Yerica Lai (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Mon, August 8 2022 With the early stages of the 2024 general elections underway, the creation of three new provinces in Papua still left plenty of legal holes to fill as policymakers have only until mid-October to decide how the elections will be run in the new provinces. In July, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo officially signed a controversial legislation that split the provinces of Papua and West Papua into five new administrations, via the creation of South Papua Province, Central Papua Province and the Papua Central Highlands Province. The split came after the House of Representatives, which is dominated by pro-government parties, fast-tracked the deliberation of the bills and passed them into laws in late-June, to pave ways for local voters to elect for the first time the new provinces’ regional leaders and legislative representatives in the 2024 general elections. to Read Full Story SUBSCRIBE NOW … [Read more...] about Legal hurdles found in redrawing of Papuaʼs electoral districts
New japan pro wrestling
The $100 Baseball Bat That Could Save The Major Leagues Millions
It’s April 9, 2013. Gordon Beckham of the White Sox stands at the plate facing down the Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez. The promising young hitter has weathered a tough few years of disappointing averages, but his 2013 season is off to a solid start. He’s batting over .300, meaning it could be the season of the turnaround, the year that redirects his career to come. advertisement advertisement A 2-2 fastball fires from the mound. Beckham swings big , spinning almost 360 degrees before hunching over in pain. No one knows why. Moments later, Beckham would be in the dugout with trainers staring at his hand with a strange, clinical detachment, curious how his body had betrayed him. In reality, the pain had little to do with his mega swing. Beckham actually sustained an injury on the pitch before–a typical high outside fastball that he appeared to innocuously foul. “When I swung through the ball, I definitely felt it,” he tells me later. “It did not … [Read more...] about The $100 Baseball Bat That Could Save The Major Leagues Millions
Box office: ‘Bullet Train’ arrives with so-so $30.1 million debut, ‘Easter Sunday’ stumbles
- A + A LOS ANGELES (Aug 7): "Bullet Train," a John Wick-ian romp with Brad Pitt in the aisle seat, arrived in theaters with a $30.1 million opening weekend. That's enough to top the domestic box office chart, but it's only a so-so result given "Bullet Train's" $90 million price tag and Pitt's star power. The Sony Pictures release will need to maintain its momentum in the coming weeks as it tries to break even or turn a profit. "Bullet Train" is trying to prove that an action flick that isn't based on a comic book or a toy-line can defy the odds and resonate with audiences. But part of the issue for the film is that critics weren't on board. "Bullet Train" landed a mediocre 41% approval rating on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, with many reviewers faulting the movie for being overly derivative of the work of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge was mixed on "Bullet Train," writing that "neither the characters nor the … [Read more...] about Box office: ‘Bullet Train’ arrives with so-so $30.1 million debut, ‘Easter Sunday’ stumbles
Space Junk From A SpaceX Capsule Found In Australian Farmer’s Field
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Part of a SpaceX space capsule has been found in farmer’s field in rural New South Wales, Australia. The stunning find was revealed in a video on YouTube posted by Dr Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at Mt Stromlo Observatory in Australia. He had been on site to identify the strange-looking object. “It’s about 3m tall and weights about 20-30kg,” said Tucker. Tucker, who often gets called to go check out reports of space debris, said that the triangular piece of debris—said to be from a SpaceX Crew-1 trunk—was found near Dalgety. “What made this one special was the SpaceX Crew-1 trunk was a catalogued object, and it was catalogued known to be going over New South Wales and re-entering around 7:05 a.m. on Saturday, July 9.” At that time people reported hearing the sonic boom as it re-entered and saw bright lights as it fragmented, said Tucker. Since the discovery a further two pieces of space junk from the … [Read more...] about Space Junk From A SpaceX Capsule Found In Australian Farmer’s Field
The Richest Countries In The World: Tiny Luxembourg At The Top
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Most of the countries at the top of a new list of the wealthiest in the world are not among the biggest or the mightiest. Many, in fact, are among the smallest: Consider Luxembourg , which tops the list published by Global Finance. Singapore, Ireland, Qatar, Macao and Switzerland follow the world’s only grand duchy. The indicators of a nation’s wealth can vary from one ranking to another — thus the differences among them — but often include a country’s Gross Domestic Product, or GDP (goods and services produced by a country during one year), the GDP per capita (the average amount of money that each person in a country earns in a year) or the gross national income, or GNI. MORE FROM FORBES Ready To Move To Europe? These 6 Countries Are The Best For American Expats To Enjoy Life By Cecilia Rodriguez Examining the per capita GDP of each country around the globe is a frequent parameter because it … [Read more...] about The Richest Countries In The World: Tiny Luxembourg At The Top
Editor Daily Rundown: Biden Invokes Emergency War Powers To Build Solar Panels
BIDEN INVOKES EMERGENCY WAR POWERS TO BUILD SOLAR PANELS… NY POST: Biden draws heat for invoking Defense Production Act to boost solar panels President Biden drew criticism Monday after invoking the Defense Production Act to potentially expedite the production of solar panels — with journalists and Republicans questioning the rationale for using special wartime powers. Renewable energy advocates, meanwhile, cheered the White House announcement that Biden would invoke the act “to accelerate domestic production of clean energy technologies, including solar panel parts.” […] The Biden administration did not specify a national-defense reason for using the act to boost solar panels. When Biden was vice president, the Obama administration aggressively pushed for solar energy production — sparking the Solyndra scandal when a politically-connected firm went bankrupt after getting $535 million in federal loan guarantees. KOREAN WAR-ERA LAW WIELDS POWER OVER AMERICAN … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Biden Invokes Emergency War Powers To Build Solar Panels
ANALYSIS: Conservatives Need To Stop Making One Critical Mistake Fighting Big Tech
There’s a critical error conservatives are repeatedly making in their fight against Big Tech. A multi-front war has been opened by conservatives, who are fighting legally, economically and culturally against Big Tech censorship and regulation. Former President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google, lawmakers are passing new bills to try and crack down on censorship and private businessmen are trying to create alternatives to the borderline-monopolies that exist in the social media space. Some of these tactics are more likely to work than others. Some legal experts have provided dim outlooks for Trump’s lawsuit or the kinds of laws being passed in Florida by Republicans, for instance. The business world should, theoretically, be an area where conservatives can thrive, though. So why is it that Republican alternatives to the likes of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have largely underwhelmed and failed to gain serious, mainstream traction? Some, like Parler and Rumble, … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: Conservatives Need To Stop Making One Critical Mistake Fighting Big Tech
Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
By SUSIE BLANN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Four more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received authorization Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the southern port cities to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The loaded vessels were cleared to depart from Chornomorsk and Odesa, according to the Joint Coordination Center, which oversees an international deal intended to get some 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine to feed millions going hungry in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations signed the agreements last month to create a 111-nautical-mile sea corridor that would allow cargo ships to travel safely out of ports that Russia’s military had blockaded and through waters that Ukraine’s military had mined. … [Read more...] about Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
Prepare our youth for peacebuilding, the best defense our country could have
It is disturbing that one of the priorities of the new administration is the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and National Service Training Program (NSTP). It rationalizes that the intention is to train the young for national defense, including disaster preparedness. Loving our country and defending its sovereignty are both necessary and important. But is it not better to prepare our young for peacebuilding than conditioning them to warlike preparations via military methods? The best defense we can secure for our country is to have healthy people: well-fed, well-housed, and well-educated. We must build a society where the dignity of work has a place in every heart of the populace, and where a living wage is provided to all workers. If people are provided with social and basic services, they will pay these services back to our country and people. Prepare our youth to love justice, do mercy, and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8). The state should provide opportunities … [Read more...] about Prepare our youth for peacebuilding, the best defense our country could have