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Al-Ghafir (arabe : الغافر, français : Le pardonneur) est le nom traditionnellement donné à la  sourate du Coran, le livre sacré de l'islam. Elle comporte 85 versets. Rédigée en arabe comme l'ensemble de l'œuvre religieuse, elle fut proclamée, selon la tradition musulmane, durant la période mecquoise.

Origine du nom

Bien que le titre ne fasse pas directement partie du texte coranique, la tradition musulmane a donné comme nom à cette sourate Le pardonneur. Il est noté que cette sourate est parfois nommée 'al-Mu'min (arabe : سورة المؤمن, français : Le croyant) mais non privilégié car se confondant avec le nom de la sourate 23 : al-Mu'minun

Historique

Il n'existe à ce jour pas de sources ou documents historiques permettant de s'assurer de l'ordre chronologique des sourates du Coran. Néanmoins selon une chronologie musulmane attribuée à Ǧaʿfar al-Ṣādiq () et largement diffusée en 1924 sous l'autorité d'al-Azhar, cette sourate occupe la  place. Elle aurait été proclamée pendant la période mecquoise, c'est-à-dire schématiquement durant la première partie de l'histoire de Mahomet avant de quitter La Mecque. Contestée dès le  par des recherches universitaires, cette chronologie a été revue par Nöldeke, pour qui cette sourate est la .

Plusieurs plans ont été proposés pour cette sourate. Neuwirth la divise en trois et Blachère en deux parties. Cette sourate est caractérisée par l'usage, dans l'Édition du Caire, d'une graphie particulière pour le ta marbuta pouvant être soit la marque d'une structure, soit une particularité d'un scribe qui aurait été recopiée telle-quelle.

Plusieurs propositions ont été faites quant à la composition de cette sourate. Nöldeke et Blachère la considère comme mecquoise. Une étude du texte permet cependant de supposer que les versets 1-55 (ou 56) formaient une sourate indépendante avant l'adjonction des versets suivants. Dans la sourate 40, les ajouts sont principalement en fin de sourate. Dans les étapes de composition, il faut probablement complet celle où les hawamim ont formé un recueil séparé, avant d'être intégrés au Coran.

Interprétations

Versets 23-27 : Moïse, Pharaon, Haman et Coré

Ces versets comme les autres récits coraniques liés à Moïse reprennent des éléments bibliques. Une différence apparait pourtant puisqu'il n'est pas envoyé uniquement à Pharaon mais aussi à Haman et à Coré. Ces deux personnages apparaissent comme des mauvais conseillers de Pharaon.

Haman s'inscrit dans une reprise du mythe de la Tour de Babel. Pourtant, il est lui-même une reprise du Livre d'Esther, ayant vécu supposément bien longtemps après Moïse. Ce lien entre le Haman coranique et celui du Livre d'Esther provient d'une légende assyrienne, dite d'Ahiqar, dont il a été prouvé qu'elle a servi d'inspiration au Coran.

Coré est aussi un personnage biblique. Il est présent dans le Livre des Nombres, dans un récit postérieur à la Sortie d'Égypte. Le rôle de Coré comme conseiller de Pharaon apparaît dans la Haggada. L'association d'Haman et de Coré apparaît dans les légendes rabbiniques.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Islam, troisième religion abrahamique
 Coran, livre sacré de l'islam
 Mahomet, prophète majeur de l'islam
 Sourate, nom donné pour les chapitres du Coran
 Ayat, nom donné pour les versets du Coran

Bibliographie

 A.S. Boisliveau, "Sourate 40", Le Coran des Historiens, t.2b, 2019, 1325 et suiv.
 R. Paret, Der Koran. Kommentar und konkordanz, 1980.

Liens externes

 Texte de la sourate 40 en français, d'après la traduction de Claude-Étienne Savary de 1783.

Notes et références

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Mount Vernon Schools Accept $100K Grant For Technology Upgrade
Senator Jeff Klein presenting the grant to Mount Vernon students and interim Superintendent Judith Johnson.
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – As the Mount Vernon School District begins its transition to a "K-8" model, it will have some additional funding for some technological advancements after accepting a $100,000 direct aid grant.
Senator Jeff Klein (D-34) awarded Interim Superintendent Judith Johnson and the district the grant, which will be used to upgrade technology for sixth and seventh grade students.
The technology update will include new tablets, Smart Boards and laptops for sixth and seventh graders as the district prepares for the first phase of the transition, which involves consolidating the Longfellow Middle and Elementary Schools, and the Graham and Pennington Elementary Schools.
"Investing in cutting edge, digital classrooms, is an integral part of keeping our students three steps ahead," Klein said in a statement. "All of these tools make the curriculum more interactive and train our students to use devices that will be essential."
Earlier this month, the district laid out a multi-year restructuring plan that should help the district accommodate fluctuating enrollment.
District-wide enrollment has decreased nearly 20 percent in the last 15 years. According to projections from Western Suffolk BOCES, elementary enrollment is expected to increase, while enrollment at the high and middle schools should continue dropping in the next few years.
The new model, which will be implemented over the next several years, will increase cohesion amongst students, families and teachers, as they would be together for nine years before potentially being split up. Under the current plan, ninth grade students will return to the high school. Which high school a student is assigned will be determined by a lottery.
"Our schools are faced with growing financial demands, while student needs are on the rise," Johnson added. "We have to be smarter in our spending so we can adequately prepare our students for high school."
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Estepona town hall plants over 16,000 trees in seven years as part of its green plan
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The town hall in Estepona has a plan, the 'Plan Árbol' (tree plan), and since it started in 2012, 16,423 trees have been put in the ground to promote a more sustainable way of life in the town. In 2019 alone, the council planted 4,123, mostly shady,
Estepona looks for builder for its futuristic new town hall
Estepona has put out to tender the contract to build its new town hall. The total projected budget is 14.9 million euros for the seven-storey building which will also have underground public parking. The futuristic design will have a wrap
Five out of seven achieved by David Rodríguez
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The town hall in Estepona opened its new ring road on Friday. This new infrastructure, costing seven million euros, will help improve traffic flow around the town centre. The route connects the Parque Ferial and the north of Juan Benítez, and
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Home People 5 Highest Paid Indian News Anchors And Editors
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Hello Readers! Welcome back to Humor Nation. Media and Journalism is one of those sectors where both men and women engage and participate a lot. You will find both men and women on the same level in this sector and the average salary they get is around 3.5 lakh per annum, but there are also some who earn crores of money here. So today we'll know who are the highest paid Indian news anchor and editor, so without wasting any time let's start.
So here is the list of the 5 highest paid Indian news anchor and editor!
1. Arnab Goswami
Arnab Goswami co-founded the Republic TV with Rajeev Chandrashekhar and he is also the managing director of this channel. He is one of the best Indian journalist and his monthly salary is around Rs. 1 crore which makes his annual income Rs. 12 crore which is a lot than expected for an Indian anchor nowadays. This proves that what he does is best in his field.
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My question is, what is the meaning of the square bracket notation?

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Sam Raimi opened up on his time working on Spider-Man 3.
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"It's a movie that just didn't work very well" Raimi explained. "I tried to make it work, but I didn't really believe in all the characters, so that couldn't be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. If the director doesn't love something, it's wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. I think [raising the stakes after Spider-Man 2] was the thinking going into it, and I think that's what doomed us."


Many cultures believed that the changing of the seasons-Easter/spring, Halloween/fall, Christmas/New Year's/Winter Solstice, or Midsummer, were times when the veil between the spiritual world and our world was especially thin. There are many superstitions involving these holidays, some of which translated into our modern holiday traditions.
John Leech, for Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
"On Thunder Mountain near the town Oberviechtach there lived a tailor. He once visited the Stehr farm and worked until late on Holy Christmas Eve, while everyone else was attending Midnight Mass.
When he was finished, he set off for home just as Midnight Mass was underway, and after he had walked for some time, a glass barrel, polished like the finest crystal glass, rolled up to his feet. He became frightened and wanted to turn around; but again the barrel rolled up to his feet.
So he decided he better continue on his way home, and the barrel always rolled along before his feet, and he saw inside of it several coffins and men beside them, all of whom he knew very well, since presently they were still alive; also, he saw himself standing beside the last coffin.
At this he was seized by such terror that he fell to the ground senseless, and people returning from Midnight Mass had to help him home. He lay down in bed feeling sick, and all of those whom he had seen through the barrel died in the same year-the last to die was the tailor."
It's nice to know that Charles Dickens isn't the only one to associate Christmas with ghosts.


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Now's the time to push for change in Defense contract audit, oversight
By Brent Calhoon
Some of the wisest and most experienced professionals in the Defense Department contracting community crafted a three-volume set of recommendations to dramatically improve how the department does business with the commercial market. In January, the Section 809 Panel submitted the last of its 98 recommendations to Congress, but DoD can implement many of them – in particular, the contract audit and compliance recommendations, without being told to do so through legislation.
Now what? The sad truth is, unless government and contractors step up and persistently advocate for change, there's a high likelihood that the panel's recommendations will die on the vine.
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Government contract oversight: What went wrong?
Government contract pricing and accounting rules and regulations were created protect the public's interest. Auditors play a critical role in verifying that contractors play by these rules. But auditors aren't decision makers; they're advisers to their customers — warranted contracting officers.
Under fire themselves in the late 2000s, the auditors issued audit guidance with a thinly-veiled warning to contracting officers: if you don't follow our advice, we'll report you to the DoD Office of the Inspector General. Although that fateful guidance disappeared unceremoniously, the chill remains. When the acquisition system is stressed with fear, it will do what's safe and easy — because there's little incentive to do what's right or appropriate.
Professional judgment within DoD acquisition has eroded into checklists and rigid interpretations of the rules. Pretending the gray areas don't exist creates a false sense of security, inflexibility and bogs down the entire system. Contracting officers who adopt audit results without applying their own independent judgment and business sense cost the government and contractors time and money.
Contracting officers are the gatekeepers, but too many have handed over the keys to their advisers. This unfortunate situation is ripe for change.
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When Congress established the Section 809 Panel in the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill, they knew procurement was too complex, taking too long and missing the essence of reasonable acquisition and oversight.
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Congress asked for numeric materiality guidelines — where auditors can use a mixture of formulaic and judgmental factors to assess materiality with the goal of refocusing audits on what matters most. This is a big step in the right direction. The panel delivered, and there's nothing standing in the way of DoD implementing the panel's materiality guidance as written. We now have ground-breaking guidance, with a framework, tools and resources, for defense procurement and oversight professionals to make reasonable business decisions about things that matter. DoD doesn't need to wait for Congress to act.
If no one acts, nothing will change
If Congress and the DoD were to enact the panel's contract audit and compliance recommendations (5 through 15, 71 through 73), we could unwind much of the fear and many of the obstacles that emerged in the last decade. Business sense would be reintroduced into government contracting, which would lead to faster decision making, lower compliance costs, fewer disputes, improving relationships and far better outcomes. The contract audit and oversight community has the permission to behave differently, and we need to encourage that every chance we can.
By the time the panel released its volume 3 report, much had changed in Congress. Unfortunately, although the importance of the work remains, the urgency driving the panel's directive has dissipated among competing priorities.
Panel commissioners are experts and passionate about the Panel's mission, but they're not lobbyists. They've completed their work, so others must pick up the baton. If no one acts, and acts soon, little will change.
A call to bravery for government and industry
We don't need Congress to take the first step. In fact, we shouldn't wait for them. DoD reviewed and concurred with the panel's contract audit and compliance recommendations. If Congress isn't pushing the agenda from the top down, then government contractors, DoD procurement executives, the contracting officer community and auditors can push from the bottom up. We've got a very good place to start.
In volume 3, the panel provides a professional practice guide, developed by a team that included representatives from the 809 Panel, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and industry. Providing a unique foundation of collaboration and consensus, the guide outlines how auditing concepts and principles can be applied to the unique features of government contract audits.
The guide represents important buy-in and guidance from the very stakeholder groups that would be executing the changes into their practices. Starting here, we're already so close to defense acquisition and oversight improvements.
I urge everyone to read the recommendations and the guide. Industry, share the guide with your government auditors and your contracting officers. Then heed this call to be brave and act, to push for change by working with industry associations, and keep the conversation going within government and industry.
Contracting officers, share the guide with colleagues, leadership, contractors and auditors. Urge them to implement the 809 Panel's recommendations, making the guide your new playbook.
It's up to you. It's up to all of us. None of us need be brave alone. Together, we can encourage DoD down the path mapped by the panel, toward a vastly improved government marketplace that will serve us all so much better than today.
Brent Calhoon is a partner in Baker Tilly's government contractor advisory services practice. He brings over 25 years of government contract industry experience to his work with public and private contractors and nonprofit organizations, providing consulting, accounting, auditing and investigative services.
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An Oregon priest inspired the early Apple fonts #VintageComputing #RetroCOmputing #Apple @Apple
Via KGW8 – Steve Jobs was enrolled at Reed in 1972 for a semester before dropping out. He remained in Portland and audited Professor Robert Palladino's calligraphy classes.
"I learned about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great," Jobs said at a Stanford University graduation speech in 2005. "It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating."
"Ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them."
What were the early Mac fonts?
When the Macintosh first shipped, it had a number of bitmapped fonts. Back in 1990, there were a number of standard fonts that are still familiar today, such as Chicago, Geneva, Helvetica, Palatino, and Times. These shipped with System 6 and earlier versions of the Mac OS.
But early Macs also had a bunch of funky fonts that gave the Mac loads of character. There were dingbat fonts (picture fonts) like Cairo and Mobile. The San Francisco font, which looked like a ransom note, lent itself to playful documents. The Venice font was a favorite of many, since it was an easy to read script-like font.
In 1991, System 7 introduced TrueType fonts that were scalable to any size. Apple did not make TrueType versions of all of the funky fonts, but they did make versions of the more businesslike fonts, such as Helvetica and Palatino. After a few years of transition, nearly everyone uses only outline fonts like TrueType or PostScript.
In System 7.5, Apple introduced its last bitmapped fonts – Espy Sans and Espy Serif. These fonts were designed to look good on screens. Apple made these fonts for its Newton PDA and used them for its fated online service called eWorld. Around that time there were screenshots of the next generation Mac Operating System; it used Espy Sans Bold for it's system font instead of Chicago.
With Mac OS 8, Apple introduced an alternative system font named Charcoal. It was a TrueType font that looked a little bit like a cross between Chicago and Espy Sans Bold – people were expecting Espy as the new System font. Hidden inside the Appearance Manager that provided Charcoal, was the hint of future system fonts that finally showed up in System 8.5 like Gadget, Capitals, Sand, and Techno. The Gadget font was my personal favorite, and a survey I suggested on ResExcellence showed that it was the favorite of readers of that site. These fonts reintroduced some of the character that the Mac used to have back in System 6.
Note: Espy Sans was last used as the system font on the iPod mini in 2005.
You can read this article from Jonathan Ploudre for more on Espy and Mac fonts.
Mac font fan? Let us know in the comments below.
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ASUS ZenFone 5Z review: A compelling alternative to the OnePlus 6
By Harish Jonnalagadda
Android Central Verdict
Price: ₹29,999 ($435)Bottom line: If you're looking from a value standpoint, the ZenFone 5Z is an easy sell. You're getting the same hardware as the OnePlus 6 at a lower price, and ZenUI is no longer infuriating to use. Leave it to ASUS to come up with one of the best phones of 2018.
Incredible performance
Well-executed AI features
Decent camera
Sizeable notch
No water resistance
No wireless charging
Limited global availability
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After a strong initial showing with the ZenFone series, ASUS faded from relevance in the last few years owing to a combination of uninspiring designs and inability to match up to the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Honor. OnePlus, in particular, has come to dominate the affordable flagship space, with the OnePlus 6 now the benchmark that other $500 phones have to measure up to. That's particularly true in markets like India, where OnePlus is virtually unchallenged in this space.
ASUS is now looking to challenge OnePlus' dominance in this segment. The Taiwanese manufacturer has been dormant in India for a few years, but that has changed in recent months. ASUS unveiled the ZenFone Max Pro M1 in the budget segment a few months ago, taking the fight to Xiaomi's Redmi Note 5 Pro and coming out on top. It isn't every day that you see a brand undercut Xiaomi, but ASUS managed to do just that with the M1.
Now, the manufacturer is looking to do the same in the premium segment with the ZenFone 5Z. From the onset, it's clear that ASUS is going after OnePlus, with its marketing materials making endless references to the OnePlus 6. That's because the ZenFone 5Z shares a lot of the same hardware as the OnePlus 6 — it is powered by a Snapdragon 845, and comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
More importantly, however, ASUS has once again managed to undercut the incumbent, with the ZenFone 5Z retailing for ₹5,000 ($75) less than the OnePlus 6. So does it manage to dethrone the OnePlus 6 as the best $500 phone? Let's find out.
About this review
I (Harish Jonnalagadda) am writing this review after using the ZenFone 5Z for over two weeks in Hyderabad, India. The phone was connected to Jio's 4G network, and received numerous stability fixes over the course of the review. ASUS India provided the device to Android Central for review.
ASUS ZenFone 5Z Hardware
ASUS was one of the first Android manufacturers to adopt the notch, and the company made no attempt to hide the fact that the design was inspired by the iPhone X. If anything, ASUS invited those comparisons, stating that the ZenFone series offers a similar design aesthetic as Apple's flagship at less than half the cost.
With a majority of Android phones in this segment now offering a notch, the ZenFone 5Z's design isn't an outlier, but the norm. The front of the phone is dominated by a 6.2-inch IPS LCD display with a sizeable notch at the top and a chin at the bottom. The notch is wider than the one you'd find on the OnePlus 6, and the chin at the bottom is also slightly thicker. The phone has a glass back as well, and both the front and back offer subtle curves thanks to 2.5D glass and are protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass 3.
The ZenFone 5Z is available in Midnight Blue and Meteor Silver, and if you ignore the obvious iPhone comparison, the design is stunning. The rounded corners, chamfered edges, and the dark blue coating underneath the glass back make for a gorgeous device.
The power and volume buttons are located on the right, and they offer excellent tactile feedback. The phone retains a 3.5mm jack, and you get dual speakers that sound great. The fingerprint sensor is positioned right where you rest your index finger at the back, making it highly convenient to unlock the phone. There's also a face unlock feature that works reliably well most of the time, but it ran into issues in low-light scenarios.
The 6.2-inch Super IPS+ display gets sufficiently bright for outdoor use, and colors are punchy. The FHD+ resolution is more than adequate, and the screen sports a 19:9 ratio due to the notch. There's an option to hide the notch entirely, which results in black bars on either side of the cutout. However, you will be able to make out the black bars when using the phone outdoors as the panel doesn't have the same deep contrast levels as an AMOLED display.
For its part, ASUS lets you customize the color temperature to your liking, and there's even an auto mode that relies on the camera sensor to detect the ambient lighting levels in your environment, adjusting the colors accordingly. For instance, the mode switches the screen to warmer colors at night to reduce eye strain and boosts colors when outdoors.
ASUS offers the standard set of display features as well — there's the option to change display scaling, adjusting the font size and type, and you get a standard blue light filter that can be customized to kick in at a particular time. There's also a Smart Screen feature that keeps the display switched on past the screen timeout when the device is held upright.
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Screen 6.2-inch IPS LCD
SoC 2.8GHz Snapdragon 845
Storage 64/128/256GB
Camera 1 12MP rear, ƒ/1.8, OIS
Camera 2 8MP rear, ƒ/2.0
Battery 3300mAh fast charge
Connectivity Wi-Fi ac, BT 5.0
Security Fingerprint, face unlock
Dimensions 153 x 75.7 x 7.9mm
Colors Midnight Blue, Meteor Silver
Price $435, $480, $540
As for the hardware on offer, the ZenFone 5Z is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 845, and you can pick up a variant with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There's even a hybrid SIM card tray, with the secondary SIM card slot doubling up as a microSD slot that can accommodate cards up to 2TB. The phone facilitates dual 4G, allowing you to use the 4G connection on both SIM cards. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5.0 NFC, and FM radio.
ASUS doesn't skimp on the accessories either, and you get an 18W charger along with a clear case and Hi-Res-certified earbuds. The phone has a DAC that boosts audio performance when using wired gear, and AptX if you prefer to go wireless. ASUS also has an Audio Wizard feature in the settings that lets you tweak the audio profile.
As you'd imagine for a phone that's running the latest hardware available today, the ZenFone 5Z is a beast when it comes to day-to-day usage. You're not going to notice any lag or stutter anywhere, and Adreno 630 handles the most visually intensive titles without any hiccups. ASUS significantly pared back the customizations in ZenUI over the last 12 months, making the ZenFone 5Z a delight to use.
The ZenFone 5Z is one of the fastest phones you can buy today.
If the notch is the defining hardware trend of 2018, AI is its software equivalent. We've seen several manufacturers offer AI-assisted features to enhance camera capabilities of their devices, and ASUS has gone all-out in this area. The Taiwanese manufacturer offers a smorgasbord of AI features on the ZenFone 5Z, ranging from everything to receiving calls, charging the battery, and obviously the camera. But more on that later.
On the subject of battery, the 3300mAh battery on the ZenFone 5Z manages to deliver a day's worth of usage consistently. I had no trouble getting to the end of the day with at least 15% battery left, even on days when I was predominantly using cellular data. ASUS offers several battery modes that eke out the most out of the battery by turning down the brightness, killing background app usage, and throttling the chipset.
The phone is compatible with Quick Charge 3.0, and ASUS bundles an 18W charger in the box that tops up the device from zero to 100% in just over an hour and a half. If you're looking to top up in the middle of the day, you'll be able to get up to a 60% charge in just under 40 minutes.
One of the few downsides on the hardware front is that there's no wireless charging in spite of a glass back. ASUS doesn't make any mention of water resistance, either, so you're better off not taking the ZenFone 5Z anywhere near a water body.
ASUS ZenFone 5 Software
ASUS overhauled ZenUI over the course of the last year, and while the interface still sports a few distinct tweaks, the company is now focusing on providing a clutter-free experience. To that effect, the company got rid of stock apps that served the same function as Google's offerings, and the ZenFone 5Z comes with a minimal set of pre-installed apps that include Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and ASUS' own Go2Pay mobile wallet service. There's also the option to uninstall the pre-installed apps.
The current ZenUI interface feels much more modern, with clean lines and a white color scheme interlaced with blue accents. Overall, it's a pleasant change from what ASUS was offering just a few years ago.
To facilitate the gamut of AI features available on the device, the ZenFone 5Z takes full advantage of the AI engine in the Snapdragon 845. One of the AI features is Optiflex, which boosts app launch times by predicting apps you're likely to load based on your usage habits. I wasn't able to notice dramatically-improved launch times, but this feature will likely come to be handy after using the phone for a few months.
ASUS offers a smorgasbord of AI features on the ZenFone 5Z, and it's not just marketing fluff.
The ZenFone 5Z has three microphones placed around the device, and there's an AI-assisted call feature that automatically adjusts volume levels so the recipient can always hear you. This feature is particularly useful when you're making calls in a noisy environment. On the flip side, there's AI Ringtone, which adjusts the volume of incoming calls based on the ambient noise levels in your surroundings. Say if you're in a meeting and forgot to switch the phone to mute, AI Ringtone will detect the ambient noise and put the ringer at a lower volume. Conversely, if you're at a mall, the volume will automatically be boosted to its highest setting so you can hear the ringtone.
AI Charging is designed to improve battery longevity by leveraging machine learning to adjust the charging speed based on when you plug in the phone. If you're charging the device overnight, the phone charges up to 80% and then cuts off until a predetermined time, after which it will top up to 100%. ASUS says this will significantly improve battery health over time, and the feature itself takes about a week to learn your usage habits. There's also a scheduled charging mode that lets you manually specify the charging times.
Alongside the AI features, ASUS also offers its own take on Animoji, dubbed ZeniMoji. The only difference is that ASUS' implementation is nowhere as refined, and it just doesn't work for the most part.
The ZenFone 5Z runs Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box with the April patch, and ASUS says it is committing to timely updates. While it didn't specify a timeline, the manufacturer did state that the Android P update will be making its way to the device. Software updates are one area where ASUS lagged behind its rivals in the past, and while it says that things are different this time around, we'll have to wait and see if that's indeed the case.
ASUS ZenFone 5 Camera
The ZenFone 5Z has dual cameras arrayed vertically at the back, with the secondary sensor offering a wide-angle lens, à la LG. The primary shooter is a 12MP Sony IMX363 sensor, the same one we've seen in the likes of the Mi Mix 2S and the Vivo NEX. The secondary 8MP sensor facilitates 120-degree field of view, and ASUS has relied heavily on AI-based features to differentiate the camera from other devices in this category.
The camera app is easy to get started off with: you get toggles for HDR, flash, and the timer at the top, and the ability to switch between the primary and wide-angle cameras and change the shooting mode. You'll be able to access all the shooting modes with a swipe up gesture, while a swipe down reveals all the filters. There's also a manual mode that lets you adjust the white balance, exposure, and shutter speed.
ASUS has an AI-based scene detection feature that automatically selects the optimal shooting modes for a particular scene. If you're taking photos at night, the camera automatically switches to night mode, and ASUS says the camera can recognize 16 modes in total, including food, animals, nature shots, people, and more.
The 1.4um pixel size and f/1.8 lens allow the ZenFone 5Z to take impressive photos in daylight conditions, and the phone does a decent job in low or artificial lighting as well.
One reason for OnePlus' strong showing in markets like India is aggressive pricing. In the U.S., you can pick up a Galaxy S9 for around $300 more than what you'd shell out for a OnePlus 6, but that isn't the case in most parts of the world. In India, for instance, the Galaxy S9 and the Pixel 2 XL start off at well over $1,000, making them unattainable to a majority of the populace. By contrast, the OnePlus 6 retails for the equivalent of $510 in India, or half the cost of a Galaxy S9. It's no wonder, then, that India is OnePlus' largest global market, with the country accounting for over a third of the Chinese manufacturer's sales.
With traditional flagships priced well out of reach of most users, the $500 price point is where brands duke it out. There's no dearth of choice in this segment — the Mi Mix 2, Galaxy A8+ and more recently the Honor 10 are all available at around the $500 mark, and they're all looking to do one thing: knock OnePlus off its perch.
The ZenFone 5Z is the closest anyone has come to doing that. The device is the most affordable option yet if you're looking to pick up a phone powered by the Snapdragon 845. The design is evocative, the performance on offer is on par with the likes of the Pixel 2, and the camera holds its own. ASUS has also managed to do a great job with its slew of AI features — they offer worthwhile functionality without being overbearing.
The device isn't without its drawbacks — you don't get wireless charging or water resistance, and ASUS' shoddy track record when it comes to software updates is worrisome. But as an overall package, the ZenFone 5Z is a worthy alternative to the OnePlus 6.
The phone is available in three variants: the base model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage is available for ₹29,999 ($435), the variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage retails for ₹32,999 ($480), and the version with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage is available for ₹36,999 ($540). Minor shortcomings aside, the ZenFone 5Z is one of the best phones you can buy in 2018.
If you're looking to pick up a phone that offers the most value for your money, the ZenFone 5Z is a great choice.
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Harish Jonnalagadda
Senior Editor - Asia
Harish Jonnalagadda is a Senior Editor overseeing Asia at Android Central. He leads the site's coverage of Chinese phone brands, contributing to reviews, features, and buying guides. He also writes about storage servers, audio products, and the semiconductor industry. Contact him on Twitter at @chunkynerd.
Waiting for the B or C version to become available that has the bands for TMobile. What's the hold up
I am assuming this phone isn't available in the US -- since most of the good mid-range phones aren't.
That notch is a total mistake and glass back is crap and it does NOT look premium. It's rather stupid to place glass material on a back of a mobile phone.
Glass back are actually really awesome. My one plus 6 can get signal every where, and my 5g network is always full.
Yeah but it sounds like Asus is using an aluminum back layered with glass, which completely defeats the purpose.
5G network, lol. It isn't available to the consumer yet.
No, they aren't. They're slippery. They're fragile. Worst material to use on the back of a phone ever.
Damn right it is! Give me a polycarbonate back with a thin grippy rubber coating and I'm set.
This glass back thing snowballed when all of the reviewers kept talking about how beautiful and premium they felt and looked and how cheap looking polycarbonate and rubber were. This shows how stupid our society has become by thinking that their phones are cheap looking if they don't have a glass back. Most slap a case on them anyway so it's beyond stupid to have these all glass phones. Sure the signal strength is good with glass, but its equally as good with plastic or rubber and they don't break and they are lighter as well.
How about glass wallets, briefcases, purses, etc? Nobody would buy one, but we buy millions and millions of glass backed phones.
I wonder how long it will be before one of the OEM's grows a set and builds a top spec plastic backed phone?
That's what I'm talking about.
Wish this was available in the US, I'd pick it over the Oneplus in a second just for the MicroSD expansion
Me to but Asus has some of the worst worldwide release dates.
Will this Asus 5z really become the one plus killer?
This phone is pretty nice but I'm unsure about Zen UI though.
It won't receive updates as fast as the op6 so the op6 takes my vote.


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The only thing you can keep underground these days are coffins.
by Yaro Shepherd
The following is a resignation letter from the most respected man in a society as secretive as Skull and Bones and as influential as The Illuminati. It was found in a place where one would expect to find such a letter—in a very secretive place few people have access to (write your own fucking joke). I've wanted to put it in a place where nobody would ever look, so I'm posting it here:
If you're reading this letter it means I've left this wretched society. Sure I loved the exclusive perks and god-like adoration, but enough is enough.
Perhaps I've gotten ahead of myself; "What society is this you speak of?" Oh, didn't you know? There's this thing called the Hipster Aristocacy, and it's kind of a big deal. At least, it used to be…
The Aristocracy was on to Justin Bieber when Bieber fever was anything over 100 degrees.I've been a part of the Aristocracy for about ten years. We always operate in secret, seeking out the coolest things before they're even on the buzz radar of teenage girls in LA or angsty New York Jewish boys. I'll never forget my first assignment: scoping out Justin Bieber's baptism. Back then, we had an eye for talent, and I would serve loyally to the pursuit of "alt." I was behind the rise, fall, plateau, plummet, and eventually skyrocketing success of Amy Winehouse's career (I didn't kill her, but we knew it was coming). But after all these years of trying to be on the cusp of edginess, I woke up this morning and realized, I'm mainstream. So today, I hang up my studded Vibrams and pursue another path.
We used to be able to keep a secret to ourselves. Sure we would tell the "peons" about the next big pop act, but we had our own indulgences. Do you know what I heard in the mall when I was getting my antique watch repaired? Mumford & Sons. IN THE MALL. How did we let that one spill, guys? How did the general public get a taste of our alt-juice? You "peons" may not know this, but we were actually on Twitter in 2001, before it even existed. It was a great way for us to communicate, but now every bro can, and has, leeched off our buzz by spying on our twittersations. And that's just the music! I can't even count how many times I walked into a bar last month and saw people drinking PBR unironically!
NO! NOT FOR THE TASTE YOU IDIOT. UGH.I'm not the only one choosing to leave, but I am the only one willing to admit we've gone "lamestream." The others have their own subtle ways; just last week I saw Alabaster sneaking an iPod onto the castle grounds when he knows that we only allow the iRiver. Speaking of the castle, it doesn't even look buzzworthy. When we first set it up in that gentrified ghetto it was just our kind, but years after kicking the poor people out we're now faced with a stampede of SUVs and chain restaurants. Not only that, but the pastel wallpaper looks so January 2011 and the shag carpeting on the inside is trampled to bits. I blame Tiffany for putting mountain bike tires on her 10-speed so that she could get more traction. Everyone is secretly looking for work too. Rumor has it that Geophf even applied to Urban Outfitters and spelled his name "Jeff" on his resume.
Maybe it's time to stop being so "alt" and take a step back. The gentrification was great while it lasted, and maybe being mainstream isn't so bad; the Olive Garden they opened up down the block has great bread. No, it's not kosher or gluten-free, but I don't care anymore if my chest piece tattoo starts to sag with my man-boobs. I'll just wear a shirt and tie every day; I have a closet full of knitted ties anyway and now that Justin fucking Timberlake wore one in that movie they're mainstream, so I guess it all works out.
It's kind of freeing, this feeling of being stale. I hope all my brothers and sisters follow me out of their ivory towers (literally) and wade into the lame, er…mainstream.
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"Kids in America" is a song recorded by English pop singer Kim Wilde. It was released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the United States in spring 1982, later appearing on her self-titled debut studio album. Largely inspired by the synth-pop style of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Gary Numan, the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and number one in Finland and South Africa, and charted in the top 10 of many European charts as well as Australia and New Zealand. In North America, the song reached the top 40 in Canada and the United States. It was certified gold in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Sweden; and has sold over three million copies worldwide. The song has been covered by many artists from different genres.

Background, composition and production

1980 version
RAK Records boss Mickie Most heard Wilde singing on a backing track to another song recorded by her brother Ricky Wilde, an aspiring young songwriter and producer who had some fame as a child singer in the style of Donny Osmond in the early 1970s.

Most liked Kim's voice and looks and expressed an interest in working with her. Eager to grab the opportunity, Ricky went home and wrote "Kids in America" that same day with his father Marty. Marty Wilde, also a former singer, had been a teen idol and actor in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

They wrote the song using a WASP synthesizer owned by Ricky. He has said that its main synth line was influenced by that of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Messages". Kim has stated that her brother "kind of nicked" the line. The eighth note synth bassline, which forms the intro, was inspired by Gary Numan (as was the vocal melody in the opening lines).

They went into the studio with everything except the words to the chorus, which Marty Wilde, who was responsible for writing the lyrics to the song, came up with at the last minute. The line "Whoah-oh!", which is sung after the song's title lyrics, was originally meant to be a guitar lick or a brass stab, but sounded much better sung by the male backing vocals, according to Marty.

After hearing the track for the first time, Most declared it would be a smash hit; but it needed remixing, which he did together with Marty at RAK Studios. The song was shelved for a year before being released as Kim Wilde's first single in January 1981.

1994 version
"Kids in America 1994" was released in May 1994 in order to help promote Wilde's compilation album The Remix Collection (1993). Although it was intended to be released in the UK, for unknown reasons these plans were cancelled at the last minute. However, the track was released in other countries in several remixed forms using Wilde's original vocals from 1981.

2006 version
Among some of her other classic hits, Wilde recorded a new version of the song for her 2006 comeback album Never Say Never, featuring English singer Charlotte Hatherley. This version, like the rest of the album, was produced by German producer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, with whom she had previously worked in 2002 for German singer Nena's 20th anniversary album Nena feat. Nena on the track "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", a new version of her 1984 hit single.

Reception
"Kids in America" signalled the start of Wilde's career. It sold so well in its first week, foul play was suspected and it was not included in that week's chart. In its first eight weeks of release, the single sold more than half a million copies in the UK alone. The song peaked at number two in the UK in 1981 and became the 23rd best-selling single that year. The following year in 1982, it reached No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for over a month and ranked as the 91st most successful song of 1982 on the Hot 100 year-end chart. Though it only hit No. 25, it received heavy airplay on radio stations and MTV. Elsewhere, the record peaked atop the charts of Finland and South Africa. In Europe and Australia, the song was also a major top 10 hit. After "Kids in America", Wilde's father and brother continued to write songs for her (with the latter also given production credits). In later years, she chiefly co-wrote with her brother.

Track listing
7" UK single
"Kids in America" – 3:26
"Tuning in Tuning On" – 4:30

7" US/Canada single
"Kids in America" – 3:26
"You'll Never Be So Wrong" – 4:11

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notable cover versions
 The Muffs contributed a cover of the song to the soundtrack for the 1995 film Clueless. This cover was itself used in the 2008 rhythm game Rock Band 2.
 Len contributed a cover of the song to the soundtrack for the 2000 film Digimon: The Movie.
 The song was used in the King of the Hill Season 13 Episode "No Bobby Left Behind".
 No Secrets covered the song in 2001 for the soundtrack of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
 Tiffany recorded a version of the song in 2007 for her album I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More.
 Cascada recorded a version of the song on their Everytime We Touch album in 2007.
 Foo Fighters covered the song in their EP Songs from the Laundry Room (2015). A clip of it plays during the credit roll of the Seattle, Washington episode of Grohl's Sonic Highways documentary TV series. In 2021, Wilde admitted to being a huge fan of the recording and said she'd love to collaborate with frontman Dave Grohl on a new version of the track.
 Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day did a cover of the song on his cover album No Fun Mondays (2020) with the same title.
 Toy Dolls released the parody 'The Kids in Tyne and Wear' on the album Fat Bob's Feet in 1991.

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Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov, Special Advisor to PIR Center participates in the second meeting of the "GRF International Task Force on the Future of the Nuclear Deal with Iran", Turkey
PIR Center presents "Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime in 2016-2020"
PIR Center has prepared a review of the key challenges of the nonproliferation regime and a range of suggestions for the strengthening of the regime. The recommendations are divided in to four thematic categories dedicated to the key challenges faced...
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The nuclear deal – new hurdles or "windows of opportunity"?
In Vienna, delegations continue to negotiate Iran's return to compliance with the JCPOA. On Monday, January 24, the issue of releasing U.S. citizens came up on the agenda as a precondition for continuing negotiations. Earlier, the American delegation insisted the negotiations on prisoners release were not tied to those in Vienna and were conducted separately. Apparently, this connection is now urgent to advance the problem with imprisoned U.S. citizens; unless the issues are linked now, the U.S. might miss the opportunity to exert pressure on Tehran's stance.
JCPOA negotiations: latest news
On Friday, January 14, the delegations of the eighth round of JCPOA negotiations returned to the capitals for official consultations, while expert working groups continue discussing the issue. The American side is concerned that Iran's nuclear progress "will be too difficult to reverse," meaning there are only a few weeks left for negotiations. According to representatives of the United States, Washington is prepared for either outcome.
IAEA, Iranian nuclear facilities and missing videos
On Wednesday, December 15, after several months of negotiations, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, reached an agreement that ensured the Agency would have access to the nuclear facility in Karaj (a centrifuge component manufacturing workshop) to replace its surveillance cameras. The parties pledged to "continue to work on remaining outstanding safeguards issues with the aim of resolving them." On December 19, the IAEA will provide a sample camera to Tehran for examination (under the supervision of the Agency experts) by Iranian security and judiciary experts. By the end of December, it is planned to re-install all surveillance cameras in Karaj.
"Russia welcomes the agreement reached today in Vienna on a settlement of the situation concerning Iran's nuclear programme and the joint comprehensive plan of action approved by the six countries and Iran. We are certain that the world heaved a sigh of relief today. We expect that all the parties concerned, primarily the six states involved in the negotiations, will comply with the deal in full".
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Vladimir Orlov: "Russia and the United States should resume a comprehensive dialogue on global nuclear proliferation threats"
On January 19, 2021, Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov, Director of the PIR Center, gave an interview to Security Index journal.
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Evgeny Buzhinskiy, Vadim Kozyulin, Andrey Baklitskiy, Oleg Demidov
During the election campaign, Donald Trump expressed interest in normalizing relations with Russia, so there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic today about the U.S.-Russian relationship and the wider international situation. Several important questions come to mind:
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Richard Weitz, Andrey Baklitskiy
International agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, signed in summer of 2015 (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA), has become a turning point in efforts to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime. However, approaches to its implementation are still the subject of controversy betwee...
Vladimir Yermakov's Statement at the Second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Process
Vladimir Yermakov
_2020~1.PDF On April 24, 2018 the Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament and the Head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Yermakov presented a statment in Geneva during the Second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Process.
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Tennessee football: 3 bold Volunteers predictions for SEC matchup vs. Florida
By Jonathan Alfano · 3 min read
Another college football Saturday has arrived, and a classic rivalry along with it. In arguably the biggest game of the day, No. 11 Tennessee football plays host to No. 20 Florida in the latest edition of the bitter feud. With the Volunteers boasting their best team in years, this rivalry is back to being must-watch TV.
The Gators have dominated this matchup recently, winning 16 of the last 17 contests. Despite that, the Volunteers enter this game as heavy favorites, with the line passing double digits. Both teams have a lot to prove, and this could be the game of the week.
After an overtime win over Pittsburgh, Tennessee destroyed Akron 63-6 on home turf last week. Meanwhile, Florida had a lot more trouble, barely scraping by South Florida 31-28, one week after falling to Kentucky. Since their upset win over Utah in week 1, the Gators have looked very flat.
Tennessee football is hoping to build on its momentum, while Florida is hoping to get back on track. With all that in mind, let's make some bold predictions for the Volunteers in this showdown.
3. Tennessee runs for three touchdowns
So far this season, Tennessee has one of the best offenses in the nation. The Volunteers are third in the country in total offense, averaging 553.7 yards per game. Much of the attention goes to Hendon Hooker and the passing game, but the run game is great in its own right.
In fact, Tennessee has 12 rushing touchdowns on the season to nine passing. Three different running backs, Jaylen Wright, Jabari Small, and Dylan Sampson, each have three rushing TDs on the season. The rushing offense does more than just score, as the Volunteers average 182.3 rushing yards per game.
On the other side of the ball, Florida's defense has struggled to contain the run this season. The Gators are allowing an average of 185.3 rushing yards per game, second-worst in the SEC. They allowed 286 yards and two touchdowns against South Florida, a team that has one FBS win since the start of the 2020 season.
Josh Heupel and Tennessee football should attack that weakness with everything they have. The Volunteers should be in for a big day on the ground, and should score at least three rushing scores on Saturday afternoon.
2. Tennessee keeps Anthony Richardson out of the end zone
Given Richardson's recent performances, this may not be the boldest prediction on this list. After running for three scores in the opener, Florida's QB has not rushed for another touchdown in the two games since. That's not even counting his throwing stats, where he has no touchdowns and four interceptions this season.
Even with his struggles, Richardson is too talented to not score a single touchdown in three straight games. However, that's exactly what will happen after Saturday's game against Tennessee.
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The Volunteers defense, which allows 344.7 yards and 14.3 points per game, may not be among the best in the nation statistically. However, they've more than held their own, and that may be all they need with how much Florida has struggled on offense. Don't expect Richardson's touchdown-less streak to come to an end on Saturday.
1. Tennessee wins by at least 20
All the statistics point towards Tennessee winning big in this game. The betting line is huge, and ESPN's Football Power Index gives the Volunteers an 87.5% chance of winning. The odds can certainly be deceiving at times, but this is not one of those times.
The history in this matchup may point to the Gators, but it may also work against them. The Volunteers definitely have a chip on their shoulder heading into this game, and they will be eager to prove that this year's team is different. A blowout win over a hated rival will be a huge boost for Tennessee football, and send a message to the rest of the conference too.
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September 2015 Young Guns
If you've seen Young Guns and Young Guns II and want to know
how accurate the films were without doing an indepth research on Billy the Kid's life,
you've come to the right place
Out of all the Billy the Kid films that have lit up the movie screen and entertained audiences from around the world, none other has captivated moviegoers than Young Guns in 1988. The movie starred Emilio Estevez, one of the popular members of the Brat Pack, as Billy the Kid. Estevez's portrayal of the famous outlaw is one of the best, no other actor (and there were many) gave such personality and charisma to the Billy the Kid character. Who can forget that distinct Hyena laugh and cocky grin? Young Guns had introduced Billy the Kid to a new generation of people who had never heard of this legendary outlaw and converting devoted Billy the Kid buffs.
Soon after in 1990 a sequel followed: Young Guns II. Estevez said in a interview that the first film was more of a "heavy metal western" and he wanted to "right some of the wrongs" and make a more "accurate movie." The sequel did have a different style then the first, but as far as accuracy goes, like the first movie, it was based more on myth, than fact. Probably the biggest affect this movie had on the history of Billy the Kid in the modern era, was publicizing and reintroducing to the world Brushy Bill Roberts, a man that claimed to have been Billy the Kid in the late 1940s. Unfortunately, this controversial character caused a bitter separation between Billy the Kid buffs.
The Young Guns movies gave rise to many of Billy the Kid's myths, such as his exaggerated friendship with Pat Garrett, his career as an outlaw and gunman, but most of all, triggering the most heated Billy the Kid debate of them all: Brushy Bill Roberts. I would like to point out that the real Billy the Kid was not Emilio Estevez's Billy the Kid, nor were these movies historically accurate. Since many people wonder or even assume that Young Guns and Young Guns II are accurate, I've collected some of the historical blunders and errors in the film and compared them to the real history. I'm not at all criticizing these two movies, after all, it was meant for entertaining, not educating. The movies are fiction, not documentaries. Thanks to the Young Guns movies, today Billy the Kid is the world's most favorite outlaw.
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Take notice that a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso, Texas ("HACEP") will be held at 5300 E. Paisano Dr., El Paso, Texas 79905 Wednesday, September 26, 2018 commencing at 5:30 p.m.
7. Approval of minutes of regular board meeting that took place on August 22, 2018.
9. Discussion and action regarding resolution to approve new contract award for consulting services for tax credit applications contract # EX 18-R-0013. Estimated contract amount is $510,000.
10. Discussion and action regarding resolution authorizing modification of the construction budget and GMP construction agreement with and between Housing Authority of the City of El Paso and The ITEX Group, LLC related to the redevelopment of the Sun Plaza Apartments (the "Project") and utilization of hard cost contingency funds for the project.
11. Discussion and action regarding resolution authorizing modification of the construction budget and GMP construction agreements with and between Housing Authority of the City of El Paso and Affordable Housing Enterprises (AHE) related to the redevelopment of the Chelsea Apartments (the "Project") and utilization of hard cost contingency funds for the project.
12. Discussion and action regarding resolution authorizing the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (the "Authority") to take such actions necessary or convenient to facilitate the development and rehabilitation of the Tays North Apartments (the "Project").
13. Discussion and action regarding resolution approving issuance by Alamito Public Facilities Corporation of the Alamito Public Facilities Corporation multifamily housing revenue note (HACEP RAD conversion program (Sherman South Apartments) project) series 2018; and containing other provisions relating to the subject.
14. Discussion and action regarding resolution approving issuance by Alamito Public Facilities Corporation multifamily housing revenue note (HACEP RAD conversion program (Tays North Apartments) project) series 2018; and containing other provisions relating to the subject.
15. Discussion and action regarding options for HACEP employees' healthcare program.
16. Discussion and action regarding resolution modifying prior approval of acquisition of S. Mesa Hills Drive property (approximately 6.325 of undeveloped property in Northwest El Paso) pursuant to agreement with EPWater.
· Quarterly financial update to be provided during the November 2018 Board meeting.
(c) Report on changes and/or contract modifications pursuant to delegation authority under Section 7 of the Development Procedures Manual.
Upon request the Housing Authority will provide auxiliary aids and services such as interpreters for the hearing impaired, readers, and large print or braille documents. Those requesting auxiliary aids or services may notify Sergio Vasquez, Equal Opportunity Coordinator, at (915) 849-3820, or svasquez@hacep.org at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.


A grandee of Chicago house, Theo Parrish is one of the few producers to have remained vital since the early days of the scene. This is partly down to the richness of his music, a mashup of influences from jazz (Miles Davis, Parrish's uncle Dexter Sims), soul (Stevie Wonder) and those artists who stood alongside him at the vanguard of house (Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy). This smorgasbord of styles translates into wild, digressive sets that never fail to enthrall, even when they take a half-hour detour through free jazz (as is often the case). After a successful night with Footwork late last year, Parrish will repeat the trick at the Showcase on Saturday. Parisian techno DJ Grego G supports.


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Race-based and Indigenous Identity Data to Measure Health Inequalities in Canada
By Martina Dolan on March 23, 2022
Race-based and Indigenous identity data is essential for measuring health inequalities (health disparities) and for identifying inequities that stem from racism, bias and discrimination. Health equity data can be used to inform actions and interventions to improve health equity among racialized groups.
To harmonize collection and ensure high-quality data that is comparable across jurisdictions, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is releasing pan-Canadian minimum standards for collecting race-based and Indigenous identity data in health systems, along with guidance on their use. These standards can be voluntarily adopted by health systems that are looking to collect data on inequalities in health care access, quality, experience and outcomes.
This work has been ongoing for several years. It has included a detailed review of the literature as well as engagement with researchers, clinicians, organizations that represent racialized and Indigenous communities, and the federal, provincial and territorial governments. An interim standard was released on May 29, 2020, in response to the urgent call to understand the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in racialized communities. On July 24, 2020, CIHI published a discussion document containing proposed standards with relevant context and questions to solicit feedback and engagement. After the release of this document, CIHI received feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and partners to inform the updates to the final standard categories and the guidance for the appropriate collection and use of race-based and Indigenous identity data.
Canada's health systems need to be able to identify inequities experienced by racialized and Indigenous groups, and to design and implement systemic changes to advance equity in health care.
Guidance and standards: Guidance on the Use of Standards for Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection and Health Reporting in Canada (PDF)
Supplementary report: Race-Based and Indigenous Identity Data Collection and Health Reporting in Canada — Supplementary Report (PDF)
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Greetings! In the interest of keeping the community informed, please see below for a brief review of the upcoming Newport-Mesa Unified School District (NMUSD) Board meeting. I have highlighted a few items that may be of interest to the general public.
13.a. Report on Estancia Zone's Engineering Pathway and Construction Technology Pathway. The Department of College and Career Education, Estancia High School, and TeWinkle Middle School will report on this Pathway.
12.c. Report on the California School Dashboard. The Assessment Department will report on the new Dashboard.
15.a. Final Reading and Adoption of Board Policy Revisions.
15.b. First Reading and Adoption of Board Policy Revisions.
Please note that the NMUSD Board of Education meeting agenda is posted online the Friday prior to the meeting. Click here to view the full NMUSD Board of Education meeting agenda.


Earlier this month, RBC Capital Markets organized a job shadow day for our charity partner, Girls E-Mentorship (GEM), which is a charitable organization that offers an innovative mentorship program for female high school students facing multiple barriers.
Fifteen mentees who come from a variety of backgrounds and high schools visited the team in Toronto, eager to learn more about our capital markets business and future career opportunities.
RBC employees organized a tour of the trading floor and provided job shadowing for the girls with traders and front office staff. The day concluded with a Q&A session where students were able to connect with RBC Capital Markets executives.
"The GEM team would like to thank you and to the rest of the RBC Capital Markets team for providing such an invaluable learning experience for the GEM girls.
Being able to sit with traders on the trading floor was extremely beneficial for the girls as they begin to explore their passions and interests. Hearing from your team and speaking with women in the finance industry showed them what possibilities are out there for when they enter the workforce.
We value our partnership with RBC and we would love to work with you again in the future."
RBC is committed to helping communities prosper through initiatives like this one, which form part of our culture to create positive social change for a brighter tomorrow.


The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark privacy decision in a case about cellphone location data, suggesting there should be stronger protections against government searches for the increasing amount of private information that's stored online.
Some cellphone companies record the date, time and which tower your phone connected to for every one of those contacts; other companies track everything except the "Here I am" check-ins. Either way, your cell company has stored in its databases an elaborate record of what cell towers your phone connected to and when, covering 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The cell companies retain that information for as long as five years. It's more than enough data to reconstruct where you were – or rather, where your phone was – anytime in that five-year period. It can pinpoint a physical location pretty closely within a city, and within a couple of miles in a rural area.
The question before the Supreme Court in this case, Carpenter v. United States, was how hard it should be for police to get that information from a cellphone company.
Before the Supreme Court's ruling in Carpenter, federal, state and local police demanded customer location records more than 200,000 times every year, with each demand covering a period of time as long as several months. The police just had to tell a judge there was some reason to think the location data might be "relevant" to a criminal investigation. That bar was extremely low; as a practical matter, police could get anyone's location information on demand.
Some customers and scholars, including me, objected that allowing the police to trace their movements so easily violated their Fourth Amendment privacy rights. They said police should be forced to get a search warrant before exercising the power to collect, at no cost, a near-perfect record of where anyone had been. That would present a higher bar: To get a warrant, a police officer would have to produce evidence convincing a judge that there was probable cause to believe the location data would generate evidence of a crime.
However, until the Carpenter case, the federal courts of appeals said a warrant wasn't necessary, because of two 1970s-era Supreme Court rulings. "A person," the Supreme Court had held, "has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties." As a result, for example, the government does not need a warrant to demand your financial records from your bank: As an account holder, you have voluntarily revealed that information to the bank's employees.
Similarly, judges in cellphone location data cases ruled, because your phone broadcast your location to your mobile company, that information wasn't really private.
In this most recent ruling, the Supreme Court found that police need a warrant to get cellphone location data from a mobile company. The court ruled that giving the government easy access to a detailed history of a person's whereabouts violates people's legitimate expectation that their everyday movements will not automatically be monitored, recorded and made available to the police. And because carrying a cellphone is a necessary part of ordinary life in the U.S., it's not realistic to say that everyone with a phone has voluntarily agreed to make their movements a matter of public record.
Exactly what this ruling means for privacy in the internet age remains to be seen – and litigated in future cases. These days, people's most private information doesn't reside on pieces of paper locked in office or home desk drawers; it lives on internet servers operated by private companies. The federal government has claimed sweeping power to get documents and emails from those companies without a warrant.
The Carpenter ruling has made clear that, at least some of the time, a warrant is needed. The Fourth Amendment was designed, the court explained, "to place obstacles in the way of a too permeating police surveillance." That means that it can't merely protect people's physical homes from search. Sometimes it also limits the government's ability to demand personal information in the hands of third parties.
Jonathan Weinberg was one of 42 criminal-law and privacy scholars who filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the result the Court reached in Carpenter.


Black Mesa is one of the oldest clans in the game, created by "old school" gamers. About 2,5 years ago when almost everyone else left or disappeared due to personal -or unknown- reasons, I (Damocles Imperator) decided to preserve and advance the clan and its rating (currently at 2500) mostly on my own. The clan became active again since January 2017, after I decided to start recruiting new members of any ego/ country of origin. Unfortunately most of the new recruits mistook the recently "reborn" clan as a "gift-shop" for legendary/ jp items or a place to make their personal demands... As a clan leader/ owner I tried to help as many as i could, whenever I was asked for it, and I also distributed plenty of free items, whenever I had the capability to do so, as well as to provide useful knowledge (ingame & general). Unfortunately, this was not appreciated or misinterpreted even, by many new recruits and they left the clan for larger and more "promising" (mostly because of item scavenging & random jp distributing) clans.
Therefore and so forth I have decided to maintain the clan mostly as a Tribute (until further notice) to the old friends and comrades-gamers that are no longer with us... and thus I will keep all those inactive members of the past in the clan and will never kick them out, even if some people don't like it, and even If it means that I remain alone in the clan (I don't care about that, since I have done this before!) because of that in the end... I will follow my principles, and keep this clan alive till the very end (even though I've had various offers to join the "big ones").
The clan will still be open for anyone who wishes to join, and EVERYONE IS WELCOME. I will be happy to accept new recruits and help any new player (nobody will call you "noob" on my watch here), If and whenever I am asked in clan or private chat, as I always did in the past. Also any EGO or nationality is still welcome, as long as you can speak English so we can understand each other.
However, in order to be perfectly clear, this is a small TRIBUTE clan (for now) and I would like everyone to respect that, so If you decide to join don't expect dozens of free jps and fancy stuff, "massive groups", long "sheets" of text on clan chat, or events with majestic rewards like some of the large clans organize in coalision with Trion (though nothing is impossible in the distant future, If many people join eventually...).
For any queries, troubles, assistance or just to chat, feel free to contact me (Damocles Imperator - Clan Leader / Owner) whenever you see me online.


Patrick McCray is a Professor in the Department of History. Dr. McCray's research interests focuses on different technological and scientific communities and their interactions with the public and policy makers – especially newly emerging technologies. McCray was elected to be a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. In 2014 McCray's 2013 book The Visioneers won the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize from the History of Science Society. McCray is currently writing a new book on the interactions between artists, engineers, and scientists from the 1960s to the present.


I am the Research Lead for Bone Densitometry for the Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, UK. I completed my undergraduate studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and attained a BSc Honours degree in Biomedical Technology. In 1998, I received my PhD in Exercise Physiology from Sheffield Hallam University.
In 1996, I joined the Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, The University of Sheffield to work as a DXA Scanning Technician and Research Associate. I now hold the position of Research Fellow.
I am responsible for the provision of the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism's bone densitometry service to internal and external organisations and investigators. I have considerable expertise in a wide variety of bone densitometry and image analysis techniques. I am the Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) for the bone imaging work conducted at the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
I have published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals and present my work at national and international conferences.
My current research interests include the evaluation and application of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, the study of bone microstructural properties and strength and the evaluation of treatment effects using bone densitometry techniques. I have considerable expertise in the field of vertebral fracture identification. Of particular interest currently is the development of a computer-assisted diagnostic tool to automate the reading of spine images, using the algorithm-based qualitative (ABQ) method, to provide an accurate and reliable means of identifying vertebral fractures.
I lecture on the Mellanby Centre for Bone Research 'Identification of Vertebral Fractures' training courses and on the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism's teaching course. I perform ad hoc teaching including the practical aspects of bone imaging techniques, radiation protection to students and members of staff.
I am a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the Society of Radiographers and a professional member of the National Osteoporosis Society. I act as co-organiser and co-chair of the Allied Health Professional session for the European Calcified Tissue Society at their annual conferences. I am a regular reviewer of articles for key journals including Osteoporosis International, the Journal of Clinical Densitometry and Bone.
Arthritis Research UK Medical Technologies Proof of Concept Award. Development and Evaluation of a Functional Prototype for the Automated Identification of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: VERDICT. Frangi AF (PI), Paggiosi MA (co-applicant), Eastell R, Pozo Soler J, Peel NFA, Jacques R. Project grant: April 2017 to March 2019.
Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity Louise Victoria Craddock Memorial fund. Equipment Purchase: DXA Machine That Is Particularly Effective At Measuring Body Fat. Paggiosi MA (PI), Eastell R, Brown JE. Capital project grant: November 2016 to April 2017.
The University of Sheffield Innovation, Impact and Knowledge Exchange (IIKE) Award. Cal-CT: Optimising calcaneus microstructure measurements for the assessment of skeletal strength in osteoporosis. EV McCloskey (PI), Frangi AF, Metcalf LM, Paggiosi MA (co-applicant). Project grant: October 2015 to March 2017.