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ITM Power Provides a Trading Update – 10th June 2021
By FuelCellsWorksJune 10, 2021 18 min read (3475 words)
June 10, 2021 | 18 min read
ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company provides a trading update for the year to 30 April 2021. This update also includes progress on the contracts backlog and tender pipeline, the Bessemer Park Gigafactory, ITM Linde Electrolysis GmbH ("ILE"), ITM Motive, ITM Support and ITM Academy, as well as the outlook for the current financial year to 30 April 2022 and beyond.
Work in Progress*
£35.4m
Contracts backlog**
£154.0m
Tender pipeline ***
*Work in Progress
Contracted backlog
**Contracts backlog
Contracted backlog and contracts in the final stages of negotiation and preferred supplier backlog
***Tender pipeline
Quotations submitted in response to commercial tenders in the last 12 months
Contracts backlog of £154.0m (£52.4m) constituting 290MW of electrolysers up 194% YoY
£35.4m (£21.8m) Work in Progress up 62% YoY representing 43MW of electrolysers
10MW of the Work in Progress is the Refhyne project recognised on stage of completion
The balance of the Work in Progress is expected to be delivered in FY22
Tender pipeline of £607m (£263m), up 131% YoY, value to ITM Power is £364.2m
Tender pipeline constitutes 593MW of potential electrolysis demand
Bessemer Park Gigafactory positions ITM Power strongly to meet rapidly growing demand
Installation of the 10MW Refhyne project completed, with inauguration on 2 July
Market Progress:
Rapid hydrogen market development, with projects now at the 100MW scale
Eight governments stated explicit electrolyser targets totalling 144GW by 2030
Number of reports suggest further acceleration of hydrogen market development
The IEA report "Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the Global Energy Sector" published on 18 May states that a "global electrolyser capacity of 3,585GW needed by 2050."
The Aurora "Hydrogen Market Attractiveness Report" published on 11 May states that the current pipeline of potential electrolysis projects is over 200 GW, 85% of which is in Europe
New Contract awards:
24MW sale to Linde Gas for the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany
Additional aggregate sales of 10MW across Germany, Austria, Japan, Tasmania and France
New market sectors: semiconductors, multi MW scale wind coupling
€5m EU funding for OYSTER (offshore electrolysis) with Orsted and Siemens Gamesa
New projects under negotiation or preferred supplier status:
Partnership with Snam to develop projects with preferred supplier status for the first 100MW of electrolysers
Planned 100MW expansion of Shell Refhyne to 110MW – subject to securing match funding
Plans submitted for the 20MW Whitelee project in Glasgow with ScottishPower (Iberdrola)
ITM Motive established as a separate company, wholly owned by ITM Power
Tom Rae and Katherine Roe appointed as Non-Executive Directors of ITM Power
Recruitment of key talent to maintain market leadership continues
Unaudited Financials:
Expected Total Revenue £4.0m (£5.4m) for the year to 30 April 2021, impacted by Covid-19 and IFRS15 recognition rules
EBITDA and EBIT losses for the year expected to be broadly in line with management expectations
Cash position £176m (£41.0m) at year end 2021
Outlook:
The Company currently expects to produce (and recognise revenue for) 50MW of electrolysers in the financial year ending 30 April 2022
Of this, 33MW are already contracted in the backlog, with the balance of 17MW in advanced stages of contract negotiation
Recognised revenue will be strongly weighted to the second half of the financial year given manufacturing lead times
The Company now has significant manufacturing and operational capacity, and a blueprint to substantially increase that capacity, to address market demand for its developing suite of products as the market continues to move at pace towards large scale projects
Dr Graham Cooley, CEO, ITM Power plc, commented: "Traction in the electrolyser industry has been even more rapid than we were anticipating. At the same time, we moved into a gigawatt factory in January, which positions us strongly to meet rapidly growing global demand reflected in a contracts backlog and tender opportunity pipeline materially ahead of our original expectations. We are very much looking forward to welcoming customers and investors to a very busy Bessemer Park as soon as we are able."
There will be an analyst and investor presentation today at 1400h BST on the Investor Meet Company platform: https://www.investormeetcompany.com/itm-power-plc/register-investor
Also today, ITM Power's partner Linde will be holding a green hydrogen seminar between 0900h and 1130h BST (1000h-1230h CET) which will cover the Company's JV with Linde, ILE GmbH. Those wishing to attend should register at: https://www.engineering.linde.com/green-hydrogen-seminar2
For further information please visit www.itm-power.com or contact:
ITM Power plc
James Collins, Investor Relations
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Jeremy Ellis / Chris Sim / Ben Griffiths
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)
Simon Hudson / Edward Lee / Tim Pearson
About ITM Power plc:
ITM Power plc manufactures integrated hydrogen energy solutions for grid balancing, energy storage and the production of renewable hydrogen for transport, renewable heat and chemicals. ITM Power plc was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2004. In October 2019, the Company announced the completion of a £58.8 million fundraising, including an investment by Linde of £38 million, together with the formation of a joint venture with Linde to focus on delivering renewable hydrogen to large-scale industrial projects worldwide. ITM Power signed a deal to deploy a 10MW electrolyser at Shell's Rhineland refinery. In November 2020, ITM Power completed a £172m fundraising, including a £30m investment by Snam, one of the world's leading energy infrastructure operators. ITM Power operates from the world's largest electrolyser factory in Sheffield with a capacity of 1GW (1,000MW) per annum. ITM Power received an order for the world's largest PEM electrolyser of 24MW from Linde in January 2021. Other customers and partners include Sumitomo, Ørsted, Phillips 66, Scottish Power, Siemens Gamesa, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, Gasunie, RWE, Engie, GNVert, National Express, Toyota, Hyundai and Anglo American among others.
Global demand from industry for electrolysers to decarbonise production processes, and from utilities and power companies to store renewable energy, is accelerating – the potential scale of demand originally underpinned the Company's decision to invest in a step change in capacity at the new Bessemer Park facility. ITM Power is well positioned to take advantage of the acceleration in demand – our investments in the Bessemer Park facility have yielded not only the largest PEM electrolyser production facility anywhere in the world today with a significant 1GW per annum capacity, but can also serve as a blueprint to further scale production as and when required.
The contracts backlog today stands at a record level of £154.0m (£52.4m) constituting 290MW of electrolysers, up over 194% YoY; comprising £35.4m (£21.8m) of projects under contract and in progress and a further £118.6m of awards in the final stages of negotiation or subject to preferred supplier status.
The full system tender opportunity pipeline stands at £607m (£263m), up 131% YoY, of which the value to ITM Power would be £364.2m; this constitutes 593MW of full electrolyser systems comprising 68 active commercial tender responses over the last 12 months with an average project size of £8.9m (£7.2m), reflecting strong industrial demand for larger systems. For ITM Power to add a bid to the tender pipeline, it needs to be a financed project, quoted within the last 12 months and expected to be contracted in the next three years. ITM Linde Electrolysis and ITM have jointly responded to GWs of early stage enquiries over the last 12 months providing indicative pricing, which do not yet form part of the tender pipeline.
ITM Linde Electrolysis GmbH (ILE)
As a 50/50 joint venture, ILE can access the capabilities of both ITM Power and Linde Engineering. In so doing, the business has an extremely strong value proposition from feasibility to plant realisation. As such, ILE is uniquely able to offer large-scale, turnkey solutions to the market including full EPC capability.
ILE has enjoyed a successful period winning feasibility, front end engineering design (FEED) contracts and execution projects and is currently conducting three such FEED studies. Notable among the execution projects are the sale of a 24MW electrolyser which will be operated at a Total facility in Leuna, Germany and the completion of a 100MW FEED study for Orsted and Philipps 66 that will act as a blueprint for further 100MW+ projects. Both are representative of the rapidly growing demand for larger electrolyser systems, which is where the ILE offering is particularly compelling.
Collaboration between ITM Power, Linde Engineering and ILE is intense and productive. ILE currently has 14 full time staff, up 367% over the last 12 months and as a consequence, the market offering has developed rapidly. Crucially for ITM Power, the relationship enables the business to focus on electrolyser standardisation and modularisation. This in turn allows ITM Power to accelerate development, cost reduction and the transition to a high volume specialist manufacturer. By focusing on its core competencies in this way, ITM Power can effectively and rapidly scale the business.
Snam S.p.A. (Snam)
The strategic partnership between ITM Power and Snam signed in October 2020 is proceeding well. ITM Power and Snam have a constructive dialogue around several green hydrogen projects leveraging on their respective knowledge and strengths. Snam has supported ITM Power's Strategic Advisory Committee on key decisions on commercial activities and the Company's Technology Management Committee has also benefited from Snam's input into research and development roadmaps, by reflecting Snam's understanding of hydrogen markets. Snam's secondments to the ITM Power team in Sheffield are enabling the two companies to foster synergies for the development of new projects, as well as technology and manufacturing improvements.
Unaudited Results
Revenue for the financial year to 30 April 2021 is expected to be £4.0m. This was the first year in which ITM Power worked with Linde as part of the joint venture, ILE, which resulted in sales contracts being secured with a value of £12.8m. These contracts were ongoing at year-end and therefore no revenue was recognised from the efforts of the JV in the financial year. The revenue performance was also impacted by some project delays, particularly in Australia, in relation to Covid-19 restrictions. Had these restrictions not impacted revenue, it would have stood at £5.5m. These Australian projects are expected to conclude in Q1 FY22.
EBITDA and EBIT losses in the financial year to 30 April 2021 are expected to be broadly in line with management expectations. This result reflects in part the impact of Project Accelerate, whereby the Group is targeting next generation products two years early. To facilitate this, headcount has increased from 189 at 30 April 2020 to 275 today, up 46%. This enhancement of capability has accelerated the technology development, allowed for a homologation exercise to happen for all target markets (due to conclude in FY22) and led to further investment in production skills, product improvements, after-market service capability and business development.
Total net current assets excluding stock at the year-end were approximately £176m (£50.7m as at 30 April 2020), comprising £176.1m (£39.9m) of cash and deployed working capital (debtors less creditors) of £nil (£9.7m).
Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The health and safety of our employees and their families, our suppliers and customers remains paramount. Consequently, in accordance with government guidelines, all non-essential work was stopped at ITM Power locations until Government restrictions were lifted.
As previously announced, many customer sites where ITM Power is working to install and commission equipment were closed for periods, causing delays to project delivery, which has impacted revenue recognition for these contracts. The Company worked closely with partners, suppliers and staff to get back on site as soon as possible in all cases, and has recently had teams in Germany, France, Netherlands and Australia. Staff were COVID tested prior to any travel to ensure their safety and the safety of our customers.
ITM is working in full COVID compliance with production and essential services on site at our Gigafactory in Sheffield, where staff are encouraged to enrol in the UK testing and vaccination program, and COVID testing is available onsite. Work is progressing to allow remaining staff to return to site as the lockdown is lifted, with the expectation that the lifting of restrictions on 21 June will allow all staff access to our new facility.
The Bessemer Park Gigafactory
The Company moved into Bessemer Park in January 2021, and the factory has been in production for the last three months. The historic ITM sites closed, with dilapidations complete, and all staff are under one roof. The strategy of becoming a standardised products manufacturer is being realised at Bessemer Park, with parts being built to stock to reduce lead times. The Company has also deployed and resourced its remote support centre, with technical specialisations available 24/7 to support customer products anywhere in the world and provide best-in-class service. The move to, and development of, Bessemer Park has also provided ITM with an effective blueprint for future large-scale manufacturing facilities, including identification of scope for further automation.
ITM Power continues to place strategic focus on the development of its technology. The opening of Bessemer Park earlier this year saw the Product Development and Technology teams relocate into the new Technology Centre. The additional space provides an excellent location to build on the Company's 20 years of experience and accelerate key development activities. The ITM Power technology roadmap is focused on reducing cost, increasing efficiency and expanding production capacity of our electrolyser stacks and products.
Over the last period particular emphasis has been placed on verification of improvements at the stack level. These have included improved membrane materials, ultra-low catalyst loadings and in-house component preparation. The now co-located technology and production teams work particularly closely together as new manufacturing machines are adopted by the business to underpin production capacity ramp up and prepare for the larger 5MW Gigastack platform.
Cost Reduction and supply market risk
Product cost reduction is an important focus area for ITM Power. Last year the Company presented a full system price reduction plan including a target to halve the average product price within five years. The strategy to achieve these improvements is centred on standardisation and modularisation of the product offering alongside fully leveraging global buying power of partners and an integrated technology roadmap. The single biggest gains are available from the PEM stack and the power conversion systems. ITM Power has brought key stack preparation processes in-house with the move to Bessemer Park. Together with semi-automation and in-line quality assurance, this has achieved both cost reduction and capacity expansion for the stack platform.
The economies achieved from scale are key to cost reduction. The move to 5MW modules from 2MW modules, the increased factory throughput achieved by increased product demand and the associated efficiencies in the supply market all lead to significant cost reduction.
Another focus area has been continued reduction of precious metal loading. Over the last 10 years, the use of precious metals within ITM Power stacks has reduced by over 80%. This core competency and vertical integration enabled ITM Power to achieve the 2030 EU target of 0.4mg/W for precious metal loading for electrolysers in 2019 and significant further progress has been made since then. As a manufacturer of its own catalyst inks, ITM Power has been working on the reduction, recycling and reuse of precious metal catalyst loading for 20 years. As part of the Company's existing cost reduction plan, these developments will be rolled out in phases, subject to ITM Power's well-established verification process. This long running activity makes an important contribution to cost reduction and provides some insulation against the risk of supply constraints in the precious metal supply chain.
These and other developments, together with the productive collaboration with Linde on product value engineering, is ensuring solid progress against cost and performance targets. Providing comparable €/kW pricing for full electrolyser systems is challenging owing to the complexity and variability in scope of supply. In addition to direct sales of containerised electrolyser systems, a significant route to market is via ITM Linde Electrolysis, whereby core electrolysis modules are supplied to Linde Engineering for integration within a wider solution tailored to the end user requirements. In this way, both companies focus on where they add value, enabling the business to be scaled effectively.
The Company currently has a portfolio of 33 live projects and a team of 12 dedicated international and multi-lingual project managers, including Italian, French and German speakers, who work closely with clients to support the delivery of projects and products to time and budget.
The Refhyne project reached a significant milestone in April with the installation of the venturi roof. Multidisciplinary teams from ITM Power and ITM Power GmbH are working on site to commission Europe's largest PEM electrolyser in preparation for the public inauguration of the facility on 2 July 2021.
On 26 February 2021, Shell announced its development plans for its Rhineland Refinery in Germany. These include an increase in the capacity of the ITM Power PEM electrolysis plant by 100MW. Shell's partners for the Refyhne II electrolysis project are ITM Power, ITM Linde Electrolysis GmbH (ILE) and Linde. Subject to finalising contracts and securing some match funding, construction will begin next year.
The Gigastack project on Humberside has been widely recognised as the UK's flagship renewable hydrogen project. This was particularly highlighted in the two Government publications, the "10-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution" and the "Energy White Paper: Powering our Net Zero Future". The Phase 2 project funded by the UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is creating a blueprint for deploying scaleable electrolyser technology across the UK. The Gigastack project is nearing an important milestone in its delivery, as project partners ITM Power, Orsted and Philips 66 are set to publish a final report in July 2021, which will outline findings and progress in key areas of focus including the 100MW electrolyser front-end engineering design (FEED) study.
The Company's Project Managers continue to work with customers and suppliers to mitigate delays resulting from Covid-19. This is expected to have an impact on the H1/H2 phasing of revenues recognised in the current financial year, but with ongoing changes to quarantine and travel rules the impact is currently too uncertain to quantify.
ITM Motive
On 4 May 2021 ITM Motive Limited ("ITM Motive") registered in England with company number 13290733, as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of ITM Power PLC. All English refuelling assets owned by ITM Power (Trading) Limited and resources and personnel have been transferred to ITM Motive. ITM Motive owns and operates a portfolio of 12 Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) assets in the UK. ITM Motive has 13 staff in total, with four new team members joining in the next two months. The company is based in Sheffield at Shepcote Enterprise Park. ITM Motive expects to rapidly grow its network of refuelling stations in the UK with a focus on larger vehicle fleets and is already talking to potential partners which could provide investment, complementary engineering skills and access to markets.
ITM Support
ITM Power has expanded its remote operating centre as part of its transition to Bessemer Park. The facility is staffed 24 hours a day by experienced engineers to provide immediate support to clients around the world. Remote access to, and visibility over, electrolyser equipment in the field which is subject to different operating conditions provides valuable data which support learning and ongoing product improvement.
ITM Power has developed a partnership with Optimal for on-site support of its electrolyser systems in Australia. Partnering in this way enables ITM Power to ensure clients receive excellent after sales support internationally. As the number of electrolyser deployments grows, uptake of aftersales support packages will increase and is expected to develop into an attractive and recurring revenue stream.
ITM Power's strategy to be ready with capacity as demand increased and establish market leadership in PEM electrolysis has proved to be the right one. Governments and industry around the world are increasingly coming to the realisation that hydrogen produced by electrolysis from renewable power is the only true zero carbon footprint production process available. And PEM electrolysis, with its ability to couple directly to intermittent renewable power, is the only technology currently available at scale.
In terms of the outlook for the current financial year ending 30 April 2022:
The Company currently expects to produce (and recognise revenue for) 50MW of electrolysers
The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on economic activity globally has produced a situation where many governments and supra-national bodies such as the EU are now seeking to combine major economic and industrial recovery plans with achieving lower greenhouse gas emissions – green recovery strategies.
These factors bode well for ITM Power's growth prospects. The Company now has significant capacity, and a blueprint to substantially increase that capacity, to address market demand for its developing suite of products. The partnerships already in place bring increased access to markets, global reach and worldwide execution capability. ITM Power is deliberately positioned to take maximum advantage of the expected growth in its markets.
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Report on Ulawun (Papua New Guinea) — 15 November-21 November 2006
Global Volcanism Program, 2006. Report on Ulawun (Papua New Guinea). In: Sennert, S K (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 15 November-21 November 2006. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Ulawun
5.05°S, 151.33°E; summit elev. 2334 m
Based on satellite imagery, the Darwin VAAC reported that during 16-17 November diffuse plumes from Ulawun drifted N and NW. An ash-and-steam plume was visible on 18 November.
Geologic Background. The symmetrical basaltic-to-andesitic Ulawun stratovolcano is the highest volcano of the Bismarck arc, and one of Papua New Guinea's most frequently active. The volcano, also known as the Father, rises above the N coast of the island of New Britain across a low saddle NE of Bamus volcano, the South Son. The upper 1,000 m is unvegetated. A prominent E-W escarpment on the south may be the result of large-scale slumping. Satellitic cones occupy the NW and E flanks. A steep-walled valley cuts the NW side, and a flank lava-flow complex lies to the south of this valley. Historical eruptions date back to the beginning of the 18th century. Twentieth-century eruptions were mildly explosive until 1967, but after 1970 several larger eruptions produced lava flows and basaltic pyroclastic flows, greatly modifying the summit crater.
Source: Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC)

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When it came time for her to leave yesterday, the heavens raged at her departure.
Today the heavens weep still.
The heavens here are really dramatic.
It would be inaccurate to say that Lala had a cavalier attitude toward money before she moved out, but now that she's living in a self-imposed state of constant financial crisis, she has become intensely frugal to a degree that I occasionally find worrying, but understandable. I didn't realize how much her attitude toward money had changed though until I paid for her dinner out recently.
"I'm no longer a cheap date!" she cried.
So I'm out driving today, and while stopped at a stop light I noticed somebody's arm flailing out the driver's side window from a car ahead of me. It takes me a moment, because all I can really see is the arm, but I eventually decide the gesture is intended to be a wave.
Why is that idiot waving? I thought to myself. It's not like anybody can tell why they're waving, or even who they're waving to!
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Who are the referees for Michigan State vs. Northwestern Wildcats basketball
The Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team made the trip to Michigan State for a Big Ten Conference contest on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
MSU, ranked No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, entered the game 15-5 overall and 7-2 in the Big Ten. It defeated Minnesota 70-52 on Sunday.
Northwestern came into the game 6-13 overall and 1-8 in the Big Ten. Most recently, it lost 71-59 against Ohio State on Sunday.
Here is the officiating crew for the matchup.
MSU vs. Northwestern basketball referees
The Michigan State vs. Northwestern men's basketball referees are Bo Boroski, Steve McJunkins and Paul Szelc.
Earlier this season, Paul Szelc officiated the Michigan State vs. Purdue men's basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 12.
Read more MSU basketball news:
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View it:How to watch MSU basketball vs. Northwestern on TV, live stream
Tom Izzo is the Michigan State men's basketball head coach. Chris Collins is the Northwestern men's basketball head coach.
Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.


In this article, you will learn how to create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster and deploy a SQL Server Container in Kubernetes.
Sign in to the Azure portal from here.
Create a new resource, select the category as Containers, and choose Kubernetes Service.
Under "Basic" tab, select appropriate subscription, create/select resource group.
Provide a cluster name (), DNS name prefix (it is used to connect to the Kubernetes API when managing the containers after creating the cluster), the number of nodes, and their size based on your need (Node represents the number of agent servers, not the number of containers).
The size of the node is not changeable once created, whereas you can change the number of nodes as per the requirement. Cost mentioned is per node cost, not the cost of the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster.
Next, under the "Authentication" tab, create or use an existing service principle which has permissions to create and deploy the resources in a subscription. You can enable role-based access control (RBAC) if you require to provide permission to others over the resources in the cluster.
Next, go to the "Networking" tab, create a new network, or click on Advance to select an existing VNet on which other resources are connected. You can select HTTP application routing if you are hosting a web application.
For log monitoring and insights report, enable the container monitoring and create or select Log Analytics workspace on the "Monitoring" tab.
On the next tab, you can add a tag to segregation if needed. Go to "Review + Create" tab after validation and click on "Create".
You can download and keep the deployment if you are planning for automation or keeping the record of the deployment files.
After the successful deployment, you should be able to see your cluster, as shown below. But all the resources required for the cluster orchestration are created in different resource group (by default).
To manage the cluster and create applications, pods, etc., you need to connect using Azure CLI 2.0 which will launch the Kubernetes Web UI Management Interface. To connect to a cluster, click on the "View Kubernetes dashboard" option in your Kubernetes Cluster under the Overview section.
These commands will not work on Cloud Shell and must be running on your local machine.
Open PowerShell/ CMD with Azure CLI versions 2.0.27 or later.
If you do not already have kubectl installed in your CLI, run the following command.
Get the credentials for your cluster by running the following command.
The config file on the mentioned path is used as the authentication for Kubernetes Web UI management interface.
Run the below-mentioned command to start a session on your localhost and launch the Kubernetes dashboard as shown below.
You can configure a SQL Server instance on Kubernetes in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), with persistent storage for high availability (HA). The solution provides resiliency. If the SQL Server instance fails, Kubernetes automatically re-creates it in a new pod. Kubernetes also provides resiliency against node failure.
Create an SA password (as Microsoft is still investing on Kerberos/AD in a Linux container Link ).
kubectl create secret generic mssql --from-literal=SA_PASSWORD="Pass@123"
Create a manifest/ docker deployment script to define the storage class and the persistent volume claim, which specifies the storage provisioner, parameters, and reclaim policy.
The below-mentioned code represents an Azure Managed disk with 8GB storage of type standard HDD.
To deploy the persistent storage on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), open your Kubernetes management portal.
Click on "Create" and paste the script, or you can save the above script as a yaml file and upload the script.
Create an SQL Server which uses the persistent storage to store the database.
Create a manifest/ docker deployment script which describe the container based on the SQL Server mssql-server-linux Docker image (make sure it fetches password from the secret created).
To deploy the SQL Services on a container on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) go your Kubernetes management portal, click on "Create" and paste the script, or you can save the above script as a yaml file and upload the script.
To check the deployment status, go to "Deployments" blade and check for the deployment name, if deployment is successful you should see a green check as shown below. Go to Services blade to check your SQL Service and collect the Public IP and connect to SQL Server using SSMS.


Got this far yesterday. Just need to finish storage shelf, chuck some filler in screw holes and to cover the othe imperfections, then hopefully a few coats of clear this arvo. Mount my press etc tomorrow and then it'll be done.
Yeah mate there is a bit of storage space but I'd rather have to much then not enough.
Will do my best to fill it.
By the time I chuck all my cleaning gear in there as well as tools and other kit, I'd say it will be fairly full.
Was thinking of making one or two compartments lockable to store powder and loaded ammunition.
What do you blokes reckon?
Do you think the hutch on the back is to high / big?
I can see your point mate with stuff maybe falling off top shelf but would have to give it a fair old nudge.
But if you intend on buying more rifles, (im not sure what you own & how much you shoot), & have space next to the bench, lockable sections might be unnecessary because honestly you will fill that matchbox in no time...!!
Im in that boat & am keeping my eyes out for a seperate lockable cabinet to hang next to it.
At present I just have a lockable steel box that I intend to secure to the bottom shelf, that will serve as my ammo locker in the interim.
I would have liked to make the bench bigger however I am very space limited unfortunately.
JimTom wrote: Do you think the hutch on the back is to high / big?
The idea will be to fix the shelf unit seperately to the wall, or at least a fixing or 2 into the wall for a little lateral support.
Thanks for that mate, yes I am definitely no cabinet maker or chippy.
This is the end product after a few coats of clear.
Darn looks nice... but the question is will the bench top hold the your weight when you pump up the press.
I have the space underneath my press reinforced mate so should do the trick.
Considering I was using a bedside table with my press mounted on it, this is a bit of a step up I'd say.
Mind you the bedside table idea seemed to work fine.
This was my old bench so I think anything is a step up from here.
Haha deal. It's a little rough up close in a few spots nevertheless not to bad for a hacker like me.
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You were right Stix. Pigeon holes all full. Filled easily.
Top work JimTom, well done mate.


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Q: How to find the highest and the lowest number stored in an array? I am trying to print the highest and lowest integer number stored in an array. I am able to print the highest but for the lowest I am not getting the correct result.
Consider my two classes below :
class ArrayUtilityNew
{
    public static int findMaxMin(int a[])
    {
        int n=a.length;
        int n2=n-1;
        int minNo=0;
        int count=0;
        int maxNo=0;

        for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<n;j++)
            {
                if(a[i]<a[j])count++;

            }
            //This gives the highest no. if the count is 0
            if(count==0)
            {
              maxNo=a[i];

            }

          //Lowest no. shall be gained here if the count is greater
          // than the no of elements in the array

           // if(count>n)
           // {
            //    minNo=a[i];
           // }

            count=0;
        }
        return maxNo;
    }

}

class ArrayInteractionsNew
{
    public static void main(String arr[])
    {
        int one[]={3,20,1999,2,10,8,999};
        int answer=ArrayUtilityNew.findMaxMin(one);
        System.out.println("The highest no in the array is "+answer);
    }
}

Is the logic behind the second if not correct or is there some other mistake?
How can it be corrected?

A: You could return an int[] of min and max. Start with an array of two elements, loop over the array1 like
public static int[] findMinMax(int[] a) {
    int[] result = { Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MIN_VALUE };
    for (int i : a) {
        result[0] = Math.min(result[0], i);
        result[1] = Math.max(result[1], i);
    }
    return result;
}

The result will be an array with the first element being the minimum value2. Then to test it,
public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] arr = { 3, 20, 1999, 2, 10, 8, 999 };
    int[] minMax = findMinMax(arr);
    System.out.printf("%s: min=%d, max=%d%n",
            Arrays.toString(arr), minMax[0], minMax[1]);
}

And I get (as I would expect)
[3, 20, 1999, 2, 10, 8, 999]: min=2, max=1999

1Here, with a for-each loop.

2And the second element being the maximum.

A: I think your solution is way too complex... A better and more efficient solution would be this:
int n=a.length;
int minNo=a[0];
int maxNo=a[0];

for(int i=1;i<n;i++)
{
     if(a[i] > maxNo) {
         maxNo = a[i];
     } else if(a[i] < minNo) {
         minNo = a[i];
     }
}

// do whatever you want with maxNo and minNo

Also an even more efficient (in the code size way) way would be to use lists or streams because you can do one-liners with it.
EDIT: less ambiguous code and explanations about efficiency

A: Your answer is n^2.  To find min and max it only needs to be order n.
In other words you only need to look linear.
Do a loop that looks through the list once.  Keep track of min and max as you go. Initially set min = maxvalue and max=minvalue.  When you find a value smaller than min, it becomes the new min.
Here is an example in pseudo code.
min = max_int
max = min_int
for (i=0; i < array.length; i++)
    if array[i] < min
        min = array[i]
    if array[i] > max
        max = array[i]

A: Your approach, if it even works, is needlessly complicated.

*

*Create two variables: minNo and maxNo.

*Set minNo = Integer.MAX_VALUE and maxNo = Integer.MIN_VALUE.

*Loop through the array.  If the element is >= maxNo, assign its value to maxNo.  Also (not instead -- i.e., not else if!), if the element is <= minNo, then assign its value to minNo.

*After the loop, minNo and maxNo will be correctly assigned.

A: Thanks to the Streaming API in java8, this is a two-liner:
int[] array = new int[] {5,7,2,9,10,24,3,23};

int min = IntStream.of(array).min().getAsInt();
int max = IntStream.of(array).max().getAsInt();

Or as a more efficient 3-liner:
Arrays.parallelSort(array);
int min = array[0];
int max = array[array.length -1];

A: public static void minMax(int []arr){
     int min = arr[0];
     int max = arr[0];
     for(int i=1; i<arr.length; i++){
         min = Math.min(min,arr[i]);
         max = Math.max(max,arr[i]);
     }
//do whatever you want with the max and min
}

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Despite repeated requests over a couple of years, we're late reviewing this loudspeaker, perhaps because of my well known historic, critical view of 'switching' amplifiers and power supplies, as this active loudspeaker is crammed full of them.
The £11,000/pair Kii Three is a compact, modern, narrow-front, stand-mount stylish loudspeaker with six drive units, each with its own 250W power amplifier. (That's 3kW of stereo power!) Extensive external heat-sinks comprise matt black conductive metal plates, making up a good proportion of the enclosure area. The loudspeakers have switchable analogue or digital inputs on XLR AES/EBU sockets, and can handle digital signals up to 24-bit/192kHz; some useful tuning settings for location and timbre are also available on their rear panel. The extended length of this review is simply because this is such a ground-breaking design it deserves an exhaustive appraisal.
When installed domestically the usual signal inputs are primarily designed around another interface, accessible to the user via a cable linked electronic box, a compact, wired remote control that includes a volume facility. The latter may be both manually and wirelessly actuated, via several formats including RC5 and Apple Remote. This compact unit, known as Kii CONTROL (£1,500) may even be placed beside the listener, if somewhat limited by a 5m umbilical cable, but only if other auxiliary input socket facilities (for example USB, phono and optical S/PDIF) are not required.
CONTROL's USB socket supports 24-bit PCM up to 384kHz, plus DSD up to 128x. Volume may be set in 200 steps of 0.5dB resolution, and it has source selection, 'exact' phase setting, and mute. It has a central knob and seven pushbuttons that set the very versatile boundary and contour filtering options. These are computed in the DSP and are shown on a small OLED display.
Since the design as a whole does not have Wi-Fi connectivity for sources, App control and track selection (if needed) must be supplied by an accessory 'bridge' such as an AURALiC Aries G10, which may stream digital audio to CONTROL's USB input. (Besides DSD, PCM replay is also possible up to 384kHz sample rate.) Digital inputs are re-sampled and re-clocked using a proprietary Kii jitter rejection algorithm which is said to maintain the source resolution.
The comprehensive manual has very detailed descriptions, specifications and operational details. In my view, the most important technical feature is the directional low frequency radiation, which works a little like a phased array radar aerial. A substantial 4.8dB worth of forward axis directivity or 'throw' is available from 80Hz to 1kHz, which really is a big deal in controlling bass uniformity, in view of room standing modes and reflections. Furthermore, this speaker's 'tone controls' are so versatile it's hard to imagine that an installation cannot be tailored to a wide range of settings and locations. Even if these CONTROL features are not required, they may be used to calibrate the speakers during the installation and room tuning process, and then retired.
Our speakers were supplied with well-designed matching steel stands (£1,000/pair). These were acoustically dead, mineral-loaded, floor-spiked and fitted properly to the loudspeakers.
So well do they drive the room, even in the poorer of my two main locations, the Kii Threes were installed with minimal fuss and worked very well straight out of the box. The bass immediately sounded deep, extended, tuneful and boom-free at normal sound levels, while the sound in the front stage was clean, detailed and well balanced. One could believe it was 'job done' at this point. Eyes shut, one could imagine a tower speaker of considerable power and a well extended bass, but are then reminded by just how well coordinated the sound is – more like the proverbial point source.
It resembles the Quad ESL 63, in the fine coherence, focused timing, lack of coloration and the near point source focus, with as sharp imaging as the program sources provide. Some subtle sound quality differences were audible over the different inputs. Co-axial S/PDIF from a good CD drive seemed a bit 'digital', being slightly abrasive in the high treble and with sometimes larger than life, out-of-the-box imaging. (Perhaps I wouldn't have noticed that effect if I hadn't tried other sources!) USB drive gave convenient access to Hi-Res Music material (on PCM and DSD), facilitated by the well regarded AURALiC Aries G2 (HIFICRITIC Vol12 No2) running its own control App (Lightning DS). Here the stereo rendition was more familiar and actually quite excellent.
Finding the bass lines coming in late, I was initially concerned about musical timing, even though a sealed box design such as this ought theoretically to be superior in this regard. However, it turned out that this behavior was due to inherent internal processor delays. The latency switch (processor time delay) had been set 'Low' (to synchronize better with video sources). I changed it to 'Exact', whereupon I cannot imagine a better demonstration of the audibility of correct time alignment; in particular the fabled linear phase promise.
Now all was in place and the bass timing was actually very good indeed. Virtual sources were very well focused and differentiated, in both width and depth. Furthermore, compared with most designs the sound varied very little with angle or even head height (within reason) confirming the previously observed excellent phase integration. Well recorded ECM jazz was simply a revelation through this design. Bass was quick, punchy and tuneful – more like a great pair of cans than speakers in a room.
At more moderate sound levels the speakers sound as though a pair of 250mm (10") bass drivers per channel are operating, though eventually the laws of physics take control and encroaching compression alters the program dynamics. It won't knock, clip, or distort: excess volume drives it towards a softer 'cushion-like' effect, which might sound like failure in the bass, but is not; it is simply being driven beyond its limits. It doesn't shout or knock; merely softens and doesn't get much louder.
So how good is it? Considering the usual alternative complement of audiophile cables, DACs, racks, amps and speakers, it sounds more like £25,000 worth of gear. Yet it also does things which even such a stack cannot do, such as taking control of LF room acoustics, adapting to different room placements, and enabling near perfect time alignment, a feature that I found particularly valuable, once heard properly. Separate audiophile accessories or supports are not required, and full control facilities (including highly refined Baxandall tone adjustment of frequency over the whole audible range) are built in. Subtle adjustment is possible, for personal hearing characteristics, for room acoustics, and for sources.
However, LP listening requires conversion to digital audio to feed the controller input, or if in analogue, accessing the XLR analogue inputs at the back, which I also tried. The results were impressive nonetheless, making a more than capable sound fed from an LP system (Linn Sondek LP12 with Naim SuperLine phono stage). A conventional pre-amplifier may be used, with a DAC and/or a tuner.
However, the Kii Three just got on with the job delivering extended, tuneful, crisp, rhythmic and notably even-sounding bass. The mid-treble section has almost uniform directivity compared with nearly all loudspeaker systems, so the sound quality barely changes with modest changes in ear height or toe-in.
For many users the matching BXT subwoofer (£15,000/pair) won't be required, though it can help when driving large spaces or operating at very high levels. This low frequency extension module supports the Kii Three, with 16 additional bass drivers fed by a total of 7,000W. It should increase the overall dynamic range substantially, and certainly provides much higher power for extended bass.
From experience (in my case reviewing many hundreds of loudspeakers), few really impress, but this one did. While one is aware of power handling limits, largely to do with its sheer compactness, it continues to surprise, covering its tracks so well one is hardly ever aware of the speedy internal corrective computations until it's really pushed. And when those limits are reached it behaves so gracefully, it's more like punching a cushion than knocking against end stops. A little before that point the low frequencies show some boxy coloration and begin to lack extension and definition, but even this is surprisingly subtle. Perhaps surprisingly it excels on classical organ, playing bass scales for the deep pedal pipes tunefully and with character, yet without any 'room boom' masking.
Taken overall there is a hint of extra sweetness in the midrange, and it somehow just softened the leading edge attack, for example on concert piano, which the technologically not dissimilar KEF R50W had reproduced so well.
Clarity is very high, with very good resolution across the board, and bass tune-playing is reminiscent of the best sealed-box designs at more than double the price, with extra credit for bass uniformity over frequency and the room space. Furthermore, the very well balanced midrange has very low coloration, with essentially seamless crossover joins.
The stereophony is very close to holographic; painting very well focused images in space and depth, without the usual mild ambiguity. For a well-recorded orchestra (not a multi-mike version), performers are laid out over a large stage, clearly differentiated spatially, with their harmonics correctly focused on their respective virtual sources. Listener fatigue is greatly reduced by these levels of outstanding image stability, clarity and resolution. It ruthlessly decodes how recordings are mixed and at times you have to let the track get going and then readjust to the particular production mix that has been laid down. Naturally mastered recordings sound very natural!
The tethered remote CONTROL might be slightly awkward, but extra facilities become available, including volume and a wider choice of digital inputs, sample rates and formats. It also includes extensive adjustment for location, and for fine-tuning the bass and the timbre, which makes the combination exceptionally versatile and adaptable. The overall sound is undoubtedly very good, while the stereo imaging, bass definition and musical timing are state of the art. Designer Bruno Putzeys and his team has hit our mark head on, scoring a top HIFICRITIC Audio Excellence rating.
The most recent DSP active loudspeaker we reviewed was the little two-way KEF R50W at £2,000 a pair. These used a single 110mm (5") UniQ coaxial driver, had a powerful DSP engine including phase correction, and performed well for its size. By contrast the complete £13,500 Kii Three package is a Three-way, with four 170mm (6") chassis, alloy-cone bass drivers each powered by 250W of uniquely tailored audio drive, plus a 110mm (5") pistonic midrange and a 25mm (1") directivity controlled tweeter. Even from such a compact enclosure, there is clearly potential for serious dynamic range.
Objectively, the project has at its heart the creation of a powerful compact loudspeaker suited for professional monitoring but also for home audio use. Here, within understandable limitations of the laws of physics and acoustics, the obstacles to accurate sound reproduction in a given space have been comprehensively addressed. And as far as this audio critic is concerned, it is less to do with picking over the details but rather standing back and viewing the achievement as a whole.
The designer, the talented Bruno Putzeys (of Class D amplifier fame, including the Hypex and Mola Mola series) has clearly viewed the whole project with fresh eyes, well supported by his ambition and confidence in the power of DSP engines and his own very high power compact modular amplifiers. Deep bass from a compact enclosure requires immense power, but this he has at his disposal. Phase controlled directional bass requires multiple drivers, and there are four here: two at the sides and two at the rear of the enclosure. Good directivity requires, compact well placed mid and treble drivers and these are conventionally located on the front panel, vertically-in-line. All are time-corrected in the DSP.
Most compact loudspeakers have reflex-loaded ported enclosures, for greater efficiency and sound power at low frequencies, frequently at a cost in both coloration and timing. Despite its ultra-compact dimensions, this box is sealed and dispenses with port gain, as it uses four bass units.
The next problem is to do with acoustics. The behavior of sound waves in a room is hugely dependent on frequency, simply because the wavelength of sound covers a massive range, from almost 20m in the low bass to less than 20mm in the high treble. This wide range of wavelengths has to be radiated reasonably evenly into the room space for us to hear our music recordings to high standards. However the efficiency of sound radiation is highly dependent on source size, and that is before we try and account for the directionality (beaming), from radiators of finite size at higher frequencies.
Many designers find reasonably effective compromises: larger enclosures and larger drivers for the bass, smaller drivers for the mid frequencies, and tiny devices for the trebles. Yet the problems of distributing the much larger bass wavelengths in the room remains, because a room is a large box at low frequencies, with complex and uneven sound reflections, modes, excited and even partly pressurized at lowest frequencies when driven by a loudspeaker source. Ideally the latter should have directional bass radiation, selectively illuminating the listening region and thus reducing the excitation of the room modes. Putzeys has comprehensively addressed this problem with sophisticated computer processing for directional bass provided by the phased driver array.
It is programmed to have much weaker side and rear drive to the room boundaries, so the Kii Three throws the bass forward towards the listener. With far less stray drive to the room modes the resulting bass can sound faster, cleaner, more uniform, and more tuneful.
Furthermore. the time-aligned combination of the mid and treble in this design provides near perfect crossover integration for the chosen alignment (in this case that pioneered by the late Siegfried Linkwitz, with the mid-to-treble crossover following the classic fourth-order Linkwitz-Riley.) Here is the opportunity to phase-correct the entire design to achieve a linear phase characteristic, for theoretically more natural sound reproduction and improved musical timing, including beat and rhythm. Putzeys has grasped this opportunity too, a switch allowing us to hear the difference between the minimum delay mode (usually for crisper lip sync with video), and the fully aligned phase linear state for music. (This facility also conveniently provides us with the proof that such time-alignment is both audible and worthwhile.) When time-corrected, the inherent latency (or instantaneous time delay) is close to 1ms.
Despite the high efficiency of the off-line switch-mode power supplies and the matching PWM Class D power amplifiers, the casework runs quite warm. Each loudspeaker consumes about 40W in idle, reaching a surface temperature of about 33ºC (depending on ambient). When driven hard they do not get significantly warmer, as the power efficiency actually improves.
Putzeys includes current feedback from the working drivers to the amplifiers, helping to compensate for distortion and voice-coil heating. The innate frequency response of each driver is held in the DSP library to help compute accurate equalization; this operating model includes overload limits so that damage and audible overload are avoided.
Where the BXT subwoofers are not used, the matching stands will be essential, as they are wholly functional and complement the design well. Note that the boundary settings include semi-free space (near wall), on-wall and even when located in a corner.
Early versions were reported as having some minor frequency response irregularities, but my results indicate that these have largely been addressed, and the design now demonstrates remarkably accurate acoustic output. (Note that these test results are time-window-gated, in-room measurements.) Local reflections cannot be wholly mitigated, yet it was possible to observe exceptionally accurate +/-1.5dB from 25Hz to 25kHz, without smoothing or averaging (see graphs). This fine result is due to both phase and amplitude correction for the drivers, a low diffraction enclosure, and a radiation-focused, infinite baffle bass that is powerfully boundary independent. The output from my samples continued evenly to a high 30kHz -3dB, which is also an improvement on earlier production.
The close time alignment of the mid-treble drivers is seen in the vertical axis ±15º results, which are almost identical, showing good conformity with the welcome symmetry promised for a time aligned set up following Linkwitz-Riley teaching. The unavoidable minor off-axis dips at crossover over the vertical span are barely audible at just -2dB, and are desirably symmetrical.
The slightly poorer sounding above-axis response shows a mildly rising treble output, but it's still very well integrated. Note that the fairly high matching stand places the seated listener's ear a little below the mid-to-treble axis, which is clearly (and audibly) just right.
Thanks to the digitally processed time alignment of the array and the low diffraction enclosure, amazingly good lateral off-axis responses were obtained. There is only 3dB of loss right out to 12kHz, even for 60º off-axis, thanks the to the enclosure narrowness and the anti-diffraction curvature, but credit is also due to the useful waveguide fitted to the high frequency unit. These results are orders of magnitude better than those of the loudspeaker industry in general.
One would anticipate that such a uniform acoustic output, allied to low frequency boundary compensation, would generate good results for the room driven response over the listener region. The spatially averaged assessment resulted in one of the most uniform and extended room responses so far recorded, an amazing 25 Hz to 12kHz +/-3dB, and it sounded much like this response curve. Furthermore, the quite exceptional pair matching is better than +/-0.25dB right out to 10kHz, which helps explain the observed pin-point image focus.
This loudspeaker's inherent low frequency directional control is in my view rather more successful than the more usual alternative of conventional omni-directional bass combined with DSP room correction for peaks and dips at the listener location.
Regardless of the number of drivers, it's not really surprising that this compact loudspeaker runs out of puff at higher powers and lower frequencies. While 96dB SPL was possible in the midband at 2kHz short term, with second harmonic distortion at 0.3% and third at an impressive 0.2%, down at 40Hz it was in limited overload, with 20% second harmonic and 10% of third harmonic distortion. It could just manage 100dB SPL at 500Hz in the midband with an audible 2% of second and third, with the fourth harmonic also at an audible 0.7%.
Overall, at more reasonable levels, second harmonic was higher than average for more recent high end designs, but still considered satisfactory. At 86dB SPL, second averaged 0.15% to 0.2%, while for frequencies above 500Hz third was also nicely held to 0.1% or better. At lower frequencies third harmonic rose somewhat: at 125Hz, 86dB SPL I measured 0.35%, and considered that this was marginally audible. By 90dB, 125 Hz it was approaching 0.5% and distortion was audible on music program at this level. Certainly at higher powers some lower frequency coloration did seem to be associated with moderate levels of harmonic distortion, which I also associated with a mild loss of attack and definition; backing off the loudness confirmed this observation.
By comparison, a larger passive design of typical 90dB sensitivity may well accept 40W at 40Hz for 106dB SPL with just audible distortion, while the compact Kii Three will begin audibly compressing at a 10dB lower sound level, if a still quite loud 96dB SPL. It cannot quite do the impossible!
Within the limitations of a non-anechoic test environment, the energy decay waterfall result is exemplary. The uniformly fast and even decay from the back of the graph (t=0) shows that all frequencies are in phase, with no inherent delays, confirming linear phase. The transient response is desirably rapid and noise at the decay floor is largely due to measurement limitations. However, closer hands-on examination revealed some audible mild lower midrange coloration emanating from the moulded side panels of the enclosure, which are a little resonant.
S/PDIF, TosLink, USB on Kii Control.


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Any time Akwa United play Dakkada, I find myself thinking we need a version of the type of rules they have in Spain, to stop two (or more) teams owned by the same entity from competing in the same division.
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You are correct. Having one entity own more than a club, especially at the top level, can create problems.
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Maybe they should adopt the Rivers state model where Sharks and Dolphins merged to form Rivers United.
On another note, I have always wondered how Abia state is able to maintain two teams in the NPFL!
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:41 am
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I wan check relegation zone o.
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YemiBrazil wrote:
Here is the update. Happy?
ukwala wrote:
Is Sooting #21 on the table?
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This year's league is already very exciting and the league table is really sweeting my belle
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:18 am
Happy new year Comrade YemiB. Glad that the Professional league is sweeting your belle, senior gist is guaranteed to do that.
Could we now have updates from the Amateur league please?
Nassarawa United in early lead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa97-736ewI
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ukwala,
I bet you are happy with that result. For me, my focus is actually seeing if the results obtained in the league can approach normality.
I once did a statistically check to verify if the results in the NPFL were normal. It turned out that that they were far from normality. This check was against the EPL, PSL and if I remember correctly two or three other leagues. While the other leagues were within reasonable bounds in terms of home and away wins, the NPFL was completely off indicating abnormalities.
This is a major problem.
In my view, therefore, increasing results like away wins can rectify some of this and make results more realistic. If not, we will continue to see abnormalities where the top three teams are just only a few points away from the bottom three teams because of 'win at home, at all costs.'
EII,
Yes, I am happy with the result and can only hope that there are many more of such results. Bringing back that trophy to Enugu would not be such a bad idea.
While I agree that 'win at all cost' mentality contributes to the disproportionate number of home wins in the league, it is by no means the only contributory factor. There are other factors.
Fatigue is another major factor. Clubs travel by road over long distances on unsafe and insecure roads, in barely comfortable buses, very close to match time (to save accommodation cost and all). Many a time, they arrive the match venue on the day of the match and depart soon after.
Again, most clubs depend on government subvention for their existence as gate takings and merchandising don't bring in much to their coffers. This means that all, or most, clubs run on about the same funding ballpark and are able to sign the same quality of players. This may be debatable but what I am driving at is that most clubs have approximate parity in squad strength and there are really no exceptional clubs. This contributes to the bunching together on the league table. There is no Manchester City that buys all the super stars and a Sheffield United that can only buy scrubs.
I agree with the contributing factors that you have mentioned. However, while one can argue that these contributory factors have been heightened in recent times, bear in mind that these distances did not emerge in today's Nigeria. They had always been there and part of the analysis that I referred to earlier compared results with results from the same league in the 1980s.
I read often, but I don't post as much on the forum as I used to .... and my desire to engage in arguments on the 'net is zero these days. But some time ago Yujam opened a thread questioning whether the Nigerian LEAGUE was weaker than other African LEAGUES because of the poor results our clubs get in Africa.
What I wanted to tell him (but didn't ) is that it isn't a question of LEAGUES but one of CLUBS. In most countries in Africa, there is one or two or occasionally three clubs that concentrate all of the talent, the money, and a disproportionate number of the fans (i.e. like Celtic and Rangers, they have fans from everywhere in the country). Back in the day when all African internationals played in Africa, there would be a team with 80% of the national team, while the second team had the remaining 20% .... which you still see to a certain extent with Al Ahly in Egypt or Esperance in Tunisia.
Nigeria has NEVER had a club dominate the league to the extent that ASEC Mimosas, for example, dominated Cote d'Ivoire. If you look at the history of the Ghanaian league, it is like nearly every trophy since 1957 was won by either Hearts or Kotoko, with Goldfields (by a variety of names) accounting for five or so. The closest we came to this type of thing was when that governor of Abia, for his own political purposes, hired the Homebased Eagles to represent Enyimba on the continent, which resulted in Nigeria's only two African Champions Club/League trophies .... and that didn't really last, as there is no economic reason why Aba (with all due respect) would be the home of a continental giant club.
Where you should theoretically find such clubs, Lagos and Abuja, no such club exists, and (with due respect to fans of teams like Stores) no such club has ever existed. Lagos and Abuja might be unique in Africa, among both serious footballing nations and "minnows" for the lack of any giant clubs. Tanzania and Kenya might be minnows, but Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards (both Nairobi), Young Africans and Simba FC (both Dar Es Salaam) do not have equivalents in Lagos or Abuja. The fact that our commercial and political capitals are split does not factor, as you can see Raja in Casablanca and FAR in Rabat (Morocco), or Sundowns in Tshwane and the duo of Pirates and Chiefs in Johannesburg (South Africa) .... but in Lagos there is Fashola cutting a Manchester United birthday cake, while there is footballing tumbleweed rolling through the street of Abuja.
On the one hand, I like it .... it would be boring if there were only ever two winners (like Ghana or Egypt) or one winner (ASEC's multi-year winning streak). I know what it feels like to support a team that won the Nigerian League and Cup, an experience I wouldn't have had if our League was dominated by Lagos United and Abuja City.....
.... but on the other hand, the parity in Nigeria means our clubs in African competition have less resources than key African opponents in every considerable way, without factoring in the mismanagement issue. Indeed, while I enjoyed watching the team I supported in the African Cup of Champion Clubs, the tournament was ultimately won by a North African club. Shocking, right?
PS: Did I say "watching"? I meant "listening" on a battery-powered radio. There was no NEPA, and no live television coverage even if NEPA was available.
The Eagle,
Interesting take. You and ukwala really should contribute more. These days what we get are just people providing little depth to the discourse.
The concentration of championship winning clubs in capital cities in several African countries actually existed in Nigeria for a long period. At the time, this basically reflected the movement of labor to employment which is plentiful in the big cities. I suppose that explains the situation in other African countries as well.
If you notice, that domination of the capital city was disintegrated following the Nigerian civil war. You can confirm that with the Challenge Cup records of Nigeria pre-1970 and post-1970. But it would be simplistic to argue that the above was the only reason. What also occurred at the time was the state governments becoming involved in financing clubs. When the state governments became intricately involved supported by the rise of clubs instead of city selected in the early 1970s, you then had clubs like Rangers (se also result of post-war beliefs), Shooting Stars, Insurance, etc. The effect of state control of clubs remain with us, largely, today. This is why clubs/players are not concentrated in Lagos or Abuja.
Just my take.
While it was true that most or all of Nigeria's biggest clubs were in Lagos at a point in time, none of them was really a prohibitive giant of the sort you see elsewhere in Africa. The fact that many of them are now defunct or "irrelevant" is not something that would ever happen to true giants. In my post, I mentioned that Stores, for all its popularity, was never really an "Al Ahly" or "Zamalek" .... I could add that the fact that Stores just randomly disappeared, and for a reason as silly as two siblings quarrelling, which are two things you would not see happening at ASEC or even TP Mazembe (which is not even in a capital city).
We may not hear much about Simba FC and Young Africans, but their fans all over Tanzania keep the clubs' administration on their toes in a way that no set of fans in Nigeria do today in this era of English League dominance .... in fact, very recently, a European manager at Simba got fed up with fan complaints, and publicly called them "monkeys" or something to that effect. He was sacked .... only to be hired by a South African club, who were then forced to cancel the contract under pressure from their own fans who'd been clued in by the Tanzanian fans. These are not the sort of fans who would accept being told that Simba doesn't exist anymore because Ogolo is arguing with Mrs Ogolo.
Come to think of it, even BCC Lions of Gboko doesn't really exist anymore .... and while I do believe Aliko Dangote (the last "owner" of BCC Lions) is entitled to do what he wants with his companies and his money, it gets on my nerves when I hear Nigerians call for him to buy Arsenal, instead of a polite dialogue about why he didn't do with BCC Lions what Patrice Motsepe did with Sundowns, or Moise Katumbi did with T.P. Mazembe. If I recall correctly, Mazembe went on to appear twice in the final of the World Club Cup.
PS: By the way, the European manager's response to being accused of being a racist was to say he had been coaching in Africa for ten years .... which .... as a counterargument .... is .... meaningless. Heck, even after calling black people monkeys, he still nearly got another high profile job in Africa. Lets face facts, a lot of the African football administrators who hire people like him are themselves autophobic racists, but that is an argument for another day.
Yea, good point. Sure no Nigerian club can ever be compared to the likes of the clubs that you mentioned. The point I sought to make, however, is why Nigeria ended up without any major clubs (such as those you pointed to) in the capital city.
I do think that because Nigerian clubs developed differently compared to those clubs that you mentioned, it is difficult to expect the Nigerian clubs to achieve like Mazembes or Ahly. Several of the clubs you mentioned are strengthened by community involvement in their governance. This is starkly different rom what you find from any of the Nigerian clubs, which are essentially state-owned entities. To make masters worse, this ownership structure has a stranglehold on football development in Nigeria. But to be correct, several of the African countries you mention suffer also, to varying extents, from state countrol of football even though the state's fangs may not directly impact some of the key clubs such as those that you identified.
In recent times, people have wondered how best to overcome these problems that we discuss here. I wonder what your views are as per elite football in African countries such as Nigeria.
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State Supreme Court Stops Montana Judge From Increasing Rapist's Sentence After Public Outcry
We previously discussed the shocking sentence handed down by Montana Judge G. Todd Baugh to a teacher who raped a 14-year-old student. Stacey Rambold, 54, (left) was given just 30 days in jail after Baugh found that the victim was "older than her chronological age." It produced an outcry on this blog and other sites. Baugh then magnified the concerns over his judicial judgment by responding to the outcry by trying to re-sentence Rambold. It left the impression of a judge seeking a longer sentence in direct response to public pressure. The Montana Supreme Court stepped in to order Baugh to cancel the resentencing hearing.
What is curious is that the prosecutors did not challenge the 30-day sentence as illegal until the days after the sentencing and said that they later learned that the mandatory minimum term for sexual intercourse without consent was two years.
For those of us who viewed the sentence as demonstrably too light, the attempt to resentence Rambold added a new problem. Regardless of one's view of Rambold, he has due process rights and should not face resentencing because the judge feels the pressure of public criticism and calls for his resignation. The Montana Supreme Court ruled that he lacked authority to impose a new sentence when the case was not on appeal.
When the Supreme Court learned of the plans for a resentencing, it orders Baugh to stop and declared that such an act would "cause gross injustice to an orderly appeal."
Regardless of the outcome, the victim will not be here to see it. Cherice Moralez, committed suicide in 2010 while the case was pending.
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Dredd,
I'll leave it to you…. We will see what happens…
This Montana case, discussing Montana statutes regarding sentencing court authority to increase a sentence, seems to be on point:
¶ 14 Turning to the statute addressing a district court's authority to correct its own judgments, § 46-18-116(3), MCA, provides in its entirety:
The court may correct a factually erroneous sentence or judgment at any time. Illegal sentences must be addressed in the manner provided by law for appeal and postconviction relief.
As the District Court issued a partially illegal sentence rather than a factually incorrect one, the plain language of this statute requires that such a sentence be reviewed by this Court on appeal or during postconviction proceedings and not be "corrected" by the District Court.
While Petersen characterizes the District Court's original sentence as a "rejection of the plea agreement," authorizing him to withdraw his guilty plea, we conclude the District Court expressly accepted the plea agreement but erroneously appended the 10-year sentence enhancement.
This being so, the proper remedy is not to allow Petersen to withdraw his guilty plea but rather to review the partially illegal sentence on appeal.
(State v Peterson). The order of the Montana Supreme Court in the instant case (State v Rambold) cites State v Peterson.
It cites no other case in its opinion and order which directs the sentencing judge not to modify the sentence, indicating that Peterson is dispositive on applicable procedural law.
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Q: selinux: How to programmatically log to audit log? Is there a way to programmatically log events to the SELinux audit log? I'm looking to create a monitoring script that audits the user's activities.

A: If you are using C/C++ you can interact with auditd (the one responsible for writing to audit.log) with the library "audit-libs" by including "libaudit.h".
If you have the development library installed read the manual page of audit_open (man audit_open), or take a look here: http://linux.die.net/man/3/audit_open
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PARIS — Is it over yet? With the U.S. presidential election just days away, people across the globe are as excited to be done with the whole sordid spectacle, it seems, as they are to finally find out who wins.
Suspense is building. But so too is a general sentiment of "we just can't take it any more." There's also a sense among many observers that regardless of who wins — Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton — the U.S. people and their proud democratic tradition have already lost. As France's Le Figaro argued in a recent editorial: "It doesn't take a poll to determine the big loser in the election: America's democratic dignity."
As election day nears, Worldcrunch continues to follow the global coverage of the U.S. presidential campaign.
The dirty and drawn-out election seems to be taking a toll on people's basic mental health as well. "This is the most divided campaign the United States has experienced in decades, a fight between the two most unpopular candidates in history in a country that is intensely polarized," the Spanish newspaper El Periódicopointed out this week. "To the relief of just about everyone, it's almost over."
And yet as much as people may want to move on from the whole stinking mess and never look back, there are lessons to be learned and questions still worth asking — starting with the most obvious one: how the heck did this happen? "We're 320 million people," one exasperated shopkeeper in Raleigh, North Carolina told the Argentine daily La Nación. "320 million! And these are the two best candidates we could find?"
"Hillary: Woman of problems and power— PANORAMA (Italy)
A more specific question is how Trump, despite his obvious "sexism, xenophobia, lies and ignorance," could garner such a significant following, the French business paper Les Echos recently asked. Part of the answer is his rejection of the mainstream political system, a system, the Paris daily argues, "that his adversary, Hillary Clinton, embodies in an almost caricatural way."
Something else that can't be ignored, argues journalist Patrícia Campos Mello of the Brazilian daily Folha de S. Paulo, is Trump's recent characterization of the election process as "rigged." His strategy is like that of ISIS fighters, who only abandon a battlefield after they've planted "numerous bombs and landmines," she wrote. "Sensing his defeat, Trump is leaving behind him a minefield that will cause the destruction of American democracy after Nov. 8."
And if he wins? Der Spiegel's columnist Jakob Augstein believes that a Trump victory would, in at least one regard, be preferable. "Trump is farce," he wrote, but would be less likely than Clinton to risk military confrontation with Russia over Syria. "For every non-American, it's true that when it comes to war and peace, Trump would probably be the better choice over Clinton," according to Augstein, whose father founded the left-leaning magazine.
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Instead, for those asking how someone like Trump could be days away from winning the presidency, there was a different perspective from Italy, which lived through nearly two decades of domination by its own unlikely political figure, Silvio Berlusconi.
For Il Manifesto, Italian author Andrea Bajani writes, in an article entitled "BerlusTrump, Italy is the worm at the center of the Big Apple": "Between the sex scandals of the two men, the arrogance proudly displayed on television, between the shared racism, economic recipes founded on wealth accumulated in the hands of the few, what they share in common before it all is the support of millions of people. It's the myopia of those who look at the clown's finger instead of the crowd of hands applauding with such enthusiasm. In Italy, we ignored those hands for 20 years, thinking, presumptuously, that the monstrosity of the man who behaves that way was so evident. And more than that, we amplified his message, laughing at it, transforming it into a joke to export to the rest of the planet."
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sweden can't join nato
How Blocking Sweden's NATO Bid Plays Right Into Erdogan's Election Campaign
Turkey's objections to Swedish membership of NATO may mean that Finland joins first. But as he approaches his highly contested reelection bid at home, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to use the issue to his advantage.
January 11, 2023, Ankara (Turkey): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the International Conference of the Board of Grievances on January 11.
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Pierre Haski
PARIS — This story has all the key elements of our age: the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the excessive ambitions of an autocrat, the opportunism of a right-wing demagogue, Islamophobia... And at the end, a country, Sweden, whose NATO membership, which should have been only a formality, has been blocked.
Last spring, under the shock of the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's Russia, Sweden and Finland, two neutral countries in northern Europe, decided to apply for membership in NATO. For Sweden, this is a major turning point: the kingdom's neutrality had lasted more than 150 years.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised objections. It demanded that Sweden stop sheltering Kurdish opponents in its country. This has nothing to do with NATO or Ukraine, but everything to do with Erdogan's electoral agenda, as he campaigns for the Turkish presidential elections next May.
According to Turkey, to overcome this standoff, Sweden would have had to give in on its asylum laws.
Exploiting a crisis
Once again, there is always a radical ready to take advantage of a crisis to aggravate it. Rasmus Paludan, leader of a Danish far-right party and also a Danish citizen, participated in a demonstration this week in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm — and he burned a Koran.
The first consequence is that Sweden will not be able to join NATO in the near future.
This gesture, which is hardly relevant in the context of Sweden's membership in NATO, has transformed the nature of the crisis. It has become yet another version of the freedom of expression versus blasphemy debate, which has a way of leading to a dead end.
Paradoxically, the far-right leader's gesture was a gift to Erdogan. The Turkish leader was thus able to drape himself in the dignity of the defender of Islam, a status that is beneficial in the midst of an election campaign. Symbols have their importance, especially in the year of the centenary of the proclamation of the Republic by Kamal Ataturk, on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
The first consequence is that Sweden will not be able to join NATO in the near future. Turkey has indicated that it will not give its green light under these conditions, despite all other members of the Alliance having given their agreement.
A familiar role
This matter will certainly not be resolved before the Turkish elections in May. In the context of an economic crisis, Erdogan is playing a delicate game, and he will not make any concessions until then. All the more so as the Turkish president values his good relations with Putin.
Finland, the other candidate that had submitted its application to NATO at the same time as Sweden, could therefore join the organization alone, at first. This does not change much in the strategic equation in this part of Europe, but it prevents NATO from presenting a united front against Vladimir Putin.
Once again, Erdogan is playing his part alone, without worrying about his supposed NATO allies. He is used to disruption, so this will come as no surprise to anyone.
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TOP major foreign hits in the USSR
Nazareth "Love Hurts" (1975)
The Scots Nazareth performed a bit of operetta hard rock throughout their career and were in fact a discounted version of Deep Purple, whose member Roger Glover, in fact, produced the group.
Nazareth "Love Hurts" (1975)Al Bano and Romina Power "Felicita" (1982)ABBA «Happy New Year» (1980)
More accessible than the flagships of the genre, the material reached the Soviet listener, even though local censorship did not really favor the group – Melodiya released its first records only after perestroika. The song "Love Hurts" from 1975 is a brutal abrasive rock ballad: when both the throat and the soul are torn. Coincidence or not: its notes can be heard in the canonical for the genre of such ballads "A glass of vodka on the table."
In 1990, Nazareth, who had passed the peak of fame, came to the USSR and gave six sold-out concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg at once, subsequently becoming as frequent visitors as the legends of the Big in Russia Scorpions genre. The band still exists, albeit without "classic" vocalist Danny McCafferty, who left Nazareth in 2013 due to lung disease.
Al Bano and Romina Power "Felicita" (1982)
In 1982, Soviet television showed a fragment of the Italian festival "San Remo": among other things, "Felicita" was performed by the family duet of the Italian Al Bano and the American Romina Power – she, in fact, became the first big Apennine hit in the USSR and conceived the fashion for Italian pop. What was unusual and exciting here? Baroque enthusiasm, a new language, the feeling of an endless Venetian carnival.
We will definitely devote a separate text to the San Remo phenomenon – the Union has probably never experienced such a strong musical invasion from outside. In 1984, the Central Television began to devote entire programs to the festival, and in 1986 the musicians, whom we began to call "sanitary repairmen", came to Moscow for a combined concert.
Alas, the family and creative union of Al Bano and Romina Power survived a tragedy – in 1994, their daughter Ilenia disappeared without a trace in New Orleans. This destroyed the relationship between the spouses – in 1998 they stopped performing, and a year later they divorced. In 2013, the former spouses performed together for the first time after a long break and since then continue to periodically appear on stage together.
ABBA «Happy New Year» (1980)
ABBA 1980 in the USSR were so powerful that even "Head Over Heels" from the last before the collapse of the (controversial) album "The Visitors" tore discos in a village in the Kostroma region (the mother of the author of the text will confirm). But let this list include the canonical "Happy New Year", given the special awe of the Soviet citizen for the New Year holidays.
Few of the inhabitants of the Union, who decorated the Christmas tree to this song, knew the drama that she was fraught with. Happy New Year takes place after the New Year. The atmosphere is gloomy: the champagne is drunk, the fireworks are extinguished, the characters are sad, confused and not very optimistic about the future together. Many believe that the song is not really about the New Year, but about the separation of Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog, which took place two years before the release of the song.
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