The document did not say how many SNL interns were participating, but capped the number at 8,975.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Caution...
Egyptian authorities have arrested a journalist who worked for Al-Jazeera for allegedly inciting and taking part in violence, the country's official news agency reported.
The Mena report said Abdel-Rahman Shaheen, detained in the Suez Canal area, was suspected of taking part and inciting attacks against police, including torching security vehicles. Quoting an unnamed security official, the agency said Shaheen had nine arrest warrants against him over alleged violent attacks.
The report identified him as a journalist who worked for the Muslim Brotherhood's now-banned newspaper and television station, as well as Doha-based Al-Jazeera.
Egypt's government declared the Brotherhood a terrorist. More than 1,600 are currently detained, facing trials on various charges.
Three of Al-Jazeera's English service journalists are being tried on terrorism-related charges.
No one is above the law, and Journalist ought to be more careful in reporting in a poor country, and uneducated masses. It may be hazardous.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Organized...*
Former interns from "Saturday Night Live" who filed a class action
lawsuit over unpaid work have reached a $6.4 million settlement with
NBCUniversal. The settlement still has to be approved by a federal
court in New York.
The interns "received no compensation or compensation at a rate less than the applicable hourly minimum wage" while working for NBCUniversal, according to court documents.
The lawsuit was filed last year by former interns Monet Eliastam, Jesse Moore, Alexander Vainer and Rheanna Behuniak against NBC Universal, which is owned by Comcast (CCV).
The interns accused NBCUniversal of illegally classifying them as interns exempt from federal and state minimum wage and spread-of-hours pay.
The interns "received no compensation or compensation at a rate less than the applicable hourly minimum wage" while working for NBCUniversal, according to court documents.
The lawsuit was filed last year by former interns Monet Eliastam, Jesse Moore, Alexander Vainer and Rheanna Behuniak against NBC Universal, which is owned by Comcast (CCV).
The interns accused NBCUniversal of illegally classifying them as interns exempt from federal and state minimum wage and spread-of-hours pay.
The document did not say how many SNL interns were participating, but capped the number at 8,975.
Swedes...*
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Sweden's government instituted a military draft for both men and women, because of what its defense minister called a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden.
Sweden abolished compulsory military service for men in 2010 because there were enough volunteers to meet its military needs. It has never had a military draft for women.
The government said "the all-volunteer recruitment hasn't provided the Armed Forces with enough trained personnel. The re-activating of conscription is needed for military readiness."
In 2013, Neighboring Norway introduced a law applying military conscription to both sexes. Join the draft....
I Ceee...*
In 1999, the Justice Department broke up a “vitamin cartel” that had
been led by European companies, [Roche and BASF]. The companies
overcharged big food and beverage makers like Kellogg, Coca-Cola and
Nestlé. Eventually the makers of bulk vitamins agreed to pay more than
$1.5 billion to settle the accusations.
Soon
afterward, the Chinese gained a dominant share, and after several big
European producers left the business, the Chinese companies began
raising prices. By 2001, the Chinese companies were acting as a cartel and fixing the price of vitamin C.
A group
of American companies accused the Chinese producers of acting in
concert to raise prices in violation of United States antitrust laws.
The case is significant because China
produces about 80 percent of the world’s supply of ascorbic acid, or
vitamin C, an important ingredient in food and soft drink
items as well as animal feed and cosmetics.
The Chinese vitamin C
makers was ordered by a United States District Court to pay $162.3
million in fines after a jury found the companies guilty of
price-fixing.
The
case was striking because of the unusual defense that the Chinese
companies mounted. While acknowledging in court that they had colluded
to set prices, lawyers said they were
compelled to do so by the Chinese government.
The
verdict was the second time in two decades that vitamin makers had been
accused of violating antitrust laws. Just a thought.
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