Many thanks to the publisher for my copy of this book.
With Tribe, Xenopoulos has produced an iconic work that defines a generation … MY generation. I can already feel myself getting quite irate at the numerous young upstarts who will undoubtedly do their damndest to claim it as the literary representative of their own generations!
The tribe in question is BENJYOLIVIAPIERREHANNESTSELANEJUDE, for they are forever intertwined, and therein lies both their destruction and their salvation. They are so tightly locked together – 'No Trespassers Allowed' – that they battle to come to terms with a world outside of themselves, even when they have to go out into that world and attempt to make lives for themselves and do the inevitable growing up that is a rite of passage for most people.
They've been apart for 12 years, and are about to reconvene at a luxury South African game lodge, thinking that they can pick up where they've left off, as old friends often do.
Olivia – beautiful and spoilt (and horribly shallow and most unlikeable – but that's just my opinion) has no clue how to be a mother to her twin boys, and only knows how to spend money and remain a trophy wife to Ben. There's so much I could say about Olivia, none of it good! She thinks she's the glue that holds the group together, but she isn't (again, just my opinion!). She's controlling, overbearing, and actually quite clueless (all, as I keep saying, just my opinion!!).
Ben – is unable to be honest with Olivia about the reality of their financial situation. He's barely holding things together and trying to maintain an outward façade of calm prosperity whilst not even being able to select his own clothes to wear each morning!
Pierre – the only one of the tribe who seems to have been able to move on and carve any sort of meaningful life for himself. He's married to the (very young) lovely Lillie and is secure in his millionaire status. But one mention of his tribe and he is once again thrown into the turmoil of their messy confusion.
Hannes – tried to conform by getting married and settling down with his wife and child, but it didn't work. Now he runs one of the most luxurious game lodges in the world, has a relationship with a brattish, British prince (who he can't commit to), and can't control his rebellious teenage daughter.
Tselane – daughter of a South African struggle hero who remains completely detached from her past and who has no roots. Her devotion to Jude has ensured that she's denied him contact with his tribe for 12 long years and in so doing, she remains rootless.
Jude – everyone's golden boy, but so lost and so sad. By being so broken can he bring his tribe back together and fix them all?
There's a heady arrogance to this group that's infectious. Like the mean girls at school, you want to be a part of this 'in' crowd. They're gorgeous, even when they're caught up in a drug-induced haze of reminiscent, melancholic regret – and that's in the beginning when they're still fairly young!
You'll hate them, and then you'll hate yourself for hating them! And then you'll question everything about your own tribe; your past and your present, and who you really want to take with you into your future. There is an unexpected depth here that will keep you pondering for days after you've finished reading the actual book itself.
An added bonus is the haunting music score that runs throughout the book, and which is listed at the end. Yes, there have been many coming of age books written, and I'm sure there will be loads more to come, but the musical DNA that's been woven through this particular book is what gives it its uniquely individual soul.
Let the younger generation try and claim this one for themselves. They will fail because this one is OURS. Well done Rahla Xenopoulos!


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Ockupationen av Österrike varade efter andra världskriget fram till 1955.

Ockupationszonerna
Under andra världskriget hade Österrike varit en del av Nazityskland efter Anschluss 1938. Lösningen efter kriget bestod i ett upprättande av fyra olika ockupationszoner. Nordöstra Österrike bildade en sovjetisk zon och de övriga delarna hamnade hos västmakterna (USA, Storbritannien och Frankrike). Närmare bestämt hamnade Niederösterreich, Burgenland och Oberösterreich norr om Donau i Sovjetunionens händer, Salzburg och Oberösterreich söder om Donau blev amerikanernas domäner. Frankrikes del blev Tyrolen och Vorarlberg och britterna fick Steiermark och Kärnten.

Under 1946 hade USA 14 000 soldater i Österrike.

Sektorerna i Wien
I april 1945 ockuperade Röda armén Wien efter att ha erövrat staden. I enlighet med Potsdamöverenskommelsen tog de västallierade över kontrollen av sina sektorer 1 september 1945. Staden delades in enligt gränserna från 1937. Alla fyra segrarmakterna hade hand om Wiens centrum, det första distriktet (1. Bezirk) enligt ett växlande schema. Var och en av segrarmakterna hade högkvarter i staden: USA i Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Storbritannien i Schönbrunn, Frankrike i Hotel Kummer och Sovjetunionen i Palais Epstein. Personer kunde röra sig fritt mellan sektorerna.

Situationen i ockupationszonerna

Det fanns ingen gemensam hållning bland de allierade hur de skulle förhålla sig till Österrike, utan alla segrarmakter drev sin egen politik. De brittiska och amerikanska trupperna var exempelvis förbjudna att umgås med befolkningen, i motsats till ryssarna och fransmännen. Å andra sidan kunde brittiska och amerikanska trupperna både försörja sig själva och ge ett bidrag till landets försörjning, medan ryssarna och fransmännen inte hade möjlighet att försörja sig själva. Största problemet med ockupationszonerna var dock att demarkationslinjerna förhindrade ett fritt varuutbyte mellan zonerna.

Det fick bland annat till följd att i Reichenhall och övriga saltgruvor i Salzburg så fanns i stort sett obegränsat med salt, medan stor brist rådde i Wien och Burgenland. I Kärnten fanns gott om tändstickor, medan de var värda en förmögenhet i Niederösterreich och Burgenland. I Salzburg fanns smör och korv nästan som i fredstid, medan situationen i Wien var den omvända. Där var mycket stor brist på smör och kött. Niederösterreich, som drabbades hårdast under kriget, var också den del av landet där konsekvenserna av zonindelningen märktes tydligast. När tyskarna flydde från dessa trakter tog de med sig allt de kunde, fordon, ägodelar, boskap med mera, mot Salzburg. Vilket ledde till en kraftig obalans, inte minst när det gäller boskap, och därmed livsförutsättningar.

Österrikes återupprättande
Under tiden Österrike var delat och de allierade inte fastslagit framtiden fanns flera idéer. En brittisk idé var att skapa en Donau-republik genom att slå samman Bayern och Österrike. Det blev inget av denna idé utan i fallet Österrike kunde de allierade komma överens och bilda en stat till skillnad från vad som blev fallet med Tyskland. Genom förhandlingar kom parterna fram till upprättande av en självständig och neutral österrikisk stat, vilket utmynnade i Det österrikiska statsfördraget 1955. Avgörande blev förhandlingarna med Sovjetunionen i Moskva och den nya utrikespolitik som följde efter Josef Stalins död under Nikita Chrusjtjov.

Ockupationstiden i populärkulturen
 Filmen Den tredje mannen, liksom romanen med samma namn, som filmens manusförfattare Graham Greene skrev senare, utspelas i Wien under ockupationstiden.

Vidare läsning
 I boken Människor därute – ögonblicksbilder från Europa 1945/46, av Elly Jannes, skildras livet i Österrike efter kriget och problemen med ockupationszonerna och demarkationslinjerna på s. 106–142.

Se även
 Anschluss
 Jaltakonferensen
 Potsdamkonferensen
 Ockupationen av Tyskland efter andra världskriget

Referenser

Noter

Österrike under 1940-talet
Österrike under 1950-talet
Militär ockupation
USA:s militärhistoria
Sovjetunionens militärhistoria
Storbritanniens militärhistoria
Frankrikes militärhistoria

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Deep Seabed Hard Minerals: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress on H.R. 9, H.R ...
Авторы: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography
converted and operated in order to perform engineering tests on companydeveloped marine mining equipment.
In addition, the company has designed, built and operated' a pilot plant in Virginia which has produced sample quantities of marketable metals from nodules secured from the company's preferred mine site in the Pacific Ocean.
Some 13 domestic patents have been issued, and some 27 domestic patent applications are now being processed on the technology resulting from this demanding work. In addition to this patentable technology, a vast fund of "know-how" has accumulated concerning the performance of productive work at great depths, a less tangible, but equally valuable corporate asset and addition to the nation's technological posture.
As was announced by the company at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston one year ago, Deepsea, with the concurrence of the Board of Directors of Tenneco, now feels that its technological and commercial base is sufficient to justify the initiation of the next phase of its work—that of defining its mine site in detail and tailoring its engineering designs to the specific physical conditions of that mine site. Tenneco (and now I refer to its financial managers, not its ocean miners) does not feel justified in releasing the major funds required for further major operations due to the lack of security of investment inherent in the legal vacuum existing regarding ore body rights. The following points are crucial to your understanding of these restraints :
(a) Detailed definition of any one of Deepsea's ore body discoveries will entail extensive, costly, and highly visible operations on location, as will future on-site engineering tests. The location of the ore body will inevitably become public information when these operations begin.
(b) The ore bodies Deepsea has located which are of economic interest tend to be limited in area due to local phenomena including topography, concentration, and assay. Candidacy is judged by the requirements of a 40-year operation at one million short tons of dry nodules recovered per year.
(c) The candidate ore bodies differ significantly as to topography and bearing strength of the seabed, depth, current and weather conditions, distance from support bases, and assay, composition, size, weight, and concentration of the nodule population. All of these phenomena significantly affect engineering designs, which must be tailored as early as possible to the particular ore body selected. For example, two ore bodies of equal economic value might, according to Deepsea's experience and technology, require quite different processing plant equipment. The processing plant constitutes the largest single capital cost of the Deepsea ocean mining project.
(d) National and international monitoring of environmental impacts, if any, will require inspections during test and development operations thereby making compulsory disclosure of mine site location likely.
Therefore, the extensive costs associated with the particular mine site must be protected by a preferential right to the selected ore body and that preferential right must vest prior to the time:
(a) The mine site location is compromised,
(6) The engineering design is finalized, and
(c) The construction costs are incurred.
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, Deepsea Ventures, Inc. has defined several limited ore bodies which qualify as economic deposits and thus potential mine sites. It is now prenared to register a claim on any one of these ore bodies. Subsequent to registration of a claim on one of these sites pursuant to terms of legislation in substantial conformity to H.R. 13904, Deepsea and Tenneco intend to spend 24 months and $16 million in further defining the specific ore hodr and in refining engineering designs to conform to mine site requirements. Capital construction and commitment of a further $150 million would begin immediately after this 24-month period, with metals being delivered to market within 36 months of the start of capital construcion. This will result in the yearly production of the following approximate quantities of pure metals to domestic and world markets :
Pounds Manganese
500, 000, 000 Nickel
25, 000.000 Copper
20, 000, 000 Cobalt
4, 500,000 Others (including molybdenum, vanadium and zinc)
5, 500, 000 I feel it is necessary to reiterate that Tenneco has, by supporting the ocean mining program of Deepsea, sought to further its corporate objectives and to strengthen the resource base of the nation in a responsible and orderly manner, It has, in pursuit of these objectives, assumed the risks normal to private commercial enterprise in the development of pioneering technology and is prepared to continue to assume those risks. It now asks that Government assume its share of responsibility by taking the steps necessary to assure the orderly development of ocean resources and protection of investment made by U.S. private enterprise in that development. Your constructive consideration of H.R. 13904 will be the first step in that process whereby government may discharge its duty to assure secure and diverse supplies of vital metals for the benefit of the American people. Thank you.
Mr. Flipse. This is our third appearance before this committee, the first appearance being intended to dramatize the reality and promise of ocean mining, and the second to explain in detail the commercial considerations which prompted the formulation by industry of interim ocean mining legislation. In this third appearance, it would seem incumbent on us to explain the legislation in a way that will justify the detailed provisions of the bill relating to regulation of the resource activity.
What we have done in H.R. 9 is to draft an ocean mining code where no current domestic or international mining statutes apply, and where international law of the sea negotiations are lagging. The primary private objective of any ocean mining code is to provide a stable, predictable and effective legal framework for profitable mining activities. The public objectives, which are not necessarily contradictory to the private objectives, are to assure that the mining activities take place in a manner consistent with the public interest, within the framework of the fiscal responsibilities of the operator, and in a manner consistent with the minerals and public welfare policies of the legislating governmental entity. These are objectives of H.R. 9.
In order that public objectives and private objectives be met, the mining code must provide the operator with sufficient security of tenure to his ore discovery for a period of time and in a quantity of ore, to provide the return of his investment and a reasonable profit. You have invited the American Mining Congress to testify before this committee on April 3, 1973, and the representatives of that organization will discuss H.R. 9 in depth. I would like today, however, to explain, as far as possible, several aspects of the legislation which seem to have been most seriously questioned by the committee, in the past.
One issue which seems to cause concern is the question relating to minesite size. H.R. 9 would create license blocks totaling 10,000 square kilometers for the purposes of exploitation. It is the opinion of the industry that such a size is barely adequate for a mining operation scaled to the recovery of 1 million tons of dry nodules per year, assuming the nodule concentration of about 2 pounds/ft and à recovery efficiency within the present capability of technology. Realistic estimates of dredging accessibility and efficiency, sweep efficiency, and the cut off grade of actual minesites indicate an overall mining recovery efficiency of well below 50 percent of the nodules on the minesite. Before these committee hearings are concluded, Mr. Chairman, we expect to submit a detailed scientific and engineering analysis to support and explain these figures. Our calculations indicate that a 1 million ton operation is the minimum efficient size to take advantage of existing economies of scale and engineering efficiency.
The bill proposes a licensing system whereby the operator must meet stringent work requirements during the exploration, or development period preceeding actual production. These work requirements are scaled to the maximum of those suggested by the U.S. Draft Seabeds Treaty introduced by the United States to the United Nations in 1970. These requirements, which are, in actuality, minimal in the scale of real costs to be incurred in ocean mining development, are considered by industry sufficient to preclude speculative paperclaim filing but small enough to allow minimum-size operations to meet the legislative requirements.
Many of the provisions of H.R. 9 can be traced directly to the U.S. Draft Seabeds Treaty itself. The minesite sizing just discussed was derived from that Draft Treaty. Similarly, the provision for a 15 year exploration and minesite development period is reflected in the Draft Treaty and can be justified in terms of the actual experience of ongoing ocean mining projects. Both the Tenneco and the Kennecott operations have achieved their first decade of existence and have at least several more years of work to do before ocean derived metals are produced.
Section 10(a) of H.R. 9 is an attempt to redraft article 73, section 6 of the U.S. Draft Treaty which provides that any treaty party which authorizes ocean mining activities prior to the time an international seabeds treaty comes into force shall compensate its existing licensees for any investment losses resulting from later application of the treaty. The redrafting did extend the term of this guarantee to 40 years, which perhaps may be excessive. Section 10(b) creates political risk insurance to insure an operator against losses incurred due to unreasonable interference on the oceans. The U.S. Government has an agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which is thoroughly familiar with the measurement and insurance of political risks, and I would urge the Congress to seek the advice of this agency on this subject. Industry has the data at its command which, if utilized by OPIC can be transformed into a positive program for rational mineral and oceans development. Some kind of political risk insurance will be required under any future international seabeds treaty. This is an area of immediate productive potential for Government-industry cooperation and is work that should evoke no anguished cries from our Department of State or our U.N. seabeds delegation.
Mr. Chairman, in closing, I would like to express my opinion that the State Department, in its testimony before this committee on March 1, 1973, has done no more than ask the Congress to be patient for 2 or 3 more years in the hope that the United Nations will meet its schedule. We can all remember past years when 1973 was the projected time frame of international law of the sea agreement. This has now slipped to 1974 and 1975. Next year, it will probably become 1976 or later. We ask that Congress not tie itself to this moving target, but rather produce effective legislation that is timely and responsive to the requirements of the national minerals policy and the ocean mining technology which can provide a significant part of our minerals requirements.
Mr. Chairman, I was planning to show a 12-minute film on ocean mining, but in order to save time for the other witnesses, I would like to suggest that this be shown at the end of today's hearing, if that be
wish. Mr. DOWNING. Well, the committee thanks you for your indulgence on the film.
Suppose we hold the film until after the last witness has testified, and then the members can have the opportunity to see it.
It is an excellent film which depicts the deepsea mining technology and is something which would be very valuable, I think, for the information of the members.
Thank you very much for your statement, Mr. Flipse. We are very pleased to have our very able chairman this morning with us again, Mrs. Sullivan.
Did you have a question?
Mrs. SULLIVAN. Not at this time. I have heard the witness.
Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Forsythe?
Mr. FORSYTHE. No questions.
Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Leggett.
Mr. LEGGETT. I am sorry to be late, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to ask Mr. Flipse this. You indicate in your rationale for the bill that the development companies need the legislation in order to get some reasonable assurance of an exclusive site for the utilization of the equipment that you were going to develop.
In considering the fact that whatever we do would perhaps be subject to a consummated Law of the Sea agreement, and while we have delayed that consummation by, say, a year of 2 years, that it is foreseeable that we will consummate the agreement over the next few years, would it be your idea that the legislation we would enact would make certain guarantees which would pierce the law of the sea agreement, or would it be the floor for the law of the sea agreement? How could we guarantee industry a proper format for development at this time and still maintain flexibility for the Law of the Sea Conference?
Mr. FLIPSE. The question, I think, can best be answered this way.
We sincerely believe that operation under H.R. 9 for an ocean mining venture would provide very valuable guidance both in a technical and experience sense, in terms of operational control, and so on, to the drafters of this international treaty.
The precise protection that we would expect would be one where a negotiation took place, a law was passed, and assurance was given regarding the investments prior to coming into force of the treaty.
The United States would then guarantee the investor against certain losses during that time. It is a financial obligation, but in my opinion it should not deter negotiators from working toward å worthwhile international agreement.
I think we all believe we would be more comfortable under an international agreement that is well established, and I think our principal reason for needing H.R. 9 is because of the serious time delays that we see before this international protection would be available.
Mr. LEGGETT. Besides Hughes Tool and Tenneco, who do you estimate would get into this business under this legislation?
Mr. FLIPSE. American operators would probably include Kennecott. Inco and several other foreign companies are probably prepared to move ahead at this time.
Mr. LEGGETT. And you indicate that the 40 year projected term under this agreement might be a negotiable item?
Mr. FLIPSE. I think 40 years was chosen originally because, based upon Internal Revenue Code, financial commitments were going to be written off on pier facilities, buildings, main plant facilities, over a 40-year period. This was the basis for this number being selected for the guarantee. I feel that some of us are ready to accept a lesser period although the drafters and the Mining Congress still feel that the 40 years is a reasonable time period, based upon the durability of a fair proportion of this equipment.
Mr. LEGGETT. If Hughes is doing this research and development program without the bill, why do the other three large companies need the bill?
Mr. FLIPSE. Well, we have done much of our development and research without the bill, too, sir, but we feel that the protection is now essential because we have to disclose the location of our selected minesite. It is an area where we have made voyages over the past 4 or 5 years. We have spent many millions of dollars investigating this area, and we hate to put it out as general information to the public which would happen by the establishment of a heavy work program in the specific area. Therefore the timing of the bill, for us, is essential.
Our ship has been returned to Gloucester Point in Virginia since last September, and is being outfitted and made ready to go to wo but we are reluctant to put it out there without some licensing protection.
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Fostering a Network
Riverland Community College students are getting another boost in their agriculture careers thanks to being a part of the Professional Agricultural Student (PAS) organization.
Similar to Future Farmers of American PAS provides a platform of learning and connection that will eventually come to help students going into agriculture. This is the second year RCC students have been a part of PAS.
Riverland students Aaron Wagner and Samantha Hinz attended this year's Minnesota State Professional Agricultural Student conference in Marshall and are planning to attend the National Professional Agricultural Student Organization Conference starting on March 16.
"I'm proud to see Aaron and Sam capitalize on these opportunities to show their premier agriculture leadership and expand on what they learn in the classroom," said Riverland instructor Nick Schlitz.
PAS is more than a conference, though. It's a chance to apply what they've learned to real life opportunities, which includes seminars and competitions at the conferences as well as trips to agricultural producing facilities that apply directly to what they are studying.
In short, it's a connection students will ultimately need.
"It's an organization that ties directly to the industry," Wagner said. "PAS works really close to all industries across the United States. You network and will know people in agriculture across the whole country. It's something we really wanted to be a part of."
The state conference, held in February, provided these first steps, including those seminars and contests which pitted RCC students against students from other colleges and universities.
Some of the seminars included current and relevant topics such as "What's Next in Digital Agriculture" and "Dealing with Difficulties in Farming."
"We use real literature and information that actual people use in the field to complete the tests," Wagner said. "There's a lot of interview styles for different ag careers."
PAS also serves as a bridge to expanding that knowledge, tapping into a well established goal of Riverland that its students not just be knowledgeable in their agricultural careers, but be ready to expand that knowledge.
"With a lot of our student life clubs, we want to see what organizations would provide the maximum benefit for our students," Schlitz said. "PAS affords us a chance to further promote ag education and ag leadership."
While the education benefits are readily apparent, it only tells half the story. The provided networking is equally important as students begin preparing for a step out into the industry.
"I currently farm, so I want to expand my knowledge so I can use it myself, but I also want to share that knowledge with someone else," Wagner said. "I enjoy the networking. National PAS representatives were there because Minnesota is a large hub. We got to meet them and we've gone to several meetings."
It's those benefits that can follow students after graduation, giving them a leg up on either finding a job or continuing a job in a better way thanks to the extra opportunities PAS provides.
That extra step becomes a little more important with the changing face of farming, pushed along by technology.
"I strongly encourage students to get involved as much as they can FFA and PAS," Schlitz said. "It allows them to connect the dots with what they're taught in the classroom and how it's applied in the field. It will allow you to find opportunities for employees and be able to take it to the next step. They see there is a rhyme and reason why they are taught this in a class."
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Ricky Ponting questions captaincy of Joe Root and comments on England bowlers
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has questioned Joe Root's comments about England's bowlers during the Ashes and said that as captain of the touring side the onus is on him to make changes when needed.
After a nine-wicket thrashing in the Brisbane opener, England lost the second Test in Adelaide by 275 runs on Monday to trail the five-match series 2-0.
Root said after the pink ball Test that his bowlers needed to bowl fuller and "be a bit braver". "I nearly fell off my seat when I heard that," Ponting told a Cricket Australia website. "Whose job is it then to make them change? Why are you captain then? If you can't influence your bowlers on what length to bowl, what are you doing on the field? Joe Root can come back and say whatever he likes but if you're captain, you've got to be able to sense when your bowlers aren't bowling where you want them to. That's what captaincy is all about," he added.
Ponting also suggested that England's bowling attack was at its best when Root left the field due to a groin injury and the captaincy was briefly passed over to Ben Stokes. "The interesting thing for me is the only time they bowled full in the game was when Joe Root wasn't on the ground," Ponting said. "The start of day four when they had a meeting on the ground before play started, Stokes took over the captaincy, and that was the only time in the game they pitched the ball up," he added.
The third Ashes Test will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from Dec. 26-30.
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For the fourth time in less than two weeks, Apple has used the push notification mechanism of a native iOS app for what amounts to an advertisement, this time touting Apple Music compatibility with Amazon's line of Echo devices.
Apple Music push notification touting Amazon Echo compatibility.
Apple Music subscribers saw push notifications promoting the service's new Echo integration pop up on their iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch devices on Monday. The alert, once a rarity for Apple, raised eyebrows, as a number of users posted screenshots of the message to social media outlets like Twitter.
"Now you can ask Alexa to play your favorite artists, songs and more. Tap to get started," the notification reads.
Amazon first announced Apple Music integration with its line of Echo speakers last month, saying control of the music service would be added as a "skill" for its Alexa virtual assistant on Dec. 17. The skill went live for some in the U.S. late last week, while others in the country gained access on Monday.
Similar to Apple's HomePod, users deploying Apple Music on Echo can ask Alexa to play songs by title, tracks from artists and custom curated playlists. Genre-based radio stations and Apple's live Beats 1 station is also available.
Today's notification is the fourth such alert Apple pushed out from a first-party app this month.
The first arrived on Dec. 7, when a notification urging iPhone owners to upgrade to iPhone XS and XR was sent from the Apple Store app. That same day, Apple Music sent out a message promoting an episode of its original TV show Carpool Karaoke featuring Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin. Carpool Karaoke was again the subject of a push notification last Friday when Apple Music peddled a new episode starring Jason Sudeikis and The Muppets.
While not a glut of messages, the practice walks the line of Apple's own App Store Guidelines, which in section 4.5.3 prohibits developers from using Apple Services to "spam, phish, or send unsolicited messages to customers."
I've thought for some time now that the day that Apple purchased Beats and seriously delved into the content industry will go down as the day Apple lost its soul. The iPhone Music app fine for using Apple Music streaming, but it seems to want to fight you over managing and using your own music. At that point, it's not longer an iPhone - it's an Apple Phone. The "i" is ... maybe not gone, but it's being shown the door. The trend isn't just limited to the Music app. The iPhone (and Apple Watch) seem to want to decide what I want to do at any given moment, and they do a very poor job of it. Sadly, as the hardware begins to mature and no longer sustains aggressive update cycles (as happens in any industry), expect this to get much, much worse. Hopefully Apple finds their way back at some point, or at least stops trying to ram this down our throats Microsoft-style.
Putting Amazon Music on Echo is like the HomePod waiving a white flag of surrender.
I love how they are unifying. We all need to unify compatibly.
Puzzling behavior. Apple needs to review this in tandem with its emails. (I had to turn off all Apple emails because I couldn't control the granularity within the four options, so it became irritating. I've turned off most notifications, so did not experience these.) If they could reach the Alexa users who don't own iPhones then such a push would be great... but don't see that unless Apple buys Amazon ads.
desperate. less hardware sales means more services pushed onto the user.
Apple putting Apple Music on Amazon devices makes no sense to me. It does nothing to enhance Apple's ecosystem. All it does is allow you to stream music Apple doesn't own using another voice platform. The amount of extra services revenue they'll get is a rounding error on their financials. And who at Apple thinks it's a good idea for the company to be promoting Alexa? WTF? I feel bad for the HomePod team. Apparently employees who work on that product didn't know anything about this Apple Music deal with Amazon and are not happy about it.
Most Apple iPhone users aren't fanatics who read Apple news sites and if you don't let them know their Amazon Echo plays Apple Music is a good thing. Think of how upset many would be if Apple didn't notify them of the new option? It doesn't bother me at all.
Sadly only in the US. NOT in Canada.
Actually a pretty keen observation. Amazingly engineered, overpriced flop.
Apple isn't interested in competing in the low/mid hardware space, but they still want to sell Apple Music subscriptions.
I don't see a conflict. It also helps them with the "I'm not a monopoly" argument.
Apple putting Apple Music on Amazon makes sense after they have added Apple Music on Android. Apple Music is one service that Apple needs to gain as many users as possible, especially if they still wanted to compete with Spotify.
This. I had no idea the Echo could play Apple Music. My wife actually had to tell me because I don't really care about Amazon hardware. Was really hoping for a cheaper Apple alternative to the HomePod just to play music in the kitchen or bathroom. Looks like Apple is admitting the best way to do this is through their competitors hardware. Sure it won't sound as good, but I'm not spending $350 on something that maybe gets 20-30 min of use a day.
How is this really that different than Apple Music on Android or iTunes on Windows?
The Echo has an overwhelmingly commanding lead in this market. The reality is there are many households that are all in on Apple but also have quite a few Amazon Echos around the house. Myself included. I want one of these devices in pretty much every room and that is simply not practical, not just from a cost perspective but also from a size perspective. They are simply to large for some of the places I have Echo Dots.
The way I look at it, the HomePod is the equivalent of the iPod classic. It's big, expensive, and more than most people want or need. The iPod really took off when the iPod mini was released. The HomePod is still waiting for it's iPod mini equivalent.
Wait, Did I read that right? Four times in two weeks... That's a great way to squander good will. And it's utter stupidity to risk alienating consumers when your ecosystem's major attraction is premium treatment all day long. A big selling point for future intelligent assistants will be trust and RESTRAINT. Cook may have to cull a few bad apples.
I have no desire to play in the Amazon (or Google) ecosystem. The point is this does not benefit the Apple ecosystem or help sell Apple hardware, to allow Apple Music on an Echo. It benefits only Alexa users and the Amazon ecosystem. Amazon stands to sell more Echo's to existing Apple Music customers than Apple adds Apple Music subs. Apple will make penny's off the Apple Music subs that may come. I want Apple to care about Siri and HomePod and this decision shows some short sightedness while not taking voice or their own product seriously.
A year ago I would have said 'Give apple time, once HomePod comes out they will put the resources into Siri'. Here we are and Apple is conceding the space for no particular reason. Maybe Apple knows something we dont RE: voice tech OR Jeff Bezos and his army 10,000 employees working on Alexa know something.
I mean iTunes on Windows allowed Apple to sell a large volume of content. Which in turn sold iPod touches. Allowing Apple Music on a Echo will generate Apple penny's. Apple couldnt even nogotiate to get Bezos to add AirPlay support to Echos in exchange?
How many people are out there who don't have an Apple Music subscription but will now get one now because it's available on an Echo? Seems pretty minuscule to me. Right now HomePod is a rounding error in Apple's revenues because of its price point. And Siri is more important than anything but apparently Apple would rather promote Alexa.


The whole project (including all source files) was created with gEDA and friends and is published on github under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Practically speaking, this means that anyone interested in tdcs may (at their own risk): Download the designs, edit or modify them, fork their own design, and sell a product based on this design all without any proprietary (expensive) software.
Those who aren't inclined to make changes, but want to experiment, can use the pcb design and the bill of materials to make small batches of devices for testing or personal use.
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I've ordered the PCB's and components, total cost for 3 sets (minus electrodes) is about $30.00. Will post an update after everything arrives and I solder it all up, probably early October.
I downloaded and printed the circuit boards, but I need a list of components. I could quite read the one provided.
I updated the post. Shawn doesn't seem to be involved with tDCS any longer, but it's till on his GitHub page (link in post). Did you poke around in there for what you need?


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