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Bulk Data Sharing & Procedure Notification - A Data Breach?
Indran M.B
In this digital era, data has become one of the most valuable assets to own. Elections have been won and international alliances have toppled because of support that could be garnered by utilizing data analytics. While heated debate surrounding data breaches by private entities baffles the world, at home, it is accused that the Indian Government has monetized from sale of personal data of Individuals, in the pretext of "public purposes" under a notification released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in March 2019 titled "Bulk Data Sharing & Procedure".
In July 2019, a parliamentary debate pertaining to "sale of data" by the State was raised because the Government had provided access to databases containing driving license and vehicle registration details to private companies and Government entities and generated revenue out of them. The two databases of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways named Vahan and Sarathi were under discussion. These databases contained details such as vehicle owner's names, registration details, chasis number, engine number, and driving license related particulars of individuals. These details amount to personal information by which an individual could be identified ("Personal Data").
The sale of data was pursuant to a notification released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in March 2019 titled Bulk Data Sharing & Procedure wherein a policy framework on sale of bulk data relating to driving license and vehicle registration was introduced. Among other things, this writeup discusses whether such sale of Personal Data for revenue generation is acceptable in light of privacy as a fundamental right and the Data Protection Bill 2018? and whether such access constitutes data breach?
Bulk Data Sharing & Procedure Notification
The "Bulk Data Sharing & Procedure" notification by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways states the purpose for which bulk data access would be provided:
"it is recognized that sharing this data for other purposes, in a controlled manner, can support the transport and automobile industry. The sharing of data will also help in service improvements and wider benefits to citizens & Government. In addition, it will also benefit the country's economy".
As per the notification, only such entities that qualify the eligibility criteria would be provided access to bulk data. The eligibility criteria are that an entity should be registered in India with at least 50% Indian ownership, such bulk data should be processed/stored in Servers/Data Centers in India, and the entity should have obtained security pre-audit report from CERT-In empanelled auditor. The bulk data access would be provided for a price.
Commercial organizations could have such data for an amount of INR 3 crores and educational institutions could have them for 5 lakhs. As per the notification, the bulk data will be provided in encrypted form with restricted access. Such entities would be restricted from any activity that would identify individuals using such data sets. The entities would be required to follow certain protocols for data loss prevention, access controls, audit logs, security and vulnerability. Violation of these protocols is punishable under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has in accordance with this policy framework provided database access to 87 private companies and 32 government entities for a price of 65 crores resulting in Personal Data of all individuals being accessible to them. The Data Principal (the individual whose information is in the database) has no knowledge or control over any use or misuse of his/her information.
In any data protection framework worldwide, the Data Principal's consent should be sought stating the purpose for which data ought to be used. It is only pursuant to Data Principal's consent that any information can be processed. On the contrary, providing access to Personal Data to third party private companies without any consent of the Data Principal will keep them out of effective control. This is against the basic principles of data protection.
Proposed Legislation for Data Protection
India is on the verge of a new Data Protection Act as the bill is being placed in the Parliament. The Data Protection Bill, 2018 contains certain provisions to address the above-mentioned issues. Section 5 of the Data Protection Bill states when personal data can be processed. Personal Data shall be allowed only for such purposes that are clear, specific, and lawful. Section 5 is extracted below:
Purpose limitation— (1) Personal data shall be processed only for purposes that are clear, specific and lawful. (2) Personal data shall be processed only for purposes specified or for any other incidental purpose that the data principal would reasonably expect the personal data to be used for, having regard to the specified purposes, and the context and circumstances in which the personal data was collected.
Moreover, the relevant enactment regulating driving license and vehicle registration i.e. Motor Vehicle Act does not explicitly permit the State to sell or provide third parties access to Personal Data for generation of revenue. Therefore, there is no clear, specific, or lawful indication of such access in the enactment. The question arises whether access to bulk Personal Data can be interpreted as an "incidental purpose" that "data principal would reasonably expect". The data principal has provided this information only for the purpose of grant of motor vehicle license and vehicle registration. The Data Principal ought not have expected his/her data to be sold by the Government.
Section 13 of the Data Protection Bill is also of relevance here because it authorizes the State to process Personal Data for provision of services, benefit or issuance of certification, licenses or permits. Section 13 is extracted below:
Section 13 – Processing of personal data for functions of the State. — Personal data may be processed if such processing is necessary for excise of the functions of the State authorised by law for: (a) the provision of any service or benefit to the data principal from the State. (b) the issuance of any certification, license, or permit for any action or activity of the data principal of the State.
By this section, the State is authorized to use Personal Data for grant of license or permits or to provide any benefit or service. However, whether the State is authorized to give access to Personal Data to third party private companies is unclear.
Section 17 of the Data Protection Bill tries to shed some light on this anomaly. The section states that Personal Data may be processed for "reasonable purposes" after considering if there is any public interest involved in processing the same. What constitutes reasonable purpose is yet to be specified by the Data Protection Authority to be constituted. Section 17 is extracted hereunder:
Processing of data for reasonable purposes. —
(1) In addition to the grounds for processing contained in section12 to section 16, personal data may be processed if such processing is necessary for such reasonable purposes as may be specified after taking into consideration—
(a) the interest of the data fiduciary in processing for that purpose;
(b) whether the data fiduciary can reasonably be expected to obtain the consent of the data principal;
(c) any public interest in processing for that purpose;
(d) the effect of the processing activity on the rights of the data principal; and
(e) the reasonable expectations of the data principal having regard to the context of the processing.
(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), the Authority may specify reasonable purposes related to the following activities, including—
(a) prevention and detection of any unlawful activity including fraud;
(b) whistle blowing;
(c) mergers and acquisitions;
(d) network and information security;
(e) credit scoring;
(f) recovery of debt;
(g) processing of publicly available personal data;
(3) Where the Authority specifies a reasonable purpose under sub-section (1), it shall: (a) lay down such safeguards as may be appropriate to ensure the protection of the rights of data principals; and (b) determine where the provision of notice under section 8 would not apply having regard to whether such provision would substantially prejudice the relevant reasonable purpose.
Section 17, therefore, clarifies that when there is any public interest involved, the State may provide access to publicly available personal data to third parties. This read with Section 13 indicates that State is not required to get the consent of Data Principal in order to provide services and benefits.
Whether the State has provided access to personal data for public interest or to provide services and benefits?
The Bulk Data Processing & Procedure notification states that the purpose of providing access of bulk Personal Data is to "support the transport and automobile industry" & "help in service improvements and wider benefits to citizens & Government". Supporting the transport and automobile industry and improving services may qualify as public interest, whereas, mere revenue generation will not. However, there is no clarification from the Government as to how these private companies to whom database access is being provided assist in public interest. Further, whether all driving license and registration details related data can be classified as publicly available information is again contentious and questionable as the information provided therein is intended to be provided only to license holders & vehicle owners and is partially masked.
In the event if this Personal Data is not construed as public data or these public companies have been given access to personal data in the absence of any public interest, it would result in personal data breach by the Government Departments where the head of Department will be held liable as per section 96 of the Data Protection Bill.
It is quite preposterous to note that on the one hand Data Protection Bill is being tabled in parliament and on the other, the Government is selling Personal Data of the general public for economic gains. Whether it results in the exploitation of personal and private data on the pretext of public interest without an individual's consent needs to be ascertained.
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It is quite preposterous to note that on the one hand Data Protection Bill is being tabled in parliament and on the other, the Government is selling Personal Data of the general public for economic gains.
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Russia's deadly black widow cult that threatens Olympians
THEY are young, female and deadly. An extremist terrorist cult is turning young Russian women into "black widows" who blow themselves up for love.
CANDACE SUTTON
NewsComAuJanuary 2, 20148:00pm
Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova, 17, posing with her late husband Umalat Magomedov. She became a "black widow" and graduated to suicide bomber, carrying out the Moscow metro bombings in April 2010. Picture: AFP/Getty ImagesSource:Supplied
THEY are young, female, and in love - and they are the doomed followers of a man known as Russia's Osama bin Laden.
They are the "black widows" of Russia's extremist terrorist group and are selected for death almost from the moment they join up.
Lured by the promise of a key role in a coming Russian holy war led by a charismatic madman with bin Laden-style aims, the women - some still in their teens - enjoy a brief, passionate relationships with Russian men who are also terror recruits.
News_Image_File: Russia's Osama bin Laden in an undated photograph of Doku Umarov, self-styled Muslim war lord whose campaign of suicide bombings threatens the security of the Sochi Winter Olympics. Picture: AFP.
Then, after he blows himself up in a suicide bombing, the new widow prepares herself for her own fiery end.
Willing to become martyrs for their beliefs and their lost loved ones, they enter train stations, buses and airports strapped with explosives destined to cause death and havoc.
The cult of the black widow is striking fear in the hearts of Russian parents who are losing daughters and sons to the terror group which is bent on a suicide bombing jihad.
Following two lethal bomb blasts in the southern Russian city of Volgograd this week, fears the terrorist cult will threaten the safety of Australians and other athletes competing in the Winter Olympics next month have escalated.
News_Rich_Media: As officials clean up after two deadly bombings in Volgograd, residents express concern about their safety and the effectiveness of Russia's law enforcement agencies. Nathan Frandino reports.The leader of the group is Doku Umarov, a 49-year-old former oil construction engineer turned Islamic war lord and now dubbed the country's Osama bin Laden.
The US government has placed a $5 million bounty on the head of the Chechen-born self-proclaimed emir of a new Muslim state he calls the Caucasus Emirate.
Umarov has made a direct threat against the February 7-23 Sochi Games, saying it was his holy duty to prevent them from taking place.
News_Image_File: Wanted: Black widow Oksana Aslanova (right) before her conversion to Islam (left). Picture: Supplied.
Authorities believe Umarov is operating his terrorist movement out of the strife-torn southern republic of Dagestan, which lies between the Caucasus mountains and the Caspian Sea.
Umarov has denounced the establishment of Sochi's Olympic village as a defilement of the "sacred ground" once occupied by Circassians, who were "ethnically cleansed" by Russia in the 19th century.
Although young terrorist recruits to Umarov's movement have come from all over Russia, at least one black widow, Naida Asiyalova, who blew herself up in a suicide bombing in Volgograd in October, is from Dagestan.
Known as Amaturahman, Asiyalova was in love with another suicide bomber before she "did her duty" to the jihad cause.
She was a close friend of the missing woman initially implicated in this week's Volgograd station bombing.
News_Image_File: Flames inside Volgograd's railway station after a suicide bombing. Picture: AP.
As the death toll rises from the Volgograd bombings, Russian investigators have linked the explosions.
Russian Investigative Committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin confirmed Sunday's Volgograd train station was the work of a suicide bomber, whose "signature closely matches" the following day's bomb on a trolleybus.
News_Rich_Media: Russia has stepped-up security following several bombings that killed dozens of people across the country.Police first identified 26-year-old black widow Oksana Aslanova.
Russian news source Life News published a picture of what it reported was her bloodied head lying amid a pile of debris with her long brown hair spread across the train station floor.
Aslanova, who has been on Russia's wanted list for two years, has reportedly been married to two Islamic militant leaders liquidated by Russian forces in the North Caucasus.
After investigators found further remains - a male finger with a pin from a grenade - among the debris at the crime scene, a new culprit emerged.
Pavel Pechyonkin, a medical school graduate, left Moscow to join Dagestani militants in 2011.
It is believed he became a disciple of Doku Umarov.
Oksana Aslanova is now thought to be still at large.
News_Image_File: President Vladimir Putin visits a terror attack victim in Volgograd on January 1. Picture: AFP.
As Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a further security crackdown, Sochi, which lies west of Dagestan on the Black sea coast, is being turned into a massive security fortress.
Umarov is said to excel in hostage-taking and suicide bombing, favouring buses, trains, rail stations and airports where he can kill and maim as many people as possible and cause maximum transport mayhem.
These are the bombings he is credited with and the black widows or young male recruits it is said have danced to his tune:
News_Image_File: Teenage suicide bomber Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova graduated to "black widow" after the death of her husband in a bombing attack in 2009. She blew herself up the following year. Picture: AFP
Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova was only 16 when she met and married Umalat Magomedov, a Dagestani Islamist rebel killed in 2009.
A classic, if very young example of the "black widow" cult which is a feature of the Russian Islamic terror campaign, Abdurakhmanova was part of a nationwide recruiting campaign by the Chechen rebel group.
Once lured in, the women are immediately treated as potential suicide bombers. They are not told this, rather they are treated the same way as male recruits and included in discussions about the right and wrong ways of Islamic faith.
Then the girl becomes a wife or mistress of the young war lord.
Abdurakhmanova's husband, Magomedov, aka Emir Al Bara, was the leader of the Shariat Jamaat organisation in Dagestan and an appointee of Doku Umarov.
News_Image_File: Chechen war lord Doku Umarov (centre) with two unidentified fighters. Picture: Ansar AlJihad Network.
After the husband's inevitable death - Magomedov was killed by Russian security forces on 31 December 2009 - the new widow may become the wife of another member of the armed underground.
From thereon, the black widow begins a new stage: preparing for suicide bombing.
Abdurakhmanova, whose real name was Janet Abdullaev, was one of two women earmarked by Umarov to carry out bombings during the morning rush hour at Moscow's Metro station on March 29, 2010.
News_Image_File: Images posted on Twitter after the Moscow Metro blast in March, 2010. Picture: Twitter.
At the time, an estimated 500,000 people were commuting through the Moscow metro system.
At least 40 people died and more than 90 were injured.
Russian officials called the incident "the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorist attack in the Russian capital in six years".
About 48 hours later, a double suicide bombing in the Dagestani town of Kizylar killed 12 people including nine policemen.
Four days on, another explosion derailed a freight train in Dagestan.
News_Image_File: Suicide bomber in the name of love: Maryam Sharipova Magomedov. Picture: Supplied.
The second black widow turned suicide bomber responsible for the Moscow metro explosions was 28-year-old Maryam Sharipova.
Married to close Umarov associate, Magomedali Vagabov, killed in an operation in Dagestan along with four other militants in August 2010, Sharipova was identified after police released photographs of her remains in the bombing aftermath.
Sharipova's father recognised his daughter in photographs of her remains.
He told authorities Sharipova, who taught computer science at a local school, had gone missing the day before the attacks.
She had allegedly told her mother that she was going to visit a friend. The couple had not heard from her since.
Sharipova, who lived with her parents in the village of Balakhani in Dagestan, was never known to show extremist views or unusual behaviour, her father said.
News_Image_File: Black widow: Naida Asiyalova recruited her husband to radical Islam. Picture: Supplied.
Naida Asiyalova, whose jihadi name was "Amaturahman", was a 30-year-old Dagestani national
and alleged wife of Dmitry Sokolov, a militant in the regional capital of Makhachkala.
Neighbours from her village remembered an ordinary, westernised girl who was not religious, but who married a Turk, and "then something happened" and she "changed completely" and began attending the mosque and wearing a scarf.
Asiyalova and Sokolov met in the Moscow suburbs, where she recruited him to radical Islam.
They later left the capital to join rebel groups in Dagestan.
Sokolov was reported missing in July 2012 after he failed to return home from Arabic language courses that he attended at one of the capital's mosques.
Taking on the rebel name of Abdul Jabbar, he allegedly took part in the two 2010 Dagestan explosions.
Russian media reported Asiyalova had a serious disease which caused her jawbone to recede and required tranquillisers and painkillers.
A fundraiser was previously organised on social network VKontakte for her treatment. It stated that she had a disease which caused her jawbone to recede.
News_Image_File: Dmitry Sokolov (left) and his future wife Naida Asiyalova, both pictured before they converted to Islamic extremism. Picture: Supplied
Asiyalova constantly changed her place of residence from Makhachkala to other Dagestani cities, where she met with the widows and wives of militants.
An ardent convert, she was popular and had access to money collected at Muslim gatherings aimed at preaching Islam.
On the morning of October 21 last year, she boarded a bus in Volgograd with explosives strapped to her body beneath her flowing veil.
At about 2.05pm. Moscow time, she detonated the bombs, killing six people and injuring 37 others, included a 20-month-old child.
News_Image_File: The bus blown up in October by black widow, Naida Asiyalova, in Volgograd. Picture: Supplied.
Now one of the most wanted women in Russia, Oksana Aslanova is reportedly the black widow of two extremist warlords.
Born in 1987, she later moved to Dagestan, where she married Mansur Velibekov, a Chechen radical and member of a criminal ring wiped out in 2008.
Upon his death, Aslanova became a so-called "Sharia wife" of the gang's leader, Gasan Abdulayev.
Another report suggests that Aslanova was also married to a known terrorist, Israpil Validzhanov, who went under the nickname of Amir Hasan.
He was eliminated on March 18, 2011 near the Dagestani village of Tashkapur.
She has been missing since March 8, 2012 and it is now believed the "black widow" who outlived three husbands has undergone training as a suicide bomber.
News_Image_File: Former medical student turned radical, Pavel Pechyonkin, is the main suspect behind Monday's train station bombing in Volgograd. Picture: YouTube.
Police now think one-time trainee doctor, Pavel Pechyonkin, self-detonated the bomb in Volgograd's railway station this week, killing 17 people.
Pechyonkin left Moscow in 2011 to join militants in Dagestan and subsequently posted a video on YouTube saying that he was following God's will and was working to earn a place in heaven.
His parents Nikolai and Fanaziya desperately tried to save their son.
Mr Pechyonkin said initially Pavel had changed for the better.
"He stopped arguing with me, did not drink, went to the mosque. I bought him Halal meat," he said.
Then following a visit to Moscow, he vanished.
The Pechyonkins heard he had gone "in the forest" with rebels and made an internet appeal for him to return, to which he replied: "It was sad to see your tears, very sad.
"I didn't even want to watch. I thought it would weaken me. I came here so Allah would be pleased with me, to earn my way to paradise."
They travelled to Dagestan, hoping to rescue him from the militants.
The Moscow Times quoted his mother saying, "imagine somebody were to kill your parents, how would that make you feel? Why are you turning children into orphans?"
Pechyonkin told his parents he had then decided he would not be swayed.
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Illicit Iraqi oil smuggling to Syria continues amid US crackdown
12 мар 2020 | 13:57 UTC
Автор Herman Wang
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Herman Wang
Daniel Lalor
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London — Smuggling of Iraq's oil into Syria has been slowed but not entirely eliminated by a combination of US-led coalition airstrikes and citizen surveillance, despite the fractured Baghdad government continuing to turn a blind eye to the illicit trade, sources have told S&P Global Platts.
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In late December, Platts first reported that Iraqi militias linked to Iran were involved in sneaking trucks filled with crude oil from western Iraq to Syria, continuing a lucrative business left behind by the Islamic State.
The volume of oil involved was as high as 10,000 b/d, and the revenue generated by the sales was funneled back to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Since then, US air strikes have killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC, as well as Abu al-Muhandis, a powerful Iraqi militia leader whom sources said had directed the oil smuggling operation in Anbar province.
Sources on the ground say the trade has continued under new leaders.
"There is no method to date that has succeeded in stopping the smuggling operation, but air strikes against the tankers and surveillance have had an impact," one witness to the trade told Platts, under condition of anonymity.
Locals say the militias are profiting by taking Iraq's sovereign oil resources, sending some to Syria's Banias refinery and crudely refining the rest, for sale to Syrians as marked-up prices.
Iraq's oil ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
US pressure on Iraq
Oil minister Thamir al-Ghadhban is leading a caretaker government in Baghdad, as the country struggles to name a prime minister and form a cabinet amid months of discord.
Scott Modell, a geopolitical analyst with energy consultancy Rapidan Energy and a former CIA officer who advises the US military, said authorities in Baghdad have little sway over the region.
"Iraqi militias have little incentive to end cross-border oil shipments into Syria which the Sunnis in western Iraq also profit from and have little incentive to stop," Modell said.
US officials say they are aware of the smuggling and are engaged in discussions with Iraq on how to reduce its political and economic reliance on Iran. Much of US pressure on Baghdad has centered on sanctions waivers the US has granted to Iraq for the purchase of Iranian gas and electricity to keep the country powered.
The Trump administration in April imposed sanctions on the IRGC and designated it a terrorist group, one of a series of sweeping measures the US has implemented to cut off funding to Iran's government.
"The cases you mention, I am sure we are looking into those and will take appropriate action," US Assistant Secretary of State Francis Fannon told Platts when asked about the smuggling.
"What we are focused on is the revenue. What are the big ticket items that are contributing illicit revenue. We have a methodical, thoughtful, stepped approach to cutting off this revenue stream."
Avoiding detection
The US maintains a military base with the Iraqi Armed Forces in Anbar's Ayn al-Asad Airbase, about 100 miles (160 km) west of Baghdad, and Iraqi officials in late 2018 revealed two other US bases near the Syrian border in northern Rumana and Al-Rutbah.
Local sources in Anbar province say air strikes launched by US-led coalition forces have disrupted some of the oil smuggling routes.
To evade detection, the tanker trucks travel by night through wide trenches dug by the militias, turning off their lights, according to witnesses.
Local activists, who have for months posted video footage on social media that they say shows the illicit trade, say they have given up on seeking help from Iraqi authorities.
"The Iraqi government is ignoring the oil smuggling issue and pretending that it does not know because it would be powerless to stop Iran from smuggling oil even if it was known to be aware of it," one said.


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FL Democratic Primary -- Clinton's Support Among Women Drops Below 50% for 1st Time; SE FL Re-Discovers Obama: In a Democratic Primary in Florida today, 01/25/08, 4 days to an election that no Democrat may campaign for, Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama 47% to 30%, according to this 8th SurveyUSA tracking poll conducted exclusively for WFLA-TV Tampa and WKRG-TV Mobile. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 5 days ago, Clinton is down 9 points, Obama is up 7 points. Clinton had led by 33 at the beginning of the week, leads by 17 at the end of the week. Clinton had 65% of female votes two weeks ago, 60% earlier this week, 48% today. Among voters under age 50, where Clinton had led by 30 points 2 weeks ago, Obama today leads by 7, a 37-point swing to Obama. In SE FL, Clinton led by 44 points earlier this week, now by 6, a 38-point swing to Obama in 4 days. In SW and Central FL, Clinton leads by 32 points. In NW and NE FL, Clinton and Obama are effectively tied. Among those who say the Economy is most important, Clinton leads Obama 5:3. Among those who say Iraq is most important, Clinton and Obama tie.
Filtering / Caveats: 2,100 state of Florida adults were interviewed 01/23/08 and 01/24/08. All interviews completed after 01/21/08 Democratic candidate debate in which Clinton and Obama sparred ferociously. Interviews conducted during fierce battle among Democrats in South Carolina, whose primary is this Saturday 01/26/08. Results of the South Carolina primary may well buffet what happens in Florida, even though Democratic candidates have agreed not to campaign in Florida. Because, at present at least, no delegates won in Florida will be seated at the Democratic National Convention, because no candidate has campaigned in Florida, and because the Primary is largely symbolic, it is unclear who will actually turn-out. Further complicating the polling challenge, there is a constitutional amendment on the ballot on Tuesday which would change Florida's property tax laws. All registered voters, including unaffiliated voters, may vote on the ballot measure, though only registered Democrats may vote in the "closed" Primary. Of the 1,795 registered voters surveyed, 522 were determined by SurveyUSA to have already voted in the Democratic Primary, or to be certain to vote on or before Tuesday. Of those who have already voted, Clinton leads by 24.


For the past couple of months, I've been using a 27-inch 4K monitor from LG and a 25-inch high-end gaming monitor from Dell as part of my new office setup.
My office space from when I first moved in. Yes, it was a total mess.
Here's the monitor I purchased.
Here's the Alienware monitor Dell sent.
I've been using both monitors for a couple of months now. I've switched between the two as my "main" monitor countless times, but most of the time I use both simultaneously.
Each monitor has its strengths. LG's 4K monitor needed a bit of tuning to be more accurate with colors and contrast, but I love how big and brilliant the screen is. If you're coming from a Retina MacBook like I was, you will feel right at home on this bright, crisp display.
Dell's Alienware 25 monitor, on the other hand, is a beautiful monitor with thin bezels around the display, the ability to lean forwards and backwards, rotate vertically, and has all the ports you'll ever need.
Of course, the main draw of the Alienware monitor is the high refresh rate. If you're unfamiliar, refresh rate basically means how often an image is changed on screen — so 60Hz means the image is being changed about 60 times per second on screen. Dell's Alienware 25 monitor features a 240Hz refresh rate.
On my Mac Mini, LG's 4K monitor was the clear winner between the two displays. Apps, videos, and text look incredibly sharp, right out of the box.
You can really see the difference when you zoom into images and text. Here's text on the LG 4K monitor.
And here's text on the Dell Alienware monitor. You can see the individual pixels, and the display as a whole doesn't get nearly as bright as the 4K monitor.
I also connected my Xbox One X to both monitors to see how games look and perform. Here's "Red Dead Redemption 2" on the LG 4K monitor.
And here's that same game running on Dell's Alienware 25 monitor. Even if you ignore the glare on the screen, the image itself is less sharp and bright than the 4K monitor.
… and here's that same moment on the Alienware 25 monitor. Again, you get more details and better contrast on the 4K monitor.
For most people, I'd recommend buying a 4K monitor over a high-end gaming monitor. If you have a high-end gaming PC, you might prefer the high refresh rates and low response times offered by monitors like the Alienware 25, but I think most people would prefer the benefits of a 4K monitor versus a 1080p display with a high refresh rate.


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Russ Abbot
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Russ Abbot (born Russell A. Roberts; 16 September 1947) is an English musician, comedian and actor. Born in Chester,[1] he first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with the British comedy showband Black Abbots, along with Leonard 'Lenny' Reynolds, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.
Russell A. Roberts
(1947-09-16) 16 September 1947 (age 71)
Chester, England
Musician, comedian, actor
Mid-1960s – present
Notable work
The Russ Abbot Show
Patricia Simpson
Continuing his musical career as a solo artist, Abbot released several charting singles and albums. Latterly his career has continued with a shift into more mainstream serious acting in television shows, series and stage productions.[2]
As a drummer/backing singer, Abbot joined the Black Abbots (founded by the original Black Abbot, Robert Turner) in Chester during the mid-1960s and released several singles to modest chart success on minor labels in the early 1970s.[3] The band only signed their first major recording contract in 1977, putting out a series of comedy singles and a lone live album with Abbot now taking lead vocals, before disbanding in 1980.[4] Later on he appeared as a comedian, winning the Funniest Man On Television award five times. Abbot appeared on the television show The Comedians under his birth name (Russ Roberts).[2] From 1980 onward, he released some albums as a solo artist and appeared in several TV series. The most successful of his music singles was called "Atmosphere",[5] which did well in the UK top 10, peaking at #7 in 1984.
Russ Abbot's Madhouse and The Russ Abbot Show showcased his talents as an all-round entertainer, attracting millions of viewers. This show was especially popular among younger viewers, prompting two annuals to be published in 1982–83. These annuals featured comic strips based on popular characters, plus some publicity photos of Abbot in a variety of guises, including his well-known James Bond satire featuring characters named Basildon Bond and Miss Funnyfanny (based on the fictional MI6 spy duo James Bond and Miss Moneypenny).[6]
In 1993, Abbot hosted an Elvis special of Stars in their Eyes, originally to be presented by Leslie Crowther, who suffered serious injuries in a car crash in October 1992. Abbot was brought in as a temporary host and this was the only episode he hosted. He was replaced by Matthew Kelly, who then hosted the show until 2004 as Crowther was unable to return and he died in 1996.
From 2000, Abbot played the lead role in the British National Tour of Doctor Dolittle. Taking a break over the Christmas period, Abbot stepped down for Phillip Schofield to take the part but returned to the tour subsequently. In 2003, his "See You Jimmy" character (called C. U. Jimmy) came third in the Glasgow Herald's poll to find the most Scottish person in the world, behind Iain and Jimmy Krankie.
Abbot's theatre roles include Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady (starring Amy Nuttall) at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and on tour; The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show; Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium and Fagin in Oliver! both in 1998 and 2009.
From July 2007, he took over the role of Roger De Bris in the UK tour of Mel Brooks' The Producers. In 2008, Abbot appeared as the Tin Man in the stage production of The Wizard of Oz at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
In 2008, the BBC announced that Abbot would be joining the cast of Last of the Summer Wine for the show's 30th series. He played Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke, who was the leader of a group consisting also of Entwistle, played by Burt Kwouk and Alvin, played by Brian Murphy.[7][2]
In 2008 he guest starred in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode 'Secrets of the Stars' as a character called Martin Trueman, an astrologer who was possessed by the Ancient Lights. On 8 August 2009, Abbot appeared in an episode of Casualty playing a pet shop owner. This marked Abbot's second Casualty role – he previously appeared as a different character in a 1999 episode.[8] He appeared on Harry Hill's TV Burp parodying the character he played in Casualty.[2]
In 2009, when Rowan Atkinson fell ill during the original run of Cameron Mackintosh's West End revival of Oliver!, Abbot stepped into the role of Fagin for the second time. He has again taken the role, after Griff Rhys Jones left the show on 12 June 2010.
In 2014–16 he co-starred in the BBC sitcom Boomers.[2]
Abbot has been married to Patricia Simpson since 28 January 1967; the couple have four children.[2]
DiscographyEdit
SinglesEdit
1980 – "Space Invaders Meet the Purple People Eater" / "Country Cooper Man"[3]
1982 – "A Day In The Life of Vince Prince" (UK No. 61, one week; re-entered at No. 75 two weeks later for one week)[9]
1984 – "Atmosphere" (UK No. 7, in chart for thirteen weeks)[9]
1985 – "All Night Holiday" (UK No. 20, in chart for seven weeks)[9]
1985 – "Let's Go To The Disco" (No UK chart placing)
2009 – "Atmosphere" – Basildon Bond's Madhouse Mix
AlbumsEdit
1984 – Russ Abbot's Madhouse
1985 – I Love A Party – (UK No. 12)[10]
1990 – Songs Of Joy
1972 – Who Do You Do? (television programme)
1976 – What's On Next? (television programme)
1979 – The Freddie Starr Variety Madhouse (television programme)
1980 – Russ Abbot's Madhouse (television programme)
1982 – My Beard is My Lighthouse (radio show on BBC Radio 4)
1986 – The Russ Abbot Show (television programme)
1993 – Stars in Their Eyes – cover for Leslie Crowther (a one-off Elvis special)
1993 – September Song (television programme)
1996 – Married for Life (television programme)
1999–2002 Dream Street (narrator)
2000 – Heartbeat (television programme); guest appearance, December 2000, single episode
2001 – TV to Go (television programme)
2003 – The Bill (television programme); guest appearance, single episode
2003 – My Family (television programme); guest appearance, single episode
2005 – Agatha Christie's Marple (television programme)
2007 – Hotel Babylon (television programme) as Mr Poldark, guest appearance, February 2007, single episode, in conjunction Cherie Lunghi
2007 – The Last Detective (television programme) guest appearance, May 2007, single episode, in conjunction Roy Hudd
2008 – The Sarah Jane Adventures (television programme) Secrets of the Stars : Series 2 Episode 5 [11]
2008–2010 – Last of the Summer Wine
2009 – Casualty (television programme); guest appearance, November 2009, single episode
2012 – Run for Your Wife (film); cameo role
2014 – Boomers (television programme)
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^ a b c d e f Russ Abbot on IMDb
^ a b "Discography". russabbot.co.uk.
^ "Black Abbots short biog".
^ "RUSS ABBOT – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ Sherrie Hewson (4 March 2011). "14". Behind the Laughter. HarperCollins. p. 77.
^ Sherwin, Adam (10 May 2008). "Last of the Summer Wine antics 'dangerous' for elderly actors". The Times. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
^ "holby.tv – Casualty – Russ Abbott". holby.tv. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ a b c Guinness British Hit Singles (13th ed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Ltd. 2000. p. 69. ISBN 0-85112-111-X.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 13. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Radio Times : The Sarah Jane Adventures Episode Guide".
Portraits of Russ Abbot at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Invest HOME PAGE NEWS NEWS FROM TURKEY Türkiye Expands its High-Speed Train Network
Türkiye Expands its High-Speed Train Network
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated Türkiye's new high-speed train line between the provinces of Konya and Karaman on January 8.
Cutting travel time between the two provinces to 40 minutes, the new line is 102 km long and includes 74 bridges and culverts, 39 crossovers, and 17 pedestrian ways. It will also cut travel time between Ankara and Karaman down to 2 hours and 40 minutes, and give the transportation sector a leg up. Work on signaling is still underway, plans are being made to connect the network to other regions and countries as well.
At the opening ceremony, President Erdoğan stated the train allows Konya residents to travel to Ankara, Eskişehir, and Istanbul more comfortably, easier, and more economically than other modes of transports and added, "We've jumped on this opportunity and taken it one step further now. We've extended the high-speed train system to Karaman, and in doing so, are entering a new era. After that, I hope we'll extend it first from Karaman to Ulukışla, then to Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and eventually Gaziantep. We're also about to open the Ankara-Sivas line, which is still in the testing and commissioning phase."
The project is expected to save TRY 63 million annually in terms of time, energy, emissions, and maintenance, as well as to cut carbon emissions by 25,340 tons per year.
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Biography Gabriela Dabrowski
Gabriela Dabrowski
Date of Birth 1992, April 1
Country Canada CA
Birth Name Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski
Birth Place Ottawa
Father Andrea Rabzak.
Mother Wanda Dabrowski
Nationality Canadian
Currently Working For ITF, WTA
Gabriela Dabrowski is a well-known Canadian professional tennis player. She has been playing at the professional level for a decade. Gabriela turned professional in 2011 and has been playing in the ITF and WTF events globally. Dabrowski has won two ITF singles titles and ten double titles.
Gabriela Dabrowski was born Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski on April 1, 1992, in Ottawa, Ontario. She is the daughter of Wanda Dabrowski and her husband, Andrea Rabzak. Gabriela is of Polish origin and speaks English, French, and Polish. Her father works as her tennis coach. Dabrowski stands five feet and ten inches tall and weighs 70 kg.
Gabriela Dabrowski's Career Earnings and Net Worth
Gabriela Dabrowski has an estimated net worth of more than $2 Million. She has accumulated most of her net worth through her successful career as a professional tennis player and numerous sponsorship and advertising deals. She is the first Canadian woman to win a senior Grand Slam title. In the ongoing season of WTA, Dabrowski has earned merely earned in three figures.
Gabriela shares a photo with her Mixed Double Title at French Open SOURCE: China Daily.
Dabrowski made her professional debut in 2011 and merely took home $25,000 as her prize money. The following season, She could not win many games and had meager earnings. In the 2015 season, Gabriela had an injury that left her out most of the season. Totaling her prize money, It sums to $2,917,857. She is very much early in her career and shall be making millions in the future.
Gabriela is an active social media user. Her timeline is filled with her photo of her games and training. Dabrowski is very close to her tennis partner Emily Webley-Smith and keeps sharing her pictures with her. Some rumors claim them to be dating each other, but none of them have ever opened about it.
Gabriela is at the peak of her career and must be focusing on making a promising future ahead. We will update you if there is anything about her relationship shortly.
Gabriela Dabrowski Tennis Career
Gabriela started training tennis along with her father from a very early age. She played in her first provincial tournament when she was 8. At the age of fourteen, Dabrowski became the first Canadian to win Les Petits As, one of the most prestigious 14 and under tournaments globally. In 2011, Gabriela turned professional and reached her first WTA doubles final in 2013. The following year, The Canadian player won her first WTA doubles title and her first professional singles title over Maria Sanchez at the Tevlin Challenger.
In 2015, Gabriela represented Canada in the 2015 Pan American games. She won the gold medal in doubles with Carol Zhao and a silver medal in mixed doubles with Philip Beste. She was part of the 2016 Rio Olympics the following season, where she reached the second round. In 2017, Dabrowski reached the third round in doubles and won mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a Grand Slam title.
In 2018, Gabriela won her sixth WTA doubles title and second grand slam title at the Australian Open. She peaked at No.7 ranking. In 2020, Dabrowski reached the quarter-final at the Australian Open and US Open.
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Understanding the WebSphere Commerce Web service framework
The goals of the WebSphere Commerce Web service framework are:
Configuring WebSphere Commerce Developer for Web service development
WebSphere Commerce Developer supports Web service development. The WebSphere Commerce Developer tools handle much of the complexity of Web service development, enabling you to focus on the complexity of the business process.
WebSphere Commerce includes code and documentation that allow you to enable WebSphere Commerce business operations as Web services. You can allow WebSphere Commerce to be the service provider by enabling its business functions as Web services that can be accessed by external systems. You can also allow WebSphere Commerce to be the service consumer by enabling it to invoke Web services that are hosted by external systems.
Note: WebSphere Commerce Web services in WebSphere Commerce version 6 use JSP pages to compose responses. The services released in WebSphere Commerce Version 6 Feature Pack 2 and WebSphere Commerce Version 7 use a new functional architecture. For more information, see Web services and WebSphere Commerce.
Why use Web services?
Web services are self-contained, self-describing, modular Web applications that can be published, located, and invoked across the Web. Web services perform functions that can be invoked, ranging from a simple request to complicated business operations. Once a Web service is deployed and registered, other applications can discover and invoke it.
Web services allow applications to be integrated more rapidly, easily, and less expensively than ever before. Integration focuses on the XML messages that define the services rather than the protocol used to relay these messages. These characteristics are ideal for connecting business functions across the Web, both between multiple enterprises and within a single enterprise. They provide a unifying programming model, so that application integration, both inside and outside the enterprise, can be done with a common approach, leveraging a common infrastructure. The integration and application of Web services can be done in an incremental manner, using existing languages and platforms and by adopting existing applications.
WebSphere Commerce is designed to support Web services, both as a provider of Web services and as a consumer (client) to other Web services. For example, external Web service clients can connect to WebSphere Commerce and use the Web services provided, as illustrated in the following diagram.
Alternatively, WebSphere Commerce can connect to other Web service providers and request information, as illustrated in the following diagram.
The Web service architecture describes three roles: service provider, service consumer, and service broker; and three basic operations: publish, find, and bind. A network component can play any or all of these roles. The service providers publish Web services to a service broker. Service consumers find required Web services by using a service broker and bind to them.
In a typical scenario, a service provider hosts a network-accessible service module, which is an implementation of a Web service. The service provider defines a service description for the Web service and publishes it to a service consumer or a service registry. The service consumer uses a find operation to retrieve the service description locally or from the service registry hosted by the service broker. The service consumer uses the service description to bind with the service provider and invoke or interact with the Web service implementation.
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Q: Does slow disk I/O degrade the performance of rest of the Node.js application? I'm in a small team developing a single-page application that relies heavily on low latency queries over WebSockets. The back-end runs on Node.js + Redis. It needs to support hundreds to thousands of simultaneous connections and requests need to be served under 50 - 100 ms (under good network conditions on the client side). We're fairly happy with our initial implementation of this part of the server, it is performing as expected.
We also need to serve lots of static files over HTTP. These requests are not time sensitive. Because of the large storage requirements, we would like to opt for an array of HDDs instead of SSDs for cost reasons.
Is there a risk of slow disk I/O degrading the performance of the rest of the Node.js application (the WebSocket part only using in-memory database) or is it going to strictly affect the HTTP / static file serving part of the server? As far as my understanding goes, Node.js with it's asynchronous nature would be well suited for this kind of situation because it would allow the WebSockets module to process queries normally while the HTTP module is waiting the disks to read/write?
Perhaps the large amount of "waiting to be served" HTTP requests can clog the server in some way (after all, they need to be stored somewhere and it's probably not free to poll if the read/write is available either) and we need to consider using either a separate Node.js process for serving static files or even a separate dedicated server altogether?
I can think of the following things:

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*the "waiting to be served" HTTP request are going to be using up the limited amount of concurrent TCP connections available

*the "waiting to be served" HTTP requests are also going to use up some RAM

*system files should probably reside on a disk that is not going to be busy serving the static files

We can't test this scenario out in the real world just yet so I would be very thankful to hear from anyone with similar experiences. This could require us to rethink out architecture and that's something we would preferably discover sooner than later.

A: Short answer: Yes There is a massive risk:p
https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_threadpool_usage

Threadpool Usage#
All file system APIs except fs.FSWatcher() and those that are
  explicitly synchronous use libuv's threadpool, which can have
  surprising and negative performance implications for some
  applications. See the UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE documentation for more
  information.

http://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/design.html#file-i-o
UV Threadpool is backed by system threads so the scaling profile will be very different than the rest of the application.  IMO this is not neciessarly more risky just ... different and hard data would help to see the scaling profile of your application.

I think general best practice is to offload serving of static files if at all possible.  Having a proxy in front of your application which is able to quickly serve static files (nginx) might help (not because it fixes the core issue of blocking file system reads but because it may offer more uniform / predictable performance or scaling, since it only has to manage serving files, while your application would need to context switch between users AND serving files.  I personally would research your recommendations of using separate process or CDN to try and fully remove the serving of static files from your application.

A: If you have many requests from clients, you need to use load balancer via Cluster API https://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html
You also need to consider using cache, because http and disc operations are expensive indeed. And if these things are not enough you just add new servers. This is how I do and understand resolving high load problems.
P. S. I don't think that node.js is a problem, it's good platform for such things like serving static files. You just have a lot of requests and you need to handle this problem with methods I described.

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Q: How to GET multiple parameters with different structure (Array and Int ,etc) in spray I want to get multiple parameters such as Array of String and integer in spray,for example:
http://localhost:8088/sWrite?name=book1&name=book2&name=book3&number=5&TF=false

I use below code:
 path("sWrite") {
    get {
      parameters('name.as[Array[String]], 'number.as[Int], 'TF.as[Boolean]) {
        (name, number, TF) =>
          complete {
            "ok"
          }
      }
    }
  }

But it's lead to this error:
[error] too many arguments for method parameters: (pdm spray.routing.directives.ParamDefMagnet)pdm.Out
How can i get array of string and integer in spray??

A: Should be used from paramString:
path("sWrite") {
    def paramString(param: (String, String)): String = s"""${param._1} = '${param._2}'"""
    parameterSeq {
      params =>
        complete {
          val sr = params.toArray
          val sw = tRest.seqWrite(Seq(sr(0)._2, sr(1)._2, sr(2)._2), sr(3)._2.toInt, sr(4)._2.toBoolean)
          "Sequence Write Successful"
        }
    }

A: Here's a custom directive to extract multiple query parameters with the same name into a Seq[String]:
def multiParameter(param: Symbol): Directive1[Seq[String]] = {
  extract(_.request.uri.query.collect {
    case (key, value) if key == param.name => value
  }).flatMap {
    case Nil => reject(MissingQueryParamRejection(param.name))
    case x   => provide(x)
  }
}

It doesn't support all the bells and whistles that the parameter family of directives do, like optionality, defaults, and type conversion. But you can maybe do some of that by hand if you need to.
Anyway, using this directive to solve the original problem looks like this:
path("sWrite") {
  get {
    multiParameter('name) { name => // is a Seq, but you can do name.toArray
      parameters('number.as[Int], 'TF.as[Boolean]) { (number, TF) =>
        complete { "ok" }
      }
    }
  }
}


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Vacancy Fees are setup in Fees Setup, but they nothing shows up in the Weekly Fees after entering the "V" fee code.
This is most likely due to a Grace Period being setup on the Fee Setup screen. The Grace Period is found on the Fee Setup, "More Information" tab and most likely should be set to 0. If you set it to a number greater than zero, you are telling the program that teams do NOT have to pay for vacancies until this number of weeks have past. So entering a "V" code on the Weekly Fee screen will only show that the team roster was filled out with vacancies.


Taiwanese Nat. team cheated out of gold in Tug of War Championship? Netizens cry foul!
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The 2018 World Championship of the Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) concluded in Xuzhou, China on March 10, with the Taiwanese national team being denied gold in the final showdown for 560 kg competition of the tournament against the Irish national team.
However, the Irish victory caused on immediate outcry for what appears to have been some poor calls, or perhaps inattention, on the part of the TWIF referee. When the winner was announced the crowd in Xuzhou erupted into demands for a rematch, and shouts decrying the bad call from the ref.
One netizen, Yasu Zheng, angered by the situation and the TWIF's refusal to address the misjudgment, made the following video to alert people to the poor judgement of the TWIF officials.
Many observers are simply calling for a rematch, while others are demanding that the gold medal should rightfully belong to the Taiwanese team.
From the video below, it does appear that the forward leg of the foremost Irish player crosses the line, but the main referee does not make the call, instead giving the match to the Irish team.
The head of the Taiwanese team, tries to reason with the judges, and asks them to review the footage, but they refuse. They say they have to stand with the decision of the referee.
The video also includes footage of the coach speaking with the Irish team, and its coaches. The Irish athletes reportedly agreed that if there was a mistake or a mis-call, they would give up the medals pending a decision from the judges.
There is currently an online campaign to attempt to rectify the matches ruling. Online netizens are sending letters of complaint to the TWIF, asking them to at least own up to their mistake.


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PR ETHICS
PR VERSUS MARKETING
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DE&I)
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS (IC)
COVID-19 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Opinion: The quest for truth: Ethics and integrity in communications
1 September 2021 Reading Time: 3 minutes
IF you look at the headlines dominating the news cycle, you will notice that morals and ethics are severely lacking, writes Courtney Malengo. From badly-behaved business leaders to above-the-law politicians, there is no shortage of unethical stories in our world today. As public relations and communications professionals, we are called to uphold a code of ethics in our dealings with the public, our employers/clients, and the media. While we won't all face overt ethical conundrums like the ones that play out in the media, it is more likely an ethical predicament will sneak up on you in subtle ways.
When I ventured into the public relations field, I remember people saying, "Oh, you mean spin?" While some practitioners will peddle anything, even spin, the public relations profession is fundamentally the opposite. Professional bodies provide a robust guideline for ethical practices. Specifically, when discussing the disclosure of information, something communication professionals routinely deal with, the following expectations support open, ethical communication:
Be honest and accurate in all communications.
Act promptly to correct erroneous communications for which the member is responsible.
Investigate the truthfulness and accuracy of information released on behalf of those represented.
Reveal the sponsors for causes and interests represented.
Disclose financial interest (such as stock ownership) in a client's organisation.
Avoid deceptive practices.
When I started my career in journalism, I was on a quest to uncover the truth. Even as I progressed into public relations, my quest continued to truthfully represent the companies. I will always champion an accurate representation of what is truthful and sincere in how you represent yourself and your company.
I have provided counsel to various executives and organisations during pivotal moments in the throngs of crisis and reputation management. That has uniquely put me in the position of acting as a spokesperson and publicly going to bat for that company or individual. Lest there be any confusion, I only want to put my reputation and word on the line if I know that company or executive has been truthful and honest with me, so in turn my representations are truthful too.
Much to the chagrin of some people I have worked with, I don't take that responsibility lightly. Whether it is a statement for the media or a statement to employees, my quest for truth always continues, even now as a strategic communications consultant.
Truthfulness and transparency do not mean you tell everyone everything. A good leader and a good communicator must manage knowing when to divulge certain details and when to share, for the greater benefit. From a company's perspective, I also recognise earnestly wanting to minimise drama, gossip, and disruption. These two scenarios, no matter how difficult, do not have to be mutually exclusive. The most ideal scenario is absolute transparency with the communications/PR counsel, letting that individual discern the most accurate and fair way to represent the story for both parties.
Sometimes, organisations become laser focused on one tree, rather than the forest. Executives don't always think through the ramifications or repercussions of what they deem to be a "small" or "minor" situation. Communications professionals know how rapidly an initially minor situation can quickly become a major crisis, sending shock waves throughout an organisation. Code of Conduct of professional PR bodies require us to be truthful in our communication, but those we work for and with must first be truthful with us.
The quest for truth and accuracy should remain a noble pursuit for communicators in every sector and position. The ethical challenges we may face aren't always the salacious situations we see in the media; sometimes, they can sneak in, in purposefully unassuming ways.
COURTNEY Malengo is the founder of Spark + Buzz Communications, a strategic communications consultancy that helps brands tell their story to inspire audiences and galvanise growth. From concept to completion, Spark + Buzz designs creative and strategic solutions through branding, marketing, and public relations services. Malengo is an accredited public relations professional with a master's in communication and organisational leadership from Gonzaga University, Washington.
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General Writing, Publishing
Why You Need Rhino Hide
April 10, 2022 Bruce Byfield
For the last few months, I've watched a tragedy unfold on goodreads. An author (who I will leave nameless) has been getting bad reviews of a book that they are proud of. Instead of ignoring the reviews, they have gone on the attack on Twitter. The readers don't understand that the book, is an adult fantasy, nor how to read one, they say. Readers are prejudiced against the writer's queerness. Really, their constant refrain is, the book is highly original, and a work of staggering genius. The defensiveness irritates some readers so much that a few have gone so far as to down-vote the book in response. The whole story has an inevitability that makes it a classic example of how not to respond to criticism.
Oh, I understand the urge to respond. Who isn't proud of their published works? However, I have one advantage that most would-be writers lack: for years I've made my living through articles about open source software and the community that builds it. A more outspoken audience doesn't exist. I've even had three stalkers, each of whom for a time apparently had nothing better to do than nitpick my every publication. For sheer survival, I quickly learned to develop the hide of a rhinoceros.
So how do I cope? Unlike some writers, I don't just ignore comments. I'm too curious for that. But I have developed a basic strategy that allows my continued survival.
The first thing I do is consider the validity of comments. If I've made a mistake, I accept it. Sometimes I even thank the commenter. But if what I've said is taken out of context or misunderstood, I don't waste time worrying. Once, for instance, I wrote something like, "I don't believe that there are many differences between men and women. However, after reviewing this product from an all-women team, I have to change my mind." No sooner was the article posted than some wrote a lengthy reply explaining to me why the first sentence was wrong and how I obviously wasn't married (which I was) — and ignored the second sentence altogether. Once I noticed that, I could safely ignore the comment, except to laugh. Often, readers will bring things to a criticism that are only remotely related to what you actually write, and this case was one of those times.
Another question I bring to comments is whether there is any consensus, or even a substantial response that is not what I intend. If there is, then I will revise when I can to eliminate any faults or misunderstandings. But if there's no prevailing experience, I can largely the response. I had one story that was called both communist and captitalist and feminist and misogynist. Since to be all those things at the same time is generally impossible, I could safely conclude that, once again, readers were voicing things they brought to the story, rather than responding to attitudes that the story actually contained.
Whenever possible, I try not to respond to any comments. I always would rather move on to a new story than rehash an old one. Still, sometimes the comment was based on a false premise that might mislead other readers. In such cases, I have a two response rule. In the first response, I correct the comment as needed. If the commenter responds, I reassert my corrections and end by saying that I will not be responding further. In both responses, I do my best to stay polite, even when insulted. If I still waste time with the two response rule, I avoid wasting even more time by being drawn into an endless flame war — all the while satisfying my too-human need to defend myself without going to extremes.
You may develop a different strategy, but if you are going to survive as a writer, you do need one that will leave you looking professional. I don't know how the story of the writer on goodreads will end, but their reaction to criticism may have sunk that book of which they are so proud, and just might have labeled them as too difficult for agents and publishers to deal with. No one likes to have their work criticized, but if you develop a layer of rhino hide, at least you can look professional.
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Diversity, General Writing, Marketing, Publishing, Uncategorized
Lies Writers Tell Themselves: Forced Diversity
When it comes to diversity, there's a lot of misinformation floating around in writerly circles. Much of this misinformation takes the form of reactionary strawmen, creating scenarios that make victims out of the (usually white) writers who are resistant to recent changes in the publishing industry and thus the status quo. These writers feel threatened by an increased awareness of the need for diversity.
One of the biggest strawmen is the idea of so-called "forced diversity," the idea that publishers now refuse to publish manuscripts that are not sufficiently diverse, that editors are asking writers to re-write manuscripts to change the race or sexuality of a character, that agents who specifically request diverse or #ownvoices stories are rejecting everything else. When this argument comes up, righteous indignation usually follows, with grumblings about the author's artistic vision, censorship, and lots of "how dare they tell me what to write." Hand-wringing about cancel culture and the perils of being a white writer are usually not far behind, the sense of being "damned if you do and damned if you don't," being a major theme.
Here is something that is a fact: for as long as the publishing industry has existed, it has been dominated by white voices. While there have been amazing books written by marginalized voices over the years, publishing itself is a an industry that is predominated by upper middle class white people. A 2015 Publishers Weekly study showed that the industry itself is 79% white, and the editorial departments were 82% white. With publishing so overwhelmingly white, it is hard to take any claims of white victimhood particularly seriously. A look at the current New York Times bestseller list reveals 9 out of 10 books on the adult fiction book list were written by white authors and feature white protagonists. Does it really look like diversity is being forced upon authors who have no interest in writing diversity? Hardly. The idea that the white author is somehow at a disadvantage seems more a case of sour grapes, a ready-made excuse for the endless stream of rejection letters, than any reflection of the actual state of the publishing industry.
That all said, it is true that there has been some effort on behalf of publishing to become more diverse. Agents frequently include diverse books and the #ownvoices hashtag in their wish-lists. Certain segments of the industry are more diverse than others — YA, for instance, on the same New York Times Bestseller list, had 7 out of 10 white authors on the list, and of those there were stories featuring other types of marginalization — namely sexuality and disability. Still though, white authors are in no danger of being pushed aside, still occupying a full 70% of the bestseller list.
The argument about non-marginalized writers being forced to alter their vision to suit the demands of diversity crazy editors and agents also fails to hold up to any close scrutiny. Although this little bit of urban myth seems to get passed around writer circles, I've heard no first-hand accounts of an author directly being told "we'll publish your book if you make the main character Black" or "I'll accept you as a client if you make the romance gay." What seems more likely is that authors have heard, perhaps from beta-readers, perhaps from critique partners, and perhaps even from agents, that their book lacks diversity and might be improved if more diversity was added. This isn't forced diversity, this is a suggestion for improvement.
It has always amused me that artistic integrity and the sacred vision of the author suddenly becomes so much more important when suggestions are made about diversity than anything else. If an editor suggests that a character is unrealistic as portrayed, and that perhaps the author might give that character a different job, or a different socio-economic background, most writers will not take offense. But suggest that a character should be another race or a different sexual orientation (because after all, diversity adds realism to our fictional worlds, reflecting the world in which we live), and authors suddenly are very concerned about their artistic integrity. The former, it seems, is an acceptable example of the editor giving corrections, whereas the latter is an example of an editor trying to control the author.
Authors, understand this: if someone suggests your book would be improved by the addition of diversity, they are not trying to challenge your authorial vision. They're not trying to force diversity on you. The person who suggests this — beta reader, critique partner, editor, agent — is telling you that your work does not reflect the world we live in. In the real world, people are not all white, all heterosexual, all cis-gendered. In real life, there's a guy with a wheelchair buying cereal at the supermarket, there's a woman wearing a hijab working at the bank, there's a teacher named Chang at your high school and lesbian couple dropping their son off at daycare. For too long publishing has reflected a warped vision of the real world, and if now it seeks to self-correct, this is not an attack on the non-marginalized writer, but a long overdue chance for the industry to ensure that all readers will see themselves reflected in the books they read.
Because at the heart of the matter is this — diversity and representation matters, and it matters more than the hurt feelings or the righteous indignation of non-marginalized writers, and not just for lofty reasons either. Publishing is, first and foremost, a business, and marginalized individuals are customers too. At the end of the day, the writer may indeed write according to their own "artistic vision" but the publisher too will purchase what sells. If diversity, right now, is selling, then it is a reflection of a demand on the part of a significant segment of the population to see themselves represented in what they read.
If diversity is forced, then it is forced by the readers themselves, and ultimately, publishing is an industry that serves the needs of the reader, rather than the ego of the writer.


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Home World Asia A big sandstorm, the worst in a decade, hit Beijing, Monday
A big sandstorm, the worst in a decade, hit Beijing, Monday
Beijing, home to 21.7 million , was historically hit by sandstorms on a much more regular basis but on Monday it experienced what its weather bureau has called the worst sandstorm in a decade. The sky was covered by an apocalyptic-looking orange haze. The sand was being brought in by strong winds from Mongolia where the severe sandstorms have reportedly caused six deaths and left dozens missing. It caused an unprecedented increase in air pollution measurements , with pollution levels in some districts at 160 times the accepted limit. At least 12 provinces in the country had been affected. "It looks like the end of the world," some residents affirmed. Schools had been told to cancel outdoor events. Sandstorms like the one seen this week, caused by wind, are harder to control.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or grounded. Visibility was so bad in parts of the city that drivers had to turn on their headlights even in the middle of the day. the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow alert for sandstorms , the second level in a four-tier color-coded weather warning system. Authorities advised the public to avoid going outside if possible. Since 2000, the Chinese government has invested billions of dollars toward sandstorm prevention and installed satellites to monitor sandstorms.
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Murphy demands answers from Price on anti-Obamacare videos
Sen. Chris Murphy argues against repeal of the Affordable Care Act on the Senate floor in January.
Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy and two of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, are questioning whether Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price misused taxpayer money through advertising and public relations efforts aimed at undermining the Affordable Care Act.
In a letter that was also signed by Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., Murphy asked Price to detail how much money HHS is spending to produce and distribute dozens of anti-Obamacare videos available on the department's official social media accounts.
The senators questioned the legality of using taxpayer money to lobby for the replacement and repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
"We are concerned that the use of appropriated funds to promote legislation pending before Congress violate both HHS's constitutional responsibility to implement existing law, and legal prohibitions against using taxpayer dollars to lobby in favor of pending legislation," the senators wrote. "The ACA is the law of the land, and HHS officials have an obligation to uphold and implement it."
In their letter, the senators also cited several federal laws that prohibit lobbying by federal employees and the use of public funds to lobby for legislation, including the Anti-Lobbying Act which the senators said, states:
"No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law, ratification, policy or appropriation . . ."
The anti-ACA videos, testimonies from patients and doctors critical of Obamacare, display the HHS logo and at the end say "Produced at U.S. taxpayer expense."
Office of the president-elect
HHS Secretary Tom Price
Some question whether an ACA outreach fund meant to encourage signup was used to pay for the ad campaign.
HHS did not respond to a request for comment on the senators' letter.
Murphy has been one of the most vigorous defenders of the Affordable Care Act in the Senate, frequently making floor speeches that include stories of people in Connecticut who have been helped by the health care law.
Murphy also has launched furious tweet-storms against GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, efforts that have stalled because they have failed to win the support of 50 senators needed for approval.
Nevertheless, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to bring up a health care bill this week, with a vote on a procedural motion on Tuesday. McConnell has not said what that bill will look like.
"It is B-A-N-A-N-A-S that we're less than 48 hours away from a vote on reordering 1/5 of the U.S. economy & we don't know what's in the bill," Murphy tweeted late Sunday.
Ana Radelat Ana has written about politics and policy in Washington, D.C.. for Gannett, Thompson Reuters and UPI. She was a special correspondent for the Miami Herald, and a regular contributor to The New York TImes, Advertising Age and several other publications. She has also worked in broadcast journalism, for CNN and several local NPR stations. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Journalism.


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Q: pass data in listview on button clicked i want to pass the data of the itemselected to another page. The below code is working as expected.
private void inProgress_ItemSelected(object sender, SelectedItemChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var surveyTapped = (SurveyList)e.SelectedItem;
            Navigation.PushAsync(new StartSurvey(surveyTapped.vchar_Title, surveyTapped.int_SurveyID, surveyTapped.int_UserSurveyID));
        }

But i have 2 button in the listview and i have to add on clicked on those buttons
My UI
private void resume_ButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //How and what should i implement in order to pass the data
        }

A: Binding is a saviour here.
If you are going with Event oriented approach, try following code:
    private void resume_ButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        var selectedItem = (SurveyList)LISTVIEW.SelectedItem; // where LISTVIEW is the name of the listview.
        //Other actions
    }

A: Here is what i did that worked perfectly for me. i Used a commandparameter to pass the value. This is what i did in the listview
<Button Text="Resume" TextColor="White" BackgroundColor="Green" HorizontalOptions="EndAndExpand" Clicked="resume_ButtonClicked" CommandParameter="{Binding .}"/>

and onclicked event i gave the button a reference to the listview.
private void resume_ButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var menuItem = sender as Button;
            var selectedItem = menuItem.CommandParameter as SurveyList;
            Navigation.PushAsync(new StartSurvey(selectedItem.vchar_Title, selectedItem.int_SurveyID, selectedItem.int_UserSurveyID));
        }

A: First I created a button in ListView of xaml file
<Button Text="Submit" Clicked="btn_clicked" CommandParamter={Binding .}/>

Then we need to pass the data onclick of button
var data = (ModelName)((Button)sender).CommandParameter;

await Navigation.PushAsync(new AnotherPageName(data));

A: Try this suggestion.
While adding Buttons to listview rows add them with unique "id" property, this way you would know which button is clicked and it lies on which row.
It would be like ->
row 0 - Buttons id could be with 01,02
row 1- Buttons could be with 10,11
so on..
So when you click the button you would know which button is clicked and where does it lie.
When you know the listview row index, you can get the data from the itemsource property of the list at that index or use the collection you used to bind the data.
Now you have the data and you can pass the same you have done in first case.
here is the property I am talking about.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/xamarin.forms.element.id?view=xamarin-forms#Xamarin_Forms_Element_Id

A: I was a ble to catch a passed value through a button like this.
<Button  Clicked="delBtn_Clicked" CommandParameter="{Binding customerId}" x:Name="delBtn" Text="Delivered" HorizontalOptions="EndAndExpand" BackgroundColor="Black" TextColor="White"></Button>

private void delBtn_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  var ListItem = sender as Button;
  var currentItem = ListItem.CommandParameter.ToString();
  DisplayAlert("Alert", currentItem, "Ok");
}