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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Golgata (tape, Res Publika, 1988)
Another donation from Phapio23, and apologizes for not posting this sooner. This is an interesting compilation tape from Sweden, with some well-known artists, who had various releases out, such as Bourbonese Qualk, Pacific 231, Hula, Twice Man, Die Form, Tasaday, Omala and Vox Populi. Great industrial rhythm tape.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Nasmak Plus Instruments/Instruments Plus Nasmak (LP, Plurex, 1980)
One of those albums I sadly missed when it came out, although I had other stuff by Nasmak in those days, like the earlier posted '4Our Clicks'. Nasmak started as Nasmaak, a band with lots of dressing up, and with a leading role for Truus de Groot. But sheer experimentation took over when they release Nasmak Plus Instruments, their first LP. The a-side shows them in conventional line up, whereas the b-side is more about Truus and her crackle box. She will soon leave the group to work with Plus Instruments (their two albums can be found on other blogs). I just got a solo tape from her, which I'll post next week. This LP was John Peel's favorite continental record back then, and Nasmak was the first Dutch band to do a Peel Session.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Tent - Uncertain And Wild (LP, Emi, 1984)
My remark about Tent's second album led to the fan of this blog of sending me this album. I must admit it's as nice as the first one, and still I know nothing about them since my previous post about them. Serious modern pop music.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The Tapes - Party (LP, WEA/Passport Records, 1980)
A long long time ago I bought a great 7", 'Blue Thighs/Call Me' by Amsterdam new wave group The Tapes. It was a cut-out and played it to death. The Tapes were called The Netherland's answer to Talking Heads. The band was Dennis Duchhart (Keyboards), Igor Roovers (bass), Michiel Brandes (guitar), Peter Meuris (drums), Rolf Hermsen (guitar, vocals). They started in 1977 and a year later Plurex releases their first LP, 'You Just Can't Sleep', which is well-received (and which can be found on some blog, but I forgot which one). Originally 'Party' was to be released by Plurex, but ultimately it is released by Wea/Passport. The story will continue as soon as we get to their final record. That one, and this one, plus the posts of tomorrow and saturday were donated by a fan of this blog, who wishes to remain anynomous.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Die Klopferbande - Die Fliegen (tape, Datenverarbeitung 0005, 1981)
Datenverarbeitung released a bunch of great compilation tapes, but also some nice works by just one band, Cultural Amnesia and Hunting Lodge for instance and both can be found on blogs elsewhere. Who and what is Die Klopferbande I don't know, but 'Die Fliegen' was I believe music to a theatreplay by Sartre. It's an electronic piece, quite slow and a bit experimental. Lately I heard something else by Die Klopferbande, which sounded like NDW, and I didn't think it was that great. this is from a CDR re-issue
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friends (LP, Stichting Muziek Nieuws, 1986)
And the final compilation by Stichting Muziek Nieuws, which is musically the one that comes closest to the Contact Disc releases, a curious combination of interesting electronic/industrial bands, such as Gerrit Hoekema, Das Ding, The Klinik, Solenoid, De Fabriek and Kapotte Muziek and odd balls like The Bearcage and Michel Timmerman. The cover shown here is actually a limited edition of I can't remember how many. The 'real' cover is blue and red, the 'limited' is a negative print thereof.
Nico Selen wrote: This was the first compilation Stichting Muziek Nieuws released along the principle of '17 to 7 on 33'. The whole edition was 550 copies, of which 50 have the 'negative cover'. The red side was for popmusic, and the blue side for experimental music, but it was a bit unbalance, so Michel Timmerman ended up on the blue side. In hindsight it would have been better to swop him with Das Ding/L.Y.I. The album was sponsored by 'Elpee', a record shop from Enschede which no longer exists
Monday, September 24, 2007
Motop 1 (LP, Stichting Muziek Nieuws, 1989)
As promised here is the second compilation by Stichting Muziek Nieuws. Motop means motor in Russian, and the plan from the label was to make various albums with thematic approaches. Motop was the industrial music one, but none of the other plans ever materialized. Frans de Waard of Kapotte Muziek compiled this album from his many friends in the world of cassette, including Gazza November, who turned out to be Freek Kinkelaar, his future Beequeen partner. Also included are Merzbow, Vidna Obmana, Con-Dom, Dva Met Dva Nichts and others. Motop 1 is not that noisy and loud, but it's the most coherent compilation LP that this label put out.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Mark Lane - Misselijkheid Is Niet Intellectualistisch (7", De Fabriek, 1985) / The Force Dimension/De Fabriek - Fabrieksforce (7", De Fabriek, 1988)
This is the first of several posts with 7"s on De Fabriek Records & Tapes. All of these 7"s are long, usually 9 minutes per side, so I'm doing two at a time. Mark Lane is a nice guy making nice, a bit strange synth popmusic. The Force Dimension were a duo of Tycho de Groot and Rene van Dijck from the southern part of the Netherlands, who later signed to KK Records. De Fabriek side of this 7" I couldn't seperate into two tracks. This 7" is packed in a big paper with paint smeared over it, and other 'handmade' things that gave 'handmade limited editions' a bad name. The record is not particularly well-pressed either.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
E-Lok 1111/Transistors & Chips (LP, Stichting Muziek Nieuws SMN 703, 1987)
Inspired by Plurex and Contactdisc, Stichting Muziek Nieuws (the follow up to New Bulwark who released the ORDUC LP posted before), started to release a few of those pay along albums, of which 'Motop' (number 1 on LP and 2 on CD, the latter can be found on Mutant Sounds), of which this one is the last. It's a bit of cryptic affair this one, as the label announces them as two 'mini-lps', but in reality it is just a split LP. One side is called 'E-Lok 1111', which has sort of standard popmusic, with bands Heads Over Heels, Cancel, White House White, Dier, Point Blanc, The Bearcage and Rasta Robert and the other side is called 'Transistor & Chips' with electronic music by bands as The Force Dimension, Absolute Body Control, Gerrit Hoekema, Liquid G, Man Decade, Clemp Yod, Szarkov Strike Force, Doc Wor Mirran, A.D. Eker, Block 57 and Kapotte Muziek. The mentioning of 'Pop Eye' on the cover is from a local (Enschede) record store who sponsored this LP (not the others). 'Motop 1' and 'Friends' I will post later on, as well as the only LP this label released by one band, Kapotte Muziek's 'History Is What Was', but I am more busy than in the summer time, so I can't really do more than one LP per day.
Nico Selen wrote: This was the second compilation Stichting Muziek Nieuws released along the principle of '17 to 7 on 33'. Originally intended to be two seperate albums, but RTC pulled back a long track, so they became one album. The album was sponsored by 'Pop Eye', a record shop from Hengelo which still exists
Friday, September 21, 2007
Effenaar (7", compilation, 1982) / Niew Hip Stilen (7", 1981)
Effenaar is a pop/rock stage in Eindhoven and when the city existed for 750 years they gave the stage some money to produce a compilation 7". Off hand I can't think of any band from that time who would have been suitable to put on this, but certainly not the two bands on the a-side, which seem quite experimental. The b-side is more common (post-) punk. Quite a curious item. Edwin of Vovokai will later start Zombies Under Stress.
Mutant Sounds brought last week the LP by Niew Hip Stilen, here is their 7". I believe there are three cassettes by them also, so anyone who has them, please send me an e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Niew Hip Stilen/Paw Beat (7", Q.I. Records
Effenaar (7" compilation, EHV 750, 1982)
download just nieuw hip stilen
2017 update! The Effenaar 7" has been re-issued as a 7"; order a copy today here
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Tecnoville (tape, LeBel Period, 1982)
The follow-up to Tox Modell was the short lived Tecnoville, a four piece with Andre Bach and Marc Tegefoss on guitars and two guys named Herman on bass and drums. No last names for them, in true punk spirit. They were before this member of The Workmates. Tecnoville recorded this demo tape, which was officially released, and 'Input Out' made it to a flexi disc for Vinyl, which is hardly a surprise as Tox Modell helped starting it. Then they make a 12", 'Glow', which I don't have, on Vinyl Records, before calling it a day. Andre and Marc already started Det Wiehl during all of this, but after the split of Tecnoville it will be become their main project. This mp3 was donated by DMDN (whose band Lewd will play in Tilburg this coming saturday at SXSW. It's their first concert in 10 or so years).
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Ze Popes - Sexy Pyjamas (12") & Hi-Jinx (7")
Two easy going new wave records from The Netherlands. I must assume Ze Popes were extremely glad of their 'Sexy Pyjamas' piece, which they first recorded for Plurex, and which comes in two different versions on their 12", along with three new pieces. It doesn't have the same energy as the 7", I must admit. Orpheus Roovers, who will later play drums for Minny Pops, is a member of this band. The Hi-Jinx 7" I have ever since it was released, but just today I checked the website of the dutch popinstituut (www.popinstituut.nl) to learn that Gert van Veen is the main man of this band; later he is the big shot of Dutch techno music. Also Rene van Barneveld of Urban Dance Squad and Erik de Jong, a.k.a. Spinvis (the alternative music hero for normal people in The Netherlands, much unrightly so, me thinks) are members of this. Never too old too learn something. There is a 12" by them, whichhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif I don't have. Anyone?
Hi-Jinx - 7", Rosegarden RS1, 1980
Ze Popes - Sexy Pyjamas, 12", Universe Productions turn 2, 1980?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Portion Control - Shot In The Belly (tape, Third Mind (TMT 07), 1983)
Another fine release of both Third Mind and early Portion Control. Nothing much to say about this. More early work later on. Both sides unindexed.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Tent - Without Shelter (LP, Wereldrekord, 1983)
Another case of 'Modern' popmusic signed to a major, where Tent, who were from Kennermerland, and consisted of Anja Bienold (keyboards, vocals), Karel Van Dijck (bas), Kees Wassenaar (drums) and Tjebbo Van Dijk (keyboards). I am not sure if their second LP 'Uncertain And Wild' is any good, but 'Without Shelter', their debut from 1983 certainly stands the test. Good electronic popmusic that doesn't sound too strange or weird, and 'Miles And Miles' is the best one of the lot. I have no idea what happened with them, or wether they ever played live.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Tox Modell - Live In Parkhof (tape, LeBel Period, 1981)
Of the so-called Ultra movement Tox Modell were one of the most striking forces. Two guitars, one bass and a vocalist. The guitars were fed through some sort of tape-delay system, which sounded highly minimal and the lyrics were quite political. Tox Modell were also active forces in the squat scene. LeBel Period was the label run by Marc Tegefoss, one of the two guitarists, who will later be briefly form Tecnoville (more on them this week) and then later Det Wiehl, a duo with the other guitarist of Tox Modell, Andre Bach. Back in the day I never saw them live, but they played a great reunion concert maybe ten years ago in The Hague. No cover for this tape, which was kindly donated by DMDN of Antenne Record shop.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Nasmak - 4Our Clicks (LP, Plurex 2300, 1982)
I think it was Phoenix Harpins who suggested to do some posting on Nasmak, once the hottest and most avant-garde band in The Netherlands, but who seem to be largely ignored on the blogs. Nasmak, a four piece band from Eindhoven, were always moving to new structures and new sounds, but certainly on their records stayed in a rock format, later spiced with some dance music influences. Their tapes show their development as a band. '4Our Clicks' is their second LP, and probably much acclaimed one. I will post 'Silhouette' soon, and probably also 'Duel', but I seem to be missing a track or two (don't have the album myself). Anyone who has the first LP and/or any of the six cassettes they released, please contact me (email@example.com).
Friday, September 14, 2007
Bazooka - Last Two Records
As promised here are the last two records by Bazooka. This is were I think they got very interesting, playing a kind of modern classical music, but using old structures to play them. The end came when main composer Theo Hoek wanted to leave the the rock format and compose classical music which he still does to this day. Three years ago there was a reunion concert of Bazooka in Nijmegen in which they had a big band (rock musicians and wind instruments and female vocalist) playing some of the old songs, which was surprising.
'Zwevende Vlakken', LP, Akzidanz Records, akzi 1, 1983
'De Platte Pet', LP, Akzidanz Records akzi 3, 1984
download no longer works as it available on CD
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Visions (tape, Third Mind 09, 1983)
Of course Third Mind released that awefully great 5 cassette compilation 'Rising From The Red Sand', but this 'Visions' release is also great. More in one style though, that of synthesizer music along the lines of Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and such like. Artists are: Dave Jones, Ian Boddy, Paul Nagle, Carl Matthews and Colin Potter. Nagle and Matthews have multiple tracks on this. Sound quality isn't the greatest one. Unindexed.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Kitchen - Tape Jazz Planet 3 (tape, Irre Tapes, 1991)
One of my favorite early nineties tapes by this band of whom of course I know nothing. Lots of samples from various sources are used in this electronic piece, which is kinda like early ambient house, but not as house. Well, you catch my drift, right? Tape is unindexed.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Ultra (tape, LeBel Period, 1981)
Ultra was how the Dutch called post-punk and an evening with the same name was organised by Wally van Middendorp (Minny Pops), Rob Scholte and Harold Schellinx (both of The Young Lions) from 29-9-1980 until 18-2-1981. All the concerts where taped and videoed and LeBel Period, the label of Tox Modell released this excellent compilation. It contains already featured bands in this blog, such as Mekanik Kommando, Suspect, Puber Kristus, Young Lions but also Tox Modell, Plus Instruments, Meat, Minion, Vincent 2, Fritura All Stars and many more. A very lively post-punk and experimental compilation. What 'Colonial Vipers' is for Dutch experimental music from the living room, this is the one for the live recordings (and no, I won't put Colonial Vipers here, since you can buy it on CDR from the Trumpett Tapes wesbite, and I recommend it straight away). And I got this indexed version from DMDN/Antenne recordshop. If ever in Tilburg vistit his shop.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Bazooka - First Three Records
Bazooka were, like Vice, Mekanik Kommando and Das Wesen from Nijmegen, and released five records in total. 'Zwevende Vlakken' and 'De Platte Pet' I will do soon. 'Is Er Meer Dan Dit Hier' was their first 12", followed by the split 7" with Das Wesen (their side was already posted here). After that the band became more interested in classical music and recorded 'A Igor S', dedicated to Stravinsky. More about them later.
Actually I found some unsleeved copies of the 7", if anyone wants one, please contact me email@example.com. Also Das Wesen 'Anyone' I have a few copies of. 'A Igor S' kindly donated by paphio23.
'Is Er Meer Dan Dit Hier', 12", Rukpiloot Records, 1980
Serie Serie, 7", Interface Records IF 1, 1981
A Igor S, 12", Torso 1210 VR 22080, 1982
download no longer works as it released on CD
Sunday, September 9, 2007
O.R.D.U.C. - Pink & Purple (LP, New Bulwark Records & Tapes, 1981)
The name stands for One-O-Seventh Royal Dutch Underground Company and was led by Nicko Selen, who ran also the label, and later on IF Records (more of those records later), along with friends who played guitars and drums. Highly naive electronic music, partly inspired by krautrock. Released in an edition of 500 copies in five different coloured vinyls, each 100 copies. I think I have a lathe cut somewhere too, if I find it I will post this one too, one day. The band apparently still exist, they even have a myspace page.
Nico Selen wrote: this album was released in an edition of around 1080 copies and is still available from: http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/mailorder%2080s.htm
The following colors were made
black ± 350
green black ± 300
Blue ± 200
Orange ± 080
Green ± 060
Red ± 030
Blue-black ± 030
Varios mixuteres ± 030
O.R.D.U.C. still exists! This year two new pieces were recorded and the basis for a third piece. Hear one of the two here
more on O.R.D.U.C.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Three Plurex Singles
These three 7"s show the diverse output on Plurex, the Minny Pops label, and besides other material on Plurex I posted before, I have nothing else. The '17 To 7 On 33' is perhaps the mother of all 'pay along to release this', like the Contactdisc, releases by De Fabriek and IF Records. O.R.D.U.C.'s LP we will post later. Heavy Mental is the same Mental who did a flexi for the Vinyl magazine, and Bleistift is a forerunner for W.A.T. The other bands, Terminals, Red Rizla & The Stubs and Eight Voices don't ring no bell. Ze Popes was a Dutch new wave band and Band T + Instruments has perhaps (!) something to do with Plus Instruments. They thank Steim. Strange one, that one.
Ze Popes - Sexy Pyjamas, 7", Plurex 008, 1979
Band T + Instruments - Special Agreement, 7", Plurex 0011, 1980 (label says Plurex 1100)
17 To 7 On 33, 7", Plurex 0019, 1980
no longer available as a free download as they are officially re-issued digitally here
Friday, September 7, 2007
Chicago 82 (tape, Les Disques Du Crepuscule twi 116, 1982)
This is not copied from the original release, which I don't have, but it still sounds great. This compilation was made by Wim Mertens of Soft Verdict fame about a new music festival in Chicago in 1982. Featured are Jill Kroesen, Harold Budd, Jon Gibson, Meredith Monk, Charlemagne Palestine, Micheal Byron, David van Tieghem, Glenn Branca, Ned Subtlette and that great interview with John Cage, who talks about Branca in less flattering words. unindexed.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Muziekkamer - Popmuziek (tape, Muziekkamer 2, 1984?)
Muziekkamer were two Dutch men, Martin Keuning and Cees van de Oever, who released four great tapes, all to come here. Everytime something different, sometimes Eno styled soundscapes, sometimes more rhythmic like this one. 'Popmuziek' was what they thought about popmusic I guess. Otherwise I have no clue about them. They never played live as far as I know, and I have no idea what they do now.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
A Blaze Colour - Demos & Live (unreleased recording)
Absolutely one of my favourite bands from Belgium. The demo I once got from a guy in Sweden and the live recording is from Dutch radio from a concert in Leiden in 1983. You could make a great CD of all their recorded output (which I post later) along with this lot.
Tracklisting Demos: Means To An End, Fisk (remix, Or Lie Again, Through With Life, Follow The Sign
Tracklisting Live: Overdose, Cold As Ever, Nowhere Else, Visions All Blur, Ultimate Fight, Follow The Signs
both unindexed
Tracklisting Demos: Means To An End, Fisk (remix, Or Lie Again, Through With Life, Follow The Sign
Tracklisting Live: Overdose, Cold As Ever, Nowhere Else, Visions All Blur, Ultimate Fight, Follow The Signs
both unindexed
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Attrition - Onslaught (tape, Third Mind, 1983)
For me Attrition was once one of my more favorable bands, but after their second LP I lost my interest entirely. 'Onslaught' is one of the first tapes by them, from 1983, when they were still quite a good band. And it's on Third Mind, which was/is one of my more favorite cassette labels.
download link removed, this is re-released here
Monday, September 3, 2007
Sprung Aus Den Wolken (12", Zick Zack ZZ75, 1980)
My second post about this band, this is the first, untitled 12", recorded on a four track cassette, which can be heard. I was pretty sure I had the second one too, but somehow I can't find it anymore. Oh well. This is a nice one too.
no longer available for download, since it is re-released by Klanggalerie
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Ensemble Pittoresque/Nine Circles - Live (unreleased recordings)
Another set of two live recordings taped of the Dutch radio in the 80s. Probably everybody is waiting for those Ensemble Pittoresque live recordings, but Nine Circles are certainly as nice. There is a great CD by them available
Tracklisting are:
Ensemble Pittoresque - Saturday Paper / Tetro Kilo / Auratorium / Maitre Satori / Mouthshut / My Baby Is A Waitress / Down The Factory
Nine Circles: Miss Love / Here Come I / (unknown) / Something Between You And Me
My cassette cover doesn't tell me when these were recorded, probably 1986-1987. It was part of the programm Spleen by VPRO radio.
Tracklisting are:
Ensemble Pittoresque - Saturday Paper / Tetro Kilo / Auratorium / Maitre Satori / Mouthshut / My Baby Is A Waitress / Down The Factory
Nine Circles: Miss Love / Here Come I / (unknown) / Something Between You And Me
My cassette cover doesn't tell me when these were recorded, probably 1986-1987. It was part of the programm Spleen by VPRO radio.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Satellite & Atom Cristal - Camouflage 003 (tape, Tago Mago, 1983)
A personal favorite, which comes here unindexed, and also without scans of the tape. Since transferring it earlier this year, I must have misplaced it...
A1 Discotillons (4:35)
A2 Boulevard Circulaire (4:20)
A3 Le Manoir Du Chat Noir (3:00)
A4 15 Août A Puteaux (2:55)
A5 Train De Minuit (6:30)
B1 Boulevard Circulaire Bis (3:45)
B2 Sous Le Chêne (3:45)
B3 Dernière Minute (3:20)
B4 Gougou (3:20)
B5 Bibi (3:30)
B6 Le Manège (2:55)
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It all happens very quickly: the feed shoe, configured as an open-bottomed box, moves across a surface in which a recess forms the shape of the desired part. The fine-grained metal powder dropping from the feed shoe settles in the mold. Stamps then compact the loose powder grains at a pressure of several hundred megapascals to produce the "green body" – a preform in the shape of the finished part which now has to be sintered in a furnace at a temperature below the melting point of the material. This procedure ensures that the compacted grain structures become more compressed and harden. Dry compaction and sintering are common processes in industry. They deliver precisely shaped parts that can withstand high mechanical loads. There is still potential for improvement, however, and Fraunhofer researchers aim to perfect the technique and avoid costly waste. "Filling the die is a critical step in dry compaction," states Dr. Claas Bierwisch from the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM. "The metal powder is not distributed 100 percent evenly in the mold. These inhomogeneous distributions of density could cause the part to warp or even crack, affecting its loadability, precision and service life," the project manager explains. Up to now an expensive trial-and-error approach has had to be applied to obtain the best results, but this will no longer be necessary with a simulation technique developed by the research scientists for optimizing the filling process. "By describing the powder numerically we can attach values to virtually every grain," explains Bierwisch. The physical properties, size and shape of the grains as well as the shape of the mold are all taken into account. The research scientists then calculate how and where the powder grains flow into the mold and what the density distribution is like after filling. It is now possible for the first time to realistically simulate the production of three-dimensional parts such as toothed wheels in gear systems or washers in one-hand mixer taps for washbasins. What's more, the researchers can draw conclusions about the filling process, including how high the speed of the feed shoe needs to be and how it should move. In some cases the shoe only needs to move forwards and backwards. For other parts the die has to oscillate as well. The scientists can simulate the sintering events through to completion of the finished part and can therefore replicate the entire process chain. They are currently optimizing the manufacture of magnetically soft coil cores for wheel hub motors, which could play an important future role in electric vehicles.
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What is the proper approach to functions that have side-effects in Delphi/Pascal?
For example, I could have a boolean function DeleteFile
that returns True
if the file was deleted and False
otherwise. How do I collect the return value?
1) The very explicit form would be:
if DeleteFile(MyFilePath) then
IsMyFileDeleted := True;
IsMyFileDeleted := False;
2) Less bulky would be:
IsMyFileDeleted := False;
if DeleteFile(MyFilePath) then
IsMyFileDeleted := True;
3) Or even shorter, but discouraged by JEDI - perhaps it is acceptable just to collect return values:
IsMyFileDeleted := False;
if DeleteFile(MyFilePath) then IsMyFileDeleted := True;
My problem with 2 and 3 is that I explicitly state something (X := False
) that I may not know for sure.
4) I would rather not set the variable beforehand and have its value completely determined by the function:
IsMyFileDeleted := DeleteFile(MyFilePath);
Here the issue is that it is a bit misleading, because assigning a value to a boolean has a pretty serious side-effect. I'm not sure if this usage is desirable.
Some argue that functions should never have side-effects, but I think some of Pascals internal functions violate that.
5) The alternative would be making it procedures with a result variable to be filled by the procedure:
DeleteFile(MyFilePath, IsMyFileDeleted);
That might go against the trend to keep parameter use to a minimum (Clean Code).
4 and 5 would be the only ways to collect a return value other than boolean, I suppose? Does that mean anything for boolean functions?
Yes, there are many ways to do the same thing and maybe I'm just worried about nothing really, but I'm trying to develop a good style and I wonder if there are any best practices. For a beginner, many principles seem to be in conflict all the time.


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Defense Spending Bill Calls for 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops
House panel begins work Friday on the fiscal 2015 appropriations bill.
A House panel begins work Friday on the massive fiscal 2015 Defense spending bill, which includes a 1.8 percent pay boost for service members next year.
The legislation, which the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up, includes a total of $128.1 billion for military pay and personnel. "This funding level is $669 million below the fiscal year 2014 enacted level, but is sufficient to meet all needs due to reductions in force structure and large unexpended balances," stated a press release from the Appropriations Committee summarizing the bill.
The 1.8 percent pay increase is in line with the House-passed Defense authorization bill. It is more than President Obama's proposed 1 percent pay raise for military personnel in 2015, and the 1 percent boost currently in the Senate Defense authorization legislation.
The formula for determining service members' annual pay increase is based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Cost Index and the growth in private-sector wages. But under the law (Title 37, Chapter 19, Section 1009) the president has the authority to set an alternate pay raise for military personnel, citing a national emergency or fiscal concerns, if Congress doesn't pass legislation adjusting the amount or canceling it. The 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act allows the president through executive order to set a pay raise for federal civilian employees under the same circumstances.
The House spending bill also restores $100 million to the Defense Commissary Agency to provide reduced-price food and household goods for service members and their families. President Obama has proposed significant cuts to military commissaries, the heavily-subsidized stores on base where service members and their families buy food and other goods, which House lawmakers so far have rejected.
The legislation funding the Defense Department is likely to be one of the few stand-alone appropriations bills Congress passes before the end of the fiscal year.


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Ultrex 112/MDI/IP Trolling Motor w/i-Pilot & Bluetooth- 36V-112lb-60″
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No External Transducer – Messy wiring on an externally mounted transducer doesn't just look bad: the transducer and wires are more susceptible to damage. With Built-In MEGA DI, the transducer is housed in the indestructible lower unit and all wiring runs through the shaft, for a clean, uncluttered look that's protected from the elements.
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- Autopilot: Yes
- Control Type: i-Pilot
- Included Propeller: MKP-38
- Mounting Style: Bow
- Salt Water/Fresh Water: Fresh
- Series: Ultrex
- Shaft Length (Inches): 60″
- Thrust (Pounds): 112 lbs
- Built-In Transducer: Yes
- Voltage – Input Range (Volts): 36v
- Box Dimensions: 8″H x 18″W x 76″L WT: 94 lbs
- Weight: 94 lb
- Width: 18 in
- Depth: 76 in
- Height: 8 in


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8 Feb 2018
There are a number of different "sustainability" programmes in the world of chocolate but only one that both creates and shares value through flavour improvements and a Chocolate Bonus Policy.
The Chocolate Bonus is part our Cacao-Trace programme. It's an unique initiative that shares wealth between chocolate lovers and cocoa farmers and helps ensuring cocoa farming remains an attractive business in the future.
For every kilo of chocolate purchased, we return €0,10 directly back to the cocoa farmers we work with.
Last year we've reallocated a total bonus of €177.638 to our Cacao-Trace farmers in Vietnam and the Philippines.
The Chocolate Bonus in Ivory Coast will start in 2018 with the sales of Belcolade Selection Cacao-Trace


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What is Gingivitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
Gingivitis is, in short, inflammation of the gums. It is common and, fortunately, a mild form of gum disease (periodontal disease) that causes your gums to be red and swollen around the base of your teeth. Gingivitis, if not treated, can turn into a serious disease called periodontitis. This disease causes infection that destroys the soft tissues that support the teeth. In some cases, this includes the periodontal ligaments and bone.
Causes of Gingivitis
Gingivitis is caused by the short-term effects of plaque buildup on your teeth. Plaque is made of bacteria, food residue, and saliva that builds up on the exposed parts of the teeth. If the plaque is not removed by daily brushing and regular visits to the dentist, it turns into hardened deposits called tartar. This becomes stuck at the base of your tooth along the gum line. Tartar irritates the gums, causing them to become inflamed and irritated. The bacteria and toxins tartar produces causes the gums to become red, swollen, and sore.
The most common cause of gingivitis is poor oral hygiene. Other factors that contribute to a higher risk of gingivitis are:
Diseases: Cancer, diabetes, and HIV are linked to a higher risk of gingivitis.
Hormonal Changes: Changes in hormones, such as puberty, menopause, and pregnancy, can cause your gums to become more sensitive, increasing the risk of inflammation.
Smoking: Regular smokers are at a higher risk of gingivitis and gum disease, compared to non-smokers.
Diet: A poor diet and Vitamin C deficiency raises the risk for gum disease.
Genetics: Family history increases the risk of gingivitis. If your parents had gum disease, there is a greater chance that you will also develop the disease. This is thought to be related to the type of bacteria we acquire early on in life.
Old Age: The risk of gingivitis increases as you get older.
Misaligned Teeth: Teeth or dental restorations such as dentures, bridgework, and braces that are ill-fitting can make teeth difficult to clean.
Medication: Certain drugs and calcium channel blockers used for high blood pressure or epileptic seizures can affect the gums, making your mouth more susceptible to gingivitis.
Maintaining proper oral health habits can help prevent, and in early cases, reverse, gingivitis. This means brushing at least twice a day, flossing daily, and getting regular check ups with your dentist.
Signs & Symptoms of Gingivitis
Symptoms of gingivitis include:
- Swollen, inflamed gums
- Bright red or purple gums
- Tenderness
- Bleeding gums when brushing or flossing
- Bad breath (halitosis)
In mild cases, there may not be any noticeable symptoms.
Risks and Complications
If gingivitis goes untreated, it can progress into serious gum disease that spreads to the tooth's soft tissue and bone. This can lead to tooth loss.
Chronic gingivitis has been associated with systemic diseases, such as respiratory diseases, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis. Research suggests that the bacteria responsible for periodontitis enters your bloodstream through gum tissue. The bacteria then affects your heart, lungs, and other parts of the body. It has not been confirmed, but research is ongoing.
Another complication of gingivitis, if left untreated, is trench mouth. Also known as necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG), it causes painful, infected gums and ulcerations. Trench mouth is rare in developed societies, and adversely, it is more likely in countries that have poor living conditions and nutrition.
Professional Treatment for Gingivitis
The goal of oral treatments is to reduce swelling remove the tartar and plaque buildup. Prompt treatment can reverse the effects of gingivitis and prevents it from turning into a more serious mouth condition.
Professional care includes a dental cleaning, restoration (if needed), and ongoing care for preventative measures.
Your initial cleaning will include the removal of all plaque, tartar, and bacterial products. This procedure is called scaling and root planing. Scaling removes tartar from the surface of your teeth and along the gum line. Root planning removes bacteria that is a result of inflammation and discourages further buildup. This can be performed using a laser or ultrasonic device.
In some cases, your dentist may recommend fixing dental restorations, if they are the cause of your gum disease. Ill-fitting crowns, bridges, or even braces make cleaning your teeth difficult to clean on a daily basis, leading to an increase of plaque and tartar buildup.
Even after the gingivitis clears up, it is important to continue good oral hygiene. Your dentist will help you plan an effective at-home care program and schedule regular appointments for thorough teeth cleanings.
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විකිපීඩියා:පොදු එකඟත්වය
මෙම පිටුව ප්රලේඛනය කරනුයේ ඉංග්රීසි විකිපීඩියාවෙන් අපත්යීකරණය කල සිංහල විකිපීඩියා ප්රතිපත්තීන් වන අතර, එය ඉංග්රීසි විකිපීඩියාවේ පුළුල් ලෙසින් පිළිගත් සම්මතයක් බැවින්ද සිංහල විකිපීඩියාවේ මීට වෙනස් සම්මුතියක් ජනිත වන තෙක් සිංහල විකිපීඩියාවේද එලෙසින් සම්මතය ලෙසින් අපත්යීකරණය කරන ලද බැවින්ද සමස්ත සංස්කාරක වරුන් විසින් සාමාන්ය වශයෙන් පිළිපැදිය යුතුය. එයට කෙරෙන වෙනස් කම් සම්මුතියක් ප්රකාරයෙන්ම සිදුවිය යුතු අතර අත්තනෝමතික ලෙසින් සිදු නොවිය යුතුමය. |
මෙම පිටුව පිණ්ඩාර්ථයෙන්: Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental model for editorial decision-making. |
පොදු එකඟතා මගින් විකිපීඩියාවේ සංස්කරණ තීරණ ගැනීම පිලිබඳ මූලික ක්රමවේදය විස්තර කෙරෙයි. විකිපීඩියාවේ පොදු එකඟතා යන්නෙන් අදහස් වන්නේ කුමක්දැයි තනි අර්ථ දැක්වීමක් නොමැති වුවද, ලිපි තුළ, පොදු එකඟතා සාමාන්යයෙන් භාවිත වනුයේ මධ්යස්ථතාව සහ නිරවද්යතාව තහවුරු කර ගැනීම පිණිසයි. Editors usually reach consensus as a natural and inherent product of editing; generally someone makes a change or addition to a page, then everyone who reads it has an opportunity to leave the page as it is or change it. When editors cannot reach agreement by editing, the process of finding a consensus is continued by discussion on the relevant talk pages.
What consensus is
[සංස්කරණය]Consensus is a decision that takes account of all the legitimate concerns raised. All editors are expected to make a good-faith effort to reach a consensus aligned with Wikipedia's principles.
Sometimes voluntary agreement of all interested editors proves impossible to achieve, and a majority decision must be taken. More than a simple numerical majority is generally required for major changes.
[සංස්කරණය]Consensus is a normal and usually implicit and invisible process on articles across Wikipedia. Any edit that is not disputed or reverted by another editor can be assumed to have consensus. Should that edit later be revised by another editor without dispute, it can be assumed that a new consensus has been reached. In this way the encyclopedia is gradually added to and improved over time without any special effort. Even where there is a dispute, often all that is required is a simple rewording of the edit to make it more neutral or incorporate the other editor's concerns. Clear communication in edit summaries can make this process easier.
When reverting an edit you disagree with, it helps to state the actual disagreement rather than citing "no consensus". This provides greater transparency for all concerned, and likewise acts as a guide so that consensus can be determined through continued editing.
When there is a more serious dispute over an edit, the consensus process becomes more explicit. Editors open a section on the article's talk page and try to work out the dispute through discussion. Consensus discussion has a particular form: editors try to persuade others, using reasons based in policy, sources, and common sense. The goal of a consensus discussion is to reach an agreement about article content, one which may not satisfy anyone completely but which all editors involved recognize as a reasonable exposition of the topic. It is useful to remember that consensus is an ongoing process on Wikipedia. It is often better to accept a less-than-perfect compromise - with the understanding that the article is gradually improving - than to try to fight to implement a particular 'perfect' version immediately. The quality of articles with combative editors is, as a rule, far lower than that of articles where editors take a longer view.
Some articles go through extensive editing and discussion to achieve a neutral and a readable product. Similarly, other articles are periodically challenged and/or revised. This is a normal function of the ongoing process of consensus. It is useful to examine the article's talk page archives and read through past discussions before re-raising an issue in talk - there is no sense in forcing everyone to rehash old discussions without need.
When editors have a particularly difficult time reaching a consensus, there are a number of processes available for consensus-building (Third opinions, requests for comment, informal mediation at the Mediation Cabal), and even some more extreme processes that will take authoritative steps to end the dispute (administrator intervention, formal mediation, and arbitration). Keep in mind, however, that administrators are primarily concerned with policy and editor behavior and will not decide content issues authoritatively. They may block editors for behaviors that interfere with the consensus process (such as edit warring, socking, or a lack of civility). They may also make decisions about whether edits are or are not allowable under policy, but will not usually go beyond such actions.
Level of consensus
[සංස්කරණය]Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. For instance, unless they can convince the broader community that such action is right, participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope.
Policies and guidelines reflect established consensus, and their stability and consistency are important to the community. As a result, Wikipedia has a higher standard of participation and consensus for changes to policy than on other kinds of pages. Substantive changes should be proposed on the talk page first, and sufficient time should be allowed for thorough discussion before being implemented. Minor changes may be edited in, but are subject to a higher level of scrutiny. The community is more likely to accept edits to policy if they are made slowly and conservatively, with active efforts to seek out input and agreement from others.
Consensus can change
[සංස්කරණය]Consensus is not immutable. Past decisions are open to challenge and are not binding. Moreover, such changes are often reasonable. Thus, "according to consensus" and "violates consensus" are not valid rationales for accepting or rejecting proposals or actions. While past "extensive discussions" can guide editors on what influenced a past consensus, editors need to re-examine each proposal on its own merits, and determine afresh whether consensus either has or has not changed.
Wikipedia remains flexible because new people may bring fresh ideas, growing may evolve new needs, people may change their minds over time when new things come up, and we may find a better way to do things.
A representative group might make a decision on behalf of the community as a whole. More often, people document changes to existing procedures at some arbitrary time after the fact. But in all these cases, nothing is permanently fixed. The world changes, and Wikipedia must change with it. It is reasonable and indeed often desirable to make further changes to things at a later date, even if the last change was years ago.
[සංස්කරණය]Some exceptions supersede consensus decisions on a page.
- Declarations from the Wikimedia Foundation Board, or the Developers, particularly for copyright, legal issues, or server load, have policy status.
- Office actions are outside the policies of the English Wikipedia.
- Some actions, such as removal of copyright violations and certain types of material about living persons, do not normally require debate or consensus, primarily because of the risk of real harm inherent in them.
- A decision of the Arbitration Committee may introduce a process which results in temporary binding consensus. For example, Ireland article names.
[සංස්කරණය]Editors who maintain a neutral, detached and civil attitude can usually reach consensus on an article through the process described above. However, editors occasionally find themselves at an impasse, either because they cannot find rational grounds to settle a dispute or because they become emotionally or ideologically invested in 'winning' an argument. What follows are suggestions for resolving intractable disputes, along with descriptions of several formal and informal processes that may help.
Consensus-building in talk pages
[සංස්කරණය]Be bold, but not foolish. In most cases, the first thing to try is an edit to the article, and sometimes making such an edit will resolve a dispute. Use clear edit summaries that explain the purpose of the edit. If the edit is reverted, try making a compromise edit that addresses the other editors' concerns. Edit summaries are useful, but do not try to discuss disputes across multiple edit summaries - that is generally viewed as edit warring, and may incur sanctions. If an edit is reverted and further edits seem likely to meet the same fate, create a new section on the article's talk page to discuss the issue.
In determining consensus, consider the quality of the arguments, the history of how they came about, the objections of those who disagree, and existing documentation in the project namespace. The quality of an argument is more important than whether it represents a minority or a majority view. The argument "I just don't like it", and its counterpart "I just like it", usually carry no weight whatsoever.
Limit talk page discussions to discussion of sources, article focus, and policy. The obligation on talk pages is to explain why an addition/change/removal improves the article, and hence the encyclopedia. Other considerations are secondary. This obligation applies to all editors: consensus can be assumed if editors stop responding to talk page discussions, and editors who ignore talk page discussions yet continue to edit in or revert disputed material may be guilty of disruptive editing and incur sanctions.
Consensus-building by soliciting outside opinions
[සංස්කරණය]When talk page discussions fail - generally because two editors (or two groups of editors) simply cannot see eye to eye on an issue - Wikipedia has several established processes to attract outside editors to offer opinions. This is often useful to break simple, good-faith deadlocks, because uninvolved editors can bring in fresh perspectives, and can help involved editors see middle ground that they cannot see for themselves. The main resources for this are as follows:
- Third Opinions
- 3O is reserved for cases where exactly two editors are in dispute. The editors in question agree to allow a third (uninvolved) volunteer to review the discussion and make a decision, and agree to abide by that decision.
- Noticeboards
- Most policy and guideline pages, and many Wikipedia projects, have noticeboards for interested editors. If a dispute is in a particular topic area or concerns the application of a particular policy or guideline, posting a request to the noticeboard may attract people with some experience in that area.
- Requests for Comment
- A formal system for inviting other editors to comment on a particular dispute, thus allowing for greater participation and a broader basis for consensus. This is particularly useful for disputes that are too complex for 3O but not so entrenched that they need mediation.
- Informal Mediation by the (purported) Cabal
- More complex disputes involving multiple editors can seek out mediation. This is a voluntary process that creates a structured, moderated discussion - no different than an article talk page discussion, except that the mediator helps keep the conversation on focus and moving forward, and prevents it from degenerating into the type of heated conflicts that can occur of unmoderated pages.
- Village pump
- For disputes that have far-reaching implications - mostly ones centered on policy or guideline changes - placing a notification at the pump can bring in a large number of interested editors. This ensures broad consensus across the project.
Many of these broader discussions will involve polls of one sort or another, but polls should always be regarded as structured discussions rather than voting. Consensus is ultimately determined by the quality of the arguments given for and against an issue, as viewed through the lens of Wikipedia policy, not by a simple counted majority. Responding YES/NO/AGREE/DISAGREE is not useful except for moral support. responding (DIS)AGREE per user X's argument is better, presenting a novel explanation of your own for your opinion is best. The goal is to generate a convincing reason for making one choice or another, not to decide on the mere weight of public expressions of support.
Administrative or community intervention
[සංස්කරණය]In some cases, disputes are personal or ideological rather than mere disagreements about content, and these may require the intervention of administrators or the community as a whole. Sysops will not rule on content, but may intervene to enforce policy (such as wp:BLP) or to impose sanctions on editors who are disrupting the consensus process inappropriately. Sometimes merely asking for an administrator's attention on a talk page will suffice - as a rule, sysops have large numbers of pages watchlisted, and there is a likelihood that someone will see it and respond. However, there are established resources for working with intransigent editors, as follows:
- Wikiquette alerts
- Wikiquette is a voluntary, informal discussion forum that can be used to help an editor recognize that they have misunderstood some aspect of Wikipedia standards. Rudeness, inappropriate reasoning, POV-pushing, collusion, or any other mild irregularity that interferes with the smooth operating of the consensus process are appropriate reasons for turning to Wikiquette. The process can be double-edged - expect Wikiquette respondents to be painfully objective about the nature of the problem - but can serve to clear up personal disputes.
- Noticeboards
- As noted above, policy pages generally have noticeboards, and many administrators watch them.
- Administrator's intervention noticeboard and Administrator's noticeboard
- These are noticeboards for administrators - they are high-volume noticeboards and should be used sparingly. Use AN for for issues that need eyes but may not need immediate action; use ANI for more pressing issues. Do not use either except at need.
- Requests for comment on users
- A more formal system designed to critique a long-term failure of an editor to live up to community standards.
- Requests for arbitration
- The final terminus of intractable disputes. Arbiters make rulings designed to eliminate behavior that is disrupting the progression of the article, up to and including banning or restricting editors.
Consensus-building pitfalls and errors
[සංස්කරණය]The following are common mistakes made by editors when trying to build consensus:
- Too many cooks. Try not to attract too many editors into a discussion. Fruitful discussions usually contain less than ten active participants; more than that strains the limits of effective communication on an online forum of this sort. Where large-scale consensus is needed then it should be sought out, otherwise the input of one or two independent editors will give far better results.
- Off-wiki discussions. Discussions on other websites, web forums, IRC, by email, or otherwise off the project are generally discouraged. They are not taken into account when determining consensus "on-wiki", and may generate suspicion and mistrust if they are discovered. While there is an occasional need for privacy on some issues, most Wikipedia-related discussions should be held on Wikipedia where they can be viewed by all participants.
- Canvassing, Sock puppetry, and Meatpuppetry. Any effort to gather participants to a community discussion that has the effect of biasing that discussion is unacceptable. While it is perfectly fine - even encouraged - to invite people into a discussion to obtain new insights and arguments, it is not acceptable to invite only people favorable to a particular point of view, or to invite people in a way that will prejudice their opinions on the matter, and it is surely objectionable to pretend to gather people by simply using other accounts on your own. Neutral, informative messages to Wikipedia noticeboards, WikiProjects, or editors are permitted, but actions that could reasonably be interpreted as an attempt to "stuff the ballot box" or otherwise compromise the consensus building process would be considered disruptive editing.
- Tendentious editing. The continuous, aggressive pursuit of an editorial goal is considered disruptive, and should be avoided. The consensus process works when editors listen, respond, and cooperate to build a better article. Editors who refuse to allow any consensus except the one they have decided on, and are willing to filibuster indefinitely to attain that goal, destroy the consensus process. Issues that are settled by stubbornness never last, because someone more pigheaded will eventually arrive; only pages that have the support of the community survive in the long run.
- Forum shopping, admin shopping, and spin-doctoring. Raising the same issue repeatedly on different pages or with different wording is confusing and disruptive. It doesn't help to seek out a forum where you get the answer you want, or to play with the wording to try and trick different editors into agreeing with you, since sooner or later someone will notice all of the different threads. You can obviously draw attention to the issue on noticeboards or other talk pages if you are careful to add links to keep all the ongoing discussions together, but best practice is to choose one appropriate forum for the consensus discussion, and give (as much as possible) a single neutral, clear, and objective statement of the issue. See also Wikipedia:Policy shopping.
See also
[සංස්කරණය]Wikipedia essays and information pages concerning consensus:
- Wikipedia:What is consensus?
- Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance
- Wikipedia:Don't revert due to "no consensus"
- Wikipedia:IPs are human too
- Wikipedia:No consensus
- Wikipedia:Silence and consensus; cf. Wikipedia:Silence means nothing
- Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot
- Wikipedia:Method for consensus building
- Wikipedia:Closing discussions
- Wikipedia:Compromise
- Wikipedia:Consensus doesn't have to change
Articles concerning consensus:
External links
[සංස්කරණය]- WikiEN-l mailing list July 2005
- Conflict and Consensus categories on MeatBall Wiki.


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Streamlining construction management.
Galliford Try accelerates and protects business agreements with Adobe Acrobat Sign.
Hours saved annually in preparing contracts for signature
Boost staff efficiency while reducing need for meetings and office visits due to COVID-19
Improve visibility into incompletely signed agreements and access to contract archives
Reduce time, effort, and costs for processing agreements
Support firm's goal to achieve net zero carbon across its operations by 2030
Saves more than 4,500 hours annually in time spent preparing contracts for signature
Enforces legal and corporate processes for contract approvals and storage to mitigate risk
Eliminates 1.3M sheets of paper annually, for more than £25,000 in cost savings
Saves 50,000 kg in greenhouse gases per year towards firm's sustainability goals
Richard Hamilton-Price is helping to lead the charge for digitising workflows at Galliford Try, one of the UK's leading construction firms. The business seeks to mitigate risk while enabling staff to spend less time on routine tasks and more time on higher-value activities.
As Senior Applications Manager for the firm, Hamilton-Price is delivering on the company's refocused technology strategy — one that more clearly aligns IT with business results. "We need business technology solutions that are sensible, streamlining the job for our teams working at project sites," says Hamilton-Price.
Since as many as 30 to 50 subcontractor agreements are needed for each construction project, coordinating approvals and archiving documents gets complicated. "Not too long ago, it was considered high tech to gather all construction project files, burn a CD, and then send it to stakeholders to print and sign. Sometimes people would physically sign the disk itself," Hamilton-Price says.
With the large volume of contracts the firm handles every year, there were increasing concerns about agreements not being fully executed or archived. "In a business with technology everywhere, people have so many places they can store files. If a critical subcontract agreement can't be found or has not been signed in all the right places, there's risk exposure," says Kevin Rolph, Commercial Director for Galliford Try's North East & Yorkshire division.
The company needed to reduce the time, effort, and costs for managing contract paperwork. The COVID-19 pandemic created further urgency to minimise office visits for photocopying and in-person meetings for signing contracts.
Simplifying contract processing with e-signatures
Hamilton-Price researched several applications and identified Adobe Acrobat Sign as ideal for boosting contract processing efficiency. "Adobe Acrobat Sign has a great user interface and was less expensive than DocuSign, plus was easy to deploy and use," he says. Decision makers also liked that the application could integrate with Galliford Try's deployment of Microsoft Office 365.
With Adobe Acrobat Sign, Nick Petty, Senior Quantity Surveyor at Galliford Try, now has a digital platform to route important documents for electronic signatures. Petty no longer has to drive to the office just for contract paperwork. He used to spend hours scanning and copying subcontractor agreements, which can include 500 to 800 pages and require two copies.
These days, Petty averages 15 minutes merging documents, drawings, and other pre-order information in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat to create a single agreement file. He then uploads it to Adobe Acrobat Sign for routing. The platform saves approximately 4,500 hours a year in contract processing time for Petty and other staff across 25 groups company-wide.
"Now I can upload a contract in less than five minutes. I fill in about seven pieces of information, then a few clicks and it's out the door. It's very straightforward," Petty says.
"We chose Adobe Acrobat Sign based on its ease of use, integration with Microsoft Office 365, and Adobe's excellent support. It's already saved us significant time and money and has reduced risks associated with our supply chain contracts."
Mark Cotton
Group CIO, Galliford Try
A typical Galliford Try subcontractor agreement requires two internal signatures, two external signatures, and two internal management approvals. In the past, timely execution was difficult when people were at job sites hundreds of miles away. This was further complicated when amendments were written in by subcontractors, leading to some back and forth between stakeholders.
"It was often a drawn-out process, with the potential to impact project timelines because we are required to have a signed agreement before subcontractors start work on job sites," says Rolph. Automated routing directly to stakeholder emails accelerates the process. "With Adobe Acrobat Sign, subcontractor agreements are signed and returned much faster, so we can start on construction projects sooner," he says.
The platform frees Petty to spend more time with customers and key suppliers, which are higher-value activities for the company. In addition, he and other stakeholders can use Adobe Acrobat Sign remotely from any device, for fewer in-person meetings and office visits, which became even more important during the pandemic.
"Anything the company can do to lessen the administrative load on our staff is a win. It simplifies their work so they can apply their talents for a bigger impact on our company's bottom line," Rolph says.
Mitigating risk with digitalisation
The digital platform assists with Galliford Try's audit trails and helps mitigate the risk of missing signatures or pages. It also makes files simple to find, especially given that the firm's construction contracts need to be carefully stored for 14 years. "It gives us a complete, easy-to-use environment for capturing digital signatures and managing our processes. Once agreements are executed, we can easily archive them," says Hamilton-Price. "We know that senior commercial management love the fact that we have a complete live register of all agreements that can be used as an audit trail of approvals and agreement executions."
"Enforcing Galliford Try's business management systems by establishing a single, uniform process for subcontractor agreements also helps protect our BSI/ISO accreditation," says Rolph.
Mark Cotton, Group CIO for Galliford Try, sums up the application's benefits for the firm. "We chose Adobe Acrobat Sign based on its ease of use, integration with Microsoft Office 365, and Adobe's excellent support. It's already saved us significant time and money and has reduced risks associated with our supply chain contracts."
"With Adobe Acrobat Sign, subcontractor agreements are signed and returned much faster, so we can start on construction projects sooner."
Kevin Rolph
Commercial Director, Galliford Try North East & Yorkshire
Supporting sustainability and growth
The firm's embrace of digital contract approval workflows supports Galliford Try's goal to achieve net zero carbon across its operations by 2030. In its first year, the platform eliminated 1.3 million sheets of paper, saving the company £25,000 in addition to 50,000 kilograms in greenhouse gases.
The company has expanded its use of the application beyond subcontractor agreements to more than 10 additional workflows, including for subcontractor final settlement, warranties, limit of liability, and compromise agreements. Additional workflows streamline parent company guarantees, consultant appointments, and joint venture agreements, with more in the pipeline.
As adoption of Adobe Acrobat Sign grows throughout the company, Hamilton-Price is looking forward to helping staff save even more time with Microsoft Office 365 integration. "Our people are going to like sending documents for signature without leaving Microsoft Word or Outlook. We feel we've got a great tool, one that's flexible to meet our evolving business needs," says Hamilton-Price.


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Manual Camera Controls and RAW in Android L
by Joshua Ho on July 20, 2014 8:31 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Mobile
- Tablets
- Android L
For those that have followed the state of camera software in AOSP and Google Camera in general, it's been quite clear that this portion of the experience has been a major stumbling block for Android. Third party camera applications are almost always worse for options and camera experience than first party ones. Manual controls effectively didn't exist because the underlying camera API simply didn't support any of this. Until recently, the official Android camera API has only supported three distinct modes. These modes were preview, still image capture, and video recording. Within these modes, capabilities were similarly limited. It wasn't possible to do burst image capture in photo mode or take photos while in video mode. Manual controls were effectively nonexistent as well. Even something as simple as tap to focus wasn't supported through Android's camera API until ICS (4.0). In response to these issues, Android OEMs and silicon vendors filled the gap in capabilities with custom, undocumented camera APIs. While this opened up the ability to deliver much better camera experiences, these APIs were only usable in the OEM's camera applications. If there were no manual controls, there was no way for users to get a camera application that had manual controls.
With Android L, this will change. Fundamentally, the key to understanding this new API is understanding that there are no longer distinct modes to work with. Photos, videos, and previews are all processed in the same exact way. This opens up a great deal of possibility, but also means more work on the part of the developer to do things correctly. Now, instead of sending capture requests in a given mode with global settings, individual requests for image capture are sent to a request queue and are processed with specific settings for each request.
This sounds simple enough, but the implications are enormous. First, image capture is much faster. Before, if the settings for an image changed the entire imaging pipeline would have to clear out before another image could be taken. This is because any image that entered the pipeline would have settings changed while processing, which means that the settings would be inconsistent and incorrect. This slowed things down greatly because of this wait period after each change to capture settings. With the new API, you simply request captures with specific settings (device dependent) so there's no need to wait on the pipeline with settings changes. This dramatically increases the maximum capture rate regardless of the format used. In other words, the old API set changes globally. This slowed down image capture every time image settings changed because all of the images in the pipeline had to be discarded once the settings were changed. In the new API, settings are done on a per-image basis. This means that no discarding has to happen, which means image capture stays fast.
The second implication is that the end user will have much more control over the settings that they can use. These have been discussed before in the context of iOS 8's manual camera controls, but in effect it's now possible to control shutter speed, ISO, focus, flash, white balance manually, along with options to control exposure level bias, exposure metering algorithms, and also select the capture format. This means that the images can be output as JPEG, YUV, RAW/DNG, or any other format that is supported.
While not an implication, the elimination of distinction between photo and video is crucial. Because these distinctions are removed, it's now possible to do burst shots, full resolution photos while capturing lower resolution video, and HDR video. In addition, because the pipeline gives all of the information on the camera state for each image, Lytro-style image refocusing is doable, as are depth maps for post-processing effects. Google specifically cited HDR+ in the Nexus 5 as an example of what's possible with the new Android camera APIs.
This new camera API will be officially released in Android L, and it's already usable on the Android L preview for the Nexus 5. While there are currently no third party applications that take advantage of this API, there is a great deal of potential to make camera applications that greatly improve upon OEM camera applications. However, the most critical point to take away is that the new camera API will open up the possibility for applications that no one has thought of yet. While there are still issues with the Android camera ecosystem, with the release of Android L software won't be one of them.
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pukemon1976 - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
About f'ing time google. -
ddriver - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
Like with everything else, google arrives late and indecent. Hopefully this will be an improvement, I am sick and tired of android camera continuously refocusing and ruining footage even when the phone is on a stand and shooting a stationary object. It is plainly retarded. -
ddriver - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
BTW still waiting for low latency audio google is promising for like 5 years now... Pathetic considering android is just linux and the entire low latency audio stack for linux has been around for quite a while. -
Meleagru - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
That is coming as part of L. Plus USB audio out. -
ddriver - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
It "was coming" with JB and KK as well. My expectations have been tuned down to save myself the disappointment, they will probably shave a few ms off the latency, but not really low level low latency audio that would be usable for music making applications. -
Meleagru - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
It was never officially announced, just speculated about. It has been announced now and it will come, at least to the Nexus devices first. -
ddriver - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
I've read about "rewriting" the audio system. Hopefully they did not only rewrite it, but rewrite it right and abstracted it away from the VM and java runtime, which was the reason it was so laggy to begin with. It was far from low-level, even when using the ALSA C API. Usable low latency audio will probably require real-time kernel, which unfortunate I don't see happening with android. Meaning expected latency won't be lower than 20 msec, which is still pretty high, 10 and below would be nice. I've been able to get 2 input and 3 input for a total of 5 msec latency in Linux with Jack and RT kernel on a machine about as powerful as current high end android devices. -
sprockkets - Monday, July 21, 2014 - link
They still aren't low enough. They admitted as such, though it is around 20ms as it stands in L. They are using opengl es now to do audio or its counterpart.
You can watch it for yourself if you search for the i/o schedule and watch the segment on audio. -
MyRandomUsername - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
I'm really excited for RAW support for upcoming phones, here's a 100% crop comparison I made between a RAW out of the OPPO 7a that I ran through Lightroom, and a out-of-phone-jpeg. You can clearly notice the additional sharpness of the bricks, flora and the asphalt.
This is the 13MP Sony IMX214 sensor that is probably on half of the Android devices that came out this year.
Colors and Gamma is slightly off on the RAW because Lightroom didn't have full support for the Oppo when I processed it. -
Filiprino - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - link
Well, it's amazing. It shows how bad is JPEG.


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The Beagle Board is back at ESC Boston! There will be a user's group meeting following the training sessions. There is a two-hour hands-on introduction and 3 hands-on classes featuring Android, DSP-accelerated audio/video, and use of the 3D graphics accelerator. Classes are free for ESC attendees with a $99 setup fee to get access to a lab station if you bring your own Beagle Board and $299 to get a new Beagle Board with the class.
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Owen, William Hayes
ca. 1807–ca. 1877
William Hayes Owen, teacher, was born in Virginia, the son of John and Rebecca C. Owen. His family moved to Oxford when he was a child. Owen was graduated with honors from The University of North Carolina in 1833. He remained at Chapel Hill as tutor in ancient languages until January 1835, when he resigned to establish the Leasburg Classical School. When his expected replacement declined the tutorship, he was persuaded to return to his post; a year later he was also appointed university librarian. In 1838 he received an A.M. degree from the university, and in 1843 he was one of the organizers of the alumni association.
Owen was named professor of ancient languages at Wake Forest College in 1843. On assuming his duties in January 1844, he also established and operated for four years a girl's boarding school, with his mother as matron and two of his sisters, Mary and Sallie, as teachers. During his fifteen years at Wake Forest, he served much of the time as secretary of the faculty. When President John B. White contemplated resigning in 1852, Owen was elected acting president, a post to which he was reelected in December 1853, when White did resign. Owen served as acting president until June 1854.
At the commencement of 1858, the trustees asked Owen to resign—in part, because of the long-standing and undesirable influence that his able but intemperate brother, Hugh, had been exerting on the college students. Owen blamed his dismissal on "very unprofessional practices," which may have included the wish by some Baptists to rid the faculty of this Methodist professor. He terminated his connection with the college at the end of the fall term of 1858–59.
By February 1859 Owen was in Hillsborough teaching in a school that he and Ralph Henry Graves operated as a partnership. In January 1862 he became an assistant at the Beulah Institute, a boy's preparatory school established in Madison by the Beulah Baptist Association and conducted by the Reverend Lewis H. Schuck, a former student of Owen at Wake Forest. Sometime after February 1863, when the school closed as a result of the Civil War, Owen moved to Tennessee, where he continued to teach in private schools until his death in late 1876 or early 1877. During the war he was the author of a tract advocating abstinence of alcoholic beverages, entitled Soldiers, Conquer Your Great Enemy !
Owen's service as librarian won him recognition from Kemp Plummer Battle, historian of The University of North Carolina, as "the most active of the early librarians." The "uncommon" dignity of his manner led the students at Chapel Hill to give him the title "Judge." Both Battle and Wake Forest students agreed that Owen had limited intellectual abilities, but they praised him for his command of his subject, his reputation as a teacher, and his character as a person. Owen taught at Wake Forest longer than any other full professor before the Civil War, and, in the opinion of George Washington Paschal, "in all probability contributed more to the education of the students of that period than any of his colleagues." He enthusiastically supported the young college, and he contributed several letters and articles to the Biblical Recorder commending the school to the Baptists.
Kemp Plummer Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 1 (1907).
Biblical Recorder, 25 July 1877.
Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790–1840: A Documentary History (1915).
George W. Paschal, History of Wake Forest College, vol. 1 (1935).
John L. Sanders, ed., "Journal of Ruffin Wirt Tomlinson," North Carolina Historical Review 30 (January 1953).
U.S. Census, 1850 (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).
Calvin H. Wiley Papers (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).
Additional Resources:
Owen, William Hayes, Documenting the American South: https://docsouth.unc.edu/dusenbery/id/pn0001314
Report of the Librarian, June 4, 1840, Owen, William Hayes, ca. 1807-ca. 1877, Documenting the American South: https://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc04-30/unc04-30.html
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Clinical Partnership between the Donetsk AIDS Centre and the Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria Clinical Centre Berlin (AVK)
Since 2006 the clinic partnership allows an immediate exchange among colleagues about diagnostic and therapeutic options in the inpatient care for people with HIV/AIDS. Besides regular observations and assessments in both clinics, results and treatment strategies will be in the future discussed online on a telematics platform. Read more...
Assessment 2008 in Donetsk.
Ward physicians Evgenij and Solodenko performing ultrasound scans in the AIDS ward
Following the successful observation of ward physician Dr. Kostantin Solodenko in August and September 2007 in the AVK a new visit was paid to Donetsk in July 2008.
During his observation in the AVK Dr. Solodenko had been instructed especially in performing and evaluating sonographic exams. Afterwards he shared his knowledge with his three colleagues from the ward for internal medicine of the Donetsk AIDS Centre.
The second assessment provided the possibility to discuss questions that arose in the context of ultrasound scans with two physicians and a health care staff member of the AVK. _The second visit focussed on discussing the next steps within the framework of the clinic partnership. It was determined that the constant exchange about diagnostic and nursing/care issue shall be the main focus. A telematics platform will be established in order to guarantee this exchange as soon as possible. Contents and technical requirements have been discussed in detail with the director of the AIDS Centre and the ward physicians of the AIDS ward.
July 19, 2008 |
Category: Clinic Partnership
Why a Clinic Partnership?
Already since 2002 Berlin-trained diagnostics, therapy and HIV/AIDS care courses are conducted in Eastern Europe, and in particular in Ukraine. Responsible for organisation and conduct of most of those training modules is a group of individuals from the environment of the Clinic for Internal Medicine - Infectiology / Gastroenterology of the AVK and its Immunological Day Hospital.
For further reading go to: Why a Clinic Partnership?
March 29, 2008 |
Category: Clinic Partnership
Observation in 2007 for Further Training in Diagnostics and Treatment.
One month after the 2007 Assessment in Donetsk the first observation within the scope of the clinic partnership took place. In August and September 2007 Dr. Konstantyn Solodenko, ward physician of the Donetsk AIDS ward, visited, i.e. sat in, for six weeks in the clinics for Infectiology and Gastroenterology of the Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Clinical Centre (AVK) in Berlin.
For further reading go to: Observation in 2007 for Further Training in Diagnostics and Treatment.
November 14, 2007 |
Category: Clinic Partnership
Assessment 2007 in Donetsk
The first assessment took place in July 2007 within the framework of the Physician's/Medical Programme in the Donetsk AIDS Centre and its new AIDS ward. As regards content, the focus was on getting acquainted with the routine in the AIDS ward and the policlinic of the AIDS centre as well as the possibilities in diagnostics and on laboratory scale plus the availability of medication. It turned out that the staff disposed only of limited individual diagnostics technology or licenses. For many exams patients have to be transferred to other clinics, which are not specialised in HIV.
The assessment also served to become familiar with some of the AIDS Centre's cooperation partners. Together with one of the ward physicians of the AIDS ward initial talks were held in the regional clinic, the municipal tuberculosis clinic, the municipal substitution therapy department as well as with a self-help group.
Christoph Weber's visit report describes this assessment from his medical perspective. Apart from an introduction into the situation of the HIV epidemic in Ukraine and in Donetsk, this report describes the medical care structure for HIV in the oblast and the city of Donetsk, with a focus on a portrayal of the AIDS ward and the AIDS Centre Donetsk. In addition to that, he also describes the care infrastructure for tuberculosis patients and the very limited options for substitution therapy for injecting drug users.
Visit Report Donetsk, Ukraine - July 2007 (PDF, 170 kb)
September 19, 2007 |
Category: Clinic Partnership
The Donetsk AIDS Centre
The AIDS centre of the oblast (province) Donetsk was already established in the mid-1990s, hence it is the oldest in the Ukraine. The oldest urban AIDS centre in Ukraine is located in the nearby city of Gurlowka, which already exists for 15 years now and the experiences there had caused head physician Dr. Nikolai Graschdanow to found the district AIDS centre.
For further reading go to: The Donetsk AIDS Centre
July 23, 2006 |
Category: Clinic Partnership


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Real estate investors who are buying distressed properties are constantly running into structural issues that the seller will correct for prospective buyers. Most of your structural issues of distressed properties are roofs and foundations. The majority of lenders today will not lend on any property that has structural problems. This creates a "Catch 22" for both buyers and sellers. The majority of your distressed properties are bank owned REO's an FHA foreclosures. Sometimes HUD will cure these issues prior to putting the property on the market and sometimes it won't. The same is true for bank owned properties.
For years investors have had to pay cash for these properties because no lender would fund the loan on a "Uninhabitable" property.
Now with the new HRM Short Term Escrow Holdback Program, we can lend on these properties and correct any issues after closing. This is not a rehab program. Either the buyer or the seller will have to bring the additional funds to the table for these repairs to be held back in escrow. In the past most Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lenders would not allow for escrow holdbacks on non-habitable properties. Now we can.
Program Highlights:
- All holdbacks will require a mechanics lien
- All repairs have to be completed within 30 days
- All the funds will be held by Highlands Residential Mortgage and released upon completion
- A certificate of completion will be required from an appraiser
- We will hold back 150% of the bid amount for repairs
- No more than $15,000 of repairs will be allowed
- All repair bids will have to be approved by Highlands Residential Mortgage
Items that can be included in the escrow holdback:
- Foundations
- Roofs
- Electrical
- Plumbing
This program is designed to allow short-term repairs done to property to make sure that there are no problems for a habitable property for renters. If you need more than $15,000 for your repairs, ask about the HRM Rehabilitation Program.


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I recently received a box of Whole O's, a new gluten-free cereal from Nature's
Whole O's reminds me of a generic Cheerio, in its texture, crisp and airy. It has a very slighty fruity taste, which you probably can't tell is from pomegranate juice unless you read the label. This cereal does not get soggy quite as fast as some others (though it will after awhile, of course). They are much better than any of the other gluten-free O's cereals that I have had.
Braden and Carter both love them, and ask for them every morning (but I've only got one box!). I will feel good about giving these to Corice soon, and even though they are crisp and crunchy, they are not dense (like some), and she should be able to eat them alright, even without teeth.
I do not know if they are in stores yet, but I did see that they are not on the website. This will definitely be a staple in my pantry.
Nature's Path Whole O's are organic, low sodium, and have no trans fat.
Ingredients: Organic brown rice flour, organic corn flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic pomegranate juice concentrate, sea salt.
Produced in a facility that uses peanuts, tree nuts or soy.