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What’s a parent to do? – Silicon Valley

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Smartphones, tablets, TV and social media are everywhere. But for parents of younger children, how much screen access is too much?
The battle began almost as soon as our daughters got home from school.
“Daddy?” asked Madeline, our 8-year-old second-grader. “Could I use an ‘I’ with a ‘Pad’ to watch ‘Bunk’ d’ on Netflix?” Within minutes, she and her 6-year-old sister, Lily, were arguing over whose turn it was to choose a show.
Having been parents for nearly a decade, my wife and I have what seem like a million toys, a bazillion crayons and other coloring tools, and a Library of Congress-level of books around our Oakland home.
Yet nothing, and I mean nothing, grabs their attention and pulls them in like a screen.
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Lessons learned from the WannaCry ransomware attack Our daughters know how to use the Comcast Xfinity voice commands to pull up Netflix without having to switch to our Apple TV. They know how to bring up iPad apps from Hulu, Nickelodeon and Disney just as easily as I knew how to get up and walk the exhausting 10 feet or so from our sofa to turn the knob on our 19-inch Sony Trinitron TV back in the day.
But, back then, the only screen in the house was the TV, and it had just 13 channels when we first got cable. All of that sounds quaint compared to the hundreds of channels available now on the three TVs we have in our home.
Then there are the other screens. Tablets, smartphones and actual computers. There is no end to what our kids can watch, and how they can watch it, whether we want them to or not.
And all one has to do is speak with other parents to see that the methods of addressing the role of technology in children’s lives are not cut and dried. Here’s a rundown of how several Bay Area parents handle their children’s use of streaming TV and movies, smartphones and tablets, and whether they use content controls and allow access to social media.
Screen Time
I will admit it: My wife and I need screens. Sometimes, the TV or the iPad is the only way we can keep our daughters preoccupied enough so that we can make dinner, clean up and do what is necessary to keep our home from falling down around us.
But we try to not let those devices rule us. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends placing “consistent limits on the time spent using media, and the types of media.” It’s a standard that places responsibility on parents to set the guidelines for their children.
“I have a hard and fast rule: no screens of any sort until your responsibilities are done, ” said self-described “tech curmudgeon” Rachel Estrella, of Oakland, mother of son Kai, 12, and 8-year-old daughter Bailey.
Shauna Finian, a stay-at-home mom and clinical social worker, said her children, Charlotte, 11, and Jack, 7, normally aren’ t allowed any screen time during the school week. However, Finian said that there are exceptions to the family’s rules.
“Charlotte sometimes needs to do homework on the computer, whether it’s writing a paper or doing research, ” Finian said. “We occasionally make exceptions for A’s and Warriors games or a nature program.”
When To Get A Phone (Or A Tablet)
My 8-year-old is already asking when she can have her own cellphone. My wife and I are holding out on getting her one out of fear that once she has a cellphone, it will be game over for interacting with her parents.
But, cellphones today are necessary parts of life. That means parents have to decide when and how to let their children use a device that is a portal for information and communication, which requires some responsibility.
“When you’ re talking about an 8-year-old, I would be careful, ” said Larry Magid, chief executive of ConnectSafely.org, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit organization that provides educational information about safety and security online. “But, get to around 11 or 12, things change and a phone may depend on the maturity of their child.”
“I knew he would need one (a smartphone) once he got to middle school because it’s a whole different context, ” Estrella said about her son. “He would actually need to call me using a cellphone and would find himself unsupervised in ways that he simply wasn’ t during elementary school.”
To Block, Or Not To Block?
When it comes to television, cable and satellite TV operators offer many options for parents to limit where their kids can go online, and what they can see on television.
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable TV company, which also provides many subscribers with internet access, has a slate of controls that parents can use on their TVs, computers and mobile device apps to set which sites and programs their children can see.
And as anyone who has used a smartphone or tablet knows, you can set those up with passwords and identification options such as fingerprints so that your kids can’ t even get past the device’s home screen.
But, when implementing access limits, many parents seem to lean toward having their kids prove they are responsible enough to earn the freedom to use technological gadgets.
“Last year, my son was at work with me, and I had to go to a meeting, ” said textile designer Lubica Hanacek about her 9-year-old son, Mirek. “I left him at my desk looking for pictures of “Minecraft” on the internet. When I came back, I saw on my screen images of naked women made out of blocks. He was so embarrassed and shocked. He said that he was searching for “Minecraft” and the search engine found Minecraft porn. The experience definitely left a lasting impression, because we talked about it for weeks.”
How Much Socializing Is OK?
The pitfalls of social media — from simply spending too much time on a site, to the spreading of lies about someone, or outright bullying — can give parents pause about whether to allow their children to have such a public presence online.
“What I get most concerned about with technology is the ways in which social media can cause harm, ” Estrella said. “It can do a world of good, but I think that kids really need to have some rules around it particularly because things can get out of control fast.”
Mavis Scanlon, of Oakland, said she doesn’ t let her 8-year-old daughter, Dakota, have Facebook or other social media accounts. “I’ ll hold out for social media accounts for as long as possible, while we continue to try and teach her about being safe online, ” she said.
As for my own kids, for now, Facebook is out, Twitter is also a no-go, and I don’ t even know what to do with Snapchat, so I just avoid that one entirely. They’ re going to have to wait a few more years for their own phones, too. And by that time, who knows? Virtual reality goggles are coming around. By then, maybe the smartphone will be as obsolete as turning the channel knob on that old 19-inch Sony Trinitron in my parents’ living room.

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Takeoff and cruise: Toyota making 'flying car, ' luxury boat

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Toyota Motor Corp. is working on a
TOYOTA, Japan — Toyota Motor Corp. is working on a “flying car.”
A startup backed by the Japanese automaker has developed a test model that engineers hope will eventually develop into a tiny car with a driver who’ll be able to light the Olympic torch in the 2020 Tokyo games. For now, however, the project is a concoction of aluminum framing and eight propellers that barely gets off the ground and crashes after several seconds.
Toyota has invested 42.5 million yen ($386,000) in startup Cartivator Resource Management to work on “Sky Drive .” At a test flight Saturday in the city where the automaker is based, the gadgetry, about the size of a car and loaded with batteries and sensors, blew up a lot of sand and made a lot of noise.
It managed to get up as high as eye level for several seconds before tilting and falling to the ground. Basketballs attached to its bottom served as cushions. After several attempts, the endeavor had to be canceled after one of the covers got detached from the frame and broke, damaging the propellers.
The goal of Cartivator’s is to deliver a seamless transition from driving to flight, like the world of “Back to the Future, ” said the project’s leader Tsubasa Nakamura.
“I always loved planes and cars. And my longtime dream was to have a personal vehicle that can fly and go many places, ” he told The Associated Press.
The group is now working on a better design with the money from Toyota with the plan to have the first manned flight in 2019. No one has ridden on Sky Drive yet, or any drone, as that would be too dangerous.
Still, dabbling in businesses other than cars is Toyota’s trademark. In recent years, it has been aggressively venturing into robotics and artificial intelligence, investing a billion dollars in a research and development company in Silicon Valley. It’s also working in Japan on using robotics to help the sick walk. It also just announced a five-year $35 million investment in its research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for autonomous and connected vehicle technologies.
The idea that each generation must take up challenges is part of Toyota’s roots, said auto analyst Takaki Nakanishi.
President Akio Toyoda’s great-grandfather Sakichi Toyoda started out developing the loom and then its automated improvements from the 1890s, before the company became an automaker. More recently, Toyota sees software and services as central to the auto industry, as cars become connected, start driving themselves and turn into lifestyle digital tools, Nakanishi said.
As Toyota gets into the business of ecological vehicles, such as hybrids, electric cars and fuel cells, it’s turning into an energy company as well.
“Toyota’s business is centered on mobility, anything that moves, including people, things, money, information, energy, ” said Nakanishi.
Toyota is traveling not only in the skies but also to the waters, although that still remains a tiny part of its sprawling empire.
Toyota’s boat operations began in 1997. Toyota now offers four models and has sold a cumulative 845 boats. In contrast, Toyota sells about 10 million vehicles a year around the world.
Reporters recently got a ride in Tokyo Bay of a Lexus luxury concept “yacht, ” which runs on two gas engines. With a streamlined curvaceous design, inspired by a dolphin and evocative of a Lexus car, it’s being promised as a commercial product in the next few years.
Designed for executives zipping through resort waters, it comes with fantasy-evoking features, like an anchor pulled in by a chain into a tiny door in the bow, which opens then closes mechanically.
The engine, shiny like a chrome sculpture, is visible beneath the sheer floor surface. Shigeki Tomoyama, the executive in charge, said the boat was going for “a liberating effect.” A price was not given. Many Americans have already expressed interest, according to Toyota.
The project started about two years ago under direct orders from Toyoda, who has with Tomoyama spearheaded Toyota’s Gazoo internet business, another non-auto business for Toyota.
“He asked us to create a space that can work as a secret hiding place in the middle of the ocean, ” Tomoyama said. “We went for the wow factor, which requires no words.”
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北朝鮮包囲一段と＝安保理決議、中国異例の賛成－米、トランプ政権で初制裁

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【ニューヨーク、 ワシントン時事】 国連安全保障理事会は２日、 弾道ミサイル発射を繰り返す北朝鮮に対する制裁決議を採択した。 制裁に慎重だった中国やロシアを含む全会一致で採択され、 トランプ米政権が目指す北朝鮮への 国際包囲網は一段と狭まった。 ただ、 従来の 決議を踏襲する
【ニューヨーク、ワシントン時事】国連安全保障理事会は２日、弾道ミサイル発射を繰り返す北朝鮮に対する制裁決議を採択した。制裁に慎重だった中国やロシアを含む全会一致で採択され、トランプ米政権が目指す北朝鮮への国際包囲網は一段と狭まった。ただ、従来の決議を踏襲する内容にとどまり、北朝鮮の挑発行動抑制につながるかは不透明だ。 圧力よりも対話を重視する中国が、核実験以外で北朝鮮制裁決議に賛成したのは極めて異例。背景には、トランプ大統領が「中国が協力を決断しなければ、われわれが独力で解決する」と警告し、空母を朝鮮半島沖に派遣したり、北朝鮮を支援する第三国の団体・個人への制裁を示唆したりして、中国をけん制してきたことがあるとみられる。 ティラーソン米国務長官は４月末、安保理で閣僚級会合を開き、北朝鮮に核・ミサイル開発放棄を迫るため、経済制裁と外交手段を中心に圧力を強めることを各国に要請。トランプ政権は、とりわけ中国が北朝鮮への影響力を行使することを重視してきた。 ただ中国は当初、６度目の核実験や大陸間弾道ミサイル（ＩＣＢＭ）発射が行われていない現状での制裁決議に慎重とみられていた。だが、北朝鮮が５月に入り３週連続でミサイルを発射すると、安保理は２度の緊急会合を開催し、日本や米国は制裁強化を訴えてきた。米国は「通常通りは選択肢にない」という厳しい姿勢で臨み、中国と制裁も含めた対応策を水面下で協議してきた。 米国は石油の取引制限なども視野に入れていたが、トランプ政権発足後初となる決議の採択を優先。過去の決議に基づき、制裁対象者を増やすだけの内容に同意した。外交筋によると、中国は対話による解決を強調する項目を入れることを要求。双方が折り合いを付け、１日までに合意に至った。 （2017/06/03-14: 57） 関連ニュース
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Has Donald Trump Ceded Global Leadership to China's Xi Jinping?

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After Trump’s acrimonious tour of Europe and withdrawal from Paris climate accord pundits the world over look to China for global leadership.
Since Xi Jinping’s pilgrimage to Davos last January, pundits the world over have hailed him as the new champion of globalization and open markets. It has become fashionable to invoke Xi as a foil for Donald Trump, contrasting his promises that China will “keep its door wide open” and “say no to protectionism” with the U. S. president’s defiant vows to close borders, build walls, re-write trade agreements and put “America First.”
Trump offered new fodder for that view this week with his petulant tour of Europe, his refusal to affirm the principle of mutual defense for members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and his announcement Thursday that the U. S. is ” getting out ” of the Paris agreement on climate change.
Western commentators were quick to proclaim a changing of the guard. Columbia University economist Jeffery Sachs charged that in pulling U. S. support for the Paris accord, Trump was not only forfeiting global leadership, but leading America right out of the civilized world. In the Los Angeles Times Tracy Wilkinson saw Trump’s withdrawal from the climate deal as “the most concrete sign yet” that his America first foreign policy “has begun to disrupt the global order and ultimately could cede Washington’s dominant role on the world stage to China.” New York Times Washington correspondent David Sanger called Trump’s climate decision a ” strategic gift to the Chinese, who are eager to fill the void that Washington is leaving around the world on everything from setting the rules of trade and environmental standards to financing the infrastructure projects that give Beijing vast influence.” The Atlantic ‘s Isaac Stone Fish declared China ” the world’s most likable superpower. “
But hang on a minute. Trump’s eagerness to cast aside the mantle of global leadership and Xi’s willingness to take it up are different things. Fish, at least, acknowledged the obvious, which is that “China is an illiberal, authoritarian nation” that has been run by the same party for seven decades–making it an unlikely global leader, at least for most Western countries. China has had little success in projecting “soft power” (despite considerable effort and investment) , and has far less recent experience than the U. S. in managing global affairs. Indeed, since the 1980s, China has eschewed formal alliances with other nations as a matter of policy; the only two countries that come close to qualifying as China’s strategic allies are Pakistan and North Korea.
And for all the lofty rhetoric about globalization and open markets the reality is Xi has tightened the flow of capital and investment across China’s borders since taking power, and tends to the demands of his domestic constituents just as carefully as Trump. On Friday, those constituents helped scuttle a plan for China and the European Union to issue a joint statement of support for Paris climate accord at high-level trade talks in Brussels. China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, has says it will honor the Paris deal. But Chinese officials balked at European demands for trade liberalization and formal assurances that Beijing will scale back excess production by Chinese steel companies.
Or consider China’s new cybersecurity law which came into force on Thursday. China says the new measures are aimed at protecting the privacy of its citizens and fighting cyberterrorism. But companies from the U. S., Europe and Japan have decried the new law as thinly disguised “cyber-protectionism.” Critics say the new rules will raise costs disproportionately for foreign firms, force them to surrender source code, and give Chinese regulators unprecedented access to their data and technologies.
Those measures add to the myriad other restrictions on foreign technology firms in China. The list of global tech giants to have been banned or held to a token presence in China includes Amazon, Facebook, Google, eBay, PayPal, Netflix, Twitter and Uber.
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Leaders of global firms operating in China say doing business there has become far more difficult in the five years since Xi became president. A recent survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China found that more than 81% of its members feel China has become “less welcoming” to foreign businesses, up from 41% who felt that in 2013.
None of this is meant to endorse Trump’s lurch towards isolationism or detract from Xi’s pledge for an open China. It is rather to suggest that both men share a vision of global leadership that has far more in common than the pundits and their own rhetoric would have us believe.

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Ariana Grande, Prince William, Surprise Manchester Concert Victims, Injured Fan Felt Like Royal Rock Star

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Ariana Grande’s concert plans are going ahead as the star refuses to give in to the fear. After the Manchester bombing at Ariana’s concert on May 22, fans wondered if Grande would cancel…
Ariana Grande’s concert plans are going ahead as the star refuses to give in to the fear. After the Manchester bombing at Ariana’s concert on May 22, fans wondered if Grande would cancel her tour. Ariana was devastated, and at first, she didn’ t know what to do. After some down time and conferring with her management team, Ariana came back fighting like the dangerous woman she is.
The “Side to Side” singer is doing another concert in Manchester, despite the trauma that she and her fans went through. Grande is offering free tickets to every single person who was at Grande’s concert the first time around.
On top of that, anyone buying a ticket to Ariana’s “We Love Manchester” concert on Sunday will be helping build the emergency fund for victims of the tragic May 22 Grande concert. The New York Daily News shared that all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the fund for concert victims and families.
The free concert tickets and donations weren’ t enough for Ariana. She wanted to get more personal as she responds to her fans. Many of the injured are recovering in a Manchester hospital and had the surprise of a lifetime when both Prince William and Ariana Grande showed up to visit on Friday, June 2.
Prince William arrived earlier in the day on Friday and took the time to speak with first responders and others who were on the scene. Rail workers and taxi drivers were waiting for the crowd leaving at the end of the concert, and many of them were directly involved in helping victims.
After hearing the stories and listening to emotional outpourings from patients at the hospital and from first responders, Prince William wrote some heartfelt words in the Book of Condolence at Manchester Cathedral.
Queen Elizabeth previously visited the Ariana Grande fans who were injured at the concert, but for many fans, Prince William’s visit was a highlight only matched by Ariana herself dropping by.
Ariana only returned to the U. K. on Friday as she prepared for the benefit concert on Sunday, and she was focused on the wellbeing of her fans. Instead of taking a break to chill in her hotel room, Grande “quickly headed” to the Manchester hospital where many of the 116 concert injured are recovering.
Young Grande fans couldn’ t believe it when Ariana walked in and casually let people pose with her for selfies. She signed her concert t-shirts too, chatted, and made at least one teenager, who was “chomping at the bit” to attend Sunday’s concert, feel like a “rock star.”
Grande shared a pic on Instagram of herself chatting at the bedside of one of the young patients. She captioned it simply with a heart.
AOL News shared that Twitter exploded with selfies after Ariana’s hospital visit as fans wrote how much they love Grande and shared their excitement over meeting her in person.
For anyone who can’ t make it to the concert itself, including those who are still in the hospital, Sunday’s Ariana Grande concert will be aired live in over 50 countries.
Deadline via BBC Worldwide wrote that networks around the world will “bring the show to Brazil, Germany, China, Australia, Italy, Mexico and Sweden among many others” as well as Britain and the United States.
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75 years after Midway, US Navy hero honored in NY hometown

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C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4,1942: turn his low-on-fuel U. S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He decided to go on…
ALBANY,N.Y. (AP) – C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4,1942: turn his low-on-fuel U. S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He decided to go on and wound up changing history.
The dive bombers McClusky led that day in the Battle of Midway helped to gut the Imperial Japanese Navy and turned the tide of the war in the Pacific in the Allies’ favor after a string of defeats following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On Sunday, 75 years to the day of his heroics, a clay model of a planned bronze statue of McClusky is being unveiled in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, as part of a new public memorial dedicated to local war heroes. McClusky, who died in 1976, is depicted as he looked after returning from the June 4,1942, attack, still wearing his flight suit, flying helmet and goggles.
“Wade McClusky finally will be getting his due recognition, ” said Lee Simonson, one of the organizers behind the event and the fundraising effort for the new memorial. “He’s one of the greatest heroes in American history.”
McClusky, born in Buffalo in 1902, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1926 and earned his pilot’s wings a few years later. When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew America into the war, he was a lieutenant commander in charge of the air squadron aboard the USS Enterprise, which escaped harm on Dec. 7,1941, because it was at sea with the other U. S. carriers.
In late May 1942, a large Japanese fleet was steaming toward the U. S. sea and air bases on Midway atoll, located about 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) northwest of Honolulu. Midway could provide the Japanese with a jumping-off point for more assaults on Hawaii, and possibly the West Coast.
The U. S. Navy, tipped off to the Japanese plans thanks to its breaking of the enemy’s naval codes, ordered its only three aircraft carriers in the Pacific – Yorktown, Hornet and Enterprise – to head off the attack. McClusky’s air squadron was tasked with finding the Japanese warships and sinking them. Despite the inside information, the planes initially were sent in the wrong direction after they took off on the morning of June 4.
More time – and fuel – was wasted as McClusky’s group circled while waiting for other carrier-based planes that didn’t show up. About two hours into the search and running low on gas, McClusky was faced with a choice: return to the Enterprise or keep searching, with the realization that most of his planes would have to ditch in the ocean. He kept going.
According to the U. S. Navy’s official account of the battle, McClusky soon spotted a Japanese destroyer and correctly surmised it was headed toward the main Japanese fleet. Around 10: 20 a.m., he led 30 other Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers into the attack against the Japanese aircraft carriers.
When the day was over, the fliers from the Enterprise and Yorktown had sunk three carriers and mortally damaged a fourth. McClusky, wounded in the initial attack, made it back to his carrier with less than five gallons of fuel in his tank. Some of the other surviving two-man planes had even less. Ten planes in his squadron had to ditch in the sea and their crews were never found.
“This small group of people who did such a dynamite job at Midway should be lofted up as icons in American history, but for the most part their names go mostly forgotten, ” said Timothy Orr, who along with his wife Laura co-authored a recently published autobiography by N. Jack “Dusty” Kleiss, a member of McClusky’s squadron who helped sink three Japanese warships at Midway. Kleiss was the last surviving Midway dive bomber pilot when he died last year at 100.
For his actions at Midway, McClusky was awarded the Navy Cross, one of the U. S. military’s highest decorations. He retired as a rear admiral in 1956. McClusky never lived in Buffalo after entering the Navy and has no family living there.
According to his son, Phil, the Buffalo tribute is something the Navy hero would’ve never sought for himself.
“He was a quiet guy. He was not a big talker, ” said the son, 63, who lives outside Baltimore and plans to attend Sunday’s ceremony. “He was a professional naval officer.”
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Lastwagenfahrer soll Joggerin und Studentin getötet haben

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Endingen (dpa) – Ein Lastwagenfahrer soll die 27-jährige Joggerin aus Endingen bei Freiburg getötet haben. Der 40 Jahre alte Rumäne sei gestern festgenommen wor
Endingen (dpa) – Ein Lastwagenfahrer soll die 27-jährige Joggerin aus Endingen bei Freiburg getötet haben. Der 40 Jahre alte Rumäne sei gestern festgenommen worden, teilten Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft am Samstag mit. Er soll Anfang November 2016 die 27-Jährige und außerdem im Januar 2014 eine Studentin im österreichischen Kufstein vergewaltigt und umgebracht haben. Er sitzt nun in Untersuchungshaft. Der Abgleich von Körperspuren von beiden Tatorten hatte bei den Ermittlungen ergeben, dass es sich um ein und denselben Täter handeln muss.

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Mattis Calls Out China's 'Contempt' For Nations' 'Interests'

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‘Disregard for international law’
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis condemned China’s “militarization” of islands in the South China Sea in a speech Friday and called North Korea a “clear and present danger.”
Mattis spoke at Shanghai’s annual Shangri-La Dialogue after President Trump withdrew from the Paris climate accord and German leaders attacked American leadership.
The defense secretary focused heavily on the danger posed by North Korea and called it a “threat to all, ” according to the Associated Press .
Mattis said that North Korea poses an “urgent military threat.” He continued on to say: “We’ re working diplomatically, economically, we’ re trying to exhaust all possible alternatives to avert this race for a nuclear weapon in violation of… the United Nations’ restrictions on North Korea’s activities.”
“The Trump administration is encouraged by China’s renewed commitment to work with the international community toward denuclearisation, ” the defense secretary added, according to Agence France Presse .
Mattis, however, went on to say, “We cannot and will not accept unilateral, coercive changes to the status quo” in the South China Sea.
He said these actions represent a “contempt for other nations’ interests.” Although Mattis condemned China’s “militarization” of islands in the region, he ultimately struck an optimistic tone. (RELATED: China Ready To Deploy Combat Aircraft and Missiles To Disputed Seas At Any Time)
“While competition between the U. S. and China, the world’s two largest economies, is bound to occur, conflict is not inevitable, ” Mattis said. “Our two countries can and do cooperate for mutual benefit. We will pledge to work closely with China where we share common cause.”

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Bill Maher Sparks Outrage for Saying the N-Word on 'Real Time'

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Bill Maher sparked outrage for saying the N-word during an interview with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on ‘Real Time’ on Friday, June 2 — details
Bill Maher sparked outrage on social media after saying the N-word during an interview with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, June 2.
During a conversation about maturity, the two were discussing how adults in California still dress up to celebrate Halloween. Sasse, 45, said that wasn’t the case in Nebraska and invited Maher, 61, to “come work in the fields with us.”
The comedian responded, “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a house n—er.”
Sasse briefly chuckled but appeared to be taken aback by Maher’s language, while the audience had audibly mixed reactions. Maher, for his part, quickly added, “No, it’s a joke.”
The New York Times reported that the epithet was not censored when Friday night’s episode of the HBO talk show was rebroadcast at midnight.
Social media users were quick to criticize Maher’s controversial comment. One Twitter user wrote, “But really, @BillMaher has got to go. There are no explanations that make this acceptable.” Another viewer referenced the backlash surrounding comedian Kathy Griffin ‘s recent anti- Donald Trump photo shoot, writing, “Ain’t that sad? Bill Maher saw Kathy Griffin getting heat and got jealous. ‘You know what tops a beheading? Call yourself a n—er!’ Loser.”
Maher has yet to publicly address the incident. Sasse, meanwhile, tweeted on Saturday morning, “Here’s what I wish I’d been quick enough to say in the moment: ‘Hold up, why would you think it’s OK to use that word?’ The history of the n-word is an attack on universal human dignity. It’s therefore an attack on the American Creed. Don’t use it.”
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'Rock am Ring' 2017: Wie das Festival nach Terror-Alarm weitergeht

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Die große Party am Nürburgring kann weitergehen. Nach der Unterbrechung wegen eines Terroralarms gab die Polizei grünes Licht für ‘Rock am Ring’. Unklar blieb zunächst, ob die ausgefallenen Auftritte nachgeholt werden.
Das Musikfestival “Rock am Ring” in der Eifel mit fast 90.000 Fans konnte nach einer Unterbrechung am Samstagmittag fortgesetzt werden. Drei am Freitagabend unter Terrorverdacht vorläufig festgenommene Männer seien wieder frei, die Ermittlungen dauerten jedoch an, teilte ein Polizeisprecher am Vormittag bei einer Pressekonferenz auf dem Festivalgelände mit. Die Verdächtigen werden den Ermittlern zufolge der hessischen Salafistenszene zugerechnet.
De Maizière unterstützt Entscheidung
“In einer solchen Bewertungssituation dürfen wir keine Risiken einbauen”, sagte der rheinland-pfälzische Innenminister Roger Lewentz (SPD) . Er verwies auf ähnliche vorsorgliche Absagen, etwa beim Fußball-Länderspiel Deutschland-Niederlande in Hannover im November 2015 kurz nach den Anschlägen von Paris und beim Radrennen “Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt” im April 2015. Im Februar 2015 war zudem der Karnevalsumzug in Braunschweig wegen Hinweisen auf mögliche Terroranschläge abgesagt worden.
Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) hatte sich in der Nacht hinter Lewentz’ Entscheidung gestellt, das Musikfestival wegen Terrorgefahr zu unterbrechen. Der Mainzer Minister habe ihn vorab informiert, erklärte de Maizière in Berlin. “Für diese schwierige wie verantwortungsvolle Entscheidung hat er meine volle Unterstützung. So bitter es ist, die Sicherheit der Festivalbesucher muss an erster Stelle stehen.”
“Es geht weiter”
Die Entscheidung für eine Fortsetzung des Rockfestivals gab die Koblenzer Polizei am Samstagvormittag über den Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter bekannt: “Wir freuen uns mit euch. Es geht weiter!” Die Veranstalter schrieben auf Facebook: “Das ist die Nachricht, auf die alle Rock am Ring Fans warten. Nach intensiven Durchsuchungen des gesamten Festivalgeländes haben sich die Verdachtsmomente für eine akute Gefährdungslage nicht erhärtet.”
Das Video unseres Kollegen vor Ort zeigt die Feiernden am frühen Samstagnachmittag.
Der Verdacht war nach Angaben der Polizei entstanden, weil Zugangskarten für das Personal nicht mit registrierten Namen übereinstimmten. Bei einer Person habe es Hinweise auf Verbindungen zur islamistischen Terrorszene gegeben.
Keine verdächtigen Gegenstände
Inzwischen habe sich die Verdachtslage deutlich relativiert, teilte die Polizei mit. Die drei Verdächtigen seien am Morgen wieder auf freien Fuß gesetzt worden. Nach ersten Erkenntnissen hatte mindestens einer von ihnen über eine der eingesetzten Firmen Zugang zu sicherheitsrelevanten Bereichen. Die Polizei fand bei ihren Durchsuchungen auf dem Festivalgelände in der Eifel aber keine verdächtigen Gegenstände. Es seien unter anderem die Bühnenbereiche und andere Eventflächen abgesucht worden, sagte ein Polizeisprecher.
Das dreitägige Festival war am Freitagabend wenige Stunden nach dem Auftakt unterbrochen worden. Zehntausende Fans wurden per Lautsprecherdurchsagen aufgefordert, das Gelände zu verlassen. Die Räumung des Geländes verlief problemlos und friedlich. Veranstalter Marek Lieberberg zeigte sich am Samstag beeindruckt, dass “86 000 Besucher in einer Viertelstunde das Festivalgelände verlassen hätten. “Wir haben hier auch ein Zeichen für unsere Kultur gesetzt.”
Ob einige Bands, die am Freitagabend nicht spielen konnten, noch auftreten können, werde geprüft. “Wir werden sehen, ob wir Möglichkeiten haben, Auftritte nachzuholen”, sagte Lieberberg. Unter anderem der Auftritt von Rammstein, einer der Topacts des Festivals, war ausgefallen.
Auch Lewentz hob hervor, dass keine Gefahr einer Panik bestanden habe, weil die Fans so ruhig geblieben seien. Dies sei nicht selbstverständlich. Die Polizei hatte noch am Abend begonnen, das Gelände rund um die Bühnen abzusuchen, und dies am Samstagmorgen fortgesetzt.
Werden Auftritte nachgeholt?
Für die Sicherheit des Festivals ist ein Großaufgebot der Polizei im Einsatz: 1240 Polizisten wurden an den Nürburgring geschickt. Das Sicherheitskonzept war nach dem Terroranschlag auf ein Konzert in Manchester vor anderthalb Wochen mit mehr als 20 Toten noch einmal überprüft worden.
Beim parallel in Nürnberg stattfindenden Zwillingsfestival “Rock im Park” waren die Konzerte am Freitagabend ohne Probleme weitergegangen.

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