It is now three o'clock in the morning, it is my appointment with God, I did not find anything other than talking to him. It is the hope to raise our calamities as time bares its muscular fangs The timing of things is what gives them great value in our hearts, and it is the one who takes them away. Your arrival now has no value, and we are tired of waiting for a long time. My Lord spoke to me: Say, "Indeed, I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a great day." (13) Say: "I worship…

Last week, West Virginia University (WVU) announced a plan to raze some of its core programs. The public land-grant university intends to eliminate 9 percent of its majors (32 programs total), all of its foreign language programs, and 16 percent of its full-time faculty members (169 in total). The departments targeted for these massive cuts count Truman, Marshall, Fulbright, and Rhodes scholars among their alumni. These cuts were recommended by the consulting firm rpk GROUP, and there’s every reason to believe they’re a trial balloon for doing this elsewhere. Anyone who cares about higher education should be alarmed about what this portends for…

Blockchain technology has moved past the hype – and hysteria – of cryptocurrencies and become a technology adopted by industry and governments as a solution for securing and streamlining processes across a variety of sectors. China has been a developer and rapid adopter of blockchain, particularly in areas such as finance, medicine, energy, and supply chains. The government’s support of blockchain firms and applications have boosted the use of the tech across the country, improving security, transaction speed for customers, and advancing China’s competitiveness within the global market. https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-views/embedded/res/img/ajax-loader.gif","callback_next":"","manage_history":"enabled","has_controls_in_form":"disabled","infinite_tolerance":"0","max_pages":0,"page":1,"base_permalink":"/2021/blockchain-in-china/?wpv_view_count=67185-TCPID44170&wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM","loop":{"type":"","name":"","data":[],"id":0}}" data-permalink="/2021/blockchain-in-china/?wpv_view_count=67185-TCPID44170" style="box-sizing:border-box"> Executive Summary Emerging technologies such as blockchain, a subset…

Both Washington and Beijing treat rising debt as a consequence of irresponsible behavior by local institutions. But in China and the United States, rising debt is spurred by policies that have encouraged distortions in the distribution of domestic income. Until these distortions are addressed, both countries must choose between rising debt and rising unemployment. The urgent debate earlier this year about the establishment of a binding debt ceiling for the U.S. government implicitly (and sometimes quite explicitly) assumed that rising debt is a measure of Washington’s profligacy, and that if only policymakers were a little more frugal or a little…

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District handed out good news to some residents living near the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire. An evacuation order for part of Rawson Road in Electoral Area F was downgraded on Saturday to an evacuation alert. The evacuation order was originally issued on Wednesday, Aug. 2, and involved properties from 2597 to 2900 Rawson Rd. “Residents may return to their homes under an evacuation alert, but may need to leave again on short notice if required,” the regional district said. “An evacuation order may need to be reissued. However, if that is deemed necessary, the evacuation order process…