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Tax Implications of Accounting Errors (1)
Registration of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for tax purposes
Nigeria currently operates a self-assessment tax regime. What this means is that taxpayers are given the right to assess themselves to tax according to the applicable tax laws, then pay the tax as assessed and file the necessary returns with the relevant tax authorities. After filing, the tax authorities occasionally review the returns to determine consistency with the provisions of the law and the taxpayer's operations. If any discrepancy is observed, the authorities would then seek to probe into possible causes by way of a tax verification exercise. Typically this includes, desk queries, audits or investigation.
Tax verification is therefore a veritable exercise embarked upon by tax authorities in view of the self-assessment system. It therefore behoves Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to ensure that income declared, deductions made and tax paid are correctly stated and free from misstatements to avoid potential exposure to additional taxes. In this first part of the series, we would examine the impact of accounting errors on an MSME's tax position.
One reason for increased tax exposure by businesses particularly MSMEs in Nigeria include misstatements or avoidable inaccuracies and this may arise from accounting errors. Accounting errors are simply unintentional or non-fraudulent misstatements that may have occurred in the process of recording business transactions. Examples include error of omission, commission, original entry, principle, and duplication.
While it must be emphasized that these errors are not deliberate or fraudulent and in most cases, can be detected and corrected with little or no consequence during a financial audit, it may have severe consequences during a tax verification exercise. We would be looking at these common errors in detail and how they can impact your tax position.
Error of omission – When transactions are omitted from the account, it is called an error of omission. In reality the transaction occurred but no record of it was entered in the books. For example, ABC Enterprise whose business activity is the sale of tailor-made fashion wear, purchased a box-set of tailoring needles from a supplier on credit. For accounting purposes, a particular transaction must be recorded in at least 2 accounts. By omitting this transaction in its books, ABC Enterprise has understated the purchases for the period and understated creditors balance. ABC Enterprise therefore stands the risk of paying more taxes as a result of higher profits.
Error of commission – This occurs when a transaction is recorded in a different customer's account. From the example above, if the supplier's name is XYZ Enterprise and the transaction was incorrectly recorded in the account of XYZ Limited, this results in an error of commission. For tax purposes, this has the effect of distorting ABC Enterprise's treatment of the transaction especially for withholding tax (WHT). Say the rate for an enterprise is 5% and the rate for a limited company is 10%, if the error is not corrected the tax authority would require ABC to deduct WHT at 10% instead of 5%.
Error of original entry – This is when an incorrect amount is posted to an account. For instance, the total amount of the tailoring needles of ABC Enterprise is NGN28,500 but it was recorded as NGN25,800 in the purchases account. This error could lead to ABC Enterprise reporting a higher profit and higher taxes if not corrected.
Error of principle – This error usually occurs due to ignorance of accounting concepts and conventions. For example, ABC Enterprise purchased motor vehicle for office use and this transaction was recorded in the purchases account instead of the motor vehicle account. Aside the fact that the profits for the period would be unfairly represented, this creates tax issues with ripple effects on capital allowances, exposure to minimum taxes and the likes.
Error of duplication – Error of duplication occurs where a transaction is recorded twice in the accounts. Going back to the first example, in recording the purchase of tailoring needles in the accounts of ABC Enterprise, the accountant entered the same record on two different days. This can lead to double taxation as all applicable taxes on the transaction (income tax, WHT, etc.) would be paid twice.
From the foregoing, we have highlighted some of the ways errors in the accounts can create tax exposures for an MSME. Not only do errors cause misrepresentation and distort the truthfulness and fairness of the financial statements, they can lead to a business expending more money than is required.
Always bear in mind that every accounting entry has a tax implication. It is therefore pertinent to take extra care and diligence when transactions are presented and recorded in the accounts.
Deloitte Nigeria June 18, 2019


Imagine if those arcade cabinets were immersive... Space Pirate Trainer puts you in one of those fighting off relentless waves of droids with all the weapons and gadgets you would ever need as a space pirate. You better dodge some of those incoming lasers, though, since just using your shields won't get you in the top rankings. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.
Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in virtual reality. Launched as one of the first titles for the new generation of VR devices, Space Pirate Trainer has been under continuous development on a mission to refine its gameplay and improve the overall experience. It has been widely used as one of the go-to demos for VR. No real droids where harmed during the creation of this game.


Is Baseball's All-Star Game Obsolete?
Tonight is Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.
Let's set aside, I suppose, those players who are honored by the designation and who actually show up without pleading injury or other commitments—and the far larger number of non-All-Stars who get to enjoy a mini-vacation in the midst of the season's six months of games and travel. And also, at least in theory, the teams that will eventually win the American and National League pennants but who are unknown and unknowable of course at the moment—the teams that eventually make it to this fall's World Series where home field advantage will be determined by the league that won tonight's game. But it's hard to care about something that will only matter more than three months from now and that may not affect you at all.
But for the fans? It just doesn't seem to matter—as falling television ratings show—down by two thirds since the late 1960s and by half over the last 15 years alone—more than attest. And trying to make the game mean something by introducing the home field advantage payoff for the winning league in 2003 has clearly failed to stem that continuing decline. Last year's game attracted two million fewer viewers than the one in 2002—the infamous game that then acting commissioner Bud Selig called a tie when the teams ran out of players in extra innings.
And why should it? In truth the game is an artifact of a now-vanished era. Started as a Depression-era effort to hype interest in a sport whose fan base was crumbling amidst the economic crisis, the game belongs to a now vanished time when there was no inter-league play, when televised baseball was a scarce commodity (and pretty much confined to broadcasts of your local team or teams), when all-star caliber players tended to stay with one team during the primes of their careers, and if not with one team, then within one league. The last All-Star Game I recall really anticipating was that in 1976—a first chance to see "the Bird," the wonderfully eccentric rookie pitcher Mark Fidrych of the Detroit Tigers. Now, even assuming a second coming of such a phenom, he would be plastered across the cable television spectrum to the saturation point and beyond well before the "mid-summer classic" popped up on the home screen.
Then too there was once a significant difference between the leagues that made the game count for something, even in pop sociological terms. As outfielder Ron LeFlore (I think it was) once said, the American League was like the Republican Party and the more wide-open and free-playing National like the Democrats. And there was once some real demographic truth behind that perception—for years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color line for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League in 1947, the National League was far more receptive to African-American talent than the American. And not-so-coincidentally, that diversity differential paid off at All-Star Game time. The American League won 12 of the first 15 games between 1933 and 1949, an then the Nationals won 33 of the next 43, including 11 in a row between 1972 to 1982. Those were results that resonated beyond the scoreboard.
I'm at a loss to find anything of comparable import or interest in the game nowadays. Is the only thing that baseball fans can look forward to looking back to the past?


Matthias Kuntzel explores some forms of the Muslim Brotherhood's holy jihad in America but not all of them.
In the 1960s Alkhateeb, an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot the Muslim Students Association (MSA), worked with Hillary Clinton. Under Bill Clinton, a top Muslim Brother became his "Muslim outreach officer" and selected all of the imams for our prison system and military; most still in place today.
The second response is anger and envy where people seek to destroy American life because the freedoms in America pose a threat to the stability of their home countries or to their ideological hegemony. It is the second response that connects the Muslim Brotherhood to America and to Muslims inside America including American born Muslims who embrace Islam's supremacist tenets of sedition.
America has just been introduced to the 9th jihad, medical jihad, and its current manifestation 27 year old Lara Kollab – the genocidal Muslim American doctor who vowed to purposely give Jews the wrong meds. WHAT?? The silence of the medical community regarding this outrage is deafening. The only thing worse than Kollab's unconscionable intention to deliberately kill Jewish patients is that there are those who believe that this medical jihadi should be given a second chance!!
First comes Saturday and then comes Sunday. Islamic antisemitism in America will be followed by Islamic anti-Christianism. Islamists are already slaughtering Christians in the middle east. The Islamic caliphate does not differentiate between Christians and Jews – we are all infidels.
EDITORS NOTE: This Goudsmit Pundicity column is republished with permission. The featured photo is by Leonardo Yip on Unsplash.


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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks about Manchester United's UEFA Europa League chances after draw completed; Fernandes wants to win every game
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his squad to continue their great form and use it to march into the UEFA Europa League and lift the trophy for the second time in the clubs history. United won the trophy for the first time under Jose Mourinho three years ago and could be set to follow the same path under the Norwegian.
United have seemingly already earned a place in the last eight of the competition after a 5-0 thrashing of LASK in the 12 March, with the second leg of the tie just a formality, which will be played at Old Trafford on Wednesday 5 August 2020 with the quarter-finals starting the following week in Germany.
United will be tasked against either Istanbul Basaksehir or FC Copenhagen in a match that will be played in Cologne on Monday 10 August, which could see United continue their run in the competition with a two-legged quarter-final scrapped in favour of just one match. If United progress, they could play all matches in Cologne with the final being played there also.
The draw for the Europa League was completed on Friday afternoon and confirmation when then made that United will face LASK at Old Trafford on the 5 August, with the club travelling to Germany a few days later for the mini-tournament which will end the competition this season. Speaking to the official Manchester United website, Solskjaer said:
"Well, I don't want to look too far because I just think we should focus on the next game.
"We're in a position now where we're just focusing on the league but, of course, when you look at the ties that can come – we could play Wolves, we could meet Ashley [Young] and Romelu [Lukaku, both of Inter Milan] so there's definitely games to be looking forward to and we just have to keep on our run.
"Hopefully we can go through to the quarter-finals but again, as we said, it's about finishing off the LASK tie first."
With United 5-0 up from the first leg of the round of 16 match against Austrian side LASK, Solskjaer stated that he was looking forward to the competition this summer, which could act as a pre-season tournament ahead of the new season, which will probably start some weeks later. It will be like a World Cup or the Euro's with the squad living together for their duration in the competition. Solskjaer continued by saying:
"I'm looking forward to it. It's like a mini-tournament. I've been involved in a European Championship and a World Cup, so we'll be living tight together abroad.
"We've got some staff here that have been involved in those kinds of tournaments, so we'll prepare really well and hopefully we can last more than just the one game.
"I look on it the opposite way in that I think we're playing well and getting to a high level and standard of football, and hopefully we can just carry that on into Europe and into next season."
In separate news, Bruno Fernandes was voted as the Premier League Player of the Month for June, also getting the award for the Goal of the Month. Speaking about this, Fernandes gave a great statement about what will be on the table for United in the coming weeks, also stating that he wants to win every game he plays, which is great to hear. The Portuguese midfielder said:
"When you play for Manchester United, you know you need to win every game.
"It doesn't matter who you play against when you play for one of the biggest teams in the world and you can beat everyone.
"We need to focus on beating everyone so, of course for me, the first point is winning against LASK.
"It doesn't matter if you have five goals away, we need to win again and need to score five goals. It doesn't matter – football is about winning.
"Winning gives you confidence, so we can't stop in this moment in thinking about just playing against LASK.
"We'll see when we're playing against them, winning the game, and, after, think about Copenhagen or Istanbul. It doesn't matter who comes."
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Preparing Hawaii's keiki for a future of success is a key proponent of the education programs at Maryknoll School. In particular, the Chinese Immersion Program and International Programs for K-12 teach students to be global citizens. Host Kanoe Gibson was invited to visit the school kindergarten and first grade classes to see the program in action.
Immersion classes offer numerous benefits that go far beyond learning another language. Immersion increases standardized test scores and critical thinking across all subjects, students in immersion programs achieve the same, or higher, academic results than students in traditional, English-only school programs and students who participate in immersion for 5-7 years achieve the most benefits, including: reading acquisition, problem solving skills, increased attention and better memory, and greater tolerance and cultural sensitivity.
One such class is the Mandarin Chinese immersion program. Maryknoll is preparing students for the global marketplace and future academic and career success. Maryknoll recognizes the growing role of China in an increasingly globalized economy and as one of the world's most widely spoken languages, the school is focused on encouraging students to learn Chinese. Before launching the Chinese Immersion Program, Maryknoll was already the first school in Hawaii to teach Mandarin in all kindergarten through 8th grade classes. Maryknoll has also been fostering sister school relationships in China for many years.
The Chinese Immersion Program is an option that parents can choose if their child is entering Maryknoll in kindergarten or first grade. The school also offers traditional English language kindergarten and first grade. Students in both programs learn the same curriculum and are integrated as one ohana in school activities, P.E., Mass and community service. For Maryknoll Chinese Immersion students, 50% of the day is taught in Mandarin and the other 50% is taught in English. Students learn core subjects like science and math in Chinese. Learning is reinforced across both languages by Chinese-speaking teachers and English-speaking teachers who work closely together. As students apply English and Chinese to everyday activities and lessons, they learn both languages.
Maryknoll School K-12 Open House is on Sunday, November 4, 2018. Tours are offered between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., and there's an informational presentation at 2 p.m. Families can apply online at MaryknollSchool.org or through the Ravenna online application.


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School board candidates vetted by Education Matters before endorsement
Abner Hauge on November 7, 2016
This election season, West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) school board candidates Tom Panas and Miriam Stephanie Sequeira benefitted from approximately $372,496 in contributions and independent spending—more than three times the amount spent in support of all the other candidates combined. Most of this support came from the California Charter School Association (CCSA) Independent Expenditures Committee and Education Matters' political action committee (PAC).
Education Matters, an education-focused nonprofit established by local philanthropists Steve and Susan Chamberlin, decided to endorse Panas and Sequeira following a rigorous vetting process in which candidates were asked to respond to a list of questions, including whether or not they are "categorically opposed" to charter schools. Among the candidates' responses, Panas and Sequiera's were most supportive of charter schools.
Education Matters Executive Director Julie Wright said via email that the endorsement decision was made by a "community endorsement panel" composed of seven nonprofit and community organization staff, two parents' organization leaders, two public school teachers, a public school principal, a UC Berkeley student majoring in education, and Wright.
Wright said the panelists were entrusted with the choice "based on the insights of respected leaders in our community."
Education Matters' PAC contributed $350,000 to the California Charter School Association Advocates committee this year. In West Contra Costa County, the organization is 2016's largest local contributor to the school board race. The PAC spent $50,922.81 this year on the race, with Panas and Sequeira each receiving half of that amount.
Wright said that Education Matters is not "pro-charter" or "pro-district" but is "committed to supporting a reality where parents have access to quality schools of any kind, and that includes district, magnet or charter schools."
Education Matters endorsed Valerie Cuevas and Liz Block for the school board in 2014; both won. The election drew criticism because more than $350,000 was spent by Education Matters and the CCSA in support of Cuevas and Block and in opposition to candidate Madeline Kronenberg.
"We had an endorsement process in the 2014 election, but it was stronger and more transparent this year," Wright said. "We learned a lot that enabled us to create good clarity and transparency."
This election cycle, the organization invited all candidates for the school board to apply for up to $10,000 in seed money for their campaigns and the possibility of full endorsement and additional funding later. Those who applied were asked to complete a questionnaire that included questions about fiscal responsibility, social justice and school quality; they were subsequently interviewed by the panel.
The only candidates who did not apply for the funding were Mister Phillips, whose campaign manager said was he was unable to participate in the interview process due to other obligations, and Carlos Taboada, who said he was not interested in seeking Education Matters' endorsement because they are a "pro-charter organization."
The panel's questionnaire asked candidates to state what their "vetting process" would be for charter school petitions and whether or not they are "categorically opposed" to charter schools.
Sequeira's response, available on Education Matters' website, said that charter schools must be evaluated based on "how they will benefit or not the education of our children," and that providing the "best quality education to all children" is her top priority.
Panas' response said that the school board "should empower our charter school administrator to work with the charter schools they administer to collaborate with district schools on best practices." He also said he is open to leniency for charter school applications with "minor defects," provided those defects are later corrected by proper procedure.
Candidates Don Gosney and Antonio Medrano, both of whom criticized charter schools during the campaign, stated in their questionnaires that they would follow their legal obligations as school board members to review and approve charters that comply with California Education Code standards.
Neither received financial support from Education Matters.
Candidate Ayana Kirkland Young, who has voiced limited criticism of charter schools, said she would evaluate such schools based on "whether they are bringing something new to the table."
She has not received support from Education Matters.
In an interview with Richmond Confidential, Panas said that the panel asked "thought-provoking" questions and that the interview process was "by far the toughest" he'd ever faced.
Sequeira did not respond to inquiry about her experience with Education Matters.
Education Matters announced its panel's endorsement of Panas and Sequeira in a Sept. 19 press release that stated that both candidates are "invested in advancing excellent outcomes for West Contra Costa students."
If both Panas and Sequeira win Tuesday's election, they will join Block and Cuevas as four out of five school board members with an Education Matters endorsement.
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Don Gosney on November 9, 2016 at 8:42 pm
It would be inaccurate to suggest that the candidates applied for financial assistance from Education Matters. If that's what they're telling you, they're mistaken and the RC is mistaken for repeating it. Speaking only for myself here, I accepted their invitation to interview to meet with them, to get my message out to them and to learn from them–and nothing more.
No matter what they might say to try to convince people that they're not a charter school group. they're funded by charter school advocates, their employees are charter school advocate employees, their offices are on a charter school site and the money they were offering comes from charter school advocates. If it walks like a duck…
As a candiate, accepting their endorsement or financial assistance would have suggested that I was being controlled by the charter school groups. Considering the negative campaigns conducted two years ago by charter school advocate special interest groups, aligning myself with them would put their taint on me.
At no time did I ever apply for their assistance and I made it clear at numerous forums that I would not accept it.
I worry that if the numbers hold firm and Tom Panas is elected to the Board, the humongous amounts of financial aid he received from the charter school groups will put the same taint to him as it has to Block and Cuevas from 2014. No matter how much they try to distance themselves from the charter school groups that got them elected, large numbers in the community aren't buying it. I hope the same fate doesn't befall Tom.


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The roof is easily the most essential component of a manufactured home's structure. Double and single wide home roofs endure snow, rain, heat, hail storms, ice, tree branches, windstorms, hurricanes. tornados, and let us not overlook vermin. Your roof does not only offer protection to the building below. It also provides a safe house for your household, which is the roofs most important function. Mobile homes may be equipped with a few different types of roofing material. Most mobile home roofs will be manufactured with asphalt shingles or metal. Asphalt shingles are the most effective type of roof material to use when the home has a high slope. This is also known as a high slope roof. Most mobile home roofing systems in the past were made with flat roofs or low slope roofs. Today homeowners are choosing to opt for roofs with a steeper incline for a few good reasons. Flat roofs do not drain water away from the house like high slope roofs. Flat roofs also have a shorter life cycle for this reason. Water has the potential to pool up on a flat roof. This can result in roof leaks and also expedite the need for roof repair. There is also cosmetic reasons to go with a high slope roof. This type of roof will give your mobile home a more modern look while still providing exceptional protection for the rest of the home. Many times your roof is the culprit when it comes to your house not being energy efficient. A house that is not thoroughly insulated will cost you a lot more in heating oil, electricity, and energy costs. This begins with the roof. Heat rises to the top. If your roof is not insulated, you will always find yourself raising the temperature level in your house to keep it warm. Most mobile home roofs are insulated with fiberglass or spray foam. Here are some things to think about when it comes to making decisions about your mobile home roofing.
Before you opt for a total roof over, you need to check to see its possible to repair your mobile home roofing system. Usually membrane roofs such as TPO and EPDM may be repaired. Most mobile home roofs in The U.S. are manufactured with a metal or rubber roof. We will begin by discussing metal roofs first. When contractors refer to metal roofs, they usually are referring to using aluminum. Aluminum is a very popular building material due to its versatility. It can accommodate roofs of high and low inclines. Aluminum is light in weight and very resilient. Most standing seam roof structures are constructed out of aluminum. Aluminum roofs usually carry long warranties. They are easy for a roofer to install and require little upkeep. When you are re-roofing your mobile home, you can also install insulation at places that need it. If you are installing a metal roof over your existing roof, it is common practice for roofers to add insulation between your original and new roof. This saves money over time, because the new insulation will help prevent drafts and help you maintain the temperature in your home. Adding insulation to your metal or asphalt roof is also important to reduce ice damming. Ice damming is when layers of ice form in the gap between your gutter system and your roofing shingles. Ice damming leads to water accumulating on your roof; because of the waters inability to drain efficiently in to your gutters.
With new innovation advances, it is encouraged to avoid using flat roofs on your mobile home. Flat mobile home roofs are synonomous with roof leaks. They are more vulnerable to having problems. Among the problems with flat roofs is bad water drainage. Rainwater has the propensity to accumulate and pool on flat surface areas. On a roofing surface such as shingles or metal, this can result in a roofs early degeneration. Flat roofs also have a larger surface area that is subjected to the sun's heat. That is why you should opt for a building material like TPO that has strong reflective characteristics. Rubber asphalt roofs also tend to blister as a result of the heat. This can produce roof leaks and ripples in the roofs exterior lining requiring repair.
Most newer manufactured homes are constructed with pitched roof systems. The premier roof building materials of choice today are metal or asphalt roof shingles. Shingles have become the roof replacement material of choice for most non commercial applications. Shingles are relatively easy to install, they can last 25-30 years, and they add an aesthetic beauty to your home improvement project. A shingle roof can have more than one layer. Your home may not require a whole new roof over. If you presently have asphalt shingles. It is possible to add another layer of shingles to your existing roof. This is normally done to repair leaks when asphalt roofs near the end of their functional life. TPO is an additional option. TPO is a roofing membrane that is used on both high and low slope roofs. It is reflective, reasonably priced, and easy for a roofer to install. It is commonly regarded as rubber roofing. Usually you will have two roofing options. Either repair your roof or replace your roof. The installation costs of the roof will vary depending on materials used, the roofing contractor, and the design and size of the roof. Although roof cost is important, it is not advisable to cut costs here. A roof poorly installed can lead to a frequent demand for roof repair. This is why we don't suggest rolled rubber roofing for your mobile home.
Manufactured home rubber roof coatings are an easy solution to keep your mobile home cool. This process entails adding a elastomeric coating to your roof to reflect the suns heat. This will help you with air conditioner expenses. It also helps keep your roof from experiencing roof leaks since this material will bond to the existing roof surface area to keep water out. Once this liquid rubber is applied around protrusions like manufactured home roof vents and chimneys, it will perform like flashing. It is customarily applied with a brush. This is a necessity for mobile homes with flat roofs. Most roof coatings will be asphalt based. An additional roof coating option is latex. Latex has shown to become a more reflective coating roof material than asphalt. Latex will require the use of a primer before applying the actual coating. It is suggested that you reapply a roof coating to your flat roof every few years to preserve its integrity.
Any roofing material that you select for your mobile home will require a regular repairs and maintenance plan. You must check with your roofing specialist and learn more about your roofing possibilities. It isn't a good idea to do a roof over yourself. Whether you should use asphalt shingles, rubber roofing, or metal roofing on your manufactured home will likely be dependent on your surrounding climate conditions, the quality and experience of your contractor, and how much money you are looking to spend. This overview should be able to give you some assistance.


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NFT Coins Spring To Life As This High Risk Crypto Sector Faces Five Key Hurdles In 2023
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A billboard that reads, "I hate NFTs!" is seen behind people sitting on the red steps in Times … [+] Square during the 4th annual NFT.NYC conference on June 20, 2022 in Manhattan. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are clawing back to life after an awful year, with Enjin coin up over 70% this month, and NFT marketplace Rarible (RARI) and the Flow
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blockchain known for NFT developers are both beating bitcoin. They have a long way to go to recover from last year's 80%+ wreckage.
NFTs January pep is no sign of a turnaround.
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The idea is that NFTs were collectible art. Great, you own a ten-second soundbyte of Tom Brady and paid $100,000 for something that will be lost on your laptop or stuck on a pen drive in your desk drawer in the home office. Meanwhile, retail investors just bought in, hoping gamers would spend crazy money buying fake swords and cute characters for some Axie Infinity playtime.
"It's possible to make money by buying and selling NFTs, but they should not be treated as an investment tool," says Sagi Maman, CEO at Xternity in Tel Aviv, a blockchain gaming development platform. "NFTs do not have the same characteristics as traditional investments, such as stocks or real estate, which have the potential to appreciate in value over time."
Not only that, NFTs don't have the same characteristics as bitcoin, or major blockchain players like Ethereum
. These are high-volatility, high-risk cryptocurrency trades no matter what you think about the tech, or the future of this segment of the Web3 universe. (What is Web3? Read this on Forbes.)
"To me, you're buying an NFT because it has some aesthetic appeal or rarity, and brings some sort of status to you," says Maman. "This is not a way to generate long-term financial returns."
Coming up for air. NFT tokens like Enjin coin are beating bitcoin so far this year after taking a … [+] beating last year.
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Biggest NFT Stumbling Blocks
According to data compiled by Casinos EnLigne in Canada, the volume of NFT sales dropped 83% year-over-year from January 2022 to January 2023.
The NFT space surged to an all-time high in January 2022, with monthly sales reaching $2.8 billion, but that number has since dropped to a mere $492 million in January 2023, the Canadian online gamer news and information portal said on Jan. 16.
All the NFT coins were affected – those related to gaming, art and collectibles.
That the Canadian casino industry is tracking this describes NFT buying in spades. (I got $1,000 on 0 and $2,000 on double zero! Roll that ball, baby!)
Some in the crypto space say that NFT issuers must get their act together. Some headwinds they listed via an emailed Q&A to a handful of participants listed the following downsides and upsides for NFT buyers:
• Limited use cases: Most NFTs are still used for digital art and collectibles, but they have the potential to be deployed in a wide range of industries. Expanding the use cases for NFTs and showcasing their potential to a bigger audience remains critical to achieving mainstream appeal. (Think celebrity cash-grab NFTs with no utility and hurt the industry overall as nothing but a crypto grifter's playpen.)
• Fake listings: NFT marketplace Magic Eden said this month that an unresolved issue at the marketplace has allowed fake NFTs to be listed and sold as part of real collections.
• Prohibitive transaction costs: High transaction fees associated with NFTs, particularly on Ethereum, remains a barrier to adoption, especially for smaller transactions. More NFTs are springing up on layer-2 blockchains but do not have the visibility.
• Lack of interoperability: NFTs are spread across multiple blockchains and siloed, which makes it difficult for them to be easily exchanged or utilized across different blockchain platforms. Interoperability between platforms will be necessary for NFTs to achieve broader adoption.
• Regulatory uncertainty: A lack of clear regulations surrounding NFTs creates uncertainty and risk for buyers and sellers. For example, if an NFT is really an investment in a GameFi-related token, why should it not be treated as an investment?
"The NFT space has made a lot of progress in solving issues such as plagiarized works, fake collections, and spam," says Shaban Shaame, CEO at Wakweli, an infrastructure standard protocol in Geneva that allows users to buy genuine NFT's and to be sure that they possess the rights for the asset.
NFT marketplaces and platforms have started to implement measures such as whitelisting and manual curation to help prevent fraud. More recently, automated systems to detect plagiarism ("copymints") were put in place and are helping bring back some trust to the ecosystem. "Still, much more needs to be done to improve the overall trust and authenticity of NFTs," Shaame says.
The Bored & Hungry burger restaurant in Long Beach uses NFT art from the Bored Ape Yacht Club, … [+] created by a Florida-based VC firm. (Photo taken in April 2022 by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NFTs: Beyond Bored Apes
The initial coin offering was the only crypto story that ever got blown up and vanished. The hype is gone, even though new coins come to market all the time. NFTs rose like a rocket out of 2021 after being relatively dull, then collapsed down to earth in 2022. Whenever that happens in a crypto sector – be it decentralized finance or new blockchain fads – investors hit pause, and the debate rages on about the sector's viability.
NFTs are not going to disappear in 2023.
Market participants say there is still room for greater NFT adoption, and the consensus is that big brands will lead the way.
For example, Starbucks
' Web3 rewards platform is generating some buzz. Participants purchase a low-cost NFT that gives them access to different "coffee experiences", the company says. Once new users get over the crypto wallet learning curve, the NFT concept for some becomes more plausible.
Those who have been raking in the dough (and losing it), are the investors. It has arguably been more interesting to investors and developers, than consumers.
Coral Gables-based venture capital firm, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), is one of the premier investors in this space. They issued a coin last year. It's down 9.6% so far this year. This is arguably the most well-known of the digital art NFT projects.
NBA great Shaquille O'Neill is an owner. So was singer Post Malone. He and DJ Khaled once had their Bored Ape as their headshot on their social media pages, but not anymore.
"Bored ape NFT ownership is digital flex. It shows you're in the loop, and you've got money," says Yaroslav Shakula, CEO of YARD Hub in Barcelona. "There are some more down-to-earth perks. Some NFTs give access to exclusive online/offline events and communities where you can do some really great networking. What seems like an overpriced picture of an ape is actually a key to a number of real benefits."
The six-figure payouts for some Bored Ape NFTs, and the general money-losing coin associated with it for now, is another NFT head-scratcher for traditional investors. Rich people lead the way paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a funky-looking ape that may or may not, be printed out onto canvas for hanging in their crib. Or, again, lost on the pen drive in the home office desk drawer. But, because it comes with access to the online BAYC, maybe that membership has its privileges.
Artist and techie Vignesh Sundaresan, also known by his pseudonym MetaKovan, working on making some … [+] NFTs in his home in Singapore. Last year, he bought the world's most expensive NFT by the artist known as Beeple for $69.3 million. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
"Up until now, the main type of asset that has been tokenized is cartoons. Bored Ape is a tokenized cartoon. The token also has some utility, such as being able to attend exclusive parties. An NFT's fundamental value is only as strong as the value of the asset which backs the token," says Asif Kamal, founder of Artfi in Dubai, a tech company that allows people to invest in artwork by using blockchains. "To say that NFTs are dead misses the bigger picture that a growing portion of the world's assets are coming on chain in tokenized form. The success of Ethereum Name Service NFTs are a case in point."
The investable Name Service on Ethereum makes it easier to find an NFT collection. Whereas a Domain Name Service is designed to resolve domain names to IP addresses like Forbes.com, ENS does the same with long cryptocurrency addresses. An Ethereum blockchain address with a jumble of letters and numbers only an AI bot could remember can be turned into The Bored Ape Yachties of Los Angeles, for example.
"Just like with all crypto segments, the real gems are often blurred by speculators, whose only goal is to play on people's fear of missing out," says Alexei Kulevets, CEO at Walken, a GameFi startup based in Lisbon. "The good thing for NFT is that once the hype is over, the true value of the company and token will be revealed. We see tons of examples of this, despite all the nonsense out there," Kulevets says.
NFT art sales have been dropping over the past year. The number of digital art NFTs dropped from 36,000 sales in January 2022 to 18,000 in January 2023, based on data from Casino EnLigne.
Sales volume has also been on the decline. According to the data, the volume of NFT art sales has dropped the most, falling 87% year-over-year.
Last year gave the entire crypto world a bunch in the mouth. On Thursday, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, went so far as to call bitcoin a "hyped-up fraud."
*The writer invests in Enjin coin and bitcoin.
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I guess maybe to some people in Europe, it's not so silly to have laws that exclude the descendents of the former royal and noble families from becoming heads of state, but it seems rather silly to me that someone who can run for a country's Parliament and therefore theoretically become its Prime Minister and actual head of government cannot also run for President and become the country's honorary public figurehead:
A descendant of the Habsburgs is taking Austria to the European Court for Human Rights for not allowing him to run for president, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen could not become a candidate in April 25 elections because he lacked the required number of signatures and Austrian law bars members of all ruling or former ruling families from running for the largely ceremonial post.
The Habsburg dynasty was once Europe's most influential royal house and held power from the 13th to the early 20th centuries.
The ban - which only applies to the presidency and is enshrined in the constitution - dates back to 1919 when Austria became a republic after centuries of monarchic rule. It was meant to quash any aspirations to reclaim the throne by members of the former royal family.
The complaint filed with the Strasbourg-based court argues that the ban violates Habsburg-Lothringen's human right to participate in democratic elections, said his lawyer, Rudolf Vouk.
Dr. Habsburg-Lothringen seems like a decent enough fellow on his own website; while there is plenty of blue blood in his veins it seems as though such money as he has is the result of what in America we would call a "small business" as a tree farmer, supplemented with work as a civil engineer and a raw materials purchasing agent for a paper plant. His politics look to be well within the spectrum of socially-acceptable opinions of his nation, and he even has a blog! It's no more or less crankier than anyone else's; he's annoyed that the accident of his parentage excludes him from running for a particular office.
In America, we have both a ban on hereditary titles or grants of nobility, and a ban on laws that work a corruption of blood. These both seem like eminently fair and reasonable policies for all countries in this modern era of self-government. It's not Dr. Habsburg's fault that his ancestors were nobility. He is a citizen of his nation, he pays his taxes, he seems to have broken no laws. Maybe it's none of my business because I'm not Austrian, but if I were, I'd say, if he is otherwise eligible to run for President of his country, let him stand along with with his peers and solicit the approval of his fellow-citizens.
Since he can't even gather 6,000 signatures to be otherwise eligible to run, I don't think there's much danger that a Habsburg will actually be President of Austria anyway.
Hat tip to Robert Farley.
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Q: How does .Net handle config files in all projects of a solution? Let's say there is a .Net solution with 2 Class Library projects: one is Data Access layer and the other is Business Logic layer. These projects have a app.config file. There's also one Web project and one Windows Forms project and each have their own config file as well i.e app.config and web.config respectively.
Now, if I set the Windows Forms project be the startup project, run it and inspect the settings via ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("Some-key"), it turns out that I have access only to the Windows Forms settings which implies I have to put all of the application settings in this file. Also, I need to duplicate the setting in the web.config (I'm still not sure this is the expected behaviour or I had to do things differently. Can somebody shed any light here?)
My questions is: does it make any sense to distribute the application configurations in related projects (for example keeping database connection string in Data Access project config file)?
If yes, how do we access the settings of one assembly from another one then?
If no, why does .Net create config file for non-executable projects at all?
Third question: is there a neat and easy way to consolidate config files?

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does it make any sense to distribute the application configurations in related projects (for example keeping database connection string in Data Access project config file)?

No - they will be ignored. Only the config file for the executing assembly will be used (barring any special settings to import other configs, etc.)

how do we access the settings of one assembly from another one then?

Assemblies aren't configured; Applications are. That is why app.config should contain ALL of the information necessary to configure not just the executable, but all dependent assemblies as well.

why does .Net create config file for non-executable projects at all?

So you have an example to know what settings the assembly uses.

is there a neat and easy way to consolidate config files?

There are tools and hacks out there to make it a bit easier (feel free to search around), but in my experience it's not too burdensome to just copy/paste the settings from the generated assembly into the executable project config. Plus, I often have multiple configs per project (for dev/test/prod environments) that are configured differently, so auto-genning the main project config can get complicated in those types of scenarios.

A: If you want to have a common config file for multiple projects, create a class library project with a config file, and create public properties for your app settings as public properties available for other projects.

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CEOWORLD magazine - Top Stories - Stats Gate - Best cities to live in the world for expats, 2020
Best cities to live in the world for expats, 2020
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Singapore was named the best city in which to live and work abroad, according to the CEOWORLD magazine survey that reveals how expats rate life in cities around the world. Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, took second place to Taipei.
CEOWORLD magazine has ranked the best cities to live in the world for expats based on local friendliness, cost of living, quality of healthcare, safety, ability to raise a family, and career opportunities. Magazine asked 127,000 expats to rank the best cities in the world to live and work in 2020. The survey ranks Singapore as the best city for expats in 2020. The list is based on a survey of 127,000 expats from 186 cities. The survey, conducted by CEOWORLD magazine on Oct 10, 2019, to Jan 2, 2020, was open to all expats over 18 who are currently living away from their home countries. Expats say these are the best cities to live and work.
1 Singapore Singapore 78.2 AAA
2 Taipei Taiwan 72 AAA
3 Montreal Canada 70.5 AAA
4 Lisbon Portugal 70.3 AAA
5 Dubai United Arab Emirates 70.1 AAA
6 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 69.9 AA
7 Barcelona Spain 69.8 AA
8 Hague Netherlands 69.8 AA
9 Zug Switzerland 69.5 A
10 Aachen Germany 68.3 A
11 Sydney Australia 68.2 A
12 Prague Czech Republic 66.9 A
13 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 66.8 BBB
14 Basel Switzerland 66.6 BBB
15 Budapest Hungary 66 BBB
16 Amsterdam the Netherlands 65.8 BBB
17 Mexico City Mexico 65.2 BBB
18 Madrid Spain 65 BB
19 Calgary Canada 64.2 BB
20 Bangkok Thailand 64 BB
21 Melbourne Australia 63.9 BB
22 Panama City Panama 63.4 BB
23 Manama Bahrain 62.6 BB
24 Chengdu China 62.4 BB
25 Vienna Austria 62.2 BB
26 Auckland New Zealand 62.1 BB
27 Tallinn Estonia 62.1 B
28 Tokyo Japan 61.3 B
29 Doha Qatar 60.7 CCC
30 Miami FL US 60.4 CCC
31 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 60 CCC
32 Muscat Oman 60 CC
33 Brussels Belgium 59.1 CC
34 Portland Oregon US 59.1 CC
35 Vilnius Lithuania 59 CC
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Top 5 Places to Watch the Sunset in Melbourne
As native Australians, the Snappr team is intimately familiar with the best spots to watch Melbourne sunsets. These are our five favorite.
Sunsets are a favorite subject for photographers all over the world. Every scene of a sun setting is different, yet all of them equally as beautiful as the other. If you are a photographer and are looking for awesome shooting locations of the sun retiring for the night, then the following five best sunset views in Melbourne are sure to help you make a decision as to where to get your perfect shots.
Melbourne Star
Known previously as the Southern Star, the Melbourne Star is a colossal ferris wheel situated in the Docklands in Melbourne. At 120 meters high, the ferris wheel towers over the city's shopping district. The Melbourne Star, with its seven spokes and 21 air-conditioned cabins, is the only giant observation wheel in the Southern Hemisphere and offers a spectacular 360-degree view of Melbourne, the Dandenong Ranges, Port Phillip Bay,Arthur's Seat and Mount Macedon. Get here before sundown and you are guaranteed to experience a spectacular sunset with unobstructed views. Each rotation takes about 30 minutes and audio commentary is provided.
The Boatbuilders Yard
The Boatbuilders Yard, a casual bar and café situated just behind Jeff's Shed, is nestled in the historic maritime district of Melbourne and is a great place to see the last few rays of sunshine reflected in the Yarra River. "Boaties,"as this award-winning established is fondly referred to by the locals, is owned by Richie Lubrock and Dave Sharry and incorporates a modern design inside the original, historical shed building. Open every day, The Boatbuilders Yard is the place to head for to take some amazing photographs of a stunning sunset.
Eureka Skydeck
Eureka Tower, at 297 meters high and housing 556 apartments, was at one time the highest residential structure in the world. Fortunately, non-residents are also able to enjoy the spectacular views at the Skydeck, situated on the 88th floor of the building. The Skydeck is the highest observation deck in the entire Southern Hemisphere and offers sunset scenes that are unmatched anywhere in the world. "The Edge," a three-metre cube made of glass, is the perfect place for adrenalin junkies to get a bird's eye view of Southbank, 300 metres below.
Ponyfish Island
You would be hard pressed to find a better location than Ponyfish Island to get exquisite shots of a sunset at water level. This floating restaurant and bar, accessible by a single stairwell, is situated under the Yarra pedestrian bridge and offers stunning views of Rialto Towers, Flinders Street station, Crown and Southbank. However, no matter which direction you are facing, it's the golden tones and blush pinks of the sunset that will take your breath away, especially while enjoying a glass of bubbly!
Mount Dandenong's SkyHigh, open 365 days a year, is situated just 45 minutes from Melbourne and offers breath-taking views of the eastern suburbs, the Mornington Peninsula, the You Tangs, Port Phillip Bay, as well as the city's glistening skyline. Dining at the restaurant, visiting The Wishing Tree and Percy Possum's House and strolling around the hedge maze are favorites of most people visiting SkyHigh. Many people also visit SkyHigh simply to witness the breath-taking sunsets that can be viewed all through the year.
There is no doubt at all that photographers from all over the world, will find that the above five places offer the best and most magnificent sunset views in Melbourne.


This handmade necklace will jazz up any outfit! With purple and gold glass beads, it'll be just the thing to make a great impression anywhere you go. Read Full Description.
This handmade necklace will jazz up any outfit! With purple and gold glass beads, it'll be just the thing to make a great impression anywhere you go.


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Q: Communication with current displayed Fragment using BroadCast Reciever Vs Listener I have an Activity that displays different Fragments and these fragments changed when the user select an item from the spinner in the ActionBar , I have refresh button on the ActionBar . If i want to tell the current displayed fragment to refresh it content using the refresh menu button on the ActionBar . should i implement a Listener that communicates with Fragments ? or should i use a BroadCastReciever to inform the Fragment to refresh . Which is better ?? i haven't implement any of these .

A: You should only use broadcasting if you need to "talk" to wider audience. In you case you want one fragment and one button and I suggest implementing listeners. It can be either activity listening to action bar button action and then telling fragment to refresh, or bind these two directly

A: That is really not easy question.
From one side, Broadcast probably will be an overkill for such a simple task, so I'd recommend to use listeners. But..
But please, be sure you understand how Fragments work. If you intent to create them from code and immediately set listeners - that can work for first time. But you can have troubles with activity recreation, when system re-instantiates a fragment. In this case it can just use Fragment's public empty constructor and your code can go wrong with listeners not-setted.
So I think the good idea will be to set listeners from Fragment itself, for example in onAttach() or onStart. There you can get holding activity with getActivity() and set listeners. The cons of this approach is that you must cast your Activity to specific class to access listener-methods, and this limits the fragment reusage in other Activities, so beware this fact.
Hope it helps


It will go everywhere with me, even from the car into a restaurant or bar, through airports, to the grocery store, etc. So it has to look good and be small enough to be unobtrusive. Being able to set it on a restaurant table out of the way (or hang on a chair between me and a wall) is a requirement.
Leather or high-quality waxed/oiled canvas trimmed in leather.
Vertical orientation rather than horizontal.
Cross-body wear with bag at roughly hip height, and able to be slung forward or rear-ward as conditions dictate.
Note: Unfortunately, since I live in a place in CA where CCW is impossible (unless one has donated enough to the local Sheriff's election), I don't need space for a CCW.
Nutsac Man-Bag, Dammit - don't like the horizontal orientation or the way the strap attaches to the bag, If it was about 3/4 the length it would be the right size. Make it smaller and improve the shoulder strap and this would be just about perfect.
Rothco Military Tech Bag (leather) - About the right size (a bit too tall) and minimalist design, but the frigging shoulder strap is too short!
Maxpedition DEP - The right idea in terms of minimalism, but I don't like the tactical Cordura materials. Maybe too small?
What else is out there...?
Oh man, tell me you're for real!!! I love a genuine and ridiculous loud naive narrator. I don't think my jaw has hung open like that for a while. James Bond couldn't have said it better.
Arc'teryx Leaf Messenger 15. Black, compact, non threatening, no velcro or molle on the outside.
Tom Bihn Side Effect or Side Kick? Can wear cross-body, sling, or waist with the gatekeeper strap. https://www.tombihn.com/products/side-kick Might be "too purse" for you, but scope the different material/color combinations.
Thanks. I've looked at both the TB and the intern series bags and decided they don't quite fit. I'm coming to the conclusion that the thing I'm looking for simply doesn't exist (at least not in the US). I see a lot of guys in Manila with little leather shoulder/thigh bags; i'll probably need to do a bit of shopping next time I'm over there for business.
What about Hazard4's new Grayman series? Doesn't look tactical, and a couple of iPad size bags to consider. Here is a link to their Grayman series: https://www.hazard4.com/catalogsearch/result/?cat=0&q=grayman. I have one of their bags already, I use mostly for scouting. Picked up another one of their bags (the Watson) which arrives tomorrow and will probably become new my daily commute bag.
Check this out. http://redrockoutdoorgear.com/rover-sling-pack/ I worked in hospital IT for a long time and this was the bag I used to carry all my tools and my laptop (It's rather small). I got it in the grey with blue stitching, which I am not sure is available anymore.
Yup, I've got a Maxpedition Gearslinger (forget which name) that this pack is copied from. Love it for scouting from base camp or trips on a train, etc. but wrong form factor/ergos for the EDC bag I'm looking for. It is a great "in between" pack when a backpack is too much but a hip pouch isn't enough.
I use a MOAB 10 by 5.11. If you do plan on ever getting a CCW, it has a hidden Velcro pouch between the compartments. It works great and is perfect for my Sig P365 and also fit my G19 flawlessly. I love it and it has color options.
Also, what country are you in? I had a CCW and it wasn't as bad as you are describing.
Kalifornistan aka "the PRC" - People's Republic of California. And I'm in a coastal area where 99.99% of people crap their pants at the mere thought of guns and will un-friend you if they know you own one. I think 3 CCW permits have been issued in my county in 5 years, all of which went to rich celebrity donors to the Sheriff's election.
It's a shoulder sling bag and they come in various sizes, this was just an example. I guess it does have tactical in the name, so you can obviously kill someone with it. I can understand why you wouldn't want to be seen with it. Without the sarcasm though, the molle straps are ridiculously handy. I have a smaller similar sling bag that I use regularly and wouldn't buy anything without the molle. If you need to clip your pocket knife or pen to something to free up a hand, molle. If you want to put your sunglasses somewhere so they don't get dropped, molle. If you want to strap another small pouch onto your bag, molle. There's any number of uses for it. I'm honestly surprised I don't see more EDC folks carry it. Isn't the whole point of EDC as a noun to have what you need when you need it?
Crumpler makes some excellent cross body bags, I have a wonder weenie and its been mine for 20 years and still going strong, it all depends what layout you want in it.
Ok so I know my post was a littl on the TL;DR side, but no one has any suggestions?


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Le 11 mars 2011, un séisme de magnitude 9 déclenche un tsunami qui dévaste la côte Pacifique du Tōhoku au Japon et provoque l'accident nucléaire de Fukushima : la centrale nucléaire est endommagée, provoquant un défaut de refroidissement, des fusions de cœur dans plusieurs réacteurs puis des ruptures de confinement et d'importants rejets radioactifs. Cet événement entraîne des conséquences sur les installations de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima Daiichi . Quatre des réacteurs sont considérés comme définitivement arrêtés dès juin 2011, et les deux autres un peu plus tard.

La catastrophe nucléaire

Le 11 mars, peu après la principale secousse, les réacteurs 1, 2 et 3 sont stoppés automatiquement par insertion des grappes de commande dans les cœurs, freinant la réaction de fission par absorption des neutrons. Le tremblement de terre entraîne en outre la destruction des lignes d'alimentations électriques externes des réacteurs et le démarrage des groupes électrogènes de secours à moteur diesel pour faire fonctionner des pompes de refroidissement.

Du 12 au 15 mars les bâtiments de ces réacteurs subissent des explosions d'hydrogène. Les bâtiments 1, 3 et 4 sont très endommagés, tout comme les cuves des réacteurs 1, 2 et 3.

Du fait de sa dégradation après le tsunami, l'installation devient plus sensible à de nouvelles secousses sismiques ou à un second tsunami, d'autant que cette centrale est déjà ancienne (construite il y a une quarantaine d'années elle est prévue pour résister à un séisme de 7,9 et non pas de 9,0 comme cela s'est produit). Dans le monde entier, des opérateurs ont proposé de prolonger la durée de vie en fonctionnement des réacteurs. Depuis le début des années 1990, le vieillissement et la dégradation des centrales nucléaires ont donc été étudiés avec plus d'attention. Ceci a débouché en 1999 au Japon, sur un Programme national de gestion du vieillissement des centrales («  ou PLM ») intégrant l'entretien préventif et l'évaluation de la dégradation des composants des systèmes en place. L'évaluation de la dégradation des capacités de résistance parasismique des centrales âgées en est un des éléments importants. Certains facteurs de dégradation ont été quantitativement évalués, dont pour la centrale de Fukushima, principalement sur la base de Directives techniques pour la conception parasismique des centrales nucléaires. Les études initiales ont montré que les programmes d'entretien ne prenaient pas ou peu en compte les effets du vieillissement sur la résistance parasismique des composants de l'installation. Kei Kobayashi recommandait en 2002 l'établissement de méthodes d'évaluation rationnelle de la dégradation parasismique de certains composants des centrales vieillissantes, notamment pour les systèmes de tuyauterie.

État des réacteurs
Le refroidissement des réacteurs étant effectué avec de l'eau de mer, les risques d'impact sur le refroidissement des cœurs ou encore de blocage de soupapes sont préoccupants et l'opération rendra les réacteurs inutilisables. En plus d'être corrosif, le sel de l'eau de mer pourrait se cristalliser et ainsi former des dépôts à l'intérieur de ceux-ci, de même que les diverses autres impuretés de cette eau non filtrée. Le 23 mars, pour l'IRSN, . L'IRSN craint une  qui peut induire  une corrosion, un mauvais refroidissement des cœurs, ainsi qu'une cristallisation au niveau des échangeurs des circuits de refroidissement normaux après leur remise en service (outre les risques de blocage de soupapes déjà signalés). Pour diminuer ces risques, l'IRSN recommande . Début avril, Tepco se dit préoccupé par le fait que l'eau qui s'accumule sous les réacteurs 5 et 6 pourrait noyer des équipements nécessaires à la sécurité de ces installations.

Mi-avril, TEPCO annonce qu'il lui faudra trois mois pour commencer à faire baisser le niveau de radiations, et six à neuf mois pour refroidir complètement les réacteurs.

Le 15 mai, TEPCO annonce que les trois réacteurs sont en fusion. Les rapports de TEPCO précisent aussi que des enceintes de confinement étaient fracturées dès le 12 mars.

Les cœurs des réacteurs 1 à 3 ont très probablement fondu plus tôt qu'initialement annoncé, et le corium aurait percé les cuves des réacteurs pour au moins en partie s'épandre sur le socle en béton (de huit mètres d'épaisseur) du bâtiment. Selon les inspecteurs de l'AIEA, les calculs indiquent que les réacteurs se seraient dégradés plus vite que ce que TEPCO avait annoncé, peu après le dénoyage des combustibles des réacteurs 1 et 2 :
 Le cœur du réacteur  aurait fondu trois heures après le séisme, et percé la cuve deux heures après.
 Le cœur  aurait commencé à fondre  après le séisme en perçant la cuve trois heures après.
 Le cœur  aurait fondu  après le séisme et percé sa cuve  après.

Le 5 septembre, TEPCO a annoncé que les réacteurs 1 et 3 étaient passés sous la barre des 100 degrés Celsius.

Réacteur 1

La partie haute du bâtiment (murs et toiture) s'est effondrée à la suite d'une explosion d'hydrogène induite par la surchauffe du réacteur. La cuve est percée (un trou aurait  de diamètre) ; un exploitant de la centrale nucléaire japonaise de Fukushima Daiichi a reconnu que la cuve contenant le réacteur 1 était percée.

Le 12 mars, l'enveloppe de confinement du réacteur était donnée pour intacte or elle présente des fuites.

Selon l'IRSN, des rejets très importants se seraient produits lors de l'explosion qui a affecté le bâtiment du réacteur 1. NHK révèle le 22 mai que la décompression n'a été effectuée qu' avant l'explosion, alors que la limite maximale de pression () était presque atteinte 13 heures avant cette dernière : si les procédures de secours avaient été correctement appliquées, l'explosion aurait pu être moins forte.

Selon l'Agence japonaise de sûreté nucléaire, 70 % du combustible du réacteur 1 aurait été endommagé. En réalité, les barres du combustible sont particulièrement atteintes : elles ont complètement fondu. Un nouveau système de refroidissement est prévu pour l'été.

Dans l'eau stagnante sur le sol de la salle des turbines, l'opérateur mesure :  d'iode 131 et  de césium 137. Au  juin, après le passage d'un typhon, les sous-sols étaient recouverts de plus de  d'eau, à moins de  du niveau du sol.

Réacteur 2

Le 14 mars après , le panneau anti-souffle du bâtiment du réacteur est dégagé sous l'effet de l'explosion de l'unité 3 et à , TEPCO signale une baisse du niveau d'eau dans le réacteur 2.

Deux explosions successives, le 15 mars, ont probablement endommagé l'enceinte de confinement de ce réacteur, et rejeté des matières radioactives. Elles peuvent être dues à l'hydrogène, comme dans les cas des deux autres réacteurs, ou découler d'une réaction en chaîne partielle des barres de combustible entreposées. Ce même jour à , TEPCO effectue un rejet de gaz dans l'atmosphère dans le but de diminuer la pression. Une nette baisse de pression signalée à  laisse penser que l'enceinte de confinement fuit, et qu'un incident (signalé à ) a eu lieu dans la piscine de condensation du réacteur censée éviter les fuites radioactives par surpression en cas d'incident, selon l'Agence de sûreté japonaise. C'est la première fois que des dommages sont rapportés officiellement pour un caisson de confinement lors de cet accident. Selon l'ASN française, l'enceinte de confinement se serait fissurée. Selon l'exploitant, le niveau de fusion atteint 33 % du cœur. De plus, les tiges combustibles seraient endommagées à hauteur de 33 %, révèle l'agence de presse Kyodo. Le 19 mars, on tente encore de raccorder les installations au réseau électrique externe.

Le 20 mars, de l'eau de mer est injectée dans la piscine de stockage. À  de l'électricité est disponible dans une partie du site.

Le 21 mars, une fumée blanche est émise du réacteur, de  au 22 mars  où elle disparaît presque.  d'eau de mer sont déversées dans la piscine de combustible usagé (entre  et  le 22 mars).

Trois jours après, le 25 mars, une fumée blanche est à nouveau générée en continu, à partir de .

Le 26 mars à , l'éclairage de la salle de commande est rétabli ; une injection d'eau douce dans le réacteur commence vers .

À la suite des mesures du 27 mars révélant un niveau de radioactivité de  par heure dans la nappe d'eau du réacteur 2, l'expert de l'IRSN Olivier Isnard avance que « ce niveau de radioactivité est juste une preuve directe que le cœur du réacteur a fondu » et un porte-parole de TEPCO estime très probable que les barres de combustible se soient dégradées.

Le 4 avril, dans la fosse où les câbles d'alimentation sont stockés près du canal d'amenée de l'eau de l'unité 2, la radioactivité de l'eau est encore de . Une fissure d'environ  (découverte la veille) dans le béton de confinement ou le puits de cette fosse, cause une fuite d'eau radioactive vers la mer. Pour les colmater, TEPCO a d'abord fait couler du béton dans le puits de la fosse, sans constater de diminution de fuite, avant que des liquidateurs ne tentent sans succès de la boucher (le 3 avril) avec un mélange de sciure, de papier journal et de polymères absorbants. Un traceur (colorant blanc) a été injecté dans l'eau par plusieurs trous forés près du puits, afin de suivre l'eau de refroidissement des réacteurs fuyant ainsi. L'eau située dans le bâtiment du réacteur 2 semble particulièrement radioactive.  d'un « coagulant » ont été injectés dans le sol autour de la zone de rupture, après l'étude de l'itinéraire de fuite grâce à un traceur. Le 6 avril, TEPCO fait poser un joint d'étanchéité à base de caoutchouc, en annonçant .

Réacteur 3

Le réacteur 3 est relié à une salle de contrôle qui commande à la fois le réacteur 4 et le 3.

 Ce réacteur a ensuite été chargé en MOX fourni par Areva (en août 2010), pour redémarrer en septembre 2010 avec la capacité d'utiliser du MOX constitué d'environ 7 % de plutonium en complément du combustible habituel qui est de l'uranium enrichi. Le combustible MOX contient du dioxyde d'uranium (UO2) et du dioxyde de plutonium (PuO2) et peut être très toxique. Lors de sa mise en route, 6 % des barres de combustible de ce réacteur étaient constituées de ce mélange. Cependant, tous les réacteurs sinistrés de la centrale contiennent du plutonium, généré par le processus d'absorption des neutrons de fission et de transmutation.

Lors de la tentative de redémarrage de ce réacteur du 17 septembre 2010, le voyant d'alarme témoin de la vanne du système de refroidissement n'avait pas bien fonctionné, ce qui avait reporté l'événement au lendemain.

Le système de refroidissement de secours du réacteur est tombé en panne, endommagé par le séisme et non par le tsunami (contrairement à ce qu'affirma TEPCO jusqu'en mai). L'exploitant rejettera de la vapeur pour diminuer la pression (12 mars à  et 13 mars à ) mais seulement après un début de fusion du cœur. Ceci a causé de nouveaux rejets de produits radioactifs dans l'environnement. Malgré l'introduction d'eau douce dans le réacteur (le 13 mars à ) puis d'eau de mer (le même jour à partir de ), deux explosions se produisent au niveau de ce réacteur, la première le 14 mars à  heure locale (après une augmentation anormale de la pression à . Elle a fait . Ces explosions seraient dues ou bien à un soufflage d'hydrogène ou bien au début d'une réaction en chaîne. Dans un premier temps, les autorités annoncent que seul le « bâtiment du réacteur » a explosé, et que l'enveloppe de confinement primaire n'est pas endommagée. Selon l'AIEA (à  CET), la salle de contrôle de l' était encore opérationnelle.

Le 16 mars au matin, TEPCO et la NISA craignent une rupture de l'enceinte (la cuve) de confinement primaire en acier. À la suite de l'apparition de vapeur ou de fumée blanche provenant du réacteur, la salle de contrôle est évacuée de  à .

Le cœur du réacteur est partiellement endommagé et - selon les indicateurs de pression -, son enveloppe d'acier ne serait plus étanche et donc  selon l'IRSN. L'injection d'eau de mer dans la cuve est maintenue afin d'assurer le refroidissement du cœur, qui reste cependant partiellement dénoyé.

De la fumée grise s'échappe de l'unité 3, le 21 mars, de  à . Le lendemain à , le bâtiment  toujours mais la fumée tend à devenir plus blanche. À , la lumière est rétablie dans la salle de contrôle.

Le 23 mars vers , de la fumée plus épaisse sort à nouveau du bâtiment, diminuant vers  puis à , le 24 mars. Le 24 mars, trois opérateurs sont contaminés dans les restes du bâtiment alors qu'ils vérifiaient des matériels dans le but de rétablir une arrivée d'eau douce pour refroidir le réacteur (ces travaux ont été interrompus en raison des niveaux de la radioactivité). L'IRSN note que ; l'Institut étudie les causes possibles de cette fumée et annonce examiner les conséquences de scénarios d'aggravation de la situation, intégrant la possibilité d'une rupture de la cuve du réacteur incluant des rejets radioactifs. L'IRSN étudie aussi . Samedi 26 à , une fumée blanche continue est signalée. L'aspersion est effectuée avec de l'eau douce.

Dimanche 27 mars, selon l'agence Jili citant un représentant de la NISA, les taux de plutonium relevés aux alentours constituent une preuve que le mécanisme de confinement du réacteur est rompu.

Le 29 mars, alors que le réacteur émet continuellement une fumée blanche, TEPCO confirme que (les 21 et 22 mars) du plutonium avait été détecté dans des échantillons de sol recueillis sur le site de Fukushima Daiichi, mais selon l'opérateur en très faible quantité, et à des doses comparables à ce qui avait déjà été trouvé sur le site.

Un exploitant de la centrale nucléaire japonaise de Fukushima Daiichi a reconnu qu'un écoulement vers l'océan Pacifique émanait du réacteur numéro 3.

Début novembre 2011, une radioactivité élevée (, 500 étant le seuil à ne pas dépasser pour les ouvriers) est enregistrée par le robot de déblaiement au premier étage du bâtiment de l'unité 3. C'est le plus haut niveau enregistré depuis le début des relevés dans ce bâtiment.

Réacteur 4
Selon la NISA, en raison de travaux sur la cuve lors de l'accident, le réacteur ne contenait pas de combustible ; par contre la piscine contenait 1331 barres de combustible usagé en désactivation ainsi que 204 barres de combustible neuf. Détruite par plusieurs explosions d'hydrogène, exposée à l'air libre et faute de refroidissement, la température de cette piscine s'est accrue (à  à , le 14 mars).

Deux incendies d'origine inconnue se sont déclarés dans l'unité . Le premier (le 15 mars à ) se serait spontanément éteint (à ) et l'autre aurait été maîtrisé ; par contre, le bâtiment a été très endommagé, comme le signale l'opérateur le 15 mars à . La salle de commande, très irradiante, limite le temps de présence des intervenants.

Le second a été déclaré le 16 mars à  et, à , TEPCO le considérait comme maîtrisé.

Le 20 mars à , les forces d'auto-défense entreprennent d'arroser d'eau le combustible usé de la piscine de l'unité 4, pendant que TEPCO contrôle l'état des principaux câbles électriques (de  à ). De  à , ce 20 mars, la piscine est refroidie par aspersion d'eau de mer.

Le lendemain, (de  à ), treize camions de pompiers s'activent à l'aspersion.

Le 22 mars, de nouveaux câbles électriques sont posés pour alimenter le système électrique (à ) puis la salle de contrôle.  d'eau sont envoyées dans la piscine à l'aide d'un camion-pompe à béton (, à partir de ) qui poursuivra les jours suivants.

Le 26 mars à , l'opérateur confirme que de la fumée blanche est émise en continu, qui persistait encore le 29.

Le 24 mai, des travaux sont engagés dans le but de renforcer la structure portante de la piscine de combustible usé.

En décembre 2012, TEPCO est en train d'installer une couverture (qui devrait être achevée mi-2013) au-dessus de la piscine et annonce qu'il va accélérer le retrait du combustible qui sera retiré de novembre 2013 à fin 2014 et non pas à partir de novembre 2014 comme initialement annoncé.

Réacteur 5
De même que le réacteur 6, le réacteur 5, au moment du tremblement de terre, était hors service pour entretien.

Selon TEPCO, le niveau d'eau de refroidissement étant suffisant et aucune fuite du circuit de refroidissement n'ayant été signalée, aucune procédure de dépressurisation ne fut jugée nécessaire; cependant, une évacuation de chaleur a dû être réalisée, en alternance pour l'eau du cœur du réacteur et pour celle de la piscine de « combustible » usagé.

Selon la NISA, l'alimentation électrique a été réactivée avec succès à , le 21 mars et non le 19 mars tôt le matin comme annoncé plus tôt. TEPCO a annoncé avoir commencé le refroidissement des réacteurs 5 et 6 dans la journée du 19 mars.

Les autorités japonaises annoncent que le réacteur est mis en arrêt à froid : le 20 mars à  selon l'IAIEA, le 21 mars à  selon la NISA. L'arrêt à froid correspond à une situation stable et sûre. Il n'a été possible de rallier cet état qu'avec le retour de l'électricité. On ne peut passer en arrêt à froid que lorsque la puissance résiduelle du cœur est suffisamment faible.

Réacteur 6
Le Fukushima-Daiichi 6, construit par General Electric, avec ses  (en 2011 selon la NISA) est un réacteur beaucoup plus puissant que les cinq autres réacteurs de la centrale, mis en service en 1979. Sa conception est par ailleurs différente.

L'alimentation électrique a été réactivée avec succès le 19 mars à  (et non le matin comme tout d'abord annoncé) ou le 22 mars à  selon un communiqué de la NISA du 26 mars. TEPCO a annoncé avoir commencé le refroidissement des réacteurs 5 et 6 dans la journée du 19 mars. Le lundi 21 mars à , les autorités japonaises annoncent que le réacteur  était en arrêt à froid le 20 mars à .

Le 23 mars, selon la NISA, l'évacuation de la chaleur a dû être réalisée en alternance, pour l'eau du cœur du réacteur et pour celle de la piscine de combustible usagé.

État des piscines
L'état des piscines ,  et  est reconnu assez mauvais, mais stabilisé grâce aux injections faites par lances à eau et hélicoptères.

Un peu plus de deux ans après l'accident Tepco a annoncé une panne de courant (à partir de la veille lundi 19 mars 2013 à 18 h 57 heure locale) qui a conduit l'opérateur à ne plus pouvoir assurer le refroidissement des trois piscines de stockage et de désactivation de combustible (, 3 et 4) ni de la piscine commune (ou "centrale") située un peu à l'écart (dont le refroidissement devrait toutefois redémarrer mercredi à 8 heures locale).

La température des piscines , 3 et 4 était avant la coupure de  environ. Le seuil de sécurité pour la piscine  est selon Tepco de . Tant que le courant ou un refroidissement de secours ne sera pas rétabli, la température devrait augmenter de 0,3 à /heure en moyenne, soit 4 jours - selon Tepco - avant le seuil critique, mais Masayuki Ono a précisé que la piscine  était estimée à  le mardi à 10 h (heure locale). Le mardi à 10 heures, le courant n'était pas rétabli, mais selon Tepco  et l'injection d'eau a continué dans les réacteurs 1 et 3 (dont le corium doit être refroidi). Pour les 1 et 2, il faudrait de 14 à 26 jours pour atteindre un seuil critique si l'électricité n'était pas rétablie. Le courant a été partiellement rétabli pour la piscine du réacteur 1 (à 14 h 20 heure locale).

Piscine
Depuis l'explosion du 14 mars, les autorités japonaises soupçonnent une perte d'intégrité de cette piscine.

Un incendie entraîne un dénoyage partiel des éléments combustibles usés, entreposés dans une piscine du bâtiment du réacteur.

Piscine

Elle pose le plus d'inquiétudes, car exposée à l'air à la suite de l'explosion du bâtiment (explosions d'hydrogène) et contenant  qu'elle venait de recevoir du réacteur , auxquelles s'ajoutent 200 barres de combustible neuf qui y était en attente de chargement dans le réacteur.

Son eau était à  le 13 mars 2011. Et elle était en ébullition le 16.

Le 16 mars 2011, faute d'appoint d'eau, un début de dénoyage des assemblages combustibles était prévu. Le toit des bâtiments a été percé pour éviter une éventuelle combustion d'hydrogène comme sur le bâtiment 4. Depuis l'accident, les intervenants n'ont pas pu s'en approcher en raison d'un débit de dose ambiant trop important (de l'ordre ).

TEPCO annonce avoir commencé ces opérations le 20 mars à 8 h 21 avec l'aide des forces d'auto-défense.

Les moyens d'évacuation de la chaleur résiduelle des combustibles ont considérablement diminué entre le 14 et le 20 mars.

Selon Arnold Gundersen de Fairewinds Associates, les racks de barres de combustible ont été en tout ou partie exposés à l'air libre, entrainant à la fois une forte émission de radiations dans l'environnement et une possible volatilisation des particules de plutonium présentes dans le combustible. Ce que confirmerait la découverte de traces de plutonium à proximité du site.

À partir du 22 mars, un camion "pompe à béton" a été utilisé à plusieurs reprises pour asperger d'eau plus efficacement la piscine afin de la refroidir.

Ce consultant de Fairewinds est également cité le 8 juin 2012 dans un article du Monde, consacré à la gravité de la situation de la piscine du réacteur 4. Les points de vue opposés d'un ex-responsable américain du DoE et de l'administrateur du CEA d'une part, et du ministre japonais investi de la gestion de la catastrophe (Goshi Hosono) d'autre part, illustrent une disparité dans la perception des risques. Un scénario catastrophe est suggéré, alléguant que dix fois la quantité de césium 137 de Tchernobyl pourrait s'échapper de son confinement si, au bout de trois semaines, l'eau de la piscine contenant les barres de combustible s'écoulait ou était évaporée ; auquel cas il faudrait évacuer la mégalopole de Tokyo. L'article conclut que les moyens de la seule compagnie privée Tepco excluent qu'elle se lance de manière adéquate dans la planification de longue haleine que requiert l'économie des catastrophes, et préconise plutôt que la gestion du devenir du site revienne en direct à l'État japonais, nanti d'une priorité nationale pour le sécuriser en tenant compte de tous les aspects de la problématique.

Cette piscine  semble avoir été la principale origine de l'émission record de xénon 133 durant les premiers jours de l'accident, car cette émission a brutalement chuté dès que cette piscine a pu être aspergée d'eau puis réalimentée en eau et refroidie.

Piscines  et 6
Le retour de l'électricité samedi 19 mars dans les bâtiments 5 et 6 a permis de retrouver toute la capacité d'évacuation de la puissance résiduelle des combustibles.

Le 24 mars, la pompe chargée du refroidissement de la piscine du réacteur  est tombée en panne, avant d'être réparée et à nouveau assurer le refroidissement de la piscine.

Piscine de désactivation commune du site
Cette piscine de désactivation abriterait environ  assemblages beaucoup moins « chauds » que ceux des réacteurs (moindre puissance unitaire dégagée), mais qui doivent continuer à être refroidis. TEPCO y a préventivement procédé le 22 mars à une injection d'eau. Le 23 mars, cette piscine commune ne disposait toujours pas d'alimentation électrique, rétablie le 24 mars, permettant d'assurer le refroidissement.

Le 2 avril 2011, l'eau qui stagnait dans le bâtiment principal de l'unité de traitement des déchets radioactifs était en cours de transfert vers le bâtiment des turbines de l'unité 4. Mais le lendemain (3 avril) le niveau d'eau a monté dans la partie verticale de la tranchée de l'unité 3. Le 4 avril, par mesure de précaution, le transfert a été suspendu en raison du fait que le cheminement de l'eau n'était pas clair (information du 4 avril à ).

Notes et références

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Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Séisme de 2011 de la côte Pacifique du Tōhoku
 Centrale nucléaire de Fukushima Daiichi
 Accident nucléaire de Fukushima
 chronologie
 Conséquences du séisme de 2011 de la côte Pacifique du Tōhoku sur l'industrie agro-alimentaire
 Conséquences du séisme de 2011 de la côte Pacifique du Tōhoku sur l'industrie automobile
 Conséquences de l'accident de Fukushima sur l'industrie nucléaire dans le monde
 Conséquences de l'accident de Fukushima sur l'environnement et la santé dans le monde
 Liste d'accidents nucléaires
 Décontamination à la suite de la catastrophe de Fukushima (en)
 Kazuto Tatsuta

Liens externes
 Mycle Schneider, expert indépendant en matière d'énergie et de nucléaire. Retour de Fukushima
  Fukushima Nuclear Accident sur le site de l'AIEA
  Communiqués de presse de TEPCO
  Tohoku-Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake, Fukushima & Nuclear Power sur le site World Nuclear Association

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Even as the Coronavirus pandemic is tearing at established ways of doing things and a variety of industries, it is reassuring that some things go on nonetheless. For example, Microsoft's Build 2020 conference took place last week unabated.
The most notable difference was apparent from the outset - rather than debuting to a packed conference hall in Seattle, the event took place entirely online, with Microsoft Teams really showing its capabilities.
As this was our first Build conference, we were bemused to see the Build 2020 press portion of the event debut with corporate vice president for communications, Frank Shaw showcasing his breadmaking skills, and sharing his recipe for sourdough.
It wasn't only a nifty way to whet the appetite for what was to come. Whether intentional or not, it served as a tantalizing reminder that in the face of chaos, making something, whether that is a new recipe for bread, or new software, is a viable response, perhaps the best response.
Team work makes the dream work
The first thing Build 2020 made from the outset was the chance to connect with the company in a new way. Indeed Teams, which was discussed in depth earlier this year at Microsoft Ignite, really showed its value, serving as a base station/ virtual conference venue for two days worth of virtually conducted talks, keynotes and sessions geared towards developers.
It was a poignant reminder of how much has changed in the past few months – Ignite took place in a crowded conference centre, peppered with in person round tables, back when remote working was an intriguing and forward thinking proposition rather than a business necessity.
One of the standout points made by Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, was how the company was uniquely positioned for the world where remote working is the new normal. That is, for those businesses which now have to contend with the need for social distancing in a year that has been marked by a global pandemic.
No doubt one of the prevailing questions for businesses is how do they adjust to a new normal, and weather tough conditions? It is a concern that Scott Guthrie, the Executive Vice President for Cloud and AI, addressed directly.
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Guthrie continued that because technology underpins everything from how businesses run to the products and services you sell, organizations must learn to excel at developing software.
As well, he added, business leaders need to empower developers to unlock productivity and innovation, in what the industry has started referring to as Developer Velocity.
So what is Developer Velocity – apart from another neat catchphrase? Guthrie explained that Developer Velocity involves "focusing on critical enablers and minimizing barriers to developer productivity."
As the name suggests, it is about increasing the speed of delivery. More importantly, he added, it is about unleashing developer ingenuity—turning developers' ideas into software that supports the needs of ones customers, and the goals of one's business.
"Microsoft understands the core enablers as we've been building software and tools to support the unique needs of developers for decades. Microsoft's comprehensive developer toolchain and platforms are designed to help modern developers and development teams. The more you enable developers to build productively, collaborate globally and securely, and scale what they invent, the better business outcomes you'll see in areas including financial performance, innovation, and customer satisfaction," he asserted.
So what catalyses Developer Velocity? And what should businesses be availing themselves of in order to accelerate their performance? That is explored in Part 2.
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