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Q: Invoking RunCukeTest with @ExtendedCucumberOptions throwing Initialization Error Environment - Cucumber V. 4.0.0 | Selenium V.3.8.1 | JUnit V.4.12 | cucumber-runner & cucumber-report-generator 1.3.3
First time i am trying to implement @ExtendedCucumberOptions so that i can run failed test case again. Getting initialization error -

More Info about Error -
java.lang.VerifyError: Bad type on operand stack
Exception Details:
  Location:
    cucumber/runtime/ExtendedRuntime.runStep(Ljava/lang/String;Lgherkin/formatter/model/Step;Lgherkin/formatter/Reporter;Lgherkin/I18n;)V @94: invokeinterface
  Reason:
    Type 'cucumber/runtime/StepDefinitionMatch' (current frame, stack[1]) is not assignable to 'gherkin/formatter/model/Match'
  Current Frame:
    bci: @94
    flags: { }
    locals: { 'cucumber/runtime/ExtendedRuntime', 'java/lang/String', 'gherkin/formatter/model/Step', 'gherkin/formatter/Reporter', 'gherkin/I18n', 'cucumber/runtime/StepDefinitionMatch' }
    stack: { 'gherkin/formatter/Reporter', 'cucumber/runtime/StepDefinitionMatch' }
  Bytecode:
    0x0000000: 2ab6 0070 2b2c 1904 b900 6504 003a 05a7
    0x0000010: 0047 3a06 2d19 06b6 0072 03b9 0073 0200
    0x0000020: c000 52b9 0074 0200 bb00 5059 1260 09b8
    0x0000030: 0059 1906 b200 5ab7 005b 3a07 2d19 07b9
    0x0000040: 0075 0200 2a19 07b7 0076 2a19 06b6 0061
    0x0000050: 2a04 b500 0cb1 1905 c600 0e2d 1905 b900
    0x0000060: 7402 00a7 0022 2db2 0077 b900 7402 002d
    0x0000070: b200 78b9 0075 0200 2ab2 0078 b700 762a
    0x0000080: 04b5 000c b12a b400 14b6 004c 9900 082a
    0x0000090: 04b5 000c 2ab4 000c 9900 162a b200 79b7
    0x00000a0: 0076 2db2 0079 b900 7502 00a7 0114 1251
    0x00000b0: 3a06 013a 072a b400 15b9 0056 0100 1905
    0x00000c0: 1904 b600 6f2a b400 15b9 0058 0100 3708
    0x00000d0: bb00 5059 1906 1608 b800 5919 07b2 005a
    0x00000e0: b700 5b3a 0a2a 190a b700 762d 190a b900
    0x00000f0: 7502 00a7 00cc 3a08 1908 3a07 1260 3a06
    0x0000100: 2a19 08b6 0061 2ab4 0015 b900 5801 0037
    0x0000110: 08bb 0050 5919 0616 08b8 0059 1907 b200
    0x0000120: 5ab7 005b 3a0a 2a19 0ab7 0076 2d19 0ab9
    0x0000130: 0075 0200 a700 8b3a 0819 083a 0719 08b8
    0x0000140: 0045 9900 0a12 5f3a 06a7 0007 1260 3a06
    0x0000150: 2a19 08b6 0061 2a04 b500 0c2a b400 15b9
    0x0000160: 0058 0100 3708 bb00 5059 1906 1608 b800
    0x0000170: 5919 07b2 005a b700 5b3a 0a2a 190a b700
    0x0000180: 762d 190a b900 7502 00a7 0036 3a0b 2ab4
    0x0000190: 0015 b900 5801 0037 0cbb 0050 5919 0616
    0x00001a0: 0cb8 0059 1907 b200 5ab7 005b 3a0e 2a19
    0x00001b0: 0eb7 0076 2d19 0eb9 0075 0200 190b bfb1
    0x00001c0:
  Exception Handler Table:
    bci [0, 15] => handler: 18
    bci [190, 197] => handler: 246
    bci [190, 197] => handler: 311
    bci [190, 197] => handler: 396
    bci [246, 262] => handler: 396
    bci [311, 347] => handler: 396
    bci [396, 398] => handler: 396
  Stackmap Table:
    same_locals_1_stack_item_frame(@18,Object[#311])
    append_frame(@86,Object[#303])
    same_frame(@102)
    same_frame(@133)
    same_frame(@148)
    same_frame(@174)
    full_frame(@246,{Object[#194],Object[#277],Object[#302],Object[#275],Object[#312],Object[#303],Object[#277],Object[#278]},{Object[#313]})
    same_locals_1_stack_item_extended(@311,Object[#278])
    append_frame(@332,Object[#278])
    same_frame(@336)
    full_frame(@396,{Object[#194],Object[#277],Object[#302],Object[#275],Object[#312],Object[#303],Object[#277],Object[#278]},{Object[#278]})
    chop_frame(@447,2)

    at com.github.mkolisnyk.cucumber.runner.ExtendedCucumber.createRuntime(ExtendedCucumber.java:93)
    at com.github.mkolisnyk.cucumber.runner.ExtendedCucumber.<init>(ExtendedCucumber.java:52)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:104)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:86)
    at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
    at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:26)
    at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
    at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:33)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createUnfilteredTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:87)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:73)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:46)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:522)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:760)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:460)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:206)

First let me share my understanding on implementation, we have to add below 2 dependencies -
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.mkolisnyk</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-runner</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.3</version>
    </dependency>

     <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.mkolisnyk</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-report-generator</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.3</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

I also added below 2 as i was under impression, these shall be added as well by doing some research on net.
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
        <version>4.1.3</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
        <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.28</version>
    </dependency>

Below is RunCukeTest.java Class -
@RunWith(ExtendedCucumber.class)
@ExtendedCucumberOptions(
        jsonReport = "target/cucumber-json/cucumber.json",
        retryCount = 3,
        detailedReport = true,
        detailedAggregatedReport = true,
        overviewReport = true,
        coverageReport = true,
        jsonUsageReport = "target/cucumber-reports/cucumber-usage.json",
        usageReport = false,
        toPDF = true,
       // excludeCoverageTags = {"@sanity" },
        includeCoverageTags = {"@regression" },
        outputFolder = "target/cucumber-reports/extended-report")

@CucumberOptions(features = "classpath:features/functional/",
                     glue = {"com.jacksparrow.automation.steps_definitions.functional" },
                   plugin = { "pretty","json:target/cucumber-json/cucumber.json",
                            "junit:target/cucumber-reports/Cucumber.xml", "html:target/cucumber-reports",
                            "com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"},
                   tags = { "@regression" },
                   junit ={ "--step-notifications"},
                   strict = false,
                   dryRun = false,
               monochrome = true)

public class RunCukeTest {
}

POM.XML
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.jacksparrow.automation</groupId>
  <artifactId>TheDayAfterTomorrow</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <scm>
        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/extent-framework/extentreports-cucumber4-adapter.git</connection>
        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/extent-framework/extentreports-cucumber4-adapter.git</developerConnection>
        <url>https://github.com/extent-framework/extentreports-cucumber4-adapter</url>
    </scm>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <cucumberversion>4.0.0</cucumberversion>
        <selenium.version>3.8.1</selenium.version>
        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
        <assertj-core.version>3.12.0</assertj-core.version>
        <cucumberdatatableversion>1.1.12</cucumberdatatableversion>
        <webdrivermanager.version>3.0.0</webdrivermanager.version>
        <extent.report.version>3.1.1</extent.report.version>
        <extent-cucumber-adapter.version>1.0.5</extent-cucumber-adapter.version>
        <maven-surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-surefire.plugin.version>
        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
        <maven.failsafe.plugin.version>2.22.1</maven.failsafe.plugin.version>
        <maven.build.helper.plugin.version>3.0.0</maven.build.helper.plugin.version>
        <joda-time>2.5</joda-time>
        <mysql>5.1.6</mysql>
        <jackson-core>2.6.3</jackson-core>
        <common-db-utils>1.6</common-db-utils>
        <commons-io>2.6</commons-io>
        <commons-lang>3.4</commons-lang>
        <lombok>1.16.4</lombok>
        <slf4jVersion>1.7.7</slf4jVersion>
        <apache.poi.version>3.16</apache.poi.version>
        <generated.runner.directory>${project.build.directory}/parallel/runners</generated.runner.directory>
        <generated.feature.directory>${project.build.directory}/parallel/features</generated.feature.directory>
    </properties>

<dependencies>

<!-- ********************************()() IO.CUCUMBER & SELENIUM DEPENDENCIES ()()******************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberversion}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberversion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberversion}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-jvm</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberversion}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>datatable</artifactId>
        <version>${cucumberdatatableversion}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.mkolisnyk</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-runner</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.3</version>
    </dependency>

     <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.mkolisnyk</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-report-generator</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.3</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
        <version>4.1.3</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
        <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.28</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>${junit.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
        <version>${selenium.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
        <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
        <version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
        <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
        <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

<!-- ************************************()() EXTENT REPORT DEPENDENCY ()()******************************* -->
<!--    <dependency> -->
<!--        <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId> -->
<!--        <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId> -->
<!--        <version>4.0.9</version> -->
<!--    </dependency> -->

<!--    <dependency> -->
<!--        <groupId>com.vimalselvam</groupId> -->
<!--        <artifactId>cucumber-extentsreport</artifactId> -->
<!--        <version>${extent.report.version}</version> -->
<!--    </dependency> -->

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
        <artifactId>extentreports-cucumber4-adapter</artifactId>
        <version>${extent-cucumber-adapter.version}</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- *******************************()() CUCUMBER MAVEN REPORTING DEPENDENCY ()()***************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- **************************************()() SLF4J DEPENDENCY ()()************************************ -->
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
   </dependency>

<!-- ****************************************()() JSON DEPENDENCY ()()************************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
        <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.1</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
        <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
        <version>0.9.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
        <version>2.8.2</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.qameta.allure</groupId>
        <artifactId>allure-cucumber4-jvm</artifactId>
        <version>2.9.0</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- **********************************()() JAVA MAIL API DEPENDENCY ()()************************************ -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.mail-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.5.5</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- **************************************()() LOG4J DEPENDENCY ()()*************************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.17</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- ************************************()() POI & XML DEPENDENCY ()()************************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
        <version>3.11-beta3</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
        <version>3.9</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
        <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.2</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
        <version>${commons-io}</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- ***************************************()() REPORTNG DEPENDENCY ()()********************************* -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
        <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
        <version>3.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>velocity</groupId>
        <artifactId>velocity-dep</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- ***************************************()() APPIUM DEPENDENCY ()()********************************* -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
        <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
        <version>3.4.0</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- *****************************************()() PDF DEPENDENCY ()()********************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
        <version>5.4.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>
        <artifactId>itext</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.1</version>
    </dependency>

<!-- ************************************()() ATUTestRecorder DEPENDENCY ()()**************************** -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.CA.ATU21</groupId>
        <artifactId>ATUTestRecorder</artifactId>
        <version>2.1</version>
        <scope>system</scope>
        <systemPath>${basedir}/lib/ATUTestRecorder-2.1.jar</systemPath>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.codeborne</groupId>
        <artifactId>phantomjsdriver</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.1</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
        <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
        <version>1.3</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
        <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0.0</version>
    </dependency>

     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
        <version>${apache.poi.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
        <version>${apache.poi.version}</version>
    </dependency>

</dependencies>

<!-- ************************************()() MAVEN COMPILER PLUGIN ()()*************************************** -->
<build>
    <plugins>

    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
        <configuration>
            <source>1.8</source>
            <target>1.8</target>
            <compilerVersion>1.8</compilerVersion>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>

<!-- ************************************()() MAVEN SUREFIRE PLUGIN ()()*************************************** -->
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${maven-surefire.plugin.version}</version>
        <configuration>
            <parallel>methods</parallel>
            <threadCount>1</threadCount>
            <reuserForks>false</reuserForks>
            <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
            <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
            <includes>
                <include>**/*RunCukeTest.java</include>
            </includes>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>

<!-- ***********************************()() CLUECUMBER REPORT PLUGIN ()()*********************************** -->
    <plugin>
        <groupId>com.trivago.rta</groupId>
        <artifactId>cluecumber-report-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0</version>
        <executions>
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What could be wrong here.

A: Now its clear @ExtendedCucumberOptions were supported till Cucumber V 1.2.5 and Someone working on Cucumber 4.0.0 or later of V 1.2.5 shall not use this option in case someone like to re-run their failed test cases.

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In what they're calling a great development for the city, Mission held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a new gated community that will house 99 new families and several new businesses.
The Mirabelle subdivision, located on the corner of Shary Road and Business 83, has space for 99 residential lots in the back and will have commercial lots at the entrance of the subdivision, city Manager Randy Perez said.
"It's a great development for us, we're anticipating 99 new families to come to the city of Mission," Perez said. "With the expected growth in that area, it's proof of Mission progressing in growth when we have subdivisions like these being developed."
Shavi Mahtani, president at Domain Development Corp., said the 30-acre area will bring in $35M of residential construction, making this subdivision a substantial development.
Perez also noted that the intersection where the Mirabelle Subdivision will be built is one of the city's busiest with a high volume of traffic occurring there every day.
"It'll be a major development once we build all those homes as we wait to see those 99 homes in the future," Perez said.


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Georgia Between Russia and the European Union: Toward the Vilnius Summit and Beyond (Part One)
By: Vladimir Socor
November 25, 2013 09:14 PM Age: 8 years
(Source: Civil Georgia)
Georgia's Western orientation is the legacy of former president Mikheil Saakashvili's government (2003–2012), which ended the predecessor governments' equivocations. A tradition-bound society with almost no historical experience of Europe, very limited comprehension of European norms and values, and isolated during the past two centuries within the Russian and Soviet empires, was now being told by a young Westernized elite group in power that the country's place is in Europe. For almost a decade, that incessant message, along with the government's reforms and the magnetic attraction of Europe itself, generated overwhelming popular support for Georgia's Western course, and opened the way toward an association agreement with the European Union.
The Georgian Dream government of Bidzina Ivanishvili (prime minister, November 2012–November 2013, succeeded by Irakli Gharibashvili—see EDM, November 4) inherited both the pro-Western national consensus and the reforms that qualified Georgia for association with the EU. The Georgian Dream government has adopted that heritage. It will initial the association agreement with the EU at the November 28–29 summit in Vilnius under the EU's Lithuanian presidency, and expects the agreement to be signed and enter into force during 2014.
On the other hand, the Georgian Dream government came to power on a pledge to improve relations with a hostile Russia (see EDM, March 14, 2012). The two declared goals—advancing Georgia's Western orientation while reducing tensions with Russia—are mutually contradictory. In the run-up to the Vilnius summit, the Georgian government clearly prioritizes the Western track over the Russian one.
Russia's current policy objectives toward Georgia include:
• Precluding Georgia's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or any significant steps (e.g., a membership action plan) that would lead toward NATO accession. Perpetuating Georgia's military vulnerability vis-à-vis Russian forces deployed in the occupied territories;
• Inducing Georgia to shift toward a "balanced," two-vector policy;
• Shaping Georgian public opinion toward rebuilding economic and cultural ties with Russia based on the "common past";
• Discouraging investments that would further develop oil and gas pipelines through the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey corridor to Europe, particularly gas from Central Asia;
• Delaying the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railroad project; promoting, instead, restoration of the railroad from Russia via Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia to Armenia; using this railroad as a transportation corridor in the event that Armenia completes its accession to the Russia-led Customs Union (see EDM, January 31, October 17);
• Laying the ground for Russian-Georgian joint business ventures in Georgia, so as to develop local interest groups vested in closer ties with Russia (see EDM, February 6);
• Restoring some form of diplomatic relations with Georgia even as Russia continues to occupy, "recognize," and maintain diplomatic missions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia (see EDM, November 13, 2012);
• Devaluing Western verbal support for Georgia's territorial integrity by perpetuating the Russian occupation, brazenly disregarding the West's position. Waiting for Western fatigue to take hold on this issue, and inducing Georgia in due course to explore some "solution" with Russia. Ultimately, holding out the possibility of trading off Georgia's Euro-Atlantic orientation for a Russian-approved pseudo-solution to the territories' status.
In pursuit of those goals, Russia holds or is fashioning a range of economic and political instruments to exert leverage on Georgia:
• Visa and migrant labor policy: Given Georgia's heavy reliance on labor remittances from Russia, the Russian government seeks political concessions in return for restoring visa-free travel of Georgian citizens to Russia. Thus, Moscow claims that visa-free travel is impossible as long as bilateral diplomatic relations are not restored and the embassies are not reopened. The intent is to pressure Tbilisi to abandon its own position of keeping diplomatic relations from being restored as long as Russia maintains "embassy"-level relations with Sukhumi and Tskhinvali.
Indeed, Moscow may eventually ask Georgia to accede to certain Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreements (i.e., return to the CIS), as a condition to restoring visa-free travel for Georgian citizens to Russia and unimpeded access to the Russian market for Georgian products. Meanwhile, Russia's citizens enjoy visa-free travel to Georgia, unilaterally granted by the allegedly "anti-Russian" United National Movement (UNM) government. Russia's top negotiator with Georgia, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Grigory Karasin, made clear that Russia would move slowly on these issues when he met with his Georgian counterpart, Zurab Abashidze, for the fifth time since the launch of this format almost one year ago (Interfax, Civil Georgia, November 21).
• Market access: Following Georgia's regime change, Russia lifted the politically motivated bans it had earlier imposed on Georgian grapes and other fruit, wines, and mineral water. Last month, Russia enlarged the list of fruit and vegetable produce allowed to enter the Russian market (Civil Georgia, October 11).
These steps are undoubtedly welcome to many Georgian producers, and politically helpful to the Georgian Dream government. In the longer term, however, reverting to dependence on the Russian market would slow down Georgian efforts to upgrade product quality to European Union standards (a lesson successfully learned by the Baltic States more than ten years ago). Moreover, access to the Russian market is unreliable due to Moscow's political manipulation of this issue (see EDM, October 10, 11). If Russian companies establish joint ventures in Georgia to "ensure" the access of local produce to the Russian market, and Georgia becomes more reliant on Russian investments, then it might be a question of time until Russia begins applying pressures or inducements to Georgia to join the Russia-led Customs Union.
• Political influence: Moscow will probably encourage the growth of a pro-Russia political party, which will phrase its message as advocating a "balanced policy" for Georgia. The Kremlin openly promoted former parliament chairwoman Nino Burjanadze's group for that role during the final years of the Saakashvili administration (see EDM, November 22). Burjanadze took third place in the October 2013 presidential election with 10 percent of the votes cast, behind Georgian Dream winner Giorgi Margvelashvili's 62 percent and UNM's Davit Bakradze's 22 percent. Moscow will almost certainly seek to broaden the range of its political connections in Georgia beyond Burjanadze. It will probably also seek out business partners for Russian companies in Georgia, let such local partners grow rich and expect them to influence the country's politics. Although Georgia will be initialing a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union in Vilnius, prospective international investments in Georgia at the moment are largely of non-EU origin (www.fund.ge, accessed November 24).
As in other ex-Soviet countries with multi-party competitive politics (e.g. Ukraine, Moldova), Russia will probably try to maneuver some Georgian politicians into demonstrating that they can manage relations with Russia more beneficially for Georgia than their local rivals could. Moscow will undoubtedly persist with courting the Georgian Orthodox Church, so as to cement a common front against Western influence on society. Influential elements in the Georgian Church share this perspective. Nevertheless, the Georgian Church will continue objecting to the Russian occupation of territories that it regards as Georgia's.
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Gah – where the border becomes a blur
Suhail YusufFebruary 11, 2011
Gah primary school – the first school of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. – Photo by Raheel Qureshi / Dawn.com
Located near Chakwal, Gah Begal was once declared a model village during the tenure of former president Pervez Musharraf. About 2,000 people reside in this 228-home village in the Pakistani province of Punjab. This also happens to be the childhood home of Manmohan Singh, the current Prime Minister of India.
In an exclusive interview with Dawn.com, a Gah Primary School teacher, Ghulam Murtaza, proudly displayed Singh's report cards from the second and third grade. The school's admission register showed that Singh was enrolled in grade 1, his serial number being 187. Murtaza's father also happened to be a class-mate of Singh.
"Teaching at this school is a matter of dual pride for me because my father was a fellow of Singh here," Murtaza said.
The school's admission register showed that Singh was enrolled in grade 1, his serial number being 187. – Photo by Raheel Qureshi / Dawn.com
The Model Village
Even though the village still lacks electricity and gas, it witnessed rapid development during the previous government's era. Officials from the Energy Resource Institute of India came to Gah for a visit on the directives of Singh. They installed solar street lights, distributed solar lanterns to every family, installed solar geysers, bio-gas plants and dry wood gasification system for mass cooking. Indian engineers also set a geyser for the small mosque of the village.
However, Pakistani experts still have not played any role in generating alternative energy. It is also unfortunate that the smokeless wood gasification system in the village has not been working and no Pakistani authority has so far shown any interest in fixing it.
The former Nazim, Raja Ashiq Hussain, revealed to us a letter from Singh, composed and signed in Urdu in which the Indian prime minister wrote about the developmental schemes for his birthplace.
Hussain also visited India with a Pakistani delegation to observe the local government system of India.
Before independence, Gah was the center of economic activity triggered by Hindu and Sikh businessmen who made up around 50 per cent of the total population, while the rest were Muslims. It was then considered a far more important town than Chakwal.
When riots erupted just after the independence, local villagers provided protection to Hindu and Sikh women but a handful of looters from outside, took over the property of non-Muslims. It was also most unfortunate that Singh's home was destroyed. Singh's family then moved to India for their children's higher education in 1941.
The villagers said that all developmental programs of Gah have now halted. Millions of rupees had been allocated for the development of separate schools for boys and girls, a vocational training center and a veterinary hospital. But the school buildings remain half built while the veterinary hospital and vocational training center still need viable staff.
A village of compassion
Hussian recalled the warm sentiments between Pakistan and India during the tenure of the previous government, when many key Indian delegates had visited Gah weekly.
He shared an interesting story of two energy engineers from India who came to install solar devices in Gah. Initially, both were not willing to visit Pakistan because of the stereotyped image of the country.
The engineers said that visiting Pakistan meant that either they would die or return to India with a beard.
Eventually, upon receiving immense hospitality from the villagers, the engineers confessed to not wanting to leave.
The villagers hope this sentiment will spread as they cling to the hope that Singh will one day come back to visit his childhood home.
The development of this village meanwhile continues to suffer a similar fate to that of the stalled Indo-Pak talks.
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Beautifully written, very thought provoking. I wonder where all our NGOs established for the purpose of bringing prosperity to the urban areas are. If the government is not taking interest in helping villagers of a model village, may be we should. Its OUR Pakistan and not just the governments. Such a system can be implemented to hundreds of villages spread across Pakistan. Sohail Yusuf, you got yourself an admirer.
Very nice - now I wish those solar panel guys visit some villages in India.
Abhik Ray
Indian engineers should visit Gah again. There is no alternative to increased people to people contact. While politicians can talk on and on, these contacts, hopefully, will at least do something good in the futire.
Amazingly...no one has post any comments. Pakistan and the authorities in Pakistan are living in the world of 1910 where the name of development and advancement is an alien to them.
Why is Mr.Singh spending hundreds of thousands of Indian tax payer money on developing a village in Pakistan when there are thousands of Indian villages need basic things like water & electricity? Does Indian Govt have told this to Indian people? Do not get me wrong here.I am very happy that Gah is developing.
great story I wish for the day when India and pakistan are once again come together, with free trade and co-operation.
Every institution suffers from same apathy which has been shown for this village. The word shame does not even justify this callousness and insensivity.
B.S.Pani
There is an active movement in India these days wherein people are being encouraged to visit their childhood schools and their ancestral villages and look for opportunities as to what they can give back there. A very satisfying and happy experienced it was for me personally when, after retirement, I visited my village in rural Orissa after a gap of 50 years. Now I am helping 'my village' with health and primary education development and creating a corpus funds for promoting girl child education. I am sure Manmohan Singh is also inspired by this movement!!
Debasish Deka
Well, The same manmohan singh got his election candidature from guwahati, assam, but didn't even do that much for the constituency. He should have stayed in pakistan
Navaid Ahmed
Very enlightening article and one would hope that the government will take a lesson from your hard work and fact finding mission to focus on constructive development of villages like Gah and several others which are in dire need of genuine help!!!!!!!!. Thanks for sharing. Navaid Ahmed


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Today, businesses are employing an array of approaches to develop and distribute content to attract new consumers and retain existing ones. Thanks to new and emerging technologies, such as AI, there are more and more possibilities for content marketing.
Speaking of AI, it's proving to be a pivotal technology across marketing efforts. And businesses are quick to take note. A PwC survey of more than 1,000 companies in the U.S. found that more than half have escalated their adoption of AI.
One application of AI is the use of chatbots, a customer service-digital marketing tool that not only frees up time for human representatives but also appeals to consumers' unique needs. Now, it's practically impossible to visit a major website or Facebook page without seeing a chatbot popup and asking if it can help you. Businesses can also use them to communicate with consumers, field questions, and resolve issues quickly.
AI is also being used in digital advertising campaigns, assessing how individual campaigns are performing and adjusting the messaging accordingly.
Didn't think voice assistance technology was a marketing tool? It actually can be — and often is. Now that tools like Alexa, Google Home, and Siri are household items and names, businesses are curious about how they can leverage the technology to help consumers find their items. Today, for example, there are targeted ads on voice-operated devices.
SEO strategies are different from voice-based search, too. They depend on unique optimization, and marketing professionals must gear their plans accordingly.
Of course, voice assistants would be nothing without AI, which is why these pivotal tools go hand in hand.
Generational Targeting
The oldest members of Gen Z are approaching their mid-20s. Meanwhile, the oldest Baby Boomers are solidly in their mid-70s. As audience demographics are changing, businesses are revamping their approaches to target consumers accordingly.
While Boomers and Gen Xers are far from forgotten, today, most businesses are focusing on appealing to Gen Zers and Millennials. These consumers tend to prefer digital marketing efforts that are responsive and focused. Organizations will do well to research the needs and wants of their new target demographics.
Increasingly, consumers are taking note of marketing efforts that are uniquely tailored to them and their interests. SmarterHQ's Privacy & Personalization report even finds that 72% of survey respondents exclusively engage with messages personalized to them. Using big data, AI, and other tools, marketers can appeal to different segments.
For example, they can target ads on social media to people of different demographics and with specific interests. They can also send emails with personalized greetings and alter their newsletters according to the wants of various segments of their consumer base, including those who have or haven't engaged with the brand previously.
This leads to a better customer experience overall and more meaningful interactions between the brand and the consumer.
Marketing efforts must appeal to people who have a wide array of backgrounds, ethnicities, races, socioeconomic statuses, genders, sexualities, ages, jobs, and more. It's extraordinarily important for brands to be inclusive and representative of diverse populations. Retail ads, for instance, should appeal to people with different body types, and many brands are acknowledging this by being body inclusive.
Meanwhile, businesses are also including a variety of content that is representative of minorities and appeals to many different segments of the population — better reflecting the diversity in the real world.
Inclusivity also encompasses accessibility or reaching people with different abilities. For example, marketers are encouraged to use alt tags on images, word descriptions of the content being presented, and uploading captions to videos in content marketing and on social media.
It's abundantly clear that digital marketing must encompass new methods and practices in order to appeal to today's consumers. While some strategies of yesterday are now outdated, new ones are taking their place.
Brands across industries must work to revamp their ideas and reach new target populations, recognizing critical trends in the modern landscape. One thing is clear: the digital marketing world is constantly changing, and organizations must be at the forefront of innovation in order to keep up.
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Artist of the Month - July 2020
Written By Jim T. Gammill
Arts Council Menifee
Arts Council Menifee is proud to name James Taylor as its selection for Artist of the Month for the Month of July, 2020. Taylor has been involved with Arts Council Menifee off and on for the past several years and has established himself as part of the city's artistic community with his talent and unique artwork that spans several mediums in the visual arts.
James Taylor has lived in Menifee since 2007 and has worked in the field of arts education for the past several years. His career in education began with a position teaching 8th grade art and went on to include positions at Calvary Murrieta Christian School, San Jacinto Valley Academy, and a three-year stint at San Elijo middle school located in San Marcos, a position from which Taylor retired in 2019.
The artist grew up in various locations throughout California and describes his childhood as that of a typical "navy brat", moving from Alameda Naval Air Base near Oakland to Florida, Guam, Tennessee, and Escondido near Miramar in the greater San Diego area on his father's naval orders. As a young artist, Taylor began working with oil paints and became very comfortable with the medium until his girlfriend (now wife) discovered that she was allergic to turpentine (that James would use to clean his brushes and painting areas). It was around this time that he switched to acrylics and would happily paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, wood, or whatever else he could get his hands on.
In recent years, Taylor has also taken up Styrofoam carving as part of his artistic repertoire. His work is showcased on his personal website, jtayvisualarts.com and on an internationally viewed art site called fineartamerica.com.
"I think of myself as a bit of a band geek," Taylor remarked when asked about his style, "I'm really into the fine arts and I don't like my work to ever be the same or seem repetitive. I am always trying different ideas like finger painting or paint pours. I haven't pulled a Jackson Pollock yet with any splatter painting, but who knows?"
The range of the artists work can certainly be seen by viewing some of his work online, on fineartamerica.com such as his impressionistic piece Tango that uses bold color and suggested images to call upon the viewer's imagination to pull the forms of a couple dancing or Bria, another impressionistic work that uses a gestalt of color to suggest the form of a woman playing the violin. The artist thinks of his impressionistic works as something resembling pareidolia, which is the mind's sub-conscious seeking out faces or familiar shapes in clouds, objects, or patterns.
James Taylor has been a regular vendor and attendee at the Menifee Arts Showcase that is held annually at the Menifee Town Center and has also displayed and sold paintings at the Kay Cisneros center. The artist can often be found in his recently updated home-studio with his wife Celeste, to whom he has been married to for 46 years.


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The Problem With Symphonic Metal
Jhwh 10/09/17
Wow, one year on this app. It certainly has been an adventure, but I think it's time I move on to other things. Life has become busy and I have lost interest in Amino for the most part. I thought for my one year anniversary I would do a post I had been planning for quite some time. My taste in metal has undergone many changes, but I'm going to return to my roots for one final post. I have been known as the Symphonic Wizard, the symphonic metal expert, and that one guy who actually likes symphonic metal. So, I will live up to these various nicknames in an explanation on why the genre may be disliked or misunderstood by some. Of course, keep in mind that music is personal taste; some people just might not like the sound.
The main issue is people only know Nightwish and Epica. After listening to an album or two by these bands, they get bored with the whole genre as they think that's all symphonic metal has to offer. Not saying those two bands are bad in any way, just not the best the genre has to offer. I mean, I'll jam to this:
Nightwish - End Of All Hope
This, not so much:
Many seem to also credit either Nightwish or Epica to being the first symphonic metal band and the main pioneers of the genre. Whether or not they are the best the genre has to offer is entirely subjective, but this would be factually incorrect. Therion, historically being the first, formed in 1987 (breaking up in early 1988 and reforming later that year), but started off as death metal. They moved to more a doom/progressive/symphonic death style in the early 90s before finally switching to full on symphonic metal in 1996 with the release of their iconic album, Theli.
Nightwish formed in 1996, and their first full length album, Angels Fall First, was released in 1997. AFF took on more of a folk vibe, changing the way symphonic metal would be. Before this, any band labeled as "symphonic" mixed it with either black metal or death metal, so Nightwish revolutionized the genre in a sense. However, their first demo came out the winter of 1996, after Theli was released in early August.
Epica formed in 2002 and their debut album, The Phantom Agony, came out in 2003. This was 7 years after Theli, so I am not sure where people get the notion that Epica were the founders of the genre. They were one of the first to grow in popularity and I would say the most popular in the genre currently, but they really didn't do much to develop the genre as a whole. I guess they made it more accessible with their melodic vocals, simple riffs, and squeaky clean production, making their songs very catchy.
Haggard, formed in 1989, are another notable pioneer of the genre. They, like Therion, also started out as death metal before experimenting with symphonic elements. Their first full length album was released in 1997 titled And Thou Shalt Trust… the Seer. This album came out on October 15, while Angels Fall First came out on November 1. Even though ATSTtS came before AFF, the difference was only about two weeks, so their influence was about the same. The only difference being they took two different directions. Haggard kept to the death metal feel, which is what symphonic metal was at the time, while Nightwish moved in a folk direction as mentioned earlier.
Most seem to dismiss the genre as "cheesy" or "bad" when they really haven't even listened to it. I guarantee, if someone were to be asked what symphonic metal bands they have listened to they would say Nightwish and Epica. There are other cases when they will say Carach Angren and Dimmu Borgir, who are even worse. The main bands as to why symphonic metal is so hated and under-appreciated comprise of:
Most symphonic black metal in general
Nightwish are fairly well received, and they actually did something for the genre so they are not included in the bad bands list. If someone were curious about the genre, want to delve more into it, or want some bands that they won't be shamed for listening to, I would suggest:
Stream of Passion
Now, onto a few symphonic fusion metal genres that seem to be popular on this app.
Symphonic Death Metal
What I noticed about symphonic death metal bands is that they often add some string instruments over blast beats and growls and expect to sound amazing. What they fail to do is set the atmosphere. Without doing so, the music becomes very boring. If done well, it can sound like an epic soundtrack during the climax of an action movie. Yeah, this can sound cheesy, but if you let don't listen to a band or in this case a whole genre because of a little cheese factor, then I feel bad for you. It's not for everyone, but don't try one band, decide you're not a fan, and dismiss the whole genre all together.
Symphonic death done right
Enemy of Truth
Tristania - Aphelion
Symphonic death gone wrong
Fleshgod Apocalypse - In Aeternum [HQ]
Dark Lunacy - Arkhangel'sk [Weaver of Forgotten 2010]
Symphonic black metal is a widely disliked genre, and for good reason. Aside from Emperor, I doubt most people can name even one band of the genre they enjoy. I can certainly relate. The main problem is that bands try way too hard to seem evil. Decked out in corpse paint, dark ragged clothing, shrieks with occasional chanting, they definitely look like clowns, but not evil ones. Pentagrams everywhere. What most don't seem to realize is that these bands do not necessarily qualify as symphonic metal and shouldn't be strongly associated with it. Most symphonic black metal bands have more black metal than symphonic in their sound, and are apart of black metal. So, when someone says they dislike symphonic metal, but have only listened to Carach Angren, they really don't dislike it as they've never listened to it. This is the only symphonic music that the cheese factor turns me off. I'm fine with lyrics using big words, uplifting melodies, or medieval themes, but when they start to dress up it becomes hard to take them seriously.
Symphonic black metal done right
Emperor - Into The Infinity Of Thoughts
Opera IX - Act I: The First Seal
Vesperian Sorrow - Twilight of Azrael
Symphonic black metal gone wrong
CARACH ANGREN - Pitch Black Box
Absentia - Inferno
Symphonic Power Metal
Symphonic power metal is an extremely touchy genre. Most people group these two genres hand in hand, despite being different, and often if someone dislikes one they will dislike the other. Power metal used to be one of my favorite music genres, but I've gotten bored of it overtime and now only listen to 2 or 3 bands every so once in awhile. Even being the fusion of two of my past favorite metal genres, I was never too big on symphonic power metal. There are some bands that do it well, but they lean more on the power side. Those in the symphonic side tend to focus more on romantics and nature lyrically speaking. This can get repetitive and boring, at least to me. If someone were to call this genre cheesy, I would probably agree with them. I have yet to see a symphonic metal band dress up in a stupid costume, but almost every single one needs to write some better lyrics.
Symphonic power done right
On The Way To Ainor
Sleeping Romance - Devil's Cave @ FemME 24.09.16
Opera Magna - Hijos de la tempestad - Lyric Video
Symphonic power gone wrong
SERENITY - Wings of Madness | Napalm Records
Lord Symphony - Earth Beneath The Sky
Symphonic metal, as I hope I have conveyed, can be both very interesting and innovative. Hopefully after reading the entirety of this post, people who have previously disliked the genre will now explore some more given the bands in this blog, as well as its history. It's a very touchy genre, but can be very rewarding.
That's it from me. Been fun and all, but I doubt I could spend any more time on here. There are some great people I've met, but the negativity and drama is too much. I have better things, more important things that pertain to my future that I need to focus on. So long, Metal Amino.
- alinkinthesand
:space_invader: Roz :space_invader:
You mentioned Delain. That's so good. Considering I know that some people think they are mediocre. Great blog, finally got round to reading it hehe :joy:
numeratoiz
I love lord symphony man!
And therion too. When the Lori lewis sing.
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Awesome goodbye post u made. Sorry to see u leave this amino, wish u the best brother. Cheers.
Snyjdtyn
Oh, so I see. Your way to say goodbye to this Amino is to repeat everything most people say and then agree to it. The perfect conformist farewell speech. Wow... I wish someone would actually explain why they hate Fleshgod Apocalypse and Carach Angren so much. All they do is say things like "black metal done wrong", which contains no relevant information whatsoever. Can somebody make an actual case of it, instead of just piling up offensive adjectives? I want to understand this mindset. It puzzles me, because to me those are some pretty darn good symphonic metal bands.
DoctorSatan
Couldn't you tell he was tired of the negativity by his negative blog post?
Reply to: DoctorSatan
yeah, I listened to Carach Angren for not even two months, and grew tired of them. Pitch Black Box is okay, though.
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1.7.2022/0733 | Friday
friday 5: combo
tags: friday 5, memelicious | categories: Memetastic
play along here
1. What do you have mixed feelings about?
The book world, at least from the author side of it. It can be so cliquey that sometimes it feels very high school.
2. What blended drinks do you enjoy?
I love a good smoothie!
3. At social or professional gatherings (when it's safe to have them), how easily do you mingle?
I'm fine in those situations. As the daughter and granddaughter of lawyers in a small town, I often had to attend those kinds of functions. But in the latter several years of Corey's active duty Army career, that changed. We had to attend various events, and it became increasingly difficult to mingle. Not because of me, because of others. The Army vibe has changed a lot since I first enlisted back in the olden days. It's become much more conservative in thought, belief, and look. And here I am, 10 years older than my husband, tattooed, pierced, and weird hair. Pink hair, purple hair, teal hair, a 'hawk I only recently began growing out. Add in the fact that I, too, was formerly active duty, and somehow I became "less than." I didn't fit the cookie-cutter mold, and I wasn't a "real" wife because I'd been a soldier. It was ridiculous.
4. When did something most recently stir you to tears?
The last two and a half weeks have been pretty cry-heavy. Kristine, my former foster sister whom I talked about in last week's Friday 5 (question $5) here, has been on my mind all the time. It really destroyed me.
5. What did you most recently add to your collection of something?
I added to my true-crime collection with a stack of books I got for Christmas.
4 responses to "friday 5: combo"
Kwizgiver
#3–you would be the person I would seek out at that type of event!
7th Jan, 2022 at 1:05pm
Kim Deister
Which makes me feel good! Plus we could talk books!
I used to read a lot of true crime. It always made me feel so icky, but I have an idea for a YA novel about the death penalty, so I kind of feel like I have to return to the genre once in a while for research. *shudder*
13th Jan, 2022 at 6:29pm
That's a book I would read!
14th Jan, 2022 at 7:21am


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Analysts say China's efforts are well within the bounds of modern spycraft.
Experts: China hack OK under rules
By JOSEPH MARKS
China's alleged efforts to hack into a trove of personal information about U.S. federal government employees seeking security clearances shows a brazen disregard for American sovereignty. It's also precisely the kind of national security-focused cyberespionage that U.S. intelligence agencies engage in against other countries — and say is well within the bounds of modern spycraft, analysts tell POLITICO.
"To me, this is traditional national security espionage through different means," said Matthew Rhoades, director of the Truman National Security Project's Cyberspace and Security Program. "It's the same thing the U.S. and the Soviets used to get into during the Cold War. Essentially, you're just trying to find targets with access to highly classified national security systems and operations."
The New York Times, which broke the story late Wednesday night, reported that the intrusion took place on computer systems belonging to the Office of Personnel Management. But there's no evidence that the attackers actually accessed any personally identifiable information about employees before cyber defenders at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center shut them out, a DHS official told POLITICO on Thursday.
U.S. officials have drawn a firm distinction between traditional nation-state spying and the widespread looting of intellectual property and trade secrets for the benefit of private or state-owned corporations, which they accuse Beijing of.
"We don't break into an economic competitor and take their business plans," former Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell told POLITICO in a recent Q and A. "For the Chinese, that's their primary focus."
NSA programs revealed by leaker Edward Snowden last year represent legitimate national security spying, these officials say. Even alleged hacks aimed at sussing out the state of foreign economies are for the benefit of government decision-makers, not U.S. companies.
Charges the Justice Department leveled against five members of China's People's Liberation Army in May, by contrast, focused on actions the U.S. believes should be out of bounds — stealing U.S. companies' trade secrets to pass along to their Chinese competitors.
"It doesn't mean we're going to be happy about this [OPM hack], but I do think we need to separate these two issues," Rhoades said.
As a result, the new allegations are unlikely to shift U.S.-China cyber relations, which have been in deep freeze since the Justice Department indictments and China's suspension of a bilateral Cyber Working Group hours later.
The Chinese attack on the OPM in March was apparently aimed at stealing personal data about tens of thousands of federal employees who had applied for top secret security clearances.
That information could be invaluable in orchestrating sophisticated spearphishing attacks against highly placed employees in the federal government with access to sensitive information, said Adam Segal, senior fellow for China studies and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
It could also be used for conventional intelligence recruitment efforts.
The information would allow attackers to mimic emails from trusted co-workers, for example. But the hackers' objective would likely be to worm their way into sensitive government computer systems, rather than to steal banking logins or credit card data.
Nonetheless, labor unions representing federal employees said they were concerned about the consequences for their members.
"Data security, particularly in an era of rising incidence of identity theft, is an increasingly important matter," said Colleen M. Kelley, national president of federal employees union NTEU. "All federal employees have a right to expect that their personal and financial information will be protected and secure."
Kelley said she would seek a briefing from OPM to get "further information about the breach and what steps are being taken to ensure the privacy of employee information."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei denied any state involvement in the hacking in a regular press conference Thursday.
"We keep stressing that China firmly opposes cyberhacking," Hong said. "This is what we say and what we have been doing. Recently, some American media and Internet security firms keep playing the card of China Internet threat and smear China's image. They cannot produce tenable evidence. Such reports and comments are irresponsible and are not worth refuting."
It's not clear whether the attack was launched by an independent group or by a group aligned with or working for the Chinese government, a Homeland Security source told The New York Times.
If the attack came from a non-government aligned group, the hackers likely hoped to sell the information to a national government, either the Chinese or perhaps the Russians or another nation, Rhoades said. That raises a larger question about the extent to which nations are responsible for hacking that happens on their territory that they may not be directing, he said.
"One of the major problems in cyber is plausible deniability," Rhoades said. "States, especially Russia and sometimes China, say, 'It might have come from our territory but not from a government network so there's nothing we can do about it.' It brings up the question of what types of things a sovereign nation is responsible for that happen in its territory."
News of the OPM hacks broke just before Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew concluded a Strategic and Economic Dialogue with their counterparts in Beijing. In a press conference following the meetings, Kerry said he and Lew were notified of the alleged attack after meetings were concluded and just minutes before the press conference.
Kerry did press the Chinese on the larger issue of intellectual property theft during a closing joint statement, saying it had a chilling effect on innovation and investment and damaged both nations.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said his nation "hopes that the U.S. side would create conditions for the two sides to have dialogue and cooperation on the cyber issue," but made no commitment to rejoining the Cyber Working Group, which had been one U.S. goal of the dialogue.
If the question of economic cyberespionage is on hold, Segal said, the big question is whether the two governments will be able to put that issue to the side and make progress on other cyber fronts.
"The rate of hacking doesn't seem to be going down and there are more and more stories," Segal said. "[But] the hope of the Cyber Working Group was to make progress on cyberconflict issues, attacks that would destroy things in a military context and trying to get the Chinese to agree to norms about how we use cyber in armed conflict."
On those fronts, he said, there may be more hope for progress.
David Perera contributed to this report.


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Industrialized business mostly uses caged as a source of easy access to lay eggs on a farm. Which is not healthy for the chickens. Sarah Shields, an animal welfare scientist scientifically proven that "barren, restrictive environment is not good for animal welfare". That's why there are certain countries in the states banned from using the caged hens because it can cause salmonella.


Summary: As we start this new year, Roger Tregear revisits the basic premise of his involvement in business process management and improvement -- to explain it, to reassess it for himself, and to seek feedback. And, yes, in an article published in the Business Rules Journal, Roger does appreciate that arguing for the principle of 'the primacy of process' may not be easy!
As we start this new year I want to revisit the basic premise of my involvement in business process management and improvement — to explain it to you, to reassess it for myself, and to seek your feedback.
My working life revolves around the certainty that organizations need to be fully committed to both continuous process management and continuous process improvement.
Why is this so? In brief, it's the principle of the primacy of process. Let's unpack that and see if I can convince you of its pre-eminence — and, yes, I appreciate that, as this paper is originally published in the Business Rules Journal, that may not be easy!
Do you want a simple, but effective, practical, but well-grounded, explanation of the role of business processes in management?
After many years working on this question in organizations of many sizes and types, in different national and organizational cultures, I believe I can help you with a simple, effective, practical, and well-grounded meta-model of management.
The idea of cross-functional value (i.e., products and services) creation, accumulation, and delivery is fundamental. Value is produced through collaboration.
A business process is a collection of activities that transforms one or more inputs into one or more outputs. Many resources are involved in the management and execution of a process — materials, people, systems, infrastructure, information, technology, facilities, policies, rules, regulations — and these must also be seen to be integral to the process.
Business processes are the only way any organization can deliver value to customers and other external stakeholders. By themselves, separate functional areas of an organization — think of boxes on the organization chart — cannot deliver value to external parties.
The further conclusion we must draw from this is that every organization executes its strategic intent via its business processes.
Does that start to sound primal to you?
If so much important activity is happening across the organization, how does that relate to the way we manage organizations? There are two important perspectives, and one of them is too often neglected.
Clearly, most of the effort and activity of traditional management is 'vertical' in nature, i.e., it reflects the authorities shown in the organization chart — we manage down, and sometimes up.
This is important and necessary. The organization chart has a practical purpose. We all want to know where the authorities and delegations lie, and how decisions get made. Organizations will continue to create groups of people, of like skills or shared purpose, to get work done as well as possible.
In which direction does the work get done? Mainly across the organization.
The way in which we create, accumulate, and deliver value is essentially 'horizontal' in nature. People and their teams collaborate to deliver products and services. Each activity, from defining a need to delivering a solution, is done by a specialist group, but all with the same intent. Individually their work is meaningless, unless collectively they deliver a valued product or service to a customer or other stakeholder.
So, we have well-developed vertical management methods, but the important work is happening across the organization. Does that seem like a primal disconnect?
If the reality that business processes are the only value pathways, and the way organizational strategy is operationalized, is accepted (as it must be), where does that lead?
The inescapable conclusion is that the starting point for effective organizational management is to understand, manage, and optimize those business processes. Without a proactive focus on business processes, organizational performance cannot be optimized, and strategy cannot be effectively executed.
If value is created, accumulated, and delivered across the organization, are those value pathways defined and documented? Are those pathways understood? Do all staff understand their roles along those pathways?
If value is created, accumulated, and delivered across the organization, what measurements of performance are made in that direction? What is the measured performance of cross-functional processes, and is there a documented target performance level? What are the performance gaps, and how should their resolution be prioritized?
If value is created, accumulated, and delivered across the organization, who is in charge of that? The organization chart is silent on such cross-functional matters. While it is true that the CEO is responsible for everything, she already knew that, and it doesn't help. Can it be a good idea that the cross-functional path through which value is exchanged with customers is not proactively managed?
Organizations must reimagine their operations as value creation and delivery flows. The management philosophy that facilitates that is process-based management.
Have I made my case for the primacy of process? Are you convinced that the critical element of organizational management is the effective operation of business processes?
Of course, there are many other elements — IT systems, people, applications, services, rules, infrastructure, decisions, information, facilities, policies, regulations — but these all find their purpose in contributing to the management or execution of business processes.
Do you agree that the key artifact of management is the business process?
Roger Tregear delivers BPM education and consulting assignments, bringing to them 30 years of management consulting experience. He spends his working life talking, thinking, and writing about the analysis, improvement, innovation, and management of business processes. His work has taken him to Australia, New Zealand, Bahrain, Belgium, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.
Roger is a regular columnist for the Business Rules Journal and BPTrends. He is author of Practical Process (2013), co-author of Establishing the Office of Business Process Management (2011), and contributed the chapter Business Process Standardization in The International Handbook on BPM (2010, 2015). With Paul Harmon, Roger edited Questioning BPM? (2016). Roger's iconic book, Reimagining Management, was published in 2017. Process Precepts (2017), Roger's latest book, involves a cosmopolitan, global team in discussions about the process of management.