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Nancy Lieder's "Planet X" does not exist
Not Planet X
Image credit: UCLA Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
A Brief History of Planet X
The actual science
Nancy Lieder: Alien Contactee
Those Erroneous Aliens
Lieder's Planet X
Mark Hazelwood
NASA Cover-up
Planet X behind schedule
Why we can't see Planet X
Impossible Orbit
Planet X has been hijacked… or rather the term "Planet X" has.
Historically, "Planet X" referred to a generic hypothetical undiscovered planet.
Observations of the orbits of Uranus and Neptune suggested the possibility of another object beyond Neptune and a world-wide search for "Planet X" culminated in 1930 with the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh. Pluto was later determined to not be massive enough to account for the discrepancies, and years later Robert Harrington of the U.S. Naval Observatory collaborated with T.C. Van Flandern in a search for an additional "Planet X"1. On August 25, 1989 the spacecraft Voyager 2 flew by Neptune, and made measurements which more precisely estimated Neptune's mass, and as a result, the 'discrepancies' in Neptune's orbit disappeared. Harrington became very critical of the "Planet X" idea after that point.
It is frequently claimed that Robert Harrington was killed off by the government because he actually discovered Planet X. However, Harrington actually died from esophageal cancer in 19932.
Another search for "Planet X" culminated with the discovery of more Dwarf Planets: Eris, Haumea and Makemake.
In 1995, Nancy Lieder began posting on Usenet, including the groups sci.astro and alt.alien.visitors. In September of 1995 she posted a lengthy rant that Comet Hale-Bopp didn't really exist, but rather that it was "… a fraud, perpetrated by those who would have the teeming masses quiescent until it is too late." and warning about "the 12th planet"[4]. Shortly thereafter she renamed the object "Planet X", and since then the term "Planet X" has been associated with Lieder's fictional object.
Lieder claims on her website that she is in telepathic communication with gray aliens from the Zeta Reticuli system (which she calls 'Zetas'). Zeta Reticuli is a wide binary star, but there is no confirmed evidence of planets in that system yet. It is a popular target for claims of UFO origins[17]. She claims to have become aware of her contactee status in 1993[5], and that she was selected as "a communicator of the Zeta message" and "… allowed her brain to be implanted with Zetan genetic material" several times, so that she is now able to communicate telepathically with the Zetas[6]. She also makes several other claims about her interactions with the Zetas which are detailed on the Nancy Lieder page.
The goal of the Zetas is apparently to warn us of the impending doom caused by Planet X. They apparently intend to accomplish this through their "Emissary", Nancy Lieder. They also apparently use crop circles, and other 'subtle message' techniques, because apparently we're too stupid to get it if they just, for example, landed at the U.N. and told everybody[14].
The Zetas, for a space-faring race, have an abysmally poor grasp of basic astronomy. Their descriptions of the movements of "Planet X" contradict known facts about planetary motions. For example, they describe it moving from 40AU to 1AU in less than 5 years[3], ignoring Kepler's laws. When questioned on this point, their reply is to question everything we know about planetary motions. Apparently Lieder and the Zetas find that magnetism is a much bigger factor than gravity. Planets are described as having 'wakes', as 'stopping' suddenly due to 'particle flows', and as performing impossible orbital gymnastics. Their explanations of why we can't see Planet X are equally laughable[15]. But, the real eye-openers are the Zeta's claims about the 'Pole Shift'[8]. We challenge you to read that page, and discern a coherent message.
Lieder's planet X is described as being the same as Sitchin's "12th Planet"[13], as being "4 times the size of earth" and "23 times the mass of earth"3 and "highly magnetic" and "smoldering". Again, Lieder and the Zetas ascribe much more significance to magnetism than they do to gravity, contrary to observed science. They also mis-characterize Planet X as a 'brown dwarf', even though it is not nearly massive enough. When challenged on this, Lieder retorts that our (human) definition is "limited"[12].
Also in the cast of characters was Mark Hazelwood. Hazelwood was instrumental in pushing Planet X in 2002, in what appears primarily to have been a money-making scheme. He… um… borrowed claims from the ZetaTalk website (which he now claims misled him and is also acting as an agent for government disinformation) and published them in a book. Hazelwood and Lieder are now pointing fingers at each other, each claiming that the other is an agent of government disinformation.
2012 proponents would like you to believe that NASA is hiding information from us. They point to a paper published a couple of decades ago, or to a press conference in 1983, and misquote or mis-characterize in order to hint at something, and then point to the complete lack of supporting evidence as evidence of a cover-up! This rather clever argument can be used in so many ways! For example, did you know that garlic deters Vampires? Really, it's true! Have you ever seen someone wearing a garlic necklace who was bitten by one? One of us lives in Gilroy, CA, and can confirm that there are no Vampires to be found in "The Garlic Capital".
Phil Plait points out that the 2012 proponents "… want it both ways: they want NASA to be so good they can change journal articles, web pages, astronomical catalogs and more with iron-clad authority, but so bumbling they couldn't keep two astronomers and a DC reporter shut up. Puhleeze!"[16]
Planet X was originally supposed to arrive in 2003. When that date came and went, Lieder claimed that the date had been a 'White Lie'[9] to confuse and disorient 'the establishment'. She later claimed that it had arrived, but was so close to the sun that it was impossible to see. Every few weeks she will post an update describing Planet X as being "to the right of the sun" or "moving above the ecliptic", etc. However, the "passage" of Planet X (when it comes closest to the Earth) has now apparently been 'rescheduled' for 2012 (specifically, sometime after 2010). Maybe it got hijacked by a set of rogue aliens?
When several people pointed out that we should be able to see this object, Lieder's rather fanciful explanation was that Planet X was "displaying multiple personas" and that "red light tends to bend toward gravity"[7][12] and that Planet X was "shrouded in dust"[7]
Nancy and the Zetas appear a bit confused about how light behaves as well:
The Red Persona, which creates an Occulted Sun when close to the Sun or a Second Sun when separate, is the bulk of red light from Planet X, which has bent toward the Sun aggressively and thus appears close to the Sun on all occasions. This persona is formed from light that took a boomerang path, moving toward the Sun but diverted almost directly toward the Earth[7].
As we noted on the Nibiru page, there are a fairly well-known set of laws that govern planetary motions[2]. On the Nibiru page we demonstrated how those laws could be used to make certain predictions about Nibiru's orbit.
In the case of "Planet X" as described by Lieder, we will have to throw those laws out, because it seems to simply ignore them. Planet X is described as being in a 'sling orbit'[11], running a racetrack between our sun and an 'unlit binary companion' which is described as being "….18.74 times the distance from your Sun to Pluto…."[11]. Since Pluto's average distance is 39.5 AU then this 'unlit binary companion' must be 740.23 AU (or 0.012 light years) away.
How does this unlit binary companion stay at that relative distance? Well, apparently there is a 'repulsive force' of gravity hitherto unknown to us mere humans, and somewhat confused or involved with magnetism. Lieder flat-out tells us that "This orbit does not fit into man's astrophysics theories, and thus it cannot be described by the math used by man to describe comet or orbit behavior."[11].
In addition, Planet X will perform some elaborate swings and braking maneuvers once it reaches the inner solar system. "In a sling orbit, Planet X comes in straight line toward the Sun, slides by the Sun, and picks up speed again in a straight line after passing the Sun." [10] Yet it is also described as being in a 'retrograde' orbit which will cause a 'clash' between 'particles emerging from behind the Sun' and the Earth, which will cause the Earth's rotation to stop.
Uh… yeah… OK.
If you're having trouble following this, then join the club. Lieder seems to make more sense after significant ethanol intake. Perhaps you haven't had enough yet? Go ahead, we'll wait.
Ready? Here we go:
Sling orbit, retrograde orbit and rotation, and the magnetic alignment of Planet X are involved in how the passage of Planet X affects the Earth. While slinging past the Sun in a retrograde orbit and rotating retrograde, Planet X is also aligning with the Sun's magnetic field lines as passing so very close to the Sun, it is forced into this alignment. So what does this mean for the hapless Earth, stuck in the heavy traffic lane and unable to get out because of particle flows on all sides forcing her back into the middle of the eddy flow? She is aligned magnetically with the Sun, cannot leave her orbit because of her balance with flows into and out from the Sun, what we have called orbit lock. The Earth has a twisting monster approaching, about to make a passage over her head on its way out of the solar system. Since the Earth cannot leave her orbit, because of all the forces that keep her there, she cannot escape the point where Planet X will cross the Earth's orbit. She stands, like deer in the heavy traffic lane, horrified but unable to move, frozen in the headlights[10].
Sometimes, during a clash of ideas, there comes a point where one side has completely and utterly embarrassed itself; where it has become so intellectually and logically bankrupt that no further argument is necessary from the opposing side.
And here we are.
The AstronomyCast podcast by Dr. Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain Episode 159: Planet X
The point-by-point rebuttal to their arguments that Astronomer Phil Plait made in 2003 are still valid.
The Planet X and the Pole Shift site also does a good job of analyzing all of the claims of the Planet X-ers, and debunking them one by one.
We have shown that Nancy Lieder's "Planet X" is impossible as described, that it is claimed to be in an impossible orbit, that it is claimed to stop, turn, and perform other orbital gymnastics that are impossible. We have also shown that Lieder does not posses any advanced knowledge of astronomy or astrophysics given to her by the Zetas, and does not even posses a rudimentary knowledge of astronomy that an elementary- or middle-school student would have (e.g., that gravity is the dominant force in the orbits of planets). The claims that she makes run counter to known physics (e.g., that Planet X will accelerate away from the Sun). She is unable to rebut these critiques and instead makes retreating claims (e.g., that humans do not know everything) or resorts to special pleading (e.g., that the science of the Zetas is much more advanced than ours).
1. USNO [1]
3. Apparently we can add "basic geometry" to the list of things Lieder doesn't understand. The formula for a volume of a sphere is $V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$. The approximate radius of the earth is 6,378 km, therefore the volume of the earth is approximately $3.4593 \times 10^{11}$. If we multiply the radius of the earth by four we get 25,592 km, which yields a volume of $2.214 \times 10^{13}$, which is exactly 64 times the volume of the earth. Yet, Lieder claims that Px is "23 times the mass of the earth"… in other words, it is approximately 1/3 as dense as the earth.
1. USNO. 1993. ROBERT SUTTON HARRINGTON, 1942-1993. U.S. Naval Observatory. http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/history/harrington.html
2. 2012hoax. 2009. 2012hoax: Nibiru: Nibiru's Impossible Orbit: Kepler's Laws 2012hoax Wiki. http://2012hoax.wikidot.com/nibiru
3. Lieder, Nancy. 1998 Planet X/12th Planet Long Elliptical Orbit usenet messageid 6ftpbo$moc.mocten.xi.7nxi-xjs|uk6#moc.mocten.xi.7nxi-xjs|uk6
4. Lieder, Nancy, 1995-09-25. What's Going Down - the Zetas Explain Usenet newsgroup sci.astro.
5. Lieder, Nancy. Nancy's Bio ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/nancybio.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
6. Lieder, Nancy. 1995 ZetaTalk: Communications ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/transfor/t18.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
7. Lieder, Nancy. 2003 ZetaTalk: Planet X Personas ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/index/zeta46.htm (accessed 2009-06-11)
8. Lieder, Nancy. ZetaTalk: Pole Shift ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/poleshft/p00.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
9. Lieder, Nancy. 2003 ZetaTalk: Pole Shift Date ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/index/psdate.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
10. Lieder, Nancy. 2005 ZetaTalk: Signs of Change ZetaTalk website. http://zetatalk.com/index/zeta233.htm
11. Lieder, Nancy. 2001 ZetaTalk: Sling Orbit ZetaTalk website. http://zetatalk.com/science/s106.htm
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.astro/browse_frm/thread/d8ecb8fca1c9066c/2d06e33903001f79?q=#2d06e33903001f79
12. Lieder, Nancy. 2002 Live ZetaTalk Chat Aug 10 2002 ZetaTalk website http://www.zetatalk.com/index/caug1002.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
13. Lieder, Nancy. 1995 ZetaTalk: Sitchin ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/poleshft/p51.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
14. Lieder, Nancy. 2005 ZetaTalk: Subtle Message ZetaTalk website http://zetatalk.com/poleshft/p116.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
15. Lieder, Nancy. 2005 ZetaTalk: Where is Planet X? ZetaTalk website. http://www.zetatalk.com/index/zeta202.htm (accessed 2009-06-10)
16. Plait, Phil, PhD. 2003 Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions: Planet X Arguments in a Nutshell BadAstronomy.com website http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/nutshell.html
17. Wikipedia. 2009. Wikipedia: Betty and Barney Hill Abduction: Deciphering the Star Map Wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_and_Barney_Hill_abduction#.22Deciphering.22_the_star_map (accessed 2009-06-11)
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Dear Father, I hear You. You are angry. You are the defender of the innocent. You defend any individual who is taken advantage of by others. There will be an accounting before You for abusive behavior. Your wrath will be expressed in this life or at the judgment. No one will get away with abusing the innocent. Either the abuser pays the price himself or herself or Jesus Christ paid the price for a truly repentant abuser who places their faith in Him. Someone will pay for the abuse of the innocent. Father, I confess. I abused a child, the ultimate in innocence. Please forgive me in the name of Your Son, Jesus. Father, the child needs loving adults who can be trusted. They need loving adults who will teach them wisdom. They need loving adults who will teach them Your ways. A child trusts that an adult will protect and provide. A child learns about Your love for them from how adults treat them. This is not just about the victim and me. This is also about You. By abusing a child, I have tarnished Your name in the child's eyes. Father, I can feel the heat of Your wrath. I am guilty. I ask for forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ. I will change my ways. I surrender my life to You. Bring into my life the Holy Spirit and have Him remodel my heart from inside to outside. Here are the keys to my heart. Have the Holy Spirit move in and change me. I want to be loving, kind, gracious, merciful, generous, self-controlled, compassionate, patient, and gentle. Father, please heal the emotional and physical wounds of this child. Please attend to his or her every need. Father, I have earned the wrath of the child's loved ones and the authorities. All I ask is that all will see my transformation before their eyes. Help my story encourage others to stop abusing the children in their life. Amen.


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Posted by Aleah Axiom on Mar 16, 2017 in Featured, Music, Shows | 0 comments
Party Buzz: Friday-Sunday of Miami Music Week 2017
The sun is shining, the ocean is sparkling, the air is full of energy, and the streets are full of techno talk. Down in Miami, that only means one thing: it's almost time for Miami Music Week. 2017 has shaped up to be a great edition of everyone's favorite time to party in south Florida. We had a tough time narrowing the extensive list of events down, but managed to select our top two picks per day. Tuesday-Thursday's selections are right here. Grab your sunglasses and ear plugs and get ready for another week full of Miami adventures!
HYTE Miami
Where: Mana Wynwood
Tickets: $35-45 on RA
Lineup: Black Coffee, Caleb Calloway, Chris Liebing b2b Danny Tenaglia, Loco Dice b2b Luciano, Maya Jane Coles, Pan-Pot, Tiga
One of the things we love most about Miami Music Week is its ability to bring global experiences stateside. On Friday night, the sprawling Mana Wynwood – smack dab in the middle of Miami's ever-growing arts district – will be transformed into a feast for the senses brought to south Florida by none other than HYTE, a production team with roots in Ibiza, Amsterdam, New York, Croatia, Berlin, and beyond. Boasting an impressive lineup with two don't-miss mashups (last time we saw Loco and Luciano go head-to-head was, well, loco) and several other fan favorites, this party is surely one for the record books.
Playdifferently Presents
Where: Space, Downtown Miami
Tickets: Currently $65-85 on RA
Lineup: Louie Vega B2B David Morales, Fabio Florido, Gaiser (live), Hito, Julia Govor, Lee K, Luciano, Matador (live), Nicole Moudaber, Paco Osuna, Pig & Dan, Richie Hawtin, Victor Calderone
Brace yourself for this one, folks! Richie Hawtin and his tech company Playdifferently have spared no expense in creating a lineup chock full of techno treats. Going a whopping 17 hours and taking over all three of Space's areas (sure to be outfitted with Model 1 mixers), we really can't imagine a more perfect Friday-into-Saturday event. From the smooth sounds of Hito to the pulsating Matador to Hawtin's only appearance of the week, there's something for everyone. Put on comfy shoes and get ready for a wild ride.
Adam Beyer + Joel Mull
Where: Trade, Miami Beach
Time: 22:00-5:00
Tickets: Currently $30 on RA
Lineup: Adam Beyer, Joel Mull
If you're like us and techno makes your robot heart happier than anything else, you'll want to make your way to Trade's dance floor on Saturday. Adam Beyer and Joel Mull are two of the genre's most talented heavy-hitters, and it's rare to find them on the same bill this side of the Atlantic. Get ready for pounding beats that come straight from the souls of two of the most influential techno artists of our lifetime.
Mosaic Curated by Maceo Plex
Where: Soho Studios, Wynwood
Lineup: Maceo Plex, Marcel Dettmann, Stephan Bodzin (live), Mike Servito, North Lake, Danyelino
Journey back to Wynwood for the 3rd installment of Maceo Plex's Mosaic. Expect a rich and varied sound palette, from local favorite Danyelino to the Berghain techno pioneer Marcel Dettmann to melodic master Stephan Bodzin (who we've been vying to see for years), and of course Maceo himself, who has been quite busy in Barcelona and beyond. Miami's III Points festival is also part of this party, which means the enjoyment will go beyond sound and into cutting-edge art.
Desolat & Ovum
Where: Heart Nightclub, Downtown Miami
Lineup: Patio / Desolat: Caleb Calloway, Francisco Allendes, Guti (live), Kenny Dope, Tiga, wAFF, Yaya, + Special Guest
Basement / Ovum: Josh Wink, Ellen Allien, MANIK
By Sunday, our wallets will magically be less than half the size they were when we started our adventure, so nothing could be better than a two-for-one party special, especially with lineups like these! Treat yourself to the tantalizing tech-house of the Desolat crew as they bring some of their A-team to Heart's patio AND the acid-flavored house and techno of Ovum. It's no secret that Ovum goes the extra mile when they land in Miami, and this time label head Josh Wink's bringing along superstars Ellen Allien and MANIK who are sure to revive your aching feet. Save some energy for this super-special double-header on the dance floor.
Bill Patrick & Friends
Where: Do Not Sit On The Furniture, Miami Beach
Lineup: Bill Patrick & More TBD
New York City's own Bill Patrick has a demanding MMW schedule, but his closing party stands out of the pack. Get ready for a fun-filled adventure led by one of the scene's most talked-about players. In the words of Seth Troxler, "Everyone has a tale about our friend Bill Patrick. Some funny, some sad, some tragic, most shady, but at the end of each story or any encounter with this demi god you're left wanting more." Sounds like an ideal way to end a stellar week of partying in the sun.
See you on floor!! Follow us on Twitter and Aleah on Instagram for live updates!

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Milarepa Silk Screen Print 8.75 x 11.7 inch by Robert Beer
Author: Robert Beer
Jetsun Milarepa (circa 1040-1123), the 'cotton clad' yogin, is one of the most famous and beloved poet-practitioners of Tibet. His biography and the collection of his 'hundred-thousand' songs exemplify the ultimate aspiration of an ascetic life lived with intense religious devotion and practice.
Milarepa's youth was marred by tragic circumstances. His father died when he was very young and his covetous aunt's family took over the family estate, resulting in great poverty for Milarepa, his mother and his sister. At his mother's instigation Milarepa studied black magic in order to avenge his aunt's injustice, which resulted in the death of thirty-seven people. Seeking atonement for these evil deeds he came under the guidance of the great translator Marpa Lotsawa (1012-1097), who subjected him to six years of intense hardship in order to purify Milarepa's karma. Marpa's relentless harshness eventually drove Milarepa to the suicidal brink of despair, when Marpa suddenly revealed that his trials were over. Then nourishing Milarepa like his own lost son, Marpa bestowed his most profound teachings and initiations to Milarepa, who then spent many years practicing in remote caves and living only on nettles until he finally attained the full realization of Mahamudra.
Marpa is the founder of the Tibetan Kagyu tradition, which stems directly from Vajradhara to the Indian Mahasiddhas Tilopa and Naropa, who was Marpa's main guru. From Milarepa the lineage passed to his two main disciples, Rechungpa and Gampopa, with four of Gampopa's disciples founding four of the main Kagyu schools.
Milarepa is shown here seated on an antelope skin in his cave on the eastern face of Mt Kailas. He wears the single white cotton robe of a tantric yogin or repa, which represents his mastery of tummo - the practice of vital 'inner heat'. Across his chest he wears a meditation belt, which is used to hold the body in various yoga postures. With his right hand he presses his ear forward in the attitude of singing one of his spontaneous songs of realization, while with his left hand he holds a skull-cup full of nectar, symbolizing the cultivation of great bliss. Around his cave grows the nettles that were his main sustenance, with a clay pot of nettle-soup simmering behind him. Hanging from the roof of his cave are a bag of grain or salt, and a scroll. Marpa, who foresaw that Milarepa would reach a point of deep uncertainty in his solitary practice, prophetically gave this scroll to him and this sealed scroll contained the teachings to enable him to overcome this hindrance.
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Microsoft Launches Next-Generation Windows Intune
By Kurt Mackie
Microsoft today launched the second generation of its Windows Intune hosted PC management service.
Existing Windows Intune customers will start to get alerts about the update two weeks before its arrival. Microsoft expects that all updates will be completed before the end of this year. The beta version of the Windows Intune service will end on November 17, which is when Microsoft will delete accounts. Trial version users who subscribe to the service will be able to carry over their configurations and data, Microsoft's FAQ states.
Windows Intune provides screens for IT personnel to manage and secure a network of PCs. The service features the use of the System Center Online Desktop Manager, as well as the same engine that powers the Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection system for antimalware protection and firewall security. In addition, users get upgrade rights to Windows 7 Enterprise edition.
This release, called "wave 2," adds some new features to Microsoft's hosted PC management and security solution for organizations. Many of these features seem like they should have been part of the service before. However, Windows Intune is still relatively new, having been launched about seven months ago. Microsoft has big plans for the service, according to Eric Main, director for Windows Intune product marketing.
"Eventually, Windows Intune will deliver more management capabilities than the on-premises solutions but with less cost and higher productivity," Main claimed in a blog post.
Software distribution is one of the new features added to Windows Intune wave 2. Users can now upload .EXE, .MSI or .MSP files of any managed software product up to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud with the aim of installing software across a network of PCs. Those using the free trial version of Windows Intune get 2 GB of storage space for software distribution uploads. Subscribers to Windows Intune get 20 GB of storage space, and Microsoft leases additional space in 1-GB increments, according to this TechNet library article.
The remote tasks addition to Windows Intune lets users run malware scans and update malware definitions on individual PCs. Users can also remotely restart those PCs. The function can be accessed by simply right clicking on a PC in a screen.
Microsoft improved reporting in Windows Intune by adding new filters for hardware. It now has filters for CPU speed, disk space, chassis type, manufacturer and memory. In addition, alerts were improved to display when certain thresholds are reached, such as hard drive space. Administrators can now set rights on their accounts for sharing with others, such as specifying "read-only" rights to share the administration console.
Users can now enable the installation of Windows Intune on PCs even when they are not online. Installation takes place when the PC establishes an Internet connection.
Useability has been improved with right-click access to commands and greater customization of screen views. There's also drag and drop capability. For instance, to move a PC to a different group, just select it and drag it to that group. Group Policy isn't needed for Windows Intune, but if it's already in use, the Group Policy settings take precedence. Windows Intune also does not rely on Active Directory.
A few other features were introduced in the July beta of wave 2, including the ability to manage the licenses of Microsoft's software, as well as the software of other vendors. However, Microsoft added a caveat in its FAQ, saying that this feature is a convenience only. Users "should not rely on it to confirm compliance with Microsoft volume licensing agreements."
Windows Intune's Scope
Microsoft conceives of Windows Intune for two basic customer scenarios. One scenario might be for smaller organizations lacking a PC management structure, according to Main, in a phone interview. The second use case is for organizations that have a robust infrastructure for on-premises machines but have issues supporting mobile users. These organizations could use the DirectAccess feature, available in some editions of Windows 7, to maintain mobile connections, but they'd also need licenses for Windows Server 2008 R2 to use DirectAccess, he noted.
Another rationale for using Windows Intune is obtaining upgrade rights to Windows 7 Enterprise edition, especially given the impending end of Windows XP support, which terminates in April 2014. However, Microsoft doesn't install Windows 7 with Windows Intune. Organizations just get the upgrade rights. So, the machines targeted for an upgrade have to meet Windows 7's hardware requirements and there also needs to be a license for an earlier Windows version on that machine supporting the Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate editions.
Windows Intune can scale to 20,000 PCs. After that amount, a new account needs to be opened with Microsoft to manage any additional PCs. The cost of Windows Intune is $11 per person monthly, but it's still offered on an annual basis, so customers commit to a full year's payment. For instance, Microsoft's FAQ explains that "During month two through the end of the initial subscription, customers can request to discontinue their service, but they will be responsible for paying for the entire initial 12-month subscription."
If subscribers stop paying, they don't get to keep their Windows 7 upgrade licensing, although Main said that Microsoft has some sort of buyout arrangement available. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, "there is a buyout option for the Windows license if a customer cancels after 12 months; the buyout option is not available during the first year." Software Assurance licensees get a discount if they sign up for Windows Intune because there are Software assurance benefits associated with that service.
For $1 per month per person extra, Windows Intune subscribers get access to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). MDOP is a set of tools that enables desktop virtualization and application virtualization, as well as diagnostics and recovery, among other solutions. MDOP is a perk typically reserved for Software Assurance licensees or those who opt for Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop Access licensing.
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for the 1105 Enterprise Computing Group.


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Judge denies Kesha's request to be released from her contract
Over the last two years, Kesha has sought legal remedy against her longtime producer Dr. Luke (real name Lukasz Gottwald), whom she alleges verbally and sexually assaulted her for years. The singer filed a lawsuit based on those claims in 2014, and Dr. Luke responded with a countersuit, insisting that the plaintiff just wanted to be released from her contract. But while she waited for the slow-moving judiciary wheels to turn, Kesha was prohibited by her exclusive contract with Dr. Luke and Sony from working with any other producers.
The singer said she was unable to continue working with Dr. Luke because of the alleged abuse, and because she wasn't able to record music with anyone else or get out of the contract, her career was effectively over. After claiming to have been "caught in the crossfire" between the litigants, Sony just threw up its hands. So in 2015, Kesha filed a preliminary injunction to prompt a judge to make a decision on her suit that would allow her to get back to work. And the matter has just been heard and ruled on, with The New York Daily News reporting that Kesha's request has been denied.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich said in court that "she thought Sony would suffer irreparable harm if Kesha was not compelled to abide by a contract that requires her to make six more albums with the company," and approving the injunction would "undermine the state's laws governing contracts." The judge also said Sony had offered to let Kesha work with a different producer. But the singer's attorney, Mark Geragos, "argued that Sony's promise was 'illusory' because even if the recordings were made, the record company wouldn't promote them" (because the company was far more invested in its business relationship with Dr. Luke), an argument that the judge deemed "speculative."
Dr. Luke's attorneys also argued a motion to dismiss Kesha's lawsuit yesterday, but while Justice Kornreich said she found the evidence that Kesha's lawyer has so far presented "lacking" in establishing sexual harassment, discrimination, and violation of her civil rights, she's postponed making a decision.


Our large Japanese-style public bath area is located on the 10th floor, at the top of the building. Stretch out in the warm water as you gaze out at the garden and feel your aches and pains melt away.
It's a great way to wind down after a long day of sightseeing or attending meetings.
Guests can visit the public bath in the nightwear and slippers provided in their guest room.
Shampoo, conditioner and body wash are provided in the bath area.
Feel free to make your way there in the yukata and slippers provided in your room.
※Please bring towels and other required amenities from your room.
※Please note that the public bath may be crowded depending on the time of day.
Inebriated guests and guests with tattoos are prohibited from entering the public bath area.
We will trial the use of tattoo cover stickers for our customers using public baths.


My PhD is a joint collaboration between Dr Christophe Corre, here at Warwick and Demuris Ltd up in Newcastle. The project is part of the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership that is funded by the BBSRC.
The project itself is focused on using genetic engineering on the actinomycete genus Rhodococcus to activate the silent genetic gene clusters that are present in the genomes of the bacteria. Any novel natural products discovered will be screened using the expertise provided by Demuris Ltd and go on to potentially be developed into a clinical product.
Three day programme with a variety of industrial partners investigating the challenges in finding new drugs with group work on scenarios posed by the industry facilitators.
Six day programme with group work on research scenarios and how different biomolecular techniques could be applied to the solution such as those at the Research Complex at Harwell. This included tours of the complex including the ISIS Neutron Facility, the Diamond Light Source and the Central Laser Facility among others.


From September 17, 2016 to January 8, 2017 at the Museo Carlo Bilotti in Rome, the exhibition "Piacere, Ettore Scola" will be the first to celebrate the creative genius of one of the undisputed protagonists of Italian cinema, just a few months after his death.
Produced by Show Eventi in collaboration with CityFest – the programme of cultural events of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma chaired by Piera Detassis – the exhibition, curated by Marco Dionisi and Nevio De Pascalis, with the media partnership of Ciak magazine, illustrates the professional and private life of the great Italian filmmaker: from his childhood in Trevico, his native town in the province of Avellino, through his last film Che strano chiamarsi Federico (2013), a tribute to his friend and colleague Federico Fellini. Photographs, drawings, stage props, documents and videos reconstruct the artistic career and personal life of Ettore Scola, "an eclectic professional, a complex, sharp and caustic observer of Italian mores" as the two curators recall.
The exhibition is divided into nine sections, split in two parts, one chronological and one thematic.
It begins with the years of his childhood and education in Trevico and in the Esquiline district in Rome, then reviews his early years when Scola was first a cartoonist for the satirical weekly Marc'Aurelio and a writer for variety shows for RAI radio and television, then a scriptwriter for comedy films with Metz and Marchesi, or in collaboration with Ruggero Maccari, until he finally began working in auteur films with Pietrangeli and Risi. The section ends with his years as a director, from his debut film Se permettete parliamo di donne in 1964 to Che strano chiamarsi Federico.
The thematic part of the exhibition begins with an analysis of his relationships with actors and collaborators; it reconstructs Scola's civil and political engagement, pays tribute to his city of Rome, to his passion for theatre and his great love of drawing. His drawings will in fact be the thread connecting all the sections of the exhibition, original drawings on paper made by the great filmmaker himself: the first drawing he published in the magazine Il Travaso delle idee in 1946; ten drawings dating back to the period he worked on the editorial staff of Marc'Aurelio and other satirical magazines of that time; five drawings dedicated to the great Totò and finally, over two hundred drawings from his childhood to the present, many of which were created for the characters, frames and sets of his films. No less impressive is his photographic repertoire: over one hundred personal photos taken by Scola himself, shown here for the first time ever, and over four hundred photographs from films such as Che ora è (1989) with Marcello Mastroianni and Massimo Troisi, and Riusciranno I nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa (1968) with Alberto Sordi, Nino Manfredi and Bernard Blier, his first big hit.
The exhibition will also feature many audio-visual documents from the archives of the Istituto Luce, Rai Teche, the Cineteca di Bologna, Aamod, and the Centro Cinema Città di Cesena. The highlight is the interview with the "Maestro" by the curators of the exhibition, exploring his entire professional and personal history.
This journey into the narrative universe of the great Italian filmmaker also dedicates space to the original vinyl LPs of the soundtracks for his films Maccheroni (1985), Ballando ballando (1983), La Marcia su Roma (1962) and Se permettete parliamo di donne, as well as the posters of his films and the models by set designer Luciano Ricceri for the sets of Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990) and props such as the little wooden car from La famiglia (1987), the famous letter from the film Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina in which Scola participated at a very young age, and Scola's personal director's chair for the film Che strano chiamarsi Federico. This film is reconstructed in all the drawings used by Scola, in newspaper articles, dozens of photographs from the set and behind the scenes, and the 1949 typewriter.
Scola's career was constellated with international acknowledgments, and the exhibition will therefore display all the awards the director ever won: from the letters he received for his nomination to the Oscars for Best Foreign-Language Film – there were four – to the six David di Donatello awards, the Golden Spike from Valladolid, the Golden Bear in Berlin, the Globo d'Oro and the first place award at the Moscow International Film Festival.


Sam loves being outdoors! Having a bike that suits his needs is a great way for Sam to get his exercise while having fun & gaining a sense of pride in himself. This is also a great way for Sam to be included along his same-aged peers. He spends much time at therapies working to be stronger and his own bike would be such a great sense of pride for him to ride! The bike Sam requires for his safety and unique needs is expensive; so far we've borrowed a bike. My little boy would love his own bike!


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Q: Obtain cross edge index that fully connect nodes of corresponding graphs in two different DataBatch I have two DataBatch for which I would like to fully connect the graphs, in a pairwise manner. By that I mean that if I have DataBatch G (made of the graphs g1,g2,g3,...) and H (h1, h2, h3, ...), I want to get a cross_edge_index that links all nodes from g1 to all nodes from h1, all nodes from g2 to all nodes from h2, etc.
I can do it by iteratively looping through each batch, but for efficiency, I would like to use only tensor operations.
Toy example:
from torch_geometric.data.batch import Batch
from torch_geometric.data import Data

g1 = Data(x=torch.ones((5))) # Graph with 5 nodes
g2 = Data(x=torch.ones((4))) # Graph with 4 nodes
G = Batch.from_data_list([g1,g2])

h1 = Data(x=torch.ones((2))) # Graph with 2 nodes
h2 = Data(x=torch.ones((3))) # Graph with 3 nodes
H = Batch.from_data_list([h1,h2])

Expected output:
cross_edge_index =
tensor([[0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8],
        [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4]])

My (ugly) working solution (using for-loop):
import torch
def get_cross_edge_index(g, h):
    edge_index = []
    for g_, h_, offset_g, offset_h in zip(g.to_data_list(), h.to_data_list(), g.ptr[:-1], h.ptr[:-1]):
        edge_index.append(torch.cartesian_prod(offset_g + torch.arange(g_.num_nodes), offset_h + torch.arange(h_.num_nodes)).T)
    return torch.cat(edge_index, axis=1)

get_cross_edge_index(G,H)

>>> tensor([[0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8],
        [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4]])

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Tickets can be purchased at the Revelstoke Rec Centre, Universal Footwear and Rough Country Marine.
Salads, potatoes, variety of vegetables and dessert.
The purpose of this event is to raise monies to support various conservation and community projects that the club sponsors, as well as fund the construction of the new gun range and operating costs of the Club.
Each year many businesses and community members donate their time, in addition to items that can be raffled or auctioned off at the banquet.
We greatly appreciate the amazing support we have received in past years. It has gone to such projects as the Bridge & Moses Creeks Kokanee spawning enhancement program, the Williamson Lake Annual Family Fishing Day, installing fish tanks in schools along with updated books and literature for biology libraries in schools.
We need everyone to come make this years Banquet a success, and support the Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club at this great fundraiser!


When your Computer crashes it can be devastating especially for people who have valuable data or documents. Many times when I say this to a client they answer with "Oh, I don't have any important data on my computer" until I remind them that they probably have years worth of pictures, hours of music, and maybe even their financial data. I've even seen some people hit or shake their computer to try to fix the issue. But of course, we all know that rarely solves the issue; it will probably just make it worse. I recommend not using this method to try to fix the problem.
Determining the reason of the crash is usually tough because there are so many factors that could cause a computer to crash. However, technology advancements have created several ways through which crashes can be resolved without the need for an expert computer technician.
First, try to identify the reason for the crash. Computer crashes could occur due to something as unassuming as overheating. However, if your computer shuts down completely, then it might be difficult to identify the reason. Most often, computers start to display symptoms before shutting down. So, when you encounter any sort of freezing problem, you should reboot the computer immediately to identify whether it's an overheating problem or not.
Computers will also shut down temporarily due to overheating and re-boot again after the system has cooled. But, be very careful if it's due to overheating because overheating will cause hardware damage. To avoid overheating, always keep the computer in a room with proper ventilation.
If your computer reboots normally, then it might be due to a registry problem (which is the database where a computer stores information about the computer's configurations). To fix a registry problem, re-boot in the "safe" (holding down the F8 key when starting) mode and use a registry cleaner to clean the system.
If you still experience freezing, reboot the system again in the safe mode and then use the system restore (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore) option to restore the computer to a time when the computer was working properly.
New software installation can also cause crashes. If you experience such issues right after installing new software, re-boot the system in "safe" mode and uninstall the software. You can also use the system restore option in this situation, too.
Of course, viruses and malware can cause computer freezing, crashes and even popup messages, as well as rendering your computer unusable. If you continue to encounter such problems, at this point, it would be wise to get assistance from an expert computer technician.
These are just some of the simpler ways you should be able to fix the problem if your computer crashes. Thankfully, nowadays you can find a wide range of advanced disaster recovery solutions to fix your computer quickly and before it's too late.
And you can always call us at 480-270-4232 with your questions. We'll be glad to let you know what you can do to get you computer back up and running.
One thing I found out I would never buy a DELL again.
There customer service is the worst in the world. Now just to let you know my computer is 6 mo old and was not and bought it new. My computer said it was battery, DELL sent me a new one, was not battery.


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C LIT 596 A: Special Studies In Comparative Literature
Freud Pro and Con: An Exercise in Controversy
View in MyPlan
MWF 3:30pm - 5:20pm
MGH 097
SLN:
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen
From its inception, psychoanalysis has been the site of fierce controversies and it has used this very fact to promote itself, very successfully, as a revolutionary science under attack from reactionary and repressive forces. In this seminar, we will try to understand why psychoanalysis lends itself to controversy and why the debates that surround it can never be settled. We will study the first polemics around psychoanalysis (1906-1913) as well as the more recent "Freud wars" in the U.S and France, and confront the major critics of psychoanalysis (Jaspers, Wittgenstein, Popper, Grünbaum, Cioffi) with its forceful hermeneutic and narrativist defenders (Habermas, Ricoeur, Spence). In the process, we will (hopefully) learn a few things about science, rhetoric, and interpretation. Students will be asked to take sides and argue their position in contradictory debates. The instructor himself cannot guarantee that he will remain impartial.
Readings: Sigmund Freud, On the History of the Psycho-Analytic Movement; Adolf Grünbaum, The Foundations of Psycho-Analysis; Frank Cioffi, Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience. – Other texts by Jaspers, Wittgenstein, Popper, Habermas, Ricoeur, Spence, etc., will be available in a course pack.
Catalog Description:
Offered occasionally by visiting or resident faculty. Course content varies.
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WOW! Can I just say how awesome and robust the path vector editing is in Affinity Designer!! From the snapping to the alignment (especially when you hold down shift to align in either 90º, 45º, etc.). I'm becoming so impressed with this tool. The process is so clean and not clunky. Big praise!!
Hi, I was just surfing youtube yesterday and I came across a video by Sean Tucker: At 7:50, Sean uses hue saturation and lumance sliders to edit inividual colours in his image. I was wondering if you can do this in affinity photo. I am interested in buying it soon so any answer will help me in making my decision. Thanks, Jayvin.
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I am a total beginner having trouble with blemish removal. I keep getting the message I need to hold to have it work. I have tried holding down in various places, doesn't work. With the iPad Pro app, what different steps do I need to apply to get it to work? Thanks.
Photo Editing is foreign to me- HELP!!!
I'm new to photo editing and when I look at all the different options available, I get overwhelmed and just don't know where to begin. I wish there was an explanation to what all the different options mean and an explanation of when and in which scenario they should be used. So, I'm wondering if such a website or video in AP exists? I watch all the tutorial videos but unless I understand when I should use the different options, e.g. masks, layers, brushes, etc., I won't be able to edit my photo properly. When I try to follow what's being done in the video on Vimeo, my photos look horrible then I get frustrated and just do basic editing on my computer.
Photosphere editing. Could it be even better?
Hey developers. I work alot with photospheres and the option to add a life projection layer is really really useful. Still, I have a few suggestions which could make it even better. 1)Seam adjustment, take 1 Sometimes the "sideborders" of an unrolled sphere end up in a doorway or window. Just where one would typically add a hotspot in 360 tour creation software. Basically what would be great to be able to rotate the image in life projection mode and when the life projection is removed the outside borders are repositioned, avoiding the doorways. 2)Seam adustment, take 2 Most cameras which shoot with two 180degree lenses create small misalignments when autostitching them. Usually the overall result is great. Still, to have the option to mark the stiching line and then grab it from left and right to distort the adjacent picture areas along the stitching line until everything matches would be great. I know this can be done already by grid distortion, but an extra tool would make it simpler. 3)More editing options. Not sure if this could be done, but it would be absolutely awesome if the would be the option to somehow replace the whole floor or ceiling in a photosphere with another texture. The tricky part is that one can not edit very lare areas of the photosphere right now without funny results due to the distortion towards the floor. If this would be possible it would create awesome possibilities for interior designers who could easily offer modified 3D images with different floors or walls this way. 4)Button for life projection Could you perhaps add a button for the life projection? That would make life much easier, because you do not have to go through all the menus. Thanks so much for an already great piece of software.
I am using a Macbook OS X Yosemite. I am very new to Affinity and have limited tech skills. I was editing a photo and left computer for a minute. I came back to photo on full screen with all the edit options disappeared. I have the tool bar that runs along the top of my screen only. I have shut down affinity several times and rebooted the computer. Is this a system crash or have I hit something I should not have?
I have Lightroom version 5.7 I also have Photoshop which of course the two are from the same developer.... In Lightroom I have the option to Edit in and external Editor... 99% of the time I use Photoshop. Creative Cloud is becoming too expensive so I've luckily found this awesome program. Loving the tutorials etc... Ok my issue is that when I try to edit in external editor and I chose Affinity Developer as my choice that's all fine, but then I get this message. I took a screen shot of it... Now normally, this would work, however, today I just wiped my drive and reinstalled everything to give my computer a fresh start. (I use an iMac with OS X Sierra) Permissions are fine on all of my folders, that shouldn't be an issue. So does this error lie within Affinity Program at all? Please help! I would love to make this program my go to source.
Questions: Can you Batch edit RAW files in Affinity Photo? More down below questions.
I have actually two questions. 1. Is there any way to make editing RAW images quicker with less sliders in Affinity, like some sort of AUTO feature. Right now I use Capture Pro from Phase One to develop my RAW images due to its very quick and less sliders are all over the place. 2. Capture Pro makes it very easy to develop Batch images all at once. As soon as the image enters Capture Pro, the image is automatically developed with the users saved preset or default presets available. Then I send the tiffs to Affinity Photo for the touch ups. I know Affinity can develop RAW files but is there any way to make it similar with Capture Pro quickness as well as Batch developing? I have a 1-3 day time frame I give out my images to clients. because of my current setup. Would love the wisdom of some professionals on this one. I am looking at getting an iPad because Affinity now being able to be used on there, I just need some wisdom. thank you.
While I'm on a roll, I figured I may as well post some more recent photography edited in Photo ;) Some of these you may recognise from the video tutorials: Lone Purple by James Ritson, on Flickr One of those nice surprises you get sometimes, I didn't think much of this photo until I started experimenting with blend modes - at which point it became very moody and striking. Spinning Out by James Ritson, on Flickr An abstract long-exposure shot of a spinning record. I was shooting some video for a personal project and decided to grab a few stills too. Monsal Tunnel by James Ritson, on Flickr A very wet day in Derbyshire, which kind of spoiled the view over Monsal Dale. There was this tunnel, however, which is really atmospheric with all the reflections from the damp areas. Sugar Factory At Night by James Ritson, on Flickr Shot at night, the initial image lacked impact until I brought in some brush work and blend modes - this resulted in the Creative Painting tutorial, where you can enhance colours in images with artificial lighting. Robin Hood Hotel by James Ritson, on Flickr A disused hotel building in Newark (Nottinghamshire), and I've brought some colour into the sign using brush work with blend modes (mainly Overlay, Reflect and Screen). That's all for now - just wanted to share some work, hope you find it interesting!
Hey all, The Photo for Windows beta has proven incredibly popular, and I appreciate that, like with any software, there's a learning curve and the requirement to invest time in understanding the software's functionality and idiosyncrasies. With no firm commitment to delivering them consistently (that bit is important to note ;) ) I'd like to share some example editing/workflow videos. My aim is to demonstrate Photo's feature set and, hopefully, help viewers understand how the tools and features they're accustomed to using in other software can translate to Photo's implementations. If you haven't caught them already, it's also worth noting that there's a huge set of video tutorials for Photo available at http://affin.co/PhotoTuts - around 165 at last count. Here they are: Hadrian's Wall Link: https://vimeo.com/191642138 This video focuses on: Raw noise reduction and dithering Marquee selections from tonal ranges Layer masking Blend modes Blend ranges Channel duplication/loading to alpha mask Live filter layers Configurable layer behaviour Tiled Building Link: https://vimeo.com/191981432 This video focuses on: Accurate selections using selection brush tool Saving selections to spare channels Loading channel information into a layer's alpha mask Live brush previews Creative painting with blend modes Dynamic brush resizing on the fly Live Lighting filter Live filter layer mask painting Fast history scrubbing Portrait Retouching Link: https://vimeo.com/194985128 This video focuses on: Automated Frequency Separation Healing Brush and Clone Brush Merging visible layers Live filter layers Live brush previews and blend modes Changing/adding colour tones Changeable workflow behaviours via Assistant dialog Live scrubbing History panel Monochromatic Architecture Link: https://vimeo.com/194986066 This video focuses on: Adjustment Layers Live brush work with live previews Painting & Erasing Live filter layers Non-destructive noise/grain addition Canary Wharf Link: https://vimeo.com/203283705 This video focuses on: RAW development Tone Curve option Apply Image with channel equations Black & White adjustment with Multiply blend mode to knock out sky colour Pixel painting to enhance colours Curves tonal adjustment Live Unsharp Mask filter for final sharpening Banded Demoiselle Link: https://vimeo.com/203294769 This video focuses on: Creating selections with the Selection Brush Inverting a selection Masking an adjustment using a selection Tweaking layer opacity Live Lighting filter with blend mode Live High Pass filter with masking White Balance for tinting I'll keep you posted as further videos appear. Hope they prove helpful to you!
Can't edit text once created.
As the title says, when I lock a layer (click on lock icon) in AP 1.5.1 I can still edit the layer, i.e. erasing content. Very annoying. Also cannot select multiple layers for grouping, etc., using Wacom stylus and Intuos 5 (driver v. 6.3.20-4). Please fix ASAP.
A few days back I was using Affinity Designer (Windows), designing a logo and modifying a pre-existing font to suit my needs when it hit me. I wanted to design my own font/fonts! I searched the web to find a program that might be good for this, but all the programs on the market didn't look too amazing. The interfaces looked clumsy, unappealing and even though I am sure that they are good, I felt as if they were limited and always needed a separate program to complement them for their lack in one area or another. In most of the videos and tutorials I watched, people tended to use Adobe Illustrator to make the letters and then import the paths into the font editor. So I thought to myself; "What if Affinity Designer would have a font editor built into it, or a stand-alone software that would have the amazing interface of Affinity Designer and its ease of use?". So my suggestion is, that it would be AMAZING to have/buy an extension for Affinity Designer to be able to edit and export fonts! I do know that it is not "just" programming an extension/add-on of that sort to Affinity, but I can't imagine it being too difficult either. I mean you have all the tools that are needed for the job and the extra "specific" tools for font editing could perhaps fit under a new persona in the upper left? A font persona. That would make Affinity even more of a killer software! It would be nice if you guys considered adding this. I mean I really like Affinity Designer and I will most likely buy it on release, but I would also love to buy a font editor from you since I know that you would make it easy and fun to work with!
When I open AP I have lost the vertical editing window on the right side of the image window. How do I reopen this tool? Thanks!!
Hello Everyone, I'm new here. I have a problem editing separate layers using "adjustments" icons in the layer panel. I have tried to switch on and off the "Edit All Layers" icon. Didn't help. To be more specific. I', trying to make a artwork resembling the Olympic flag using cassette tape reels. I've cut a part of an image from another document and pasted it into a new black document I'm currently having problems with. I've copied this cut out in to 5 separate layers and tried to re colour them into the colours resembling the Olympic logo. Anytime I do that the changes are applied to the whole image. Any idea why is that? Thanks!
I'm testing AP on the free trial period at the moment, and have no experience with Photoshop. Could you tell me: 1. How do I use the adjustment layers to modify only selected parts of an image? 2. How do I use Affinity to isolate a portrait on a black background? I use Nik plugins extensively, and have used ON1 software solely for isolating portraits - but I feel that with Affinity I have a lot to learn, and I would like to get to grips with these basics during the trial period. Thanks in advance for any help. Please do keep it practical + simple!
Coming from Illustrator, I am confused as to how to fine tune my gradients in Affinity Designer. In AD, it seems like I must use the Gradient Tool to create and edit my gradients. Is it true there is no precision editor in AD? In Illustrator, you select your gradient, then click Gradient in the toolbar at right, and you then have command of just about everything imaginable. But in AD, I must select my gradient, then switch to the Gradient tool, and then there is a line that appears over the gradient object, which allows me to change colors, add points, move a slider, etc. But editing on the object itself isn't always preferred. And often when I slide that slider, it snaps to points, even though I have snap disabled, preventing me from making precision edits. I figured out I can kill that snap by holding down the option key, but it's still not super precise to do it like that. In Illustrator, I can type in an exact percentage figure. No way to do that in AD from what I can see. Or is it just me? Am I missing something? It would seem only logical and intuitive that if I click on a gradient and then double-click on the round color circle in the "Color" tab at right that it should open up a precision gradient editor for me.


Some female senior high school students have set the internet ablaze after displaying their seductive dance moves in a trending video.
In the video, it appeared that the students were in an auditorium for a school program.
However, the aforementioned song was played loudly and one student started dancing by twerking and whining her waist.
The first female student's move motivated other three students who also came forward to display their dance moves by shaking their cute backsides.
The video has attracted massive reactions from social media users as they aired their views.
YEN.com.gh earlier reported how a female senior high student shut down the internet.
In a video which went viral, the beautiful girl who was in a school uniform was seen lying on top of other students who were also in the same uniform as they dance to Medikal's Omo Ada hit song.


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Q: Remote debugging of net.core app doesn't work I have a dot net core app, and I use Debug -> attach to process on azure websites remote server:

I attach to dotnet.exe process, and I can see breakpoint is red, which means symbols are loaded and ready for debug.
Issue is when I hit the website, nothing happens in visual studio, so it doesn't hit the breakpoint for some reason. Is this correct way to attach to process to remotely debug net core app?

A: Turns out you have to attach w3wp.exe AND dotnet.exe. Problem solved.

A: Have you published a Debug version of your Azure site? If you need to attach to the Azure website (called App) and step through your code, you have to do a publish with Debug configuration so the PDBs are copied over.

Source: MSDN / Remote debugging web apps


It has been a particularly frustrating week here at Go To Telecom b and itbs only Tuesday!B We have to keep reminding ourselves that the reason we have a job is due to the fact that customer service in telecom is sorely lacking.
from one of our customers.B They are transitioning to SIP and we need to make sure we have accounted for all of their phone numbers.
customer service-even for telecom.B Charlie talked to 5 different people in a couple of hours.B Important to note-he had to call back every time since most of the people he talked to didnbt want to stay on the phone long enough to answer the questions or even find the right person to transfer him to.B Granted, it is pretty involved, but isnbt that the job of customer service for telecom?
and more importantly-when webre not.B If youbre having customer service challenges with your telecommunications provider, webre here to help!


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Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. It was story edited by Len Janson and produced by DIC Productions, Sega of America, and the Italian studio Reteitalia in association with Telecinco. It is the second of DiC's Sonic cartoons, following Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. It features a more dramatic and dark story than the lighter Adventures series, depicting Sonic as a member of a band of freedom fighters battling to overthrow Dr. Robotnik, now a despotic dictator who conquered their home planet Mobius years prior, ruling it as a polluted industrial dystopia. To distinguish it from other Sonic the Hedgehog media, the series is commonly referred to by fans as "SatAM", in reference to its Saturday morning timeslot.

The program aired for two seasons with a total of 26 episodes on ABC from September 18, 1993, to December 3, 1994, and continued in reruns until 1995. A third season was planned, but ABC canceled the show, ending it with a cliffhanger. Despite its cancellation, a fan following has elevated the series to become a cult hit. The show also inspired a video game, Sonic Spinball, and a long-running comic book series of the same name.

Plot
The series takes place on Mobius, a planet mostly populated by anthropomorphic animals. The Kingdom of Acorn, based within the metropolitan city of Mobotropolis, was at war with an unseen enemy. King Acorn recruited a human scientist named Julian to build war machines to end the war with a victory. However, during peacetime, Julian and his nephew Snively launched a coup d'état against the kingdom. The King is banished to another dimension called the Void and most of the citizens are captured and permanently transformed into robot slaves, through a machine called the Roboticizer. Julian renames himself as Dr. Robotnik, now the dictator of Mobius. Mobotropolis is renamed Robotropolis, a polluted, industrial cityscape.

Robotnik finds himself at odds with a small collective group called the Freedom Fighters, who operate out of the hidden woodland village of Knothole. They are led by Sonic the Hedgehog and Princess Sally Acorn, King Acorn's sole heir. Other members include Sonic's best friend Miles "Tails" Prower, computer genius Rotor the Walrus, French coyote Antoine Depardieu, half-roboticized Bunnie Rabbot, and Dulcy the Dragon. They act as a rebellion against Robotnik's regime. Sonic uses the Power Rings to gain a temporary boost in power. Both the rings and the Roboticizer were designed by Sonic's uncle Chuck, one of the victims of the machine.

Early on in the series, Sonic uses a Power Ring to restore Uncle Chuck's free will in his mechanical body. Chuck decides to act as a spy for the Freedom Fighters, operating from within the city. He is eventually discovered by Robotnik in the second season and escapes to Knothole. Sally searches for her father during the series. He is found alive within the Void, shared with the sorcerer Naugus who was also imprisoned within the dimension by his former associate Robotnik. Naugus attempts to escape the Void, but both he and King Acorn discover their bodies turn to crystal if they leave the Void due to their prolonged exposure to it. King Acorn gives his daughter a list of known Freedom Fighters that they can make use of in their fight against Robotnik. The heroes gain other allies including Ari the Ram, and Lupe, leader of the elusive wolf pack.

In the series' sole two-part episode, "Blast to the Past", Sonic and Sally use the Time Stones to travel back in time, in an attempt to prevent Robotnik's planned takeover. They fail, but manage to get their younger selves to the safety of Knothole, with help from Sally's nanny Rosie Woodchuck.

In the series finale, Robotnik builds the Doomsday Project to destroy the population. The Freedom Fighters launch a full-scale attack against Robotnik, with Sonic and Sally destroying the Doomsday Project with the power of the Deep Power Stones. Robotnik is caught in the destruction and is utterly destroyed along with Doomsday and the Freedom Fighters declare victory, with Sonic and Sally kissing. In a final scene, Snively becomes the main antagonist, accompanied out of the remains of an elevator by an unseen ally with red eyes. Ben Hurst, one of the series' writers, confirmed the figure was Naugus.

Characters

Knothole Freedom Fighters
 Sonic (voiced by Jaleel White as his older self, Tahj Mowry as his younger self) is a blue hedgehog and the main protagonist of the series. He is able to run at superhuman speed, and is the only Freedom Fighter capable of using magical rings called Power Rings. Sonic has an impatient and head-strong personality, but is also fearless, heroic, and well-meaning. He always mockingly refers to Robotnik as "Ro-butt-nik".
 Princess Sally Alicia Acorn (voiced by Kath Soucie as her older self, Lindsay Ridgeway as her younger self) is a chipmunk who is the rightful princess of Mobotropolis and Sonic's love interest. As a strategist and leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters, she is knowledgeable and the voice of reason. Sally tries to keep Sonic grounded. She is known for her compassion and master diplomacy.
 Bunnie Rabbot (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) is a rabbit with a southern accent. Half of her body was roboticized, leaving her left arm and both legs mechanical. She is skilled in martial arts and wants to be returned to normal.
 Antoine "Ant" Depardieu (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a coyote with a French accent whose awkwardness often places the others in danger and gets him captured. He has some difficulty speaking English. He has romantic feelings for Princess Sally, and attempts to impress her. However, his selfishness hinders this goal. Sonic often teases Antoine over his shortcomings.
 Rotor (voiced by Mark Ballou in Season 1 and Cam Brainard in Season 2)  is a walrus and the mechanic of Knothole Village. He provides the Knothole Freedom Fighters with useful inventions, and accompanies them on infiltrations.
 Tails (voiced by Bradley Pierce) is a young two-tailed fox who idolizes Sonic. While usually left behind in Knothole, he proves useful in deadly missions.
 Nicole (voiced by Kath Soucie) is a portable computer that Sally uses to hack into Robotnik's technology. Nicole speaks in a female monotone, and exhibits artificial intelligence. It is indicated that Sally received Nicole from her father.
 Dulcy (voiced by Cree Summer) is a young dragon, who provides the Knothole Freedom Fighters with transportation. Sporting powerful lungs, Dulcy can blow enemies away and burn/freeze them with fire or ice breath. She has trouble landing, and often crashes mid-flight. She was introduced in Season 2.

Villains
 Dr. Julian Robotnik (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a human warlord who seeks to cover Mobius in machinery and transform its population into robotic slaves by roboticizing them. He is chiefly opposed by the Knothole Freedom Fighters. Robotnik's obsession with destroying Sonic is often his downfall. In this version, his real first name is Julian, adopting the moniker "Robotnik" after his takeover.
 Snively (voiced by Charlie Adler) is Robotnik's nephew and personal assistant. He is constantly abused by his uncle. As such, Snively hates Robotnik and plots behind his back.
 Naugus (voiced by Michael Bell) is a powerful humanoid sorcerer of indeterminate species with bat-like ears, a rhinoceros horn on his head, a crustacean-like claw for a left hand, and a lizard-like tail. He resents his former associate Robotnik for betraying and imprisoning him within the Void. Naugus desires retribution, but he cannot escape without turning into crystal due to him being in the Void for too long as he can no longer exist outside the void.
 Cluck (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker) is a robotic chicken-like bird and the only creature Robotnik shows affection towards.
 Swat-Bots (voiced by Jim Cummings and Frank Welker) are Robotnik's primary henchmen and foot soldiers.

Recurring
 Sir Charles "Chuck" Hedgehog (voiced by William Windom) is Sonic's uncle, and the inventor of the Roboticizer before Robotnik stole it. He was roboticized and made into one of Robotnik's slaves, until Sonic restored his memory. He serves as a spy for the Freedom Fighters. According to Robby London, he was named after the writer and animator, Chuck Menville, who died in 1992.
 Ari Ram (voiced by Dorian Harewood) is a Freedom Fighter who worked as a double agent for Robotnik, only to be betrayed later and trapped in the Void. He is later rescued by Sonic and joins the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
 King Acorn (voiced by Tim Curry) is the former king of Mobotropolis and Sally's father. He was banished to the Void during Robotnik's takeover, and like Naugus, cannot escape without turning into crystal due to prolonged exposure to the Void. But before returning to the Void, he gives Sally the list of all the Freedom Fighter groups in Mobius, telling her to find them, unify them under her banner and establish a Freedom Fighter network so they can be strong enough to overthrow Robotnik once and for all.
 Lupe Wolf (voiced by Shari Belafonte) – Leader of the Wolfpack Freedom Fighters and one of the Knothole Freedom Fighters' allies in the fight against Robotnik.

Voice cast

 Jaleel White as Sonic the Hedgehog
 Charlie Adler as Snively
 Jim Cummings as Dr. Julian Robotnik, Swat-Bots
 Christine Cavanaugh as Bunnie Rabbot
 Rob Paulsen as Antoine Depardieu
 Bradley Pierce as Miles "Tails" Prower
 Kath Soucie as Princess Sally Acorn
 Cree Summer as Dulcy the Dragon
 Frank Welker as Cluck, Swat-Bots
 William Windom as Uncle Chuck
 Tim Curry as King Acorn

Crew
 Marsha Gooodman - Casting director
 Ginny McSwain - Casting director and voice director

Production
Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DiC Animation City in association with Sega of America, which produced a total of 26 episodes for its two-season run, and the Italian studio Reteitalia S.p.A., part of Fininvest company in association with Telecinco. The show's animation was outsourced to the Korean studio Sae Rom Production and Spanish studio Milimetros.

Before production began, Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske and its newly appointed consumer products director Michealene Risley approached DiC Entertainment's CEO Andy Heyward and the ABC network to produce a television show featuring Sonic. After being shown the character, Heyward agreed to make the show and was granted the license. According to Robby London, DiC originally made a deal to produce only the Saturday morning Sonic series for the ABC network, which was originally planned to air in the Fall of 1992. The cartoon was to be more light-hearted compared to the final product, as reflected by the episode "Heads or Tails", early promotional material found in Fleetway's Sonic the Comic and the early issues of Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie, which were based on the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon. However, DiC also wanted to expand the show and produce additional episodes for weekday syndication as well, similar to what DiC had previously done with The Real Ghostbusters, but Mark Pedowitz, the then-senior vice president of business affairs and contracts at ABC, who expected the Sonic cartoon to air exclusively on ABC, rejected the idea, telling London "If you guys want to do syndication, be our guest, go with God, but you won't be on our network."

ABC would not agree to the deal until London came with a proposition that DiC would produce a separate, vastly different Sonic show for syndication instead, the result of which became Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Afterwards, ABC was at first willing to air only a single half-hour episode as a prime-time special scheduled to air in March 1993 (which would become the episode "Heads or Tails") before ultimately delaying it and including it as part of the show which ABC picked up again for a full season, this time airing in the Fall of 1993, alongside Adventures airing in syndication at the same time. During that time, the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon received a makeover and was made darker and more serious in order to distinguish itself from the syndicated Sonic cartoon. The show bible for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon was written in February 1992 with the final revision made on March 10, 1993.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1993)

Season 2 (1994)

Broadcast and distribution

Initial run
The Saturday morning series differs from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, which premiered two weeks earlier and aired on weekday afternoons in syndication. While Adventures is lighthearted and comical, Sonic the Hedgehog featured a comparatively complex plot and dramatic atmosphere. It explored unusual story concepts for animation, including losing loved ones to war and relationships focusing on young couples.

While featuring a darker tone in comparison to Adventures, the Saturday morning show's first season had an episodic structure and aired out of order, however the second season featured a story arc (which would've continued in the later seasons, had the show not been cancelled). At ABC's request, the second season included episodes devoted to humor, while darker and dramatic elements were reduced. Other changes in season two include Princess Sally donning a jacket, Dulcy the Dragon being added to the cast and Rotor receiving a new design. ABC also ended up, in some weeks, airing back-to-back episodes of this show during the 1st season, while in Season 2, each time slot for the show was for a single episode only.

Syndication
After the program's initial run, it appeared on the USA Network's Action Extreme Team block from June 1997 to January 1998. ABC did not replicate this, replacing Sonic with reruns of Free Willy. Sonic the Hedgehog aired in Canada on the CTV Network, with a bonus summer run between June 10 and September 2, 1995. It has not been rerun on broadcast or cable television in Canada since its cancellation on CTV, but was present on the Shomi video-on-demand platform until its November 30, 2016, closure. In 2004, it started airing on Spacetoon TV in the MENA region until May 2015. All scenes with depicted romance have been censored due to federal laws in MENA.

From 1994 to 1996, it had a complete run on the UK television on ITV and Channel 4, In December 1994, the first season was broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ2. On September 2, 2016, reruns of the series began airing on Starz. As of 2020, the show can be found on Pluto TV (although it was found from 2017) and on demand at Paramount+, as well as YouTube. On March 15, 2021, it began airing in Malaysia on new kids channel named TA-DAA!.

Home releases

This show has never been reissued on DVD after its expiration in 2012, but the remaining copies are available on Amazon and eBay with expensive prices. However, the complete series is available to purchase and download on iTunes.

In other media

Comics

Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic book was initially based on the Saturday morning cartoon. From its earliest issues, the book shared the characters and story premise established within it. However, the comic differed in that it featured humorous plots modeled after the weekday show. After writer Ken Penders had the opportunity to view the Saturday morning program, the comic gradually became adventure-driven.

The comic series shifted focus again after ABC cancelled Sonic the Hedgehog, developing into a relationship-based superhero story, and following a reboot, Archie's Sonic was primarily inspired by the video game series. Nevertheless, the characters and locales from the Saturday morning cartoon remained prominent until the comic's cancellation in July 2017.

Video games

Several video games were intended to use elements from the TV series, although only one was completed. This was Sonic Spinball, released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis. It contained characters from the show, including Princess Sally, Bunnie Rabbot, Rotor and Muttski. Spinball was commissioned due to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 being pushed back from its intended 1993 release in the holiday shopping season to February 1994, with the game being developed in under a year. An 8-bit port of the game was also released for the Master System and Game Gear due to the poor reception of Sonic Drift in Japan.

Another video game tentatively titled Sonic-16 was intended to be set in the same universe, with a prototype being created by Sega Technical Institute in November 1993. However, Yuji Naka and Sega management disliked the project, allgedly due to its slow-paced nature, and it was soon cancelled without any further development. Directly afterwards, the same team worked on Sonic Mars; this would have featured Princess Sally and Bunnie Rabbot as playable characters. This project eventually evolved into Sonic X-treme, which was cancelled in 1996 due to development difficulties.

Feature film attempts

In 2002, writer Ben Hurst attempted to pitch an animated film in order to revive the series. Hurst said that he proposed his idea of "a feature film to be the Third Season of SatAM" to a Sega executive, who was interested in the project, and that he later received a call from Ken Penders, head writer of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series by Archie Comics, who had been alerted about the movie. Hurst stated he told him to relay his strategy to Sega in an attempt to get them interested, however after calling Sega back, his contact's demeanor had completely changed; they angrily stated that Sega is paid to develop Sonic projects, rather than paying others to do so. Hurst theorized that Penders had told them about their strategy in a "less-than-flattering way", and that he implied he would be the writer of a Sonic movie.

Penders would later pitch Sega his own concept for a movie in 2003 based on the Archie comic, under the name Sonic Armageddon. Not much is known about the pitch, except that the film would have followed Sonic and friends after their home planet of Mobius explodes, something shown in pitch art and stated by Penders himself. According to Penders, he had the support of both X-Men director Larry Hudson and Sega of America licensing manager Robert Leffer behind him, and cites the opportunity to make the film as to why he left his position as lead writer of the Sonic comic at Archie. He created four pieces of concept art and a homemade pitch video, but the project never materialised due to the death of Leffer and what Penders described as "massive corporate upheaval" at Sega sometime in 2007.

Team Sea3on

From 2019 onwards, a group of fans calling themselves 'Team Sea3on' spun out from the online "FUS" community ("Fans United for Satam") and began work on bringing a third season of the programme to life, basing the plotlines on both Ben Hurst's original notes as well as the group's active webcomic. The group are presently working within 'proper legal channels' to advance the project with Sega's awareness. The effort gained attention from the likes of IGN. In April 2022, a full teaser trailer was uploaded to the group's YouTube channel, with a cover of the Satam theme song "Fastest Thing Alive" by Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40.

Reception
Sonic the Hedgehog ranked No. 9 for all of Saturday Morning with a 5.2 rating, an estimated 4.8 million viewers during its first season.

The first season received an approval rating of 40% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews. Patrick Lee of The A.V. Club gave it a positive review, saying that "the show pushed its cartoon animal characters to the most dramatic places they could go without venturing into self-parody. Over the course of the series, the characters dealt with loss, romance, and death [...] The entire series successfully pulled off that sort of balancing act, and even 20 years later, it's still a solid Saturday morning cartoon". Mark Bozon of IGN criticized the show as dated, considering it "so bad, it's good." Writing for DVD Talk, Todd Douglass Jr. remarked that Sonic didn't stand the test of time. Overall, he considered it to be of low quality, although he found the stories "Ultra Sonic" and "Blast to the Past" to be "the crème of the crop."

Luke Owen of Flickering Myth felt Sonic aged better than is often supposed, praising its well-executed characterizations and treatment of war, although he considered Antoine to be "one of the worst characters committed to a cartoon series." GamesRadar listed the show as one of "the worst things to happen to Sonic." It criticized its plot and characters as "unwanted". The Escapist journalist Bob Chipman credited the series with providing a viably menacing take on Doctor Robotnik, and an engaging narrative. Bob Mackey of USgamer wrote that the cartoon's writing didn't live up to its intriguing premise. In particular, he argued that the Antoine character perpetrated negative French stereotypes.

Notes

References

External links

 Sonic the Hedgehog at the Big Cartoon DataBase

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Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator
Sonia Mahjoub, Faic ̧al Mnif, Nabil Derbel
Controlling an underactuated manipulator with less actuators than degrees of freedom is a challenging problem, specifically when it is to force the underactuated manipulator to track a given trajectory or to be configurated at a specific position in the work space. This paper presents two controllers for the set point regulation of 2-DOF underactuated manipulators. The first one is a cascade sliding mode tracking controller while the second one uses an inputoutput feedback linearization approach. The first algorithm builds on an observation that an underactuated manipulator can be treated as two subsystems. Consequently, a cascade sliding mode tracking controller has been designed. Firstly, a sliding mode surface is designed for both subsystems, these two sliding surfaces represent a first layer in the design architecture. A second layer sliding mode surface is then constructed based on the first layer sliding surface. The cascaded sliding mode controller is therefore deduced in terms of Lyapunov stability theorem. Robustness issues to bounded disturbances are then investigated. In a second stage of the paper, the input output feedback linearization (IOFL) control is presented. The latter, is then mixed to the sliding mode control scheme for robustness issues. Simulation results on 2-DOF whirling pendulum are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Journal of Computers
https://doi.org/10.4304/jcp.6.2.368-376
Feedback linearization
Sliding mode control
Robustness (control systems)
Input output feedback linearization
Robust stabilization
Sliding mode
Underactuated manipulator
Whirling pendulum
Mahjoub, S., Mnif, F. ., & Derbel, N. (2011). Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator. Journal of Computers, 6(2), 368-376. https://doi.org/10.4304/jcp.6.2.368-376
Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator. / Mahjoub, Sonia; Mnif, Faic ̧al; Derbel, Nabil.
In: Journal of Computers, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2011, p. 368-376.
Mahjoub, S, Mnif, F & Derbel, N 2011, 'Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator', Journal of Computers, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 368-376. https://doi.org/10.4304/jcp.6.2.368-376
Mahjoub S, Mnif F, Derbel N. Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator. Journal of Computers. 2011;6(2):368-376. https://doi.org/10.4304/jcp.6.2.368-376
Mahjoub, Sonia ; Mnif, Faic ̧al ; Derbel, Nabil. / Set point stabilization of a 2DOF underactuated manipulator. In: Journal of Computers. 2011 ; Vol. 6, No. 2. pp. 368-376.
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