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Paul Barratt and Chris Barrie. The case for building the future submarine in Australia
When charting a trajectory to a desired end point it is as important to have an accurate fix on the starting point as it is to know where one wants to end up. So it is with SEA 1000, the Future Submarine (FSM) project.
Much of the commentary is based on a politically inspired perception that the Collins Class submarine project ('Beazley's subs') was a disaster characterised by cost over-runs, delayed delivery, intractable technical problems, and chronic unreliability once introduced into service.
The facts are that the submarines were built to within 3-4 per cent of the original contract price after allowing for inflation, that the average delay in delivering the submarine compares well with other major projects, and that the overwhelming consensus among military insiders is that the submarine project was a great success, with regular claims being made that the Collins Class submarines were the finest conventional submarines in the world[1]. Certainly they are highly regarded by the US Navy.
Furthermore, in 2000 the Government acquired all of the shares in the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC – now ASC Pty Ltd) so it began the new century in possession of a highly capable submarine builder and maintainer, with associated facilities and skilled workforce.
Some of these painfully acquired advantages were compromised in the first decade of the 21st century by the fact that the submarines were introduced into service without a validated strategy for sustainment throughout the life of the class[2], and without an adequate inventory management system[3]. This in turn compromised availability, with flow-on consequences for crew training and inevitability the availability of trained crew. These situations have largely been rectified.
Our industrial advantages were further compromised by the fact that from the moment the Howard Government acquired the outstanding shares in ASC, it saw ASC as something it was preparing for sale. This got in the way of Governments reaching the simple and obvious conclusion that the successor to Collins should be built onshore by the successful submarine builder it already owned, with the focus of attention being on the required characteristics of the replacement submarine and which overseas submarine builder should become our design partner for the FSM project.
This ambivalence towards ASC, and the feeling that there might be someone out there who would give us an off-the-shelf solution or a bespoke submarine, has led to a succession of governments spinning their wheels for so long that we are now committed to a multi-billion dollar life extension of the obsolescent Collins submarine as well as the cost of FSM, so any potential savings have long since vanished.
To compound this error, there is strong circumstantial evidence that former Prime Minister Tony Abbott did a handshake deal with Japanese Prime Minister Abe to acquire Soryu submarines from the Japanese – a deal he walked away from on the eve of the first challenge to his leadership. In walking away from the deal he set up a 'competitive evaluation' (whatever that might be) of potential partners, a process which over time seems thankfully to have drifted back in the direction of being a thoroughgoing evaluation of potential partners.
Is there a military off-the-shelf (MOTS) solution out there? Many of those who see proposals to build a purpose-designed submarine in Australia as an indulgence and/or a branch of industry policy rather than defence policy would assert that there is. The Abbott Government seems to have thought so, based perhaps on advice in 2010 to then Opposition Defence Spokesman David Johnston by Vice-Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet: 'you want to find the finest diesel-electric submarine made on the planet – it's made at Kobe works in Japan'[4]. "Finest submarine for what?", one might ask.
Those who think the Japanese Soryu submarine is the solution would do well to read Option J for FSM – a Japanese solution?, Rear Admiral (Retd.) Peter Briggs's comparison of the Soryu with the Collins Class published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
We would contend that there is no off-the-shelf solution, and this is the testimony that a range of expert witnesses gave in 2014 to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into naval shipbuilding, leading the Committee to recommend that
the Government formally and publically rule out a MOTS option for Australia's future submarines
the Government focus its efforts on the 'new design' or 'son-of-Collins' options for Australia's future submarines and suspend all investigations for acquiring a MOTS submarine, including the current Japanese Soryu-class[5].
Having heard a range of evidence on the advantages of a local build, the Committee concluded:
Given the weight of the evidence about the strategic, military, national security and economic benefits, the committee recommends that the government require tenderers for the future submarine project to build, maintain, and sustain Australia's future submarines in Australia.
When selecting its preferred tenderer the government must give priority to:
Australian content in the future submarines; and
proposals that would achieve a high degree of self-reliance in maintaining, sustaining and upgrading the future submarines in Australia for the entirety of their lifecycle[6].
We agree with this conclusion, based upon the evidence presented to the Committee. We note in particular the evidence of Rear Admiral Briggs that the ability to build, sustain and evolve in country puts us in a much better position to manage the cost of ownership[7], and the evidence of Commander Frank Owen of the Submarine Institute of Australia regarding the experience with sustainment of the Oberon Class:
We were second cousin, twice removed of the logistics support capability surrounding that submarine. When the host nation stopped operating them, the supplies dried up and we had occasions [where] submarines were unable to sail because of vital components and spare parts that were unavailable[8].
We also agree with Rear Admiral Briggs that there is no point in buying a submarine that does not do the job:
There is no point spending any money on a submarine that does not do what you need it to do. You have to modify and extend to get a new Collins-like capability. Buying an off-the-shelf submarine with a 6,000-mile range would be worse than a waste of money; it would be an illusion. You will think you have submarine capability and the day you want to use it you will find that it cannot get there or stay there and do the job[9].
Finally, there are some important geo-political considerations to be brought to account. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott commented in Tokyo in February that "for Japan this submarine deal is strategic: for the others, it's commercial". That seems to us a good reason to stay away from the Japan option, not only for the reasons cited by Hugh White and many others, but because our interests would be better served by a partnership with an experienced exporter that values its commercial reputation. Japan's main interest would be served the day the contract is signed; for the Germans and the French, to protect their commercial reputation, the objective is successful, timely delivery of the project.
Second, the submarine arm of the US Navy has demonstrated a high regard for the capability of our purpose-designed submarines, and for working with us in relation to submarine training, exercising and operations. If we simply became the operators of Australian-crewed Japanese submarines, would they sustain that interest?
Our conclusion is that the Government should proceed with all due diligence in accordance with the November 2014 recommendations of the bipartisan Senate References Committee, and not be distracted by the siren-songs of those who would argue that there is a cheaper, lower risk, "adequate" option to be found elsewhere.
Paul Barratt AO, Former Secretary, Department of Defence
ADM (Retd.) Chris Barrie AC, Former Chief of the Australian Defence Force.
[1] Yule, P. and Woolner, D., Steel, Spies and Spin: The Collins Class Submarine Story, Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 325-6.
[2] Australian National Audit Office, 2008-09, Management of the Collins-class Operations Sustainment, paragraph 3, at
http://www.anao.gov.au/Publications/Audit-Reports/2008-2009/Management-of-the-Collins-class-Operations-Sustainment/Audit-brochure
[3] Ibid., paragraph 11.
[4] Bloomberg 2014, 'Australia Mulls Japan Submarines Under China's Cautious Gaze', Bloomberg Business, 18 December, at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-17/australia-mulls-japan-submarines-under-china-s-apprehensive-gaze.
[5] Senate Economics References Committee, Part II: Future of Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Industry: Future Submarines, page 38.
[6] Ibid., p. 21.
[7] Ibid., p. 29
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1 Response to Paul Barratt and Chris Barrie. The case for building the future submarine in Australia
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This article from two authoritative authors is disappointing in that it reflects a valid view in first quarter 2015 when the Competitive Evaluation Process [CEP] was started. What has developed since is an effective competition that addresses the issues in this paper and many others of critical importance. The CEP has highlighted the selection is for a design partner that will work with Australian industry and academia to develop the Australian unique design the authors desire, but with the credibility of proven submarine building expertise from their home country. ASC Ltd has vital expertise but as the RAND study found has nowhere near the necessary capacity which will be the most important challenge to be met over the next three years to a construction contract in 2019


REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) team has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the information assurance elements of the Low Cost Terminal (LCT). Completion of the CDR clears the way for the team to build hardware and software for the information assurance element or end cryptographic unit.
LCT is an initiative to develop an affordable terminal for protected extremely high frequency (EHF) communications by leveraging existing commercial technologies and designs to minimize costs. The terminal is designed to provide protected communications via the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite system to highly mobile, tactical military forces at a cost significantly lower than currently fielded protected communication terminals.
"This milestone brings the LCT a major step closer to completion so assured connectivity can be affordably extended to tactical users," said Tim Frei, vice president, communication systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "Developing this capability is critical because AEHF is the only available alternative that satisfies the compelling warfighting need for assured tactical communications in contested and anti-access/area denial environments."
The team is planning to test the terminal with an AEHF satellite by the end of 2015 and anticipates full certification in 2016.
"We recognize that the DOD has a significant unmet need for the type of protected communications that only the Milstar and AEHF satellites can provide," said Mike Bristol, TCS Government Solutions Group President. "The air, land and mobile variants of the LCT satisfy that need with a very cost-efficient solution."
An early prototype LCT designed for protected Comm-on-the-Move applications has been fully integrated and tested with the AEHF Payload Engineering Model, proving its interoperability with the AEHF anti-jam satellite systems.
"The call for innovation and productivity from the Defense Department's Better Buying Power initiative is driving the LCT development team," said Mark Calassa, vice president, Protected Communications Systems and AEHF program manager, Lockheed Martin. "Our goal is to deliver unprecedented, mobile access to tactical forces needing a truly protected communications network."
The LCT solution takes advantage of Northrop Grumman's and Lockheed Martin's knowledge and engineering experience in protected military satellite communications, builds on TCS's experience and products in deployable satellite communication systems for the military and leverages the strength of a commercial subcontractor team. The contractor team jointly funds the development and contractor portion of LCT certification. To date, LCT has been an industry-funded development.
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Topic: When will Trump be impeached? -2019 Better late than never- Congratulations! Read 296978 times
Mr.DeMartino
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Re: When will Trump be impeached?
Quote from: CDW on January 08, 2018, 11:00:09 am
It's 2018 and Trump is still president. So the 65 people who chose the "2017 Hell Yea!" option were wrong. Was gogators one of them? How many more people will be proven wrong?
They were wrong about Trump being nominated. They were wrong about numerous things "sinking him". They were wrong about Republicans booting him out. They were wrong about Hillary wiping the floor with him in the debates. They were wrong about his campaign strategy. They were wrong about who would win on election night. They were wrong about Trump being Hitler. They were wrong about mass deportations. They were wrong about abortions being banned. They were wrong various "smoking guns".
But of course, we should listen to them and trust their judgment.
gogators!
Quote from: Mr.DeMartino on January 08, 2018, 01:37:08 pm
Most of what you wrote above is wrong.
THEY were right to resist and oppose the policies and pledges of trumped up and the repugs, which is what, along with the Constitution, stopped them from making the US less free and more prone to a potential dictatorship.
You should learn to listen better. For example, retirees heard this:
The fiduciary rule is an Obama-era regulation that protects Americans' hard-earned retirement savings by requiring that financial professionals offering retirement investment advice put their clients' interests first. The rule was supposed to be implemented on April 10, 2017. But the Trump administration has repeatedly delayed enforcement of the rule, most recently to July 1, 2019, and is using the rule-making process and delays to significantly weaken the rule.
Because of the enforcement delays, industry actors presenting themselves as neutral advisers can continue to steer retirement savers to products with high fees and commissions that benefit the advisers but reduce net returns for the client. The map shows the annual costs retirement savers in each state incur due to underperforming IRA assets that are invested in products for which savers received "conflicted" advice (that is, advice provided by financial advisers whose earnings depend on the actions taken by the client).1
EPI has used the data on annual losses to retirement savers from conflicted advice to estimate that an August 2017 Department of Labor directive delaying the rule for 18 months, to July 1, 2019, would cost workers saving for retirement $10.9 billion dollars over the next 30 years.
Low-wage workers heard this:
The bottom line shows how inflation has eroded the buying power of a minimum wage income even as the economy grew and was able to afford a higher minimum wage. If you were paid the $7.25 minimum wage in 2017, you made 27 percent less—in inflation-adjusted terms—than someone who earned the minimum wage in 1968 (when the value of the federal minimum wage peaked, at $9.90 in 2017 dollars). The middle line shows that if the minimum wage had kept up with average wage growth for typical U.S. workers (specifically, production and nonsupervisory workers, who constitute essentially the bottom 80 percent of the workforce) since 1968, it would be $11.62 an hour. But even that would not have been sufficient to distribute the fruits of economic growth equitably. If the minimum wage had kept pace with rising productivity since 1968, someone earning the minimum wage in 2017 would have received $19.33 an hour—and millions of people earning above the minimum wage today would also be getting higher wages than they currently do.
The poor heard this:
44,566,000 people were in poverty in 2016—below are the additional number of people that would have been in poverty without the specified government program
Additional number of people in poverty
Social Security 26,096,000
Refundable tax credits 8,177,000
SNAP/Food stamps 3,575,000
SSI 3,359,000
Housing subsidies 3,106,000
School lunch 1,361,000
TANF/general assistance 608,000
Unemployment insurance 680,000
Workers' compensation 242,000
WIC 264,000
LIHEAP 150,000
Minorities heard this:
On average, black women workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar relative to white non-Hispanic men, after controlling for education, years of experience, and location (using 2016 data). This distressing statistic reflects the dual inequities faced by black women—they are subject to both a racial pay gap and a gender pay gap. A key focus of those committed to a fairer economy should be closing these gaps and accelerating economic progress for black women. A number of myths block steps toward real solutions, including the myth that racial and gender pay gaps are simply due to black women making unconstrained choices to pursue careers that pay less. In reality, occupational segregation is not simply a voluntary choice, but is clearly affected by discrimination both before and after people begin their careers. Further, racial and gender pay gaps persist even within occupations.
The chart shows the average wages of black women and white men in a range of occupations. In every occupation shown—both female-dominated and male-dominated—black women earn less than white men. White male physicians and surgeons earn, on average, $18.00 per hour more than black women doing the same job ($54.94 versus $36.94). The gap for retail salespersons is also shocking, at more than $9.00 an hour ($20.12 versus $10.99). The data confirm that black women are underpaid, period.
You might want to get your hearing checked.
Quote from: gogators! on January 08, 2018, 02:13:11 pm
Being part of the loyal opposition against policies you don't favor is fine. Unfortunately, the current Trump opposition makes the Republican BENGHAZI!!!!! and EMAILS!!!!! crowd look sane and stable by comparison.
Predicting your opponent is Hitler or panicking people into believing that mass deportation is right around the corner or that nuclear war will start over a tweet at 3AM is not.
Put it this way, plenty on the left can't even tell the difference between a twitter insult and mental illness. "He insulted someone on Twitter, he's mentally ill!!!!"- a criteria which would condemn 90% of the American public to the insane asylum if implemented.
You're mistaking internet clickbait for the organized movement on the left.
You're also trivializing serious fears regarding the man whose tiny hand is on the "big button."
You used to post that you were interested in serious debate, yet all you can post is the same smear about someone??? somewhere??? saying trump was hitler.
BTW, what about trump's continued attacks on the media? Does the first amendment ring a bell?
Remember those fine folks at Charlottesville you and your bud trumpy defended? Here's on of them:
A Missouri man with connections to white supremacists has been charged with terrorism after authorities said he brought a cross-country Amtrak train to a halt last fall in rural Nebraska.
http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/fbi-man-with-white-supremacist-ties-stopped-train-in-rural/article_76a73b7d-d667-55ae-98cd-5a4af26fde6b.html
Your claim that the left was "wrong" is looking pretty empty.
Not even close, pal; not even close.
Far more Benghazi hearings had taken place than hearing held during the 9/11 investigations. Republicans in Congress and in the White House have sought to circumvent, delay, and obstruct investigations into Russian meddling in the election and meetings between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Rotten to the core:
U.S. regulators and prosecutors have requested information from the real estate development business run by Jared Kushner's family over a program that allows wealthy foreigners to obtain visas for investing in American projects, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and prosecutors for New York's Eastern District issued subpoenas to Kushner Cos. in May seeking details about its use of what's known as the EB-5 program, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the requests weren't public.
ast year, Kushner's sister, Nicole Meyer, touted her brother's White House role as she urged Chinese investors to fund a New Jersey housing development through the EB-5 program.
EB-5 offers foreigners green cards — permanent residence — in exchange for investing $500,000 in certain U.S. businesses that create at least 10 jobs per investor.
dude goes all in on attacking the NFL regarding the national anthem and, turns out, he doesn't even know the words to it.
Now that's respect.
Quote from: Dave Stepz on January 11, 2018, 12:31:31 pm
I don't know the British anthem after the first line or two, but then again in England, I was never played it when I was young and it was never really played anywhere. Koreans know their anthem because of the frequency it is played. Surely in the US it is a similar...
Actually, the Star Spangled Banner has a horrible reputation as being hard to sign and the lyrics are frequently forgotten. People tend to rearrange the verses and think certain words are there when they aren't.
Still bad form of Trump not to know it.
And of course...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHnXajIex4
ACTUALLY, trump could gun someone down in cold blood and trumpites like yourself would defend him. That's one of the few things he's said that's ACTUALLY true.
Ironically (or perhaps unironically), Trump supporter Roseanne Barr, who is generally otherwise left-of-center, also is notorious for stuff regarding the national anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2c
What a derail! Choo-choo!
Steels is back on Trump's Twitter feed?
Another broken trumped up pledge,w ith a big dash of self-dealing:
The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire, and has also been fined for its role in a Russian money laundering scheme.
The waivers were issued in a little-noticed announcement published in the Federal Register during the Christmas holiday week. They come less than two years after then-candidate Trump promised "I'm not going to let Wall Street get away with murder."
Swampier than Polk Salad Annie.
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"I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," Trump told The Wall Street Journal. "I have relationships with people. I think you people are surprised."
Asked if he had spoken with Kim, Trump was evasive: "I'm not saying I have or haven't. I just don't want to comment."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-trump-suggests-positive-relationship-nk-leader-220542017--politics.html
Quote from: Life Improvement on January 12, 2018, 10:52:40 am
If he's not welcome in London, you can imagine how his "relationships" are with NK.
MayorHaggar
lol @ "shithole countries."
I'm sure his cult fanboys will continue to insist he isn't racist, even though his racism is the only reason they still rabidly and desperately support him.
Quote from: Mr.DeMartino on Yesterday at 01:40:32
Trump is a liar and a con man.
Quote from Mr.DeMartino on June 14, 2019 at 02:28:07
Donald Trump is a lying sack of shit
Quote from: MayorHaggar on January 12, 2018, 12:01:37 pm
Any worse than "peasants in suits" or any other stuff that gets casually tossed about here?
I believe it was "farmers in suits". And it does reflect the rural class which got rich quick after their tracts of land were bought up for development.
Luckily, none of us are holding public office or are the figureheads of our respective countries. Well I dont think anyone is.
Kpip! - Martin 2018
Quote from: zola on January 12, 2018, 01:41:15 pm
On some days, I like to be the PM of Normay.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


We are now into day three of the tradeshow, how is this season going so far?
So far we are really happy with the exhibitors and the turn out from buyers. With the economic downturn it's undoubtedly a difficult time for fashion but there seems to be a positivity and an energy at Who's' Next this season. The Mexican theme has injected a bit of life into the show and people seem to be making the most of it.
What kind of feedback have you received from brands and buyers?
I've had a great response from brands. One shoe designer told me last night that he had made €300,000 worth of orders in two days, that's brilliant in anyone's books!
Did the show see a strong international buying contingent this season?
One of our key objectives was to make sure there was a good mix of buyers from all over the world. We are not just a European show. There was a big increase in the number of Japanese buyers signing up early for registration; we also have a strong Middle Eastern following. This season has seen a rise in international buyers and a decrease in French visitors, no doubt due to the weaker market conditions here.
What are your projections for footfall this season compared to last year?
Last season we had 50,000 visitors. I expect this season to be the same.
What changes have you implemented in this season's show?
Well the daily fashion parade is one thing! It's much more than a catwalk show, its art itself. It has really brought up the energy levels and it captures the Mexican theme of the event perfectly.
We have also worked on the layout of the show making it much easier to navigate around. When we first started we wanted to push buyers to discover new things so we would have a mix of products placed together but as we have grown and developed over the years we realised that we needed to have a clearer structure.
Buyers are much busier now and they have less time and budget than ever before so they need to be efficient when they visit trade shows. We wanted to make it as simple and as easy as possible for them.
Is there anything you would like to change for next season's show?
Yes, I would like to attract more UK buyers! At the moment we have about 2000 visitors from the UK but we need to work on promoting Who's Next over there to show buyers that it does offer something extra special.


I've noticed many of you also love to say "very unique" which is very wrong. I've heard some of you utter "over-exaggerating" and "lacksadaisical".
It's not necessary that my friends in the booth speak perfect English. I certainly don't. I realize it's just a football game and not a grammar contest. But can you strive to sound like people who've completed middle school?
There's more mangling of the English language in the football broadcast booth than by the PA announcer at the Redneck Games. The cast of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" has better linguistic skills.
Even worse is the cringe worthy proclivity of commentators to refer to a 300-pound player of color as "a big boy." Really? I mean really?
While we're on it I'm sick of analysts making reference to talking with a black player at "our meeting yesterday" and then saying something like, "I tell you, he's a bright guy! He was easy to get along with!" with the same inflection as if the analyst were reporting that an alien spaceship landed in Times Square.
Commentators are well paid to be highly critical of every little mistake made by the people playing the games. It's not asking too much for them to get their acts together. There's still time, if they can find someone to coach 'em up and are willing to give 110 percent because it's not over till it's over.


Publication bias is alive and well when it comes to randomized trials of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.
Critics slammed the FDA's recent efforts to increase representation of women and minorities in clinical trials, reported Joyce Frieden.
The problem-plagued Open Payments database on doctors' financial ties to industry faces another hurdle as CMS said it won't disclose another batch of payments -- research grants from pharmaceutical companies to doctors through intermediaries. ProPublica's Charles Ornstein reported.
Nearly 15% of respondents in a population-based survey reported confusional arousals -- awakening without being fully aware. Most were related to mental disorders or drugs, but 0.9% weren't.


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3D scanning of the rare remains of the extinct dodo suggests they weren't clumsy or awkward, but lean and fast.
Apart from being one of the most famous extinct species, the dodo bird has the reputation of being clumsy, plump and not very clever. The fact that it was flightless and easy to prey on had many believing that it was doomed anyway, long before human intervention made it so in the 17th century. But a new study by Dr. Leon Claessens, an Associate Professor of Biology at The College of The Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, has given the dodo a new image. For the first time, the only surviving complete skeleton of a dodo was examined using 3-D laser scanning technology. The results indicate a different physiology than what has been depicted over time. The dodo would have been a leaner bird, able to move quicker than previously thought, and therefore better suited to the fluctuating climate of its native Mauritius.


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Disney Plus Hits 103 Million Subscribers Following Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision
Disney Plus didn't hit the number of subscribers analysts wanted
Posted May 14, 2021, 1:48 a.m.
Disney added just a few more million subscribers to Disney+ over the last couple of months, totaling just over 103 million, which executives will likely have to address on the company's earnings call later today.
As people in the United States start to venture out again, questions about what's next for Disney are likely to come up on the call. Disney is preparing for movies to be released in theaters again (Cruella, Black Widow), more attendees at parks (Disneyand is open and Avengers Campus is just about ready to debut), and sports are basically back (good news for ESPN). New shows like WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier are keeping people's attention — but are they still driving subscriber growth? Are the rainclouds that hovered over nearly every single one of Disney's sectors are beginning to lift, or is it still too early to tell?
"We're pleased to see more encouraging signs of recovery across our businesses, and we remain focused on ramping up our operations while also fueling long-term growth for the company," Bob Chapek, CEO of Disney said in a press release. "This is clearly reflected in the reopening of our theme parks and resorts, increased production at our studios, the continued success of our streaming services, and the expansion of our unrivaled portfolio of multiyear sports rights deals for ESPN and ESPN+."
The most magical place on Earth
There's no question that Disney has faced a tough year. While some of its competitors were able to lean on the strengths of their parent companies (both WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal are subsidiaries of AT&T and Comcast respectively, which saw broadband and mobile usage increase over the pandemic), Disney couldn't. Two of the company's top revenue drivers, Parks and Studios, took the biggest hit. Executives pointed to Disney+'s exponential growth as a highlight, and while there's no question the speed of scaling is impressive, streaming isn't yet a super profitable business.
Everything comes back to theme parks. In pre-pandemic times, the parks were Disney's biggest revenue driver. By Disney's third fiscal quarter in 2020 (ending in late June 2020), Disney saw its Parks revenue drop by 85 percent. Disney only recorded $983 million for the quarter compared to $6.58 billion the year before. By October 2020, as more people started to venture out to parks (including Disney World in Florida) albeit within a limited capacity, revenue grew slightly. Disney brought in $2.5 billion, but that was still a 61% drop from the year before, which saw $6.66 billion in revenue.
As of this quarter, Disney is seeing some return to life. The company recorded $3.2 billion in parks revenue. Still down from the same time period last year, but better than recent quarters.
For Disney executives, an increase is an increase. As vaccination rates continue to rise, and with new incentives for families and fans to visit parks (including Avengers Campus), executives are pointing toward the future for even stronger revenue growth. It may still be some time before Disney is hitting pre-pandemic numbers at its parks as capacity restrictions and general consumer hesitance is still in place, but as cases decline and as vaccination rates climb, Parks may once again become a big form of revenue.
Figuring out how to get more people into the parks comes back to what Disney does best — content. Jungle Cruise, for example, is a live-action movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt based on a theme park ride of the same name. Much like Pirates of the Caribbean, part of developing a film or series based on a theme park ride is encouraging fans to then purchase tickets to the park and enjoy said ride.
On that note, Disney executives are going to have to answer questions about how they're approaching theatrical exclusives versus hybrid releases. Just before today's earnings, Dwayne Johnson confirmed Jungle Cruise would hit theaters and Disney+ as a Premier Access title (meaning it'll cost subscribers an extra $30) on the same day. This is the same strategy Disney has used with Mulan, Raya and the Last Dragon, Cruella, and Black Widow.
Previously, CEO Bob Chapek referred to the decision to release some films through a hybrid distribution model as dependent on "what our slate of titles are and whether we think that we need to put something on the service for those particular guests or whether this is something that we could use as another data point in our exploration of Premier Access same date with theatrical." Or, more simply, movies that Disney executives think people will pay for on Disney+ instead of using a "free" film to entice more subscribers to sign up, like Soul.
What does this mean for big tentpole titles down the road like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings? The theatrical business is still crucial to Disney; arguably, it is the most crucial for Disney out of all the studios. Disney films are also the most crucial for theatrical exhibitors like AMC, making up more than 50% of all global box office revenue in 2019. How are executives thinking about streaming exclusives, hybrids, and theatrical only movies going forward?
This is especially true when the average revenue per user (ARPU) on the Disney+ side is $3.99, down from $5.63 the year before.
It's not all doom and gloom. For the last year, Disney has proven its streaming strategy is working. More subscribers are being added every quarter, Disney has a robust line of new shows (including several from Marvel and Star Wars) hitting Disney+ throughout the year. Disney is also making deals to make ESPN+ and Hulu more appealing to customers, including bringing FX titles to Hulu and looking out for more sport leagues licensing opportunities to satiate cord cutters desires.
But if Disney+ growth is beginning to slow, there are questions that need to be answered. Executives just need to help analysts, investors, and fans understand how all of Disney's various sections fit together together as life approaches some form of normalcy again. Hopefully, many of these questions will be answered during today's call.
Publisher: Disney Plus


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The first human libraries appeared in Denmark back in 2000. The idea is catching on, with public libraries in the United States and Australia also holding human library events. Library guests get to listen to stories and ideas from respected members of their communities, and human books get a chance to share their experiences. Together, both reader and "book" promote the library. Everyone benefits from these exchanges of grace and knowledge.


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Resist the urge to be frustrated when things don't seem clear. Like the water of a pond becomes murky as the spot on the bottom is stirred up, so life can be when things become agitated. But as we root ourselves firmly in a place of peace, soon it begins to settle and things again become clear.
Waiting for the waters to clear may be hard during the times when the world around you is demanding a response. However, just as it would be unwise to drive in weather that hinders visibility, resist any pressure to make hasty and unwise decisions when you lack clear vision. Sometimes pausing for a few moments, hours, or days can save you much grief and further trouble; meanwhile rushing may cost you.
So rest and be at peace. Trust that as you quiet yourself and wait, soon things around you will begin to still as well. As you quiet yourself, truth will make itself known. Let that place of truth and peace give you direction and sight in the hazy moments as you await the quiet settling.


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Anti Dumping Duty
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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART-II, SECTION-3, SUBSECTION (ii)]
(Department of Revenue)
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Notification No. 08/2017-CUSTOMS (N.T.)
New Delhi, 31st January, 2017
11 Magha, 1938 (SAKA)
S.O. … (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), dated the 3rd August, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S. O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August, 2001, namely:-
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Advance Guardian Heroes
by SquallSnake on September 30, 2004
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Has Treasure developed another high-octane beat-em up worthy of a sequel from the Sega Saturn game, or have the Heroes turned into zeroes?
Making such classic hits like Ikaruga, Gunstar Heroes, and the
recently released Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Treasure is widely known for unforgiving and nonstop action. It was Treasure's idea to throw tons of enemies on screen at once resulting in high difficulty but very fun game play. Once Ubi Soft heard the news that Treasure was going to be releasing another action packed game so soon after releasing the critically acclaimed Astro Boy, they knew they would be sitting on a true gem. However, slack play control and strange dialog hinder the main game play in this sequel.
Advance Guardian Heroes can be summed up as a fast paced Double Dragon. The player takes control of a character and beat up wave after wave of enemies through punches, kicks, and other special attacks. After a level is complete, stat upgrades are passed out generating an RPG touch. If you played Astro Boy then you will know how combat takes place. The idea is to knock enemies into other enemies by pulling off easy buy yet powerful button combinations. This fighting mechanic is a great direction to take a brawler game because the
player has many options when taking out enemies. Repetitive boredom does not come as easy as it has for so many other beat'em up games.
Advance Guardian Heroes relies heavily on the use of counterattacking. Much like the Dash technique in Astro Boy, if the player does not learn how to use this move quickly, death will quickly ensue. At the exact moment before impact when an enemy attacks, the player must Block (tap and "R" button) to send the attacker into a stun. This is the proper time to unleash a ruthless combo on your enemy victim. While this mechanic works when fighting boss battles, it is more of a nuisance when fighting a half dozen enemies at once. It is better to just run away and launch missiles when fighting numerous attackers.
Yes, it is cool to fight tons of enemies simultaneously. But no, it is not cool when there is slow down. Since so many objects can be present on screen at one time, the game will sometimes slow down. Counterattacks and blocking can be very difficult to pull off at this time. Also, there is only one save slot. When you start the game, you can choose from few characters. Unfortunately, you must play until the game is completed (or delete the saved data) before you can switch to a new character. Because there are so many different characters, this game should have a minimum of three save slots.
The graphics in this game have a love/hate relationship. The backgrounds and environments are filled with cool effects, but the character models are just too lanky and disproportioned to my tastes. Many times the backgrounds will feature clever uses of multi-scaling and Mode 7 graphics. It is very cool to see these features displayed on the small GBA. However, the character models just do not seem to fit the idea of a hero. Heroes should be bold, big-shouldered, and noble
looking. These characters look like they came from the The Nightmare Before Christmas.
This game does have a story, but I am not sure what it is about. This is due to the fact that every conversation is written in broken English. I am not sure if this is a translation error from Japan or if this was done on purpose. When the main character converses with enemies, it is very difficult to understand what is trying to be said. This game's text rivals Genesis' Zero Wing (famous for the phrase "all your base are belong to us" ).
One other sub par game mechanics is the use of a double tapped "A" button. Throughout the game, the player must jump from platform to platform. Two great examples: when the player is falling with a group of rocks and flying with a pack of missiles. In order to get to the next platform, "A" must be double tapped. However, it never works correctly. The game magnetically jumps to the next platform for the player, but it often does not work at all, or you are sent to an unwanted ledge.
The game supports some lasting material in the multiplayer department. All these modes require a game pak for each player. A two player Co-Op mode is available when two players link up and up to four gamers can battle in battle mode; and when new characters are introduced in the main story mode part of the game, they are unlocked and playable in the multiplayer mode. The multiplayer is one of the biggest aspects of this game and should be fully utilized.
Advance Guardian Heroes is a fun game, but it is just way too marred by sloppy game play elements. The slow down problem, the wonky character models, and horrible text, and the double tapped "A" jump button feature need a complete reworking. However the emphasis on the multiplayer mode is something that should be encouraged in GBA games. With this game's sloppy presentation, it pains me to say that this is a step backward in the evolutionary chain of Treasure, especially since it did such a great job with Astro Boy.
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Is this is the best box art on GBA?
by SquallSnake on July 23, 2020
WarioWare Twisted on Nintendo's Gameboy Advance is not only a great game, it has a super unique box. The thickness of the box is about double that of a normal GBA game but the front features a hologram sticker that actually demonstrates gameplay! This is [...]
Do all games work with the GBA Micro?
Released very late in the lifespan of the Gameboy Advance era, the Gameboy Advance Micro is highly collectable and fetches a large price on second-hand markets these days. Composed of a teeny tiny horizontal form factor, the screen is significantly [...]
Comparing all the Gameboy Advance models – what is the difference?
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There are actually several different Gameboy Advance systems with hardware revisions – so which one is the best? What are the pros and cons of each of Nintendo's GBAs? I recently acquired one of the coveted backlit GBA SP models and decided to [...]


Only explanatory note: I'm realizing "Historical Value" isn't the right phrase–really what I mean by that category name is how useful/revealing I think the book can be about its time.
It's hard to encapsulate my feelings about The Magnificent Ambersons as a novel: Tarkington's clearly in possession of some talent for description, and there are times when the book is very engrossing. But there are major weaknesses here I've complained about all along–most critically, that Tarkington invests us in an implausible "redemption" storyline for the one character no reader can reasonably be asked to empathize with. Furthermore, Tarkington's narrator gives us too many little nudges that there is something "right" about Georgie's perspective–I think Booth was a lot more taken with Georgie than I am…that he saw him as a more complicated guy, a guy who represented a side of America that Booth was a little sad to lose. If I'm not careful, I can go way overboard with the symbolism–Georgie's being struck by a car after being the spokesperson for how the car was ruining America represents….I don't have the heart to go through with it.
An interesting discovery (post-read) was that this is volume 2 in a trilogy of works about this fictitious Indiana town–a trilogy Tarkington called "Growth". The other two books are long since forgotten and out of print. I think it may explain a lot, though, regarding why the book seems to drift–particularly, why the narrator sometimes seems a lot more interested in the changes in the town than in the plot which dominates the book. It is a book (I would say) without subplots, unless we consider the effects of industry on the town to be a subplot (but if so, how plodding a subplot can you choose?). So we're left with a lament regarding the late industrial revolution, and the story of an arrogant jerk of a young man who miraculously learns to be good. Not gripping.
The end of the novel, I want to particularly call out for its poor taste. Tarkington uses a seance to force Eugene Morgan to change his mind about Georgie…and then realizes mid-seance he's overplaying his deus ex machina, and bails out by creating a scenario in which Morgan realizes it was all a sham. (But then if he didn't believe the medium, why does he still follow the dead Isabel's "advice"?) And the final moments seem to emphasize Morgan's change of heart, not Georgie's…in the end, Georgie is automatically assumed to be gracious (he is kind to the Morgans, but we never see his decision/epiphany that allows him to make that change in his personality), while we follow Morgan's struggle in great detail (when, frankly, I didn't think Morgan's character needed to redeem himself for me at all). It just rings false–Tarkington thinks we're going to be torn between Eugene and Georgie, seeing both men as at fault. But Eugene is a patient, kind, forgiving, and generous man whose hope of romantic happiness is destroyed by a petulant child who refuses Eugene even a final visit to the love of his life on her deathbed. If, after all that, he resented Georgie….well, who among us would blame him?
I'll say this: Tarkington describes Gilded Age Middle America very well. If you want to envision what life was like in Grovers Corner, this book will do a fair job (at least in describing the lives of the wealthy). And the reflections on the positives and negatives regarding progress are of some importance. But in the end, Tarkington's narrow vision just didn't grip me. By the end of His Family, I understood and cared about New Yorkers from the 1910s in a way I never had, despite that book's real limitations (largely Poole's sermonizing). This novel just didn't bring me to a historical place like that–a place where I could be at once fascinated by and connected to people and their world. There were moments when I came close, but the characters and their interactions simply don't allow Tarkington to explore the tensions of a growing city in anything like the depth he wants to.
Still on the ridiculous scale of "Never read this book" to "You must own this book", I give The Magnificent Ambersons a "You probably shouldn't bother with this book". I hate to say it, but I think you'll do much better to read other things–I can't identify anything this book does well that isn't done better in a number of other works. It's not a bad book, and Tarkington's honestly a writer with some skill, but there are too many books in the world for me to say you should invest yourself in this.
This entry was posted in Book Review and tagged literary style, modernity, progress, The Magnificent Ambersons (1919).
georgie sounds like an annoying posh twit.
There's a little more to him than that, but honestly not very much.
I find Georgie's transformation hard to believe. I do think that people can change, and change a great deal, but there must be a personal desire. People control themselves, and how they wish to live. Georgie's reversal in temperment and quality does not strike a believable chord with me because he just changed. There was no real decision, it seems, for him to want to change. It makes a nice happy story for him to become good, but there is little evidence to show that he believes that he ought to be good. I am rather disappointed with this book as a whole.
Your remarks concerning how Booth seemed to think the reader would find fault in both Eugene and Georgie, but in reality Eugene is a pretty okay guy, were quite striking. How could Booth sympathize with Georgie and not Eugene? I am very curious as to know what Booth saw in Georgie, and appernatly ignored in Eugene.
Daniel, were you reading along with me (I thought a couple of the comments above suggested you were)?
Anyway, your comment about desire is an interesting one–how much do we really control who we are? But the underlying problem–that he seems to become good without any sense that being good is something he believes is worthwhile–is a very real one. If the circumstances of his life truly changed him, we needed to see a lot more of it.
Regarding Booth's sympathies, I wonder if he sees Eugene as someone whose work will slowly destroy the town (while Eugene's naturally nice disposition makes no one oppose him) while Georgie is essentially harmless (and everyone opposes him, since he's not really a decent human being). Georgie isn't harmless, of course. That's where it falls apart, I think–if Georgie were as ineffectual as his Aunt Fanny Minafer, we might see this as a strange morality play, in which the good man kills what is beautiful about the town. But instead, at most we can blame Eugene for unintended consequences (which he accepts full blame for…another slip by Tarkington, if he wants to paint Eugene in a darker light, since it makes Eugene into one of the most thoughtful barons of industry I've ever seen), while Georgie ruins lives.
I am hesitant to believe Tarkington misunderstood his characters and his readers that badly. But if not, then what was the point of constructing the book as he did? A real mystery.
Haha, no I have not read it (nor will I, after your thrashing review). I just happen to read your blog religiously.
I agree with most of what you said, but I'm not certain there was an actual transformation in Eugene. His only real kindness in the whole book was deciding not to make Fanny totally destitute by (gasp!) taking a job that paid well immediately. REmember–he's still saying "riffraff!" even as late as chapter 34.
I was more interested in the idea of "come-uppance." Tarkington says, straight up, that Georgie gets his…by seeing the Amberson name erased! That's hardly come-uppance, as I see it, because it's not happening to -him-. I was hoping Fred or Lucy or some wronged party would get an opportunity for a more active revenge than simply saying "gee, look how far that family has fallen." And that bit about Georgie's reaction to the name change of Amberson Boulevard or the omission of Amberson from the "Great Families" book wasn't come-uppance so much as a continued revelation of Georgie's shallowness…the same shallowness that caused him to hurt Eugene and his mother so deeply.
Georgie hasn't changed so much as become helpless due to economic and then physical circumstance. My reaction…a shrug. So what?
Well, I finished The Magnificent Ambersons last night and, I must admit, I agree with you. What a… I don't even know how to describe it. I think my blog entry on the subject will have to suffice for a description of how I felt about it.
Drew: I'm sorry it went as I would have predicted — I very much look forward to reading your review of the book! I hate to say it, but there's one more Tarkington in your future (a book I liked slightly more than this one…..but not by much). I hope you get to rebound from this one by reading something a bit more enjoyable!
I think I liked this book better than you did. Possibly because I had just finished the depressing, disjointed Winesburg Ohio. I enjoyed the fluid writing of this book which made it a quick read. I also enjoyed the historical context which continued a documentation of the economic and social upheaval in the US which I first encountered in Edith Wharton's (much better) House of Mirth set 15 years earlier. I didn't like the main character but found him interesting to watch (like a train wreck). The ridiculous seance stuff at the end was a real "jump the shark" moment, though, and another book about a rash young man published only a year later is infinitely better, (This Side of Paradise).
Yes, in retrospect I may have been a little too hard on Tarkington. My expectations at this point were pretty high, and Booth caught some flak that he wouldn't if I'd read these during the great doldrums that were much of the 1920s and 1930s in Pulitzer-land. I still think that I'm less pleased with the book than you were, but not by as much as this review would imply. I'll have to give This Side of Paradise a look, though (and given your remark about Winesburg, I guess I'm glad the Pulitzers never did recognize Sherwood Anderson's work, which I know folk at the time bashed them for).


The thing is that you expect all the time me to be like you, but I'm not like you, I'm like me, and thats not a bad or a good thing, is just a fact that happens, and It's kind of impossible to be like you in my times, in my places and with my people. The same thing happens If I expect you to be just like me, It wouldn't work, no now, and I don't know about future but I don't think It would really work in that moment. The only thing I know is that I'm not wrong in this thought. Maybe I'm wrong in the way I am, but Is who I am, no? and I'm confortable being like me, feeling like me, smiling like me and shouting like me, I know there's things I have to change, speacially with you, but when I start thinking like that I always remember that I'm 21 too, and I have to keep calm and relax, because your time is almost done, but my Time is about to start.


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This 28 piece acrylic template set is designed to be used with the Mandalicious pattern to make the Mandalicious quilt. The template set makes the tracing and cutting process so much easier!


Wonderful win for WSU. Really exciting. They give up the opening kickoff for a Sun Devils touchdown, fight-fight-fight and win a seesaw battle.
Sure hope they take out Utah next week and uw the week after. This fan likes Paul Wulff and thinks he deserves his fifth year. He played on some wonderful WSU squads, really loves the school, and is rebuilding w/integrity.
Great game. Halliday looked like Doc Holiday, slinging ropes all over the place. I am a huge supporter of WSU athletics, except when they play gonzaga. I will have an opportunity to choose between both schools (I hope) to finish my undergrad in nursing. WSU makes more sense financially....that's a decision for another day.
Serious question.. Because I don't follow WSU football that much.
True Story. I didn't follow EWU athletics much while I was going there.
I was doing some "volunteer" work to earn money for the EWU men's club Soccer team by collecting the money for parking at a Basketball game.
Wulff comes driving up with his family, had his old Fall parking pass but not the Winter pass. I was told specifically to make sure people had the correct pass and not an older one.
I definitely got a funny look from him when I made him pay for parking. Got a "Do you know who I am?" line. But other than that he didn't press the issue and paid for parking while giving me a funny look.
Simple. Previous coach didn't recruit well, and with what was going on at home I could understand. The cupboard was bare so to speak. Last year a little, but mainly this year, he is finally getting his recruits on the field. And yes they are still struggling, but they are competitive, and will be very good next year. Instant gratification doesn't apply here. A rebuild was necessary and will pay dividends.


Did you ever see baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that?
Repeat with moving baby side to side and to the front and back.
Literacy tip of the Week: Compliment your child as you read to them. Give hugs and praise for simple responses. This will encourage them and create positive associations with books!


Our Loraine Lawson continues her discussion of data quality and controls with the news that some middleware experts estimate the U.S. health care industry loses $314 billion annually to fraudulent or inaccurate billing. Loraine goes on to describe some tips on cleaning up data during integration projects, and then asking why issues like data deduplication are not higher up on many industries' priority list.
Here in the IT Downloads library, we have two resources that will help you evaluate the health of your own data and begin the process of establishing a culture of data quality assurance, which ultimately is the first (and potentially most difficult) step in the process. Both these resources are available free to IT Business Edge members.
"Nuts & Bolts: The Mechanics of Data Governance," an e-book from our partners at Baseline Consulting, begins its discussion with the importance of getting executive sponsorship and buy-in for your data quality initiative. Any meaningful data governance effort will change the way some folks do their jobs; ideas for how to best accomplish this may come from the bottom up, but the mandate needs to come from the top down.
The e-book goes on to describe the differences between data stewardship, which is an oversight function, and data management, which Baseline Consulting breaks into six primary operational areas, which you can see in the figure below.
The e-book then goes on to describe each phase of data management in detail. For data quality, Baseline emphasizes the importance of ongoing monitoring and metric reporting, which sometimes can get lost in the shuffle of all the integration projects most big shops are juggling. Data stewards often are charged with data quality monitoring, but other staff members, including your business analysts, should be in the loop to create a system of checks and balances.
Users often put bad data in a column to get around the required fields.
Fields/Columns often have the wrong data in them.
Users frequently use the wrong data source for reports.
Obviously, users can cause a lot of problems by incorrect data input. But a well-designed input system can mitigate a lot of that grief. For example, you can scan the notes field for critical keywords and pop up a warning message suggesting to users that they include that info in a structured field.
Based on your answers to the 15-question survey, the Excel-based tool gives you a ranking of your data's health and suggests certain actions. If things are bleak enough, it advises you to designate someone as a data steward; if your enterprise is really serious about data quality, you may want to just go ahead and create that position, before serious problems arise.


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Q: How to convert a Makefile awk to BUILD.gn The original Makefile like
hello2.cc: hello.cc
  awk '$1 != "//" { print }' < hello.cc > hello2.cc

I'll started from official gn example
git clone --depth=1 https://gn.googlesource.com/gn
cp -a gn/tools/gn/example .
cd example
gn gen out
ninja -C out

convert.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "1=$1"
echo "2=$2"
awk '$1 != "//" { print }' < "$1" > "$2"

My draft BUILD.gn is
action("awk") {
  script = "convert.sh"
  sources = [ "hello.cc" ]
  outputs = [ "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc" ]
  args = rebase_path(sources, root_build_dir)
# +
#    [ rebase_path(target_gen_dir, root_build_dir) ]
}
executable("hello") {
  sources = [
    "hello2.cc",  # I just modify this line
  ]

  deps = [
    ":hello_shared",
    ":hello_static",
    ":awk",
  ]
}

shared_library("hello_shared") {
  sources = [
    "hello_shared.cc",
    "hello_shared.h",
  ]

  defines = [ "HELLO_SHARED_IMPLEMENTATION" ]
}

static_library("hello_static") {
  sources = [
    "hello_static.cc",
    "hello_static.h",
  ]
}

The output of 'ninja -C out -v', does that means script should be python only?
ninja: Entering directory `out'
[1/4] python ../convert.sh ../hello.cc
FAILED: obj/hello2.cc
python ../convert.sh ../hello.cc
  File "../convert.sh", line 2
    echo "1=$1"
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

A: The key point is default script is python. Here are workable settings
.gn
buildconfig = "//build/BUILDCONFIG.gn"
script_executable = "/bin/bash"   # ADDED this line

Run gn gen out again, modify BUILD.gn as
action("awk") {
  script = "convert.sh"
  sources = [ "hello.cc" ]
  outputs = [ "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc" ]
  args = rebase_path(sources, root_build_dir) +
    rebase_path(outputs, root_build_dir)
}
executable("hello") {
  sources = [
    "$target_out_dir/hello2.cc",
  ]
  include_dirs = [ "//" ]  # to support #include in original .cc
  deps = [
    ":hello_shared",
    ":hello_static",
    ":awk",
  ]
}

shared_library("hello_shared") {
  sources = [
    "hello_shared.cc",
    "hello_shared.h",
  ]

  defines = [ "HELLO_SHARED_IMPLEMENTATION" ]
}

static_library("hello_static") {
  sources = [
    "hello_static.cc",
    "hello_static.h",
  ]
}

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