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
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Apple’s Untold History Reveals Why The iPhone 5C Will Be In Color
In 1998, at a special Apple event in Cupertino, then-interim CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the product that would herald Apple’s comeback: the iMac. But as Jobs went backstage, he wasn’t fist-pumping to one of the most triumphant reveals in the company’s history. He was bummed. advertisement advertisement “I love the iMac, but we just delivered it in the wrong color,” Jobs lamented. The issue of color has long plagued Apple, Fast Company learned from speaking to scores of insiders for our Apple oral history , yet it’s proven one of the most powerful maneuvers in Apple’s design playbook. Their approach to color is strategically cyclical, swaying their SKUs back and forth from minimalism to a rainbow of hues, much like its own logo. The strategy has been a success, with colors breathing new life (and sales) into its iMac and iPod line. But today, as reports swirl that Apple is supposed to unveil a colorful, budget iPhone , it’s worth noting just how … [Read more...] about Apple’s Untold History Reveals Why The iPhone 5C Will Be In Color
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
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
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