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Q: How to setup iTunes account in a business environment and can you share app purchases? I'm considering switching to Mac's for our new in-house marketing and graphic design department. Currently we use CS5 master suite collection and the licenses can be reappointed from pc to Mac.
I don't have access to a Mac or the Mac App Store and have questions about licensing. I'd like to have each computer to have the respective user to load their private iTunes account with their own private purchases.  Is it possible to then login to an company iTunes account and install a program like FCP, the switch back to the users account?

A: Below is the Apple license agreement for the Mac App store, accessed on 24 January 2012.
According to a layman's reading of the text (I am not and do not pretend to be a lawyer), what you describe should be both possible and allowed under the terms of the license.
You or your IT staff would log in to the Macs, authenticate to the Mac App Store with your  company Apple ID, install the App(s), then sign out of the Mac App Store.  Your employees could then log in with their personal accounts and install any Apps they may have purchased, although according to the text in section i, they shouldn't do company work with their personal apps.
I hope this is helpful.
From http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html

MAC APP STORE PRODUCT USAGE RULES
Except as otherwise set forth herein,
(i) If you are an individual acting in your personal capacity, you may
  download and use an application from the Mac App Store ("Mac App Store
  Product") for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded
  products running Mac OS X ("Mac Computer") that you own or control.
(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution,
  you may download a Mac App Store Product for use by either (a) a
  single individual on each of the Mac Computer(s) used by that
  individual that you own or control or (b) multiple individuals on a
  single shared Mac Computer that you own or control. For example, a
  single employee may use a Mac App Store Product on both the employee's
  desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer, or multiple students may
  serially use a Mac App Store Product on a single Mac Computer located
  at a resource center or library. For the sake of clarity, each Mac
  Computer used serially by multiple users requires a separate license.
(iii) Use may require sign-in with the Apple ID used to download the
  Mac App Store Product from the Mac App Store. Mac App Store Products
  can be updated through the Mac App Store only.

A: In short: Yes.
You can log in and out of iTunes multiple times with different accounts. The applications will be linked to the correct account automatically. Updates will need to be processed by login in and out of the correct account.
I did this for a while between a US and SA account and effectually ended up moving all my purchases to the US account for convenience sake.
The Mac AppStore, unlike the iTunes store, does not offer gifting of Apps or the ability to by volume licenses yet, so creating a single corporate account would be the only option in this scenario.
For clarification, the Mac App Store is separate from iTunes. The iOS App Store is only for purchases on iDevices, where the Mac App Store, a separate application, is for purchases on Mac Desktops/Laptops. You can use the same Apple ID on both thought.


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As the seasons change once more, it's time to look at what you're going to wear for spring, and even further ahead to summer. As soon as the winter chill is over, you know you're going to want to update your clothes and accessories and embrace the sense of opportunity and fresh beginnings that spring brings with it. However, a change of season does not mean that you have to break the bank and buy an entirely new wardrobe (no matter how appealing that often seems). Instead, it is cheap and easy to transform your existing wardrobe with a variety of simple tricks that don't require an expensive seamstress or any particular clothing skills. Just get the scissors ready, a needle and thread if needed, and a little bit of patience and before you know it you'll have a new and unique look to take into a fresh new season.


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When I first glimpsed this device in some of the NAMM show coverage I was immediately taken with it. The image of an iPad with what looked like patch cables coming off it was very striking and rings all the bells of my personal interest in creative control of computers. Using a foot controller with a PC is nothing new, I've been doing it for decades with MIDI. At Carillon I designed a system that came with a Behringer MIDI Foot Controller to give control over the original Amplitube. It required quite a bit of setting up, remapping controls via MIDI OX and building preset scripts. The MIDI learning facilities in DAWs these days are much better than they were and so it's an easier thing to connect up than it once was but there's still plenty of messing about required. More recently Bluetooth pedal boards have offered a wireless way of controlling software on iPads, tablets and phones. IK Multimedia's iRig BlueBoard is a perfect way of controlling their Amplitube app, all you've got to do is marry up the Bluetooth devices and map the foot switches to the controls you wish to use.
None of this is difficult, but it does require some fiddling about and ultimately you're restricted to what your software allows to be controlled via MIDI.
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So what does the Remofinger offer that these other things can't? The most important difference is that the Remofinger provides instant control over any button or function you can see and tap without any editing, mapping or software setup. It will work on any touch screen tablet/hybrid/desktop and any OS and any piece of software – you want a foot switch to print a document in Word – no problem. You want to select different tools in Photoshop with your feet? This is what you need. How does it do it? Through these awesome physical tapping patch cable thingies. Find the button you want to press and stick one of these suckers on it, then you stomp on the pedal and it literally taps on the button for you. It's sort of crazy but also wildly useful. And that neatly sums up the device, it's this mixture of craziness and usefulness, cool and not so cool – is it cool and useful enough though?
Let me talk you through the hardware. First impression out of the box is that wow I love that logo – it's for the Wifo Corporation, the manufacturers of the Remofinger and it's somehow awesomely retro. And then oh, it's made of plastic, that's a shame but at least it's decent plastic, it's rigid, has some weight to it and the footswitches seem half decent. All similar devices are plastic and so it's not unexpected for under £100 but I'd just love for it to be metal. Anyway. From the underside slides out the console and the touch pointers – this is a really nice design, simple and elegant.
So what do you do with it? Well you attach the console onto the side of your tablet, plug in a touch cable and sucker it onto the button you want to press – is that mad? Probably yes but stay with me. Turn on the pedal board and the console – all battery driven and you are good to go – that's it. Stick the touch pointers (as they call them) onto anything you like, move them, remove them whatever.
The Remofinger was designed with the iPad in mind but I'm going to be using it, of course, with the Surface. This brings some challenges as well as a much wider range of possibilities. With the iPad all the software is designed for touch and so have touch friendly, finger sized buttons – on the Surface you have a mixture of touch and non-touch software and the resolution of the screen is such that some buttons are going to be very small – so we may have to play with the scaling a bit to make the best use of it.
Let's have a look at a couple of examples to show how well it works.
The most obvious use is for the guitarist wanting to turn software effects on and off while playing and the best place for this is IK Multimedia's Amplitube 4. Now IK have their own Bluetooth pedalboard but it only works on their cut-down iOS Amplitube app or on the Mac, so it's of no use to the Windows musician. So this is the perfect scenario for the Remofinger.
With the console safely attached let's load up Amplitube. Yikes, it's really small. I have to say that in this world of high resolution screens and amazing tablet displays software manufacturers have to start including interface scaling as standard – I mean look at it – it's all rather weeny and it's going to be worse on the SP4 and SB. Now we can do some scaling in Windows to bring Amplitube up to a more touch friendly size but let's plug in the Remofinger first to neatly demonstrate one of the draw backs. Let's load up four stomp boxes and all we do is attach a touch pointer to the onscreen footswitch. The console is labelled A,B,C and D which corresponds to the footswitches on the pedal board. Turn them both on and it works – it's awesome! Pedal board to software stomp box interface achieved! Now, you may have noticed the obvious flaw – the touch pointer totally covers the switch and the on/off LED so you can't see if the stomp box is on or off – obviously you can hear it but a visual indication is very helpful. Remofinger have thought about this and have a solution in that the pedal board toggles an LED to show you that you've pressed it – but as there's no actual communication between the Remofinger and software how does it know whether it's off or on? Well it doesn't so you have a row of buttons on the pedal board that turn the LED on or off so you can match it to the state of the software. The touch pointers getting in the way is of course going to be a bit of a theme but you have to decide whether that's relevant to your application – what you're actually using it for.
Let's make Amplitube larger and see if that works better. On the SP3 I recommend going all the way up to 225%. This highlights the other main issue – the buttons have to stay under the touch pointers. If you move your window around or bring another window into focus then the pointer can't tap the button – but you wouldn't do that so it's not really the issue that you think it is. Right, let's reposition my suckers and if I'm a bit clever and offset them slightly I can reveal the on/off LED – awesome!
The important thing to do at this point is to simply play…. It's really nice. It works, it's responsive, it's hands free and does exactly what it's supposed to. On a more general note a touch interface it just the best thing for a guitarist. To move a knob I just reach out and move, no messing about with trackpads or mice – the iPad has the same appeal – it's fabulous.
Amplitube has another feature that the Remofinger could get it's suckers onto – the looper. The Looper is a good and simple 4 track loop function with perfect sized buttons for the Remofinger. It can either be freeform or quantised to tempo, loops 2-4 follow the length set by the first one. Now the first thing that becomes really clear is that I'm rubbish I this looping lark – all this foot-eye-hands-guitar action is a bit too much for my muddled brain but I think you get the idea. I've offset the pointers slightly again so I can see what I need to see, but it works perfectly. There is some latency going on, a tiny bit of lag between the pedal board and the touch pointer doing the tap so you have to allow for that. It doesn't make it unusable by any stretch and I imagine any Bluetooth controller will have a similar latency going on, but it is noticeable so you have to work with it.
Now we've got the hang of it where else can we use it?
The second obvious usage is with page turning. I get asked about this a lot and the best solution I've found in Windows is MusicReader. The website is a bit 2009 but it seems to do the job nicely for the small amount of time I've looked at it. The basic idea is if you're a musician following printed music you can catalogue your entire collection as PDF's and have it all accessible on screen. MusicReader offer a USB or wireless footswitch option for turning pages for around $50 but the Remofinger can do this job just as well. For sheet music you're probably going to want to use the Surface in portrait mode which is something that the Surface is not really happy with when not being held. Fortunately the Remofinger comes to the rescue because it has a natty built in stand….
The stand is designed for the iPad and the Surface is considerably heavier but it fits into the slot ok and has this slightly untrustworthy air about it – it looks a bit precarious, the console flexes a little bit but it appears to stay there. The console is narrow enough to miss the volume controls but you couldn't have it the other way up because of the power and USB sockets. Then you launch MusicReader, stick a pointer on the left and right bottom corners and you can turn pages back and forth with your feet – brilliant! Probably, in reality, you'd plonk the Surface on a music stand and have the console clipped to the side or sitting next to it, but otherwise no mess, no fuss.
The thing I was most keen to try Remofinger with was clip recording in Bitwig Studio. If you've seen my review I mentioned how you can't set the length of an audio clip to record into which makes it difficult to record guitar on-the-fly. In the end I rigged up a sustain pedal via a MIDI keyboard and mapped it to trigger an audio clip, which, when record enabled, started recording on one press and stopped on another. Although you couldn't actually set it up like that, it only stopped recording because it was set to "play next clip" which meant you could only record once and only into the first clip – I know that doesn't make much sense but that's the best I could work out to make it happen. With Remofinger I could potentially start and stop 4 separate clips – awesome. Now unfortunately this is where I hit a problem – when I hit the footswitch the tap made by the touch pointer is held just long enough to bring up the fabulous radial menu and so inadvertently completely fails to trigger the clip – bonkers! I brought this up with Wifo who went off and downloaded the Bitwig demo, re-wrote the software and have sent me a new one with the ability to swap between two modes – the current tap which they've researched and designed as optimum for the iPad and a new mode where the tap is a tad shorter so that Bitwig works – how marvellous is that?
There are definitely instances in my live performances where I'd want to add a guitar or vocal loop into a playing Bitwig session. Being able to do that so effortlessly, in any project, at any time, into any clip is simply wonderful. You do have to be careful though about moving windows and the buttons/clips etc drifting from beneath the suckers – but you work to prevent that eventuality.
Nothing is ever perfect and I have two small issues with the Remofinger G. Firstly the colour of the patch cables. In some of the pre-release press photos the cables were all different colours whereas the ones I've received are all the same, black and white. I think the different colours were a better idea because you can associate a colour with each of the foot switches giving you further visual confirmation that you're treading on the right switch. This becomes particularly obvious when you look at the second of my small issues – the suckers falling off. As far as I can tell when I'm actively using the Remofinger I've never seen a pointer fall off, however, when I got off to do some typing and then come back often they are all sitting in a pile in front of the tablet – I can't quickly stick them back on because I don't know which is which, I have to unravel them first, check the connection and then re-stick it. Maybe they need a lick, or my screen needs a clean, or maybe my shed is a bit cold and they would normally stay stuck indefinitely but I am a bit concerned that I would get all set up for the sound check and then go away for a beer and come back and find they've all fallen off.
In other music software such as Cubase and Pro Tools the Remofinger G can work very well on transport controls. In Stagelight you need two pointers for each clip in performance mode as they have the record and play buttons in opposite corners. In Ableton Live it can work just like Bitwig but the pointers cover two clip heights even at the largest scaling so it's tricky to see and you could only set up clips to trigger on every other scene – not the end of the world, it's totally workable.
Here's another completely fabulous idea. Four tablet foot control baby yeah! Why would I want to do that? I have no idea…..
Something told me the first time I saw it that I'd love this thing – and I do! I was crushed when it didn't work with Bitwig and I'm thrilled that Wifo thought it was worth fixing so now it's the best thing ever – well, you know, it's a cool and useful piece of gear. I'm sure it also works brilliantly on the iPad.
That was 2015, what's next?
Thanks for the work you're doing and this "interesting" product. Surface Pro 3.x/4.x don't get enough, if any coverage, in Pro music blogs. Keep up the good work!


The Dutch Soccer team is almost certainly not head of the group for the World Cup next year in Brazil.
Uruguay, the number six of the FIFA rankings, was too strong for Jordan Wednesday with 5-0, in the playoffs to get a ticket for the World Cup.
In about a week the return match will be in Montevideo. Only if Uruguay does not place itself for the World Cup will Oranje, which is eighth in the FIFA rankings, get a spot in pool one at the draw on Friday December 6.
From the start, Wednesday, Uruguay was the better team in Amman. After 22 minutes that was already reflected in the score. Maxi Pereira tapped in the 1-0 from close range, after goalkeeper Al-Amaireh barely deflected a header from Edinson Cavani.
Before the break the team of coach Oscar Tabárez doubled the score. Christian Stuani moved in from the right after a pass from former Ajax player Nicolas Lodeiro.
Shortly after the break the number seventy of the FIFA world ranking list briefly initiated an attack, which resulted in a great chance for Ahmad Hayel. The attacker missed his shot from close range, and Uruguay again took the initiative.
Lodeiro decided the game after 69 minutes: 3-0. Hits from Cristian Rodríguez and Cavani (a beautiful free kick) made the return on Wednesday just a formality.


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Q: Capture stdout in a Qt Application I am trying to capture output of my Qt application but without success.
(I am calling an external lib that outputs to console, and I want to show this in my UI. Its NOT a QProcess, its a calss instance in my own process).
The problem: my lambda slot when writing to std::cout never gets called.
Here is my code distilled to a small testable application.
This is my latest attempt, and so far I am getting the "furthest" with it meaning, that the std::cout output is successfully redirected to the QFile.
What I don't understand however, is why the QTextStream connected to this file is not being triggered?
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QFile>
#include <QTextStream>
#include <iostream>
#include <QTimer>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);

    QFile file("output.txt");
    file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate);

    // Redirect stdout to the QFile
    std::freopen(file.fileName().toStdString().c_str(), "w", stdout);
    QTextStream stream(&file);
    std::string output; //to spy on in debugger
    //this lambda never gets called!?
    QObject::connect(&file, &QFile::readyRead, [&stream,&output] {
        // Read from the QTextStream whenever new data is available
        output += stream.readLine().toStdString();
        qApp->quit();
    });

    //This succefully writes to the QFile on disk
    QTimer::singleShot(100, [] {
        std::cout << "This will be written to output.txt" << std::endl<<std::flush;
    });

    app.exec();

    // Close the stream
    std::fclose(stdout);
    file.close();
}

My previous attempts are listed below, and are still not answered, so if you know how to fix any of the approaches, I will be really thankful!
Note at the end of the code, I am outputting directly to std::cout and to the QTextStream.
All of these outputs are seen on the console, including the output to stream - which means, that QTextStream object is correctly initialized with stdout.
Any ideas why the lambda slot is not getting called?
(I am aware of the recursion that will happen in the lambda due to outputting to stdout in it. But as this is just a test code its ok - the problem is that the lambda is not getting called at all)
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <iostream>
#include <QTextStream>
#include <QTimer>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);

    QTextStream stream(stdout);

    QObject::connect(stream.device(), &QIODevice::bytesWritten, [&stream](qint64 bytes) {
        // This lambda function is called when new data is available to be read
        std::cout<<"in lambda"<<std::endl;
     });

    QTimer::singleShot(100, [&stream]{
        std::cout << "Hello, world!" << std::endl<<std::flush;
        std::cout << "This is some output." << std::endl<<std::flush;
        stream<< "Stream output\n";
        stream.flush();
    });

    return app.exec();

}

After some more thought, it occurred to me to try listening on stdout with QSocketNotifier.
With this approach, the notifier slot gets triggered, however, two things:

*

*The notifier slot gets called before the QTimer slot - repeatedly like in an endless loop.

*I get nothing from the stream which is really confusing me - I am being notified when stdout is being written to (even though nothing is writing to it, yet) and am I getting nothing when trying to read that data? (the fact that I get nothing is not that surprising since I didn't write anything (yet) to stdout it's more the fact it is being triggered all the time)

Anyone knows how to explain this?
Here is the code:
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <iostream>
#include <QTextStream>
#include <QTimer>
#include <QSocketNotifier>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);

    QTextStream stream(stdout);

    int stdoutFd = fileno(stdout);

    std::string output; //allows me to spy the content in the debuger

    QSocketNotifier notifier(stdoutFd, QSocketNotifier::Write );
    QObject::connect(&notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, [&stream, &output] {
        auto s = stream.readAll();
        output += s.toStdString();
    });

    QTimer::singleShot(100, [&stream]{
        std::cout << "This is some output." << std::endl<<std::flush;
        stream << "Stream output\n";
    });
    return app.exec();
}

Many thanks in advance!

A: I have managed to achieve what I wanted, not very elegant, but it works.
I am putting my solution here for others that might also encounter this problem.
On one hand I like this solution since its basically pure C++ and does not require Qt.
On the other, it requires polling, which is quite "clunky".
Thus, I am leaving my OP open, with the hope that a more elegant solution will be offered, and I am curious as to why my Qt solutions didn't work.
This solution uses std::stringstream and std::streambuf.
I am putting here in a simple example main(), you can then adapt it to what ever application you have as it is really simple.
https://onlinegdb.com/AixVsxUyy
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    //Redirect stdout to streambuf - this "grabs" the stdout
    std::stringstream buffer;
    std::streambuf *streamBuff = std::cout.rdbuf(buffer.rdbuf());

    std::cout << "this is redirected to streambuf" << std::endl;

    //Read our buffer
    std::string text = buffer.str();

    // Release stdout back to original buffer
    std::cout.rdbuf(streamBuff);

    std::cout << "Grabbed text:" << text << std::endl;
    std::exit(0);

}

Since this is synchronous, I resorted to polling buffer.str().
If anyone knows how can I be notified when streambuff has new data, please share.
Note:
When polling, if between the calls no new data was written to stdout, the same string will be read again as the buffer is still intact.
If you want to clear the buffer when you read it call:
buffer.clear();
buffer.str("");

I hope this helps someone!

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Mercedes-AMG GT R handed a whopping 588 kW by G-Power!
Hurricane RR alloys (20-inch fore and 21-inch aft) are made of "high-tech" aluminium.
Exterior updates remain subtle. That is, however, not the case with the AMG V8 under the GT R's elongated bonnet.
The standard 4,0-litre twin-turbo V8 has been uprated to produce 588 kW and 850 N.m.
Published by Marius Boonzaier on 08.06.2019
Bavarian tuner G-Power has revealed its latest performance upgrade for the Mercedes-AMG GT R coupé, saying it has unearthed the "untapped potential" of the twin-turbo 4,0-litre V8.
So, what sort of potential has been realised? Well, the engine now generates a whopping 588 kW and 850 N.m, which is sent to the rear axle via a tweaked seven-speed transmission.
The increased power and torque come courtesy of the firm's V4 performance software and a Hurricane RS engine conversion. The modifications include upgraded turbochargers, a racing fuel pump and lightweight forged pistons. Sports air filters and downpipes with sports catalysts have been fitted, too.
G-Power has yet to announce the tuned GT R's performance figures but, for reference, when we tested the standard model in January 2018, the engine's 430 kW and 700 N.m managed to propel the coupé from standstill to 100 km/h in 3,77 seconds. Affalterbach claims a top speed of 318 km/h.
The G-Power GT R rides on 20-inch Hurricane RR alloys up front, with 21-inch items fitted at the rear. The "high-tech" aluminium wheels are shod in Michelin rubber, measuring 275/30 fore and 305/25 aft.
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Chicago to honor convicted terrorist with street: 'It's twisted'
Businessman furious: 'My father was murdered by the FALN'
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Chicago's city council voted to name a street after convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera. The former member of Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN), spent 35 years in prison related to 29 bombings and weapons charges before former President Barack ... more >
By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Monday, February 27, 2017
Oscar Lopez Rivera, a convicted terrorist who was granted clemency by former President Obama, will have a street named after him in Chicago.
Chicago's city council recently voted to honor a 74-year-old former member of Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN), a Marxist Puerto Rican nationalist group with a history of violence. Mr. Rivera spent 35 years in prison after convictions related to 29 bombings and weapons charges, but that past did not sway enough city officials against the move. Nine alderman from 50 wards voted against the change.
New York City businessman Joe Connor decried the Feb. 22 decision. His father, Frank, died in lower Manhattan after a Jan. 24, 1975, FALN bombing.
"My father was murdered by the FALN. Oscar Lopez [Rivera] was a member of the FALN, leader of the FALN. He is a terrorist and Chicago is honoring him," Mr. Connor told a local ABC affiliate. "It's twisted, it's upside down."
Ald. Roberto Maldonado told the station that renaming Luis Munoz Marin Drive was "a little thing."
"The conviction [FALN member Oscar Lopez Rivera] got was seditious conspiracy. Guilt by association," Mr. Maldonado said.
Politico noted shortly after Mr. Lopez's Jan. 17 release that FALN's track record between 1974 and 1983 is "considerably darker" than commentary offered by his supporters.
"The FALN was responsible for over 130 bombings during this period, including the January 1975 explosion in Manhattan's historic Fraunces Tavern, which killed four and wounded 63," the website reported Jan. 24. "In October of that year, it set off, all within the span of an hour, 10 bombs in three cities, causing nearly a million dollars in damage. In August 1977, the FALN set off a series of bombs in Manhattan, forcing 100,000 workers to evacuate their offices; one person was killed, and six were injured."
Some politicians who cheered Mr. Lopez Rivera's release include Rep. Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"Oscar is a friend, a mentor, and family to me," Mr. Gutiérrez, a Democrat, said in a statement after Mr. Lopez's release, Politico reported.
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Suspected Mozambique jihadists kill 7 people with 'machetes,' burn 164 homes
Staff Writer June 5, 2018
Suspected jihadists hacked seven people to death with machetes and set scores of homes on fire on Tuesday, June 5 in northern Mozambique, police said, in a region that has suffered a spate incidents in recent days.
Cabo Delgado province, which is expected to become the center of a nascent natural gas industry after several promising discoveries, has seen a number of deadly assaults on both security forces and civilians since October.
"The bandits used machetes to kill the seven persons," police spokesperson Inacio Dina told AFP.
Two of those killed were boys aged 15 and 16.
In a dawn raid on Tuesday, the assailants burned 164 houses and destroyed four cars during the assault on the village of Naude in the Macomia district, the spokesperson said.
"We think this group is likely part of the [one] that beheaded 10 [people on] May 27," referring to an incident in the same region in which a group attacked two small villages near the Tanzanian border and decapitated 10 residents. The attack was blamed blamed on a group known locally as "al-Shabaab."
The two villages are near Palma, a small town gearing up to be the country's new natural gas hub in Cabo Delgado.
Dina suggested that the group was also linked to the nine "insurgents" killed by security forces three days earlier who were subsequently found to be carrying assault rifles and Arabic-language documents. The insurgents were killed close to the site of last week's beheadings.
"This group is very fragmented in small groups [and] they try to resist police attacks," he said.
Alex Vines, an analyst on Mozambique for the London-based Chatham House think-tank, said anticipation of a gas boom had increased the sense of inequality in Cabo Delgado.
"A series of recent studies have concluded that this has been one of the drivers for growing youth militancy — particularly among young men," Vines told AFP.
The Mozambican group known as al-Shabaab, which has no known link to the Somali group of the same name, has been described by witnesses and officials as a jihadist faction allegedly responsible for a number of attacks in Cabo Delgado.
The group is believed to be responsible for a deadly October attack on a police station and military post in the town of Mocimboa da Praia. Two police officers died and 14 attackers were then killed in what was believed to be the first jihadist attack in the country.
In the following weeks, at least 300 Muslims, including Tanzanians, were arrested and several mosques were forced to close. More than a third of those arrested are still held, according to the authorities.
The increase in attacks in the north of the country could pose problems for Mozambique, which holds general elections next year and hopes to cash in on the recently discovered gas reserves.
The vast gas deposits discovered off the shores of Palma could transform the impoverished country's economy.
Experts predict that Mozambique could even become the world's third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.
But the country's north has largely been excluded from the economic growth of the last 20 years, and the region sees itself as a neglected outpost, creating fertile ground for radical al-Shabaab-style ideology.
Vines said that it was vital that the government did not itself fan the flames of the violence seen in recent months with a heavy-handed response.
"It's urgent that the government…, does not overreact to the new armed crisis in Cabo Delgado," he said, adding that organised criminal networks had also played a role in the sudden mushrooming of jihadist cells in the country.
Mozambique last month passed an anti-terrorism law that punishes terror activity with prison sentences of more than 40 years.
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and CAMILLE R. MCMULLEN , JJ., joined.
McMinnville, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Charles Hopson Stewart.
General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
The defendant was placed in the drug court program as a condition of his sentences.
about his whereabouts on January 24, 2008.
the defendant at the drug court office on January 24 for the defendant's weekly appointment. Mr.
first time the defendant had followed the witness.
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of probation and revoked his probation.
Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 35, and the court conducted a hearing on February 26.
during the hearing to deliberate and submit a written recommendation to the court at a later date.
denied the Rule 35 motion. This appeal ensued.
court's initial revocation at the February 1 hearing. His challenge is to the February 26 proceedings.
the program or anything between, I do not care what your opinion is.
the defendant's probation should be revoked and the proper consequence for a revocation.
occurs upon showing of abuse of discretion).
probationary status and have him incarcerated. Gagnon, 411 U.S. at 785-86, 93 S. Ct. at 1761-62.
relied on and reasons for revoking probation.
, 680 (Tenn. Crim. App.
recommendation from the drug court team, it delegated the decision-making authority to the team.
obligation, and we will not do so.
Finally, the defendant argues that a new judge should conduct the proceedings on remand.
The state has chosen not to address the merits of the defendant's argument.
reasonably be questioned[.]" Tenn. R. Sup. Ct. 10, Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3.E.(1).
conclude that on remand the case shall be assigned to another judge.
is reversed. The case is remanded for a revocation hearing before another judge.


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NASA working on refueling satellites
David Szondy
Artist's concept of a servicing satellite (Image: NASA)
Geostationary satellites cost a fortune and, despite their sophistication, they break down or eventually run out of propellant to keep them oriented. This is unfortunate when the nearest garage is back on Earth, so NASA wants to remedy this with an orbital version of roadside service. The space agency is developing a service robot that can visit ailing satellites and refuel or even repair them on the spot.
Geosynchronous satellites are a vital part of the modern world. Orbiting 22,300 miles (35,800 km) above the earth, they are a key link in global telecommunications, and keep a constant eye on the planet's weather. They are extremely valuable both for the work they do, and due to the cost of building them and putting them in orbit.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum holds the Robotics Refueling Mission unit (Image: NASA)
Unfortunately, their service life can be frustratingly short. Even if a satellite operates flawlessly for years without a component failing, there comes a day when it runs out of propellant and can no longer keep itself on station and properly pointed. When that happens, it goes from being a vital part of the global infrastructure to so much space junk. With 149 government-owned spacecraft and 275 commercial satellites currently in geosynchronous orbit, that is a very large investment at risk.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is working to develop orbital robots that can intercept, refuel and service geosynchronous satellites. The refueling program is already at an advanced enough stage that a technology demonstrator called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) in July of last year. The RRM was installed on a temporary platform outside the station.
Though it's designed to refuel satellites, the RRM isn't just an outer space petrol pump. It's more of a robotic mechanic with tools to manipulate wires, unscrew caps and operate valves. In March of this year the space station's RRM, nicknamed "Dextre," cut two twisted "lock wires" – each one measuring 20 thousandths of an inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. This was an extremely delicate operation and a first for a space robot.
Technicians in protective gear test satellite refueling pump hardware (Image: NASA)
The reason why the RRM needs these capabilities is that the service robot isn't just intended to refuel satellites designed to receive it, but others as well. Goddard wants a robot capable of carrying out what it calls the five "Rs" – refueling, repositioning, remote survey, component replacement or repairing – on any satellite that might require its services.
Working with Goddard are engineers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Their job is to find a way to safely and effectively refuel satellites using hypergolic propellants such as nitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine and monomethyl hydrazine. It's a tricky job because these propellants are highly corrosive and toxic, and have low viscosity, which means they spread easily whether you want them to or not. Worse, they ignite on contact with one another, so leaks are definitely out.
Also, the systems on the recipient satellite aren't very robust, so the pumping system needs to be very accurate to avoid blowing a hose or gasket. With this in mind, Kennedy has been testing a proof-of-concept pump. The next phase will be to develop a flight-ready pump and work out operating procedures with testing to begin in the next year. Meanwhile, the astronauts aboard the ISS will be carrying out a refueling demonstration later this year.
Source: NASA
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The Capitals clinched a playoff berth and reached the 100-point mark with a 3–2 win over the Hurricanes.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Nic Dowd scored on a deflection with 4:56 remaining, and the Washington Capitals clinched a playoff berth with a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.
Washington's game-winner came after Nick Jensen's shot from the boards clipped Dowd's stick and slipped between Curtis McElhinney's pads.
That goal came about 3 minutes after Holtby's best save of the night, gloving Niederreiter's shot from about 10 feet, and Holtby then robbed Brett Pesce and Niederreiter again with about 90 seconds remaining.
Alex Ovechkin - who entered with 49 goals - was held off the score sheet and missed a long shot toward an empty net with about 45 seconds remaining.
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Vrana tied it 95 seconds into the third when he took a pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov, got behind two Hurricanes and slipped the puck between McElhinney's legs.
NOTES: Vrana also hit the crossbar early in the first. ... McElhinney was Carolina's nominee for the Masterson Trophy, given to the player who exemplifies perseverance and dedication to the sport. ... The Capitals' nominee was D Brooks Orpik. ... Carolina D Dougie Hamilton skated in his 500th career game.


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Die RT-15 war die erste mobile ballistische Mittelstreckenrakete aus sowjetischer Produktion. Im GRAU-Index trägt sie die Bezeichnung 8K96, der Systemindex der Sowjetarmee lautet 15P696. Das Startfahrzeug trägt die Bezeichnung 8U253. Der NATO-Codename für die RT-15-Rakete lautet SS-14 Scapegoat. Das Startfahrzeug wird SS-14 Scamp bezeichnet.

Entwicklung
Die RT-15 entstand aufgrund eines Auftrages des Zentralkomitees der KPdSU und des Ministerrates der UdSSR vom 4. April 1961. Ziel war es eine Mittelstreckenrakete mit Feststoffantrieb zu entwickeln, welche straßenmobil ist und auch auf U-Booten und in Raketensilos stationiert werden konnte. Die Rakete wurde unter Alexander Nadiradse und dem Konstruktionsbüro Arsenal (TsKB-7) entwickelt. Der erste Teststart erfolgte am 1. September 1965 auf dem Testgelände Kapustin Jar. Im Westen erfuhr man erstmals am 7. November 1965 von der RT-15 als diese bei einer Militärparade auf dem Roten Platz gezeigt wurde. Die Abnahmetests durch die Staatsbehörden erfolgten 1968 und der Auftrag zur Serienproduktion wurde erteilt. Danach wurde die RT-15 für Truppenversuche an die Sowjetarmee ausgeliefert und es wurden zwei Raketenregimenter mit der RT-15 ausgerüstet. Da die RT-15 hinter den geforderten Leistungen (Reichweite und Nutzlast) zurückblieb stoppte im März 1970 der Ministerrat der UdSSR die weitere Beschaffung der RT-15. Die letzten Systeme wurden Ende 1971 ausgesondert. Insgesamt erfolgten 19 Teststarts mit der RT-15. Die Ausführung RT-15M, welche für den Einsatz ab U-Booten vorgesehen war, wurde nicht fertig entwickelt.

Technik

Startfahrzeug
Die Raketen waren war auf dem geländegängigen 8U253-Kettenfahrzeug (Objekt 815) platziert und wurde ab diesem gestartet. Jedes Fahrzeug war mit einer Rakete bestückt. Das Kettenfahrzeug basierte auf dem Fahrgestell des T-10-Kampfpanzers und hatte eine Besatzung von drei Personen. Das Fahrzeug verfügte über ein Navigationssystem und ein Führerhaus mit ABC-Schutz. An der Fahrzeugfront befand sich der Motor mit dem Führerhaus. Als Motor kam ein luftgekühlter W58-Dieselmotor mit 559 kW (750 PS) Leistung zur Anwendung. Das Fahrzeug hatte eine Länge von 13,37 m, war 3,30 m breit und hatte eine Höhe von 13,74 m (Rakete in Startposition). Das Fahrzeuggewicht mit der Rakete betrug über 60 Tonnen. Beladen betrug der Fahrbereich rund 250 km bei einer maximalen Fahrgeschwindigkeit 30–40 km/h. Ab dem Startfahrzeug konnten die Raketen direkt in der Basis, bei eingemessenen Geländepunkten entlang einer festgelegten Patrouillenroute oder von beliebigen Punkten im Gelände gestartet werden. Für den Raketenstart wurde eine Vorbereitungszeit von 10–25 Minuten benötigt. Nach dem Raketenstart konnte das Fahrzeug mit einer neuen Rakete beladen werden.

Rakete
Die RT-15-Rakete wurde in einem beheizten 15Ja25-Schutzbehälterauf dem Fahrzeug transportiert, der die Rakete vor unpassenden Umwelteinflüssen und Beschädigung schützte. Der Schutzbehälter hatte eine Länge von 12,7 m und einen Außendurchmesser von 2,10 m. Die Rakete war eine zweistufige Mittelstreckenrakete mit Feststoffantrieb. Die Rakete verwendete 2. und 3. Antriebsstufe der RT-2-Interkontinentalrakete (NATO-Codename SS-13 Savage). Die Stufen bestanden aus zwei Hauptantriebstufen mit Feststoff-Raketentriebwerken sowie einem Wiedereintrittskörper mit dem Nukleargefechtskopf. Die erste 15D27-Stufe war 4,74 m lang, hatte einen Durchmesser von 1.490 mm und verfügte vier Düsen. Die maximale Brenndauer der ersten Stufe betrug 60 Sekunden. Die zweite 15D92-Stufe war 3,83 m lang, hatte einen Durchmesser von 1.100 mm und verfügte ebenfalls vier Düsen. Die maximale Brenndauer der zweiten Stufe betrug 45 Sekunden. Die beiden Antriebsstufen waren mit einem Stabwerk miteinander verbunden. Auf der Raketenoberfläche verlief über die nahezu gesamte Rumpflänge ein Kabelkanal. Auf der Antriebsstufe war der Wiedereintrittskörperträger mit der Lenkeinheit aufgesetzt. Die Lenkeinheit bestand aus einem Trägheitsnavigationssystem mit einem analogen Steuersystem. Die Steuerung erfolgte über vier wabenförmige Gitterflossen am Raketenheck. In der Raketenspitze befand sich der Nukleargefechtskopf mit einer Sprengleistung 400, 600 oder 1.000 kT. Die maximale Nutzlast der RT-15 betrug 535 kg.

Um die RT-15-Rakete feuerbereit zu machen, wurde das Heck des 8U253-Kettenfahrzeug zuerst auf Hydraulikstützen gestellt. Danach wurde der Schutzbehälter mit der Rakete über das Heck in einem Winkel von 90 ° angestellt. Nachdem der Schutzbehälter wieder aufs Fahrzeugdach abgesenkt worden war, wurde die Rakete auf einen Starttisch abgesenkt. Auf dem Starttisch wurde die Rakete dann auf das nötige Azimut gedreht und das Steuersystem aktiviert. Der Raketenstart erfolgte durch eine kabelgebundene Bedienkonsole aus sicherer Entfernung. Die zwei Antriebsstufen waren übereinander angebracht und zündeten nacheinander. Nach dem Ausbrennen der ersten Stufe wurde die zweite Stufe gezündet und die erste Stufe abgesprengt. Während der Beschleunigungsphase (engl. boost phase) ermittelte die Trägheitsnavigationsplattform Kurskorrekturen und übermittelte diese an vier wabenförmige Gitterflossen, welche ihren Anstellwinkel entsprechend veränderten. Die Zweite Antriebstufe verfügte über eine Schubterminierung. Zu diesem Zweck war an der zweiten Raketenstufe kopfseitig vier Öffnungen angebracht, die zum gewünschten Zeitpunkt aufgesprengt wurden, wobei sich der Innendruck in der Treibstoffkammer schlagartig reduzierte. Nach der Schubterminierung wurde der Wiedereintrittskörper mit Bremstriebwerken von der Rakete abgetrennt. Danach erfolgte der Weiterflug vom Wiedereintrittskörper steuer- und antriebslos auf der Flugbahn einer Wurfparabel. Die RT-15 erreichte einen Streukreisradius (CEP) von 600–900 m (je nach Einsatzdistanz).

Status
Gemäß russischen Angaben verblieben die RT-15-Systeme in der Truppenerprobung und wurden nie offiziell in Dienst gestellt. Für die Truppenerprobung wurden zwei Raketenregimenter mit je 6 Start- und Transportfahrzeugen ausgerüstet. Die beiden Regimenter waren zwischen 1968 und 1970 in Weißrussland und in der Grenzregion zur Volksrepublik China stationiert.

Literatur
 A. W. Karpenko; A. D. Popow; Ju. S. Solomonow; A. F. Utkin: Sowjetisch-Russische Strategische Raketenkomplexe. Elbe-Dnjepr-Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-933395-79-8.
 Duncan Lennox: Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems. Edition 2001, 34th edition Edition, Jane's Information Group, 2001, ISBN 0-7106-0880-2.
 Pavel Podvig: Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press, 2004. ISBN 0-262-16202-4.
 Steven J. Zaloga: The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces 1945–2000. Smithsonian Book, 2014. ISBN 1-58834-484-3.

Weblinks
 Kurzer Film über die RT-15 – Film bei Youtube
 Übersicht über die RT-15 (russisch)

Einzelnachweise

Mittelstreckenrakete
Atomrakete
Boden-Boden-Rakete (Sowjetunion)
Waffe im Kalten Krieg

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Kudlow does not expect China to retaliate against latest U.S. tariffs
FILE PHOTO: White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters on the driveway outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday that he does not expect China to retaliate against additional tariffs on Chinese goods that U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday.
Asked on CBS' "Face the Nation" program if he expected retaliation, Kudlow said: "I do not. I think his was an action to respond to their action. So I doubt whether they're going to take another step. I have not heard their official response yet. We'll have to wait and see."
Trump on Friday put an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods, hours after China unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods.
Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Lisa Shumaker


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Timings as School Strike for Climate plan to stop traffic with march through Bristol
They say it will be Bristol's biggest school strike protest yet
Tristan CorkSenior Reporter
Protesters in College Green (Image: Michael Lloyd Photography)
Teenagers are set to bring Bristol city centre to a standstill later this week in what they are describing as the biggest 'school strike for climate' the city has seen yet.
Students of all ages will leave their studies on Friday (September 20) for a day of protest at the Climate Crisis - the seventh time the monthly protest has taken place.
Previous demos have seen marches through the city centre, and angry scenes between protesters and some motorists. One truck driver had to be stopped by police as he attempted to drive through the sit-in by students on the road next to College Green.
The organisers of September's event in Bristol said the idea of a school strike for climate, started by Greta Thunberg a couple of years ago, would be the first 'Global General Strike', and the students would be joined by trade unionists, teachers and community groups.
In pictures: Children leave school to protest about climate change on College Green
What are the protesters planning?
The event will be an all-day protest, which begins on College Green at around 10.45am, and will be based there for the rest of the day with speeches and live music.
At midday, those taking part in the protest will march around the city centre. While the exact route is as yet unconfirmed, it is likely it will follow the route of previous marches.
That will involve blocking the bottom of Park Street, College Green and into The Centre, turning right off Rupert Street into Quay Street and Nelson Street, and then marching around the Broadmead area via The Horsefair, Penn Street in front of Cabot Circus, and back along Castle Park via Newgate.
The route typically then heads to Bristol Bridge, before turning right again along Baldwin Street and back to The Centre and College Green.
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Why are the students going on strike?
"After striking for months, it's encouraging to see the government and council recognise the severity of the ecological crisis," said one of the organisers, 17-year-old Bristol student Kai.
"Now they need to act accordingly. We know that they won't do this unless we force them to. Although we are all angry, I think that we are fuelled by compassion; we're fighting for the futures of everyone in Bristol, in England, and in the world," he added.
Another student, Heulwen, 17, said they could catch up on their studies, but can't reverse the 'devastating impacts' of the climate crisis.
"Innumerable studies and statistics are available to prove the ecological crisis which we currently face as a population," she said.
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"However, the only fact we need to take from this is: for those unable to directly make policy change, our sole weapon is our voices.
"On September 20, we must strike to call for an end to Governmental inaction. Declaring a state of climate emergency is just words if we don't act accordingly," she added.
Climate change protesters marching through Bristol (Image: Michael Lloyd Photography)
What is the council's response?
Bristol 'Youth Strike' organisers have called on the city council in Bristol - which was the first in Britain to declare a climate emergency last year - to allow its staff to join the climate strike, but that idea received short shrift from Mayor Marvin Rees, when Green Party councillor Carla Denyer asked him to support council workers to leave their posts on Friday.
Mr Rees told Cllr Denyer (Green, Clifton Down) that staff would have to arrange with their managers and the council's services were a priority.
"I've been clear in my support of the climate emergency – I'm proud of the work we're doing on this to act and drive carbon neutrality in Bristol," he told the council last week.
"If staff want to take the time out they would need to take leave and as always this would be with managers approval and service needs being paramount.
A previous climate change protest (Image: Michael Lloyd)
"Trade Unions in Bristol have a proud history of industrial action to defend and promote worker's rights. A strike comes with risks and many trade unions members will be able to explain to you the hardship of losing pay to defend terms and conditions.
"It would be great if we could see the councillor for Clifton Down actually involving herself in solutions rather than continuously failing to understand the real challenge of actually acting now to tackle the climate emergency," he added.
Green Party councillor Carla Denyer, who asked for council support for workers to take part in the action, said: "I'm very disappointed by the hostile answer I received from the Mayor when I asked him to support the Global Climate Strike.
"The UCU and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have now backed the strike, as has Bristol University, so it is remarkable that a Labour mayor would not only refuse to support striking workers, but also be so rude about doing so.
"It is clear that his ears are completely closed to any suggestions from Green Party politicians, even on issues where we thought there would be common ground. I can only hope now that lobbying from the UCU and TUC might persuade him to change his mind," she added.
"She also has been noticeable in her absence when we have been dealing with social care, children in care, house building, hunger programmes, poverty and immediate challenges that people in Bristol face every day," he added.
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