New York: This year, because of a number of economic headwinds, a slumping housing market, a credit crunch and higher food and fuel prices, consumers have become more frugal about spending and retail stores have been struggling. Analysts in the United States fear that this holiday shopping season will be the weakest in five […]
Security Concern Throughout System Development Life Cycle
Defining a general structure for a security architecture is challenging because each organization attempts to tailor security according to its needs. To develop a secure system, a thorough understanding of the desired security properties and functional and non-functional properties of the system is required. What is Security Confidentiality – Ensuring that there is no deliberate […]
Scott Seskin Wins Mayoral Election; Democrats control Village government
By our count, Scott Seskin has won 745 to 671. The Board of Election web site shows Scott winning 739 to 671, with all election districts reporting and no absentee ballots counted yet. As usual, we will have to wait for the official results, but it appears that Scott has won! The vote totals for our […]
Cartels in the media
Why do some of the mediamen in the Philippines are receiving PR money from politicians? The answer is simple. Many of them do not get reasonable salaries, compared to those working in the foreign press. In fact, the practice of working for some politicians has been going on for many decades already, even before some […]
Family of slain Sino reporter demands compensation
The family of the slain Chinese journalist is seeking some 380,000 yuan ($49,000) in compensation from the seven suspects who were tried Sunday by the Intermediate People’s Court in Linfen, Shanxi Province, the Xinhua News Agency said today. As of this writing, the suspects’ identities have not been released while the trial is on-going. But one […]
Victims speak as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Barbara-Leigh Tonelli was 19 when she walked down the aisle and said the words “I do”. In her mind, there were no warning signs of domestic violence. However, not long after her wedding, Tonelli’s husband, a trained sniper in the military, began abusing her. “There were frequent random beatings,” Tonelli said. “There was constant berating, constant […]
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