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Since its founding more than 30 years ago, Wiley has been at the center of most large and transformative telecom and media transactions in the United States. The TMT Group has unparalleled transactional experience, representing clients–most of them top brands in their specific industry space–with complex transactions involving large- and small-scale mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock sales, strategic alliances and collaborations, services arrangements, restructurings, and leveraged buyouts. We also regularly counsel telecom and media industry lenders, investors, and borrowers on FCC matters and other regulatory issues affecting financing arrangements, debt and equity offerings, bankruptcies, workouts, and foreclosures.
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Governor signs extradition warrant for accused Walmart shooter
Warrant still needs to be signed by Tenn. governor
Updated: 7:12 AM CDT Sep 10, 2019
Martez Abram
Mississippi's governor has signed an extradition warrant for the 39-year-old man accused of killing two managers at a Walmart and then setting a fire.Monday, Gov. Phil Bryant signed the warrant for Martez Abram.He is fighting extradition from Shelby County, Tennessee. He was hospitalized in Memphis after being shot by police in the Mississippi suburb of Southaven.Officials in Southaven say the warrant also needs the signature of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to get Abram back to Mississippi.Abram's next hearing is set for Friday. He is charged with murder in the shooting of Anthony Brown, 40, and Brandon Gales, 38, on July 30.Authorities have said Abram was suspended from his job at the Walmart the day before the shootings.
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. —
Mississippi's governor has signed an extradition warrant for the 39-year-old man accused of killing two managers at a Walmart and then setting a fire.
Monday, Gov. Phil Bryant signed the warrant for Martez Abram.
He is fighting extradition from Shelby County, Tennessee. He was hospitalized in Memphis after being shot by police in the Mississippi suburb of Southaven.
Officials in Southaven say the warrant also needs the signature of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to get Abram back to Mississippi.
Abram's next hearing is set for Friday. He is charged with murder in the shooting of Anthony Brown, 40, and Brandon Gales, 38, on July 30.
Authorities have said Abram was suspended from his job at the Walmart the day before the shootings.

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Milan "Mike" Borojevich, Jr., age 88, of Uhrichsville, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018, on the shores of Lake Erie, surrounded by his loving family. Born on August 8, 1930, at the Royal Settlement (Midvale), Mike was a son of the late Milan, Sr. and Marija (Radinovich) Borojevich.
Mike attended the Uhrichsville First United Methodist Church and was a 1948 graduate of Midvale High School. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1951 to 1954. He was a former employee of the Royal Sewer Pipe Company in Midvale, Alsco Anaconda in Gnadenhutten and a self-employed Union Barber for 59 years. He loved and was loved by his many customers of Mike's Barbershop in Uhrichsville. Mike was a life member of the Uhrichsville Elks #424, Past Master of Mystic Tie Lodge #194, Uhrichsville Moose Lodge 740, a former Mill Township Trustee, Ohio Reads Volunteer and a 3-gallon blood donor.
He was married November 12, 1954, at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church in Akron, to Norma Jean Young, who passed away on January 22, 2018. They would have celebrated their 64th Wedding Anniversary in November.
Surviving are five children: Milan "Mike" III, Milana Grace, Cathy Jean (Russ) Cottis, Nicholas John (Mia) and Carla Jean (Steve) Harmon; 12 grandchildren: Mia and Lia Borojevich, Louis, Jeanna, Marija and Joe Cottis, Eric, Milana and Margaret "Meg" Harmon, Abigail, Nicholas and Lucas Borojevich and one great-grandson Shilo, completes the family.
Mike was preceded in death by three brothers: George, Joe and Walter and one sister Kathryn "Katy" (Borojevich) Dryden.
Private services for Mike will be held at Union Cemetery in Uhrichsville. A celebration of Mike's life will be held on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 1 p.m., at the Uhrichsville First United Methodist Church, with Pastor Shaun Green officiating.


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Иван Ангелов Янков е български офицер, генерал-майор.

Биография
Роден е на 18 февруари 1925 г. в софийското село Костенец. От 1942 г. е член на РМС, а от 1944 г. е на БКП. През 1945 г. завършва гимназия в Самоков. Между 25 август 1943 и 12 февруари 1944 г. е политически затворник. На 2 юни 1944 г. става партизанин от партизански отряд "Чавдар". През септември 1944 г. става войник в шести пехотен търновски полк и е ранен в дясната ръка в боя при Страцин. От 14 април 1945 г. е помощник-командир на 9-а батарея на първи армейски артилерийски полк. Остава на този пост до 6 май 1945 г. Между 7 май и 14 ноември 1945 г. е школник в Школата за запасни офицери. От 15 ноември 1945 до 5 юли 1947 г. е уредник школник-стажант в 3-ти дап в Пловдив. След това до 12 декември 1947 г. е уредник школник-стажант в 8 дап в Стара Загора. Между 13 декември 1947 и 15 юни 1948 г. е командир на свързочен взвод към Министерството на отбраната в София. От 16 юни 1948 до 5 април 1949 г. е временно изпълняващ длъжността помощник-началник на секция в Управление "Кадри" на Министерството на отбраната. За няколко месеца между 6 април и 11 октомври 1949 г. е временно изпълняващ длъжността началник на секция "Артилерия" в Управление "Кадри". От 12 октомври 1949 до 14 април 1950 г. е командир на взвод в ОВМАП-Плевен. Командир на батарея в ОВМАП (15 април 1950 – 12 юли 1951) и командир на артилерийски дивизион в същия полк (13 юли 1951 – 5 ноември 1953).

В периода 6 ноември 1953 – 12 ноември 1955 учи в Артилерийския факултет на Военнотехническата академия в София. След като се завръща е назначен за заместник-командир на 56-и артилерийски полк-РГК (резерв на главното командване) до 25 ноември 1956. От 26 ноември 1956 до 6 януари 1960 г. е командир на 56-и артилерийски полк-РГК в Плевен. Между 7 януари и 16 октомври 1960 г. е заместник-командир на 41-ви артилерийски полк. В периода 17 октомври 1960 – 17 април 1961 е временно изпълняващ длъжността командир на полка. За няколко месеца между 18 април и 25 октомври 1961 г. е заместник началник-щаб на 56-а ракетна бригада. От 26 октомври 1961 до 30 юли 1962 г. учи във Висше учебно заведение в СССР. След като се завръща е назначен за командир на 1-ви ракетен дивизион на 66 армейска ракетна бригада. Остава на този пост до 5 ноември 1963 г. Между 6 ноември 1963 и 5 октомври 1972 г. е заместник-командир на 66-а армейска ракетна бригада в Ямбол. В периода 6 октомври 1972 – 14 октомври 1982 г. е командир на 46-а армейска ракетна бригада в Самоков. От 15 октомври 1982 до 20 април 1984 г. е началник на столичния щаб на Гражданска отбрана. Между 10 май и 9 юли 1984 изкарва Висш централен офицерски курс за Гражданска отбрана в СССР. В периода 21 септември 1984 – 14 август 1990 г. е началник на щаба на Столичното военно управление. От 15 август 1990 до 1 март 1991 г. е на разпореждане на Управление "Кадри" по щат А-144 за уволнение. Излиза в запаса 1 март 1991 г.

Образование
 Школа за запасни офицери-7 май-14 ноември 1945
 Военнотехническа академия – 6 ноември 1953 – 12 ноември 1955
 Висше учебно заведение в СССР – 26 октомври 1961 до 30 юли 1962 г.
 Висш централен офицерски курс за Гражданска отбрана в СССР – 10 май и 9 юли 1984

Военни звания
 подпоручик – ?
 поручик (27 април 1950)
 капитан (29 август 1952)
 майор (20 август 1956)
 подполковник (25 април 1961)
 полковник (12 октомври 1966)
 генерал-майор (6 септември 1980)

Награди
 Медал "За безупречна служба" – III ст.
 Медал "За безупречна служба" – II ст.
 Медал "30 години социалистическа революция"
 Орден "За храброст" – III ст.
 Орден "За храброст" – II ст.
 "9 септември 1944 г." – II и I ст. с мечове
 "Народна република България" – III ст.

Бележки

Генерал-майори от НРБ
Възпитаници на Военнотехническата академия
Носители на орден "За храброст" II степен
Носители на орден "За храброст" III степен
Носители на орден "Народна република България" III степен
Хора от област София
Партизани от Партизанска бригада Чавдар

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Lavoie ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Daniel Lavoie (* 1949), kanadischer Singer-Songwriter
 Dominic Lavoie (* 1967), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Florence Lavoie (* 1982), kanadische Badmintonspielerin
 Hercule Lavoie, kanadischer Sänger
 Jean Sébastien Lavoie (* 1978), kanadischer Popsänger
 Marc Lavoie (* 1954), kanadischer Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Fechter
 Sylvain Lavoie (* 1947), kanadischer Ordensgeistlicher, Erzbischof von Keewatin-Le Pas

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Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine (later versions will use Blink, a fork of WebKit, except on iOS). It was released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and as a stable public release on December 11, 2008. As of February 2013, according to StatCounter, Google Chrome has a 37% worldwide usage share of web browsers making it the most widely used web browser in the world. Net Applications, however, indicates that Chrome is only third when it comes to the size of its user base, behind Internet Explorer and Firefox.
In September 2008, Google released the majority of Chrome's source code as an open source project called Chromium, on which Chrome releases are still based.
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John McAfee sells a $100 gadget that blocks NSA
Part-time fugitive and antivirus software founder John McAfee has a new invention he's working on. After spending some of his time filming a drug-fueled video tutorial to uninstall the antivirus program he helped create, McAfee now believes he can outsmart the NSA. Speaking at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on Saturday, McAfee unveiled his grand plan to create a "D-Central" gadget that communicates with smartphones, tablets, and laptops to create decentralized networks that can't be accessed by government agencies.
The gadget might sound like something straight out of a Bond movie, but McAfee wants to build it and sell it for less than $100. "There will be no way [for the government] to tell who you are or where you are," McAfee says. Effectively, it works by creating small private networks that act as a dark web that's inaccessible to others. McAfee says he has been planning the technology for a few years, but work on the project has intensified "rapidly" over the past few months. It's not designed to replace the internet; instead it provides a localized dynamic network where users can communicate in private and share files. It will provide a private and public mode, and McAfee says he's planning to use public nodes too.
McAfee will sell D-Central even if it gets banned in the US
McAfee explains the device is localized and has a range of around three blocks. Everyone in those three blocks can then communicate with each other and that will obviously change as users move in and out of a local area. McAfee says he's around six months away from a prototype device, and the current one is a round shape with no screens. "We have the design in place, we're looking for partners for development of the hardware," he explains, noting there may be three or four varieties of final hardware. The whole project may never make it to retail shelves though, especially if concerns over its use result in a ban. McAfee answered questions over its criminal use by comparing D-Central to the telephone network. "Of course it will be used for nefarious purposes, just like the telephone is used for nefarious purposes." If the device gets banned in the US, McAfee says he'll simply "sell it in England, Japan, the Third World."
While McAfee claims he has developed unique encryption that "the NSA won't get into it," the main use for such a gadget might be at college campuses across the US. Napster rose to fame in the '90s when it used peer-to-peer technology to make sharing MP3s quick and easy. McAfee's gadget could be used widely to share files at colleges, making it difficult for authorities to police. "I cannot imagine any college student not standing in line to buy one of these," he claims. While the NSA claims are bold, McAfee is only outlining its use at a high level right now. A clock is ticking on his D-Central website, and we should learn more about the technology in 174 days. Until then, keep your tinfoil hat firmly in place.
Apple Passes Coca-Cola as Most Valuable Brand
APPLE is the new most valuable brand in the world, according to a closely followed annual report.
The report, to be released on Monday, is from Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company owned by the Omnicom Group that has been compiling what it calls the Best Global Brands report since 2000. The previous No. 1 brand, Coca-Cola, fell to No. 3.
Not only has Apple replaced Coca-Cola as first among the 100 most valuable brands based on criteria that include financial performance, this is the first time that the soft drink known for slogans like "It's the real thing" has not been No. 1.
Apple's arrival in the top spot was perhaps "a matter of time," Jez Frampton, global chief executive at Interbrand, said in a recent interview. Apple was No. 2 last year, climbing from No. 8 in the 2011 report.
"What is it they say, 'Long live the king'?" Mr. Frampton asked. "This year, the king is Apple."
The 2013 report begins: "Every so often, a company changes our lives, not just with its products, but with its ethos. This is why, following Coca-Cola's 13-year run at the top of Best Global Brands, Interbrand has a new No. 1 — Apple."
The report estimates the value of the Apple brand at $98.3 billion, up 28 percent from the 2012 report. The value of the Coca-Cola brand also rose, by 2 percent to $79.2 billion, but that was not sufficient to give Coca-Cola a 14th year as Interbrand's most valuable brand.
Although "Coca-Cola is an efficient, outstanding brand marketer, no doubt about it," Mr. Frampton said, Apple and other leading technology brands have become "very much the poster child of the marketing community."
That is underscored by the brand in second place in the new report: Google, which rose from fourth place last year. In fact, of the top 10 Best Global Brands for 2013, five are in technology: Apple; Google; Microsoft, No. 5, unchanged from last year; Samsung, 8, compared with 9 last year; and Intel, 9, compared with 8 last year.
Samsung's ascent followed the company's adoption of a new brand strategy called the Brand Ideal, which includes "a greater focus on social purpose," Sue Shim, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Samsung, said by e-mail. That reflected research indicating American consumers would switch brands to "one that was associated with improving people's lives," she added.
I.B.M. — No. 4 in 2013, down a notch from 2012 — is ranked as a business services brand. Otherwise, technology would account for six of the top 10.
"Brands like Apple and Google and Samsung are changing our behavior: how we buy, how we communicate with each other, even whether we speak with each other," Mr. Frampton said. "They have literally changed the way we live our lives."
Among other transformative technology brands that performed well in the new report was Facebook, which climbed to 52 from 69 last year, its first year on the list.
However, not all technology brands fared well. BlackBerry, which tumbled last year to 93 from 56 in 2011, has disappeared from the list. And Nokia, which dropped to 19 from 14 in 2011, finished this year in 57th place — "the biggest faller" among the 100, Mr. Frampton said.
Among nontechnology brands, a notable addition to the list was Chevrolet, at 89, the first General Motors brand to rank among the Best Global Brands.
"It feels good to hit the list for the first time," Alan Batey, global head of Chevrolet at G.M., said in a telephone interview. "It's a great first step, but we've got a long way to go. There are a lot of big brands in front of us."
The milestone reflects how General Motors has been "making a conscious effort to globalize Chevrolet," Mr. Batey said, selling the brand in 140 countries in ads that play up attributes like "value for money and designs that move hearts and minds."
Commonwealth, the creative agency for Chevrolet, "played a key role" in helping the brand make the list, he added. Commonwealth is part of the McCann Worldgroup division of the Interpublic Group of Companies.
Last year, when Coca-Cola finished atop the Best Global Brands list for the 13th consecutive time, an executive at the Coca-Cola Company acknowledged the streak but noted that "nothing lasts forever."
A year later, the executive, Joseph V. Tripodi, executive vice president and chief marketing and commercial leadership officer, had this reaction: "Of course, we would like to remain on top of the list forever. That said, we are honored to continue to be included among such an esteemed group of global brands, and we congratulate Apple and Google, both valued partners of ours."
"We've seen the value of technology brands rise as they create new ways for people to stay connected virtually," Mr. Tripodi said by e-mail. "We understand this, as the lasting power of our brand is built on the social moment of sharing a Coca-Cola with friends and family."
"Creating these simple moments and delivering on our brand promise each and every day remains our focus," he added, "as we continue to grow the value of brand Coca-Cola for decades to come."
If it is consolation, Coca-Cola remains far ahead of Apple and Google in likes on Facebook fan pages. Coca-Cola has 73.2 million, compared with 9.8 million for Apple and 15.1 million for Google.
PayPal acquires Braintree for $800 million
PayPal agreed to pay about $800 million in cash for Braintree, a Chicago-based start-up that was founded in 2007 and has about 4,000 merchants using its service. Braintree's platform helps process payments for start-ups such as Airbnb, TaskRabbit and Uber.
Braintree, headed by Bill Ready, also owns Venmo, which lets users pay each other for free through a mobile app.
PayPal paid so much for Braintree for three main reasons, according to Sanjay Sakhrani, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
First, the deal gives eBay access to current and prospective clients of Braintree. The start-up has focused on integrating its payment platform with fast-growing start-ups and the mobile apps that power much of their business, Sakhrani explained.
Second, Briantree's Venmo business has gained a lot of traction with younger users, a demographic that PayPal may have been struggling to reach, according to the KBW analyst.
Third, Braintree has superior application programming interfaces, or APIs, which control how different software interacts with each other. This is important for attracting software developers to a platform. While PayPal has been trying to improve its APIs, it probably made sense to buy Braintree and quickly adopt its APIs, Sakhrani said.
"They also took out a pretty viable competitor, which always helps," he added.
eBay shares rose 3.9% to $56.32 in afternoon trading Thursday. That pushed the stock close to a 52-week high of $58.04.
Mobile commerce is the fastest-growing part of e-commerce because people are increasingly using smartphones to shop and pay for things. Retail mobile commerce sales will grow 68% to $41.68 billion this year and by 2017, retail sales made on mobile devices will climb to well over $100 billion, eMarketer estimates.
PayPal has its own rapidly expanding mobile payments business, however, the company has lots of competitors, including Square and Google.
"Braintree is a perfect fit with PayPal," said eBay CEO John Donahoe. "Bill Ready and his team add complementary talent and technology that we believe will help accelerate PayPal's global leadership in mobile payments."
Braintree will continue to operate as a separate service within PayPal under CEO Ready, who will report to PayPal President David Marcus. Braintree's management team and employees are expected to stay in place, PayPal said.
Illegal file-sharer gets slapped with $1.5 million in damages
The damages award against illegal file-sharer Kywan Fisher will most likely send him to the poor house. Illinois federal court Judge John Lee ordered Fisher to fork out $1.5 million to adult entertainment company Flava Works this week, according to TorrentFreak.
Flava Works sued Fisher for sharing 10 movies he'd previously paid for via BitTorrent. The damages award amount was reached by fining Fisher $150,000 per movie. This is the largest damages award ever ordered in a BitTorrent case.
Flava Works caught Fisher sharing its movies by tracing the illegal copies he was accused of sharing back to him using an encryption code inserted in the films he originally bought.
"Defendant's conduct was willful to the extent that he copied or distributed Flava Works, Inc.' intellectual property at least 10 times and caused the videos to be infringed or downloaded at least 3,449 times," Flava Works wrote in a legal memo in support of damages.
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against users who have illegally shared copyrighted material on BitTorrent. One of the most well known instances is when movie studio Voltage Pictures sued more than 27,000 individuals who allegedly downloaded the Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker."
Many of these lawsuits have been dropped or settled because finding hard evidence against alleged file-sharers is typically difficult. Many cases relied on evidence based on users' IP addresses. But, in May, a U.S. federal judge ruled that an IP address alone was not enough to accuse a specific individual of illegal downloads.
The difference in Fisher's case is that Flava Works had the additional encryption code evidence against him.
According to TorrentFreak, one of the reasons that Fisher was slapped with such exorbitant damages is because he didn't show up in court and therefore didn't have any defense.
"Given the materials submitted by Plaintiff in support of its motion and in light of the absence of any objection by Defendant, Plaintiff's motion for entry of default against defendant 11 is granted. Judgment is entered in favor of the Plaintiff Flava Works, Inc., and against the Defendant Kywan Fisher in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00)," Judge Lee's judgement reads, according to TorrentFreak. Source: CNET


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Richard Henderson FRS protein imaging pioneer wins Royal Society's prestigious Copley Medal
Dr Richard Henderson FRS from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge has been awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal, the world's oldest scientific prize. He has been awarded the prize for his work on imaging techniques which have enabled scientists to understand the arrangements of atoms in important biomolecules.
Understanding the structures of proteins and biomolecules is vital for understanding essential processes in the body and is a key part of modern drug design to make more effective pharmaceuticals which better interact with target proteins in the body.
He joins the ranks of Charles Darwin, Humphrey Davy and Albert Einstein in winning the Royal Society's premier award.
Henderson has helped to develop techniques using electron microscopy, which bombards proteins or other large biological molecules being studied with electrons. This allows scientists to see their structure. Previously scientists could use X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules but this technique can't be used with all proteins and macromolecules. Henderson's work over his career – for which he has been awarded the Copley Medal - has pioneered the development of electron microscopy imaging techniques to provide an alternate route to determining the structure of these biomolecules and so improve our understanding of their functions in biology.
Commenting on his receipt of the Copley Medal, Dr Richard Henderson FRS, said:
"There's finally been a quantum step forward in the last few years in these imaging techniques, due to better microscopes, better electron detectors and better computer programs for calculating the structure from the images.
"These improvements are now allowing atomic structure determinations of many protein and other macromolecular assemblies that were previously very difficult or impossible to obtain. The new structures provide important insights into the biological function of the assemblies and, by catalysing the subsequent development of new diagnostic or therapeutic tools, should help to improve the health and wealth of the country.
"It is a real thrill to be awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal for my work in this area. Particularly as it's a prize that has been awarded to so many outstanding scientists since 1731. That's amazing."
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society, said:
"Dr Henderson is a well-deserved recipient of the Copley Medal, the Royal Society's most prestigious prize. His work has paved the way for the recent advances in electron microscopy that are revolutionising structural biology by making it possible to determine atomic structures of large macromolecules without the use of crystals. The award recognises not only his own ground-breaking work in electron microscopy but also his work in advancing and disseminating his ideas to the point where they have reached fruition and are now used prolifically across the world."
Henderson first realised the potential of the electron microscopy technique in the 1970s to image 2-D crystals of proteins which could not be imaged with X-ray crystallography. Using electron microscopy he and colleagues were able to determine high resolution structures of biomolecules, including imaging a cell membrane protein for the first time
In the 1990s, Henderson had the insight to realise that it would be theoretically possible to extract enough signal from molecules using electron microscopy to obtain their detailed atomic structures. This insight and Henderson's drive and determination over the next two decades led to the development of better detectors for electron microscopes and better software to analyse the images. This revolutionised the technique of electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM), which involves flash-cooling molecules in a thin layer of aqueous solution before imaging them. The cryoEM technique has made it possible to determine the structure of many molecules whose structure could not be determined using X-ray crystallography and has dramatically expanded what can be done in structural biology.
The Copley Medal was first awarded by the Royal Society in 1731, 170 years before the first Nobel Prize. It is awarded for outstanding achievements in scientific research and has most recently been awarded to eminent scientists such as Peter Higgs, physicist who hypothesised the existence of the Higgs Boson, DNA fingerprinting pioneer Alec Jeffreys and Andre Geim, for his discovery of graphene.


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INS Kalvari boosts India's submarine fleet amid growing Chinese challenge
Abheet Sethi
The Indian Navy is preparing to commission INS Kalvari, a diesel-electric submarine which is among the world's stealthiest, after several years of delay.
The Kalvari's commissioning will provide a much-needed boost to India's under-sea capabilities which are fledgling in comparison to China which is making forays into the Indian Ocean.
India has a total of 15 submarines, four times less than China's 60.
Chinese submarine, snubbed by Colombo, moving to Karachi? INS Kalvari boosts India's submarine fleet amid growing Chinese challenge Indian Navy's diesel-electric submarines are all over 20 years old Expert: Government's poor planning of sub procurement amounts to "negligence" Indian Navy's submarine modernization program explained India en route to failing 2030 fleet deadline Despite growing presence, China years away from seriously challenging India
Chinese submarine, snubbed by Colombo, moving to Karachi?
In May, it was reported that since December'13, China has regularly sent vessels to the Indian Ocean citing anti-piracy measures.
Recently, the Indian Navy's surveillance aircraft detected a Chinese Yuan-class submarine, part of the Chinese navy's anti-piracy taskforce, when it crossed the Malacca Strait.
India has been keeping a watch after Colombo refused it permission to dock. It is likely to head to Karachi.
Vintage fleet
Indian Navy's diesel-electric submarines are all over 20 years old
The Indian navy's attack submarine fleet has declined from 21 diesel-electric vessels in 1996 to 13 because the navy was unable to replace retired boats.
Overall, the current fleet which comprises of nine Russian-origin Kilo-class and four German HDW submarines are at least 20 years old and have undergone regular refits to keep them operational till at least 2025.
Expert: Government's poor planning of sub procurement amounts to "negligence"
"The lack of long-term planning and procurement commitment in defence acquisition plans can be considered tantamount to negligence" by the Indian government, said Pushan Das, a research fellow at Observer Research Foundation. He said India must counter the Chinese navy's Indian Ocean push.
Modernization program
Indian Navy's submarine modernization program explained
The INS Kalvari is the first of six Project 75, French-made Scorpene submarines ordered in 2005 at a cost of $3.7 billion.
In February 2015, the government approved the construction of six nuclear-powered attack submarines worth $9.5 billion.
On July 21, India initiated a program to build advanced six Project 75(I) submarines worth $5 billion. India has requested proposals from six foreign manufacturers.
India en route to failing 2030 fleet deadline
India is also building up to four nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines for its nuclear deterrence capability. Despite its ongoing submarine programs, India will likely fail to meet its 2030 deadline to shore up its undersea fleet.
Despite growing presence, China years away from seriously challenging India
"Simple geography gives India a huge strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean," said David Brewster, of the Australian National University.
He said China may be deploying submarines in Indian Ocean but its decades away from seriously threatening India, especially given the US' presence in the region.
India has also deployed surveillance planes at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to monitor China's naval presence.
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Cecconi's is launching a monthly series when executive chef Sergio Sigala will be instructing guests on the true nature of summertime cooking in Italy. For this first installment, Sigala is focusing on his favorite summer dishes, demo-ing a four course meal featuring simple ingredients with easy to follow directions.
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This song is based on a poem written by a close friend that was in a violent relationship with her husband. It's a very personal song for me as I was very young, and saw witness to what she was experiencing both in psychological but also physical abuse. This is also the first song I am producing with a very talented vocalist (Kirine) that has a longer deeper text than my previous songs and mixes. It is meant to invoke a fury of emotions like love, hate, sorrow, and anger. The link below goes to all major platforms for streaming. Check out Kirine's Soundcloud and Homepage!
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Waiting for Summer :)
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This song is an expression of how I feel by living in cold rainy Bergen city of Norway (one of the rainiest cities on the planet!). Summer and spring are short and sunshine is in short supply. I easily go two-thirds of the year, waiting for summer..
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Vote me up in SKIOs LZRD Remix contest!
I have officially joined the SKIOMUSIC.com remix contest of LZRD – Anything Anymore. For each play and like I get a little bit higher on the probability ladder of being heard by the judges. Help me out by listening to my mix down below!
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"Firedrive" Video Out Now on Youtube!
Check out the self-made video of "Firedrive" on Youtube. Tell me what you think and if you like this, help me out by subscrbing and liking the vid!
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"EDM Love" – Official Video Out Now!
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My very own first music video! Trying to capture that live show spirit!
Check it out and let me know what you think!
Azzendo – EDM Love (Official VIdeo)
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"EDM Love" Released on all major platforms, my first original mix!
I'm proud to release my first 100% original production after spending the last years mixing other songs. The song is inspired by all the lovely EDM concert people coming from different countries to festivals like "Ultra" and "Tomorrowland", and showing nothing but love, dance, and peace with each other. This song is a tribute for all EDM fans around the world. Thanks to all my friends, family and producer colleagues who pushed me to do this.
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"Sex on Fire" and "Say something" remix songs re-released!
Happy to announce that my older remixes of Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire and Justin Timberlake feat. Stapleton – Say Something remixes are finally officially re-released on iTunes and Apple Music streaming service. Link to demos on Soundcloud or full version on iTunes below!
Click here for Soundcloud Demo or here for the full version on iTunes.
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Never Be The Same Remix Launched!
My older remix of Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same is officially launched on Itunes and Apple Music, check out the demo on Soundcloud here or the full song on Itunes here.
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New original Mix coming soon: Glitter Bombs!
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Pleased to inform the release of my first collaboration mix with the talented DJ Travvy Trav from Milwaukee! The song will be launched on Dj Travs Tunecore for a wider release and will have that missing summer flavor to it. Links will be coming! Check out the cover art in the meantime made by yours truly.
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How to increase followers on Soundcloud
I get a lot of questions regarding how to increase followers on Soundcloud on PM. Decided to write this small general overview of my behavior on SC: Are you an artist, promo channel or listener? Note that this is written for artists on SoundCloud and not for general users or bot accounts/promo channels wanting to increase followers.
Follow back fellow artists and labels! Are you Kygo? The Chainsmokers? Do you think you're the shit? Well, your not. Your most likely some producer/artist nobody ever heard of, so unless you make truly amazing music that shines through the other thousands of songs posted every day on the web with millions of plays in a month, chances are you're a "Nobody" in the larger music community. My policy on SC is to follow back artists and record labels only (true labels, not fake promo bot ones). You can add up to 2000 follows on SC, use that quota! On the other hand, if a user without tracks adds me, I count that as a fan follow and won't follow back.
Unfollow the unfollowers! Many artists on Soundcloud use bots to follow then unfollow other users after a specific algorithm. Often you get a follow, without any likes or comments on your song, and then get unfollowed after a couple of days. The principle is that if you follow unfollow enough people, you will get thousands of followers eventually cuz most people don't bother checking who follows back on Soundcloud. I use unfollowspy.com now and again just to make sure I'm not following artists or labels that don't follow back.
Build a network! Find songs that you like? Like the style and production of a fellow artist on Soundcloud? Like, follow and comment. Send private messages and tell them that you like their songs. Give honest feedback and ask for feedback. You will soon have a small army of artists where you repost, comment and like each-others song, but don't do this at a massive scale (only if you like their songs!) and keep it to your particular style.
Don't do random follows! I don't follow someone without first listening to their music, liking and maybe dropping a comment. Why? Cuz if you just add random users, you won't have any connection to them and it's highly unlikely they will hear out your songs. Also, if you make EDM music and follow a lot of heavy metal artists, you will quickly find out that there is no use in having them on your following list. Why? Cuz all of their listeners (real ones) are most likely into heavy metal music and won't check your songs out even if reposted.
Don't add promo channels! They will without a doubt unfollow you and they are normally BOT driven.
Drop a like on playlists! If you come over listeners without tracks that have a lot of playlists and you happen to like one of them, dropping a like will pop up on their Soundcloud app and they might check you out!
Make Playlists! If I like an artist, I often add their songs to my playlists for later listening. This is probably the greatest honor you can give to a fellow artist on Soundcloud and kick start a relationship for collaboration!
Give back more and be generous! The Soundcloud community is mostly filled with selfish jerks that think their music is the shit. Many users have insane egos. If you start giving comments, feedbacks, likes, reposts etc. in such a community without asking for something back, you might get something in return in the future.
Make good music! All of the above is useless though if you make crappy tunes in your genre. But that is the good thing with Soundcloud. You can find artists that master many aspects of the genre you're making music with and actually ask them for feedback. Trouble mastering? Does chord build? Mixing issues? Work on them and don't release songs until you have done your best to make it sound as clean and nice as possible.
Buying real followers on Soundcloud?The only real site that offers real followers on the net currently is repostexchange.com. I used their promo follower packs twice, and it gave my account a huge follower boost in the beginning. But note, most of these followers might unfollow you after 2 weeks unless you follow back (repostexchange has a system to check and if they unfollow they will be punished).
Thats it for now! If you have more advice, please add to the comments section below!
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When the New York Times recently raved about World, You Need a Change of Mind, the debut by Peterborough-born Brit Adam Bainbridge under the name Kindness, critic Jon Caramanica noted the "proper four-on-the-floor exuberance" of a "modern disco record." Yet, considering the album's astonishing maturity, there's far more going on than some faithful approximation of disco's late-'70s heyday: A full four decades of the genre's myriad shapes and throbs are coursing through Bainbridge's lithe, boyish frame.
Take the album title itself, a play on what's often considered the first proper disco song, ex-Temptation Eddie Kendricks' "Girl You Need a Change of Mind," whose eight minutes — including a lengthy rhythmic breakdown and buildup — soundtracked David Mancuso's earliest Loft parties. The song suggests a halcyon moment before disco was codified into certain identifiable traits, a time when Barry White, slick jazz fusion, Chicago, African hornmen Manu Dibango and Fela Kuti, Euro-weirdos like Cerrone and Giorgio, and hell, even the Rolling Stones, might get spun by DJs attempting to make bodies move, be they black, white, or Latino, gay or straight.
"When we dance, we're all the same," Bainbridge murmurs on sumptuous opener "SEOD," before multiple layers of his own vocal harmonies come together to announce, "Try to lose yourself in sound." Easy. Between his crystalline pipes and the punctilious production of Philippe Zdar (one half of French house icons Cassius), the duo touch not just on pre-Comiskey Park demolition disco, but all that comes after it: '80s boogie and freestyle; the chucking, quicksilver licks of Chic's Nile Rodgers; the loose-booty low end of Parliament; Trouble-Funk's go-go; Jam & Lewis' R&B; muscular Frankie Knuckles house; even, in the album's biggest misstep, the mushroom jazz that infects "Bombastic." This attention to sound is both the album's biggest strength and its most glaring weakness, as Bainbridge emphasizes clinical analysis rather than hedonistic synthesis.
It's easy to trace the source of Kindness' knack for replicating every layer of disco's strata: Arthur Russell. The musical polymath's mix of left-field disco moves from the late '70s and early '80s pointed at a futuristic, all-inclusive vision of dance music before his passing in 1992, whereupon that body of work was all but overshadowed by a 21st-century renaissance of his never-released indie-pop work. So while Bainbridge's mumblecore expertly mimics Russell's pop songs from Calling Out of Context and Love Is Overtaking Me on a song like "Cyan," the productions that he and Zdar really lionize are loose-jointed, lesser-known classics like "Kiss Me Again" and "Tell You Today," though they never achieve Russell's mutant-disco grandeur.
Such adventurous dance-floor fare colors much of Change of Mind, especially on the album's covers. There's the cheeky bass wobble of "Anyone Can Fall in Love," which wraps an excruciating English soap-opera theme song in cheese and satin sheets. The wobble of Trouble Funk's "Still Smokin' (Hug a But)" remains wholly intact on "That's Alright," augmented by a dog-pile of gated drums, treated horns, and audacious bass bombast. But you can also hear Bainbridge losing his taste for the nightlife on the stunning "Swingin' Party." An update of a song by those decidedly un-disco louts the Replacements (off Tim), it's here transformed from a ramshackle garage-rock strum to Paradise Garage sublimity.
That Bainbridge has songwriting acumen to go with his production ear might make him the most tenable bridge yet between dance music and the current state of indie rock. That he's crashed on Grizzly Bear's couch makes a peculiar type of sense, as Kindness might actually be that band in an alternate universe. How would Edward Droste's choirboy vocals sound on house tracks beyond that Fred Falke remix of "Two Weeks"? What if Chris Taylor didn't save his dance productions for Twin Shadow and Blood Orange, but instead pumped up his main gig until it appealed to true "bears"? Or what if Ben and Jimmy didn't give up on the Postal Service, but finally got around to dreaming another dream of Evan and Chan? Pipe dreams still, but World, You Need a Change of Mind is the sort of meticulous disco opus that similarly dance-afflicted, indiecentric music makers have never quite mastered.


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The study, published in the journal Genes, showed that exposure to fluorescent light can cause inflammation and increased immune response in certain animals.
"Over the past 60 years, we have increasingly relied on artificial light sources that emit much narrower wavelength spectrums than does the sun. Yet, little research has been conducted to determine gene expression consequences, if any, from use of common artificial light sources," said co-author Christi Walter.
Bright lights, big effects
Researchers from Texas State University and the University of Texas Health found genome-wide changes in the skin, brains, and the liver of fish and mice models. Using zebrafish (Danio rerio), Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes), and hairless mice (Mus musculus), the team was able to pinpoint which genes were activated by the wavelengths emitted by fluorescent lighting.
They observed that the skin and brain of the three animals including the liver of both fish all exhibited inflammation and immune response. The mouse liver, however, was able to suppress the reaction.
"In this report, we show genome-wide changes of gene expression patterns in skin, brain, and liver for two commonly utilized fish experimental models (zebrafish and Japanese rice fish, also known as medaka), and a mammalian (mice), following exposure to 4,100 K 'cool-white' fluorescent light," said Walter.
The team noted that the inflammation and immune response was consistent in the skin and brains of all three animals. This is in spite of the animals' extreme divergence (450 million years) and their drastically different lifestyles (diurnal fish and nocturnal mice). However, the researchers explained that follow-up studies are needed to further define the response in mice.
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Q: What is the VB.NET equivalent of this C# code (convert an ASCII string to hexadecimal)?  What is the VB.NET equivalent of this C# code (convert an ASCII string to hexadecimal)?
public static string AsciiToHex(string asciiString)
{
    string hex = "";

    StringBuilder sBuffer = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < asciiString.Length; i++)
    {
        sBuffer.Append(Convert.ToInt32(asciiString[i]).ToString("x"));
    }
    hex = sBuffer.ToString().ToUpper();

    return hex;
}

A: A few things:

*

*Why use a for loop where a foreach look also works? (The answer is: not)

*The ToUpper is redundant when we choose the correct formatting flag (X).

*The variable hex is useless.

*Convert.ToInt32 can be shortened to (int).

*The name "ASCII" is actually wrong – you are working with Unicode here.

*Usually, this calls for a padding since the ToString("x") result has variable length: for character codes < 16 it yields a single character!

This leaves us with:
public static string CharToHex(string str) {
    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
    foreach (char c in str)
        buffer.AppendFormat("{0:X2}", (int) c);
    return buffer.ToString();
}

… and translated into VB:
Public Shared Function CharToHex(ByVal str As String) As String
    Dim buffer As New StringBuilder()

    For Each c As Char in str
        buffer.AppendFormat("{0:X2}", Asc(c))
    End For

    Return buffer.ToString()
End Function

A: Public Shared Function AsciiToHex(asciiString As String) As String
 Dim hex As String = ""
 Dim sBuffer As New StringBuilder()
 For i As Integer = 0 To asciiString.Length - 1
  sBuffer.Append(Convert.ToInt32(asciiString(i)).ToString("x"))
 Next
 hex = sBuffer.ToString().ToUpper()
 Return hex
End Function

via http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/
Which is one of many tools that can do C# to VB conversions, and can by found using this search: http://www.bing.com/search?q=c%23+to+vb+converter&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

A: Public Shared Function AsciiToHex(asciiString As String) As String
 Dim hex As String = ""

 Dim sBuffer As New StringBuilder()
 For i As Integer = 0 To asciiString.Length - 1
  sBuffer.Append(Convert.ToInt32(asciiString(i)).ToString("x"))
 Next
 hex = sBuffer.ToString().ToUpper()

 Return hex
End Function

http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/

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