https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games
https://archive.is/iG8K2
POSSIBLE ALTERNATE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER, WUHAN MILITARY REGION, CHINA
Underground Administration Complex
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T01782R000300330001-8.pdf
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/3388271
Seeing the painstaking effort being swallowed by the fire, Taoyuan Paper Factory "I dare not imagine what to do during the New Year"
Xufu Pharmaceutical in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City exploded and caught fire at noon the day before yesterday.The Taoyuan Paper Mill, Dongyang Precision Machinery, Guosheng Industrial and Hongli Textile Mills located downwind were all affected, and the factories were completely shut down and suffered heavy losses. It is understood that Taozhi’s initial estimated financial loss is 400 million yuan, Dongyang 250 million yuan, Hongli 280 million yuan, and Guosheng 20 million yuan. The estimated total loss is about 950 million yuan. However, Xufu’s insurance can only compensate the neighboring factory 3000 10,000 yuan, the affected manufacturers are worried that "compensation is not enough for losses.
As the Xufu fire affected four neighboring factories, the first coordination meeting was held at the foot of the third brigade of the Taoyuan City Government Fire Department at 10:30 am yesterday. During the meeting, Xufu personnel expressed their apologies to the fire affecting the factory on behalf of the company. Due to the current situation Unknown, "only one step can be counted as one step", and will try to compensate for the damage caused. In addition, because the fire investigation requires relevant evidence, various manufacturers are also asked to help collect photos and videos, and the meeting process is peaceful.
Among them, the Taoyuan Paper Mill next door to Xufu Pharmaceutical Factory was the first to bear the brunt. About 16,000 tons of waste paper and raw paper materials in the factory were burned, including the factory area, machinery and tools, etc., with a conservative estimate of the financial loss as high as 400 million yuan. Seeing hard work was swallowed by the fire Yin Yin, the person in charge surnamed Xu, hopes that the fire will be extinguished as soon as possible and the plant will be rebuilt as soon as possible. He said in an interview with this newspaper that he reluctantly said that at present he does not know when the plant will be restored and construction will start.
There are 8,90 employees in Taozhi, who have been established for more than 50 years. The factory said that 60% to 70% of the employees were at work on the day of the explosion. "Fortunately, the fireball that was exploded flashed past the employees, otherwise the casualties would be disastrous." The factory said, Now I hope that the fire alarm will come to an end as soon as possible, so that the factory can be rebuilt and resumed production as soon as possible.
According to the factory, the factory mainly produces cartons for campus use. It is now in the peak demand season and orders have to wait a month before they can be shipped. Although no customers have withdrawn their orders, they have received many calls about when they can be shipped.
The Tao Paper Factory said that after the explosion, all employees hurriedly fled until they arrived at a safe place. They watched the fire buried the plant area. The plant contained 15 thousand and 6000 tons of waste paper, raw paper materials, and 6000 pings of storage area. And the original paper area and re-inspection area in the factory area were all burnt down. The mechanical losses included 1 production machine, 3 push-elevators, 2 push-elevators and 1 truck, totaling 7 units. The initial estimated loss was about 400 million yuan.
Compared with the other three factories with a burning area of more than 7000 square meters, the factory behind the first floor of Guosheng Industrial was burned to 400 square meters, which is a smaller burning area. However, the person in charge of Guosheng Industrial, surnamed Xie, said that the factory produces machinery and tools. The pipeline was severely burned and needed to be re-piped before it could be used. Although employees hurriedly moved away some finished products after the fire broke out, the company used hundreds of fire extinguishers to try to extinguish the fire due to the emergency at the time. reorganize.
"No one is willing to encounter such a thing!" Guosheng Industrial Factory said that the insurance company had already visited the site yesterday, and the initial financial loss was also estimated at RMB 120 million. The factory emphasized that Xufu and the insurance company "can compensate "How much is how much" will not take the opportunity to make a huge profit from disaster, but only hope to resume work as soon as possible without affecting the work of the company's 90 employees and customer orders.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/mcconnell-schumer-reach-deal-to-block-trump-defense-bill-veto
McConnell, Schumer reach deal to block Trump’s potential veto of defense bill
Senate leadership hammered out a bipartisan deal to block President Trump from possibly vetoing the defense authorization bill, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced early Tuesday.
“The Democrat leader and I have agreed to unanimous request as follows: The Senate will meet for pro forma sessions only until Dec. 29 when we will return to session,” the top Republican said from the Senate floor.
In the proposed post-Christmas gathering, lawmakers will “process” a veto override, according to McConnell (R-Ky.).
“In the event that President Trump does elect to veto this bipartisan bill, it appears the House may choose to return after the holidays to set up a vote to consider the veto … In the event that the president has vetoed the bill, and the House has voted to override the veto, the Senate would have the opportunity to process a veto override at that time.”
The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House 335-78 and the Senate 84-13, “equips our military with the tools and resources they need to compete with our great power adversaries,” he continued.
Trump has been urging allies in both houses of Congress to vote against the measure unless it included language repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides a legal shield to tech companies for content on their websites.
Social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook should lose protection because they are not politically neutral forums, Trump has said.
McConnell urged the commander-in-chief not to vote against the measure.
“My intention was and is to ensure the Senate continues fulfilling our obligation to the men and women of our armed forces. I hope the president will not veto this bill,” he said.
Findings In this cohort study of 489 patients who had a vitamin D level measured in the year before COVID-19 testing, the relative risk of testing positive for COVID-19 was 1.77 times greater for patients with likely deficient vitamin D status compared with patients with likely sufficient vitamin D status, a difference that was statistically significant.
Meaning These findings appear to support a role of vitamin D status in COVID-19 risk; randomized clinical trials are needed to determine whether broad population interventions and interventions among groups at increased risk of vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 could reduce COVID-19 incidence.
>topple like dominos
https://www.rt.com/news/510352-poland-free-speech-social-media/
Poland threatens hefty fines for social media companies that censor legal speech, users everywhere celebrate
Social media companies that remove posts whose content is legal can be fined up to €1.8 million under a new Polish bill. Users have welcomed its introduction as an antidote to other countries’ growing censorship demands.
Any social media company that removes content or blocks accounts that do not violate Polish law can be fined under the new legislation, announced in a press conference on Thursday by Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. The bill also creates a special Court for the Protection of Freedom of Speech within one of the district courts.
Individuals whose posts have been censored will have the right to complain to the platform in question, which has 24 hours to respond. The user then has 48 hours to petition the new court to have their content reinstated, and the court then has seven days to consider the petition.
If the court finds in favor of the user and the social media platform does not restore the content or unblock the account, they will be fined up to €1.8 million by the Office of Electronic Communications. The whole process will happen online, according to Ziobro.
The victims of “ideological censorship” are unfairly quashed by social media platforms “just because they express views and refer to values that are unacceptable from the point of view of communities…with an ever-stronger influence on the functioning of social media,” the justice minister said.
The user of social media must feel that his rights are protected. Nor can there be any censorship of speech. Freedom of speech and freedom of debate are the essence of democracy.
The new court will also be tasked with handling blocking requests regarding content that does violate Polish law. Additionally, it will handle a new type of “blind” lawsuit in which someone who is wronged by an anonymous party on the internet can file a lawsuit to correct the wrong, even without the defendant’s personal data. All that would be needed for such a suit is the offender’s username, the website where the offending post was made, and the date and time of posting.
Secretary of State Sebastian Kaleta said this solution represents a significant improvement over attempts by countries such as France and Germany to handle such problems, noting that their efforts are “primarily repressive” and focus on the quick removal of content rather than protecting free expression.
A government press release specifically cited the European Commission’s Digital Service Act – a sprawling EU-wide piece of legislation which also “focus[es] on removing prohibited content” – as one of the motivating factors behind Warsaw’s rollout of the new protections for online speech.
“Poland wants to adopt its own regulations, effectively defending the constitutional right to freedom of expression, so that in the event of a dispute…the courts will decide on a possible violation of the law,” it said.
Social media users far outside Poland were thrilled by the legislation.
https://voat.co/v/QRV/4171097
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/pirating-streaming-content-to-become-felony
Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony
Bill to be included in omnibus part of the COVID-19 relief bill
WASHINGTON—Illegally pirating streaming video could put guilty parties in jail thanks to a new bill. The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act introduced by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was included in the omnibus spending bill of the COVID-19 relief bill that was passed by Congress on Dec. 21.
Under Tillis’ bill, any person that pirates video streams of copyrighted work will have committed a felony act and be subject to either fines or imprisonment. The previous penalty for pirating streaming content was a misdemeanor.
The bill targets large-scale, criminal, for-profit streaming services, not good faith business disputes or noncommercial activities. Nor does it target individuals who access the pirated streams, knowingly or unknowingly.
Streaming has become increasingly popular in the last few years, particularly in 2020 as the global pandemic has changed viewing habits as people have more time during lockdowns. This new bill brings the pirating of streamed content on the same level of other pirating efforts, including the illegal downloading of copyrighted content.
Co-sponsoring the bill with Tillis is Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.).
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith issued a statement saying the association strongly supports the passing of the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act and how it is "tailored to deter large-scale copyright piracy while ensuring that legitimate licenses are not subject to potential prosecution."
>Somehow it got smaller
that's pretty solid