The Naked and Famous enjoyed a fairytale rise after forming in 2008 around composer Thom Powers and lyricist Alisa Xayalith, with their twin vocals at the forefront of a hook-laden cocktail of electronica and pop. The band began a busy touring schedule after releasing Passive Me Aggressive You, and winning eight gongs at the 2011 NZ Music Awards. A run of distinctive videos have aided the group's rise: including 'Punching in a Dream' and Young Blood' — which entered the NZ charts at number one, and won 10 million+ YouTube hits. Later albums In Rolling Waves (2013) and Simple Forms (2016) won wide acclaim.


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Sonoma Wire Works has announced that the GuitarJack – its iPhone guitar interface is officially compatible with a variety of recording apps, guitar tuners, and audio effects apps, even if they do not have a GuitarJack control panel.
We've tried GuitarJack with the following third party apps that do not include a GuitarJack Control Panel and they work great. We're sure GuitarJack works with many more audio apps!
The only amp model that we know doesn't work is AmpliTube, and we communicated with IK the necessary changes they would have to make in AmpliTube to make it work with GuitarJack.
Sonoma is also preparing the GuitarJack Control Panel SDK for third party developers now, so that other developers can explicitly support the GuitarJack.
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Farmers brace for end of section 21 no-fault evictions
Farmers are concerned about the impact on rural life that the government's initiative, "A new deal for renting: resetting the balance of rights and responsibilities between landlords and tenants" could mean for rural landlords?
Writing for FarmingUK.com, Charlotte Brackley and Gemma Richards, of Barlow Robbins LLP analyse the impact that the change could have, and they give some sage advice to farming and landlords in general.
The government announced in April this year that it would bring an end to the eviction process, the Shorthold Tenancy set in Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 – the so called "no-fault" evictions for tenants.
The consultation process ran through the autumn and has now closed. Whilst we await the outcome of the consultation, there is much speculation as to what will be the practical changes that all residential landlords must face up to.
What one must remember is that this policy change, and the consultation process that follows it, was started under a previous regime, not under the current incumbents, and certainly not under the likely new government we get after the December 12 election. These things could change?
In the meantime this article tackles the issues that may be pertinent should this change come about under in present direction of travel.
Farmers and residential landlords in general will need to review their strategies for their rental properties in the light of these potential changes and here Charlotte Brackley and Gemma Richards provide some useful information and some 'do's' and 'don'ts' for those who want to be prepared of any eventuality.
As it is now
Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, and the Shorthold Tenancy as it stands, has provisions for landlords regaining possession of a rented residential property.
Providing the original contracted term is ended, under S21, a landlord can serve the tenant/s with a two-month notice to leave, pending the landlord obtaining a possession order signed by a judge.
Providing all the landlord's paperwork is in order, and all the necessary pre-requites have been complied with, a possession order can be issued without a court hearing. Once a possession order has been obtained, court bailiffs can lawfully evict the tenant/s.
The process can take up to 9 months in total, though 6 to 10 weeks would be the norm, so this is not a matter of landlords throwing tenants out on the street, as some of the popular media stories would have us believe.
However, popular opinion is such that the government of the day back in the spring of this year was convinced that radical change was needed. Encouraged by pressure for homelessness charities, strong signals from opposition parties, and perhaps (cynically) the need for votes from a growing cohort of tenants, and the government acted.
The flexibility extended to landlords with Section 21 meant that landlords could let their properties with confidence, safe in the knowledge that if things went wrong they could always regain possession of their property with the least amount of fuss. They can plan their letting periods, refurbish the properties, reallocate them, redevelop and sell them – within the terms of their letting contracts – as and when they needed to.
But the very flexibility that the process extends to landlords comes up against the insecure position it places tenants in. Not all tenants want long term security, but many actually do, especially if they have families and children in local schools.
Most landlords want tenants to stay long-term, especially if they pay rent on time and look after the property, but some don't. That's the problem, and usually it's the minorities in each case that spoilt the party.
The proposed changes
The government is proposing to end the concept of the shorthold tenancy which has been the mainstay of the de-regulated housing market since the 1988 Housing Act.
The idea is to swing back the "balance" in power in the residential lettings market, from the landlord having the choice, within the rules, as to when a tenancy is terminated, and to giving tenants more stability and security.
In such a regime, with Section 21 gone, landlords would have to fall back on the existing Section 8 procedure. This is a county court process where the landlord must, in order to obtain a possession order and secure any eviction, provide evidence that a breach of contract has occurred.
These cases are often not straightforward; determined tenants can throw up all sorts of objections, and because court time is limited for any one hearing, these cases can be drawn out for months. This is not even taking into account losses that landlords are often experiencing because of lost rent while all this goes on. Plus, legal costs can run into thousands.
Section 8, Housing Act 1988.
The Country Landowener's Association's (CLA) Andrew Shirley commented that this proposed new regime would be a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". The article points out that there's a difference between urban and rural residential lettings markets, where in the latter tenants are already more likely to stay in one place for longer.
Shirley states that:
"The reality is that in rural areas the average residential tenancy exceeds eight years, compared with the urban figure of less than three, and tenants in the countryside enjoy a higher level of satisfaction and a greater sense of community".
The government has indicated that the Section 8 procedure would be enhanced with more grounds for possession, enabling landlords more flexibility to take back possession of residential properties in limited circumstances. In particular, where landlords can show they want to sell the property. But so far there's been no mention of how the courts could be made to cope with the extra workload involved – they are already over stretched.
What would this change mean for landlords?
Charlotte Brackley and Gemma Richards, of Barlow Robbins LLP respond:
Unless a tenant is in breach of the terms of their tenancy, a residential landlord will not be able to recover possession.
Residential tenancies will become secure and landlords will have to think carefully before entering into new tenancies.
What is certain is that landlords will no longer be able to rely on Section 21 to guarantee vacant possession on sale and to manage out problem tenants.
Landlords will need to start thinking now if they will want to reorganise the occupation of cottages on a farm or estate to accommodate, for example, family members, beneficiaries and employees in the short to medium term.
It remains to be seen whether expansion of the Section 8 eviction procedure will offer sufficient flexibility to landlords.
The government hopes that one of the resulting changes will be a more stable rental market which landlords will want to invest in.
The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers has said that with the additional Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) payable when purchasing a second home, a buy-to-let, and all the other red tape that goes with letting, they believe that the proposals could lead to rural properties being left empty and sold for owner occupation.
It also believes there could be a major shift from letting under Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) to short-term holiday lets for landlords to avoid being stuck with tenancies that they cannot terminate and tenants that they might not want long-term.
The Association use Scotland as an example, where similar new regulations where brought into force in 2017, and already with the removal of no-fault evictions fewer properties are now available for rentals.
What does this mean for agricultural tenants with sub-let cottages?
It is common practice for agricultural tenants (farm business tenancies) to sub-let the residential properties on their holdings.
But given the removal of the Section 21 safeguard, unless a sub-tenant is in breach of the terms of their tenancy, it will be impossible for an agricultural tenant to guarantee vacant possession of a sub-let cottage at the end of their own tenancy. In such a case, if vacant possession cannot be given, a tenant may be liable to the farm owner / landlord in compensation.
Barlow Robbins LLP 's Dos and Don'ts for rural landlords
• Review each existing tenancy and identify those where a Section 21 Notice could be served if necessary
• Carefully consider the strategy for your residential portfolio, now and for the next generation (for example, if you have good tenants, a guaranteed income stream and no voids may be to your advantage now, but may not fit with future development plans)
• Talk to agricultural tenants about their sub-lettings so that these can be managed, particularly where the agricultural tenancy will come to an end in a few years' time
• keep an eye on the press so that you know when any new legislation is to come into force and the expiry of any transition period (which might be your last chance to use the Section 21 Notice)
• Fail to use the Section 21 Notice (if necessary) before it disappears
• Take on any new tenants without vetting them carefully, as you could be stuck with them indefinitely.
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Alliance, 'Memphis' co-pro top 2015 Suzi nods
Sep. 2, 2015 - by Kathy Janich
The awards, Atlanta professional theater's more-or-less equivalent to Broadway's Tonys, will be handed out Nov. 2.
THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: March 5
Mar. 5, 2015 - by Kathy Janich
Last call for "Silent Sky" at Theatrical Outfit as well as "The C.A. Lyons Project (Alliance), "Detroit '67" (True Colors), "Rigoletto" (Atlanta Opera), StinkyKids the Musical (Synchronicity), the national tour of "Wicked" at the Fox and the Center for Puppetry Arts' "Anne Frank: Without and Within."
THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: Feb. 26
Feb. 26, 2015 - by Kathy Janich
This weekend's your last chance for "4000 Miles" at Aurora. Also recommended: Theatrical Outfit's "Silent Sky," the Kendeda-winning "C.A. Lyons Project" at the Alliance, "Detroit '67" at True Colors and the always entertaining Libby Whittemore at Actor's Express.
The best of this week's best bets: "The C.A. Lyons Project" at the Alliance, "Silent Sky" at Theatrical Outfit and "Detroit '67" at True Colors. What's on your must-see list?
Outfit's 2015-16 season: 5 shows, 3 musicals
Theatrical Outfit's five-show 2015-16 season – dubbed the Season of Courage — will feature three musicals, one world premiere and a regional premiere. The titles: "Memphis"; "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe"; "A Little Princess"; "Moxie"; and "The Light in the Piazza."
The winter season is definitely in full swing. New this weekend: "4000 Miles" at Aurora Theatre, "Detroit '67" at True Colors, "Silent Sky" at Theatrical Outfit and "StinkyKids the Musical" at Synchronicity Theatre. At the Alliance this year's Kendeda winner, "The C.A. Lyons Project," begins previews and "Tuck Everlasting" continues its world premiere run.
THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: Feb. 5
Feb. 4, 2015 - by Kathy Janich
Say hello to "fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life" at 7 Stages; Theatre du Reve's "Jane, the Fox, and Me"; and Atlanta Ballet's "Roméo et Juliette." Say goodbye to "Private Lives" at Stage Door Players, which closes Sunday.
THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS | Jan. 29
Jan. 29, 2015 - by Kathy Janich
Our top picks among the best bets this week: the world premiere musical "Tuck Everlasting" at the Alliance Theatre and those very nasty "Bad Jews" at Actor's Express. Enjoy!
This weekend: Take in the raucous "Bad Jews," opening at Actor's Express and previews of "Tuck Everlasting," the world premiere musical at the Alliance Theatre. And make plans now to hear the people sing in the reprise of "Les Misérables" at Aurora Theatre through March 8. All shows until Feb. 18 are sold out.
Starry, starry nights await with Theatrical Outfit's luminous 'Silent Sky'
Silent Sky, the true story of American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, universe-revealing science and a time when human beings were called …


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Clark: "Lex, stop wearing clothes! That's totally uncalled for."
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"So Clark, did you enjoy that?"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY voldything!!! I swear I only keep watching SV to appreciate your brilliant picspams!
OMG, that scarecrow!! I'd never noticed that!!
Bet it was filmed that way on purpose!
Thanks! The first two 'caps are both from "Slumber" - such a pretty episode for the boys!
Hehehe. I had to go back and look twice. Ah, Smallville, you and your phallic symbols.
*dirty giggle* Did you also notice the phallic action in the 'cap where Clark's running? Bouncy, bouncy!
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Brown Family, Stoolbend Residents
LeVar "Freight Train" Brown
Relatives :
Evelyn Brown (wife)
Cleveland Brown (son)
Broderick Brown (son or step-son)
Cleveland Brown Jr. (grandson)
Cecilia (granddaughter-in-law)
Donna Tubbs-Brown (daughter-in-law)
Roberta Tubbs (step-granddaughter)
Rallo Tubbs (step-grandson)
Robert Tubbs (adopted son)
Voiced by Craig Robinson
LeVar "Freight Train" Brown is Cleveland Brown's father. He seems to have a cold shoulder for his wife, having broken up with her twice for a Waffle House waitress, and seems to strongly dislike his son, Cleveland, as he puts his own son down a lot. He joins his son and his new family for Thanksgiving and develops an infatuation with Donna's Auntie Momma. He even has sex with her, but soon finds out from Cleveland that Auntie Momma is a man. Afterwards he is persuaded into treating his wife right.
In "You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown", Freight Train plans to remarry Cookie and moves back to Stoolbend. Cookie talks him into making Cleveland the best man, reminding him that Cleveland is his only son. LeVar has a sudden flashback of potentially dozens of children he may have been the father of but reluctantly agrees. Mere days before the wedding was supposed to take place, Freight Train met Robert Tubbs at Sad Woody's Gentlemen's Club and decided to make him his best man instead. While Cleveland was hurt by this at first, he later forgave his father and ended up walking with his mother down the aisle.
In "The Way the Cookie Crumbles", LeVar takes the heat for Evelyn getting scammed out of their home and endures teasing from Cleveland while living with them until he finally snaps and leaves, leaving Evelyn to explain what had really happened.
According to "March Dadness", Freight Train was given a tryout with the Washington Redskins but was cut after two weeks in favor of Cannonball Williams. Freight Train's anger toward Cleveland is also revealed to be the result of a very poor performance by Cleveland in a stunt game show.
LeVar turns 63 years old in "Hustle 'N' Bros.". After Robert Tubbs takes him to Las Vegas for a prize fight for his birthday, he adopts Robert.
LeVar appears in the Italian segment of "Wide World of Cleveland Show".
After Freight Train misses their anniversary to fool around with another woman in "When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie", Cleveland tries to help them patch things up by getting them concert tickets to see George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars. Cookie gets carried away and leave Freight Train for George. Freight Train tries to keep up his macho image but finally admits he loves Cookie and enlists Cleveland and his friends to help by having Tim maul the band so they can take their place on stage. Freight Train tells Cookie how he really feels in a song and calls all of his other girlfriends to break off their relationships.
Cleveland reveals in "Hustle 'N' Bros." that LeVar writes mystery novels under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Elderwood. Freight Train's persona of Jocelyn would play a key role in helping Rallo and Junior try to prove their dad didn't commit a murder in "Who Done Did It?".
Freight Train referred to Rallo as "black Stewie" in "A Brown Thanksgiving" and again in "You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown".
"You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown" suggests that Freight Train may have other sons and daughters of various ages, all of whom look similar to Cleveland.
In "Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'" & "A Short Story and a Tall Tale", Freight Train has his own television program, "Things I Hate! with Freight Train Brown", in which Freight Train sits behind a desk and bluntly says things that he doesn't like.
In "Die Semi-Hard", Levar and Arch portray two FBI agents that mistake Cleveland Brown for a terrorist. Their helicopter is destroyed when Tim orders explosives on the roof to be set off.
In "Brownsized", Cleveland reveals that LeVar locked him in a slaughter house at age six with four cows and a penknife and told him not to come out until he had steaks.
Donna reveals that Levar has been using Ebert Williams was a stand-in for Cleveland for many years in "The Hangover Part Tubbs".
TCS107 A Brown Thanksgiving
TCS121 You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown
TCS208 Murray Christmas
TCS210 Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'
TCS213 A Short Story and a Tall Tale
TCS216 The Way the Cookie Crumbles
TCS307 Die Semi-Hard
TCS310 Dancing with the Stools
TCS313 Das Shrimp Boot
TCS314 March Dadness
TCS315 The Men in Me
TCS317 American Prankster
TCS320 Flush of Genius
TCS321 Mama Drama (mentioned)
TCS407 Hustle 'N' Bros.
TCS408 Wide World of Cleveland Show
TCS409 Here Comes the Bribe
TCS410 When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie
TCS412 Brownsized (mentioned)
TCS413 A Rodent Like This
TCS414 The Hangover Part Tubbs
TCS416 Who Done Did It?
TCS420 Of Lice and Men
TCS421 Mr. and Mrs. Brown
TCS422 Crazy Train
TCS423 Wheel! Of! Family!
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The limited edition Continental GT No.9 celebrates Bentley's 100-year anniversary, paying homage to the iconic "Blower" Bentley Bentley is celebrating its 100th
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Bentley Continental GT No.9 edition marks brand's centenary
The limited edition Continental GT No.9 celebrates Bentley's 100-year anniversary, paying homage to the iconic "Blower" Bentley
Bentley is celebrating its 100th birthday this year so, to mark the occasion, it unveiled the limited edition Continental GT No.9 at this year's Geneva Motor Show. The new model pays homage to the Le Mans-winning 1930 "Blower" Bentley 4 ½ litre, featuring trim, dials, interior fixtures and paint codes inspired by the classic racer.
The exterior of the Continental GT No.9 is set apart from the standard model by unique 21-inch alloy wheels, a carbon fibre aero package, a series of "No.9" badges, a choice of two paint colours and a "No.9" grille graphic lifted from Bentley's 1930s Le Mans car.
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Inside, the No.9 gets a choice of either Cumbrian Green or Beluga upholstery, retrimmed door cards, a turned aluminium centre console, 18K gold switchgear and a set of classic British-Jaeger themed dials. The dash also features a wood insert from the seat of Bentley's 1930 Le Mans racer, set into a backlit resin display case.
Bentley's latest special edition model is powered by the same 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 as the standard car, producing 626bhp and 900Nm of torque. Performance is fed through an eight-speed automatic gearbox to all four wheels, allowing a 0-62mph sprint of 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 207mph.
Production will be limited to just 100 examples, and each will be hand-built in Crewe by Bentley's coachbuilding arm, Mulliner. Prices for the Bentley Continental GT No.9 are yet to be announced but, if Bentley's recent special edition back catalogue is anything to go by, the price tag could climb to the £200,000 mark.
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Advertisers Expected to Tackle Serious Issues in Super Bowl Spots
Advertisers are expected to address issues pertaining to social justice and the pandemic during Super Bowl LV spots.
By Michael McCarthy / December 4, 2020
The Potential NIL Power of Sarah Fuller
If college athlete name, image, and likeness rules had already taken effect, Fuller might have completed one of the most lucrative kickoffs in college sports history.
By Amanda Christovich / December 1, 2020
Despite Some Miscues, ISL Provides 'Hope' for Professional Swimming
While swimmers have bought into the ISL, there's a disconnect between the on-deck product and off-deck antics.
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Heisman Trophy Latest Offering From Investment App Rally
The family of the 1937 Heisman Trophy winner wanted the asset to be on display and widely available.
Rally has raised $27 million as it looks to open alternative assets to a common investor.
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It's not often a Heisman Trophy becomes available for collectors.
Now, however, the 1937 trophy — won by Yale running back Clint Frank — is available to virtually anyone thanks to the fractional share platform Rally. With 10,000 shares priced at $46 during its IPO on Oct. 16, the mass accessibility is exactly what the Frank family wanted when they first put the trophy up for sale in 2018.
Prior to Rally's acquisition of the Frank Heisman, the family kept the trophy in a bank vault but knew how important it was to the winner and wanted it on display.
"We made a bid to acquire knowing we wouldn't tuck it away, but open it to be available to a bunch of people who wouldn't keep it hidden," said Rob Petrozzo, Rally co-founder and head of product. "This is something that access and money alone don't get you."
Rally buyers will have shares of the trophy, but the company will make the 1937 Heisman the centerpiece of its showroom in New York City. Offering a Heisman Trophy is just the latest sports collectable for Rally, which started in 2017 with vintage cars before expanding into other verticals like books, wine and sports memorabilia.
Petrozzo said Rally's growth has exploded in the past year or so and currently has hundreds of thousands of users, with investor account activity tripling. Especially of interest in the past six months has been the sports collectable market. Ranging from a similar — but only sports memorabilia — app Collectable to the record-setting prices in trading cards, collectables have been on the rise in 2020.
The sports memorabilia market was estimated to be worth $5.4 billion in 2018, but Collectable Chief Executive Officer Ezra Levine told FOS it could well exceed that estimate.
By selling shares of these normally exorbitantly priced items, the apps' executives believe they're opening up a large asset class to help the public diversify their investments. Petrozzo said there's an 18-point checklist the team goes over before bringing on a new asset and making it available to the public.
Rally maintains ownership of at least 10% of their assets and makes money through a sourcing fee, between 4% to 10%. The company also makes money through other events in their showroom, along with content to generate interest and merchandise associated with the goods. Rally recently raised $17 million to expand its platform, bringing the total to $27 million — including investments from individuals like Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
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While Rally started with vintage cars and other categories, Petrozzo said sports memorabilia has been easier in a lot of ways. Now, he said an engaged community within the platform helps point toward new assets.
"It's an easier thing for our investor base knowing how to invest in a sports card vs. a car," he said. "Right now, it's easy to understand that money in cards is an appreciating asset."
Petrozzo said it's important for investors to keep a diversified portfolio of investments and Rally helps facilitate that with 11 different asset classes. Because of all the possibilities with assets, he added it's OK there's been a surge in other sports-focused investment apps, including Collectable and Alt, another app that launched this year.
"It was part of our responsibility to kick the door down and build the community from the ground up, not just our user base but for other apps," he said. "We're in the first inning of this space. What Coinbase did with cryptocurrency and Robinhood did with stocks, we're doing with alternative assets — whether it's a Heisman Trophy, classic car or vintage wine."
"All of those should be in a diversified portfolio, but the ability to access them hasn't existed for most people and we want to create that lane for them," Petrozzo added.
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Зброєзнавство – спеціальна історична дисципліна, яка вивчає як предмети озброєння (ручну зброю, військову техніку та військове спорядження), історичні закономірності їх виникнення, розвитку, використання й поширення, так і закономірності виникнення, розвитку й поширення пов'язаних з їх виробництвомвом технологій.

Головне завдання зброєзнавства полягає в комплексному вивченні різноманітних предметів озброєння як джерела історичного, а також у подальшій розробці зброєзнавчих методів дослідження.

Джерелами вивчення виступають  зображальні, писемні та усні документи, але основним джерелом залишається сама зброя та предмети озброєння чи їхні залишки.

Як продукт суспільного виробництва, що втілює останні технічні досягнення, предмет обміну й торгівлі, пам'ятник матеріальної культури та мистецтва зброя є носієм історичної інформації, необхідної при вивченні рівня розвитку суспільства, його матеріальної та духовної культури, соціально–економічних, політичних відносин тощо. Зброєзнавство структурно пов'язане і переважно послуговується теоретико–методологічними засадами та методами дослідження джерелознавства історичного, однак передбачає залучення до своїх досліджень також загальноісторичних методів і методів споріднених наук – інших спеціальних історичних дисциплін, археології, історії мистецтва, а також методів низки точних, природничих та гуманітарних наук.

Сам термін запровадили австрійські та німецькі дослідники зброї. Одним з перших, хто застосував термін "зброєзнавство" був А.Деммін (A.Demmin)у книзі "Історичний розвиток зброї з давніх часів до сьогодення: енциклопедія зброєзнавства" (1869 р.). В російській імперії  термін "оружиеведение" вперше ввів Е.Ленц у 1908 році, визначивши її як самостійну допоміжну історичну науку. В українській історіографії перша характеристика зброєзнавства, як спеціальної історичної дисципліни належить В.Сидоренко. В незалежній Україні, вперше наукове визначення зброєзнавства подано у навчальному посібнику "Спеціальні історичні дисципліни" (К.,1992).

Перші види зброї з'явились в період палеоліту розвинулись із засобів полювання (дерв'яні списи, заточенні камені тощо), пізніше в період мезоліту з'являються лук та стріли. У добу неоліту з'являються такі базові види холодної зброї, як кам'яна сокира, булава з кам'яною голівкою, кинджали з каменю і кістки. З винайденням заліза з'явились елементи захисного спорядження, основні види ручної холодної зброї теж стали металевими. З часом ручна зброя почала відігравати все менш важливу роль в ході історії, а військова техніка почала відігравати провідну роль у озброєнні армій.

Джерела та література
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 Д. В. Тоїчкін. Зброєзнавство  //

Література
 Спецальні історичні дисципліни: довідник: навч.посіб. для вищ.навч.закл. / І.Войцехівська (кер.авт.кол), В. В. Томазов та ін. — Київ: Либідь, 2008.
 Судове зброєзнавство : Навч.-практ. посіб. / О. А. Борідько, В. В. Логінова, К. В. Парасочкіна. – К. : Юстініан, 2009. – 88 c.

Історичні дисципліни

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October 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Manufacturing Barometer from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found senior executives rank their ability to address people issues and the integration work after the deal are the two most important factors for M&A success.
Eighty-four percent of respondents ranked people issues as extremely or very important, while integration was seen as a top priority in the M&A process by 80% of those surveyed, according to a summary of the Barometer findings. Pre-merger activities are also an important challenge, as 74% of respondents ranked financial due diligence as an important factor and 72% chose getting sound strategic advice during the M&A screening process.
Senior executives ranked Sarbanes-Oxley compliance at newly acquired entities as a lower concern than in previous surveys, PwC said. Sixty-six percent of respondents listed it as only somewhat important or not important, while 21% ranked it as extremely or very important.
Structuring of working capital adjustments and preparing for a divestiture were cited by 44% of respondents as important for a successful M&A deal and addressing accounting and SEC issues that arise during a transaction was cited by 38%.
Fifty-six percent of manufacturers included in the survey reported involvement in M&A activity and related transactions (e.g., joint ventures, alliances) during 2006. Sixty-four percent said they expected to participate in similar or related activity by the end of 2007.
The survey found a growing interest in foreign markets, as 26% of respondents reported plans for M&A in Asia and 13% in Latin America – both sizeable jumps from 2006, PwC said. Plans for deals in Europe show little change from 2006, with only a 2% increase to 15%.
The Manufacturing Barometer report can be accessed from here .


For many employees, the first day at a new job can be intimidating. For employers, these first few days of onboarding are crucial in helping set new employees up for success in their roles and within the scope of the company. Here's five pieces of advice for welcoming new employees into your company.
Shortly after employees accept their job offer, be sure to reach out to them either via letter, email, or phone call. It's important to stress how excited you are for new employees to join the team and to answer any questions they might have prior to their first day. During this contact, provide them with any orientation information as well—whether it's an employment benefits package, a company guidelines manual, or login invitations for HR sites they'll use to manage their timesheets.
Prior to employees' first days, it may be beneficial to put them into contact with a more experienced employee. Whether this employee is someone who will play a prominent role in the new employees' training, or a manager who's available to answer any questions, it's important to provide opportunities for your new employees to begin fostering relationships with coworkers who can provide insight on the job and company.
Whether your office communicates through email, skype, or other applications, send out a new employee announcement. This makes new employees feel welcome and provides everyone the opportunity to begin introducing themselves to each other.
When welcoming new employees to the team, onboarding is crucial for integrating employees and getting them acclimated to their new role. During onboarding, be sure to show new employees how to navigate the office and point out important areas such as the bathrooms and kitchen. Facilitate introductions between new employees and their coworkers as well.
While onboarding activities and job training are necessary when welcoming new employees, try to mix the schedule up. Employees may feel overwhelmed by large chunks of training, especially if they're stepping into a new job or field. Providing small tasks for them to tackle between training lessons or even during gives them the opportunity to explore their training hands-on and allows them to walk away from the first day feeling productive.
Whether this encompasses the tasks the new employees are to complete during their training or includes assignments moving forward, it's beneficial to offer employees a plan that provides insight to assignment expectations and what the work will look like in the employee's following days. Providing employees with a plan also streamlines their integration into their role, as they will know what to expect in the near and distant future.
Most importantly, be available to your employees and let them know you'll be willing to answer any of their questions or concerns. You're not only welcoming employees to your team, you're starting them off on the path to professional success.


So here it is… two weeks since I last wrote.
Except I promised to write weekly. And then a biiiiiiiiig project with lots of insane deadlines came up and I pushed everything to the wayside.
My gym routine? Eh, I'll get more done if I use that early morning hour to catch up.
My drawing class? Better finish up those last few emails to get a jump on tomorrow!
My rule about not doing work in bed/not bringing the phone in the bedroom?
BUT WHAT IF THEY NEED ME AT 1 AM?!!??!
Don't get me wrong… this isn't a vent about launches or big clients or stress.
It's more of a stream of conscious rant AT myself (and for your benefit) for having to re-learn things I THOUGHT I already knew.
That hour I spent at the gym in the morning? It gave me the stamina to power through long days and the mental clarity to knock out all kinds of tasks.
That two hours a week I spent on sketching gave me respite from the computer and helped me see the world in a whole new way, bringing freshness into my work.
That no-phone-in-the-bedroom rule allowed me to go to bed un-stressed and wake up without feeling pressured to OMG START WORK NOW.
And when it came down to crunch time, I let all my rituals fly out the window, rationalizing to myself that it's only temporary, only until after this busy period is done.
And that, my friends, is how you burn out.
Even though it feels like you're only giving a little in the name of productivity, it's costing you a LOT.
There are no guarantees when it comes to burnout. The next time you burn out could be the last time. You might not recover from it.
So why take that chance just to eke out a few more emails or make that much more progress on your sales page?
Please please please don't make my mistake.
Take care of yourself. ESPECIALLY when it's crunch time.
That's the only way you'll ever be able to make a career out of this.
And every time you forget to do it… make a new promise to yourself to take care of yourself.
Carve that lesson into stone and make it the rule of your life. You cannot feed someone else if your cupboards are bare.
Some things (like work) don't belong in your bedroom. So kick them out and take back control, instead of letting work control you.
Your clients, your work, and your mind/body/spirit will thank you.
Posts based on personal experience are the most powerful… Thanks for sharing Angie.
PS- I never knew Wonder Woman every had issues like this….
LOL funny thing is you're not the only one to call me Wonder Woman lately… And that's probably the exact opposite of how I feel on a daily basis.
But you signed up for the bare-it-all Angie truth, so that's what I'm gonna share!
Thanks Randy, your words mean a lot.
Oh boy.. this sounds so familiar.. just a bit more work.. THEN i will go fix some lunch… or THEN i will go walk around the block . and then blood sugar crashes and its chocolates etc.. really silly I should know this by age 49? And then it takes getting sick with a sinus infection or something energy sucking to go get some TLC.. when it would have been easier to top batteries up slow and steady and not leak it all out.
Right? Here's to learning the same lessons over and over. May it really stick this time!
Great reminder for us all, and nice to see the intelligent insight into those "luxuries" we tend to put off. Thanks for the wisdom, Ang!


In the two years since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, the tiny Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have taken an oversize role in facing down Russia's challenge to the West. The Kremlin has been building up its military along its border with the former Soviet satellites. Western allies of the Baltics, worried that the region is vulnerable, have responded by pouring tanks, warplanes and soldiers into an area slightly larger than Florida. They will commit thousands more troops to the three countries and Poland at a summit starting Friday. The British decision to leave the European Union makes NATO even more important as an alliance that binds the West together, NATO leaders say, amid concerns that the political and economic turbulence unleashed by the decision will shrink Britain's outsize role in global affairs. The departure plans come at a critical time of escalation between Russia and the West.
NATO members will agree to "further enhance military presence in the eastern part of the alliance" at the upcoming summit in Warsaw, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said, adding the alliance will see its "biggest reinforcement since the Cold War." "We will deploy four robust, multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. I welcome Canada's recent announcement that it will lead one of these four battalions,"Stoltenberg said at a pre-summit press event.


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After watching the final sliver of sun disappear over the sparking Bay, Sarasota residents shouldn't be retreating home, waiting for the next warm beach day. Whether you're a dance-floor devotee, a cocktail aficionado, or a live music junkie, Sarasota's nightlife will keep you up well after the sun goes down.
Where to Dance the Night Away
Located in the heart of Siesta Key Village, Beach Club's vibe is more Margaritaville than Miami. Surfboards hang on the walls, and a gigantic shark dangles menacingly above the dance floor. Drinks are strong and, especially on the weekends, the dancing can get rowdy. For those who didn't bring their dancing flip-flops, there are pool tables and bar games, too.
Where to See and Be Seen
With its stunning modern design, Social Eatery & Bar could easily be mistaken for an art gallery or a Hollywood Hills dream home. In actuality, it's a cozy, hip spot for splitting wood fired pizzas and sipping craft cocktails with friends. (It's also the surest bet for celebrity sightings in Sarasota.) Menu items like the Grapefruit Old Fashioned give classic drinks a modern, Florida twist; the sharing plate of pretzel-dusted calamari is traditional Italian food for the 21st century.
Another Sarasota hotspot with atmosphere that's as trendy as its clientele is Clasico Café and Bar. The charm of Clasico lies in the details: a sliding library ladder aids bartenders in retrieving shelved liquors for summery specialty drinks like the gin basil and cucumber cocktail; black and red chalkboards hang like art from the building's subway-tiled pillars. A DJ keeps EDM humming on the weekends, and the dining area transforms into a dance floor.
Where the Locals Go
Few destinations in Sarasota are as venerated among locals as the Gator Club. Housed in the oldest building on Main Street, this 100-year-old bar and dance club carries a scandalous past of illegal gambling, Prohibition-era whiskey production, and an upstairs brothel. The present-day Gator Club has cleaned up its act, but don't think that translates into a boring night. With live music, strong drinks, wall-to-wall dancing, and two floors of packed-tight partiers, this place draws a nightly crowd of both visitors and residents. An evening spent at the Gator Club is as essential to a Sarasota County itinerary as a sun-filled day on Siesta Key Beach.
Where The VIP's Go
Coming home doesn't mean the night has to be over. Sarasota's latest residential high-rise, BLVD Sarasota, features a highly-innovative amenities program that is sure to be the new talk of the town.
On the 5th floor, the 11,250sf area includes both indoor and outdoor common areas with a social room, featuring a pool table, game areas, bar, full service kitchen and an expansive, state-of-the-art fitness facility. Unique to BLVD, the area also includes a pet lawn and full-service grooming facility, wine cellar with two temperature controlled wine vaults with private lockable showcases, and an indoor driving range to refine your game anytime you want.
On the rooftop, a 1,200 sf zero horizon pool highlights the 10,000 sf amenity space fully equipped with a covered outdoor summer kitchen with a pair of gas cooktop stations, a gas fire pit, private cabanas and landscape for outdoor yoga and fitness. BLVD also offers an onsite, high end dining and entertainment venue which encapsulates the sought after nightlife of Sarasota without ever having to leave the building.
With an incredible location among all the vibrancy of the Boulevard of the Arts, BLVD is surrounded by the best that Sarasota has to offer, including the world-class Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Art Center Sarasota, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Film Festival, Players Theatre, Sarasota Orchestra, Ringling Museum of Art and many more diverse arts organizations. With all these sophisticated cultural venues, you're living in a community of art lovers, just minutes from Sarasota's famed white sand beaches and the gentle Bay waters.
Our Virtual Reality Sales Studio is now open at 500 Tamiami Trail. Don't miss your opportunity to secure your first selection and special pre-construction pricing during our introductory offering. Learn more and download a copy of our digital brochure today.


Find List of Best and Fast 24 Hours Customer Service in Austin, Texas. They have best customer support and have best certified technicians to solve your issues. You can have your device repaired or replaced at one of the given Sprint Phone Repair Centers.
Sprint (Wireless Phone Accessory) There are a few things I would like to say about this:1. This item DID NOT come in the oagniirl iPhone box.2. The charger for the iPhone DOES NOT work.3. When information from amazon was confusing at first during a chat session, the seller didn't even read the PDF file attached to a complaint including such confusing information, and I got customer service in a very rude and unpleasant attitude. I was even threatened to be reported to Amazon, situation that never happened and I have e-mails and evidence to proove it.4. I got 10 usd in reward from amazon for the whole situation, which DOES NOT compensate all I went through.Conclusion: I still have a locked phone with Sprint with a charger that doesnt work, and my problem remains unsolved.Sorry but if there was a chance to give MedMedia246 half a star or even a NEGATIVE rate i would definetely do it.


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Q: Android - Verifying if a calendar event exists by id It is possible verifying if an event exists by event_id? I need do something just if an event still exists. It is possible verifying that?

A: You'll need to query using the Calendar Provider
First you have to query the calendar provider to get the id of the calendar which you want to search in and then you could construct a count query for the event id you are targeting

Without opening an IDE to check I'd expect that
Uri event = ContentUris.withAppendedId(Events.CONTENT_URI, eventID);
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(event, null, null, null);
If (cursor.getCount() == 1) {
  //the event exists?
}

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Here's why Elon Musk is suddenly skeptical of Tesla profitability
Tesla focuses on longer-term outlook amid drastic cost-cutting measures
Jay Ramey
Dramatic measures at Tesla in recent weeks signal it is serious about preparing for a different future, one in which it doesn't command half of the EV market.
After a string of successes, Tesla is making sharp maneuvers in 2019 ahead of clouds that are gathering on the horizon. The automaker kicked off the year with price cuts across the board, followed by more price cuts and a reorganization of the model range options. After a modestly profitable fourth quarter of 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a gloomy outlook for 2019, warning of new challenges even as Model 3 production has finally hit its stride.
"In Q3 last year, we were able to make a 4 percent profit," Musk said in a blog post in January. "While small by most standards, I would still consider this our first meaningful profit in the 15 years since we created Tesla. However, that was in part the result of preferentially selling higher-priced Model 3 variants in North America. In Q4, preliminary, unaudited results indicate that we again made a GAAP profit, but less than Q3. This quarter, as with Q3, shipment of higher-priced Model 3 variants (this time to Europe and Asia) will hopefully allow us, with great difficulty, effort and some luck, to target a tiny profit."
The company has rushed to cut prices ahead of the expiration of the $7,500 federal tax credit and to field less expensive variants of its vehicles to stimulate demand. The automaker finally announced the long-promised $35,000 Model 3 last week, delivering on a target made years ago, one that Tesla could not afford to pursue in previous months as it chased per-car profit.
At the start of the year, Tesla also slashed its workforce by approximately 7 percent, believed to represent some 3,000 employees, in an effort to cut costs.
"Tesla will need to make these cuts while increasing the Model 3 production rate and making many manufacturing engineering improvements in the coming months," Musk indicated in a blog post earlier this year. "Higher volume and manufacturing design improvements are crucial for Tesla to achieve the economies of scale required to manufacture the standard range (220-mile), standard interior Model 3 at $35K and still be a viable company. There isn't any other way."
Tesla abandoning most retail stores in a move to online sales
Just last week Tesla made another sharp turn, announcing that it will close most of its stores after making a decision just in December to boost the number of stores by a significant portion, now saying it will shift sales to the internet. Store closures, of course, will mean even more cost and personnel cuts, in an effort to achieve an even leaner financial position. It is clear that Tesla is looking for radical ways to cut costs, but are such moves necessary just weeks after the automaker announced a boost in store count? These decisions appear to be made week by week when it comes to vehicle price cuts, model lineup and store count, painting an uncertain picture in the control room of the company.
On a conference call with the media days ago, Musk sounded skeptical of profit in the first quarter of 2019, reversing a previous outlook of modest profit in the quarter that will wrap up at the end of March.
"Given that there is a lot happening in Q1, and we are taking a lot of one-time charges; there are a lot of challenges getting cars to China and Europe; we do not expect to be profitable in Q1," Musk said on the call, days before Tesla announced orders for the long-awaited $35,000 model. "We do think that profitability in Q2 is likely."
What is driving this current wave of changes?
While Musk's skepticism about profitability in the first quarter of 2019 is linked to a $920 million one-time convertible bond payment that it had to make in cash, many of the other moves, including a mass store closure, are aimed at events a little further down the road.
In regard to the store closure itself, the move will certainly change Tesla's main conduit to new buyers and the public, which had used if not entirely relied on Tesla stores for familiarizing themselves with the brand. But the move has plenty of data to back it up: Musk indicated that 78 percent of Tesla Model 3 buyers bought the sedans online, rather than after a store visit, and an ever greater percentage had never even driven the car before buying it. Based on that claim, it does not appear that stores are really doing the selling, given that Model 3s are being bought like electronic appliances on Amazon, sight unseen. A number of automakers concur with this future footprint model, but Tesla is clearly the first to experience such high purchase rates entirely online.
Tesla finally offers $35,000 Model 3 (but it'll cost you $36,200 with destination)
"Customers can now buy a Tesla in North America via their phone in about one minute, and that capability will soon be extended worldwide," Musk said in an email to employees last week, announcing the $35,000 and the store closures. "We are also making it much easier to try out and return a Tesla without a test drive. You can now return a car within seven days or 1,000 miles for a full refund. Customers are becoming increasingly comfortable making purchases online, and that is especially true for Tesla -- which is a testament to the products we make."
When it comes to repeated price cuts, which arrived with little to no notice (and may continue to do so), Tesla is getting ready to battle a whole fleet of German EVs due to land in the U.S. in a matter of months, expected to dilute its share of the market with high-priced and low-priced models alike. Porsche and Audi, both part of the Volkswagen Automotive Group, are fielding models this year that will take Tesla models head on, while VW is preparing a small army of lower-priced EVs that will arrive in 2022 and will pick away at the lower end of the market. Tesla is effectively coming to terms with the fact that its share of the market has just a few months of life left in it, making it imperative to offer low-priced versions of its cars before it is overwhelmed by luxury and premium competitors in all segments, including those unaddressed by Tesla.
The drastic cost-cutting campaign is also aimed at eliminating remaining inefficiencies, which existed in bewildering numbers and varieties in prior years, especially at the time of the production launch of the Model 3. The store closures will help Tesla save some money down the road, as Tesla Model 3 exports to Europe and China achieve momentum, but the main targets of this cost-cutting campaign are unprofitable quarters down the road. Musk also indicated that much of the marketing, now that everyone knows what a Tesla is, will be cut as well in a drive to reduce costs.
If these moves by Tesla feel like they are a race against time, Musk indicated this much in a number of his recent remarks. With Model 3 production now mostly sorted out, Tesla is more focused on being a profitable company in the near to midterm, and this means trimming excess spending in order to stay lean.


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Dr. Andrea Crestadoro (1808–1879) was a bibliographer who became Chief Librarian of Manchester Free Library, 1864–1879. He is credited with being the first person to propose that books could be catalogued by using keywords that did not occur in the title of the book. His ideas also included a metallic balloon, reform of the tax system, and improvements to a railway locomotive – the Impulsoria – that was powered by four horses on a treadmill.

Biography
Andrea Crestadoro was born in Genoa in 1808 and was educated there before he studied for his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Turin. He came to notice in 1849 when he left his position as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin to come to England to further his interest in mechanical devices. In England he took out a number of patents including improvements to the Impulsoria.

Crestadoro improved the design of an unusual device called the Impulsoria, which was a mobile treadmill-powered locomotive. The invention was made by Clemente Masserano, who was from Pignerol in Italy. Following his improvements Crestadoro exhibited the Impulsoria at The Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace in 1851. The power was transferred to the wheels using chains and a gearbox that allowed it to climb. It was said to be able to pull 30 wagons up an incline and could be used with two or four horses.

Another suggestion from Crestadoro was to replace the paddle wheels or propellers on steamships with a smooth cylinder. He argued that the paddles or propeller blades were unnecessary, proposing smooth cylinders instead, which he suggested would gain traction by being immersed in the water.

Crestadoro was given the task of creating a catalogue for the Manchester Library. He is credited with being the first person to propose that books could be catalogued by using keywords that did not occur in the title of the book. The system was called keyword in titles, which was first proposed for Manchester libraries in 1864. This system was developed many years later as Key Word in Context (KWIC) by Hans Peter Luhn and was used in early computer based indexing.

Crestadoro was an acquaintance of Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian of the British Museum and he was employed as a reader there. Exasperated by the delays in the publication by the British Museum of a Catalogue of Printed Books, Crestadoro wrote The Art of Making Catalogues of Libraries: Or A Method To Obtain In A Short Time A Most Perfect, Complete, And Satisfactory Printed Catalogue Of The British Museum Library which was published anonymously in 1856. The catalogue was to include 800,000 books but it had been in progress for over 20 years and consumed generous grants that had far exceeded £100,000 in 1853.

Crestadoro published books on a number of subjects. His 1868 book proposed a method of dispensing with both gas and ballast by using a metallic balloon for flight. This too was exhibited at Crystal Palace in 1868. At the end of his life he was publishing ideas for the fairer allocation of taxation. After Crestadoro died in 1879 it was discovered that there was a partly built glider in one of the Manchester libraries.

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The Art Of Making Catalogues Of Libraries: Or A Method To Obtain In A Short Time A Most Perfect, Complete, And Satisfactory Printed Catalogue Of The British Museum Library, 1856
Catalogue of the books in the Manchester free library: Reference department
Air locomotion dispensing with gas and ballast, 1868
On the best and fairest mode of raising the public revenue, 1876
Taxation Reform Or the Best and Fairest Means of Raising the Public Revenue, Paper at the Congress of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Section Economy and Trade, Cheltenham, 1878

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1808 births
1879 deaths
British librarians
People associated with the British Museum
Writers from Genoa
Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Academic staff of the University of Turin
19th-century Italian inventors
Writers from Manchester


In an event on Sept. 28, Lakeland's graphic design professor Monique Brickham hosted alumnae Amanda Newman and Callah Kraus to discuss their experiences one year after graduation.
Both Newman and Kraus described their work experiences, including the interview process, the ups and downs, and ended by giving students advice. Both majored in graphic design at Lakeland. Newman graduated in December of 2016, while Kraus graduated May of 2017.


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James Holmes' mental health records given to…
James Holmes' mental health records given to prosecutors in Aurora theater shooting case
By Mercury News | themerc@bayareanewsgroup.com |
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2013 at 11:08 a.m. | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 1:09 p.m.
The state mental hospital and university attended by Aurora movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes turned over mental health records to prosecutors on Monday.
Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the July 20, 2012, shooting that killed 12 and injured 70. Holmes, who is charged with 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other crimes, could face the death penalty if convicted.
He received psychiatric treatment at the University of Colorado before the shooting and underwent mental health evaluation at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo after his arrest.
Most of Monday's hearing involved defense arguments that investigators improperly obtained Holmes' Internet records, specifically posts and other information he provided Match.com and AdultFriendFinder.com. Defense attorney Kristin Nelson asked Judge Carlos Samour to suppress the information, for which they said Holmes had a reasonable expectation of privacy and for which proper warrants weren't obtained and probable cause not shown.
Prosecutors argued the information from Holmes' online dating account and profile, including the tagline, "Will you visit me in prison," didn't meet the criteria for him having "a reasonable and justifiable expectation of privacy."
"We're dealing with him purchasing a product or service … for the public to view," Senior Deputy District Attorney Rich Orman said.
The judge outlined the jury selection process, which, if the trial proceeds as planned in February, will begin in early January with sending out 6,000 summonses to prospective jurors.
The judge said he hoped it would yield a pool of about 4,000 people, which he will bring into the courthouse 300 at a time beginning Feb. 10 for preliminary instructions.
Prospects will complete a questionnaire — with the prosecution and defense close to agreement in terms of its content.
Court officers will cull the pool to 120 to 150 for further questioning. From a pool of 68, prosecutors and defense attorneys will select 12 jurors and 12 alternates in a process expected to take about eight weeks, both sides estimated.
"We need to be honest with prospective jurors about how long this trial could take," defense attorney Dan King told the judge.
Both sides acknowledged the trial could last five months or longer, but it would depend on how much the prosecution's list of 4,000 potential witnesses shrinks in the meantime.
Hearings on other evidentiary matters in the case resume Thursday morning.


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Liberty,I think that Congressman Allen West believes that he can represent Israel and America together, but he is mistaken. He may change his views and I hope to see that his unconditional support for Israel is tempered by facts. I think he is misguided, not treasoneous because he has not shown that he will betray America.
He already betrayed America by voting for the unconstitutional patriot act.
He is just another traitor with empty words.


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Dasemunkepeuc
by Ansley Herring Wegner
Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2012
See also: Pemisapan
Dasemunkepeuc was an Algonquian village on the mainland shore of Roanoke Sound, near modern-day Mann's Harbor. It was the principal home of Wingina, a weroance (a regional leader) well-known to Thomas Harriot, John White, and Ralph Lane, as well as fellow Indians Manteo and Wanchese. Historian Michael L. Oberg makes numerous references to the village in his study presenting the Indian perspective of the Roanoke colonies entitled The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand.
Aside from its local importance to the Algonquian Indians, Dasemunkepeuc was the village that Ralph Lane and his party attacked in June 1586. During the fray, Wingina, then known as Pemisapan, was injured. He escaped into the woods but Edward Nugent, a colonist, pursued him. Nugent emerged from the woods with Pemisapan's head in his hand. Within a few days, Lane's colonists returned to England with Sir Francis Drake.
Thus, in Oberg's recasting of the story of the colonies as an Indian story, Dasemunkepeuc is a village in which a critical event occurred. It is a place, and, indeed a murder, that has been lost to time and to English interpretation. As Oberg states, "Telling this story forces us to consider . . . what constitutes a historically significant event, and who decides and why . . . The crime, it seems, has been erased and silenced and forgotten, deemed not relevant to the larger narrative of American history. But the killing for this Algonquian leader had important consequences for the native peoples of the Carolina Sounds, and the short-lived English attempts at settlement brought misery and suffering that are difficult to imagine."
Dasemunkepeuc was abandoned by the Algonquian Indians in 1587, when they killed White's close advisor George Howe, as a spiritual act of revenge for the murder of Pemisapan, for whom they still mourned. The consequences of Howe's killing were real and frightening, thus the Indians moved to Secotan or a village further in the interior.
Michael L. Oberg, The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand (2008)
John Swanton, The Indians of the Southeastern United States (1946)
Thomas Harriot, A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588)
James Horn, A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke (2010)
Wolfe, Brendan. "This Day (Head in Nugent's Hand Edition)" June 1, 2011. Encyclopedia Virgina: The blog of the project (blog). Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. http://blog.encyclopediavirginia.org/2011/06/01/this-day-head-in-nugents-hand-edition/ (accessed April 9, 2013).
Wegner, Ansley Herring
Dare County
1 January 2012 | Wegner, Ansley Herring


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How F5 Networks is driving SaaS for A/NZ partners
Ramps up rewards for software subscription and security sales
Eleanor Dickinson (ARN)
F5 Networks' global channel chief Lisa Citron is a fan of the phrase "do less, but better", which possibly explains why out of 100 Australian partners the vendor focuses on just 20.
That isn't to say other partners don't get a look-in, but goes some way to explain F5's new channel program, which will see big pay-offs for those who "wake up every day" with a mindset to evolve their business.
Key priorities, unsurprisingly given industry trends, now form subscription-based software and security, which admittedly are not the easiest to monetise for partners whose profit is rooted in big, one-off deals.
"One of the key things is that customers are moving towards Amazon (Web Services) and Microsoft (Azure) and it has changed how they want to consume," Citron explained. "And so, ultimately, we want our partners to not lose the benefit of dollars in profitability."
The clue to F5's partner outlook is in the new program name: Unity 'Plus' — an apparently small change from the previous Unity program, which, for Citron, emphasises enhancement rather than of large structural change.
Partners on the receiving end of new financial incentives will be those selling software and security products, with added benefits increased marketing development funds and rewards for partners who create new customer demand in those specific areas.
In addition, the vendor will increase its rebates for gold and platinum partners globally plus introduce tier accelerators for all partners who up their sales in software and security on a consumption basis.
"It's really a shift away from the way we traditionally sold hardware and a move to software," Citron explained. "It's a lot about incentive and alignment with what our goals are."
For Stephen Richards, managing director of Brisbane-based cyber security provider and F5 partner, the pivot into operational expenditure has had its challenges, but these have largely been outweighed by the benefits.
"You build a business on big hits, big sales, big chunks of margin, but then [transitioning to OPEX] is something that comes in over a period of time. You have to get the business aligned in different ways to be able to work to maximise the value of that.
Credit: F5 Networks
Lisa Citron (F5 Networks)
"But CAPEX expenditure is still something that I struggle with, so being able to offer [customers] a solution that is month by month and visit a manageable operating expenses opposed to a large capital expense means that they're able to take advantage of key technologies without having to have that huge upfront budget."
Bringing all partners to the table
One of the major changes the dawn of cloud has brought to Australian partners in particular is the increase in the number of parties involved in a single customer deal.
For F5, which as Citron admits sells a spectrum of complex technologies, this situation is no different and requires partners who can execute complex architectural changes for customers, but who are unlikely to be the name on the deal registration.
To address this, F5 will roll out a referral program, which will "compensate" partners who may not have re-sold F5's solutions, but have provided a crucial role in bringing it to the customer. This, Citron hopes, will bring more consultancy-type partners on board.
"You have a partner who could also transact the deal with the end user, and then do the services," she explained.
"Because many of those consultancies are there. They're doing big picture architecture, but they're not, but they're not resellers. We've been a very complex product; we touch a lot of things in the network. And because of that, that technology, you know that that footing in competency is really key."
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Another major component of Unity Plus is the increased investment in F5's cloud licencing program, which is designed to enable customers to manage applications that had traditionally functioned through on-premise infrastructure.
Described by Citron as being F5's "best kept secret", the cloud licencing program will become a focal part of Unity Plus' roll-out in an effort to encourage partners to develop more managed service offerings, and reduce mammoth capital investment.
"With the cloud licencing program, it's easy for partners just to say: 'I'll sign the paper'," Citron said. "But if you're not building that kind of [managed service] go-to-market, then it's just a piece of paper. So we'll spend this over this time in this next year working with key partners, seeing what they need to help accelerate that. And then you'll see us really come out and launch a much stronger managed service type program. It will allow a partner to sell as they consume, and then pay us based on what they actually consume."
Initially, F5 will only invest managed services resources in partners already with an established practice -- part of Citron's "do better with less" motto -- but eventually this is expected to trickle down the channel.
For Richards, the offering has already added "tremendous value" to Equate. "Historically we've probably been held back because of the price points associated with capital expenditure for large projects," he explained. "So now being able to go into a 500-person company in Queensland and not have to have a $200,000 CAPEX project, but be able to deliver a service to them that provides application services on a monthly basis, managed by the Equate team. That's a real game changer for us."
Going forward into 2020, one of F5's biggest hurdles will be bringing its recent acquisitions of Ngnix and Shape, which collectively cost it $1.6 billion, increasingly into partners' services and offerings.
As such, the vendor plans to bring partners up to speed on both technologies via increased training, with a new Nginx specialisation in the pipeline.
"With Shape we see tremendous security technology that has very little footprint here in Australia, but a huge opportunity for our top partners to get involved in that," Citron added.
Other areas of training focus will also range from artificial intelligence, cloud security and DevOps, the latter of which Citron is keen to encourage among F5 Networks' more traditional partner base.
In a first for the vendor, this training will take place on the same day as that undertaken by the generalist F5 team.
"Partners want the education they want to make their business and their consultancies better," Citron said. "We're very excited about that commitment and to really see our partners as a true extension of us."


ACT League at Badja. Had been looking forward to this but didn't quite pan out for me today. A head cold hit last night, then I forgot to pack my O shoes (ran in my cushioned road shoes) and forgot to take ventolin before running. The road shoes went okay though I was slow and tentative in places. The lack of ventolin didn't go so well and my effort was really limited, particularly in the 1st half. My orienteering was okay-ish. Felt strangely confident that I was going to hit things and generally did (perhaps because I was going so slow :D ) but had a few sloppy moments where it showed that my head wasn't quite in it.
Best moment of the race was at #14: I switched off early in the leg, made a parallel error and had only a rough idea of my location. Relocation strategy was to head up onto a spur where there were some knolls and big rocks and work out my location somewhere along it as I continued toward the control. I laughed out loud when I relocated by running straight into the control a couple of minutes later. Was only 3.5 min slower than Andrew on that leg when it could have been a hilariously bad error.
Met Lex for a session before lunch. Head was pounding and felt ordinary during warmup. Apparently my left shoulder still isn't getting the message and is sabotaging my left foot. Lex reckons shin pain was me overdoing the foot cue after I had already adopted it.
9 x 1min hills with 1:30-ish jog back down. Hill has a touch over 20m climb at about 10%. Seemed like a good session, started focusing on running technique at #7 and went a little further on the last 3 but it really shifted the workload to my quads.
Short loop by the NMA before plyos. All I had time for today.
The old move the car at lunch run. Felt pretty good rolling along the lake afterwards although wounded shin felt a bit uncomfortable.
Shadowing Will and Jay. Nice to introduce a couple of kids to bush maps. Legs a bit tired on the hills.
Recovery weights. Moderate sort of maintenance session, as don't have a plan for it just at the moment.
A pinch and a punch for the first rest day of the month.


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SoftBank will have 'last laugh' with WeWork deal: analyst
SoftBank Group Corp's massive investment in WeWork triggered a multibillion-dollar writedown and a rare apology from founder Masayoshi Son. But one analyst argues the deal is likely to work in the end and SoftBank will have the "last laugh".
6 Dec 2019 - 11:34
[TOKYO] SoftBank Group Corp's massive investment in WeWork triggered a multibillion-dollar writedown and a rare apology from founder Masayoshi Son. But one analyst argues the deal is likely to work in the end and SoftBank will have the "last laugh".
Chris Lane of Sanford C Bernstein says WeWork can have a bright future if SoftBank overhauls the business plan and more carefully focuses on the evolution of the corporate office market. He likens WeWork's business model to Starbucks's, where branding, consistency and global scale give it an advantage over the competition.
Mr Lane argues WeWork can achieve profitability if it pulls back on extraneous areas and calms a frenetic pace of expansion to focus on filling up existing space. That will allow it to grab an estimated 8 per cent of an emergent market for pre-fitted offices for corporate clients, almost like a white-label tech gadget or home appliance.
"We think investors should think of the basic business as being similar to Starbucks," Mr Lane wrote in a 21-page research report. "While profitable, the scale of profits that can be generated from a single site is small. Starbucks as a corporation only makes sense if you plan to open thousands of outlets."
It's a contrarian take on a WeWork deal that has been widely viewed as a fiasco. After SoftBank invested in the coworking startup, its planned initial public offering fell apart as investors baulked at its enormous losses and conflicted governance. Mr Son conceded "there was a problem with my own judgement" as he announced the writedown last month. SoftBank has put about US$14 billion into a startup that's now valued at less than US$8 billion.
After discussions with management, Mr Lane explains they see an opportunity for WeWork to move beyond the niche of providing space for entrepreneurs to offering flexible real estate for a broad range of companies. He calls this "managed space as a service" and compares it to "software as a service", which is the way many companies now buy from Microsoft Corp and Salesforce.com Inc. WeWork, Mr Lane says, sees the potential to make US$500 per month on memberships as "an on-going annuity", far more than software generates.
SoftBank named Marcelo Claure, the former chief executive at Sprint Corp, executive chairman of WeWork and put him in charge of the turnaround effort. Under his leadership, Mr Lane says the company will be able to focus on profitability by stopping any incremental expansion, filling its existing space and slashing overhead by getting rid of expansion staff and non-core businesses. WeWork's ability to gather data about office-use and optimise layouts - while not entirely substantiated - could prove disruptive to the industry, he added.
He estimates that WeWork's revenue will rise from US$720 million a quarter to about US$1.5 billion if it can push occupancy to 90 per cent on its current portfolio. Once profitable, WeWork will once again try to go public, perhaps in 2023, and then raise additional capital to resume expansion, albeit more slowly than before.
With a discounted cash flow model, Mr Lane projects WeWork would have an enterprise value of US$28.8 billion in 2025. That would make SoftBank's 80 per cent stake worth about US$19.1 billion, roughly 40 per cent more than the estimated US$13.8 billion the company and its Vision Fund have invested.
"We believe WeWork's valuation is justified if you believe in the long term, 'office space' will be a managed service outsourced to professionals – and that WeWork will be the leading global player," Mr Lane wrote.
"Despite the huge embarrassment WeWork has been for SoftBank this year, we suspect SoftBank will have the last laugh when they bring the company back to market in a few years – bigger and profitable."
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Q: Is it possible to get Sound Menu integration for cmus? I really like the terminal media player cmus.
I would like to have Ubuntu Sound Menu integration with cmus, so I can skip tracks, see the album art, etc.
Is this possible?

A: Cmus does not natively support playback control via D-Bus/MPRIS. To my knowledge there is no third party plugin providing MPRIS control of cmus, at least I couldn't find any. Therefore we can not integrate it to the Indicator Sound menu the way we use to other MPRIS-capable players.
As an alternative to the sound menu you may want to have a look at some projects that allow remote cmus control via a web-interface or an Android app, or aid in displaying player status.

A: The latest cmus pre-release (2.8) now supports MPRIS.
You can use and install playerctl to control its behavior.
F.e.
playerctl next
playerctl prev
playerctl pause


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Q: Items Don't Stay Where Placed With Drag Drop Feature in Android Studio So Android Studio has the drag/drop feature in the design tab. I am able to place the elements where I want them, and the layout looks great on the screen.
However, when I go to run the app emulator, it looks completely different. Everything gets shoved up to the top-left hand corner of the screen, nowhere near where I placed it in design mode.
Is there a way to have your elements show the same way in the emulator, as the way you place them in design mode? Right now I'm having to go back and edit all the code each time.
I have my code below, as well as a image link below to further clarify my point.Comparison of Design mode vs App Emulator
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.luke.currencyconverter.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Enter The Amount in Dollars"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="-159dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="126dp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="403dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:text="Enter The Amount in Dollars:"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:textSize="22sp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="33dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="365dp" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/currency"
        android:layout_width="361dp"
        android:layout_height="450dp"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/currency"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="12dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="-117dp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/convert"
        android:layout_width="361dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:onClick="convert"
        android:text="Convert"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="12dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="462dp" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/dollarField"
        android:layout_width="368dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="numberDecimal"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="8dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="408dp" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

A: Drag and drop for android will only place the object within the screen. To keep it there you should modify the xml so that the objects will be constrained to each other.
You can use either relative layout or constraint layout for an easier time in designing your layout.

A: I figured it out. I was using "constraint layout", and I needed to use "relative layout".

A: I just had this error as well and as annoying as it sounds, my solution was to delete my xml file and recreate it.


London has 6 airports and Copenhagen has 2 airports.
The best month to travel is January. You could get to Copenhagen for $102 – $182 in January.
The best day to travel is Tuesday. You could get to Copenhagen on Tuesday for $55 – $300.


Welcome to Mrs. Parker's English 8 Class.
We are students at Van Tech Secondary in Vancouver. We are reading the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
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I made these game cards a few years ago and they're still one of my favorites. These simple tic-tac-toe game cards are a sweet idea for your kids' valentine's. Just add the tic-tac candies and they'll be a big hit.
You can download and print the game cards for free, making this also a super easy valentine's card project. I designed the game cards to be black & white so you can print them out easily on your home printer. Your kids will have fun coloring and decorating them how they choose.
All you need are a bunch of 2-color tic-tac candies to complete this project. I ordered mine here – they're called Strawberry Fields and they are so yummy. I've also seen them for sale at local grocery stores.
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