Reston, Virginia, June 1, 2004—Dr. Hengning Wu is awarded a patent for the invention of a people-oriented universal communication system. When Dr. Wu resigned from a leading superconductor company in Denmark to look for opportunities in Northern Virginia in 2000, he knew he would work on something related to computer, but he did not know he would come up with an idea that will address a fundamental problem of communication and the internet. Identity theft, email spam, illegal music file sharing, electronic voting fraud, and frustrating telemarketing calls, all these problems will be solved with the people-oriented universal communication system. The system will unify all the available physical networks and provide a common platform for efficient e-business solutions.
Although Dr. Wu does not have much formal training in computer science, he has grasped a broad spectrum of practical knowledge from his work on simulation, data acquisition, and data analysis. After he took a serious look at the broad picture of communication, computer and the internet, a serious flaw of the current communication systems emerged. The current communication systems are location-oriented, but communication is fundamentally people-oriented. It makes sense to call somebody, and it normally does not make sense to call some place. However, in the physical world, the signals are always from one location to another location. When you call somebody, you actually call a certain phone at a certain location. When you plug in a computer to the internet, you have an IP address. We are so used to the system that we are very effective to get around this problem by first verbally identifying ourselves in a telephone conversation.
So what? While it was not a big deal in the old days, it is a fundamental limitation to the further growth of the communication system. Until something was done and done quickly, we were heading into a big trouble, and that was what happened in 2001. Realizing the technical and economical significance, Dr. Wu focused on the task of finding a solution. Before long he got the idea, but it took nearly a year of long days and nights to finish the task. The solution is the people-oriented universal communication system.
What is "the people-oriented universal communication system"? When computer guys talk about "people-oriented computing", they normally refer to machine intelligence. To put it in another way, machines can understand human languages. However, in the context of the people-oriented universal communication system, "people-oriented" means that the physical networks have the capability to identify people. This is a very modest capability in comparison to the grand goal of machine intelligence. Even such a small step can make a significant difference in combination with the "universal" capability of the system. The "universal" capability simply means the system works universally with all physical networks.
The people-oriented universal communication system provides two basic services: identification service and digital signature service. Identification service is widely used in cell phone communication and digital signature using public key-private key algorithm is widely used in computer software. An important thing is a personal communication device with the identification and digital signature functions. This device is the universal personal communication controller. This is the place where you keep your personal information. In practice, this device can be coupled with a number of devices for more functions. For example, short-range communication devices such as infrared devices and blue tooth devices can be coupled to communicate with computers and intelligent appliances, a wireless phone device can be coupled for long range communication, and a PDA device can de coupled to have more functions. The personal communication device can itself be further protected from stealing by know methods such as a PIN number.
The public key-private key algorithm has a pair of keys: the public key is available to the public and the private key is kept in secret. In this case, the private key is securely kept in the personal communication device. When someone signs a digital document with the private key, a digital signature is produced. Other people can use the publicly available public key to check the digital signature. This is actually more convenient than the conventional signature in ink since ordinary people can hardly tell the difference of an authentic signature and a fake signature.
The basic information made public is the public key associated with a user. Since so many people may have the same name, a unique number is often used to represent a user instead of his actual name. This can be of the format of a phone number, such as 703 555 0001 for John Doe No. 1. A country code such as US can be attached to differentiate John Doe No. 1 in US from someone else in another country. For the user 703 555 0001, his public key can be located in the people-oriented universal communication system.
The seemly simple setup of the people-oriented universal communication system can perform three important functions. 1) Identification and digital signature. The system has the capability of identification both on-line and off-line. The off-line identification is provided indirectly through the digital signature. 2) Since the people-oriented universal communication system is independent of the physical network, it can be applied to all physical networks including fixed telephone network, wireless telephone network, satellite TV network, cable TV network, the internet, physical delivery networks including mail delivery and parcel delivery, and intelligent appliances. This effectively unifies all the physical networks and enables them to work together. For example, in a tele-work setting, you have computer documents and real time voice and video. You may use the internet for the document and a cable service for the voice and video. All of them can work seamlessly together with the people-oriented universal communication system. 3) Since the system is people-oriented, it provides a common platform for efficient e-business solutions. Therefore, we can have more efficient broadcasting system, payment system, shopping system, security system, ticket system, information system, and voting system.
As the people-oriented universal communication system will unify all the available physical networks and provide a common platform for efficient e-business solutions, it will create a huge market of hundreds of billion dollars from the traditional telecommunication industry to such industries as motion pictures, television, publishing, audio, personal computer, physical delivery, electronic appliances, and retail sale. This market-driven demand will fuel the healthy growth of the broadband and the wireless sectors.
In contrary to common beliefs, the people-anonymous feature of the internet is causing the security and privacy problems since some privacy-eroding methods (social security number, birth date, mother's maiden name, etc.) eventually are used to identify people in a networked economy. The personal information scattered on the internet may easily become the targets of identity theft. The people-oriented universal communication system provides an easy method of identification with a high level of privacy and security. A number of companies are pursuing biometric identifications such as voice, fingerprint, face, and eye. Biometric identifications are fine within a closed system, but it is problematic for widespread uses. First, when a biometric method is widely used, it inevitably will run into the hands of some bad guys and become a source of identity theft. For example, fake fingerprints may be artificially prepared. Second, the computer biometric methods are not 100% accurate. A method with 99.9% accuracy will cause a lot of headaches when it is used as a form of identification. Some computer experts may also argue about the strength of the public key-private key algorithm. It is true that the algorithm can be cracked with an enough computation power such as the supercomputer used by National Security Council. However, the purpose here is to provide a reasonably secure method for everyday uses, just like ordinary door locks do for the office and home. The cost is very high to break it and the perpetrators can be easily caught. Therefore, the system is sufficiently secure for practical purposes.
Email spam is another problem caused by the people-anonymous feature of the internet. Even worse than spam, vicious emails can be sent under the disguise of a legitimate business or a friend. We do not have a way to properly identify the sender of an email at present. Once the people-oriented universal communication system is added to the internet, the internet obtains a people-oriented component. As a result, all emails can be properly associated with the senders with the digital signature, and a fee can be charged to the sender. For example, 2 cents can be charged to each email below the size of 100 kb. Higher fees can be charged to emails of larger size just like the conventional mail system. This will effectively stop the email spam and more vicious potential problems.
In addition, an email can be digitally "sealed" so that only the intended receiver can read the message. The public key of the receiver can be used to digitally encrypt the email message and an established procedure can be used to verify the identity of the receiver before "opening" the email message. When the people-oriented universal communication system is implemented, email will become a secure and trusted form of communication for personal and business purposes.
There are many discussions about a free internet and digital equality. A fee for email may cause concerns to some people. "Ten years ago, I read an argument for free internet. The rationale is like this: since we all use the internet like we breathe the air, the internet should be free as the air is free." Dr. Wu recalled. There are two conditions for the free air: 1) there is a large enough quantity for everyone, and 2) it is readily accessible to everyone. So air is free but water is not necessarily free. Neither condition is satisfied for the internet. Currently people pay about $40 in US to have a broadband access and about $10 to $20 for a dialup connection. Some people cannot afford this access fee and they are denied an opportunity to use the internet. A more rational goal is like the US postal service. "Free" means the opportunity of free access. People are provided at least one form of free access and pay for the actual services received. If a farmer just wants to send 10 emails a month to his son at college, he pays only 20 cents.
A noticeable change with the people-oriented universal communication system will be the way people log into their computers and websites. You no longer need to remember many user names and associated passwords. You use your personal communication controller to identity yourself to the computer. New computers will be equipped with a wireless communication device such as an infrared device or a blue-tooth device. Old computers can be easily adapted to the new system with some software patch and an adaptor. Most websites have an anonymous section for the general public and a restricted section for members. The user name/password method is generally used for member login at present. People often forget their user name and password for a specific website. It will be a security concern to store the passwords in a computer.
Illegal music file sharing is a big problem with the music industry. On the positive side, it reflects the huge popularity with digital music files. The present invention provides a legal method to distribute music files and protect the copyrights of the musicians. Just embed the public key of the user into the digital file. The program to play the music will identify the user before playing the digital file. Now the user can make many copies of this digital file for backup or for his many computers and digital devices. Others are not able to use this digital file. This method has obvious advantages over some previous methods in which the files can only be used in a specified computer. This also removes the privacy concerns of some prior techniques that a database is used to monitor the access of a digital file.
The same method can be applied to other copyrighted digital materials such as e-books, digital pictures, movies, and software. This will create a huge demand of data communication and business opportunities in communication and related devices. The method can also be used to control access to offices, homes, electronic appliances, vehicles, and other hardware. You use your personal communication controller like a universal key. "This is really convenient in a university. Students come and go. You now have an easy way to change access control if you use a digital lock with this technology. I remembered that I had more than two dozen keys when I worked at a lab at University of Houston." Dr. Wu said.
During the development of the people-oriented universal communication system, the controversial recount happened in the 2000 presidential election in the United States. Much media coverage has also been given to potential large-scale frauds in electronic voting. The people-oriented universal communication system can provide an accurate, convenient and cost-effective voting system. In fact, the government does not even need to buy new voting machines. People can just use the personal communication controller to vote anywhere in the world over any available physical network whether it is the phone or the internet. The result will be counted and verified almost immediately.
A ballot electronic voting would be something like the following. An individual can register in an online voting system. Each vote is assigned a vote number and the individual can digitally sign the vote. The individual keeps a receipt with his digital signature. The system will keep separately: a table with the vote number and the candidate choices, another table for the vote number and the corresponding digital signature, and a third table with eligible voters and their voting status. These tables can be used for independent verification. The identity of the individual for a specific vote number remains secret. The voting result can be easily tabulated. As the individual can always check the record with his receipt, possible frauds on the system level will be detected. The first table can be published on a website for everybody to check their own vote.
People are frustrated with telemarketing calls. This is mainly a US phenomenon as the local telephone is charged with a fixed monthly fee instead of a time-based fee. Computer automated calls make it possible to make an extremely large number of calls at a very low cost. The collective time cost to consumers cannot justify the practice of random telemarketing calls. The people-oriented universal communication system will help reduce telemarketing calls. Just like conventional caller ID helps to ignore telemarketing calls, the true identification feature of the system works even better. Now you may block all calls from different local numbers of the same company. With the increase in data communication, it will make sense for telecommunication companies to switch to a traffic-based fee structure. This change will give an economical reason for telemarketing companies to make their calls more selectively.
In 2001, the dot.com bubble burst and the telecommunication industry went into a serious downturn. In theory, the people-oriented universal communication system was in a good time as a technical solution. In reality, most companies have not realized the fundamental root of the downturn in a mess of financial scandals and corporate bankruptcies. Financial remedies were implemented with massive layoffs in the high-tech industry. A few companies emerged more competitive, but the industry as a whole has not yet reached the business potential.
The people-oriented universal communication system can unify all the physical networks to enable them to work together and allow the independent development of the physical networks. This will create a prosperous telecommunication industry with cooperation and competition. Instead of competing for shrinking turfs, companies can take the opportunity to open new horizons of businesses. Some companies have realized the cooperative nature for the future of digital communication. For example, Microsoft and its archrival Sun Microsystems decided to put aside the long-lasting IP suits. In the future, people are connected with a variety of physical networks to a host of innovative services. Take the road network as an analog example. There are different companies building various roads, businesses and consumers can choose different delivery companies to ship the goods, and you can do it yourself with many options of vehicles. Similarly, we need to reconsider the regulations in the industry. Then we will have a dynamic and robust communication industry in the digital age.
On the government side, a communication network based on the people-oriented universal communication system can provide secure and reliable communication during an emergency response. In an emergency, communication between people and organization can be established with and between any available physical connections. Emergency response teams from different departments and government levels can communicate and cooperate ad hoc at any time anywhere. For law enforcement, the system can reduce the majority of false security alarms so that the resources can be more effectively used to deal with the real threats.
The digital revolution, like many previous technological revolutions, has its initial boom with some madness and the bubble burst. The real sustained boom will follow after some fundamental issues have been resolved. The people-oriented universal communication system is a fundamental technology for a long-lasting economic boom of the digital age.
As a byproduct, Dr. Hengning Wu established Acroscape (www.acroscape.com) as an independent invention business in 2001 to focus on innovative ideas with technological, economical and social significance.
For further information, please contact Dr. Hengning Wu at (703) 796 1192 or by email at hnwu@acroscape.com.


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ArcGIS Maps for Power BI (Preview):you can now use the ArcGIS Maps for Power BI visual created by Esri in your Power BI reports.To start using this preview feature, turn on ArcGIS Maps for Power BI in the Preview Features tab of the Options dialog.From here you can add your data to the visual just like any other Power BI visual. You can control the look and feel of your map by clicking the pencil icon in the top right corner.
Mobile report layout (Preview): . Once you enable this feature in the preview dialog, you will be able switch to the mobile view in the View tab.
Updated drill behavior:When you have a visual with a hierarchy in it, the double down arrow icon will do the previous experience of showing the next level of the hierarchy, and the split arrow icon will perform the inline hierarchy experience. To learn more about each type of drill, you can read our dedicated blog on the updated drill experience.
Forecasting (Preview):This feature is in preview, so you can turn it on in the Preview Features tab in Options. Once you turn it on and restart the Desktop, you will see the Forecast option in the Analytics pane when you have a single series line chart selected.
Use your own R IDE:Now with this release, you can choose to use your favorite R IDE.When editing your R visual, you can select the pop out icon to open the default application for .R files on your computer.You can select which IDE is launched in the R Scripting tab in the Options dialog.
Show Errors experience: you will get a count of errors for each of the queries being loaded, and have the ability to drill into more details for these errors.
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This is an excerpt of article 3 from the GVRCA CC&Rs. It is not a substitute for the complete document.
No Lot, Parcel, Development Tract, Other Area, GVR Common Areas, Sub-association Common Areas or Association Property may be subdivided beyond that which is initially subdivided by Declarant (including, without limitation, the subdivision thereof into time-share estates) without the prior written approval of the Board and of the Architectural Committee; provided, however, that nothing in this Paragraph shall be deemed to prevent an owner from, or require the approval of the Board, for: (i) transferring or selling any Lot, Parcel or other property interest to more than one (l) person to be held by the master tenants in common, joint tenants, tenants by the entirety or as community property; or (ii) the leasing or renting by any Owner of all or any portion of his property interest, provided that any such lease or rental shall be subject to this Declaration.
3.2.1 The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to a Development Tract or Area that is sold by Declarant to a Builder, Developer or other Owner with the agreement that such transferee shall be responsible to cause the requisite subdividing thereof, and in such case, Declarant shall notify the Board and the Architectural Committee of such fact.
No sign, poster, billboard, banner, flag, advertising device or other display of any kind or nature ("Sign") shall be installed or displayed without the prior approval of the Architectural Committee, except such Signs of customary and reasonable dimensions as may be displayed on a Lot or Parcel advertising the same for sale or lease. Such approval, if any, shall be consistent with the Design Guidelines, Development Standards and Master Sign Plan. The foregoing shall not apply to Declarant for so long as Declarant maintains control of the Association. Builders and Developers shall be taken into consideration with respect to reasonable approval of signs in connection with the marketing, leasing and sale of its product in GREEN VALLEY RANCH.
3.3.1 No Owner, other Person or entity shall place or install any Sign of any type or kind or other Improvement, or alter or remove the Improvements on the Association Property or Common Areas unless such placement, installation or alteration is first approved in writing by the Board and the Architectural Committee; provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to Declarant as otherwise provided in this Declaration.
No animals, fowls, reptiles, poultry, fish, livestock or insects of any kind (collectively, "animals") shall be raised, bred or keep within the Residential Areas of-the Property, except that a reasonable number of dogs, cats or other common household pets may be kept by owners within the Residential Areas; provided that they are not kept, bred or maintained within the Residential Areas for any commercial purpose, nor in unreasonable quantities nor in violation of any applicable Ordinance or any other provision of this Declaration, and such limitations as may be set forth in the Rules and Regulations.
No rubbish, trash or debris of any kind shall be placed or permitted to accumulate anywhere within the Property, and no odor shall be permitted to arise therefrom so as to render the Property or any portion thereof unsanitary, unsightly, or offensive. No noise or other nuisance shall be permitted to exist or operate upon any portion of a Lot, Parcel, Development Tract or Other Area so as to be offensive or detrimental to any other Lot, Parcel, Development Tract,Other Area or to Owners or occupants thereof. Without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions, horns, whistles, bells or other sound devices (other than security devices used exclusively for security purposes),noisy or smokey vehicles, large power equipment or large power tools, unlicensed off-road motor vehicles or other items which may unreasonably disturb other Owners or their tenants, invitees or licensees shall be located, used or placed on any portion of the Property without the prior written approval of the Architectural Committee. Exterior speakers are permitted to be installed by an owner or occupant, but same are subject to the foregoing limitations with respect to not unreasonably disturbing other owners and the like and are subject to the,Rules and Regulations. Alarm devices used exclusively to protect the security of a Lot, Parcel, space within a Commercial Area,or Other Area within the Property and its contents, shall be permitted, provided that such devices do not produce annoying sounds or conditions as a result of frequently occurring false alarms.
3.6 Exterior Maintenance and Repair: Owner's Obligations.
No Improvement anywhere within the Property shall be permitted to fall into disrepair, and each Improvement shall at all times be kept in good condition and repair. If any Owner shall permit any Improvement, which is the responsibility of such Owner to maintain, to fall into disrepair so as to create a dangerous, unsafe, unsightly or unattractive condition, the Board, after consulting with the Architectural Committee, and after affording the Owner of such property reasonable notice, shall have the right but not the obligation to correct such condition, and to enter upon such Owner's Lot or Parcel, but not into a personal residence or commercial type building for the purpose of doing so, and such Owner shall promptly reimburse the Association for the cost thereof. The owner of the offending property shall be personally liable for all costs and expenses incurred by the Association in taking such corrective acts, plus all costs incurred in collecting the amounts due. Each Owner shall pay amounts due for such work within ten (10) days after receipt of written demand therefore.
There shall be no interference with the established drainage pattern over any Lot, Parcel, Development Tract, Association Property, GVR Common Areas,Sub-association Common Areas or Other Areas so as to affect any other property unless an adequate alternative provision, previously approved in writing by the Architectural Committee, is made for proper drainage. Each owner within a Residential Area shall not allow or permit surface drainage on his Lot or Parcel to accumulate behind a perimeter wall or penetrate a perimeter wall and cause staining thereof.
No unsightly articles, including clotheslines, shall be permitted to remain on any Lot, Parcel, Development Tract or Other Area so as to be visible from the public or private streets, Association Property, GVR Common Areas, Sub-association Common Areas or from any other Lot, Parcel, Development Tract or Other Area. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, refuse, garbage and trash shall be kept at all times in covered, sanitary containers or enclosed areas designed for such purposes).
3.8.1 As to Residential Areas, such containers shall be exposed to the view of neighboring Lots or Parcels only when set out for a reasonable period of time (not to exceed twelve (12) hours before and after scheduled trash collection hours).
3.10 No Mining and Drilling.


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A: Conditionals to the rescue!
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If the the value for the "data" key is missing or "0" the data it will be set to zero.

A: For a good answer, you'll need to post more context as to what code led to those 2 values is the debugger. It's odd that 0's yield strings, but other numbers yield ints.
Here's a solution to the immediate problem:
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Frantz Fanon may be most known for his more obviously political writings, but in the first instance, he was a clinician, a black Caribbean psychiatrist who had the improbable task of treating disturbed and traumatized North African patients during the wars of decolonization. Investigating and foregrounding the clinical system that Fanon devised in an attempt to intervene against negrophobia and anti-blackness, this book rereads his clinical and political work together, arguing that the two are mutually imbricated. For the first time, Fanon's therapeutic innovations are considered along with his more overtly political and cultural writings to ask how the crises of war affected his practice, informed his politics, and shaped his subsequent ideas. As David Marriott argues, this combination of the clinical and political involves a psychopolitics that is, by definition, complex, difficult, and perpetually challenging. He details this psychopolitics from two points of view, focusing first on Fanon's socio-therapy, its diagnostic methods and concepts, and second, on Fanon's cultural theory more generally. In our present climate of fear and terror over black presence and the violence to which it gives rise, Whither Fanon? reminds us of Fanon's scandalous actuality and of the continued urgency of his message.


Whether you prefer a weekend road trip or an extended tour of a foreign country, travel can be a fun way to learn more about the world around us. Not everyone can afford to travel as much as they'd like to, but with books like the nine listed below, you can see exotic places through the eyes of talented writers, and maybe get some inspiration for your next vacation. When you click links from this website, we may receive advertising revenue to support our research. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker.
Whether you want to learn about other cultures, see historic sights, discover unfamiliar territory, or simply cross an item off your bucket list, traveling can give you a sense of wonder and adventure, and a fresh outlook on life. In no particular order, we've compiled nine travel books that will spark your wanderlust.
First at #1, is "What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding" by Kristin Newman, who's written for hit shows such as "How I Met Your Mother" and "That 70's Show." She talks about life in her twenties and thirties, which was spent mostly traveling abroad, as opposed to getting married and having kids, like most of her peers. From celebrating New Year's in Paris, partying in Amsterdam, and even flirting with Israeli bartenders and Finnish poker players, her story will interest women who have the same thirst for life, and are not afraid to go against the grain and forge their own path.
Next at #2, is "The Lunatic Express" by Carl Hoffman. Determined to experience the world through the eyes of the poor, the journalist takes readers along on his six-month quest for the most unsafe conveyances around the globe, breaking the notion that travel is purely a pleasurable pursuit reserved for those who can afford it. He ventures with some of the poorest citizens of third world nations in Asia, Africa, and South America, from riding one of the worst airlines in Cuba, to overcrowded ferries in Bangladesh that kill thousands each year. Hoffman shakes readers' sense of security, showing what travel means to the underprivileged.
Hoffman shakes readers' sense of security, showing what travel means to the underprivileged.
At #3, is "The Naked Tourist" by Lawrence Osborne. With his deep aversion to anything that remotely resembles tourism, the travel writer rids himself of the tourist experience in a six-month journey across Southeast Asia, and to the uncharted rain-forest of Papua New Guinea. He then lives among the Kombai tribe, and immerses himself in their culture, where outsiders are met with extreme hostility. This book challenges readers to seek real adventure beyond resorts and spas, and explore what it truly means to be stripped bare of one's comforts.
In at #4, is "The Sky Below" by Scott Parazynski. Not only has the author reached the highest peak of Mount Everest, he's also been involved in five NASA missions and seven space walks. The astronaut, physician, and explorer shares his compelling expeditions, including the perils and successes of his adventures. This book shows readers a man's determination to explore, which tested his resilience, endurance, devotion to his passion, and humility.
At #5, is "The Yellow Envelope" by Kim Dinan. With a failing marriage and a job she dislikes, Kim decides to travel around the world with her husband for two years to start anew. Her boss gives her a yellow envelope with $1,000 cash as a farewell gift, on the condition that they should give it away during their trip. As they travel through Bali, Ecuador, India, and Nepal, the couple is met with marital challenges at every step, along with the question of who to give the money to.
As they travel through Bali, Ecuador, India, and Nepal, the couple is met with marital challenges at every step, along with the question of who to give the money to.
Coming in at #6, is "Rick Steves' Scandinavia." This guidebook paints a picture of Europe's dreamy lands, from Denmark and Norway, to Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. With a humorous tone, Steves indulges readers with scenic views across the archipelago, including capital cities of Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. The book lays out recommended dining spots and bang-for-your-buck hotels. It also vividly describes the experience in each destination, and provides itinerary suggestions that suit the travelers' preference based on length of trip.
Next at #7, is "Butter Chicken in Ludhiana," by Pankaj Mishra. In this book, Mishra wanders off and takes readers to small towns across India, including Kottayam, Bangalore, Bihar, and Calcutta, with no itinerary, nor maps, just an eye for the culture, the people, and what transformation their society is experiencing. Unlike western travel writers, Mishra brings with him a local perspective of his home country, in between tradition and modernization, as well as a deeper look at the aspirational Indian middle class.
At #8, is "The Geography of Genius" by Eric Weiner. In this book, the author examines places like Athens, Vienna, and Silicon Valley, where he sets out to prove his theory that geography plays a huge role in cultivating ingenuity and innovation. He believes that although we are often inspired by nature, an urbanized environment is conducive to creativity. With a combination of scientific research and humorous personal insights, as well as non-scientific case studies, he supports his theory by identifying what constitutes a creative environment, and what gives way for intellectual development to flourish.
He believes that although we are often inspired by nature, an urbanized environment is conducive to creativity.
And last but not least at #9, is "Best Tent Camping: New York State" by Catharine Starmer. Whether you live in the Empire State or are planning to visit, exploring the vast wilderness of New York offers a great escape from city life. Starmer lists out her top camp-out recommendations in all of the state's regions, such as Long Island, Hudson Valley, the Adirondacks, Leatherstocking, St. Lawrence River, the Finger Lakes, and Western NY. This guide provides campers with a quick reference on where and when to go, complete with a historical background of each place and what type of wildlife to expect.


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AWP Delighted as MEPs vote to end EU subsidies for Bullfighting
Author Vanessa Hudson
Animal Welfare Party is delighted that 438 out of 687 MEPs have today voted to end EU subsidies for bullfighting – currently totalling around €129 million per year.
An estimated 129.6 million euros per year in subsidies are currently spent on rearing bulls for bullfighting. Political parties for animals, including Animal Welfare Party and animal campaigners around the world have long argued that bullfighting has no place in modern society and that such subsidies cannot be justified. AWP is delighted that a majority of MEPs have today voted in the EU Parliament to end these subsidies.
Although the amendment must now be approved by EU finance ministers before it becomes law, AWP believes that today's decision marks an important milestone in the path to eventually ending this cruel tradition and represents a victory for animal rights worldwide.
In 2014, for the first time ever, seven animal protection parties from across Europe contested the May 2014 EU Parliament elections. This group, of which AWP was a part, was known informally as 'The Euro Animal 7′.
Ending EU subsidies for rearing bulls for bullfighting was one of the Euro Animal 7's key policies.
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There's something wrong here .
Here's part of what one student wrote in response to the graph below. Can you identify the problem and fix it? Please write your ideas in the comments box below.
With regard to water and rail, the number of tonnes were at similar levels from 1974 to 1978 (around 40 million tonnes). However, the former rose significantly and reached about 63 million tonnes by 2002 while the latter declined to almost 30 million tonnes in 1994 but recovered just over 40 million tonnes in 2002.
(hint: the problem is in the last part of the last sentence ).
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????? can not get it
Click below to see the answer displayed!
The problem is in the last part of the final sentence: '...the latter declined to almost 30 million tonnes in 1994 but recovered just over 40 million tonnes in 2002.'
This is a small but extremely significant problem. What's the difference between these two sentences:
A. '...but recovered just over 40 million tonnes in 2002.'
B. '...but recovered to just over 40 million tonnes in 2002.'
In option A, the total = 30 + 40 = 70 million tonnes
In option B, the total is 'just over 40 million tonnes.
The problem with answer option A is that it's missing the word 'to'. Make sure you don't make the same mistake in your Task 1 writing .


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Q: Reforming $\sin(\frac{nx}{2})\sin(\frac{n+1}{2}x)+\sin(\frac{x}{2})\sin((n+1)x)$ to $\sin(\frac{n+1}{2}x)\sin(\frac{n+2}{2}x)$ I'm trying to reform
$\sin(\frac{nx}{2})\sin(\frac{n+1}{2}x)+\sin(\frac{x}{2})\sin((n+1)x)$
to
$\sin(\frac{n+1}{2}x)\sin(\frac{n+2}{2}x)$
but I just don't know what to do. There probably are a few tricks to use that I don't know.
Help is appreciated!

A: HINT:
$$\sin\dfrac{n+2}2x\sin\dfrac{n+1}2x-\sin\dfrac n2x\sin\dfrac{n+1}2x$$
$$=\sin\dfrac{n+1}2x\left(\sin\dfrac{n+2}2x-\sin\dfrac n2x\right)$$
Use Prosthaphaeresis Formula $\sin C-\sin D$ and $\sin2A=2\sin A\cos A$


Following the success of the social media campaign, the RSPCA showcase their own 10 year success stories!
These two pictures don't look like the same dog but lucky for Max the love and care of his new owner over the last ten years has brought him back to health.
Max, a weimaraner, was rescued by the RSPCA in 2009 from a house in Manchester, he had severe mange and was aged just three months old.


Every time I make my way to Berkeley Bowl West to go grocery shopping, I pass by a restaurant called Spoon Korean Bistro. Each time I pass it, I become intrigued. Today I asked my sister and BFF if they wanted to have brunch at Spoon and then go grocery shopping. They both agreed.
The menu at Spoon was interesting because it had items that I had never experienced at other Korean restaurants. For instance, I have never had Korean porridge. Spoon's version is made with rice, quinoa, mung bean, and milk. If you order porridge, you get the side dishes or banchan and you get a choice of an add-on that gets cooked into the porridge. We chose mushrooms. The porridge was thick and creamy, a cross between jook or Chinese rice porridge and oatmeal. It felt very comforting to eat and the mushrooms added a distinct flavor and texture.
Another "new to me" dish were the kimchi pancakes. They were mild in spice and crispy. I thought these were really good and a great choice for a brunch item.
My BFF requested we get the glazed potatoes which were deep fried potatoes in a sweet glaze. If you order these potatoes, you are warned there is a 7 minute wait. These came out piping hot and were both crisp and sweet on the outside. It almost felt like I was having a dessert.
We also ordered the appetizer size veggie jhap chae. Jhap chae is a dish made up of sweet potato glass noodles stir fried with vegetables including mushrooms, carrots, onions, and sesame oil. I always enjoy eating jhap chae and this one was not any different.
We didn't order anything with meat, so decided to go with the Korean BBQ beef short ribs. We devoured these as well. The BBQ flavor was tasty and they were grilled well.
We enjoyed Spoon very much. We got to eat outside and enjoy the nice weather, the service was great, and the food was authentic and delicious. I recommend brunch at Spoon and then grocery shopping afterwards. Never go grocery shopping when you are hungry!


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University conflict 'won't stop' graduations
» Factional fighting at Assumption University (Abac) will not affect the graduation of 3,000 students this year, the university council has confirmed.
Govt unveils after-class course details
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Top universities fall in world rankings
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Officials told to repay student loans
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Q: Can't connect with VPS running Ubuntu server 16 with x2go earlier today (or yesterday -_-) I've rented a VPS (from aruba cloud) for a personal project. I've managed to establish SSH connection in putty so I can run shell commands alright. What I want to do now is get access to my VPS's graphical interface. I've been trying to use X2go (from a computer running windows 10) and it returns error message:

ttyname failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device.

After googling this for a while I've found out that this means that some device has been called in a way that it can't interpret, but I can't figure out what device (networking card?) exactly is the source of this issue, much less how to resolve it. Does anybody know how to do that using terminal commands only?

A: In your /home/user/.profile add the following line :
tty -s && mesg n
... and remove any other "mesg" line which is the root cause of the problem


I recall reading an interesting tale from an old, crusty book a couple of years ago. The author was an Icelandic man who was lamenting the fact that he had seen Icelanders on display along with natives from Greenland. He was disgusted that Iceland's colonial masters had put them next to such wretched, destitute and backward creatures, although in the eyes of the Danish people I am quite sure that they were all the same.
This tale sprung to mind when I saw a recent sushi advertisement made by the Krónan grocery store. It featured the typical anthropomorphised króna figure, except this time he was also a crass, hybrid Oriental figure with an insidious Fu Manchu moustache that has cultural connotations to stereotypical portrayals of Chinese men, but most notably villains or as foils to white heroes. The fact should not come as a surprise to any well-read person or individual with some knowledge of pop culture.
So being curious by nature and quite frankly a bit disgusted by this advertisement, especially since this was the second Krónan advertisement that I had seen with obvious racist undertones towards Asians, I decided to contact their customer service department. I received a courteous reply from a Krónan representative who relayed an explanation from the hired ad firm regarding the usage of the katana, pagoda and kasa—along with the Icelandic turf house in the background.
Apparently to Krónan these elements codified together represent Japan and thus are synonymous with sushi. Except for one problem: the Fu Manchu moustache. This according to their explanation, or brush off, signifies Atsumu Watanabe. Interestingly enough, if you Google him you will notice his moustache, when he has one, is more akin to a dandy or hipsteresque moustache.
To clarify my point I sent Krónan a photo that I took of one of their ads in 2010. Lo and behold, it features Mr. Chink or Mr Jap, or excuse me, Mr Króna, with narrow eyes as opposed to his "traditional" round, cute eyes that are quite common in Western anthropomorphised figures.
Furthermore, in this advertisement from 2010, Mr Króna is carrying chopsticks and you can debate whether or not he is wearing a kasa on his head, but he certainly does have a Fu-Manchu moustache. Surprise! I never received a reply regarding the advertisement so I wonder if the Króna man is just an Atsumu Watanabe with freakishly narrow eyes and stereotypical Asian tropes. Or perhaps this could just be the result of a generation reared on Laddi repeatedly giving his impression of a Chinese man? YouTube search "Laddi Kokkur" and try not to cringe.
Of course many Icelanders become quite antsy when you point out racist connations and imagery. A very common response is: "This is not racist; we are just playing around" or the more classic "This is political correctness gone mad!" Essentially, what this kind of thinking does is numb the mind and deter critical thinking, which is also the reason why I asked Krónan why it doesn't exhibit stereotypical images of Danish people when they have "Danish days"? And why doesn't Hagkaup have stereotypical images of Americans when they advertise "American days" in their stores? Perhaps it is just easier to mock others and stereotype the "otherness" of people if they look different from the Western concept of what a human should look like. All I know is that I am buying my sushi from people with more cultural sensitivity.
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Yorkshire artist Ashley Jackson is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Huddersfield University for his contribution to the arts. He's been painting the Yorkshire landscape for more than 40 years.
Ashley Jackson has completed his tribute to Jane Tomlinson, a painting of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales, to be auctioned off for charity. He started the painting at the launch of the Jane Tomlinson Walk for All earlier this month.
Ashley has been painting scenes of Yorkshire for four decades and he has been exploring the landscapes in our region which inspired his favourite artist of all time - JMW Turner.
Turner visited Yorkshire in 1797 and returned throughout his life. He painted thousands of sketches across the county and has always been a major influence to the Yorkshire artist Ashley Jackson.
Like Ashley, Turner himself was a working class artist and painted for a living. At the time Turner was criticised by his peers but attitudes changed after his death. He is now described as the forefather of impressionism and is thought to be Britain's greatest landscape painter.
Watch Calendar tonight for the full story.
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Bad Blood is the sixth studio album by US electronica duo Blood on the Dance Floor, released internationally on September 3, 2013. Although not reaching the same success as their previous effort, Evolution, it is their second-best selling release to date, peaking at No. 137 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Background
At the beginning of 2013, there were major rumors claiming Blood on the Dance Floor had split when they withdrew from the Soundwave Festival. However, it turned out to be a hoax. Vanity completely denied all rumors of Blood on the Dance Floor disestablishing. In 2020, the 10th track of this album titled "Something Grimm" was brought up as plagiarism of the 2006 track "The Last Night" by Christian alternative rock band Skillet on the album Comatose.

The group released Bad Blood on September 3, 2013. On February 18, 2013 the lead single "I Refuse to Sink! (Fuck the Fame)" was released, followed by the second single "Crucified By Your Lies", followed by the third single, "Something Grimm", on July 2, 2013.

Critical reception

David Jeffries from AllMusic gave the album a mixed-to-positive review, noting the lyrics referring to lead singer Dahvie Vanity's rape allegations, and gave both positive and negative comments towards the themes the album addresses. He concluded his review by crediting the band's growth, saying "Bad Blood is better than before, or at least, bloodier."

Track listing

Charts

References

2013 albums
Blood on the Dance Floor (duo) albums

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A ten goal haul to West Coast Eagle forward Josh Kennedy was the difference in what became a one-sided game against the Carlton Blues at Domain Stadium in the opening match of Round 2. Kennedy was unstoppable and deadly accurate as he single-handedly tore the Blues apart. His tally of ten goals 1 point at the end of the game was only one point less than Carlton's entire score.
Swans Retain Top Spot
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At the end of the last round, Sydney Swans found themselves on top of the AFL Ladder by what looked like a feat of legerdemain. Throughout the season the Swans have quietly crept up the table under the radar of their opponents and must now be seen as serious Grand Final contenders. The West Coast Eagles were below them in second position prior to the round but needed to win this important match up to stay in touch for the all-important double chance in the Finals.
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Jonathan Brown's second goal late in the third term against the Suns was his 500th career goal. He is the first player in the club's history to reach the mark. Docker Matthew Pavlich kicked a goal in Round 4 and one in Round 5. He needs five more to become the first Docker in Fremantle's short history to boot 500 goals.
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Sydney and West Coast have a history of close, hard fought encounters over the last decade. The Eagles' form so far this season has been good but Sydney never gives up the fight. This game was billed as a big challenge for the Eagles, up against a Finals team from last year after finishing on the bottom of the Ladder.


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Review: Five Ways to Fall (#4, Ten Tiny Breaths) by K.A. Tucker
Reese and Ben's story is wickedly fun, refreshingly edgy and irresistibly sexy. You'll fall in love in more ways than one!
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Sometimes you can't change—and sometimes you just don't want to. Discover Ben's side of the story in this fourth novel by the beloved, top-selling indie author of Ten Tiny Breaths, One Tiny Lie, and Four Seconds to Lose.
Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she's made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it's time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.
Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris's plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny's Palace, he's ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn't stopped thinking about.
If Ben truly were a smart guy, he'd stay clear of Reese. She's the boss's stepdaughter and it's been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she's trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it's so good-looking…
This could arguably be my favorite KA Tucker book to date. It was refreshing, funny and emotionally charged without being overly heavy. The whole experience was simply completely enjoyable. I loved it! The writing was solid as it always is with this author, the story appealing, and the characters were unique and endearing. Ben and Reese's story is super sexy and flirty with wonderful banter that had me smiling widely and giggling aloud. And to balance the lightness, there was also heartbreak… but even then, I sensed a hope that things would get better for these two intelligent, smart-mouthed people. They may have concluded a happy ever after permanently elusive, but in truth, they each wanted someone to love… someone to love them back… someone who wouldn't abandon them both physically and emotionally.
So what happens when you can't seem to get over a devastating breakup? When you're trying to start anew? You grab your girls and you head to Mexico…
It's been six months since she discovered her husband in the merciless throes of adultery. Six months and she hasn't been able to let go. After drowning her sorrows in the trusted company of Jose Cuervo, Reese MacKay stumbles–quite literally–at the feet of a towering, womanizing and super hunky blond. We first met Ben Morris as Cain's bouncer, but now Reese meets him as the guy who is determined to get her into his bed… albeit for one night only. But Ben has another thing coming if he thinks feisty, purple-haired Reese is an easy score.
"Ben Morris goes with the flow. Ben Morris is fucking Switzerland! He can get hot ass wherever and whenever he wants it, no strings attached."
I love so many things about Reese, one being that she thoroughly enjoys to mess with people and Ben was the perfect target. From the get-go, their exchanges are wildly entertaining and humorous as they try to one-up each other in a game of come hither and I don't think so.
"Anyone who knows me would argue that I love any and all women, and I can't exactly disagree. But I love the angry ones the most. They're a challenge to be conquered, the reason for their fury usually fitting neatly into three buckets: insecure, scorned, hormonal. And this purple-haired chick gazing up at me with fire in her caramel eyes? I'm betting on number two."
To Ben, Reese is a challenge. A hot girl with fire behind her eyes. He loves women and finding someone for the night is hardly difficult. Their initial meeting however, goes epically horrendous. Safe to say, Reese is glad she'd never see Ben again… or would she?
Fate, the cruel jokester, brings these two unlikely strangers back together on Ben's first day of work. And as it turns out Reese is nothing like Ben expected. Thrust together in this unexpected environment, their teasing escalates to new heights, but they also find themselves relating in a very effortless way. Always laughing. Always flirting. Always joking. Neither of them are looking for serious, so both are comfortable in a state of easy banter and flirtation.
"Babe, the only way a wedding ring is landing on this finger of mine is if I'm in a coffin."
Reese is still reeling from the betrayal of her ex-husband. In her life, people have always left her behind, chosen another outcome. These choices have seeded deep-rooted trust issues that have been tough to shake. For Ben, past memories haunt him, making him fearful of the man he could be. So although their time together is filled with laughs, in reality it's shaped by real feelings. First, without awareness, but soon under the guise of humor and dismissive one-liners. When surprising events complicate their carefree dynamic, they must face their past in order to figure out a future. They must finally come to terms with their fears and emotions. Would they both be capable of something real?
In the end, the way the story unfolded was perfect and appropriate to their character arcs. There were moments that were heart wrenching, giving the story's levity some weight and realness without it being overdone. It's bittersweet to finish the last book in a series which I've loved so much, but I'm thrilled that it all ended so wonderfully without a speckle of disappointment. I loved every minute of this book. Loved every minute of this series! I anxiously await what's next from K.A. Tucker!
About K.A. Tucker
Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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mlynpeters said:
cannot wait to read & to meet her in Chicago this Thursday!!!!!
Cezanne said:
Great review Vilma! I'm reading it now and I love Reese


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Ancient wooded ridges known as cheniers that can abound with migrant songbirds. Because of its position in the very center of the Mississippi flyway, nearly HALF of eastern North America's migratory songbirds pass through Louisiana each spring. This is the Louisiana counterpart of High Island, Texas, without the crowds of people.
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ST. GEORGE – The St. George Police Department announced Monday that a burglary suspect has been positively identified and arrested thanks to an overwhelming response from the public in helping identify the alleged suspect through photos.
The Police Department initially issued a statement Thursday seeking the public's help in identifying the suspect. The man, identified as 19-year-old Vincent Damian Trout, of St. George, was subsequently located and apprehended Saturday after police followed up on tips provided by the public.
Trout is suspected of being involved in a Jan. 31 vehicle burglary in St. George during which two finance cards were stolen, St. George Police Detective Terrance Taylor said in a probable cause statement supporting Trout's arrest.
The owner of the finance cards discovered one of the cards had been used to make purchases at a Maverik gas station and a Redbox kiosk, the statement said.
Detectives obtained video surveillance footage from Maverik and captured digital still photographs of a man who entered the business and used the finance card.
After asking for the public's help in identifying the man in the surveillance footage, Taylor said, police received multiple calls from tipsters identifying Trout as the man in the photos.
A witness reported seeing Trout Saturday, and police were able to make contact with him. Trout who was wearing the same glasses, jacket and shoes pictured in the surveillance photos, the statement said.
"(Trout) was detained and I conducted an interview with him in which he confessed to knowing the finance card was stolen and confessed he had been an accessory (look out) in committing the vehicle burglary from where he had obtained the stolen finance card," Taylor said in the statement.
Trout was arrested and booked into the Washington County Purgatory Correctional Facility.
He was charged with one third-degree felony for unlawful acquisition of a finance card; a class A misdemeanor for vehicle burglary; and a class B misdemeanor for making a purchase with the stolen finance card.
"The St. George Police Department is extremely grateful for your assistance in this case," the Police Department said Monday in a statement released to the public.
Yeah the law in Utah doesn't exactly pertain to everyone does it.?
Wearing the same glasses and clothes, thats picture perfect!
He's really not that bright. Good thing they caught him before he moved to Phoenix. I highly doubt law enforcement would have extradited him from Phoenix.


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Forging A United Alliance Against Global Cyber Threats
Dato' Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab FASc
Authored by: Dato' Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab FASc
The COVID-19 global pandemic has become a catalyst for cyberattacks. Cybercriminals are intensifying their attacks at an alarming pace, exploiting the fear and uncertainty caused by an unstable economic situation. With organisations and businesses rapidly deploying remote systems and networks to support staff working from home, criminals are also taking advantage of increased security vulnerabilities to steal data, generate profits and cause disruption.
Cyber-attacks have certainly taken on a global scale with attacks on critical infrastructure becoming the new normal across sectors such as energy, healthcare and transportation. In 2020, suspected Vietnamese government hackers used malicious apps uploaded to the Google Play app store to infect users in Southeast Asia while Canada, the UK, and the U.S. announced that hackers had attempted to steal information related to COVID-19 vaccine development. Meanwhile, New Zealand's stock exchange faced several days of disruptions during after a severe distributed denial of service attack was launched by unknown actors.
Cybercriminals are increasingly using disruptive malware against critical infrastructure and healthcare institutions, due to the potential for high impact and financial benefit. To counter such a massive destructive force calls for a globally integrated network and alliance in cyber defence. CyberSecurity Malaysia has always positioned itself among the top in the global cybersecurity network. CyberSecurity Malaysia is the Permanent Secretariat for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT) and also as the Chair of Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT).
To counter the onslaught of vast cybercriminal networks, we must act as fast and stay as globally integrated as they are. Domestically, private-public collaboration is key in developing technical and risk management standards and convening information-sharing forums.
On the international front, cross-border cooperation is vital to developing a rapid response to any cyber incidence. More importantly, we need to develop a greater understanding of cyber risks by sharing the outcome of research and analysis through the periodic Malware Trend Report.
Connecting global cyber-security dots
To succeed as a global cybersecurity community, there must be greater information sharing between countries to coordinate threat intelligence, incident reporting and best practices in resilience and response. Knowing that cyber-attacks are no longer a question of if but when, we need to get ready. Crisis preparation and response protocols need to be developed at both the national and cross-border level in order to recover operations as soon as possible. In the near future, regional joint-cyber drill exercises could become a reality similar to joint-military exercises to build a cyber-defence network in Southeast Asia.
As we confront an increasingly complex array of cybersecurity threats which have the potential to disrupt economic activities, critical infrastructures and even put lives at risk, the ability of nations and governments to effectively confront these threats depends on strong institutions and robust collaboration across the international community. Development of a safer and more resilient cyber ecosystem will certainly enhance national security, economic prosperity and social harmony.
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Dallas property manager HMK is wrong to play hardball with poor tenants
A Dallas property manager, HMK Ltd., is playing hardball with the city -- and its tenants -- by refusing to negotiate with Dallas City Hall over the condition of some the houses it's renting to poor people in West Dallas and in southern Dallas.
Community organizer Ronnie Mestas hands a flier to resident Fernando Gonzalez on McBroom Street. Many residents in the West Dallas neighborhood are being evicted from their rent homes, which are managed by HMK Limited. (G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer)
By James Ragland
1:25 PM on Oct 12, 2016 CDT
In case you were wondering, it is possible to be right and wrong at the same time.
Just look at how HMK Ltd., a small Dallas-based property management company, is handling its feud with the city of Dallas.
Fed up with the city's effort to crack down on alleged housing code violations at some of the hundreds of properties it's renting to low-income tenants, HMK decided to play hardball.
Taking a page out of Greg Miller's Bad PR Playbook — recall the cupcake détente — HMK dropped the gauntlet on its poor tenants, telling all of them they've got three days to get out after their current leases expire.
And rather than taking ownership of the vexing problems documented at some of its properties — "unspeakably squalid conditions" such as rats and vermin, porous roofs and a lack of heating and air conditioning at some of the houses is how the city described it in a lawsuit — HMK laid all of its troubles at the feet of the city.
"We tried to do our best," HMK co-owner Khraish H. Khraish told tenants in a letter. "The city of Dallas is forcing us to take this action."
No, the city of Dallas is forcing property owners — some of them notorious slumlords who've long made a buck on the backs of poor people — to meet certain basic standards.
Now, if HMK is of the mind that it can't manage the properties within those new guidelines and still make a decent profit, it has every right to take its houses off the market.
Don't let the backdoor hit you.
Community members listen to announcements during a community meeting regarding upcoming mass evictions in West Dallas by landlord HMK Ltd. (Ting Shen/Staff Photographer)
But HMK knows that's not what the city wants.
And it's certainly not what the tenants, most of whom pay $350 to $575 on month-to-month leases in neighborhoods in West Dallas, were asking for, either.
They just want a clean, decent place to live at an affordable price. These aren't Uptown digs, and they never will be.
All HMK had to do, if it's not willing to negotiate with the city, was say: "We can no longer afford to rent these properties in Dallas with the business model we have in place. Therefore, we plan to shut down our rental business within the next six months to a year, which we hope will give the tenants enough time to find new places to live."
Instead, in what can best be described as a cold, calculating move inconsiderate of the families who must scramble on short notice to find new dwellings in a city short of low-income housing, HMK retaliated — against the city, if not purposely against the tenants.
Luckily, a state district judge granted the city and a group of HMK tenants the temporary restraining order they sought to block the evictions, pending a hearing on Oct. 24.
That hearing will determine whether there's enough evidence to pursue a case against HMK for violating city and state laws.
HMK apparently was upset with the desperate tenants who let code enforcement inspectors into their homes to see the deplorable conditions the city outlined.
"Despite HMK's efforts, several HMK tenants stood their ground and continued to cooperate with code inspectors," according to the city's petition intervening in the suit. "When HMK was faced with the defiance of its tenants to be silenced and the deplorable conditions of their homes, HMK initiated a mass retaliation, non-renewal, lease termination and threat of eviction campaign on its tenants."
HMK Ltd. told residents they have to move out after their month-to-month leases expire. (G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer)
Look, I don't have a dog in this fight. I don't personally know HMK's owners or, to the best of my knowledge, any of the tenants.
But I do know that poor people have a tough enough life without getting caught in the crosshairs of City Hall and a defiant property manager that decided to take the low road.
And I know that the new housing standards the City Council embraced late last month to improve living conditions in rental properties are long overdue.
So if HMK really is a good actor, meaning it wants to make a buck AND take care of its tenants, why all the drama?
To paraphrase Shakespeare, the property manager "doth protest too much, methinks."
James Ragland. James is a 32-year veteran of The Dallas Morning News and The Washington Post. The native Texan has degrees in journalism & political science, has covered the mayors of Dallas & D.C., and led local government coverage. James is a Distinguished Alum & in the TIPA Hall of Fame.
jragland@dallasnews.com /JamesRagland61 @jamesragland61
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Yoshihide Suga – who is the man set to be Japan's next prime minister?
Craig Mark, Kyoritsu Women's University
Yoshihide Suga is set to be Japan's new prime minister after he was easily elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday.
Suga is due to be formally appointed prime minister by a vote in the Japanese parliament on Wednesday, where the conservative LDP has a majority in both houses.
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe's resignation last month due to illness was a surprise. But once the leadership contest was declared, 71-year-old Suga – the chief cabinet secretary – was widely expected to be Japan's next prime minister.
Wanting policy consistency, the leaders of five out of seven of the LDP's major factions declared their support for Suga, which doomed the chances of challengers Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba.
Who is Suga?
Unlike Abe and many other Japanese politicians, Suga did not inherit a dynastic political support network. He is the eldest son of a prosperous strawberry farmer in the northern Akita prefecture.
The young Suga did not take up the family farm, but left for Tokyo. He studied at Hosei University and worked at a cardboard box factory and as a security guard.
Eschewing the radical student politics of the late 1960s, after graduation, he became a politician's secretary. Suga was elected to the assembly of the port city of Yokohama in 1987.
Read more: Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy
A shrewd networker, he built up his own local power base and was elected to the national Diet (parliament) for the LDP in 1996.
After switching between different factions, Suga ended up unaligned. But he became close to Abe and was internal affairs minister in Abe's first term of government in 2006.
In opposition, Suga was instrumental in helping Abe reclaim the LDP leadership in 2012, and was rewarded with the chief cabinet secretary position.
A fierce reputation
As chief cabinet secretary, Suga gained a reputation for ruthlessly controlling the bureaucracy and stonewalling the media at daily press conferences.
He played a crucial role in protecting Abe from greater scrutiny over numerous scandals that dogged his government.
Yoshihide Suga takes over from Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe. Masanori Genko/AP
A teetotaller like Abe, Suga is renowned for a strict work ethic. He lives mostly in a government dormitory and rises each day at 5am to do 100 sit-ups.
This stern, humourless image was slightly leavened when he announced the name of the new Imperial era in April 2019, and briefly received the moniker of "Uncle Reiwa".
What will Suga do now?
Suga now takes up the challenge of keeping coronavirus under control and has pledged to continue the record deficit spending and quantitative easing of "Abenomics".
He has indicated the consumption tax could be raised again in future. Suga also wants to reduce mobile phone rates, restructure regional banks and encourage further digitisation of the economy.
Read more: Japan: spring and prosperity the watchwords as country announces a new era
In environment policy, Suga is likely to continue the restart of nuclear power plants, build new coal-fired power plants and promote commercial whaling.
But apart from COVID-19, there are big challenges ahead. Suga's administration will struggle to restimulate the economy out of its deepest postwar recession, hold the delayed Olympics next year, and confront entrenched gender and income inequality.
International and security challenges
Suga admits to being inexperienced in international affairs, and will possibly retain Abe – who for now remains in the Diet – as a special diplomatic adviser.
The new leader's foreign policy priorities will be to maintain the US alliance, and keep relations with China relatively smooth. Unlike his rival Ishiba, Suga does not favour creating an "Asian NATO", but will still promote cooperative middle-power relations with ASEAN, India and Australia.
Suga now faces the task of guiding Japan and its economy through COVID-19. Eugene Hoshiko /Pool/EPA
Like Abe, Suga desires to resolve the longstanding issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. He also has a difficult task to restore the dire state of relations with neighbour South Korea.
Suga also shares Abe's unfulfilled goal of changing article 9 of the constitution to allow greater deployment of Japan's Self-Defence Forces. His new cabinet will proceed with a controversial new defence doctrine, to acquire cruise missiles for pre-emptive strikes against potential threats from the Asian continent.
Early election?
Suga has cautioned against an early election until COVID-19 is brought under control.
But there is already speculation a snap election could be called, possibly by the end of next month. This would stop the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from building on its recent reorganisation into a more united bloc.
Read more: How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan's coronavirus response
The next election for the lower house of the Diet is due by October 2021, so at most, Suga only has a year to prove himself to be more than a caretaker prime minister.
He faces a leadership vote again in September 2021, under party rules requiring a ballot every three years for each regular term of LDP leader.
Internal rivals will seek another chance at the top job, particularly as the whole rank-and-file membership of the LDP will be allowed to participate in this vote. This may favour the generally more popular Ishiba.
If a larger field of candidates such as defense minister Taro Kono, or acting secretary general Tomomi Inada run against Suga, it is possible Japan could have yet another new prime minister by this time next year.
Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women's University
Japan, ldp, liberal democratic party, parliament, politics, prime minister, shinzo abe, yoshihide suga


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