vaccinating children are related to the threat of 'asymptomatic transmission'. Up-to-date evidence, however, shows little evidence of this phenomenon in Wuhan, after 10 million people were screened by PCR for infection, whether or not they had symptoms.25
Vaccine-associated risks that need further investigation: To date 18 countries including Canada, Sweden, Latvia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and The Netherlands, have halted the roll-out of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine due to concerns that it has caused blood clots in some recipients.6 There are similar concerns that the Pfizer vaccine may also cause clots. In Norway, 23 deaths of frail elderly people occurred shortly after receiving the Pfizer vaccine – with an investigation concluding that the vaccine was responsible for at least 10 of these deaths.26 In Australia two middle-aged women also died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, caused by rare blood clots in the brain.27
Another risk from the vaccine for young people that have received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine is myocarditis or pericarditis. In the US, more than 1,200 such cases have been identified in people younger than thirty years according to the Centres for Disease Control. A study in the United States showed that the risk of myocarditis after vaccination was 3.7 to 6.1 times higher than the risk of hospitalisation due to covid-19, even under conditions of moderate and high covid-19 incidence.28 A more recent study shows a 13.6-fold (1,260%) increase in new cases of myocarditis after the second vaccine in 16 to 19 year old males, compared to background rates of the disease in the same demographic group between 2017 and 2019.29 Other authors have questioned the use of vaccines in anyone less than the age of 65 years, since deaths attributable to the vaccine are likely to outnumber those saved by a factor of five.30 For younger children, this calculation is even less favourable. These events have generally occurred within a week following receiving the second dose of the vaccine.31
Under-reporting into vaccine safety databases is common. In a United States study that compared augmented electronic monitoring of health records in the thirty days post-vaccination, with prompting of clinicians to report likely vaccine-related events to usual practice, the augmented system resulted in a 30-fold increase in vaccine-related incident reporting,32 compared to historical periods. This means that analyses based on such reporting systems are likely to be gross underestimates of the true burden of adverse events.
Other academics overseas have expressed concerns at the high rate of post-vaccine adverse effects reported in vaccine safety databases. In the UK 'Yellow card' system, for example, between 4 Jan and 26 May 2021, a total of 1,253 deaths and 888,196 adverse reactions post covid-19 vaccine were recorded, with 63 million people receiving at least one dose, and 24 million having had two doses. This is roughly a 1/50,000 risk of death and 1/70 risk of adverse reaction after vaccination, assuming these reports are all caused by the vaccine. The author of the document, Dr Tess Lawrie, stated that based on these figures there was: "more than enough evidence … to declare the COVID-19 vaccines unsafe for use in humans".33
Table 1. Adverse Events for Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine verses influenza vaccine in NZ
2021 Influenza Vaccine 2019
Adverse Events Following Vaccination
(AEFI) 27,651 229
AEFI Rate 477/100,000 15.2/100,000
Adverse Events of Special Interest 982 –
Death following vaccination 91 –
Doses administered 5,792,114 1,505,268
Reviewing the latest Covid-19 vaccine safety report from Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority) published on 9 October 202134 – a total of 27,651 Adverse Events following Vaccination (AEFI) have occurred. With 982 of these being Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) which are paid greater attention due to their seriousness. Most concerning is the number of deaths that have occurred following vaccination which now totals 91. When comparing the number of adverse events from the covid-19 vaccine to those reported to Medsafe for the influenza vaccine in 2019, 35 we calculate that the Covid-19 vaccine adverse events rate is more than 31-fold greater. Further the influenza vaccine has no reports of Adverse Events of Special Interest, nor death following vaccination. From these data the covid-19 vaccine exposes those who receive it to far higher rate of adverse health consequences than that for influenza.
Summary: The Pfizer covid-19 vaccine remains experimental and is only provisionally approved for use in New Zealand. Long-term safety and efficacy data will not be known until 2023, and children are largely unaffected by the virus. Like the swine flu vaccine, a true understanding of the long-term side-effects of the vaccine remain unknown until these trials are complete. There are several serious side effects caused by current covid-19 vaccines whose risks are not fully understood. Basic safety biodistribution studies are missing,36 with data from rodent models showing high uptake of nanoparticle delivery substrate in the ovaries of these animals.37 Basic safety studies, that are a routine part of vaccine development were not carried out for this vaccine.
When considering whether to vaccinate children against covid-19, one must weigh the therapeutic benefits against the risks. With such little to gain, all children can possibly experience are the risks of the product, such as myocarditis. True estimates of risks from the vaccine are now not fully understood, although there are already several identified now including blood clots, myocarditis, and death. 38, 39, 34
On balance, we believe that the known and unknown risks from the vaccine outweigh any benefits for children. Historical examples should lead us to pause and make a sober assessment of the risks, given the lack of benefit to children. We believe that it is best to wait at least two years for the long-term safety and efficacy results to enable a more informed decision to be made about whether to vaccinate children against SARS-CoV-2. Whatever else can be said about the decision to vaccinate children, it cannot and must not be considered a "no brainer". No sober analysis would come to that conclusion.
This research did not receive any specific funding.
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10. Stranden AL. Norwegian study links flu vaccine to narcolepsy risk [Internet]; Science Norway, 28 March 2017; [cited 2020 Dec 17]. Available from: https://sciencenorway.no/forskningno-norway-vaccine/norwegian-study-links-flu-vaccine-to-narcolepsy-risk/1444067
11. Conner R. Germany to destroy expensive, unwanted swine flu vaccine [Internet]; Deutsche Welle, 17 August 2011; [cited 2020 Dec 17]. Available from: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-destroy-expensive-unwanted-swine-flu-vaccine/a-15324186
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13. Independent. Netherlands destroying 17 million swine flu vaccine doses [Internet]; 18 September 2011; [cited 2020 Dec 17]. Available from: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/netherlands-destroying-17-million-swine-flu-vaccine-doses-2038287.html
14. Khamsi, Roxanne. How we will know when coronavirus vaccine is ready. [Internet] National Geographic. 1 July 2020. [cited 2021 July 7] Available from: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/how-we-will-know-when-coronavirus-vaccine-is-ready-cvd/
15. Seneff et al "Worse Than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19" Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): Epidemic NCDs https://www.ijvtpr.com/index.php/IJVTPR/article/view/23
16. Meghan A. Baker, David C. Kaelber, David S. Bar-Shain, Pedro L. Moro, Bob Zambarano, Megan Mazza, Crystal Garcia, Adam Henry, Richard Platt, Michael Klompas, Advanced Clinical Decision Support for Vaccine Adverse Event Detection and Reporting, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 61, Issue 6, 15 September 2015, Pages 864–870, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ430
17. Rose J. A Report on Myocarditis Adverse Events in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) of the COVID-19 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) Biologicals. Science, Public Health Policy, and The Law. Volume 2:59-80. May, 2021.
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20. Singanayagam A, Hakki S, Dunning J, Madon KJ, Crone MA, Koycheva A, et al. Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis 2021 Published Online October 28, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(21)00648-4
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22. Bhopal SS, Bagaria J, Olabi B, Bhopal R. Children and young people remain at low risk of COVID-19 mortality. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 May;5(5):e12-e13. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00066-3. Epub 2021 Mar 11. Erratum in: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Mar 24;: PMID: 33713603; PMCID: PMC7946566.
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24. Ioannidis JPA, Axfors C, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG. Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying diseases in pandemic epicenters. Environ Res. 2020 Sep;188:109890. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109890. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32846654; PMCID: PMC7327471.
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26. Torjesen I. Covid-19: Pfiver-BioNTech vaccine is "likely" responsible for deaths of some elderly patients, Norwegian review finds BMJ 2021; 373 :n1372 doi10.1136/bmj.n1372
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28. Hoeg T, Krug A, Stevenson J, Mandrola J. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination-Associated Myocarditis in Children Ages 12-17: A Stratified National Database Analysis. medRxiv preprint posted 8 September 2021. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.30.21262866v1.full.pdf
29. Mevorach D, Anis E, Cedar N, Bromberg M, Haas EJ, Nadir E, Olsha-Castell S, Arad D, Hasin T, Levi N, Asleh R, Amir O, Meir K, Cohen D, Dichtiar R, Novick D, Hershkovitz Y, Dagan R, Leitersdorf I, Ben-Ami R, Miskin I, Saliba W, Muhsen K, Levi Y, Green MS, Keinan-Boker L, Alroy-Preis S. Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine against Covid-19 in Israel. N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 6:NEJMoa2109730. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2109730. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34614328; PMCID: PMC8531987.
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38. Joan-Ramon Laporte, Ermengol Coma, Francesc Fina, Luís García-Eroles, Xavier Vidal, Manuel Medina. Vaccines against Covid-19, venous thromboembolism, and thrombocytopenia. A population-based retrospective cohort study. MedRxiv preprint; this version posted September 5, 2021. Date accessed: 4 October 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.23.21261036
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The Eiffel Tower was built for the World's Fair in 1889, which marked the 50th anniversary of the French Revolution. Construction on the 300-meter tall tower was completed in only two years! When you consider that a gothic cathedral that measured only 160 meters would have required at least 100 years to be built, all we can say is, "Bravo, Gustave Eiffel!"
Until 1929, it was the tallest tower in the world; New York's Chrysler building beat it by only seven meters. Today, there are many taller buildings, but climbing the Eiffel Tower is still an impressive experience. As you climb, think about the fact that there was once a good chance that you would never have even seen it! It was originally meant to be destroyed after 20 years, and it wasn't terribly highly regarded by its contemporaries: it was doted with such unflattering nicknames as "the skeleton," the "tragic streetlamp" or even "the column of bolted sheet metal." Bear in mind the fact that the French term for sheet metal – tôle – is also a slang word for prison, and you'll know exactly how much early 20th century Parisians liked the tower!
Visiting the Eiffel Tower
Why should you visit the Eiffel Tower and wade through hoards of tourists, nearly freeze at the top in winter, and put up with gusts of wind as you stand atop its higher levels? Firstly, because you can climb to the second floor using the stairs, which not only grants you the pride of having climbed it, a sensation that one can only imagine is similar to that of Everest climbers, but also lets you work off some of the cheese, wine and pastries you've been eating since your arrival in Paris!
Secondly, the view from the top is truly incredible. You can take in all of the great Parisian monuments from a unique perspective.
Thirdly, from nightfall until 2am (1am in winter), the tower sparkles with hundreds of tiny lights for ten minutes every hour. You must admit… it's quite romantic!
Gustave Eiffel — The Man Behind the Tower
Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the engineer responsible for the design and construction of the Eiffel Tower came to prominence long before he had drawn up the first drafts of what was to become one of the most recognizable monuments in the world. This prodigious engineer began his career designing bridges for the newly expanding railway companies of France. His first commission was to design a bridge that spanned the Garonne river at Bordeaux, for the Paris-Bordeaux railway line.
He established his own workshop on the outskirts of Paris in 1866. It was during this period he received commissions to build bridges, railway termini, and even a cathedral, in exotic locations found all over the world. In 1881, Eiffel was commissioned by architect Auguste Bartholdi to design the interior iron skeleton for the Statue of Liberty. Eiffel's four-legged pylon was designed to hold in place the copper sheeting that Bartholdi had designed. Early photographs from the period show the Statue of Liberty standing over Parisian rooftops in the 17th arrondissement where it was assembled before its journey across the atlantic to its home in New York.
When it came to designing the Eiffel Tower, Eiffel incorporated a science laboratory and office into the last floor, so that he could conduct vital experiments. It is significant that he did so, because after his retirement as an engineer, Eiffel undertook impressive independent research on aerodynamics and meteorology, making important contributions to these fields of study. Although the tower was scheduled to be dismantled after 20 years, Eiffel dissuaded authorities from carrying out the projected works, so that his could continue his research unhindered.
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The CW has released new photos from episode 17 of All American's fourth season, "Hate Me Now." The episode will see multiple characters reevaluating relationships and themselves.
The full synopsis for the episode reads:
"REEVALUATING – Spencer (Daniel Ezra) and Olivia (Samantha Logan) are forced to acknowledge how much they have changed after some quality time together doesn't go smoothly putting a strain on their relationship. On a road trip to San Diego, Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) helps Layla (Greta Onieogou) to gain the courage to get the closure she needs. Asher (Cody Christian) turns to Billy (Taye Diggs) for advice after he gets a big opportunity that might cost him more than he bargained for when it comes to his friendships. Meanwhile, Coop (Bre-Z) and Patience (Chelsea Tavares) come to an agreement on how to navigate their new situation."
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Each candidate for the doctoral degree is required to prepare and defend a dissertation. The dissertation is a scholarly project that represents the results of original and significant research that is grounded in the current scientific literature related to the field of counseling. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to conceive, design, conduct, interpret, and disseminate independent, original, and publication-worthy empirical research. The dissertation defense is the culmination of the doctoral program.
Students will first orally defend their dissertation proposal (first three chapters) and then defend their full dissertation (five full chapters). The final oral dissertation defense is primarily an opportunity to share the research and address questions and challenges about the research.


It is often said that Germans belong to a nation whose citizens are over insured. For instance, some possess an insurance policy (Versicherung) for travel calamities yet pay for credit cards which have travel insurance as part of the package. And then make an online flight booking with further insurance.
On a more serious note, insurance is available in Düsseldorf for every situation and competition in the marketplace is rife. The list of policies is never ending; property, glass, accident, liability, pets and so on.
Health insurance is a legal obligation for nearly all expats who relocate to work. Naturally, vehicle insurance is too.
The compulsory health insurance landscape is highly complex with two or three options available to most expats relocating to the country. The health system in Germany is constantly stretching the finances of the social system, resulting in ever increasing insurance donations.
The cost of personal liability coverage in Germany is minimal compared to the risks. While Germans may not be quite have achieved the the litigation level famous of the Americans but they love to keep the courts occupied, creating a backlog of litigation that is sometimes astounding.
Insurance companies offer most policies that consider the size of the home and value of contents with many based on an average value according to total square metres. Then further options are available that affect costs. Under-coverage can be costly in the event of a claim.
Vehicle insurance is naturally compulsory in Germany. Coverage is not taken out for the vehicle rather than just the driver or drivers as is the case in some other countries such as the UK. Policies vary widely in conditions and prices. Interestingly, gender is no longer a defining issue.


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It's not that you can only boost your USB/Flash drives or your Pen Drives for creating a Virtual Memory (RAM) but you can use your HDD or SSD also for creating Virtual Memory. It is good and very easy to do which won't cause any Damage to your Hard Disk also. Which is a good option for you to add some extra memory to your Computer or Laptop without spending some extra money.
You can add extra RAM or you can use your Hard disk as RAM to increase your computers or laptops performance. It is good and it is inexpensive way to add some extra memory to your Computers or Laptop. The processing speed of any task depends on Random Access Memory (RAM). RAM is a memory used to store temporary data that is processed by a Computer or Laptop on its CPU. Also → You can use your Pen-Drive as RAM also.
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Q: Sum visible cells After applied the advance filter, I sum only the visible cells by using the code below and it functions well. However, it shows error when there is no visible cell after the filter. Any idea on how to cover the error?
Sub sum ()
    Sheets("Sheet1").Select
    x = cells(Rows.Count, 8).End(xlUp).Row

    Sheets("Tax Invoice").Range("M55") = WorksheetFunction.Sum(Range("H7:H" & x).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible))
End sub

A: Count the number of visible rows before attempting to calculate the sum:
Option Explicit

Public Sub sumTaxInvRng()
    Dim x As Long, vRng As Range

    With Sheets("Sheet1")
        x = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 8).End(xlUp).Row
        Set vRng = .Range("H7:H" & x).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
    End With

    If vRng.Count > vRng.Columns.Count Then
        Sheets("Tax Invoice").Range("M55") = WorksheetFunction.Sum(vRng)
    End If
End Sub

Also, you should not use a native function name for your functions: Sub sum()

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By Jessica Galang Technology September 19, 2017
Right Health acquires Akira to power virtual service for physical healthcare clinics
Toronto-based Akira has been acquired by Right Health.
Right Health, which is still in beta, launched in 2016 with the mission of combining face-to-face and virtual healthcare. The company is working on partnering with healthcare providers to build a consumer-facing portal and app linked with a patient's electronic medical record.
Akira's platform allows users to access doctors and nurses through an app to diagnose common medical problems, and says it has facilitated 20,000 consults across Ontario. As Right Health has a vision to build out physical primary care clinics, the goal is for Akira to power the virtual side of the service.
Right Health will continue to operate the Akira platform under its original name, while co-founders Dustin Walper, Taha Bandukwala, and Matt Zukowski will join Right Health in leadership positions.
"We believe that the future of healthcare is a combination of great technology and well-designed physical spaces," said Walper, co-founder and CEO of Akira. "Up to 75 percent, of the time, you'll be able to start and end your healthcare journey entirely on your smartphone – but if you need to be seen in-person, you'll go to a modern, tech-enabled clinic unlike anything in Canada today. It's a throwback to the original Akira mission and a model that's been very successful in other parts of the world."
Right Health was launched by co-founders John Mozas and Dan Pawliw, both past executives at corporate health-focused Medcan Clinic.
"There's no doubt that healthcare in Canada is going through a transformation,' says Mozas. "New models are shifting control from the system to the patient, and Akira not only provides patients access to practitioners but also a digital connection to their medical record."
The Akira service will continue to operate normally, though Walper wouldn't disclose when a physical clinic would launch.
"It's sort of the ultimate combination – John Mozas and Dan Pawliw bring decades of experience in the healthcare industry, particularly around clinical operations and physical spaces," Walper said. "The Akira team brings great technology and product expertise into the mix – I personally think this is the team that can make digital health mainstream across Canada."
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The Dominick Hotel provides a calming counterpoint to its bustling Spring Street location. The 11,000-square-foot spa encompasses two floors of the sleek hotel and features the sought-after skin-care products and treatments of Kate Somerville.
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Taliban fighters in stolen military Humvees launch suicide attacks in Afghanistan, kill four
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No Americans troops were involved in suicide attacks that left for Afghan policemen dead, U.S. Army General John F. Campbell said. (Omar Sobhani/AP)
Taliban fighters in stolen military Humvees launched suicide attacks in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing four policemen and wounding seven more, officials said.
"The first Humvee was ordered by the police to stop but when he ignored warnings, the police fired a rocket-propelled grenade," Provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said.
The second bomber detonated his vehicle near a checkpoint.
Four policemen were killed and seven wounded, Sarjang said, while an army spokesman said one soldier was killed and another was wounded.
In Kabul, the outgoing commander of international troops in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell said that no American troops were involved.
The Taliban have captured large amounts of weapons and equipment from Afghan government forces, including Humvees and other vehicles, as the insurgency has spread over the past year.
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Q: Combining Primary Keys I have created a Database with 3 tables.
My question is how do I make the Primary Key for the ButlerSchedule table a combination of ButlerID, CustID, and ScheduleDateTime?
I beleive that I need a Foreign Key in ButlerSchedule that references the Primary Keys from the other two tables, but I'm unsure on how to accomplish this task. Thanks.
I'm using SQL-Server
1. Butler
ButlerID (PK, int, not null)

ButlerModel (varchar (70), null)

ButlerName (varchar (70), null)

ButlerType (varchar (70), null)

ButlerMadeOnDate (date, null)

ButlerActive (bit, null)

ButlerOutOfServiceDate (date, null)

The Primary Key is PK_Butler_ButlerID
2. ButlerCustomer
CustID (PK, int, not null)

CustFName (varchar (70), null)

CustLName (varchar (70), null)

CustAddress (varchar (70), null)

CustCity (varchar (70), null)

CustState (varchar (70), null)

CustZip (char (10), null)

CustCurrent (bit, null)

CustPITA (bit, null)

The Primary Key is PK_ButlerCustomer_CustID
3. ButlerSchedule
ScheduleDateTime (PK, date, not null)

PaidStatus (char (1), null)

CompletedStatus (char (1), null)

ButlerReview (varchar (max), null)

CustReview (varchar (max), null)

EnteredDate (date, null)

ModifiedDate (date, null)

The Primary Key is PK_ButlerSchedule_ScheduleDateTime

A: Add this to your ButlerSchedule table schema.
ButlerID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Butler(ButlerID)
CustID int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES ButlerCustomer(CustID)

So now, your BustlerSchedule schema will look like this.
ScheduleDateTime (PK, date, not null)
ButlerID (PK, int, not null)
CustID (PK, int, not null)
PaidStatus (char (1), null)
CompletedStatus (char (1), null)
ButlerReview (varchar (max), null)
CustReview (varchar (max), null)
EnteredDate (date, null)
ModifiedDate (date, null)
ButlerId int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Butler(ButlerID)
CustId int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES ButlerCustomer(CustID)

If you already have the schema in place, then you will have to alter your table schema.
Use the below query to alter your table schema.
ALTER TABLE ButlerSchedule
ADD ButlerID INT,
ADD CustID INT,
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_Butler_ButlerSchedule
FOREIGN KEY (ButlerID)
REFERENCES Butler(ButlerID),
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_ButlerCustomer_ButlerSchedule
FOREIGN KEY (CustID)
REFERENCES ButlerCustomer(CustID);


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Backstreet Boys to Perform in Saudi Arabia on The 27th of June
Published June 24th, 2019 - 07:07 GMT
Jeddah Seasons will also welcome the American DJ Marshmello on July 10
The band performed in Dubai in 2018
On their "DNA" world tour, the 90s band Backstreet Boys will come to Saudi Arabia for a performance at Jeddah Seasons on the June 27.
The band is set to perform their 90s tunes with newer tracks, including songs released in 2019.
Some of the songs are collaborations with the new generation of artists, including Shawn Mendes.
This isn't the Backstreet Boys first time in the Gulf — they came to Dubai's "Blended" festival in April 2018 for their 25th anniversary.
The band started in Orlando, Florida in 1993, and was one of the defining pop groups of the era, known for their vocal harmonies and R&B influence.
The group's members include AJ McLean, Howie D., Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell and they are known for hits like "I Want It That Way," "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)," "Larger Than Life" and "As Long As You Love Me."
Jeddah Seasons will also welcome the American DJ Marshmello on July 10, who has a number of hits with different international performers, such as Khalid, Bastille and Selena Gomez.
He is known for his signature custom helmet, which is a cylinder with a smiley for a eyes and 'x' for eyes.
His identity was not publicly known until 2017, when Forbes magazine confirmed his identity as Chris Comstock.
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UNFPA stresses on the need to protect women and girls human rights at all stages of migration
Statement by UNFPA ASRO Regional Director, Dr. Luay Shabaneh
International Migration Day
The Arab region has witnessed unprecedented levels of human mobility in recent years. It continues to be marked by complex migration patterns, with many Arab countries serving as countries of origin, transit and destination. In 2019, the numbers of international migrants in the region exceeded 40 million, about 33 percent of them are women, while more than 31 million people migrated, almost half of whom stayed within the region.
Migration offers a chance to encourage equitable, inclusive and sustainable development for the Arab region. In 2019, the Arab region received US$59.7 billion in remittances, almost twice as much as it received in official development assistance and twice the amount received in foreign direct investment.
For many, especially for youth, women and girls, migration can be a positive experience leading to enhanced livelihoods, autonomy and empowerment. However, migration can also put youth, women and girls in vulnerable situations where they face serious violations of their human rights.
Migrant women and girls often face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination at all stages of their migration journey. Among issues of particular concern are the challenges migration poses on women and girls, including the provision of basic social and essential services, including reproductive health services. Also, they can face trafficking and smuggling, difficulties regarding legal identity and gender justice, gaps in protection of their human rights, challenges to many aspects of life due to climate change, and serious gaps in migration statistics.
This year, UNFPA marks International Migrants Day by calling on all stakeholders to fully implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and to align efforts to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Migration is a key pillar of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action therefore UNFPA strives to achieve the migration-related commitments of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind, including migrants.
UNFPA in the Arab region works toward protecting migrants' rights, including in humanitarian settings, by providing protection to youth, women and girls, ensuring universal access to reproductive health and family planning services, and securing dignity kits and counseling and psychosocial support for gender-based violence survivors. UNFPA continue advocating for and supporting countries to collect disaggregated data on migration status by age and sex, to better inform the needs of people on the move and truly ensure no one is left behind.
UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) advocates for gender-responsive migration governance, which reflects the different realities of migrant women, girls, men and boys by promoting and protecting their human rights at all stages of migration. We work to ensure that policies, laws, programmes and services recognize and address the specific needs, challenges and situations of vulnerability of all migrants and we work with all interlocaters to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
UNFPA is committed to addressing the drivers of migration, advocating for the empowerment of young people through education, economic opportunities and just employment in their home countries. We promote a welcoming approach towards migrants at the national and regional levels, mainstreaming the needs and specificities of people on the move in our interventions, addressing negative narratives, and bringing the stories of migrants to the forefront.
UNFPA calls on governments for specific migration policies, at the time that we are fully dedicated to provide advocacy and technical support to ensure that migration is recognized as an important factor in development and the rights of migrants, especially women and girls.
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