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Recent days have seen Government ministers blaming opposition parties for the failure to deploy nuclear power in the UK. But the problem is not politicians, not the Conservatives, Labour or anyone else; it is the extreme difficulty of delivering nuclear power itself. Financially, it is a basket case, and any other technology with similar problems simply wouldn't get past the lobbyists' meetings with politicians.
On August 7th Kwasi Kwarteng produced a tweet blaming Nick Clegg and Labour for delays in building nuclear power, saying: 'Thanks to Labour's 13-year moratorium and Lib Dem blockers in the Coalition, we made no progress on nuclear. Supply chains disappeared. Since 2015, we got Hinkley approved and Sizewell C received planning consent last month. '
However, this explanation does not stand up to serious analysis.
In their 2005 manifesto the Conservatives did not even mention nuclear power, referring instead to renewables and energy efficiency as a means of protecting energy security. By the 2010 election both Labour and Conservatives were backing the idea of building more nuclear power plant, but Conservatives ruled out giving nuclear subsidies. Their manifesto said they would be 'clearing the way for new nuclear power stations – provided they receive no public subsidy' .
Of course the Liberal Democrats were very much opposed to new nuclear power before they joined the Coalition in 2010. But then it was the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary of State Chris Huhne who proposed a new electricity market reform consultation paper at the end of 2010. This allowed, in effect, nuclear power to receive public subsidies under the cover that this same subsidy would be available to other low carbon sources. This laid the basis for the current contracts for difference (CfD) regime which is funding Hinkley C.
But in practice the offer of a generous CfD for Hinkley C proved not to satisfy the prospective nuclear generators. This included EDF which was/is backed by the French state who wanted to promote France's new European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) design. The most fundamental problem was that no major British political party was then willing to underwrite cost overruns – this was seen as giving nuclear constructors a blank cheque, which it is. Nevertheless this underwriting has now, latterly, been given EDF for Sizewell C under the so-called 'RAB' arrangements.
Negotiations for a CfD for Hinkley C dragged on through 2012 and into 2013, with EDF wanting more concessions. These included a very long contract period, a contract price above £80 per MWh (2012 prices), and also a commitment by the Treasury to offer low interest loans to cover the bulk of the construction costs. It was the Treasury, headed by George Osborne who resisted EDF's demands, and the Government only settled with EDF after the EDF boss threatened to resign. So regardless of what Nick Clegg might or might not have said about nuclear power, it was financial objections by the Treasury that delayed things. Even so, a CfD was agreed in 2013, during the time of the coalition government.
Then the Government had to apply for state aid consent under EU rules, which was granted in October 2014. Planning consent was not formally given until early 2016, but the application, lodged originally in 2013 was never in doubt.
But EDF did not start the major works for Hinkley C (apart from site preparation) until early 2019. Arguments with EDF's Chinese nuclear partners were part of the explanation for this long delay. Part of the arguments EDF were having concerned delays on the EPR projects in France and Finland. Indeed there were growing doubts even within EDF about whether the company should take the risk with building Hinkley C. One aspect of this was that the Treasury had insisted that in order to get the Treasury loan, the French Flamanville EPR plant had to be operating by 2020. But Flamanville is still not operating to this day. Hence the loan option was lost.
The risks of the project to EDF were considered so great that the Finance Officer of EDF resigned in early 2016 fearing that building Hinkley C would imperil EDF's finances. In the event, Flamanville did not come online before 2020. So Treasury conditions for granting EDF a loan were not met. So, to progress the project EDF has had to finance the increasingly cost-overrunning project off its own balance sheet. Financing projects directly out of company funds is, in accountancy terms, very expensive since it reduces the scope for dividends, and thus depresses share prices.
So, we can argue that much of the delay to the Hinkley C project is actually down to EDF, and nothing to do directly with British politicians.
Of course EDF is now being nationalised, and its losses borne in effect by the French state, including the costs of building Hinkley C. France is making sure that in the case of Sizewell C it will be the British state that will pay for the cost overruns.
So, in short, nuclear power construction was not hampered by opposition politicians any more than Conservative ones. It is stupid for British politicians to blame each other. UK politicians have tried to control nuclear financing to the extent that it is not treated greatly differently from other technologies, but that has proved impossible. The problem is that the financial control of nuclear construction is virtually impossible.
A big problem is that the political consensus in the UK insists on looking through rose-tinted glasses at nuclear power, and insists on using cost estimates for nuclear power that do not reflect the realities of building plant like Hinkley C (already heading for very large cost overruns). The political consensus does not even consider the possibility that there is a plausible alternative non-nuclear (we say 100%renewable) path to net zero. That is the problem that we have at the moment, and the spectacle of politicians blaming each other is pure distraction from that point.
We should try modelling costs of new nuclear power (including Sizewell C) and also alternative energy sources on the current capital costs of Hinkley C – £25.5 billion according to EDF (2015 prices). This figure, which does not even include returns on capital or the racingly probable prospect of cost overruns in the future, will be an underestimate of the eventual project costs. But at least it will be a start of us getting closer to reality.
More seriously the country is wasting many, many years waiting for the nuclear 'dream' to finally materialise. This time has been wasted, to repeat, not because of dithering politicians but because of a dithering over-rated technology, nuclear power.
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3rd September 2022 at 12:39 pm
Reading this, it is quite incredible that the present Business Secretary can so blatantly be misrepresenting the truth about what has happened to delay Hinckley and Sizewell C so far.
If he really is set to become our next Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, it is vital that this succinct and well-researched history lesson is brought to his attention immediately. So at least he can no longer pretend he doesn't know how we reached the current deeply unsatisfactory position.
Colin Megson says:
4th September 2022 at 4:17 pm
When HPC, SzC and 10 x 470 MW Rolls-Royce UK SMRs are generating, they will supply 90 TWh of low-carbon, affordable, energy-secure, 24/7/365 electricity every year for 60 [and more probably 80] years. That's 30% of the UK's current demand.
Serious thought should be given to a rename. Maybe:
70percent[maybe less]renewableuk.org
As I say, I am very sceptical about the SMRs. See the previous blog post at https://100percentrenewableuk.org/government-announces-funding-for-fantasy-small-modular-reactor-programme
and of course even if the (SMRs) did get built (very unlikely) the total wouldn't amount to anything like 30% of electricity
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22nd October 2022 at 11:20 am
As I write this renewables are providing approx 13.5 gw of current demand, nuclear 4.5 and gas 7. As per iamkate. I know it fluctuates but bringing on anything near 30% of new nuclear generation massively reduces the dependency of fossil fuels.
22nd October 2022 at 2:12 pm
It also massively increases the cost compared to renewables and raises the prospect of various countries around the world using nuclear power plant as a cover for weapons development
I believe we should invest more in renewables too. I just think it should be a mix of renewables and nuclear as wind solar and hydro can't be relied on all the time.
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The Stormont Executive has the authority to introduce legislation guaranteeing farmers commodity prices that reflect their costs of production in full, according to Northern Ireland Farm Groups' spokesman William Taylor.
Taylor said that Scotland's Executive has already introduced a minimum pricing where alcohol is concerned.
"This has already received EU clearance. And I see no reason why this principle cannot be extended to the main food commodities produced in Northern Ireland.
The EU has also recognised the growing stress levels, which farmers are now under, and the need for this issue to be tackled.
Taylor confirmed that the principle of guaranteed prices for farmers will be made a key issue in the upcoming Assembly Election in the north.
"In preparation for this we commissioned economist Paul Gosling to prepare a report on the future sustainability of agriculture in Northern Ireland.
"This work got underway last November: his report was launched last week.
"Gosling's work highlighted the high poverty levels that already exist within the north's farming industry.
Taylor believes that the Stormont Executive can legislate for farmgate price guarantees without the need to also introduce a cap on food output.
"This assumes that all the basic commodities will be covered by the guarantee.
"Under such circumstances, farmers would be in a position to take a more balanced approach to the development of their businesses.


Climate Change Minister James Shaw said the Govt would be open reconsidering its targets. Photo/Getty Images.
The government may be willing to shift ground on its 2035 renewable electricity target if the Interim Climate Change Committee feels there are better targets to pursue, Climate Change Minister James Shaw says.
The committee, established last year to examine ways of delivering the 100 per cent renewable electricity target and bring agriculture into the emissions trading scheme, is due to report back to the government in April.
In December, committee chair David Prentice said that while the government's 100 per cent renewable target was technically achievable, it would be expensive and made little sense given the industry only accounted for about 5 per cent of the country's emissions. The country was better to focus on electrification of industry and transport, he said.
Shaw told delegates at the Downstream energy conference in Auckland today that the electricity sector has a "great opportunity" to meet a potential doubling of electricity demand projected out to 2050 and to meet that without using fossil fuels.
Speaking after his presentation, he insisted the government is not fixed on its view on the 100 per cent renewables target and will consider any advice the ICCC delivers.
He said the committee had protected its independence "fiercely". The government may not pick up every aspect of the package of recommendations it may deliver, but it is open to any advice on how to deliver the most effective emissions reduction.
"We set them up for a reason, and so I would think we will be pretty strongly guided by what they say," Shaw told BusinessDesk.
"The thing about the transition is that we kind of have to do everything, so the question is really one of sequencing and resourcing and cost."
The government's 2035 100 per cent renewable electricity target is subject to normal hydrology. Many in the energy industry have argued that the country should instead target a lower percentage – 90 per cent-plus renewables from about 85 per cent now – so that a declining share of gas and coal-fired generation can remain available for winter and dry-year back up as the electricity sector expands.
But that "residual, small" percentage was critical in order to keep power costs low, balance variable wind and solar generation, and encourage greater electrification across the economy.
"Lower cost electricity facilitates the far bigger prize of decarbonising process heat and decarbonising transport," he said.
Forcing 100 per cent renewables into the system, rather than allowing carbon prices to determine generation investment, would increase costs and could leave emissions higher than they would have been otherwise, he said.
Shaw told delegates he was sceptical of the role for carbon capture and storage in the power system, but acknowledged the recommendation of the Productivity Commission that regulations be prepared to enable carbon storage as a complement to the country's tree-planting efforts.
He said solar and wind would meet most of the increased demand for electricity, but would not be the whole solution. The industry also needed to deliver generation options that didn't "scour the landscape" or result in other "horrendous" impacts from new technologies.
Hydrogen is also an area being investigated and there may be a need for phased introduction before "green hydrogen" – made from renewable sources – is widely available, he said.
Dry-year risk remains a challenge, he told BusinessDesk.
"You need vast amounts - especially if you are doubling demand - you need vast amounts of long-term storage and then the question is, what's on the horizon that can plug that gap and over what period of time?"
Shaw said the government is aiming to respond to the Productivity Commission's recommendations in March or April.
In the next couple of months it will announce another eight or nine changes to the emissions trading scheme.
The "huge" work to reform the ETS – and establish a robust and transparent market for the next 30 years – will see legislation go to Parliament mid-year, Shaw said.
That will follow the Zero Carbon Bill which the government is aiming to introduce in May.
Shaw told BusinessDesk that legislative timetable does not leave a lot of time to consider the Interim Climate Change Committee's recommendations on how agriculture should be treated in the ETS.
But officials have done a lot of work so that they can respond quickly, he said. If that isn't in the legislation for its first reading, then it will be available for the select committee's review of the bill.
Shaw told delegates the government is "close" to completing talks on the Zero Carbon Bill within the next few months.
He doesn't know if cross-party support will be secured, but he said all the parties understand how important such agreement would in providing the certainty that the business community is seeking over the future framework.


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Q: What's wrong with "university students would have to choose study over work, especially if they are undertaking a degree in theoretical subjects."? The following is a question in a Japanese University's entrance exam.

There is an error in the following sentence. Correct the sentence by locating the wrong word from (1)-(4) and replacing it with the word in the bracket following it.
Nonetheless, university students (1)would(will) have to choose study over work,
  especially (2)if(when) they (3)are undertaking(undertake) a degree in (4)theoretical subjects(a theoretical subject).

To me, both (1) and (3) seems to be the answer.
Could you help me?

A: If we don't substitute anything, we get the sentence from your title:

Nonetheless, university students would have to choose study over work, especially if they are undertaking a degree in theoretical subjects.

I think that substituting "will" for "would" is the correct answer in this case:

Nonetheless, university students will have to choose study over work, especially if they are undertaking a degree in theoretical subjects.

If we ignore the second half of the sentence, it is saying "Students will have to choose to study instead of working". I would use "would" if there were a hypothetical situation. I will use "will", especially if the situation is not hypothetical. The last sentence isn't idiomatic - I just constructed it to help make my point. The "especially if" changes the final clause from a hypothetical situation to a condition that makes it even more likely that I will have to do it.

You would have to study more if you were undertaking a degree in a theoretical subject.
You will have to study more for your doctorate, especially if you are undertaking a degree in a theoretical subject.

I wish I could explain a little better why "especially" makes a difference here, but it is something I know intuitively. I will think about it some more and maybe someone else will offer a suggestion on how to make it more clear.
I don't really like "a degree in theoretical subjects". I would say "a degree that involves theoretical subjects", but I don't know that it is obviously incorrect. We say "a degree in economics" or "a degree in psychology", so when I read "a degree in theoretical subjects" it sounds like the entire course of study is about the nature of "theoretical subjects" and not composed of subjects that are theoretical in nature.
This is more about a strategy for answering test questions than English, but I think it might be helpful... You might be able to make a correct sentence by changing more than one part of the sentence in the question, but for these sorts of questions you should focus on the one thing you can change. If you change one thing and the sentence is obviously incorrect, you can remove that option from your choices. For this question, you only need to look at 4 sentences and then try to decide which one is the correct one.

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I held off on this one hoping more information would come through from LAS, but I've run out of other documented features to look at, so here we are.
Lucee has added a new "language" to their engine, which is a dialect of CFML.
The beta docs say this about it:
The Lucee dialect is a modern language based on the original concepts of CFML. It is completely open source and exposes the most advanced features of the underlying JVM with performance, class loading, OSGi and JSR-223 support at its core. The Lucee language will continue to evolve to meet the ever increasing demands of modern web application development.
The Lucee language is LAS's opportunity to evolve a modern dialect that is both familiar to existing CF developers while providing the freedom to grow in a more ambitious direction and LAS are committed to this as much as they are to supporting the CFML development community.
So the positioning is that it's an alternate language to use instead of / as well as CFML. I'll get back to that.
First things first... they need to give this language a name. We cannot keep saying "Lucee Dialect", because that's rubbish. And "Lucee" doesn't really work as a language name either, as it's the name of the app server, which is more than just the language, so is not a good way to disambiguate the two. One can get away with the term "ColdFusion" to refer to both the server than the language it processes because that's all the server does. Obviously "ColdFusion" isn't the name of the language though, it's CFML. But Lucee (the server) doesn't simply process Lucee Dialect, so that doesn't work there.
Another issue here is that they're clearly trying to suggest that CFML has its issues that TLD (nah, can't even say that, dammit!) The Lucee Dialect solves. But if it's referred to as a dialect, the next question is going to be "dialect of what?"; to which the answer is "um... well CFML". So that distancing idea doesn't run very far.
Unfortunately they've jumped the gun slightly and settled on the file extension of .lucee, which now kinda does link the code to the app server name.
I have a suggested solution for this, which I'll get to.
The second thing... as it currently stands, one cannot create components with .lucee files because of a bug in Lucee 5.0.0.43: 294. There's a syntax error in one of the core files which prevents any .lucee-based component (I almost said "CFC" then, oops) from working. I hasten to add this is fixed, but if you start messing around with this stuff today, you will need to go fix a file first. Open this file: [Lucee base dir]\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lucee\context, which has this in it:
<cfcomponent displayname="Component" hint="This is the Base Component"></cfcomponent>
You need to change that to this:
<:component displayname="Component" hint="This is the Base Component"></:component>
Then things'll work. Micha's fixed this, and I guess it'll ship in 5.0.0.44. Hopefully they're also write some tests for this, this time.
OK, so the chief difference between The Lucee Dialect and CFML is demonstrated there. Tags are like this:
<:nameoftag>
Rather than this:
<cfnameoftag>
The Lucee Dialect files also have some different compiler/runtime settings than CFML files do. Mostly tweaks Railo / Lucee had done as options are now the standard in The Lucee Dialect files.
null exists as a concept.
Variables are local to functions by default.
Component-wide variables are declared with the prefix this.
These component-wide variables are private by default, but can be declared as public if required.
Function arguments can exist in addition to same-named local variables, and can be disambiguated by prefixing the argument with the arguments scope. If they don't need to be disambiguated, they do not need that prefix
Component-wide variables likewise can be disambiguated with the this scope prefix, but it is not necessary if there are no same-named local variables or arguments.
Dynamic tag attribute values are treated as expressions by default.
I've purposely tried to position those as independent language features, not comparing them back to CFML as an exercise.
That's not really a terribly compelling list, but they must be the high points as it's all LAS have chosen to document so far. There's more documentation "coming soon", according to the docs page.
I don't feel I need to show you any code, as it's just CFML except with "<:" instead of "<cf".
To be honest, I think they should pull this feature from Lucee 5. As it stands, it's a working proof of concept, but it seems too feature-poor to think about launching yet. When launching something new, it needs to be compelling, and "does a few things different from CFML" isn't compelling. It would also need to have a few things ready to run out of the box if it was to be "a thing":
a plug-in for some text editor / IDE to support syntax awareness of Lucee files.
Online docs.
Some popular CFML third-party applications ported to run on it. I'd pick:
FW/1
DI/1
perhaps PresideCMS
Although given Ortus is an investor in LAS, I would expect it'd be more likely to be ColdBox and Wirebox there, instead of FW/1 and DI/1.
And, yeah, I get that Lucee will play nice with CFML, this is beside the point in the context of The Lucee Dialect if it is to have meaning in and of itself. If it doesn't have meaning in and of itself, then it's a pointless exercise.
I suppose LAS can position it as a "build it and they will come" exercise, but... with such a small CFML community already and only a fraction of that having been the Railo community, and a smaller fraction still migrated to be the Lucee community... I'm not sure "they will come". Especially as the CFML community ain't so good with the whole "community spirited helping out with the work" pragma.
I also think The Lucee Dialect should be sharded-off from the main CFML server project entirely, and just treated as a plug-in to the main gig. Lucee's CFML offering is pretty mature, whereas The Lucee Dialect is not. Accordingly its release cycle will be different, its versioning should be different, and it needs to exists as its own thing. Well: in a way there should be three projects: the server, the CFML component and The Lucee Dialect component are all different things.
My bottom line opinion is that this feature is kinda the <cfclient> of Lucee. I'm not sure why they did it, and not exactly sure what it is they have actually done. And unless they demonstrate something interesting about it, I don't think I'll be revisiting it. That said, as they themselves said they haven't actually documented it properly yet, so they might have mentioned all the wrong stuff in the beta docs. It could be really good. But I would have expected that they'd promote the good stuff up front. I know the LAS bods are marketing-naïve, but surely not that marketing naïve? The exciting stuff comes first, yeah? So was that the exciting stuff? Blimey.
Let's wait and see. But I think the key here is: "wait".


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The Knicks have hit a road bump. The rest of the Eastern Conference? Meh.
So it's hardly a concern for Miami when the Heat don't draw rave reviews, especially on the road. Miami is just 7-6 away from South Florida this season, and when the resume includes losses at Detroit and Washington, it's a pretty good sign that the team has collective attention deficit disorder on occasion. .
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that brings us to tonight's game in the Midwest, against a decent team with no real stars in a venue that's aptly named (Bankers Life Fieldhouse). It's everything that Miami's Big Three (James, Wade, Bosh) – who live for glitter, girls, limos and entourages – find disgusting.
Tonight's game might be a harbinger for the Heat as they embark on a 6-game, 10-day road swing that also includes stops in Portland, Sacramento and Utah before they can enjoy the night life in San Francisco (Golden State) and Los Angeles (Lakers).
The Heat have re-arranged the furniture a bit since early in the season, moving Udonis Haslem into the starting lineup and bringing Shane Battier off the bench. It's enabled the boys to play a little better defense at the start of games as well as address a festering rebounding issue.
Miami has been near the bottom of the league in rebounding (now 29th, of 30) all season, but Haslem's extended minutes have improved things a bit.
Which brings us the Pacers, who are one of the top rebounding teams in the league and are a tough out when they're at home. Indy is 12-3 in home games, with seven non-road victories in a row.
They have three starters (Roy Hibbert, David West, Paul George) who average more than seven boards a game, and when they keep games in the 80s they usually win.
Indiana especially likes what it got from Hibbert is its last game (win over Milwaukee). The 7-foot-2 center has been a puzzle for much of the season but scored 20 and pulled down 15 boards against the Bucks. If he repeats that tonight against one of the best teams in the league, the Pacers will breathe a sigh of relief.
Recall that the Pacers gave the Heat a little grief in the second round of the playoffs last season and even had a 2-1 lead before Miami got serious and tightened the screws defensively in Games 4, 5 and 6.
Question tonight is whether the Heat will go belly button to the wall or go just hard enough to keep it close for three periods and then win it in the fourth quarter.
For Miami it's just another game; for Indiana it's a good test to see if the Pacers can be a top-4 team in the East.


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The twist and turns had me baited with Then She Was Gone but the writing and the story line had me hooked. Line and sinker.
The story line and plot within this story was a huge breath of fresh air for me. It wasn't like any other story line I had read before and for that I'm thankful. It was original and neat. It wasn't dramatic just to be dramatic and it wasn't thrown together in a messy way. It was nice to sit down and read a book that played out the entire story line neatly. That's how you get lost in a book.
Strong character driven novels are so enjoyable to me and I feel like this is one of those books that fits into that category. When an author can make you so invested in all of the characters, mentally and emotionally, it's a win for me. Ellie, Laurel, and Poppy and Floyd. Check check check check.
There are quite a few clues thrown in within the book and although some are predictable- you still enjoy the story you are reading. And right when you get towards the end and think it's all safe and sound, there's an emotional punch that was strategically placed within the story and I loved it. I was hoping for it.
Then She Was Gone was an addictive and mesmerizing read. I couldn't put it down and I ended up reading it all today. In one day! I got so lost in the story line that I lost track of time. That's always a great success to me.


JENS THIELE GMBH, Zöldségek, ehető gyökerek és gumók, Gyümölcs, Kagylók, rákfélék, az EUROPAGES oldalakon.
Jens Thiele GmbH imports and supplies tinned exotic fruit. In addition to a wide range of figs, pears, mango (as balls or purée), baby apples and many more exotic fruit varieties, mixed fruit selections are also on offer. The company focuses on trade with the food industry on the one hand. For this purpose, dried fruits are marketed to bakeries, pastry shops or manufacturers in the meat, fish and salad industries, for example. On the other hand, the company supplies wholesalers, Cash & Carry outlets and supermarkets. This means that many hotels and restaurants are using dried fruits from Jens Thiele GmbH as well.


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Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship /
Boris Gunst
THE AUDIENCE AS GATEKEEPER - Attention for unreleased techno music in online communities as indicators for post-release success
This thesis investigates to what extent pre-release attention for techno songs and popularity of artists in online communities can predict post-release success of songs on Spotify and Beatport. Before a song is released, it is difficult to estimate whether the audience will appreciate it or not. Gatekeepers and certifiers take a central role in the music industry because they decide whether the value of music is high enough to cover investment in the product. Since the digitization of music and emergence of social media, culture, and music in specific, is increasingly taking place online. This resulted in an enormous amount of data regarding preferences of the audience and popularity of artists. An extensive amount of these data is generated in online music communities and provides us with information about audience attention for songs before release. The focus of this thesis lies on the attention for unreleased techno songs in the online Facebook-community Raad de Plaat. In this community, recordings of unreleased songs at events are uploaded by members in order to identify the artist and title. The research question of this study is to what extent attention for songs in the online Facebook-community Raad de Plaat and the popularity of the artist on Facebook can predict success of songs after release. Success on Spotify is defined as number of plays per day. The success on Beatport is measured by a songs peak position in the charts and number of days in the charts. A quantitative content analysis is performed in which there is controlled for musical characteristics and the popularity of the DJ that plays the unreleased song. In the results, different models are presented in order to answer the research question. The research showed that attention for unreleased songs in Raad de Plaat significantly predicts the success on Spotify after release to some extent. When taking the popularity of the artist on Facebook into account, a majority of the success of songs can be predicted before release. For predicting success on Beatport, attention on Raad de Plaat is not a significant predictor when controlling for musical characteristics. The popularity of the artist on Facebook however, is in all models a significant predictor for success on Beatport and Spotify. When online communities enable the audience to collectively value songs before release, their practice is similar to the practice of certifiers and gatekeepers and this may have implications for the organization and structure of the music industry
Keywords Cultural Economics, Cultural Entrepreneurship, Electronic Music, Online Communities, Uncertainty, Gatekeepers, Economics of Attention
Thesis Advisor Christian Wolfgang Handke
Persistent URL hdl.handle.net/2105/44227
Series Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship , Master Arts, Culture & Society
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Boris Gunst. (2018, June 21). THE AUDIENCE AS GATEKEEPER - Attention for unreleased techno music in online communities as indicators for post-release success. Master Arts, Culture & Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2105/44227
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Navy IDs 30-Year-Old Instructor Pilot Killed in Trainer Plane Crash
Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, of Wixom, Michigan, died when the T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft she was in crashed in Foley, Alabama, Oct. 23, 2020 (U.S. Navy)
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The second person killed in a military plane that crashed in Alabama on Friday was a Navy instructor pilot, officials announced on Sunday.
Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, of Wixom, Michigan, died when the T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft she was in crashed in Foley, Alabama, Friday evening. Ross was flying with Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, a 24-year-old student aviator, who also died in the crash.
Ross earned her commission in April 2012. Before joining the Florida-based Training Squadron Two in February 2018, she served three years with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, Virginia.
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Garrett, of Weddington, North Carolina, was a 2019 Coast Guard Academy graduate.
"Their spirit, friendship, and devotion to their country will not be forgotten," Navy officials said in a Sunday news release.
Ross and Garrett had taken off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Milton, Florida, on a routine training flight. Their T-6B crashed in a residential area at about 5 p.m.
Local and Navy emergency personnel responded to the scene. No civilians were injured in the crash.
The plane struck two cars and a house, according to local media reports on the crash.
"The Navy is working with local authorities to investigate the incident," the Navy release states.
Ross was a member of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor's Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps, according to her Navy career bio. Her personal awards include a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
Friday's accident marked the Navy's first aviation-related fatality in more than a year. The Naval Safety Center announced last week that the Navy and Marine Corps recorded no aviation-related deaths in fiscal 2020, which ended on Sept. 30.
-- Gina Harkins can be reached at gina.harkins@military.com. Follow her on Twitter @ginaaharkins.
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I asked a pharmacist last nite what I could use and she preferred benzol peroxide over salicylic acid. The only thing I could find was called zapzyt and it is a cream. She didn't think either was really harmful, but the acid is a little stronger. She did say to stay away from RX acne meds. I found it at walmart, and my bumps already look better since last nite.
I've also heard you should stay away from salicylic acid. I checked my Clearisil ointment and it has benzol peroxide so its safe.
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Who didn't love MAD Magazine? We adored the fold-ins on the back cover, the little drawings in the margins (why was there always a fish skeleton in the pools of barf?) the advertising jabs (kids learned about ulcers, and Madison Avenue, and three-martini lunches) and most of all, the TV and movie parodies. Did they really dub "Facts of Life" the "Fats of Life," or was that Joan Rivers? (According to this list, they didn't -- they called it "The Yaks of Life," and "Dallas" was "Dullus," and "Happy Days" was "Crappy Days," and well, you get the picture.
I personally never liked "Spy vs. Spy." It made me impatient. I was bothered by the lack of dialogue and even though I read somewhere that kids always picked one spy and always rooted for him or her, I never did. They were the same to me.
But I loved MAD, even though I think I owned more of those paperback book collections than I did actual magazine issues. It always felt so adult and racy and I think I was afraid to buy or ask for the magazine itself.
Starting Sept. 6, MAD has its own show on Cartoon Network. This isn't the first time the show has been on the air, though. Here's part one of a MAD TV special that aired in 1974.
My ultra-talented artist brother was always a big fan of MAD. He recently made a bust of Alfred E. Newman and sent a pic of himself with it to the magazine. The ran the pic with a cute, funny letter to him in the magazine. We bought every copy we could find. Too cool!!


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Nobody can change the world on their own. At TENCEL™, we believe that sustainability across the textile sector can only go so far until we unite as an industry to address the evolving need for climate action. To help achieve this, the TENCEL™ brand has launched the X campaign alongside several leading brands in fashion, homeware and beyond with a shared goal to create the 'future of fabric'. The campaign empowers co-branding partners to wear the TENCEL™ brand with pride, building a label of trust that helps consumers make informed decisions when it comes to their purchases.
The X campaign pulls inspiration for its style and art direction from all sorts of sartorial aesthetics, aligning the TENCEL™ brand with its fashion partners through bold and eye-catching content. Exciting visuals bring to life the journey of TENCEL™ branded fibers from forest to fashion, whilst celebrating those who have joined us on the journey to industry-wide sustainability.
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Uh oh, scientists just lost the battle against typhoid and fear return to early-era mortality rates
Apr 18, 2018 antibiotics, epidemics, illness, plague, typhoid, united kingdom
Sources: New York Times, CDC, Medical News Today
It's common in third-world countries but may soon spread across the rest of the globe as scientists this week discovered the typhoid bacteria has become resistant to all forms of antibiotics. Researchers are calling the epidemic an "international clarion call" for prevention efforts. One doctor pointed out, "when systems don't outpace the pathogen, we anticipate a return to the pre-antibiotic era when mortality rates soared". Before antibiotics, about 1 in 4 faced certain death.
For now, scientists believe that azithromycin remains slightly effective but "one more genetic mutation would make it untreatable".
Typhoid fever, caused by the Salmonella Typhi bacteria, is an acute illness transmitted by contaminated food or water. It causes high fevers (i.e. typhoid fever), headaches, generalized pain, lethargy, diarrhea, and vomiting. In third-world countries, about 161,000 people die each year from typhoid.
According to an expert in the illness, Dr. Elizabeth J. Klemm, a future with untreatable typhoid would be grim.
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About 3%-5% of people infected with the illness become long-term carriers of the bacteria — even though they have no symptoms. They then become the source of new outbreaks of typhoid fever for many years. One case has already been detected in the United Kingdom this year.
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Photo credit: Trust for Public Land staff
Victoria Lake, along the Wild and Scenic Ontonagon River on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a favored destination for hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, and boating. Much of the land in this outdoor paradise is protected in Ottawa National Forest, but in other places, private parcels block public access, threaten water pollution, and complicate management of the national forest.
In 2015, The Trust for Public Land helped add 245 private acres to the national forest—land bordering Victoria Lake, the Wild and Scenic Ontonagon, and the North Country National Scenic Trail, America's longest national scenic trail. Transferring the land to the national forest created new public access to the river for residents and tourists alike, while also preserving wildlife habitat and safeguarding water quality in Victoria Lake, the Ontonagon River, and ultimately Lake Superior, just downstream.
Funding for this project was provided by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the federal government's main source of money for protecting land. LWCF is funded through royalties paid by energy companies for offshore gas and oil drilling, not general taxpayer dollars.
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Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple, Simhachalam
Temple name – Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple, Simhachalam
Main Deity – Varaha Narasimha Swamy
Location – Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Located at the hill top of Simhachalam in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple is dedicated to Varaha Lakshminarasimha, a combination of Varaha and Narasimha. It is believed that the temple is the residence of Lord Narasimha and he provides 'Nijaroopa Darshan' (holy manifestation) only for twelve hours in a year. For the remainder of the year, the Lord is enveloped in sandalwood paste. The temple is also believed to be one of the Narasimha Kshetras or the shrines of Lord Narasimha.
The principal deity of the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple is Lord Varaha Lakshminarasimha. It is essentially Lord Vishnu in the combination of Varaha and Narasimha avatars. The deity covered with sandalwood resembles a lingam and it is only for twelve hours in a year that the Lord manifests himself in his true form i.e. during the Chandanyatra festival. Also known as the Great Protector, the original form of the deity is in the tribhanga posture with two hands, the head of a lion on a human torso.
Some of the Tamil and Telugu inscriptions state that King Krishnadevaraya had made huge donations to the temples of the region, especially in the name of his mother, Nalamba. But no excavation or archaeological findings testify this as fact. Recent archaeological studies of the region have also discovered that there were a number of settlements on the hill tops of the Simhachalam Hill Range.
There are numerous inscriptions found on the walls of the temple, which provides us with glimpses of the past of the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple. The Chola King Kuloththunga's inscription can be dated back to 1098 A.D. An inscription from the Queen of Eastern Ganga, Kalinga depicts the image of her covering the image of Lord with Gold. As per another inscription, the Eastern Ganga King, Narasimha Deva is believed to have built the central or the main shrine of the temple.
As per these inscriptional records, King Krishnadevaraya after defeating Gajapati Prataparudra Dev had visited this temple twice during 1516 and 1519 A.D. respectively. With a treasure trove of more than 252 inscriptions, the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple is a very significant historical monument.
As per the belief of the locals, the original deity of Lord Shiva was removed by the Vaishnavite apostle, Sri Ramanuja and replaced with the deity of Lord Vishnu's avatar, during the 11th Century A.D. The replacement of the deity by Ramanuja, also the founder of Visistadhvaitam of Hinduism, is marked by the celebration of the Kamadahana festival (burning of the God of Love). Currently the Government of Andhra Pradesh has undertaken the initiative to transform the region into a Divyakshetram.
As per legend, Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers of Lord Vishnu, had disallowed Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanathkumara to get the darshan of Mahavishnu and therefore were cursed by them. As a result of the curse, Jaya and Vijaya were born as demons Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksha respectively to Sage Kashyapa. Angered by the atrocities and destruction propagated by Hiranyaksha, Lord Vishnu in the avatar of Varaha (Boar) killed him. Meanwhile, Hiranyakapisu wanted to avenge the death of his brother and therefore to attain immortality, he performed severe penance to Lord Brahma.
One of the servants of the Lord, Sumukha, was born to Hiranyakapisu as Prahalada, who became an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu from his childhood. Angered by his devotion, Hiranyakapisu wanted to kill Sumukha by throwing him, from the top of a mountain. However, Lord Vishnu rescued Prahlada by jumping over from the Garuda. The very place from which he saved Prahlada is the location of the temple and after jumping from the Garuda the feet of Lord Vishnu sunk in the ground. Therefore, the feet of the Lord are hidden beneath the idol. Lord Vishnu, in the Narasimha avatar, killed Hiranyakapisu. Prahalada ardently prayed to Lord Vishnu, to appear in both the forms of Varaha (which killed Hiranyaksha) and Narasimha (which killed Hiranyakapisu). Thereafter, Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of a deity, in both his Narasimha and Varaha avatars. Prahalada, built a temple around the deity, which was later neglected.
One day when Purvasa was travelling on an aerial chariot, with his spouse Urvashi, he was drawn towards the ruins of the temple and an Aakashvani directed Purvasa to cover the idol with sandal paste. The Aakashvani also stated that the Lord would be visible in his Nijaswarupa form only for twelve hours in a year, on the third day of the month of Vysakha. Purvasa rebuilt and renovated the temple.
The abundance of inscriptions on the walls of the temple makes the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple a site of extreme cultural significance. The Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple also epitomizes the Chalukyan and Orissan style of architecture. The donations available to the temple are only second to Tirumala.
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Unlike other major temples, the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple faces the western side (it symbolizes victory). Situated at about 800 feet above sea level, a flight of steps from the foothills of Ratnagiri directly leads to the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple. A number of choultries are available on the foothills which houses a number of pilgrims. There is also large amphitheater-like wooden hollow at the entrance of the temple, which is the Lord Narasimha Temple of the Northern Circars. There is also a very bold portal at the entrance of the temple, which is also known as the Hanuman's Gate. A beautiful Natyamandapam hosts the Kalyanotsavam festival every year.
Kappam Stambham – The Kappam Stambham is one of the pillars of the Mukha Mantapa. The pillar is believed to posses magical powers, which can cure diseases and also bless childless couples with fertility. The word 'Kappam' means offerings and the pillar is called so because of the abundant offerings made by the ardent devotees. The temple complex also hosts a square shaped shrine with tall gopuras and a Mukha Mantapa.
Chandanolsavam: This is the most important festival of the Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple when the deity is covered with layers of sandalwood paste, to calm down the rage of the Lord after killing Hiranyakapisu. This coating of sandalwood paste is removed from the deity on the third day of Sukla Paksham of Visakham i.e. in the month of May. On this very day the Lord manifests himself in the Nijaroopa Darshan.
Giri Pradhakshina: This festival is celebrated in the months of June-July every year. On this occasion, fasting devotees circumambulate the temple and they accept food only after having a glance of the lord. A more simplified version of the practice i.e. 108 Pradhakshinas of the main shrine, is also performed by physically weak devotees.
Ugaadhi: This festival is celebrated on the occasion of Telugu New Year day and is also known as Pandhiri Paata Utsavam. On this occasion, the Lord is decorated as a bride groom and just before the symbolic marriage ceremony, the Ratholsavam is also celebrated.
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For this reason, I've created a low level JUnit test to figure out what's wrong, and I found a problem on the JsmiMibParser. There was a mistake on the main loop that was never triggered by all the tests that were already there, but I was able to trigger it with the new MIBs I'm trying to compile right now.
That was preventing to finish all the processing, leading to showing dependencies issues for MIBs that were already compiled.
After applying that fix, I was able to parse the new MIBs. All the existing tests are still passing.