Some critics are worried that the bill will shift Hong Kong’s foundation of individuals’ freedom from the rock to the sand. The British Consulate in Hong Kong, for example, suggested that the legislation should align with international standards and uphold basic rights and freedoms. In response...
the draft proposal. eu leaders insist that addressing ethical questions that surround ai will lead to a more competitive market for ai goods and services, increase adoption of ai, and help the region compete alongside china and the united states. regulators hope high-risk labels encourage more ...
To my mind, the only other lead queer male characters in major screen projects who hew closer to masculine gender norms are Will on “Will and Grace” (more on that later), Jack and Ennis in “Brokeback Mountain” and Armond in “The Birdcage,” and even his character wore foundation, o...
He was at Cal as a foreign student, but was about to go work in Rayong, Thailand for a year or two, in lieu of participating in the French military draft, or something like that. Like Loutz, he had also lived in I-House. I guess he had sent me the postcard after he arrived in...
My advice: Spend the time up-front to build out your world. Even if you’re not a fan of outlines, you can make use of spreadsheets or even mind mapping tools to help organize your thoughts. Having this roadmap will go a long way toward making that first draft a...
There’s also something called “denominator neglect” in which people will ignore the many trying to break into a certain field – the denominator – and focus on the numerator – the number of people who succeed. So they’re not seeing the 30,000 trying to get into the NHL, they only...
Even though he wanted to dodge the draft in Canada or Sweden, David Ward joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. He ended up on an aircraft carrier. Unlike the pilots, he couldn’t say he went in harm’s way unless he counted the baggage he carried with him. As it turned out, tho...
Notes Introduction 1 Sadako Kurihara, When We Say 'Hiroshima': Selected Poems (Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan, 1999), 20–21. 2 For detailed statistics, see Asahi shinbun, April 27, 2005. 3 Genron NPO, "Dai 2-kai Nikkan kyōdō seron ...
So I have to wonder why Trump appointed four generals, more than anyone since Was he already anticipating a coup in 2016 and wanted to make sure the military would support him? Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com Author of Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy; ...
Astute Major League Baseball viewers know the Mets’ Brandon Nimmo has a propensity for busting it down the first-base line after drawing a walk. The 13th overall pick from the 2011 Draft famously didn’t even play high school baseball, but his sheer grit and tenacity made his ...