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China Adams
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China Adams is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work merges written documentation with object making. She relies on a range of materials, frequently repurposed ones. Her large scale drawings also examine the play between art and document. She has exhibited internationally, and has had several solo shows at Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, and The Porch Gallery, Ojai. Public collections include the Berkeley Art Museum, Orange County Art Museum and the Carnegie Art Museum. Born in 1970 in San Francisco, Adams earned her BFA from UCLA and MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Since 2009, she has been a lecturer at USC Roski School of Art & Design. As a curator, Adams' exhibitions have received critical acclaim. Most recently Adams coordinated a month long collaboration with 80 other artists, Massage Generated Energy Drawings, which examined the process of generating and exchanging positive energy. Adams lives and works in Los Angeles.
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VEHICLE-CARRIED/PORTABLE
ANTITANK MISSILE SYSTEM
Engages modern and future tanks, light-armored vehicles, fortifications, low-speed air, surface and other targets by day and at night in adverse weather conditions and in enemy's radio and optical jamming environment.
Basic Performances
by day and at night ..............
up to 5500 m
Guidance system ................ semi-automatic
laser beam riding
Armor penetration
of HEAT warhead
behind ERA ..........................
1000-1200 mm
TNT equivalent
for HE warhead .......................
launcher .............................. 26 kg
container with missile ...... 29.5 kg
thermal imaging sight ...... 8.7 kg
by day and at night .....................................
Guidance system ....................................... semi-automatic
of HEAT warhead behind ERA .................
launcher ..................................................... 26 kg
container with missile ............................. 29.5 kg
thermal imaging sight .............................. 8.7 kg
Laying range of launcher
on azimuth ................................................. 360 deg
on elevation ............................................... from -5 up to +20 deg
Firing in mountain area ............................. provided at
heights 4500 m
Combat equipment:
The missile is guided onto the target from the launcher using high-precision play-free two-speed mechanical gears providing target tracking 0.1 mils.
Can be fitted with:
tandem HEAT warhead to engage modern and future tanks protected by ERA;
air-fuel explosive warhead with blast and incendiary effect to engage light-armored vehicles, fortifications.
9М133-1 Antitank guided missile with tandem HEAT warhead
9М133F-1 Guided missile with air-fuel explosive warhead of blast effect
thermal imaging sight
3-rd Generation thermal imaging sight of Kornet EM vehicle-carried/portable system is designed on matrix photodetector basis. Its peculiar feature is complete absence mechanical scanning. Photosensitive matrix is cooled by miniature gas cryogenic machine operating under Stirling cycle.
FOV
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wide .................................... 5.9х7.3 deg
Photo detector ..................... matrix type
with thermal
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Power supply ....................... from battery
Continuous operation
time .......................................
at least 1.5 h
Cooling time ........................ not more than 7 min
Maintenance facilities
Test equipment for launcher checking
Test equipment for thermal imaging sight checking
Computer-based simulator for operators indoor training
Field simulator for operators training in launcher field operation
Advantages and Operating Features
For Kornet E transportation and convenience of operation for combat crew, the launcher is folded into travel compact configuration, thermal imaging sight is located in a pack thus all combat equipment is delivered to the battlefield by any transport.
The system allows to detect the target, to aim on it, to fire, to track and to engage it by one person.
Small size, big lethality of warheads (missile with HEAT warhead engages modern tanks, missile with HE warhead in terms of lethality is compared to artillery round of big caliber) as well as significant firing range allow to deliver the system to air mobile troops, assault groups and special forces.
System installation in combat vehicles (BMP, BTR, BMD, jeep) enhances its mobility and versatility of use.
Possibility of Kornet E system elements installation in rotating cabin allows to design combat vehicles with electro-mechanical laying drives as well as to automate loading process, aiming and launching of missiles.
System combat vehicles provide:
high rate of fire;
round-the-clock ready-to-launch missiles;
salvo firing by two missiles at one target.
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Tunguska-M1
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Artillery Guided Weapon Systems
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Krasnopol
Kitolov-2M
Malakhit
Small arms, guns and grenade-launchers
Personal weapon
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OTs-21
PP-2000
PP-90M
PP-90M1
5.56A-91
Sniper Weapon
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AGS-30
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package com.github.zarkus13.slickgenerator.sbt

import com.etsy.sbt.CompileQuick._
import sbt._
import sbt.Keys._

/**
 * Created by Alexis on 22/03/2014.
 */
object SlickGenerationSbtPlugin extends Plugin {

  lazy val generatorPath = settingKey[String]("Path to the object containing a main method and generating the slick classes")
  lazy val gentables = taskKey[Unit]("Generate slick files from tables.")

  lazy val gentablesTask = (
    runner in Compile,
    compilers in Compile,
    scalaSource in Compile,
    classDirectory in Compile,
    scalacOptions in Compile,
    compileInputs in (Compile, compile),
    generatorPath,
    dependencyClasspath in Compile,
    streams
    ) map {
    (runner, compilers, scalaSource, classDirectory, scalacOptions, compileInputs, path, classpath, streams) => {
      val classDirFile = classDirectory.getAbsoluteFile
      if(!classDirFile.exists() || !classDirFile.isDirectory) {
        classDirFile.delete()
        classDirFile.mkdir()
      }

      compilers.scalac(
        Seq(file(scalaSource.absolutePath + "/" + path.replaceAll("\\.", "/") + ".scala")),
        noChanges,
        classpath.files,
        classDirectory,
        scalacOptions,
        noopCallback,
        1000,
        compileInputs.incSetup.cache,
        streams.log
      )

      val realClasspath = classpath.files :+ classDirectory.getAbsoluteFile
      toError(runner.run(path, realClasspath, Nil, streams.log))
    }
  }

  lazy val settingsSlick = Seq(
    generatorPath := "",
    gentables <<= gentablesTask
  )

}

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Eliane Elias, The Girl From Ipanema: We need your help!
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Eliane Elias » Bossa Nova Stories
Bossa NovaJazzFemale vocalistsEliane eliasLounge
Eliane Elias (b. 1960) is a Brazilian jazz composer, pianist, and singer.
Born on the 19th March 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil, Elias started learning to play the piano at the age of seven, and was transcribing solo portions of her parents' jazz records by the age of twelve.
After studying for six years (and teaching by the age of fifteen) at Brazil's prestigious Free Centre of Music Apprenticeship, she continued her classical education with Amilton Godoy and Amaral Vieria. Read Full BioEliane Elias (b. 1960) is a Brazilian jazz composer, pianist, and singer.
After studying for six years (and teaching by the age of fifteen) at Brazil's prestigious Free Centre of Music Apprenticeship, she continued her classical education with Amilton Godoy and Amaral Vieria. She was also the protégé of Vinicius de Moraes, lyricist and songwriting partner of Antonio Carlos Jobim, a huge influence on Elias' work, and master of the Brazilian bossa nova movement. By the time she was seventeen years old she was touring with the best bossa nova composers and interpreters, composing her own pieces and performing at jazz clubs regularly.
Elias then moved to New York and studied privately with Olegna Fuschi at the Julliard School of Music, eventually joining jazz supergroup Steps Ahead (whose members included Eddie Gomez, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, and Mike Mainieri).
Her first live instrumental recording, Eliane Elias Plays Live, was recorded in Amsterdam on the 31st May 2002, and digitally released in the USA in 2010.
Elias lives in New York City with her husband, bassist Marc Johnson.
* Official site
The classical tradition meets the spontaneity of jazz through the virtuosic playing of Brazil-born and New York-based pianist Eliane Elias. A former member of jazz ensemble Steps Ahead, Elias has continued to explore two distinct musical streams through her solo recordings and her performances since the mid-'80s. In 1993, she became one of the few artists to release jazz and classical albums simultaneously. In a review of a concert in her homeland, Brazil magazine praised Elias for "her dazzling right-hand runs, executed often at frightening speeds. Her command of the keyboard was total. Her harmonic sensibility caused a sense of wonderment."
Elias may have inherited at least some of her musical talents from her mother, Lucy, a classical pianist who often played jazz records in the family home. After studying for six years at the Free Center of Music Apprenticeship in São Paulo, she continued to study classical technique with Amilton Godoy and Amaral Vieira. By her teens, Elias was composing her own pieces and performing in jazz clubs. While touring in Europe in 1981, she met jazz bassist Eddie Gomez and was encouraged to travel to New York. Arriving in the Big Apple the following year, she studied privately with Olegna Fuschi at the Juilliard School of Music. Elias' professional career received a boost when she was invited to join Steps Ahead, a jazz "supergroup" featuring Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Mike Manieri, and Eddie Gomez. She recorded one album with the group -- Steps Ahead -- in 1983. Shortly after leaving Steps Ahead, Elias began collaborating with trumpet player Randy Brecker, whom she subsequently married but later divorced. Their sole duo album, released in 1985, was named after their daughter Amanda. The following year, Elias launched her career as a bandleader. Since then, she's alternated tours with two different trios, one featuring drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gomez and the other featuring drummer Erskine and her current husband, bassist Marc Johnson. Elias has also performed with a third trio, featuring Johnson on bass and Satoshi Takeishi on drums.
She signed with Blue Note in 1989, and released her debut for the label, So Far So Close, the same year with a slew of guests. While most of her recordings have been instrumental, Elias introduced her soft but coarse vocals on her 1990 album Eliane Elias Plays Jobim, and has employed vocals on occasion ever since. Her 1995 album Solos and Duets featured a brilliantly executed duet with Herbie Hancock. In addition to working periodically with Toots Thielemans' Brasil Project, Elias has served as musical director for Gilberto Gil's group. While she continued to record for the rest of the '90s, it was 2000's Impulsive! that proved one of the largest surprises in her career as she collaborated with conductor and arranger Bob Brookmeyer leading the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra. In 2002 she left Blue Note for RCA's Bluebird label, where she debuted with Kissed by Nature, a primarily vocal album, and followed it up with the lovely Dreamer in 2004. Elias released Around the City in 2006, a collection of primarily vocal tracks that moved ever further into pop territory, covering music by Santana, Bob Marley, and even Beck. It was her final album for Bluebird.
She returned to Blue Note for 2007's Something for You: Elaine Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans, fronting a trio with Johnson (who played with Evans) and drummer Joey Baron. In 2009, she issued what many have argued is her finest recording, Bossa Nova Stories, fully engaging her Brazilian heritage in bossa and samba and illustrating her singular jazz instincts as a pianist. In 2010, Savoy Records issued Timeless Eliane Elias, a compilation of tracks culled from her mid-'80s recordings Illusions and Cross Currents. In late 2010, Elias signed with Concord; in the late spring of 2011 she released Light My Fire, her debut set on the label. A year later, Elias paired with bassist Marc Johnson for the instrumental ECM date, Swept Away. In 2013, Elias paid homage to trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker with I Thought About You: A Tribute to Chet Baker. ~ Craig Harris & Thom Jurek, Rovi
01The Girl From Ipanema
02イパネマの娘3:51
03想いあふれて3:20
04モア・アイ・シー・ユー4:11
05私からは奪えない3:44
06デサフィナード4:24
07エスターテ(夏)5:18
08デイ・イン・デイ・アウト4:19
09アイム・ノット・アローン4:48
10トゥー・マーヴェラス・フォー・ワーズ3:53
11スーパーウーマン3:38
12ファルサ・バイアーナ4:01
13ミーニャ・サウダージ2:08
14ア・ハン4:11
15デイ・バイ・デイ5:27
by Eliane Elias
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah
When she walks, she's like a samba
That swings so cool and sways so gentle
That when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah
(Ooh) But he watch her so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her
Yes I would give my heart gladly
But each day, that she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at he
Tall, (and) tan, (and) young, (and) lovely
And when she passes, he smile - but she doesn't see
(Doesn't see)
(She just doesn't see, she never sees him)
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA/AMCOS
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Eliane Elias The girl from Ipanema version longue
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Eliane Elias - "Garota De Ipanema"
Eliane Elias - The Girl From Ipanema
Eliane Elias - Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema)
Eliane Elias - Garota de Ipanema (The Girl From Ipanema)
Eliane Elias - The girl from Ipanema {Drum Cover} Full HD
Garota de Ipanema - Eliane Elias (Michael Brecker Solo)
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Girl from Ipanema . Eliane Elias / Photo Artwork . Artexpreso 2016
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Dr. Nwodo: Ohanaeze needs idea and innovative Think-tank
Mar 27, 2017 | News, Opinion
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My Congratulation goes to Honorable Nnia Nwodo on being elected the new leader of Ohanaeze. Nwodo is a force to reckon with; a man of integrity, a remarkable patriot and a first class citizen of Nigeria. When I listen to him speaks on the issues confronting Igbo nation and Nigeria; I am filled with pride, joy and optimism that finally the dawn of new day has been birthed. Igbo-Nigerians should be satiated for having such an illustrious son at the hour of her greatest need.
I first met Nnia Nwodo at the World Igbo Congress summit in Houston and I have never stopped being impressed especially on his superior logic, brilliance, humility and oratorical skill. He is truly an effective leader indeed.
Ohaneze being a social and cultural organization needs an extension of a think tank or research institute. The think-tank will be a primarily a policy institute that should tackles the political and economic doldrums confronting Igbo nation; thereby sourcing a first class analysis and rendering pathways to solve the targeted problems confronting Igbo nation..
What is a think tank? "A think tank, policy institute, or research institute is an organization that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, technology, and culture. Most policy institutes are non-profit organizations." (Wikipedia)
The proposed extension of Ohanaeze will be anchored on research and advocacy. It will research, analyzed and render recommendations to accomplish a given task. For example take the issue of unemployment especially among Igbo youths. The research institute will tackle unemployment issue with creative analysis and recommedations to reduce ravaging unemployment in Igbo nation. Ohaneze's think tank will become an institute of great ideas and innovation that will work with South east governors for implementations of outlined recommendations.
Working with governors on great ideas and innovations?
Ohanaeze and eastern governors must come into some sort of partnership with the private industry and marketers to address the myriads of problems confronting the region.
The 20th century in the South Eastern Nigeria was a birth of great ideas, institutions and achievements. There was the founding of University of Nigeria, Nsukka , South East was the home of world largest producer and exporter of palm oil, the school of technology MIT was founded. Then later came in Anambra State Channel television 50 and Anambra State University of technology.
But at the interim South East have major problems of erosion, poor transportation, shortage of power, poverty and many others. And the governors cannot solve them by engaging in small talks and donating money to inconsequential organizations and building patches of roads here and there. Where are the big dreams, big visions and the great innovations and ideas to transform Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi States? The governors and states of South East must have a concerted effort and coordination grounded on industry and initiatives to bring affirmative achievements to the citizens of their respective states.
There is a large deposit of coal in Enugu without usage or consumption. The governors can come together and set up a committee to recommend how the coal can be extracted and used to supply electricity to industrial areas in South east geo-political zone.
With same spirit of cooperation they can solve the problem of road congestion and accidents. As a result of massive goods locomotion by trailers from Port Harcourt seaport to the cities; therefore constructing rail tracks from the seaport to rest of the major cities in the zone becomes imperative. Enugu State University Teaching Hospital can be turned into an international center for medical research with emphasis on malaria, heart problems and other diseases affecting Nigerians and Africans.
This is the age of opportunism and I wish that Ohaneze will seize the moment under the pilot ship of pragmatic Dr. Nwodo to make Igbo nation and Nigeria a better place for everybody.
Emeka Chiakwelu is the Principal Policy Strategist at AFRIPOL. His works have appeared in Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Forbes and many other important journals around the world. His writings have also been cited in many economic books, publications and many institutions of higher learning, including tagteam Harvard Education. www.afripol.org, info@afripol.org.
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The Presence of Julius Eastman
For four years now, the London Contemporary Music Festival have put together the most exciting new music events in town. After last year's eclectic extravaganza, LCMF 2016 was tightly focused and all the more revelatory for it. Three nights in another new venue (with a surprisingly good sound) dedicated to the work of Julius Eastman.
Eastman died in 1990, in almost total obscurity. Since the turn of the century, Mary Jane Leach has led a quest to rediscover, salvage and revive what remains of his music. Most Eastman fans probably first heard of him through the 3-CD set that resulted from this hunt for recordings, released ten years ago. The recovery process still goes on today: this year Frozen Reeds issued a tape of the large-scale work Femenine that had laid dormant for 40 years. These recordings reclaimed a lost strand of minimal music that was never fully pursued; a unique, vital voice in a style of composition that had seemed exhausted.
Over the last weekend, it became abundantly clear that these records were just scratching the surface, both in what listeners know about Eastman's music and in how much more there is still to be revealed in his "classics". Six pieces by Eastman were played, one of them a world premiere. That 1984 piece, Hail Mary for voice and piano, is still not mentioned on Leach's list of known works. For a bit of perspective, Leach's essay from 2004 mentions that she has obtained copies of scores for only two and a half works.
The rediscovered recordings have obtained something of an aura, of essential documents from a lost moment in time. The LCMF gigs refuted that idea and firmly established Eastman as a composer in a living history of music-making. Performed live by understanding, talented musicians, the pieces took on a life of their own, with greater emotional depth and pure sensory delight than can be found in the old tapes. This was most clear in the ensemble works. Apartment House's Femenine benefited from greater accuracy and confidence, which allowed its increasingly outrageous digressions to hit the audience with an almost overwhelming force. Stay On It finally, actually sounded like a kindred work to the jazz and R&B Eastman spoke of. Other versions I've heard sound like a classic minimal composition derailed by an awkwardly sectional structure. At LCMF it really did start to heave and glide from one idea to another, subverting its lock-groove origins and risking anarchy, knowing it's more fun to hang with Sun Ra than Steve Reich.
As the pianist Philip Thomas mentioned afterwards, "Julius Eastman's music is music to be performed, heard, experienced and understood via the particular energies of live performance…. Nothing much to hold on to but everything to play with. So much revealed in the playing." Special mention needs to go to vocalist Elaine Mitchener, whose free-form improvisation over Stay On It set the tone and led the work into new territory.
Mitchener's voice also added a raw, disquieting edge to the otherwise hushed and restrained later works, Hail Mary and Buddha. The two pieces are almost unknown and I'd like to hear them again to appreciate their subtleties. The works for multiple pianos (here played as two pianos eight hands), Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla, were played with a brilliant clarity. The seemingly straightforward process behind each one took on twists and turns, at once angry, elegiac, triumphant and defiant. The unexpected ways that Evil Nigger subsides into stillness and Gay Guerrilla seems to endlessly rise are both glorious and disturbing.
Other composers featured at these gigs were Arthur Russell and Frederic Rzewski. Russell and Eastman were collaborators and kindred spirits of sorts, both outsiders to "serious" (i.e. unengaged) music. Russell's almost inaccessible Tower of Meaning received an all-too-rare airing, in a special chamber arrangement. Its otherworldly blankness points equally to medieval music, Satie's Socrate and Cage's Cheap Imitation of it, as well as much "naive" music of the late 20th Century.
The entire programme opened with Rzewski's Coming Together; a key work in understanding Eastman's musical approach – of minimal rhythms, harmonies and repetitions as a framework for looser improvisation – and his engagement with politics, revolution and their conflicts with his sexuality. These themes were pursued further on the second night when Rzewski himself performed his own De Profundis, a setting of Oscar Wilde's text for reciting pianist. This was the other highlight of the Festival. Rzewski, now 78, may have faltered on occasion but his voice, playing and percussive gestures (including rapping on the piano lid, scratching himself, beating his skull with his fist) all spoke with an unmatched directness and clarity. It was a gripping performance, letting the words drive the music and the music serve the words.
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Office 365 is getting a facelift. Microsoft recently announced that it will release several updates for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Microsoft's goal with these changes is to offer users a more powerful and streamlined experience. Microsoft will initially release three updates. First, Office 365 will... Read more...
by Brandon Hill - Wed, Jun 24, 2015
Microsoft Officially Releases Office For Android Smartphones
Microsoft continues its quest for multi-platform domination with the official release of Office for Android smartphones. Microsoft of course has Office software available for its own Windows and Windows Phone (and future Windows 10 Mobile) operating systems along with iOS and OS X, but today marks the day that your... Read more...
by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Apr 09, 2014
Office Mobile For iPad and iPhone Review
Office for iPad is finally here, and for once, the term "finally" is truly justified. For nearly as long as the iPad has been available, general consumers and enterprise users alike have been clamoring for Microsoft's suite of document editing tools. In fact, the dearth of Office on iPad enabled an entire ecosystem to grow,... Read more...
Office for iPad is finally here, and for once, the term "finally" is truly justified. For nearly as long as the iPad has been available, general consumers and enterprise users alike have been clamoring for Microsoft's suite of document editing tools. In fact, the dearth of Office on iPad enabled an entire ecosystem to... Read more...
Features, Mobile, Smartphones
by Seth Colaner - Tue, Dec 03, 2013
Microsoft Opens 'Student Advantage' Program Giving Students Free Use Of Office Software Suite
You can hardly find a job posting that doesn't list proficiency with Microsoft's suite of Office tools as a requirement, and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are ubiquitous in schools and business around the world. Thus, it makes sense for colleges and universities to provide students with access to Office, but... Read more...
by Seth Colaner - Thu, Nov 07, 2013
Microsoft Chasing Google Drive, Adds Real-Time Co-Authoring To Office Web Apps
Microsoft announced that its Office Web Apps, the teaser portion of its Office 365 initiative, are getting some updates in the form of real-time co-authoring, which allows multiple users to collaborate on a single document simultaneously. Users can work from their desktops, laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices... Read more...
by Seth Colaner - Thu, Oct 10, 2013
A Guided Tour of Microsoft Office 365
Pretty much everyone has used Microsoft Office before, and many of us have been using it our entire lives. And although it's true that over the years each generation of the software has improved, there's arguably never been a release of Microsoft Office as dramatic as the introduction of Office 365. Office 365 offers desktop versions... Read more...
by Paul Lilly - Sun, Jun 30, 2013
Google Offers Native Microsoft Word and Excel File Editing with New Chrome OS Release
If the only thing stopping you from picking up a Chromebook is the lack of support for Microsoft Word and/or Excel, you'll be happy to know that there's an update to the developer channel build of Chrome OS that adds the ability to edit both types of files on an experimental basis. Chromium evangelist François... Read more...
by Seth Colaner - Tue, Jan 29, 2013
Microsoft Office 2013 Launches Later Today
My, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday we were taking the wraps off of our shiny new copy of Office 2010, and now it appears that Office 2013 will grace us with its presence shortly. According to the official teasers on Twitter, Microsoft is planning announce Office 2013 from Bryant Park, New York later today with the (large, orange)... Read more...
by Joel Hruska - Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Microsoft Office Announcement Leaves ARM Community Wondering What's Going On
Last week, Windows 8's head developer, Steven Sinofsky, published an 8,600-word blog post describing virtually every facet of Windows 8's development, including the hardware Microsoft has used for system testing and simulation. One of the major bullet points of the announcement was the following: WOA includes desktop... Read more...
by Joel Hruska - Fri, May 06, 2011
Microsoft Decries 'Hidden Cost' of Google Apps
While the company has diversified into a range of products and services, Windows and Office remain Microsoft's major cash earners; the revenue from these massive areas is used to cover losses in segments like Internet use.This helps to explain why MS recently published a story on the hidden cost of migrating to Google Apps. The company's assurances... Read more...
by Ray Willington - Thu, May 13, 2010
Office 2010 Launches, Free Office Web Apps Coming To The Cloud
Simple software launches don't often grace the front page here at Hot Hardware, but Office is the 800lb. gorilla that no one can ignore. Yet. Google is working tirelessly to replace the need for standalone desktop Office products with Google Documents, an online suite of similar products that can be used on any... Read more...
by Gregory Sullivan - Fri, Dec 21, 2007
Sharp+Toshiba' s Excellent Flatscreen Adventure
Toshiba and Sharp are fierce competitors. Both based in Japan, they manufacture and sell flatscreen LCD TVs, among many other things. They've decided to cooperate with one another, and have announced that Toshiba will purchase LCD panels over 32 inches from Sharp, and in turn Sharp will purchase chips for use in their TVs from Toshiba. Toshiba... Read more...
by Michael Santo - Wed, Oct 10, 2007
Excel 2007 Calculation Fix: It All Adds Up Again
In late September Microsoft admitted there was a bug in Excel 2007 which caused the calculation results of certain values to be displayed incorrectly. The results were correct, but the display was not. Microsoft has posted an update on their Excel blog, and there's a fix available. However, you'll have to download them manually for now.We... Read more...
by Chad Weirick - Wed, Sep 26, 2007
Math Error In Excel 2007?
A Google user group has apparently started to uncover a surprisingly large number of related bugs in Excel 2007. The bug seems to take most, perhaps all, multiplications problems that would result in the answer 65535 and displays the answer 100000 instead.The bug doesn't just stop there, there are times when doing further operations on a... Read more...
by Matt Beauvais - Wed, Dec 28, 2005
ExcelStor GStor Plus GP1080
Worthy of HardwareZone's 'Most Innovative Product' Award, the ExcelStor GSTor Plus GP1080 is an excellent hard drive with some great features. What are these features? Encryption, Password Protection, and Instant Backup Rollback, which is bound to delight business owners. "Overall, the GStor... Read more...


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Hyperinflation in China
Monday, 7/21/2008 16:16
A short history of paper money – and the trouble it caused – in Ancient China...
ONE OF THE FOUR Great Inventions from the Ancient Chinese – alongside printing, the compass and gunpowder – paper was invented by Cai Lun in 105 A.D. using bark, rags, wheat stalks and other materials, writes Mike Hewitt of Dollar Daze.
The first historical experiments with paper money began shortly thereafter, recorded around 140 B.C., some 1,800 years before its arrival in Europe.
How this money came to an end is not known. The first well-documented use of paper money comes with the "flying cash" of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) used around 800 A.D. The term "flying cash" was used because of its tendency to Blow Away in the Wind unlike metal coins, known as cash. The government issued the paper in lieu of coins to remove the burden of moving large quantities of metal over vast distances. It was not a 'legal tender' but merchants did begin using them as a convenient method of exchange.
This practice expanded during the S'ung Dynasty (960-1279) to include paper certificates issued by up to sixteen note-issuing houses. Each note had pictures of houses, trees and people on it using a mix of red and black inks with a seal of the issuing-house and confidential marks to make counterfeiting difficult. Widely circulated, they were readily accepted for the payment in debt and other financial obligations.
In 1020 A.D., vast amounts were created to buy off potential invaders from the north leading to their rapid depreciation. In 1023 these notes were withdrawn, and only official notes printed by the government were allowed. The money issued by this bank was dated and had printed on it a notice stating it was valid for three years. Expiring notes could be exchanged for new ones at a 3% charge.
Problems of over-issuance lead to high prices during the Chin Dynasty (1115-1234). Various schemes were adopted based on the government monopoly on tea and salt, but all failed from lack of commitment and increasing costs of war with the Mongols. In 1160, Emperor Kao Tsung reformed the Chinese paper currency as earlier issues had been excessive and became nearly worthless. A new issue was produced, but hyperinflation resumed by 1166.
In 1217, the Mongols successfully invaded from the north. The Mongol empire issued paper money on a moderate scale in 1236, known as the First Mongol Issue. By 1260, the Mongol note circulation reached a substantial level.
The Yuan Dynasty (1264-1368) forbade the use of Gold and silver as currency. It also demanded that a certain percentage of taxes be paid using paper money. Excessive printing year after year soon flooded the market with depreciated paper currency until the face value of each certificate bore little or no relation to its counterpart in silver.
In 1272 a series of new issues were put in circulation at a conversion rate of five old notes to one new one. This became known as the Second Mongol Issue. When Marco Polo visited China (between 1275 and 1292), he was so impressed by paper money that he wrote a whole chapter in his Travels, describing everything about its manufacture and circulation.
Marco Polo described the manner in which China's paper money was issued...
"All these pieces of paper are issued with as much solemnity and authority as if they were of pure gold or silver; and on every piece a variety of officials, whose duty it is, have to write their names, and to put their seals. And when all is duly prepared, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the Seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the Seal remains printed upon it in red.
"The Money is then authentic. Anyone forging it would be punished with death."
He also wrote that the emperor of China made so many notes each year that he could buy the whole treasure of the world "though it costs him nothing". When Marco Polo returned to Europe in 1296 people met his comments regarding Chinese paper money with disbelief and scorn.
While Marco Polo reported relative success for the Chinese monetary system, continued depreciation required another revaluation in 1309. The Third Mongol Issue followed the same 5:1 ratio of its predecessors. In an effort to reduce the amount of notes in circulation the government often refused to exchange new issues for old certificates that had been worn out through use.
Around 1350, during the final phase of the Mongol Dynasty, huge efforts were made to correct the currency. Paper notes issued by private, provincial and central government agencies had resulted in an explosion in credit and subsequent precipitous fall in its value.
In 1374, the new Ming Dynasty issued it first paper money, known as Ta Ming T'ung Hsisng Pao Ch'ao ("Great Ming Precious Notes"). These notes were inconvertible to coin and little effort was made to maintain its value.
Six different issues are known to have occurred between 1368-1426 although it is likely that there were many more. The note shown here is a Ming Dynasty 200 cash note. The pictorial presentation is of two strings of ten 10 cash coins. The lower panel text reads:
"The Board of Revenue, having petitioned and received the imperial sanction, prints the Great Ming Precious Note, to be current and to be used as standard copper cash. The counterfeiter shall be decapitated. The informant shall be rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and in addition shall be given the entire property of the criminal."
The value of these notes rapidly declined and by the early 15th century, the ratio between the paper and coin exceeded 300:1. The Great Ming Precious Notes eventually disappeared from commerce and there are no known references to paper money being in circulation after 1455 thus ending China's first 650 years of experience with paper money.
For the next 500 years China functioned under a silver economy that ended following Chiang Kai-shek's rise to power in 1927 and the formation of a central bank, now the People's Bank of China.
Mike Hewitt is the editor of DollarDaze.org, a website pertaining to commentary on the instability of the global fiat monetary system and investment strategies on mining companies. The opinions expressed are not intended to be taken as investment advice. It is to be taken as opinion only, and Mike encourages you to complete your own due diligence when making any investment decision.
See the full archive of Mike Hewitt articles.


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01-10-18 Leesville Leader Fort Polk horse removal on hold?
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Q: TF400018: The local version table for the local workspace
TF400018: The local version table for the local workspace WEBSERVER;
(My name was here) could not be opened. Access is denied

I keep getting the error above as soon as I open Visual Studio. I cannot access any of my projects.  I am the administrator on TFS and I can also access TFS via the web client so I don't see how it could be an access problem.  Has anyone gotten this before? I have seen similar errors posted but not the same one.

A: I had pending changes, so to play it safe, here's what I did;

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*back up your source directory. Since you can't connect to TFS, you can't shelve or similar, so make sure you've got a copy before trying anything.

*rename $tf to, say __$tf. After this, TFS can't track the differences between your local disk and remote

*get latest source code (I used tf.exe for this). All your pending changes now show up as merge conflicts.

*open visual studio, and in "Pending Changes", choose "Actions | Resolve Conflicts (21)"

*In the Resolve Conflicts window, choose 'Keep Local File Contents' for every file. You can ctrl+a to select all and then choose 'Keep Local File Contents' to do them all in a single shot.

*If you've added any files, you'll need to add them back to source control - right-click in Solution Explorer and "Add file to source control"

*When you check in, be careful of any changes colleagues might have made to the file you're editing.

A: I fixed this by renaming the $tf hidden folder in our working directory

A: I fixed the issues by deleting/ unbinding all workspaces in my TFS. after that i was able to reopen my projects without errors.  I rebound them back in the change source control menu.

A: I fixed this by :

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*Backup your local files

*delete your cache C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation{version}\Cache

*From file menu, source control, advanced, workspaces, then remove your workspace.

A: I was able to fix this by:
1.) Rename my Local Path (to which TFS was pointing to).
2.) Start Visual Studio 2019 > Source Code Explorer.
It complained it no longer had a Local Path--I pointed it to a new location of my choice.

A: I was getting this error using the VS Source Control Explorer to download projects from Azure TFS. My company had recently moved from on-prem TFS into the cloud.
Update: I think the problem turned out to be that my local workspace was just too large. It seems likely that the background process responsible for keeping local files in sync with the cloud was working so hard that it caused errors when any attempt was made to pull down or sync a project.
To make it worse, even after unmapping the local workspace in TFS and rebooting the machine, the workspace folder was locked and could not be renamed.
In the end I just created a new folder, mapped it as my workspace in TFS, copied over just the projects I needed from my old workspace, and the errors finally stopped.

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The real victors of Obamacare
EZRA KLEIN, Commentary
"The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld"
That's what was on SCOTUSBlog moments after the Supreme Court announced its ruling on the health care law. But it wasn't upheld in the way most observers thought it would be. The decision was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court's liberals, and Justice Anthony Kennedy casting his vote with the conservatives.
This will be covered, in many quarters, as a political story. It means President Barack Obama, and Solicitor General Don Verrilli, are popping the champagne. It means that Mitt Romney and the Republicans who were fighting the health care law have suffered a setback.
It will be covered in other quarters as a legal story, about Roberts' legacy, and perhaps even to how we understand the divisions in the court.
But those stories don't capture the effect this decision will have on ordinary Americans.
The individual mandate, by bringing healthy people into the insurance market and lowering premiums, means health insurance for between 12.5 million and 24 million more Americans than if the mandate was struck down. And as Kennedy said in his dissent, writing for conservatives on the court who said the entire law should have been invalidated, it means health insurance for 33 million more Americans than if he and the conservatives had their way.
Those are big numbers. But behind them are real people, like Eric Richter.
Richter, a 39-year-old resident of Ohio, works at a stone drilling company. He and his wife make $36,000 a year. That's too much to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to easily afford insurance.
"It's hard to pay for the unknown, when you're struggling to cover the known," he told The New York Times. "I know it sounds irresponsible, but that's just the way it was. It's a game of roulette you hope you're going to win."
Then Richter discovered a tumor growing up his leg. He first tried home remedies, cutting out sugar and eating beets. But it kept growing. His wife sewed him new pants to accommodate the "melon-sized" lump. He stood in church, because it was too painful to sit down. He was turned away from a needed scan because he lacked insurance.
In April, doctors in the emergency room told Richter his tumor was malignant. His wife desperately tried to find an insurer to cover them. No one would. The tumor was, of course, a pre-existing condition.
Perhaps nothing in Richter's story speaks to the cruel reality of the American health care system better than this: Richter's wife, Dani, recently lost her job at an electronic records firm. For most families, this would be a tragedy. For the Richters, it might be a lifesaver. The loss of income pushed them well beneath the poverty line, and that might mean they qualify for Medicaid.
A doctor eventually took an interest in Richter's case and helped him get surgery. The Richters, however, still has no idea how they will pay the bill for the surgery, or for follow-up care.
The passage of the Affordable Care Act means that, come 2014, people like the Richters get guaranteed health care coverage. If their income is less than 133 percent of the poverty line, they receive Medicaid — unless their state rejects federal Medicaid dollars for the expansion, something the court made it easier for them to do.If their income is between 133 percent and 400 percent, they receive some level of subsidies. At $36,000, the Richters would be paying less than $200 a month, and no insurer can turn them away. If they are below the poverty line, they get Medicaid, no questions asked.
There is uncertainty between here and 2014. Mitt Romney could win the election and repeal the law entirely, meaning none of the 30 million Americans expected to gain coverage under the law get it.
But the particular roulette wheel that began spinning when Republicans took to the courts to invalidate the Affordable Care Act has come to a stop. And the Richters have won.
Ezra Klein writes for The Washington Post.


Duets eliminated Olivia Chisholm during Thursday night's performance show, which revealed the duet singing competition's final four contestants.
"This has been my dream since I was a kid and Robin picking me to be on Duets has proved I have what it takes to live my career and live my dreams," Olivia said in a video package broadcast of her elimination.
Olivia was ousted after Duets host Quddus revealed she had received the fewest home viewer votes following last week's live performance show -- which had featured the competition's five remaining contestants performing duets with celebrity partners and established recording artists John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, and Robin Thicke.
Bridget Carrington received the second fewest votes and was the other contestant in danger of elimination prior to Quddus' announcement.
Olivia had been partnered with Robin while Bridget is partnered with John.
"I think the future is great [for Olivia]," Robin told Quddus after the elimination results were revealed.
"She's an amazing human being and she listens really well and she tries really hard each week. And she got better every single week and I know she'll get better for the rest of her life. So she's got a long way to go."
After Olivia's ouster, the four remaining contestants -- Bridget, J Rome, Jason Farol, and John Glosson -- each performed a new duet with their celebrity partner and one contestant will be eliminated based on the subsequent home-viewer voting during next week's Duets performance show.


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Q: Angular Form is always initially invalid I am using the following form:
<form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()" novalidate>
  ...
  <div class="col-xs-12 nopadding">
    <button class="btn loginbutton" type="submit" [disabled]="!submitEnabled()">Login</button>
  </div>
</form>

In the component ts, the submitEnabled looks like this:
submitEnabled(){
    let enabled = false;
    if(this.form.valid){
      enabled = true;
    }
    return enabled;
  }

Alternatively I could have written [disabled]="this.form.valid" (I am using reactive forms, and formis my variable for the form).
Note: I am using Material as UI Framework for the inputs (could be unimportant)
Problem:
Initially, my form is always invalid. This form is about a login. The browser autofills the values and therefore touches the form. This results in the form being touched and dirty. At the same time, the form still remains invalid, although the form contains valid data. If I click anywhere on the site or inside the form, the validity seemingly gets checked again and the form switches to valid. Problem with this: The "Login"-Button initially is always disabled, even if the form contains valid data.
Is there any way to force the validation check after auto fill, or am I missing something to trigger the validity check in other ways?
EDIT:
In the form I am using, I have a password type field. This field is the one initially always set to invalid.
EDIT2:
The password field is initially untouched and pristine, but it contains valid data...


Japanese quails were subjected to 24-h light per day and an ambient temp. of 35 degrees C from 1 day to 3 wk of age, when they were subjected to 18-h light:6-h darkness and an ambient temp. of 18 degrees or 35 degrees until sexual maturity.


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RCMP to get more money to settle sexual harassment lawsuit
Category: Canada News
Published Thursday, December 5, 2019
The federal government is promising to give the Royal Canadian Mounted Police more money to cover a historic class-action lawsuit after more women than originally expected came forward with stories of harassment and sexual abuse.
Today, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos tabled the supplementary estimates in the House of Commons, which includes a top-up of more than $50 million for the RCMP to cover the out-of-court settlement.
Latest Canada & World News
Atlantic storm causes Newfoundlanders to step up for their neighbours
Canada News CTV News
TORONTO -- Newfoundlanders have been lending a helping hand to their neighbours after an unprecedented amount of snow hit the Atlantic region. Amidst the remnants of last week's blizzard, there were handfuls of so-called "shovel brigades" and volunteers pushing snowblowers across St. Source
VANCOUVER -- Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a "facade" and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions on Iran, a defence lawyer has argued. Source
Canada News CBC News
A new Canadian study shows boys and young men are more likely to die than girls and young women, and they have a greater chance of dying due to injury, particularly from age 14 onwards. The study, published this month in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, looked at 3.1 million children born in Ontario between 1990 and 2016 and examined who died and from what cause between the ages of one and 24. Source
VANCOUVER -- Maxwell Johnson says he was just trying to open a bank account for his granddaughter at the bank where he's been a customer for five years. Instead, the Indigenous man from Bella Bella, B.C. Source
TORONTO -- Bookworms made former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming" the most-borrowed library book in some of Canada's biggest cities last year. At the Toronto Public Library, which boasts one of the "busiest public library systems in the world," Obama's book nabbed the top spot for 2019. Source
Therese Keenatch died at 60, two weeks after her residential school compensation claim was first rejected on grounds she wasn't technically a student when she was sexually assaulted by a federal employee on the way to a Saskatchewan residential school. Source
'This is not right': Motorist calls 911 to report dangerous driver but is put on hold for six minutes
TORONTO -- A man who was worried someone would be killed by an erratic driver is upset that when he called 911 for emergency help he was put on hold for six minutes. Sam Gill said he was driving on a busy Mississauga, Ont. Source
Unifor national president Dias arrested on picket line in Regina
REGINA -- Unifor national president Jerry Dias has been arrested in Regina. Officers were heard warning Unifor members that they may be arrested for blocking access to and from the refinery for longer than 10 minutes. Source
REGINA -- Unifor national president Jerry Dias was arrested Monday evening in Regina. The Regina Police Service said members arrested seven people at the picket line. According to RPS, the union acted "in spite of a recent court order which set out the rules of engagement for both sides in the dispute. Source
Gay pastor forced out of Lutheran Church in the '80s becomes 1st to be reinstated
Becoming the new pastor at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto was like coming home for Ralph Carl Wushke. The 66-year-old pastor was first ordained into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) in 1978, but was forced to leave in the '80s after coming out as a gay man. Source


Web based knowledge management can be deployed in a company intranet or on the Internet with or with out secure login. Companies can develop a knowledge management system using the Internet with login access to all its employees located in different part of the world. A mobile work force can login to the KM ( knowledge Management ) portal from any where by connecting to internet. Many such initiatives in the past has given good result to the companies. Such systems helps strategically to the company when company branches are located in different geographical location and this gives a platform to the employees to share best practices, problems, customer interactions etc and prevent reinvention of wheel. We will discuss some of the tools here.
Web based discussion boards can be hosted where any one can post questions or doubts and others will share their experience over the issue. This will help in sharing experience, solutions and best practices as and when required. The key to the success of in any discussion board is trust among the members. Organization has to take care that the trust is established among the members and some organization organizes conference, face-to-face interaction sessions (f2f), etc to bring the members together.
There are quite a number of software's available in the market today to deploy in a web server. One hosting platform can be taken up and cost of maintaining such a discussion board is very less. One Linux server hosting with MySQL database will cost $5 per month ( minimum ).
vBulletin is a powerful, scalable and fully customizable forums package for your web site. It has been written using the Web's quickest-growing scripting language; PHP, and is complimented with a highly efficient and ultra fast back-end database engine built using MySQL.
Ikonboard is a comprehensive web bulletin board system used by many webmasters.
These discussion board scripts can be customized to integrate with your existing web sites if any and with a little effort different sections in the discussion board can be created to take care of different areas of knowledge sharing and discussions. Forum administrator role is very important as he has to maintain and ensure the dignity, usefulness and involvement of all the members in the forum. Initially the forum has to be promoted online and off line by the administrator with face to face interaction and by frequent postings.
Documents can be published in the internet or intranet portals of the organization. Many organization has this system where authors can post their best practices, lessons learns, external leanings, research papers etc to a web based content or document management solution. The author can publish the document for evaluation by the subject expert and after evaluation or clearance by the experts the document can be accessed by other members of the organization. Others can post their comments, ratings, feedbacks on the document. Author can publish different versions of the document to the system based on the requirement. Documents are to be published on different categories or areas for easy classification. A power full search engine is required to search the database of all the published documents based on different criteria and conditions. Some of the features like 'what' new', Hot topic, document of the month, best read, hot discussions etc can be created by the system for easy use by the members. Such a system must have a good member authentication, member management, site admin, site uses monitoring etc for better control of the portal.
However such a tool can be developed in house also with local requirements and many organizations do this and integrate them within their intranet. We will discuss more tools in future and please post your comments and views on this.


This compact cell phone jammer works great. I have "no doubt" jamming within a 12-15 foot radius! If your looking for a portable jammer, this is a GREAT ITEM for the price!
At first I was a little wary of this website, brought this jammer around December time and it arrived within 7 days (via DHL). The service was great I received a tracking number after the holidays. The jammer completely knocks out Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2 and T-Mobile, it also blocks DECT to some extent, it blocks Wi-Fi very effectively. The fan (which kicks in at 50C) keeps the jammer cool. Battery life is outstanding.


This great new book on the XJ13 gives the first-ever detailed account of the fantastic 5.0 litre four-cam V12 engine which powered XJ13 (and which was intended to power Jaguar road cars too). This brings to light the extraordinary saga of Jaguar's intended purchasing of Lotus, with the carrot of a Jaguar V12 race engine for Colin Chapman's Indianapolis aspirations cleverly dangled by Sir William Lyons! A story which has never been told before, it includes a fascinating exchange of correspondence between those two wiley old campaigners, Lyons and Chapman.
The book also explores other mid-engine designs which Malcolm Sayer proposed, including after the XJ13 project was shelved. It also tells how the eventual production 'flat head' V12 engine emerged from the original Baily/Heynes design (codenamed 'XJ6') which powered the XJ13, but which proved too bulky and complex for use in road Jaguars.
Note: This book will not be available on the internet via Amazon or any of the major retailers. Only by selling direct can this initial low price be achieved.
Orders shipped within one to two days.


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at odds with a proper respect for the moral agency of the law's addressees.
that precept is understood as recounting a key element of the Rule of Law.
in favor of the principle of perspicuity will have been triggered.
standards in the course of dealing with concrete situations and problems.
notice of the legal consequences that attach to various modes of conduct.
moral agency of the law's addressees.
about the legal implications of his or her actions.
gible phraseology. There is never any adequate justification for the latter.
must not only enable meaningful choices but must also permit them.
an unremitting grip over its citizens can be liberal-democratic.
from the law of a jurisdiction (Fuller 1969, 66–69; Williams 1956, 1140–41).
the finessing of conflicts between legal obligations is undesirable.
remedy his breach (most likely through the payment of compensation).
thing to be avoided rather than something to be sought or encouraged.
scheme of things can countenance the proliferation of such conflicts.
democratic values if the penalties within each pair are evenly balanced.
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1University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 2Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; 3Euradrenal SP7, Bergen, Norway.
Introduction: Patients with Addison's disease (AD) self-report impairment in specific dimensions on well-being questionnaires. An AD disease-specific quality of life questionnaire (AddiQoL) was developed to aid evaluation of patients. We here aimed to validate translated questionnaires in terms of internal consistency and reliability and to improve the construct of the scale.
Methods: After translation by a multistep approach, the final versions were tested in AD patients from Norway (n=107), Sweden (n=101), Italy (n=165) and Germany (n=200). Internal consistency was examined by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Rasch analysis, aiming at unidimensionality and fit to the Rasch model. Cronbach's α and person separation index (PSI) were calculated for reliability. Longitudinal reliability was tested by differential item functioning (DIF, or item bias for time) in stable patient subgroups in Norway, Sweden and Italy.
Results: EFA identified four sub-dimensions of AddiQoL; fatigue (8 items), emotions (8), symptoms (11) and miscellaneous (sleep, sexuality and impact of intercurrent disease, 6). Three items concerning nocturia, weight gain, and dry skin did not fit any dimension and were discarded. The sub-dimensions fatigue, emotion and miscellaneous showed non-significant χ2 interactions, implying fit to the Rasch model, also supported by the overall fit residual statistics. The symptoms sub-dimension initially displayed misfit, hence three items concerning salt cravings, light headedness and sweating were removed. The 30 remaining items, rearranged in four subtests by sub-dimensions, fitted the Rasch model; supported by a non-significant χ2 interaction of 0.65 and no significant pattern deviation among the fit residuals. Crohnbach's α was 0.94, and PSI was 0.86, indicating good reliability. Longitudinal reliability was excellent, as no significant DIF between separate time points was detected.
Conclusion: The Norwegian, Swedish, Italian and German AddiQoL versions have high internal consistency and reliability, and can be fitted to the Rasch model for optimisation of psychometric properties.


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This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target, where the mission collected its seventh drilled sample. The site is in the "Marias Pass" area of lower Mount Sharp.
The scene combines dozens of images taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Aug. 5, 2015, during the 1,065th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars. The 92 component images can be found here. For scale, the rover's wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide.
Curiosity drilled the hole at Buckskin during Sol 1060 (July 30, 2015). Two patches of pale, powdered rock material pulled from Buckskin are visible in this scene, in front of the rover. The patch closer to the rover is where the sample-handling mechanism on Curiosity's robotic arm dumped collected material that did not pass through a sieve in the mechanism. Sieved sample material was delivered to laboratory instruments inside the rover. The patch farther in front of the rover, roughly triangular in shape, shows where fresh tailings spread downhill from the drilling process. The drilled hole, 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter, is at the upper point of the tailings.
The rover is facing northeast, looking out over the plains from the crest of a 20-foot (6-meter) hill that it climbed to reach the Marias Pass area. The upper levels of Mount Sharp are visible behind the rover, while Gale Crater's northern rim dominates the horizon on the left and right of the mosaic.
A portion of this selfie cropped tighter around the rover can be found here. Another version of the wide view, presented in a projection that shows the horizon as a circle, can be found here.
MAHLI is mounted at the end of the rover's robotic arm. For this self-portrait, the rover team positioned the camera lower in relation to the rover body than for any previous full self-portrait of Curiosity. This yielded a view that includes the rover's "belly," as in a partial self-portrait taken about five weeks after Curiosity's August 2012 landing inside Mars' Gale Crater. Before sending Curiosity the arm-positioning commands for this Buckskin belly panorama, the team previewed the low-angle sequence of camera pointings on a test rover in California. A mosaic from that test can be found here.
This selfie at Buckskin does not include the rover's robotic arm beyond a portion of the upper arm held nearly vertical from the shoulder joint. Shadows from the rest of the arm and the turret of tools at the end of the arm are visible on the ground. With the wrist motions and turret rotations used in pointing the camera for the component images, the arm was positioned out of the shot in the frames or portions of frames used in this mosaic. This process was used previously in acquiring and assembling Curiosity self-portraits taken at sample-collection sites "Rocknest", "John Klein", "Windjana", and "Mojave".
MAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.
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The mobile data service revenue in India is poised to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% over the forecast period 2022-2027, driven by the continued rise in mobile internet penetration, and increase in mobile data ARPU, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
As per GlobalData's India Mobile Broadband Forecast, the mobile internet subscription penetration of population is expected to increase from 48.9% in 2021 to 78.1% in 2027, driven by the remote/hybrid work requirements, and high demand for online entertainment, online learning, and digital payment services.
The growing availability of mobile internet services even in rural and remote areas will also drive the mobile internet penetration in the country.
The average monthly mobile data usage is forecast to increase from 16.3 GB in 2022 to 27.2 GB in 2027, largely owing to the growing consumption of bandwidth intensive online video and social media content on smartphones.
Subba Reddy, Telecom Analyst at GlobalData said, "In India, 4G will be the dominant technology, despite the imminent rollout of 5G services soon.
"The expansion of 4G services by operators in rural areas, coupled with the government initiatives to take 4G services to more than 24,500 uncovered villages and upgrade more than 6,000 villages from 2G/3G to 4G connectivity in the next five years will drive the demand for 4G services over the forecast period."
With the recently concluded 5G spectrum auction and all major operators planning to launch 5G services soon, India is getting ready to jump on 5G bandwagon.
Reliance Jio, for instance, plans to rollout 5G services in major metropolitan cities in October 2022 and country-wide by the end of 2023. Bharti Airtel also plans to launch 5G services by the end of September 2022 in select cities and cover urban India by the end of 2023.
Reliance Jio was ranked number one in mobile subscriptions in 2021, followed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VI). Reliance Jio is expected to maintain its leadership position through 2027, driven by the continued expansion of its network coverage in the country.
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Banks Paying Colleges for Students Who Rack Up Debt
…As Student Credit Card Debt Rises, Banks Quietly Reward Schools Colleges Make Millions Selling Access and Addresses to Bank of America
By Ben Protess and Jeannette Neumann
Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Some of the nation's largest and most elite universities stand to gain millions of dollars from selling the names and addresses of students and alumni to credit card companies while granting the companies special access to school events, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund has found.
The schools and their alumni associations are entitled to receive payments that multiply as students use their cards. Some colleges can receive bonuses when students incur debt.
The little-known agreements have enriched schools and some banks at a time when young women and men already are borrowing at record levels, raising questions about whether such collegiate and corporate alliances are in the best interests of students.
"The fact that schools are getting paid for students to rack up debt is a disgrace," said congressman Patrick Murphy, a Pennsylvania Democrat and former professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He said that banks' payments to schools amount to "kickbacks."
Our examination of affinity agreements involving some of the nation's largest and most prestigious colleges revealed that schools and alumni associations:
Sell students' personal information. Many are contractually obligated to share students' names, phone numbers and addresses with banks.
Earn royalties: Banks typically pay schools $1 for each student who keeps a credit card open for 90 days. When students carry a balance, some schools can collect up to $3 more per card.
Cash in each time a student uses plastic: Many schools are entitled to receive 0.4 percent of all retail purchases made with student cards.
Benefit from marketing incentives: When a university or alumni association agrees to market cards to students itself, the payoff is greater — sometimes up to $60 for each card opened through a school's own marketing.
Offer special perks: Banks sometimes gain special access to athletic events. Cornell University must provide Chase Bank with tickets and "priority" parking passes at football, basketball, hockey and lacrosse games.
Landmark credit card legislation signed by President Obama one year ago curbed some marketing tactics on campuses but didn't prohibit the arrangements between colleges and banks, known as "affinity" agreements.
The substance of these deals had been secret. A provision in the law, authored by Murphy, requires their disclosure. But even now, few schools post the contracts online or publicize their existence. Obtaining a copy can take two weeks or more.
Thus it's unclear how many of the nation's 2,700 four-year colleges have such agreements, or how many allow credit card companies to target students in addition to graduates. Bank of America, which dominates the market, said it has affinity contracts with some 700 schools and alumni associations, where marketing practices vary. At least 100 schools are believed to have affinity agreements with other financial institutions.
Seventeen contracts obtained by the Investigative Fund from schools and their alumni associations detail the special access granted to banks, such as allowing them to set up booths at football games. All of the agreements call for colleges to provide students' names, phone numbers and addresses.
For granting such access and information, schools can receive royalty payments based on the number of students opening accounts and the amount they spend, the contracts show.
Most of the schools are entitled to earn more whenever a student carries a balance from year to year.
Some consumer advocates question whether colleges participating in affinity agreements are failing to safeguard the young people in their care.
"Universities should place the welfare of their students as their highest priority and shouldn't sell them off for profit," said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, or PIRG.
Three schools, after being contacted by the Investigative Fund, stopped allowing banks to market to students. Seven other schools and alumni associations, including alumni organizations at Brown University and the University of Michigan, said they have abandoned the practice, even though their contracts appear to require it.
The contracts call for a range of minimum payments by banks. At Brown, Bank of America agreed in 2006 to pay $2.3 million over seven years. At Michigan, the bank in 2003 agreed to pay $25.5 million over 11 years.
The bank says it's not taking advantage of students; it's amassing new customers whose loyalties can span a decade or more.
"Our objective in serving the student market is to create the foundation for a long-term banking relationship," Bank of America spokeswoman Betty Riess said in an email, adding that the bank offers reasonable rates and low credit limits on student cards, and that it primarily solicits graduates and sports fans.
Many schools have renegotiated contracts with the bank to limit marketing to students, she said.
Schools still engaging in the practice defend selling access to students and their contact information. Colleges say the money helps them plug holes in budget shortfalls and shrinking endowments. Some say they use the money to grant more scholarships to students.
Some colleges and alumni organizations also argue that students need to learn fiscal responsibility-and how better to do that than by having a credit card?
The University of Michigan alumni association, facing growing scrutiny from consumer groups, says it reached an agreement with Bank of America to stop marketing to students in early 2008. Jerry Sigler, chief financial officer of the alumni association, said he made the decision begrudgingly.
"Managing credit is as much a part of education and maturation as anything else going on campus," he said. "Credit isn't bad, it's a reality."
The benefits are not always so obvious for students whose families already face soaring tuition costs and hefty loan payments. College seniors graduated in 2008 with average credit card debt of more than $4,100, up from $2,900 four years earlier, according to data compiled by student lending company Sallie Mae.
On their own for the first time, young credit card users can quickly fall behind on payments.
Despite not having a full-time job or much in savings, Lisa Smith easily found her first credit card on campus-from bank marketers stationed outside her freshman dormitory. Once she racked up charges, new card applications poured in from other companies.
By the time she graduated in 2005, she had the average number of credit cards for a college student – four – as well as $15,000 in credit card debt. Now 28, Smith is still paying $500 monthly in credit card bills, some dating back to purchases from her college days.
"I know that I brought it on myself," said Smith, who attended High Point University in North Carolina, which says it now prohibits on-campus marketing. "But I really felt like I was preyed on. I didn't understand how long it was really going to take to pay them back."
Students 'Hugely Important'
On May 22, 2009, President Obama signed sweeping new consumer credit card protections into law. All too often, Obama noted at the time, Americans used credit cards as an anchor rather than a lifeline. Students were no exception.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act prohibited banks from using some of their most aggressive marketing practices on students. For instance, banks can no longer require students to apply for a card to receive promotional gifts such as pizza or sweatshirts.
Nor can banks supply credit cards to anyone under age 21-most college underclassmen-unless the customer has a cosigner. The law requires only that the co-signer be over 21. The co-signer needn't be a parent or guardian.
The law does not prevent credit card companies from paying schools for special access to students.
Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has a handful of such agreements, but Bank of America dominates. It became the market leader in 2006 when it acquired credit card giant MBNA, a pioneer in affinity agreements that often involved pro sports teams and professional associations.
Soon after the acquisition, Bank of America set its sights on colleges. At a March 2006 conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, Bank of America executive John Cochran described students as "an emerging market that we could really capitalize on," according to a transcript.
From a bank's perspective, students represent an important demographic: Not only do many first-time cardholders hunger for credit; they arelikely to stay customers for quite some time – up to 15 years, according to a 2005 study by Ohio State University researchers.
"Student credit cards are hugely important to a bank," said Kerry Policy Groth, who negotiated collegiate affinity agreements as an MBNA account executive from 1998 to 2005. "Your first credit card is usually the one you keep."
Although Bank of America does not disclose how many student accounts it has or what it earns from student credit cards, Cochran, at the 2006 conference, characterized the collegiate affinity market – students, faculty, alumni and sports fans – as "an over $6 billion portfolio." The portfolio may have declined in recent months as the bank's entire credit card business has suffered from rising default rates.
Bank of America spokeswoman Riess emphasized that the bank primarily targets alumni and fans as prospective customers, with students accounting for about 2 percent of all open collegiate accounts – likely representing thousands of young consumers.
'Students as Commodities'
Affinity agreements vary from school to school.
The University of Pennsylvania's agreement with Bank of America required the school to compile an initial list of 233,000 potential customers, including students, alumni, faculty and staff, to offer the bank. If requested, the school removes potential customers from the contact list.
When Princeton University signed its affinity agreement with Bank of America in 2004, it agreed to provide the names of at least 4,000 students and 75,000 graduates.
After a bank obtains the information, it can send an agreed-upon number of solicitation letters and emails. A 2008 PIRG survey of more than 1,500 undergraduate students found that about 80 percent received mailings from credit card companies.
Some affinity agreements also permit banks to advertise at school sporting events. Banks often have booths at football and basketball games where students 21 or older, alumni and fans can sign up for a card.
Colleges and alumni associations are entitled to rewards for providing special access and information. Bank of America typically pays schools $1 for each student who opens a credit card account and keeps it open for 90 days, according to contracts reviewed by the Investigative Fund.
Some schools also can earn more as students rack up charges-and debt. The University of Oklahoma, among other schools, is entitled to receive 0.4 percent of all retail purchases made with student cards. Most of the 17 contracts obtained by the Investigative Fund entitle schools to extra compensation-up to $3 a card–when students carry a balance from year to year.
"Essentially, contracts with credit card companies are using students as commodities to earn revenue for the universities from companies who don't necessarily have the students' best interest in mind," said PIRG's Mierzwinski.
As part of many agreements, banks also pay for rights to use school trademarks -mascots, logos and emblems – on their advertisements.
Banks often brand their cards with the familiar images. This marketing tool, known as co-branding, has its critics. Irene Leech, associate professor of consumer studies at Virginia Tech, said the practice leads some to believe that universities have negotiated favorable credit card rates for their students.
"Alumni and students both think that it's the best deal out there that [the school] could get for me," an assumption that is not always correct, she said.
Nor do students necessarily get the lowest rates. At Princeton, alumni cards carry an annual percentage rate of 11.9 percent, compared to 14.9 percent for student cards, according to the school's seven-year affinity agreement, signed in 2004. Rates may have changed since then.
Bank of America currently charges a 14.24 annual percentage rate on its Student Visa Platinum Card, the primary product it markets to students. Students are not locked in; the rate varies depending on the market's prime rate. The bank said it doesn't increase rates on students for reasons such as falling behind on their payments. Nor does it impose an annual fee.
"We take a conservative approach to lending to young adults," Bank of America's Riess said, noting that the bank limits a student's exposure to debt. The bank offers credit lines for students that "typically" start at $500 and are capped at $2,500, she said.
The bank, Riess said, also seeks to educate students. "We also provide a number of tools to help young adults better manage their finances," she added, including free identity theft protection, a student financial handbook and an online educational brochure about building good credit, called "The Essentials."
"Building a future customer-that was really the goal" of affinity agreements, said former MBNA executive Groth. "You're not out to gouge them; you want a positive experience."
Shifting Practices
This spring, Columbia University, the Iowa State University alumni association and Michigan State University all amended their affinity agreements to prohibit any marketing to students. They did so within a week of receiving phone and email inquires from the Investigative Fund. School officials said they had been working on the amendments for months.
The Investigative Fund requested Columbia's contract on March 22. Columbia officials signed the school's amended agreement two days later. The timing was "mostly coincidental," according to Michael Griffin, executive director of Columbia's alumni association. He said that the school had never allowed marketing directly to students.
Seven other schools contacted by the Investigative Fund said they no longer allow marketing to students, even though their affinity contracts would appear to obligate them to. School officials said they had no documentation backing up their assertions.
"A lot of schools have student access in their agreements" – but don't necessarily allow it anymore, said Peter Osborne, who managed the collegiate credit card business at Bank of America until 2007. Schools sometimes informally "just request that marketing stop rather than reopening their entire contract."
For instance, according to an affinity agreement between the University of Texas alumni association and Bank of America, the association is expected to provide the bank with students' names and addresses. But the alumni association says it has abandoned that practice.
"We are not marketing to students at this time and we haven't for some time," said Bill McCausland, chief operating officer for Texas Exes, the ex-students' association. "Whether the contract allows us to or not, we are not doing so."
He acknowledged that students could still sign up for credit cards without the school's involvement. Bank of America, he said, is "still marketing our card and they are doing a very good job of it."
At Harvard, the alumni association is supposed to provide a subsidiary of Barclays PLC with "as complete a list as possible of all Harvard alumni and students," according to the association's affinity contract. But Harvard spokesman Kevin Galvin said the card was never marketed to students. "We view this card as a service to alumni," he said.
Other schools acknowledged to the Investigative Fund that they release students' contact information. These schools staunchly defend their affinity agreements as important sources of revenue. And some royalties benefit students, according to school and bank officials.
"The revenues from this go to vital services that otherwise might not be free and otherwise might not be offered," said Osborne, the former bank official who now advises universities as they negotiate affinity agreements. Osborne said the revenues "support alumni programs, student scholarships and preserve jobs within alumni associations."
Some of the royalties from Penn's contract go to scholarships and helped pay for the development of Campus Express, an online system where students can order textbooks and manage their dining plans, according to university spokesman Ron Ozio.
Princeton uses its profits "to support alumni activities," school spokeswoman Emily Aronson wrote in an email.
Catherine Bishop, vice president of public affairs at the University of Oklahoma, said affinity agreements are beneficial because they limit the amount of marketing that goes on. "The contract that we have in place," she said, "is designed to keep multiple companies from soliciting on campus."
This story was reported in partnership with the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. Protess is a staff reporter with the Investigative Fund. Neumann graduated from the Stabile program in May. Amanda Zamora, Lauryn Smith and Joseph Frye also contributed to this story.
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"Canadian composer of Ukrainian descent Marc Sabat (*1965) has been based in Berlin since 1999. He makes pieces for concert and installation settings, drawing inspiration from investigations of the sounding and perception of Just Intonation and of various music traditions - folk, experimental and classical. He is a frequent collaborator, seeking fruitful interactions with other musicians and artists of visual and literary modes to find points of shared exploration and dialogue between various forms of experience. Sabat studied composition, violin and mathematics at the University of Toronto, at the Juilliard School in New York, and at McGill University, as well as working privately with Malcolm Goldstein, James Tenney and Walter Zimmermann. Together with Wolfgang von Schweinitz he has developed the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation and is a pioneer of music written and performed in microtonal Just Intonation. He teaches composition and the theory and practice of intonation at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Scores and artist editions are available under a creative commons share-alike non-commercial license through Plainsound Music Edition."
The world of Michael Pisaro's Harmony Series revolves around the process of translation. In this collection of thirty-four pieces (nine of which are presented here) the composer translates a wide variety of poems into text scores. The first step is to literally trace each poem, as if one were making a stencil. A five-line poem might become a five-minute piece through this procedure. This kind of action is direct and purposely simple and it will provide a stable space from which each piece will develop. Call this architecture.
In the second step the composer seeks out the internal forces of the text. For example, a text suggesting proliferation is read as a shift from a barely to a clearly audible, multi-faceted sound. As the poem is already in motion, the composer seeks to harness energy rather than block flow. Evocative readings are eschewed in favor of direct transmutation. Asymptotes are drawn to the poem, resulting is an extremely fine mist of possibilities for the performers to tune (and detune) in performance. Call this material.
A piece is set in motion when the mist is sprayed - always lightly - through the stencil (think pathway, pinprick, or filter). This action creates a dynamic situation. As performers our ears focus as a version begins to take shape - it is unmistakable when this happens. A small flutter appears in the fabric of the piece. We notice sounds that cannot be traced back to any of the individual performers. Drawn in by the fluttering, one starts to know (or sense) what sounds are correct to play, even when there are no explicit rules for how they are to be chosen. The piece is thinking. Call this the point of contact.