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Technology [sound recording]
Melvin Kranzberg
by Melvin Kranzberg
Published 1972 by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in [Toronto] .
Technology and civilization.,
Statement Melvin Kranzberg.
Series CBC learning system. Audiotape ; 637
Contributions Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Pagination 1 sound cassette : analog.
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A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents
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Need to improve internal controls to curtail possible fraud and abuse in the Railroad Retirement Boards unemployment and sickness insurance program (GAO/HRD-85-37).
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glossary of eurosceptic beliefs
ModSecurity 2.5
Booklet of criminal offences in Northern Ireland
Easter-egg dyes
Modern British history
study recommending establishment of a cooperative library program between the Washington State Department of Institutions and the Washington State Library.
William Lauderdale, General Andrew Jacksons warrior
Gun control : Bill C-80 and related measures.
Colorful Finland
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"Traces the development of sound technology in the U.S. and Europe from the first demonstration of the phono-autograph in to the latest MP3 technology. Morton skillfully blends a basic understanding of the physical principles involved in recording sound waves with an interesting chronological account that examines the cultural and economic Cited by: "[Chasing Sound] does more than traverse the technology of sound recordings: it provides a history on the evolution of sound recording, quality, and even popular music movements, and is a 'must' for any music history or music technology library." (Midwest Book Review) "Chasing Sound is a welcome addition to a growing literature illuminating the Cited by: There is more to sound recording than just recording sound.
Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently entertaining history of recording's profound impact on the musical life of the past century, from Cited by: This item Innovative Technology Nostalgic Wood 6-in-1 Turntable Entertainment Center, Mahogany Victrola Navigator 8-in-1 Classic Bluetooth Record Player with USB Encoding and 3-speed Turntable Victrola Aviator: 8-in-1 Bluetooth turntable, Mahogany/5().
Our last book list of focused on the leadership skills that IT and business executives would need to guide their organizations into the future of technology. In this list, we focus on what that future may entail. Whether you are more interested in the here and now – like how to make agile and DevOps work – or emerging technology predictions for humanity and business in the age of AI.
Discover the best Technology in Best Sellers. Find the top most popular items in Amazon Books Best Sellers. Voice Recorder is a straightforward application to record audio.
You only you need a microphone. The one built-in on your laptop or tablet, the one from a. Click the Record button to start recording the audio in Audacity, and then click Stop when you're done. Because you're using Audacity, you can easily trim and edit the sound file when you're done.
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A monaural phonograph record makes use of a spiral 90° V-shaped groove impressed into a plastic disc. As the record revolves at 33 1 / 3 rotations per minute, a tiny "needle," or stylus, simultaneously moves along the groove and vibrates back and forth parallel to the surface of the disc and perpendicular to the groove, tracing out the sound wave.
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The 'second wave' of sound recording history was ushered in by the introduction of Western Electric's integrated system of electrical microphones, electronic signal amplifiers and electromechanical recorders, which was adopted by major US record labels in Sound recording now became a hybrid process — sound could now be captured, amplified, filtered and balanced electronically, and the.
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Now with our turntable and speakers collection, any audiophile can find. Audio narrations and timings can enhance a web-based or self-running slide show.
If you have a sound card, microphone, and speakers, you can record your PowerPoint presentation and capture your voice narrations, slide timings, and ink and laser pointer gestures.
This article is for you if you want to record the actual sound of your keyboard or digital piano on your computer, iPad or iPhone. This is a complete step-by-step guide to the kit you need and how to connect it so you can make a great, high quality recording of.
Each of Owsinski's books in this series offers heaps of good producer interviews interlaced with solid chapters covering the basic techniques and technology of each field.
The Recording Engineer's Handbook, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, and The Mastering Engineer's Handbook. Also worthwhile for aspiring engineers: The Golden Moment. Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording.
Acoustic analog recording is achieved by a microphone diaphragm that senses changes in atmospheric. Technology provides crystal clear recordings of all the music in the world, at little or no cost.
But, as a historical audio installation opens at the. Record Computer/Streaming Audio on Windows 10/8/7. First of all, I would suggest you to try FonePaw Audio Recorder, which can skip all complicated set-ups and directly record system sound coming from your computer even the device doesn't offer Stereo Mix option.
It can record sound coming from your computer as well as external audio from microphone. You may choose to record audio /5(60). Pause - to pause a recording. Close - to end a recording. Laser Pointer, Pen, Highlighter, or Eraser - to use the pointer, ink, eraser, or highlighter tools in your recording.
Remove recordings. A sound icon appears on a slide to show when a recording is available. You can also remove recordings from slides. Select Record Slide Show > Clear.
"It was a very elitist thing, music," says Bernard MacMahon, director of American Epic, a three-part documentary about the early days of audio recording that premiered last night on PBS. "Record. In digital recording, audio signals picked up by a microphone or other transducer or video signals picked up by a camera or similar device are converted into a stream of discrete numbers, representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, and chroma and luminance values for video, then recorded to a storage device.
To play back a digital sound recording, the numbers are retrieved. Samsung's warning: Our Smart TVs record your living room chatter. Technically Incorrect: Samsung's small print says that its Smart TV's voice recognition system will.
Cylinder machines of the late s and the s were usually sold with recording attachments. The ability to record as well as play back sound was an advantage of cylinder phonographs over the competition from cheaper disc record phonographs which began to be mass-marketed at the end of the s, as the disc system machines could be used only to play back prerecorded sound.
An audio format is a medium for sound recording and term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the audio content—in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data.
Music is recorded and distributed using a variety of audio formats, some of. The technology behind digital audio recording, like the vocoder, dated back to World War II. And as digital alternatives to analog began developing.
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A record's groove – and there is generally just one that spirals gently to the centre of the disc – is tiny, usually around mm wide (depending on the level of the signal).
This is very useful information if you're only able to type down the big notes of the meeting and want to capture it all. use this technique. Recording may be disabled. Contact your Webex site administrator. Your site may be out of recording space. Contact your Webex site administrator.
For free users, recording is currently only available from the desktop app. If you start a meeting from the web app using Chromebook, you can't record it. Recording contracts are legally binding agreements, enabling record companies to exploit an artist's performance in a sound recording, in return for royalty payments.
Exploitation is achieved through physical sales, such as CD, vinyl and cassette; the public performance and broadcasting of works; and the sale of digital products such as. Sound Recording traces the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution that Edison's invention made possible.
Recorded sound has pervaded nearly every facet of modern life—not just popular music, but also mundane office dictation machines, radio and television programs, and even telephone answering machines.5/5(2).
Cylinder recording, earliest form of phonograph record, invented by Thomas A. Edison in The sound to be recorded was focused by a horn onto a diaphragm, causing it to vibrate; the vibrations were transmitted to a stylus and modulated its motion as it followed a helical path along the surface.
Whether you want to learn how to record a webinar for your own reference later, or to share the content with others, this tutorial will show you how it's done.
Step 1. Download a screen recorder. Snagit is my favorite screen recording tool because of its versatility as an image and video capture software.
is the bible of the construction industry, providing news and features about projects, products and people in construction, architecture and engineering. Magnetic tape was initially designed for sound recording.
German engineers developed an audio tape recording machine called the magnetophone during World War II.U.S. and British researchers adopted the basic design of this device to create a magnetic tape recorder capable of high-quality sound reproduction in the late s. Within a decade magnetic tape supplanted phonograph records for.
Home recording technology seems to get better and cost less every year. It puts power in the hands of ordinary people. You've probably found this article because you want to get into home recording. Most of our tutorials here at Audiotuts are at the intermediate or advanced level.
And that's OK, because you won't be a beginner forever. Students of recording arts technology learn how to produce sound for a range of media. They learn how to record music, dialogue, and sound effects; edit, dub.
Screen recording with sound is hidden in your iPhone's Control Center. 3D Touch the Screen Record icon, then tap Microphone Audio to turn it on, and tap Start Recording. Open the Settings app 2. Tap Control Center 3. Select Customize Controls. Tap the green circle next to Screen Recording.
Now, to begin your recording with ambient sound: 1.
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Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
Title: Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
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The golden age of Jewish culture in Spain coincided with the Middle Ages in Europe, a period of Muslim rule throughout much of the Iberian Peninsula. During intermittent periods time, Jews were generally accepted in society and Jewish religious, cultural, and economic life blossomed.
The nature and length of this "Golden Age" has been a subject of much debate, as there were at least three Golden Ages interrupted by periods of oppression of Jews and non-Jews. A few scholars give the start of the Golden Age as 711–718, the Muslim conquest of Iberia. Others date it from 912, under the rule of Abd-ar-Rahman III. The end of the age is variously given as 1031, when the Caliphate of Cordoba ended, 1066, the date of the Granada massacre, 1090, when the Almoravides invaded, or the mid-12th century, when the Almohades invaded.
The Nature of the Golden Age 1
Birth of the Golden Age 2
End of the Golden Age 3
Notable figures 4
The Nature of the Golden Age
Image of a cantor reading the Passover story in Al Andalus, from the 14th century Haggadah of Barcelona.
Having invaded the areas throughout Southern and Northern Spain, and coming to rule in a matter of seven years, Islamic rulers were confronted with many questions relating to the implementation of Islamic Rule on a non-Islamic society. The coexistence of Muslims, Jews, and Christians during this time is revered by many writers. Al-Andalus was a key center of Jewish life during the early Middle Ages, producing important scholars and one of the most stable and wealthy Jewish communities and a relatively educated society for the Muslim occupiers and their Jewish collaborators, as well as some Christians who openly collaborated with the Muslims and Jews.
María Rosa Menocal, a specialist in Iberian literature at Yale University claims that "Tolerance was an inherent aspect of Andalusian society".[1] Menocal's 2003 book, The Ornament of the World, argues that the Jewish dhimmis living under the Caliphate, while allowed fewer rights than Muslims, were still better off than in the Christian parts of Europe. Jews from other parts of Europe made their way to al-Andalus, where in parallel to Christian sects regarded as heretical by Catholic Europe, they were not just tolerated, but where opportunities to practise faith and trade were open without restriction save for the prohibitions on proselytisation.
Present-day Morocco has a rich history of religious tolerance, probably dating back to the Golden Age of Al-Andalus . That tolerance was most recently illustrated with the renovations of the Casablanca Museum of Moroccan Judaism and the 17th century Slat al Fassayine Synagogue in Fez in early 2013 in order to preserve Jewish history in Morocco. Morocco's commitment to its Jewish heritage and its culture of tolerance has been widely recognised in October 2009 by the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation for its role in saving the lives of Jews during the Second World War and for the blessed role that it has traditionally played in favour of the dialogue and mutual respect between all creeds, religions and nations.
Bernard Lewis takes issue with this view, calling it ahistorical and exaggerated. He argues that Islam traditionally did not offer equality nor even pretend that it did, arguing that it would have been both a "theological as well as a logical absurdity."[2] However, also Lewis states:
Jews were allowed certain freedoms but, like their Christian counterparts were prohibited from having administrative authority over Muslims except in a few cases.
Mark Cohen, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, in his Under Crescent and Cross, calls the idealized interfaith utopia a "myth" that was first promulgated by Jewish historians such as Heinrich Graetz in the 19th century as a rebuke to Christian countries for their treatment of Jews.[3] This myth was met with the "counter-myth" of the "neo-lachrymose conception of Jewish-Arab history" by Bat Yeor and others,[3] which also "cannot be maintained in the light of historical reality".[4]
Birth of the Golden Age
Prior to 581, the Jews experienced a Golden Age under the Arian Visigoth occupiers of Spain. The Visigoths were mainly indifferent towards Jews and allowed them to grow and prosper. After the Visigoths joined the Catholic Church, they placed ever greater economic burdens on the Jewish population, and later persecuted them severely. It is possible that Jews welcomed the Muslim Arab and mainly Berber conquerors in the 8th century.
A period of tolerance dawned for the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula, whose number was considerably augmented by immigration from North Africa in the wake of the Muslim conquest. North African Jewish immigrants and immigrants from the Middle East bolstered the Jewish population, and made Muslim Spain probably the biggest center of contemporary Jews. Especially after 912, during the reign of Abd-ar-Rahman III and his son, Al-Hakam II, the Jews prospered culturally, and some notable figures held high posts in the Caliphate of Cordoba. Jewish philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, poets, and rabbinical scholars, composed highly rich cultural and scientific work. Many devoted themselves to the study of the sciences and philosophy, composing the most valuable texts of Jewish Philosophy. Jews took part in the overall prosperity of Muslim Al-Andalus. Jewish economic expansion was unparalleled. In Toledo, Jews were involved in translating Arabic texts to the romance languages, as well as translating Greek and Hebrew texts into Arabic. Jews also contributed to botany, geography, medicine, mathematics, poetry and philosophy.[5]
'Abd al-Rahman's court physician and minister was Hasdai ibn Shaprut, the patron of Menahem ben Saruq, Dunash ben Labrat, and other Jewish scholars and poets. Jewish thought during this period flourished under famous figures such as Samuel Ha-Nagid, Moses ibn Ezra, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides.[5] During 'Abd al-Rahman's term of power, the scholar Moses ben Enoch was appointed rabbi of Córdoba, and as a consequence al-Andalus became the center of Talmudic study, and Córdoba the meeting-place of Jewish savants.
This was a time of partial Jewish autonomy. As "dhimmis", or "protected non-Muslims", Jews in the Islamic world paid the jizya, which was administered separately from the zakat paid by Muslims. The jizya has been viewed variously as a head tax, as payment for non-conscription in the military (as non-Muslims were normally prohibited from bearing arms or receiving martial training), or as a tribute. Jews had their own legal system and social services. Monotheist religions of the people of the book were tolerated but conspicuous displays of faith, such as bells and processions, were discouraged.[6]
Comparing the treatment of Jews in the medieval Islamic world and medieval Christian Europe, the Jews were far more integrated in the political and economic life of Islamic society,[7] and usually faced far less violence from Muslims, though there were some instances of persecution in the Islamic world as well from the 11th century.[8] The Islamic world classified Jews (and Christians) as dhimmi and allowed them to practice their religion more freely than they could do in Christian Europe.[9]
Other authors criticize the modern notion of Al-Andalus being a tolerant society of equal opportunities for all religious groups as a "myth".[10] Jews were living in an uneasy coexistence with Muslims and Catholics, and the relationship between these groups was more often than not marked by segregation and mutual hostility. In the 1066 Granada massacre of the entire Jewish population of the city, the Jewish death toll was higher than in the much publicized Christian pogromes in the Rhineland slightly later.[10] The notable Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides (1135–1204) was forced to flee from Al-Andalus to avoid conversion by the Almohads, which may have prompted his bitter statement that Islam had inflicted more pain on the Jewish people than any other 'nation'.[11]
End of the Golden Age
With the death of Al-Hakam II Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman in 976, the Caliphate began to dissolve, and the position of the Jews became more precarious under the various smaller Kingdoms. The first major persecution was the 1066 Granada massacre, which occurred on December 30, when a Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Jewish population of the city. "More than 1,500 Jewish families, numbering 4,000 persons, fell in one day."[12] This was the first persecution of Jews on the Peninsula under Islamic rule.
Manuscript page by Maimonides, one of the greatest Jewish scholars of Al Andalus, born in Córdoba. Arabic language in Hebrew letters
Beginning in 1090 the situation deteriorated further with the invasion of the Almoravids, a puritan Muslim sect from Morocco. Even under the Almoravids, some Jews prospered (although far more so under Ali III, than under his father Yusuf ibn Tashfin). Among those who held the title of "vizier" or "nasi" in Almoravid times were the poet and physician Abu Ayyub Solomon ibn al-Mu'allam, Abraham ibn Meïr ibn Kamnial, Abu Isaac ibn Muhajar, and Solomon ibn Farusal. The Almoravids, were ousted from the peninsula in 1148; however, the peninsula was again invaded, by the even more puritanical Almohades.
During the reign of these Berber dynasties, many Jewish and even Muslim scholars left the Muslim-controlled portion of Iberia for the city of Toledo, which had been reconquered in 1085 by Christian forces.
The major Jewish presence in Iberia continued until the Jews were forcibly expelled en masse due to the edict of expulsion by Christian Spain in 1492 and a similar decree by Christian Portugal in 1496.
Jewish Street Sign in Toledo, Spain
Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasda, philosopher, vizier at Zaragosa
Abu Ruiz ibn Dahri fought in the war against the Almohades.
Amram ben Isaac ibn Shalbib, scholar and diplomat in the service of Alfonso VI of Castile
Bahya ibn Paquda, philosopher and author of Chovot ha-Levavot
Bishop Bodo-Eleazar; according to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "a convert to Judaism ... [who]... went to Córdoba, where he is said to have endeavored to win proselytes for Judaism from among the Spanish Christians."
Dunash ben Labrat (920-990), poet
Isaac ibn Albalia, astronomer and rabbi at Granada
Jekuthiel ibn Hasan, king's minister at Zaragosa, fell from favor, executed
Joseph ibn Hasdai, poet, father of Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasdai
Joseph ibn Migash, diplomat for Granada
Maimonides, rabbi, physician, and philosopher
Menahem ben Saruk
Solomon Ibn Gabirol, poet and philosopher
Moses ben Enoch
Yehuda Halevi, poet and philosopher
Abraham ibn Ezra, rabbi and poet
Moses ibn Ezra, philosopher and poet
Benjamin of Tudela, traveler and explorer
Samuel Ha-Nagid ibn Nagrela, king's minister and poet
Hasdai ibn Shaprut, royal physician and statesman
Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
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^ The Ornament of the World by María Rosa Menocal
^ a b Lewis, Bernard W (1984). The Jews of Islam
^ a b Cohen, Mark R. (October 1995). Under Crescent and Cross.
^ Daniel J. Lasker (1997). "Review of Under Crescent and Cross. The Jews in the Middle Ages by Mark R. Cohen". The Jewish Quarterly Review 88 (1/2): 76–78.
^ a b Sephardim by Rebecca Weiner.
^ Fred J. Hill et al., A History of the Islamic World 2003 ISBN 0-7818-1015-9, p.73
^ a b Darío Fernández-Morera: "The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise", The Intercollegiate Review, Fall 2006, pp. 23–31
^ Darío Fernández-Morera, 2006, p. 30
^ Granada by Richard Gottheil, Meyer Kayserling, Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906 ed.
Esperanza Alfonso, Islamic culture through Jewish eyes : al-Andalus from the tenth to twelfth century, 2007 ISBN 978-0-415-43732-5
Mark Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages 1995 ISBN 0-691-01082-X
Joel Kraemer, "Comparing Crescent and Cross," The Journal of Religion, Vol. 77, No. 3. (Jul., 1997), pp. 449–454. (Book review)
"The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise" by Darío Fernández-Morera – critique of view of Al-Andalus as tolerant society
article on SpainJewish Encyclopedia
Excerpt from Farewell Espana: The World of the Sephardim Remembered by Howard M. Sachar, at MyJewishLearning
The Musical Legacy of Al-Andalus an interview between Banning Eyre (Afropop Worldwide) and Dwight Reynolds, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, and Chair of Islamic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Medieval Hebrew Poetry
The Sephardim
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Jewish Spanish history
Islam and Judaism
Jewish political status
Jewish Portuguese history
Medieval Jewish history
Sephardi Jewish culture
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Will United Parcel Service stock fail to deliver in 2016?
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) is an undeniable leader in the logistics business. But for the past few years, its stock has sagged in comparison to the S&P 500. With another year ahead, investors need to know whether UPS stock is worth the risk. Here are three reasons United Parcel Service stock could fall.
In April 2015, FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) announced plans to buy Netherlands-based TNT Express for $4.9 billion. FedEx has always played second fiddle to UPS in terms of sales, but that may be about to change. With TNT Express' revenue tacked on to its own, FedEx's sales may be set to match UPS' this year. If the deal goes through, the newly enlarged FedEx will also kick United Parcel Service out of its No. 2 European business position, leaving only Germany-based DHL ahead in the European logistics leaderboard.
It's uncertain whether the deal will go through. Earlier this month, FedEx extended the acceptance period to June 2016, and it's still waiting to hear back from Brazilian and Chinese regulators. But if all goes as planned, United Parcel Service will have a bigger competitor than ever before.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) isn't a logistics company. But in Q3 2015 alone, it spent nearly $3 billion to deliver goods to customers -- equivalent to a whopping 11.7% of quarterly sales. That's a number Amazon.com wants to reduce, and it's attempting a variety of alternatives to make that happen.
From an app-based platform called "Flex" that allows regular drivers to deliver Prime Now (two-hour delivery) packages in more than a dozen cities to special deals with USPS to keep shipping rates steady for Amazon.com sellers to potential shipping company acquisitions, the company understands it needs to diversify and cut costs.
It's unclear how much United Parcel Service's business currently relies on Amazon.com sellers and Amazon.com, itself. A Wall Street Journal article notes that, in 2013, analysts estimated that UPS shipped around 30% (180 million) of Amazon's packages. And today, UPS offers Amazon.com sellers up to 37% off its standard rates.
Regardless of today's amount, UPS has reason to be scared. Amazon.com's explorations represent a disruption to a sector it's dominated for decades. If Amazon.com goes vertical, or ramps up its "sharing economy" app-based delivery deals, UPS will be nothing more than an expensive middleman.
There's little doubt in anyone's mind that the shipping logistics business will continue to grow. For corporations like United Parcel Service and FedEx, the real question is how they can make more money off steadily growing sales.
Recently, UPS has gotten a bottom-line break due to cheap energy prices. That's kept customers headed to high-margin air shipments instead of switching to lower-margin ground transport. UPS' international sales also pull in more profit per piece.
Currently, UPS has some of the best gross, operating EBITDA, and net profit margins in the industry. But as competitors like FedEx scale up, and players like Amazon.com enter the logistics business in full force, United Parcel Service investors will need to keep a close watch for shrinking margins.
UPS Operating Margin (TTM) data by YCharts.


Natasha Jiménez Mata (she/her), from Costa Rica, has been a trans/intersex activist for approximately 30 years.
She has done studies in Web design and graphic design.
She began her work in the area of information and prevention of HIV / AIDS and other STIs, including in the attention to persons in terminal AIDS stage in different State hospitals.
She calls herself a feminist and has participated in different initiatives of the feminist and women's movement. She has also supported with her work different organizations that have worked on the rights of gays and lesbians such as the Costa Rican Association for the Fight against AIDS, the Latin American Institute for Prevention and Education in Health (ILPES), the Triangulo Rosa Association and the Research Center for Central America (CIPAC); and has been part of some publications such as: "What is the meaning of the revolution if we can not dance", "Interdictions, INTER / Intersexual Human Experience in a world of two sexes."
She has worked in different areas of the OAS (Organization of American States), wheres he has Consultative Status, as well as the United Nations (United Nations), doing advocacy work and denouncing violations of the rights of trans and intersex populations in Latin America and other regions.
She is currently a Consultant on trans and intersex issues and General Coordinator of Mulabi / Latin American Space of Sexualities and Rights, which is based in Costa Rica, but develops more projects and initiatives in the region.


With all the news of major corporate data breaches, it's easy to forget that the "old fashioned" methods still work when it comes to identity theft. We might envision highly-skilled hackers using their tech skills to break into a system, but sometimes, it's far simpler than that.
That's the case for Montefiore Medical Center, a New York hospital that suffered an internal data breach over a period spanning 2012 and 2013. An employee with access to patient information stole the personal data of more than 12,000 individuals during that time, then sold the information to a ring of ID thieves. Sometimes, the price for the information was as little as three dollars per patient.
The recipients of the stolen information used it to open new lines of credit at some of the higher end retail chains in New York, such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, and Barneys. Altogether, eight individuals have been indicted for what has amounted to at least $50,000 in illegal purchases, including the hospital employee and seven co-defendants.
It's important to remember that there is such a thing as an accidental internal data breach, which occurs when an employee lets sensitive information leave the company's control but do so without any harmful intent. It can be something like losing a laptop or flash drive, leaving a password protected computer unattended, or other similar instances.
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Shriya Pilgaonkar is a well-known actor. House Arrest, Aranya, Bhangra Paa Le, Bhangra Paa Le, and Kaadan are the most recent films in which Shriya Pilgaonkar has starred. On April 25, 1989, Shriya Pilgaonkar was born.
Shriya Pilgaonkar Age, Career, Personal Life- Biography Info 1
Born 25 April 1989 (age 31)
Full Name Shriya Sachin Pilgaonkar
Occupation Film actress director producer stage performer
Years active 2013–present
Known for Fan
Birth Place Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Taurus
School Harvard Summer School, USA
College Film & Television Institute of India, Pune
Educational Qualifications Diploma in Acting
Film Debut Ekulti Ek (2013)
Father Sachin Pilgaonkar (Actor)
Mother Supriya Pilgaonkar (Actress)
Sister N/A
Brother N/A
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Pilgaonkar learned as a child to become a professional swimmer and, while in school, received many medals. Believing that when she grew up she would become a translator or a linguist, Pilgaonkar also took Japanese classes when she was a child. Pilgaonkar finished her Bachelor's degree in Sociology at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and later chose to take a different path. As a boy, Pilgaonkar learned the Kathak dance.
Pilgaonkar first came on television at the age of five in the Hindi series Tu Tu Main Main, playing a role called Bittu. In 2012, Pilgaonkar made her stage debut with her appearance in Freedom Of Love, Karan Shetty's 10-minute short play. The play was a part of the Short and Sweet Festival at the NCPA. She did acting, dancing and singing in the play.
With the 2013 Marathi film Ekulti Ek, Pilgaonkar made her big-screen debut after her role in Freedom of Love. She plays Swara, the daughter of Arun Deshpande (Sachin Pilgaonakar) and Nandini in the movie (Supriya Pilgaonkar). Her father (Sachin Pilgaonkar), who wrote, directed, and produced the film, offered her the role of Swara.
Pilgaonkar said, "He has been credited for launching many talents, including my mother. I didn't want a favor when he offered me the film."But he corrected me, saying, 'I am not stupid to invest resources without reason'. "I'm not stupid to invest resources without reason."Experience-wise I am a beginner but I think it's a wonderful time to be in the industry. There is so much happening, so much modifying. I feel proud that I am doing my first film with my father. "Experience-wise, I'm a beginner, but I think it's a great time to be in the industry. So much is going on, so much is changing. I'm proud that I'm a beginner, but I think it's a great time to be in the industry. The Maharashtra State Government Award for Best Debut Actress, which was received by her at the 51st Maharashtra State Film Awards, was among them. The film received positive reviews from critics on average. "It's perfect launch into movies for his (Sachin Pilgaonkar) daughter Shriya and she never disappoints.
Pilgaonkar participated in other stage and film projects following her role in Ekulti Ek. She was approached to star in Internal Affairs and Common People by theatre veteran actor Akarsh Khurana. After acting in both, she was given an opportunity to work in the French film Un plus une, directed by Claude Lelouch, the Oscar-winning producer. She played the role of Ayanna, a dancer, and actor from India, in the film.
Pilgaonkar made her Bollywood debut in the year 2016 film, Fan, written and directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra through Yash Raj Films. For her part, Pilgaonkar was chosen from the audition of 750 girls conducted by Maneesh Sharma, and she considered a major breakthrough to get a role alongside Shah Rukh Khan. In the film, she plays the role of Neha, a call center girl from Delhi and a friend of Gaurav's. She was filming at the same time for both the Fan and Un plus une films.
Pilgaonkar was overwhelmed by the response after Fan's publication. She said at the movie's reception program, "Honestly, I did not want to have any expectations because it was a small role and we had two Shah Rukhs in the fulfill but I am so happy that everyone took notice and has acknowledged my performance."
Shriya Pilgaonkar, the charming lady, is still single and focusing on her career development. She enjoys traveling and writing very much. Shriya is a passionate fan of Shah Rukh Khan actors as well as Jitendra Josh and Kangana Ranaut actresses.
Shriya is the daughter of Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar, popular Marathi and Hindi TV and film actors. She really knows the Japanese language well, as she tried to be a Japanese translator once.
In 2015, she starred in the French film Un plus une, directed by Claude Lelouche, the Academy award winner. Panchagavya was a documentary film co-produced by her, and she directed short films such as The Painted Signal and Dresswala.
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Q: softmaxCrossEntropy in S4TF im experimenting with Swift for TensorFlow to do some image segmentations, lets first look at some code:
let (loss, grad) = model.valueWithGradient { (model: UNet) -> Tensor<Float> in
  let logits = model(batch.images)
  print(logits.shape)
  print(batch.corners.shape)
  return softmaxCrossEntropy(logits: logits, probabilities: batch.corners)
}

Each batch contains some tensors of images of tickets, and some tensors of images of the corners, hence the two references: batch.images and batch.corners
You will see, that I also print their shapes, which both come out to be: [32, 324, 324, 4]
32 being the batch size, 324*324 being the size of the images, and 4 channels for each image.
The goal is to extract the position of the corners on the images.
I wanna use softmaxCrossEntropy as the loss function, but it gives be the following error:
Fatal error: logits and labels must be either 2-dimensional, or broadcasted to be 2-dimensional: file /swift-base/tensorflow-swift-apis/Sources/TensorFlow/Bindings/EagerExecution.swift, line 300
Current stack trace:
0    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab60b940 swift_reportError + 50
1    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab67ccf0 _swift_stdlib_reportFatalErrorInFile + 115
2    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab5a6b48 <unavailable> + 3722056
3    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab5a6cd7 <unavailable> + 3722455
4    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab3794e8 <unavailable> + 1438952
5    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab57a5ce <unavailable> + 3540430
6    libswiftCore.so                    0x00007f51ab378c09 <unavailable> + 1436681
7    libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a79b5f50 <unavailable> + 2899792
8    libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7809d10 checkOk(_:file:line:) + 434
9    libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7810ce0 TFE_Op.evaluateUnsafe() + 506
10   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7811550 TFE_Op.execute<A, B>(_:_:) + 323
11   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a781a0c2 <unavailable> + 1212610
12   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a792fee0 static Raw.softmaxCrossEntropyWithLogits<A>(features:labels:) + 821
13   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7a6f5b0 _vjpSoftmaxCrossEntropyHelper<A>(logits:probabilities:) + 84
14   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7a6f6b0 AD__$s10TensorFlow25softmaxCrossEntropyHelper6logits13probabilitiesAA0A0VyxGAG_AGtAA0aB13FloatingPointRzlF__vjp_src_0_wrt_0 + 9
15   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7ac9e10 AD__$s10TensorFlow19softmaxCrossEntropy6logits13probabilities9reductionAA0A0VyxGAH_A3HXFtAA0aB13FloatingPointRzlF__vjp_src_0_wrt_0 + 444
16   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7b48f64 <unavailable> + 4550500
17   libswiftTensorFlow.so              0x00007f51a7ac9a60 AD__$s10TensorFlow19softmaxCrossEntropy6logits13probabilitiesAA0A0VyxGAG_AGtAA0aB13FloatingPointRzlF__vjp_src_0_wrt_0 + 616
Current stack trace:
    frame #14: 0x00007f516f9a3c45 $__lldb_expr162`AD__$s15__lldb_expr_16110TensorFlow0C0VySfG02__a1_B4_1354UNetVcfU___vjp_src_0_wrt_0(model=<unavailable>, batch=<unavailable>) at <Cell 25>:17
    frame #21: 0x00007f516f99b941 $__lldb_expr162`main at <Cell 25>:13:34

I understand that the inputs needs to be 2D, but I dont know how to handle that. I cant help but notice, that the Python version of the same function has a parameter alongAxis and wonder what I would do in S4TF to set a specific axis.

A: Hey @magnuskahr I can suggest you get in touch at /tensorflow/swift-apis under
Issues and the development team can look at it as soon as they can.
Also, I searched through closed and open Issues for softmaxCrossEntropy and came across a discussion here under /swift-apis/issues/422 which you may find interesting.
You can also post your questions in the official Swift for TensorFlow Google Group here.

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8tracks and web-radios: the contemporary music consumption is personal and social
By: V Weydert
About V Weydert
DUT in Advertising 2012 (France) BA in Marketing 2013 (Ireland)
Since the growth of the Internet and its collection of interactive platforms and social networks, the cultural industry has turned a critical corner. This statement is especially true for the music industry in term of music creation and consumption, as well as music commercialization. Sharing platforms like Youtube, Myspace, Deezer and many others give to music lovers the opportunity to discover new artists, enjoy music at any-time, anywhere and for free. This participatory cultural process is becoming more prominent over traditional ways of music consumption. In spite of copyright issues and the vigorous attempts by record companies to slow down the opening access to music (e.g. HADOPI french law) , on-line music platforms are coming out on top. How this widespread phenomenon of music democratisation does continue to grow and to draw more and more followers? I will expose possible answers to this question having a look at the website and mobile application 8tracks.
Co-created by David Porter and Remi Gabillet, 8tracks is launched in August 2008. It combines both the characteristics of a web-radio and a social networking platform. More specifically, it is a web-cast media that uses Internet streaming media technology to distribute music content simultaneously to a large audience.
8tracks screen shot "Explore"
Matches internet users' want and music lovers' interest
8tracks's users can make compelling mixes from MP3 sources as well as from on-line libraries, like Soundcloud and Free Music Archive, and create play-list of minimum 30min, which approximately corresponds with 8 tracks. They tag the mixes under themes that match a particular activity, mood, musical style or artist name e.g. classic, morning, working. Indeed, a simple listener is offered a list of several mixes that meets both his one-time wants and fits his general musical tastes. Today, 8tracks gathers a growing audience of 6 millions of users mostly aged between 18 and 24 years old.
The concept offered by 8tracks matches all kind of users' interests. This is firstly because it approaches music as being dictated by personal taste. Users can customize their mixes under personally chosen tags and can store their favourite play-lists on their on-line personal profile. 8tracks can be seen and used as a music curating platform for discrete and personal use. Secondly 8tracks is a community based on interactivity. 8 tracks allows users to show off their tastes by publishing play-lists or commenting others' mixes but also releasing their activities on 8tracks on other social networks via a "share" button that, amongst others, relays to Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Thus, 8tracks can be experienced as an interactive platform that offers on-line social music discovery.
From music consumption to musical democratization
Monthly Online Radio Audience Reaches Approximately 120 Million Americans, Source The Infinite Dial 2013
We could believe that, like the newspaper industry, the music digital consumption decreased the audience of terrestrial radios. But on the contrary, on-line radio gave a second wind to the music consumption in a general way. A research led by Edison Research on the American radio audience shows a significant increase of listeners. If 6% of the persons surveyed use only on-line radio, 45% of them make use of digital radios at least once in a month. Overall, on-line radio is growing in term of both weekly usage and time spent listening. This phenomenon can be explained by both customization and social advantages offered by current on-line radios like 8tracks.
Unlike Youtube or Deezer, 8tracks is not an on-demand streaming platform. It is a music curating application that does not allow the user to have a full control over the programming. Users cannot change or chose track while listening a mix. Indeed, 8tracks preserves the core principle of a radio: the sales promotion. In this sense, 8tracks encourage the purchase of artists' work, not only by broadcasting someone's music but also by allowing the user to directly buy his favourite track on-line. If the user likes a song, he can access the original source of it. By clicking on the button next to the name of the track the user can be redirected to Youtube , the Souncloud or the iTunes, and download for free or buy the track.This phenomenon of music democratisation under framed music consumption not only drags a movement of general music popularisation but also characterizes the mainstream of the contemporary music promotion. So thanks to social platforms like 8tracks old tracks are refreshed and young talents can become popular. The power of on-line communities reveals to be the most efficient in term of trends creation and spreading.
To sum up, the growth of web radio followers can be justified by the two aspects highlighted in this article. Firstly, by both the personal and collective advantages of on-line music consumption, through music discovery, sharing and curation that empowers users. Secondly, by the organized framing of the music distribution that prevents copyright issue and helps the music industry to remain efficient in spite of its promotion relocation.
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'Black Panther' just cemented Marvel's place in Hollywood history
Gregory Wakeman
You don't have to look far to find a cinematic luminary showing disdain to the superhero genre.
Steven Spielberg has long insisted that these films will die out, Ridley Scott has basically called them dumb, Alejandro Inarritu believes they're "right wing," Terry Gilliam lambasted how predictable they are, Mel Gibson thinks they're wasteful, while David Fincher specifically called out Marvel films for their lack of "sustenance."
The problem for Marvel is that, even though there's an air of sour grapes about each gripe, there's also been some truth to them. too. Because while their Cinematic Universe has gone from strength to strength, and has easily crossed the $14 billion mark with "Black Panther" in just 18 films, none of the previous releases have ever come close to being a milestone cinematic event.
Sure, they have grossed a lot of money, Robert Downey Jr is perfect as Tony Stark and it was cool to see Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man come together for the likes of "The Avengers," "Age Of Ultron," and "Civil War," but the nagging naysayers would always be quick to remind fans that these films were just passable action and flashy style over any actual emotional substance or cinematic merit.
It was soon deemed that Marvel didn't warrant any part in a discussion about the history of cinema. Instead, their films seemingly had more in common with the B-Movies of the 1930s to 1950s, as they were designed as escapist fun that allowed the Marvel Cinematic Universe to chug along nicely but, ultimately, they were frivolous rather than significant.
But with "Black Panther," though, Marvel have finally released a film that is both a watershed cinematic moment and a pop culture landmark that will be talked about and referenced for years and generations to come.
The various reasons why "Black Panther" has been embraced so passionately by critics have already been discussed, but it is a relief to see that the blockbuster has caused a similar stir amongst the average moviegoer, both domestically and overseas.
So far "Black Panther" has grossed over $405 million at the box office worldwide. It is expected to easily sail pass the $400 million mark domestically, while its $170 million opening weekend haul internationally was over $50 million more than projected.
All of which means that "Black Panther's" original box office predictions have now gone out of the window, and there's every chance that it could rival the highest grossing films in the MCU, which are currently "Captain America: Civil War" ($1.153 billion), "Iron Man 3" ($1.215 billion), "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" ($1.408 billion), and "The Avengers" ($1.519 billion).
Even if "Black Panther" does fall short of these sums, it has already made an indelible cultural and cinematic impact, bridged the gap between highbrow and lowbrow, influenced millions of people worldwide and, as such, has finally cemented the MCU's place in movie history.
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North Korea: the US should be "beaten to death like a rabid dog"
And it also wants to turn US to "ashes," "sink" Japanese islands, and "wipe out" South Korea.
By Alex Ward@AlexWardVox Sep 14, 2017, 11:50am EDT
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North Korea just threatened to destroy the United States, South Korea, and Japan — escalating tensions during an already dangerous time.
"Let's reduce the US mainland into ashes and darkness," said a spokesperson for the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which oversees North Korea's foreign affairs and propaganda, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. He even said the US should "be beaten to death as a stick is fit for a rabid dog."
But the, uh, "Peace Committee" spokesperson didn't stop there: "The four islands of the [Japanese] archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche," the spokesperson continued, referring to the country's "self-reliance" ideology. "Japan is no longer needed to exist near us."
The spokesperson didn't spare South Korea, either: "The group of pro-American traitors should be severely punished and wiped out with fire attack so that they could no longer survive."
The menacing comments come at the end of a few tense weeks. On August 29, North Korea launched a missile over Japan's Northern island of Hokkaido, landing 733 miles to the East. Five days later, North Korea tested its most powerful nuclear bomb yet, which was at least seven times more powerful than the one America dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
In response to the test, the United Nations on September 11 passed its harshest sanctions package it's ever adopted against North Korea, which includes banning textiles exports and capping shipments of crude oil into the country. And on September 12, South Korea conducted a military exercise to improve its ability to fire cruise missiles at North Korea.
Yoshihide Suga, Japan's top government spokesperson, said North Korea's comments were "extremely provocative and egregious," adding, "it is something that markedly heightens regional tension and is absolutely unacceptable."
South Korea and the United States have yet to respond directly to North Korea's latest threat. But on September 12, two days before Pyongyang's statements, President Donald Trump noted the US may take more actions beyond the recently imposed sanctions. "Those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen," the president remarked alongside Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
It's unclear what exactly that extra action would be — or if Trump will choose to heighten tensions even further after these recent comments.
North Korea can follow through on its threats — but it likely won't
North Korea is no stranger to making bombastic threats toward its perceived enemies.
Take this statement from March 2016: "If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a preemptive nuclear strike." Or this from North Korea leader Kim Jong Un just one month later: Pyongyang "can tip new-type intercontinental ballistic rockets with more powerful nuclear warheads and keep any cesspool of evils in the earth, including the US mainland, within our striking range."
Those comments were mostly shrugged off by the United States because North Korea didn't have a missile that could hit the US mainland. But now it likely can. On July 28, North Korea tested one that could theoretically hit major US cities like Chicago, New York, or even Washington, DC. And US intelligence officials believe that North Korea will soon be able to reliably fit a nuclear warhead atop a missile.
That helps explain why the Trump administration feels the North Korean threat is so urgent. Officials want to end the standoff preferably through diplomatic negotiations, where Pyongyang agrees to give up its nuclear weapons. But as my colleague Zack Beauchamp has reported, most experts think North Korea won't give up its bombs because the regime feels its nuclear arsenal is the only thing deterring countries, especially the US, from overthrowing it.
It's worth pointing out that North Korea could already hit South Korea and Japan with a nuclear weapon. But South Korea must also deal with other threats from its Northern neighbor. Pyongyang is already pointing thousands of pieces of artillery at Seoul, South Korea's capital — with a whopping 25.6 million residents living in the greater metropolitan area. One war game convened by the Atlantic back in 2005 predicted that a North Korean attack would kill 100,000 people in Seoul in the first few days alone.
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Helpx.adobe.com Replace text, add a note, insert or delete text, and highlight, strikethrough or underline text in Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat. Learn & Support Get Started User Guide Tutorials Free Trial Buy Now Mark up text with edits. Search. Acrobat User Guide Select an article: On this page. Replace text; Add a note to a text edit In Acrobat Pro on... Hello and Good Evening Everyone, I am wondering if there is a way I can highlight blocks of text within a PDF file within Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, copy it, and paste it into MS Word 2013.
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'Imagine This', Award-winning Book By Sade Adeniran is Being Developed into Feature Film
'Imagine This', an award-winning book by Nigerian-British writer Sade Adeniran, is currently being developed into a feature film.
The novel won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (African region) and was shortlisted for the world book Day 'Books to Talk About' award.
According to Adeniran, the script has reached the second round of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and won the British Urban Film Festival Award for Best Script Talent.
Adeniran said: "Imagine This is a 90-minute animated feature adapted from my award-winning book of the same name.
"It's a coming-of-age drama which follows the story of Lola Ogunwole, who, along with her brother, is taken back home to Nigeria after growing up in London.
"The overarching themes are displacement, loss of identity and otherness. This project was recently selected for the 2018 Durban Talents Lab."
Speaking on the influence of filmmakers in pop culture, Adeniran said she has a responsibility to tell her truth as a British-Nigerian.
She said: "I always wanted to be a filmmaker but didn't dare to follow my dreams, so, instead, I got myself a corporate job as a consultant and worked on my creative projects as a hobby.
"After I published my debut novel to critical success, I decided to pursue filmmaking as a career. It's been a slow process, but as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day."
She was born in London to Nigerian parents, and at the age of eight was taken back to her father's village in Nigeria, living with her grandmother in Idogun, Ondo state, before returning to the uk.
When she could not find a publisher in 2008, she decided to self-publish and in order to sell the 1100 copies she had printed, created a marketing campaign that led the book to critical acclaim.
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In early 2016, I fell in love with the idea of building a computer. I knew absolutely nothing about it, so I tried to do some research. It was so stressful but intriguing because all of the videos I could find (mainly "tech quickie" at the time) would explain a subject about PCs, but they would assume that you knew a bunch about computers already. So, little by little, my knowledge grew and so I was more able to ask direct questions on places like YouTube and here on the PCPartPicker forums. Up until August of 2017, I never had any hands-on experience because I didn't have enough money. For that year and a half, I was happy just watching Tech/PC YouTubers.
Since I started learning about computers, I have been messing with PCPartPicker lists that have continually evolved as my knowledge did. I got my first job back in April of 2017 and have been saving up my money ever since. With the approval of some of my tech friends, I was finally able to buy what my list evolved into.
Although this build is far from perfect, I finally have some hands-on experience with the hobby and have learned a lot from it. This is only the beginning, as I still have so much to learn, starting with overclocking.
I decided to name this computer Ralph II because my late grandmother named the laptop she bought me for Jr. High school Ralph. The laptop had a geometric texture to it and so does the Meshify C, which is why I bought it. I have used that laptop for over 7 years. Although it was well overdue for an upgrade, its weird not using it anymore.
Also, I apologize for the poor quality pictures, I took them on my parent's IPhone 8 so they looked very nice, but they compressed somewhere along the line of me uploading them here.
This is a solid CPU. Its easier to notice a CPU not working well than one that is working well because it just looks like a computer doing its job; not matter what I do, my computer doesn't lag, slow down, or overheat so I have absolutely no complaints. I'm not sure about overclocking, but that's because I don't really know how to do it properly.
Once you get this thing installed, you will absolutely love it. The fan sticker comes off easy if you don't like the look of it.
If you have a Ryzen CPU, ORDER THE SEPARATE AM4 BRACKET IN ADVANCE.
Once you receive the bracket, follow the included paper instructions. If you do that instead of trying to follow some German YouTube video, your life won't be the burning hell that mine was. Once I finally decided to follow the AM4 bracket paper instructions, the cooler took about 5 minutes to install.
My personal experience with this cooler was horrid, but if you don't make it more complicated than it has to be, your experience will be just fine.
3.5g is way more than you think it is. This stuff works well and the included spreader is nice, but I doubt I really needed it.
This is a very average motherboard. It looks nice and is pure black. But BEWARE the ugly yellow LED lights on the bottom half of the motherboard on the left. You can not change the color to anything but yellow, and can only be disabled by the MSI Mystic Light software that constantly sits in the background of you computer and has an impact on you boot time. When you boot the computer, the LEDs will be on until you computer has been sitting at the desktop for about 10 seconds.
Fits under my Dark Rock Pro 3; of the RAM available that could fit, this is the fastest, most reliable, and best looking.
My only other storage that I've ever had is a 7 year old 5400rpm laptop drive, so this SSD is wonderful in so many ways. It is small, relatively cheap, high quality, and should last a long time.
One of the cheapest 1080s in the market (at the time of my purchase). It has a nice and minimal back-plate, a single 8-pin connector, RGB LED capabilities, a "Fan Stop" LED which is fun to play with, has 3 fans, and is lightweight. I'd recommend this GPU to anyone. You cant see the orange paint from a normal viewing angle of your computer.
As I said in my description, I bought this case for the angular design on the front. If it weren't for that, I would've much rather bought the Fractal Design Define Mini C TG, but I have little against the Meshify, I am very happy with it. My only gripes are the tinted tempered glass, and the front IO being connected to the front panel.
Silent, small, amazing packaging, and black cables, although I do plan to replace them with CableMod ones in the future.
Almost no different from the stock fans, I should've only bought two of these. The are very nice otherwise. They are quiet, all black, come with a fan splitter, and match my case brand.
Got this as a birthday gift. The Sound quality is nice and is a third of the size of the Yeti.
I was not a fan of these, the magnetic adhesion severely limited where I could place them in the case.
Yeah, it has a nice litlle stock cooler. Ive had this computer for about a month and a half now, but waited to post until I got my Dark Rock Pro 3 dilemma sorted out.
I understand generally how to OC, and I did what you said, but it bootloops until the computuer resets the BIOS after the 5th boot attempt. Ive spent a lot of time tweaking and troubleshooting and benchmarking and stress testing, but I cant seem to get it to work.
No, not in any normal scenarios. I don't know how much you know about bottlenecking, but there are tons of gold videos on YouTube about it.
Hey what are your gpu temps like? I'm looking to do a similar build and really like the case but was less then impressed with the gamers nexus review on gpu thermals. He stated that to reduce temps he should have lowered the fan but never did. With your three fans I wonder how it does! Nice build!
I'm no professional benchmarker, but later I'll run Fur Mark for 30 mins on OC mode and send you the results.
With my graphics card at 100% load and overclocked from 1695mhz to 1974mhz, my max temperature was 74 degrees C. I'm very happy with this, and if you want to build a similar computer, you shouldn't be worried at all.