8
Aug

On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020

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Monday, November 2, 2020

The following is the sixth and final edition of a monthly series chronicling the 2020 United States presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories.

This month’s spotlight on the campaign trail: the Free and Equal Elections Foundation holds two presidential debates, three candidates who did not participate in those debates give their final pleas to voters, and three political pundits give their predictions on the outcome of the election.

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7
Aug

Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as a Scientology executive in multiple high-ranking positions, working out of the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base”, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California.

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Only three months, the dollar index fell from 88 to 77, the depreciation rate of 12.5%. The second round of the Fed’s policy of quantitative easing, in contrast, the Fed will again the way through the purchase of long-term bonds, issuing hundreds of billions of dollars in bills. This means that the dollar continues to weaken a high probability event, and even below March 2008’s lowest point, the current dollar global hedge fund short positions correspondingly rapid expansion.

Depreciation of the dollar as the U.S. economy, more and more “last straw”, the U.S. dollar trying to achieve three objectives: first, to promote U.S. exports and employment. The second is to promote the United States cut the huge debt burden, for example, the United States in the renminbi against the dollar in 8:1 debt 10 billion U.S. dollars from China, RMB appreciation to 6:1 in the return of 10 billion U.S. dollars of debt, the creditors of China , the equivalent of 80 billion yuan lent only to recover 60 billion yuan, wealth corresponding decrease in the dollar of wealth from creditor to debtor’s big transfer. Third, the United States has been the appreciation of the hard asset wealth, the United States in energy resources, agriculture and other fields have a lot of hard assets.

China, as the rise of the global economy is one of the countries heavily dependent on exports and economic growth mode of foreign exchange reserves held by the reality of a large number of demanding that China must take precautions against the impact of depreciation of the dollar.

This requires China to accelerate foreign exchange reserve diversification. In addition to diversification of currency allocation, the investment direction should not be limited to financial assets through purchase of overseas resources, continue to accumulate gold reserves of oil and other strategic resources to the effective devaluation of the dollar hedge.

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Second, ask the Chinese to strengthen the control of hot money inflows and outflows. The United States since the last round began in March 2009 quantitative easing policy has generated a lot of liquidity, and caused the world, including the sharp rise in Chinese real estate market. Expected in the current round under the quantitative easing policy, overseas funds are turning to China and other emerging market countries. SAFE latest data show that in September surplus of foreign exchange settlement bank Valet 284 billion, this figure means that a large number of cross-border capital flows to the national situation continues. Conservative estimates, China in September to 530 billion U.S. dollars of hot money inflows. Hong Kong, “Wen Wei Po”, said some 6,500 billion of “hot money” flowing into the Hong Kong market, at the same time, Soros carrying 10 billion U.S. dollars in cash to enter Hong Kong, the target has been locked in A shares and H shares. Depreciation of the dollar has made substantial capital inflow into China and other emerging market countries, which often breed asset bubbles, and finally to the land of hot money flows through the economy devastated. Therefore, China’s hot money to implement more stringent controls, hot money inflows and outflows from the two crossing control.

Recently, a number of emerging markets to strengthen capital controls introduced the action. For example: Thai Ministry of Finance announced plans to levy bonds to overseas investors, interest income withholding tax of 15%, hoping to block the inflow of hot money, then stop the baht appreciation; the Brazilian government is blocking the hot money has been raised several times the financial transactions tax; China central bank officials also indicated, in order to prevent foreign exchange outflows, you can consider imposing foreign exchange outflow of tax. China should implement more stringent capital controls, as China’s capital account is not open for settlement through the mixed inventory of trade items, underground banking and other channels to increase the supervision of the investigation and punishment. China can formulate laws against hot money, hot money clearly illegal screening criteria. Can increase the cost of entry and exit of hot money, especially the exit costs.

Diversification and strengthening of reserves outside the control of hot money, China’s other initiatives should be accelerated pace of internationalization of the RMB, the yuan soon become an international currency. As the world’s largest exporter, China with other countries still trade settlement currency, making China the dollar in trade under exchange rate fluctuations. RMB internationalization of China’s future development. It is gratifying that the Chinese government has actively promoted since December 2008, China has with Malaysia, Belarus, Indonesia, Argentina, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions signed bilateral currency swap agreement, the RMB pilot two-way expansion has also become an important process of the internationalization of RMB.

China should accelerate the advance of internationalization of the RMB, the yuan currency in the world stage as soon as possible to play an important role in reducing China’s foreign economic changes on the impact of exchange rate fluctuations to reduce production and operation, and the impact of the national strategic investment , and gradually master the pricing of goods for China’s economic development and create a stable environment.

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6
Aug

News briefs:July 14, 2010

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5
Aug

Bush’s Iraq ‘Strategy’ seen as public relations exercise

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Sunday, December 4, 2005

The US commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Iraq said that he had no knowledge of the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq document released by the US President. This, along with speculation that the document was chiefly authored by a public opinion analyst recruited by the White House have led to some critics claiming that the drafted ‘strategy’ is targeting US public opinion, not the Iraqi insurgency.

The military, political and economic strategy for Iraq, outlined last week by President Bush in a speech at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was based by a 35-page document titled the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq. A metadata tag on the document posted on the White House website identified its author as a computer user ‘feaver_p’. It is believed to refer to Dr. Peter D. Feaver, a special advisor to the National Security Council staff.

A political scientist at Duke University, Dr. Feaver analyzed public opinion polls about the Iraq war and attitudes towards war casualties. Dr. Feaver found that US public opinion will support military engagement abroad, despite growing casualties, provided that the public believed that the war was being fought for a worthy cause and that victory was achievable.

Dr. Feaver was one of the people who helped “conceive and draft” the document, according to a White House staffer, who said that Meghan L. O’Sullivan, the deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, and her staff played a larger role. White House officials confirmed to the New York Times that the document’s “creation and presentation strongly reflected the public opinion research”.

The document “reflects the broad interagency effort under way in Iraq” according to an NSC spokesman Frederick Jones and had received major contributions from the Departments of Defense, State, Treasury and Homeland Security, as well as the director of National Intelligence.

On Friday, Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, whose Multinational Security Transition Command is responsible for building Iraq’s security forces, told reporters that he had seen the strategy document for the first time when it was released to the public. The White House had said that not all senior officers in Iraq had necessarily seen the document and Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that he had read and critiqued the document on several occasions.

Earlier, replying to questions about the President’s strategy, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said that the document was an “inter-agency document” and an “unclassified version” of the administrations “strategy for victory in Iraq” published for the public to view.

Christopher F. Gelpi, of Duke University, who co-authored Dr. Feaver’s work titled Casualty Sensitivity and the War in Iraq, stated, “The Pentagon doesn’t need the president to give a speech and post a document on the White House Web site to know how to fight the insurgents. The document is clearly targeted at American public opinion.” In their work together, Gelpi, Feaver and Reifler found that the most important factor which determines the US public’s tolerance for US military deaths in a war is the public’s beliefs about the likelihood of success, and a secondary, but still important, factor, was found to be the public’s belief in the rightness of a war.

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Different Health Benefits of Botox Treatment

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Botox is one of the most important findings in the world of medicine and most especially in the cosmetology industry. This kind of treatment is actually made to treat eye spasms and crossed eyes. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this treatment in 1989. In the year 2002, this treatment was approved to treat frown lines.

It has become widely popular when scientists found out that it can treat frown lines. Aside from this kind of treatment also provides other benefits.

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First, it can help reduce wrinkles and frown lines without the need of any surgery. This makes this treatment really popular. It offers pain free treatment to reduce wrinkles and frown lines. However, you must be aware that this treatment is not permanent. It will only provide temporary relief from wrinkles. You will have to undergo another treatment if you want a long term effect. Botox Northern Ireland provides this kind of treatment for a good price. It is better if you will find a professional medical practitioner such as the physicians in Botox Belfast to help administer this drug.

Second, it is also used as a pain relief from migraines. A lot of people are well aware on the debilitating pain caused by migraine. This kind of treatment can temporarily remove the pain from migraine. However, it is not yet known how this treatment really works in treating migraines. Some scientists said that this kind of treatment blocks the sensory nerves that are capable of sending pain signals to your brain. It is also said that it can help relax muscles that can help reduce the pain during a migraine attack. All these explanations are still theories and they do not have any proven analysis on their claims so it is not yet known how this treatment works when it comes to treating migraine.

Third, it can treat people who are experiencing a condition known as hyperhydrosis. This kind of condition is characterized by excessive sweating on the hands, feet and underarms. The people who are suffering from this kind of disorder sweat excessively because their sweat glands function more quickly. This kind of treatment can prevent the glands from producing too much sweat by relaxing the muscles.

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4
Aug

Austrian police find dozens dead inside lorry

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Austrian police today found an estimated 20–50 decomposing corpses in an apparently abandoned lorry.

Roadworkers who spotted the vehicle, which had been there since yesterday at least, alerted police. Responding officers found it full of corpses. The lorry is on the so-called “Eastern Motorway”, the A4, close to the Hungarian border. It was on the hard shoulder between Neusiedl and Parndorf, closer to Parndorf.

The victims are thought to have suffocated. Police are seeking the driver. The Krone published an image of a non-articulated food lorry on the hard shoulder, which they report is the vehicle in question. The photo shows a pool of dark liquid on the ground beside the vehicle.

Video from a passing motorist shows at least one helicopter on-scene. The truck, which has pictures of meat on the side, shows branding for Slovakian food firm Hyza. Earlier today the company’s website sported an apparent anti-immigration graphic, which has since been removed.

Wikinews got in touch with Hyza. “We are truly sorry about [the] tragedy” they told us in a statement. They said they have checked GPS trackers on their fleet and all their vehicles remain in Slovakia. The statement says the lorry in question was one of 21 Hyza vehicles sold on last year. It was then sold again and exported to Hungary, where it is now registered. Hyza told us the new owners have not changed the branding on the vehicle. According to the Bild newspaper, Agrofert — the parent company of Hyza — said in a statement the new owners were required to do so.

Hyza says they will “actively cooperate with Slovak police”, and “express [their] sincere condolences to the bereaved families.”

Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner called it “a dark day” and called for European Union-wide measures to protect immigrant refugees and tackle human traffickers. Neighbouring Hungary is constructing a border fence across its entire frontier with Serbia. Yesterday alone saw a record 3,241 attempts to enter Hungary illegally, according to authorities there.

Conflict in Syria and other parts of the world has led refugees to Europe. Once inside, they can move freely inside the Schengen Area, which covers most of the EU.

Austrian police earlier this week arrested three motorists suspected of people smuggling. One driver is accused of moving 34 people, ten of them children, into Austria from Serbia. The group were left by the roadside near Bruck an der Leitha and reported struggling to breathe in the van.

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4
Aug

Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

English actress Rachel Weisz thinks that Botox injections should be banned for all actors.

The 39-year-old actress, best known for her roles in the Mummy movie franchise and for her Academy Award-winning portrayal in The Constant Gardener, feels facial Botox injections leave actors less able to convey emotion and that it harms the acting industry as much as steroids harm athletes.

In an interview with UK’s Harper’s Bazaar, coming out next month, Weisz says, “It should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen,” she claims. “Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?”

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Currently living in New York, she also mentions that English women are much less worried about their physical appearance than in the United States. “I love the way girls in London dress,” she claimed. “It’s so different to the American ‘blow-dry and immaculate grooming’ thing.”

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Study How to Invest long term for your childrens benefit

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Erick FeskeyThe main aim of anyone is to program his future, and this is why long term investments deserve so much importance. If you choose the perfect investment plan, it would signify that when you retire, you will still have the financial freedom that you wished for while investing for a long period. Long-term investments also work as a security at a time when you don’t have a fixed income any longer and can take care of your health, which is certainly not going to be as good as the time you started investing. Therefore planning for a long-term investment is similar to planning your future.So, how do we start about investing for a long period? There are certain doubts that will surface before investing: What should be the best long-term investment plan? Should one ask for the external help from a financial consultant or go ahead alone? This article provides you an insight to the long-term investment market.1.Proper goal setting: This is similar to other investing types. One should always set reachable goals about the future and then plan the investments according to the plan. A few questions must be properly addressed before going ahead with the investments. One should be sure of the total time-period of the investment, and the amount he/she expects at the end of the investment period. He/She should also calculate the amount to be invested now, and the monthly premium that is to be submitted to reach to the goal. Once, the above questions are addressed, it is time to move forward and decide whether a financial advisor is needed or not.2.Choosing the right options: The investor should bear in mind that it is their hard earned money that they are investing, and a wrong decision will ruin the future. Hence, decisions regarding long-term investment should be made after due consultations with concerned people, and after being confident about the firm to which the investment is made. If the assistance of a financial advisor is sought, it should be made sure that they work along with you and under no circumstances should you feel that the money is not under your control.3.Regular Follow-up of the investment: Long-term investments require patience and perseverance. In spite of the long period, you should never become too casual about the matter, and try to be follow up with the latest happenings in the market. In some cases, the company that you have invested in may fall in a crisis. In those testing times, only the alert would be able to judge the situation and make the necessary changes, if any. Hence, ignorance cannot be encouraged in the long-term investment market too!

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Aug

Cadillac unveils Obama’s ‘Beast’, the 2009 Presidential State Car

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. The First Limo – the 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine – will replace President Bush’s Cadillac DTS Presidential Limousine that rolled out in 2004.

Nicknamed “The Beast”, the hulking machine is a new model year 2009, modified limousine. According to General Motors, the new “2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine” is the first not to carry a specific model name. The Obama Mobile was introduced on January 14 with noticeably different styling borrowed from the Cadillac Escalade and STS, while the suspension is most likely related to the Chevrolet Kodiak medium-duty truck.

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Mr. David Caldwell of General Motors has revealed that the sleek black car would include a hand-crafted interior and “state of the art electronics.” The car’s high-tech security features include five-inch-thick (12.7-centimeter-thick) bombproof glass, tough-as-nails tires, and a sealed interior that’s invulnerable to chemical attack. The armoured limousine has been heavily modified to withstand potential attacks by weapons or bombs. The San Francisco Chronicle puts it in a proper perspective noting, “a half-inch of transparent armor is enough to stop a .44 Magnum round at point-blank range; at a thickness of 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches, the same material can withstand higher-velocity bullets fired from military assault rifles.”

According to spy photographer, Brenda Priddy, and General Motors, the limousine, which has the intricate, dual-textured grille, is also equipped with standard Goodyear Regional RHS truck tires in a 285/70R19.5 size, on 19.5-inch wheels. The rims have a run-flat device (manufactured by Hutchinson Industries). Xenon headlights from the Escalade are installed in the front, while the rear has some STS part. The doors are at least 20 centimeters (8 inches) thick. It carries the US flag on the front fenders and an embroidered Seal of the President of the United States is affixed to several panels in the back.

According to the US Secret Service, the vehicle would be a “valuable asset” in providing the President with the highest level of protection. “Although many of the vehicle’s security enhancements cannot be discussed, it is safe to say that this car’s security and coded communications systems make it the most technologically advanced protection vehicle in the world,” Nicholas Trotta, Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations said in a statement. The new limousine is the responsibility of White House Transportation Agency.

One of the specifications is that we don’t talk about the specifications.

The Presidential State Car is the official state car used by the President of the United States. It is informally known as “Cadillac One”. The current Presidential State Car is a 2005 hand-crafted, armored, and stretched DTS (DeVille Touring Sedan) built on a GM four-wheel drive platform. It was first used on the second inauguration parade of George W. Bush in 2005. But the version to be used by President Obama uses a GMC Topkick chassis, while maintaining the Cadillac exterior.

The President of the United States travels in one of two armoured Cadillac limousines based upon the normal sedan, the Cadillac DTS, with heavy customisation. Lincoln cars have also been used in the past, most notably by President John F Kennedy. The current limousines were custom-built by O’Gara, Hess and Eisenhart, founded in Fairfield, Ohio in 1942. It specializes in armouring limousines for presidents and heads of state.

President William McKinley was the first US president to ride in an automobile. However, it was President Theodore Roosevelt who rode on the first government-owned car, a white Stanley Steamer. Roosevelt’s successor, William Howard Taft, was the first president to use a presidential state car that was permanently stored in the White House garage.

Meanwhile, Obama’s 2005 Chrysler 300C Hemi was auctioned on eBay with a starting bid of $100,000 and a buy-it-now price of $1,000,000. It has less than 21,000 miles on it and is in like-new condition. He leased the car in 2004 and traded it for a Ford Escape Hybrid in 2007. The car was sold to Tim O’Boyle.

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