The Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative (BJKLI) partnered with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to host the 5th annual BJKLI Symposium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the US Open and 45 years of equal prize money at the US Open.
Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO of Disney, and Good Morning America Anchor Robin Roberts received BJKLI's annual "Inspiring Leader" awards.
The 50th Anniversary of the US Open served as the ideal backdrop for the event. Throughout its history, the US Open has championed individuals who have stood for social change, both on and off the tennis court, from Arthur Ashe, to Billie Jean King, to the players holding the torch today. 2018 also marks the 45th anniversary of equal prize money at the US Open, as in 1973, the tournament became the first Grand Slam to give the same amount to the winners of both the men's and women's events.
The Symposium kicked off with a performance by Chloe Arnold and the Syncopated Ladies who use tap dancing as a medium to convey messages about equity and inclusion.
The crowd in attendance was welcomed by Billie Jean King, Founder, BJKLI, and Katrina Adams, Chairman of the Board and President, USTA.
"As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the US Open, the USTA is proud of the tournament's history and legacy as a leader in equality for all individuals. We are proud to stand side by side with civil rights pioneer and tennis champion Billie Jean King, after whom we named this very facility, as she continues to push the envelope for change." Adams said.
King commended the efforts of the USTA and all the corporate partners who supported the Symposium. "We are proud to stand with the USTA and all the great companies who support the BJKLI. Together we are refusing to stand on the sidelines and are pushing the ball forward for positive change," King said.
Jan Jones, EVP of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, Caesars Entertainment, and Lucy Lee Helm, Executive Vice President and Chief Partner Officer, Starbucks addressed attendees at the Symposium and talked about the efforts underway for gender equity and inclusion at both Caesars and Starbucks. Both companies have been working with the BJKLI over the past year.
Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO, Disney was also recognized by King and Kloss with a BJKLI "Inspiring Leader" award for his bravery, tenacity, and leadership across one of the most influential mediums in entertainment. "When Bob makes a move the world reacts, and he has used his power and platform to rally for greater representation of people of color on screen and stand up against bigotry and hate," King said when presenting the award.
The Symposium ended with Billie Jean King and Christiane Amanpour encouraging people to take "inclusion lanyards" and wear them to the Women's Semifinals in order to ignite conversations on issues of equity and inclusion. The "inclusion lanyards" have been a feature at BJKLI symposiums in the past and prove to be a powerful medium to advocate for action.
BJKLI was founded in 2014 by equality champion and sports icon Billie Jean King and her partner Ilana Kloss in an effort to move the needle forward on issues impacting equality and inclusion in the workplace. Every year the BJKLI brings together diverse leaders from a range of industries to have honest, constructive dialogue on the state of equality and how to broker tangible positive change. Individuals who have used their power and platform to level the playing field are recognized with "Inspiring Leader" awards. The BJKLI has worked with a number of corporations on leadership and gender equity goals both in pay and representation. Partners of this year's event included: adidas, Caesars, ESPN, Iberia Bank, Salesforce, Starbucks, Teneo, UBS, USTA. 2018 is a milestone year for both the BJKLI and its founder. The BJKLI is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and King will celebrate her 75th birthday.
Members of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Advisory Board include: Billie Jean King, Co-founder; Ilana Kloss, Co-founder; Paul Keary, Co-founder and COO, Teneo Holdings; Pablo Salame, Former Global Co-Head, Securities Division, Goldman Sachs; Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN; Jason Collins, Former NBA Player and Civil Rights Advocate; David Furnish, Chairman, Elton John AIDS Foundation and CEO, Rocket Entertainment Group; Maritza Gomez-Montiel, Former Vice Chairman and Deputy CEO of Deloitte; Sir Elton John; Jonathan Kraft, President, The Kraft Group; Robert McCann, Chairman, UBS Group Americas; Pat Mitchell, Founder and CEO, POW! Strategies and Executive Producer of TEDWomen; Robin Roberts, Anchor, ABC's Good Morning America; Michael Strautmanis, VP of Civic Engagement for the Obama Foundation; Serena Williams Professional Athlete & Entrepreneur, Venus Williams Professional Athlete & CEO/ Founder, EleVen and V Starr Interiors.
For more information on the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, visit www.bjkli.org.


Srinagar, Feb 24: A gunfight broke out between the militants and the government forces at Turigam Kaddar village of south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday.
An official said that forces cordoned off Turigam village this afternoon and launched searches. As the searches were on, the militants opened fire, which was retaliated triggering a gunfight, which was on when this report was filed.


A year after the historic merger of Dell Technologies and EMC, the company has empowered several Indian enterprises transform their information technology (IT) infrastructure, a top executive said here on Friday.
Dell EMC has emerged as a holistic solutions provider and holds the second spot in the India mainstream server market (by revenue), with a share of 26.5 per cent.
"According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), in Q1 2017, Dell EMC was No 1 in the India storage market with 43.4 per cent market share (by revenue) and holds second position in the India mainstream server market (by revenue)," Rajesh Janey, President and Managing Director, Enterprise Dell EMC, told reporters here.
With a share of 22.5 per cent, the company has now climbed to the second spot in the personal computer (PC) market in the country.
"As new digital business models emerge, there is an increased focus on reinventing business to thrive in the digital age. Organisations are now investing in innovation with emerging technologies and the first step towards this innovation is modernisation," Janey said on the sidelines of the 'Dell EMC Forum 2017' event here.
"We are strongly positioned to guide customers on their digital transformation journey from edge to core to cloud. We are celebrating Dell EMC's first-year anniversary and we would continue with our strategy to deliver results for our customers, partners, companies and team members," Janey added.
On R&D, the company said that the India team is contributing 60 per cent to overall server systems management software, with the grounds up engineering of 14th generation servers touching three key tenets of scalability, intelligent automation and integrated security.
Earlier in July, the company had launched the 14th Generation PowerEdge Servers globally.
"We are well placed to enable businesses in their digital transformation journey across three key pillars of IT, security and workforce transformation," said Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, India Commercial, Dell EMC.
"We are uniquely positioned to address numerous technology touch points to modernise their IT infrastructure, from end point devices to data centre and Cloud with a strong focus on security," he added.
The company currently has nine offices in the country in Mumbai, Pune, Gurugram, Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
The company annually invests around $4.5 billion for research and development. Dell-EMC employs nearly 140,000 people in 180 countries. It has a combined revenue of $74 billion.


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Q: get windows startup program info I like to get Windows startup programs info programmatically, such as the info shown when launch msconfig.exe. It would be nice if I can find msconfig.exe's source code. But I didn't find it yet. I know I can look at registry, HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
But the problem is that the msconfig.exe shows the disabled startup program  and its disabled time, but the registry didn't show the disabled ones. Any ideas?

A: For disabled start-up items, look for registry keys at:
// registry paths for MSConfig disabled startups
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder"
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg"

Other keys related to start-up items (excerpt from my code written long ago :)
// registry paths for startups
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_RUN                 = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_RUNONCE             = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RunOnce";

// registry paths for MSConfig disabled startups
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_MSCONFIG_STARTUPFOLDER = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Shared Tools\\MSConfig\\startupfolder";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_MSCONFIG_STARTUPREG    = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Shared Tools\\MSConfig\\startupreg";

const UnicodeString     STR_REG_IE_BHO              = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Browser Helper Objects";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_IE_SEARCH_HOOKS     = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\URLSearchHooks";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_IE_TOOLBAR          = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Toolbar";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_IE_EXPLORER_BARS    = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Explorer Bars";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_IE_EXTENSIONS       = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Extensions";
const UnicodeString     STR_REG_CLSID               = L"SOFTWARE\\Classes\\CLSID";

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Dov Charney Named Retailer of the Year
CEO's reputation, management, biographies » Dov Charney Named Retailer of the Year
American Apparel C.E.O. Dov Charney was named Retailer of the Year at 15th Annual Michael Awards, a fashion industry ceremony held at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Often referred to as the "Oscars of Fashion," the award honors the fashion industry's brightest stars. Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Hugo Boss comprise a partial list of past winners.
"I am privileged to accept this award in recognition of the hard work and creativity of the many people who have contributed to American Apparel's rapid growth and success," said Charney upon receiving the award, according to PR Newswire. "For years I have said that it is possible to manufacture clothing in the United States, pay among the best wages in the apparel industry, and still have a profitable business."
Labor rights activists have lauded American Apparel in the past for the company's labor practices. All of the company's apparel is made at an 800,000 square-foot location in downtown Los Angeles, the nation's largest garment factory.
Charney pays his workers almost twice the California minimum wage and offers health insurance for $8 a week, both rarities on the bottom rung of the U.S. labor market. Additionally, American Apparel offers workers free English lessons and provides well-lighted and well-ventilated working areas, conditions that have won Charney praise among labor rights groups.
"In a surprisingly short period of time, American Apparel has distinguished itself as a truly unique and exciting retail brand in the global market," said Steve Shor, president of the Michael Awards. "American Apparel's Made in USA clothing, together with the company's progressive business practices and provocative advertising campaigns, have set the company apart as a fascinating story in the fashion world."

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Cambridge nightclub Ballare is closing for up to two years
It's all to do with the Lion Yard revamp
18:11, 7 MAR 2019
Ballare Nightclub, Cambridge (Image: Richard Patterson.)
Cambridge nightclub Ballare is set to close for up to two years as it is moved to a new location.
Plans to revamp the Lion Yard shopping centre will see a new 125-room hotel built in the upper floors of the centre, and Ballare moved to a new underground venue.
But councillors heard the club could be out of action for as long as two years while the work takes place.
Ballare says it is still "early days" and it will continue to operate as normal until the closure. The club says it will also be pushing for work to be completed more quickly than the two years anticipated by the council.
What the new Ballare will be like
Yesterday (March 6), Cambridge City Council's planning committee agreed a major new facelift for the Lion Yard shopping centre which will include a new food and drink quarter near St Andrew's church, and the new hotel.
The hotel will take up space currently occupied by Ballare. The nightclub is set to be moved from its current location above shops in the shopping centre, to a new purpose-built basement club area underneath Lion Yard. The plans feature two separate dancefloors, and "state-of-the-art" noise insulation.
Council planning officer Mairead O'Sullivan said the current owners of the club had had difficulty "retrofitting" the space, which had previously been offices, as a club. She said the new underground location would be better suited to use as a nightclub.
"The new location has better access," said Ms O'Sullivan. "At the moment, disabled users can't access the club at the same point. The proposal has two separate dancefloors, allowing better variety of music. It also allows state-of-the-art equipment to be installed to prevent noise leakage."
What the entrance to the new Ballare could look like
The club is one of the most popular night spots in Cambridge. According to a recent leisure update study, it accounts for about 35 per cent of club capacity in the entire city.
Despite this, the committee heard the club may have to close for at least two years while the work to build the new hotel took place.
A report from Ms O'Sullivan, which went before the committee, reads: "Whilst the works are taking place for the hotel use, construction vehicles and materials will be kept in the basement and will utilise the area which will later be occupied by the nightclub.
"As a result the hotel use will need to be completed before any meaningful work can begin on the nightclub. I understand from the applicant that it will take two years for the nightclub to be completed following the opening of the hotel."
A spokeswoman from Ballare said the club is in talks with the owners of the building to make sure the club is shut for as brief a period as possible, and said they would continue to operate as normal until work actually begins.
The spokeswoman said: "It's very much business as usual for Ballare and we look forward to continuing to put on great nights out for the people of Cambridge.
"We are in talks with the landlords to minimise the time that we may be closed, but we're committed to the city and ultimately excited at the prospect of bringing a new clubbing experience to Cambridge."
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The future of Ballare
Kevin Blencowe, executive councillor for planning on the city council, expressed concerns about the viability of the space as a club if it had to close for two years.
"I am no expert in club management," said Cllr Blencowe. "But I fear the economic longevity of this club will be put in doubt.
"I do not see how an operator will have the confidence to take it on after a two year gap. I have serious concerns about that."
Cllr Blencowe also said he thought the club would have to operate at a reduced rate, losing about a third of its capacity due to space constraints.
Committee chairman, Martin Smart, said it was not for the committee to comment on the financial viability of businesses, saying their primary concern is the suitability of the design.
The plans were approved by the committee.
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Q: Import from execution path I have a setup like this:
projectpath/__main__.py
projectpath/backend/__init__.py
projectpath/backend/backend1.py
projectpath/backend/backend2.py

The __main__.py imports and uses both backend files and backend2.py also imports and uses backend1.py. I used to do it like so:
__main__.py:
import backend.backend1
import backend.backend2

backend2.py:
import backend1

And that worked, but now I am using mypy (Python static type checker), and that one requires all import paths to be relative to the __main__.py, so my backend2.py now looks like this:
import backend.backend1 as backend1

mypy now says this is fine, but when I try to execute it, I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  [...]
  File "./backend/backend2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import backend.backend1 as backend1

Is there any way to allow imports in that style, so allowing imports from the execution path of __main__.py?

A: I wrote some example code to test this problem on a linux Debian 8.6 with python 2.7.9.
I can run both mypy tests and code on Python 2 interpreter importing modules this way:

projectpath/__main__.py

from backend import backend2

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ba2 = backend2.Backend2("ex")
    print ba2.getb1()

projectpath/backend/backend1.py

class Backend1:
    def __init__(self, b=0):
        # type: (int) -> None
        self.b = b

    def b1(self):
        # type: () -> str
        return 'b1!'

projectpath/backend/backend2.py

from backend1 import Backend1

class Backend2:
    def __init__(self, b='text'):
        # type: (str) -> None
        self.b = b

    def getb1(self):
        # type: () -> str
        x = Backend1()
        return 'b2:' + x.b1() + ';'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    z = Backend2()
    print z.getb1()

You can find here documentation about mypy type checking in Python 2.


Nvidia is finally ready to release its highly capable Android TV set-top-box in the UK and Europe, with the Shield TV being available from tomorrow, 1 October.
And not only is it a powerhouse microconsole that offers cloud gaming, PC game streaming and optimised Android games, but it is capable of 4K video streaming in 60 frames per second.
Both the standard Shield and Shield Pro Android TV boxes will be on sale online and in retail stores for £149.99 and £219.99 respectively, and both come with a Shield Game Controller in the box (although a dedicated remote control must be purchased separately). The only real difference between the two is that the standard Shield has 16GB of storage, while the Shield Pro has 500GB.
Both also have two USB 3.0 ports and a microSD card slot for further expansion.
They are each powered by Nvidia's own Maxwell-based Tegra X1 quad-core 64-bit processor, and have 802.11ac dual-band Wi-Fi as well as Gigabit Ethernet for wireless and wired connection to the internet. Bluetooth 4.1 is also on board and the socket on the rear is HDMI 2.0.
The boxes are powered by Android 5.0 Lollipop, and have all of Google's services available, including Google Play for app downloads. However, it is Nvidia's own services that makes it stand out from other Android TV boxes and sets.
GameStream enables users to stream their PC games to a separate screen and play them as if they are on the computer itself, while Shield Games offers Android titles that are either optimised for use on the Shield platform or even exclusive to it.
But the big new service as part of the Shield Hub is GeForce Now.
Previously called Nvidia Grid when offered in beta for Shield handheld and Shield Tablet owners, GeForce Now is Nvidia's cloud gaming platform that provides access to games streamed over the internet that can either be purchased outright or played as part of a monthly Netflix-style subscription.
A GeForce Now subscription costs £7.49 a month and there are around 50 games available from the off, including Warner's Lego and Batman: Arkham titles. More will be added in time and the first three months are free to new subscribers.
Pocket-lint will be reviewing the Shield Android TV in-depth very soon, but until then you can find out more on the device's dedicated webpage at shield.nvidia.co.uk/android-tv.


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Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, jailed since 2017 on charges of seeking to overthrow the government, is seen at an unspecified area in this undated handout photo received by Reuters on October 26, 2021. (Reuters)
Turkey summons Germany's envoy amid row over jailing of Turkish philanthropist
Reuters, Ankara
Published: 29 April ,2022: 10:10 PM GST Updated: 29 April ,2022: 10:20 PM GST
Turkey condemned Germany's summoning of its ambassador on Friday and called in Berlin's ambassador to Ankara in a tit-for-tat move amid a row over the jailing of a Turkish philanthropist for life.
Osman Kavala was sentenced on Monday after being convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.
Media reports cited a spokesman for Germany's foreign ministry as saying the Turkish ambassador was summoned over the sentencing of Kavala who had already been detained without conviction for 4-1/2 years.
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Twitter that Germany had trampled on justice many times in the past and said it should act in line with international law.
Germany's ambassador to Ankara, Jurdgen Schulz, was also summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish diplomatic sources said, adding he was told Ankara rejected attempts to interfere in its judiciary or politics.
"Ambassador Schulz was told that we condemn the summoning of our ambassador in Berlin over a case in our country, in a manner violating diplomatic norms, and the politicization of the case in question," the sources said.
Schulz, who was summoned by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci, was also told that "the sentencing ruling by the independent Turkish judiciary cannot be questioned" and he was "reminded of the principle of not meddling in internal affairs," the sources added.
The Council of Europe rights watchdog this year referred Kavala's case to the European Court of Human Rights to determine whether Turkey has failed to meet its obligation to implement a previous ECHR judgment, more than two years ago, to immediately release him.
Last October, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries, including the United States, Germany and France, after they echoed the ECHR ruling.
The ECHR is the best known body of the Council of Europe from which Turkey could now be suspended due to Kavala's continued imprisonment.
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Mike Hoover, Chambersburg, forges special bond with Greencastle, Ireland
Mike Hoover's frequent trips down Interstate 81 from Chambersburg to Exit 5 take him past the historical marker that says Greencastle, PA, was named for Greencastle, Ireland.
He loves history, researched the connection two years ago and thought "Wow-ee!"
Like many travelers, his plans were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Hoover is now on a 3 1/2-week trip to Ireland that's focused on Greencastle.
The 66-year-old has never lived in Greencastle, PA, but he's a familiar sight on the Greencastle-Antrim School District campus.
A big part of his voyage is making a transatlantic connection between the two communities and their students, highlighted by a formal presentation Sept. 22 at the Greencastle, Ireland, Community Center.
Hoover is a 1973 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School, where he was a standout runner. Hoover said he started with 5Ks and 10Ks before working his way down to the 1,500 meters. A stint in the Navy took him to ports in England and Scotland, but not Ireland.
For 30 years, Hoover lived in Southern California, where he ran for Athletes in Action, a track and field ministry team, came close to an Olympic time in 1980 and worked in sports ministry for many years before becoming office manager for an architectural firm.
He's active with local running clubs and coached track at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School under Matt Hurley for three years, working with today's top high school distance runners Weber Long and Claire Paci.
That's one of the roles he's had in the G-A School District since moving back East in September 2014 to help his father, who has since passed away.
"I had to find some way to support myself," said Hoover, who was hired for the custodial staff after attending a G-A job fair. He's now a traffic monitor, keeping an eye on buses, bikes and parents dropping off their kids, as well as part of the district event staff. He's a substitute bus aide and van driver in Greencastle and a substitute custodian in Chambersburg schools.
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Irish interests
A history buff, Hoover is familiar with several monuments dedicated to Irish brigades at Gettysburg. The avid road-tripper recently went north through New York and New Hampshire and, in Vermont, stayed at the Trapp Family Lodge run by the family made famous in "The Sound of Music."
He's a music fan and sees parallels between the lodge and the Austrian musical family and Leo's Tavern in County Donegal, home of the the musical Brennan family, which includes Enya, Ireland's No. 1 solo artist.
"I love music, but I can't sing worth a hoot," said Hoover. He explained taverns are social gathering places with separate bars and restaurants, where patrons enjoy long meals and music.
"Star Wars" is high on Hoover's list, too, and some filming was done at Malin Head, Ireland. He intends to visit the tavern there where Mark Hamill, other actors and the crew would eat lunch.
With nearly a month in Ireland, his plans to visit lots of cathedrals, old churches, castles and beaches.
"I'm going to be doing a lot of walking," said Hoover, who also is considering bike rentals and may do a running clinic in Greencastle.
'Part of Greencastle'
Before he left, he said it rains a lot in Ireland ... "that's why it's called the 'Emerald Island.' It's green."
The anticipated precipitation panned out and his early touring has come between raindrops, with visits to numerous sites, including the ruins of Northburgh Castle, also known as Green Castle, and the Greencastle Coast Guard Station.
Greencastle is a small fishing village so it doesn't have a mayor or town council. Hoover is bearing gifts from its namesake Pennsylvania community that he will give to the director of the community center or the maritime museum during the Sept. 22 ceremony.
With his ties to Greencastle schools, a wooden key that was the idea of social studies students at G-A High School and designed and made by the STEAM department was carefully packed in his luggage.
The social studies contribution also includes a copy of "Conococheague : A History of the Greencastle-Antrim Community, 1736-1971," by the late Greencastle historian and school superintendent William P. Conrad. The book has been a source of information and inspiration for members of Rho Kappa, the social studies honor society, as they research the community's Hometown Hero banners.
"We wanted to have part of Greencastle go with him," said social studies teacher and Rho Kappa adviser Meagan Brockway.
He also tucked in letters from G-A third-, fourth- and fifth-graders bound for pen pals at the Greencastle Primary School; a note of greetings to the citizens of Greencastle, Ireland, from the citizens of Greencastle, PA, by Mayor Ben Thomas Jr.; photos of local scenes by Harold "Marty" Zimmerman III; and Old Home Week swag including a cap, shirt, program and video from the 2019 pageant "Hometown Memories."
Shawn Hardy is a reporter with Gannett's Franklin County newspapers in south-central Pennsylvania — the Echo Pilot in Greencastle, The Record Herald in Waynesboro and the Public Opinion in Chambersburg. She has more than 35 years of journalism experience. Reach her at shardy@gannett.com


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Kate Bush on Countdown in 1979
The Dutch music show Countdown was a popular music show broadcast by Veronica between 1978 and 1993. Initially the show broadcast live concerts by pop and rock stars, but in the early 1980's it was reformatted to a weekly chart show, directly competing with Toppop. It soon ranked as the top music show in the whole of Europe. Due to the popularity this show, the career of one of its hosts throughout the entire period, Adam Curry, rose like a star. Other hosts included Simone Walraven, Jasper Faber, Erik de Zwart, Simone Angel and Wessel van Diepen. A special English-language edition of Countdown was produced for pan-European music channel Music Box in 1987, with presenters Adam Curry and Erik de Zwart.
Kate Bush was interviewed for Countdown in 1979. It was the only time - aside from various music videos - that she appeared in the programme.
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Home Blog Will contest Salvador Dalí
This week the Telegraph reported that Salvador Dalí's body will be exhumed as part of a lawsuit involving his purported illegitimate daughter and her claim to his estate. Pilar Abel Martínez, a psychic fortune-teller and resident of Dalí's hometown, Figueres, Spain, has claimed since 2007 that she is the artist's forgotten daughter. According to Ms. Martínez, her mother had an affair with the famous painter in 1955 while working as a maid in a house near the Dalí residence. If DNA samples from the disinterred corpse match Ms. Martínez's DNA, she could be entitled to a sizeable portion of the artist's $325 million estate.
Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres in 1904 to parents who nurtured his artistic spirit. They sent him to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando-Madrid in 1922. He was soon expelled for claiming that none of the faculty were competent to examine him. After his expulsion, Dalí became a prominent figure in the surrealist art movement, with notable works including Persistence of Memory and Swans Reflecting Elephants.
In 1929, the artist fell in love with his future wife, Gala, who at the time was married to another Spanish poet. Dalí and Gala married in a civil ceremony in 1934, but, according to Troy Lennon, a history writer for The Daily Telegraph, their relationship remained open and Dalí encouraged Gala's frequent affairs. The two later married in the Catholic Church in 1958. Glenys Roberts suggests that the marriage and Dalí's newfound devotion to Catholicism may have resulted from Dalí's guilt over his secret philandering. In 1980, Gala started drugging her husband with unprescribed medications that caused Dalí to have fits and spasms, rendering him unable to paint. He died in 1989 at age 84, and his estate passed to the Spanish state. The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and the Spanish State inherited his works.
Had Dali been a California resident, Ms. Martínez would file a claim as an omitted heir. An omitted heir is a child who the testator (in this case Dalí) did not know existed. The law presumes that had the testator known the child existed, the testator would have provided for the child in his will. Spanish law, to which Dali's estate is subject, might be much different regarding omitted heirs, but it's a good lesson nonetheless. California Probate Code § 21622 provides the following regarding omitted heirs:
"If, at the time of the execution of all of decedent's testamentary instruments effective at the time of decedent's death, the decedent failed to provide for a living child solely because the decedent believed the child to be dead or was unaware of the birth of the child, the child shall receive a share in the estate equal in value to that which the child would have received if the decedent had died without having executed any testamentary instruments."
While there are limitations, the omitted heir code also applies to children born after the execution of a will. If Dalí were a California resident and Ms. Martínez could establish herself as his daughter, she would be entitled to his entire estate.
In our experience, omitted heir cases are rare. In one instance, a husband intentionally failed to inform us about his illegitimate child until after his wife (not the child's mother) died. Omitted heir lawsuits are rare; however in some cases, such as Pilar Abel Martínez's, the child stands to inherit a good deal of money.
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Q: Pass Spring profile in maven build I am running the spring boot app by passing the spring active profile like below:
spring-boot:run -Dspring.profiles.active=dev

But how do I pass the spring.profiles.active when creating the package using maven. Following is the maven command:
mvn clean install

A: In case someone have the same situation, you can achieve this with 2 steps with spring boot and maven:
First in spring properties or yaml file, add the spring.profiles.active with it's value as placeholder:
spring.profiles.active=@active.profile@
Second, pass the value with maven:
mvn clean install -Dactive.profile=dev
When the jar/war packaged, the value will be set to dev.
you can also leverage the use of maven profiles:
<profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>dev</id>
            <properties>
                <active.profile>dev</active.profile>
            </properties>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <id>test</id>
            <properties>
                <active.profile>test</active.profile>
            </properties>
        </profile>
    </profiles>

Then run:
mvn clean install -Pdev

A: Maven is a build-time tool, the only way to make it modify the eventual runtime behaviour of the built artifact is to use its (build-time) profiles. This must not be confused with Spring's runtime profiles which are parameters instructing the Spring container to bootstrap application in a specific way.
In other words, the spring.profiles.active parameter doesn't get "baked into" the war file by maven, you'll still need to pass it when starting the application up, be it via command-line parameters or configuration file or whatever mechanism your servlet container offers.

A: For package, you may replace install with package
mvn clean install -P dev

A: You can use environment variables.
export SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=some,test,profiles
mvn spring-boot:run


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"We hope to submit LDP proposals to the Constitution Commission before the end of the extraordinary Diet session," Abe said when he spoke at the Kobe "Seiron (Sound Opinion)" Social Club's commemorative lecture at the Kobe Portopia Hotel on June 24.
Abe said the intention is to begin deliberations on the draft at the start of the next year's ordinary session, and, gaining support from more than two-thirds of both houses of parliament, to deliver a motion.
"The Constitution speaks to the future of a nation and its ideals. In this, the 70th anniversary year of the Constitution's promulgation, our party has resolved to stand at the forefront, to take a historic step forward," the Prime Minister said.
He wants to fast-track the debate within the LDP Constitutional Amendment Promotion Headquarters. "We hope that 2020, as the year of the Tokyo Olympics, will also be the year Japan moves forward with the promulgation of a new constitution," Abe said.
This show of resolve from the Prime Minister is a call for the conservatives to rally around the party platform of constitutional revision.
He makes this call amid the rapidly falling Cabinet approval rating, brought about by scandals involving young members of the lower house. There is also the pressure from opposition parties over the Kakei Gakuen issue regarding plans to utilize the National Strategic Special Zones in the development of a new veterinary medicine faculty.
Furthermore, it is also aimed at overthrowing the Yuriko Koike-led "Tokyo Citizens First" Party in the Tokyo Assembly Election (July 2), the electoral exercise that is used to gauge outcomes of future elections.
He pushed for improvements in labor productivity, saying, "The most important measure will be to revolutionize our way of working." Abe said he aims to submit a proposal regarding equal pay for equal work, overtime regulations with penalties, and so forth, to the extraordinary Diet session in autumn.


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"An Autobiography of Religious Development"
[12 September-22 November 1950]
In this revealing essay written for Davis's course the Religious Development of Personality, King reviews the influences of his family and church on his religious beliefs. King's essay reflects Davis's emphasis on the experiences of childhood and adolescence. King recalls a nurturing family life--closely interwoven with activities in his father's church--which conditioned him to be optimistic about human nature. "It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love," King writes, "mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central and where lovely relationships were ever present." King relates seminal events in his religious development, including his baptism into the church at age seven and his call to the ministry while in college. He attributes the decision to become a minister to his father's "noble example"; despite their theological differences, King retains his "admiration for a real father." He also recounts two formative experiences: the shock of a childhood confrontation with racism and the death of his grandmother. Davis marked the paper "Excellent."
My birthplace was Atlanta Georgia, the capital of the state and the so-called "gate-way to the south." I was born in the late twenties on the verge of the great depression, which was to spread its disastrous arms into every corner of this nation for over a decade. I was much too young to remember the beginning of this depression, but I do recall how I questioned my parent about the numerous people standing in bread lines when I was about five years of age. I can see the effects of this early childhood experience on my present anti capitalistic feelings.
I was the second child of a family of three children, having one brother and one sister. Because of {our} relative closeness of ages we all grew up together, and to this day there still exist that intimate relationship which existed between us in childhood. Our parents themselves were very intimate, and they always maintained an intimate relationship with us. In our immediate family there was also a saintly grandmother (my mother's mother) whose husband had died when I was one years old. She was {very} dear to each of us, but especially to me. I sometimes think that I was his favorite grandchild. I can remember very vividly how she spent many evenings telling us interesting stories.
From the very beginning I was an extraordinarily healthy child. It is said that at my birth the doctors pronounced me a one hundred percent perfect child, from a physical point of view. Even today this physical harmony still abides, in that I hardly know how an ill moment feels. I guess the same thing would apply to my mental life. I have always been somewh somewhat precocious, both physically and mentally. My I.Q. stands somewhat above the average. So it seems that from a hereditary point of view nature was very kind to me.
The same applies to my environment. I was born in a very congenial home situation. My parents have always lived together very intimately, and I can hardly remember a time that they ever argued (My father happens to be the kind who just wont argue), or had any great fall out. I have never experienced the feeling of not having the basic necessities of life. These things were always provided by a father who always put his family first. My father has alway been a real father. This is not to say that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth; far from it. My father has never made more than an ordinary salary, but the secret is that he knows the art of saving and budgeting. He never wastes his money at the expense of his family. He has always had sense enough not to live beyond his means. So for this reason He has been able to provide us with the basic necessities of life with little strain. For the past three years he has had the tremendous responsibility of keeping all of us in school, (my brother in college, my sister in graduate school, and me in the Seminary) and although it has been somewhat a burden from a financial angle, he has done it with a smile. Our mother has also been behind the scene setting forth those motherly cares, the lack of which leaves a missing link in life.
The community in which I was born was quite ordinary in terms of social status. No one in our community had attained any great wealth. Most of the Negroes in my home town who had attained wealth lived in a section of town known as "Hunter Hills." The community in which I was born was characterized with a sought of unsophisticated simplicity. No one in our community was in the extremely poor class. This community was not the slum district. It is probably fair to class the people of this community as those of average income. Yet I insist that this was a wholesome community, notwithstanding the fact that none of us were ever considered member of the "upper upper class." Crime was at a minimum in our community, and most of our neighbors were deeply religious. I can well remember that all of my childhood playmates were regular Sunday School goers, not that I chose them on that basis, but because it was very difficult to find playmates in my community who did not attend Sunday School.
I was exposed to the best educational conditions in my childhood. At three I entered nursery school. This great childhood contact had a tremendous effect on the development of my personality. At five I entered kindergarten and there I remained for one year until I entered the first grade.
One may ask at this point, why discuss such factors as the above in a paper dealing with ones religious development? The answer to this question lies in the fact that the above factors were highly significant in determining my religious attitudes. It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central and where lovely relationships were ever present. It is quite easy for me to think of the universe as basically friendly mainly because of my uplifting hereditary and environmental circumstances. It is quite easy for me to lean more toward optimism than pessimism about human nature mainly because of my childhood experiences. It is impossible to get at the roots of ones religious attitudes without taking in account the psychological and historical factors that play upon the individual. So that the above biographical factors are absolutely necessary in understanding my religious development.
Now for a more specific phase of my religious development. It was at the age of five that I joined the church. I well remember how this event occurred. Our church was in the midst of the spring revival, and a guest evangelist had come down from Virginia. On Sunday morning the guest evangelist came into our Sunday School to talk to us about salvation, and after a short talk on this point he extended an invitation to any of us who wanted to join the church. My sister was the first one to join the church that morning, and after seeing her join I decided that I would not let her get ahead of me, so I was the next. I had never given this matter a thought, and even at the time of {my} baptism I was unaware of what was taking place. From this it seems quite clear that I joined the church not out of any dynamic conviction, but out of a childhood desire to keep up with my sister.
Conversion for me was never an abrupt something. I have never experienced the so called "crisis moment." Religion has just been something that I grew up in. Conversion for me has been the gradual intaking of the noble {ideals} set forth in my family and my environment, and I must admit that this intaking has been largely unconscious.
The church has always been a second home for me. As far back as I can remember I was in church every Sunday. I guess this was inevitable since my father was the pastor of my church, but I never regretted going to church until I passed through a state of scepticism in my second year of college. My best friends were in Sunday School, and it was the Sunday School that helped me to build the capacity for getting along with people.
The lessons which I was taught in Sunday School were quite in the fundamentalist line. None of my teachers ever doubted the infallibility of the Scriptures. Most of them were unlettered and had never heard of Biblical criticism. Naturally I accepted the teachings as they were being given to me. I never felt any need to doubt them, at least at that time I didn't. I guess I accepted Biblical studies uncritically until I was about twelve years old. But this uncritical attitude could not last long, for it was contrary to the very nature of my being. I had always been the questioning and precocious type. At the age of 13 I shocked my Sunday School class by denying the bodily resurrection of Jesus. From the age of thirteen on doubts began to spring forth unrelentingly. At the age of fifteen I entered college and more and more could I see a gap between what I had learned in Sunday School and what I was learning in college. This conflict continued until I studied a course in Bible in which I came to see that behind the legends and myths of the Book were many profound truths which one could not escape.
One or two incidents happened in my late childhood and early adolescence that had tremendous effect on my religious development. The First was the death of my grandmother when I was about nine years old. I was particularly hurt by this incident mainly because of the extreme love I had for her. As stated above, she assisted greatly in raising all of us. It was after this incident for the first time that I talked at any length on the doctrine of immortality. My parents attempted to explain it to me and I was assured that somehow my grandmother still lived. I guess this is why today I am such a strong believer in personal immortality
The second incident happened when I was about six years of age. From about the age of three up until this time I had had a white playmate who was about my age. We always felt free to play our childhood games together. He did not live in our community, but he was usually around every day until about 6:00; his father owned a store just across the streets from our home. At the age of six we both entered school--separate schools of course. I remember how our friendship began to break as soon as we entered school, of course this was not my desire but his. The climax came when he told me one day that his father had demanded that he would play with me no more. I never will forget what a great shock this was to me. I immediately asked my parents about the motive behind such a statement. We were at the diner table when the situation was discussed, and here for the first time I was made aware of the existence of a race problem. I had never been conscious of it before. As my parents discussed some of the tragedies that had resulted from this problem and some of the insults they themselves had confronted on account of it I was greatly shocked, and from that moment on I was determined to hate every white person. As I grew older and older this feeling continued to grow. My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white {man}, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him. At this point the religious element came in. The question arose in my mind, how could I love a race of people {who} hated me and who had been responsible for breaking me up with one of my best childhood friends? This was a great question in my mind for a number of years. I did not conquer this anti White feeling until I entered college and came in contact with white students through working in interracial organizations.
My days in college were very exciting ones. As stated above, my college training, especially the first two years, brought many doubts into my mind. It was at this period that the shackles of fundamentalism were removed from my body. This is why, when I came to Crozer, I could accept the liberal interpretation with relative ease.
It was in my senior year of college that I entered the ministry. I had felt the urge to enter the the ministry from my latter high school days, but accumulated doubts had somewhat blocked the urge. Now it appeared again with an inescapable drive. My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something, on the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity. I guess the influence of my father also had a great deal to do with my going in the ministry. This is not to say that he ever spoke to me in terms of being a minister, but that my admiration for him was the great moving factor; He set forth a noble example that I didn't mine following. Today I differ a great deal with my father theologically, but that admiration for a real father still remains.
At the age of 19 I finished college and was ready to enter the seminary. On coming to the seminary I found it quite easy to fall in line with the liberal tradition there found, mainly because I had been prepared for it before coming.
At present I still feel the affects of the noble moral and ethical ideals that I grew up under. They have been real and precious to me, and even in moments of theological doubt I could never turn away from them. Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two cannot be separated; religion for me is life.
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The annual awards dinner was held alongside the MIA's European Cleaner Racing Conference, which brings together high-performance engineering experts from across the sport to showcase green motorsport, advances in alternative energy sources and sustainable materials.
WHP had already received an award for the technology at the 2010 Professional Motorsport World Expo in Germany for Powertrain Innovation of the Year.
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You can read a whole ebook on Amazon's Fire Phone without ever touching the screen
A new auto-scroll feature built into Amazon's first Fire smartphone launched this week means the device could be an ideal ebook reader.
The Fire phone uses Dynamic Perspective, which is a new sensor system which responds to the way you hold, view and move the phone. For example, with auto-scroll, you can read a book without ever having to touch the screen by tilting the phone.
Many people use smartphones to read ebooks but this can prove to be an unsatisfactory experience because of the small screens and the constant screen swiping needed to turn pages.
The Fire Phone, which has a high-definition 4.7-inch screen, could change this experience into a smooth, seamless read that might even be preferable to reading on a dedicated e-reader such as the Kindle Fire that requires screen swiping to turn pages, although it depends, of course, on how well the auto-scrolling technology works.
In some countries, such as India, smartphones are far and away the leading device for reading ebooks.
Amazon has built the Kindle ebook store into the Fire and is running a limited-time offer of a year's free Prime membership (worth $100) for phone customers. Fire Phone users will also get unlimited cloud storage for their photos.
Dynamic Perspective is claimed to offer a form of 3D viewing. It uses four ultra-low-power specialized cameras and four infrared LEDs built into the front of the phone, a dedicated custom processor, real-time computer vision algorithms, and a new high-performing and power-efficient graphics rendering engine.
Its features include:
One-handed gestures
Auto-scroll, tilt, swivel and peek for quicker, easier navigation and a better media and entertainment experience. For example, with auto-scroll, customers can read a long web page or a book without ever having to touch the screen; tilt in Amazon Music shows song lyrics; swivel instantly reveals quick actions; peek in Maps shows layered information like Yelp ratings and reviews.
Immersive apps and games
Dynamic Perspective enables a new class of apps and games that are more immersive and make it quicker and easier for the user to access information. For example, peek to instantly see close-up front and back views of a dress in the new Amazon Shopping app for Fire. In games, take on the character's viewpoint and move your head to look around corners, obstacles, and other objects.
Enhanced Carousel
Real-time updates, triage email, find recent photos, access most visited websites, return missed calls, view appointments, and more. Developers can customize the contents of their dynamic app and how it responds to user actions.
The Fire Phone uses Gorilla Glass 3 for the rear and front, aluminum buttons, stainless steel details and a rubberized polyurethane grip area. Amazon says the phone is optimized for beauty, hand comfort and powerful performance:
Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.2 GHz processor and 2Gb RAM.
4.7-inch HD display with an ambient light sensor and Dynamic Image Contrast for better outdoor viewing.
Global LTE and connectivity with nine bands of LTE, four bands of GSM, five bands of UMTS for better voice coverage and faster data speeds, 802.11ac support, Wi-Fi channel bonding, NFC, and Bluetooth.
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus for a virtual surround sound experience.
Advanced imaging system with custom-tuned 13Megapixel rear-facing camera with backside illumination, LED flash, 5-element f/2.0 lens, Optical Image Stabilization, and high dynamic range capabilities. It also includes a 2.1MP front-facing camera. Both front and rear-facing cameras record smooth 1080p HD videos.
Reliable back-up and restore using Amazon Web Services and its cloud technology. Fire customers can automatically back up device settings, notes, bookmarks, messages, and installed applications without manually configuring or connecting to a computer.
Firefly lights up the showroom
The phone also incorporates Firefly, which is basically a sophisticated showrooming scanner app that's not going to make Amazon any more popular with bookshop owners or retailers in general.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. says, "The Firefly button lets you identify printed web and email addresses, phone numbers, QR and barcodes, artwork, and over 100 million items, including songs, movies, TV shows, and products—and take action in seconds.
"We invented a new sensor system called Dynamic Perspective that recognizes where a user's head is relative to the device to offer customers a more immersive experience, one-handed navigation, and gestures that work."
Amazon is also introducing the Dynamic Perspective SDK for developers to build new experiences with this technology. Details on the SDK are at http://developer.amazon.com/firephone.
Firefly features include:
Printed phone numbers, email, web addresses, QR, and barcodes
Firefly identifies printed text on signs, posters, magazines and business cards—make a call, send an email, save as a contact, or go to the website without typing out long URLs or email addresses.
245,000 movies and TV episodes, and 160 live TV channels
Firefly recognizes movies and TV episodes, and uses IMDb for X-Ray to show actors, plot synopses, and related content.
35 million songs
Firefly recognizes music and uses Amazon Music's catalog to show information about the artist — play more songs, add them to a wish list, or download instantly to your Fire. Developers, such as iHeartRadio and StubHub, have used the SDK to build Firefly-enabled apps, so customers can create a new radio station based on the song or find concert tickets for an artist.
70 million products, including household items, books, DVDs, CDs, video games, etc
Access product details, add items to a wish list, or order on Amazon.com.
Later this year, Firefly will include artwork recognition, foreign language translation and wine label recognition, powered by Vivino.
Fire integrates access through Amazon to over 33 million songs, apps, games, movies, TV shows, books, audiobooks, and magazines, including thousands of exclusives.
Prime members get unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost with Prime Instant Video, over 500,000 books to borrow with the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, and the all-new Prime Music—unlimited streaming and download of more than a million songs and hundreds of expert-programmed playlists — all at no additional cost.
It's not cheap
The Fire Phone will be available from July 25 only in the US initially and exclusively on AT&T.
Amazon doesn't appear to be following the Kindle route of selling hardware at minimal-profit prices and looking to make money on content sales, as Fire Phone contract-free pricing is set at a hefty $649 for the 32Gb model and $749 for 64Gb. On a two-year contract, the Fire Phone with 32Gb is available for $199, and $299 for 64Gb.
Draft2Digital adds ebook subscription service Scribd to sales channels
$11,000 cash prizes on offer in Writer's Digest self-published ebook contest


We thank you for your interest in the work of our Initiative. The Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry was constituted in Autumn 2002. Leading enterprises in the real estate sector have joined the Initiative as corporate members and many prominent representatives of the sector have also become personal members. The Initiative aims to produce and establish principles for transparent and professional corporate management in the real estate business. Since its formation over five years ago, the institute has achieved positive results: not only has it produced a Code for the real estate business on the basis of the Cromme Code; it has also drafted and passed "Principles of Proper and Fair Management for Real Estate Business". These guidelines require members of the sector to comply with values such as professionalism and transparency. They warn about the avoidance of conflicts of interest or at least the need for the disclosure of such conflicts, and place an obligation on enterprises to ensure the application of criteria such as professional knowledge and independence in the selection of auditors and members of organs. The real estate economy has undisputedly encountered turbulences in recent years. However, a concerted effort by all participating sectors has succeeded in regaining lost trust by the implementation of a values management system. However, this is a continuous process that needs to be pursued with commitment. The Corporate Governance Initiative wants to continue its support for this successful development with its work. Our various codices, which have been developed individually for the different sectors, will make it possible for every enterprise in the real estate business to develop its own guidelines in future. In our view, the next obvious step is then an evaluation of the measures and ultimately certification for the objective documentation of the guidelines. Corporate governance encompasses binding rules, self-regulation and a high degree of transparency. This is intended to strengthen the reputation and competitiveness of the real estate business. The Corporate Governance Institute will therefore continue its efforts to promote the implementation of good, responsible corporate management.


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Apollo close to $10.6B deal to buy Arconic
Apollo Global Management is nearing a deal to buy aluminum giant Arconic in a deal valued at roughly $22 a share, or $10.6 billion, The Post has learned.
The board of New York-based Arconic hasn't yet approved the buyout, but has told Apollo — headed by billionaire Leon Black — and leading Arconic shareholder Elliott Management to finish necessary paperwork so it can clear the deal this weekend, sources said.
A buyout of Arconic, when including assumed debt, would be valued at more than $15 billion, making it one of the biggest leveraged buyouts since the 2008 financial crisis.
Financing for the deal is fully committed and is being led by Deutsche Bank, a source close to the talks said.
The debt markets have recovered from a winter freeze to the point where a large buyout of a company that makes aluminum parts for the aerospace industry can be done, sources said.
"There was an anxiety attack that receded," an attorney close to the deal said, explaining that surprisingly strong job numbers this month and decent earnings reports have calmed the debt markets.
Another nagging issue in recent weeks has been the fact that a UK-based unit of Arconic sold construction panels that were blamed for the quick spread of a 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in London that killed 72 people.


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From the Podium: McVay, Joseph-Day, Hekker, McQuaide react to not having fans at SoFi Stadium
Rams head coach Sean McVay, defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day, punter Johnny Hekker and long snapper Jake McQuaide each held video conferences with local media Tuesday to discuss their reactions to the news of home games being played without fans in SoFi Stadium until further notice, among other important topics. Here are some of the highlights and key takeaways from those virtual conversations:
"We'll hopefully be able to get fans in there sooner than later." – McVay
It was announced as practice was ending that home games at SoFi Stadium – including the Rams' Sept. 13 season-opener against the Cowboys – would be played without fans in attendance until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
While McVay admitted the decision was "a bummer," he said it's the safe and smart thing to do because of the times we're living in.
"We just really wanted to be able to get a couple other linebackers in." – McVay
Asked about the transactions this morning – signing linebacker Daniel Bituli and linebacker Derrick Moncrief while waiving linebacker Bryan London II and quarterback Josh Love – McVay said it had to do with bringing in two other linebackers the team had previously worked out.
Bituli, a University of Tennessee product who was one of the Rams' original 22 undrafted free agent signees this year, returns after being waived on Aug. 1. Moncrief, who played college football at Mississippi Gulf Coast, Auburn, and Oklahoma State, was most recently with the Las Vegas Raiders this spring after playing three seasons in the CFL.
McVay said he was "appreciative of what Josh Love and Bryan London ended up doing for us and looking forward to seeing if some of these new guys can come in and compete."
"Whatever happens, happens, and at end of the day it's about keeping people safe, right? And containing the virus." – Joseph-Day
Like McVay, Joseph-Day understands that this decision is about doing what is best for the public's health.
"When you're playing, the fans probably juice you up," Joseph-Day said, while also reiterating that the "tough situation" we're all in is about keeping everyone safe.
"It's going to just be a unique situation, and hopefully something we don't have to deal with much longer." – Hekker
Hekker echoed McVay's comments hoping they'll be able to welcome fans into the team's new home sooner than later.
Hekker said the players can't change anything about the decision, so it's about supporting and embracing it as a team "and (to) come out there ready to go, bring our own juice."
"It's an amazing place. It's a shame we can't have fans there yet." – McQuaide
Like his Rams teammates, McQuaide is also disappointed fan attendance at the team's new home will have to wait.
However, he also said SoFi Stadium is "going to be a heck of a home field advantage for the Rams."
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Aaron Donald, Von Miller, Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford react to win over Buccaneers in Divisional Round
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, defensive lineman Aaron Donald, outside linebacker Von Miller, wide receiver Cooper Kupp and quarterback Matthew Stafford's postgame press conferences following their 30-27 win over the Bucs that sent them to the NFC Championship game.
From the Podium: Raheem Morris, Kevin O'Connell, Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald preview Divisional Round at Buccaneers
Key quotes and notes from Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell, defensive back Jalen Ramsey and defensive lineman Aaron Donald's Thursday press conferences as they continue their preparation for the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Bucs.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Aaron Donald, Cam Akers, Matthew Stafford, Von Miller and Eric Weddle react to win over Cardinals in Wild Card round
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, defensive lineman Aaron Donald, running back Cam Akers, quarterback Matthew Stafford, outside linebacker Von Miller and defensive back Eric Weddle's postgame press conferences following their 34-11 playoff victory over the Cardinals at SoFi Stadium.
From the Podium: Raheem Morris on addition of Eric Weddle, Kevin O'Connell on Cam Akers, Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey react to All-Pro recognition
Key quotes and notes from Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell, wide receiver Cooper Kupp, defensive lineman Aaron Donald and cornerback Jalen Ramsey's Friday press conferences as they continue preparation for Monday night's Wild Card game against the Cardinals.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford, Von Miller, Eric Weddle and Cam Akers look ahead to Monday Night Football Wild Card game vs. Cardinals
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, quarterback Matthew Stafford, outside linebacker Von Miller, defensive back Eric Weddle and running back Cam Akers' Thursday press conferences as the they prepare for Monday night's Wild Card playoff game against the Cardinals.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Jalen Ramsey, Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp react to Week 18 loss to 49ers
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, cornerback Jalen Ramsey, quarterback Mathew Stafford and wide receiver Cooper Kupp's postgame press conferences following their 27-24 overtime loss to the 49ers on Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Aaron Donald and Odell Beckham Jr. share final thoughts on 49ers prep
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, defensive lineman Aaron Donald and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.'s Friday press conferences as they wrap up their preparation for Week 18 against the 49ers.
From the Podium: Kevin O'Connell, Raheem Morris and Jalen Ramsey on adjustments from first 49ers game heading into Week 18
Key quotes and notes from Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell, defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and defensive back Jalen Ramsey as they continue their preparation for Week 18 against the 49ers.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford and Von Miller preview Week 18 vs. 49ers
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, quarterback Matthew Stafford and outside linebacker Von Miller's press conferences as they prepare for Week 18 against the 49ers.
From the Podium: Sean McVay, Von Miller, Matthew Stafford, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jordan Fuller react to Week 17 win over Ravens
Key quotes and notes from Rams head coach Sean McVay, outside linebacker Von Miller, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., quarterback Matthew Stafford and safety Jordan Fuller's postgame press conferences following their 20-19 win over the Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore.


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Q: Override .T (transpose) in subclass of numpy ndarray I have a three dimensional dataset where the 1st dimension gives the type of the variable and the 2nd and 3rd dimensions are spatial indexes.  I am attempting to make this data more user friendly by creating a subclass of ndarray containing the data, but with attributes that have sensible names that point to the appropriate variable dimension.  One of the variable types is temperature, which I would like to represent with the attribute .T.  I attempt to set it like this:
self.T = self[8,:,:]

However, this clashes with the underlying numpy attribute for transposing an array.  Normally, overriding a class attribute is trivial, however in this case I get an exception when I try to re-write the attribute.  The following is a minimal example of the same problem:
import numpy as np

class foo(np.ndarray):
    def __new__(cls, input_array):
        obj = np.asarray(input_array).view(cls)
        obj.T = 100.0
        return obj

foo([1,2,3,4])

results in:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tmp.py", line 9, in <module>
    foo([1,2,3,4])
  File "tmp.py", line 6, in __new__
    obj.T = 100.0
AttributeError: attribute 'T' of 'numpy.ndarray' objects is not writable

I have tried using setattr(obj, 'T', 100.0) to set the attribute, but the result is the same.
Obviously, I could just give up and name my attribute .temperature, or something else.  However .T will be much more eloquent for the subsequent mathematical expressions which will be done with these data objects.  How can I force python/numpy to override this attribute?

A: For np.matrix subclass, as defined in np.matrixlib.defmatrix:
@property
def T(self):
    """
    Returns the transpose of the matrix.
    ....
    """
    return self.transpose()

A: Following Mad Physicist and hpaulj's lead, the solution to my minimal working example is:
import numpy as np

class foo(np.ndarray):
    def __new__(cls, input_array):
        obj = np.asarray(input_array).view(cls)
        return obj

    @property
    def T(self):
        return 100.0

x = foo([1,2,3,4])
print("T is", x.T)

Which results in:
T is [1 2 3 4]

A: T is not a conventional attribute that lives in a __dict__ or __slots__. In fact, you can see this immediately because the result of T changes if you modify the shape or contents of an array.
Since ndarray is a class written in C, it has special descriptors for the dynamic attributes it exposes. T is one of these dynamic attributes, defined as a PyGetSetDef structure. You can't override it by simple assignment, because there is nothing to assign to, but you can make a descriptor that overrides it at the class level.
As @hpaulj's answer suggests, the simplest solution may be to use a property to implement the descriptor protocol for you:
import numpy as np

class foo(np.ndarray):
    @property
    def T(self):
        return self[8, :, :]

More complicated alternatives would be to make your own descriptor type, or even to extend the class in C and write your own PyGetSetDef structure. It all depends on what you are trying to achieve.


Clips demonstrating sustained playing can be heard on SoundCloud as a single long track or on Freesound as separate notes or chords.
Only sustaining instruments are looped and included. Get the original SSO for the rest (e.g. keys, percussion & staccatos), in case you have not yet done so. SSO's string sections are also already looped, so they are also not included. The folder hierarchy has been arranged in such a way that these looped samples and SFZ scripts can be merged with SSO (see instructions below).
*An update to the grand piano (no loops :-)) can be found on our free instruments page.
In addition to the minimally modifed looped SFZ scripts, (*_looped.sfz files), additional SFZ script variations are also available.
Key switched articulations (original SSO samples must be present) (*_KS.sfz). The key switches are loosely based on the Virtual Playing Orchestra scheme, (another great free orchestal library).
Modulated/modified versions (*_mod.sfz). To make the sustained notes sound more natural, they are made to gradually decay over a typical duration. A moderate amplitude LFO is also added. These can be modified to your liking.
The chromatically sampled choirs are also offered with our signature velcoity-mapped-borrowed-chromatic-neighbors (*_vel.sfz).
Assuming that you haven't modified the original SSO sample library's folder structure, the sfz files and the "Samples-looped" folder can just be dropped in the "Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra" folder. If all things are in their default place, these procedures should go smoothly. Please perform necessary backups, otherwise.
The additional key switched scripts also require that the samples from SSO 1.0 are in their default locations. In case you modified your copy of SSO, you should also modify the new scripts accordingly.
Of course, these samples are freely shared in the same spirit as SSO and can be freely used to create music. Credit goes to Mattias Westlund and others who have provided the samples that make up SSO. If anyone wishes to modify and/or redistribute these looped samples, note that the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra is released under the Creative Common Sampling+ 1.0 License. Creative commons has already retired this license and no longer recommends it. But we will stick to it for this SSO "patch" to avoid confusions or incompatibilities when treating these new looped samples in the same way as the original SSO. In short, this looped sample collection is also released under the CC Sampling+ 1.0 license.
Atribution Suggestions: For modifications/conversions and also re-distributions, a minimal suggestion is to mention that these samples have been looped by Signal Experiments and were based on the work of Mattias Westlund. If possible, linking back to sig-ex.com is highly appreciated and helpful to us. Of course, while you're at it, link back to mattiaswestlund.net as well :-).
As a byproduct of SSO, these looped samples are also consequently created from the following free/CC-licensed/public domain instrument samples: The University of Iowa MIS, MSLP, Philharmonia samples, OLPC project, The Complete K2000, ldk1609 violin, Eddie's English Horn and a variety of classic soundfonts by Campbell Barton, Nando Florestan and Ethan Winer. Some very old soundfonts with unknown authors or licensing terms might have also been used. But as these files have been modified by different people and included in countless GM banks and other soundfont compilations over the last decade(s), it can be assumed that they are to be considered public domain or at least free to use for sampling projects.
As always, happy music making!
Loops and key switches require a more compliant SFZ player (e.g. Plogue Sforzando).
Original audio data (release tails) after the looped segments are cropped out.
In some samples, looping becomes noticeable when they are played individually for sustained periods. This becomes less obvious in most realistic musical contexts.
Some samples have timbre/pitch/loudness that relatively vary more over time. Hence, periodic timbre or loudness changes may be noticed as these looped segments repeat. Attempts to make these less distracting were done but the end results may not be as good as the others.
Some samples that have noise in between (e.g. solo cello) have been treated as shorter samples to avoid the noise.
In other cases, less distracting noise ended up being included in the samples after unsuccessful attempts to exclude them.
Unlike SSO's already-looped string sections, these samples are looped by specifying loop points in the SFZ script. Be careful not to modify the loop points' text in case you decide to modify the SFZ scripts.
To have a quick way of distinguishing between the original SSO, aka SSO 1.0 or just SSO, we propose the abbreviation ,"SSO SE", where it can help to quickly convey that these looped samples have been included. "SE" might mean any (or none) of the following; "special edition", "second edition", "Sweden" or "Signal Experiments" }:-).
But SSO has already been succeeded by other free orchestral samples?
SSO is relatively small, requiring less work. It has also been available much earlier, thus getting a head start. The SFZ scripts in SSO are also more straightforward, making modifications easier.
The more recent offerings might still be improved by their respective developers. But hopefully, our looping process would also have equally improved by the time these libraries become "stable" and if looping is still needed.
How about an SF2 version?
Even though SF2 is a bit more complex to create, we are, in fact, also genuinely eager to have an SF2 edition. This would allow us to play longer notes in the beloved MuseScore notation software as well as other awesome programs that happen to handle the older SF2 format better than SFZ. We will work on it (sounds familiar…). But seeing the more experienced SF2 developers out there, including especially those who have already converted SSO 1.0, we acknowledge that someone can do a better and faster SF2 job than us. Hence, we are congratulating in advance anyone who can beat us in the "looped SSO SF2 race". (And even if it's not so much of a prize, we can at least promise a link in this humble website. Just let us know. 🙂 ).
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