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The Last Bastion Against Deflation: The Federal Government
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By Robert Prechter, CMT
Now that the downward portion of the credit cycle is firmly in force, further inflation is impossible. But there is one entity left that can try to stave off deflation: the federal government.
The ultimate source of all the bad credit in the U.S. financial system is Congress. Congress created the Federal Reserve System and many privileged lending corporations: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, Sallie Mae, the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Home Loan Banks, to name a few. The August issue [of The Elliott Wave Theorist] cited our estimate that the mortgage-encouraging entities that Congress created account for 75 percent of all U.S. debt creation with respect to housing. For investors in mortgage (in)securities, the ratio is even greater. Recent reports show that these agencies, which have been stealing people blind by taking interest for nothing, account for a stunning 82 percent of all securitized mortgage debt. Roughly speaking, the government directly encouraged the indebtedness of four out of five home-related borrowers. As noted in the August issue, it indirectly encouraged the rest through the Fed's lending to banks and the FDIC's guarantee of bank deposits. These policies allowed borrowers to drive up house prices to absurd levels, making them unaffordable to people who wanted to buy them with actual money. Proof that these mortgages are artificial and the product of something other than a free market is the fact that while Germany, for example, has issued mortgage-backed securities with a value equal to 0.2 percent of its annual GDP, the U.S. has issued them so ferociously that their value has reached 49.6 percent of annual GDP, a multiple of 250 times Germany's rate, and that is not in total value but only in value relative to the U.S.'s much larger GDP. (Statistics courtesy of the British Treasury.)
Well, the ultimate source of this seemingly risk-free credit still exists, at least for now. When Bernanke & Co. met in the back rooms of the White House in recent weekends, he must have said this: "Boys, we're nearly out of ammo. We have $400b. of credit left to lend, and we have two percentage points lower to go in interest rates. The only way to stave off deflation is for you to guarantee all the bad debts in the system." So far, government has leapt to oblige. One of its representatives strode to the podium to declare that it would pledge the future production of the American taxpayer in order to trade, in essence, all the bad IOUs held by speculators in Fannie and Freddie's mortgages for gilt-edged, freshly stamped U.S. Treasury bonds.
Now, what exactly does that mean for deflation? This latest extension of the decades-long debt-creation scheme has essentially exchanged bad IOUs for T-bonds. This move does not create inflation, but it is an attempt to stop deflation. Instead of becoming worthless wallpaper and 20-cents-on-the-dollar pieces of paper, these IOUs have, through the flap of a jaw, maintained their full, 100 percent liability. This means that the credit supply attending all these mortgages, which was in the process of collapsing, has ballooned right back up to its former level.
You might think this shift of liability is a magic potion to stave off deflation. But it's not.
Believers in perpetual inflation will ask, "What's to stop the U.S. government from simply adopting all bad debts, keeping the credit bubble inflated?" Answer: The U.S. government's IOUs have a price, an interest rate and a safety rating. Just as mortgage prices, rates and safety ratings were under investors' control, so they are for Treasuries. Remember when Bill Clinton became outraged when he found out that "a bunch of bond traders," not politicians, determined the price of T-bonds and the interest rates that the government must charge? If investors begin to fear the government's ability to pay interest and principal, they will move out of Treasuries the way they moved out of mortgages. The American financial system is too soaked with bad debt for a government bailout to work, and the market won't let politicians get away with assuming all the bad debts. It may take some time for the market to figure out what to do about it, but as always, there is no such thing as a free lunch. The only question is who pays for it.
The Fed is nearly out of the picture, so the consortium of last resort, the federal government, is assuming the job of propping up the debt bubble. It is multiples bigger than any such entity that went before, because it can draw on the liquidity of American taxpayers and clandestinely steal value from American savers. So the question comes down to this: Will the public put up with more financial exploitation? To date, that's exactly what it has done, but social mood has entered wave c of a Supercycle-degree decline, and voters are likely to become far less complacent, and more belligerent, than they have been for the past 76 years.
An early hint of the public's reaction comes in the form of news reports. In my lifetime, I can hardly remember times when the media questioned benevolent-sounding actions of the government. Articles were always about who the action would "help." But many commentators have more accurately reported on the latest bailout. USA Today's headline reads, "Taxpayers take on trillions of risk." (9/8) This headline is stunning because of its accuracy. When the government bailed out Chrysler, no newspaper ran an equally accurate headline saying, "Congress assures long-run bankruptcy for GM and Ford." They all talked about why it was a good thing. This time, realism and skepticism (at a later stage of the cycle it will be cynicism and outrage) attend the bailout. The Wall Street Journal's "Market Watch" reports an overwhelmingly negative response among emailers. Local newspapers' "Letters" sections publish comments of dismay and even outrage. CNBC's Mark Haines, in an interview on 9/8 with MSNBC, began by saying ironically, "Isn't socialism great?" This breadth of disgust is new, and it's a reflection of emerging negative social mood.
Social mood trends arise from mental states and lead to social actions and events. Deflation is a social event. Ultimately, social mood will determine whether deflation occurs or not. When voters become angry enough, Congressmen will stop flinging pork at all comers. Now the automakers want a bailout. Voters have remained complacent about it so far, but this benign attitude won't last. The day the government capitulates and announces that it can't bail out everyone is the day deflationary psychology will have won out.
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evans Here's an analogy. Suppose I have a site where I keep poisntg links about people rioting, murdering each other, looting, raping, and so on. Newspapers are full of this kind of stuff, so there'll be no shortage of links. There's nothing wrong with this. But suppose also that to the headlines I add something like more ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) induced behavior or more ADHD related crime. Every article I post about some criminal activity, I'll insert ADHD.Is ADHD real? Probably. If it's real, is it the cause of some of the looting, stealing, etc? It's possible. Is it the cause of all crime? Absolutely not. Would I be full of shit for claiming that it is? Absolutely.It would be different if Max and Stacy linked to articles that actually stated (in the article) that x event was caused by global warming. But they don't do this! Most of the articles they link to with AGW in Max and Stacy's headline state nothing about AGW.


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Security Against Election Hacking - Part 1: Software Independence
By Andrew Appel Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University
There's been a lot of discussion of whether the November 2016 U.S. election can be hacked. Should the U.S. Government designate all the states' and counties' election computers as "critical cyber infrastructure" and prioritize the "cyberdefense" of these systems? Will it make any difference to activate those buzzwords with less than 3 months until the election?
First, let me explain what can and can't be hacked. Election administrators use computers in (at least) three ways:
To maintain voter registration databases and to prepare the "pollbooks" used at every polling place to list who's a registered voter (for that precinct); to prepare the "ballot definitions" telling the voting machines who are the candidates in each race.
Inside the voting machines themselves, the optical-scan counters or touch-screen machines that the voter interacts with directly.
When the polls close, the vote totals from all the different precincts are gathered (this is called "canvassing") and aggregated together to make statewide totals for each candidate (or district-wide totals for congressional candidates).
Any of these computers could be hacked. What defenses do we have? Could we seal off the internet so the Russians can't hack us? Clearly not; and anyway, maybe the hacker isn't the Russians—what if it's someone in your opponent's political party? What if it's a rogue election administrator?
The best defenses are ways to audit the election and count the votes outside of, independent of the hackable computers. For example,
Once the pollbooks are printed (a few days before the election), they can be inspected or audited (by election administrators, or by credentialed designates representing the candidates and political parties) to make sure that no names have been left off (or no illegitimate names have been added). A "spot-check" (a randomized partial audit) may do as well. The list of registered voters is a public record, so all the information is available to do this spot-check.Even if no one spot-checks in advance: If a legitimate voter shows up at the polling place and their name has been left off the pollbook (via computer hacking?), this is a real problem—but at least it's a detected problem. It would be hard to get away with large-scale election-theft this way without a big story in the newspapers. (See: voter-registration purge in Florida 2000.)
Problem: What if the pollbooks are not printed in advance, but they are "live" in laptop or tablet computers at the polling places? Then it's harder to audit in advance: if the pollbook computers are hacked, we won't know until election day. But at least we'll know. And the use of provisional ballots can ameliorate this kind of disaster. Recommendation: paper voter-lists in the precincts, as backup to the electronic pollbook system; credentialed party representatives and citizens permitted to inspect/audit these in advance. When provisional ballots are used, officials must systematically check the provisional ballot envelopes and tally the field that tells the reason why the voter was not issued a regular ballot.
What if the voting machines in the precinct are hacked? With optical-scan voting, the voter fills in the bubbles next to the names of her selected candidates on paper ballot; then she feeds the op-scan ballot into the optical-scan computer. The computer counts the vote, and the paper ballot is kept in a sealed ballot box. The computer could be hacked, in which case (when the polls close) the voting-machine lies about how many votes were cast for each candidate. But we can recount the physical pieces of paper marked by the voter's own hands; that recount doesn't rely on any computer. Instead of doing a full recount of every precinct in the state, we can spot-check just a few ballot boxes to make sure they 100% agree with the op-scan computers' totals.
Problem: What if it's not an optical-scan computer, what if it's a paperless touchscreen ("DRE, Direct-Recording Electronic) voting computer? Then whatever numbers the voting computer says, at the close of the polls, are completely under the control of the computer program in there. If the computer is hacked, then the hacker gets to decide what numbers are reported. There are no paper ballots to audit or recount. All DRE (paperless touchscreen) voting computers are susceptible to this kind of hacking. This is our biggest problem. Fortunately, only about 6 states (and several counties in another few states) use paperless touchscreen voting machines ("DRE without VVPAT"). Almost all the states in the U.S. have moved to optical-scan voting ("Paper ballots"), which is much more defensible against hacking.
Voters in states with paperless touch-screen voting machines should write to their state legislators and to their governor, to ask that their state switch over to optical-scan voting machines. (It's too late to switch before the 2016 election.) Some of the states with heaviest use of touch-screen voting machines are: Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, Kentucky.
On-line (internet) voting is another kind of paperless computer voting, and it's very easy to hack. On-line voting should never be used for elections that really matter.
Aggregating the precinct totals together: Those computers can be hacked too. Fortunately, we can independently audit this addition. In most states, in every precinct at the close of the polls the vote totals for that precinct are announced in public, right there in the precinct. Typically, the voting machine prints out the totals on a cash-register tape, and that printout is signed by the pollworkers and the designated party challengers, and any citizen can observe this process and copy down the numbers from the printout. Well organized political parties collect this information from every precinct, at the close of the polls, and add it up themselves, just in case the County Clerk's software has been hacked. In fact, a good County Clerk will add it up herself or himself independently of the election-equipment vendor's highly automated (but hackable) software, just to be sure.
Problem: Some states don't have a tradition of political parties organizing volunteers to witness and collect this data; in some states, there's not a clear statutory right for citizens to observe this process. These problems are fixable before this November's election; election officials should do everything they can to encourage citizen participation in this part of the canvassing process.
So the good news is: our election system has many checks and balances so we don't have to trust the hackable computers to tell us who won. The biggest weaknesses are DRE paperless touchscreen voting machines used in a few states, which are completely unacceptable; and possible problems with electronic pollbooks.
In this article I've discussed paper trails: pollbooks, paper ballots, and per-precinct result printouts. Election officials must work hard to assure the security of the paper trail: chain of custody of ballot boxes once the polls close, for example. And they must use the paper trails to audit the election, to protect against hacked computers (and other kinds of fraud, bugs, and accidental mistakes). Many states have laws requiring (for example) random audits of paper ballots; more states need such laws, and in all states the spirit of the laws must be followed as well as the letter.
In Part 2 of this series, I'll discuss cybersecurity policy for election infrastructure.
This post was originally published on Freedom to Tinker.
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Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Jul 5, 2014 | social studies | 0 |
The BBC has tons of great resources for use in the classroom, including in the Social Studies areas. You can find many of their sites on multiple "The Best" lists.
I was particularly excited earlier this year when they unveiled the first in what they declared to be a series of "iWonder Guides" — one on World War 1. I immediately added it to The Best Resources For Learning About World War I.
They've since published a number of additional resources, though it's not clear if and how they're connected to the iWonder series. They've got them all under the umbrella of a new title called Made From History, and that site looks like it's sort of connected to the iWonder series, but seems to primarily have more multimedia resources.
I'm not complaining about the resources — they all seem topnotch. I'm just a little confused about how and if they're all connected. The bottom line, though, is that Made From History will definitely be on my end-of-the-year Best list for Social Studies sites.
I'm adding the Made From History World War One site to my related "Best" list on WWI.
I'm adding the Made From History World War Two site to The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II.
They also have a Made From History Civil Rights site. It, too, looks excellent. I'm adding it to The Best Websites To Teach & Learn About African-American History.
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New York's Sneaker Boom
by Albert Samaha
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"Look at 'em," says the young man in a blue polo shirt. "Dirty, scuffed, wrinkled—nobody's gonna buy them here. Not used like that."
The negotiation has taken a dark turn. In some circles, you're better off dissing a man's girl than his sneakers.
Just five minutes ago, on this July 13 afternoon, Gabe Cordero and Andrew Ramos, 17-year-olds from Piscataway, New Jersey, had entered the Lower East Side's Basketball City for Sneaker Con 2013—perhaps the sneaker scene's largest buy/sell/trade event in history—each carrying shoeboxes displaying the products they hoped to hawk. They'd only marched a few paces into the venue before the guy in the blue polo tapped Cordero on the shoulder, pointed at the blue-and-white Air Jordan IIIs he carried, and posed the two ubiquitous questions: "What size?" and "How much?"
"Nine-and-a-half," Cordero replied, "$110."
Blue polo scoffed, furrowed his brow, and let loose a condescending chuckle. Sure, the shoe was hard to find, but that was a high price for a ratty pair of old sneakers purchased 13 years ago.
"How much you want for 'em?" asked Cordero, a lean kid in a backward Toronto Raptors hat.
"I'll give you $50″—and before Cordero could respond, here's the guy justifying his lowball offer with a torrent of insults: dirty, scuffed, wrinkled—nobody's gonna buy them . . .
Cordero keeps his cool. "Why are you?" he counters.
This rattles the guy. He stutters, then explains, "I wanna play ball in them." Cordero looks at the shoes for a few seconds, silent. "Never mind," the guy says. He turns and walks away.
But not 20 seconds later, he returns. "You take $60 right now?"
Cordero purses his lips and, after a moment of contemplation, shakes his head. The guy shakes his head right back. "You know, no one's gonna buy that," he seethes, gesturing toward the convention floor.
Here, after all, sit the freshest, cleanest, hardest-to-find sneakers in the world. Air Jordan XI Concords, Foamposite ParaNormans, Yeezy IIs, and LeBron IX South Beaches—many "deadstocked" (never been worn) or barely used.
When sneaker blog mogul Yu-Ming Wu and his partners, Alan and Barris Vinogradov, launched the first Sneaker Con in 2009, their intent was to give sneakerheads a venue, connecting those looking for their dream shoes with those selling them. But Wu is the first to admit that the trio did not anticipate the madness to come. In the subsequent years, a sneaker boom has rocked the free market. Since the early 1980s, a few sought-after, collectors-edition sneakers have fetched three-, sometimes four-figure prices. But now, scores of shoes cost that much. The top of the market has expanded, driving up prices for middle- and low-range kicks.
At the inaugural Sneaker Con, Wu remembers selling a pair of Lightnings, the yellow version of the Jordan IVs. It took all his salesmanship skills to get somebody to pay $300. Just four years later, go to Flight Club NY, the famous sneaker consignment store, and you'll have to drop $1,000 for a pair.
Which explains why, around 10 minutes after turning down the $60 offer, Gabe finds a buyer willing to pay $85.
The 5,000 or so people who have made the pilgrimage to Sneaker Con know that there might not be a more efficient investment. Wu estimates that $100,000 to $200,000 will trade hands over the course of seven hours. At the front of this rush are the youngest of hustlers, high-schoolers with summer-job paychecks and middle-schoolers investing their parents' money.
Seven of those middle-schoolers, friends from Long Island, sit at a booth two weeks after pooling their collections and launching NetKicks.com, a buying-and-selling website. They're new to the game; Ethan Hanovick just got his first pair in March, for his birthday. His mother, Christine Elliott, planned to surprise him with a pair of Electro Purple Foamposites. The surprise was on her.
Foamposites are emblematic of the sneaker boom. When Nike first unveiled the line in 1997, the company marketed it as an innovation in shoe design: a sturdy hightop coated with a hardened, lightweight foam that formed sleek ridges around the laces. But people thought they were ugly and overpriced, and the shoes flopped.
Now, more than a decade later, Foamposites have inexplicably emerged as the hottest shoes on the market.
So Elliott was surprised when she learned that a pair cost $220, more than Air Jordans. She got another surprise when she tried to buy the shoes online the moment stores released them in the early morning hours of March 2: They'd sold out within seconds. Her final surprise came hours later, when she discovered that her only option was to buy a pair on eBay for more than $300.
"Those right over there," Elliott says, nodding toward the NetKicks table, where the shiny purple beauties are on sale for a negotiable price somewhere above $400. She's not offended that the gift is now on the open market, she says with a grin, "as long as he gets the money for it."
Trading sneakers is elevated to an art at Sneaker Con, where savvy investors seek to build their portfolios through an intimate knowledge of the market. About 10 yards away, 19-year-old college students Reggie and Taylor have laid out more than a dozen shoes. Each says that his goal for the day is to earn $500 or $600 in sales. Reggie hopes to turn $400 of those profits into more sneakers. "The key is spotting what's undervalued," he says with the swagger of a Wall Street trader.
The strategy is harder than it looks. This is Sneaker Con and this is New York City—not a lot of rubes here. People prowl between the rows of vendors, holding a sneaker over their heads with one hand and, in the other, a shoebox serving as a display rack. Flea-market banter fills the air over the hip-hop pouring through the sound system. For every 20 negotiations, there might be one sale.
Ramos has been striking out. His two prize items, silver Lebron Xs and green Durant Vs, haven't drawn much interest, even though he's offering them together for just $5 over retail. The value of certain shoes often seems arbitrary, and Ramos has found himself on the wrong side of the market.
In the sneaker world, Air Jordans are still king, continuing to draw the most dependable demand. So Cordero's Toro Bravos, the red version of the Jordan IVs, easily find a home. The Toros were released just this morning, and Cordero scored a pair at the mall. He hoped to sell them for $300, but settles for $220. In fewer than 12 hours, the value of his purchase increased by 37 percent.
The sneaker boom is partly fueled by the difficulty of actually buying certain pairs at retailers. Demand consistently outpaces supply. Stores like Foot Locker and Champs provide raffle tickets to prospective buyers a few days in advance, and only a select few win the chance to cop the shoes at face value.
After that, the secondary market takes over, where value is formed more by cultural aesthetics than utility. "The sneaker has become the ultimate signifier of one's identity," says Dylan Miner, a Michigan State University professor who has studied modern sneaker culture. And because values are so subjective, it's natural to wonder whether the boom is actually a bubble.
In a few hours, when the vendors begin to pack their unsold goods and the ATM has run out of cash, the laws of economics take hold. Prices drop as sellers hope to clear their stocks before calling it a day.
One young man holds white Foamposites over his head, circling the venue shouting, "Ten-and-a-half on the cheap! Don't sleep, on the cheap!"
A pair of twice-worn Jordan XIs—which had been marked at $450 at the start of the day—go for $280. NetKicks seventh-grader Jake Regino leans back in a folding chair counting out $930 in cash.
As Cordero and Ramos roam the floor, Ramos notes that the kid who bought Cordero's Jordan IIIs is now trying to sell them himself. Ramos jokes that they should try to buy the pair back for $50. Cordero smiles. "The worst thing is if you sell it and then they go out and sell it for more," he says. "But he's not gonna get more than $100. No one's gonna get beat shoes for $100."
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BAYC Members Voice Concerns Regarding $Ape Staking Animoca Brands Responds With New Proposal
After a night of debate at the Bored Ape Yacht Club over $Ape staking, Animoca Brand's Chairman and Ape DAO Board member Yat Sui announced that his company will be making a new proposal that will clarify AIP-4 and AIP-5. As the Bored Ape Gazette previously reported, the first ever voting window for ApeCoin DAO opened yesterday and two of items up for vote are a pair of staking proposals.
The two staking proposals are AIP-4 and AIP-5. These two proposals were put forth by Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands Chairman, Yat Siu, also serves as a Board Member of the Ape Foundation. In the two proposals, Siu and Animoca Brands lay out the staking process and staking pool allocations.
In AIP-4, Animoca explains that the "first step to ApeCoin becoming the preferred token of web3, early NFT adopters and existing and potential ecosystem participants should be incentivized."
In order to incentives participation, Animoca is proposing the creation of four distinct staking reward pools. One for Bored Apes, one for Mutant Apes, one for BAKC dogs and one for $Ape coin.
Unlike traditional staking where holders of an NFT would have to stake their asset, Animoca Brands proposes people stake $ape coin instead.
In AIP-5, Animoca Brands lays out the ApeCoin token allocations for the four staking pools and also the staking pool periods.
Shortly after the voting period opened, long time BAYC members began voicing their concern regarding the two staking proposals.
Many long-time bored apes tweeted that the proposals were vague and raised serious questions regarding how the staking would work.
"Why I'm voting NO to AIP 4 and 5 and why I think this vote is absolutely paramount going forward," BAYC member DFarmer tweeted. "First of all, there's an absolute lack of clarity. These are foundational issues and we need to get it right. The power has been transferred in our hands and it's entirely up to us to not squander it. There's a reason the founders distributed the coin as is: they gave us max decisional power ( within a reasonable setting ) and this WILL get diluted naturally over time: via vesting unlocks, via natural selloff of $APE as some take profits, and 3d party partners jumping onboard and slowly unlocking too. So the time to make great, strong, foundational decision is NOW. If it's "meh", it's a no. If it's unclear, it's a no. We don't throw away what we created with the founders over rushed decisions. Which is a good segway to reason number 2. This is more of a "gut" feeling but it always served me right. I think we defaulted to saying yes because we assume everything is coming from the founders, and they have our best interest at heart. And they do, I agree. But this proposal is pushed by Animoca. It feels like there's an urgency on how fast this unfloded. Clarifications have been asked for days now, but there has been no official response. Almost feels like "stake is gud" crowd started voting yes and they're juuust fine with not clarifying. Hey, I misunderstood this AIP myself at first read! Remember when we asked why we gave the same people all of our very personal information for KYC? Right. you still don't know what it's for. See a pattern here? Nothing against Animoca per se, they are a great company that builds. amazing products, will help Yuga immensely with the Otherside, and is incredibly good at enriching their brand and experiences. So should we. We are creating the foundation of what comes next, and it should be from the bottom up. I won't go too in depth about the tokenomics per se. I think there is a need to clarify and redraft them. I have a massive bag of both $APE and monke NFT's so i think I'm balanced in my personal bias. I absolutely get the need for an $APE staking pool. But not as presented. $APE is a great vehicle for onbarding people, and has a decent shot a becoming THE metaverse currency. In terms of pure mcap, has a very realistic shot of growing larger than Yuga and all the brands themselves, have a life of it's own. On the other hand, that ecosystem, is where it's at, is attractive in the first place, because of the JPG's. Because of every single one of us carrying the torch for the past year. Building and expanding the IP. So yeah, if the incentives don't stay aligned, this falls off at the seams. So yeah we need Ape/Mayc/Bakc pools because that $APE flow keeps alignment ongoing. And if the pools are capped like some are interpreting, then math is just not right. Back to the drawing board. Ape community is so successful because some of the best in the space are carrying it forward. Meh is not acceptable. Purely formal, a nobrainer really: I read so many takes and interpretations my brain hurts. It shouldn't be like that. We shouldn't be voting on anything that is not 100% clear AS WRITTEN. We don't want to be spoonfed or waste time debating. It should be crystal clear."
Followiing DFarmer's twitter thread, the largest BAYC holder Dingaling took to Twitter to echo what Dfarmer wrote. "Was going to write a thread but @OGDfarmer has done a great job here and covers all of my thoughts. We've already defied all odds to get to where we are now. We aren't in any rush, so let's take the time to get it right. My vote is No."
At the time of this articles publication, the AIP-4 is currently in favor with 56.51% of the vote and AIP-5 is currently in favor with 58.95% of the vote.
"40% against (AIP-4) So bullish on $APE that it physically hurts," BAYC member RDM41 tweeted. "This community knows what it wants & that's to build the best possible solution for the long term. Apes drive the #Metaverse and everyone else follows. Let's vote this thing down!"
Following the questions and concerns raised by many bored apes, Animoca Brand's Yat Siu took to Twitter and announced that his company will be putting another proposal up to a community vote.
"@apecoin@BoredApeYC frens first and most importantly we hear you loud and clear, Siu tweeted. "It is difficult to convey over text my emotions but I am both touched, honored and proud of how the community has generally engaged in this discussion #WAGMI #NFT @animocabrands. It is living proof of how the future can be operated by a #DAO at a rate that is faster & better - these discussions are important to have and @apecoinis demonstrating early active engagement on this evolution of how #DAOs might operate in the future. We will make a new proposal in the form of a new AIP very shortly to address the question of the stake-per-NFT (i.e. a cap) for pools 2,3 and 4 a point that was unclear in AIP 4 and 5 which will likely include a community vote on the size of said cap. This would be in addition to AIP 4 & 5 and is only relevant should it be passed (we will get it out before the AIP voting is closed) so that you can make a more informed decision. The proposal was always meant to keep the spirit of @apecoin which means rewarding the legacy of the @BoredApeYC #NFT fam while also being more inclusive to grow the adoption of the $APE community which is why we suggested different pools in an attempt to strike a fair balance. one more thing @animocabrands will not be voting on any of the proposals that we are the proposer of i.e. AIP 4 and 5 and any future ones we may propose #WAGMI."
The Bored Ape Gazette will let you know when Siu and Animoca Brands publish their latest proposal and will continue to follow the $ape votes!
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Algeria condemns in strongest terms terrorist attack on police patrol in Tunisia
APS : Sunday, 12 March 2017
ALGIERS- Algeria has condemned Sunday in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on a police patrol in Kebili, in the south of Tunisia, expressing its solidarity with the Tunisian government and people in their fight against terrorism.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the vile terrorist attack perpetrated Saturday night on a police patrol in Kebili, in the south of Tunisia," affirmed the spokesman of Foreign Affairs Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, in a statement to APS.
"We express our solidarity with the brotherly Tunisian government and people in their determined fight against terrorism and in their struggle to defeat all those who aim at undermining peace, security and stability of Tunisia and impede the democratic process and development in this country," he added.
"We reiterate our firm condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and call on the international community to continue the efforts to combat this phenomenon until its eradication," concluded the spokesman.


The Telescope (lat. Telescopium) is an inconspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere. Only one of its stars in the area of 252 square degree area is brighter than the fourth magnitude.
Telescopium can be seen in summer, preferably in August. The constellation is located south of Sagittarius, between the Corona Australis, Ara and Indus.
After the invention of the telescope, the French astronomer Nicolas de Lacaille named some constellations of the southern hemisphere that had not been recognized before. Unlike the 48 constellations of antiquity, which bear the names of mythological figures, he often used the name of technological novelties for the new constellations. With the "Tubus Astronomicus" he wanted to remember the telescopes of the observatory in Paris.


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Bruce Levenson is an executive officer who has served top managerial positions in companies like Tech Target, Inc., United Communications Group and BIA Digital Partners II, L.P. He has a strong academic background having studied in Washington University and American University.
Bruce Levenson (see, brucelevenson.com) was a principal owner of The Atlanta Hawks Basketball and Entertainment LLC, a firm that was later sold to Ressler Group. On September 13, 2016, Levenson and other former owners of Hawks team, Danny Ferry and Michael Gearon, filed a lawsuit against the New Hampshire Insurance Company for failing to settle a claim that Danny Ferry filed on April 2015.
In the lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, the New Hampshire Insurance Company, also known as AIG, was required to settle the claim as outlined in their policy to the former Hawks leadership team plus a 50% penalty for breach of contract and to cater for attorney fees.
In a PR News report, AHBE alleges that the insurance policy covered all employment malpractices including wrongful termination and workplace torts. Despite AHBE filing the claims, AIG did not respond. A meeting held between Ferry's attorney and the insurance company bore no fruit. This was after the enterprise failed to justify their actions or confirming whether the claim had been triggered.
An attorney representing the trio confirmed that their clients were justified to sue the insurance company since it had acted in bad faith. The attorney argued that the claims were in accordance with the policy cover held by the trio and that the company lacked reasonable grounds to deny settlements of the application.
The lawsuit excludes the current Hawks ownership since the team's ties with the former AHBE ended in 2012 when they sold the company to Ressler Group. The Current Hawks spokesperson also asserted that they could not offer more details and instead the former AHBE group was the right people to address the issue.
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Washington University senior Evan Nagel batted .444 (8-for-18) with four runs scored, four extra-base hits, and seven runs batted in during the Bears' 5-0 week. He posted a .722 slugging percentage and .524 on-base percentage, adding three stolen bases. Nagel scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning and drove in the game-winner in the Bears' 10-inning 4-3 win over host Brandeis University.


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San Antonio FC postpones Switchbacks match due to COVID-19
By Missy Evans On May 20, 2022
Monterey Bay FC Union plays San Antonio FC during a USL Championship soccer match, Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.
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If you think COVID-19 is no longer impacting business as usual, think again. In the midst of a winning season, San Antonio's professional soccer team is being required to put another victory on hold.
On Wednesday, May 18, San Antonio FC announced that its game against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, scheduled for Saturday, May 21, is postponed due to multiple San Antonio footballers testing positive for COVID-19 this week.
"The decision was made for the health and safety of all parties," San Antonio FC shared in a statement on Instagram. "All league, local, and state health and wellness protocols are being followed."
It's probably for the best. There's rain in the forecast.
The choice to cancel the match ultimately came from the USL Championship, the minor league both teams play in. A date for the postponed match has not yet been announced.
"At this time we aren't able to disclose how many players have tested positive, only that it was multiple members of our covered personnel list," Kevin Bass, a spokesperson for San Antonio FC, tells MySA. "We're still working with Colorado Springs and the USL Championship to reschedule the match, but will communicate that information as soon as we have it."
San Antonio FC has an 8-2-0 record in the USL Championship, sitting in second place behind Colorado Springs through 10 games. The highlight of the season thus far was the team's massive victory against Austin FC. The team "smoked" its MLS neighbors to the north, 2-1, on April 20.
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Martin Smolka studied composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and privately with Marek Kopelent. His work has won him recognition both at home and abroad. In 1983 he co-founded Agon, an ensemble specializing in the present and past of the musical avant-garde. He worked as its artistic director and player of prepared piano until 1998. In the course of Agon projects he has worked on realization of graphic scores and concepts, and together with Petr Kofroň published a book and compact disc titled Grafické partitury a koncepty / Graphic Scores and Concepts (Czech-English). Since 2003 he has been teaching composition at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno.
Starting from two differing points, webernism and repetitive music, Smolka reached a certain "concrete sonorism" - he worked with instrumental sounds, that resembled sounds of the environment such as a hooting of boat- and railway-horns, a rumble of machines, a dropping of rain and many others, while these sound memories determined the expression of his music, which was often nostalgic, sometimes grotesque (e.g. the pieces Rain, a window, roofs, chimneys, pigeons and so..., and railway-bridges, too, 1992; Rent a ricercar, 1993, and others). After the year 1998 came a style change out of sonorism to work with pitch, including even the typical elements of tradition such as minor triad or string cantilena, which were deformed by microintervals as well as by collage-structuring (e.g. the quintet Lieder ohne Worte, 1999; Remix, Redream, Reflight for orchestra, 2000; Oh, my admired c minor for ensemble, 2002). Since year 2000 one of the focuses of Smolka's interest has been vocal music and particularly opera (Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews for choir, 2000; Nagano - opera 2001-3; Das schlaue Gretchen - fairy-tale opera for children, 2005). Nagano (opera about ice-hockey), written on commission of National Theatre in Prague, won a national Alfred Radok Prize 2004.
Martin Smolka has written for the most prestigious international festivals, such as Warsaw Autumn, the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Musik-Biennale Berlin, Nov-Antiqua Cologne, Eclat Stuttgart, Bang-on-a-can-Marathon New York, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, musica viva Munich, Velvet Curtain Cracow, Prague Spring Festival, Festival Rümlingen, Klangspuren Schwaz etc., and for other important institutions and performers: French Ministry of Culture for Ensemble 2e2m in Paris, Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart for Neue Vocalsolisten and Arditti Quartet, National Theatre in Prague, Staatstheater Nürnberg. The Agon ensemble has performed his music in many different venues, for example Berliner Festwochen, Budapest Spring Festival, South Bank Centre London, Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Canada, Rotefabrik Zurich, Melos Ethos Bratislava, music festivals in Vilnius, Tallin, Reykjavik, Paris and elsewhere.
Many chamber works have been recorded by Agon for Arta Records and Audio ego. Rain, a window, roofs, chimneys, pigeons and so..., and railway-bridges, too and Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews have been selected by col legno for the yearly published portrait CDs of the Donaueschinger Musiktage. Since 2000 Smolka's scores have been published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden.
Composition of concert pieces and operas is Smolka\'s main occupation, but he also worked as a musical improviser - for the Vizita-Theatre in 1983-86 and 2002-5, for Ivan Vyskočil\'s Kuchyň [Kitchen] in 1988-89 and for the theatrical studio čisté radosti [Pure Joy] from 1994 to 2001. He arranged for and played in the group led by the Chinese singer Feng-jün Song (cd Horská karavana [Mountain Caravan], 2001). He also composed for theatre (e.g. Nachové plachty [Scarlet Sails] of theatre ensemble Forman Brothers) and for film (Vojtěch řečený sirotek [Vojtech, Called the Orphan], dir. Zdeňek Tyc, 1989; Sentiment, dir. Tomáš Hejtmánek, 2002-3; Kousek nebe [The Piece of Heaven], 2005, dir. Petr Nikolaev; Zlatá karta, dir. Petr Nikolaev, 2005). Music for film Kousek nebe was nominated for annual prize of Czech Film Academy 2005.
During last years he has been active as a lecturer about his work, among others at universities and music academies in Montreal, Prague, Brno, Zurich, Winterthur, Würzburg, Katowice, Cracow. He also taught compositions during young composers\' courses in Ostrava, Trstěnice and Český Krumlov. Smolka has been also a member of jury of three competitions for composers: Serocki International Composition Contest organized by Polish section of ISCM (1999), 1st Alexander Moyzes International Competition for Composers (2006) and BMW Kompositionspreise der musica viva (2007).
in HIS
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Haiku-Psalm
for 3 male voices (tenor, baritone, bass), 3 trombones and 2 resonance pianos (without pianists) 2007
Imaginary Sonata
for chamber orchestra and girl's choir 1989
In The Gorge
for cello solo 2009
Lamento metodico
for solo accordion 2006
lay, wail, purr, whirr, smooth, whoop, soothe (and this also is vanity)
for violin, piano and lighting 2016
Like Ella 2018
for trombone and ensemble 1997
Maria je 2022
Mushrooms and Heaven
for string quartet, singing violinist (alto) 2000
Music Sweet Music
for soprano and ensemble 1985
opera in three periods and overtime 2003
version for 4 same saxophones 2002
Pianissimo, the version for 4 trumpets
Quod licet bovi
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tenor saxophone and French horn 1983
Rain, a window, roofs, chimneys, pigeons and so ... and railway-bridges, too
a piece for wind octet and other instruments 1992
Rent a Ricercar
for ensemble 1993
for solo percussion 1989
Satieburger, for chamber ensemble
Sezname, otevři se!
spoken opera 2013
for 2 pianos 2007
Show records 61 - 80 from 89.
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Jeremiah Lee, designer of the award-winning Zombie In my Pocket, is back at it with a fast-playing, zombie-themed game.
Zombie House Blitz is a fast-paced 2-4 player card game, in which players are trying to evacuate a house of 10 people during an invasion of zombie hordes. Each player has their own deck of cards, and are trying to help the people in their house to escape, all the while being attacked by zombies, AND having other players jump in their escape vehicles, leaving no room for them.
My first look at it reminds me (Jeremiah) of a game that some friends and I play called NERTS, which is basically Solitaire with multiple people, and everyone can use your aces in the middle of the table to play their cards and vice versa. We've played NERTS (I have no idea why it's called that) with everyone from teenagers to some of our regular party game type friends.
Zombie House Blitz puts a fun, themed spin on the game and gives you the color-coordinated decks so you're not searching for four different decks of playing cards.
It's important to note that this game is NOT going to be brought to market through the Kickstarter campaign. Their goal is to simply produce as many copies of the game as are purchased via backing the game, so if you want this one, you're going to have to back it!
The campaign is about halfway to being successful and you can get in and get your copy of Zombie House Blitz for $18. It looks like some pretty sweet stretch goals are going to be put in place as well, including hitting "like" milestones on Facebook to unlock "trick taking rules"!
You can find the campaign here, with lots of videos and images, including a gameplay explanation.


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Dartmouth develops website on global menstrual health
April 3, 2019 GMT
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College has developed a website to provide information about global menstrual health.
The site, which debuted Tuesday, provides educators, entrepreneurs and nonprofit groups with a central place to tap into existing educational resources and connect with other in-country and global organizations.
In the United States and other countries, advocates are working to ensure that girls and women are getting affordable access to feminine hygiene products in schools and other institutions.
Daniel Benjamin of Dartmouth's Dickey Center for International Understanding said it's a project that aims to promote human dignity.
Deborah Jordan Brooks, project leader of the site, the International Menstrual Health Entrepreneurship Roundup, is scheduled to testify Wednesday at the Statehouse on a bill requiring feminine hygiene products in school restrooms.
International Menstrual Health Entrepreneurship Roundup: https://imher.net/


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Instagram eyes college students with a new feature just for them
by Kaya Yurieff @kyurieff August 24, 2018: 5:24 PM ET
This Instagram star isn't real, but brands don't seem to care
Instagram hopes to lure more college students to the platform with a feature that makes it easy to connect with classmates.
The company, which is owned by Facebook, confirmed on Friday that it is testing a tool that allows students to join a virtual community of peers and exchange direct messages with them.
People must opt-in to the test, and they are free to accept or ignore messages from anyone they don't follow, or even block them entirely.
Instagram's announcement comes four days after dating app Tinder rolled out Tinder U, an iOS-only feature that allows users to limit their search to classmates or nearby campuses.
Tinder said it designed the tool for more than romance; students can use to make friends or find a study buddy, too.
Related: Instagram Stories is twice as popular as Snapchat
Both Tinder and Facebook (FB) started on college campuses, so it's not surprising to see them tapping their roots and trying to attract the coveted Gen Z demographic.
Tinder's new feature connects students at their school and campuses close by.
"Today, more than half of our users are between the ages of 18 and 24," Brian Norgard, chief product officer at Tinder, said in a statement. "With Tinder U, we're excited to honor our roots with a new experience that helps students meets other students nearby."
Instagram in particular has made an effort to attract younger users. It regularly cribs from Snapchat's most popular features, adding facial filters and Stories, its name for photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
The app has provided some good news for Facebook as it faces scrutiny from lawmakers and backlash from users concerned about privacy and the Cambridge Analytica debacle.
Instagram's continued popularity has helped offset slowing growth for Facebook, which saw stagnating, or even receding, numbers of daily users in the US and other developed markets, according to its most recent earnings report.


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Uee plays haughty swimming champion in new TV rom-com
In the new tvN miniseries "Hogoo's Love," girl group After School member Uee takes on the role of Do Do-hee, a beautiful but haughty it-girl and national swimming champion.
Known for her long legs and glamorous body, Uee recently appeared in the reality show "Law of the Jungle."
"Hogoo" is her first TV drama lead since 2013, in which she played orphan Kim Baek-won in "Golden Rainbow."
Uee of girl group After School poses during a press conference for the new tvN miniseries "Hogoo's Love" in Seoul on Thursday. (Yoon Byung-chan/The Korea Herald)
"I have never sworn this much before in my life," she said on her role as the boisterous queen bee. "I'm so immersed in my character, I find myself yelling 'Get out of my way!' and being really outspoken even in real life. It's such a stress release!"
The role, Uee said, is perfect for her in more ways than one.
"As many of you may know, I was an actual swimmer in high school, so I'm happy to be able to show off my swimming skills on television," she said Thursday in a press conference for the show.
New to the TV scene, actor Choi Woo-shik portrays Kang Hogoo, the ultimate "nice guy" who has never been on a date in his life and is head over heels in love with the unattainable Do-hee.
"I very strongly pushed for this chance," Choi said on landing his first lead TV role. "It felt like a piece of clothing that fit me perfectly, and I just knew I could do it justice."
Hogoo, whose name literally means "pushover," by no means boasts chiseled looks or sophisticated manners. He is, however, sweet, considerate, and endearingly clueless, and an unexpected friendship blossoms between him and Do-hee throughout the series.
"Playing the lovable buffoon is my specialty and my greatest strength," Choi said with a broad, playful grin. "I'm sure our show will be every bit as fun as it was making it."
Ballad group 2AM's Lim Seul-ong will be starring as Byun Gang-chul, the handsome and intelligent lawyer ― in short, the complete opposite of Hogoo.
Based on a webtoon series under the same name by Yoo Hyun-sook, the 16-part drama delves into the winner-loser dynamic that tends to develop in romantic relationships. It will air Mondays and Tuesdays at 11 p.m. starting Feb. 9
By Rumy Doo (bigbird@heraldcorp.com)
[Lee Kyong-hee] Sincerity can close 'comfort women' case
[Editorial] Risky response


Much of the variance observed in the functional niche-space of plants can be explained by light. Despite the long-established and well-studied roles of light in plant ecology, Keenan and Niinemets1 highlight potential biases in studies of the global spectrum of leaf form and function that may arise through neglect of standardized light measurements. To correct for these biases, the authors advocate several important modifications in the procedures for sampling and reporting leaf functional data. Below, we expand upon some of these recommendations and highlight other sources of error in estimates of the leaf economics spectrum.
We agree with Keenan and Niinemets (1) that studies investigating functional plant ecology should report some level of light exposure associated with trait data. While photon-flux density or canopy density estimates (e.g., from hemispherical photography) is ideal, these measurements may be prohibitive at times due to cost and/or feasibility (e.g. it can be extremely difficult to take measurements over mature canopy trees). However, crown illumination indices (CIIs) require no special equipment and are reasonably correlated with estimates of light exposure derived from hemispherical photography (2). Future meta-analyses amalgamating CII and trait data would inevitably suffer from inter-observer error, and additional error would be introduced through different methods of CII estimation (namely the number illumination categories). Therefore, we propose that ecologists use the 7 categorical light classes used by Clark and Clark (4) as the standard for quantifying light exposure when more sophisticated quantifications are unavailable.
Standard protocol for measurements of leaf traits generally calls for sampling of fully sun-exposed leaves. Sampling sun leaves from tall canopies can be difficult and the failure to properly sample fully-exposed canopy leaves has potentially introduced considerable error in estimates of leaf form and function, particularly for tropical forests (1). Canopy sampling techniques have traditionally relied on shotguns, which often require hard-to-obtain ammunition and permits. Until terrestrial laser technology and radiative transfer modeling become more accessible, some sampling constraints may be removed through the use of low-tech methods. Although infrequently reported in the literature, slingshots are commonly used in arboriculture for canopy-ascension and provide a less-invasive and more precise method for sampling canopies compared to shotguns. More specifically, slingshots can be used to position weighted lines over small branches with fully sun-exposed leaves, which can then be harvested with the aid of serrated wires or modified chainsaw chains. Since slingshots can reliably reach heights up to approximately 50m, they are suitable for sampling all but the very tallest forest canopies.
Standard sampling protocol also calls for recently matured leaves. As leaves age, they can undergo marked changes in traits such as leaf mass area and photosynthetic rate (5). It is also common for old leaves to develop epiphylls, which influence host leaf physiology through light preemption (6) and nutrient leaching (7). However, without previous information regarding phenology, determining which leaves are newly matured is inherently subjective. Assuming that studies have accurately sampled leaves with the same relative development, measurements of leaf traits are still likely to misrepresent the majority of leaves in a given canopy because newly matured leaves may be proportionally rare compared to all leaves in the canopy.
When scaled up from individuals, unrepresentative measurements in leaf traits due to shading and age may result in gross stoichiometric miscalculations at the global level. For now, the implications of Keenan and Niinemets' findings suggest that studies based on the reported global spectrum of leaf form and function may require some re-evaluation. We propose that increased use of CIIs, improved sampling techniques, and more detailed study of the within-canopy and age-related trait variation are effective ways to correct the observed bias in the leaf economics spectrum.
1.Keenan, T. F. & Niinemets, Ü. Nat. Plants 16201, 1020–1029 (2016).
2.Keeling, H. C. & Phillips, O. L.. For. Ecol. Manage. 242, 431–437 (2007).
3.Jennings, S. B., Brown, N. D. & Sheil, D. Forestry 72, 59–73 (1999).
4.Clark, D. A. & Clark, D. B. Ecol. Monogr. 62, 315–344 (1992).
5.Kitajima, K., Mulkey, S. S. Am. J. Bot. 89, 1925–1932 (2002).
6.Anthony, P. A., Holtum, J. A. M. & Jackes, B. R. Funct. Ecol. 16, 808–816 (2002).
7.Wanek, W. & Pörtl, K. New Phytol. 166, 577–588 (2005).


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Sowetskoje wojennoje obosrenije () war eine sowjetische illustrierte militärpolitische Monatszeitschrift des Verteidigungsministeriums der UdSSR, die von 1965 bis 1989 im Verlag Krasnaja swesda (Красная звезда, "Roter Stern") in Russisch, Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch, Portugiesisch, Arabisch und Dari-Persisch veröffentlicht wurde.

Geschichte
1964 beauftragte das Zentralkomitee der KPdSU das Verteidigungsministerium der UdSSR und die Politische Direktion der Roten Armee und der Roten Marine (Главное политическое управление Советской армии и Военно-морского флота), eine gedruckte Veröffentlichung in Fremdsprachen zur Berichterstattung über die Aktivitäten der KPdSU und der Regierung der Sowjetunion zu Fragen der militärischen Entwicklung, Geschichte und Kampferfahrung der Streitkräfte der UdSSR, Errungenschaften der sowjetischen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Technologie und Kultur zu schaffen.

1965 erschienen die ersten Ausgaben der Zeitschrift auf Englisch und Französisch: "Soviet Military Review" und "Revue Militaire Sovietique". Ab September 1971 gab es eine Ausgabe in Arabisch, ab 1972 auf Spanisch, ab 1978 auf Russisch, für ausländische Absolventen militärischer Bildungseinrichtungen der UdSSR, die im Ausland leben und die Kenntnisse der russischen Sprache beibehalten wollten. Ab 1979 erschien das Magazin in portugiesischer Sprache, ab 1983 in Dari-Persisch.

Die Zeitschrift wurde den Abonnenten sowohl per internationaler Post als auch über militärische Kanäle zugestellt: Sie wurde an Militärattaches in sowjetischen Botschaften, an Gruppen sowjetischer Militärberater und Spezialisten im Ausland sowie an offizielle sowjetische Militärdelegationen im Ausland versandt.

In den 1980er Jahren wurde das Magazin in 110 Ländern auf der ganzen Welt vertrieben. Die Redaktion bestand aus 72 Mitarbeitern, zur Redaktion gehörten 6 Auslandsredaktionen, ein Fotolabor, ein Sekretariat, ein Schreibmaschinenbüro und ein Büro.

Im Dezember 1989 wurde die Redaktion der Zeitschrift aufgelöst.

Chefredakteure
 1965–1967: Oberst Pjotr Michailowitsch Derewjanko (Пётр Михайлович Деревянко)
 1967–1977: Oberst Anatoli Petrowitsch Korkeschkin (Анатолий Петрович Коркешкин)
 1977–1982: Generalmajor Walentin Dmitrijewitsch Kutschin (Валентин Дмитриевич Кучин), Arabist, Kandidat der philosophischen Wissenschaften.
 1982–1986: Kapitän des 1. Ranges Nikolai Iwanowitsch Tschitschatschow (Николай Иванович Чихачёв), Kandidat der Geschichtswissenschaften, Professor
 1986–1989: Oberst Nikolai Timofejewitsch Welikanow (Николай Тимофеевич Великанов)

Quellen
 Soviet military review  WorldCat.org
 «Советское военное обозрение» (Soviet military review) auf der Website des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums
 «Советское военное обозрение»: уникальное издание для иностранцев (1965–1989) "Sowjetische Militärzeitschrift": eine einzigartige Publikation für Ausländer (1965–1989)

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Anmerkungen

Ersterscheinung 1965
Mehrsprachige Zeitschrift
Russischsprachige Zeitschrift
Englischsprachige Zeitschrift
Französischsprachige Zeitschrift
Spanischsprachige Zeitschrift
Portugiesischsprachige Zeitschrift
Arabischsprachige Zeitschrift
Internationale Zeitschrift
Militär (Sowjetunion)
Militärische Fachzeitschrift

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Nexans renews a revolving credit facility worth 600 million euros
On December 14th 2015, Nexans signed a € 600 million Revolving Credit Facility with 11 of its core banks for a period of five years, thereby extending the tenor of the Group's access to liquidity until 2020.
Nexans to increase wind power potential in Romania
EnergoBit S.A.'s 30MW Babadag III Wind Farm in Romania will transmit energy to the grid using 140km of Nexans' high temperature conductor cables and accessories.
Superconducting Power Grids – A step forward in energy transition
On 7th December, Nexans will look at the role of superconductivity in providing reliable and energy-efficient solutions to integrate renewable power generation while reducing carbon footprint, with inputs from leading experts from industry and academics.
Nexans preparing for amendment to EN 50575
The European Commission (EC) has announced an amendment to EN 50575 which will result in delayed implementation of Construction Product Regulations (CPR) for cables.
Antitrust investigation update
Paris, November 3, 2015 - Nexans announces that the investigation by the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division into the submarine and underground power cable industry, previously disclosed by Nexans, has been closed without prosecution or sanction against any Nexans group company.
Nexans sells its Argentinean activities to a local player
Nexans announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Argentinean operations and expects to close this transaction by the end of November 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.
BienVEnu: An innovative Smart City project to encourage deployment of electric vehicles (EV) in collective housing
Project BienVEnu for EV charging in collective housing was launched today by project coordinator ERDF and seven partners, including CentraleSupélec, G2Mobility, MOPeasy, Nexans, Park'N'Plug, Tetragora, and Trialog.
2015 Third-Quarter Financial Information
Today, Nexans announced its sales for the third quarter of 2015.
Nexans cables to power Brazil's new generation tramway
Brazil's first modern tramway is to benefit from enhanced reliability thanks to a partnership between Nexans and Alstom.
2015 First-Half Results
Paris, July 29, 2015 – The Nexans Board of Directors meeting chaired by Frédéric Vincent on July 28, 2015 approved the Group's condensed consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2015.
Europe's largest solar farm to be connected with Nexans' photovoltaic cables
Nexans has been awarded a contract by Eiffage Energie on behalf of Clemessy to supply specialized photovoltaic cables and power cables for the Cestas solar farm in France
Decision not to issue a bond due to the volatility and the pricing conditions prevailing in the market
Considering the volatility and the pricing conditions prevailing in the market, Nexans has today decided not to proceed with a debt capital markets transaction at this point.
Not for distribution directly or indirectly in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan / Bond issue project
Nexans has today launched the process of roadshow meetings with fixed income investors and, subject to market conditions, a bond issue may follow.
Mixed Shareholders' Meeting held on May 5, 2015
Paris, May 5, 2015 – Nexans Mixed Shareholders', held on May 5, 2015 approved all the twenty-nine resolutions proposed to the shareholders by the Board of Directors.
2015 First-Quarter Financial Information
Today, Nexans announced first-quarter 2015 sales of 1,601 million euros at current metal prices (versus 1,560 million euros in the first three months of 2014). At constant metal prices, first quarter sales came in at 1,172 million euros, representing year-on-year organic growth of 1.8%.
Nexans' temporary site cables reduce disconnecting times
Temporary site cables are custom-made, quick-connectable cables for temporary use in the high-voltage network, for example, during repair work on overhead lines or in transformer stations when converting networks.
Shanghai's intra-city underground cable network to be reinforced with Nexans' Extra High Voltage cables
The extension of Shanghai's state power grid will be supported by a new 500 kV XLPE cable system to be supplied by Nexans.
Nexans' 2014 Registration Document - Mixed Shareholders' Meeting of May 5, 2015
The 2014 Registration document has been filed with the AMF on March 27, 2015 - The Mixed Shareholders' Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 5, 2015.
Elia selects Nexans' proven cable expertise for Stevin project to reinforce Belgium's high voltage grid.
Elia, the Belgian Transmission System Operator (TSO), will rely on Nexans extra-high voltage cable systems for the major Stevin project to reinforce Belgium's high voltage power grid.
Nexans equips Bombardier's Queensland trains with FLAMEX® range cables
Regional trains in Australia will rely on Nexans cables after Bombardier Transportation awarded a contract for the Queensland New Generation Rollingstock Project.
Nexans launches online substances tracker to ensure REACh compliance
Nexans' customers will now get access to up to date regulatory information on Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) through a new online tool: Nexans Tracker.
2014 Full-Year Results
Paris, February 13, 2015 – Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014, as approved on February 12, 2015 by the Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent.
ENERGINET.DK chooses Nexans aluminium XLPE cables
Denmark's Kriegers Flak offshore windfarm is to be securely connected to the national grid with Nexans' 400 kV aluminium XLPE cables.
NordLink HVDC interconnector between Norway and Germany will use Nexans' subsea power cables
The Norwegian and German power grids will be able to share green energy directly for the first time thanks to Nexans submarine HVDC (high voltage direct current) cables to be installed as part of the NordLink project.
Results of impairment tests of certain assets for the financial year 2014
Recognition of an impairment of € 197 million (with no cash impact)


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