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Spyros Markezinis Oral History Interview
Spyros Markezinis
Greek lawyer, historian, and politician. Legal advisor to King George II of the Hellenes, 1936-46; served in Greek National Resistance, 1941-44; member of Parliament for the Cyclades, 1946, for Athens, 1952-67; founded New Party, 1947 (dissolved 1951); Minister without Portfolio, 1949; Minister for Coordination and Economic Planning until 1954; formed Progressive Party, 1955; and Prime Minister, October-November, 1973.
by Theodore A. Wilson
[Notices and Restrictions | Interview Transcript | List of Subjects Discussed]
Opened September, 1986
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Mr. Markezinis,"interview" consists of his written answers to a few general questions and a list of 21 specific questions submitted to him by Dr. Theordore A. Wilson, University of Kansas, as part of his research for the Truman Library Institute's special project on foreign aid during the Truman Administration. Mr. Markezinis submitted his replies in Greek and a translation was then prepared for the special project.
In giving my answers I have adopted the following course: As regards the general questionnaire I started with a brief summary and gave more definite and explanatory answers to questions on matters I am familiar with or, on which I can express an opinion, and in any case cannot be considered irrelevant for a Greek.
As regards the special questionnaire, which was personally addressed to me, I considered it convenient to number the questions and answer each one separately, and often more widely. I thought that excess of information can be cut down and is better than insufficient information.
A full analysis with all the data in my possession, I have included in the second section, soon to be published, of my work A Political History of Modern Greece, but the publication of the volume referring to the subject concerned,
will, I fear, be delayed. Therefore, I am willing to supply any further information required.
During 1946 -- barely one year after the termination of World War II -- it became clear in Western Europe that if the war had been won the same could not be said of peace. Both the defeated and the victors had come out of the war so exhausted from the long and hard struggle or from the foreign occupation and had sustained such wide economic destruction that their recovery appeared inconceivable. It is a fact that switching from war to peace is very difficult. But the problems arising after World War II were unique as regards their extent and the multiple future issues they presented. Moreover, J. Stalin's intention to exploit the situation for the furtherance on a world scale of his imperialistic plans could hardly be disguised and the dangers thereof increased daily. After World War I, as we all know, there arose differences of views between the Allies, often reaching the point of discord. But there was no example of one Ally trying to take advantage of any opportunity at the expense of his Allies. In Yalta, J. Stalin ruthlessly took advantage of the weaknesses of F.D. Roosevelt, at the time President of the U.S.A., who was the victim of his physical disability, which soon occasioned his death, and his naïve
idealism to believe in the sincerity of J. Stalin's intentions. When President Harry Truman took the succession of F.D. Roosevelt, it soon became apparent that essential changes were taking place. The public, having for long taken the habit of admiring F.D. Roosevelt, started by underestimating Truman as a negligible mediocrity. J. Stalin was perhaps among the first to ascertain that the contrary was true. President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb for the prompt termination of the war was enough to make him realize that he was now facing a resolute man with a strong will. This, as well as the fact that the U.S.A. was the only power to possess the atomic bomb, made J. Stalin alter his tactics by concealing as much as possible his ambitions and adapting them to the prevailing situation. This policy (also adopted by his successors) consisted in avoiding direct clashes and inciting unrest and undermining the countries exhausted by the war. The new tactic was to exalt and project Communist ideology in the tradition of Tsarist Russia, exploit the Orthodox Church and later enhance the idea of Panslavism. The Communist theory was offered to a wretched postwar society as the sole remedy of their ills and was brought forth by Russia as having determined the victory against Fascism. The idea was to create a state of mind similar to the impression prevailing
after World War I, that French Democracy had conquered despotism of Germany and Austro Hungary. Of course J. Stalin did not limit to this his propaganda. He made the best possible use of the well-organized Communist parties in the various countries and wearing in turn the masks of the lion or the fox, aimed at domination.
The Communists endeavored to appear as disinterested champions concerned only with the prosperous future of other countries. They were fully aware of the weariness of the peoples whose only desire was demobilization and realization of the material goods which they expected on a utopian scale. The same phenomenon was faced by the victors of World War I which was overcome by the myth that Germany could pay for everything. It is well-known that when Keynes published his famous book in which the victors were urged to adopt more realistic views, the London Times very nearly accused him of being the enemy's spokesman.
In any case, no one after World War II could dare put forth such a myth. Moreover, the colonial powers did not consider advisable immediately after the war, to admit even to a certain degree that colonialism could any longer survive. They thus opened the way for Communists to make the best of what Lenin had already marked out: that is,
for the Russians to become the champions of the peoples' right for self-determination and the pioneers of the abolishment of colonialism. And no one even dared ask: After all, what was and still is Siberia's status?
The U.S.A. was the only power to be in a privileged, from every point of view, position. They had sustained immense economic sacrifices and by far larger material losses and losses of lives than during World War I. But at the same time they undoubtedly stood forth as the country with unlimited economic possibilities. They were also immune as regards the sincerity of the democratic ideological motives for participating in the war. No one could possibly accuse the U.S. of being colonialists or having imperialistic purposes. It is a noteworthy fact, that J. Stalin with his sly genius tried to take advantage even of this. Had he succeeded, this would have meant the beginning of the end of Democracy in the world. In the U.S.A., a country with a highly developed democratic conscience, public opinion is taken into consideration. Precisely for this reason, however unlimited the rights and prerogatives granted by the American Constitution to the President, even the most powerful President has to comply with public opinion. Therefore, the substantial change which took place owing to President Truman's personality
when he assumed his duties as President, were not sufficient to alter American public opinion which, for the major part, continued to consider Russia a sincere friend and simultaneously to confuse propaganda with actual facts. That is to say, public opinion continued to believe that the Russians were really defending ideals, fighting against colonialism, for the independence of peoples and social equality and justice. Much indeed had to happen: i.e. J. Stalin, and in general Soviet leadership had to make many mistakes in order that American public opinion be awakened and assist and wholeheartedly contribute to the new struggle in support of real independence and freedom of nations and to safeguard democratic institutions.
It was most fortunate for the free world that at that time Harry Truman was invested President of the U.S.A. Had the U.S.A. been governed by the F.D. Roosevelt of the New Deal, I am convinced that his reactions would have taken the same trend. But if it was the F.D. Roosevelt of the Yalta period, I am afraid, the contrary would have happened. In my opinion, Harry Truman had one more quality of leadership: the gift to find the right man for the right place. The first evidence was the appointment of General G. Marshall, who combined -- and gave proof of -- ideological convictions with absolute realism which constitutes one of the biggest
virtues in politics. A proof is the disengagement of the U.S.A. from the Chinese mainland. Only after many years has it been made clear what the U.S.A. and with them the free world would have suffered if a different course of action had been adopted. The above cannot, in any way be compared with the situation in Vietnam. Moreover this timely withdrawal, without entailing the abandonment of Asia, gave the opportunity to the U.S.A. to turn their attention to Europe and consequently to the recovery of Europe. From my personal point of view I would wish to add two more personalities of the Truman administration: Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman. Specifically regarding Greece, and apart from answers in the questionnaire, I wish to mention the successful work of L. Henderson, at the time of the Truman Doctrine, head of the office of Near Eastern and African Affairs with the State Department.
In the case of Greece and Turkey, and mainly of the former, the new doctrine was being tested. The fact that President Truman understood the situation, and boldly dealt with it, decisively helped in subsequent developments. Furthermore, American public opinion was unaware of the threat of Russian imperialist communism and consequently President Truman's decision increases in value and importance. In addition, President Truman justly merits to be credited
with not only simply attempting, but successfully projecting the democratic basis of his policy which was adopted from the first moment as the official bipartisan policy of the U.S.A. We should be reminded that the Truman Doctrine finally obtained in the Senate, 67 votes against 23, and 35 of the 67 votes were Republican votes, while 32 were Democratic votes. Republican Senator Vandenberg and Democratic Senator Connally contributed in achieving the above. This bipartisan policy facilitated the shaping of American public opinion and contributed to its final success. Undoubtedly, the course was not easy, but subsequent results proved that the Truman Doctrine, as completed by the Marshall Plan, constituted one of the most important landmarks on a world scale in postwar history.
Mention has been made of the Marshall Plan. Indeed only three months after the implementation of the Truman Doctrine, General G. Marshall, at the time Secretary of State, on the occasion of his appointment as Honorary Doctor by Harvard University, delivered his famous address announcing the Marshall Plan. This plan, however, with its decisive issues for the survival of Europe, could not have been carried out if it had not been preceded by the Truman Doctrine. Moreover, the President himself was once heard to say: "The one and the
other are two halves of the same nut." Greece in 1821 -- with her struggle for independence -- was the starting point of reaction against the monarchist and despotic doctrine of the Holy Alliance. Its successful issue completed the triptych formed by the American Revolution of 1779 -- the French Revolution of 1789 and the Greek Revolution of 1821. The triptych was the cornerstone of 19th century liberalism. It was fated that it was in Greece, in 1947, that the U.S.A. was given the opportunity to set the foundations of the struggle against Communist expansion.
QUESTION: What were the most serious obstacles to recovery and to further economic development in your country? In all of the countries included in the European Recovery Program?
MARKEZINIS: The countries which participated in the European Recovery Program, each were facing more or less different problems. In France, for instance, large areas had been theatres of war with great catastrophes during the period of liberation. Such catastrophes of the same sort were experienced on a smaller scale in Greece. On the other
hand, the damages resulting from the three year triple occupation were great. Even greater were the catastrophes from the outside-supported guerrilla war which followed the liberation. The main obstacle was the fact that, during the period of American aid and especially during the first two years of major assistance to Greece, war was still going on. Consequently, a large portion of aid was purely military in character. As well, the largest part of economic aid was absorbed for necessities of life of the population. Whatever remained for the explicit purpose of the recovery program was utilized under most difficult circumstances because of the continued war against the guerrillas.
QUESTION: What were your expectations regarding the nature, extent, and duration of United States aid at the end of the war? At the time of Secretary of State Marshall's speech in June, 1947? At the beginning of the war in Korea?
MARKEZINIS: I do not know what the expectations of other countries were but in Greece they were great. The Greeks had the feeling that they alone, with the English
were struggling until their last drop of blood. And, as was natural, they were very much depending upon manifestations of admiration and sympathy on the part of the world's free nations. Despite the experience of being under triple occupation, Greece did not capitulate in any respect. Greek soldiers did not participate on any German front and no Greek workers voluntarily labored in Germany. And those who did cooperate with the Germans in Greece were a very small percentage. Other Greeks suffered terribly but they sustained themselves with most promising hopes for the future offered to them by the Allied radio broadcasts.
In addition, Greek resistance groups were called upon by secret Allied agents and the Greek Government abroad to prepare and send detailed reports for all assistance to be required after liberation -- not simply for reconstruction of damaged property but also for the reorganization and development of the economy to levels higher than those prior to the war. Having actively participated in the resistance, I can provide firsthand knowledge for what I have said. I should add, however, that as time went on a conviction was created
about the prospects for aid which surpassed any reality. This is the reason why all those who governed Greece during the years immediately after the war, being prompted by that peculiar mentality, usually submitted unjustified requests.
It must be made clear, however, that those expectations were not initially or wholly aimed only at the United States. Only when time progressed was it confirmed that almost the entire world was in a condition of poverty and that the U.S.A. was the only country with its industries intact and with sufficient assets. At that time a process of orientation toward the U.S.A. started, a fact which created a reaction in the U.S.A. because obviously the American public was not willing to play forever the role of a philanthropic organization. Gradually, an adjustment began to take place on both sides. The Europeans became more realistic about help from the United States and the U.S.A. realized that the maintenance of an independent Europe was of common concern. This was true not only from the ideological point of view but also from a purely economic one. I therefore believe that the announcement of the Truman Doctrine and of the Marshall plan later, which was similar in format and duration, was surprisingly sound. They took place in an atmosphere
when great expectations had been greatly diminished and simply from that dead point approaching disappointment we had entered the street of new realistic hopes. In my opinion, this was the situation at the time of Truman's decision; that is, something was expected but not what followed.
QUESTION: Do you believe that the aid programs of the Truman Administration facilitated the economic and political union of Europe? If so, in what ways? Was it the serious intent of the U.S. Government that they do so?
MARKEZINIS: The political and economic unity of Europe is a matter which presupposed and presupposes a long-lasting process and a whole series of assumptions. I believe that the intentions of all American governments coincided with the success of such objectives. The aid programs which Truman's administration initiated helped indirectly and they are helping now toward that goal. In order that the economic and political unity of Europe became reality, there must be assured first its economic and political independence. Those who share my views that Truman's administration decidedly
contributed to this aim admit that these programs undoubtedly helped.
QUESTION: Did you view United States economic aid as primarily anti-Communist in purpose? What were the broad motives of the Truman administration in providing assistance?
MARKEZINIS: I think it is a mistake to say that the primary purpose or intent of American aid was anti-Communist. Truman's administration was not negative but positive. It is summed up in all that he himself supported in his famous enunciation of the Truman Doctrine. He said: "I believe that the policy of the U.S.A. should be: support of free peoples who resist attempts to enslave them which are done by armed minorities or outside pressures." Of course, since at that time the danger was coming from Soviet imperialism covered over with the Communistic ideology, from this point of view American policy was anti-Communist.
QUESTION: What was the nature of the results of "public relations: efforts regarding ERP and other programs? Would you comment on the organization of this effort,
its relative success and which activities were most successful?
MARKEZINIS: I belong to that school of thought that believes Truman's aid policy had decided effects but that, relatively, the effects of public relations endeavors were poor. The fact that Greece preserved its independence with only American material aid and without the utilization of even one American soldier and with the preservation of democratic beliefs in Greece, it did not get projected universally as it ought to be. Just as I think the splendid success of the airlift in Berlin was also badly publicized.
QUESTION: Did the United States aid programs have influence upon the political system and internal political alignments of your country? If so, in what ways? Did U.S. aid serve to strengthen democratic processes by the general aims? By the methods adopted?
MARKEZINIS: American aid programs contributed decisively to the protection of democracy both by the goals which America stated (see content of Truman Doctrine and also of Marshall Plan) and by the methods, since it based their application on the acknowledged desire of the people and on their decision to fight for democracy.
QUESTION: In your view, where would Europe be if the aid
programs of the Truman administration had not been provided?
MARKEZINIS: Without American aid Europe, having mostly ruined its industrial structure and having been deprived of its assets, would have needed a relatively long time to recover. It must be stated, though, at the same time that social problems were multiplying and that the Soviet Union's eagerness for territorial acquisitions were being created. It was a big question mark for the U.S.A. whether Europe could recover by itself. It should be noted that without the economic aid programs NATO would not have been possible, and despite its various weaknesses, it is a fact that NATO has protected all the countries which it embraces from foreign intrigues.
QUESTION: Should (or could) American aid have been funneled through United Nations agencies, such as the Economic Commission for Europe?
MARKEZINIS: Without a doubt, no.
QUESTION: Did the cancellation of lend-lease come as a surprise? To what do you attribute this decision? How serious were its effects?
MARKEZINIS: For those mostly concerned with the situation, no, because it was a war-connected mechanism. But, strictly speaking, having contemplated the huge problems which existed, they asked themselves what would happen and what other mechanism could replace the system of lend-lease.
QUESTION: Did antagonism toward Germany influence measures taken for the economic recovery of Europe?
MARKEZINIS: After the war the peculiar mentality of the winners concerning Germany was so confused that it is difficult for one to come to a positive conclusion. He can only proceed to certain inferences: (a) just as only Frenchmen continued to be concerned about the German threat after World War I, only the Russians happened to see it after World War II. That is why they pushed through the division of Germany and the curious status quo of Berlin, while Clemenceau, Foch, and Poincare had failed mutatis mutandis in their similar pursuit earlier. (Boundaries of the Rhine, Rhineland, etc.) (b) the failure of the reparations after World War I and the consequences of collapse of the German mark led the
victors to other thoughts after World War II. They thought that the dismantling of German industrial installations (those which had survived the air raids) would enable German industry to recover. Whereas, on the other hand, the regaining of those installations by the Allies would somehow substitute for part of the reparations. At the same time, the quadruple military occupation of Germany was giving the impression of control over any possible threat. However, the opposite happened. Germans had approved of the vitality of the French after the War of 1870. Freed from any military expense and forced to start from the beginning in order to survive, France had entered into international rivalry with the most modern industry. At the same time, following the liberal policy of Professor Erhard and putting aside social needs, the Germans emphasized productivity. This brought about the acclaimed postwar German miracle. President Truman's aid program did not view Germany unfavorably nor favorably by the other European nations. The Russians continued to fear Germany and the other Europeans ignored and underestimated the Germans. When these nations found themselves facing a new era of regeneration, the American programs had been substantially
ended, and nothing remained but admiration for what had happened in Germany.
QUESTION: Would you comment upon the invitation to the Soviet Union to participate in the discussions at Paris? Was the invitation sincere? Why did the Russians refuse to participate? What might have happened if they had taken part?
MARKEZINIS: I do not doubt that the invitation to the Soviet Union was sincere. It was obvious, however, that the conference would have failed if the Russians had taken part because, strictly speaking, the aims of the conference were opposed to the Soviet Union's own policy.
QUESTION: Were there efforts at cooperation in Europe before Secretary of State Marshall's speech?
MARKEZINIS: They were in truth on a theoretical level.
QUESTION: Might one say that U.S. aid was a means of ending American responsibility in Europe? Was "neo-isolationism" a fair description of the attitudes of many Americans, especially Congressmen, with whom you have contact?
MARKEZINIS: On the contrary. The application of the
Truman administration's aid programs did not constitute the end of American concern for Europe or the creation of "neo-isolationism," but the starting point of the actual concern for Europe's destiny in peacetime. It can be regarded more as a forerunner of John F. Kennedy's policies of close cooperation of the U.S. with a United Europe.
The large number of American Senators and Congressmen with whom I had a chance to speak during the first years of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan did give me the impression that they were favoring an isolationist viewpoint. But even those who believed in the revival of the old isolationism did not give the impression that the aid was provided with the thought: "to help you recover and then depart." No one, of course, was contemplating that the aid would continue indefinitely. Rather, achieving its purpose would create immediately a powerful united Europe with which the U.S.A. would be better able to defend the democratic ideals of the free world.
QUESTION: Would you agree that the importance of the Marshall Plan, was not so much the amount of aid given but the
fact that the aid was concentrated in a short period of time?
MARKEZINIS: I certainly agree. During the time of the application of the Marshall Plan, if an idea of a necessary long lasting program had prevailed, failure most likely would have occurred. The "too little, too late" approach has always been catastrophic. President Truman fortunately did not follow this policy.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
QUESTION: Would you comment upon the subject of UNRRA aid to Greece?
MARKEZINIS: The first aid on a considerable scale given to Greece was that of UNRRA which originated from American funds. It began in 1945 and terminated formally in December 1946; but actually UNRRA continued in operation until March 1947. It is estimated that approximately 250 million dollars was received -- 2/3 of which was for foodstuffs and hygienic materials and 1/3 remaining for raw materials, fuel, and, to a certain extent, industrial equipment. Reality showed that the Greeks had placed
excessive hopes in UNRRA; however, by taking care of the most urgent needs of the hours, it was of decisive importance for the survival of the country.
With regard to the accuracy of the figures, I am of the opinion that no Greek agency will be in a position to provide any guaranty. I should further add that the disorganization of the machinery of state at that time was conducive to the reduction of the results expected. At the same time, there is no doubt that UNRRA's machinery itself revealed great weaknesses and thus a considerable portion of aid came to be lost. A characteristic example was the dispatching of large quantities of useless and unnecessary materials; whereas, in reverse, there was a considerable lack of indispensable articles.
QUESTION: How important a role did German reparations play (or were expected to play) in Greek reconstruction?
MARKEZINIS: The role of German reparations was negligible Reparations did not exceed 18 million dollars which were given in automobiles, some tools, and scrap iron. To be sure, the World War I attitude, whereby the vanquished were expected to pay damages and to restore the economies of the countries which had won, did not exist in Greece
either. Yet there was a limited relevant expectation and momentarily particular significance was attached to the transfer and installation also in Greece of German industrial equipment taken from that which had escaped the destruction of Allied bombing.
Still greater expectations were placed in the hope that Germany would be in a position to help seriously with regard to her responsibility for the annihilation of the Greek currency.
With reference to reparations from Italy, these were substantial, having amounted to 105 million dollars. They mainly represented funds for passenger ships, which were delivered after a number of years and which have been used in domestic and Mediterranean communications. Reparations have also been paid with regard to the electrical network of the country.
QUESTION: Did British and U.S. approaches to Greek recovery differ significantly?
MARKEZINIS: In essence no comparison can be made. The aid given by Great Britain until March 1947 was primarily military in nature. Aid for the reconstruction of the country consisted of "off hand" repairs of roads
by the British Royal Engineers and the placing of Bailey bridges. Great Britain also made available during the first months of liberation mainly foodstuffs estimated in value at 28 million dollars by Military Liaison. There was also placed at the disposal of the Greek Government in office at that time an amount of 76 million dollars, the balance of an inter-governmental loan concluded in 1941.
To all of this, even if one were to add together the aid granted by UNRRA with that from other different sources, no comparison can be made with the amounts granted by the American Government pursuant to the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. The figures given, the accuracy of which I cannot guaranty, even if taken as an approximation to the real figures, constitute a precious measure for comparison. From March 1947 to 1966, this aid amounted to approximately two billion dollars, only part of which was in the form of long-term loans. In addition to the above, during the same period, military aid estimated at 1860 million dollars was received in the form of equipment and common use items.
QUESTION: Might you describe the reaction in Greece to the mission of Paul A. Porter in early 1947?
MARKEZINIS: The special mission by Paul A. Porter, who came to Greece in the beginning of 1947 to examine locally the situation and to suggest urgently what could be done, was received most favorably. Greek public opinion took it for granted that his embassy would make favorable suggestions, not only with regard to economic aid but military as well. No one could have predicted [or imagined] what was to follow. On the contrary, the Greeks had nourished great hopes and dreamt a great deal during the occupation. But after the liberation, they observed their troubles increasing while Allied support in the field of economic reconstruction had so far been on a small scale. Thus they became realistic in their expectations. Few Greeks believed it possible for the needs which Greece was facing to be fully understood.
QUESTION: Would you comment on the period of the announcement of the Greek-Turkish aid program? Did it come as a surprise? What problems, if any, did it bring to the Greek Government?
MARKEZINIS: The announcement of the Truman Doctrine created profound relief and raised expectations in Greece. Yet, at the same time, it was a surprise. American aid had been
expected since the Porter mission, but not to the extent the Truman Doctrine revealed. Moreover, the change brought about was felt immediately. The Greeks, in other words, realized that the U.S.A. had assumed responsibility, not merely for economic or military assistance, but to secure Greek independence and integrity provided, to be sure, that the Greeks themselves would be prepared to fight for it. They were and they proved it!
The significance of the Truman Doctrine cannot be fully realized unless one appreciates the point of despair Greece had reached. As you know, Greece, almost immediately after liberation, faced certain danger in December of 1944 -- the peril of submission to the Communist bloc by means of the open assault assumed by Greek Communists who were incited by Moscow and its satellites to take control. The Communists would have succeeded had it not been for Sir Winston Churchill's resolve. Supported by Marshall Alexander and Harold Macmillan, Churchill put aside reactions of different sorts, and having successfully transferred troops from the Italian front, he finally forced the Communists to surrender and to sign the Varkiza Treaty in 1945. The events of December 1944 were, however, a terrible blow to Greece. The aspirations
that efforts to reconstruct the country from the [ravages of] war and the triple-enemy occupation -- Germany, Italian, and Bulgarian -- would begin after liberation were, instead, followed by a period of internal political instability, uncertainty, and confusion which led to further dislocation of the machinery of State. The aid given originally by the British, UNRRA, and other secondary sources, was now directed towards the survival of the populace, not for economic recovery on which, however, depended Greek economic independence.
King George II was forced to remain in London and it was not until the first of April in 1946 that elections, in the presence of foreign observers, became feasible. The Communists abstained and conservative elements were predominant. These elements pressed for a plebiscite on the first of September in 1946 which voted in favor of the King's return -- he returned on the 18th of September. With regard to formal legality, things appeared to have been settled. In reality, however, it was obvious that a new storm was imminent. Stalin had agreed at Yalta not to interfere with Greek affairs; but, realizing the importance of sovereignty over Greece for Russian plans of expansion, he aspired to attain his goal in an
indirect way. The Greek Communists, with assistance from the Communist governments of neighboring Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia, made preparations while attempts to erode democratic public opinion in Greece and abroad were made by disguising their real aims behind slogans of democracy, independence, and anti-Fascis

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The Fey (formerly AZP) is dominantly a new age American Rock-Soul-R&B band. Also expressed is a touch of the contemporary vibes of hip-hop & pop. The sextet stretches each genres "limitations" by re-creating a very pleasing interaction within popular music. It's your classic fuzz guitar tones, whirling organs, deeply warm bass guitar, & heartfelt vocals, slightly molded with the cool, energetic vibrations of indie culture.
What happens when you take a foundation of hip-hop and add influences of rock, jazz, pop, and indie styles? You'll find inspirational hip-hop artist Joshua Crum aka J. Crum. The midwest based musician is breaking out the box of your typical rap music. Josh began writing lyrics at age 16, and dropped his first mixtape at age 17. Since 2005, He has been actively pursuing his music ministry and career. He has added singing and worship leading to his forte and has been combining those aspects to his ministry since 2008. The inspiration for his sound is very widespread, ranging from Florence + The Machine to Lupe Fiasco; from Kanye West to Fall Out Boy. Crum serves as Co-Worship Leader at G2:20 Youth Ministry, and although he's unrestricted as a musician and artist, his passion lies in creating powerful counterculture music for his generation.
Lawrence, KS based band Pink Royal was the brainchild of guitarist Steven LaCour. Following a brief stint with an alternate line up, LaCour recruited local musicians Dylan Guthrie, Nick Carswell, and Alex Hartmann. Pink Royal as we know it was born.
Three years on Pink Royal is badder than ever. With recent additions of guitarist Josh Dorrell, of Lawrence's Alien Jones, and Saxophonist/Keyboard player Zak Pischnotte, right out of KU's music performance doctoral program, PR is able to blend highly technical arrangements into an approachable sound that'll leave musicians grinning and the less inhibited busting a move!
Most notably, Pink Royal released its first full length album "Taps" in April of 2015. "Taps" is a collaborative song-writing effort spearheaded by LaCour that is an amalgamation of indie-pop, funk, and soul, incorporating powerfully intricate guitar lines and catchy melodies. Despite Pink Royal's wide-range of influences, one thing remains consistent—an unshakeable groove. Since the release of "Taps", Pink Royal has been propelled to new heights, hitting the scene with a renewed tenacity spreading its gospel of fun, love, and positivity. PINK ROYAL GETS DOWN as evidenced by their high-energy live shows. Driven by Guthrie's behind the mic antics and omnipresent intensity, PR delivers a tidy package of self-described "experimental groove-pop" to your ear-holes, inducing euphoria and a strong compulsion to grab the person next to you and boogie on DOWN.


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The Women of SNL Take Aim at Donald Trump and His Cabinet
By Patricia Garcia
Photo: Courtesy of Will Heath / NBC
After Melissa McCarthy's manic performance as Sean Spicer on SNL became an Internet sensation last week, Politico reported that President Trump was deeply uncomfortable with the fact that a woman had played the role of his male press secretary. The rumor led Twitter users to start campaigning for Rosie O'Donnell to play Steve Bannon, and while the actress briefly led everyone to believe she would, reports that she would show up on SNL were eventually denied. Yet, never one to shy away from rattling the president, SNL still decided to stick with the gender-swapping on last night's show: Several of its female cast members played Trump and his predominately male cabinet.
First up, McCarthy hilariously returned as Spicer in the cold open with as much pent-up rage and fact-twisting antics as usual. The highlights of her sendup of the beleaguered press secretary included addressing Kellyanne Conway's made-up terrorist attack, the Bowling Green Massacre, while adding a few other fake tragedies such as "the horror in Six Flags" and the "slaughter at Fraggle Rock;" and she pretended Spicer was helping sell Ivanka Trump's jewelry to the press corps, showing off "the new Spicey," wearing a gold bracelet and printed high heels.
Then Kate McKinnon popped up with a brief cameo as new Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Yet her performance was short-lived as Sessions got knocked off the lectern after making a racist joke early on: "We all know there are two kinds of crime, regular and black."
Later on, a pre-taped segment showed Leslie Jones on a quest to become Donald Trump. "I never thought it could be a possibility," she said. "But then Melissa played Spicer and I was like, 'Yo, why can't I play Trump?'" She goes on to practice the correct pronunciation of yuuuge, his hand gestures, and even wears her signature combover well. And while Lorne Michaels wasn't convinced, someone very close to the president was, on the other hand, impressed. Rosie, come on, it's time to join in on the fun.


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Q: Constraint saying all elements of vector has to be >= 0 in scipy optimization The input vector is x, which contains 5 elements and I want to optimize (minimize) a function with a constraint that all elements of x should be greater than or equal to 0.
ie., x[i] >= 0 for 1 <= i <= 5
In one of the answer I saw this and used in my code, but the answer is returning negative values also
def constraint2(x):
    """constrain all elements of a to be >= 0"""
    return x

cons2 = {'type': 'ineq', 'fun': constraint2}

Where am I going wrong? How to enforce the constraint?

A: all(ele >= 0 for ele in x)

Try this

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About Abel Tasman National Park: The Abel Tasman National Park is located at the top of the South Island, between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay, and is New Zealand's only coastal National Park and its golden sandy beaches and crystal blue water make it a very popular destination for tourists and Kiwi's alike. The park is named after Abel Tasman, the first European explorer to sight New Zealand 1642 after he anchored nearby in Golden Bay. The area was opened as a National Park in 18 December 1942 to mark the 300th anniversary of Abel Tasman's visit. Covering an area of 225.3 km2 (87.0 sq miles), the park is the smallest of New Zealand's national parks. The park has a range of natural wildlife and indigenous birds, insects, animals and plants, many of which are not found anywhere else in the world. The more common forest birds, like tui and bellbirds, korimako, can be seen along with pukeko around the estuaries and wetlands. Oystercatchers, shags, Koau, and little blue penguins can be seen on the coast. Dolphins are frequent visitors to the coast and New Zealand Fur Seals are commonly seen on the islands of the park all year round.
How to get to the Abel Tasman National Park: The closest airport to the Abel Tasman National Park is Nelson, Nelson airport is only a 15 minute drive to Nelson city and a one hour scenic drive from the airport to the park entrance. You can take the Interislander ferry from Wellington on the North Island to Picton, on New Zealand's South Island. The ferries take 3 hours and run around 5 times per day during the peak summer season. To drive from Picton to Nelson is 2 hours, and a further 1 hour to the National Park.
Water taxis are the most popular way to get around within the Abel Tasman National Park. Visitors with only a day to spend in the Park typically chose to take a water taxi to a bay from which they can walk a small section of the Coastal Track before being picked up at the end of their walk to be whisked back to Marahau on a return water taxi. Water taxis are also a great way to find a quiet beach to spend the day.
How to spend your time in Abel Tasman National Park: The Abel Tasman is a walking and kayaking haven. The coastal track is 60 km long and can be walked as a multi-day walk over 3 to 5 days staying at huts, campsites along they way, or you can take water taxis and walk it in sections.
Walking options: Walk the whole track in either direction, take a water taxi or kayak between different locations. Further information can be found on the Department of Conservation Website.
The Abel Tasman National Park is very popular with kayakers. You can take half day, full day or multi day kayaking trips, or rent kayaks and go solo, only recommended if you have previous sea-kayaking experience. Kayak to Split Apple Rock, find secluded beaches and islands along the way to stop for a picnic, visit the New Zealand fur seals at Tonga Island or Pinnacle Islands. Combine a kayak trip with a hike, there are lots of great options, talk to our team for more information.
A couple of our recommended options are: Kayaking to Tonga Marine reserve, with highlights such as the beautiful Onetahuti beach, Tonga Island Marine Reserve, Pinnacle Island and Falls River lagoon. A full day tour which includes around 12km of paddling, and two sea shuttles.
Or the Heart of the Park, which combines a scenic cruise to Onetahuti Beach, and unguided walk through lush native forest to Bark Bay, where you will meet a guide and kayak through pristine waters of Anchorage and Torrent bays, see Pinnacle Island and Falls River lagoon. This is a full day adventures with around 4 hours of walking, 3 hours of paddling and two sea shuttles, so a decent level of fitness is required. Kayaking trips are dependent on the tides, and it's often necessary to take a water taxi one way. Luxury Adventures recommended using a guide – we work with experienced guides who all have excellent knowledge of the local area.
Kay Campbell is a luxury travel consultant for Luxury Adventures. Talk to us about planning your next visit to New Zealand, Australia or the South Pacific Islands.


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Luis Patricio Núñez Blanco (born 20 January 1980) is a former Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

Núñez played internationally for one game of the Chile national football team in a game against Costa Rica prior to the 2007 Copa América. He played 28 minutes, coming off the bench in the 62nd minute, replacing to Humberto Suazo, in a 1–1 draw at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca.

Honours

Club
Universidad Católica
 Primera División de Chile (1): Runner-up 2007 Apertura

References

External links
 Luis Núñez at Football Lineups

1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean footballers
Association football forwards
Jacksonville Cyclones players
Magallanes footballers
Unión San Felipe footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Ñublense footballers
C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
C.D. Huachipato footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
A-League (1995–2004) players
Primera B de Chile players
Chilean Primera División players
Peruvian Primera División players
Ecuadorian Serie B players
Chile international footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
Expatriate footballers in Peru

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TERA is really a fun game with lots of more hints addicting gameplay loops and grinds that add up to an experience that does not stand out as well as it did several decades ago, but still holds up well if you're trying to find a neatly organized MMO experience using a good story.Speaking of story, TERA's lore is really typical RPG-fare. The 2 characters of primary focus , Arun and Shara, titans who wield quite intense power and whose fates became connected in an unavoidable way, or so the story has lots of fantastical nonsense for fans of this genre to enjoy.
Blue hole actually went all out and clearly had too much fun when designing this entire world, and that's a fantastic thing.Ooking for a neatly arranged MMO experience with a decent storyThe gameplay is pretty easy-going for quite a while, as you are able to do quite a large chunk of this story missions without much help before things get hard and force you to get serious about the intricacies of the classes and races. But once the difficultly does creep up, it remains there, offering a good, relatively well-paced amount of challenge throughout.
The courses you need to RuneScape gold pick from is of RS gold a fairly solid selection, and there ought to be one course here that talks to you.Though lots of the character models look fairly good in terms of detail and design, the worlds themselves are somewhat dull in that department, and seldom bring you any designs or aesthetics that you haven't noticed a thousands times before.


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Track: XV – "SmallVille (Prod. J. Cole)"
By Frank Wu ⋅ January 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Filed Under j. cole, the smashing pumpkins, xv
Track: "SmallVille (Prod. J. Cole)"
Artist: XV
Label: Warner Bros. Records and Roc Nation
Recent Warner Bros. signee XV dropped his latest track "SmallVille" a few days ago, collaborating with fellow rapper J. Cole. While Cole doesn't grace us with a new verse, he crafts a superb track as producer, sampling The Smashing Pumpkins' "To Forgive". Needless to say, XV goes in on the track, dropping clever line after clever line – "They'll never steal my dreams like Leo DiCaprio." – all while chronicling his relatively meteoric rise to fame. I haven't watched the TV show Smallville, so I'm not entirely sure how the track relates, but Vizzy's superhero references are smooth over J. Cole's mellow, bass-heavy beat, taking the artistic liberty to add superhero inspired rhymes to the sampled chorus. Stream and download the song below.
"Smallville (Prod. J. Cole)" was released via Twitter; happy birthday to J. Cole! XV is expected to release his highly-anticipated album The Kid With The Green Backpack later this year.
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Stream: Linkin Park – "Guilty All The Same"


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Vents Magazine Talks to Minneapolis' Kazyak
Vents Magazine recently sat down with Peter Frey, of the Minneapolis band Kazyak to discuss next week's release of Happy Camping. Here's a transcript of the interview.
You can find the interview by heading over to Vents Magazine.
Hi guys (and girl), welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
Probably better than average — but it's tough to tell. As much as we love the Minnesota winters — it's really great when summer's in full swing. In addition to the weather, life is really good — we've been working really hard lately — recording live videos in our rehearsal space and making official music videos for the Happy Camping release. Also, we recently wrapped up recording our 3rd album (to be released in 2018) and have a have a good start on a 4th set of recordings, so it's a really creative time and we're taking advantage of that.
It's also fun to have the live lineup in motion — we've been playing as much as we can locally and building community in the Midwest art / music scene. We just witnessed another Eaux Claires festival nearby in Wisconsin — it's incredible to see what those folks are doing, to have regional folks that we look up to so much, and to see the homegrown sound from the Midwest reach so far. Regardless, we're always less hermitic in the summer time, and it's always exciting to be pushing music out the door — when we can actually share it with our friends and family, and hopefully beyond.
Can you talk to us more about your latest single "Sacred Cow"?
For sure. Musically it's meant to be extremely simple. Texturally it's meant to introduce the listener to the experimental setting of the album. Lyrically it's meant to be abstract, consisting of strings of imagery that can yield different meanings for different listeners. That's not to say it's not definitive, but more to say that we like to leave some room for interpretation. Just like how two people can look at the same painting and see two completely different things.
I had several ideas in mind when I wrote it, which I describe below, but the theme is that it can be difficult to get back in a rhythm after something's thrown you off track. I'd say this song is about being back on track.
Did any event in particular inspire you to write this song?
It's difficult to tag the inspiration to a singular event, I guess rather it's my best attempt to make sense of a complex feeling. We all have things in our life, be it ideas or customs or people, that we hold as truths. I think as you get older, it either goes one of two ways. You either get more stubborn and close minded or (hopefully) you get better at looking in the mirror and seeing your own blind spots — and learn to always be willing to question things — even if it's something you always assumed would be true.
Another idea that runs simultaneously to this is the theory of entropy. I'm a really optimistic dude, but the idea that things fall apart is an idea I fully accept. With how fast things move today I think it takes an incredible amount of effort to 1) know yourself well enough to keep moving in a consistent direction, and 2) apply yourself in a way that yields happiness. It's weird, the world makes us think we want variety when what we really want is continuity. So how can we get to that place as soon as possible where we feel really comfortable being who we are — then hopefully there's still time to share that with those around you.
I'm not sure why, but I have a surreal image of standing on a beach and looking out at an ocean where the water has evaporated and there's nothing left but salt. I guess like an infinite salt flat. For some reason this comes to mind. I don't know, maybe the salt always thought the water would be there. For what it's worth, I think the song will resonate with people who allow themselves to feel deep feelings. If you're not into that, then you'd probably be like, "I don't get it."
The video's pretty cool. Is there a video for every song on the record?
Hah, thanks. Funny you should ask, there's actually a video for every song except the final (and title) track, Happy Camping. A few years ago I bought a small camera and started capturing footage, mainly natural landscape stuff from various globetrots. I always had the idea of putting the video to music but always imagined doing it in a way that was as equally experimental as the music I was writing. I'd also been trying to amp up the psychedelic influence but I really wanted it to feel natural and fit with the songs so I just let the footage simmer.
I think I was watching some old Glastonbury footage or a Tame Impala performance and remember being blown away by the fluidity of the visual performance — and it clicked. I'd had a little experience with object-based programming and MaxMSP so I was a quick study and spent the winter learning how to VJ. I think most bands have this idea, the tools are available to anyone, but I'd like to think our footage just wouldn't work well if it was played over different music.
Since the trip to Alaska had been influential in the songwriting, I started with that footage. I'd also had video on-hand from our recording sessions. So first, I edited two independent videos, one of the band recording the tune and another of the travel footage. Then I imported both edits into a real-time visual performance tool, programmed a live setup on a MIDI controller, and performed the final video capture to the audio. The end result is Sacred Cow (and the other official vids we're releasing).
I don't think they're world-class videos but they're a good start. I still love the concept and I've learned a lot. We've started to project visuals at our performances, and control everything live from the stage.
The single comes off your new album Happy Camping – what's the story behind the title?
Definitely. Let me start by putting it into context a bit. A friend once described to me the idea of natural organization — like why birds fly together in the way they do and why waves have the pattern they do — and I've since wanted that idea to come through in the music. The idea that highlights the general connection between music and nature — but more specifically us making this music because of our own nature or reality.
The Kazyak concept has always been grounded in nature and the outdoors. I guess See the Forest, See the Trees was our picking-up-the-pieces album — I was early / mid twenties and everything just felt a bit less stable then. I don't know if it's the music or age or what, but Happy Camping has brought a wave of relief. A happy camper is defined as a comfortable, contented person. I see Happy Camping as Kazyak having reached this state in active form – our sound, lineup, and life.
The album came together in the months right before I got married. My wife and I had the chance to visit Alaska, where we took a floatplane to several alpine lakes, we helicoptered through fjords and did a large glacial hike, she had crab legs for the first time… it was really special. I think we were also both actively making peace with the past, and both searching for a more balanced, steady state. We're still riding that wave.
How was the recording and writing process?
Both have been really satisfying. I'll start with writing. I guess over time I've generated a large bank of music projects – they're just combinations of guitar parts, synth parts, drum machine parts, and vocal melodies that span all styles and influences I've ever aspired to craft. Including folk, alternative, psychedelic, ambient and electronic. Certain projects float to the surface and I continue to develop them. I also have a large bank of lyrics – quotes I like, passages from books I've read, things I think, things people say — some are just fragments and some are stanzas some are full verses. Everything in the bank is at different levels of completion and over time ideas merge together.
I always make sure I have the ability to record a thought — either with a pen or a laptop. A song is ultimately just a compilation of these bursts of inspiration — and my compulsion to immediately record it. So from there an album is just a set of completed songs that all swirl around the same central idea.
As for recording, that's where the music really comes alive. I like to make it to the studio with things about 80% done and stay really open-minded about the 80% that I've already labeled as done. This is the second record I've done with Brett Bullion — he's someone I grew up with and always looked up to. He spent time working in Seattle, has helped with session at April Base and other hotspots, and has become a successful engineer / producer in the Midwest. Though he won't say it, drums are his forte — it's a pleasure to collaborate in his space.
We did Happy Camping in four eight-hour days. I always wish there was more time and someday I'd like to do more multi-tracking, but since time and money are still constraints for me, overdubbing has been the most efficient way to record. For this record Brett recorded drums on top of my scratch tracks, then Lana added bass. They maybe give two takes each and we just keep the best one. Then I lay guitars in a day then vocals in a day. Though the instrumentation is simple, we're continually finding new ways to use the studio as an instrument — micing drums in different ways, reamping vocals, and building wall-of-sound, orchestral textures. Regardless, when I listen to the record, I listen to the drums because they're out of my league.
Is Peter Frey essentially Kazyak? Or is this truly a band effort?
The current live lineup is me [Frey] (guitar / vocals), Lana Bolin (bass), Andy Wolfe (guitar / vocals), Pat Hayes (synth / vocals) and Nick Grewe (drums and electronics). Kazyak may have started as a solo / studio project but I've always believed heavily in the concept of a band — and was excited to translate the studio work to a live setting. I'd never played these songs live before the band started to rehearse. Our drummer had never used a drum machine before he joined the band. Our keys player had never played a synth before he joined — now I'm pretty sure it's all he does.
To me bands are where a group of people come together and each member contributes what they're able — that doesn't mean that we all contribute equally, but rather that we all contribute what we can and that we each feel good about our contribution. For some bands it works well to be all-in all the time. For some bands it works to have no leader and just wander around and wait for things to happen. In the bands I've been in I've always played the role of the music teacher. I'm a firm believer that you always have more to learn, be it timing, feel, blending, listening, writing, etc., and I like to evangelize this idea — it becomes contagious and keeps everyone playing for the right reasons.
As we started to rehearse more I made a simple charter. I set out a vision: to simply create a space where we can collaborate and continue to develop as musicians. And we have three goals: 1) practice regularly and develop together as a band, 2) play live shows and build a community of diverse musicians we can bill with, and 3) write / record / release albums and videos. Since then we've been doing our thing. When we're feeling weird we hit play on the Talk Girl that runs a set of Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth tapes while we play ambient music underneath. We play jazz standards. We play our Kazyak songs in a jazz setting. We jam. We play with electronics. We record most of our rehearsals and usually listen back — even if it's not that good — so we can align how we thought we sounded to how we actually sounded. We don't lack new ideas, we just lack time to express and perform, record, and share them.
In short, the goal of our band is to be a band, and isn't to shine the spotlight on any one of us, though I am interested in helping steer the nature of interactions we have — both with each other, other bands, our community — and helping develop the members as musicians and performers. We've come a really long way as a team and I'm really proud of that.
How did the Alaskan backdrop influence the music?
As I've said, Kazyak thrives in a natural setting, so Alaska fit right in. Alaska is still a rich frontier. Of culture, of nature, of expansiveness, of nothingness. It's still relatively unexplored. All these themes align really well with the evolving sound.
On a related note, the backdrop of our third album will feature footage from a recent trip to Patagonia — so it's turning out that Happy Camping was a training ground to work with film and the new tools to bring the music alive visually — so I'm excited to take listeners on a trip to the opposite hemisphere.
Any plans to hit the road?
We'd love to, but we don't have anything booked at the moment. Of course if our songs could spread and generate enough demand to support a tour, we'd love to share our music with a wider audience, but we're not going to force ourselves on the world. We'll keep making it and if folks like it they can listen.
What else is happening next in Kazyak's world?
Woah, is that rhetorical? General ones like this are the toughest — I could go on and on. In short, our third album is on deck and I'm just starting to dive into making videos for them so nothing will hit the waves until mid-2018. We hope to start recording our fourth record this fall.
VENTS, we really appreciate the time. It feels like we're always on to the next, so it's great to get to sit still and actually reflect on what we've done and how we've approached it. Thanks for giving us the chance.


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Q: Comparing Integer and Integer? results in Boolean? not Boolean I'm just writing a bit of code to compare an id of integer with an id of integer? for example:
Dim id As Integer = 1
Dim nullId As Integer? = Nothing
Dim areEqual As Boolean
areEqual = nullId = id

When I try to compile the code I get a compiler error:
Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'Boolean?' to 'Boolean'.

Whilst it's very simple for me to work around this, I was hoping that someone might be able to explain what's going in the compiler to give this warning.

A: It's one of the quirks of nullable types. NULL (in general terms) means "don't know". Comparing known with unknown results in unknown (because you don't know if they're the same).
It's the same with nullable types in .NET. Comparing an Integer? with an Integer results in a Boolean?, because you might get True, False or "don't know".

A: This is an unfortunate consequence of the way the compiler generates the operators for nullable types. You can work around it by using the following code:
Dim AreEqual As Boolean = If(nullId, 0) = id

The If here corresponds to C#'s null coalesce operator and is a shortcut for:
Dim AreEqual As Boolean = If(nullId.HasValue, nullId.Value, 0) = id

A: You are trying to compare a type (integer) to a nullable type (integer?).
You need to check the actual value of nullID, but don't forget you'll need to check for nullId being null.

A: The compiler error happens because Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'Boolean?' to 'Boolean'. And you are trying to assign a 'Boolean?' (the result of 'Integer?'='Integer') into a 'Boolean'.
Implicit conversions are typically disabled, in language standards, to avoid unintended mistakes. Adding an explicit conversion is easy; finding what implicit conversion you put in your code without knowing it may be hard.
A nullable type and an ordinary type are different enough to avoid implicit conversions between them.

A: Null has the value "I don't know what the value is" and by definition any operation where one of the operands is null results in null. E.g. 2 = null results in null and hence the resulting value from int = int? has to have null as possible value and not just have the values true and false. bool? is the type that has just that set of values and therefor that is the return type of the operation.
The only implicit casts allowed are those that will always work. you can implicitly cast an int to a long. but not a long to an int (you can do that explicitly) because the latter could result in loss of information E.g. if the number is larger than int.MaxValue.
In this case you would be trying to unbox a null value which would lead to a run-time exception.


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title: Owly Copters
menu: trabajos
onpage_menu: false
category: "Minijuego"
platforms: "Android, iOS"
published: "Julio 2014"
finished: true
bg_color: "#c3abcd"

links:
	appstore: "https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/owly-copters-buho-mas-frenetico/id915864099?mt=8"
	googleplay: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chaotickingdoms.owlycopter"

taxonomy:
	tag: [game, android, ios]

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Telus on the Spectrum Auction
Telus responds to my column this week on the forthcoming wireless spectrum auction with a letter to the editor in today's Ottawa Citizen. The company says that it takes exception to my advocacy for a set-aside for new entrants, stating that "we strongly believe that the competitive playing field should be free from government intervention so that companies can compete fairly for customers." The letter adds that the spectrum auction "is not about traditional wireless phone service."
Flip over the business page, however, and you get a different message from Telus CEO Darren Entwistle. Seeking to sell a Telus – Bell merger, he now says that "we believe that there are clear remedies to ensure vibrant and sustainable competition without divesting the mobile networks of either company." Those remedies including "setting aside spectrum space in an upcoming auction to be held by the government that could be awarded to a new entrant into the wireless market."
In the same paper on the same day, Telus argues that the spectrum auction is not about traditional wireless phone service but can remedy competition concerns for traditional wireless phone service and it also argues that the government should not intervene in the market. Except when it should.
Tags: industry canada / spectrum auction / telus / Wireless
ac says:
Ya and we already have Net Neutrality ri
This is the same nonsense where they managed to convince the minister\'s that we already have sufficient NN regulation.
Ignoring phones altogether, the concentration of backbone and the threat to a diversity of voices online is considerable. You want to create a mega phone company fine, but that\'s not this.
This is an Internet play to create the largest not-neutrality network in the country. To think that there could be any competition with this merger and without strong NN regulation is just rediculus and the CRTC should see it for what it is.
Further I heard the argument that the choice was between letting a US company buy BCE or approving the merger. This is another BS argument because we already have foreign ownership rules that should not be relaxed.
AlB says:
Fair to whom?
The statement 'so that companies can compete fairly for customers' says it all. They want the system to be fair to the telco's, but say nothing about being fair to the public. And do remember that the Industry Minister is their for the telco's, representing consumer interests is not really his thing.


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Mustapha Khraïef (), de son nom complet Mustapha Ben Ibrahim Khraïef, né le  à Nefta et décédé le  à Tunis, est un poète et écrivain tunisien.

Biographie

Enfance
Mustapha Khraïef passe son enfance à Nefta qui est connue sous le nom de . Il y est influencé par la littérature arabe car la plupart des membres de sa famille est portée vers l'écriture et la poésie. En effet, son père Ibrahim est un historien, auteur du Précis d'histoire du Jérid, ses sœurs rédigeant des poèmes en arabe tunisien et ses frères Mohamed Ennaceur et Béchir étant respectivement poète et romancier ; ils sont très connus dans le milieu culturel en Tunisie.

Il entre dans un kouttab de Nefta où il apprend le Coran. Il immigre ensuite avec sa famille à Tunis vers 1921 et y étudie dans une médersa moderne puis à l'université Zitouna en 1926.

Jeunesse
Khraïef réussit à enrichir son savoir littéraire, par la lecture des traductions d'œuvres étrangères et d'œuvres arabes récentes qu'il trouve dans certaines bibliothèques comme celle de l'association des anciens étudiants du Collège Sadiki, et à établir des relations d'amitié avec de nombreux écrivains qui vont se distinguer dans la littérature tunisienne, comme Jalaleddine Naccache, Mahmoud Bourguiba, Hédi Laâbidi, Abou el Kacem Chebbi dont il fait l'éloge après son décès, Tahar Haddad, qu'il a soutenu lors de la publication de Notre femme dans la législation islamique et la société, et Ali Douagi. En outre, il rallie la troupe de Taht Essour dès ses débuts dans les années 1920.

Carrière professionnelle
Lors de ses débuts, Khraïef éprouve de l'intérêt pour l'écriture dans la presse. En effet, il rédige des articles à propos des débats sociétaux dans Le Vrai (). En outre, il publie des articles sur les mêmes sujets dans La Voix du peuple () et Le Ministre (). Les travaux de presse de Khraïef ne sont pas restreints au domaine social car il publie aussi des critiques littéraires dans Le Sourire () d'Ali Douagi ; il signe ses articles littéraires sous le nom de  ().

Œuvres
Mustapha Khraïef effectue de nombreuses contributions dans les revues et journaux de l'époque. Outre les poèmes, dont le premier est publié en 1922 alors qu'il n'a que treize ans, il écrit des critiques et publie des opinions, de même que des textes de chansons. Après un premier recueil intitulé Rayons (), publié en 1945, ses principaux poèmes sont par la suite rassemblés en 1966 dans un recueil intitulé Nostalgie et goût (). Parmi les chansons qu'il a écrites figurent notamment Fée des vagues (), composée et chantée par la diva libanaise Laure Daccache, et Loi de l'amour () composé par Khemaïs Tarnane et interprétée par Naâma.

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Poète tunisien du XXe siècle
Naissance en octobre 1910
Naissance à Nefta
Décès en mars 1967
Décès à Tunis
Décès à 56 ans


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package io.github.furti.spring.web.extended.template.legacy.cache.script;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;

import io.github.furti.spring.web.extended.template.legacy.ResourceControllerBase;
import io.github.furti.spring.web.extended.util.ResourceNotFoundException;

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "/**/script")
public class ScriptController extends ResourceControllerBase
{

    private ScriptStacks stacks;

    @RequestMapping(value = "/single/{stackId}/{scriptName}", method = RequestMethod.GET,
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}


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Home Blogs Shortparis: YES (basement), Manchester – live review
Shortparis: YES (basement), Manchester – live review
Rhys Delany
Shortparis
YES (basement), Manchester
Shortparis are a well-established five-piece from Russia. On the third date of their first UK tour, they arrive at the basement of YES in Manchester. Rhys Delany was there.
Over the past couple of years, there have been a handful of journalists covering the new wave of Russian music. Most notably being Louder Than War's main man John Robb along with John Doran and Richard Foster over at the Quietus. Russia currently boasts groups such as the guitar-based grunge of Fanny Kaplan, the soft-pop muzak of Фокус-Покус or the subtle ambience of Delicate Features. Somewhere in the middle of that, yet still miles away lies Shortparis and if you have a keen ear, you would've been in the basement of YES tonight.
Shortparis remind me yet again that I am cursed by my mono-linguistic abilities, as I often like to delve into a singers lyrics. Tonight the only language I can understand is one of harsh post-industrial rhythms, with an art school skinhead aesthetic. In an interview for Arte TV, singer Nikolay Komiagin says that the band are 'not interested in politics, instead, they are interested in artistic, aesthetic gesture'. Tonight's powerful performance is evidence of a group that knows exactly what they're doing and exactly where they're going.
A primitive sound emanates throughout the set. The pulsing bass/drum patterns of TyTy along with Komiagin's animalistic chanting style captures the mysticism of which Saint Petersburg is known for. The recent single Стыд is also received favourably amongst a crowd that seems to be made up of enthusiastic Russians. They sing every word back to the band, whilst attempting to mirror the on-stage insanity.
Songs such as Страшно and Новокузнецк, carry the truest essence of escapism. Much of the new Russian music scene has welcomed a variety of foreign influence, specifically with Eurasian sounding melodies, which is present throughout their second album ПАСХА. There are a few songs played that I don't recognise, leading me to hope this means a third album is on its way.
In a similar escapist vibe, the aggressive yet danceable Что-то особое во мне and Любовь deliver in their techno and synth-heavy grandeur. For a band that focuses on aesthetics and raw emotion, you can feel the performative essence of past punk legends. Most notably being the abstract animalistic power of Iggy Pop which seems to be channelled in the mind of Nikolay Komiagin who stares blankly while howling sounds unfamiliar to my ears.
The electronic sound they create feels brutalist. Much like the writing of Dostoyevsky, Shortparis seem to find acute pleasure in despair. When making their music, they attempt to recreate the environment in which they live. Operatic vocals and expansive electronics make Shortparis sound as big as their country of origin, a harsh, yet positive, juxtaposition when witnessed in a basement in Manchester.
The group are able to manipulate any environment to suit their needs. Throughout the set, the contemporary dance educated Komiagin is twisting and contorting his body in ways I have never seen anyone do before. He pulls on stage lighting equipment and beams them onto his face, highlighting every sweaty detail. As the last song draws to a close he walks into the crowd and just stares at everyone until he reaches the entrance and the rest of the band have followed.
Shortparis can found on Facebook and Bandcamp.
All photos courtesy of Elliott Hughes. More of his photography can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
All words by Rhys Delany. More of his writing can be found at his author's archive here.
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NATHAN EAST: THE BUSINESS OF BASS - DVD
Nathan East takes you into the studio and behind the scenes to learn and see first-hand what it takes to be a professional musician. East has collaborated and toured with some of the most famous stars in the industry, including Clapton, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Babyface, Billy Preston and David Foster. Running Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes.
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BONUS TRACKS INCLUDE
Interactive Q&A
Professionals' workshop with Harvey Mason and Nathan East
Rare concert performances by Fourplay featuring Nathan East, Bob James, Harvey Mason and Larry Carlton.
The Business of Bass covers the demands and rewards of making music for a living, both in live performance and studio sessions. Nathan East takes you into the studio and behind the scenes to learn and see first-hand what it takes to be a professional musician. East has collaborated and toured with some of the most famous stars in the industry, including Clapton, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Babyface, Billy Preston and David Foster. Running Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes."
THE BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON


WINCHESTER, Va. – Freshman Gerard DePhillips tossed a three-hit shutout Sunday as the No. 3/6 Hornets downed Penn St. – Altoona 10-0 in non-league baseball action.
DePhillips (4-0) needed just 87 pitches in throwing his second consecutive complete game of the season. He struck out one and did not walk a batter as he had 1-2-3 innings in the second, third, sixth and ninth and faced the minimum in the fourth and seventh.
The inning ending double plays in those two frames were two of three for the SU defense on the day.
The Florham Park, New Jersey native retired seven consecutive hitters from the first through third innings.
Shenandoah scored two runs in the first to give DePhillips all of the offense he would need and added one in the third, fourth and sixth, two in the fifth and three in the eighth to pull away.
Eight of the nine starters had at least one hit with Abel Arocho, Jake Loew and Nick Goode getting two each.
Loew hit his team-leading sixth home run on a solo shot in the eighth after driving in the second run of the game on a sacrifice fly in the first.
Tristan Baker scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the first by drawing a walk, moving to second on Arocho's single through the right side, third on a passed ball and coming home on a wild pitch.


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Q: How to list the files of a directory in Clean I need to list all files of a directory using the Clean programming language, but I don't know any function to do so. Can someone help me?

A: You can use the function getDirectoryContents from the Directory module, which is bundled with the Clean distribution.


I guess I found the answer I was looking for.
and go tickle somebody else.
I would probably have them all over the place.
Writing is the thing that keep the balance.
A piece of myself is shared with whoever reads this insignificant poetry that I do.
Is where I feel free.


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This wonderful heavy-weight golden Dresden base is just what you need to create old-fashioned paper ornaments for Christmas, Valentine's Day and more. Add a little scrap picture with a dab of glue to the center (or even a Victorian-style sticker), maybe a few pieces of angel hair or krausbouillion and you'll create a brand new heirloom!
The base of the ornament measures about 3-1/4 inches in diameter (from one point to the opposite). The loop on top is for hanging and adds about 1/4 inch more. This lovely Dresden is golden on both sides and is weighty enough to be the base for a complex design.
The embossing on these reliefs is superb, as is the cutting. These are made in the same fashion as they have been for many, many decades!


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