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Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is a Middle Eastern multinational multimedia conglomerate, . Al Jazeera America was an American version of Al Jazeera English. . The vision of the festival is to make the festival an invitation. to introduce different cultures from all over the world, foster better relationships through an. Al Jazeera, owned by the government of Qatar, is currently one of the largest news An article in the American Journalism Review noted that critics of Al Jazeera have was insidious, subliminal and very slow, but with a disastrous end. . in relations between Bahrain and Qatar in , Al Jazeera correspondents returned. Trump-Putin summit brings end to frosty US-Russia relations "There are no objective reasons for difficulties [between Russia and the US].
In a statement announcing the decision, the Palestinian Information Ministry said the station's coverage was "unbalanced" and accused it of incitement against the PLO and the PA. Walied Al-Omary, Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Israel and the Palestinian territories, said the military court accused Allawi of making contact with members of Hamas's armed wing. Al Jazeera's documentary titled, Cricket's Match-Fixers portrayed the secret plans of the match fixers who were willing to engage in match fixing considering on the 1st test which is scheduled to be held in Galle during the upcoming test series between England and Sri Lanka in November Algeria[ edit ] On 27 Januaryseveral Algerian cities lost power simultaneously, reportedly to keep residents from watching a program in which Algerian dissidents implicated the Algerian military in a series of massacres.
The official reason given was that a reorganization of the work of foreign correspondents was in progress. The international pressure group Reporters Without Borders says, however, that the measure was really taken in reprisal for a broadcast the previous week of another Al-Itijah al-Mouakiss debate on the political situation in Algeria.
Inthe Information Ministry again banned Al Jazeera correspondents from reporting inside the country. The ministry accused the network of "flouting [Bahrain's] laws regulating the press and publishing" after Al Jazeera aired a report on poverty in Bahrain. Rajab commented, "Al Jazeera's intentional ignoring for coverage of Bahrain protests makes me strongly believe that we need channels that are sponsored by people rather than by regimes".
An Island of Harassment"which Al Jazeera finds to be "wholly deceptive and journalistically unprofessional" with an aim to "damage the reputation of the Al Jazeera Network". He accused the network of "negligence" by misinforming him about its legal status and their safety in Egypt. In MayEgypt has blocked 21 websites including Al-Jazeera and Masr AlArabiya for allegedly supporting terrorism and spreading fake news.
The websites were blocked for allegedly supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. PoK and Aksai Chin has not been shown as a part of Indian territory. The SGI also said that the maps were not in accordance with the Survey of India copyright map and is also against the National Map policy, and map restriction policy issued by Ministry of Defence from time to time. The Ministry of External Affairs also pointed out similar airing of a wrong map by the channel.
In their reply to a Show Cause Notice, Al Jazeera said that all maps that are displayed by them are generated by an internationally known software used by Global News Providers. The channel also added that it takes the Indian government's concerns about maps very seriously and accordingly reviews all its India and Pakistan maps to ensure compatibility with recent official UN map.
As per the order of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Inter Ministerial Committee which was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, after deliberations, held that the channel had clearly violated the provisions of the programme code and prohibited transmission or re-transmission of the channel throughout India for five days. Iraq[ edit ] During the Iraq war, Al Jazeera faced reporting and movement restrictions, as did other news-gathering organizations.
In addition, one of its reporters, Tayseer Allouniwas expelled from the country, while another one, Diyar Al-Omari, was stripped of his journalistic permits by the US.
Reacting to this, Al Jazeera announced on 2 Aprilthat it would "temporarily freeze all coverage" of Iraq in protest of what Al Jazeera described as unreasonable interference from Iraqi officials. Al Jazeera spokesman Jihad Ballout said: This latest decision runs contrary to all the promises made by Iraqi authorities concerning freedom of expression and freedom of the press," [93] and Al Jazeera vowed to continue its reporting from inside Iraq. Initially closed by a one-month ban, the shutdown was extended indefinitely in Septemberand the offices were sealed, [95] drawing condemnation from international journalists.
The watchdog complained of a "sectarian tone" in the TV coverage and said "undisciplined media messages exceeded all reasonable limits" and threatened to "jeopardise the democratic process". In the program, the head of Al Jazeera's Beirut office, Ghassan bin Jiddo, praised Kuntar as a "pan-Arab hero" and organized a birthday party for him. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Majalli Wahabi accused the Qatari-owned station of focusing exclusively on Palestinian suffering, and ignoring Israeli suffering, referring to the Israeli residents of Western Negevwho have been the target of rocket attacks by Gaza in recent years.
Officials of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party also accuse Al Jazeera of being biased in favour of Hamas, with which it is at political loggerheads, and prominent Fatah official and former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan has organized a lawsuit against the broadcaster. In FebruaryAl Jazeera posted an article to its online edition, alleging that the Israeli government had opened dams in its southern region in order to intentionally flood parts of the Gaza Strip.
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The article was retracted on the 25th of February, and replaced with a statement saying that there were, in fact, no dams in southern Israel, and that the article was false. The story had video of police beating activists and included interviews with members of the Kuwaiti opposition.
Four MP's were injured in the crackdown. Kuwait's Minister of Information described Al Jazeera's coverage as "intervention in a Kuwaiti domestic issue". It explained that Al Jazeera worked to "disseminate falsehoods and lies to incite international public opinion. Qatar's emir ordered Al Jazeera to emphasize Libya's conflict in the channel's coverage, which contributed to the spread of the insurgency and influenced the Arab world's views on Libya.
Al Jazeera's journalists were criticized for not challenging the emir over his position. He also praised Lebanese organization Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.
However, Qatar denied such reports and said QNA was allegedly hacked and they are still investigating the issue. A Somali journalist who studied the contents of the two-part Al Jazeera documentary, The Toxic Truth, [] has concluded that Al Jazeera failed to rigorously research the story because one of the letters used to substantiate arms smuggling was issued on 15 Aprilfrom the Ministry of Defence of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, almost two years after South Yemen and North Yemen united to form the Republic of Yemen in May Tayseer Allouni Reporter Tayseer Allouni was arrested in Spain on 5 Septemberon a charge of having provided support for members of al-Qaeda.
On 19 September, a Spanish court issued an arrest warrant for Allouni before the expected verdict. Allouni had asked the court for permission to visit his family in Syria to attend the funeral of his mother but authorities denied his request and instead ordered him back to jail.
Allouni insisted he merely interviewed Osama bin Laden after the 11 September attack on the United States. The channel's reporting has been described as largely supportive of the rebels, while demonizing the Syrian government.
The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir cited outtakes of interviews showing that the channel's staff coached Syrian eyewitnesses and fabricated reports of oppression by Syria's government. It refers to leaked internal e-mails suggest that Al Jazeera has become subordinated to the Qatari emir's assertive foreign policy, which supports Syria's rebels and advocates military intervention in the country.
It was meddling with each and every detail of reports on the Syrian revolution.
Is a US-China war in Asia inevitable?
Al Jazeera reportedly put pressure on its journalists to use the term "martyr" for slain Syrian rebels, but not pro-government forces. The former Editor stated that the Muslim Brotherhood was "controlling the Syrian file at Al-Jazeera" with both organizations biasing news coverage in favour of the Brotherhood ousting the Syrian government of Assad by force and warning the then-editor "the majority [in Syria] is with the Muslim Brotherhood and [taking power] is within our grasp" so "thank your god if you get a pardon when we become the government.
Al Jazeera stated that the coalition leaders were taking exception because its reporting made it more difficult for both countries to manage the way the war was being reported. The Lobby documentary utilized hidden cameras and undercover journalism to investigate alleged efforts by Israeli diplomats and local pro-Israel advocacy groups to influence British foreign policy in Israel's favor. On 9 OctoberOfcom issued a page ruling rejecting all the complaints.
The ruling was welcomed by an Al Jazeera source as a vindication of the network's journalism. This led to significant controversy and accusations by the United States government that Al Jazeera was engaging in propaganda on behalf of terrorists.
North Korea incident[ edit ] Wikinews has related news: To signify these changes, Current unveiled new imaging and a new logo in Maydesigned by branding firm Wolff Olins. On February 8,Keith Olbermann announced that he had been hired to host a new primetime show on Current TV and was named Chief News Officer with an equity stake in the network.
The program aired Mondays through Fridays at 8 p.
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Eastern Time and was based out of New York City. Olbermann stated on The Colbert Report that Current TV was planning to make a nightly news segment consisting of his show and others that would launch later on Current TV. Bohrman later announced that after filling out its prime-time lineup, Current would also gradually begin shifting towards "a full daytime, morning schedule of news, information, analysis, conversation, context — all based on the events of the day" from an independent, progressive perspective.
The program was broadcast from Los Angeles and aired weekdays at 7 p. The program premiered on December 5, On September 21,network president David Bohrman named Jason Odell as executive vice president of technology. On October 12,the network announced that it had hired former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm to host her own weekday prime-time program The War Room with Jennifer Granholm.
The program launched on January 30, at 9 p. The Bill Press Show.
On March 30,Current announced that Keith Olbermann had been fired and would no longer host a show on their network. A statement released by network founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt explained how the network's "values are no longer reflected" in Current's relationship with Olbermann, and that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer would begin hosting Viewpoint effective immediately in the time slot previously occupied by Olbermann.
Governor Gavin Newsom would host a show titled The Gavin Newsom Showwhile concurrently serving as lieutenant governor. Acquisition by Al Jazeera[ edit ] See also: The terms of the deal were undisclosed. Time Warner later added Al Jazeera America on December 6, after a new deal was signed 2 months earlier. But broadcast media is a business, and being an independent content producer in a time of increasing consolidation is a challenge.
Press also didn't expect Stephanie Miller to continue her show on Al Jazeera. Press said he would look for TV coverage to replace Current but expected having trouble finding a replacement. In a January 22, article in Politico Al Jazeera spokesman Stan Collender said the network's launch would be pushed back to within six months, and would create "multiple hundreds of new jobs" and new bureaus around the country.
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Q: LaTeX wants a $ where there shouldn't be one I have a variable name that I need to include mid-paragraph.  The variable is called "oral_read_score".  LaTeX seems to think that I meant the "r" and "s" to be subscripts, and gives an error unless I change to $oral_read_score$, which is not what I want.  Is there some option I can use to turn this error off?

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Apollo Granforte (20 de juliol de 1886, Legnago - 11 de juny de 1975, Milà) va ser un baríton ítalo-argentí de gran actuació en el període d'entreguerres.

Vida i carrera
Va debutar com a tenor al seu poble natal el 1905 com a Arturo a Lucia di Lammermoor. Granforte va emigrar a l'Argentina, on va treballar com a ferrer i va estudiar amb Guido Capocci a Buenos Aires. Va debutar al Teatro Politeama de Rosario, com a Germont, el 1913. Va realitzar una intensa activitat en teatres de l'Argentina i en el Teatro Solís de Montevideo. El 1929 va debutar al Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, en aquesta única temporada va cantar a Tosca, Andrea Chenier, I Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Lohengrin i l'estrena mundial de El Matrero de Felipe Boero. El 1921, va debutar a La Scala de Milà, a Parsifal i el 1924, va formar part de la gira per Austràlia de Nellie Melba. Va cantar diverses temporades al Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.

Granforte va ser un dels més destacats barítons verdians i del verisme, va cantar Wagner i l'estrena de Nerone de Mascagni el 1935. Es va retirar el 1943 en l'òpera Fedra d'Ildebrando Pizzetti al costat d'Iva Pacetti, a Trieste. En retirar-se va ensenyar en el Conservatori d'Ankara, i després a Praga i Milà. Va ser el mestre del baix Raffaele Arié i de la soprano turca Leyla Gencer.

Bibliografia

 Grove Music Online, J.B. Steane, Oxford University Press, 2008.
 Ledesma, Jesús Quiñones. Posts by former Granforte student on his personal and public Facebook pages, 2010–2013.
 Rideout, Bob. "Apollo Granforte", The Record Collector: A Magazine for Collectors of Recorded Vocal Art, volume 41, no. 4, 1996.
 Rideout, Bob. Posts on the Opera-L listserv, April 1999.
 Zanoli, Ivano. "Legnaghesi Famosi - Apollinare Granforte (Apollo in Arte) - Baritono," Il Basso Adige, no. 10, October 2011.

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will hold the first truly global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Symposium, titled "Remotely piloted or piloted: sharing one aerospace system" at its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. The Symposium will provide a unique opportunity for States, international organizations and stakeholders to identify how existing aviation rules need to evolve to meet the challenges involved in welcoming the RPAS community and to examine alignment between ongoing RPAS development and supporting regulatory provisions. The symposium will also showcase the opportunities created by the integration of RPAS into the global aerospace system. All participants will leave with a greater understanding of the complex issues that need to be addressed collectively to facilitate integration.


The designers of the popular role-playing video game Deus Ex, which features characters that have impressive prosthetic/orthotic devices with powerful capabilities, have partnered with Open Bionics, an organization developing cheap and open source prostheses. It's an unusual partnership, but the goal is to create bionic arms that are functional, affordable, and that may even make jealous the rest of us with two boring real hands.
Prosthetics is certainly a challenging field, full of both limitations and expectations. While video game designers may not seem like an obvious choice of folks to help with prostheses development, they have considerable experience modeling the motions of composite hands and fingers while making them look really cool.


Great Baddow Parish Council manages the Lawn Cemetery in Vicarage Lane and also maintains the Old Burial Ground behind St Mary's Church.
The Lawn Cemetery is maintained to high standards and there is a continuing review to ensure that these high standards are maintained at all times.
Memorial trees, rose bushes and plaques can be purchased through the Parish Council office.
For enquiries about the Lawn Cemetery and the Old Burial Ground, please email: bookings@greatbaddowparishcouncil.co.uk or telephone 01245 472937.
It is intended that the Lawn Cemetery will be a peaceful place where visitors can take part in quiet reflection. Visitors are likely to wish to reflect and remember their loved ones in different ways and it is expected that all visitors will respect the feelings of others.
All visitors to the Lawn Cemetery should be able to feel comfortable and at ease as they remember their loved ones and not be unnecessarily distracted or disturbed in any way.
The Burial Authority (Great Baddow Parish Council) will always seek to maintain the appearance of the Lawn Cemetery to a high standard and it is expected that all visitors will also contribute to this high level of quality by observing the regulations.


Hockey Canada and USA Hockey are hosting their respective women's U-18 and U-22 national team selection processes this week, both featuring a slew of former Selects players in preparation for the upcoming Summer Series.
Selection camps for Hockey Canada are taking place in Calgary, Alberta — the host city for next week's three-game series — and includes 13 Selects alums for the U-22 squad as well as 13 for the U-18 squad.
USA Hockey is hosting its selection camps at Lake Placid, New York, where 18 Selects alums are vying for spots on the U-22 team and 19 competing for the U-18 team.
In total, 63 Selects alums are lobbying for a chance to represent their respective countries at the U-18 and U-22 levels for the 2018-19 season. Additionally, Selects alum Emily Fulton along with newly-acquired Girls Selects Hockey Director for Western Canada, Jenelle Kohanchuk and former World Selects Invitational coach Amanda Mazzotta, will all join Hockey Canada as well on the coaching side of the selection camp.
Annie Pankowski, one of our Selects hockey coaches, will also play at USA Hockey's over-22 camp. A senior at the University of Wisconsin, Pankowski has twice been centralized with USA Hockey's Olympic team.


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Jonathan Grant Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Leicester City and the Northern Ireland national team.
Evans was born in Belfast and started his career at Greenisland FC, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts. He progressed through Manchester United's academy and went on loan to Royal Antwerp and Sunderland to gain first-team experience before making his Manchester United first team debut in the 2007–08 League Cup. He became a regular first-team squad member the following season, and played almost 200 matches for Manchester United in an eight-year spell; however, he fell out of favour at the club under manager Louis van Gaal and left for West Bromwich Albion. When West Brom were relegated three years later, Evans signed for Leicester City. Evans is the second most decorated player in Northern Irish football history with 10 major trophies. He has also played 89 times for the Northern Ireland national team, and was ever present in the team's run to the round of 16 at UEFA Euro 2016.
Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland FC, the same club that his brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before moving to Manchester United. At the age of nine, he was invited to attend the Manchester United Centre of Excellence in Belfast, before being invited for a trial in Manchester a year later. Rule changes within The Football Association at the time meant that clubs were limited to players who lived within an hour-and-a-half of the club, so Evans' opportunities were limited. However, the Evans family soon relocated to Manchester, allowing Jonny to train with Manchester United full-time. Evans progressed through Manchester United's academy, featuring in two of the club's three games during the 2006 summer tour of South Africa, as well as domestic friendlies against Celtic and Preston North End. Evans also made a surprise appearance in the Amsterdam Tournament against Ajax. Evans spent the first half of the 2006–07 season on loan at Manchester United's Belgian feeder club Royal Antwerp, alongside fellow youngsters Darron Gibson, Danny Simpson and Fraizer Campbell.
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In December 2006, Evans agreed to join Sunderland on loan until the end of the 2006–07 season, with Manchester United and Antwerp team-mate Danny Simpson joining on a similar deal in the January transfer window. The pair helped Sunderland clinch the Football League Championship title, with Evans winning the club's "Youth Player of the Year" award at the end of the season. Although manager Roy Keane was hopeful of re-signing Evans on loan following promotion to the Premier League, it was confirmed in June 2007 that Evans would be staying at Manchester United to push for a place in the first team.
On 4 January 2008, Evans rejoined Sunderland on loan for the second time, and was immediately drafted into the first team squad. Evans played the full 90 minutes in his first game, losing 3–0 to Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup. Evans was criticised for granting Wigan the second goal of the game, for which he lost the ball on the edge of his own box, resulting in a deflected own goal by Paul McShane. It is half-season with Sunderland was generally successful, however, and the team avoided relegation.
Return to Manchester United
Evans in 2009
Evans made his Manchester United debut on 26 September 2007 against Coventry City in the Football League Cup which ended in a 2–0 defeat. He then appeared as a late substitute for Gerard Piqué in a UEFA Champions League match at home to Dynamo Kyiv on 7 November 2007 to secure Manchester United's qualification to the knockout stage of the competition. He subsequently made his first Champions League start on 12 December 2007 against Roma.
Evans made his league debut for United against Chelsea on 21 September 2008, filling in for Nemanja Vidić who was unavailable due to suspension. The game ended 1–1. In December 2008, Evans made two substitute appearances for Manchester United at the FIFA Club World Cup, including one in the final after Nemanja Vidić was sent off shortly after half time. Evans continued to deputise throughout the rest of the season, appearing in a number of league games and in the League Cup final.
At the beginning of the 2010–11 football season, Evans became a regular fixture in the United team, partnering Nemanja Vidić in the centre of defence in the absence of the injured Rio Ferdinand. On 19 March 2011, Evans injured Bolton Wanderers and United States international Stuart Holden with a tackle which left Holden out for six months which eventually got worse and caused him to be slidelined for 22 months. Despite Evans being given a straight red card for the tackle, Manchester United went on to win the game 1–0 with a Dimitar Berbatov goal.
Before the start of the 2011–12 season, Evans was handed the number 6 shirt after Wes Brown was transferred to Sunderland. On 14 August, he wore his new shirt number for the first time in United's opening day 2–1 win at West Bromwich Albion, he came on for the injured Nemanja Vidić in the 52nd minute at The Hawthorns. On 23 October, he was sent off in United's 6–1 defeat against Manchester City after bringing down Mario Balotelli in a last-man challenge. Evans made his 100th appearance for the Red Devils on 30 November, playing the full 120 minutes as United lost 2–1 to Championship side Crystal Palace in the League Cup quarter-final. On 18 March 2012, he scored his first goal for United after opening the scoring in the 5–0 league win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Evans missed the final three games of the season with a foot injury.
Having undergone surgery to repair an ankle injury at the end of last season, Evans was unable to start pre-season training until early August, but there was speculation that he might be playing Manchester United's second game against Fulham. Evans scored his second goal for the club in a 3–0 away win at Newcastle United on 7 October 2012, thumping home a header from a Robin van Persie corner kick. On 23 October, Evans scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League and first at Old Trafford in a 3–2 victory over Braga. He scored the equalising goal at 2–2, scrambling home from a corner kick. Evans netted his third goal of the season on 24 November 2012 in a 3–1 win, heading in the equaliser against Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford from a corner. On 21 December 2012, Evans signed a new contract with United which will keep him at the club until June 2016. Evans scored his third league goal of the season and fourth overall on Boxing Day in a 4–3 win against Newcastle United, tapping home after Javier Hernández's shot had been saved by Tim Krul.
In a match against Newcastle in March 2015, Evans was charged by the FA with having spat at opposing striker Papiss Cissé. He denied the charge and said: "I would like to make it clear that I did not spit at Papiss Cisse. Having woken up this morning, I am shocked to have seen the media coverage from last night's match." However he was still banned for six games on 7 March, Papiss Cissé for seven.
Evans signed for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee on 29 August 2015. He made his debut for the club on 12 September 2015 in a 0–0 draw against Southampton. On 2 January 2016, Evans scored his first West Brom goal in a 2–1 victory over Stoke City. On 15 May 2016, before the final game of the season, Evans received Players'Player of the Season award of West Bromwich Albion on his primary campaign for the club.
He had to wait a long time for his next goal, which came in a 3–1 win over Watford on 3 December 2016. His next goal came in a 2–1 loss against Swansea on the final game of the season.
In July 2017, following the departure of club skipper Darren Fletcher to Stoke City, Evans was confirmed permanent captain by head coach Tony Pulis. He scored his first goal of the season on 30 September 2017 in a 2–2 draw against Watford, an alike header of the one he scored ten months earlier against the same opponent. His second goal of the season was against Brighton at home on 13 January 2018, which brought his side's first league win across 5 months and 20 games.
In June 2018, Leicester City activated Evans' relegation release clause in his contract with West Bromwich Albion for £3.5 million. He signed a three-year contract. He made his Leicester debut in a 2–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 18 August 2018. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on 23 February 2019.
Evans made his 400th appearance in English football on 12 July 2020 and scored an own goal in a 1–4 defeat away to AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League.


Altice made its foray into the U.S. with the acquisition of Suddenlink in May.
The Dolan family has found a buyer for Cablevision.
The cable television company has agreed to be sold to international operator Altice in a $17.7 billion deal, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The news was first reported by The New York Times.
The reported deal with the European telecom company would mark the latest consolidation in the cable industry, following AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV.
The Dolan family, with James Dolan currently as CEO and president, has controlled the New York-based company since its founding in 1973.
Altice had made its foray into the U.S. with the acquisition of Suddenlink in May.
Beyond DirecTV-AT&T, Cablevision Communications, largely controlled by telecommunications mogul John Malone, has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable after U.S. regulators signaled that they wouldn't allow Comcast to buy TWC.
Regulatory approval could also be an issue, given Altice already acquired Suddenlink for $9.1 billion. It was unclear Wednesday as to how much sway European regulators would have over an Altice-Cablevision marriage.
With Cablevision's 3.1 million customers, foreign-owned Altice would suddenly become one of the biggest cable providers in the U.S.
Cablevision is controlled by the Dolan family, and it has been presumed they considered it their flagship property, willing to acquire but not anxious to be acquired. The agreement with Altice, which could become official this week, is therefore somewhat of a surprise, despite the wave of consolidation in the challenging industry. Cable has suffered from video defections as Netflix and others have thrived.
The Dolans, though, still own the Madison Square Garden Co., which is in the process of splitting into two companies, one of which will house the TV assets.
Under the terms of the deal, Altice will pay a 22-percent premium over Cablevision's closing price on Wednesday.
Cablevision did not respond to a request for comment.


THE Group 2 $250,000 Dato Tan Chin Nam is a quality spring opener which features some of Australia's best middle distance horses.
Moonee Valley hosts a nine-race card which also includes Group 2 McEwen Stakes and the Atlantic Jewel Stakes. We have all the latest odds, form and free tips for all nine races which kicks off at 12.25 with the William Hill R84 Handicap.
If your horse finishes second or third in the opening three races at Moonee Valley, Sportsbet will give you $50 cash back in bonus bets.
Kaniana was an impressive winner at Caulfield last start and it clearly thrives racing over the mile. The Darren Weir-trained mare won its only start on this track and it should be able to fire around this track. Bookmakers have it as the clear $3.10 favourite.
Fellow last start winner Champagne Cocktail has been well backed at $4.80 and looms as a strong chance. The Melissa Wells-trained mare capped off solid form with a narrow win at Pakenham and it drops right down in weight to 54kg for this. Looks a strong contender to overthrow the favourite.
Former Kiwi runner Choice hasn't exactly impressed punters in its two Australian starts, but more is expected of it now. The Nigel Blackiston-trained mare finished third in a group race in New Zealand and it has a fair amount of ability, but it will be looking for a rain-affected track. Conditions could suit on the day with rain forecast.
Master Zephyr finished off stylishly behind Royal Rapture last start and it usually improves with the run under its belt. The Weir-trained gelding goes best on this track with four starts for two wins and two placings. It has drawn well in barrier two which is ideal around the Valley and Craig Williams riding at 54kg is a luxury. $5 on offer from bookmakers.
Also at a nice weight is current $2 favourite Raw Impulse. The Weir-trained stayer is fresh up after running fourth in the McKell Cup over 2400m and although the mile will be short of its best, it did win over 1500m on this track last campaign. Drawing the inside barrier with ensure a soft run and we're expecting many multi-bets to run through Raw Impulse.
Mihany is an inconsistent type which has the ability to win, but looms mostly as a place chance at $1.85. The $6 win price is too short for the gelding which faced a similar field at Flemington two starts back and finished ninth. Drops in weight to 52.5kg which does bring appeal.
Hey Doc kept its unbeaten fresh up form in tact with a last start win at Sandown. The Tony McEvoy-trained three-year-old has produced only one bad run which came in the Blue Diamond behind Extreme Choice and its form elsewhere has been solid. It looks a strong chance at $7 in what is a very even betting field.
Last start winner Rocketeer was an impressive four-length winner at Wangaratta and it's the equal favourite at $7. The Mick Price-trained gelding was the $1.45 favourite last start and it did the job well, suggesting it could make the step up in class. Mick Dee takes its weight down to 53.5kg and it's dangerous at the weights.
Ontoff Ofthe World was a narrow last start winner at Echuca and it has shown enough to be considered at this level. Trained by Luke Oliver, the three-year-old relished the heavy conditions last start and the track should be rain-affected again. $8 with bookmakers suggests it could win again.
Mr Individual is a four-time winner which pushed Prince Of Brooklyn close last start. The four-year-old looked the winner, but was caught late and the same tactics should work more effectively around Moonee Valley. It is having its first start around this track which is concerning, but the $4.60 suggests it should run well.
Forget the run of Vostok on Sundat Cranbourne as the Henry Dwyer-trained gelding had no luck in the run. The four-year-old ran as the $2.35 favourite, but jockey Daniel Stackhouse couldn't find room in the straight and it went hard-held to the line. Senior rider Damien Oliver takes over the duties now which is a positive and it looks a strong chance at $3.80.
Last start winner Moss 'n' Dale was an impressive 1.75-length winner last start and it looks to be on the improve. The four-year-old has now won four from eight and its best form comes on rain-affected tracks. Regan Bayliss takes its weight down to 56.5kg and it looks a strong chance at $3.80.
Furnaces is fresh up following its fifth in the Ortensia Stakes at Scone and it rarely goes a bad race fresh. The John O'Shea-trained horse won its start prior at Hawkesbury and it ran third in this race last year when 2.75 lengths behind star sprinter Chautauqua. Chance here at $5.50 after opening at $6.50.
Heatherly showed its class when winning at Moonee Valley last start and although it has drawn wide in barrier 10, it looms as a major chance here. The daughter of Lonhro made it four wins from its last five starts and it has now won three times on this track. It will need to jump quickly from the wide barrier, but the $2.80 looks about right from the bookmakers.
Sheidel is a professional winner of 12 races from 20 starts and two of those have come fresh up. The Hayes/Dabernig-trained mare is also a six-time winner at this distance and after finishing seventh in the Group 1 Goodwood Handicap last start, it looks well placed in this grade. Win hope at $5.50.
I Am A Star has rattled off three consecutive victories and has looked impressive in doing so. The Shane Nicols-trained filly has drawn very wide in barrier 16 which will make winning tough, but it settled back last start and flew home late. Similar tactics will be used here and it only needs some early luck to show up at $7.
Piccadillies has been hammered in the betting. The Freedman-trained filly opened at $10 and that price has been slashed to $5.50. It won a trial last year so has been patiently handled and the amount of tote support suggests a big run is expected on debut. Follow the market and any further positive betting moves.
Tan Tat Beauty was a nice winner on debut at Pakenham and it nearly scored again last start. The Henry Dwyer-trained filly put in a late dive on this track last start, but missed by a nose and the inside draw will be a big assist here. It opened at $13 in the betting and has since firmed into $11, so it looks a strong each way chance.
Fast 'n' Rocking has been disappointing for punters this campaign, but it continues to run solid races. The Hayes/Dabernig-trained gelding has class at its best and it has won and placed on this track, but it will need some luck from out wide. It opened at $5.50 and has since firmed into $5.
Voodoo Lad scored an impressive win last start at Caulfield by 2.25 lengths. The Darren Weir-trained sprinter won its only start at Moonee Valley when it was able to lead from barrier five and a similar outcome is likely for this run. It has good flat speed and the weight of 55kg plays right into its favour. Strong winning chance again at $3 after opening at $2.80.
Keen Array will likely race on the speed and it should be ready to go having not raced since March. The four-year-old hasn't missed the money in two starts at this track and it goes best at this distance. It drops right down in weight to 54.5kg with Dwayne Dunn in the saddle and it looks a strong chance at $5.
Former Japanese horse Tosen Stardom is fresh up after three disappointing runs in Japan, but it is twice a winner fresh up and Darren Weir would have worked wonders on it. The six-year-old has been well supported at $5.50 and has remained the favourite throughout the betting. That price is too short for our liking, but it's an each way chance.
Excess Knowledge has firmed into $19 and looked good in a recent trial when second. The Waterhouse/Bott-trained horse has had seven starts fresh up for two wins and three placings. It is twice a winner at the distance and although it's starting this campaign to prepare for the staying races, it could surprise at big odds here. Strong each way hope.
Jameka finished off well last time out when fourth at Caulfield in the P.B. Lawrence Stakes. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare should be in for a good campaign and with that run under its belt, it could fire in this. It handles all track conditions and despite drifting in the market, it's a nice chance at $7.50.
Killarney Kid has won back-to-back races and in good fashion. The Weir-trained gelding is now a seven-time winner at this distance and although it rises up in weight, it looks a strong chance once again. Bookmakers are keeping it safe at $5.50 so consider here.
The current favourite is O'lonera which has recorded three consecutive wins. The Cindy Alderson-trained gelding has been winning comfortably at Caulfield and it placed in its only run around Moonee Valley. Dropping down to 54kg will only help its cause and it has been backed into $4.60 after opening at $5.
Tall Ship has been disappointing in three runs this campaign, but more is expected now with those runs under its belt. The Werribee Cup winner is at big odds to cause the upset here, but it gets 1.5kg off its back and it could run a cheeky race at $21.
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Three Studies for a Portrait of Peter Beard
Triptych: Each panel: 14 x 12 in. (35.5 x 30.5 cm)
Specific Date and Location
Painted in Paris
Abelló Collection, Madrid
'Francis Bacon', Musée Cantini, Marseille, 09 July 1976 - 30 September 1976 (15)
'Francis Bacon, Tate, London (1985)', Tate Gallery, London, 22 May 1985 - 18 August 1985 (91)
'Francis Bacon Retrospektive', Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 12 June 1987 - 12 September 1987 (32)
'Francis Bacon: A Retrospective', Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, 25 January 1999 - 21 March 1999
'Francis Bacon: A Retrospective', Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, 08 April 1999 - 27 May 1999
'Francis Bacon: A Retrospective', The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 13 June 1999 - 02 August 1999
'Francis Bacon: A Retrospective', Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, 20 August 1999 - 15 October 1999 (56)
'Francis Bacon: Triptychs', Gagosian Gallery, London, 20 June 2006 - 04 August 2006 (unnum.)
'Grandes Maestros de las Vanguardias Historicas en la Coleccion Juan Abelló: De Picasso a Bacon', Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander, 06 August 1992 - 31 August 1992 (unnum.)
'The Mirror & The Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso', Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza y Fundación Caja , Madrid, 06 February 2007 - 20 May 2007 (129)
'Goya y el mundo moderno', Fundación Goya en Aragón, Aragón, 18 December 2008 - 08 March 2009 (237)
'Goya e il mondo moderno', Palazzo Reale, Milan, 17 March 2010 - 27 June 2010 (167)
'The Abelló Collection', CentroCentro-Cibeles De Cultura y Ciudadanía, Madrid, 02 October 2014 - 01 March 2015 (160)
'The Abelló Collection: A Modern Taste for European Masters', Meadows Museum, Dallas, 18 April 2015 - 02 August 2015 (104)
Michel Leiris, Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile, trans. by John Weightman (Oxford: Phaidon, New York: Rizzoli, 1983). ill. No. 99, unpaged
David Sylvester, The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon, Third enlarged edition (London: Thames & Hudson 1993 2012, 1987; repr.). pp. 84-86; ill. No. 97, p. 129 (b&w)
Bruce Bernard, ''The book that Bacon banned'' 2 May. (: The Independent Magazine, , pp. 40-41 1992) ill. p. 41 (b&w)
Andrew Sinclair, Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993). pp. 126, 231
Daniel Farson, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon (London: Vintage, 1994). p. 226
José Maria Faerna, Bacon, trans. by Wayne Finke, Great Modern Masters (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995). ill. No. 43, pp. 42-43
Milan Kundera, France Borel, Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits, trans. by Ruth Taylor (text by France Borel and Chronology) and Linda Asher (text by Milan Kundera) (London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1996). ill. pp. 149, 150 (left panel), 151 (centre panel), 152 (right panel)
Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, Revised edn. (London: Constable, 2008). p. 324
Sam Hunter, Francis Bacon, Modern Masters series (Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafia, 2009). ill. pp. 56-57
Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty (22 works, works on paper and selected archival material, illus.), Dublin: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane 28 Oct. 2009-7 Mar. 2010; exh cat. (Göttingen: Steidl, 2009).
Bruno Sabatier, Francis Bacon: Œuvre graphique - The graphic work: Catalogue raisonné (Paris: JSC Modern Art Gallery, 2012). pp. 28, 34
Martin Harrison, Francis Bacon: La France et Monaco / France and Monaco (Paris: Albin Michel, Monte Carlo: Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, 2016). p. 189
Martin Harrison, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné (London: The Estate of Francis Bacon, 2016). pp. 22, 1074, 1076; ill. pp. 1076-1077
Notes for Readers
The information in the present section on francis-bacon.com is based on the data in Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné by Martin Harrison and Rebecca Daniels, which was published by The Estate of Francis Bacon in 2016. The following 'Notes for readers' are extracted from the catalogue raisonné (Vol.1, p.102 and 103) and elaborate on the methodology and thinking behind the compilation and presentation of some data, such as titles, dates and media.
Paintings are catalogued chronologically, under the year of their completion: thus a painting dated 1956-57 will be found in 1957. Undocumented paintings, to which only approximate (circa) dates can be attached, are generally placed at the end of the year in which they are believed to have been painted; this rule is departed from when there is firm evidence that a painting was made at a specific date during a certain year (for example 'Street Scene (with Car in Distance)', 1984 (84-03).
Titles of paintings placed in inverted commas, for example 'Figure with Cricket Pad', c.1982 (82-09), were not applied by Bacon or by his gallerists, and are merely descriptive. Among the paintings with descriptive titles in the catalogue, many did not emerge into public view until after 1998. Some of the titles initially given to them have been revised here; for example, 'Figures in a Landscape', c.1956 (56-11) has been substituted for 'Two Figures in the Grass', which is more logical in view of its relationship with Figures in a Landscape, 1956-57 (57-01).
In the past most of Bacon's paintings have been described as 'oil on canvas'. But he employed many other media, and was fond of mixing sand, dust, fibres and pastel, for example, with his oils. While every effort has been made to include these details, until paintings are examined (and ideally scientifically tested) with the glass removed, the descriptions of media will inevitably be incomplete.
Canvas dimensions are given in imperial measurements, height preceding width, followed by metric; this conforms with the British manufacture of Bacon's canvasses.
After 1969, Bacon titled, signed and dated, on the reverse of the canvas, a majority of his paintings: before that date he only did so intermittently. It has been our aim to record all such details, but there are almost certainly omissions. The modern practice of fixing backing boards on paintings means that, even when granted privileged access to works, it is not always possible to inspect the reverse side.
Photography dates
Paintings were usually sent to be photographed shortly after leaving Bacon's studio. The photography dates provide key data, therefore, in the chronology of paintings.
Alley numbers, for example (Alley 106), are those assigned to each painting in the first catalogue raisonné, Ronald Alley and John Rothenstein, Francis Bacon (London: Thames & Hudson; New York: Viking Press, 1964).
Destroyed paintings
Bacon destroyed many hundreds of paintings. The so-called 'slashed canvasses' are not (with one exception, Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, 1964 (64-03)) included in this catalogue. Forty such canvasses, found in Bacon's studio after he died, are now in Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. Margarita Cappock published them in 2005 under the heading 'Destroyed Canvasses', which raised questions regarding Bacon's intentions with the destructions. On small portrait canvasses he – or a friend – invariably cut out the head, and on the large canvasses the heads and sufficient of the main figurative elements to nullify the 'image' were excised. Doubtless Bacon cut the canvasses so as to leave the stretchers intact for reusage, but while he could not have foreseen the tattered fragments eventually having a commercial value, or being exhibited, he could have rendered the destruction more complete (by burning the fragments, for example). His partial destructions were, typically, ambivalent, while as the creator of images that had 'failed', the connotations of violence in his taking a knife to them has clear psychological implications.
Four canvasses removed from Bacon's studio in 1978 appeared on the market in April 2007, and a further five, from a separate source, were sold in June 2007; six fragments of canvas which had been given in the 1950s to the Cambridge artist Lewis Todd, who painted on their primed sides, were auctioned in March 2013.
Paintings with the suffix 'D' in the catalogue (for example 67-15D) are destroyed. Two of these are paintings which had been sold and were destroyed in accidents while in private ownership; a third was damaged beyond restoration when it fell into Tokyo Dock. Other paintings with this suffix in the present catalogue were destroyed by Bacon but had been exhibited publicly before he did so; since images of them are accessible in catalogues, they have been included for the sake of completeness.
In the 1964 catalogue raisonné, under pressure from Bacon, Ronald Alley consigned abandoned or destroyed paintings to two appendixes, classified as 'A' and 'D'. These compromise categories have been jettisoned in the present catalogue, and the extant paintings placed where they occur in the chronology. A compelling reason for ceasing to adopt these categories is that of the nine paintings Alley listed as 'Destroyed' in 1964, four in fact survive.
Abandoned paintings
On 30 July 1996 David Sylvester wrote to the then owner of 'Lying Figure', c.1953 (53-21), who was disappointed he had not included it in the Bacon retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. He explained that none of the pictures listed in the 1964 catalogue raisonné as 'Abandoned' was treated as a candidate for inclusion, adding 'it seems reasonable to me that during an artist's lifetime and for a few years after his death, a retrospective exhibition should not include works that he considered abandoned. I think that a different attitude should be taken when an artist has been dead for some years.' Sylvester volunteered the comment: 'As we all know, works which an artist abandoned can still be works of great value: there are any number of such works by a variety of masters in the museums of the world. In my opinion "Lying Figure" is a very fine example of Bacon's work.'
The question of 'finish', as signifying a putative state of completion, is probably less relevant in the case of Bacon than most other artists. An atheist and nihilist, the only 'finish' he recognised – and was haunted by – was death: to finish a painting was, perhaps, analogous to dying. It was neither whimsical nor accidental that he called so many of them 'Study for…': he was being not so much tentative as open-ended. Moreover, if Fragment of a Crucifixion, 1950 (50-02), in which more than half of the canvas is unpainted, was considered by Bacon a 'finished' painting, it is counterintuitive to categorise 'Lying Figure', c.1953 (53-21), for example, as 'unfinished'.
Notes on titles
Robert Melville, reviewing the 1964 Alley/Rothenstein catalogue raisonné in Studio International, July 1964, observed that Study from Innocent X, 1962 (62-2), despite having been painted only two years previously, had already been given three different (if unofficial) titles – Red Pope, Red Pope on Dais, and Red Figure on a Throne. Melville doubted that Bacon gave any of his paintings the title 'Pope', and pointed out that when he was working for Erica Brausen at the Hanover Gallery, 'we used to call them "cardinals" rather than "popes" in the presence of visitors, to make sure that no one would be offended.' Melville predicted that all the paintings in the 1964 catalogue would be thenceforth known by the titles assigned to them by Ronald Alley. This precept has been adhered to in the present catalogue. Furthermore, for the 'post-Alley' years, 1963 to 1991, the titles established by Bacon and Marlborough Fine Art have been adopted consistently; for example, although Painting, 1980 (80-09) was exhibited in 1999 with the descriptive title Three Figures, One with a Shotgun, subsequent research has shown that its original title was Painting, and has been reverted to here.
The five works Bacon included in his first exhibition, in 1930, all had specific titles. In the present catalogue the titles of paintings dating from 1929 and 1930 follow those adopted by Alley, but they have been placed within inverted commas since it is highly unlikely that Bacon titled them as they are, by their media; (Alley had to negotiate Bacon's indifference – or hostility – towards his pre-1944 œuvre).
© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2018


Join us for a street exhibition and a protest action against the electoral falsifications in Belarus on the occasion of OSCE meeting in Vienna with the participation of L. Yarmoshyna, the Head of Central Electoral Committee of Belarus.
Place: at Heldenplatz in Vienna`s Hofburg, in front of the OSCE Headquarters.
On July 12-13, 2012 the OSCE is holding a Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Democratic Elections and Election Observation to which the organizers invited official representatives of the Belarusian regime. With this street exhibition we would like to draw public attention to the problems of election falsifications in Belarus, which have a direct link to sustaining the current oppressive regime in our country.
As the head of Central Electoral Committee (CEC) since 1996, L. Yarmoshyna has been one of the central figures of Lukashenka´s authoritarian government. None of the electoral campaigns held since she assumed her post have been declared free or fair by the international community.
Belarusian government violently suppressed the peaceful protests against falsified presidential elections in December 2010. As a result hundreds of people where beaten up and arrested by the police; seven oppositional presidential candidates and dozens of activist were arrested and spent months in prison, many of them were convicted for long term sentences; and dozens of NGO and media offices were searched and had their property confiscated and are still being harassed by the police up to this day.
In September 2012 Belarus will hold next parliamentary elections. It is already becoming clear that these elections are not going to be free and fair. For instance, independent observers are facing problems with registering at polling stations, which means that it will be impossible to control the fairness of the electoral process.
Yarmoshyna's time as the Head of the CEC has shown that she is not able to provide ground for free and fair elections in Belarus according to the international electoral standards. We believe that her participation in the OSCE event in Vienna, despite the sanctions imposed against her by the EU in 2011, serves more as the recognition of the unlawful regime in the country than an attempt to achieve any positive changes. We believe that at this point there is no sense in holding dialog with the representatives of the Belarusian regime.


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Q: How to use invoke-sqlcmd to access a specific column of a table in a dataset? As discussed from this thread, User jkdba suggested a different method to access a column of a table.  Since the original thread was fixing a side problem, I opened this thread to find out how to use invoke-sqlcmd to access a specific column of a table.  If anyone has a different approach, please don't hestitate to share.  :)

A: First, you can use the same methods of accessing column values when using your Data Adapter method. I prefer to use the PowerShell equivalent (Invoke-SQLCmd) to SqlCommand and DataAdapter as it is a lot less code, it's readable, and it is friendly to any non-devs that might be looking at it. As a side note Invoke-SQLCmd is mostly make the same underlying Dot Net calls.
So before I get into Invoke-SQLCmd and basic object property accessing you can use the same property accessing techniques with your $DataSet object from your other post just like this:

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*This will return the table or data table object $DataSet.Tables.

*This will return all of the column values of the data table object $DataSet.Tables.ColumnName.

When you use Invoke-SQLCmd, it will return a PowerShell array object full of Dot Net DataRows. It is basically the same just less code.
Running the Invoke-Sqlcmd:
 ## Run Query and Get Date
 $SQLResults = Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance 'Server\Instance' -Database 'DatabaseName' -Query 'select * from mytable'
 ## You can always see all of the properties and methods associated with the result object by running the command below
 $SQLResults | Get-Member
 ## The above will show the PowerShell understood properties and implicit stuff it does.
 ## Adding -Force to the Get-Member call will show the true datatypes and properties.

Get all values for a column:
 ## If you just want to list all of the values for a column you would do variable.property name aka results.columnname
 $SQLResults.MyColumnName
 ## If The column name has a space in it, you can do this
 $SQLResults.'My Column Name'
 ## Both of the above results will dump all of the values from the query results for the column of 'MyColumnName'

Access each column of a row:
 foreach($Row in $SQLResults)
 {
     ## this would print the value of each column for reach row one by one.
     $Row.ColumnName
     $Row.ColumnName1
     $Row.ColumnName2
 }

Adding a Column to the Results:
You can easily add a column to the results after performing some row by row processing by using the Add-Member function.
 foreach($Row in $SQLResults)
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     ## some sort of row by row processing
     if($Row.ColumnName -ilike 'some*value')
     {
         $Row | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'MYNewColumnName' -Value 'IfTrueLogicValue'
     }
     else
     {
         $Row | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'MYNewColumnName' -Value 'IfFalseLogicValue'
     }

     ##Be Sure to output the row
     $Row
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Blockchain and its associated technologies, burst into the public consciousness in 2015 after a relatively slow build-up spanning several years. In the course of 2017 blockchain became one of the most hyped technologies ever, with increasingly outlandish claims made about its capabilities and benefits.
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Political finance covers all funds that are raised and spent for political purposes. Such purposes include all political contests for voting by citizens, especially the election campaigns for various public offices that are run by parties and candidates. Moreover, all modern democracies operate a variety of permanent party organizations, e.g. the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee in the United States or the Conservative Central Office and the Labour headquarters ("John Smith House", "Millbank Tower") in the United Kingdom. The annual budgets of such organizations will have to be considered as costs of political competition as well. In Europe the allied term "party finance" is frequently used. It refers only to funds that are raised and spent in order to influence the outcome of some sort of party competition. Whether to include other political purposes, e.g. public relation campaigns by lobby groups, is still an unresolved issue. Even a limited range of political purposes (campaign and party activity) indicates that the term "campaign funds" (used as subject heading in Library of Congress cataloguing)  is too narrow to cover all funds that are deployed in the political process.

Expenses for politics
Political expenses can be caused by
 election campaigns run by candidates, candidate committees, interest groups or political parties,
 contests for nomination or re-selection of parliamentary candidates,
 training activities for party activists, officeholders or candidates,
 policy development by parties or party related bodies,
 current operations of party organizations at the national, regional or local level and
 efforts to educate citizens with regard to popular initiatives, ballot issues or referendums.

Most frequently and in most countries the organizations that raise and spend money for political purposes are parties (headquarters, branches and chapters). Party headquarters spend on public relations, mass media (including billboards), the expertise of consultants and offices. Local party chapters (e.g. constituency or riding associations), which rely on volunteers (party activists), cover telecommunication and mail charges as well as rent and heating for storefront offices, which they use as their centers of political activity.

Sources of funds
Political revenue may be collected from small donors or individual citizens ("grassroots fundraising"), who make small contributions or pay party membership dues; wealthy individuals; organizations including businesses, interest groups, professional organizations and trade unions; assessments of officeholders (called the "party tax"); government subsidies; or generally illegal activities including graft, buying access to politicians, offices, honors or titles, extortion of wealthy people and influence peddling). G. M. Gidlund has classified the available options of fund-raising by three categories: Membership, plutocratic and public funding. As the relevance of signed-up party members and their dues  can vary among the democracies the terms grassroots fundraising, plutocratic finance and public funding may offer a more adequate general framework.

Grassroots fundraising
Many believe that as a normative concept popular government (vulgo democracy) should require that the people at large cover the costs of their democracy. However, this can only be done on a voluntary basis, because all forms of political participation in a democracy are voluntary in principle. At election times many people abstain from voting. Likewise at all times the majority of citizens also abstains from donating to political coffers. Nonetheless, many believe that broad fundraising from small donors is the ideal form of funding. Political fundraisers should try "to exploit the latent giving power in the general population" and make every reasonable effort to raise "significant sums ... collected in small change." This is especially true for all democracies with a high standard of living for the majority of their citizens.

Popular financing of politics can be an important source of political revenue (as it is in the U.S. and Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland). However, it is not a constant and reliable source. The numbers of signed-up party members who pay their dues regularly fluctuates over time wherever democratic parties care to recruit them. Today even the traditional mass-membership parties of the democratic left (Social Democrats or workers' parties) raise less than a quarter of their funds from the grassroots. Collection of small donations depends very much on the current mood of people's emotions towards politics, policies and politicians. A variety of ways are available (nationwide lotteries, direct mail drives, peer, neighborhood or internet solitication, social events at the local level, even yard sales) for grassroots fundraising. Personal (door-to-door or peer group) solicitation was quite frequent in the fifties. Since the 1960s it has been superseded by telethons and computerized mass mailings. In more recent years internet solicitation has played a major role.

Plutocratic finance
In the old days landed aristocrats and successful entrepreneurs of the ruling classes supplied the funds necessary for democratic politics. Later on, interest groups and others provided money. Although trade unions that funded left-of-center parties were among the suppliers of money, money for campaigns came from a relatively small number of large donors.

In some cases governing parties have abused their powers by rent-seeking. Some have demanded graft for a license or a favor, others ristournes (in Quebec) or tangenti (in Italy) for public procurement. In some times and places, officeholders (including MPs, legislators and councillors) have been expected to pay an 'assessment' on their salaries for political jobs.

Public subsidies
After World War II, politicians including Luis Muñoz Marín in Puerto Rico, Gerhard Stoltenberg in Germany, Jean Lesage in Quebec and Tage Erlander in Sweden found a way to put "the costs of democracy"  directly upon the taxpayer.

Most modern democracies (in one way or the other) provide government subsidies for party activity, typically in cash and/or free access to public or private media. India and Switzerland are the most notable exceptions. Public subsidies can be relatively small (as in the UK and USA) or quite generous (as in Sweden, Germany, Israel and Japan), and usually exist side-by-side with private fundraising. Party organizations, parliamentary groups (party caucusses) and candidates are typically the recipients of public support (in cash or kind).

Although government subsidies are now common in western democracies, such subsidies remain controversial. Because matching funds and tax credits depend on financial contributions by individual citizens such support is more compatible with participatory democracy than flat grants that do not require specific efforts by the fundraising organizations.

Taxpayers in continental Europe and non-western democracies (like Israel and Japan) provide higher amounts towards party activity than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. Many party headquarters in the high-subsidy countries cover between 40 and 60 per cent of their annual budget via public grants. Such heavy involvement of the taxpayer calls for a maximum of transparency for political funds.

Regulation (political finance regime)
Many countries have regulated the flow of political funds. Such regulation, the political finance regime, may include bans and limits on certain kinds of income and expenditure, level and distribution of as well as access to direct and indirect public subsidies, transparency of political funds by disclosure and reporting as well as enforcement of rules and sanctions for infringements. Financing of political campaigns have become very controversial, particularly since the era of party reform in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Arguments for restricting the amount of, or banning certain sources for, campaign contributions are usually couched in terms of the public interest in clean politics, but the effects of such restrictions or bans almost invariably are to protect incumbent office holders from serious challenges from aspirants who lack their name recognition or official status. Also, Democrats in the U.S. typically inveigh against the financial advantages of the so-called "fat cats", while Republicans are wary of the war chests possessed by public and private labor unions, especially the former. The Hatch Act was passed in 1940 to forbid political activity by federal government employees, but the rise of the public sector union since 1961 has cemented a tight financial tie between government employees and their primary benefactors, usually Democrats.

Bans on political expenditure concern either campaign expenses by non-candidates ("independent expenditures", "third party advertising") or media time paid for by political contestants. Both types of bans have to strike an adequate balance between two constitutional principles, the equality of opportunities (fairness) and the freedom of expression. Britain applies a spending limit for constituency candidates since 1883. Canada was the first democracy to add campaign limits for national party organizations in 1974 and spending limits for constituency nomination contestants in 2004. The U.S. Supreme Court (in Buckley v. Valeo 424 U.S. 1 (1976) has struck down spending limits because they interfere with free speech rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In order to be effective all limits require careful monitoring and serious enforcement backed up by adequate sanctions.

Among the rules, which either restrict or favor specific types of political revenue, incentives to stimulate specific fundraising activities (like tax benefits or matching grants) are still rare. More frequent are contribution limits or outright bans. Many countries ban anonymous donations or contributions from foreign sources. In some democracies even corporate donations for political purposes are illegal. Quite frequently political finance regimes include contribution limits. The maximum donation allowed may differ either by type of donor (individual citizens, legal entities), by recipient (candidate or party) or by purpose to be funded (nomination contest, election campaign, routine operation). In some countries (e.g. Germany) there is no statutory limit on the amount of political contributions, which a person or corporation may give to a party or candidate.

If rules for transparency of political funds stipulate the disclosure of donors' identity, the public's right to know about financial backers may interfere with the need to protect the privacy of political preferences, the principle of the secret ballot. The practical solution will distinguish between categories of donors and/ or define cut-off points for privacy, e.g. $100 or €10,000. Both ways serve to separate financial contributions as a means of participation from donations as means of buying access or peddling influence. Any disclosure regulation has to identify a person or an institution that is responsible for the transparent flow of funds to and from party coffers and the kind of information, which has to be disclosed timely and accessibly.

The reporting' of political funds (to be submitted annually and/ or after elections) usually includes various sources of income and specified items of expenditure, e.g. staff and offices, advertisements in print media, radio and TV, campaign material, direct mailing, opinion polling. Effective reporting by parties and candidates depends on the definition of useful categories for the funds raised and spent, the inclusion of data for all spending units as well as the procedure for examination and publication of financial reports. Currently no democracy provides for full transparency of all political funds.

All political finance regimes require authorities and agencies that are responsible for monitoring, control and enforcement. Legislation has to strike a balance between practical independence of the agency in charge, effective enforcement of the rules for the funding of political competition and adequate implementation of legal stipulations. Global research shows that highly sophisticated rules, over-regulation of some issues and lax implementation of such rules do not lead to best practice.

Study of political finance
The study of political finance was pioneered by James K. Pollock  and Louise Overacker. Alexander Heard contributed a groundbreaking analysis for the U.S. International comparison started with Arnold J. Heidenheimer, who also introduced the term 'political finance' to comprise campaign and party funding. Thus he was bridging the gap of perception between North America and Western Europe.

Herbert E. Alexander studied the U.S. situation for many decades  and edited a couple of comparative volumes. Arthur B. Gunlicks concluded this cycle of comparative studies. Daniel Lowenstein authored publications on legal aspects of campaign finance. The most important early studies on non-US countries were written by Khayyam Z. Paltiel (Canada) and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (Britain). Between 1963 and 2001 Colin Hughes and Ernest Chaples produced the early articles that covered campaign finance in Australia. More recent contributions to the literature include Marcin Walecki's monograph on Poland, the book by Daniel Smilov and Jurij Toplak on Eastern Europe, as well as Kevin Casas Zamora's comparative analysis of public funding with two case studies from Latin America. Recently, funding from foreign sources and governments has become a major concern of governments and scholars.

See also
 Campaign finance
 Political party funding
 Party subsidies

References

Books
 Heidenheimer, Arnold J. (ed.), Comparative political finance: the financing of party organizations and election campaigns. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1970. no ISBN
 Smilov, Daniel and Jurij Toplak (eds.), Political Finance and Corruption in Eastern Europe: The Transition Period. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
 del Castillo, Pilar, La Financiación de Partidos y Candidatos en las Democracias Occidentales, Madrid: Siglo Veintiuno de Espana Editopres, 1985.
 Alexander, Herbert E. (ed.), Comparative political finance in the 1980s. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 1989 .
 Gunlicks, Arthur B., Campaign and party finance in North America and Western Europe. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993 .
 Alexander, Herbert E., and Shiratori, Rei (eds.), Comparative political finance among the democracies. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994 .
 Melchionda, Enrico, Il finanziamento della politica, Roma: Editori Riuniti, 1997 .
 Casas-Zamora, Kevin, Paying for democracy: political finance and state funding for parties. Colchester, UK: ECPR Press: 2005 .
 Nassmacher, Karl-Heinz, The funding of party competition: Political finance in 25 democracies. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2009 .
 Falguera, Elin, Jones, Samuel, Öhman, Magnus, (eds.) "Funding of political parties and election campaigns: a handbook on political finance". Stockholm: International IDEA, 2014 .

Articles
 Heard, Alexander, "Political financing". In: Sills, David I. (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, vol. 12. New York: Free Press – Macmillan, 1968, pp. 235–241.
 Nassmacher, Karl-Heinz, "Campaign finance" (vol. 1, pp. 179–181) and "Party finance" (vol. 4, pp. 1187–1189). In: Kurian, George T. et al. (eds.,) The encyclopedia of political science. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2011
 Paltiel, Khayyam Z., "Campaign finance – contrasting practices and reforms" (pp. 138–172) and "Political finance" (pp. 454–456). In: Butler, David et al. (eds.), Democracy at the polls – a comparative study of competitive national elections. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1987.
 Pinto-Duschinsky, Michael, "Party Finance". In: Badie, Bertrand et al. (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Political Science. London: Sage, 2011.
 van Biezen, Ingrid, "Campaign and Party Finance". In: LeDuc, Lawrence et al. (eds.), Comparing Democracies – Elections and Voting in the 21st Century. London: Sage, 2010, pp. 65–97.

External links
 International Political Science Association Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption
 IDEA Political Finance Database
 K. Z. Paltiel and J. M. Wilson "Party Financing" The Canadian Encyclopedia

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I'm glad to share with you a set of Derby studio newborn images from a photo session of Mr W. I met Emily, Mr W's mum few years ago when I was photographing her as a model. And I was very glad to see her again with her little baby boy!
Mr W was a very good little model. He followed all my instructions (i.e. slept well ) to wear a knitted hat, to be wrapped in knitted cloth and, of course, to sleep on a small basket dreaming about something As for the colour scheme, we chose it to be natural colours such as grey, brown and a bit of orange, quite appropriate for a boy.
I'm also pleased with the family photograph of Mr W and his parents showing so much love and affection!


Today, Zid movie actress Manara Chopra and Y. Rajeev Reddy (CMD, Country Club) witnessed Baisakhi Celebrations at Hotel Royal Plaza, Delhi. At the event, they launched the country club's "Billionaire Card". The event also had Baisakhi Themed Fashion Show in traditional Punjabi clothes.


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Officials from 56 Muslim-majority nations have come together to pledge new climate-related technology goals that included promoting micro-grids, energy storage and renewable energy targets.
The Islamic world's first ever Science and Tech summit, which ended last night in Astana, Kazakhstan, involved heads of state and government ministers from 56 Muslim majority nations. All countries pledged to increase investment in science as a way of addressing energy, food, water, health and climate change challenges. The summit included the presidents of Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan among others.
The countries have pledged to reduce greenhouse gases by targeting 10% renewable energy shares in the national energy mixes of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) States by 2025.
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The countries will also design and develop energy storage systems such as fuel cells and batteries using lithium-ion and vanadium redox technolgies for small storage applications.
Other pledges by the OIC nations involved nuclear energy, addressing food and water shortages, space exploration, managing big data, education and health.
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"Energy consumption and production is a major challenge in the Islamic world where many of the OIC's 57-member states are well placed to harness the power of renewables, yet also still rely heavily in traditional fossil fuels."
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Q: How to disable Keras epoch training logs when not using model.fit() I'm currently training a Deep Q Network with the gradient tape, as outlined in the below code.
with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
    q_values_current_state_dqn = self.dqn_architecture(states)
    one_hot_actions = tf.keras.utils.to_categorical(actions, self.num_legal_actions, dtype=np.float32) # e.g. [[0,0,1,0],[1,0,0,0],...]
    q_values_current_state_dqn = tf.reduce_sum(tf.multiply(q_values_current_state_dqn, one_hot_actions), axis=1)
    error = q_values_current_state_dqn - target_q_values
    loss = tf.keras.losses.Huber()(target_q_values, q_values_current_state_dqn)
    dqn_architecture_gradients = tape.gradient(loss,    self.dqn_architecture.trainable_variables) # Computes the gradient using operations recorded in context of this tape.
    self.dqn_architecture.optimizer.apply_gradients(zip(dqn_architecture_gradients, self.dqn_architecture.trainable_variables))

But I'd like to disable the logging of the training progress, as shown below:
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I understand that you can set verbose equal to 0 when using model.fit(), but I'm unsure how to go about it when using gradient tape.
Any help would be appreciated.