For those who are tired of paying a cable or satellite company for TV, there's yet another skinny bundle Internet TV package, Google's YouTube TV, which joins the likes of Sling TV, DirecTV Now, and PlayStation Vue. It costs $35 per month now, and will be going up to $40 per month soon, but if you sign up before 13 March 2018, Google says you'll be grandfathered into the $35 price indefinitely.
YouTube TV isn't at all new. In fact, it's about a year old. But only recently did Google release the YouTube TV app for the Apple TV, which brought it above the bar necessary for us to cover in TidBITS. So far, I've been impressed with what I've seen. Unfortunately, to subscribe to YouTube TV you must live in one of its viewing areas, all of which are in the United States. Sorry, international readers.
In addition to the Apple TV app, YouTube TV is also available for iOS, Chrome, Android, Chromecast, and a handful of other platforms. It's also integrated into the Google Home line of smart speakers, so if you have one of those and a Chromecast-connected TV, you can say stuff like "OK Google, play CNN" to watch the news.
Channel Lineup — Although all the Internet TV services are roughly similar, they do differ somewhat in what channels they offer and what features or design elements they emphasize. YouTube TV focuses on simplicity. While Sling TV offers lots of packages (see "Sling TV, a Cord Cutter's Delight, Arrives on Apple TV," 6 July 2016), YouTube TV offers just a single plan, though you can also subscribe to a few premium channels: Showtime, Fox Soccer Plus, Shudder, and Sundance Now. There's no HBO, but that's what HBO Now is for.
Along with most of the channels you'd expect, such as ESPN, Fox News, and MSBNC, YouTube TV has just added Turner networks, including Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, TBS, and TNT. It will also soon offer NBA TV and MLB Network.
Which channels you want is highly personal, but here are a few notable channels that are missing: BET, Food Network, Hallmark, MTV, and Nickelodeon. If you'd like to watch those, look elsewhere for now. Personally, I subscribe to a service like YouTube TV purely for live news and live sports. I can watch scripted content on services like Hulu and Netflix later.
What impressed me about YouTube Now's lineup is that it provides all the major local network channels in the Nashville area: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the CW. YouTube TV is the only one of these services that does so well in this part of the world. Your mileage will likely vary. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to check which channels are available in your area until you sign up for service. You can cancel before finishing the signup process, and there is a 7-day free trial in any case.
FOX has not secured the rights to NFL games on its national feed, FOXNet. Users in Albuquerque, Austin, Birmingham, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville (South Carolina), Harrisburg, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Norfolk, Portland, Raleigh, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis, and West Palm Beach will not see NFL games on FOX.
You also can't view NFL games on mobile devices due to the NFL's deal with Verizon Wireless. But otherwise, I'm pleased with the sports lineup, since it has the Fox Sports channels that are essential for Atlanta Braves baseball and SEC Network to watch University of Tennessee football. Again, your desires will likely differ. But if you're looking for some speed skating or luge in the Olympics, YouTube TV has everything you need for that: NBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, NBC SN, and the Olympic Channel.
YouTube TV also has an exclusive benefit, in that it lets you watch YouTube Red original shows for no additional charge. Frankly, I don't care and you probably don't either, but it's there if you want it. One thing I don't understand is why YouTube doesn't bundle YouTube Red — which combines ad-free YouTube, background audio, Google Play Music, and other features in one monthly fee — with YouTube TV. It seems like a missed opportunity.
Interface — First impressions count, and YouTube TV does it right on the big screen by directing you to visit a URL on a computer or phone to activate the app. That's vastly preferable to trying to type in a (long and random) password on the TV screen with a Siri Remote. In iOS, it's even easier if you're already signed into another Google app — just choose the account you want to use and you're done.
What's most striking about YouTube TV is how clean it is. If you're used to bad cable and satellite box interfaces, YouTube TV is a revelation. It has just three screens: Home, Live, and Library.
The Home screen displays programs Google thinks you'll like, along with popular shows in different categories.
The Live screen, as you'd expect, provides a program guide to what's currently airing.
Finally, the Library screen holds your saved content and DVR recordings.
Overall, YouTube TV's interface is uncluttered while still being both functional and attractive. The Home screen shows live video previews of what's on. The Web version of the Live screen offers nice, big pictures of each channel, and on the iPad, the Live screen displays a grid with live video previews.
Some have complained that the YouTube TV interface isn't optimized for each device, which baffles me. Check out the screenshot of the Library screen on the Apple TV below and note that, while it's showing the same information as the iPad screenshot from above, it's optimized for the Apple TV interface. I've tried YouTube TV on an Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and even an Android TV, and while it's a little different on each platform, never so much so that it's confusing.
In summary, it feels like YouTube TV's user interface is working with you, rather than forcing you to fight with it every step of the way. Perhaps it's not surprising, since Google undoubtedly has a large design team, whereas most other TV services — Internet or traditional — have long employed color-blind marmosets to design their interfaces.
Features — YouTube TV is more than just a pretty face — it's also one of the most capable of the Internet TV services.
YouTube TV features a cloud DVR to record programs with no storage limits — YouTube TV stores your recorded programs for up to 9 months. You can record as many programs as you like at the same time, and you're also free to skip ads on recorded content. Amazingly, cloud-based DVR isn't yet standard for all of these services, and it often isn't as well implemented as what Google has done.
It should come as no surprise that YouTube TV, being owned by Google, has the best search of any of these services. And it's not just about finding programs, but what you can do with them. For instance, if you search for a sports team and add it to your Library, YouTube TV will automatically record every game and suggest it in your Home screen, as it has done with the Atlanta Braves below.
Another especially welcome aspect of YouTube TV is that, much like regular YouTube, it lets you browse content while continuing to watch your current show. More services should do this.
Finale — Overall, YouTube TV looks and performs well. Even on my slow Sony TV running Android TV, it performed admirably. However, it is missing some key channels. Nor does it support Apple's single sign-on feature, which lets you authenticate multiple TV provider apps at once. However, in my experience, that feature often doesn't work like it should.
Sadly, I think I'll be without YouTube TV for a while, as I couldn't resist an offer from DirecTV Now that promised a free $179 Apple TV 4K if I prepaid for three months of service, which was just $115 after taxes and fees. I hadn't previously used DirecTV Now, so I was filled with almost instant buyer's remorse when I saw how slow, frustrating, and outdated its interface is, despite offering a larger lineup of channels. In fact, it's so disappointing that I may pay up for YouTube TV anyway and write off my DirecTV Now subscription as a cheap Apple TV.
But what's wonderful about living in the this era is that you're no longer locked to cable and satellite giants like Comcast, Dish, and DirecTV — at least as long as you have a decent Internet connect. There are a slew of TV services now, competition is fierce, and you can jump between them as you please.
I keep hearing about "cutting the cable", being "locked into Comcast" etc. "All you need is an Internet connection"
OK, so, how does one obtain that Internet connection without having a cable or satellite account?! That seems to usually double-the cost of these other "services" which seldom provide even 50% of the channels. YMMV, of course, but I'm not going to move just to get cheaper TV! LOL! Most of the programs I see offered aren't worth walking across the room for!!
You are right, for most channels you need a cable subscription. A lot of these services are just bundling like cable, I don't see a point in them. We cut the cord and only subscribe to Netflix. Sure there is stuff my wife and I miss. For us, it's a cost savings and we are happy with the sacrifice. Through this we've actually surfaced a lot of Youtube creators we enjoy following. I'd pay $3-5 month to add individual channels if given the opportunity, but that model is not really in existence yet.
For most of the channels you'd want, it'd probably be a lot more than $3-5 per month, and some channels do offer individual subscriptions. For example, a quick Google search let me find that Hallmark Movies has a subscription service for $5-6 per month (my in-laws really, REALLY love Hallmark movies).
As far as the point to these services, for me personally I like being able to sign up for the Olympics or the World Series and then cutting it off until I need it again. Dealing with a traditional TV provider is a nightmare.
Yeah, it's a real problem if your bandwidth is capped or your service just stinks in the first place.
There is a useful site to compare all the streaming TV services at www.suppose.tv. You enter the channels you watch and it shows the TV option and costs.
Very cool, thanks! But it's a little out of date. It says DirecTV Now doesn't offer NBC in my area and I know for a fact that it does.
Is there an internet TV streaming list of US channels available in Taiwan? I'm subscribed to Netflix and want to find another.
By the time I finished making my selections, I would be paying about what I pay now with DirecTV!
As somebody who doesn't watch "TV" but does watch NetFlix, HBO etc - mainly movies, documentaries etc - I'm happy with my DirectTV subscription - $35/mn + free AppleTV. Early days it was iffy and it still has it's moments but they threw in HBO Now as an apology for the early days service and that also gets me HBO Go so I can watch all the HBO stuff (current and past). I'm also on their Beta program testing their DVR functionality. The new UI is much better than the old one so it is getting there slowly. When relatives are over and they want to watch the game or the wife with her cooking shows it's all there for them. Personally I spend a bunch of time watching YouTubers myself.
Honestly, I don't watch a ton of TV myself, and I tend to watch more YouTube now also. I subscribe to these services for special events. DirecTV Now is okay, it gets the job done, but I find the UI infuriating. Thankfully I can just activate the NBC Sports app and watch the Olympics there.
I'm curious about what portion of the current Olympics you can get with this - only what is on the main NBC channel? I have cable (COX) and have my DVR set to record all the Olympics NBC is offering on all its channels. We skip through most of it later. It sounds like that is not an option here.
Everything, as far as I can tell, as it has all the channels the Olympics are on. You can see in one of the screenshots that it offers Olympic events to record.
Ideally there would be one "channel" per Olympic sport. My wife only likes Figure Skating in the Winter Olympics and Gymnastics in the Summer Olympics, along with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
Other than that, most of our TV watching are both local & national news and a few programs on ABC/CBS/NBC (right now it is only about 5 CBS programs).
You seem to be satisfied with the AppleTV application.
"It's a terrible, terrible Apple TV app. Much like Amazon's new Prime Video app, it looks and feels like it was designed and implemented by people who've never even used an Apple TV."
I gather you wouldn't agree.
He was talking about the redesigned regular YouTube app, not YouTube TV. I've received a number of comments/questions along those lines, so I'd say this is a branding issue on Google's part.
As for the new YouTube app, it's, uh, not great, but I don't think it's *that* bad. However, it looks a lot like an Android app. But if you're used to YouTube on other platforms, I think you'll find it more familiar than the old one. The YouTube TV app is a lot better as an Apple TV app.
I also signed up for DirectvNOW to get the Apple4k ... but have now dumped them in favor of YouTubeTV. Using the ROKU app which works well with the remote to navigate YouTubeTV. DirectvNOW has the worst streaming performance and still lacks Cloud DVR... always cutting out. YouTubeTV provides a wonderful, steady streaming experience. And CloudDVR is unlimited so you just choose a series or news show and current episodes are ready and waiting. Navigation is simple and elegant.
Yep, my thoughts exactly. DirecTV Now has a slightly better channel lineup (besides missing the local ABC affiliate), but the interface is horrific.
Apparently it's like all the other services in NOT offering any access to PBS (and suppose.tv confirms). About 50% of my viewing time is shows I record from one of two local PBS affiliates via DirecTV. Does anyone know why PBS isn't in any of these cord-cutter bundles? Is it PBS management that's the problem?
There is a channel on Sirius/XM satellite radio that broadcasts some NPR programmiong. Now I know that NPR is not the same as PBS, but using it as a model, I think I understand the lack of PBS options away from standard TV.
NPR declined to let Sirius/XM broadcast its mainstream shows: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, etc. The rationale is that NPR depends on the good will of local member affiliates and would rather not undercut their fundraising or their program development for the network by directing listeners away from the local stations.
I suspect PBS follows the same rationale.
If you donate to PBS on an ongoing basis at $5 or more per month (or $60 a year) you are a "passport" member and can get streaming access to some oftheir shows, and can authenticate that way.
When I created my PBS account, it just let me enter a ZIP code and I can watch anything in the PBS app. Is that still not the case?
You get some, but not premium/high-demand shows, if you stay on the free tier. Anything with the compass-rose graphic is donators-only streaming.
No one answered Jim's original post at the top. How do you get internet service without a cable provider?
You could just use 4G data via your iPhone, for instance.
Regardless, Internet is separate service from cable TV in most places and from most providers. We get our Internet connection from Spectrum (previously Time Warner Cable), but we don't pay them extra for cable TV.
Yes, just an Internet broadband connection with sufficient speed starts around $75 or higher WITHOUT bundling a phone and/or cable plan.
I get my 12MbS from AT&T via fiber to the node, copper pair to the house. That would be good enough for a cordcutter sub; it handles HD video streaming fine. Other providers exist, e.g. sonic.net in the Bay Area.


It all started back in 2012; foodie Kelly Williamson took a bite of homemade goat cheese & cherry ice cream at a dinner party. This delicious and intriguing creation inspired her to get in the kitchen to make her own concoctions.
With corporate life weighing her down, she decided to take this passion and turn it into a business. With no hesitation, her brother-in-law, Ted Phillips, who has years of experience working for another start up, quickly hopped on board to be the business advisor!
The Galley Ice Cream is an artisanal frozen dessert company that specializes in unique flavors using premium ingredients. Their mission is to elevate the experience of eating ice cream by giving their customers something they've never had before. Their ice cream is handmade in small batches and they pride themselves on not using pre-made mix, extracts, chemical emulsifiers, stabilizers, or gums. They know that you will taste the difference!
That's right folks, the ol' SoWa Farmers Market is getting an upgrade - and a new name. While everyone still loved the market just the way it was, the people have spoken and been heard. So for 2016, we'll be incorporating some customer-friendly tweaks to help make your shopping experience more engaging and convenient. No longer will the Farmers Market merely be a place to pass through and grab a fresh apple or brownie. It'll now be a market thoughtfully designed to do your weekend shopping while still maintaining the charm and intimacy with vendors that SoWa regulars love.
Each week we'll have 3 vendors doing on-site food prep & cooking up their fabulous goods to order. Fresh grilled veggies & sandwiches… homemade pasta & sauce… The very essence of Farm-to-Table. For those of you looking for breakfast, grab your morning (or afternoon) coffee & bagel and take a seat to enjoy.
No more being limited to buying only what you can carry in two hands - which we admit was cruel & unusual punishment with so many amazing choices. This season we'll be lending out shopping carts, giving away bags (until we run out), as well as providing a pick-up area so you can drive-in and load-up your car.
Every week, we'll be featuring a different specialty vendor who will take center stage to talk about their products and techniques.
The antiquated moniker SoWa Sundays was already on life support due the growing popularity of an art & retail community that operates all week long. But soon it can officially be put to rest. The Arts Festival & Food Truck Bazaar will still be Sunday only, but the new Outdoor Food Market will soon be open on both Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-4PM!! Check back for updates.


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Tenenbaums are a band of USD alumni set to open for the Plain White T's on October 10 in Vermillion. Submitted Photo / The Volante
USD students, alumni to open for Plain White T's
September 23rd, 2019 Morgan Matzen CAB, Events, Verve comments
Two local acts – Tenenbaums and Would You Kindly? (WYK) –- are opening for the Plain White T's at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Oct. 10.
This will be the first time a Campus Activities Board (CAB) concert has featured USD alumni and students in several years.
Kelsey Berger, CAB president and senior health services administration major, said she's excited for these local bands to play, and to have USD students know the local scene.
"I think we've always wanted the opportunity to have local bands," she said. We're really excited for the student band because this is awesome for them. We hope to keep rolling with this theme of supporting local talent (in CAB)."
Cara Olson, CAB staff advisor, said she's pleased to offer this opportunity to student bands like WYK.
"For Vince Staples and now the Plain White T's, we were lucky that they were understanding and wanted us to (choose the openers)," Olson said.
Tenenbaums is a Sioux Falls-based trio that plays indie dream pop music. From left to right, the band is Mike Helland (bass), Drew Helland (drums) and Brandon Phrommany (guitar and vocals). Submitted Photo | The Volante
Tenenbaums
Tenenbaums, the Sioux Falls, S.D. indie dream pop trio, has made their claim to local fame in recent years after their formation in 2014.
CAB reached out to them once they knew the Plain White T's would headline.
Brandon Phrommany (guitar, vocals) and Drew Helland (drums) are 2016 USD media & journalism graduates. Drew's twin brother, Mike (bass) went to college in Minnesota during the band's formative years.
The band looked back fondly on the handful of shows they played in Vermillion over the years, one of their latest in 2017 at The Varsity.
"That's probably one of my favorite shows that I've gotten to play," Phrommany said.
Phrommany said he expects this to be the biggest crowd they've played for yet, second only to their performance at That Sounds Decent in Sioux Falls this August with 500 in attendance.
"This will be the biggest band we've played with. I have high expectations for this turnout," Phrommany said. "It's really cool to be the entertainment there when we (used to be) students."
Drew Helland said he's excited to open for the Plain White T's and return to USD.
"Our shows in Vermillion are always really fun," he said. "We always love playing there."
Tenenbaums has a handful of singles on Bandcamp and two songs on Spotify.
Left to right: Would You Kindly? features Andy Copple (guitar), Elijah Carrier (bass), Jakob Dirks (drums) and Hunter Milner (vocals). The band is set to open for the Plain White T's on October 10. Submitted Photo / The Volante
Would You Kindly?
WYK is a fresh-faced pop punk band from Sioux City, Iowa. Hunter Milner, lead vocalist for the band and a senior elementary education major, said he had reached out to CAB about the chance to play. CAB accepted their offer, and the next step was getting the Plain White T's on board.
The Plain White T's reviewed their music and approved the group to open.
"I'm really excited to have our band play for such a big crowd," Milner said.
The biggest crowd they've played for has been in Sioux City, with an audience of about 75-100 people.
"To open for a band as prestigious as the Plain White T's… they've done some really big stuff, so it's cool that they'll be able to see us," he said. "I was excited they were coming because this is a really big opportunity for us, just to go out and have fun. It fits well with the rest of the concert."
WYK hopes to release an EP or demo in the late fall or early winter, he said. The band has their self-titled debut on Spotify.
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OECD Principles on Water Governance: From policy standards to practice
Aziza Akhmouch, Delphine Clavreul, Sarah Hendry, Sharon Megdal, James Nickum, Francisco Nunes-Correia, Andrew Ross
Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
The science–policy interface is critical to the design and implementation of water policies. In theory, scientists provide policy makers with robust facts and data that can help guide decision making, and lessons from the political economy of reforms can push scientific boundaries further to trigger further research for wise solutions. While evidence-based policy is obviously desirable, in practice such a connection is not always straightforward. Another assumption behind the science–policy gap is the discrepancy between scientists and policy makers in terms of culture, process, timing, language and expected outcome.
This book tries to reconcile this discrepancy through a multi-stakeholder approach to authoring its different articles. This joint initiative between the OECD – particularly its Water Governance Initiative – and the International Water Resources Association seeks to provide a canvas for grounding water policy in science, and vice versa. The objective of this book, devoted to the OECD Principles on Water Governance, is to use the OECD Principles as a common thread across the articles to draw lessons from theoretical work and practical experiences in water governance reforms; but also to only feature papers authored by groups of diverse stakeholders from different institutional backgrounds.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Water International.
Editors' foreword
Aziza Akhmouch, Delphine Clavreul, Sarah Hendry, Sharon B. Megdal, James E. Nickum, Francisco Nunes-Correia and Andrew Ross
Introduction: Introducing the OECD Principles on Water Governance
Aziza Akhmouch, Delphine Clavreul and Peter Glas
1. Addressing the policy-implementation gaps in water services: the key role of mesoinstitutions
Claude Ménard, Alejandro Jimenez and Hakan Tropp
2. Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice
Uta Wehn, Kevin Collins, Kim Anema, Laura Basco-Carrera and Alix Lerebours
3. OECD Principles on Water Governance in practice: an assessment of existing frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America
Susana Neto, Jeff Camkin, Andrew Fenemor, Poh-Ling Tan, Jaime Melo Baptista, Marcia Ribeiro, Roland Schulze, Sabine Stuart-Hill, Chris Spray and Rahmah Elfithri
4. Functions of OECD Water Governance Principles in assessing water governance practices: assessing the Dutch Flood Protection Programme
Chris Seijger, Stijn Brouwer, Arwin van Buuren, Herman Kasper Gilissen, Marleen van Rijswick and Michelle Hendriks
5. The evolution of water governance in France from the 1960s: disputes as major drivers for radical changes within a consensual framework
Marine Colon, Sophie Richard and Pierre-Alain Roche
Aziza Akhmouch is the Acting Head of the OECD Division on Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development. She oversees, amongst others, the OECD Water Governance Programme, which she set up in 2009 to help governments design and implement better water policies for better lives. She is the author of several publications on water governance and the founder of the OECD Water Governance Initiative, an international multi-stakeholder network gathering twice a year in a Policy Forum. She holds a PhD in Geopolitics and a MS in International Business.
Delphine Clavreul is a Counsellor in the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. She was previously a Policy Analyst at the OECD Water Governance Programme. Her field of expertise covers a range of topics including multi-level governance, stakeholder engagement and water integrity. She contributed to the coordination of the OECD Water Governance Initiative, an international multi-stakeholder network sharing good practices in support of better water governance. She has contributed to several OECD water governance (country and cross-country) reports, and holds an MS in Geopolitics.
Sarah Hendry is a Senior Lecturer in Law in the Dundee Law School, and the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, at the University of Dundee, UK. She researches and teaches comparative legal frameworks for the regulation and governance of water resource management and water services.
Sharon B. Megdal is Professor at, and Director of, the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, USA. Her projects include comparison of water management policy in water-scarce regions; groundwater management and governance; managed aquifer recharge; and transboundary aquifer assessment. She is an elected Board Member for the Central Arizona Project.
James E. Nickum is an Institutional Economist affiliated to the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), France and Japan; the Centre for Water and Development at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies (SOAS), UK; the East-West Centre, Hawaii, USA; and the University of Hong Kong, China. He is Editor-in-Chief of Water International.
Francisco Nunes-Correia is Professor of Environment and Water Resources at IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is former Minister of Environment and Regional Development of Portugal. He has been working as professor, researcher and consultant in those areas with a special interest in water policy formulation and assessment.
Andrew Ross is a Visiting Fellow and Consultant at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australia, specialising in conjunctive water management, water governance and aquifer recharge. He is a leader of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice and the IAH working group on economics of MAR.


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It all started with the Measurement Filter for Class D (100540-1) published in issue 415, July/August 2011. It was designed to handle large output signals, up to 70 V (RMS!). We never came around to really test the filter at the highest levels. A completely discrete high voltage amplifier design was started with 23 high voltage transistors (MJE340, MJE350, MPSA42 and MPSA92) working with a split power supply of +/- 110 V. This design got a bit out of hand. Even a PCB for a first prototype was designed but then one thinks 'all this just to test a filter?' The amplifier should be able to deliver a signal with extreme low distortion up to 20 kHz at 70 V. The impedance of the filter is 1 kΩ minimal, so 100 mA peak output current is necessary (more would be preferable). Looking for an alternative like an integrated circuit that can handle these high output voltages we came across the LME49811 from Texas Instruments. The title of the datasheet 'Audio Power Amplifier Series High Fidelity 200 Volt Power Amplifier Input Stage with Shutdown' was inviting to have a closer look. The specifications are excellent. Although one thing is not entirely clear from the datasheet. Are the measurements made according to the Test Circuit which omits the entire output stage? No examples are mentioned for the output stage. Another strange thing is the missing of the bottom layer of the Demonstration Board Layout which is visible in an older version of National Semiconductor from 2008. But we still went ahead and designed an amplifier with this component.
One of the most important properties for the possible candidates for the power transistors (T4/T5) in the output stage is a very wide safe operating area. Eventually we found some very nice ones from Semelab Limited, the MG6330-R (NPN) and its complementary MG9410-R. At 200 V across collector and emitter more than 600 mA of collector current may flow. This will be the case when the amplifier is driven to maximum output swing with no load. A wide class A setting in an class AB output configuration is now possible. The DC current gain versus collector current is almost constant up to several amperes (a little less for the PNP version) contributing to a linear output stage. Similar demands are valid for the drivers (T2/T3) of the power transistors. The MJE15032 (NPN) and MJE15033 (PNP) can handle 250 V maximum and the DC current gain is also reasonably constant with changing collector current. Both drivers and power transistors have high transition frequencies: 30 MHz for the MJEs, 60 MHz for the MG6330-R and 35 MHz for MG9410-R. For the quiescent current control an ordinary BD139 is used.
At first the design was meant for our July/August edition. But then one of our editors asked 'Who needs this kind of amplifier?' Can it not be used as an ordinary audio power amplifier? Yes of course it can, but not without a few additions and modifications. At a lower power supply voltage the output stage is able to deliver a lot of power to a speaker! Quiescent current can be 3 A at 120 V across. To keep it a simple amplifier we assume the amplifier is going to be connected to speakers with standard impedances from 4 Ω to 8 Ω, where 3 Ω is considered to be the lowest allowable impedance. At a power supply of +/-60 V and a 3 Ω load the output transistors will be driven outside their DC safe operating area but stay well within the 100 ms curve. For that reason we advise to use a 2 x 40 V transformer. We used a cheap 500 W version with a regulation that could be better. In practice this means a higher supply voltage without load or when little output power is delivered. With a lower mains voltage (224 instead of 230!) we measured around +/-56.8 V DC in our test setup. As a precaution a Zobel network is added (R13/C5). This network ensures the amplifiers stability in case there is no load. It also helps when the load is highly inductive. Inductor L1 is an extra protection against capacitive loads. Resistor R12 dampens any ringing or resonance that may occur. On the PCB R12 is placed inside L1, this is only done to save space.
Apart from the output stage the LME49811 only needs a few components to complete the amplifier. With the value chosen for the feedback resistor, should one of the power supply voltage (60 V max.) be present at the output, the maximum dissipation will not be more than the maximum specified by its manufacturer. In our case that's a little under 0.25 W. This results in 15 kΩ for R4. To give the amplifier the correct gain we take into account a maximum output swing of 5 V below the power supply voltage. At 60 V DC this means 55 V peak. Over the past years at Elektor we dimension our amplifiers to deliver their maximum undistorted output power (THD+N = 0.1 %) at 1 V input level. Any modern day preamplifier is able to supply this level. In our case the gain is exactly R4/R3, taking R1 and R2 into account. This means an E-12 value of 390 Ω for R3 (15k/(55/Ö2)). To keep common mode suppression of the input stage of the LME49811optimal the impedance of R1//R2 should be the same as R3//R4. So the values of R1 and R2 are the same as R3 and R4 respectively. The input impedance is approximately 15 kΩ which is also no problem for preamplifiers. The low cut off frequency is determined by C1, in our case theoretically 2.2 Hz. C2 limits the bandwidth of the input signal to suppress HF noise and limit too fast input signals. This will partially reduce slew rate of the amplifier. This is the case when for instance at the input a perfect rectangular signal is present. For compensation only a single capacitor is needed (C3). To make experimenting easy we used a trimmer with PTFE as a dielectric, which is also an excellent choice for audio. The PCB is also suitable for silvered mica capacitors with a lead spacing of 5.9 mm. While testing we noticed the value of C3 can be much less than 30 pF. Adjusting the trimmer to the lowest level, the amplifier remained stable. But we noticed no improvement of measuring results when the capacitor was adjusted below 1/3 of its maximum value. So set it at 1/3 (approximately 18 pF). To avoid any DC voltage at the output we added a DC servo (IC2). It compares the output voltage with ground and corrects the input of the LME49811 (pin 4) with a very small current. The correction is done at the non-inverting input because of the higher impedance of the resistors. R2 is 15 kΩ and at pin 5 the impedance is only 380 Ω (R3//R4). The small current compensates any input offset of IC1 and bias current of pin 4. The control speed is a few tens of a second. That's why the output relay takes a little longer to activate. The opamp used is a OPA177 and has excellent DC specification. Its own bias current and offset are maximally 2.8 nA and 60 µV. So the largest offset voltage at the output of the power amplifier is caused by the bias current of IC2 through R14. Worst would be an offset of 0.6 mV. When our prototype was stabilized (no output signal) the output voltage was around 0.2 mV only.
Let's hope the amplifier will never fail, but any electronic circuit will eventually stop working. The junction temperature of the audio power transistors is often driven above 70 °C and that will reduce the life span of the semiconductors. Our experience is failing semiconductor usually becomes a short circuit. If no fuse is blown this means a DC voltage at the output of the amplifier. A DC protection is something no audio power amplifier should go without. After power-up the amplifier needs a few seconds to settle. Like most power amplifiers the speaker is connected to the output by way of a relay. Three conditions must be met before the relay will activate. No DC voltage must be present at the output of the amplifier. Of course the power supplies must be present. In our case the positive power supply is used to power the relay. The negative power supply is not monitored. The last one is the presence of the secondary transformer voltages. If these are not present the relay is immediately deactivated to prevent a DC level over the speakers before it will occur. To prevent a ground loop an optocoupler. D3, D4 and C14 rectify the transformers voltage to a DC level. R19 makes sure, should the mains transformer get switch of or its fuse blown, the voltage over de led inside the optocoupler decreases rapidly to a level at which the opto transistor is no longer active. This in turn will activate T6. Capacitor C16 is then discharged and this in turn will deactivate the relay driver stage. The time constant of C16 and R25//R26 determines the time it takes to activate the relay when the amplifier is turned on (in practice one and half times, so 6 seconds).
The relay is a 48 V version, but the power supply voltage is about 56 V. To limit the voltage over the relay only a small resistor is needed in series with the coil. At 48 V the coil of relay needs only a few mA's to activate, 8.7 mA to be precise. At 56 V a resistor of 1 kΩ/0.25 W will do. The tolerance of the energizing voltage of a relay is rather large. So even if the supply voltage drops the relay will stay energized. The release voltage is a lot lower than the operate voltage. The release voltage of the relay we used (RT314048) is 10 % of its nominal voltage, so 4.8 V. The operate voltage is 70% of its nominal value, so 33.6 V. If the 48 V relay is difficult to get also a 24 V relay can be used. The energizing current is almost double as high and the dissipation of the series resistor thus a lot higher. The coil resistance of a RT314024 relay is 1440 Ω. In this case a 2 kΩ resistor will have to be used, 2.2 kΩ will also do. The dissipation will be a little over 0.5 W and a 1 W resistor is needed. While designing the PCB we already gave R29 a big enough footprint. Should another manufacturer's relay be used, the value of R29 can be different of course. In all this the voltage drop of about 1 V across T10 is being neglected. The current through led D6 is also being neglected. With a 48 V relay this current is a mere 0.35 mA. The protection circuit is calculated for the high voltage of 56 V. The operating voltage of the LME49811 ranges from +/-20 V to +/- 100 V. At a lower supply voltage some resistors have to be changed. This is also true for the feedback resistors, when the input sensitivity should remain the same. The gain should be lower at lower supply voltages. The minimum gain of the LME49811 is 20 (26 dB). So in our view the gain at a supply voltage of +/-20V this gain would give a too high sensitivity. The DC protection is basically just two transistors and a low pass filter. The time constant of 3.3 seconds of RC network R23/C15 is maybe a bit long but, the higher the DC voltage the faster T7 or T8 will discharge C16. If a positive DC offset is present at the output greater than 0.55 V the C16 will be discharged enough by T8 to deactivate the relay. If the output is negative T7 will discharge C16. Because the negative current through R23 is directly responsible for discharging C16 the sensitivity is less than with a positive offset.
The decoupling of the power supply is done by way of large electrolytic capacitors with low ESR. These were originally meant as smoothing capacitors in the high voltage amplifier design, so no external ones had to be used. For an audio power amplifier it is critical that the power supply lines leading to the PCB don't produce any interfering magnetic fields that can increase distortion by inducing currents in feedback loops and other parts of the amplifier. One way to suppress this unwanted effect is tying the three power supply lines close together and decouple the power lines as close as possible at the power stage. On the PCB the power supply tracks have single rectified currents flowing, because of the class AB output stage. By trying to keep the corresponding positive and negative tracks as close as possible together the produced magnetic field is almost sinusoidal and causes les distortion. On a double sided PCB these tracks can be on opposite sides. These design considerations are important for power amplifiers with very low distortion figures. Also a star ground is a must, to be found at C5. Here input ground, feedback, Zobel network, loudspeaker ground and power supply ground come together. So the PCB is specifically designed for a mono amplifier. For a stereo amplifier simply build two.
The opamp for the DC correction has its own +/-15 V power supply, derived from the main supply by way two resistors, two zener diodes and decoupling capacitors (R17/R18/D1/D2/C12/C13). In case a lower power supply voltage is used the value of R17 and R18 has to be reduced. Also take into account that from the positive 15 V the enable current (R5) for IC1 is taken. This current is 1.47 mA. The voltage at pin 1 of IC is in our case 2.92 V (a value not to be found in the datasheet). In principle the biasing of de +15 V is maybe to low but it is sufficient. The supply current of the OPA177 is 1.3 mA and the enable current is 1.47 mA. Together this is more or less the same as R17 delivers (2.78 mA at 56.8 V). The main supply voltage can drop because of excessive output power. At 233 W sine-wave power to a 4 Ω load the power supply was only 48.9 V. In this case the current through R17 is only 2.26 mA. But the enable current of IC1 may be as low as 1 mA and the supply voltage of IC2 is much higher than needed. The most important function of D1 and D2 is to make sure the power supply voltage of IC2 is never higher than +/-15 V. In our prototype the output of IC2 was not even 1.1 V. Power supply rejection of IC2 and the additional filtering by C11 make sure that the quality of the amplifier is never influenced. The typical bias current of the LME49811 is 100 nA, the maximum is not specified. We measured less than 37 nA. Additionally the maximum input offset is 3 mV. So in worst case the offset correction needs to compensate 4.5 mV of total input offset voltage. For IC2 this means a maximum output voltage of 6 V ((4.5mV/15kΩ)*20MΩ). Should a higher voltage than 6 V occur something is not in proper working order.
the power dissipation of IC1 is in our case a little over 2 W (2.16 W at 120 V total). As a heat sink we used a simple 2 mm thick aluminum plate. Calculating the thermal resistance is not that difficult. De datasheet states the thermal resistance from junction to case is 0.4 °C/W and using a thermal compound tha thermal resistance from case to heat sink approximately 0.2 °C/W. Let's make that a total of 0.8 °C/W, just to be safe. Total dissipation is about 2.16 W. If we want the driver to have a long life we advise to keep the junction below 70 °C. In an enclosure the ambient temperature will be higher than the surrounding room temperature, let's say 40 °C. That makes the necessary resistance from junction to ambient 30 °C/2.16 W = 13.8 °C/W or lower. The thermal resistance of the heat sink should be 13 °C/W. If we search the internet (but not too long) for a formula or graph to find out how big the aluminum plate should be we came across 2 formulas and a graph. The first formula 500/A (A in cm2, both sides) resulted in a necessary surface of 19 cm2 (size). The second formula 50/ÖA (A in cm2) gives a surface of 14.8 cm2 which is substantially smaller. We had to extrapolate the graph. For a plate of 2 mm thick the curve ends at a surface of 30 cm2 (Rth = 7.9 °C/W). Extrapolation to 20 cm2 gives a thermal resistance of 9.5 °C/W. Our plate of 2.5 by 8 cm will be sufficient, no matter what solution to believe. We measured the temperature of the heat sink. At a room temperature of 20 °C the heat sink became 49 °C. With a power dissipation of 2.16 W this means our heat sink effectively has a thermal resistance of 13.5 °C/W. Components like L1 and C8/C9 limit convection somewhat and thus the thermal resistance of the plate will be higher. The PCB is designed to give the plate just enough room, from C10 to C8/C9. Mount the plate to IC1 with enough distance from the PCB so it won't come in contact with R1, R5 and R4. Bend L1 a little from the heat sink. Important: the metal part of the backside of IC1 is connected to the negative supply voltage. If only a thermal compound is used between heat sink and IC there is a big chance the heat sink is also connected to the negative supply voltage, in our prototype it was!
An important part of any power amplifier is the heat sink for the power transistors. How large should it be? This amplifier is able produce a lot of power with only 1 set of power transistors. Usually with this amount of power two pairs are used at least. More transistors in parallel would increase efficiency of the amplifier. Especially at 4 Ω loads the two emitter resistors of 0.2 ohm are responsible for a loss of 5 % alone. Two extra power transistors would increase the size of the PCB and we wanted to keep this a small (the PCB at least) and simple amplifier, but with very good specifications none the less. We found a compromise in a heat sink from Fischer Elektronik. Not exactly small but to ensure no thermal runaway will occur with high output power a very low thermal resistance is necessary. At a height of 100 cm its resistance is 0.7 °C/W. An example: we measured the efficiency of the amplifier with a regulated DC voltage of +/-56.8 V. In a 4 Ω load the amplifier will deliver 299 W at a distortion of 0.1 %. Now the efficiency is 68.5 % and the loss of the amplifier 137 W. Most power will be dissipated in the large heat sink. Without extra measures its temperature wood rise more than 90 °C above ambient if a pure sine-wave signal is used continuously! Also the emitter resistors R10 and R11 (5 W resistors) will be strained to their maximum and when the output is clipping may be even beyond that. But with music the real power will of course be substantially less, in the heat sink and R10 and R11. When testing we use a large tangential blower to avoid damaging the power amplifier.
Construction of the amplifier depends for a large part on the enclosure that is going to be used. For testing we attached two metal bars to the heat sink to mount the PCB on. This way no mechanical stress is applied to transistors in the output stage. The PCB should be mounted against the heat sink so the pins of the transistor are as close to their respective pads on the PCB as possible. The pins get a double bend. The first bend should be as close to the transistors packadge as possible. Never bend de legs directly but put a metal plate against the pins to avoid micro fractures in the packadge. These can reduce the lifespan of the transistors. The second bend is where the holes in the pads are. The insulation of the transistor can be placed between transistor and heat sink before locating the exact position for the second bend. But that isn't too critical except when ceramic insulators are used, they really make a difference. After this is done there will be no thermal stress as well. The transistors are mounted firmly on the heat sink after the PCB is already mounted (don't forget the insulating pads). Only then the pins of the transistors can be soldered. Most components can be soldered before all of this is done, except for IC1 and the power supply capacitors C8 and C9. They are mounted and soldered after placement of the power transistors is finished. The heat sink of IC1 will be in front of the screws of the transistors of the power stage. Leaving the power supply capacitors to the end will give a clearer view when mounting the power transistors. IC1 is the last component to be mounted at this point (or earlier) the exact placement of the aluminum plate and the holes for the mounting of IC1 can now be determined (2.5 cm high and 8 cm long). As stated earlier, leave enough space between the PCB and the heat sink to avoid contact with parts that are the closest to it. To really rule out a possible short circuit to the heat sink, a fitting insulating pad can be placed in-between IC1 and its heat sink. This doesn't change the total thermal resistance that much. Mount the aluminum plate onto IC1 before soldering IC1 to the PCB. This will avoid mechanical stress to the pins of IC1. For connecting the speaker and the power supply mounting tabs with two pins are used (faston, 6.3 x 0.8 mm lead spacing 5.08 mm). Most terminal blocks can't handle currents over 5A or so. Peak currents in the speaker output and power supply can be close to three times as high. The relay used is rated 16 A. A last detail concerns the construction of L1. L1 is made of 13 windings of 1.5 mm (diameter) enamelled copper wire wound on a 7 mm drill. Leave the endings long enough to mount the inductor with a little distance from the PCB. The endings of the inductor should be in line with the center of the inductor. Resistor R12 is then placed inside L1 and its connecting wires bend to correspond with the pads on the PCB. Place the two components simultaneously on the PCB and look if the resistor remains in the center of the inductor and the inductor a little distance from the PCB before soldering the four wire endings.
Before connecting the amplifier directly to the power supply the quiescent current of the output stage needs to be set. We advise as a precaution to put two 47 Ω/5 W power resistors in series with the PCB power supply connections (in plus and minus). Should something be wrong (a short circuit somewhere) chance is the amplifier itself will not be damaged but in worst case the two power resistors will burn out. The use of a regulated power supply would be better but who has access to a dual power supply that can be set to +/- 56 V or so. Before switching on the power supply turn P1 fully counter clockwise. Current consumption in the positive power line should be about 30 mA (with activated output relay). Screw terminal K7 should be connected to the transformer of the power supply. Put an ampere meter in series (with the power resistor) and turn P1 slowly clockwise until the current increases 30 mA, resulting in a reading of 60 mA. This low setting is more than enough. If the temperature of the heat sink rises the quiescent current will also rise slightly but should stay below 90 mA. At high power output the temperature of the junctions of the two power transistors T4 and T5 will rise a lot more than the temperature of the heat sink and thus VBE multiplier T1 will not compensate this fully. Momentarily the quiescent current will rise to several 100 mA, but will fall when power is reduced and the heat sink cools down again. In this the amplifier has a nice extra. You could say the class A setting of the output stage rises with the supplied output power.
We also recorded some plots. Pictures tell more than numbers?
Plot A shows measurements of harmonic distortion and noise at output levels 1 W and 50 W into an 8 Ω load with a bandwidth of 80 kHz. The plot at 1 W is mainly noise (THD+N = 0.0034 %). Only at the end towards 20 kHz the distortion slightly rises above noise (THD+N = 0.0052 %). At 50 W (this is 20 V so you can compare it with the datasheet of the LME49811) the noise floor is relatively lower in comparison to the output level. We now can see that distortion is starting earlier, because the noise floor is lower. At 1 W this is masked by the noise. The distortion at 20 kHz is almost similar as the figure at 1 W. A plot at 100 W is not that much different from the plot at 50 W. The figures can differ a bit with temperature and time. At these low levels 0.005 or 0.006 % is not something to worry about, just very good.
Plot B shows distortion plus noise as a function of output level at 1 kHz with an 8 Ω load and a bandwidth of 22 kHz. The reduced bandwidth will show better the onset of increase in distortion. As you can see the distortion of the output signal remains extremely low while the noise floor relatively sinks with the increase of the output level. At 127 W the linear operation ends and the clipping point is reached. Distortion will rise quickly with the increase of the output level now. A THD plus noise of 0.1 % is considered a just level to still speak of a clean and undistorted signal. This is reached at a level of 137 W. If we really overload the amplifier to 10 % distortion the output power is than 174 W. A remark must be made here however. The transformer we used is a cheap 500 VA type (it's almost impossible to find a smaller transformer with 2 x 40 V) but its regulation is not that good. At 10 % THD the power supply voltage decreased to +/-51.5 V. With increase of output power distortion will rise even more quickly.
Plot C shows a Fourier analysis of a 1 kHz signal at 50 W (20 V) with an 8 Ω load. The residual spectrums of the power supply ripple as well as the harmonics of 1 kHz are at levels that are simply inaudible. The 3rd harmonic is at a level of -113.8 dB. That's 2 ppm. Do we need to say more…Total harmonic distortion plus noise is at this level 0.0006 % (bandwidth is 80 kHz).


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Beginning in September 2016, the Croton-Harmon School District and Village of Croton-on-Hudson are partnering on an initiative to increase community safety for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The Village will roll out a campaign entitled "Slow Down Croton," while the School District will support the initiative through "Safe Routes to School." This two-pronged approach intends to bring awareness to the community for the need to enhance safety measures throughout the village for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians alike with all members of the community taking responsibility for safety.
For more information about the safety campaign, please visit the Croton-Harmon School District website, www.chufsd.org, Facebook page and follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #CrotonSafeRoutes; as well as the Croton-on-Hudson village website, www.crotononhudson-ny.gov and Facebook page.


A lot is written at this time of year about the joy of giving, but we believe it's something that should be a priority all year round. That's why when we heard about Ski 4 Cancer's ambitious Everest World Record, we knew it would be too good to miss.
Rhys has been involved with Ski 4 Cancer for many years as a Patron, and we knew we wanted to do something to raise funds for this brilliant charity in the New Year.
It was the mention of Everest which initially caught our attention, and 2016 will be a milestone year as it marks 10 years since Rhys climbed the peak, so it seemed a very fitting challenge. Fortunately, skiing the height of Everest takes significantly less time than the two months it takes to climb the mountain, but given our poor skiing we are probably just as likely to get injured!
So, on 11th March 2016, in the beautiful Austrian resort of Saalbach, we'll be joining hundreds of other skiers (most of whom will be far better skiers than us!) to attempt a new Guinness World Record. We'll ski a predetermined route through Austria's largest resort, tracking our vertical progress via a special contest on the Map to Snow smartphone App.
Our ski experience on paper belies our wobbly technique in real life. We did manage a 3 week ski-mountaineering expedition in East Greenland, and climbed the highest peak in the Arctic Circle . In the Alps however, we place ourselves firmly in the class of enthusiastic amateurs, with our own special blend of survival skiing and determination.
Obviously we'll be getting some practice in before the Everest challenge, and have promised to donate £1 every time we fall over. Ski 4 Cancer could stand to do quite well from this!
Ski 4 Cancer is a cancer respite charity, they exist to ease the burden of living with a cancer diagnosis or a recent bereavement. They recognise that the diagnosis affects the whole family and not just the patient. Their programmes reflect this and don't just focus on the cancer patient but the immediate family as well.
Ski 4 Cancer provides a wide range of respite opportunities for British families living with cancer. From family days to longer holidays in the UK and abroad. They also make grants to UK based palliative care institutions and fund research into the effects of exercise in both preventing the onset of cancer and how it can help people with their recovery after diagnosis.
This charity is very close to our hearts, as like so many others, we have both lost close family and friends to cancer.
If you would like the chance to join us on this exciting challenge please contact Ski4Cancer for more details.
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I'm just trying to get the Audio Codec ADAU1761 to work on the ZedBoard.
The FPGA will provide a 12.288 MHz MCLK and will transmit the audio data via I2S (I2S Mode, 48kHz) to the ADAU1761 (in I2S Slave mode). The ADAU should route the audio data from I2S input to the LineOut outputs of the ADAU1761, without using the DSP.
Therefore I configured the registers, that don't have the default values, in this sequence (via I2C).
And I don't hear and measure any audio data on the LOUTP/N outputs !?!??!
The I2S interface signals are looking good on the scope and the read back register values are also as expected.
Any help or hints are really appreciated.
Solved, sorry for the posting.
The software configuration above is working!


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SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine, the bimonthly business journal covering Western Massachusetts, will honor its Difference Makers for 2019 on Thursday, March 28 at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke.
Honorees are profiled in the Feb. 4 issue of BusinessWest and are available on www.businesswest.com ". The Difference Makers Gala on March 28 will begin at 5 p.m. with networking and opportunities to meet this year's honorees. There will be live entertainment, butlered hors d'oeuvres, a plated dinner, and more networking opportunities.
Tickets cost $75 each, with reserved tables of 10 available. The event is presented by Baystate Health/Health New England and sponsored by Burkhart Pizzanelli, P.C., Development Assocites, Royal P.C., and Viability, Inc.. For more information or to order tickets, call Bevin Peters at (413) 781-8600, ext. 100, or e-mail peters@businesswest.com.


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Ex-Giant Clayton White hired as South Carolina's defensive coordinator
John Fennelly
January 11, 2021, 11:00 AM ·1 min read
Former New York Giants linebacker Clayton White has been named to Shane Beamer's staff at South Carolina as the defensive coordinator. White comes to Columbia after holding the same position for four seasons at Western Kentucky.
White, 43, played two seasons for the Giants from 2001-2002. In 2001 White, an undrafted free agent out of North Carolina State, played all 16 games for Big Blue mainly as a special teamer making nine tackles (eight solo). In 2002, he injured his knee in the spring workouts and missed the season. He signed with Tampa in 2003 but was cut in training camp, ending his NFL career.
From 2003 on, White has been working steadily as an assistant coach in the college ranks with stops at Western Michigan, Stanford, UConn and North Carolina State. At Stanford, White coached future NFL star Richard Sherman.
"I've had my eye on Clayton for a long time," Beamer said in a statement, via The State. "He was a great player in college and had some time in the NFL. He's been part of good programs and has a high level of success, most recently at Western Kentucky. He's from North Carolina and has a lot of ties to the region. He had some opportunities to go elsewhere, but he wants to be at South Carolina and we're happy to have him."
Giants select OT Alijah Vera-Tucker in latest CBS Sports mock draft
PFN ranks Giants' Daniel Jones among NFL's worst QBs
Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis fined for headbutting Giants' Kaden Smith


Appligent, Inc. www.appligent.com, the leading PDF enterprise software company, today announced the immediate availability of version 3 of its enterprise-class Redax Enterprise Server software for Windows, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, and Solaris. AIX and HP-UX releases will follow shortly.
Existing users of Redax Enterprise Server include over 10 departments of the US Federal government concentrated in intelligence, military and criminal justice areas as well as national and state governments around the world. Many states and municipal governments use Redax and Redax Enterprise Server everyday to protect the identity or personal information of citizens, while law-firms and corporations use the applications to protect sensitive information.
Redax Enterprise Server 3 is all-new. It's been repowered with the Adobe PDF Library to improve its ability to open and process many damaged or malformed PDF documents.
"But for the big news, let's look at the dramatic new content markup features," said Appligent Document Solutions' CEO Duff Johnson. "Redax Enterprise Server is now capable of virtually any sort of text-search, and uses powerful new preprocessing to improve search accuracy," he said. "The new Pattern searches, which find phone numbers, postal codes, credit-cards and email addresses, are just amazing!" he said.
Redax Enterprise Server 3 is available immediately from Appligent Document Solutions directly as well as through our network of resellers. The software is available without charge to existing Appligent Document Solutions customers with current Support & Maintenance agreements.
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Chris Squire: Robert Plant Wasn't Ready for Yes/Led Zeppelin Supergroup, XYZ
By Damian Fanelli 2012-02-15T15:41:42Z News
Yes bassist Chris Squire says XYZ, the short-lived supergroup featuring members of Yes and Led Zeppelin, never took flight because the timing was terrible for Robert Plant.
"Robert Plant was going to come in and join with us and do the singing at some point, but it was really a bit too soon after John Bonham departed this world for Robert to get back into it," Squire told the Australia-based Noise11.com in advance of Yes' spring tour of Australia and New Zealand. "That is why it didn't come together."
XYZ (And we are not talking about the late-'80s -- and still-touring -- LA-based band of the same name) was an acronym for eX-Yes and Zeppelin. The band featured Jimmy Page on guitar, Squire on bass and Yes drummer Alan White. The trio recorded several demos in the early '80s.
Page, however, felt the band needed a strong vocalist and suggested Plant, but it never quite happened, although he apparently attended one rehearsal in 1981.
Some say the demos were leaked by a studio employee; others say they were stolen from Page's home. Either way, they are available on YouTube, and you can check them out below.
"You can find them on YouTube," Squire said. "They were only demos. Nothing was ever finished, but somehow they got snuck out of the studio by some engineer or somebody at some point. They are not finished demos if you track them down. They are quite exciting. It is worth having a look for them if you are interested."
If this story puts you on the prowl for more XYZ info, check out this early-'90s, XYZ-centric interview with White.
DEMO 1:
The main theme from this song was later used by Yes on a song called "Mind Drive." The main riff was used by Page on "Fortune Hunter" by The Firm.
DEMO 2:This track is often called "Can You See" or "And (Do) You Believe It." It was eventually recorded by Yes as "Can You Imagine." Squire sings.DEMO 3:This track is often called "Telephone Secrets" or "Telephone Spies."
Summer NAMM 2019: Electro-Harmonix Updates Classic Seventies Dirt Road Special Amp
Summer NAMM 2019: Jackson Announces New Signature Models for Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith, Periphery's Misha Mansoor and Megadeth's David Ellefson
Summer NAMM 2019: Source Audio Unveils New C4 Synth Pedal
Not Just Another "Flight of the Bumblebee" Lesson
Summer NAMM 2019: Gretsch Unveils New Rich Robinson "Magpie" Signature Model


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Family speaks out after double homicide at Chesterfield party
15000 Chesdin Green Way (Source: NBC12)
By Allison Norlian
Published: Sep. 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM EDT|Updated: Sep. 5, 2016 at 9:47 PM EDT
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - Marc Starkes' uncle Philip Reed said his 24-year-old nephew was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Starkes of Amelia and 22-year-old Duval Turner of Richmond were both killed after being shot at an illegal house party in Chesterfield on Saturday night. One other man was injured but is recovering in the hospital.
Reed said his nephew Marc Starkes, who grew up in Amelia, was a cook in town. After a phone call with his sick grandmother on Saturday night, Reed said his nephew told his family that he'd be back, he was heading to a party.
The party Starkes attended included over 200 other people at a four-bedroom, vacant home under construction in Chesdin Landing in Chesterfield. Those who attended what police are calling a "modern day rave" saw an invitation that circulated on social media.
Sometime after 1:30 a.m., shots rang out and Starkes was hit.
"I hope they find who did this, because he was trying to do right," Reed said. "It's not the same looking outside, not seeing his car here, not seeing him here."
Another party goer said Starkes was shot in the back. They said he was found in the garage and Duval Turner was found unconscious by the staircase.
The person says they were upstairs with several other people when they heard one gunshot, followed by silence, then about eight more gun shots.
They waited until there was silence in the home, went downstairs and found the men reeling from their injuries. They immediately called 911.
Police continue their investigation into this incident. Anyone with information should contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660.


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Nicolas Favresse adds spectacular new trad climb to Yosemite
In Yosemite, USA, Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse together with Alix Morris and Drew Smith makes the first free ascent of Eye of Sauron, a spectacular and difficult new 400 m trad climb in the Ribbon Falls area
In late 2006 Nicolas Favresse from Belgium and Ivo Ninov from Bulgaria pulled off the impressive feat of making the ground-up first ascent of Lost in translation on El Capitan. The climb was noteworthy in that it was the first time a new route was added to the Big Stone in alpine style, i.e. ground-up, in a single push and all free. Unsurprisingly this ascent was important not only for the climbers themselves, but also for big wall climbing in Yosemite valley as a whole.
More than a decade later Favresse haas now added another spectacular route to the valley. Despite not being established in the same impeccable style, it's certainly worth analysing: called Eye of Sauron, the new 400 m line was climbed with Alix Morris and Drew Smith and tackles the "very big roof" to the right of Ribbon Falls, immediately to the left therefore of the classic Gates of Delirium.
Favresse told planetmountain.com "I think the grade is about 5.13a/b (7c+/8a). Three pitches of 5.9/5.10 (5c/6a) lead to the roof, and past the roof it's another four long pitches of amazing steep, 5.11 climbing. Hero style!" It's worth noting that the route has no bolts whatsoever. "We just left rap anchors on equalised nuts" Favresse explained.
Making the most of his valley trip, Favresse teamed up with regular climbing parter Siebe Vanhee to make a free repeat of El Corazon, the 35-pitch outing freed by Alexander Huber up El Capitan in 2001 with difficulties up to 5.13b (8a). The duo required 4 days for their free push and, swinging leads, Nico Favresse fell just once on this 1000 meter outing.
Eye of Sauron and Lost in translation are not the only new routes Favresse has added to Yosemite valley over the years. In 2005 he established L'A ppât (5.13a) to the right of the Ribbon Falls, in 2008 he added The Secret Passage 5.13c (18 pitches) to El Capitan with Sean Villanueva and in 2011 the duo joined forces once again to explore a new line up the right-hand side of El Capitan.
THE FAMILY MAN. AN INSIGHT INTO MARTIN STRÁNÍK'S CHAMPIONED CLIMBING
PASSION, SUCCESS, AND CHAMPIONSHIPS
SEAN & NICO IN GREENLAND


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"Had never been or planned to go to Bali before – the idea was to end the trip with Sharon at tropical place. We also considered Thailand and Philippines, but had a lot of positive feedback from people who had been to Bali – mostly diving, surfing, and other watersports and I was looking forward to that. But with my arm, only Sharon was able to do anything in the water. The scenery is nice, but it doesn't compare to Hawaii or even some parts of California or Florida, but Bali is more than just the beaches with other historical sites and things to experience. We also were on the southern portion of the island and did not see the volcanoes and north shore. If coming from USA really need at least 10 days total experience entire trip.
We had a great hotel on Legian beach – an Indonesia run establishment which was fraction of what the western hotels on remote parts of the island cost and in a better overall location. Only problem is there are 5 roads connecting the hotel area – 3 of them were one way coming out and 1 blocked off 100 meters from hotel, so finding the one route that actually when into the hotel was a bit challenging when considering driving on left-hand side with stick-shift. But after we figured out the situation, not a problem.
This was a short trip and we only saw the southern side of the island – we spilt our time between relaxing on the beach, some touring, and Sharon did get to go water walking. Lots of pictures attached.
In the book "Eat, Pray, Love", Love was in Bali, since this was our theoretical second honeymoon, it works for us too. But the first two parts of the trip for me would have to be "Crash, Climb" as climbing ruins in Angkor Wat most memorable portion of the post-crash trip before Bali. So –it is "Crash, Climb, Love". Look for the movie.
Beach right in-front of hotel. Bintang beer for $1.6.
Week 109 – 110 – Around the U.K.


Recent reforms in welfare states generate new challenges to social citizenship. Social citizenship depends on the readiness of voters to support reciprocity and social inclusion and their trust in welfare state institutions as services that will meet their needs. Reform programmes in most western countries combine New Public Management, linking market competition and regulation by targets to achieve greater efficiency and responsiveness to service-users, and welfare-to-work and make-work-pay activation policies to manage labour market change. Both developments rest on a rational actor approach to human motivation. The UK has pursued the reform programme with more vigour than any other major European country and provides a useful object less of its strengths and limitations. The book provides a detailed analytic account of social science approaches to agency. It shows that the rational actor approach has difficulties in explaining how social inclusion and social trust arise. Policies based on it provide weak support for these aspects of citizenship. It is attractive to policy-makers seeking solutions to the problem of improving the efficiency and responsiveness of welfare systems in a more globalised world, in which citizens are more critical and the authority of national governments is in decline. Recent reform programmes were undertaken to meet real pressures on existing patterns of provision. They have been largely successful in maintaining mass services but risk undermining social inclusion and eroding trust in public welfare institutions. In the longer term, they may destroy the social citizenship essential to sustain welfare states.


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import { workspace, Uri, TextDocument, WorkspaceEdit, Position, Range } from 'vscode';
import CommunicationMethods = require('../Methods/CommunicationMethods');
import ApplicationGlobals = require('../Application/ApplicationGlobals');
import TSFormatter = require('./TSFormatter');
import IFramework = require('./IFramework');
import ITSFile = require('./ITSFile');
import OS = require("os");
import fs = require("fs");
import glob = require("glob");

/**
 * TS Watcher class, communicates with the server when things change
 */
class TSWatcher {

    /// ===========================
    /// Properties
    /// ===========================

    /// ===========================
    /// Methods
    /// ===========================

    /**
     * Find all TSConfig's
     */
    constructor() {
        /// VS-Code workspace can not follow symlinks
        glob(workspace.rootPath + "/**/tsconfig.json", {ignore: "**/node_modules/**", follow: true}, (err: Error, matches: string[]) => {
            if(!err){
                this.onTSConfigComplete(matches);
            }
        });

        /**
         * Resync every 15 seconds
         * This NEEDS to be improved to only look at changes, on massive projects it's going to bottleneck
         * Bet365 use case is hitting ~75% CPU briefly
         */
        setInterval(() => {
            /// VS-Code workspace can not follow symlinks
            glob(workspace.rootPath + "/**/tsconfig.json", {ignore: "**/node_modules/**", follow: true}, (err: Error, matches: string[]) => {
                if(!err){
                    ApplicationGlobals.Client.sendNotification(CommunicationMethods.RESYNC);

                    /// Resync command after setting up to go and get the files
                    this.onTSConfigComplete(matches);
                }
            });
        }, (workspace.getConfiguration("TypeScriptImporter").get("SyncInterval") as number) * 1000);

        /// save requests from the server
        ApplicationGlobals.Client.onNotification(CommunicationMethods.SAVE_REQUEST, this.onSaveRequest);
        ApplicationGlobals.Client.onNotification(CommunicationMethods.UNDO_SAVE_REQUEST, this.onUndoSaveRequest);
    }

    /**
     * Once we have the TSConfig files, we can go off and get the TS files
     * NOTE: We exclude node_modules here to avoid I/O overflow
     */
    private onTSConfigComplete(list: string[]):void{
        let count = list.length;
        let scope = this;
        let exclusionList = (workspace.getConfiguration("TypeScriptImporter").get("IgnoreListedFolders") as string).split(",");

        list.forEach((item) => {
            for(let element of exclusionList){
                if(item.toLowerCase().indexOf(element.toLowerCase()) > -1){
                    count--;

                    /// Once we have ready them all, then go fetch the files and lets try this
                    if(count === 0){
                        scope.findTSFiles.call(scope);
                    }

                    return;
                }
            }

            /// d:/Web/JS/Project/api/database-controller/tsconfig.json
            /// (database-controller)(tsconfig)
            /// Match everything that isn't a forward slash before the tsconfig
            let framework = item.match(/([^\/]+)(\/tsconfig)/);
            /// If we get a match, then assume this is a framework
            if(framework){
                workspace.openTextDocument(item).then((document: TextDocument) => {
                    count--;

                    /// TSConfig
                    let content: {
                        workflowFiles?,
                        compilerOptions: {
                            module
                        }
                    }

                    try {
                        content = JSON.parse(document.getText());
                    } catch (e) {
                        /// warn maybe?
                    }

                    let response: IFramework = { name: framework[1], dependancies: [] };

                    /// If the TSConfig has JSON
                    if(content){
                        /// if we have a workflowFiles section, we need to do specific logic. Otherwise, look for the config item
                        if (content.workflowFiles){
                            content.workflowFiles.forEach((item) => {
                                /// {!example}
                                if(item.indexOf("!{") > -1){
                                    response.dependancies.push(item.match(/(\w+)/)[1]);
                                }
                            })
                        } else {
                            /// If we have a frameworks section
                            /// This does already return a string, but the compound seems to be confusing the compiler
                            response.dependancies = content[<string>(workspace.getConfiguration("TypeScriptImporter").get("TSConfigFrameworkName"))];
                        }

                        if(content.compilerOptions && content.compilerOptions.module && content.compilerOptions.module.toLowerCase() === "commonjs"){
                            TSFormatter.CommonJS.push(framework[1]);
                        }
                    }

                    /// Register with the server
                    ApplicationGlobals.Client.sendNotification(
                        CommunicationMethods.TSCONFIG_UPDATE,
                        response
                    )

                    /// Once we have ready them all, then go fetch the files and lets try this
                    if(count === 0){
                        scope.findTSFiles.call(scope);
                    }
                })
            }
        })
    }

    /**
     * Find all TS files
     */
    private findTSFiles():void {
        /// VS-Code workspace can not follow symlinks
        glob(workspace.rootPath + "/**/*.ts", {ignore: "**/node_modules/**", follow: true}, (err: Error, matches: string[]) => {
            if(!err){
                this.onTSComplete(matches);
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Once we complete finding the TS files, loop over them and format them for the server
     * We're doing heavy lifting on the client here as we don't want to have to loop over hundreds of files on the server
     * When we aleady have access to them here
     */
    private onTSComplete(list: string[]):void {
        list.forEach((item) => {
            if(item.indexOf(".d.ts") === -1){
                // workspace.openTextDocument(item.path).then((document: TextDocument) => {
                //     ApplicationGlobals.Client.sendNotification({
                //         method: CommunicationMethods.NAMESPACE_UPDATE},
                //         TSFormatter.Format(document.getText(), item.path)
                //     );
                // })

                /// Workspace crashes, so we're going to use native node
                fs.readFile(item, "utf8", (err, data) => {
                    if(!err){
                        ApplicationGlobals.Client.sendNotification(
                            CommunicationMethods.NAMESPACE_UPDATE,
                            TSFormatter.Format(data, item)
                        );
                    }
                })
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * When we request a save
     */
    private onSaveRequest(...args){
        const edit = new WorkspaceEdit();
        const target: ITSFile = args[1];
        const line: number = args[2];
        var input: string;

        if(!target.commonJS){
            input = "    import " + target.method + " = " + target.namespace + "." + target.method + ";" + OS.EOL;
        } else {
            input = "import " + target.path + OS.EOL;
        }

        workspace.openTextDocument(Uri.file(args[0])).then((doc: TextDocument) => {
            const common = target.commonJS;
            const split = doc.getText().split(OS.EOL);
            const textTarget = split[line];
            /// Remove the hidden character
            edit.replace(Uri.file(args[0]), new Range(new Position(line, textTarget.indexOf("\u200B\u200B")), new Position(line, textTarget.indexOf("\u200B\u200B") + 2)), "");

            if(doc.getText().indexOf(input) === -1){
                if(common) {
                    edit.insert(Uri.file(args[0]), new Position(1, 0), input);
                } else {
                    /// Check if we have a namespace or module
                    if(doc.getText().match(/(namespace|module)\s(\w+)/)) {
                        /// Find it
                        for(let i = 0, len = split.length; i < len; i++){
                            if(split[i].match(/(namespace|module)\s(\w+)/)) {
                                /// Insert here
                                edit.insert(Uri.file(args[0]), new Position(i + 1, 0), input);
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        input = input.replace("    import", "import");
                        /// Otherwise put it at the top
                        edit.insert(Uri.file(args[0]), new Position(0, 0), input);
                    }
                }
            }

            workspace.applyEdit(edit);
        })
    }

    /**
     * Undo a save
     */
    private onUndoSaveRequest(file: string):void {
        const edit = new WorkspaceEdit();

        workspace.openTextDocument(Uri.file(file)).then((doc: TextDocument) => {
            const split = doc.getText().split(OS.EOL);

            for(let i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
                if(split[i].indexOf("\u200B") > -1) {
                    /// Remove the hidden character
                    edit.replace(Uri.file(file), new Range(new Position(i, split[i].indexOf("\u200B\u200B")), new Position(i, split[i].indexOf("\u200B\u200B") + 2)), "");
                }
            }

            workspace.applyEdit(edit);
        });
    }

}

export = TSWatcher;


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Before you start your lessons you must make sure that you have a provisional licence for the vehicle you are driving.
To apply for this you must complete the application form D1 from the driver and vehicle licensing agency ( DVLA ) or from your local Post Office. It will take 3-4 weeks for your application to be processed and your licence to be posted to you. So as soon as you are 17 make sure you apply.
To help ensure you get the most from your lessons and progress towards your test you should buy or borrow copies of The Highway Code and The Theory, Hazzard and Perception CD / DVD.
These will be vital as they will help to ensure that you pass your theory test.
But do not worry too much as we will discuss this during your lessons, we can help advise exactly what you need and what you should be learning.


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Bartosz Paprocki (also Bartholomeus Paprocky or Bartholomew Paprocki, , ; ca. 1540/43 in Paprocka Wola near Sierpc – 27 December 1614 in Lviv, Poland, today Ukraine) was a Polish and Czech writer, historiographer, translator, poet, heraldist and pioneer in Polish and Bohemian-Czech genealogy (often referred to as the "father of Polish and Bohemian-Czech genealogy"). Among his many historical works, are the famous publications "Gniazdo Cnoty, Zkąd Herby Rycerstwa slawnego Krolestwa Polskiego..." (The Nest of Virtues, whence the coat of arms of the Knights of the Polish Kingdom, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Mazovia, Samogitia, and other States to the kingdom of the dukes, and lords have their genesis) in 1578 and "Herby rycerstwa polskiego" (Armorials of the Polish knighthood) in 1584. Paprocki was active in Poland until the turn of the sixteenth to seventeenth century when for political reasons he became an émigré (political exile) in Moravia and Bohemia. He is also founder of the Polish village of Bartoszowiny in Świętokrzyskie Province.

Biography
Paprocki was born in the parish of Paprocka Wola near Sierpc, Poland. He was the son of Jędrzej Paprocki and Elżbiety (Elżbieta) Jeżewska. Born into a noble family, Paprocki's family were members of the Polish nobility, who bore the Jastrzębiec Polish coat of arms.
Paprocki studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, then stayed with wealthy relatives, among others. He began writing poems and soon after dedicated himself to historiography and heraldry. His works devoted to the nobility of the Polish Crown "Gniazdo Cnoty" (1578) and "Herby rycerstwa polskiego" (1584) deepened and contributed to consolidating the knowledge of the genealogy of Poland's noble families. In 1584, Bolesław I the Brave was first mentioned in a book by Paprocki.

Paprocki married Jadwiga Kossobudzka, his wife was the daughter of a castellan from Sierpc and widow of her former husband named Wisniowski. Paprocki's wife was a wealthy woman and older than Paprocki. They had no children and his marriage was unfortunate; Paprocki was tyrannized by his wife. Paprocki's unfortunate marital experience, led him to flee his home, where he remained a fierce misogynist until his death.

Summoned to Warsaw, Paprocki worked in the court of Andrzej Taranowski, who was secretary to king Sigismund II Augustus and Polish ambassador to the court of Sultan Selim II in Constantinople (Istanbul). On returning home, Paprocki learned of his wife's death, which occurred in 1572. On his return he also received the dignity of cup-bearer (Polish Podczaszy) of Dobrzyń Land, having settled there.

Between the years 1570-80 Paprocki aligned with the unfortunate political efforts of the Zborowski family, joined ranks with the Catholic Party and supported the Austrian Habsburg's candidacy of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor for the Polish throne (royal election). Paprocki supported the Danzig rebellion, and in 1577 participated in the Siege of Danzig. Following the unsuccessful efforts of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria for the Polish crown and after the victory of Sigismund III Vasa in 1588 at the Battle of Byczyna, Paprocki was forced to leave Poland and went into political exile in Moravia.

Paprocki spent 22 years in Moravia and Bohemia. He learned the Czech language and wrote alongside new poems about the history and the coat of arms of Bohemia and Moravia. He also translated the poems of Jan Kochanowski. Later he received Bohemian indygenat (nobility citizenship naturalization). He was admirer of Michał Sędziwój's (Michael Sendivogius) scientific achievements, whom he dedicated the third part of his book "Ogród królewski..." published in 1599.

In 1610 at the end of his life and stricken religious wars in the Czech lands, Paprocki returned to Poland. Destitute he lived in Wąchock and Ląd monasteries. Paprocki died suddenly on 27 December 1614 in Lviv, and was buried in a crypt at the Franciscan abbey in the city of Lviv. Paprocki is considered the father of Polish and Bohemian-Czech genealogy and a valuable source of Polish, Moravian and Bohemian-Czech heraldry. He was the author of many historical works, occasional poetry, satires, panegyrics and pamphlets.

Works

Polish
 Dziesiecioro przykazań meżowo, Kraków, 1575
 Koło rycerskie w którem rozmaite zwierzęta swe rozmowy wiodą, Kraków, 1576 (English: Knights gathering...)
 Panosza to jest wysławianie panów i paniąt ziem ruskich i podolskich, Kraków, 1575
 Historia żalosna o pratkosci i okrutnosci Tatarskiej, Kraków, 1575
 Gniazdo Cnoty, Zkąd Herby Rycerstwa slawnego Krolestwa Polskiego..., Kraków, 1578 (English: The Nest of Virtues, whence the coat of arms of the Knights of the Polish Kingdom, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Mazovia, Samogitia, and other States to the kingdom of the dukes, and lords have their genesis)
 Krótki a prawdziwy wypis z jechania do ziemi Wołoskiej Iwana Wojewody, którego Podkową zowią, Kraków, 1578 (English: Short but True Excerpt in Coming of Iwan Wojewoda into the Land of Wallachia, Whom They Call "Horse Shoe")
 Hetman, Kraków, 1578 (English: Head Commander)
 Król, Kraków, 1578 (English: King)
 Testament starca jednego, który miał trzech synow, Kraków, 1578
 Historia barzo piekna i zalosna o Ekwanusie Krolu Skockim, Kraków, 1578
 Wesele Bogiń, Kraków, 1581 (English: Wedding Goddess)
 Herby rycerstwa polskiego na pięcioro ksiąg rozdzielone, Kraków, 1584 (English: The heraldic arms of the Polish knighthood in five volumes)
 Bartosza Paprockiego Dwie broszury polityczne z lat 1587 i 1588 (English: Two of Bartosz Paprocki' political pamphlets from year 1587 and 1588)
 Pamięć nierządu, 1588
 Nauka rozmanitych philosophów obieranie żony, Kraków, 1590 (English: The lesson of different philosophers about wife choosing...)
 Gwałt na pogany, 1595
 Próba cnót dobrych, Kraków, kolem 1595
 Ogród królewski w którym krótko opisuje historye Cesarzów, Królow Polskich i Czeskich, arcyksiążąt Austryi, książąt Ruskich, Praha, 1599 (English: Royal garden, in Which I Write Briefly About the History of Emperors, Polish and Czech Kings, Austrian Archdukes and Russian Dukes)
 Cathalogus arcybiskupów, Kraków, 1613
 Nauka i przestrogi na różne przypadki ludzkie, Kraków, 1613 (English: Lesson and a warning for different human cases...)
 Naprawa Rzeczypospoletej, Kraków, 1895
 Upominek, Kraków, 1900
 Odpowiedź, Kraków, 1910

Czech
 Zrcadlo slavného Markrabí moravského, 1593 (illustrated with woodcuts by Jan Willenberg (1571-1613). The work was originally written in Polish, translated into Czech by the Lutheran pastor Jan Wodiczko) (English: Mirror of a Famous Moravian margraviate)
 Kvalt na pohany, 1595
 Nová kratochvíle, Prague, 1579-1600
 Ecclesia, Prague, 1601
 Kšaft, Prague, 1601
 Půst tělesný, Prague, 1601
 Třinácte tabulí, Prague, 1601
 Diadochus, tj. posloupnost knížat a králů českých, biskupů a arcibiskupů pražských a všech třech stavů slavného království českého, to jest panského, rytířského a městského, Prague, 1602 (English: Diadochi, i.e. the sequence of Czech Princes and Kings, Bishops and Prague Archbishops and All Three Estates of the Famous Czech Kingdom, the Lords, Knights and Burghers)
 O valce Turecké a jiné Přibéhy: vybor z Diadochu (English: The Turkish war and other narratives: an anthology of the Diadochi)
 Obora, Prague, 1602
 Panna, zenitba, zena ve staroceskie uprave polskych skladeb Reje z Naglovic, Praha, 1602
 Historie o příbězích v království uherském, Prague, 1602
 Štambuch slezský, Brno, 1609 (English: Silesian friendship book [alba amicorum])

See also
Polish literature
Polish heraldry

External links
 Genealogy of Paprocki family

References

Polish male writers
Polish genealogists
Polish heraldists
16th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
16th-century Polish nobility
Historiographers
Jagiellonian University alumni
Czech people of Polish descent
1543 births
1614 deaths
People from Sierpc County
17th-century Polish historians
17th-century Polish nobility

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Russia's Central Depository Trials Hyperledger for Bond Trading
Russia's central securities depository (CSD) is testing a new blockchain-based commercial bond trading platform built on Hyperledger Fabric.
By Stan Higgins
Oct 3, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Stan Higgins
The National Settlement Depository (NSD), the central depository for Russia's largest securities exchange group, has announced it is testing a new commercial bond trading platform built on top of the Hyperledger blockchain consortium's Fabric software.
Already, Raiffeisenbank Russia has used the prototype platform to purchase $10 million-worth of bonds of MegaFon, the country's second-largest mobile phone network. The bonds have a redemption date of December 22 and, despite the short-lived nature of the test, the NSD concluded that the technology could help keep the process "simple and transparent."
"The ultimate goal [of the] NSD is to build blockchain infrastructure for any innovative financial product to operate on. Once the infrastructure is created, [the] technology holds potential to deliver a large variety of financial products and services operated by smart contracts," Eddie Astanin, chairman of the NSD's executive board, said in a statement.
Notably, the central depository operator has made the code behind the project open source on GitHub. California-based software firm Altoros also took part in developing the prototype platform.
The project adds to the slate of initiatives already underway at the NSD, including a cryptocurrency wallet as part of a broader suite of services.
"Our goal is to create a secure and user-friendly accounting infrastructure for digital assets," Astanin said in a statement at the time.
The Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger consortium takes a focus on building blockchains for enterprises, and has so far signed up more than 130 members. Notably, it issued the Fabric software's official release candidate in June, framing it as an important step towards a finalized version 1.0 launch.
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