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A deep dive with D Shivakumar, Chairman of ASCI, the body, but for which, we would have been having an even bigger deluge of ads with misleading/false claims. And even though advertisers know that if they don't regulate themselves, the government will, the number of complaints looked into by ASCI's CCC has nearly doubled in just two years
In 2015-16, the Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) looked into 1389 complaints against advertisements; in 2017-18, the number nearly doubled to 2641 complaints – rate of increase that's particularly alarming in a society that's growing increasingly more active and aware on, and thanks to, social media. What happened to brands living up to expectations of good brand behaviour?
And wait – look at the sectors that have been the most errant. Of the 2641 complaints, the worst transgressor brands and service providers combined that slung out advertisements with misleading/false claims at unwary consumers, came from these sectors, and this order:
Education, with 729 complaints; Clinics with 518 complaints; Drugs & Medicines with 356 complaints; Food & Beverages with 298 complaints, and Personal Care with 278 complaints. And the brazenness continues unabated.
Every day, week, month, ASCI is unceasingly and relentlessly vigilant about advertisements with false and/or misleading claims. Are such advertisers any better than the con artists and scamsters who run ponzi schemes? Can a good, upstanding brand, be allowed to say a misleading or false ad was the innocent error of some enthusiastic junior or relatively inexperienced youngster in the marketing department? Obviously, no.
But sadly, ads and campaigns across text, images, video and audio keep getting issued across all media. The untruthful claims register themselves in the minds of the people who consume the ads, creating misleading and patently false perceptions of leadership or superiority. And then, after the horse has bolted, a report appears, listing ads that ASCI got pulled off, and identifying the brands behind them.
Now don't get me wrong. So far, if it weren't for ASCI, we would have had a far bigger misleading-ads deluge – one of biblical proportions. Thank God for ASCI, which keeps working to keep the errants in check.
What is being done, and what more can be done, to arrest this epidemic of brazen misleading of the Indian consumer? What is the size and scale of this unabating persistence with misleading consumers through inaccurate claims in false ads?
I caught up with D Shivakumar, Chairman (ASCI) (and Group Executive President – Aditya Birla Management Corporation) on this and more, including what more can be done to deter transgression and to take the obstinate repeat transgressors firmly to task.
First, let's talk about the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). It has been around for 30 years now – as an industry body with history, and has actually, due to its proactive work, kept at bay any governmental interference or regulation of advertising in India. Would you sum up ASCI's role and contributions over the years. We'd like a bit of a historical deep dive, for the benefit of the younger professionals in Advertising, Marketing and Media.
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), established in 1985, is a Self-Regulatory Organization committed to protecting consumer interests. ASCI was formed by the industry with the support of all four sectors connected with Advertising – Advertisers, Advertising Agencies, Media (including Broadcasters and the Press) and others like PR Agencies, Market Research Companies etcetera.
Since its inception, ASCI has come a long way in meeting its objectives, and in the past few years, has achieved quite a few milestones.
We are very pleased to share that the compliance numbers for the advertisements looked into by ASCI are very healthy. For TV advertisements, the compliance rate is close to 100%. Based on the NAMS tracking and direct confirmation from advertisers, for the year 2017-18, the overall compliance for advertisements wherein the complaints were upheld was 89.1%.So while advertisers by and large do abide by the ASCI's CCC recommendations, there is of course scope to improve further
Please list a few…
Today, ASCI's Code for Self-Regulation in Advertising is part of the advertising code in the Rules under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), in January 2019, also issued an advisory for a scroller to be carried by all broadcasters in support of self-regulation for grievance against objectionable advertisements that refers to ASCI. It reads: "Objectionable ads? Complain to The Advertising Standards Council of lndia (ASCI) 7710012345 ascionline.org".
The Insurance Advertisements and Disclosures Regulations 2000 issued by IRDA states that all insurance companies are advised to follow the code of conduct prescribed by the ASCI.
ASCI's role was further acknowledged by various Government bodies via their MOUs. ASCI signed MoUs with The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) 2015, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) 2016 and the Ministry of AYUSH 2017 to curb misleading advertisements.
In January 2017, the Supreme Court of India, in its judgment (Common Cause), has also affirmed and recognized the self-regulatory mechanism as an effective pre-emptive step to statutory provisions in the sphere of advertising content regulation for TV and Radio in India.
The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety decided that ASCI and the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturing (SIAM) to work out a mechanism to telecast only advertisements conforming to road safety.
ASCI is represented in several committees of the Government of India…
Yes. In several committees of the GOI working on matters related to advertising content. Notably, ASCI is a representative of the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) of MIB which examines complaints regarding TV Content and Advertisements as well as the Inter-Ministerial Monitoring Committee (IMMC) of the DoCA that looks into Grievance against Misleading advertisements (GAMA) as well as a committee constituted by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) along with NCERT, SCERT to regulate the content of automobile advertisements.
ASCI's work been recognised by the government, judiciary and regulators over the years and its efforts are constantly documented during Parliament sessions.
On the international platform, ASCI is a part of the Executive Committee of International Council on Ad Self-Regulation (ICAS). ASCI's membership of the ICAS ensures that it can even influence at an international level.
Among several awards bestowed by the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), ASCI bagged two Gold Global Best Practice Awards for the Mobile App "ASCIonline" (in 2016) and for reducing the time taken to process complaints (in 2013).
Self regulation works best when the members first practice it themselves. Charity begins at home. Members of ASCI practicing the guidelines in the spirit of the rules and regulations will help ASCI the institution stay above board, have respect and earn trust
ASCI has iterated in detail the best practices for advertising content. Could you share a very brief overview?
ASCI believes in advertising with conscience and that creativity should be within boundaries forming the base to "Self-Regulation is the Best Regulation".
The four pillars of ASCI form the best practices of self-regulation for the advertising industry and require that all advertisements need to be:
- Truthful & Honest – Truthful, fair and non-derogatory to competitors. Advertisements should not be misleading and plagiarized.
- Non-Offensive to public – Within the bounds of generally accepted standards of public decency and propriety.
- Against harmful products/unsafe situations – Not used indiscriminately for the promotion of products, hazardous or harmful to society or to individuals particularly minors, to a degree unacceptable to society at large.
- Fair in Competition – Ensure that Advertisements observe fairness in competition so that the consumer's need to be informed on choices in the market place and the canons of generally accepted competitive behaviour in business are both served. (Click here for more on the ASCI Codes)
I believe that professionals must contribute to institutions that have an impact on their industry and society. I am deeply honoured to be the chairman of ASCI and this is my small contribution to a great institution whose relevance is getting stronger by the day
Typically, there are three avenues for complaints against 'false or misleading' advertising that reach ASCI's CCC for evaluation: Complaints from consumers, intra-industry complaints (against competitors), and suo moto complaints filed by ASCI. What is the relative percentage of each slice of the complaints pie?
For the year 2017-18, ASCI's Consumer Complaint Council (CCC) examined complaints against 2641 advertisement.
ASCI's Suo Moto surveillance through National Advertising Monitoring Services (NAMS) contributed to 61% of advertisements (1607) complained against.
The rest, i.e. 39% advertisements (1034) were complained against by consumers, or consumer organizations, or were intra-industry complaints, or were complaints forwarded by government departments. Of these 1034 advertisements, 63% were complaints from consumers, 11% were intra-industry, 24% from Consumer Organizations and 2% from Government agencies.
ASCI tracks 32 national Newspapers across all their editions – which contributes to over 80% of national newspaper readership — 50 magazines and 425 TV channels across the country in 14 languages
Do you believe that brands and sectors at large can be trusted to do self-regulation on the advertising they release about themselves?
Advertising is an imperative and genuine means for brand owners to engage with their consumers. The responsibility for the compliance to the Code for Self-Regulation in Advertising lies with all who commission, create, place or publish an advertisement, or assist in the creation or publishing of the advertisement.
All advertisers, advertising agencies and media are expected not to commission, create, place or publish any advertisements which contravene the ASCI Self Regulation Code. This is a self-imposed discipline, and ASCI encourages all Advertisers, Media, Agencies and allied professionals to self–regulate their advertising in order to maintain/ build on the trust consumers have in their product or service.
And what has the compliance been like?
We are very pleased to share that the compliance numbers for the advertisements looked into by ASCI are very healthy.
For TV advertisements, the compliance rate is close to 100%. Based on the NAMS tracking and direct confirmation from advertisers, for the year 2017-18, the overall compliance for advertisements wherein the complaints were upheld was 89.1%.
So while advertisers by and large do abide by the ASCI's CCC recommendations, there is of course scope to improve further. We believe that through increasing awareness about ASCI, this would be possible.
Please share some numbers: From your records over the years to date, what is the total number of different brands or entities that have issued misleading or false ads?
Please see a sector wise tabular representation of complaints against advertisements looked into by the ASCI CCC over the last three years below:
|Sector-wise complaints against advertisements looked into by the ASCI CCC over the last three years
Banking/ Finance
Drugs & Medicine
Food & Beverages
Home Care
Media/ Channels/ Periodicals
Personal Care
Surrogate Brand Extension
Telecom Products & Internet Providers
And from the past 12 months, can you share how many brands have been found out as pushing false/misleading claims in their ads? And identify the number of brands and the names of the ones most persistent with ads with misleading or false claims? The percentage of listed and private companies in terms of brands that have issued misleading ads?
We at ASCI do not comment on any specific brands. However, we issue a monthly press release wherein details of all advertisements wherein a complaint was upheld by CCC is provided with all the details.
As a policy, we wouldn't be able to name any particular advertisers. But feel free to look up any specific details you require, from our monthly CCC Recommendations press releases published here: http://ascionline.org/index.php/press-releases.html
There has been a huge increase in the number of complaints received from Consumers — averaging to more than 300 a month. The number of advertisements complained against by consumers has steadily increased over the years — from less than 200 in 2011-12 to more than 2600 in 2017-18, which speaks for itself regarding the success of ASCI initiatives and ASCI's ever increasing consumer awareness
In 2007, there used to be around 10 to 15 complaints against ads, received by ASCI – or around 150-200 ads a year. Today, you have around 300-500 complaints a month. What are the special initiatives that ASCI has undertaken to try and spread awareness about the ASCI code of conduct?
As you rightly mentioned, ten years ago, the number of advertisements that ASCI looked into were under 200. We did a multi-pronged approach to overcome this issue.
In a bid to strengthen the process of limiting misleading advertisements which harm of consumers' interests, in 2012 ASCI launched a path-breaking initiative with National Advertising Monitoring Service (NAMS) to keep continuous track of advertisements nationally.
As per the arrangement, AdEx India, a division of TAM, with support from ASCI-trained personnel, checks on all newly released TV and Newspaper print advertisements, specifically for violation of ASCI's advertisement code (Chapter I) related to unsubstantiated, misleading or false claims in the advertisement.
ASCI tracks 32 national Newspapers across all their editions – which contributes to over 80% of national newspaper readership — 50 magazines and 425 TV channels across the country in 14 languages.
This Suo-Moto Surveillance is highly effective in screening a large number of misleading advertisements from amongst about 45000 new print ads and 1600 new TV ads. This is reflected in the total number of advertisements looked into by the CCC on a year-on-year basis.
To encourage more consumers to reach out to ASCI, we have taken significant steps in the last few years to make ASCI more accessible to consumers, starting with the launch of an online complaint mechanism in 2012-13, launch of Mobile App in 2015 and launch of a WhatsApp number in 2016.
As a result, there has been a huge increase in the number of complaints received from Consumers — averaging to more than 300 a month. The number of advertisements complained against by consumers has steadily increased over the years — from less than 200 in 2011-12 to more than 2600 in 2017-18, which speaks for itself regarding the success of ASCI initiatives and ASCI's ever increasing consumer awareness.
By introducing a WhatsApp number to register a complaint, ASCI has truly empowered the consumer to raise their voice against objectionable advertisements. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first-of-its-kind initiative by an SRO.
ASCI provides Advertising Advice to industry members on their proposed concepts or storyboards. The main purpose of ASCI's Advertising Advice service is to prevent problems before they happen
What PR and Social Media Initiatives does ASCI undertake?
ASCI has initiated several awareness-building campaigns through print, radio and social media.
Our most important and breakthrough initiative happened this year when, as I said earlier, MIB issued an advisory to all TV broadcasters to run ASCI's scroller: "Objectionable ads? Complain to The Advertising Standards Council of lndia (ASCI) 7710012345 ascionline.org".
In 2017-18, there have been more than 2200 news items pertaining to ASCI and its Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) recommendations in leading national dailies along with coverage in electronic media.
Besides press release-induced news on its initiatives, ASCI received a number of organic mentions on topics related to misleading advertisements and celebrity endorsements, recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, depiction of safe road practices in advertisements, mentions in Parliament questions, etcetera. Important press coverage is available on the ASCI web-site for further reference.
"Snap and WhatsApp" and "Swacch Ads Abhiyan" are other Social Media initiatives to build consumer awareness and to educate consumers to raise their voice against "Bad Ads". ASCI's ongoing campaigns across social media handles combined with the ASCI scroll aired on television, has resulted in significant consumer contact on the ASCI WhatsApp number with more than 150 contacts a day.
ASCI's work has been appreciated by Voluntary Consumer Organizations (VCO) like Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP), the largest VCO in Asia. In their monthly magazine 'Grahak Tituka Melwawa', MGP added 'AD Watch' – a dedicated feature on ASCI's activities and action taken against misleading / objectionable advertisements. Such cooperation and support by VCOs such as MGP enhances ASCI's profile among key stakeholders and wins consumer trust in self-regulatory mechanisms.
With these measures, ASCI is able to effectively engage with thousands of consumers who act as ASCI's eyes and ears and keep a check on erring advertisers.
In exceptional cases ASCI does provide for 'Suspension Pending Investigation' (SIP). In exceptional circumstances, when it appears prima facie that an advertisement is in serious breach of the ASCI Code and its continued transmission through any medium causes or has the effect of causing public harm and or injury or its continuation is against public interest, then the ASCI would, pending investigation, forthwith direct the advertiser / the advertising agency / the media buying agency and the media concerned to suspend the advertisement
And what is ASCI doing to try and reduce the number of misleading / false ads issued by companies?
The ASCI code keeps evolving to keep up with the changes in the world of advertising and to address the urgent needs in any particular sector or issue as seen in India.
As you may know in the recent years, the ASCI code has been expanded to include several new guidelines such as Guidelines for Fairness Improvement products, Guidelines for claiming New / Improved, Guidelines for Disclaimers, Guidelines for Celebrities in Advertising etc.
ASCI provides Advertising Advice to industry members on their proposed concepts or storyboards. The main purpose of ASCI's Advertising Advice service is to prevent problems before they happen.
ASCI also launched an e-learning program some three years ago…
Yes, it was launched in April 2015 for advertising and marketing professionals. The E-Learning program is designed in 13 modules, giving a clear comprehensive understanding of the codes, guidelines and processes, which the users can complete as per their own pace within a six-month window.
Each of these modules consists of engaging multimedia content followed by a test. The modules include examples of actual complaints processed by ASCI.
Prominent personalities from the field of Indian advertising are featured in this program wherein they provide their endorsement and wholehearted support. On successful completion, the user is awarded with a certificate of completion.
We believe that people who enrol to the program are better equipped and aware of the codes they need to adhere to while making advertisements. The process hence strengthens self-discipline within the industry.
For year 2017-18 almost 10% of the advertisements were promptly withdrawn or corrected through such voluntary action. This goes on to show how responsive the advertisers are getting regarding their corporate reputation on Social Media. As ASCI is about taking advertisers along the path of self-regulation by persuasion and time-bound compliance, naming and shaming is not necessarily an ideal option
How has the e-learning program been received?
It has been well received. Major corporates such as Hindustan Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Godrej, Grey, L'Oreal, Himalaya, Suzuki, Dabur, Bajaj, Cavincare, Yahoo etcetera have availed of the e-learning program for their employees, over and above individual registrations.
ASCI has been participating very actively in industry events and gatherings to help spread awareness and enthusiasm for ethical and responsible advertising amongst industry professionals. Can you list a few?
On 20th March 2015, working towards our cause of promoting the spirit of self-regulation among the creators of advertising, ASCI hosted a one-of-a kind festival of debates – Creativity for Goodness' Sake! Through this event ASCI created and presented an engagement platform to uphold creativity, which is not only exciting and memorable but also with a conscience.
This was based on the premise that there is a critical need to create awareness, belief and advocacy for the very concept of self-regulation in advertising.
The festival saw global speakers of repute like Sir John Hegarty, Founder, Creative- BBH, Marc Matheiu, Senior Vice President, Marketing – Unilever, Shantanu Khosla, Managing Director – P&G and Rajkumar Hirani, Filmmaker.
At the centre of the festival was a debate on "Should Creativity Be Restricted" which included industry stalwarts like Santosh Desai, MD & CEO, Future Brands, Sanjeeb Chaudhary, Global Head of Brand and CMO, Standard Chartered Bank, Bobby Pawar, Director & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Worldwide and Paritosh Joshi, Director, Provocateur, moderated by Anish Trivedi, renowned theatre, literature and radio personality. Shri Keshav Desiraju, Secretary to the Government of India, DCA, expressed his strong support for the self-regulation mechanism via his video message. This event was witnessed by more than 250 delegates from different companies and fields in the industry.
In 2016, Narendra Ambwani (Ex-Chairman and ASCI Board Member) was an invited speaker as ASCI representative at the FICCI's Massmerize 2016, for a session titled "Responsible advertising, Key to maintaining consumer trust". He shared this platform with important Government stakeholders, including Mr Hem Pande, Secretary, DoCA.
ASCI has participated in the GoaFest one of the most popular event of the advertising industry. ASCI got great traction at the recent GoaFest 2017. ASCI leveraged this platform to propagate its e-Learning Course with activation of a 60 seconds video contest on the theme – "An Advertising Brief is incomplete without the ASCI code". Sponsored by Eenadu, this contest saw encouraging response from many, including educational institutes like IIT Bombay, MICA, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, Chandigarh Institute of Film and Television, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, Indian Quality Centre, etc.
ASCI's Secretary General was invited for a presentation at the CII's Marketing Committee meeting, 2017. The session helped CII members appreciate the important role being played by ASCI in championing self-regulation at various fora and getting strong support from various regulators. This further enhanced CII's confidence in ASCI's efforts and they urged their members to adhere to ASCI's Code for self-regulation in advertising. ASCI also participated at the CII'S NATIONAL MARKETING SUMMIT, in Mumbai, expanding its network among Industry stakeholders
At the recent IAA World Congress at Kochi, D Shivakumar emphasized the need for self-regulation for a better advertising ecosystem, especially with the emergence of Digital Media.
Additionally, ASCI leverages events and conferences to spread knowledge and expertise among industry professionals. For students in particular, the E-Learning program is offered at highly discount price.
ASCI also plans to have an outreach program for colleges conducting courses in communication, advertising and marketing at media and management colleges.
A lot of complaints against misleading advertisements are seen to be against ads by TV broadcasters, based on leadership through ratings. Would ASCI consider making it mandatory for advertisers to furnish a certificate from BARC about the accuracy of viewership ratings quoted in each ad? BARC could be paid a certain fixed amount for each such certificate it issues after verifying its data. (Just as ASCI charges a nominal fee for Fast Track Complaint requests from members). Should it make that mandatory for ROs to be issued and accepted?
We do receive a few complaints on channel leadership claims. For such claims by broadcasters, ASCI does refer to the BARC guidelines. ASCI also engages with technical experts who examines whther there has been any violation of the BARC guidelines. In case there is impermissible use of the BARC data in contravention of the BARC Guideline, such complaint is upheld.
We've seen how persistently brands have been flaunting the ASCI code. Should there be stronger deterrents against false and misleading advertising?
ASCI is a voluntary self-regulatory organization. It operates on the principles of persuasion and cannot force anyone for compliance; except report non-compliance to the concerned authorities who can take action as per law. ASCI informs the advertiser, the media concerned about the advertisement against which a complaint is upheld. ASCI also keeps the self-regulatory bodies of the concerned media such as the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (Electronic Media) and the Indian Newspaper Society (Print Media) informed of the CCC recommendations.
For advertisers that do not follow self-regulation and do not comply with the CCC recommendations, ASCI refers their advertisements to the respective regulator / government bodies to take further action. You would agree that the Regulator actions can have significant impact to encourage better and timely compliances.
ASCI's self-regulatory mechanism is performing quite well. The success of self-regulation shows with the ~90% compliance rates wherein advertisers are modifying or withdrawing their advertisements as per ASCI's CCC recommendations. The only challenge is the remaining 10%. Our increasing strong relations with the regulators through the various MoU and recognitions from government bodies helps bridge the gap in dealing with the remaining 10%.
It is important for advertisers to know if they don't regulate themselves then Government will!
This is a long question, but bear with me. Obviously, ASCI would like nothing better than that there be no advertisements making false and misleading claims. But that keeps happening. Right now, after the ASCI CCC decides about the errant ads, they are supposed to be pulled off within 7 working days from all platforms, and that is the end of the complaint. Isn't that like locking the stable after the horse has bolted?
And what about a company that may have issued full-front-page ads in the top newspapers across languages? It will, in effect, do nothing to correct the misinformation to consumers by its misleading ads. They have no deterrent.
Should there be a correction mechanism required by law, under which an errant brand should correct the consumer disinformation with the same prominence and in the same media outlets, through a corrigendum campaign, as it were? If such a thing does not happen, a big part of the ASCI mission, to keep consumers informed and protected, fails.
ASCI has to conduct due diligence and provide due process for the advertiser to address objections raised in the complaint. Many a time the claims are of technical nature and an expert opinion is required to be sought. Post a complaint getting upheld, the advertiser has a right to appeal against the decision by providing grounds for review.
Therefore, pulling an advertisement off media overnight is not practical.
However, in exceptional cases ASCI does provide for "Suspension Pending Investigation" (SIP). In exceptional circumstances, when it appears prima facie that an advertisement is in serious breach of the ASCI Code and its continued transmission through any medium causes or has the effect of causing public harm and or injury or its continuation is against public interest, then the ASCI would, pending investigation, forthwith direct the advertiser / the advertising agency / the media buying agency and the media concerned to suspend the advertisement.
Most advertisers believe in what they do to the best of their knowledge and do not offend anybody. An advertising campaign is an expensive affair, involving heavy amount of money, time and efforts. When a complaint against an advertisement gets upheld, it does tamper the investment of money, time and efforts gone behind that ad, also causing damage to the reputation of the brand, even if this happens after a few weeks of the ad being published.
In the era of Social Media, the repercussions of a "bad ad" are quite serious.
You are absolutely right in stating that Government would step in if self-regulation fails. However, at ASCI we see that year on year, more and more Government departments are relying on ASCI's self-regulatory model for content in advertising
Let's talk about some more possible deterrents. Does ASCI put up a list of the brands, or the press release of each CCC fining, prominently on the home page and not buried under the Press Releases section of an inside page of the website?
The ASCI web-site is quite informative and navigation through various tabs is quite easy.
Our press release is carried by several prominent publications and online portals and the media updates are regularly posted on our Media coverage sections as well as Social Media pages very prominently.
These get reflected on our home page as well.
How aggressively does ASCI use Social Media to warn consumers that they had been misled? Do you list and name each such errant misleading brand, and tag all its corresponding social media handles?
ASCI's Social Media presence is quite dynamic. We are present on all popular Social Media handles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn). We do listen to Social Media chatter and for consumers complaining about any objectionable advertisement, we ask them to register their complaint with ASCI.
Many a time we find that the advertisers take note of such informal feedback and go for correction in the advertisement or withdraw the advertisement as soon as having received the complaint.
For year 2017-18 almost 10% of the advertisements were promptly withdrawn or corrected through such voluntary action. This goes on to show how responsive the advertisers are getting regarding their corporate reputation on Social Media.
As ASCI is about taking advertisers along the path of self-regulation by persuasion and time-bound compliance, naming and shaming is not necessarily an ideal option.
What happens when it comes to listed companies indulging in misleading advertising? Do you notify SEBI and other regulatory authorities?
ASCI treats all advertisers equally and any non-compliance is referred to the concerned regulator.
The ad campaigns always or most often include the issuance of a press release / media announcement to various publications across platform-types. Those releases also contain the same misleading information. Does ASCI mandate proven transgressors to send out correction releases withdrawing the false / misleading claims made?
ASCI does not mandate the advertisers to send out correction releases but the advertisers do confirm in writing to ASCI that they have either withdrawn or modified the ad appropriately.
Having said that, continued non-compliance — i.e. same claim / same advertisement being carried — is referred to the concerned regulator.
We do not find such an issue with most of the reputed advertisers.
Republic TV, in the last CCC release, has erred five times by issuing an ad that violates BARC's guidelines of not using a single event as the basis of an ad. I remember, Republic TV has been issuing a similar trade industry ad flyer every week over more than a year since it came into being. So, the obvious suggestion is: Please find a way to not just flag repeat transgressors, but also a way that helps the industry and peers cure such repeat transgressors of their habit. What do you feel ASCI needs to do to bring such entities in check and protect consumer interests?
As mentioned before, as a policy we cannot comment on a specific advertiser.
However, do note that reference to BARC guideline is generic. Each advertisement has to be seen in its context, claim/s made therein as well as visual representation.
In that sense each advertisement could be unique and is evaluated if it has violated the BARC guidelines.
The worry is: if such repeat violations occur unchecked, the government may decide to step in with some kind of regulation, which would be a terrible thing. But then, how would an industry body run by the most wonderful professionals, explain that for more than 33 years now, they have not been able to help stop such repeat transgressions? Pls comment.
I have covered this in the answers so far. With the compliance rates speaking for themselves, the problem of non-compliance is not as big as made out to be!
You are absolutely right in stating that Government would step in if self-regulation fails. However, at ASCI we see that year on year, more and more Government departments are relying on ASCI's self-regulatory model for content in advertising.
In fact, the Parliamentary Standing Committee in their recommendations with respect to the new Consumer Protection Bill, appreciated the work done by ASCI and suggested that ASCI should be given more teeth.
The Secretary MIB Amit Khare at a recently conducted event re-affirmed that MIB believes in self-regulation, as opposed to the state acting as monitor from Delhi.
And now, by your leave, let me shift to a couple of personal questions. Here's the first: How do you feel, serving to protect consumer interests by working for a voluntary body like ASCI to help corporates and entities uphold advertising standards?
I think many professionals contribute a lot to their company, and a few contribute a little to the industry they work in.
I believe that professionals must contribute to institutions that have an impact on their industry and society.
I am deeply honoured to be the chairman of ASCI and this is my small contribution to a great institution whose relevance is getting stronger by the day.
What have been your major learnings at ASCI, and how are you working to make sure that in both, the industry and your own company, young professionals are made more aware of ASCI guidelines for responsible advertising that protects consumer interests?
We have taken a number of steps to raise the awareness of ASCI. The MIB guidance on TV ads is a great example.
Self regulation works best when the members first practice it themselves. Charity begins at home. Members of ASCI practicing the guidelines in the spirit of the rules and regulations will help ASCI the institution stay above board, have respect and earn trust. The work done in the Goa fest is a good example of connecting with young creative talent.


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The Saturday of New Year's Weekend brings up five good games including the first New Year's Six Bowl along with the first round of the college football playoff. While we have a separate post for the College Football Playoff games here we take a look at the Peach, Belk and Arizona Bowls that take place in the morning. The December 29th Bowl Prospect Preview takes a look at which 2019 NFL Draft Prospects will be playing in each of these three bowls.
Florida Prospects
WR Van Jefferson
LT Martez Ivey
LG Tyler Jordan
RG Fred Johnson
RT Jawaan Taylor
DE Jachai Polite (#3 Edge)
DE CeCe Jefferson (#12 Edge)
NB Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (#11 CB)
Michigan Prospects
WR Grant Perry
DE Chase Winovich
DT Bryan Mone
LB/S Khaleke Hudson
CB Lavert Hill
FS Tyree Kinnell
Florida DE Jachai Polite showing the speed and flexibility to get around the corner and finish with the sack #NFLDraft #Gators pic.twitter.com/vrJLmo1us4
— Brian Johannes (@Draft_Brian) October 9, 2018
These two teams are no strangers to each other playing several times over the last couple of years both in the regular season and in other bowl games. What makes this game a bit different is there really isn't anything on the line (despite being a New Year's 6 Bowl) and the Wolverines will be without star players Rashan Gary, Devin Bush and Karan Higdon. Not having these players will hurt the Wolverines on both sides of the ball, but they are still a loaded team which should make for a fun game to watch. The top prospect in this game is Florida defensive end Jachai Polite who is an dynamic pass rusher off the edge that uses his explosive speed and ability to bend the edge has allowed him to rack up 11 sacks on the season. Polite has spent time with CeCe Jefferson throughout the season who had 5 sacks this year despite a disappointing performance. With Michigan struggling to to protect the quarterback this year and starting right tackle Juwann Bushell-Beatty also sitting out this game, this could allow Polite to really go off. While the Wolverines will be without star defensive end Rashan Gary they still have senior Chase Winovich who only had 4 sacks this season, but really grew as a prospect. Winovich will see two Florida tackles with NFL potential in Martez Ivey and Jawaan Taylor. While Ivey is projected to move inside to guard, Taylor is getting some first round buzz largely due to his size, light feet and strength. It will be anxious to see Taylor take on Winovich throughout the game and how he handles the pass rush intensity that Winovich brings on every snap. This game also provides us some defensive backs to watch. Florida's Chauncey Gardner-Johnson plays the nickel corner but is all over the field making tackles. Gardner-Johnson has the body of a cornerback, but may be more suited to play safety in the NFL. For Michigan safety Tyree Kinnell is a potential late round safety who does well seeing plays develop and then reacting while junior cornerback Lavert Hill is a true cover corner that can lock down one side of the field.
South Carolina Prospects
WR Bryan Edwards
LT Dennis Daley
SLB Bryson Allen-Williams
CB Rashad Fenton
CB Keisean Nixon
S Steven Montac
Virginia Prospects
RB Jordan Ellis
WR Olamide Zaccheaus
TE Evan Butts
WLB Chris Peace
CB Tim Harris
CB Bryce Hall
S Juan Thornhill
No Deebo Samuel in this game is a bummer because he is one of the better receivers in this class and would have given a good matchup against a talented Virginia secondary. The game isn't a total loss because South Carolina still has junior receiver Bryan Edwards to go against the Cavaliers defensive backs. Edwards is a raw route runner that primarily uses his 6'2 220lb frame to win contested catches. Virginia's top corner Bryce Hall matches up very well to Edwards with his 6'1 200lb frame, speed to run deep and his 20 passes defended shows that he can play the ball in the air. Hall is far from the only NFL Draft prospects in the Cavaliers secondary as Juan Thornhill has thrived since moving to safety from cornerback. Like most free safeties Thornhill is able to play deep zone coverage and react to the ball while also retaining his man coverage skills. We probably won't see Thornhill match up with Edwards man to man, but he could play some single high or bracket coverage over the top to try and limit Edwards impact on the game.
Arkansas State Prospects
QB Justice Hansen
WR Justin McInnis
LT Lanard Bonner
OLB Ronheen Bingham
Nevada Prospects
SLB Malik Reed
FS Dameon Baber
The Arizona Bowl seems like a bowl game that would take place before Christmas and could easily get lost in the shuffle with Belk and Peach Bowls both kicking off right before. That being said there is some NFL Draft talent in this game worth keeping an eye on, even if it is flipping back and forth between games. The top two prospects for both teams are shorter pass rushing outside linebackers. For Arkansas State they have the reigning Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year in Ronheen Bingham who finished with 9 sacks on the season. Bingham has a quick first step that can put tackles on their heels and then has the agility to get around the edge. Nevada's Malik Reed transitioned well from defensive end to a standing outside linebacker and finished with a second straight eight sack season. Where Reed plays in the NFL is still up in the air but his motor does run hot which makes him difficult to block.

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Financial Independence for Millennials
For people in their twenties, retirement may seem as though it's a long way off–and it is. However, developing smart saving and spending habits now can start you on the road to financial freedom and keep you on track. U.S. News and World Report has more in this month's shared blog. http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2014/08/28/5-ways-millennials-can-achieve-financial-independence [ read more ]
Declaring Financial Independence | The First National Bank Blog
Retire by 50. Travel the world at 60. For most of us, goals like these seem a little out of reach. Yet some people actually achieve them by planning for financial independence early in their careers. People are considered financially independent when they no longer have to work to afford the lifestyles they want. A person who works for the fun of it and not out of economic necessity is also considered financially independent. The question is: How do we become one of these people? Make saving a top priority. Many of us do this already by funding a 401(k) [ read more ]
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Continuing a longstanding tradition of stability and service, the Board of Directors of The First National Bank once again reaffirmed their commitment to remaining an independent, community bank. At a meeting held on June 9, 2015, each Board Member signed the Bank's Declaration of Independence – a document that ensures Bucks County will continue to have a locally owned and operated bank dedicated to the community it serves. Why are we committed to community banking? First, let's look at what makes a bank a community bank. This type of bank is defined as a locally owned and operated depository institution [ read more ]


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We just celebrated the 242nd anniversary of our independence, but with illegal immigrants, aided and abetted by unelected judges, controlling our destiny, with seemingly no recourse for the American people, perhaps we are no longer an independent people after all.
Here are some of the latest immigration stories you may have missed during this holiday week:
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman indicated during oral arguments that he would side with the liberal states suing the Department of Commerce for adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census form. He claimed the department acted "in bad faith" in the decision-making process and has ordered the government to disclose more information leading up to the decision. That random states could now take the federal government to court for including a basic citizenship question on a form used to exercise one of its most basic mandates is beyond absurd. That the inquiry into the number of citizens in this country, which serves as the foundation for an accurate snapshot of apportionment for electoral purposes, is now taboo with the courts demonstrates how we are no longer a self-governing people. Illegal aliens can enter the country at will, produce anchor babies, demand all sorts of benefits and citizenship for their kids, and then force us to count them in the Census – and federal judges will prevent us from doing anything about it.
Roger Sherman, one of the five drafters of the Declaration of Independence, which declared it our right to be governed by the consent of the governed, explained that naturalization was given to the federal government in order to prevent particular States receiving citizens, and forcing them upon others who would not have received them in any other manner." Now courts are allowing states to become sanctuaries for illegals, count them in the Census, and then get standing to sue against the federal government for trying to identify true citizens for the purpose of reapportionment, a practice that was done until the 1950s.
Can anyone from Central America just walk across the border and demand asylum, due process, and catch-and-release, even though 90 percent of their claims are bogus? You betcha. On Monday, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg certified an entire class of Central American asylum-seekers to lodge an injunction against five ICE offices for not granting any paroles to aliens who passed the credible fear test. In other words, he is mandating some form of catch-and-release via individualized parole hearings. The judge admitted he can't tell ICE what to do, but then went on to say he was holding them to their own standards.
The problem with this ruling is that not only do judges lack jurisdiction to micromanage parole policies of ICE offices, it is built on an erroneous premise. It's true that most asylum-seekers pass the initial credible fear test, but few of them turn out to be approved for asylum. Roughly 10 percent or fewer of the Central American applications are approved, and the system is rife with fraud. Why should Americans be on the hook for parole and watching them disappear into our communities when 9 out of 10 of them are not even approved by liberal immigration judges? The reality is that, as the Supreme Court has already stated in INS v. Cardoza Fonseca, asylum is no different from any other form of relief in the sense that it's discretionary. The government can always shut that off, especially under section 1182(f). Yet lower courts are now overturning that and endangering our security in the process.
And no, not all of them are Boy Scouts, not by a long shot.
She joined MS-13 at age 13 and helped kill a cop in El Salvador before illegally coming to US. Now we will pay to incarcerate her life after heinous crimes here. Appears she came as unaccompanied minor. https://t.co/5hq2rPDiY8
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) July 6, 2018
Last week, a San Diego judge gave standing to illegal aliens to sue against government policies of prosecuting them. Evidently, they have more rights than American criminals and must be reunited with their children by July 26, even though this policy has already deterred new illegal crossings. As Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports, now the government is diverting resources and cutting corners on security just to fulfill the desires of illegals and help fuel the invasion rather than protecting Americans from it. They are not properly checking documents and are instead relying on DNA testing.
In case you thought Obama's illegal amnesty was a thing of the past, think again. After several district judges essentially ruled that it's illegal for Trump to stop breaking immigration law, 20,000 new DACA applications have been approved. And as we noted, many of them have not been properly vetted, while 60,000 have known criminal records in America.
It gets worse. Last week, a district judge from Arizona issued a permanent injunction against the state's law blocking driver's licenses for recipients of Obama's illegal amnesty. And guess what? These same district courts ruled that Arizona cannot ask for proof of citizenship to register to vote. Thus, the motor-voter laws provide a seamless transition into voting for illegals who can now get driver's licenses because of liberal judges, and there's no way for the states to weed them out other than an honor system. At the time, the Supreme Court, in a growing pattern of letting the lower courts run roughshod over the states, refused to hear the appeal from Arizona, both in the proof of citizenship case and with regards to driver's licenses. Illegals have stolen our birthright, forced their way into the Census to give California several more electoral votes, and can now register to vote without any proof of citizenship and with valid driver's licenses.
Let's not forget the enormous cost of this invasion. It's not like it's coming from charity or the DNC bank account. According to the Washington Times, HHS paid over $1.4 billion last year to care for nearly 41,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) in its facilities, who stayed 41 days on average, costing taxpayers about $670 per day for each child.
Taken together, just the news from the past week demonstrates that we no longer have control over our own destiny. Some might think it's only fringe Democrat politicians, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying that illegals deserve a free "right of passage" into this country. But judges are essentially accomplishing on the bench what the most radical Democrats cannot accomplish through legislation. As one illegal immigrant who left Guatemala not because of persecution but because of economic reasons told the New York Times, his 16-year-old daughter is his "passport" into the United States. All brought to you by lower court supremacism that is unlikely to change with a new Supreme Court pick.
Webster's dictionary defines a sovereign nation as "free from external control" and "a country's independent authority and the right to govern itself." Yet that right to self-government, even in the most important issues pertaining to the sovereign people, has been stolen from those who created the nation. As John Marshall, the father of a strong judiciary, warned, "All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source."
Has anyone ever asked our permission?
Daniel Horowitz is a senior editor of Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @RMConservative.


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Another day, another Nelly suit. Remember the last allegations by a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the rapper? The case eventually ended with the accuser walking away from the suit even though she maintains her story. Now in a new an unfortunate incident, a different woman is claiming to have also been sexually assaulted by Nelly at a concert of his in England.
Here's the reported statement of the suit by ThatgrapeJuice.
Jane Doe is 4'11 and petite. As he approached her she tried to move back but there was nowhere she could go. He dropped his trousers and said he really wanted her. Defendant Nelly began to masturbate again. He told her she wanted him. Jane Doe repeated that she did not. Defendant Nelly tried to kiss Jane Doe – two times. He said he wanted 'to come in your mouth and all over you.' Jane Doe continued to evade and refuse him."
It continues, "Defendant Nelly then grabbed Jane Doe's hand and placed it on his penis. She pulled her hand away and told him generally the following: That's enough. Who the f**k do you think you are. Look mate I had a really nice time at the concert. You may have sold records and have a more quid in your bank than I do. But this doesn't make you any more special than me. Pull your trousers up back up and f*ck off."
Her tone seemed to upset Nelly and she claims Nelly clenched his fist and his whole demeanor completely changed. She claims, "He got a look on his face that scared Jane Doe. She looked around and didn't know how to get out of the room. She said, 'Are you going to hit me?' He responded, 'No I'm just frustrated, I'm not used to not getting my way, just do it.'"
"And then Defendant Nelly put his right hand on the back of her head and his left hand on her shoulder and forced her head down pushing his erect penis into her mouth. This constituted sexual assault," the lawsuit claims. "Jane Doe was in utter shock. Once he thought he had her in position, Defendant Nelly released her shoulder. Jane Doe jumped back, twisted and fell backwards into the shower curtain. She was able to scramble out of the room."
After gathering her friends, Jane Doe says she began to leave the room when Nelly stopped her.
Jane Doe claims Nelly reached out and pulled her and told her in a threatening manner, "I will find you."


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Houston street artist Mario Enrique Figueroa Jr., known as Gonzo247, teamed up with UH graphic design students to transform the Interstate 45 underpass at Cullen Boulevard into a colorful art installation.
"[The project's] in conjunction and partnership with a lot of the development that's happening here near the University of Houston, specifically these new on and off ramps," said Gonzo. "So, all of this development's happening, but we have this underpass that kind of was in a little need of some sprucing up."
Gonzo said seniors in UH's graphic design program competed in groups to create the design for the underpass.
"We wanted to bring different experiences for pedestrians as well as drivers, so we have icons for people walking by to experience that people driving wouldn't," said Annette Wong, one of the students who worked on the design.
She said one of the unique challenges was that they weren't allowed to use typography as it could distract drivers.
Called Perspectives, the colors and symbols in the design are meant to represent the four surrounding areas:
- UH (red hexagonal shapes representing the school's colors and "hive-like network")
- Eado (orange lines for the community's energy, bike trails and sports in the area)
- Third Ward (blue circles symbolizing blues and soul music)
- Eastwood (green rectangles for the "tight-knit aspect" of the master-planned subdivision)
"All these areas kind of intersect here, and so the design basically takes influences from all these components and then artistically interprets that into something that tells a story as you drive through the underpass," said Gonzo. "Architecturally, it's a really unique space with the perspective of the columns — and the freeway lends itself really well to a full out art installation."
The project is nearly complete, with finishing touches expected to be carried out this week.


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Morning Bulletin: Castle Closes, Cell Phone Drive, Frito-Lay Shortage
Shadows of water towers pass across the Apthorp at sunrise. Photo by Joeanna Sayler.
March 19, 2018 Weather: Sunny, with a high of 46 degrees.
An interactive concert with a group from the Philharmonic and more local events this week are on our calendar.
Council member Helen Rosenthal is hosting a town hall with city agencies on April 26. You can submit questions today here.
Assembly member Linda Rosenthal is holding a cell phone drive for victims of domestic abuse. More info here.
The Belvedere Castle in Central Park is closed for the next year for rehab. "At the castle specifically, some of the upgrades will include making it ADA accessible, cleaning the castle's exterior masonry, installing new drainage and waterproofing systems, restoring the wood pavilions on the main plaza and upper terraces, recreating a wood tower that was once part of the larger pavilion in the northwest corner, and replacing the interior bluestone floors and ceilings, among several other upgrades."
The Intercept interviewed an alt-right leader from the Upper West Side. "I didn't put that there," Jorjani said when I first visited him in December 2016, pointing to an American flag sticker on the door of his Upper West Side, Manhattan apartment. "It was probably some scared Muslim guy after 9/11."
A guide to Central Park's Ladies Pavilion. "This gem of 19th century decorative design was built by British architect Jacob Wrey Mould, considered one of Central Park's overlooked architects, his legacy fading into the shadow of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux's."
There's a sudden shortage of Frito-lay snacks at New York bodegas! "Some store owners who have not gotten a Frito-Lay delivery in weeks are going so far as to approach random drivers in other neighborhoods to ask them if they can sell spare chips or pretzels."
One reason the subway is so slow: the MTA has simply slowed down the trains. "But now, more than three years later, the report, which was obtained by the Village Voice along with other internal documents, provides a radically different explanation for the subway's declining performance than the one that MTA leadership has given the public. The root cause of the subway system's decay, it turns out, isn't budget cuts or overcrowding — rather, the collapse of the subway system appears to have been primarily self-inflicted by the authority itself, in response to a single accident two decades ago that set the transit system on a path to disaster. Moreover, these internal documents suggest that much of what the MTA is doing to fix the subways, including the authority's $836 million Subway Action Plan, is not addressing the bulk of the delays that are plaguing the city's transit system." And here's why the MTA's plan to fix the problem may be addressing the wrong issues.
Another reason the subways are so slow is the number of people who choose to stand in the doorways.
The doors are wide enough for two people to walk through at the same time, in one direction or both. As soon as someone plants him- or herself in the doorway, even if standing sideways, only one person can walk through. (If you watch, you'll see this.) So simple arithmetic: you've just doubled the time it takes to on- and off-load all the passengers needing to use that door.
It doesn't matter that there are other doors, because few people have the time to move to other doors before the conductor closes them up. And besides, nearly every other door has its own blockers in place anyway.
If you add a second person standing in the door on the other side of the doorway, you slow down the movement even more. And if one of those decides not even to pretend courtesy, and just stands square across the doorway, then you've slowed movement even more. People move much more slowly when they have to sidle sideways than they do when they can walk normally.
Perhaps the trains are moving more slowly. But the most frustrating times come in the station, where people have to struggle to get on (or off). When you see that, it's nearly always because someone has decided to plant themselves in the doorway. And it's every doorway!
If people would only move into the car, and out of the doorway, the trains — and your commute — would go much more quickly.
99.9% of the time, it's a certain subset of the population that blatantly stands their ground blocking the doors. They have empowerment issues so this is their way of exerting control.
Really? Which subset?
NOT the .1%ers
(You must know that Woody won't reply to you directly. He prefers innuendo and dog whistling.
Why do you ask? It seems like you have some ideas of your own and want to compare notes.
As I wrote yesterday: "You must know that Woody won't reply to you directly. He prefers innuendo and dog whistling."
Well here he is with his "Why do you ask? It seems like you have some ideas of your own and want to compare notes."
a real straight-shooter- a real honest…um not-so-much.
Zzzzzzzz….what a bore. I would gladly pay the annual hosting fee of this website if your quotation marks key would cease to function permanently..
Woody, the quotation marks indicate that those are your words, take some responsibility for them.
Here are some words for which I DO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY:
As I wrote yesterday: "You must know that Woody won't reply to you directly. He prefers innuendo and dog whistling."
Well here he is with his "Why do you ask? It seems like you have some ideas of your own and want to compare notes."
a real straight-shooter- a real honest…um not-so-much.
Woody, its now been 3 days of your obfuscation. Hiding much?
There is no subset of the population, we are all the population. Woody, you and people like you are the subset by dividing the population, America's populatiion is the Human Race!
This article went a little to far with all the USW references. This one is completely extraneous:
A view of Manhattan's Upper West Side and Central Park in New York City, N.Y., in 2010. Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP
But the illuminated handrails!
How to fix the subway:
Replace the entire MTA with Japan Railways Group (JR Group). Within 5 years NYC would have one of the finest rail systems in the world.
I've been riding these subways for over 50 years, and while the aging system and cars can be modernized and replaced at a cost, the real problem can't be addressed. Over-crowding.
Population of NYC was approx. 3.5 million when our subways opened at the turn of the century (1904). We are nearing 8.5 million. Exacerbating the issue, developers replacing small 5-story walk-ups with high rises – adding more and more people. Over 10 new structures within the last 20 years in the UWS alone. If only every new development included a clause to improve a subway entrance/exit; adding an elevator/escalator; or adding an improvement that would ease congestion.
Keep up the good work in allowing developers to build and build without considering impacts to the infrastructure.
Hmmmmmm…..Frito Lay shortage. Sounds like there's a black market on the horizon for them…
The Frito Lay thing is serious.
So: for delivering Cheetos around town, drivers earned $90,000 per year. Guess I went into the wrong line of work!
Then you're working for Cheetos Chester.
That article with the AltRight wannabe was interesting – his behavior is just another example demonstrating how much these guys just crave control and celebrity. An entire violent social movement built upon the emotional disabilities of a bunch of white guys.
The Alt-Right is just the tip of "An entire violent social movement built upon the emotional disabilities of a bunch of white guys."
Read some WSR Comments.
What is the Intercept? And why is having an American flag on your door (or anywhere for that matter) noteworthy? Weird "story".
Fritos are the new bitcoins.
You know, The Intercept's co-Founding Editor Glenn Greenwald writes on civil liberties and social justice.


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"I talked to him and I told him that I believe it's still his net right now. We had four unrestricted free agent goalies heading into the summer, and we needed to get some kind of plan for our future, so this is just one part of the process."
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Moving is never easy. You have boxes and bags to pack, mail to forward, new neighbors to meet, and so much more on your plate. Having kids and pets in tow adds more stress to the situation, with numerous obstacles to tackle along the way. With a few tips and tricks, you can make the moving process easier while keeping your children and animals occupied.
Obstacle 1: Costly Moves
The expenses associated with moving are often outrageous. With prices so high, you may wonder how you're going to afford to make the transition at all. After all, you have numerous mouths to feed and bills to pay still. Rather than cutting down on your food budget, which isn't an easy feat with kids and pets in the household, you can find ways to save on moving. Hire a long-distance mover that is easy on the budget, such as North American Van Lines. You can choose to self-pack and simply have the moving company transport your belongings to the new location.
Obstacle 2: Keeping Kids Occupied
Children almost never seem to stay occupied for long. If you want to keep them busy while you're packing, you'll have to provide them with their favorite activities. Let them play a game or watch a movie on your tablet. Get a few activity books or notepads from the dollar store. These ideas also work while you're driving. If you are moving long distance, chances are the kids will get bored while on the road. Bring along plenty to keep them busy so they won't notice the time it takes to arrive at their new home. Snacks also help. Save money by bringing snacks and sandwiches from home rather than stopping for fast food along the way.
Obstacle 3: Keeping Kids Safe
While you're packing, your home can look a lot more like a tornado than a put-together house. With boxes and bags all over the place, little ones tend to trip, fall, and hurt themselves. The last thing you need during the moving process is a trip to the E.R. The same goes for the car ride. You never know what your kids could hurt on or what could happen. Childproofing is the best way to ensure no mishaps occurs. While still at home, this means keeping your childproof locks in place until the last day. Pack those items last. Also be sure to keep kids occupied in their own bedroom rather than letting them roam the house.
While traveling, you can childproof by being sure to keep the doors locked at all times, keep a first aid kit in the glove box, and take along basic medicines that could be needed, such as Tylenol for headaches or something for motion sickness. Another tip is to avoid noisy toys. Your kids may love them, but they can be a major distraction for the driver. You wouldn't want an accident to happen simply because you became overly annoyed with a loud toy your kids were playing with on the trip.
Obstacle 4: Preventing Pets From Getting Car Sick
Not many pets travel by car regularly. They often stay at home unless it's time to take a short trip the vet. A long drive across the country can lead to many animals getting car sick. You don't want to have to stop to deal with your dog's vomit in your vehicle. It is best to keep your animal in the front by you if possible. The back tends to be more bumpy, which can cause sickness to occur. Also be sure to start the drive on an empty stomach so there is nothing to throw up should they feel the need to. Place your dog or cat in a carrier as well so they cannot roam the vehicle.
Moving is already a difficult process. Add kids and pets to the mix and you have a disaster waiting to happen. By implementing a few tricks, you can overcome the many obstacles you have to face along the way and ensure your move goes as planned.


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Safer Internet Day at BONEVET Prishtina.
February 5th, 2019
In honor of Safer Internet Day, the expert for Internet Security, Mr.Yll Ferizi held a workshop for children and parents at BONEVET Prishtina.
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society, and through this interactive workshop children and parents at BONEVET Prishtina were informed about the concept of Security and importance of confidential data.
Children at BONEVET learn to become critical thinkers, problem solvers and good decision makers to be able to cope with the challenges of the real life. In addition to technical and soft skills it is also important to learn about security of internet and how to keep electronic data confidential.


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Threat and Vulnerability Management Programs
DIVY Fast Data Security Platform – For most organizations, having enough data isn't the problem. Instead, it's knowing what to do with the massive amounts of data they have accumulated. At InCloud Control, we help clients go deep into their data to uncover real, actionable business insights —insights that point the way to value. We work with clients across virtually every industry, in critical parts of their business.
In each use case we take provided data and perform the following actions; full text indexing, filtering and the resulting smaller data frames can be sent to advanced analytic processing.
The Divy application allows data to be ingested from multiple sources, called a "Data Pump", in order to map, analyze, and act on data. DIVY defines a corresponding data map to parse and clean the source. The data is then stored in a Bucket for further analysis either through the online reporting dashboard, providing real time query and graphical display, or a Divy Table construct. The Divy Table allows further filtering and condensation of data and provides the ability to perform actions with the selected fields.
Threat and Vulnerability Management programs include these major elements:
An asset inventory (Know what you have and where it's located)
Threat and vulnerability analysis (Know your risk and what data is accessible)
- Penetration Test of applications and infrastructure (Know how bad guys can get to that data)
Ongoing Vulnerability management (Know what's fixed, what needs fixed, and who fixed it)
- Continuous Coverage (Know when something isn't right and how to fix it)
Each of these elements individually benefits the organization in many ways, but together they form interlocking parts of an integrated, effective threat and vulnerability management program.
Asset Inventory
To protect information, it is essential first to know where it resides. The asset inventory must include the physical and logical elements of the information infrastructure. It should include the location, associated business processes, data classification, and identified threats and risks for each data element. This inventory should also include the key characteristics of the information that needs to be protected, such as the type of information being inventoried, sensitivity ratings for the information and any other critical data points the organization has identified for its information.
This asset inventory should be readily available to the organization's information security personnel, as well as to the data owners, internal audit, operations staff and any other individuals who access to that information. The inventory must be accurate and up to date to be effective. An optimal way to achieve this is to integrate maintenance of the asset inventory into the organization's change management process. This will ensure that the inventory is current, and will initiate threat analysis activity if it is based on the characteristics of the data or whether its use, storage or maintenance has fallen short of specified information security criteria.
The physical elements of the asset inventory include the location and disposition of equipment (e.g., servers, routers and storage solutions), paper documents and physical storage devices associated with the organization's data elements. The logical elements of the asset inventory include all of the organization's electronic information assets, such as the data and information, operating systems, and applications.
Threat and Vulnerability Analysis
Threat and vulnerability analysis is an exercise that models a particular solution or business process against attack scenarios and known vulnerabilities to evaluate its resiliency or capability to repel attacks. It utilizes intelligence capabilities such as technical knowledge, behavioral science and business logic to model attack scenarios, the likelihood of such attacks and the potential business impact if the attack were successful.
Threat analysis activities require specific information. First, information must be gathered on the business process or solution to be analyzed, as well as the physical and logical data elements associated with it. Typically, this information is gathered from the business process owner and by utilizing the asset inventory. It is important to define the scope and boundaries of the business process solution; otherwise, the threat analysis can become incomprehensible to the organization and challenging to complete.
Some key additional considerations include the value of the solution or business process to the organization, the regulatory and/or legal constraints, and the impact on third-party activities. This information must be gathered through independent discussions with senior managers, consultations with regulators and interactions with third parties. Additional information can be gathered by examining the organization's business continuity and disaster recovery plans, which should include this type of information for the critical business processes of the organization.
OSI+ Threat and Vulnerability Analysis Methodology
To perform threat analysis effectively, it is important to employ a consistent methodology that examines the business and technical threats to a business process or solution. Skilled adversaries use a combination of skills and techniques to exploit and compromise a business process or solution, so it is necessary to have in place a similarly multi-pronged approach to defend against them.
The OSI+ threat and vulnerability analysis methodology incorporates business and technology elements to provide a holistic view of threats to information infrastructure. It represents a lending of the six basic questions used in any analytical situation—who, what, when, where, why and how—with an expanded version of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model commonly used in open-standards networking, whose layers roughly parallel the channels adversaries can use for attacks on information infrastructure. The OSI+ methodology enhances that model by adding two new layers to the conventional seven OSI layers: one representing people at the bottom and one representing process, procedures, standards and guidelines at the top.
Continuous Coverage with CyberDome
Security has never been an entry on a calendar. In other words security is not a project that has a beginning and end date – it is a program that is integrated into your operations and business workflow. InCloud Control takes security to that level of integration by providing alerts to your team and supporting remediation efforts with skilled resources on the tools and threats that are at the cutting edge of a hacker's playbook.
The CyberDome was created exactly for this reason. Our resources are constantly learning the latest tools and understanding how they can best perform for our customer's critical infrastructures. Let us show you how this program has saved companies $Millions over the past year.


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Christina Rayevich - You!
This is what Christina had to say on her blog.....I found a new challenge blog that I adore!! ARTastic post art from the masters and challenges you to pull your inspiration from them. This is perfect for me because I'm an art history fanatic!! It was my favorite class in college.
This is month it is Lawrence Alma-Tadema's 'A Greek Lady'. These papers from My Mind's Eye worked perfect for this lo =) this was fun!!
Hi Cristina, what a fantastic take on the challenge, I love those papers, and also how you have used rub-ons around your precious photo. the little framed title is too cute!! Well done!! - Shazza


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Top 10 Compelling Assumptions About Aliens
Might we expect a positive arrival of alien in the future?
10. Genetic Mutants, Same as Marvel Superheroes
Some of us may be big fans of X-men comic series. We tend to love the fantastic mutation that gives the superpowers to do either good or evil things. We wish to become a superheroes who can protect the weak or destroy the entire world. For this reason, we may be of the view that alien races are mutant, outer-space versions of X-men. They could reach the higher level of evolution than us. They can use either telekinesis like Jean Grey or teleport like Nightcrawler. Their purposes of using super strengths have been unknown.
For the reason that their internal powers frighten us, they will drive us to have no choice but to surrender and accept to live a life under their controls. During the initial era of their regime, we must learn from their advances in any aspects of life so that we can stand chances to fight back on the principles of an eye for an eye.
If they use superpowers to protect us from natural disasters or international conflicts, we highly appreciate that. Those who are religious will consider them as sacred gods. To Muslims, they represent Allah. From the perspectives of Christians, they are sent to Earth under the commands of Jesus Christ. And Buddhists will see them as Buddhas.
9. Aggressive Nature Like the Historical Conquerors
One thing for sure, the acts of aggression is human nature. We can be aggressive for many motives. Several world-famous conquerors such as Francisco Pizarro, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, and Napoleon Bonaparte are evident examples. We want to show our inner strength. We want to make anyone fear us. Probably, the aliens from outer space could be of the same character as us. They seem to be much braver than us. They accept to fight in any situation. Moreover, they seem to very hot-tempered that we should not have them teased or else we suffer from them a lot. They may declare war on a marginal basis. They might be very addicted to the acts of struggles.
Like Ares in Greek Mythology, Romans or Vikings, the alien species are born to involve in fighting. They might be the most brutal warriors. Gaining victories is their desire. They will not give up until they get what they really want. They can set up a standard of a honorable soldiers as "Virtus" resulted from the Roman legions so that the leaders can motivate their men to fight to the death.
8. Peaceful Conquerors Instead of War
Throughout human history, many greatest empires rose in power owing to violent wars. The Roman Empire, Mongolian Empire, and British Empire are prime examples. How about aliens? We may expect that they will visit our planet with the intention of peace talks rather than war declaration with the aim of conquering like human race. We agree to learn from their technological advances and more innovative ideologies in an atmosphere of friendship. They are not here to exterminate us, but to befriend us. They arrive in our Earth in welcoming manners.
They would teach us how to remain peaceful status between nations like the same way they usually do in their home planet. They prefer a quiet lifestyle to military conflicts. They are against the acts of war. They are the outer-space version of Martin Luther King Jr. or Kofi Annan. They may fight for peace throughout many thousands of years in where they are living. Their born nature is really peaceful.
7. Well-educated Explorers Rather Than the Acts of Aggression
Whenever a living creature arrives in the Earth, the first thing to do is discovering. If alien races explore human civilization, they will search for nature reserve. However, alien races might act better than our ancestors in past history of colonization. They use our supplies in exchange for the same quality of their resources. They provide us with wide knowledge of new methods of horticulture, education and architecture. They also allow us to assimilate into their community in a welcoming way. They motivate respects, positive behaviors, and educated manners. They disapprove of racial discrimination. They strongly encourage the equality between human, therefore they will play a significant role in bringing permanent peace to mankind in terms of various races. This means we will live in tranquillity forever.
6. Non-verbal Communication via Symbolic Signs
We have both verbal and non-verbal languages. How about our extraterrestrial visitors? They may not use the same ways as we do. Human beings communicate mainly through written words, sounds, and toughing signs but alien species might not. The sophistication of their perceptual language requires the use of advanced technology so that this can bridge the gap between us and them. Also, they are said to have a symbolic system of complex words. In some ways, they use digital recordings and visual waveforms to contact us rather than spoken languages.
5. Adaptive Abilities for Survivals
Dating back to history, the outbreaks of several epidemics like Black Plague, HIV/AIDS, Spanish Flu caused millions of death. Similarly, extraterrestrial species are likely to suffer from such infections. However, this is uncertain. Natural selection probably enables their immune system to adapt to particular living bacteria, making them become resistant to pathogen on Earth. Their extraordinary DNA helps them prevent from the risks of targeted attack by virus.
4. Immortal Probability for Future Developments
Their technological improvements allow them to live a longer life than human being, possibly up to billions years. They may reach a post-biology era, meaning that their internal organs are parts of artificial alien intelligence. They transform themselves into immortal robots, known as cyborgs like Terminator portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger on several Hollywood fictional movies. This leads to the belief that the first aliens we may encounter are robots. If that is true, they will be new threats against us.
3. Emotional Behaviors
We are unable to prove that alien species have emotions at the moment until we observe them. Due to natural conditions in their home planets, they may have more specific traits, instincts than human beings. Extraterrestrial aliens might have evolved in different ways. Additionally, they are said to have six basic emotions: fear, anger, happiness, disgust, sadness and surprise. The genetic blueprints of their own will not have the same kind of reflex as human.
2. Horrendous Cannibals
They may suffer massive hungers after taking off from their planet en route to Earth. A long journey between the stars. For this reason, they might kill us and lock us behind the iron bars in preparation for daily meals. Like antagonist Hannibal in the movie The Silence of the Lambs, alien species taste human meat just for fun or basic need. They treat human as the imprisoned animals waiting to be slaughtered. Furthermore, they may take advantage of us for the purpose of biological experiments. I must say that this return favors to what human have been treating wild animals.
1. Massive Attacks
We have watched a lot of Hollywood blockbusters about alien invasion like Independence Day series or Wars of the World. They are here to destroy all humans. They are here to enslave us. Furthermore, they want to exploit natural resources until the state of scarcity reaches. We must be ready to face this possible disaster. They are advanced enough to use highly technological weapons to exterminate all inhabitants on Earth for their mass settlement. If this comes true, it will be the Sixth Extinction. They could be our worst nightmare. The question is: How far could this be gone?


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