On 4 April 2023, Finland formally became the 31st country of the NATO security alliance. Western scholars argue that Finland’s joining has further strengthened the Western collective alliance that would enable a greater security framework in the North. A critical assessment of this Finland’s decision argues the opposite. This paper attempts to highlight various strategic calculations that have been altered or would alter in due course, with Finland’s accession to NATO.
Neutral status of Finland
Since the Second World War, Finland maintained a status of non-aligned state in the region. Till recently it has remained a significant buffer between NATO and Russia. This status has drastically changed post Russia’s military action in Ukraine. Western media and its strong Russophobic discourses have become successful in making the people of Finland and its political elite actually believe that they are under some sort of threat of Russian invasion in the region. Whereas, by creating and further perceiving this notion of a hypothetical threat from Russia, the West has itself succeeded in its own larger geopolitical agenda in the region. NATO’s overall rising budget as a result of its existing member’s inability to meet their annual financial obligations to the alliance, has been continuously straining US economy. The evidences of these were clearly visible during Trump’s administration when he called for pulling out of the alliance if member states failed to meet their annual financial obligations to NATO. To mitigate this impact the other obvious choice for West has been to increase and expand the alliance’s membership. Finland’s accession (and next Sweden in line) are some of the concrete western approaches in this direction that have attained their success. It has been estimated that a NATO member spends an annual amount of around EUR 70–100 million, for its membership and acceding to the alliance’s political organs and its command structure. Finland, in addition to this has to pay a significant cost for accession to the NATO Defence Planning Process, meeting the capability targets allocated to Finland and participating in NATO’s operational planning. Finland under NATO’s membership would be committed to spending at least 2 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence expenditure annually. For the year 2023, Finland’s defence expenditure would be around 2.38 per cent of its GDP. This is expected to come to around 2 per cent for the years 2024 and 2025 and the country aims to mainly focus on financing its strategic Naval and Air Force projects. Geopolitically, this whole decision of Finland has completely changed its position of military neutrality in the region and the state has already started thinking militarily on similar lines to NATO’s strategic planning and security outlook.
Finland and Russia maintain 1,340 km of land border. One may argue that till recently this was not even a border but an open frontier, at some of the places between the two states. Both Finland and Russia maintained mutual respect for each other’s boundaries and there existed a significant level of cooperation and trust between the two. Finland joining of NATO has resulted in the addition of 1340 km of direct land between Russia and NATO. In the coming years, both states are bound to further see a depreciation in their existing trust and bilateral border cooperation. This has even become visible in the terms of Finland’s new approach towards its border management. Finland, under the perceived notion of military threat/invasion from Russia, has started constructing the border fence along the Russian-Finish border. Russia–Finland border that has remained peaceful since World War II is on rapid verge of increased militarization and greater securitization.
Rising Militarization Curve
Finland joining of NATO has drastically altered the strategic calculations in the North. This has challenged Russia’s strategic deterrent calculus by reducing the geographical proximity between NATO’s military component and Russia. Building of NATO military bases and deployment of any kind of strategic weapons in Finland (especially along the Finish-Russian border) would significantly challenge the strategic threat perception of Russia. Owning to the close geographical proximity of Russia’s important cities such as St. Petersburg and its strategic bases such as the Kola Peninsula from Finland, Russia would be bound to develop equally effective and credible counter capabilities for any adverse scenarios. Further, Finland’s acquisition of 64 F-35 from US by 2026 for their deployment in Rovaniemi to enhance NATO’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) would reduce Russia’s reaction time of its fighters taking off from Kola Peninsula and other strategic bases.
As per recent estimates, Finland is presently equipped with around 650 tanks (that include 200 German-made Leopards types 2A6 and 2A4), around 700 howitzers and cannons, 700 mortars and about 100 heavy and light rocket launchers. Its inventory further includes 650 anti-aircraft missiles (also in the process to buy more from Swedish Saab Dynamics and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems), surveillance radars with a range of almost 500 km (300 miles), an undisclosed number of unarmed Orbiter drones (also in process of purchasing 1,000-2,000 more, including hundreds of Parrot Anafi USA drones) and Israeli-made ELTA counter-battery radar systems. Finland is also in the final stages of tendering new high-altitude anti-aircraft systems from Israel. Finish military is in the process of enhancing winter warfighting gears, night vision systems and gas masks, remote-controlled smart mines and area denial systems.
Finland’s naval component consists of four command vessels, five minelayers, eight missile craft, three mine countermeasure vessels, 13 mine sweepers, and a small landing craft. It is in the process of acquiring three new multi-role corvettes for surface combat that are expected to enter service by 2029. Finland annually trains around 21000 conscripts that adds to the country’s wartime reserve of 280,000 soldiers. About 870,000 Finish people between the age of 17 and 60 are liable for service in case of emergency.
All this had though significantly added to NATO and Finland’s increased military capabilities, but it would simultaneously trigger Russia’s reciprocatory response in the entire North in due course. To counter balance NATO through numerical and strategic military strength, Russia would be bound to increase its military infrastructure and re-configure strategic planning in the region. Russian development to this regard has already started and these would increase on the basis of security deployments of NATO in the due course.
This militarization would not only remain restricted to a particular region or area, but owning to Russia’s geopolitical and strategic capabilities in the Arctic, the region as a whole would witness increased in military buildups. The scale and intensity of NATO’s joint exercises in Finland post its accession to the alliance, would further aggravate insecurities in the region. Western arguments that justifies Finland’s joining of the NATO as a strengthening factor to the alliance’s strategic positioning in the Arctic, lacks rationality regarding the geopolitical instability that this decision could bring in the region in due course. Even a small strategic miscalculation by either side could result in military standoffs or direct confrontations. Such a scenario could not only escalate East–West tensions in the Arctic, but could complicate the overall security complex of the Nordic region.
Suspended Arctic Cooperation and straining relations
Since Russia’s military action in Ukraine, every form of cooperation with Russia in the Arctic remains suspended. Seven out of the eight Arctic states in the Arctic Council have called off every form of cooperation with Russia even on non-military matters. Norway, which has taken over as the new role of council’s chairmanship from Russia, has outlined its priorities for its chairmanship term but without giving any reference to Russia. Russia’s senior Arctic officials are still hopeful for revival of some level of work in the Arctic council, but are simultaneously of the view that the level of trust that earlier existed in the council has been lost. Speaking via video speech to the during the transfer of chairship to Norway, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, said,
“Further effective work and the future of the Arctic Council as a whole will depend on whether we can jointly find opportunities for continuing a civilized dialogue to preserve the Arctic as a territory of peace, stability and constructive cooperation.”
It is important to understand that the Arctic Council functioned on the fundamental principles of the Ottawa declaration and decisions within the council were taken on a consensus basis. Traditional security and military component was kept deliberately out of the scope of the Arctic Council. With Finland joining NATO and Sweden next in line for its membership, one may argue that geopolitics has already taken over the Arctic Council. Under such a new framework how overall cooperation in the council resumes is a debatable question. Norway’s recent expulsion of Russia’s 14 diplomats by accusing them of spying charges and Russia’s retaliatory measure against Norway’s 10 diplomats, further complicate any chances of cooperation between the two even at bilateral levels.
The Arctic region witnessed significant amount of cooperation even between the traditional superpowers in the past. The region post Ukraine crisis has significantly moved towards great militarization. Suspension of every form of cooperation with Russia, and Finland’s joining of the alliance has further escalated of securitization in the North. The real existential challenges of climate change, human security and socio-economic context have taken backseat and the active geopolitics and traditional power rivalry has dominantly re-emerged in the region. Continuous western provocations for Ukraine’s bid for NATO (despite continuous warnings by President Putin since 2007’s Munich Security Conference to stops NATO’s expansion) and Russia’s reaction to it via military means, has taken the securitization to new highs in region. Further, Finland’s accession, Sweden’s in line, the ongoing discussions to open NATO’s Japan office and NATO’s close cooperation with South Korea are some of the future dangerous signs that would be read in terms of not only expansionist, but also encirclement strategies of the west. Western aims to isolate Russia by expanding NATO and other economic measures, has already catalyzed Russia engagements with China and other Asian states in search of trade, new partnerships and multilateral alliances. Though, strong western discourses that paints Russia as a threat dominates majority of the current global order, there still are others that are critical regarding the core assumptions on which these anti-Russian discourses are based. In the post-cold war world order, with no other existing security alliances or frameworks other than NATO, what the world really needs to question is the very fundamental requirement and existence of “NATO” itself. The questions of “who’s security” and “from what” needs critical reassessments as the thrust of the threat perception to ‘one’s own’ national security from the ‘other/others’, function almost equal for both East and West.
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Furious protests broke out in Kolkata on Monday morning as the CBI arrested several top Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with the Narada scam. Two West Bengal Cabinet Ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee as well as TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former minister Sovan Chatterjee were taken away to CBI office in Nizam Place and subsequently arrested.
The developments had prompted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to state an agitation within the premises, even as party supporters tussled with the police, defying lockdown to gather in the area. They raised slogans against the BJP-led NDA government, hurled stones and bricks at security personnel and made attempts to enter the building. The agitators also burnt tyres and blocked roads in several other parts of the state, including Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts.
But for many the anger over the situation does not stem from the arrests per se. Rather, it is the names that have become conspicuous by their absence from the arrest list. Many including Mathew Samuel, the senior journalist who had conducted the sting operation and purportedly caught the then TMC leaders accepting bribes, have pointed out the exclusion of Suvendu Adhikari, who recently defected from the TMC to the BJP.
"I had gone and given the money to Suvendu Adhikari in his office. His name is not on the list. What happened? A forensic was conducted and it was proven...the CBI took a statement from me too," he was quoted as saying.
In an interview with Outlook magazine, he added that he had met with Adhikari and given the lawmaker Rs. 5 lakh, adding that the tape for the same had been forensically verified by the CBI. While Mukul Roy did not accept money directly, Samuel says that he made a payment of Rs. 15 lakh to the latter via suspended IPS officer Mirza.
Similar remarks alleging bias based on party lines have also been made by TMC leaders. Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh had demanded the arrest of BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari earlier in the day.
Earlier today, West Bengal Assembly speaker Biman Bandhopadhyay had said that the arrests were illegal as his permission had not been sought for the same. Interestingly enough, this appears to have been a hindrance of sorts for quite some time now. According to a News18 report, data from the Central Vigilance Commission indicates that the CBI had applied for prosecution sanction for MPs Sougata Roy, Prasun Banerjee, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Suvendu Adhikari in the Narada case on April 6, 2019. However, at least till November 2020, this is reportedly the only case that is pending for prosecution sanction with the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker.


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(LAGRANGE) – LaGrange County public school enrollments vary by geography.
Numbers on the Indiana Department of Education website show the Westview School Corporation has held its own over the last ten years, actually increasing by four students from 2007 to 2017. Even so, Westview sought and won a referendum to increase tax support for local schools.
Both Lakeland and Prairie Heights in the central and eastern portions of the county have lost students over the decade. Lakeland is down 13 percent while Prairie Heights is down 27 percent.
Lakeland is considering a plan to close elementary schools in Howe and Wolcottville before seeking a referendum on increasing taxes.
Prairie Heights closed the Pretty Lake Elementary a few years back and last year successfully passed a referendum to support the schools.
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I want to create a two layer cast with the bottom layer mixed with some pigment and the upper layer clear.
What's the proper way to cast a multi layer pour ? I don't want to risk separation of the layers while also eliminating air bubbles.
Do I do the first pour, put it in the pot, wait the recommended demold time then repeat the process for the second pour ? I thought I read that the resin (the second layer) wouldn't stick well to itself (in this case the first layer fully cured).
Or, do I do a first layer, put it in the pot, remove it before it reaches the demold time, but soon enough so the second pour won't mix with the first and then put the entire thing back in the pot for the complete demold time of the second layer ?
I'm just starting out with epoxy resin casting, and that's my next project. Seems to me the only problem would be color bleed from the top layer into the bottom. From what I've seen on YouTube, the first layer should be poured and allowed a short period of time to set up (not cure). Depending on the resin, it could be a few minutes to a couple hours. Remove bubbles then pour the second layer.
Wouldn't it be great for someone to publish a book that answered so many of these questions for us beginners?
Once you are past the "open time" you should be fine to pour the next layer. I'd say you could also wait until it's almost cured to do another layer if you're worried about color bleeding.
Alumilite has some great videos on their website and YouTube just for beginners. But it's also what we're here for - people who use the products all the time help the beginners. Each of us have different areas we are good in and can help in.
You could pour the next later while the first is still tacky and the two will stick together nicely. If the first layer has cured, scuff it with some 220 grit, vacuum and use an air compressor to remove all the dust, then do your second pour. The scuffing will help the two layers bond mechanically, not chemically

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Watch video of Small-sized man getting married to tall and huge lady as second wife
Watch video of Small-sized man getting married to tall and huge lady as second wife – A diminutive Nigerian man has taken a second wife in a beautiful wedding 4 years after marrying his first wife.
Small-sized Amos Ufuoma Asigri whose pre-wedding photos had caused a stir weeks ago tied the knot with a beautiful tall lady named Hope Ogheneuzuazor Ogbokor on Saturday, April 30 at Uyoyou community in Ada-Irri, Delta state.
LIB reports that the man’s first wedding was to a lady named Princess Edith and it was held in March 2018.
Gbaramatu Voice TV shared photos and videos from the couple’s cute wedding occasion that was graced by well-wishers and friends.
The groom rocked a fine red jacket on a black suit, while his delectable bride dazzled in a flowing white gown.
Mixed reactions have trailed videos and photos from their wedding occasion as Nigerians celebrated the new couple.
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How much does it cost to make a casino? Opening a casino costs millions if you go the physical building, on-land route. An alternative is an online casino, which may cost anywhere from $250k to over a million dollars to get up and running. A riverboat casino is as much (or more) as a land casino, costing $5 to $20 million.
Can you make your own casino? Starting your own casino can be a fun venture, but it also requires some hard work securing the necessary licenses and funding. First, you’ll need to check the laws and regulations in your state to make sure you can build and operate your casino.
How much profit do casinos make a year? In 2019, the total revenue there was $1.3B and $664 million came from gaming. The “Average Big Strip Casino” which earns over $72 million a year reported $12.9B in total revenue in 2020. $4.5B came directly from gaming. In 2019, the same establishments reported $17.5B in total earnings and $6B in gaming revenues.
Is owning a casino profitable? Gambling is good business, or at least a profitable one. According to the American Gaming Association, in 2012 the 464 commercial casinos in the U.S. served 76.1 million patrons and grossed $37.34 billion.


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Rudy Giuliani thinks just about everything wrong with this country is President Obama's fault — even linking him to the brutal McDonald's beatdown in Brooklyn — and says he needs to be more like Bill Cosby.
The former mayor, speaking on AM970 radio Thursday morning, was asked what he thought about a number of disturbing issues in the news.
Host John Gambling sought Giuliani's take on the vicious McDonald's fight; the recent police shootings in Ferguson, Mo., and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton getting booed Thursday at a City Council hearing by protesters.
Giuliani said, "It all starts at the top. It's the tone that's set by the President."
The former mayor said he just returned from a trip overseas, and the United States is constantly derided there as a "racist state."
"It is the obligation of the President to explain . . . that our police are the best in the world," said Giuliani.
Obama is also not addressing the "enormous amount of crime" that's being committed by African-Americans, Giuliani said.
"I hate to mention it because of what happened afterwards, but (he should be saying) the kinds of stuff Bill Cosby used to say," said Giuliani.
Cosby, before his public image was tarnished by a slew of sex assault allegations, had spoken frequently and often bluntly about how African-Americans needed to focus more on education, be better parents and avoid lives of crime.
Giuliani, who was roundly criticized for saying Obama wasn't patriotic, made a point of saying a few nice things about the President.
"I disagree with Barack Obama on almost everything, but I think he's a good family man and a good man," said Giuliani.


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SI joint pain is pain experienced at or in relation to the sacroiliac joint. This joint is found at the base of the spine where the sacral bone in the vertebral column meets the iliac bone in the hip. SI joint pain is felt just above the buttocks in the tailbone region, and it may radiate up the back or down the backs of the legs. It is typically caused by inflammation of the joint itself, which in turn can be caused by a host of factors, from degeneration of joint structures to trauma to the region.
The SI joint is a type of synovial or movable joint known as a planar joint, which means that the adjoining surfaces of the adjacent bones are fairly flat and can glide against one another, although these surfaces become increasingly irregular with age, and allow only a small degree of movement between them. There are two SI joints, one on either side of the sacrum where it meets each ilium, the large bone on either side of the upper pelvis that is shaped like a butterfly’s wing. Together they move as a unit as well as absorb a good deal of weight, two factors that are significant to the diagnosis of SI joint pain.
These articulations between the lateral or outside surfaces of the sacrum and the medial or inside surfaces of the ilia contain two types of articular cartilage, fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage, which cushion the bones against one another during movement. They are also held together by several ligaments, including the anterior, posterior, and interosseous sacroiliac ligaments, which join the bones by their front, rear, and adjoining surfaces, respectively. The presence of these very strong ligaments, in combination with irregular articulating surfaces that lock the bones together, make dislocation of the sacrum and ilium very rare. Rather, SI joint pain tends to be a product of the degeneration of one or more of these joint structures.
As the two SI joints move as a unit, specifically to rotate the pelvis side to side while walking, damage to the joint structure on one or both sides can cause painful inflammation known as sacroiliitis that is aggravated by movement. Such damage, whether in the form of the degeneration of the cartilage or irritation of the ligaments, can be caused by muscle imbalances that lead to dysfunctional movement, such as abnormal walking or running patterns. In other words, muscles that become tight or weak by behaviors like sitting for long periods, such as shortened hip flexor muscles, can cause changes to posture, such as tilting the pelvis too far anteriorly, which in turn can affect the way a person moves.
Irregular movement means that undue stress may be placed on weight-absorbing structures and cause the breakdown of joint tissues themselves, leading to SI joint pain. This stress is typically experienced on one side more than the other, which disrupts the function of a joint that is intended to work as a unit. Similarly, carrying excess body weight, particularly in the abdominal region, can cause SI joint pain. This extra weight can pull forward on the pelvis in a way that negatively affects posture and gait and that places stress on the joint’s weight-bearing function.
Whether caused by muscle imbalances, obesity, or even injury, however, sacroiliitis presents with similar symptoms. The pain is usually dull and aching, is felt around the tailbone, though it may radiate down the buttocks and legs or up the low back, and is often experienced on one side only. SI joint pain may increase on certain movements, such as getting up from a sitting position, and it is often accompanied by stiffness after long periods in one position. In the absence of injury or the diagnosis of other spinal issues, this pain may typically be treated with exercise and stretching to return normal function to the joint.


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Photographer Natalie Lennard has created a project – Birth Undisturbed – aimed at encouraging more women to opt for homebirths, inspired by her own positive experiences.
The 32-year-old from Worthing, Sussex had two natural homebirths where she found that she was free to follow her own ‘primal instincts’ during labour, while being observed by an independent midwife.
To tell the story of what it was like, Natalie recreated the scene with a model, using a prosthetic baby and fake blood to create powerful photographs.
Through her work, Natalie hopes to show women that there are alternative styles in which to give birth that don’t always include a hospital.
The images show a naked woman giving birth in an exotic tropical garden before holding the baby in her arms with the umbilical cord still attached.
Natalie explained how she was fascinated by nature and wanted to simulate her own birthing experience. The model she used wasn’t pregnant nor had she ever given birth, she added. But, with the help of retired independent midwife Liz Nightingale, the trio were able to put the shoot together quickly in a cold studio in Clapham.
‘I had never done a shoot like this before, and I was wondering if I was crazy,’ said Natalie.
‘The model was stark naked, whilst I lubed up a silicone baby and placenta in Vaseline and vampire blood, filmed by a camera crew whilst my toddler ran around on set.
‘I have experienced two homebirths with the same independent midwife, and both were wonderful in that I was free to follow through the sensations of birth in an instinctive manner, on my own turf, for a very straightforward experience.
‘I do not actually know any different than giving birth at home, so I can only imagine how it might be different in hospital. I find that people speak of homebirth as being pleasant, a luxurious comfort, “nice if you can have it”.
‘But being in your own surroundings on your own terms has a very deep impact on shaping your entire experience. It can reduce the need for intervention or complications from arising at all, and it can influence how much you even define birth as “painful” – which I do not.
‘Birth is intense, intimidating but I never felt fear, just trust in my body and my midwife’s care.’
Natalie explained that the series of images she captured were her favourite as they followed her vision.
‘I had a strong vision in my mind from the start. I did not give birth standing, nor catch the baby in my own hands as she does. It is a character exaggeration of the passion and control I felt giving birth at home.
‘We have a problem in our culture that we see only one depiction of birth: flat-on-back, anaesthetised, sterile hospital birth. That is what has become the prescription.
‘Women need to see more styles of giving birth, to know what is possible.’
But she said that people are shocked by the carnal nature of her images but want to see more portrayals of birth like this.
‘Birth is a visceral, carnal experience that needs our attention. I think that showing childbirth raw and uncensored is a good thing.’


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Fans spoke and the Disney Channel listened! “I Didn’t Do It” was picked up for a second season, and the show (starring Olivia Holt, Austin North, Piper Curda and Peyton Clark) will return in February!
Here’s the official “I Didn’t Do It” season 2 premiere date announcement from the Disney Channel:
Here it is! #IDidntDoIt Season 2 Premiere Date: 2/15/2015 at 9pm ET/PT on #DisneyChannel
Do you plan on tuning in for the new season of IDDI? Take our poll!
The Disney Channel has released the much-anticipated movie poster for Laura Marano and Leigh-Allyn Baker’s DCOM “Bad Hair Day.”
The new Disney Channel Original Movie will air on the network on February 13, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT. Do you plan on tuning in to see the movie?
In the DCOM Laura is having a seriously bad hair day while she gets ready for prom, and to make matters worse she gets roped into a police search for a jewel thief!
Gallery: 10 Pictures That Prove Laura Marano Never Has A Bad Hair Day!
Zendaya Coleman’s brand new Disney Channel Original Series “K.C. Undercover” is premiering on the network on January 18, 2015 at 8:30pm EST. Zendaya plans to live Tweet during the premiere – check out her note:
“K.C.” undercover is about “An outspoken and confident technology wiz and skilled black belt who discovers that both her parents are spies and expect her to follow in their footsteps.”
Sounds fun! Here’s a list of cast members:
Tammy Townsend as Kira Cooper
Zendaya Coleman as K.C. Cooper
Veronica Dunne as Marisa
Kadeem Hardison as Craig Cooper
Kamil McFadden as Ernie Cooper
Trinitee Stokes as Judy Cooper
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News: Rock Allegiance is the Better Father’s Day Gift
Written by Shannon Reardon
It’s at this time every year we all take that awkward trip to the mall to look at this year’s variety of grill equipment, ties, and, if you have a nerdy stepdad like myself, Star Wars memorabilia.
Don’t do it. Put the grill tongs down.
Instead, get dad something that he’ll appreciate far more, tickets to Rock Allegiance in Camden, NJ, on Oct. 7.
Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents wanted to make this year’s Father Day special with a “Buy 3 Take Dad Free” deal available until Sunday, June 18 at 11:59 p.m.
This year’s Rock Allegiance will feature over 20 bands on three stages, along with mouth-watering, Philly-centric food offerings, regional and national craft beer, band meet-and-greets, autograph signings, and more for fans from around the country to immerse themselves in rock and roll culture.
For dad’s enjoyment, the current list of national and regional craft beers are: 21st Amendment (San Francisco, CA), Dogfish Head (Milton, DE), Founders (Grand Rapids, MI), Neshaminy Creek (Croydon, PA), Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO), Spellbound (Mount Holly, NJ), Tröegs Independent Brewing (Hershey, PA), Unibroue (Chambly, QC), and Victory Brewing Company (Downington, PA).
And if dad isn’t into craft beer, there is an array of local eateries that are going to be stationed around the festival, including: Baby Blues BBQ, Chickies & Pete’s, Nico’s Pizza and More!, Sum Pig Food Truck, The Cow and The Curd, Trent’s Treats, and many others to be announced closer to the festival.
“Rock Allegiance has become a staple on the U.S. festival circuit,” said Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch. “It’s one of the coolest festivals out there for fans to discover new music and see their favorite bands live. We are excited to return this year to see our friends and fans in Philly. Don’t miss it! It will be another great one this year.”


Destroy everything except Liberalism. In reality, this is the goal of globalist Canada– a composite of Liberal-Globalists, Liberal Media, Liberal Academia, Immigration Advocates, Multicult-Pushers, as well as the political powerhouse of Third World Not-For-Profit organizations. Read more
Despite media obfuscation, populism in Canada has become a tangible, vibrant political movement– the exact reason why CBC include the term “Nazi” twice within the first two paragraphs of the source article. Read more
For a party that says it believes in charter values like freedom of speech or freedom of association, the Trudeau Liberals have a strange way of showing it. In fact, the folks that like to call themselves the Party of the Charter are currently bullying Canadians over a movie with a message Justin Trudeau doesn’t like. Read more
For the first time, the Canadian central bank’s financial system health report is flagging climate change as an important vulnerability along with its long-running worries about household debt and apprehension about the housing market.
The assessment is part of the Bank of Canada’s annual report card that explores key weak spots and risks surrounding the stability of the financial system. Read more


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Crisis-stricken Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion external debt on Tuesday, calling the move a “last resort” after running out of foreign exchange to import desperately needed goods. Sri Lanka’s finance ministry said in a statement that creditors, including foreign governments, were free to capitalize any interest payments due to them from Tuesday or opt for payback in Sri Lankan rupees. Sri Lanka’s foreign-exchange reserves slumped 16% to $1.94 billion last month. The government was due to make a $36 million interest payment on a 2023-dollar bond April 18, as well as $42.2 million on a 2028 note, Bloomberg-compiled data show. A $1 billion sovereign bond was maturing July 25. Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds due July 2022 fell 1.8 cents on the dollar on Tuesday to a fresh record low 46.07 cents. The rupee lost 0.5%. The nation’s stock market is shut this week for public holidays after trading for shortened hours due to the daily power cuts. The island nation is grappling with its worst economic downturn since independence, with regular blackouts and acute shortages of food and fuel.
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 486.54 points or -1.81% to 26,334.98 • Shanghai increased 46.20 points or 1.46% to 3,213.33 • Hang Seng increased 110.83 points or 0.52% to 21,319.13 • ASX 200 decreased 31.20 points or -0.42% to 7,454.00 • Kospi decreased 26.34 points or -0.98% to 2,666.76 • SENSEX decreased 388.20 points or -0.66% to 58,576.37 • Nifty50 decreased 144.65 points or -0.82% to 17,530.30 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00597 or 0.81% to 0.74753 • NZDUSD increased 0.00581 or 0.85% to 0.68754 • USDJPY decreased 0.256 or -0.20% to 125.268 • USDCNY decreased 0.01221 or -0.19% to 6.37649 Precious Metals: • Gold increased 18.12 USD/t oz. or 0.93% to 1,971.55 • Silver increased 0.433 USD/t. oz or 1.73% to 25.507 Some economic news from last night: Japan: Bank Lending (YoY) (Mar) increased from 0.3% to 0.5% PPI (MoM) (Mar) decreased from 0.9% to 0.8% PPI (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 9.7% to 9.5% South Korea: M2 Money supply (Feb) decreased from 10.00% to 9.50% Australia: NAB Business Confidence (Mar) increased from 13 to 16 NAB Business Survey (Mar) increased from 9 to 18 New Zealand: NZIER Business Confidence (Q1) decrease from -28% to -40% NZIER QSBO Capacity Utilization (Q1) increased from 92.7% to 97.1% External Migration & Visitors (Feb) increased from -26.00% to -1.20% Permanent/Long-Term Migration (Feb) increased from -952 to -593 Some economic news from today India: CPI (YoY) (Mar) increased from 6.07% to 6.95% Cumulative Industrial Production (Feb) decreased from 13.70% to 12.50% Industrial Production (YoY) (Feb) increased from 1.3% to 1.7% Manufacturing Output (MoM) (Feb) decreased from 1.1% to 0.8% EUROPE/EMEA:
UK economic growth slowed by more than expected in February as a slump in car manufacturing undermined a sharp recovery in holiday bookings after the easing of Covid travel restrictions. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product rose by only 0.1% in February, down from a monthly growth rate of 0.8% in January when the economy was recovering from the coronavirus Omicron variant. Tourism rose strongly after the easing of pandemic restrictions led to an increase in people booking holidays in the UK and overseas, with growth of 33.1% for travel agencies and tour operators. The accommodation sector, which includes hotels, recorded a 23% rise in activity as more people travelled within the UK, contributing to the first month of positive growth for hotels and camping grounds since August.
Russia will take legal action if it’s forced to default on its external debt, finance minister Anton Siluanov has told Russian newspaper Izvestia. Last week, Russia was unable to make over $600m debt repayments to bond holders in US dollars because the US Treasury blocked the payments. That prompted Moscow to set aside rubles instead, which could potentially be classed as Russia’s first default since 1998. Rating agency S&P Global Ratings cut its rating on Russia to “selective default” on Friday night, saying it didn’t expect it would be able to convert the rubles into dollars within a 30-day grace period.
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:• CAC 40 decreased 18.40 points or -0.28% to 6,537.41 • FTSE 100 decreased 41.65 points or -0.55% to 7,576.66 • DAX 30 decreased 67.83 points or -0.48% to 14,124.95 The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today: • EURUSD decreased 0.0044 or -0.40% to 1.08364 • GBPUSD decreased 0.00069 or -0.05% to 1.30169 • USDCHF increased 0.00024 or 0.03% to 0.93177 Some economic news from Europe today: UK: Average Earnings ex Bonus (Feb) increased from 3.8% to 4.0% Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Feb) increased from 4.8% to 5.4% Claimant Count Change (Mar) increased from -58.0K to -46.9K Employment Change 3M/3M (MoM) (Feb) increased fro -12K to 10K Unemployment Rate (Feb) decreased from 3.9% to 3.8% Germany: German CPI (MoM) (Mar) increased from 0.9% to 2.5% German CPI (YoY) (Mar) increased from 5.1% to 7.3% German HICP (YoY) (Mar) increased from 5.5% to 7.6% German HICP (MoM) (Mar) increased from 0.9% to 2.5% German WPI (YoY) (Mar) increased from 16.6% to 22.6% German WPI (MoM) (Mar) increased from 1.7% to 6.9% German ZEW Current Conditions (Apr) decreased from -21.4 to -30.8 German ZEW Economic Sentiment (Apr) decreased from -39.3 to -41.0 Gemran Current Account Balance n.s.a (Feb) increased from 12.5B to 20.8B France: French Current Account (Feb) increased from -1.30B to -1.10B French Exports (Feb) decreased from 47.6B to 45.7B French Imports (Feb) increased from 55.6B to 56.0B French Trade Balance (Feb) decreased from -8.0B to -10.3B Euro Zone: ZEW Economic Sentiment (Apr) decreased from 38.7 to -43.0 US/AMERICAS:
The Consumer Price Index soared 8.5% in March year-on-year, according to the report released by the Labor Department on Tuesday. Prices have not been this inflated since Reagan was in power in December 1981. Food and energy excluded, CPI rose 6.5%, while core inflation rose 0.3% for the month.
Real earnings are also on the rise in the US, albeit erased by inflation. Wages rose 5.6% in March, but are beneath the rapidly increasing cost of living Hourly earnings saw a seasonally adjusted decline of 0.8%. The cost of shelter, one-third of CPI, rose an additional 0.5%. This makes the cost of simple housing the highest level since May 1991, and marks a 5% gain over the past 12 months.
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 87.72 points or -0.26% to 34,220.36
- S&P 500 declined 15.08 points or -0.34% to 4,397.45
- Nasdaq declined 40.38 points or -0.3% to 13,371.57
- Russell 2000 advanced 6.61 points or 0.33% to 1,986.94
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 75.08 points or -0.34% to 21,715.41
- TSX 60 declined 5.64 points or -0.43% to 1,314.91
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 805.99 points or -0.69% to 116,146.86
ENERGY: The oil markets had a green day today: • Crude Oil increased 6.35 USD/BBL or 6.73% to 100.640 • Brent increased 6.09 USD/BBL or 6.18% to 104.57 • Natural gas increased 0.004 USD/MMBtu or 0.06% to 6.6470 • Gasoline increased 0.1397 USD/GAL or 4.65% to 3.1428 • Heating oil increased 0.1322 USD/GAL or 4.05% to 3.3999 The above data was collected around 14:06 EST on Monday • Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (6.73%) and Brent (6.18%), Gasoline(4.65%), Heating Oil (4.05%) • Top commodity losers: Lumber(-6.43%), Coffee (-1.29%), Cocoa(-1.19%) and Palladium (-3.05%) The above data was collected around 13:49 EST on Tuesday. BONDS: Japan 0.25%(+1.1bp), US 2’s 2.37% (-0.125%), US 10’s 2.7099% (-6.44bps); US 30’s 2.82% (+0.012%), Bunds 0.7940% (-1.9bp), France 1.298% (-1.8bp), Italy 2.404% (-6.2bp), Turkey 23.51% (-1bp), Greece 2.845% (-2.6bp), Portugal 1.687% (-2.5bp); Spain 1.743% (-1.9bp) and UK Gilts 1.796% (-5.1bp).


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Our society is one that always seems to be innovating, coming up with new, better, faster ideas without spending too much time thinking about whether or not those better faster innovations are really good for the majority of people who live in our society.
We’re thinking about productivity, or a bottom line, or just whether or not it can be done – and in the case of driverless semi-trucks, they’re definitely not thinking about little things like jobs.
If you’re not from the Midwest, maybe truckers are just characters in movies. Maybe you don’t think about the men moving goods across the country, one strip of highway at a time.
According to data collected by NPR back in 2014, though, “trucker” is the most common job in nearly every state in Middle America.
I mean, I get it. A truck doesn’t need to stop and eat, stop and sleep, stop and pee. A truck isn’t going to join a union to make sure they can spend time with their family, or take days off when they’re sick. A truck goes and goes until it falls down dead, which is what most employers would like to get out of their human employees (and sometimes do).
But it’s not just the truckers themselves that will likely be affected by driverless semis – which this UC Berkeley study suggests will be common by 2024.
That same study suggested that the jobs truckers will be offered instead are likely to have “lower wages and poor working conditions,” and probably none of the freedom offered by the open road.
It’s not only the loss of jobs, though. Think back on what happened when Dwight Eisenhower signed the 1956 Interstate Highway Act. The ensuing highways connected our biggest cities, making it safe and easy to move from state to state, all the way across the country.
It also killed many a small town, who saw accidental tourism disappear overnight. Remember what happened to Radiator Springs in Cars?
The same thing will happen to the highway towns still surviving on the visits of truckers – they feed them, give them gas, rent them a hotel room, et al. There’s an entire ecosystem out there that supports the road trip, and guess what?
Those driverless semis aren’t going to buy a bag of Funyons and an orange soda for the road, either.
Technology and advancements are all fun and games until we push most of America back into the Dust Bowl of Grapes of Wrath.
I know we all just pretended to read that book in high school, but from what I remember in the Cliff’s Notes, it’s not a world we want to see again.


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Cloud services company Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) has rewarded its shareholders handsomely since its September 2019 initial public offering. NET stock is up a dumbfounding 625% since it went public at $18 a share. In the past three months alone, shares gained more than 50% as NET stock made new high after new high.
With an incredible business model and constant innovation, one could argue these returns are justified. However, for the stock to trade at nearly 64 times forward sales is a different proposition altogether.
I’ve got nothing against Cloudflare as a business. It’s a fantastic company with a healthy growth runway ahead. However, its stock valuation is a bit too lofty at this time. Therefore, it’s best to pick up NET stock on a dip.
Cloudflare Posts Strong Results
Cloudflare posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter results in early August. Revenue increased by 53% on a year-over-year basis to $152.4 million, beating estimates by over $6 million. Adjusted net loss narrowed by 24% to $7.3 million, or -$0.02 per share, also beating expectations.
In addition to overall revenue growth, the company gauges its growth based on net retention rates and gross margins. Both of these metrics also improved considerably from the second quarter of 2020. Cloudflare’s dollar-based net retention rate was 124% for Q2 2021, up from 115% a year ago. And adjusted gross margin increased to 78% from 76.8% during the same period.
The company attributed much of its growth to its large enterprise customers, which are those contributing over $100,000 in annualized revenues. It concluded the second quarter with 1,088 large customers, adding a record of roughly 140 large customers in the quarter, management said.
Looking ahead, Cloudflare expects revenue to increase roughly 60% year over year in the third quarter and around 46% for the full year.
The company’s results came in significantly better than those of rival Fastly (NYSE:FSLY). Fastly suffered a massive service outage during the quarter, which negatively impacted revenue. Fastly’s revenue increased by just 14% year over year in the second quarter. Additionally, it expects just 17% to 20% growth for the whole year.
Cloudflare clearly has the edge over competitor Fastly in terms of its growth projections. This has been reflected in the performance of NET stock, which is up more than 70% year to date compared to a 47% loss for FSLY stock.
Cloudflare on an Impressive Growth Trajectory
Given its 100% subscription-based revenue model, Cloudflare should be able to continue growing its revenues by double digits for the foreseeable future. Revenue increased at a 50% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2016 through 2020 and has continued that momentum in the first two quarters of 2021.
The company is exploring new opportunities in the cloud, edge computing and the internet of things (IoT), thereby expanding its total addressable market as it focuses on growing its user base.
Moreover, as it continues to expand, its paying customers are likely to grow as well, with some becoming large customers. These clients are usually stickier and offer greater recurring returns, thus giving Cloudflare even more confidence in achieving strong revenue growth. The company’s net retention rate has consistently been above 110%, which means its customers are loyal and willing to spend more with Cloudflare.
Finally, gross margins are healthy at close to 80%, which is common for SaaS-based companies. Over time, Cloudflare’s operating expense base will become better leveraged, enabling it to achieve non-GAAP operating margins of over 20%, up from around 19% currently.
The Bottom Line on NET Stock
Cloudflare continues to execute well on its growth strategies, as evidenced by its stellar second-quarter results. The company still has several chapters to write in its growth story as it expands into more profitable business areas.
However, NET stock is trading at a premium value, which takes a little sheen off the investment. Therefore, it’s best to buy NET stock on dips or any self-correction.
On the date of publication, Muslim Farooque did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
Muslim Farooque is a keen investor and an optimist at heart. A life-long gamer and tech enthusiast, he has a particular affinity for analyzing technology stocks. Muslim holds a bachelor’s of science degree in applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University.


Even the most secure government institutions in the most security-conscious countries have fallen prey to hackers - it is obvious that organisations need to stop scrimping on cybersecurity initiatives and give network and data security the importance it deserves.
This article was published by www.mb.com
All over the world, there have been increasing instances of online security breaches, cyber attacks, and data theft. The security breach and data theft on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) online database is just the latest incident of this nature.
Recently, an American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was also attacked by identity thieves who eventually succeeded in getting the PINS of around 101,000 previously stolen Social Security numbers. Last March, a group of unknown hackers broke into Bangladesh’s central bank, obtained credentials needed for payment transfers, and then transferred large sums to fraudulent accounts based in the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Based on fresh reports of cyber attacks all over the world, it seems that even the most secure government institutions in even the most security-conscious countries have fallen prey to hackers, in one way or another—the FBI, Homeland Security, NASA, and even the Bangladesh Central Bank and our very own Comelec, to name just a few. The list is getting longer by the day.
The fact is that the amount of data that organizations often need to secure expands much faster than the efforts done to protect it. As data expands, so should the layers of protection provided for it.
When asked about the recent Comelec database hacking in an interview, Allyxon Cua, President of AMTI—a local technology and systems integration company that provides security solutions—said: “What happened to the COMELEC is still unclear to all of us. What we do know is that security was breached and important data was compromised.”
Cua stressed that the incident should make organizations and government agencies realize the need to continually increase security for their online databases.
“It should be a wake-up call to every organization big or small. No one can afford to be complacent. The fact of the matter is that if we were to do a security audit of most organizations, both private and governmental, and both here and abroad, we would likely find potential sources of security leaks,” Cua said, emphasizing the fact that even the most secure organizations can fall prey to cyber-attacks.
“Why? It’s because security is all about layers. There is in fact an eco-system of solutions that can be put in place in order to mitigate security risks. The more layers are built, the higher the probability of risk mitigation,” he added.
According to Cua, whose company AMTI has been providing security solutions for some of the biggest companies in the Philippines, security is a combination of technology, people and processes, and built-in layers, with more layers equating to better security.
“Think about it like if you were accessing your money in the bank. There is a signature requirement. There is the need for you to claim the card at the bank in person. There are PINs associated with your account, one for the ATM and one for the telephone. Your ATM card also has a magnetic strip, a chip, and an encrypting technology, among other things,” Cua notes.
“Amex UK even gets your digital print into your phone as a requirement for you to access your account. At the same time, when you go to the bank, there are levels of approvals for the cashier, supervisor and manager. All of these are layers. A combination of technology, people and processes, all tied by a security strategy,” he adds.
Unfortunately, particularly here in the Philippines, many organizations do not give security strategy the level of importance it requires. For instance, when security systems are put in place, the level of security remains the same despite the exponential growth of data being protected. And due to limited budget allocations, security strategy and layers of protection rarely get prioritized.
Companies realize later—and oftentimes too late—that a vulnerable organization is an expensive matter to resolve. The sadder fact is that not only are the companies themselves adversely affected—with a substantially dwindled credibility and an army of seething employees or customers—the personal security of so many innocent people becomes unjustly compromised.
Cua goes on to suggest: “To minimize the effects of the Comelec data leak, we must all change whatever info we can—change our passwords for all our accounts, and change our security questions for all our social media networks and online accounts, while ensuring that the answers are not obvious and are not reflected in any other document we have. We should also download or access information only from trusted sources. These may be little things, but they help greatly in neutralizing the possible consequences of the data breach.”
Based on the recent cyber attacks worldwide against institutions that we all believe to be secure and protected, it is obvious that organizations need to stop scrimping on cybersecurity initiatives and give network and data security the importance it deserves.


Conceptualizing the Territorial in Cohesion Policy Instruments
(English)Article in journal (Other academic) Submitted
This paper explores the multiple conceptualizations of territorial cohesion on various levels, and specifically in connection with Cohesion Policy instruments. It examines a number of European-wide “storylines” of territorial cohesion, creating a type of “meta-storyline” to show the diversity of ways that the concept is seen in Europe. Secondly, the paper examines how territorial cohesion is explicitly and implicitly conceptualized Cohesion Policy instruments and asks if there are different logics of territorial cohesion at various spatial scales? If so, when in the discourse and storylines does one logic seem to take precedence over the other and why?
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
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QS 201203282011-10-262011-10-262012-03-28Bibliographically approved


After a busy MWC 2019 season with lots of hot technologies, this is a rare “deposition” time of the tech world, when we can pause a bit to summarize the development trend. Turn on at MWC recently – 5G connection race.
It can be seen that Qualcomm is the leading name of the 5G race, when not only a series of products displayed in Barcelona, Qualcomm’s mobile chip promises to start the 5G wave on smartphones. However, Qualcomm’s goal does not stop at mobile devices, and they are bringing a higher ambition, which is to put 5G into automatic devices, laptops or even phones “brick “about to be forgotten.
Despite being in the top position, however, 5G is not just a race for the big Qualcomm, behind it are other mobile corporations like Samsung, Huawei, … when they produce for themselves. I have a 5G modem and wait until it “bursts the silk,” or some big names like Intel are still in the process of developing and planning to launch in 2020.
The track is still full for those who want to join.
Samsung and Huawei – the same position
Although Samsung and Huawei have both announced their 4G / 5G multimode modems Exynos 5100 and Balong 5000 before Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55, the launch time of devices that integrate these modems will be in 2020. , with the promise of providing more energy efficient solutions for 5G-equipped handsets next year.
Browsing through all three modems, we can see the noticeable difference when the Exynos 5100 is built on the 10mm process, for data transfer speeds fall to about 2Gbps with the use of sub-6Ghz band and 6Gbps through the mmWave band. For comparison, Snapdragon X55 reaches a maximum of 7Gbps download speed and 3Gbps upload speed.
Huawei Balong 5000 also has significant speed when it comes to the 6Ghz band, and the chip can reach up to 5.6Gbps when downloading and 2.5Gbps upload. Using mmWave will improve the download speed at 6.5Gbps and 3.5Gbps upload rate, besides, if combined with LTE, the download number will exceed the threshold of 7.5Gbps, ignoring Samsung’s Exynos 5100 a long way. However, we know that the speed outside the lab will undoubtedly be significantly slower than the winning numbers yet. Besides, the chip will also use the same X50 FDD and TDD technologies, while supporting Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G connectivity standards.
Of course, both products are not enough to make Qualcomm’s 5G modem segment share too much. Except for self-production and installation of these modems on Huawei and Samsung phones, it is necessary to see whether Exynos 5100 or Balong 5000 is attractive enough to be able to “join” other market segments.
The names wait until 2020
As a successful corporation and put into its purse a considerable amount of money by the chipset industry, but now, when other firms have started “cornering” in the 5G race, Intel is still hurried to start up. Machine slowly. Intel is either gradually degrading, or they have a wise strategy: experts say, 5G is still not necessary at this time. Very few customers will be able to take advantage of 5G this year, even in the US. Meanwhile, the first generation 5G products all have trouble solving questions about energy saving and performance. So “startup” slowly and firmly, release the right product at the right time, when consumers can use 5G daily,
Intel’s 5G strategy director, Rob Topol, said the company is waiting for 5G to be officially released. They hope the company’s 5G modem-equipped handsets will be launched in 2020 – as soon as vendors deploy 5G extensively worldwide. The “handheld device” Intel mentioned may be the next iPhone, integrated 5G and will be released sometime next year with the built-in chip supporting 2G to 5G multimode. XMM 8160 – the original name of the modem – will be able to achieve download speeds of up to 6Gbps, able to compete directly with Samsung, Huawei and even Qualcomm. In particular, XMM 8160 will be compatible with almost every device, from phones, tablets, PC, IoT to cars and gateways, although we will have to wait a while to study More about what will be integrated on SoCs. Can speak,
MediaTek is a “racer” who is quite tight-lipped on the 5G race track. Since the introduction of the 5G M70 modem at the end of 2018, the company is currently in the process of developing this 7nm process chip in preparation for integration into telephone devices by 2020. Speed is recorded Receiving on M70 falls into 4.7Gbps number when downloading and 2.5Gbps for upload. However, the company hasn’t yet officially confirmed whether the company’s new high-end SoC will integrate this modem, forcing us to wait for future information.
Also, a rather strange name is also competing for small parts with the current giants UniSOC – formerly Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based SoC manufacturing group. The company is developing many SoC smartphones for emerging phone companies, and in the future, they will probably hold a specific market – the place of cheap 5G phones.
Built in the HiSense 5G concept at MWC exhibitions, the UniSOC UDX710 modem is a multimode chip that supports 2G to 5G connectivity, made on a 12nm process, so it is cheaper than modems. 10nm or 7nm as mentioned above. Most likely, this UDX710 will be the “key” for some cheap smartphones or other future devices in China.
Ready for 2020 and 5G Standalone standard
You can see the purpose of the companies in this article are divided into two camps: pioneering and waiting. Snapdragon X55 may be the first 5G series of chips to consumers first, but it will have to trade many things like supporting multiple connections, consuming more power from an external modem and missing the 5G Standalone standard. While the modems that wait until 2020 will support LTE and 5G right in one chip, including FDD and TDD globally, along with the indispensable connection standard of the future is 5G Standalone – which is still waiting to be Licensing at present.
Whether there is a company that can shorten the gap, overcome Qualcomm or not, is difficult to answer. A massive range of products in all categories, Qualcomm has an enormous advantage in dominating the market. However, that does not mean that the names above will not find their place when there will undoubtedly be many new products waiting for us in 2020 when 5G is mature.


Varanasi: ‘Jansampark Karalaya’, the parliamentary constituency office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a new address on Tuesday.
Popularly known as ‘Mini PMO’. The office was shifted from Ravindrapuri colony to Jawahar Nagar Extension in Bhelupur area.
The Ravindrapuri office started functioning after his victory in 2014 parliamentary poll from Varanasi. It remained crowded with local residents and also people from other districts to submit their grievances or demand any help.
The office in-charge Shiv Sharan Pathak said that the new accommodation has more space than the old one.


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Hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global telecoms companies and taken large amounts of personal and corporate data, researchers from a cyber security company said on Tuesday, identifying links to previous Chinese cyber-espionage campaigns.
Investigators at US-Israeli cyber security firm Cybereason said the attackers compromised companies in more than 30 countries and aimed to gather information on individuals in government, law-enforcement and politics.
The hackers also used tools linked to other attacks attributed to Beijing by the United States and its Western allies, said Lior Div, chief executive of Cybereason.
“For this level of sophistication it’s not a criminal group. It is a government that has capabilities that can do this kind of attack,” he told Reuters.


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I used to buy Eggland's best eggs at Costco. When we decided to go local/organic, we started buying our eggs fresh from a local farm with real free ranging hens.
I immediately found the taste to be roughly a million times better than any grocery store egg I'd ever had. It was a no brainer for me that I'd keep buying them.
We give a lot of our scrap food to the dogs...Egg shells were something they would take, crunch up and spit back out and give us the evil eye as though we'd tricked them. Considering many of them will eat poo if given the chance, it's odd to find something they won't eat. Their palate has never been one I would describe as "discriminating" LOL
Since we've been buying the fresh eggs from happy hens, the dogs will jump over each other to get a hold of one of the shells. It's like crack. They know the sound of the egg carton hitting the counter and it's like a thundering herd of paws beating a path to the kitchen.
Weird? Or maybe not. I guess the dogs know the difference between good food and mass produced food too.


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To my supposed to be best friend,
I met you last year, fell in love with you, and lived with you this past summer. Everything was going fine until some internet boyfriend that treated you like shit told you he was done with you because of me. You knew I loved you and took care of you more than he did. You held that against me and dated someone else that threatened your relationship with him unless you got rid of me and filed a report against me. I didn’t talk to you for over a month and you came back when he was gone. Yet he broke up with you because of me. Yet after all of this you still said I was the only one who genuinely loved you and was your closest and best friend. You constantly have to have my friendship, and always have to talk to me, because in your own words I am “the glue that holds you together”.
I have bent over backwards for you, been there any time you needed me, even missed tests and was late to mid terms and finals because you were upset. I did everything I could to make you happy. Yet today, you call me names, tell me to leave you alone, don’t care about anything going on in my life and only talk about yours. You constantly bring up arguments and blame me for them and say that you never did nothing wrong. You tell me that you’ve never led me to believe we would have something, but have kissed me many times, held me tightly, told me you loved me and even asked me to spend my life with you. You became upset when there was a chance we weren’t going to see each other anymore so I vowed my everlasting love to you because you were the only person I ever felt deep unconditional love for and this is after all the bullshit between us started.
You tell me I’m not good, but if you look at all I have ever done for you, you would see that you are the shitty one here and yet I still love you and bend over backwards for you each day. I even apologize when I know that you were in the wrong and I wasn’t.
You also defend people that are new in your life over me. Listen to people who just lie to you when I tell you the truth. You’ve even hidden me when I came to spend the night by your request because you didn’t want anyone to start rumors about you.
Look at everything you’ve done to me, yet I still would be the one at you side when you are feeling down and out, even when I said you would feel that way.
If you don’t figure out this soon, my vows to you are void because I cannot take it much longer. I don’t understand why you cannot see that I have done so much for you when you have done so little for me and that I truly do love you, unlike those other idiots you persued that wanted nothing but sex from you when I just wanted your heart.

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