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Nashville Tennessean Published 12:59 p.m. CT Aug. 28, 2018 | Updated 1:46 p.m. CT Aug. 28, 2018

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The Metro Council voted 20-9 on Monday night…

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FCC votes to upgrade emergency smartphone alerts

Your smartphone s emergency alerts are accepting an upgrade. The FCC voted Thursday to acquiesce texts beatific through the wireless emergency arrangement to accommodate links to pictures, maps and buzz numbers. It s a cogent advance for the four-year-old system, which allows authorities to ping phones to active bodies to astringent weather, missing accouchement and added danger. The bureau additionally voted to acquiesce best letters — 360 characters, up from 90 — and to crave wireless providers to abutment Spanish-language alerts. Wireless carriers will be accustomed to abutment anchored links after this year. They ll be appropriate to abutting year. The system s banned were on affectation aftermost anniversary back millions of New Yorkers accustomed a argument active gluttonous advice on Ahmad Khan Rahami, doubtable in bombings in New York and New Jersey. See media for pic, the active said. Related: The adventure abaft the smartphone alarm active in NYC Emergency alerts still won t accommodate anchored photos, but commissioners said they re accessible to the idea. Vague directives in argument about area to acquisition added advice about a suspect, aloof as we saw in New York, are not acceptable enough, said Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner. As we move into the 5G future, we charge to ensure that multimedia is accessible in all of our active messages. Not anybody was so sure. Michael O Rielly, addition commissioner, said abacus links and multimedia could jam corpuscle networks during emergencies. The FCC additionally aloft apropos in a address aftermost year about how abundant abstracts it would booty to accelerate multimedia alerts and whether they could cesspool array activity on phones. (New York) First appear September 29, 2016: 9:54 AM ET

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Hong Kong votes: Is this the world s weirdest election?

Hong Kong Millions of Hong Kongers go to the acclamation Sunday to accept the city s parliament… array of. The Aldermanic Council, or LegCo, acclamation is calmly one of the world s strangest. It includes three altered types of seat, assorted voting systems, banks voting as people, contest bedfast to alone a few dozen abeyant candidates, and that s afore anyone has alike started campaigning. Here s what you charge to apperceive to accomplish faculty of it all. Advancement for Hong Kong independence: Why is Beijing so afraid of this 25-year-old?Leg-what?Founded in 1843 as an advising anatomy to Hong Kong s colonial British governor, LegCo now functions as the city s parliament, analytical bills and spending, acknowledging accessories and casual laws. The council, which did not get its aboriginal Chinese affiliate until 1884, has been absolutely adopted back 1995, admitting some seats are called in agency that critics say aren t autonomous (see below.) Back the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China in 1997, LegCo has been abundantly bedeviled by pro-Beijing lawmakers, acknowledgment both to the balloter success of parties such as the Autonomous Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the actuality of anatomic constituencies, political entities altered to Hong Kong and Macau. What are anatomic constituencies? Anatomic constituencies (FCs), aboriginal alien in 1991, are advised to animate the balanced accord of all sectors and groups in society, according to the National People s Congress, China s top aldermanic body, and accomplish up about bisected of LegCo s 70 seats. Today, FCs accommodate those for the Insurance, Tourism, and Textiles and Garment industries, as able-bodied as 25 added business or appropriate absorption groups. Electors in those groups accept candidates via three altered voting systems, including proportional representation and the UK-style first-past-the-post system.The absolute electorate for the FCs is beneath than 240,000 electors (who can be individuals, businesses or accumulated entities such as banks), compared to the added than 3 actor voters who accept the 35 LegCo associates adopted by absolute democracy. This after-effects in a arrangement area 95,776 voters in Kowloon West, Hong Kong s aboriginal geographic constituency, exercise as abundant political will as 125 coffer CEOs in the Finance FC, or 147 associates of the Heung Yee Kuk rural council. While acrimony over FCs took a backseat in the 2014 Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests, it has reemerged afresh since, with all pan-democratic political parties — which consistently win a majority of geographic votes — calling for the system s abolition. One person, two votesHere s area it gets alike weirder. As allotment of a political ameliorate accommodation in 2010, a new anatomic constituency was created in which alone adopted associates of the District Board (local bodies affiliated to canton or boondocks councils elsewhere) could stand, but the electorate for which would be broadcast to the 3.4 actor Hong Kongers who could not vote in addition FC. That agency that Hong Kongers operates on a one person, two votes system, area voters accept a adumbrative from their geographic constituency and from a accordant FC or the District Board FC, nicknamed super seats. What s at pale for Hong Kongers? Most Hong Kong voters abode candidates attitude on political and autonomous ameliorate at the top of their agenda. We charge to accelerate the appropriate being to LegCo and again we can allocution about amusing issues, 27-year-old Stanley Yeung told . Teresa Chan, 64, cited the contempo declared kidnappings of booksellers by acreage Chinese agents as a acumen why she capital legislators that apostle for added capitalism and aphorism of law in the city.The acceleration of Hong Kong ability parties, in the deathwatch of the bootless Umbrella Movement, has larboard some alert of a breach amid pan-democratic voters that could account pro-Beijing parties. There s like a civilian war activity on, which isn t acceptable for both sides, Nathan Chan, a 20-year-old adherent of the acceptable pro-democracy Civic Party, told . Tom Lui, 25, who is aptitude appear pro-independence candidates, says allotment who to vote for is abundant added difficult afterwards the Umbrella Movement. Several pro-independence candidates accept been blocked from running, arch some to say they will avoid the poll in protest. I will accept not to vote, Anthony Yip, 28, told , adage the ban was depriving Hong Kongers of their freedom of speech. Others accept been put off by the allocution of independence, and the common disruption and casual abandon acquired by protests. Hui Ka Fai, 41, told acquainted he had no best but to vote for (pro-Beijing party) DAB in adjustment to ensure a peaceful, adapted society.

New Post has been published on (FCC votes to upgrade emergency smartphone alerts)

FCC votes to upgrade emergency smartphone alerts

Your smartphone s emergency alerts are accepting an upgrade. The FCC voted Thursday to acquiesce texts beatific through the wireless emergency arrangement to accommodate links to pictures, maps and buzz numbers. It s a cogent advance for the four-year-old system, which allows authorities to ping phones to active bodies to astringent weather, missing accouchement and added danger. The bureau additionally voted to acquiesce best letters — 360 characters, up from 90 — and to crave wireless providers to abutment Spanish-language alerts. Wireless carriers will be accustomed to abutment anchored links after this year. They ll be appropriate to abutting year. The system s banned were on affectation aftermost anniversary back millions of New Yorkers accustomed a argument active gluttonous advice on Ahmad Khan Rahami, doubtable in bombings in New York and New Jersey. See media for pic, the active said. Related: The adventure abaft the smartphone alarm active in NYC Emergency alerts still won t accommodate anchored photos, but commissioners said they re accessible to the idea. Vague directives in argument about area to acquisition added advice about a suspect, aloof as we saw in New York, are not acceptable enough, said Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner. As we move into the 5G future, we charge to ensure that multimedia is accessible in all of our active messages. Not anybody was so sure. Michael O Rielly, addition commissioner, said abacus links and multimedia could jam corpuscle networks during emergencies. The FCC additionally aloft apropos in a address aftermost year about how abundant abstracts it would booty to accelerate multimedia alerts and whether they could cesspool array activity on phones. (New York) First appear September 29, 2016: 9:54 AM ET

New Post has been published on (Hong Kong votes: Is this the world s weirdest election? )

Hong Kong votes: Is this the world s weirdest election?

Hong Kong Millions of Hong Kongers go to the acclamation Sunday to accept the city s parliament… array of. The Aldermanic Council, or LegCo, acclamation is calmly one of the world s strangest. It includes three altered types of seat, assorted voting systems, banks voting as people, contest bedfast to alone a few dozen abeyant candidates, and that s afore anyone has alike started campaigning. Here s what you charge to apperceive to accomplish faculty of it all. Advancement for Hong Kong independence: Why is Beijing so afraid of this 25-year-old?Leg-what?Founded in 1843 as an advising anatomy to Hong Kong s colonial British governor, LegCo now functions as the city s parliament, analytical bills and spending, acknowledging accessories and casual laws. The council, which did not get its aboriginal Chinese affiliate until 1884, has been absolutely adopted back 1995, admitting some seats are called in agency that critics say aren t autonomous (see below.) Back the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China in 1997, LegCo has been abundantly bedeviled by pro-Beijing lawmakers, acknowledgment both to the balloter success of parties such as the Autonomous Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the actuality of anatomic constituencies, political entities altered to Hong Kong and Macau. What are anatomic constituencies? Anatomic constituencies (FCs), aboriginal alien in 1991, are advised to animate the balanced accord of all sectors and groups in society, according to the National People s Congress, China s top aldermanic body, and accomplish up about bisected of LegCo s 70 seats. Today, FCs accommodate those for the Insurance, Tourism, and Textiles and Garment industries, as able-bodied as 25 added business or appropriate absorption groups. Electors in those groups accept candidates via three altered voting systems, including proportional representation and the UK-style first-past-the-post system.The absolute electorate for the FCs is beneath than 240,000 electors (who can be individuals, businesses or accumulated entities such as banks), compared to the added than 3 actor voters who accept the 35 LegCo associates adopted by absolute democracy. This after-effects in a arrangement area 95,776 voters in Kowloon West, Hong Kong s aboriginal geographic constituency, exercise as abundant political will as 125 coffer CEOs in the Finance FC, or 147 associates of the Heung Yee Kuk rural council. While acrimony over FCs took a backseat in the 2014 Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests, it has reemerged afresh since, with all pan-democratic political parties — which consistently win a majority of geographic votes — calling for the system s abolition. One person, two votesHere s area it gets alike weirder. As allotment of a political ameliorate accommodation in 2010, a new anatomic constituency was created in which alone adopted associates of the District Board (local bodies affiliated to canton or boondocks councils elsewhere) could stand, but the electorate for which would be broadcast to the 3.4 actor Hong Kongers who could not vote in addition FC. That agency that Hong Kongers operates on a one person, two votes system, area voters accept a adumbrative from their geographic constituency and from a accordant FC or the District Board FC, nicknamed super seats. What s at pale for Hong Kongers? Most Hong Kong voters abode candidates attitude on political and autonomous ameliorate at the top of their agenda. We charge to accelerate the appropriate being to LegCo and again we can allocution about amusing issues, 27-year-old Stanley Yeung told . Teresa Chan, 64, cited the contempo declared kidnappings of booksellers by acreage Chinese agents as a acumen why she capital legislators that apostle for added capitalism and aphorism of law in the city.The acceleration of Hong Kong ability parties, in the deathwatch of the bootless Umbrella Movement, has larboard some alert of a breach amid pan-democratic voters that could account pro-Beijing parties. There s like a civilian war activity on, which isn t acceptable for both sides, Nathan Chan, a 20-year-old adherent of the acceptable pro-democracy Civic Party, told . Tom Lui, 25, who is aptitude appear pro-independence candidates, says allotment who to vote for is abundant added difficult afterwards the Umbrella Movement. Several pro-independence candidates accept been blocked from running, arch some to say they will avoid the poll in protest. I will accept not to vote, Anthony Yip, 28, told , adage the ban was depriving Hong Kongers of their freedom of speech. Others accept been put off by the allocution of independence, and the common disruption and casual abandon acquired by protests. Hui Ka Fai, 41, told acquainted he had no best but to vote for (pro-Beijing party) DAB in adjustment to ensure a peaceful, adapted society.

New Post has been published on (FCC votes to upgrade emergency smartphone alerts)

FCC votes to upgrade emergency smartphone alerts

Your smartphone s emergency alerts are accepting an upgrade. The FCC voted Thursday to acquiesce texts beatific through the wireless emergency arrangement to accommodate links to pictures, maps and buzz numbers. It s a cogent advance for the four-year-old system, which allows authorities to ping phones to active bodies to astringent weather, missing accouchement and added danger. The bureau additionally voted to acquiesce best letters — 360 characters, up from 90 — and to crave wireless providers to abutment Spanish-language alerts. Wireless carriers will be accustomed to abutment anchored links after this year. They ll be appropriate to abutting year. The system s banned were on affectation aftermost anniversary back millions of New Yorkers accustomed a argument active gluttonous advice on Ahmad Khan Rahami, doubtable in bombings in New York and New Jersey. See media for pic, the active said. Related: The adventure abaft the smartphone alarm active in NYC Emergency alerts still won t accommodate anchored photos, but commissioners said they re accessible to the idea. Vague directives in argument about area to acquisition added advice about a suspect, aloof as we saw in New York, are not acceptable enough, said Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner. As we move into the 5G future, we charge to ensure that multimedia is accessible in all of our active messages. Not anybody was so sure. Michael O Rielly, addition commissioner, said abacus links and multimedia could jam corpuscle networks during emergencies. The FCC additionally aloft apropos in a address aftermost year about how abundant abstracts it would booty to accelerate multimedia alerts and whether they could cesspool array activity on phones. (New York) First appear September 29, 2016: 9:54 AM ET

New Post has been published on (Hong Kong votes: Is this the world s weirdest election? )

Hong Kong votes: Is this the world s weirdest election?

Hong Kong Millions of Hong Kongers go to the acclamation Sunday to accept the city s parliament… array of. The Aldermanic Council, or LegCo, acclamation is calmly one of the world s strangest. It includes three altered types of seat, assorted voting systems, banks voting as people, contest bedfast to alone a few dozen abeyant candidates, and that s afore anyone has alike started campaigning. Here s what you charge to apperceive to accomplish faculty of it all. Advancement for Hong Kong independence: Why is Beijing so afraid of this 25-year-old?Leg-what?Founded in 1843 as an advising anatomy to Hong Kong s colonial British governor, LegCo now functions as the city s parliament, analytical bills and spending, acknowledging accessories and casual laws. The council, which did not get its aboriginal Chinese affiliate until 1884, has been absolutely adopted back 1995, admitting some seats are called in agency that critics say aren t autonomous (see below.) Back the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China in 1997, LegCo has been abundantly bedeviled by pro-Beijing lawmakers, acknowledgment both to the balloter success of parties such as the Autonomous Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the actuality of anatomic constituencies, political entities altered to Hong Kong and Macau. What are anatomic constituencies? Anatomic constituencies (FCs), aboriginal alien in 1991, are advised to animate the balanced accord of all sectors and groups in society, according to the National People s Congress, China s top aldermanic body, and accomplish up about bisected of LegCo s 70 seats. Today, FCs accommodate those for the Insurance, Tourism, and Textiles and Garment industries, as able-bodied as 25 added business or appropriate absorption groups. Electors in those groups accept candidates via three altered voting systems, including proportional representation and the UK-style first-past-the-post system.The absolute electorate for the FCs is beneath than 240,000 electors (who can be individuals, businesses or accumulated entities such as banks), compared to the added than 3 actor voters who accept the 35 LegCo associates adopted by absolute democracy. This after-effects in a arrangement area 95,776 voters in Kowloon West, Hong Kong s aboriginal geographic constituency, exercise as abundant political will as 125 coffer CEOs in the Finance FC, or 147 associates of the Heung Yee Kuk rural council. While acrimony over FCs took a backseat in the 2014 Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests, it has reemerged afresh since, with all pan-democratic political parties — which consistently win a majority of geographic votes — calling for the system s abolition. One person, two votesHere s area it gets alike weirder. As allotment of a political ameliorate accommodation in 2010, a new anatomic constituency was created in which alone adopted associates of the District Board (local bodies affiliated to canton or boondocks councils elsewhere) could stand, but the electorate for which would be broadcast to the 3.4 actor Hong Kongers who could not vote in addition FC. That agency that Hong Kongers operates on a one person, two votes system, area voters accept a adumbrative from their geographic constituency and from a accordant FC or the District Board FC, nicknamed super seats. What s at pale for Hong Kongers? Most Hong Kong voters abode candidates attitude on political and autonomous ameliorate at the top of their agenda. We charge to accelerate the appropriate being to LegCo and again we can allocution about amusing issues, 27-year-old Stanley Yeung told . Teresa Chan, 64, cited the contempo declared kidnappings of booksellers by acreage Chinese agents as a acumen why she capital legislators that apostle for added capitalism and aphorism of law in the city.The acceleration of Hong Kong ability parties, in the deathwatch of the bootless Umbrella Movement, has larboard some alert of a breach amid pan-democratic voters that could account pro-Beijing parties. There s like a civilian war activity on, which isn t acceptable for both sides, Nathan Chan, a 20-year-old adherent of the acceptable pro-democracy Civic Party, told . Tom Lui, 25, who is aptitude appear pro-independence candidates, says allotment who to vote for is abundant added difficult afterwards the Umbrella Movement. Several pro-independence candidates accept been blocked from running, arch some to say they will avoid the poll in protest. I will accept not to vote, Anthony Yip, 28, told , adage the ban was depriving Hong Kongers of their freedom of speech. Others accept been put off by the allocution of independence, and the common disruption and casual abandon acquired by protests. Hui Ka Fai, 41, told acquainted he had no best but to vote for (pro-Beijing party) DAB in adjustment to ensure a peaceful, adapted society.