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Larry Summers: Reagan's Tax Plan Was Better Than Trump's
By Lynn Parramore
Dec 20, 2017 |	Finance
Summers discusses inequality, the GOP tax plan, and our economic future
Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard, Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and the Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama, recently joined the Institute for New Economic Thinking for a discussion on secular stagnation— the idea that we may have slower economic growth in the future than we've come to expect. In the following conversation, he weighs in on inequality, how an aging population impacts our economic future, and why Reagan's tax plan was actually better than Trump's.
Lynn Parramore: You've been critical of President Trump's approach to economic policy, most recently his tax plan which you've criticized on your blog. What do you think would work better to improve the economy and why?
Larry Summers: As I've written, I think something more in the tradition of 1986 [the bipartisan Tax Reform Act of 1986 under President Reagan] would have been a better approach. It would not be based on increasing the budget deficit, changing the distribution towards those at the top, or opening up new shelter opportunities for corporations.
LP: How do you assess the ongoing debate about the "New Normal," also known as "secular stagnation," i.e. the notion that future economic growth may fall short of what we're accustomed to? Despite recent optimism about a strong economy, do you accept that the rate of growth has slowed? If so, what do you see as the causes?
LS: The basic demographic arithmetic is that the adult population is going to grow much more slowly than it has historically. Essentially, that makes it inevitable that there will be slower GDP growth, even if productivity growth continues at its normal rate—and recent evidence suggests that productivity growth is running somewhat slower than historical norm. In any event, there's more risk of downturns being protracted than has been true historically because of the "zero lower bound" [policymakers tend to keep short-term interest rates from going below zero].
LP: You've recently written about the broken link between pay and worker productivity. What responses might help realign them?
LS: I think it's important to understand that contrary to what some people believe, marginal changes in productivity actually do produce increases in wages. So the suggestion that it's not worth focusing on productivity because it doesn't have much impact wages is, I think, a misguided one. I think strengthening labor market institutions like unions is important. I think combating monopoly power is important. And I think a commitment to run a high-pressure economy where there are more issues of firms not finding workers than there are workers not finding jobs is also important. All of these things are important.
LP: Could low wages negatively impact productivity instead of just being the result of a slower-growing economy?
LS: I think there may be some effects of those kinds. There are "efficiency wage" types of effects: when wages are lower, workers are likely to be less motivated in a variety of respects and they may put forth less effort. They may also have more tendencies to turn over because there are also effects where when wages are higher, firms go to more efforts to mechanize and to find technologies to conserve on labor income. So I'm sure that levels of wages do have an impact on productivity.
LP: There's currently a debate on how close we are to full employment, which has major implications for Federal Reserve policy. How close do you think we are? And since vast numbers of people have left the labor force, what do we do about them, like those caught up in the opioid epidemic?
LS: I think we're obviously closer to full employment than we have been historically. There is some evidence that there's room for participation to increase and that means there may be some scope for drawing more people into the labor market by increasing aggregate demand, and that is an important set of policy issues. I think we probably need a range of structural policies to reduce dependence on disability insurance and to help combat opioids.
LP: You have expressed concern that upward mobility is decreasing in the U.S. and that educational institutions are hindering mobility. What can they do to create opportunities for low-income students to succeed? Any role for tax policy?
LS: I think the kind of effort that has been made over time to increase racial diversity needs to be made to support economic diversity. We need to do much more to draw kids in whose parents didn't go to college and to draw kids in from the lower parts of the income distribution. That's not just a matter of providing financial aid, that's a matter of creating a more welcoming environment. That's a matter of adjusting admissions policies as well. There may be a role for tax credits, but I think of it as more something that needs to be done at the level of individual institutions.
Lynn Parramore
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Si-He Village dates back to the Song Dynasty and is known as the home of the celebrated poet Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), famous for his ode to the Lotus flower. This village is an ideal site to promote waterway revitalization by making space for the retention and temporal storage of water. The restoration of the canal system also offers opportunities for a better water quality. In addition to revitalizing the blue-green corridors, this village has significant potential for tourism development.
The oldest part of Si-He Village has a close relation to the meandering river. Until a few decades ago, the village was completely surrounded by water. The rivers and waterways and the paths on the banks of those rivers and waterways were the dominant infrastructure for transport. Subsequent extensions of the village started in rectangular patches with small neighbourhoods parallel to the river. Two roads on 150-200 meter distance from either side of the river were built to improve accessibility. Further and more urban and denser extensions of Si-He Village were built on agricultural lands along and connected to the two new roads. During the past years more and more houses were built in and around Si-He Village. The few open spaces that were left gradually were filled with new houses and moreover, with extensions of existing houses.
In this process of spontaneous and unplanned urbanisation open surface was turned into stone, tarmac and concrete surfaces. More significantly, the delicate water system with ditches, creeks, canals and reservoirs, typical for the area, disappeared as they made place for housing, roads and parking space. This process of intensification and densification also indirectly resulted in increasing seasonal flooding of villages nearby.
In the wet season of 2013 the Shan Nan region was twice severely struck by heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding. The images of submerged villages, similar to Si-He and Hua-Yao, and helicopters dropping food and drinking water for the inhabitants standing on rooftops were published in news bulletins, newspapers and websites all over the world. In order to prevent or to mitigate future flooding of villages like Si-He and Hua-Yao, it is highly recommendable, if not imperative, to make space for primary and secondary water retention and storage. Primary water retention takes care of the every day water storage. For this purpose water reservoirs need to be dredged on a regular basis and even reconnected and extended. Places for secondary water retention are lower lying and green areas where in the wet season the surplus of rainwater can be stored temporarily.
In the case of Si-He Village, water retention can be combined with an upgrade of the village and the restoration and recovery of the riverbed, waterways and reservoirs. The older parts of Si-He Village and the first extensions and the in-filled open spaces are most derelict, underused and now standing on land reclaimed from former water surface. Upgrading Si-He Village also means cleaning up the built environment and making space for water storage. Apart from extending the capacity of water storage, the water also needs to become cleaner and green areas need to become more attractive and more natural to enhance recreation and wildlife.
There are many motives to choose for an integrated approach that enhances the water retention and, at the same time, improves the quality and the cultural identity of the village and the public and green spaces. If it is done in an attractive way that has a focus on heritage, eco-friendly environment, education and local cuisine, Si-He may attract visitors and day-trippers from nearby cities and tourists that may become a source of income for the inhabitants of Si-He Village.
A positive side effect of the upgrading of Si-He Village is that by clearing out some of the derelict first extensions and in-filled open spaces the continuous open and green area along the renovated rivers and waterways is defining a new and highly attractive urban quality in the area. This is based on the combination of the preservation of historic settlements, landscape development and the recreation of sense of place in these areas. More importantly, over the years houses and real estate in and along this area will increase in value, thus creating a situation that is worthwhile protecting and maintaining and for future investments.


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The new SQL Server 2016 enables you to create intelligent applications in a secure database platform, on-site or via a cloud server.
You can deliver insights online or offline, on any device, so you can turn your data into feasible insights.
Compared to the 2014 version, the SQL Server 2016 provides enhanced memory performance, with foreign keys supported and better column store indexes.
Tables can now store up to 2TB of data, whereas the 2014 version only supported up to 256GB. This is a substantial improvement for sure. Moreover, with in-memory OLTP, you can perform transactions up to 30 times faster and cut your queries from minutes to seconds.
Encryption has never been more important – both for businesses and consumers. Each year, increasing numbers of data breaches affect some of the world's largest companies. There you would expect large investment in cyber security already in place. Microsoft has helped by introducing the Always Encrypted feature. This means all data remains encrypted when it is in use in the database, as well as, at rest or in transit.
The SQL Server 2016 is capable of providing row-level security (RLS), which was absent in previous databases. It allows multiple access levels for different sections of a table. SQL Server 2016 also supports Java Script Object Notation (JSON), allowing JSON data placed into tables quickly.
You won't have to move your data when performing operational analytics in real-time, nor make time-consuming application changes. User will also benefit from comprehensive mobile reports, modern data visualizations, and 250+ built-in analytical functions for greater flexibility. A competent Microsoft database developer will be able to integrate SQL Server 2016 with your pre-existing platforms.
Its ability to deliver detailed mobile insights is a huge improvement. Now you can now access reports on any device offering, which means you get end-to-end mobile Business Intelligence (BI). Another benefit is a consistent experience across all platforms, so whether your data is stored on premise, in the cloud, or in Microsoft Azure, you will be able to access it with ease.
Microsoft's Hadoop feature has been greatly improved in this version, with better functionality and data processing. Users can store huge amounts of data with ease and process large text files more effectively by keeping them in the Hadoop or Azure Blob Storage. SQL Server 2016 is half the cost of Oracle's Exadata, meaning you can save money and improve your customers' experience simultaneously.
In the past, many companies had difficulties in adjusting to the latest query optimizer when they upgraded to a new version of the SQL Server. Fortunately, with the new Query Store you can keep a record of all query execution plans and monitor their performance. That means you can move to an older plan if it performed better than the new query.
There's no getting away from it: Microsoft wants you to cut down on your storage so it can cut down on its processing costs. However, with the Stretch Database feature, you'll be able to move some or all of your tables to an Azure SQL Database, Moreover, with this feature you'll be able to identify which tables are in Azure and which are on your own server.
One of the biggest advantages of the new database is that you can carry out in-database advanced analytics. For instance, you can use 'R' services directly within SQL Server, so data doesn't need to be moved for analysis. This provides significant time savings and require fewer IT support technicians in-house.
Karen Harding is the marketing manager at Objective IT, one of the South East's leading web and software development companies.
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Plastic pollution is on the agenda this week at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, after the United Kingdom partnered with Pacific island nation Vanuatu to establish the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance.
Britain, which is co-chairing the event with Vanuatu, will ask Commonwealth nations to follow the UK's lead in banning microbeads and slashing the number of single use plastic bags.
Sri Lanka joins Commonwealth alliance to fight against plastic pollution Sun, Apr 15, 2018, 09:19 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
It was also confirmed that from later in 2018, the Department for International Development will match public donations to tackle the issue of plastic waste in the world's oceans and rivers, "in recognition of the passionate response of the United Kingdom public to the issue".
Environment Secretary Michael Gove commented: "When it comes to our seas and oceans, the challenge is global so the answer must be too".
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COVID-19: Guidance for ASCs on Necessary Surgeries
In response to government guidance that hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers postpone elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has consulted with clinical leaders to solicit recommendations on how and when facilities should proceed with cases that, for clinical reasons, should not be postponed. A surgery may be deemed urgent and necessary if the treating physician decides that a months-long delay would increase the likelihood of significantly worse morbidity or prognosis for the patient.
First and foremost, if a procedure can be safely postponed without additional significant risk to the patient, it should be delayed until after the pandemic. The current and ongoing efforts to isolate our population and create social distancing are essential steps in saving lives by shortening and ultimately ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of patients, along with preventing the spread of COVID-19, must be our highest priority. We concur with the American College of Surgeons that "the risk to the patient should include an aggregate assessment of the real risk of proceeding and the real risk of delay, including the expectation that a delay of 6–8 weeks or more may be required to emerge from an environment in which COVID-19 is less prevalent."
Physicians should engage with patients and families to make care decisions that minimize potential risks to patients while ensuring they receive necessary care that cannot be safely delayed. Physicians should consider the potential of post-surgical complications that could place stress on the local hospital that may lack capacity for transfers. To that end, facilities should reach out to local hospitals to establish a line of communication that ensures coordination in managing care during the pandemic.
In addition, ASCs should develop explicit controls on how to manage the infection risks of all non-patient visitors (patient caregivers, vendors, contractors, etc.) who present themselves inside the facility and should strictly prohibit all non-essential visitors. Additional social distancing policies should be employed.
Examples of cases that might still need to proceed with surgery at this time include:
Acute infection
Acute trauma that would significantly worsen without surgery
Potential malignancy
Uncontrollable pain that would otherwise require a hospital admission
A condition where prognosis would significantly worsen with a delay in treatment
Also, ambulatory surgery centers need to be prepared for the possibility that the pandemic may proceed to a point that strains the system such that hospitals will need to shift necessary surgeries to ASCs and/or ASCs and their resources will be required to serve the communities and the healthcare system in a different capacity. Additional guidance from regulatory agencies would govern those situations.
Finally, facilities need to recognize that the pandemic and its impact could create situations when ASCs may need to shut down, such as:
When a patient, staff or physician who has been in the ASC is suspected or subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19
When there is a significant shortage of PPE (masks, gowns, gloves, etc.) that prevents safe practice of surgical cases
Clearly, this is an evolving situation and the coming days and weeks will present different challenges for health care facilities, such as ASCs, to grapple with as the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course. As they occur, the ambulatory surgery community will continue to work with federal, state and local health policy leaders to protect and preserve the health of the public during this crisis.
About the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is the national membership association that represents ambulatory surgery centers and provides advocacy and resources to assist members in delivering high-quality, cost-effective ambulatory surgery to all the patients they serve. To learn more, visit ASCA and Advancing Surgical Care. For media inquiries, write Kay Tucker or call 703.636.0491.

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Hampton Inn Atlanta-North Druid Hills
1975 North Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 USA
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If you're looking for a great hotel just outside of Metro Atlanta that's still close to everything, we think you'll love the Hampton Inn hotel in Atlanta-North Druid Hills. It's conveniently located just a half-mile off I-85 at the North Druid Hills Exit, a mere five miles outside of downtown Atlanta and just two miles outside of Buckhead, Georgia. At our hotel, you're just minutes away from great attractions including the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum, the Atlanta History Center, the Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design, the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and much more, including the Georgia Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola Pavilion! The Phipps Plaza and Lenox Mall are three miles away and if you're here to visit Emory University, it's four miles away. The hotel features 110 rooms, outdoor pool, fitness room, and a boardroom for up to 8 people. The Hampton Inn Atlanta hotel amenities include complimentary hot buffet breakfast, local calls, WiFi access, hair dryer and TV with cable. Hampton Inn Atlanta-North Druid Hills also offers connecting rooms, cribs, irons, and refrigerator/microwaves in all rooms. This Hampton Inn hotel has laundry/valet services and a small meeting facility available for a nominal fee. Whatever brings you to this vibrant area, welcome to the Hampton Inn hotel in Atlanta-North Druid Hills. We love having you here at the Hampton Inn Atlanta-North Druid Hills hotel in Georgia.
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I have wrapped up two bikes in the past week. The first was the track bike. Originally I had just gotten the frame powder coated white, but deciding later to add some color to the frame I decided to paint some classic red stripes on it.
The other frame I have been working on is a touring bike for my Dad. He is turning 60 and I wanted to build him something pretty nice. This particiluar fame was a little different as not only was I building the frame and fork but also the front and rear pannier racks.
Those racks took almost as long as the whole bike took, though they were some great practice and look really good on the bike. Also, if I know my dad, if he was ever to buy some racks they would be some cheap alluminum. These racks are 4130 cromolly (like all my frames) and built very strong. Also, they weigh about the same as some of the alluminum ones.
This touring bike gave me the opportunity to try out some new stuff that I had not previously had any experience with. The first was cantilever brake mounts. Not too complicated, they gave me the opportunity to build a jig that would place them at the optimal distance apart as well as the correct possition along the seat stays and fork legs.
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Q721 Summary
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FBI Catalogue Miscellaneous
FBI preliminary tape identification note: One Scotch C-90/ (illegible line) in envelope
Date cues on tape: Likely December 1977 (one month after Charles Garry's November 1977 statement that he has been to paradise, commercials for Christmas)
People named:
Public figures/National and international names:
Richard Nixon, former U.S. President
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, religious leader
Shirley MacLaine, American actress
Charles Garry, Temple attorney
Phil Tracy, investigative reporter for New West
Ronn Owens, KGO radio host (speaks)
Larry Houghton (likely a producer at KGO)
Temple adversaries; members of Concerned Relatives:
Sherwin Harris (speaks)
Sandy Rozynko (speaks)
Neva Sly (speaks)
Marvin Swinney (speaks)
Mickey Touchette (speaks)
Jonestown residents:
Liane Harris (by reference)
Marceline Jones
Annie Joyce Rozynko (by reference)
Christian Rozynko (by reference)
Michael Rozynko (by reference)
Mark Sly
Helen Swinney (by reference)
Cleave Swinney (by reference)
Timothy Swinney (by reference)
Donald Swinney (by reference)
Jackie Swinney (by reference)
Joyce Touchette (by reference)
Touchette family (by reference)
Bible verses cited: None
A month after Peoples Temple attorney Charles Garry was on a morning radio program in San Francisco – during which time he described Jonestown as a paradise – the program host interviews an ex-member of the Temple who has relatives in Guyana. The host, Ronn Owens, refers to the different perspective "as kind of a point–counterpoint to Charles Garry." During the call-in portion during the second half of the program, several other former members call in. Like Marvin Swinney, the show's main guest, they are all critical of Jim Jones and concerned about the welfare of their relatives.
Swinney begins by specifically challenging Garry's description of Jonestown as paradise. He talks about Temple members being overworked, underfed, and beaten, just as he was beaten before he left the Temple. He also speaks about the difficulties he and his wife had in the first weeks after defecting, of being harassed and threatened, of being denied access to their son who had remained with the Temple, of the late night phone calls and visits from Temple members. "It's not easy to become an ex-member," he says.
He says there is no formal organization to help disaffected members who leave, although there is a support system.
One recurring theme – both in this program and apparently from the call-in portion of the previous interview with Charles Garry – is the difficulty which most family members have in getting it touch with their relatives. Despite Garry's protests to the contrary, attempts to place calls to Guyana through his office or at the Temple itself are met with excuses of priority radio traffic, sunspots, bad weather conditions, anything that prevents the relatives from getting through. "Yeah, I could understand it, if it happened once or maybe even twice," Swinney says, "but nobody has been able to talk to anybody down there yet."
Owens volunteers to field letters from Temple relatives who wish to speak to their relatives, with the promise that he will go over to Garry's office when the time comes and set up some mechanism so the calls will go through. As the calls rolls in from people with experiences similar to Swinney's, Owens becomes more impassioned by the task. "[W]hat I would like to see is the follow-through," he says near the end of the program, "that, not only the calls go through, but that there be no Peoples Temple members around at the time. As I said, let me handle it from that standpoint. I doubt very, very seriously that they're going to try and hit me with sunspots or the like. If they do, I will raise holy hell right here on the air."
Throughout the program, Owens and the Temple's critics alike speak up for Garry himself, describing him as a respectable man. As one caller puts it, "I don't think it's because he is being deceptive as much as that he is being deceived."
Most of the calls appear to be legitimate, but one does clang falsely. A woman calls to say she had been in Jonestown for a few months before she came back, but her descriptions of the place are different from anyone else's, even those of Jones' harshest critics. She says the photos of the flowers and beautiful plants used to lure people down there came from someplace other than Jonestown. She also claims that, when she planned her escape, "I ran for blocks in order to get a phone call back over to the States to my family." As everyone who was asked to comment on this assertion verified, there were no phones in Jonestown, and buildings weren't laid out in block grids.
FBI Summary:
Date of transcription: 3/15/79
In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.
On March 6, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B62 #38. This tape was found to contain the following:
Side A: KGO Radio Broadcast of RON OWENS interviewing former People's Temple member MARVIN SWEENEY (phonetic). After the interview of SWEENEY he was terminated, several former member of the People's Temple called RON OWENS to express their opinions of the People's Temple.
Nothing was contained thereon which was considered to be of evidentiary nature or beneficial to the investigation of Congressman RYAN.
Differences with FBI Summary:
The summary is accurate and meets the FBI's purposes.
Tape originally posted May 2013
Originally posted on June 16th, 2013.
Last modified on January 14th, 2017.
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Krach videoherního průmyslu (anglicky Video Game Crash) je název pro ekonomický kolaps videoherního trhu v USA v letech 1983 až 1985. Mnoho amerických společností, které vyráběly herní konzole a domácí počítače, zkrachovalo nebo muselo odejít z trhu. To znamenalo také konec ekonomického úspěchu tzv. "druhé generace" videoherního průmyslu.

V následujících dvou letech americký trh videoher stagnoval. Toto období skončilo vydáním konzole Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) a úspěšné videohry Super Mario Bros, které byly vydány v Japonsku v roce 1983 pod názvem Famicom. V USA začala být konzole prodávána v letech 1985 až 1987 s vysokými zisky. V následujících letech japonští výrobci Nintendo, Sega a později také Sony dominovali na trhu konzolového hardwaru.

V některých zdrojích je tato událost označována jako krach videoherního průmyslu v roce 1984, protože důsledky se nejvíce projevily až v tomto roce. Vzhledem k bankrotujícím firmám nebyly vydány stovky ohlášených her.

Domácí počítače
Rok 1977 byl zásadním zlomem ve vývoji počítačů pro domácí použití. Byl představen počítač od Tandy Corporation (řada TRS-80) jako odpověď na dva úspěšné počítače své doby – Commodore PET 2001 (společnosti Commodore International) a Apple II. Za necelých 600 dolarů bylo možno koupit sadu obsahující počítač, klávesnici, monitor a páskovou mechaniku jako úložiště dat. Prodalo se více než čtvrt milionu kusů. Později bylo možno dokoupit disketovou mechaniku a tiskárnu. TRS-80 měl v roce 1979 nejvíce dostupného softwaru na trhu mikropočítačů. V Evropě se na trh dostaly domácí počítače v letech 1981 až 1985 a soukromé osoby si mohly koupit počítač za dostupnou cenu. Tento vývoj byl silně podporován reklamou a zejména Commodore 64 se stal nejprodávanějším počítačem v evropských zemích.

Tak většina rodičů stála před volbou, zda pořídit herní konzoli nebo počítač, který by ještě mohl naučit něco užitečného. Také grafické a zvukové možnosti domácích počítačů byly nyní srovnatelné nebo dokonce lepší než u herních konzolí a nabízely také možnost kopírování her. Hry pro domácí počítače byly navíc cenově výhodnější. V době severoamerického kolapsu videoherního průmyslu, evropskému trhu dominovaly domácí počítačové hry a proto měla krize v Evropě menší dopad. Tyto události pak vedly také ve Spojených státech k nárůstu trhu s domácími počítači.

Japonský trh byl nezávislý na evropském nebo americkém trhu, počítače a videokonzole byly většinou domácí produkce, včetně konzole Famicom od Nintenda, Sega SG-1000 a počítačů MSX, proto se ho také krach videoherního průmyslu nedotkl.

Příčiny a faktory krize
Krach severoamerického trhu videoher měl několik příčin:

 Množství různých videoherních společností dalo potenciálním zákazníkům na výběr příliš nekompatibilních systémů: například Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Magnavox Odyssey 2, systémy Tele-Games, Tandyvision nebo Vectrex. Každá z těchto konzolí měla vlastní knihovnu her od původního výrobce i od jiných poskytovatelů. Zároveň někteří výrobci konzolí oznámili nové verze svých herních konzolí pro rok 1984 (Atari 7800).
 Do herního světa vstupovaly firmy z oblasti spotřebitelské i strojní elektrotechniky a jako Nintendo i z hračkářského průmyslu. Firmy Blaupunkt, Zanussi, Casio, Coleco, Mattel, NEC, Fairchild, Hanimex, a další, které během několika let v herním průmyslu skončily, především s ohledem na špatný odbyt, nekvalitní hry a malou atraktivitu her.
 Společnosti upřednostňovaly kvantitu nad kvalitou, tak na trhu přibylo mnoho nekvalitních her. Firma Atari vydávala hry, které vycházely ze známých celovečerních filmů (například ET ) nebo úspěšných arkádových titulů (Pac-Man), které byly z hlediska implementace nekvalitní, což vyvolávalo nedůvěru kupující veřejností.
 V letech 1982 a 1983 přispěla také média, která informovala o videoherním průmyslu v předchozích úspěšných letech a nyní aktuálně zviditelňovala slabiny a problémy trhu. Příkladem se stalo zničení 700 000 neprodaných her Atari ET v poušti Nového Mexika.
 Začátkem 80. let přišly na trh levné počítače, které bylo možné připojit k televizi jako monitor. Domácí počítače nabízely více paměti, často lepší grafiku i kvalitu zvuku než videokonzole a také se již daly využít nejen pro hry, ale například pro práci s textem.
 Společnost Commodore zaměřila reklamu na zobrazení rozdílů mezi domácími počítači a videokonzolemi, samozřejmě ve prospěch počítačů. Commodore a další společnosti nabízely své počítače v obchodních domech, supermarketech a hračkářstvích, kde se většinou prodávaly herní konzole. Společnost Commodore také dokázala výrazně snížit výrobní náklady a tím i konečnou cenu počítače.

Začátek krize

Zásadním krokem bylo založení společnosti Activision v roce 1979 programátory (David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller a Bob Whitehead), kteří opustili Atari. Vedení společnosti jim odmítlo přiznat uznání za vývoj jejich her. Activision vyvíjela především hry pro úspěšnou domácí konzoli Atari 2600. Před rokem 1979 neexistovali vývojáři třetích stran, výrobci konzolí jako Atari vydávali všechny hry pro své příslušné platformy. Proto Atari společnost Activision zažalovalo a soud v roce 1982 prohrálo. Na základě soudního rozhodnutí mohli hry distribuovat i výrobci třetích stran a řada společností založila oddělení videoher.

Také zásluhou přístupnosti domácích počítačů a relativně jednoduchých programovacích jazyků, začala vznikat garážová studia, kterých bylo ve Velké Británii v roce 1983 kolem čtyř set. Zde vznikaly během krátké doby kopie her, které byly již na trhu. Největší vydavatelství Ocean v Velké Británii vydalo každý měsíc sto her a zároveň jich pětinásobek odmítlo. Nakonec zkrachovalo na projektu hry Bandersnatch, která nikdy nevyšla.

Ve velké míře se rozšířilo pirátství a kopírování her, které umožňovala jednoduchost kódů a také fakt, že autorský zákon neplatil v herním průmyslu. Vývojáři většinou tolerovali půjčování nebo kopírování videoher. Problémem byl ale pirátský trh, kde se hry vytvářely znovu jako originály a prodávaly se za minimální ceny. Padělky pak také přesycovaly trh.

Přímé účinky na trh
Zaplavení trhu mnoha nekvalitními hrami z roku 1982 mělo destabilizující účinek. Když se prodejci pokusili vrátit neprodejné produkty výrobcům her, ukázalo se, že nemají ani nové přijatelné tituly, ani peníze. To vedlo ke kolapsu mnoha výrobců. Po vánočních výprodejích v roce 1982 byly obchody nuceny prodávat hry za výrazně nižší ceny.

Všechny tyto události vedly k velké vlně bankrotů na trhu. Společnosti jako Magnavox a Coleco uzavřely své divize videoher. Imagi později také zkrachovala. Výrobci jako Activision, kteří vyvíjeli programy pro trh domácích počítačů, zůstali na trhu, ale většina malých firem zmizela.

Dlouhodobé účinky
Kolaps amerického trhu s videohrami měl také dlouhodobé dopady. Těžiště konzolového trhu se přesunulo z USA do Japonska. Když se v roce 1987 trh vzpamatoval, předním výrobcem videoherních konzolí se stalo Nintendo s NES, následované Segou. Atari se nedokázalo vzpamatovat a pokračovat v úspěchu typu Atari 2600. V roce 1984 byla společnost rozdělena vzhledem k velkým ztrátám. Divize herních konzolí a domácích počítačů byla prodána Jacku Tramielovi, který pokračoval v podnikání jako Atari Corporation. Na druhou stranu arkádové hry pokračovaly jako Atari Games a v roce 1998 po několika změnách vlastníků a po přejmenování na Midway Games West ukončily svoji činnost až v roce 2003.

Reference

Videoherní průmysl
Ekonomické krize
Události roku 1983

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BTN Europe officially launches
By Molly Dyson / 25 February 2020 / Contact Reporter
Buying Business Travel has rebranded to Business Travel News Europe (BTN Europe). The new look follows Northstar Travel Group's acquisition of BBT and the Business Travel Awards from Panacea Media at the end of last year.
BTN Europe will continue to be a bi-monthly magazine, and will complement other titles within Northstar's BTN Group, including Business Travel News, Travel Procurement and The Beat, as well as newly acquired UK events the Business Travel Show, Travel Technology Europe and the Meetings Show.
BTN Europe will serve both the UK and European corporate travel market and later this year unveil a new series of networking and educational events.
A new website has also launched, incorporating BBT's online content, as well as content from Business Travel IQ.
Following this integration into the new combined platform, both of the former websites will no longer be available.
Molly Dyson, BTN Europe digital editor, added: "I'm really excited about what the future holds now that we're part of the BTN Group. We have so much planned – more in-depth analysis of the latest industry issues and topics, a broadened remit to cover the entire European market and a number of other digital initiatives we'll be revealing in the coming months.
"A lot of work has gone into blending the best parts of BBT, BT-IQ and BTN to develop a website that truly reflects how different the European market is to the US. With unique challenges facing travel managers across the continent, we wanted to ensure their voice was still represented while we transformed more in line with the BTN brand.
"I'm looking forward to developing the BTN Europe offering and working with our industry colleagues to connect the community."
The BTN Europe stand will be at the Business Travel Show at Olympia London on 26 and 27 February on stand B709.
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Researchers have begun to discover preferences in human-robot interactions and the need to personalize those encounters to fit both the human's preferences and the designated task. The researchers tested user preferences when interacting with a robot on a joint movement task as a first step toward developing an interactive movement protocol to be used in rehabilitation.
The study yielded three main conclusions. First, robotic movement primes the human movement. That is, the person tends to imitate the movements of the robot. Second, there was no clear-cut preference for leading or following the robot. Half the group preferred to lead the human-robot movement while half preferred to follow. Lastly, the study participants preferred smooth, familiar movements — which resemble human movements — rather than sharp ("robotic") or unfamiliar movements when the robot was leading the interaction.
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Adelaide Tosi (Milán, 20 de mayo de 1800 - Nápoles, 15 de marzo de 1859) fue una soprano italiana.

Nacida en Milán, Tosi estudió canto con Girolamo Crescentini. Hizo su debut profesional en su ciudad natal el 26 de diciembre de 1820, cantando "Ippolito" en la ópera "Fedra", de Simon Mayr. El 12 de marzo de 1822 representó a Azema en el estreno de L'esule di Granata de Giacomo Meyerbeer, en La Scala. Su debut in Nápoles fue el 29 de septiembre de 1824 en el Teatro de San Carlos en el estreno de Alessandro nelle Indie de Giovanni Pacini. El 7 de abril de 1828, representó a Bianca en la obra de Vincenzo Bellini, Bianca e Fernando en la gran inauguración del Teatro Carlo Felice de Génova. Retornó a ese teatro de ópera luego esa temporada para cantar Pamira en Le Siège de Corinthe de Gioachino Rossini. Pasó a retratar papeles en tres estrenos mundiales de óperas por Gaetano Donizetti en Nápoles: Argelia en L'esule di Roma (1828), Neala en Il paria (1829), y Elisabetta en Il castello di Kenilworth (1829). Tosi estaba casada con el conde Ferdinando Lucchesi Palli, con quien tuvo dos hijos: Clotilde y Febo Edoardo. Falleció en Nápoles en 1859.

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Fuentes bibliográficas
 Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23526-X
 La Belle Assemblée ("Memoir of Tosi"). Vol. XV, London: Edward Bull, 1832.

Cantantes líricos de Italia
Músicos de Italia del siglo XIX
Sopranos de Italia
Nacidos en Milán
Fallecidos en Nápoles


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Nikon Inc. and Warner Music Group will partner with Music Unites—a non- profit organization that provides music education to students in under- served school districts—for a very special event to be held later this week at their upcoming residency at South by Southwest® Music & Media Conference (SXSW®) in Austin, Texas. "The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon" will present two days and three nights of stellar showcase performances at Austin's famed La Zona Rosa, slated for March 13th through 15th. Music Unites will be giving five deserving students from Austin's Lanier High School the opportunity to attend "The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon" on Wednesday, March 14th, where they will meet Warner Bros. recording artist – and Music Unites ambassador – Gary Clark Jr. The students will each receive Nikon cameras and participate in a workshop with renowned rock photographer Robert Knight before getting an exclusive chance to photograph Clark and other live performances from "The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon." Lanier High School, an inner-city school in the heart of Austin, is home to over 1500 students. The five students chosen to attend "The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon" were selected based on their passion for music and photography.


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Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes. Wash and soak the dal in another bowl separately. In the mean time, chop the onion, tomato, mixed vegetables.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker base and saute cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Now add the sliced big onion,g&g paste slitted green chilli and saute until onion turns transparent and raw smell goes off.
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Behishti, Hajji Sayyad Mohammad Jamal Fakori
Name Behishti, Hajji Sayyad Mohammad Jamal Fakori
Ethnic backgr. Hazara
Date of birth 1964
Function/Grade Wolesi Jirga Member 2018 MP MNA Bamyan
Haji Fakuri Beheshti
2. Previous Functions:
Wolesi Jirga Member 2005 MP MNA Bamian Bamyan
Wolesi Jirga Member 2010 MP MNA Bamian reelected Bamyan Bamiyan
Wolesi Jirga Member MP MNA 2018 Bamian
3. Biodata
Sayyad Mohammad Jamal Fakori Fakuri Behishti was born 1964 in Waras District, Bamian Province. Behishti completed his early education in Islamic religious studies in private institutions in Afghanistan. He then studied Arabic Literature and earned the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in a religious school in Bamyan in 2001. Currently he is in second year of studying political science at the Khatamulnabeen University of Kabul.
During the jihad, Behishti was a member of the Itefaq Council which was led by his father, Ayatullah Behishti, from 1979 to 1989. This Council then became part of Hezb-e-Wahdat Islami Afghanistan and he was member of party's central council from 1989 through 2000.
Behishti is the head of an NGO called Civilization Development, established in 2002, that is currently active in Kabul and Bamyan. It works to promote human rights, and helped to raise awareness about the elections.
Behishti was elected to parliament in 2005 with 12,767 votes, coming in second in the province. During that term, he was a member of the commission for Defense and Territorial Affairs. He bagged 2nd most votes in Bamian Province during 2005 and 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections. He claims to be an independent MNA.
Behishti is well-known in Bamyan province for his conservative religious views. Since 2000, Behishti has been an independent public figure. He participated in the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002, and later represented Bamyan province in the Constitutional Loya Jirga in 2003.
A bomb was put under a bridge and appeared to target the car of lawmaker Fakuri Behishti, who is from the central Bamiyan Province. The attack took place in Kabul's Dashti Barchi district. Behishti was traveling to parliament when the explosion occurred. He was injured and his son was reportedly also badly injured.(20161228)
Fakori Beheshti got 9,021 votes in Wolesi Jirga elections 2018 and received a seat in WJ 2018.(20181125)
He is married with three children (three daughters).
He speaks Dari, Pashto, Arabic and English.


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The Main Street America Group Names Restrepo Senior VP of Insurance Operations
The Main Street America Group announced Robert Restrepo Jr. has been appointed as its senior vice president, insurance operations. Restrepo will oversee the company's commercial lines, personal lines, claims, information technology and staff marketing functions.
Most recently, Restrepo was president and chief executive officer of
Allmerica Property and Casualty Companies, a subsidiary of Allmerica Financial Corporation, an insurance and financial services holding company based in Worcester, Mass.
While at Allmerica, Restrepo was responsible for day-to-day management of a $2.3 billion business that included a portfolio of
insurance products distributed through more than 2,000 agents and brokers in 22 states. He also led the restructuring of Allmerica's regional property and casualty carriers: Citizens Insurance and Hanover Insurance.


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Georgia Allows Third Party Ownership (TPO) of Solar
Distributed Generation, Solar, The Americas
Tagged with Commercial Solar, Georgia, Residential Solar, Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act of 2015, TPO, USA
Recently, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 57, known as the Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act of 2015 (the Solar Power Act). The Solar Power Act, which both houses of the state's General Assembly passed unanimously, allows homes and businesses to install solar technology under third party ownership (TPO). Although it sailed through the General Assembly, the Solar Power Act is the product of detailed negotiations and compromise between lawmakers, electric service providers, and consumers. The introduction of TPO through the Solar Power Act is expected to provide a significant boost to the residential and commercial solar markets in Georgia.
Before TPO
Before the Solar Power Act, TPO agreements were prohibited in Georgia by the 1973 Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act (commonly referred to as the Territorial Act) and the Georgia Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Act of 2001 (the 2001 Act). The Territorial Act prohibits multiple electric suppliers from servicing a single area. The 2001 Act allows connection of small-scale renewable energy installations, but only if they are owned and operated by the customer and used primarily to offset the customer's electricity needs. The combined effect of the Territorial Act and the 2001 Act was to prevent TPO by requiring that home and business owners wishing to install solar panels pay up front for the cost of the solar technology.
Provisions of the Act
The Solar Power Act explicitly allows for TPO through the use of a "solar energy procurement agreement" which allows a "solar financing agent" to finance the installation of solar panels through a lease or other financing agreement. The term "solar energy procurement agreement" is defined broadly to include any financing agreements for the installation or operation of "solar technology" where the payments are based on the performance and output of the solar panels. The Solar Power Act defines "solar technology" as systems that generate electricity from ambient sunlight alone, are installed on the retail electric customer's property, and are connected to the electric grid. The term "solar financing agent" encompasses anyone, including electric service providers, who lease, finance, or install solar technology.
Importantly, the Solar Power Act makes clear that neither customers nor solar financing agents become subject to regulation as electric service providers solely as a result of being parties to solar energy procurement agreements, provided they operate below the capacity limitations set forth in the Solar Power Act.
The Solar Power Act also sets certain limits on TPO that are applicable to both customers and electric service providers. First, the Act limits the applicability of TPO based on the size of the project. For residential customers, solar installations are limited to 10 kW of peak generating capacity. For commercial customers, that cap is set at 125 percent of the actual or expected maximum annual peak demand of the premises served by the installation.
The Solar Power Act also restricts the requirements that electric service providers can impose on installations smaller than 10 kW for residential customers and 100 kW for commercial customers. For installations below these thresholds, electric service providers can require that the electric customer or the solar financing agent provide all equipment necessary to meet applicable safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements. Once those requirements are met, the electric service provider cannot impose additional criteria. For installations larger than 10 kW residential or 100 kW commercial, the Solar Power Act allows electric service providers to impose additional requirements that are necessary to protect public safety, power quality, and system reliability. These requirements might include requiring additional safety standards, testing, or liability insurance which are specifically forbidden for installations that fall below the thresholds.
With the passage of the Solar Power Act, Georgia becomes the 23rd state to allow TPO of solar installations. Georgia now ranks 15th nationally in its total installed solar capacity, with roughly 25 percent of that capacity coming on-line in 2014 alone. While most of the 2014 growth came in the form of large utility-scale installations, the introduction of TPO through the Solar Power Act should stimulate growth of smaller scale residential and commercial installations. Considering that TPO represented approximately 70 percent of total U.S. residential solar installations in 2014, the enactment of the Solar Power Act could result in a substantial expansion of Georgia's solar market.
The author thanks Tim Nicholson for his significant contributions to this article.
Proposals for Community Solar Programs in Oregon due Friday, August 7, 2015
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Home / Markets / Stock Markets / Debt-free multibagger stock rallies 238% in 5 years, 150% dividend declared
Debt-free multibagger stock rallies 238% in 5 years, 150% dividend declared
5 min read . Updated: 02 Nov 2022, 10:37 PM IST Vipul Das
The shares of TCI Express Ltd closed today at ₹1,873.60 apiece, down by 0.019% from the previous close of ₹1,873.95. (REUTERS)
TCI Express Ltd. is a mid-size firm in the logistics industry with a market worth of Rs. 7,223.49 crore
TCI Express Ltd. is a mid-size firm in the logistics industry with a market worth of Rs. 7,223.49 crores. The foremost acknowledged logistics provider in India is Transport Corporation of India (TCI), which has more than 40.000 pickup and delivery sites. The firm has released its Q2 results and issued an interim dividend for the fiscal year 2022–2023 at a rate of 150% (Rs. 3-) per equity share.
The company has said in a stock exchange filing that its Board of Directors has "Declared Interim dividend for FY 2022-23 @ 150% (Rs.3/-) per Equity Share of Face value of Rs.2/- each to the Shareholders, whose names will appear on the Register of Members on the RECORD DATE i.e. Tuesday, November 08, 2022, which has been decided in due consultation with the Stock Exchanges. The payment of dividend/ dispatch of warrants will be completed within/before 30 days of declaration of Interim Dividend."
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In Q2FY23, the company reported a total income of ₹312.2 Cr in Q2FY23, compared to ₹275.8 Cr in Q2FY22 and ₹292.4 in Q1FY23, representing a YoY growth of 13.2% and a QoQ growth of 6.8%. In H1FY2023, the company's net income reached ₹604.5 Cr jumped by 20.8% YoY from ₹500.4 Cr reported in H1FY2022. The company declared an EBITDA of ₹53.7 Cr in Q2FY23 compared to ₹47.6 Cr in Q2FY22 and ₹44.7 Cr in Q1FY23 representing a YoY growth of 12.9% and QoQ growth of 20.2%. In H1FY2023 the EBITDA reached ₹98.5 Cr compared to ₹81.3 Cr in H1FY22, representing a YoY growth of 21.1%.
The company's EBITDA margin reached 17.2% in the quarter that ended September 2022 from 17.3% in Q2FY22, and 15.3% in Q1FY23. The EBITDA margin stood at 16.3% in H1FY2023. The company declared a net profit of ₹37.8 Cr in Q2FY23 compared to ₹34.0 Cr in Q2FY22 and ₹31.0 Cr in Q1FY23, representing a YoY growth of 11.0% and a QoQ growth of 21.8%. In H1FY2023, the company reported a net profit of ₹68.8 Cr, up by 19.0% YoY from ₹57.8 Cr in H1FY22.
Commenting on the performance, Mr. Chander Agarwal, Managing Director, said "Q2 FY2022 started on a positive note with strong economic and business activities. The recovery trend was visible in many internal & external economic indicators and parameters. During the quarter, we saw an overall improvement in the output for the month of July with a marginal decline in August primarily due to a decline in the manufacturing and mining sector. The E-Way bills generation, a key parameter that measures the performance of the logistics sector, grew by 152% over the pre-Covid period (October 2019-February 2020) in September reaching 7.6 crore. As regards to the financial performance of the quarter, TCI Express, being the market leader in express logistics, delivered the highest quarterly revenue of Rs. 312 crores, registering a growth of 13.2% y-o-y and 6.8 % on a sequential basis, primarily driven by growing SME customers, higher volume across the services. Automation of the sorting centres substantially increasing the daily capacity by reducing parcel handling time, vehicle halting time and labour involvement resulting enhancement of overall operational efficiency and strong sustainable margin."
"EBITDA for the quarter was Rs. 54 crores with a strong margin of 17.2% as compared to 15.3% in the preceding quarter. The EBITDA and margins growth were primarily on account of higher capacity utilization and operational efficiencies. Our Profit after Tax stood at 38 crore with a margin of 12.1% compared to a margin of 10.6% in Q1 FY23. In view of our strong performance in the first half of the year, I am pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has recommended an interim dividend of Rs. 3 per share with a pay-out of 150% on the face value," he further added.
"On the investment side, during the first half of the year, we have incurred a total Capex of Rs.50 crores primarily invested for land purchase in Kolkata for setting up an automated sorting centre and network expansion by adding 22 new branches to serve a growing market. The ongoing automation and digitization will enable us to be much more efficient in delivering superior customer experiences and enhance operational efficiencies in the long run which enable us to deliver industry-leading performance. Our newly launched services are going from strength to strength. We expect the service offerings to contribute productively to the top line in the forthcoming quarters enabling us to deliver higher margin levels. Looking ahead, the logistics industry remains poised to grow strong as the growth of the sector is fully aligned with India's economic growth potential," commented Mr. Chander Agarwal.
"The recently launched 'PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan' by our Prime Minister for multimodal infrastructure connectivity to economic zones will get a further boost with the launch of the National Logistics Policy. The policy will help significantly in terms of transportation, warehousing, and inventory management by creating a roadmap for enabling a seamless, integrated, reliable, and green logistics network, to usher in a greater degree of competitiveness in the market. This will pave way for putting the Indian logistics industry on par with the international players. With a major policy push by the government and aided by strong economic recovery, we remain confident in our ability to provide high-quality, reliable, time-critical services. We would thus be leveraging on the growing opportunities to drive value for our shareholders and deliver sustainable growth," said Mr. Chander Agarwal.
The shares of TCI Express Ltd closed today at ₹1,873.60 apiece, down by 0.019% from the previous close of ₹1,873.95. During its trading session, the stock recorded a total volume of 19,861 shares compared to the 20-Day average volume of 24,015 shares. As per its balance sheet, TCI Express is a virtually debt-free company. In the last 5 years, the stock has delivered a multibagger return of 238.50%. In the last 3 years, the stock has delivered a multibagger return of 147.19%. In the last 1 year, the stock has fallen 3.23% and on a YTD basis, the stock has fallen 13.42% so far in 2022.
Vipul Das
Vipul Das is a Digital Business Content Producer at Livemint. He previously worked for Goodreturns.in (OneIndia News) and has over 5 years of expertise in the finance and business sector. Stocks, mutual funds, personal finance, tax, and banking are among his specialties, and he is a professional in industry research and business reporting. He received his bachelor's degree from Dr. CV Raman University and also have completed Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication (DJMC).
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Q: I have error '] Invalid configuration object. Webpack has been initialised using a configuration object that does not match the API schema" When I try to use command npm start, I get error

"] Invalid configuration object. Webpack has been initialised using a configuration object that does not match the API schema."

Code: https://next.plnkr.co/edit/hEHTiPYQXQ7POWIH?open=lib%2Fscript.js&deferRun=1
Here is my full configuration code for webpack
    const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');

    module.exports = {
        entry: './src/app/app.js',
        output: {
            path: './dist',
            filename: 'app.bundle.js',
        },
        module: {
            loaders: [
                {
                    test: /\.js$/,
                    exclude: /node_modules/,
                    loader: 'babel-loader',
                },
                {
                    test: /\.html$/,
                    use: 'raw-loader'
                },
                {
                    test: /\.scss$/,
                    use: [
                        {
                            loader: 'style-loader'
                        },
                        {
                            loader: 'css-loader'
                        },
                        {
                            loader: 'sass-loader',
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    test: /\.css$/,
                    use: [
                        {
                            loader: 'style-loader'
                        },
                        {
                            loader: 'css-loader'
                        }
                    ]
                },
            ]
        },
        plugins: [
            new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                template: 'src/index.html',
                inject: 'body',
                hash: true
            }),
        ],
        devtool: "#inline-source-map"
    }

Error:
Did not detect a `bs-config.json` or `bs-config.js` override file. Using lite-server defaults...
[0] ** browser-sync config **
[0] { injectChanges: false,
[0]   files: [ './**/*.{html,htm,css,js}' ],
[0]   watchOptions: { ignored: 'node_modules' },
[0]   server: { baseDir: './', middleware: [ [Function], [Function] ] } }

] Invalid configuration object. Webpack has been initialised using a configuration object that does not match the API schema.
[1]  - configuration.module has an unknown property 'loaders'. These properties are valid:
[1]    object { defaultRules?, exprContextCritical?, exprContextRecursive?, exprContextRegExp?, exprContextRequest?, noParse?, rules?, strictExportPresence?, strictThisContextOnImports?, unknownContextCritical?, unknownContextRecursive?, unknownContextRegExp?, unknownContextRequest?, unsafeCache?, wrappedContextCritical?, wrappedContextRecursive?, wrappedContextRegExp? }
[1]    -> Options affecting the normal modules (`NormalModuleFactory`).
[1]  - configuration.output.path: The provided value "./dist" is not an absolute path!
[1]    -> The output directory as **absolute path** (required).

A: I found your problem webpack use rules config not loader config so change your code into this
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const path = require("path");

module.exports = {
    entry: 'src/app/app.js',
    output: {
        path:  path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
    },
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.js$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                loader: 'babel-loader',
            },
            {
                test: /\.html$/,
                use: 'raw-loader'
            },
            {
                test: /\.scss$/,
                use: [
                    {
                        loader: 'style-loader'
                    },
                    {
                        loader: 'css-loader'
                    },
                    {
                        loader: 'sass-loader',
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                use: [
                    {
                        loader: 'style-loader'
                    },
                    {
                        loader: 'css-loader'
                    }
                ]
            },
        ]
    },
    plugins: [
        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
            template: 'index.html',
            inject: 'body',
            hash: true
        }),
    ],
    devtool: "#inline-source-map"
}

Update: move your index.html file into same level of webpack.config.js
I dont see in the document they allow user to change into different path
Please let me know if you still have a problem

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