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- Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression - CNN
- Larkin's shootout goal gives Red Wings 3-2 win over Senators - USA TODAY
- Iran admits to 'unintentionally' shooting down Ukrainian airliner, blames 'human error' - CNBC
- Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner - The New York Times
- 'Britain's worst rapist' tarnishes Indonesia's global reputation: Cabinet Secretary - The Straits Times
- Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian passenger plane unintentionally, report says - CNN
- US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as Soleimani - CNN
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- 'I hope he rots in hell': Victims of Indonesian serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga speak out - CNA
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| サッカー部の万引き少年が、逃走中に事故！ 右足があらぬ方向に……それでも「同情できない」Gメンの胸中 - サイゾーウーマン Posted: 11 Jan 2020 12:04 AM PST サッカー部の万引き少年が、逃走中に事故！ 右足があらぬ方向に……それでも「同情できない」Gメンの胸中 - サイゾーウーマン
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| Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression - CNN Posted: 10 Jan 2020 11:06 PM PST In a statement, the nation's armed forces said it targeted the passenger plane unintentionally. It attributed the crash to radar activity and fear of US action. "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 crashed Wednesday after takeoff from Tehran's airport. The crash came hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing US troops in retaliation for a drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. After the missile operation in Iraq, US military flights around Iranian borders increased and Iranian military officials reported seeing aerial targets coming toward strategic centers, according to a statement by Iranian armed forces headquarters. "The aircraft came close to a sensitive IRGC military center at an altitude and flight condition that resembled hostile targeting. Under these circumstances, the aircraft was unintentionally hit, which unfortunately resulted in death of the many Iranian and foreign nationals," the statement reads. The victims include 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals. "Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted.  Those responsible will be prosecutedRouhani said in a statement released by his office Saturday that those responsible for taking down the plane will be prosecuted. "Further investigation is needed to identify all the causes and roots of this tragedy and prosecute the perpetrators of this unforgivable mistake and inform the honorable people of Iran and the families of the victims about it," Rouhani said. "It is also necessary to adopt the required arrangements and measures to address the weaknesses of the country's defense systems to make sure such a disaster is never repeated," he added. Iran concedes the 'big lie' is trueIran had previously denied US claims that the country had struck down the plane accidentally. A US official familiar with the intelligence said the aircraft was downed by two Russian-made SA-15 surface-to-air missiles. The US saw Iranian radar signals lock onto the jetliner before it was shot down. "No one will assume responsibility for such a big lie once it is known that the claim had been fraudulent," government spokesman Ali Rabiei said in a statement earlier Friday, according to state-run Press TV. Iranian authorities are in possession of the two flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, which Ukrainian investigators got access to Friday. They have yet to start examining the information, but have said it included communications between the pilot and Tehran flight control.  Death of general escalates tensionTensions between the US and Iran escalated last week after US President Donald Trump ordered a precision strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was plotting "imminent and sinister attacks" on Americans, Trump said, adding that the action was taken to stop a war. The Pentagon blamed Soleimani and his Quds Force for attacks on coalition bases in Iraq in recent months, including the December 27 strike that killed an American contractor and Iraqi personnel. He was also blamed for the US Embassy attack in Baghdad on December 31. The Pentagon said in addition to the hundreds killed in his time as a commander, thousands more were wounded. Tensions between the US and Iran have complicated the investigation. US government investigators, for example, cannot fly into Tehran and meet with government officials without a license. That prohibition is due to longstanding sanctions rather than the most recent events, according to two US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday that Trump was authorizing yet more sanctions on Iran. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 10:32PM https://ift.tt/2TajJ3j Iran says Ukrainian passenger plane was shot down unintentionally in fear of US aggression - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Larkin's shootout goal gives Red Wings 3-2 win over Senators - USA TODAY Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:16 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings have their first winning streak in almost a month. Larkin scored the only goal in the shootout to give Detroit a 3-2 victory over the skidding Ottawa Senators on Friday night. The Red Wings have won two in a row for the first time since Dec. 12-14. It also was their third win in five games, a feat they hadn't accomplished since Nov. 8-16. Jonathan Bernier stopped Tyler Ennis, Anthony Duclair and Artem Anisimov in the tiebreaker after making 29 saves in regulation and overtime. "He's kept us in countless games, whether we lose or win," Detroit teammate Tyler Bertuzzi said about Bernier. "I know he's going to keep giving us those opportunities to win. If we can score some goals, we'll keep getting wins." Bernier, who began the season as Jimmy Howard's backup, has been in goal for all eight Detroit wins since Oct. 29. "It feels great," he said. Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist, and Larkin also scored in regulation. Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek had two assists. Colin White had a goal and an assist and Brady Tkachuk also scored for Ottawa, which lost its season-high sixth straight (0-4-2). Marcus Hogberg stopped 26 shots. "I thought we got on the forecheck, we tracked the puck and we were good in the D zone," Senators coach D.J. Smith said. "On the whole, I thought we played well enough to win." White's power-play goal with 9:18 left in the second period tied it at 2. He tipped in defenseman Mike Reilly's shot from the point for his fourth goal. Larkin's power-play goal 5:32 into the middle period gave Detroit a 2-0 lead. He skated through three Ottawa players in the neutral zone and the Senators end and stuffed the puck past Hogberg as Larkin cut across the top of the crease from right to left. It was his 11th goal. "I used my speed to go around the defenseman and it kind of just opened up," Larkin said. "I knew I was cutting to the far post and trying to get across there. It was a good play by the other guys to drop it back to me." Tkackuk put Ottawa on the board just 22 seconds later when his attempted pass from the side of the net went in off the skate of Red Wings defenseman Patrik Nemeth. It was Tkachuk's 14th goal. Bertuzzi gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead with 5:05 left in the first period when he tipped in Hronek's shot-pass. It was Bertuzzi's 16th goal. NOTES: Ottawa hired Jim Little as CEO on Friday. Senators owner Eugene Melnyk had been the team's CEO. Little will be responsible for business strategy, focusing on marketing and community relations. … Senators D Ron Hainsey returned after sustaining a lower-body injury on Dec. 19. … Larkin stretched his point streak to five games (two goals, three assists). UP NEXT Senators: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Red Wings: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. ___ More AP NHL: https://ift.tt/2Nj8z6n and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports "Goal" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 08:05PM https://ift.tt/2sdqLsW Larkin's shootout goal gives Red Wings 3-2 win over Senators - USA TODAY "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Iran admits to 'unintentionally' shooting down Ukrainian airliner, blames 'human error' - CNBC Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:06 PM PST  Aircraft parts from the wreckage of a Boeing Co. 737-800 aircraft, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, which crashed shortly after takeoff lie on the ground near Shahedshahr, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg via Getty Images ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's military early Saturday morning announced its role in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet that killed all 176 people on board, saying the the shootdown was "unintentional" and blaming "human error." The Boeing 737-800 airliner, Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, crashed five minutes after takeoff from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday Jan. 8, just hours after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at two military bases in Iraq. The attacks on the bases, which housed American forces, were in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani the previous week. Those attacks caused no casualties. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter to call the crash a "great tragedy" and "unforgivable mistake." "Armed Forces' internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane & death of 176 innocent people," Rouhani's tweet said. "Investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake." Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif blamed America's actions for the "human error," writing on Twitter that Iran's armed forces concluded that "Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster." Iran's statement stressed that the error occurred during very high tensions with the U.S. "After the threat of U.S. president and commanders of attacking several important place in our soil and the movement of U.S. planes in the region we were at the highest alert," an English translation of the armed forces' statement read. "After the attacks the flights of U.S. planes increased in the region and reports came in from strategic centers and many targets were visible in the radar," the statement went on. "In this sensitive moment the Ukrainian plane while approaching an IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) base was shot down after the plane's unexpected and sharp turn, leading to the martyrdom of several of our fellow citizens and foreign nationals." The statement added that the person responsible for the shootdown of PS752 would face legal consequences, and that the military will undertake "major reform in operations of all armed forces" to ensure such "human errors" would not happen again. The Revolutionary Guard Corps has also been ordered to give a full public explanation. Iran's armed forces expressed "deepest condolences and sympathy" to the victims' families. The flight, which was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew, was en route to Kiev, Ukraine. Eleven Ukrainians, 82 Iranians and at least 57 Canadians were also among those killed. According to flight tracking data, the airliner took off just ten minutes after Zarif announced that the ballistic missile attacks against U.S. military targets had been concluded. Several international carriers and America's Federal Aviation Authority had already suspended their Iran and Iraq flights after the Iranian missile attacks on the bases. The Iranian admission comes after days of official denials from Tehran as the U.S. and Canadian governments, citing intelligence assessments, said the plane was most likely shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 08:01PM https://ift.tt/2QLAEYx Iran admits to 'unintentionally' shooting down Ukrainian airliner, blames 'human error' - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner - The New York Times Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:36 PM PST Iran announced early Saturday that it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, blaming human error because of what it called the plane's sharp, unexpected turn toward a sensitive military base, according to a statement issued by the country's military. The announcement reversed Iran's claims that mechanical issues caused the crash of the aircraft on Wednesday, which killed all 176 people aboard. It had persistently denied that Iranian military defenses had downed the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800. The Iranian military's statement said the plane "took the flying posture and altitude of an enemy target" as it came close to an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps base. It said that "under these circumstances, because of human error," the plane "came under fire." The statement said that the person responsible for shooting down the plane would face legal consequences, and that the military would undertake "major reform in operations of all armed forces" to make sure that such an error never happened again. It said Revolutionary Guards officials had been ordered to appear on state media and give the public a full explanation. On Twitter, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said "investigations continue to identify & prosecute this great tragedy & unforgivable mistake." In a statement of his own, Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tried to place some of the blame on the United States, saying on Twitter that the disaster was "caused by U.S. adventurism led to disaster." International pressure had been building on Iran to take responsibility. American and allied intelligence assessments have said that Iranian missiles brought down the plane, most likely by accident, amid the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. State television in Iran aired footage that it said showed two black boxes recovered from the crash site. Processing their data could take more than a month, and the investigation could take up to two years, Hassan Rezaeifar, the head of the Iranian investigation team, said Friday. The State Department had no immediate comment late Friday about Iran's admission of responsibility. On social media, Iranians began expressing anger toward the military soon after the announcement, many of them using the term "harshest revenge," which officials had repeatedly promised in the wake of the American drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a powerful Revolutionary Guards commander, last week. "They were supposed to take their harsh revenge against America, not the people," wrote Mojtaba Fathi, a journalist. Suspicions that an Iranian missile had brought down the plane began immediately after the crash Wednesday morning — just hours after Iran fired missiles at two bases in Iraq housing American forces. The Iranians had asked the National Transportation Safety Board to help with the investigation, and the State Department had granted waivers to allow the American agency to help. A senior administration official said Friday that he thought the Iranians wanted American investigators there to keep up the appearance that they did not know what had caused the crash. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss these matters publicly, said the Iranian military had poor command and control, and this was reflected in what had happened with the airplane. Communications among officials and between units are often lacking, he said, and confusion can be the norm. Western analysts often overestimate the capability of parts of the Iranian military, he said. Official Iranian news media had cited technical problems as the cause in the hours after the crash. Iran's Civil Aviation Organization chief, Ali Abedzadeh, doubled down on that assessment on Friday, saying nothing could be determined until the data from the black boxes was analyzed, and he characterized statements made by other nations as politically motivated. The military announcement came as something of a surprise. As late as Friday night, officials were weighing whether to blame faulty jet equipment in acknowledging that Iranian missiles brought down the jet, according to four Iranians familiar with the deliberations. Until Saturday, Ukraine's main intelligence agency, known as the S.B.U., said only that it had narrowed the cause of the crash to a missile strike or a terrorist act and that it could not confirm Western intelligence that an Iranian missile system was likely to blame. An Iranian report released on Thursday said that the plane, bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was in flames before it hit the ground but sent no distress signal. Video  Video verified by The New York Times and published on Thursday appeared to show a missile fired from Iranian territory hitting the plane, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The video showed a small explosion as the plane flew above Parand, a city near the airport — where it stopped transmitting its signal before it crashed. The plane turned back toward the airport before it exploded and crashed, other videos verified by The Times showed. When Iran began firing missiles early on Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani by the United States in Baghdad, international airlines rerouted flights away from Iran, and the Federal Aviation Administration barred American carriers from the airspace in the region. After the crash, experts raised questions about why Iranian authorities had not stopped flights in and out of Tehran. In Iran, a debate over how much blame the government bears threatened to destroy the national solidarity that followed the country's conflict with the United States. Many Iranians said that their anger over the lack of accountability at the highest levels of government had quickly returned. On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States and its allies had intelligence showing that the passenger jet had been shot down. "We do believe that it's likely that the plane was shot down by an Iranian missile," Mr. Pompeo said at a briefing at the White House announcing new sanctions against Iran. "We're going to let the investigation play out before we make a final determination. It's important that we get to the bottom of it." Mr. Pompeo was the first American official to publicly confirm the intelligence assessments. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, citing a preliminary review of the evidence, called for a full investigation "to be convinced beyond all doubt." The jetliner was carrying 57 Canadians among its 176 passengers and crew. "We recognize that this may have been done accidentally," Mr. Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa. "The evidence suggests very clearly a possible and probable cause for the crash." President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made clear on Friday that Western governments had not initially shared the evidence underpinning their assessments that Iran had brought down the Ukrainian jet, though later a spokeswoman said that American officials had handed over more information. Ukrainian officials also analyzed the plane's flight pattern on Friday and determined it had stayed within the normal corridor for flights out of Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, Ukraine's foreign minister, Vadym Prystaiko, said at a news conference. The crash has presented Mr. Zelensky, a 41-year-old comedian who swept into office with a surprising election victory last spring, with the most urgent crisis of his short tenure. And its aftermath has the potential to open a fresh rift between Ukraine and its most important Western allies. Mr. Zelensky has already turned into an unwilling player in United States domestic politics as a result of President Trump's pressure campaign seeking announcements of investigations by Ukraine that could benefit him politically. Now, Mr. Zelensky is stuck in the middle of an even more volatile American crisis: the conflict with Iran. Mr. Zelensky needs Iranian cooperation to deliver the full-fledged investigation of the disaster that he has pledged to Ukrainians. But he also needs the data collected by Western intelligence — as well as continued Western support in Ukraine's conflict with Russia. "Our goal is to ascertain the undeniable truth," Mr. Zelensky said in a statement on Friday. "We believe this is the responsibility of the whole international community before the families of the dead and the memory of the victims of the catastrophe." Reporting was contributed by Niraj Chokshi, Anton Troianovski, Julian E. Barnes, Karen Zraick, Edward Wong and Michael Levenson. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 08:03PM https://ift.tt/2NiZSLE Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner - The New York Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:36 PM PST  DEPOK (West Java) - Indonesians have expressed their revulsion towards fellow countryman Reynhard Sinaga, who was sentenced to life in prison as Britain's worst rapist earlier this week. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Agung denounced Reynhard's crimes, saying that he had tarnished Indonesia's global reputation. Mr Pramono also said that he was concerned by the psychological impact on the many victims of Reynhard, adding that Indonesian government, through its embassy in London, would continue to follow the case and respect the transparent due process of law in Britain. Reynhard's tycoon father, Mr Saibun Sinaga, has said that he accepts the verdict and his son's punishment "fits his crimes". The Manchester Crown Court on Monday found the 36-year-old guilty of 159 offences, including 136 rapes, with Justice Suzanne Goddard calling him a "dangerous, deeply disturbed and perverted individual with no sense of reality." For more than two-and-a-half years, Reynhard prowled the bars and restaurants in the heart of Manchester, targetting young male victims, mostly in their late teens or early 20s, who were out drinking. He lured them to his nearby Princess Street apartment, drugged them and then raped them. He even filmed the abuses on two mobile phones. His sexual assault spree ended because one victim woke up. Reynhard went to Britain in 2007 to pursue a master's degree in planning and then sociology at The University of Manchester. He graduated in 2011 and then went on to do a PHD in human geography at the University of Leeds. The news about his crimes shocked many Indonesians, who condemned them as evil and depraved. The University of Indonesia, where Reynhard is an alumnus, has distanced itself from his "insolent, illegal and inhumane" acts and expressed sympathy for the victims. Reynhard belongs to the Batak community and they have also condemned him, saying his actions had brought them hurt and shame, the Jakarta Post reported. Mr Lamsiang Sitompul, the chairman of the Horas Bangso Batak community, said his actions had hurt and shamed the community and that his crimes made it seem like the Bataks were sexual deviants. "That is not true, and honestly we are very ashamed of Reynhard Sinaga's actions. His actions do not reflect the behaviour of Batak people," he said. Residents on Dahlia road in Depok, 45km south Jakarta, were shocked on Tuesday as journalists and cameramen descended on their neighbourhood, taking photos of the Sinaga mansion, the largest property in the area, and asking questions about Reynhard, whom most if not all of the residents never met. "I had no idea when they asked about Reynhard. I looked up his name on Youtube and saw there were many videos about his case there. That was only when I realised what had happened. We should not bother. It's their problem. Let's respect their privacy," housewife Ms Dewi Abraham, who is in her 50s, told The Straits Times. Her husband, private security officer Mr Abraham Jonatans, said that Reynhard came from a well-respected family and his low-profile father was somewhat sociable, attending a few gatherings in the neighbourhood. Mr Abraham is a community leader on Dahlia road. "Reynhard was enrolled in a high-rated junior high school and high school and top university. His father regularly donates to churches," said Mr Abraham, who was among a select group of neighbours invited in September 2019 to a reception to mark the launching of a complex, owned by the family and located next to their residence. Depok mayor Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad was an honorary guest to the reception. The complex, which comprises of two buildings with a total capacity of 2,750 people, has been rented out for wedding receptions. A funeral home is being constructed behind one of the buildings. Some of Reynhard's former junior high school friends described him as entertaining person who was nice to be with. The Jakarta-based news website Republika quoted one former classmate as saying that he was effeminate. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 01:23AM https://ift.tt/39Tjj7r 'Britain's worst rapist' tarnishes Indonesia's global reputation: Cabinet Secretary - The Straits Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian passenger plane unintentionally, report says - CNN Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:06 PM PST The general staff of Iran's armed forces said the crash Wednesday was due to human error. Iran targeted the passenger plane unintentionally, Press TV said. "A sad day. Preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by Armed Forces: Human error at time of crisis caused by US adventurism led to disaster," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted. "Our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims and to other affected nations." All the people on board the Boeing 737-800 were killed when the Kiev-bound plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport. The victims include 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals. Fragments of the plane had been taken to a hangar off-site to "reconstruct" it for the investigation, said Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Authority. The victims' remains have been sent to a forensic lab for DNA testing.  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Washington believes it is "likely" Iran was responsible for the downing of the Boeing 737-800 and that an "appropriate response" would come when a "final determination" is made. CNN obtained a video that appears to show a missile strike an object in Tehran's night sky, around the same time that the Ukrainian plane crashed early Wednesday, and separate footage that captures the moment of the crash. The crash came just hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing US troops in retaliation for a drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was one of Iran's most powerful and influential military leaders. Hours after the missile operation in Iraq, US military flights around Iranian borders increased and Iranian military officials reported seeing aerial targets coming toward Iran's strategic centers, according to a statement released by Iranian armed forces headquarters. Defense centers around Iran reported seeing increased radar activity which caused a heightened sensitivity in the aerial defense centers of the country, the statement reads. The Ukrainian flight took off from Imam Khomeini Airport and came close to a sensitive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military center at an altitude and flight condition that resembled hostile targeting, which led to it getting unintentionally hit, it added. Iranian authorities are in possession of the two flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, which Prystaiko said Ukrainian investigators have seen but don't have access to. He added that Iran was, however, cooperating, and that he expected Ukraine could "extract and analyze" the data and recordings. The last words of the pilot were "peaceful and that everything was OK," he said. Prystaiko said Ukrainian investigators have access to the recording of the conversation between the control tower and the Ukrainian International Airlines crew. The recent escalated hostilities between the US and Iran have complicated the thorny task of investigating the crash. US government investigators, for example, cannot fly into Tehran and meet with government officials without a license. That prohibition is due to longstanding sanctions rather than the most recent events, according to two US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Friday that President Donald Trump was authorizing yet more sanctions on Iran. The Iranian government, which under international protocol has control of the investigation, had earlier said it would not work with the US or Boeing in the probe, but on Friday reversed its position. If Iranian authorities are unable to reconstruct and analyze the information from the fight data recorders, they said they would seek help from international partners Russia, France, Canada or Ukraine. Ukrainian investigators were given access to the black boxes on Friday, according to Ukraine's foreign minister, but had yet to start examining the information, which includes recordings of communications between the pilot and Tehran flight control. The exchange of attacks between Tehran and Washington -- both on Iraqi soil -- marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the adversaries and raised fears of another proxy war in the Middle East. A US official familiar with the intelligence said the aircraft was downed by two Russian-made SA-15 surface-to-air missiles. The US saw Iranian radar signals lock onto the jetliner, before it was shot down. The US increasingly believes this was accidental. The US, Britain, Canada, Sweden and the European Commission have called for an independent and credible investigation. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 08:47PM https://ift.tt/306kuvG Iran admits to shooting down Ukrainian passenger plane unintentionally, report says - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as Soleimani - CNN Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:06 PM PST The sources would not give any details about the mission or how the US had attempted to carry it out. The US official said to the best of their knowledge there is no broader operation to decapitate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds force leadership at this time. In a statement to CNN, Pentagon spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich acknowledged seeing the report but declined to offer any additional information. "We have seen the report of a January 2 airstrike in Yemen, which is long-understood as a safe space for terrorists and other adversaries to the United States. The Department of Defense does not discuss alleged operations in the region," said Pentagon spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich in a statement.  Despite the Pentagon's assertion, the Department of Defense and US Central Command have routinely issued on-the-record statements about US strikes in Yemen. The Washington Post was first to report the operation took place. According to the Post, the Iranian target was Abdul Reza Shahlai, a financier and key commander of Iran's Quds Force which is an elite wing of the Iranian military operating throughout the Middle East. In December, State Department Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook announced the administration was offering "up to $15 million for information on the financial activities, networks, and associates of Abdul Reza Shahlai." News of an additional operation comes as top US national security officials continue to defend the Trump administration's claim that it killed Soleimani in response to an impending threat to American lives, but the lack of evidence provided to lawmakers and the public has fueled lingering skepticism about whether the strike was justified. Lawmakers demand answersThe new development is already raising more questions about the administration's explanation for killing Soleimani. "Congress needs answers. What was the full extent of the Trump administration's plans to kill Iranian officials? How does the attempted killing in Yemen have anything to do with an imminent threat?" Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna of California tweeted Friday reacting to the news. The Pentagon has blamed Soleimani and the Quds Force for attacks on coalition bases in Iraq in recent months, including the December 27 strike that killed an American contractor and Iraqi personnel. Soleimani was also blamed for the December 31 US Embassy attack in Baghdad, and the US military said he was responsible for killing hundreds in his time as a commander and wounding thousands more.  "We caught a total monster. We took them out. And that should have happened a long time ago. We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy," President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday. "We also did it for other reasons that were very obvious. Somebody died ... people were badly wounded just a week before. And we did it. We had a shot at it ... that was the end of a monster," Trump added, referring to a recent rocket attack by an Iranian-backed militia group in Iraq, Khatib Hezbollah, that killed an American contractor and wounded several US military personnel. Trump claimed in an interview with Fox News Friday that Soleimani was targeting four embassies before he was killed. The President's comments came after two prominent Senate Republicans and congressional Democrats on Wednesday slammed the administration's briefing on the reasoning for the strike following briefings by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Multiple lawmakers said they saw no specific intelligence that pointed to an imminent threat from Soleimani that justified the strike. Conflict in YemenThe US military has conducted airstrikes targeting the Yemen based affiliates of al Qaeda and ISIS and has also at times deployed small counterterrorism teams on the ground to target those terrorist groups. The US also provides very limited, non-combat support to the Saudi-led coalition that is supporting the Yemeni government in its fight with the Houthis, who receive assistance from Iran. While the US ended its practice of aerial refueling of Saudi and Emirati jets last year, it continues to share intelligence focused on countering Houthi missile and drone attacks, as well as providing advice on processes and procedures aimed at helping to avoid civilian casualties.  The US has long accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with missiles and other sophisticated weapons that they have used in those attacks. The conflict in Yemen began in early 2015 when Houthi rebels -- a minority Shia group from the north of the country -- drove out the US-backed government and took over the capital, Sanaa. The crisis quickly escalated into a multi-sided war, with neighboring Saudi Arabia leading a coalition of Gulf states against the Houthi rebels. A report from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project last June found that more than 91,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 2015. It also found that the Saudi-led coalition and its allies had been responsible for more than 8,000 of the approximately 11,700 deaths connected to the direct targeting of civilians in the conflict.  Last year, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, both the House and Senate passed a resolution (SR7) that called on the Trump administration to end all hostilities in Yemen that weren't expressly authorized by the Congress. President Donald Trump vetoed the resolution in April and the support of the Saudi-led effort in Yemen continues. The Trump administration has been insistent that is the President's job to enact US foreign policy and that any attempt to limit his authority is inappropriate. In his veto message in response to SR7, Trump argued that Congress was the one overstepping its bounds. "This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future," Trump wrote. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 12:47PM https://ift.tt/2uxLtEB US unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as Soleimani - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Pekka Rinne's goalie goal wasn't even close to the best play a goalie made all night - Golf Digest Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:46 PM PST  Goalies, so hot right now.... Goalies. First up we have Nashville's Pekka Rinne, who has seemingly been the Predators tendy for 40 years now. That is of course impossible since he is 37, but man that guy has been between the pipes for a long time in Smashville, longer than Eric Devendorf was at Syracuse. Unfortunately, Rinne, despite all his individual accolades, has never won a Stanley Cup, though the Preds came close in 2017. On Thursday, Rinne may have done the only thing harder for a goalie to do than win a Cup: score a goal. With a 4-2 lead on the road against Chicago and under a minute to play, the Blackhawks pulled their goalie. On a routine dump-in with 30 seconds to go, Rinne corraled the puck behind his cage, turned and fired away: It's a moment every goaltender dreams of, but also one that comes along so seldomly. You'd think with goalies getting pulled every night that netminders would have more chances, but it's simply not the case. Attempting to shoot at the opposing net as a goalie, let alone pulling it off, takes an incredible level of skill with the goalie stick, quick-thinking and poise, which is why only seven goalies have ever done it in the history of the sport. The last to do it was Mike Smith of the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2013-2014 season. Smith's was one of the most impressive because it came right after he made an easy glove save, immediately dropped it down in his own crease and SENT IT: Others to do it: Ron Hextall (twice!), Chris Osgood, Martin Brodeur, Jose Theodore and Evgeni Nabokov. A number of others have been credited with a goal, but that was because the other team scored an own goal. That group of seven, which now includes Rinne, are the only ones to scored one from their own stick. An elite club. And yet, it may not have been the best play a goalie made all night. That play belonged to New York Rangers rookie goaltender Igor Shestyorkin: OK, I'm kidding. I'm not THAT big of a Rangers homer. This was a sick save, though. Thank you for your service Henrik Lundqvist, but the IGOR ERA is officially underway. On to the real best play of the night by a goalie, which belonged to Minnesota's Alex Stalock. Check out this unbelievable pass to his teammate Mats Zuccarello, who found the back of the net to earn Stalock the assist of the year for a goalie: Rinne's goal was a history-maker, but a great assist is always better than a great goal. Sick pass from Stalock. What a night for the tenders. "Goal" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 07:58AM https://ift.tt/36GSC3z Pekka Rinne's goalie goal wasn't even close to the best play a goalie made all night - Golf Digest "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Iran denies missile shot down Flight PS752 - Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:36 PM PST Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 10:58AM https://ift.tt/2tKhlWr Iran denies missile shot down Flight PS752 - Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Instagram says it's removing posts supporting Soleimani to comply with US sanctions - CNN Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:36 PM PST  The Iranian government has called for nationwide legal action against Instagram in protest, even creating a portal on a government website for the app's users to submit examples of posts the company removed, Iranian state media reported. Instagram is one of the few western social media platforms that is not blocked in Iran. Facebook and Twitter are blocked but some Iranians access those sites using VPNs. In a tweet, Iran's government spokesperson, Ali Rabiei, called Instagram's actions "undemocratic." Instagram shut down Soleimani's own account on the platform last April after the US government designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization. Soleimani was an IRGC commander. "We operate under US sanctions laws, including those related to the US government's designation of the IRGC and its leadership," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. Iranian soccer player Alireza Jahanbakhsh, who has a verified Instagram account, posted a photo of Soleimani after his death. Jahanbakhsh said Instagram had removed that post. Details of the takedowns were reported earlier by Coda Story. As part of its compliance with US law, the Facebook spokesperson said the company removes accounts run by or on behalf of sanctioned people and organizations. It also removes posts that commend the actions of sanctioned parties and individuals and seek to help further their actions, the spokesperson said, adding that Facebook has an appeals process if users feel their posts were removed in error. CNN Business has reached out to Twitter and Google for comment to ask how they handle content related to people sanctioned by the US government. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 04:17PM https://ift.tt/2TeeShI Instagram says it's removing posts supporting Soleimani to comply with US sanctions - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| How Manchester rapist Reynhard Sinaga preyed on his victims - CNA Posted: 10 Jan 2020 07:06 PM PST Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 02:45PM https://ift.tt/35GlAPV How Manchester rapist Reynhard Sinaga preyed on his victims - CNA Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| The crisis that never was: Why mobile ad-blocking fears haven’t been realized - Digiday Posted: 10 Jan 2020 06:14 PM PST Today the notion of mobile ad blocking has receded in publisher's minds from existential threat to manageable nuisance. On their priority list of issues to address, it has dropped somewhere below managing user-privacy regulations and identifying audiences as use of third-party cookies wanes. Despite the fact that more people are accessing publishers' sites via mobile devices, publishers aren't wringing their hands about the rising number of ad blockers on them. This is partly because publishers earn less revenue from ads on these smaller screens. Also the industry as a whole has made great strides in improving the online ad experience overall. Plus, ad blockers on mobile devices are harder to install, and because of this, they are less prevalent. A tech vendor has pegged the percentage of users who currently block news publishers' ads on mobile devices at 8% to 15%. In 2019 separate studies by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Association of Online Publishers estimated mobile ad-block rates of 8% and 2.4%, respectively. As publishers' traffic has moved from desktops to mobile devices, their fears that people would block the ads on the smaller screen have not fully materialized. And desktop ad-blocking rates by users currently remain at about 20% after being as high as about 30%, according to the IAB and the AOP. "It's tedious to download and install separate ad-blocking apps," said Prash Naidu, founder and CEO of Rezonence, which helps publishers monetize ads. "Most mobile advertising is served within walled gardens, which are insulated against ad blocking anyway, so the incentive to install an ad blocker is reduced for a user." A February 2019 Comscore report found that 57% of users' time on mobile devices was spent in app, more than was the case for other computing devices, and the most popular devices for ad-blocking software installations had the lowest amount of time spent with them. Mobile ad-blocking rates vary hugely depending on the publisher. Gaming sites, for instance, regularly report higher ad-blocking rates. Another reason publishers are spending less time being concerned about ad blocking on mobile devices is the disparity in price for mobile ads as compared with desktop ones. The cost per thousand impressions for desktop ads could be £25 ($32.63), compared with £8 ($10.44) on mobile devices, said Adam Gilsenan, chief revenue officer for Rezonence. So publishers aren't missing out on as much lost revenue when users deploy ad blocking on mobile devices. In 2017, top U.K. publishers individually lost about $2.6 million a year as a result of ad blocking on mobile and desktop devices, according to AOP data.  An exclusive, inside look at what's actually happening in the video industry, including original reporting, analysis of important stories and interviews with interesting executives and other newsmakers. Ultimately, publishers accept that some people don't like advertising and may use blockers to counter being tracked by companies. Since October Google's Chrome Canary, a browser allowing developers to test new products, has blocked heavy ads from loading. When this happens, users receive a notification that the ad has been blocked. As Chrome Canary is intended for users who must be comfortable with the fact that its features are still being tested, the adoption of this particular component will be low, Naidu suggested. "Browsers regularly stop intensive scripts running anyway so I don't think even if this feature is made the default, I don't think it'll change things a lot," Naidu added. While droves of users may not be opting for ad blockers on their mobile devices, regulators' data protection policies and browser changes can imitate the role of an ad blocker, said Brian Kane, chief operating officer and co-founder of Sourcepoint. "This evolution of ad blocking means publishers need to implement strategies to ensure sustainable monetization is achievable, whether that's through capturing identity, encouraging logged-in users, or finding ways to comply and protect user data while still delivering the best experience possible, personalized to individual preferences," he said. "Mobile" - Google News January 09, 2020 at 09:00PM https://ift.tt/2FDhwVW The crisis that never was: Why mobile ad-blocking fears haven't been realized - Digiday "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Jokowi plays down stand-off with China in the Natunas - The Straits Times Posted: 10 Jan 2020 06:06 PM PST  President Joko Widodo has played down the stand-off between Indonesian and Chinese vessels in the abundant fishing waters off the north-western coast of Borneo, prompting analysts to say he is trying to reduce tensions and maintain ties between the two countries. "I asked the Indonesian military commander, are there foreign ships entering Indonesian territorial sea? As it turns out, none," the President wrote on Facebook on Wednesday, after visiting a military base on the Natuna Islands. On Monday, Mr Joko asserted that Indonesia's sovereignty was "non-negotiable" after reports that two Chinese coast guard vessels and about 60 Chinese fishing boats had been spotted last month in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), near the Natuna Sea. Fighter jets and warships were deployed and the foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador in Jakarta to deliver a diplomatic note protesting against the Chinese encroachment. Mr Joko, who is popularly known as Jokowi, said Chinese vessels were in Indonesia's EEZ, which spans 200 nautical miles from a territory's coast, but not in its territorial sea, which is limited to 12 nautical miles. "In this zone (EEZ), international ships can pass freely, and Indonesia has the rights over the natural resources and to exercise its rule of law," including capturing or chasing away vessels trying to "illegally exploit the natural wealth", he said. Mr Joko's visit to the Natunas shows he takes the issue seriously, but his latest remarks indicate that he does not want the stand-off to continue and become heated, analysts told The Straits Times. "The Indonesian media is portraying this as a matter of sovereignty. Jokowi cannot walk away from an issue of this magnitude, and needs to be seen to lead," said Dr Greg Raymond, a research fellow at the Australian National University. The President also does not want to jeopardise good ties with Indonesia's biggest trading partner and a major investor. Both countries enjoy broad cooperation, including in infrastructure development such as the high-speed railway project linking Jakarta, the capital, with Bandung. The US$6 billion (S$8 billion) project is part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond. "Jokowi is trapped between two interests (sovereignty and the economy)," political scientist Arbi Sanit said. "Business with China must not be ruined. Indonesia has a big appetite to develop its infrastructure but it has no money. And China has been investing a lot, so it's a difficult situation." Indeed, Mr Joko's ministers are eager to keep the issues separate. Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said: "Let me be clear that the EEZ has to do with the economy and not sovereignty - these are two very different beasts." But as much as Indonesia needs China for investments, the latter is also looking at South-east Asia's largest economy for resources. In a sign of a softening stance in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China and Indonesia have been in contact over the issue. At a press conference on Wednesday, Mr Geng stressed that China and Indonesia have no disputes over territorial sovereignty, but said there are "overlapping claims of maritime rights and interests in some areas in the South China Sea". He said: "China hopes Indonesia will remain calm. We would like to handle our differences with Indonesia in a proper way and uphold our bilateral relations as well as peace and stability in the region." But Mr Geng maintained that China had sovereignty over Nansha Islands - the Chinese name for the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea - and sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the relevant waters, a position it said was in accordance with international law. Indonesia's military yesterday said Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing boats had left the relevant waters, after Mr Joko's visit. China claims most of the South China Sea, bringing it into dispute with the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan. Indonesia has clashed with China over fishing rights around the Natunas. Beijing has claimed some of the waters around the Natunas as part of its "traditional fishing grounds". International law expert Hikmahanto Juwana felt the recent incident was simply China testing the resolve of the new Indonesian government of Mr Joko, who was re-elected last April. Top stories - Google News January 09, 2020 at 01:00PM https://ift.tt/2R9lStz Jokowi plays down stand-off with China in the Natunas - The Straits Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| 'I hope he rots in hell': Victims of Indonesian serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga speak out - CNA Posted: 10 Jan 2020 05:36 PM PST MANCHESTER: "I wish the worst for him. I want him to feel the pain and the sufferance I have felt. He has destroyed a part of my life." That was the anger felt by one of Reynhard Sinaga's many victims, who only found out they had been drugged and raped weeks or months – and in some cases, years – after the attacks. Indonesian student Sinaga was described as Britain's most prolific and worst rapist, after he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday (Jan 6) in Manchester Crown Court. The 36-year-old PhD student was convicted of 159 counts of sexual offences against 48 men, but police have uncovered evidence that show Sinaga had raped at least 195 men over a two-and-a-half year period. All of them were drugged and sexually assaulted. When they finally regained consciousness and found themselves in bed, they were unaware they had been raped by a supposedly Good Samaritan who had taken them in.  The men only found out when the police showed up at their door. "I will never forget the day the police came to see me. I did not know why they needed to see me but I can say I was absolutely devastated to hear that I had been a victim of rape, after being drugged and this sexual act was filmed by a man I now know to be Sinaga," one of them explained. All victims of sexual assault are given lifelong anonymity according to British law. READ: Indonesian rapist Reynhard Sinaga went unnoticed for more than 2 yearsPROWLED THE STREETS FOR VICTIMS The court heard how Sinaga "prowled the streets" for victims, many of whom were drunk or had lost their way. He targeted young men – his victims were between 17 and 33 years old – and looked for anyone who might be incapacitated after a night out. The courts were told Sinaga had a "template" for his attacks. One student had been out with his girlfriend and had become drunk at the Factory nightclub, which was next to Sinaga's flat in Princess Street, Manchester. This nightclub would feature heavily in Sinaga's case – many of his victims had either been drinking at the Factory or Fifth Avenue clubs near his place. His victim, known only as LF, 19, had left the nightclub after arguing with his girlfriend. It was then he met Sinaga, who invited LF back to his apartment for a drink. But once there, Sinaga drugged him with what police believe to be date-rape drug GHB.  "The prosecution's case is that the attack on LF bears striking similarity to the attacks perpetrated against the other complainants in this indictment," the court was told. Over four trials, the courts heard his "small stature and friendly approach" meant none of the men "felt intimidated" by him, and accepted his offer of either a place to stay or to charge their phones. Filming the rapes on two iPhones, some of the attacks lasted hours, with Sinaga taking care not to wake his victims. "You paid careful attention to your victim's state of consciousness before and during sex," Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said to Sinaga, in sentencing him. "At times, you switched the lights off and re-covered them with a duvet when they stirred, with the intention of ensuring they remained unconscious." READ: Male victims of rape deserve support and understanding, not ridicule and disbeliefDID NOT STOP ASSAULT DESPITE VOMITING The drugs were so strong, he risked killing his victims, the court heard. They also caused complete memory loss. "Several (victims) were snoring throughout when you were sexually assaulting them. Some of your victims can be heard to be making rambling, incoherent noises," said Judge Goddard. "Some had vomited. Some had wet themselves. None of this caused you to stop your assaults on them."   One victim explained: "I could recall the events of the evening the police were talking about, but had no memory of any offences committed against me due to a complete lack of memory." "I don't think I will ever be okay with what has happened," added another. Sinaga was arrested after his last victim woke up during a rape and fought back, before handing over to police a white iPhone that the Indonesian had used to film the act. After raiding the flat, they found thousands of films and pictures depicting him raping men – police found evidence of rapes of 195 victims. The serial rapist also kept 'trophies' of the men he had raped – phones, driving licences and watches that he stored away in a box. He boasted about the rapes to his friends, claiming he had "pulled" the men and they had consensual sex – but it couldn't be further from the truth.  DEEPLY TRAUMATISED All of the 48 victims identified by police had no inkling they had been raped. "I remember the day the police contacted me. It is a day I will never forget because it changed my life forever," said one victim. All the men refused to view the films or did not want to know the details of what happened to them. Police said the victims "all were deeply traumatised" at the thought of what Sinaga had done. But by claiming the men were playing out his "sexual fantasy" of "playing dead", Sinaga forced the men to testify in court – the four trials were spread over nearly two years. "I was very anxious giving evidence. It was very traumatic for me because I knew I had to face up to the reality of what had happened," one man said. "I also know I was going to get asked questions that would make the night a reality – and that would haunt me."  Sinaga's "cold, calculated" actions left his victims in "deep distress", his rapes causing "lasting psychological damage". "It is clear that each of them has suffered greatly as a result of discovering what you had done to them. Some have their careers and academic studies seriously, adversely affected," the judge said. His victims have become "seriously depressed", finding it impossible to tell their families or close friends what they had been through – one of them has thought about killing himself. "I have never been in such a bad place in my life and I didn't know how to get out of it," the man said. "I was diagnosed with severe depression and put on anti-depressants, and I (have) also started counselling." "(Sinaga) has taken a part of me that I will never get back. He deserves the largest sentence possible." READ: Disbelief in Indonesia over crimes committed by serial rapist Reynhard SinagaTo the outside world Sinaga was a church-going and quiet PhD student, but the "monster" – as described by one of his victims – had managed to hide his crimes for more than two years. "ROT IN HELL" Police have called for more people who think they might have been victims to come forward, and some already have since the case came to light.  His victims had to undergo tests for sexually-transmitted diseases, many anxiously awaiting the results. Those who came forward were praised for their bravery even as Sinaga's actions scarred them for a long time. One of the men said: "I felt numb. I was totally shocked, embarrassed, betrayed and very angry. "His actions were disgusting, unforgivable. He has massively abused my trust in humanity." The judge called Sinaga a "highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual", adding that he will "never be safe" to be released. Sinaga will be eligible for parole in 30 years. One of his victims said: "I hope he never comes out of prison and he rots in hell." Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 02:16PM https://ift.tt/2R7OXFw 'I hope he rots in hell': Victims of Indonesian serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga speak out - CNA Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Iran, United by Loss of General, Is Divided Over Plane Crash - The New York Times Posted: 10 Jan 2020 05:36 PM PST  The American killing of a legendary Iranian general seemed for a moment to sweep away months of violent protests against corruption and misrule, drowning it all in nationalist outrage. But now the crash of a civilian airliner over Tehran on Wednesday is threatening to dissolve that unity in an agonizing debate over whether the Iranian authorities bear the blame. All 176 people on board were killed, including many young Iranians headed for graduate study in Canada. The United States, Canada and other Western governments concluded that Iran's own missile defense systems accidentally shot down the plane, but Tehran continued on Friday to dismiss the crash as a mechanical failure that happened to occur just as Iran was bracing for a potential American airstrike. Many Iranians said that their anger over the lack of accountability at the highest levels of their government has quickly returned. "Our lives have no value," Yalda, a 45-year-old graphic artist in Tehran, said in a telephone interview, asking not to be identified fully for fear of arrest. "They shot down the plane and not only do they not apologize but they are lying about it." By late Friday, government officials were considering acknowledging that Iranian defense systems brought down the jet, according to four Iranians familiar with the deliberations. Tehran may argue instead, they said, that faulty equipment onboard the plane had failed to signal properly. The plane crash is only the latest in a series of deadly episodes for which Iranian critics have blamed their government. Fifty-six people were killed Tuesday in stampede in a narrow side street during a funeral procession for the military leader, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, in his hometown, Kerman. As many as 600 others were killed this fall by security forces suppressing antigovernment protests. The demonstrations, which began over a sharp increase in gasoline prices, turned into protests about corruption and self-dealing by the authorities in Tehran. The protesters said Iran's government had plunged Iran into an economic crisis even before American sanctions began to bite. But the magnitude and timing of the crash, as well as official dissembling about it, have given it special resonance at a moment when Iranian leaders are rallying the public to endure more hardship in their continuing standoff with Washington. Heading into next month's parliamentary elections, the disaster is also almost certain to become a campaign issue. "This will be a big test for the government, and if there is a sense of blurring evidence or hiding something, that is going to hurt the legitimacy of the current system for sure," said Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, a scholar of Iran at the Royal United Services Institute. "We are talking about a very large number of civilians." The government has struggled in vain to contain the embarrassment. After insisting the day after the crash that mechanical failure was to blame, the Iranian authorities abruptly shifted on Friday to pledging complete openness. Officials promised to invite investigators from several nations, including France, the United States and the home country of the airline, Ukraine. Even while pledging a transparent inquiry, though, government officials were still denying on Friday that Iranian missiles could have played any role. State media outlets said the conclusion of the Western governments was an American lie cooked up to sap Iran's resolve, and some nationalists on social media argued the same. "One day the story of the Ukrainian airline crash will be taught in schools for lessons in psychological warfare," Mohammad Keshvari, the chief executive of an Iranian information technology company, argued on Twitter. As speculation circulated on Iranian social media late Friday that the government might acknowledge some role in the crash, the groundswell of anger appeared to be growing. The hashtag #cheaplife began surging on Iranian social media soon after the Western assessment of the crash began to emerge. Some compared the government statements about the crash to false official statements that a barrage of Iranian missiles had killed 80 American troops in Iraq on Wednesday. (Pentagon officials say none died.) "The Islamic Republic is being modest saying it killed 80 in the harsh revenge operation," tweeted Dariush Zand, a 27-year-old activist living in Turkey. "In reality they killed 176." Some complained about the absence of official mourning for those who died on the plane. Pictures of General Suleimani had sprung up everywhere, memorials for him went on through the night, and mosques erected small shrines in his honor. But there were no public condolences or flags at half-staff to honor those who died in the plane. "Nobody trusts the government," said Sara, a 42-year-old translator in Tehran. "Lie on top of lie. They were not transparent about the number of people killed in the protests in November, they were not transparent about what brought the plane down. The only thing they are transparent about is their propaganda for Suleimani." Some said they felt indignant that only reports from the West had prompted the inquiries. "If America and Canada hadn't revealed the truth, Iran would continue to lie," said Mehdi, a 37-year-old journalist in Tehran. "We can't process this." For many, the crash has an added poignancy because the plane was carrying many of Iran's best and brightest. A large number of the passengers were graduates of top science and engineering schools headed for fellowships, graduate school or teaching jobs in Canada. Fourteen were graduates of Iran's elite Sharif University of Technology, a top supplier of M.I.T. and Stanford recruits. "We see ourselves in them," said Solmaz Sharif, an Iranian journalist who emigrated to the United States a decade ago. They were "the people who immigrated hoping for a better life and worked hard to create that life and still loved Iran and went back to visit. Only to be killed." In the heat of the recent clashes with Washington, though, other Iranians insisted that the United States was as much to blame for bringing down the passenger jet as for killing General Suleimani. "The possibility of US maliciously jamming the Boeing plan's system is stronger than the Revolutionary Guards mistakenly targeting a passenger plane," tweeted Mahziyar Khaki, a cleric from Qom. Ramin Ghorbani, another Iranian Twitter user, changed his profile to a picture of General Suleimani. "Looks like the Americans are responsible for the plane crash," Mr. Ghorbani wrote. "It's a plan to divert public attention from General Suleimani's martyrdom and find an excuse to impose more sanctions on us." Government officials pleaded for a return to the solidarity that followed the killing of General Suleimani. "This was an extremely difficult week for Iranians," tweeted Gholamhossein Mohamadi, the head of Tehran municipality's communication department. "The only way out of this crisis is national unity." But Amir Ali, a 46-year-old owner of an advertising agency in Tehran, said even families were becoming divided over the blame for the crash. "Everyone is confused and shocked," he said. "Unfortunately, there is a lot of disagreement." Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 04:20PM https://ift.tt/2tMtQRi Iran, United by Loss of General, Is Divided Over Plane Crash - The New York Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2020 05:13 PM PST  Jessica Henwick has been really busy the past couple of years, but 2020 has brought the chance for the actress to reflect on her time with Star Wars. She played X-Wing pilot Jess Pava in the sequel trilogy and a story she recently shared with The Hollywood Reporter argues that maybe some of her other co-stars aren't quite suited to the high-octane stunts the series frequently features. Motion sickness can be the worst, but it sounds like Henwick's got all that down pat. Her friends on The Force Awakens set don't sound like they were as lucky. Her tale about filming those intense scenes make it seem like she has an iron stomach. Still, it must be a lot to be accustomed to more stationary roles and then be thrown into a space battle set upon what is essentially a high-tech roller coaster and then having to actually recite dialogue. It makes your head spin just thinking about it. "The thing I remember the most is that all the other actors would get motion sickness," Henwick began. "We got into this plane rig, and it would lift you up twenty feet in the air. It would also move like a rollercoaster. The other actors could only do 10-15 minutes of filming before they would get sick, have to stop and come down to get back on their feet. So, I was the one who was up there saying, 'No, keep rolling! I'll just start riffing.' I love roller coasters so I thought it was hilarious." So it turns out that it's a good thing she made it through all the rounds of the audition process. Henwick auditioned for Rey as well, but didn't get it. That's when J.J. Abrams stepped in and said that the creative team had to find some way to include her going forward. 0comments"I was auditioning for a different character, actually, so I spent six months auditioning for that character," She explained. "And then, at the end, J.J. said, 'I want you to be in the film, but I want to write a character for you.' That's how Jess Pava was created. So, it was a very, very long experience. It's hard because I've been doing this long enough to know that you go in, audition, put it to the back of your mind, don't think about it and don't get emotionally invested. But, after six months, you can't help but just desperately want it. I'm also such a big J.J. fan. So, I was a mess at the end of those six months." Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is still in theaters. "Actress" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 04:50PM https://ift.tt/39YGLQu Star Wars Actress Details Fellow Actors Getting Motion Sickness Shooting The Force Awakens - Comicbook.com "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| A Family Feud Contestant Has Never Been So Wrong and Yet So Right - Vulture Posted: 10 Jan 2020 05:10 PM PST  Yes, there is a Canadian version of Family Feud and yes, it is hosted by Canadian comedian Gerry Dee, who previously had a sitcom called Mr. D where he played a schoolteacher named Gerry D. This is the state of Canadian television. There's a reason why I (a Canadian) was surprised that Schitt's Creek was good. But what Family Feud Canada lacks in Steve Harvey, it more than makes up for in pure entertainment value. Take, for example, the final round from Thursday night's episode, which saw Eve from the Lorette, Manitoba Dubois family face off against Logan of the Waterloo, Ontario Tomlins. Dee asks, "What's Popeye's favorite food?" Eve confidently slaps the button, answers "chickennnn" and does a victory dance. Cut to her family slumping in disappointment, someone off-camera groaning "oh my God," and Logan Tomlin swooping in with, "Show me spinach, Gerry," for 10,000 Canadian dollars. There is irony to Dubois flubbing the Popeye question, which is that she so uncannily channels the energy of Popeye's cartoon contemporary, Betty Boop. When Dubois realizes she got the answer wrong, she does a hand gesture that can only be described as Boop-esque. When she explains to Dee "I thought you meant Popeyes chicken!" I want you to close your eyes and tell me that's not pure Boop. This woman is a cartoon character, and she's a star, and if Popeyes had a lick of business acumen, they'd sign her to a multimillion-dollar contract immediately. But wait: It gets better. The next morning, the official Family Feud Canada YouTube channel posted a blooper reel of the entire sudden-death round. As it turns out, the "chicken" moment wasn't even the best moment — it was just the only usable clip. First, neither of the contestants could answer the top answer for "something in your house that creaks." The answer was "floor," but Eve guessed "rocking chair" because she is, again, a cartoon character from the 1930s. Next, Dee tried the question: "Name something people dye," to which Logan Tomlin answered: "gun shot." Not die of, Logan. Jeez. Then Dubois's bracelet fell off, which caused more commotion, and neither contestant could guess the top answer for "something you might see in the sky on a clear night." (Dubois guessed "helicopter.") Global News interviewed Eve's mom Stephanie about her daughter's viral moment, and she said, "It's all going to her head right now," adding, "She's been saying, 'At least I'm pretty.'" AT. LEAST. I'M. PRETTY. A star is born. "viral" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 10:02AM https://ift.tt/2FChKg7 A Family Feud Contestant Has Never Been So Wrong and Yet So Right - Vulture "viral" - Google News https://ift.tt/2BCxygM Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2020 04:36 PM PST  TRIBUNJAKARTA.COM - Pakar mikro ekspresi, Poppy Amalia menyoroti video yang merekam suami Lina, Teddy saat tengah diwawancara awak media. Di video tersebut Teddy tengah membahas soal lokasi pemakaman Lina yang sempat menjadi kontroversi. Diketahui Lina yang meninggal dunia pada Sabtu (4/1/2020) dimakamkan di Jalan Sekelimus Utara, Kota Bandung. TONTON JUGA Makam Lina kemudian dibongkar demi keperluan autopsi, jenazah mantan istri Sule itu kemudian dipindahkan ke Ujung Berung. Poppy Amalia mengatakan saat menceritakan soal suasana pemakaman Lina, Teddy menunjukkan ekspresi sedih. Hal tersebut terlihat dari alis Teddy yang menurun. "Saat ia bicara mengenai suasananya alis matanya mengalami penurunan, artinya dengan kondisi ini dia terlihat sedih," kata Poppy Amalia dikutip TribunJakarta.com dari YouTube Intens Investigasi, pada Jumat (10/1/2020). Hal tersebut tiba-tiba berubah ketika Teddy membahas soal lokasi pemakaman Lina. • Teddy Bantah Punya Ilmu Hitam, Mbak You Malah Bocorkan Hal Sebaliknya: di Badan Dia Memang Ada Nih TONTON JUGA Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 06:39AM https://ift.tt/37XkUXM Teddy Bersikap Begini saat Bahas Lokasi Pemakaman Lina, Pakar Mikro Ekspresi: Ada Kecemasan - Tribunnews.com Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2020 04:16 PM PST  Five-a-side football with your mates. The chance to escape the rules and regulations of work, school, college, life...? Not so much at one club, who have a 14-page handbook with strict rules players must adhere to, including no WhatsApp "chit-chat" and bans for late replies. We've all stumbled across bizarre rules and processes when it comes to organised fun but, if Twitter is to be believed, this club have taken it to the extreme. When looking to join a new team, @NewAgeBoxingUKwas greeted by 14 pages of regulations that players must follow if they wish to participate. He shared the most bizarre on Twitter in a thread that has gone viral. Here is a snapshot:
So how do the BBC Sport readers' five-a-side experiences compare? Andy: Once had to wash our own kit, white socks. If they were dirty you got fined £2. I think the gaffer bought a car with the money Chris Murphy: Our five-a-side rules are fairly simple - if you can get there on time, you can play! Joe Southcott: Remember turning up two minutes late and having to start 5-0 down instead of if we didn't turn up we'd lose 3-0. Kevin Maguire: In New Zealand you couldn't play with out a referee and couldn't challenge for the ball from behind or the side of the player in possession. Ed Waddington: Indeed, that is still a rule. I've come to like it though, as it removes the usual brawls associated with five-a-side. Steve Doig: I manage a Wednesday night eight-a-side team. I have always loved soccer but since I turned 41 I love it more, playing with mates under the lights is what it's all about. I have played 77 games and scored 32 own goals. Some weeks can be a struggle to get numbers but we always manage. There are no Messis in our squad, plenty of Phil Jones. Miss a game it's £5 if you cancel on the day. Some of the excuses you get crack you up, like the time one of the young lads said he was locked in his toilet and couldn't get out or the time my co-manager said he couldn't find his favourite Arsenal training top so couldn't play. All good fun. "Goal" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 01:01PM https://ift.tt/2FAdZIa No chit-chat, 32-week bans and goal post-mortems - the five-a-side club with a 14-page rulebook - BBC Sport "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| What Actress and Podcast Host Sophia Bush Can’t Live Without - New York Magazine Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:13 AM PST  Photo: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for Spotify If you're like us, you've probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked actress and Work in Progress podcast host Sophia Bush — who is partnering with Spotify for its "Spotify Supper" party at this month's annual CES tech show in Las Vegas — about the pellet grill, food storage, and journal she can't live without.  Dream Essentials Sweet Dreams Comfortable & Contoured Sleep Mask Gift Set with Carry Pouch and Moldex Ear Plugs There's this very cool store in L.A. called OK that's kind of a one-stop shop for the coolest version of the thing that you're looking for. I was in there getting a present for someone, and I saw this eye mask. The woman who works there said, "Oh my God, I'm telling you it's best eye mask in the world." She was right. A sleep mask is a necessity for me: I'm very light sensitive, so I either get an amazing sleep or I don't based on the eye mask that I have. This one is so incredible because it contours tight around your nose. No light gets in. You open your eyes with it on and look around and it's pitch dark. Your sleep won't be ruined by your brain realizing that it's light out. I use this in my house, on the plane when I travel, everywhere.  Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed Cheryl, and this book, are profound. The cover attracted me to it at first: I'm a nerd for a simple font and hate cluttered book covers. Reading the book, the forward will tell you that calling it self-help, or advice of any kind, is actually really missing the point. It is a revelatory journey through the deepest parts of human experience and vulnerability, and goes through all the sides of ourselves that we never let people see. Cheryl manages to be motivating and raw and devastating all at once. To me, she tells the truest truth that I've read in a very, very long time. There are so many poignant parts of the book: the way that she explains loss through the lens of her mother's death, the way that she tells a story about these young women whose lives are so devastating that she could barely stand to be their school counselor. She talks about the moment when she said she would just be honest and stop telling people that someone was coming to help them, because no one is coming to help — except yourself. You have to want to get out more than you want to stay. That part moves me every time I read it. The first time I read the book — which has to be eight to 10 years ago by now — I knew that I would read it annually, and I do.  Decony Clear Deli Food Storage Containers It's embarrassing how much I love food. I was visiting my chef-friend, Sean Brock, and his wife in Nashville, and he let me peek around in his pantry because I love to see how chefs organize their pantries. He had these insane containers that he heard about from a chef in Copenhagen, and I was like, "Bro, send me the link." Now, my entire pantry is filled with these containers. I have three label makers, and I really love using them, so I labeled each container. Everything is just super organized and easy to grab. I really love that they're all the same size, so everything stacks really neatly. You'll never lose anything in the pantry again. It's also really important to think about ways to reduce waste and plastic. I love having containers and grocery bags that I keep forever, and these definitely have been useful in my efforts to eliminate single-use containers. I even started giving these containers to my friends who like to cook as gifts. I want all my friends to experience the joy of a clean, organized pantry.  Darling Clementine R.P.S. Notebook in Rusy Red I'm really trying to become a person who journals in 2020. I've never created that habit, but it's a goal. I'm a big note taker and I go to a lot of conferences and university lectures, so I always like to have a notebook in my bag. These notebooks are from a company based in Denmark — they do everything right there. I love the texture; the fabric is really beautiful. I like that it's a hard cover, too — I can't stand a flimsy book of any kind. It's also not too big. I can fit it in most of my bags, which is great because who wants to tote around a clunky notebook all day? It has blank pages, I'm not a fan of a lined journal. A blank page lets me do whatever I want. If I need to tear a page out and give a piece of information to someone, I can do that. If I need to draw something, I can do that. If I'm in the middle of a podcast and my producer needs to write ten more minutes in giant font, she can grab my notebook and write that to me.  Montana Mex Sweet Seasoned Sea Salt Eduardo Garcia, the founder of Montana Mex, is an incredible chef. He makes my favorite rubs and avocado oil of all time. His stuff is legendary. I now take his sweet chili seasoning with me when I fly anywhere. I can't trust people to season things well. I'm sure you've seen people on Twitter go off about unseasoned chicken, and that's a real thing. I don't mess with unseasoned food. I keep sea salt and Montana Mex in my bag at all times, just in case. I'm not quite as badass as Beyoncé, I don't carry hot sauce with me, but I carry what I need and what gets the job done. I put it on a lot more than you would expect. I don't think anyone expected me to put barbecue seasoning on avocado toast with eggs recently, but I did and it was delicious. Yes, chili flakes on avocado toast is I guess sort of a known trick. But I'm telling you, once you have this, you'll never go back to boring old chili flakes. I promise you.  Traeger Timberline 1300 Grill I cook a lot, but barbecuing is new for me. One of my best friends, Justin Boreta, is a DJ but also a sort of huge amateur chef. We've spent years cooking and traveling and eating our way through cities together. During SXSW last year, we visited my god-brother's barbecue joint, Bangers, in Austin. We were all so in love with it that when we can home, we were like, "Okay, we've got to get in the barbecue game." We decided to get a Traeger because it truly, truly is the absolute best. It just cooks everything so well — I'm not a professional by any means, but we make pretty great barbecue. This past summer, Justin's girlfriend took a video of us pretending to be barbecue influencers. The whole thing was just making fun of social media culture and how silly it is, but then the people at Traeger were like, "We're obsessed with both of you. Can we send you pellets for your smokers?" Now we're friends with them. It's truly one of my proudest accomplishments on the internet.  Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Microphone I've been recording my podcast in my production company's studio, but I just built my own studio in my house, where I'm going to be recording come February. This is the mic I've been using since I started recording my podcast last March. I love the way it sounds: It's super crisp and clear. I never really thought I'd have my own podcast, let alone a studio in my house. For years, people told me that I should start a podcast to take the inspiring dialogues from social media and put them in a longer format. At first, I was like "Who is going to care? This is so stupid. No!" Then I went on Anna Farris's podcast and Dax Shepard's podcast and I started getting the data back. I saw the impressions those conversations made in this space — I can always be convinced by data — and I thought, "Oh, okay, this is actually impactful and meaningful." Since starting, I've definitely seen that same progress. It's inspiring what tech companies like Spotify — where we launched my podcast — can do when it comes to giving more people a voice and an opportunity to join important conversations around protests and politics and uprisings. And now more and more brands are asking, "Okay, how do we use our tech to help support people and enable people and make things more inclusive and diverse?" It makes me excited to be a part of this larger conversation, and I'm grateful to have a voice in this industry. The Strategist is designed to surface the most useful, expert recommendations for things to buy across the vast e-commerce landscape. 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| Commentary: Indonesia's high-stakes stand-off with China in the South China Sea - CNA Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:06 AM PST SINGAPORE: Less than a month ago, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi at the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Madrid, agreeing to strengthen both countries' comprehensive strategic partnership on the back of the 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations. Around the same time, Indonesian defence minister Prabowo Subianto visited Beijing, with an eye on obtaining Chinese help in modernising the country's military. Atmospherics were warm and relations between China and Indonesia cordial if not unmistakably positive. READ: Commentary: China's military might is much closer to the US than you probably thinkThen came the latest kerfuffle between the two countries in waters off Indonesia's northern Natuna Islands which China has claimed are its "traditional fishing grounds". In mid-December, Chinese maritime law enforcement vessels were found escorting numerous Chinese fishing boats operating within the Indonesian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Ranai. ECHOES OF 2016 Jakarta swiftly scrambled to respond to this new transgression. Indonesia issued a strong protest, invoking the Permanent Court of Arbitration award on the South China Sea in July 2016 which effectively invalidated Beijing's Nine Dashed Line claim. President Joko Widodo also unequivocally declared that no negotiation regarding matters pertaining to sovereignty would ever be held with Beijing over Natuna. Furthermore, he visited Natuna regency on Jan 8. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Navy beefed up its presence through eight warships to patrol and secure the Natuna waters. And the Air Force announced plans to dispatch four F-16 fighter jets to Natuna for "routine patrol". READ: Commentary: Everyone understands China very differentlyThese measures undertaken by Jakarta shouldn't have come across as anything new to Beijing, which could have anticipated them as "standard" response echoing events back in 2016. Following the incident over the Chinese fishing boat Kwey Fay in March 2016, the Widodo administration also responded swiftly – issuing official protests and beefing up forces in Natuna Islands.  In June that year, the Indonesian Navy fired on a group of Chinese fishing vessels, reportedly injuring one fisherman, and detained one of the boats off Natuna – a move which Beijing condemned as "abuse of force". After Beijing asserted its claims, President Widodo held a cabinet meeting on board a warship in the Natuna waters. As part of Jakarta's broader campaign to assert sovereignty over Natuna, the Indonesian Navy bolstered its presence in the area with more warships. And to add icing to the cake, in October that same year, the Indonesian Air Force staged its biggest war-game exercise over the South China Sea. TESTING WATERS Beijing's latest move came not long after its standoff with Vietnam in Vanguard Bank late last year, and a recent disagreement with Malaysia following the latter's submission of an extended continental shelf claim in the South China Sea. READ: Commentary: How melting glaciers affect Indonesia – it's not just rising sea levelsIt is possible this Natuna move by China was designed to test the second term in office of President Widodo's administration following last year's presidential election. While bilateral ties have remained stable over the years, the Chinese claim in Indonesia's EEZ since 2016 has not gone away. And Beijing might have reason to believe that the newly-constituted Widodo cabinet would be friendlier now than before when it comes to this maritime problem. Beijing has over the years been trying to cultivate the Indonesian government, after ties improved following the 2016 incident. DEEPER ECONOMIC TIES Bilateral economic linkages have prospered since. China remains one of the key sources of investments for Indonesia, reaching US$2.3 billion in the first half of 2019, constituting 16.2 percent of the total foreign investment in the country.  With infrastructure development being a critical bedrock of the Widodo administration's electoral pledge to the Indonesian voters, China's role in this regard appears even more indispensable. Just early last month, Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board offered US$91.1 billion worth of infrastructure projects to Chinese investors under the Belt and Road Initiative. READ: Commentary: Jakarta, the fastest sinking city in the world faces the biggest flooding challengeIn fact, earlier last year the Widodo administration had been keen to obtain Chinese participation in the mammoth task of relocating the capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan. This followed an earlier proposal in July by President Widodo to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to establish a "low-interest special fund" to facilitate Chinese investments in four investment corridors within the Belt and Road Initiative. The Chinese believe the Indonesians know what is at stake. READ: Commentary: Jokowi's curious plan for Indonesia's new capitalIn a veiled warning on that score, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in Tuesday's press conference that "we believe Indonesia will also have in mind the bigger picture of bilateral relations and regional stability, properly resolve differences with China, and foster favourable atmosphere and conditions for celebrating the 70th anniversary of our diplomatic ties." And for good measure, Geng also mentioned the Belt and Road Initiative. BEIJING'S (MISPLACED) CONFIDENCE Perhaps buoyed by this belief, China has decided not to back down as at least four Chinese maritime law enforcement vessels continue to operate in Indonesia's EEZ. But there is more at stake here than just economic interests for Indonesia and perhaps Beijing has underestimated that. Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investments Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, though acknowledging the importance of trade and investment ties with China, insisted that the country is not "selling out our sovereignty" to Beijing.  To the Indonesians, safeguarding sovereignty is a red line in the sand. As far as the new administration is concerned, there is no change to how seriously it views maritime incursions. In particular, new Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo pledged last November to continue his predecessor Susi Pudjiastuti's hard-line stance against illegal fishing, as Indonesia's "enemy number one". If anything, this should have been a stark warning to China. READ: Commentary: Chinese leaders must convince others of China's peaceful risePrabowo has urged the need to "remain cool" in Indonesia's response to the intrusion. At the same time, the Indonesian military (TNI) believed that the intrusion was "an attempt to elicit a reaction" from it thus stressed the need to respond with caution. "Some of their acts target to provoke us into violating the international maritime law, so that Indonesia will be the one held guilty over this matter. However, we are not provoked," Major General Sisriadi, head of the TNI Information Center, pointed out. GALVANIZING INDONESIA IN ASEAN The stakes are high. The bigger question is for how long can Jakarta slug it out with Beijing in the Natuna waters, given the well-demonstrated staying power of the latter's maritime forces observed in the gruelling months-long Vanguard Bank standoff with Vietnam? And if they are forced to retreat, what will Indonesia do to regain national pride and demonstrate they can safeguard national sovereignty? Under the watchful gaze of its constituents in Indonesia, the Widodo administration will seek to do its utmost best to assert itself in the Natuna standoff but not be baited into committing unlawful acts that China could use against it subsequently. Are there other ways to make Beijing withdraw its vessels from the Indonesian EEZ? Notwithstanding its avowed status as a non-claimant in the South China Sea disputes, Indonesia has a key role to play in ongoing negotiations over the proposed Code of Conduct. While not as prescriptive in its approach, unlike Vietnam, in pushing for confidence- and security-building provisions in the Single Draft Negotiating Text adopted in June 2018, Indonesia has nonetheless been pushing for a united ASEAN approach to speak as one, instead of 10 distinct parties, with China over the code. This latest Natuna kerfuffle may inject further impetus into this effort.  One should tamper expectations about the prospects of ASEAN unity, however, over the South China Sea issue as the divisions between member states looks set to persist as a result of divergent interests vis-à-vis other attendant priorities that underpin bilateral relations with Beijing. READ: Commentary: Trump skips ASEAN-related summits again. It's déjà vu for AsiaBeyond generic statements commonly put out by the 10-member bloc to urge restraint and peaceful ways to manage and resolve the South China Sea disputes, a hardened common ASEAN position against China's use of "grey zone" coercion (using paramilitary forces) may be a bridge too far. By placing previously aloof Indonesia into its crosshairs, Beijing has inevitably poked the hornet's nest, potentially compounding the challenges it may face in the ongoing talks on the Code of Conduct, especially when Vietnam as the ASEAN chair is already inclined to take a harder position. The end result could be the emergence of a loose coalition of stronger voices that speak out against China within ASEAN. Collin Koh is research fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, based at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He primarily researches on maritime security and naval affairs in Southeast Asia. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 03:57AM https://ift.tt/2FF3x1U Commentary: Indonesia's high-stakes stand-off with China in the South China Sea - CNA Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Cramer: I feel like a 'clown' for defending Boeing in the early days of 737 Max scandal - CNBC Posted: 10 Jan 2020 10:06 AM PST  CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday that he feels like a "clown" for defending Boeing in the early days of the 737 Max scandal. Cramer expressed that regret one day after Thursday's release of more than 100 pages of internal Boeing communications, in which company employees boasted about bullying regulators to approve the now-grounded 737 Max without requiring pilots to undergo simulator training. "I'm totally shocked," Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street." "I feel like a 'clown' and a 'monkey' defending everything. I was defending them more than they were defending themselves." Cramer's use of the words "clown" and "monkey" evoked one of the newly public messages that one Boeing worker sent to another in April 2017 about the 737 Max, which read: "This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys." The entire Max fleet was grounded in March 2019 after the second of two deadly crashes within five months of each other involving those jets. The tragedies claimed 346 lives. The other crash happened in October 2018. The messages Boeing released publicly Thursday had already been shared with the Federal Aviation Administration and lawmakers. The FAA said the messages did not reveal any new safety risks. Boeing said the messages "do not reflect the company we are and need to be, and they are completely unacceptable." Cramer said Friday: "I think what was disturbing to a lot of us was we thought Boeing's culture had been one of the best. It turns out it wasn't." He added: "Now they have to make it the best. How quickly can you do it? Do you have to have someone from the outside?" Boeing's new CEO, David Calhoun, a 10-year veteran of the company's board, is set to start Monday. Last month, the company announced Calhoun as successor to Dennis Muilenburg, who had been chief executive officer since 2015 but was fired in December. Muilenburg was widely seen as botching the handling of the 737 Max crisis. On Tuesday, in a reversal of its earlier stance, Boeing said it would recommend simulator training for pilots before the 737 Max can return to service. Back in October, after Muilenburg had been stripped of his chairman role, Cramer said, "Wall Street got had," explaining that many analysts and he had thought that "once Boeing was free to tell its story, it was a good one." Cramer added, at the time, "That, I think, is no longer true." Shares of Boeing, one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, are down about 20% since the March crash that led to the worldwide Max grounding. — CNBC's Leslie Josephs contributed to this report. Top stories - Google News January 10, 2020 at 08:27AM https://ift.tt/35A5gAg Cramer: I feel like a 'clown' for defending Boeing in the early days of 737 Max scandal - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Sunny California Imagines Its Electric Cars as Mobile Power Grid - Bloomberg Environment Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:14 AM PST  Imagine using an electric vehicle to get around town, but also to store energy during surplus times and give it back to the grid when needed. Spurred by charging infrastructure, manufacturers of electric vehicles, and a goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2030, California is eyeing additional uses for this type of clean energy. "The future of the vehicle isn't just to move people from Point A to B, but it's actually going to be a resource," said Rey Gonzalez, a senior mechanical engineer at California Energy Commission. "It's going to integrate itself at home as well as the workplace." The state energy commission has funded $30 million in projects since 2015 looking at vehicle-to-grid integration, including bidirectional batteries. A 2019-2020 clean transportation investment plan allocates another $30 million for zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure, including grid integration efforts. Wireless charging and robotic charging, where a human need not be present, are among the technologies the state said it wanted to support in the coming year, according to an updated plan released Dec. 16. In places like California, where utilities are cutting power to avoid sparking wildfires and nearly half of the nation's zero-emission cars are located, energy on wheels could also help during blackouts. 'Mobile Battery'"The mobile battery really wants to mimic a static, stationary battery," said Gonzalez, who is the commission's lead for transportation research. "That's where we can take the value and look at it from a grid perspective." Electric vehicles' internal battery capacity varies widely, propelling cars from 30 miles to as far as 200 miles depending on the model. As these vehicles increase in popularity, they could become a powerful source of energy for the entire electric grid—if the timing is right. On sunny days, California can have a surplus of energy from solar generation, making it an ideal time to charge at both home and work. But people often charge their cars during typical peak demand, such as at night when they are home from the office. If electric vehicle batteries could charge during the sunny day when there is a surplus, they could help reduce demand at peak hours later in the day. Unanswered QuestionsStill in early stages, the idea of a car as a mobile battery comes with tremendous opportunity but also many challenges, said Gil Tal, director of the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis. "You need a lot of cars before it will make sense, and there's still a lot of questions about how to make it happen," Tal said. Chief among the questions are who will manage the charging, how to account for consumer credits or rebates for giving back energy, and any harm to batteries from the additional burden. The state, researchers, manufacturers, and others are looking into these issues. Nissan Leaf as Battery StorageThe Nissan Leaf is the only car on the market capable of delivering power to a home, building, or the grid, with the proper converters. The Leaf gained popularity as a power provider in Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, said Aditya Jairaj, Nissan North America's director of electric vehicle sales. More than 133,000 Nissan Leafs have been sold in the U.S., though connecting the batteries for other uses hasn't been a large focus for the company until recently. "The capability needs to be converted into execution," Jairaj said. "It's a step-by-step process." Last year, Nissan North America launched a pilot program to use the Leaf to partially power its headquarters in Tennessee and a design center in San Diego. "There is a lot of interest in the technology," said Scott Brierley, Nissan North America's manager of electric vehicle infrastructure. "We want to make sure the car lasts and meets our customer's needs." 2014 Air Force PilotIn 2014, the California Energy Commission was part of a pilot project at Los Angeles Air Force Base that replaced gasoline-powered vehicles with electric ones, including 29 bidirectional vehicles that fed into the local grid. That group included 13 Leafs. The project proved that a fleet could be aggregated to support the grid, Gonzalez said. But the program was complicated and costly. Special software had to be developed, vehicles purchased, fleet use guidelines established, agreements to enter the open energy market finalized, and proper infrastructure put in place. Testing also took 18 months longer than planned, according to a project report. The project showed the vehicles could be linked into a microgrid, but questions arose about whether the cost was worth the benefit. The fleet was too small to take advantage of peak pricing surges. And the estimated summer revenue the fleet generated selling electricity to the grid was $2,200. The state is focusing on ensuring first, that using the electric vehicles for additional energy storage won't affect the life of the batteries. A more robust project will have to look at the potential of vehicle-to-grid integration, Gonzalez said. A pilot project about how vehicle batteries can integrate with microgrids is underway. Quintuple the NumberAs of Oct. 7, the latest data available, 1.35 million electric cars had been sold in the U.S. over the years, with 655,000 of those in California, according to the nonprofit Veloz, which is working to increase the number of emission-free cars on the roads. California wants to more than quintuple that figure, to 5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, as part of its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% over 1990 levels. Making sure those additional vehicles don't burden the electric grid is top of mind at the Energy Commission. "We could be causing peaker plants to come on" to handle the burden, Gonzalez said, referring to power plants that kick in only in times of high demand. "We want to see that deployment, but we would like it to grow where it doesn't create other impacts along the way," such as energy demands for charging, he said about integrating electric vehicles into the grid. Offsetting Vehicle CostsExperts say the burgeoning electric vehicle market is like solar a decade ago: a bit pricey, but catching on and working its way into the mainstream. Before electric vehicles can serve as mobile energy, the industry and regulators need to figure out the best way to manage charging to suit the needs of drivers and the grid, according to Tal, from the University of California, Davis. That includes guaranteeing certain levels of charging, not making options too complicated, and setting prices to encourage off-peak use. The first step is having "time-of-use rates that encourage charging at times that are best for the grid," said Sara Rafalson, director of market development for EVgo, the largest fast-charging network in the U.S. Using electric car batteries for more than just driving could eventually reduce fuel and energy costs at home and work if people get credits for trading energy. "Anything that can bring down the cost of EVs is viewed as something worth pursuing," said Mark Higgins, chief operating officer for Strategen, a Berkeley, Calif., consulting and management firm focused on decarbonizing the grid. "If you are using the system efficiently and charging overnight and not creating a need for new infrastructure, that's a good deal for everybody." Strategen is incorporating a 501(c)6 trade group called the Vehicle Grid Integration Council, which will include electric vehicle service providers and auto manufacturers to look at questions like this. "I don't know of much that is commercially available," Higgins said of connecting cars to the grid. "In a year I think there will be." "Mobile" - Google News January 10, 2020 at 03:06AM https://ift.tt/309kjQj Sunny California Imagines Its Electric Cars as Mobile Power Grid - Bloomberg Environment "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. and ‘Clowns’ Who Designed 737 Max - The New York Times Posted: 10 Jan 2020 09:06 AM PST  Boeing employees mocked federal rules, talked about deceiving regulators and joked about potential flaws in the 737 Max as it was being developed, according to over a hundred pages of internal messages delivered Thursday to congressional investigators. "I still haven't been forgiven by God for the covering up I did last year," one of the employees said in messages from 2018, apparently in reference to interactions with the Federal Aviation Administration. The most damaging messages included conversations among Boeing pilots and other employees about software issues and other problems with flight simulators for the Max, a plane later involved in two accidents, in late 2018 and early 2019, that killed 346 people and threw the company into chaos. The employees appear to discuss instances in which the company concealed such problems from the F.A.A. during the regulator's certification of the simulators, which were used in the development of the Max, as well as in training for pilots who had not previously flown a 737. "Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn't," one employee said to a colleague in another exchange from 2018, before the first crash. "No," the colleague responded. In another set of messages, employees questioned the design of the Max and even denigrated their own colleagues. "This airplane is designed by clowns, who are in turn supervised by monkeys," an employee wrote in an exchange from 2017. The release of the communications — both emails and instant messages — is the latest embarrassing episode for Boeing in a crisis that has cost the company billions of dollars and wreaked havoc on the aviation industry across the globe. The Max has been grounded for nearly 10 months, after the two deadly crashes. A software system developed for the plane was found to have played a role in both accidents, and since then the company has been working to update the system. There is still no indication when the Max might be cleared to fly again, as the company and regulators continue to discover new potential flaws with the plane. The messages threaten to further complicate Boeing's tense relationship with the F.A.A. Both the company and agency indicated Thursday that the messages raised no new safety concerns, but they echoed troubling internal communications among Boeing employees that were previously made public. In several instances, Boeing employees insulted the F.A.A. officials reviewing the plane. In an exchange from 2015, a Boeing employee said that a presentation the company gave to the F.A.A. was so complicated that, for the agency officials and even himself, "it was like dogs watching TV." Several employees seemed consumed with limiting training for airline crews to fly the plane, a significant victory for Boeing that would benefit the company financially. In the development of the Max, Boeing had promised to offer Southwest a discount of $1 million per plane if regulators required simulator training. In an email from August 2016, a marketing employee at the company cheered the news that regulators had approved a short computer-based training for pilots who have flown the 737 NG, the predecessor to the Max, instead of requiring simulator training. "You can be away from an NG for 30 years and still be able to jump into a MAX? LOVE IT!!" the employee says, following up later with an email noting: "This is a big part of the operating cost structure in our marketing decks." Requiring simulator training can be costly for airlines and even after the crashes, Boeing told the F.A.A. it was not necessary. It was not until Tuesday that Boeing said it would recommend simulator training for pilots who fly the Max. Boeing on Thursday expressed regret over the messages. "These communications contain provocative language, and, in certain instances, raise questions about Boeing's interactions with the F.A.A. in connection with the simulator qualification process," the company said in a statement to Congress. "Having carefully reviewed the issue, we are confident that all of Boeing's Max simulators are functioning effectively." "We regret the content of these communications, and apologize to the F.A.A., Congress, our airline customers and to the flying public for them," Boeing added. "The language used in these communications, and some of the sentiments they express, are inconsistent with Boeing values, and the company is taking appropriate action in response. This will ultimately include disciplinary or other personnel action, once the necessary reviews are completed." The messages outraged several lawmakers, who saw a disregard for safety and broader problems with the culture at the company. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, said in an interview that he would push for new congressional hearings to question Boeing leadership about the "astonishing and appalling" messages. Boeing said that it notified the F.A.A. about the documents in December and that it had "not found any instances of misrepresentations to the F.A.A. with its simulator qualification activities," despite the employee's comment about "covering up" issues with the simulator. Lynn Lunsford, a spokesman for the F.A.A., said in a statement that the messages did not reveal any new safety risks. "Upon reviewing the records for the specific simulator mentioned in the documents, the agency determined that piece of equipment has been evaluated and qualified three times in the last six months," Mr. Lunsford said. "Any potential safety deficiencies identified in the documents have been addressed." Mr. Lunsford added that, "while the tone and content of some of the language contained in the documents is disappointing, the F.A.A. remains focused on following a thorough process for returning the Boeing 737 Max to passenger service." The relationship between Boeing and the F.A.A. has been a complicating factor for the company as it works to persuade international regulators that the Max is ready to fly. Last month, Boeing fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, whose optimistic projections about the plane's return to service created a rift with the regulator. Stephen Dickson, the new chief of the F.A.A., has struck a more assertive tone in public comments about the Max, urging his employees to ignore outside pressure to quickly lift the plane's grounding and telling Boeing that there is no set timetable for the Max to return. In a meeting with Mr. Muilenburg last month, Mr. Dickson told the company not to make any requests of the regulator and to instead focus on completing the paperwork necessary for regulators to evaluate the update. Last year, Boeing disclosed internal messages from 2016, in which a top pilot working on the plane told a colleague that he was experiencing trouble controlling the Max in a flight simulator and believed that he had misled the F.A.A. "I basically lied to the regulators (unknowingly)," the pilot, Mark Forkner, said to his colleague, Patrik Gustavsson. Boeing did not inform the F.A.A. about the messages when the company first discovered them, waiting until about two weeks before Mr. Muilenburg was set to testify in front of Congress to send them to lawmakers. The conversation, which took place before the Max was approved to fly, angered key F.A.A. officials, who felt misled by the company, according to three people familiar with the matter. After the congressional hearings, Boeing moved Mr. Gustavsson out of his role working on the certification of new planes On Thursday, Representative Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from Oregon who is leading the House investigation into the development of the 737 Max, called the newly released messages "incredibly damning." "They paint a deeply disturbing picture of the lengths Boeing was apparently willing to go to in order to evade scrutiny from regulators, flight crews and the flying public," he added, "even as its own employees were sounding alarms internally." Top stories - Google News January 09, 2020 at 05:50PM https://ift.tt/2R3wjP5 Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. and 'Clowns' Who Designed 737 Max - The New York Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
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