The Daily Populous

Sunday August 27th, 2017 night edition

image for Before Hurricane Harvey, wireless carriers lobbied against upgrades to a national emergency alert system

Perhaps presciently, local officials there raised those exact issues with the FCC in July.

Before Hurricane Harvey existed, a top homeland security official in Harris County, Texas — which includes Houston — slammed wireless carriers and others for stalling on changes to the wireless emergency alert system, or WEA.

To public-safety officials, however, the alerts are a lifeline for dispatching critical, real-time information during a disaster — albeit, for some, an outdated one.

In 2016, his agency adopted an order that increased the maximum length of a wireless emergency alert from 90 characters to 360 characters.

In the past, at least, Pai has supported reforms to the content and delivery of wireless emergency alerts.

Previously, the well-heeled Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group for wireless giants, known as CTIA, argued against a full-scale, aggressive overhaul of emergency alerts.

“We have activated our Disaster Information Reporting System, deployed personnel to Texas, and provided emergency response officials and licensees with emergency contact information,” he said. »

India Wastes As Much Food As United Kingdom Consumes: Study

Authored by businessworld.in
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It says “Indians waste as much food as the whole of United Kingdom consumes”.

According to UNDP, up to 40 per cent of the food produced in India is bound to get wasted.

While we may not be able to reduce food lost during production, we can certainly reduce food wastage at our personal level. »

50 Cent's Funny $750,000 Challenge To Floyd Mayweather Instead Of The Ice Bucket Challenge

Authored by businessinsider.com
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50 Cent is changing the rules of the game in the Ice Bucket challenge.

Instead of the usual cold water-on-head routine, the rapper is challenging his former friend, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., to "read one full page of a 'Harry Potter' book out loud without starting and stopping or f------ up."

Mayweather has also been nominated to complete an actual Ice Bucket Challenge  by magician Criss Angel. »

Tobe Hooper, ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and ‘Poltergeist’ Director, Dies at 74

Authored by variety.com

Tobe Hooper, the horror director best known for helming “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Poltergeist,” died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

The 1974 “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” became one of the most influential horror films of all time for its realistic approach and deranged vision.

Willard Tobe Hooper was born in Austin, Texas and taught college before starting out in documentaries. »

American Physiological Society > High Achievers in Competitive Courses More Likely to Cheat on College Exams

Authored by the-aps.org

High Achievers in Competitive Courses More Likely to Cheat on College Exams.

(August 24, 2017)—A new study finds that students who are known as “high achievers” and take highly competitive courses are the most likely to cheat on their exams.

It has been thought that lower-level students were more likely to cheat because they had more to gain in the form of higher grades. »