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The goal of this paper is to learn more about the demand for the amount of mortgage debt owed by United States home owners. Mortgage debt is defined to be the amount of outstanding household debt secured by the owner's principal residence; mortgages for second homes and other real estate are not considered, but second mortgages and home equity loans are. The analysis focuses on the behavior of individual households and examines variations in the demand for mortgage debt with respect to a variety of characteristics such as household income, age, education, and other characteristics of the household. Of particular interest is the responsiveness of the demand for mortgage debt to the tax rate at which interest on mortgage and consumer debt can be deducted. The 1983 and 1989 Surveys of Consumer Finance are used to estimate the demand for mortgage debt. The analysis offers strong support for the hypothesis that the demand for mortgage debt is highly responsiveness to a change in the rate at which mortgage interest can be deducted. As such, the elimination of the mortgage interest deduction can be expected to lead some households to shift away from the financing of owner-occupied housing with mortgage debt and toward the use of their own assets (equity finance).
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text: Managed Services & Outsourcing Telstra proposes A$600m broadband plan Rob Irwin @itworldca Published: January 16th, 2007Australia's Telstra Ltd. has pitched a national ADSL scheme to bring high-speed Internet to thousands of remote communities. The plan is in response to the Howard Government's Broadband Connect program.Telstra is seeking A$600 million to upgrade the telephony infrastructure to bring broadband to 250,000 homes in locations including Birdsville, Groote Eylandt, Marble Bar and the Tiwi Islands. Users will be offered connection speeds of up to 8Mbps. The telecom company claims it is the largest fixed broadband deployment in Australia's history.Broadband Connect is an A$878 million initiative from the larger A$1.1 billion Connect Australia scheme. It is designed to provide an incentive for ISPs to supply high bandwidth services to regional areas of Australia at prices not dissimilar to the city.A Telstra spokesperson said Australian Communications Minister Helen Coonan was expected to make an announcement of whether it, or a competitor, had received the funding by the end of the financial year.If funding was forthcoming, the spokesperson said that the majority of upgrades would be completed in 2008, with some being finished up into 2009.Group managing director of its Country Wide business, Geoff Booth, said in a statement that other proposals made to the government would either seek to duplicate infrastructure it had already provided or resort to technology that was currently unproven in a rural environment."Our commitment to the telecommunication needs of our rural, regional and remote customers remains at the forefront of everything we do and this has directed the content of our proposal," he said.Telstra estimates its plan would see 95 percent of the population covered by fixed broadband. The figure currently sits at 91 percent. Managed Services & Outsourcing project management


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Meanwhile, Siek, who started the tangent, said, "We don't have to 'open' the language to do that sort of thing." He said as long as he can do compilation at compile time and manage chunks of code that is "pretty much as powerful as I would want."
Meanwhile, Meijer also asked if syntax was the reason a language succeeds or not-basically how important syntax is. Anders Hejlsberg, a Microsoft technical fellow and creator of C#, said, "I think it [syntax] matters a lot. Our brain is a pattern recognizer and syntax helps us think in certain ways."
Well, "it does and it doesn't," Bracha said, "because people are trained to certain syntax, but they're not geared to learn a new syntax. I think Parkinson's Law of Triviality applies here: 'The smaller an issue, the more people will discuss it.' Where you put a semicolon shouldn't matter."
For his part, Crockford said he believes the whole thing comes down to fashion.
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"We like to imagine the process of programming language design is a scientific process, but it's actually all about fashion," Crockford said. "I think the process of language design has more to do with fashion than the question of the ideas behind them, and I think that's unfortunate."
On a different note, Hejlsberg said metaprogramming is "high on my list of things to attack in C#-to make it a better metaprogramming system. To open up the black box ... Enterprise applications live and die by metaprogramming. There's code generation everywhere. And the tools for doing this are terrible; we need a modern approach to that."
However, Schulte said, "I think metaprogramming at the syntax level is a really bad idea. You don't want to open up the box."
Metaprogramming is the writing of programs that write or manipulate other programs-or even themselves-as their data, or that do part of the work at compile time that is otherwise done at run-time.
Indeed, that is what Bracha reflects on. "It's really about reflection," he said. "Metaprogramming is just about one program manipulating another; reflection is about a program manipulating itself."


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When you think of the word "explorer," certain characteristics like curiosity, creativity, resilience and focus come to mind.
Fargo-based musician Brian Carmona, who goes by the moniker XPLOR, has all of these characteristics, but he isn't a traditional explorer with maps, compasses and other survival gear. He's what you could call a "creative explorer" whose curiosity is his map, talent his fuel and ambition his compass.
Throughout his life, Carmona has never been afraid to take risks or follow the path less traveled when creating and sharing his indie music. His most recent adventure is his "American Love Story" installation show at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Fowlers Heritage Co., 210 Broadway N.
The downtown show uses lighting, fog, looped images on a vintage TV and other effects to create a holistic experience that "strips the barriers" of traditional concerts, Carmona says.
"I want to take people to a place that feels like they're inside a John Hughes movie (from the 1980s)," the musician says. "The visuals, lush smells and dream-like music is all going to present one cohesive message about love."
Carmona channeled his favorite musicians like Beach House, Frank Ocean and The xx when conceptualizing "American Love Story," which is partially funded by a Jade Presents Arts Partnership grant.
"My overall vision as an artist is to create meaningful, inspiring and impactful music for the masses," he says. "We all go through similar pain in one way or another, so when I write music, I want it to be about others and convey a universal message."
The Los Angeles native grew up in a Chicano household that instilled a love for music, but he never took formal instrument lessons. Rather, Carmona's music career began when he picked up his father's old nylon-stringed guitar and taught himself to play by watching videos on MTV and YouTube. He learned bass and keyboard the same way.
Carmona uses standard industry software and drum emulation kits on his laptop to produce his music, which he describes as "indie dream-pop."
Instead of creating entire records, the musician releases one song at a time on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music because "that's where most people go to look for new music," he says.
"I've always tried to educate myself on where music is going next," he adds.
Before moving to Fargo, Carmona spent more than two years in Nashville being mentored by big-name producers in the music business and connecting with publishers who used his music in shows like "Teen Wolf" and "Teen Mom" on MTV. His song "Recover" alone has more than half a million streams.
Since moving to Fargo in 2016, Carmona has performed to crowds of all sizes in venues around town, but "American Love Story" is his way of showing Fargo what he's all about. He'd always envisioned performing the show in an intimate venue with a historic vibe.
When Fowlers business owners Greg and Julie Robbins offered to host the show in their boutique store in downtown Fargo, Carmona knew it was perfect. He looks forward to connecting with the community and hopes people keep their minds open to experiencing music in an unconventional way.
"Even if it's just one (person in the crowd), I'm going to play to that one person as hard as I'm going to play to a crowd of 600 because I think that's what you do as an artist," he says. "There's no in-between. You're either in or you're out."
"American Love Story" is free and open to the public, but attendees can register on Eventbrite. Donations to help fund a vinyl release of the "American Love Story" EP will be accepted as well.
To listen to Carmona's music, find him under XPLOR on Spotify and Apple Music.
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What: "American Love Story" installation show
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7
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How a single-payer health plan would look in California
Imagine if any California resident could walk into a hospital or clinic — penniless — to see a doctor about whatever health condition was bothering them.
That's the scenario state senators envisioned when they pushed through SB562 this week, a bill that proposes a universal health system in California that would ensure that every resident would have access to health care, regardless of wealth or employment status, age or pre-existing medical condition.
The $400 billion-a-year proposal would mean that familiar institutions in the health care ecosystem — including insurance giants Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross and Anthem — could be virtually eliminated in the nation's most populous state. Kaiser, the state's largest private employer, said the plan would ban its model of providing both care and coverage.
Many questions about the proposal, including the most pressing — how it would be paid for — remain unanswered. But the measure would upend the health care network in the state, drastically reducing the role of private insurance companies and scrapping the need for consumers to pay premiums, deductibles and co-pays.
Under the proposal, the state would pay for health care services for most of the 39 million residents of California, including preventive care, prenatal services, immunizations, emergency services, surgeries, dental care and prescription drugs. Military veterans who receive care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would continue receiving their care that way.
But everyone else would fall under the plan, including people who receive health insurance through their employer, those who buy health plans directly from insurers or through the state exchange, Covered California, as well as Medi-Cal and Medicare beneficiaries and the uninsured.
The bill does not directly address who would be considered a California resident, but it would be modeled after residency requirements for Medi-Cal, which require applicants to produce a valid driver's license, state-issued identification card, vehicle registration, utility bill or other proof of residency.
Consumers would be able to go to the doctor of their choosing and the hospital system of their choosing — and health providers would be authorized to participate in the state-run system. The bill would create a state board to negotiate payment rates to providers, but it is not yet known how those rates would compare with current ones.
Many health policy experts say the single-payer system — single payer because the state government would pay for everything — would be an improvement for consumers over the current insurance system, but that the bill is missing key details about how to implement such a program.
"As far as consumers are concerned, more than likely it would be better," said Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. "The primary reason is because you're no longer going to have insurance based on where you're employed or how old you are or what your income is. Everybody will have the same insurance. It puts everyone in the same boat. That's the benefit to consumers."
The looming question that the bill's author, state Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens (Los Angeles County), has yet to answer is: How would the state pay for it?
An analysis by the state Senate Appropriations Committee last month estimated that the bill would come with a $400 billion-a-year price tag — half of which could be generated by enacting a new 15 percent payroll tax, and half of which is already spent by federal, state and local agencies on health care.
A second analysis, commissioned by the bill's sponsor, the California Nurses Association, found it would cost $330 billion a year. The assessment, completed by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, proposes two new taxes to generate $106 billion in new revenue — a 2.3 percent gross receipts tax for California businesses with at least $2 million in annual revenue, and a 2.3 percent sales tax.
But these analyses merely outline ways the state could generate tax revenue to fund the single-payer system; Lara has not provided details about how the system would be funded.
Private insurers would still have a role in the new health ecosystem, but it would be greatly diminished. The bill prohibits insurers from offering benefits that would be covered by the state, but insurers could still provide supplemental care for services that the state would not cover, such as plastic surgery, Lara's office said. Consumers could pay for those supplemental services on their own.
"This bill is not designed to help the insurance industry," Kominski said. "It's saying one of the primary reasons we can't afford health care for all Californians is because of the insurance industry. So we're going to cut them out of the market."
Kaiser, one of the largest health systems in Northern California, vehemently opposes the bill. In a letter sent to the state Senate Health Committee in April, Kaiser's state lobbyist, Teresa Stark, called the proposal "counterintuitive and divisive."
While the bill would probably put private insurers out of business, experts say it is unclear what its impact would be on Kaiser, whose business model is distinct because it provides both the insurance and the medical care for its members as part of an integrated system. Under the single-payer system, Kaiser would have to radically restructure its operations.
"A model like ours that combines care and coverage would not be able to operate under the rigid system proposed in the bill," Stark wrote. "(The bill) would ban this world-renowned model of collaboration and create significant upheaval for the individuals, businesses and public employers who purchase coverage from us, as well as for our employees."
Oakland-based Kaiser employs 160,000 workers in the state and covers about 8.5 million Californians.
The bill passed the state Senate with a simple-majority vote Thursday and now heads to the Assembly, where more details are likely to be hammered out in the coming months. If lawmakers create payroll or other taxes to pay for the shift, the bill would need to pass both houses with a two-thirds majority vote by Sept. 15.
Even with supermajorities in both the state Senate and Assembly, intense lobbying around the bill will make it a tough sell, and the state would still need authorization from the federal government to change the way it administers Medicare and Medicaid funds. And, even if that happened, the bill analysis notes that it would take years for the state to create a technology information system capable of tracking all members and medical providers, plus processing payments.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Melody Gutierrez contributed to this report.
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Supporters vs. opponents
SB562 would create a government-run, universal-care system for everyone in the state.
Argument in support: California already spends $367 billion on health care expenses each year and with expected savings from the state's bulk purchasing power, the estimated new money needed to implement single payer is between $50 billion and $100 billion a year, according to a legislative analysis. Californians would no longer pay premiums, deductibles and co-pays and would instead pay for universal coverage through taxes. That could lead to an overall savings for many people who are paying high premiums and deductibles.
Supporters include: National Nurses United, California Nurses Association, California Teachers Association, as well as other union and Democratic groups, and individual city governments like San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland.
Argument in opposition:
Critics argue that a single-payer system would create a government bureaucracy where care could be rationed and costs would be
Opponents include:
Insurance companies,
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Predrag Danilović
Predrag "Saša" Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, pronounced [prêdraːɡ saːʃa danǐːloʋitɕ]; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one of the best European shooting guards during the 1990s. Danilović was the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1992, was voted Mister Europa Player of the Year in 1998, and was Italian League MVP the same year.
Danilović with Virtus Bologna in 1995.
|Personal information
|February 26, 1970
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
|Listed height
|6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
|Listed weight
|210 lb (95 kg)
|Career information
|High school
|Cookeville (Cookeville, Tennessee)
|NBA draft
|1992 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall
|Selected by the Golden State Warriors
|Playing career
|Shooting guard / Small forward
|Career history
|Virtus Bologna
|Miami Heat
|Dallas Mavericks
|Virtus Bologna
|Career highlights and awards
|Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Beginning in 2007, Danilović served as the president of Partizan, the club with which he spent six years as a player, during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 2015, he resigned from the position. On 15 December 2016, Danilović became the president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).
Early life and careerEdit
Born in Sarajevo to a family of Herzegovinian Serbs (father Milan from the Orašje Zubci village near Trebinje and mother Vuka from the Kukričje village near Bileća),[1] Danilović grew up in the Alipašino polje neighbourhood near the RTV Sarajevo main building.[2] During adolescence, his summers and winters were mostly spent in his parents' respective villages and the town of Trebinje where he had aunts and uncles.[3]
A tall and lanky kid, Danilović excelled in various sports, including soccer, speed skating, and street basketball.[3] Already well versed in streetball, he started playing organized basketball in KK Bosna's youth setup under youth coach Mladen Ostojić. The player's talent was evident immediately and it didn't take long before he started receiving attention from bigger Yugoslav clubs such as KK Partizan whose assistant coach Duško Vujošević got alerted about the youngster's talents by the team's point guard Željko Obradović who had spotted Danilović during summer 1985 at an inter-republic youth basketball tournament on Mount Zlatibor. Young Danilović played for a select team of players from SR Bosnia-Herzegovina at the tournament.
By late 1985, Vujošević started courting the fifteen-year-old. Getting Danilović and his parents to agree to a move to Belgrade proved to be the easy part; the real challenge was getting his club KK Bosna to sign off on the transfer. Danilović wasn't under a professional contract with the club, but according to Yugoslav Basketball Federation (KSJ) rules, being a youth system prospect he needed his club's permission to complete the move. In Danilović's own words: "The Bosna people weren't too keen on me at all while I was there; they even planned on loaning me out to other Sarajevo-area clubs, which I didn't want at all. But then Vujošević started sniffing around, and they suddenly wanted to keep me. Also, Bosna's club president Mirza Delibašić and Partizan's vice-president Dragan Kićanović were good friends from their playing days so that created additional awkwardness and the whole thing dragged out for a while".[1][4]
Since Bosna didn't seem willing to let him go, by summer 1986, Danilović and Partizan decided to act unilaterally as the player moved to Belgrade knowing full well he'd have to sit out a year before taking part in official competitions. The move marked the beginning of a long friendship and professional association between Danilović and Vujošević with the twenty-eight-year-old coach initially acting as mentor to the sixteen-year-old player. By now Vujošević also moved up in the Partizan club hierarchy, becoming head coach in place of Vladislav Lučić while young Danilović trained with the first team as well as individually. Due to the unfortunate administrative situation, Danilović could only practice with Partizan players, which he did vigorously and devotedly up to 7 or 8 hours per day. He later said that it wasn't until his arrival at Partizan that he started training seriously. His living arrangements were provided for by the club; they put him up in a room at the JNA Stadium that he shared with youngster teammates Oliver Popović and Popović's brother. Furthermore, in accordance with his parent's wishes, the club ensured he also pursued his full-time secondary education by getting enrolled in the streamlined Petar Drapšin Technical High School.[3] However, unable to make the classes due to long and frequent practices, he soon switched to part-time education at the streamlined touristic high school.[1] Discussing his first days in Belgrade and arrival to a new club, Danilović later said:
Certain people at Partizan liked me very much, but there were also those within the club who thought I was a 'neanderthal from Sarajevo' because I was a very brazen kid and I practiced like an animal. At that moment, for me, Vujošević was both a coach and a father. He molded me into a basketball player and into a man. It was from him that I learned to devote attention to individual work. I realized that talent without work means absolutely nothing. Even with hard work, sometimes it's still not enough because you don't have good fortune. Luckily I had it.[4]
Simultaneously KK Partizan tried to obtain permission to officially register their new player while Bosna for their part launched a process against the player with KSJ, which ruled in their favour, and young Danilović had another year added to his ban from playing competitive basketball for any age group within Partizan's system.
Faced with new developments over the length of his ban, in the summer of 1987, seventeen-year-old Danilović moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, enrolling at Cookeville High School where he was a basketball, track, and water polo star coming in second place to Daren Matthews at the school meet. However, only seven months later, in February 1988, he went back to Belgrade.[5] Coming back to SFR Yugoslavia from the United States, Danilović resumed practicing with Partizan, though still unable to play in official games with them.[5] His living arrangements also changed; the club moved him to Hotel Putnik in New Belgrade for a short time before eventually putting him up in an apartment in Blok 45 that he also shared with Popović. In summer 1988, Danilović got included in the Yugoslavia under-18 national team that competed at the European Championship for Juniors on home soil in Titov Vrbas and Srbobran. Coached by his mentor Vujošević and playing alongside promising Yugoslav juniors Arijan Komazec, Žan Tabak, Rastko Cvetković, etc., Danilović led the team to the gold medal.
Club careerEdit
KK PartizanEdit
1988–89 seasonEdit
In the summer of 1988, Danilović's two-year ban finally expired and the player was free to suit up for Partizan. Already familiar with the players he had been practicing with for more than a year, the eighteen-year-old joined a roster laden with talent at all positions — twenty-one-year-old point guard Saša Đorđević, twenty-two-year-old forward Žarko Paspalj who could play both the three and four positions, twenty-two-year-old small forward Ivo Nakić, twenty-year-old versatile center Vlade Divac, and his twenty-one-year-old backup Miroslav Pecarski as well as a pair of experienced twenty-eight-year-olds: backup point guard Željko Obradović and backup center Milenko Savović. Starting small forward Goran Grbović (who often also played the shooting guard position) left the club for Oximesa that summer, opening up space for incoming Danilović. Coming off the season in which they made the EuroLeague Final Four (eliminated by Maccabi in the semifinal) and lost to emerging Jugoplastika in the Yugoslav League playoff final series, the young Partizan team was looking to reclaim the domestic league title.
Young Danilović immediately got big minutes at shooting guard, putting in a promising debut campaign, especially excelling in defensive tasks[6] while contributing modest 5.6 points per game offensively (123 points over 21 league appearances).[7] Partizan finished the regular season in first place with a 16-6 record, same as Jugoplastika, but with better basket difference, meaning the Belgrade club would have the home court advantage in the playoffs.
Winning both cup competitions that season — the FIBA Korać Cup and the Yugoslav Cup — came as a great confidence boost for the young squad. The two trophies came in quick succession during mid March 1989 — on Thursday, 16 March, Partizan went to Cantù for the first leg of the Korać Cup final away versus Wiwa Vismara losing by 13 points with Danilović getting a starting assignment and recording 10 points,[8] followed by travelling straight to Maribor to play Jugoplastika in the Yugoslav Cup final on Sunday, 19 March, and winning 87-74, before returning home for the return leg of the Korać Cup final on home court in Hala sportova on Wednesday, 22 March, and winning by 19 to overturn their first leg deficit and take the trophy. Danilović, this time coming off the bench, again contributed with 10 points in the return leg,[8] getting his name on the second major trophy within three days.
Back on the domestic league front, in the playoff semifinal, Partizan easily eliminated crosstown rivals Crvena Zvezda, setting up the final rematch with Jugoplastika that had won that season's EuroLeague in the meantime. The best-of-three final series started in Belgrade, but right away Partizan lost the home court advantage by dropping the opening game 73-74. The series shifted to Split where Jugoplastika won 75-70, beating Partizan to the league championship for the second straight season.
1989–90 seasonEdit
A testament to his brilliant debut season, in summer 1989 Danilović got called up for the Yugoslav national team training camp by head coach Dušan Ivković ahead of EuroBasket 1989, eventually making the final 12-man squad where he played alongside club teammates Divac and Paspalj. Coming back to Partizan later that summer, the roster went through major changes as both Divac and Paspalj left after signing NBA contracts, with Lakers and Spurs, respectively, point guard Đorđević went to serve his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) stint thus missing most of the season,[9] while head coach Vujošević left for Spanish club Oximesa from Granada, taking veteran center Savović with him. Reba Ćorković, who previously coached the club during two separate stints in the mid-1970s and early 1980s (winning two domestic league titles, in 1975–76 and 1980–81 seasons), returned as head coach.
Playing with a depleted roster, the season turned out to be a write-off as it quickly became clear this Partizan squad was no match for tougher Yugoslav clubs. Their deficiencies were especially evident at center as Pecarski who in the absence of Divac got forced into playing long minutes was often outplayed by the opposition's center line. Partizan finished the season in 8th place with a 9-13 record, missing the playoffs — the club's worst league finish in nineteen years. They didn't fare much better in the Yugoslav Cup or FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, finishing both competitions at the quarterfinal stage. It wasn't much better for Danilović individually, either: after starting the season off strongly with continually improving performances, he suffered an injury (broken leg) that ended his season after appearing in only 11 games,[6] posting 14.3ppg.[7] The injury also kept him out of consideration for the Yugoslavia national team roster at the 1990 World Championship.
1990–91 seasonEdit
Utilizing his by now well-known penchant for hard work, twenty-year-old Danilović focused on rehabilitating his broken leg in order to regain game fitness for the start of the 1990–91 season.[6] Meanwhile, the team went through significant changes with head coach Ćorković let go and eventually replaced with Danilović's mentor Vujošević who thus returned to the club after a largely unsuccessful episode in Spain. Another returnee with a sub-par season behind him was old favourite Paspalj, back after only a season with the Spurs. With Partizan's main title contender, reigning European and Yugoslav champions KK Split, going through a coaching change with their head coach Boža Maljković taking Barça's lucrative offer, in addition to their center Dino Rađa making a big money move to Italy, the reinforced Partizan roster seemed poised to finally overcome its biggest rival of the last few years.
With fully recovered shooting guard Danilović confidently holding Partizan's backcourt alongside point guard Saša Đorđević, the team finished the regular season in the second spot with an 18-4 record behind KK Split's 19-3. Now an integral part of the team, Danilović contributed with 13.9 points per game in the league.[7]
In late June 1992, Danilović entered the NBA draft where he was taken in the second round by Golden State Warriors as the 43rd overall pick. He eventually decided to stay in Europe, signing with sports agent Mira Poljo, an established agent with good connections in Italy through Interperformances sports agency, who soon referred him to her partner Luciano Capicchioni. Danilović eventually signed a lucrative contract with Knorr Bologna paying him approximately $900,000 per season.
Virtus BolognaEdit
Arriving in the Italian city of Bologna and the club Virtus with an aura of the EuroLeague champion and EuroLeague Final Four MVP, big things were expected of 22-year-old Danilović. Earlier that summer, the club went through an ownership change with businessman Alfredo Cazzola acquiring it.
1992–93 seasonEdit
Coached by Ettore Messina and playing alongside point guard Roberto Brunamonti and center line of Bill Wennington and Augusto Binelli,[10] Danilović led the team to the top of the standings in the regular season with a 24–6 record, ahead of former teammate Saša Đorđević's Philips Milano and reigning league champions Benetton Treviso led by Toni Kukoč, before sweeping through the playoffs without a single loss, overcoming Olimpia Pistoia, Clear Cantù, and finally Kukoč's Treviso in the playoff final series to dominantly win the Italian League title. Dueling with his old nemesis from the Yugoslav League, Danilović got the better of Kukoč this time. Establishing himself as Virtus's undisputed leader, Danilović averaged a combined 23.7 points per game over the course of regular season and playoffs.[11]
In contrast to the domestic league, EuroLeague success proved elusive. The campaign started in early October, but it was the opening group stage game on 29 October 1992 that brought Danilović an uncomfortable away trip to play against Cibona in Zagreb. He thus became the very first Serb to play a competitive game in the newly independent Croatia after the breakup of Yugoslavia while the Yugoslav Wars were in full swing. Rattled by playing in an extremely hostile atmosphere, Danilović had a poor shooting night making 5 of 15 field goals, good for only 12 points as Virtus lost by 16. Talking about the Zagreb experience, later in 1996, Danilović said: "Traveling to the game I assumed there would be issues, but I certainly didn't expect that much hate. Eight thousand people showed up just to insult a Serb. Getting through that game was not easy at all for me and you can tell from my stats. Even their player Franjo Arapović as well as their head coach Aco Petrović were hostile before the game even started wanting to hurl abuse at me, but I managed to put them in their place once we got out on the court. Also I think the two of them realized they had a rematch to play in Bologna in a few months so they didn't want to antagonize me too much".[4] In the rematch on home court in January 1993, inspired Danilović led the way with 9 of 12 field goal shooting and 23 points as Virtus jumped out to an early lead, recording a 40-point win by the end. Barely making it out of the group stage in the last qualifying spot with a 6-6 record meant that in their quarterfinal best-of-three series Virtus would face the top-placed team from the other group — formidable Real Madrid squad led by Arvydas Sabonis. Virtus got blown out by Real, losing the first game on home court at PalaDozza by 20 points with Danilović scoring 4 points while five days later in Madrid, Real finished the job with another convincing victory, this time by 21 points.
1993–94 seasonEdit
In summer 1993, coach Messina left the club to take the head coaching position at the Italian national team with returning coach Alberto Bucci coming in as his replacement at Bologna. The club got a new naming-rights sponsor, non-alcoholic Buckler Beer, as it waited to move into its new arena that was still being built. The roster largely remained the same; the only notable player personnel changes were Wennington's return to the NBA to play for the Chicago Bulls, and the arrival of former NBA player Cliff Levingston from PAOK. With Danilović's contributions to the success of Virtus, he, together with his agent Luciano Capicchioni, also began looking at the NBA as an option again,[12] but in the end decided to stay put in Bologna for the time being.
The new season, 1993–94, mostly mirrored the previous one as it quickly became clear that no club was a match for Virtus in the Italian League. Jumping to the top of the standings with five straight wins to open the league season, they never relinquished first place until the end, finishing the regular season with the identical 24–6 record from the previous campaign. Well settled in Italy with monikers like lo Zar (the Tzar) and Zar Freddo (the Cold Tzar) given to him by the Italian sports media due to his prowess and calm-under-pressure demeanor on the court as well as inaccessible nature off it, Danilović continued to lead the team. In December 1993, approximately midway through the season, Virtus moved into its newly built 8,650-seat arena PalaMalaguti (which now seats 11,000), located outside of the city core in Casalecchio di Reno.
Miami HeatEdit
Despite being selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 43rd pick overall in the 1992 NBA draft, Danilović continued playing in Europe for three more seasons before debuting in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the meantime, during November 1994, his rights had been traded to the Miami Heat as part of a deal that sent 25-year-old Billy Owens to the Heat while the Warriors got 29-year-old center Rony Seikaly. In mid-June 1995, Danilović signed a four-year contract with Miami worth just over US$8 million.[13] In order to accommodate signing Danilović, the Heat decided to trade Harold Miner to Cleveland for an exchange of second-round draft picks and future considerations thus freeing up space under NBA's salary cap.[13]
Several months later, one day before the scheduled start of the regular season, Miami pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Charlotte Hornets, sending the Heat's franchise player Glen Rice along with starting center Matt Geiger and point guard Khalid Reeves to the Hornets in exchange for their star player Alonzo Mourning with reserves Pete Myers and LeRon Ellis also thrown in.
During his two NBA seasons (1995–1997), Danilović averaged 12.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
1995–96 seasonEdit
Danilović debuted for the Heat on Saturday, 4 November 1995, the opening day of the season, as a starter at the shooting guard position alongside Bimbo Coles, Billy Owens, Kevin Willis, and Alonzo Mourning. He contributed team-high 16 points,[14] helping his team beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 85-71 before getting ejected towards the end of the game due to an altercation with Cleveland's Chris Mills.[15] The incident that saw both players thrown out of the game occurred late in fourth quarter, starting with Mills hitting Danilović with a flying elbow to the chin as Danilović was cutting across the baseline, to which Danilović responded by allowing Mills to catch up before elbowing him back in the side of his head, to which Mills then reacted immediately by punching Danilović with a right hook to the jaw, leaving him with a cut lip that required nine stitches outside his mouth and three more inside.[15][16][17] After the game, Danilović said he was just getting back at Mills after being hit, while Mills claimed Danilović had been playing dirty all game long.[16] Both players were subsequently fined and suspended by the league — Mills received a one-game suspension and US$10,000 fine while Danilović also got suspended for one game for retaliation in addition to getting fined US$3,500.[17]
Despite receiving criticism over what some considered overly aggressive play,[18] the Heat opened the season with an 11-3 record utilizing the starting five of Coles, Danilović, Owens, Willis, and Mourning.[19] Just as Danilović began hitting his shooting stride in December 1995, averaging 20 points per game in the four contests between 6–12 December 1995,[20] including season-high 30 points away at Phoenix,[19][21] his season was disrupted by injury. On 14 December 1995, two days after appearing in the away loss at Golden State during which he scored 15 points[22] before falling down on the floor and aggravating a previous injury sustained during his time in Italy, Danilović got placed on the team's injured list with right wrist issues that looked to be minor initially. Being an injury he had carried for three years already, Danilović was confident it would calm down again with customary therapy.[19] However, when the swelling didn't dissipate within weeks as the attempts to rehabilitate his wrist through therapy failed, it became apparent that the injury was more serious this time, requiring attention of a specialist.[23] Danilović's frustration of being on the sidelines with an injury that showed no signs of improving was evident on 23 December 1995. During halftime of an away game at Charlotte that he watched in street clothes from the bench, he was signing autographs near the tunnel leading to the locker rooms when an unruly fan began verbally abusing him; Danilović reacted by confronting the fan physically and had to be restrained by the Heat executive Randy Pfund.[24] On 2 January 1996, Danilović went in for surgery performed by hand specialist Dr. Ann Ouelette at South Miami Hospital to repair a non-union of the scaphoid bone on his right hand.[19] The surgery was successful, but with his hand in a cast and the recovery process expected to last 3–4 months, there were doubts about whether Danilović's season was over. In early February 1996, with his recovery schedule plan to be back in action for the final month of the regular season, Danilović was allowed to leave the team and go back to visit his family in Italy and FR Yugoslavia.[25] During Danilović's layoff, the Heat completely overhauled their roster including their early season starting lineup. On 23 February 1996, the team made three trades in the same day, bringing in Tim Hardaway and Chris Gatling from Golden State for Bimbo Coles and Kevin Willis, then getting Walt Williams and Tyrone Corbin from Sacramento for Billy Owens and Kevin Gamble, and finally acquiring Tony Smith from Phoenix for Terrence Rencher.[26]
The projections of Danilović coming back from injury at the beginning of April 1996 proved overly optimistic as his return took place on 21 April 1996 at home versus Atlanta, the Heat's last game of the regular season. Very rusty after four months on the sidelines during which he missed 62 games, Danilović, who had in the meantime also lost his spot in Miami's starting five to Rex Chapman, put up modest 8 points during 25 minutes of action off the bench on 3 for 9 shooting from the field that included airballing his first shot back after the injury layoff and coming up well short on his first 3-point shot as Miami lost 92-104.[20] The Heat ended the season with 42-40 record, qualifying for the playoffs as the eight-placed team in the Eastern Conference where they would face the juggernaut Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls team that had lost only 10 games the entire season.
Making his NBA playoffs debut only five days after coming back from months-long injury layoff, Danilović began on the bench as coach Riley continued with Chapman as the starter at shooting guard. The Serb had another poor post-injury outing, scoring only 3 points in 22 minutes on 1 for 3 from the field as Miami got blown out 102-85 by the Bulls.[27] Two days later, game two of the series brought a much improved performance by Danilović who scored team-high 15 points off the bench in 23 minutes; however, the Heat still suffered an even worse blowout, this time by 31 points.[28] The series then shifted to Miami, and the rampant Bulls converted on their first opportunity to end the series, beating the Heat easily for the third time in a row, 112-91, as Danilović, playing on reduced minutes, scored 7 points.[29]
Return to VirtusEdit
In early June 1997, after getting offered a US$6 million net income three-year contract from his old club Virtus, Danilović decided to end his time in the NBA, two years short of completing his 4-year contract, thus forfeiting $4.9 million in NBA salary.[30] On 23 April 1998, Danilović won its second EuroLeague, defeating AEK in Barcelona.[31] While on 31 May, Virtus conquered its 14th national title, defeating in Game 5 of the final, Teamsystem Bologna. At twenty seconds from the end of the game, with Fortitudo leading by 4, Danilović scored a three-points shot and at the same time suffered a foul by Dominique Wilkins, completing the so-called "four-point shot". Than Virtus would won the match in the over time. The 1998 final between Virtus and Fortiudo is widely considered as the greatest one in the history of Italian basketball, with two teams from the same city, which were among the best ones in the continent.[32]
In the following season, Virtus won its 7th Italian Cup but lost in the EuroLeague final against Žalgiris of Tyus Edney and was eliminated in the semi-finals for the national championship. Under Cazzola's presidency and thanks to the leaderships of Danilović and coach Messina, the 1990s were considered the "Golden Age" of Virtus, which collected four national titles, two Italian Cups, a Cup Winners' Cup and a EuroLeague, becoming one of the most notable and successful teams in Europe. In October 2000, at the end of the following season, Danilović surprisingly announced his retirement from professional sport.[33]
Career statisticsEdit
|Games played
|Games started
|Minutes per game
|Field-goal percentage
|3-point field-goal percentage
|Free-throw percentage
|Rebounds per game
|Assists per game
|Steals per game
|Blocks per game
|Points per game
|Performance Index Rating
|Career high
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
|Denotes seasons in which Danilović won the EuroLeague
|Led the league
|Virtus Bologna
|Virtus Bologna
National team careerEdit
With the senior Yugoslav national basketball team, Danilović won the gold medal at the both the 1989 EuroBasket and the 1991 EuroBasket. With the senior FR Yugoslav national basketball team, he won the gold medal at both the 1995 EuroBasket and the 1997 EuroBasket. He was also a member of the silver medal winning FR Yugoslav team at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.[34]
- EuroLeague: 2 (with Partizan: 1991–92 and Virtus Bologna: 1997–98)
- Korać Cup: 1 (with Partizan: 1988–89)
- Yugoslav Cup: 1 (with Partizan: 1988–89)
- Yugoslav League: 1 (with Partizan: 1991–92)
- Yugoslav Cup: 1 (with Partizan: 1991–92)
- Italian League: 4 (with Virtus Bologna: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98)
- Italian Cup: 1 (with Virtus Bologna: 1998–99)
- Italian Supercup: 1 (with Virtus Bologna: 1997)
Administrative careerEdit
Partizan vice-president (2000–2004)Edit
In October 2000, shortly after retiring from playing professionally, Danilović became co-vice president of his old club KK Partizan alongside Žarko Paspalj, Dražen Dalipagić, and Ivica Divac, working under the also newly named club president Vlade Divac.[35] The appointment came about on initiative by the club's about to be deposed president Ivica Dačić during the time of political upheaval in Serbia in the wake of the Slobodan Milošević overthrow. Seeing that various state-owned companies and community property were being taken over in a dubious manner during the power vacuum that resulted from régime change, Dačić (the club's outgoing president and, more importantly, a suddenly marginalized politician who, due to his association with Milošević, was forced to leave his post at the club) saw it prudent to bring the club's two former greats as a safeguard against the same happening to KK Partizan.[36]
Since club president Divac was at the time still an active player in the NBA with Sacramento Kings, while nominal co-vice presidents Paspalj, Dalipagić, and Ivica Divac exhibited little interest in being involved in the club's day-to-day business, Danilović essentially became the main decision-maker at KK Partizan.
Inheriting a head coach Darko Russo, Danilović let him finish out the season before hiring old mentor and friend Duško Vujošević during summer 2001. Vujošević immediately started producing results, winning the league title in 2001–02, ending KK Budućnost's three-year league championship run. It was the first of nine consecutive league trophies under his command. Though continually cash-strapped, under the command of Danilović, Divac, and sporting director Dragan Todorić, the club instituted a model of bringing up domestic young players from its own youth setup or smaller clubs in Serbia and Montenegro rather than relying on foreign imports. It proved a winner both on the court and business-wise as Partizan sold its best player in regular intervals (usually every summer) and then re-invested that money into the youth system or acquiring talented youngsters from smaller clubs while making sure that squad can function with other players stepping up. Under this model, in summer 2003 Miloš Vujanić was sold to Fortitudo Bologna while the following summer 2004 Nenad Krstić got sold to New Jersey Nets. The club managed to win the domestic league FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro league year after year, ensuring a EuroLeague spot, which was essential for its bottom line.
Simultaneously, Danilović was very much against his club joining the regional Adriatic League. However, by 2004, Partizan was essentially forced into the regional competition because its Euroleague spot now depended on competing regionally rather than domestically. This also brought about change in the club's business model as in the summer of 2004 they brought in already established national team players 27-year-old Dejan Milojević from KK Budućnost and 29-year-old Milan Gurović from KK Vojvodina to bolster the squad ahead of the start of competition in Adriatic League. It would prove to be one of Danilović's last orders of business at the club as he soon left KK Partizan.
Partizan president (2007–2015)Edit
In 2007 Danilović returned to KK Partizan, this time as president.
In late May 2007, following a Serbian Basketball League game from the SuperLeague phase, between KK Hemofarm and Partizan at Vršac's Millennium Centar, Danilović assaulted the referee Marko Juras. Dissatisfied over Juras' calls in the game that Partizan lost, thirty-seven-year-old KK Partizan president reportedly followed the twenty-nine-year-old referee into the referees' dressing room and proceeded to knock him to the floor, landing several punches.[37] Juras filed a criminal complaint against Danilović[38] as did the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[39] In July 2007, Danilović got suspended by the Serbian Basketball Federation (KSS) from all basketball-related activity for two years,[40] but two months later the punishment was reduced to a probationary period.[41]
On August 24, 2015, he resigned from the president's position, after few years of financial troubles the club was going through.[42]
Basketball Federation of Serbia president (2016–present)Edit
On 15 December 2016, Danilović became the president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).[43]
Personal lifeEdit
Danilović is married to Svetlana Danilović, an RTS sports reporter. The couple have three children, including Olga, a professional tennis player.
He was also involved with Group Seven, a charity organization founded by seven Serbian basketball players.
On 11 February 2009, Danilović filed a lawsuit against Worldwide Associates[44] (a limited-liability company based in Carmel, Indiana and represented by Rick Suder and George Grkinich) alleging investment fraud connected to $4 million he gave the company to manage.[45] Previously, Grkinich had also been involved with Group Seven.[46]
May 2013 stabbing incidentEdit
In the early morning hours of Saturday, 18 May 2013, forty-three-year-old Danilović was stabbed during a bar brawl in Belgrade, sustaining injuries to his head, arms, and abdomen, for which he underwent surgery at Belgrade's Urgentni centar.[47]
From the press reports, KK Partizan club president Danilović had been drinking and eating at the Kafanica bar, a kafana-type establishment in the Košutnjak neighbourhood,[48] together with a party of friends including the bar's owner — Danilović's close friend, Branko "Fido" Filipović[49] — before a fight broke out around 2:20am between Filipović and Danilović. Filipović reportedly struck Danilović in the head with an ashtray[50] prompting someone from the bar to call an ambulance, which Danilović refused upon their arrival, sending them away.[51] The fight between the two continued with Filipović now stabbing Danilović in the abdomen, and injured Danilović driving by himself to the hospital.[52] Due to the nature of his injuries, considered "life-threatening",[53] Danilović underwent emergency surgery and afterward got placed in intensive care in stable condition.[54] During the day Danilović was visited at the hospital by the Serbian prime minister Ivica Dačić (incidentally Danilović's personal friend and predecessor at the post of KK Partizan president), Serbian deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vučić and sports minister Alisa Marić. Talking to the press afterwards, prime minister Dačić jokingly described the circumstances of Danilović's stabbing as "traditional Serbian quarrel between friends".[55]
On 20 May 2013, Serbian police issued an arrest warrant for Branko Filipović after unsuccessfully trying to summon him for questioning.[56] Danilović got out of the hospital on 26 May 2013[57] and was seen in public at the Belgrade Airport awaiting the arrival of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, who were acquitted at the Hague Tribunal.[58][59] After being on the run for more than two weeks, Filipović was arrested in Belgrade on 2 June 2013.[60][61] After initially being charged with "causing severe bodily harm with life-threatening injuries", his charge was in the meantime upgraded to "attempted murder" by the Serbian public prosecutor office.[62]
During the trial, the role of Filipović's fiancée Sanja Ševović (who was also at the bar the night of the stabbing) came under scrutiny,[63] particularly the exact time she claimed to have left the bar.[64] In February 2014, Filipović got sentenced in the Belgrade Higher Court to four-and-a-half years in prison for the attempted murder of Danilović.[65] After spending nine months in prison detention, Filipović was let out of jail on the same occasion until the sentence becomes legally-binding with the completion of the appeals process.[65]
The case was appealed and in May 2015 the Court of Appeals annulled the lower court sentence, ordering a re-trial.[66][67] Initially set for late August 2015,[68] the re-trial began in mid-October 2015. Following court dates throughout 2016,[69] 2017, and 2018,[70] in early May 2018 Filipović and the Serbian public prosecutor office reportedly reached an admission of guilt agreement awaiting the Higher Court confirmation.[71] Several weeks later, in late May 2018, the Higher Court confirmed the agreement, sentencing Filipović to one and a half years in prison in addition to a four-year conditional sentence.[72]
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Dinesh D'Souza, admitted felon, melts under the sharp mental acuity of Eric Boehlert. After MSNBC's The Ed Show host fill-in Professor Michael Eric Dyson engages D'Souza and after a few minutes of D'Souza's inane drivel, Dyson's guests take-down the Obama hating and liberal combatant GOP operative.
I personal cannot imagine living a life that involves the perception of D'Souza as a credible pundit and operative.
D'Souza' book also includes references to slavery that conservatives continue to banter as good for black people who are descendants of slaves. D'Souza's works are nothing more than conservative drivel and exhibitions to entertain the regressive mindsets endemic in American conservatism. Media Matters Alexandrea Boghun published a piece earlier in the week that includes five media personalities who found D'Souza's agitprop has merit.Read more
Media Matters on D'Souza's book
Media Matters on D'Souza's book
D'Souza's Book Claims African Americans Are Better Off Thanks To Slavery
D'Souza: Black People "Better Off As A Consequence" Of Slavery. In his book America: Imagine a World Without Her, D'Souza discussed the subject of reparations and argued that descendants of slaves are actually "better off as a consequence" of slavery (emphasis added):
Does America owe blacks now living reparations on account of slavery? No more than it owes reparations to the descendants of whites who died in the Civil War. I don't mean this in the callous way of suggesting that what's done is done. Rather, I mean that there is an enormous debt owed to the Northern men who died in the Civil War. But those heroes are dead, and their descendants are scattered. What is owed is more than money can pay; we discharge our debt by honoring and remembering. Similarly there is a debt owed to slaves whose labor was wrongly taken from them. That debt too is best discharged through memory, because the slaves are dead and their descendants - this will be a hard pill for progressives to swallow -- are better off as a consequence of their ancestors being hauled from Africa to America. [America: Imagine a World Without Her, 6/2/14, accessed via Kindle]
The five media personalities include four employed by Fox News. One of the four. Megyn Kelly, went on record last December proclaiming Santa as "white" as was Jesus. The last name on the Media Matters list says it all. Rush Limbaugh suggest viewing the film.
If you did not follow the link above, the five media conservative who would have you spend money on D'Souza's exhibitions.
ABC's Martha Raddatz: "Everybody Should Go See It."
Fox's Megyn Kelly: "This Is A Fascinating Film."
Fox's Andrea Tantaros: "Kids Should Watch This So They're Armed With The Facts."
Sean Hannity: America Will Be A "Big Hit".
Rush Limbaugh Tells Listeners They'll Be "Inspired By" The Film.
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In this article, I am going to explain how to install cPanel & WHM in Amazon LightSail. I supposed you already have a AWS account. If not then create it now here:
After signup, you can use following link to access LightSail section :
Your Lightsail dashboard looks like below:
Click to Create Instance and you will get a screen like below. Here you have to select Centos7 blueprint and instance plan with at least 2 GB RAM
Once your instance is created, you can follow these steps in order to install cPanel and WHM in your instance.
1. After launching select the instance —> Networking —> Firewall —> open port 22 ,80,443,2083,2087,2086
2. Create a Static IP from Network tab of LightSail Dashboard and Attach elastic IP to your instance.
3. Start SSH into your lightsail server
4. Become root user and create password
$ sudo -i
$ passwd
5. Set Hostname $ hostname <Fully Qualified Domain Name> Put your domain name here
6. To update system packages, run command yum update -y
7. Run cPanel auto installer script $ cd /home && curl -o latest -L https://securedownloads.cpanel.net/latest && sh latest
8. Installation will take time. After successful installation visit below address on browser https://<elastic_ip>:2087
Use root as username and password that was set in the beginning.
Now you can start creating cPanel user. cPanel will be accessible via https://<elastic_ip>:2083
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Quick Definition:
Bromine is an acceptable sanitizing chemical used in swimming pools.
What is Bromine for pools?
Although not as common as chlorine, bromine is also used as a sanitizing agent for indoor pools and spas. When bromine is added to pool water, hypobromous acid is created, which in turn becomes the main sanitizing power behind bromine.
Bromine reacts with the water chemically similar to how chlorine reacts with water, changing into an acid and oxidizing microorganisms present in the pool.
The sanitizing capability of the hypobromous acid is eventually depleted, leaving a concentration of bromide ions in the pool water that no longer have any sanitizing capability. This store of bromide ions can be restored to hypobromous acid by the addition of chlorine, potassium monopersulfate (non-chlorine shock), or with the addition of an ozone generator.
- "Pool & Spa Water Chemistry, A Testing and Treatment Guide, Waterproof Edition, 2005. Taylor"
- "Wikipedia: Hypobromous Acid", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypobromous_acid


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The upcoming Dreams title has undergone massive delay for its launch; the long delay in development time has left fans with a lot of questions rather than entertainment.
Although the title was utilized as a demonstration to display the robust performance of PlayStation 4 prior to its launch, still the multiple beta delays that the title has faced made fans obnoxious.
But the long wait of fans has finally come to an end, as the Media Molecule, creative developers of LittleBigPlanet finally announced the release of early access for Dreams.
Siobhan Reddy, studio director at Media Molecule, confirmed that early access for Dreams would be soon available for players to enjoy. He stated that the Dreams title would be coming soon for the PlayStation 4 players in the coming spring season.
This upcoming early access for the title would not feature all the in-game tools or items as they would be only available in the full version. Still, all the content for the game would be included gradually with regular updates for the players to experience.
Media Molecule also stated that their team of developers would continue to add asset files and updates in the future until it reaches all the way up to its full release.
All the players who took part in the closed beta last month will be able to access all the created and published assets as they will be included in the early access version.
The early access for the Dreams title can be availed at a price. Media Molecule made a particular emphasis that the future early access is mainly for those players who took part in the closed beta and enjoyed it or for all such players who wish to use creation tool to develop and bring their dreams to life.
Siobhan Reddy clearly said that any individual who is not interested in using creative tools or they are not pleased with the closed beta should wait until the full version for Dreams is out.
The early access for Dreams also features the ability to stream and capture operation videos which could be watched by others. It is undoubtedly a convenient feature that facilitates creators to share their creations.
This is in contradiction with the previously signed agreement with NDA, which prohibited the creators for streaming in the closed beta. Still, many creators posted their creations online which gathered a lot of buzz amongst community members.
Creators at Media Molecule are confident and believe in fans and community to help in promoting and sharing Dreams by different means like creating movies, music, games, and anything that a creator could imagine.
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Welcome to "A Jeff Lynne and Related Blog" following the latest works and releases by this musical craftsman. Feel free to follow along. Please note this blog is unofficial and intended for entertainment purposes only. Thanks and welcome aboard.
Monday, May 18, 2009
6 comments:
- Chippachris said...
Very nice! Jeff's production is obvious, but it doesn't overwhelm the song.
- May 18, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- swarlock said...
While listening to Blue Lips produced by Jeff Lynne for Regina Spektor
again I am struck once more by how Jeff can take sound elements and
strategically put them in places you wouldn't expect. Sometimes you
have to listen a few times to find them too.
Example: Halfway through a verse he uses echo to accent Regina's voice
in the line "The pictures in his mind arose and began to breathe
and no one saw and no one heard". It comes right after the word
The bass is also a hallmark too and swirls around Regina's piano and
Jeff's Hammond organ.
- May 18, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The song is now up on her MySpace as well. I'm loving it!
- May 18, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Nice song. I think the production is very reserved. You know... If JL would've completely cracked it out and made it sound like a spaceship had landed on Regina... Well.. I would've liked that too.
- May 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Nice song and production. I wish this had been the lead single.
Does anyone hear the similarity between Regina's voice and Juliana Raye's?
- May 19, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- Unknown said...
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Father God, giver of all life, King above all kings! Strengthen me I may stand and speak with all confidence in that the Holy Spirit is speaking through me, to proclaim God's truth with humility and assurance. That I may not feel inadequate and unsure when God uses me to help and minister to others. Lord God let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight oh Lord my strength and my Redeemer, in the name of Jesus I offer this prayer, Thank you dear Master for hearing and answering. Amen
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Fighting at a rebel hideout in southern Afghanistan has left eight rebels dead, while an attempted bombing outside a US base was thwarted after a grenade failed to explode, officials says.
The assailant had a second grenade and two landmines hidden on his body when he approached Camp Salerno, an American base in eastern Khost province, asking for medical help on Friday, the US military said in a statement on Sunday.
He was arrested after pulling the pin on a grenade in his hand, but it failed to detonate.
The last such assault was in June, when a bomber killed 20 people at the funeral of a pro-government cleric.
Rebel fighting
The fighting at the Taliban camp occurred in Zabul province's Shahr-e-Safa district on Saturday and was between rebels and American and Afghan forces, said the district's chief, Ghulam Rasol.
He said that besides the eight insurgents killed, an Afghan soldier was also wounded.
However, US military spokeswoman Lieutenant Cindy Moore said the only report she had of fighting in the area on Saturday was Afghan police killing a fighter after coming under attack. She said US and Afghan forces pursued the insurgents, who fled after ambushing the police, but failed to catch them.
In other fighting, Afghan and US forces battled suspected Taliban rebels in mountains in Uruzgan province, killing an insurgent and arresting seven others, including a regional commander, said provincial Governor Jan Mohammed Khan.
In another development, US forces and police destroyed three bombs found separately in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Thursday and Friday, another military statement said.


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ROA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2018 national convention in Omaha, Nebraska!
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Trump praises military for keeping U.S. 'safe, strong, proud'
President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as he greets military families during an afternoon picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
President Donald Trump on 4 July praised the U.S. military for keeping America "safe, strong, proud, mighty and free" and used the Independence Day holiday to thank members of the Active and Reserve Components for being willing to put their lives on the line in defense of the nation.
"Two hundred and 42 years ago on July 4, 1776, America's founders adopted the Declaration of independence and changed the course of human history," said Trump, addressing hundreds of military families attending a White House picnic from a balcony overlooking the South Lawn of the White House.
"But our freedom exists only because there are brave Americans willing to give their lives, to defend it and defend our great country," added Trump, who was accompanied by his wife, Melania. "America's liberty has been earned through the blood, sweat and sacrifice of American patriots." READ MORE>
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| ROA's messaging campaign raises RC profile in corporate appreciation programs
ROA's executive director, Jeff Phillips, recently started contacting U.S. companies that have military appreciation programs to congratulate and thank them for their efforts. Some companies, both large and small, express their gratitude and appreciation to service members by offering special promotions or discounts. The goal of these companies is to show thanks to members of the armed forces who are currently serving or retired by singling them out with the program. However, in a few cases, companies do not include members of the Reserve Component in their ad campaign and ROA looks to correct that by bringing attention to the fact that "nearly one-half of America's military strength is in our Reserve Components", and while "a serving Reservist or Guardsman may not at the moment be on some sort of active duty, it is likely he or she have been or will be. They are truly "twice the citizen." READ MORE>
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| ROA works to get a VA headstone inscribed correctly
Col. Ralph Hockley, (Ret.) USA, recently worked with ROA to get a headstone for a ROA member's family. Ralph was contacted by a servicemember's family after their father passed. The daughter explained the Department of Veterans Affairs would not inscribe Korean war service on the headstone because they could not present a DD Form 214 since his military records were destroyed in the National Personnel Record Center, St. Louis fire in 1973. The family found a 214 for World War II in their father's personal records but his family wanted both wars inscribed on the headstone. Ralph was able to get a copy of their father's Korean Silver Star award from the Korean War Project and ROA worked with VA to accept this document. ROA continues to work with the House and Senate Veteran Affairs' Committee to establish an approved military personnel document list for National Guard and Reserve members to use when a DD Form 214 is not available.
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The Department of Defense publishes contingency activations of the Reserve Components on a weekly basis. When DoD considered stopping the contingency reporting earlier in 2017, ROA was instrumental in pressing DoD to keep it as a reporting requirement. This information is important because Congress uses this information to gauge how the Reserve Component is being used for operational missions which results in authorizations and appropriations.
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A new Army PT test is on its way. This is not a drill.
A soldier with the Washington National Guard positions a 10-pound medicine ball as part of the standing power throw test event during a pilot Army Combat Readiness Test Aug. 4, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (Photo: Stephanie Slater/Army)
Yes, a new fitness test is here, but don't panic: It'll be a couple more years before you're taking it for the record, but will impact both the Active and Reserve Components.
Army officials unveiled a new gender- and age-neutral PT test on 9 July, and it's set to replace the run/sit-ups/push-ups protocol that soldiers have known and hated for the past four decades. The new test is expected to be rolled out by late 2020.
The reason for that, the head of the Center for Initial Military Training told Army Times in a Friday phone interview, is an upcoming year-long field study to determine how to grade the new six-event Army Combat Fitness Test, and how it will affect personnel policies like promotions and separations.
That study will begin this October, Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost said, bringing the new regimen to about 60 battalions across every unit type in the Army. "This is a generational, cultural change in fitness for the United States Army, and will be a cornerstone of individual soldier combat readiness," Frost said. "That's how big this is for the Army." READ MORE>
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Army Guard soldiers to see changes in Tuition Assistance program
GI Bill Manager Sgt. Eric Rasmussen and Federal Tuition Assistance Manager Sgt. 1st Class Teresa Anthony discuss education benefits in the Minnesota National Guard's Education Office in Saint Paul, Minn.
Changes to the Army National Guard's Tuition Assistance program are set to go into effect Aug. 5, allowing Army Guard members immediate access to benefits after they complete basic and Advanced Individual Training, said Army Guard officials.
Previously, soldiers had to complete AIT and then, when they came back to their units they had to wait a year before they could use the education benefits and were required to complete 10 years of service to use Tuition Assistance to pursue a master's degree. READ MORE>
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Beginning this summer, Reserve Marine units will have more control and flexibility in travel planning with the launch of the Defense Travel System for Reservists. The Defense Travel System is the only online travel system authorized for use by Department of Defense members for official travel.
"The DTS Reserve Implementation Project is in its first phase of rollout," said Lt. Col. Thomas Cunningham, the DTS-Reserve Implementation Project Manager. "Marine Forces Reserve units and Individual Mobilization Augmentee's are being on-boarded throughout 2018, and will only use DTS for Schools orders, and Active Duty for Operational Support-Reserve Component orders this year."
Beginning in early 2019, Annual Training orders for individuals, and Active Duty Operational Support-Active Component orders will be added. Future phases are being planned to maximize reserve use of DTS for official travel. READ MORE>
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USCGR Victims advocate receives state award
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USCGR Senior Chief Petty Officer Marilyn Dufrat was awarded the Unsung Hero Award from Attorney General of Virginia Mark Herring at the attorney general's office in Richmond, Virginia, on April 12, 2018. Dufrat has been the manager of the victim-support program for the last 16 years. Her staff offers information and services to victims and witnesses with the goal of reducing confusion during what can be a complicated, lengthy ordeal. READ MORE>
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Stacey Pavenski is shown with her service dog, after losing her husband. Air Force Master Sgt. Pete Pavenski took his own life Sept. 18, 2018 after suffering years from PTSD due to combat-search-and-rescue missions where he helped to save injured servicemembers. Stacey is now taking time to work with several non-profit organizations that aid those suffering with PTSD by sharing her story. "She wants those who are hurting and may be contemplating suicide to have access to the resources and she wants them to know they are not alone. She said PTSD does not have to mean suicide.
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More than one hundred Airmen assigned to the 166th Airlift Wing deployed with C-130H aircraft to Southwest Asia in support of the United States Central Command, June 25 and 27, 2018 at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Del. The 166th Airlift Wing maintains C-130H Hercules aircraft to provide airdrop of troops, cargo and passengers. They also perform aeromedical evacuations and civil engineer functions. READ HERE
The CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) spans more than 4 million square miles and is populated by more than 550 million people from 22 ethnic groups, speaking 18 languages with hundreds of dialects and confessing multiple religions which transect national borders.
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Efemena Okedi, the wife of the late reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has been reported dead.
Okedi is said to have died in the early hours of Sunday at her residence in Magodo Isheri, Lagos, Pulse reports.
Okedi's death was confirmed by Michael Odiong, project manager at Premier Music.
Okedi was the third wife of the music legend and also Kimono's manager and a member of his band while she was alive.
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BRIDGEND premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, winning 3 of the 6 main awards – Best Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Based on a real life, mysterious teenage suicide cluster that took place in a former coal mining province in Wales, filmmaker Jeppe Rønde followed teenagers in the area for six years, and wrote the narrative script based on their life stories. Shot entirely on location in Wales, many of the local teenagers act in the film as well. Deftly structured around young heroine Sara (an award-winning performance from Hannah Murray from UK's Skins and Gilly on Game of Thrones), the film paints a sensitive exploration of natural adolescent confusion, romanticism, and sadness, set amidst rugged natural landscapes and spectacular cinematography. This is filmmaker Jeppe Rønde's fiction film debut. Director Jeppe Rønde joins us to talk about his haunting and mysterious tale of lost youth and intense love.
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"Hannah Murray is excellent! This is ripped-from-the-headlines cinema reformulated as real-world horror film, with a shivery stylistic nod to the crime drama of Rønde's homeland." – Variety
"Haunting! (Hanna) Murray's Tribeca win for Best Actress is well deserved. A provocative film that eventually blazes to a searing finish." – The Playlist
"15 Must-See Movies at Tribeca Film Festival 2015. While the movie could have played the story for cheap creeps, (Filmmaker) Ronde instead puts a sharp focus on how its heroine's natural adolescent confusion, romanticism and sadness are magnified by the continuing loss of her peers." – Rolling Stone
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Where in the world are franchises going—June edition
Wingstop, a chicken-wing concept based in Dallas, has partnered with Walden Chu, head of Wingstop Philippines, to open the first of a 50-restaurant development deal in the Philippines this June. The first unit opened in Regis Center, Katipinuan, in Quezon City, the largest and most populous area in Metro Manila.
Wingstop has more than 640 restaurants in the U.S., Mexico, Russia and Singapore, and now the Philippines.
DoubleTree by Hilton has opened one of the largest conference venues in Eastern Europe, a 360-room hotel in Warsaw, Poland. The center boasts 20 conference rooms and a 21,527-square-foot ballroom that can accommodate up to 2,000 people. The Centre also includes a spa and indoor swimming pool.
The hotel is owned by Polaris Hospitality Enterprises Sp.z.o.o. and is operated under a franchise agreement with Hilton Worldwide
Guests at the Warsaw hotel will be greeted with the warm chocolate-chip cookie tradition that has welcomed DoubleTree guests at registration for more than 25 years.
Veteran U.S. multi-unit owners Philip and Matthew Patinkin, John Desjardins, Mike Simon and Adam Levy have signed on to open 40 Auntie Anne's Pretzels shops in Canada. The ownership group currently owns and operates 77 pretzel shops in 12 U.S. states. The first of the Canadian locations will open in early 2015.
The Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Auntie Anne's, which sells hand-rolled pretzels and drinks, opened its 400th international unit late last year, and has more than 1,500 locations nationwide.


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Propace provides home Standby Generators from Briggs & Stratton manufacturer.
How Does a Home Standby Generator Work?
A home standby generator system consists of two products: a standby generator unit and an automatic transfer switch. The two work in concert with your home to ensure when power is lost, it's only for a matter of seconds before backup power kicks in.
A standby generator system and automatic transfer switch are professionally installed to your home's existing wiring. Constantly at the ready, the system senses when utility power stops flowing to your home for any reason, thus sensing a power outage. Within seconds, the automatic transfer switch seamlessly transfers your home's selected electrical circuits and appliances to backup power.
Once the generator system senses utility power is back online, your home is automatically transferred back to utility power and the standby generator is shut down until it's needed the next time.