VR to Teach Air Force Soldiers Sexual Assault Prevent and Response Skills

Mark Clouse August 31, 2021

The US Air Force is using VR Gaming Software to help train soldiers on how to defend themselves against potential assault. The program is called SAPT (Sexual Assault Prevent and Response Training) and is designed to help people avoic becoming victims and, if they do become victims, what to do afterwars, as well as how others can be prepared to help potential victims of sexual assault.

How the Air Force is using VR for sexual assault prevention training

From feedproxy.google.com
2021-08-30 18:30:01
Dean Takahashi
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The virtual reality company Moth + Flame has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to create a VR training program to show people how to prevent sexual assault and how to properly respond to it if it happens.

The program, dubbed sexual assault prevent and response training (SAPR), focuses on training Air Force personnel how to use intervention skills, advocate for victims, and how to report incidents, said Carmen Shott, SAPR program manager at Air Mobility Command (AMC), in an interview with VentureBeat.

The training is considered important because a report in March said there were a total of 1,661 reports of sexual assault in the Air Force in 2020, according to a report by the Department of Defense. Previously, New York-based Moth + Flame created a VR training module related to suicide prevention, and this week happens to be National Suicide Prevention Week.

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CA Bill Would Regulate Amazon Worker Workflow Tracking

Ivo Fysic August 31, 2021

Amazon is one of the new international corporate powers that has budgets that rival some nation-states. The pushback by nation-states to try to reign in these unaccountable leviathons is going on across multiple fronts. In California, a legislature seeks to tilt the balance of power back in the favor of the state by passing new regulations that would require Amazon track the workflow of each person to assure Amazon is not working their people to death.

As far as workers are concerned, this might be a win for them, though, to be sure, it is the incidental fruit of a win for the state to keep Amazon aware of the power balance, at the end of the day, between the state and the international corporate leviathon.

California lawmakers take on Amazon warehouses with AB 701

From www.latimes.com
2021-08-31 12:00:18

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California lawmakers are taking aim at Amazon.

An Assembly-passed bill is expected to reach the Senate floor this week or next to crack down on the opaque, algorithm-led and harsh warehouse work conditions often attributed to the Seattle technology behemoth.

The bill, the first such legislation in the nation, would require warehouses to disclose quotas and work speed metrics to employees and government agencies. It would ban “time off task” penalties that affect health and safety, including bathroom use, and prohibit retaliation against workers who complain.

Amazon dominates online shopping across the nation amid a surge in e-commerce fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. With 950,000 U.S. employees and $368 billion in revenue in 2020, it is the nation’s second-largest employer after Walmart, and is under growing pressure to address worker injuries in its supply chain.

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Belarus Wants Maria Kolesnikova Locked Up for 12 Years for Opposing Alexander Lukashenko

Mark Clouse August 31, 2021

Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova faces 12 years in prison

From www.euronews.com
2021-08-31 15:57:57

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Belarus” public prosecutor’s office requested 12 years in prison for Maria Kolesnikova, one of the main leaders of the opposition movement.

She is accused of wanting to overthrow the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko.

The trial of 39-year-old Kolesnikova, which began in early August, comes after months of crackdowns in Belarus.

Thousands of opponents of the regime have been arrested or forced into exile since the disputed election of Lukashenko last year.

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MA Police Union Angry DA Not Charging George Floyd Rioters

Freedomist Editor August 31, 2021

Police Union Upset Charges are Dropped Against Protesters

From spectrumnews1.com
2021-03-23 07:00:00

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In a strongly worded letter to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., the president of Worcester’s Patrolmen’s Union said they’ll never endorse him again after charges were dropped against protesters.

More than a dozen people were arrested hours after a George Floyd protest last June.

The District Attorney’s Office announced, after reviewing the cases, there was insufficient evidence to move forward with the prosecution.

Worcester Patrolmen Union President Daniel Gilbert said he is ashamed and disappointed the district attorney turned his back on police officers.

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Taliban Celebrate As Last American Leaves Kabul Airport

Parker Davis August 31, 2021

Videos show Taliban taking over Kabul airport and celebrating with gunfire after US withdrawal

From www.businessinsider.co.za
2021-08-31 15:36:36

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The US has officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, with its last jet taking off from the country on Monday night.

Videos showed Taliban fighters celebrating the US exit with gunfire, and seizing Kabul’s airport, where thousands of Afghans had desperately tried to flee after they took over the country.

BBC News broadcast footage of the gunfire, with Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet saying she could hear celebratory tracer fire and guns going off. She said it was…

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Flooding From Ida Casues MS Highway to Collapse, Killing 2

Freedomist Curator August 31, 2021

Mississippi highway collapses in Ida’s wake, killing 2 people | Climate News

From www.aljazeera.com
2021-08-31 15:04:20

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Hurricane Ida caused widespread power outages across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Two people have been killed and 10 injured in a road collapse on a Mississippi highway, likely triggered by heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Ida, officials said.

Three people among those injured were in critical condition, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said on Tuesday.

“We’ve had a lot of rain with Ida, torrential,” Mississippi Highway Patrol officer Calvin Robertson said. “Part of the highway just washed out.”

Seven vehicles plunged into a deep ditch that resulted from the highway collapse, local media reported.

Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the US Gulf Coast, had weakened to a…

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Lyft Driver Killer, Police Department Attacker Had Ties to Islamo-Fascist Terror Groups

Freedomist Curator August 31, 2021

Suspected Gunman in Lyft, Plano PD Shootings Dies, Possibly Inspired by Foreign Terrorists: FBI – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

From www.nbcdfw.com
2021-08-30 23:04:00

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The suspected gunman in two separate shootings that killed a Lyft driver in Garland and targeted people inside the Plano Police Department on Sunday has died, police said Monday.

Imran Ali Rasheed, 32, “may have been inspired by a foreign terrorist organization to commit these crimes,” an FBI official said during a joint press conference with the Garland and Plano police departments.

Police investigators and the FBI are working to determine if Sunday’s attack should be classified as an “act of terrorism.”

Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew De Sarno made clear that “inspired by” an organization does not mean Rasheed was directed by an outside group.

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Andrew Cuomo’s Groping Accuser Meets with Investigators

Ivo Fysic August 31, 2021

Aide who accused Andrew Cuomo of ‘groping her’ in governor’s mansion meets with investigators

From texasnewstoday.com
2021-08-31 10:17:47

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State Trooper #1

Cuomo is accused of sexually harassed a state trooper, referred to in the report as Trooper #1, who he hired onto his protective detail in 2017 – bending the three-year experience requirement.

Although she had only completed two years on the force, the governor reportedly wanted the unnamed trooper in his inner circle.

He is said to have asked a senior member of his security detail to add her to the team even though she did not meet the standard requirement.

‘Ha ha, they changed the minimum from 3 years to 2 just for you,’ the senior security member told the trooper in an email, which was included in the AG’s report.

Once she was on his team, he allegedly harassed her on a number of occasions, including one where he ran his hand across her stomach from her belly button to her right hip while she was holding the door open for him at an event.

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Hospitals, Medical Care Collapsing in Afghanistan

Parker Davis August 31, 2021

Afghanistan’s healthcare system near collapse, aid agencies warn

From www.channelnewsasia.com
2021-08-30 19:08:55

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Afghanistan’s healthcare system is at risk of collapse, two major aid agencies told Reuters, after foreign donors stopped providing aid following the Taliban takeover.

After the United States withdraw the bulk of its remaining troops last month, the Taliban accelerated its military campaign, taking control of the capital Kabul on Aug 15.

International donors including the World Bank and European Union froze funding to Afghanistan shortly afterwards.

“One of the great risks for the health system here is basically to collapse because of lack of support,” said Filipe Ribeiro, Afghanistan representative for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the largest medical aid agencies in the country.

“The overall health system in Afghanistan is understaffed, under-equipped and underfunded, for years. And the great risk is that this underfunding will continue over time.”

Necephor Mghendi, Afghanistan head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), said…

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US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Officially Complete

Freedomist Curator August 31, 2021

US completes military withdrawal from Afghanistan

From www.army-technology.com
2021-08-31 14:21:07
Aninda Chakraborty
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The US has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan marking the end of a two-decade-long conflict that began after the terror attacks of 9/11.

The completion also marks the conclusion of a massive but chaotic evacuation of US and allied staff, vulnerable Afghans and other personnel from the war-torn country.

US President Joe Biden thanked commanders and other personnel for completing the retrograde within the scheduled deadline.

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