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When innovation, regulation collide

Edit Orange County Register 22 May 2016
When the music industry transitioned from records to 8-track tape cassettes, to CDs and now to cloud-based music, did the government step in and add regulations to keep the status quo? No. We all transitioned with the technology and times to allow... ....

Expecting Sanders Supporters to "Close Ranks?"

Edit Common Dreams 22 May 2016
John Atcheson. When the Clinton campaign and the corporate press call for Sanders to drop out and turn his supporters over to Hillary, they reveal just how out of touch they are ... They arose out of a profound dissatisfaction over politics as usual, and many – if not most – will not be persuaded to vote for a status quo politician they perceive to be part of the problem, no matter how frightening a Trump Presidency could be ... ....

Austria's next president could be a right-wing Eurosceptic

Edit The Miami Herald 22 May 2016
That reflects deep disillusionment with the political status quo and their approach to the migrant crisis and other issues ... ....

Obama adviser to Colby College seniors: embrace citizenship

Edit The Miami Herald 22 May 2016
... and historical boundaries change, people "are desperately trying to hold onto the status quo" and are "building barriers both literally and figuratively."....

New Taiwan president showed will to maintain ‘status quo’ with China

Edit The Japan News 22 May 2016
Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party, has been inaugurated as Taiwan’s new president ... Tsai’s address can be viewed as clarifying her intention to maintain the status quo — pursuing neither independence nor unification — as pledged in her presidential election campaign. Tsai’s overwhelming victory reflects the will of most people in Taiwan, who hope to see the status quo preserved ... Speech ... + -....

Gizmo Guy: How 5 rival smartphones compare

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 22 May 2016
The competition for smartphone superiority seems especially fierce this spring. Gizmo Guy. How 5 rival smartphones compare. Advertisment. of. Gallery.. Facebook icon. Twitter icon ... I've also been toting an oddball from an upstart called Siam that dares challenge the status quo ... ....

Diana DeGette debates on experience, primary challenger bucks her status quo

Edit Denver Post 22 May 2016
Chuck Norris is the first Democrat to take on DeGette since 2002. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette fended off assertions about her affiliation with the political status quo during a debate Saturday, by reminding the Denver crowd of the partisan fights she's carrying on in Washington for Democratic values ... "It is a woman's choice ... ....

Is Iran’s Attempt to Influence Iraq Faltering?

Edit Newsweek 22 May 2016
Sadr sees himself as an Iraqi hero and kingmaker as much as an Islamic religious leader, but the current status quo in Baghdad is not working for him either politically or financially (there are rumors he is supposedly almost broke and these protests at the Green Zone are very expensive to maintain) ... a common cause in altering the status quo....

Telangana urges Karnataka to resume work on RDS barrage

Edit The Hindu 22 May 2016
Telangana Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao spoke to his Karnataka counterpart M.B. Patil over the phone, requesting him to resume works on increasing the height of the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme (RDS) barrage ... The work was taken up by Karnataka Irrigation Department as part of modernisation of the barrage and common canal, for which funds were already deposited with Karnataka by the unified AP Government in 2005 ... Mr ... Mr ... Status quo....

Austrian election could produce far-right head of state

Edit The Irish Times 22 May 2016
A right-wing politician could win Sunday’s election for the Austrian presidency for the first time since the Second World War, as established parties that have dominated postwar politics watch from the sidelines ... That reflects deep disillusionment with the political status quo and their approach to the migrant crisis and other issues ... Both men drew clear lines between themselves and their rival as they went into Sunday’s race ... PA ... ....

Border crossing at Angoor Adda given to Afghanistan

Edit Dawn 22 May 2016
PESHAWAR. In what appears to be a quid pro quo, Pakistan handed over the contentious Angoor Adda border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in South Waziristan to Afghan authorities on Saturday ... This was done with a “strategic intent to improve border management”, said the statement, adding that the gesture was envisioned to bring momentum to the establishment of peace and stability along the Pak-Afghan border ... ....

Businesses reap the benefits of Environmental Health and Safety improvements (Dentons US LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 22 May 2016
(Source. Dentons US LLP) May 18, 2016. Dubai-A strong focus on Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) in the UAE is driving positive change on construction projects shaping the Emirates' evolving skyline ... A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways ... www.dentons.com ... (noodl. 33677631) ....

Liberal payments to teacher unions stink

Edit Toronto Sun 22 May 2016
People know when something doesn’t pass the smell test. Here’s an example ... An apparent case of, “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours,” using public money. Of course, the Liberals and the teacher unions deny any quid pro quo between government payouts to teacher unions and anti-PC teacher union ads, which help the Liberals win elections ... They say they won’t finance teacher negotiations any more....
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