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Spencer plays more like a psychological horror than Royal biopic
The film delivers an interesting take on the genre and gives us a brilliant Stewart performance.
By Martin City Telegraph / December 3, 2021
By Reed Ripley
Directed by: Pablo Larraín
Drama/Biopic/Psychological Horror | R | 1 hr 51 min
Exclusively In Theaters
For some, the holidays evoke not feelings of comfort and joy, but instead feelings of dread and despair at the thought of forced and enclosed pleasantries with family, and Spencer is all too happy to kick off the season with the latter.
Spencer captures three days (Christmas Eve, Christmas, and Boxing Day) at the Royal Family's holiday country estate, Sandringham House, and Princess Diana's unsettled place within the gathering. During the holiday, Diana deals with severe anxiety and stress, both internal and external, and tries to find a way to survive stilted tradition, overwhelming public and private expectation, and an estranged and distant husband until she can retreat to London with her children.
The filmmakers made a fascinating choice to subvert the traditional biopic formula, which isn't done nearly as often as it should. This isn't a straightforward adaptation of events from Diana's or the Royal Family's past, à la The Crown; instead, although not 'scary' per se, its style is much more in line with a psychological horror film. It recreates not an historical account of a moment in time, but instead a certain feeling or atmosphere, namely the mental headspace of Diana in the early 90s as her marriage fell apart and the press and paparazzi kicked into high gear. It's an incredibly risky choice, and it mostly pays off to deliver a unique perspective on Diana's life and insert some much-needed vivacity into the genre.
Bold framing or no, it doesn't work with Kristen Stewart's performance, and she again proves it's been a long time since Twilight. Diana ascended to an almost mythical status even before her untimely death, and everyone who watches the film (even those who aren't Royal watchers) does so with some sort of cultural relationship with her. The film is keenly aware of this, and instead of devoting screen time to laying an existing foundation, it lets Stewart convey the Diana experience intimately through her mannerisms and actions. Much consternation was made about Stewart's accent leading into Spencer's release, but, although I'm no dialect coach, I can report it's at least not distracting. Stewart inhabits the Diana persona with aplomb and bounces convincingly between warmth, fear, anxiety, sometimes within the span of a few frames. It carries the film (as it has to), and hopefully Stewart makes more choices like this going forward.
As strong as the film is at times, it's those very strengths that often turn into weaknesses, thanks largely to Larraín's habit of laying it on thick. Again, the camerawork is splendid at times, but often, especially later in the film, those flourishes turn into annoyances. Yes yes, you're using tracking shots to reference The Shining, but one or two would've done the trick. Similarly, the film quickly wears out a running analogy of Diana's situation to that of Anne Boleyn, beheaded second wife to King Henry VIII, including appearances from Anne's ghost, Diana's bedside reading of her biography, and looming portraits of Henry VIII. The analogy is a stretch on its own but devoting so much time to it is frankly exasperating. These are hardly the only examples; both are symptoms of a lack of trust in the audience to get it, and it adds bloat to a film that doesn't have much elsewhere.
Spencer will probably disappoint some who expect snappy dialogue between Royals in beautiful rooms with Princess Diana inserted into the mix, but the film delivers an interesting take on the genre and gives us a brilliant Stewart performance.
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#onlinedating | 3 Top Stocks to Buy December | #bumble | #tinder | #pof
December 9, 2020 Author: Dating Scams 101
Investors have faced record volatility and an overload of potential market catalysts to consider this year. 2020 has also presented opportunities to build positions in stocks that have delivered incredible returns and look poised to deliver more big wins. Major indexes have pushed through uncertainty and gone on to set new highs, but it's not too late to add fantastic companies that can power your portfolio and shape your financial future.
Read on for a look at three stocks that are worth buying before the year is out.
1. Match Group
No matter what you might think about online dating, there's plenty to love about Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) stock. The company operates a portfolio of top dating apps including Tinder, Hinge, Plenty of Fish, Match, and OkCupid, and it stands as the clear industry leader in territories including the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In fact, the company estimates that 60% of relationships started on an online platform in the U.S. over the last 12 months began on one of its platforms.
Tinder generated more revenue than any other non-gaming app over the trailing 12 month period ending Sept. 30, according to tracker AppAnnie. Tinder was also the most downloaded dating app worldwide. The company's top app is posting eye-catching performance, and its overall app ecosystem has never looked stronger.
With online dating poised for big growth and expanding monetization opportunities in coming decades, Match is poised to be one of the market's biggest winners. Even with coronavirus-related conditions making dating more complicated, the business is still putting up impressive results. The company reported third-quarter results early in November, delivering 18% year over year sales growth and a 14% operating income increase.
With the potential for effective coronavirus vaccines to pave the way to a return to normalcy in 2021, Match could see its sales and earnings growth accelerate substantially next year and beyond. This is a growth stock that offers attractive upside potential and attractive risk-reward dynamics.
2. Zynga
The video game industry has become a go-to destination for investors seeking stocks that offer attractive risk-reward dynamics.Record levels of engagement and a strong outlook for the growth of interactive entertainment give leading performers in the space an operating backdrop that points to the potential for market-crushing stock gains and limits downside risk.
Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is a leader in the mobile video games space, and it stands out as one of the industry's most attractive stocks to buy this month. The company is known for gaming franchises including Zynga Poker, Words With Friends, and Farmville, and it's also been on an acquisitions push that's brought game development studios including Small Giant, Gram, Peak, and Rollic into its corporate fold. With solid performance for core franchises and an assortment of development teams that's stronger than ever, Zynga's future hasn't looked this bright in roughly a decade. Investors have a chance to build a position in the stock at prices that leave room for huge gains over the long term.
Zynga has a market capitalization of roughly $9.5 billion and trades at about 23.5 times this year's expected earnings. The company has a strong balance sheet (with roughly $580 million in cash and short-term investments following its $180 million acquisition of Rollic), so it has plenty of resources to fund content updates for existing titles, develop new games, and acquire new studios that can accelerate growth.
There's a good chance that the company will be able to continue getting strong performance out of its current batch of core franchises and launch hit new properties, and I expect that the stock will turn into a big winner for long-term shareholders.
3. Hanesbrands
Socks and underwear are famous for eliciting groans when given as holiday gifts, but Hanesbrands stock has the potential to bring joy in the holiday season and beyond. The socks and underwear business admittedly looks pretty dull in an age where high-growth cloud software stocks are the market darlings of the day, but the company's Champion clothing brand is putting up strong performance and remains an underappreciated performance driver, and shares looks cheaply valued.
The stock stands out as an attractive buy because it offers both defensive potential and the opportunity to deliver market-crushing returns. Major indexes now trade at all-time highs, while Hanesbrands stock has lost roughly 6% year to date despite proving remarkably resilient amid this year's unprecedented conditions.
Sales and earnings in Q3 actually came in significantly ahead of the market's targets, but management guided for softer performance in Q4 and indicated that it might shift support away from some of its underperforming brands. The market overreacted to the guidance, and investors have an opportunity to buy shares at an appealing discount.
Hanesbrands is now valued at less than three quarters of this year's expected sales and trades at about 10 times this year's expected earnings. The stock also pays a dividend yielding roughly 4.3% and the company looks to be in good position to maintain its payout even as management mulls pivoting away from some aging brands. With its depressed valuation, hefty dividend yield, and big rebound potential, Hanesbrands is an overlooked stock that could elevate your portfolio.
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Do you notice more girls are having tattos on their bodies in Singapore ??
Its seem to becoming a trend in Singapore. Religious, Trendy or Rebelious?
I dun know abt Singapore but most in the Ah-Moh world treat tattoo as an artistic work.
Last month, my friend Nel showed me the tatoo on his arm and explained to me that every symbol has a special meaning. He told me the symbols usually identify which organisation the person belongs to.
In the Army as a section commander (30 SCE), while bathing I do noticed many animals tattoo on many of the the mens' body. One of them had a Tiger tattooed behind his back, many of the soldiers called him "White Tiger"! This White Tiger man seems to be treated as the chief in the platoon.
In another Army camp I went to , saw lots of the men having words being imprinted all over their body!
One who has an angel-like picture printed called himself "Devil" and another called himself "Demon".
and why increasingly more girls are having their bodies tattooed in Singapore?
One on the leg and another at the back. Quite prominent.
Tattoo Shop In 2nd level of Boon Lay Shopping Center!


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Q: Alternative to esc_textarea I need an alternative function to use with textareas in meta boxes instead of esc_textarea.
The problem is that when I use this function with textarea's it removes line breaks and paragraphs. Is there an alternative function that will keep the line breaks and paragraphs.
I have tried the validation reference page in the Codex but had no luck finding a function.

A: esc_textarea shouldn't strip out newlines -- It's just a thin wrapper around htmlspecialchars: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.3.2/wp-includes/formatting.php#L2536
<?php
function esc_textarea( $text ) {
    $safe_text = htmlspecialchars( $text, ENT_QUOTES );
    return apply_filters( 'esc_textarea', $safe_text, $text );
}

That said, there are lots of options.  What do you want your users to do have the ability to post?  esc_html will escape all special characters (just like esc_textarea). esc_attr(strip_tags($stuff)); is a favorite combination of mine.
You should also have a look at the data validation page in the codex.

A: Sorry for the delay but this was the solution I used. Thanks for the feedback.
$value = esc_html($value);
$value = html_entity_decode($value);

A: I think you can use wpautop before esc_textarea, like this:
echo esc_textarea( wpautop( $value ) );

A: Try this:
$lines = "Hello !
From this new line.
";
echo nl2br($lines);
echo esc_textarea(nl2br($lines));

For me, the output is (but the content-type is text/plain):
Hello !

From this new line.

Hello !<br />
From this new line.<br />

I suggest to you to set your content-type with 'text/plain' before.
header('Content-Type: text/plain');

If the content type is by default set to 'text/html', the result will be:
Hello !
From this new line.
Hello !
 From this new line.

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package com.microsoft.azure;

import com.microsoft.rest.ServiceCallback;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * The callback used for client side asynchronous list operations.
 *
 * @param <E> the item type
 */
public abstract class ListOperationCallback<E> extends ServiceCallback<List<E>> {
    /**
     * A list result that stores the accumulated resources loaded from server.
     */
    private List<E> result;

    /**
     * Number of loaded pages.
     */
    private int pageCount;

    /**
     * Creates an instance of ListOperationCallback.
     */
    public ListOperationCallback() {
        this.pageCount = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Override this method to handle progressive results.
     * The user is responsible for returning a {@link PagingBahavior} Enum to indicate
     * whether the client should continue loading or stop.
     *
     * @param partial the list of resources from the current request.
     * @return CONTINUE if you want to go on loading, STOP otherwise.
     *
     */
    public PagingBahavior progress(List<E> partial) {
        return PagingBahavior.CONTINUE;
    }

    /**
     * Get the list result that stores the accumulated resources loaded from server.
     *
     * @return the list of resources.
     */
    public List<E> get() {
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * This method is called by the client to load the most recent list of resources.
     * This method should only be called by the service client.
     *
     * @param result the most recent list of resources.
     */
    public void load(List<E> result) {
        ++pageCount;
        if (this.result == null || this.result.isEmpty()) {
            this.result = result;
        } else {
            this.result.addAll(result);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the number of loaded pages.
     *
     * @return the number of pages.
     */
    public int pageCount() {
        return pageCount;
    }

    /**
     * An enum to indicate whether the client should continue loading or stop.
     */
    public enum PagingBahavior {
        /**
         * Indicates that the client should continue loading.
         */
        CONTINUE,
        /**
         * Indicates that the client should stop loading.
         */
        STOP
    }
}

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Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Safaris in Keoladeo Ghana National Park Wildlife Destinations in India!
Keoladeo National Park is situated in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. It is also known as Bharatpur bird sanctuary. Keoladeo National Park wildlife Sanctuary is famous for birds paradise, with over 380 resident and migrant species of birds, including the Common, Demoiselle and the rare Siberian Cranes. The Keoladeo Ghana National Park is also an excellent place to spot mammals like Golden Jackal, Jungle Cat, Striped Hyaena, Sambar, Fishing Cat, Nilgai, Blackbuck and wild Boar. In 1981, Keoladeo Ghana bird sanctuary was given the status of National Park. The name Keoladeo has been derived from a nearby ancient Hindu temple, devoted to Lord Shiva.
The main attractions for tourists visiting the Keoladeo Ghana Park are the migratory birds, which come from as far away as Siberia and Central Asia to spend their winters in Bharatpur, before returning back to their breeding grounds. Some of the migratory birds that visit Keoladeo /Bharatpur bird sanctuary include several species of Cranes, Hawks, Pelicans, Geese, Shanks, Ducks, Eagles, Warblers, Stints, Wagtails, Buntings, Wheatears, Flycatchers, Larks, Pipits etc. Besides the migratory and resident birds, other tourist attractions in Keoladeo Ghana bird sanctuary include the Bharatpur government Museum, Lohagarh Fort and Deeg Palace.
Bharatpur railway station is well connected to Jaipur & Delhi and all major cities.
NH-14 Jaipur Agra connects Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary with a good network of road with Bharatpur.


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Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane has moved on after his love split with Emilia Clarke by striking up a romance with actress Alexis Knapp, according to a U.S. report.
MACFarlane split from the Game Of Thrones beauty earlier this year (13) and is now dating Pitch Perfect actress Knapp, who has a two-year-old daughter Kailani with ex-boyfriend Ryan Philippe.
A source tells E! News, "It's been going on for a little while. It's very casual but they are hanging out and he is having fun with her. Alexis' star is on the rise (and Seth) thinks she's really talented."
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I am currently have OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r42455 running on my TP-Link TL-WDR3600. Every device on the network that is connected to the router via wifi is experiencing ~3% packet loss.
This also happens on Breaking Barrier RC1 and RC3.
I saw a similar issue and here is what was requested on that ticket.
please check r42457 or later and report again.
Ok same result. Running on OpenWrt r42464 I am still getting packet loss. Installed it, ran ping google.com -t and I get a 3% packet loss almost everytime I run it. I usually let it go for a while. This time it sent 133, 4 of which were lost.
Here is same debug output but if I connect to the router as soon as it starts I only get 20Hz. I forgot about this so I have 2 outputs. One in 20Hz and one in 40Hz. If this doesn't make a difference please let me know so I can remove one of them.
Ok I ran the first 3 tests at the exact same time. I wasn't sure how to go about pinging my router from the internet. My router connects through a modem (I have extensively tested to make sure it's not the modem. I even had my ISP ping my modem 500 times and the result was 0 packet loss) so I forwarded port 80 on my modem to the router and ran multiple ping tests. All of them came back with 100% packet loss. I was however, able to access Luci using my public IP. So I had a friend ping me using paping and he saw 0 packet loss.
1 thing I should add..
Ok I went out and got a replacement router and the packet loss is all gone. It seems to have been a hardware issue and not software.
I bought several TP-link devices in the past years (different types, including 1043ND and 3600) for their good price and functionalities.
Unfortunately they seem to die after 1-2 years. It always starts with sporadic packet drops which are becoming more and more disturbing. Reboot helps for a while. Than I set-up regular reboots at night and in the afternoon to woraround the problem. Afther some time the router's wifi interface becomes completely unreliable. It still functions perfectly as a gigabit router or switch just the wifi is useless. I will need to find a good way to add an external wifi with high-gain antennas.


I saw this recipe on Pinterest. My son and I made it together and he taste tested the pudding before it was refrigerated and he enjoyed it! Maybe that was sheer luck - ha!
Avocados, bananas, unsweetened cocao powder, 1.5 scoops of chocolate protein (Juice Plus+ Complete), 1 teaspoon of real vanilla, and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon.
I made a whip cream using heavy whipping cream, sugar, and real vanilla. Topped with sprinkles (no artificial dyes).
I also made cinnamon & (coconut) sugar 'chips' using whole wheat (no hydrogenated oils) tortillas.
Whole wheat tortillas, cinnamon, coconut sugar, and coconut oil. Spread oil over soft tortillas, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar, and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Cool. Store in an air-tight container.
Get the creaminess of the pudding and the ease of mixing with my favorite blender.


We have separated the different print production categories out as it seems to be one of the main questions we keep getting asked, so on this page we can confirm we can print large photographs.
This could be done on a variety of media, from poster paper to canvas through to sticky backed vinyl images with a protective UV laminate for external use.
The team at All About Sign are not put off by innovative ideas and recently worked on a project to produce a large image to go on a bathroom floor.
Using special printing techniques we get vibrant printed images every time.


Living in Glasgow? And want to serve your society by adding and showing the loving values of Islam? We invite you to our Dawah workshop that will be held on Sunday the 27th of November.
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Street Magic (Black London Series #1)
12:00 am 7 October 2011
When Pete Caldecot was 16 she saw something magical. With her sister's boyfriend, Jack Winter, they conjured something, a man of shadows and smoke, a creature Jack couldn't stop or hold within his circle. And Pete saw it kill him.She's 28 now and a police inspector with the MET – and investigating a string of child abductions. The children go missing and the return, damaged and blinded, their energies drained. And there to help her is Jack, back from the dead, but driven to the edge by drug addiction and the pressures of his magic.Pete now faces a whole new world to deal with, the world of Black London with ghosts and fae and monsters and magic and Sorcerers kidnapping children for their own cruel purposes. Pete must rescue the children, stop the predator and confront the memories she has buried for 12 years – not least of which the memories of Jack and his death. Meanwhile she has to work with Jack, the mage and her one guide to this confusing and horrendously dangerous world which means negotiating Jack's addiction and the bitter memories he has.This book was probably one of the darker and grittier urban fantasies I've read. Jack is not a nice person – he's harsh, ruthless, cold and merciless when he has to be. And Pete isn't much better – the minute she sees how brutal the Black is, she has no compunctions about charging in and beating the shit out of anything in her way. They're both very powerful, very no-nonsense characters, they're both dangerous, they're both not afraid of being dangerous and they both put violence very high on their lists of actions to resort to. When they kill people they don't weep over the corpses, they don't fret over it, they don't navel; gaze or have emotional breakdowns. They kill them, dispose of the bodies and move on. There was a brief time when Pete had some issues being a police detective and leaving bodies around but she's practical and ruthless and is quick to realise when her rules don't apply. It's actually very interestingly done, because she does stop Jack shoplifting. To get it done, she'll pile up bodies in the Black because there's no alternative, but she doesn't flagrantly disregard the law either. It's an interesting balance.It does make for a very strong and very edgy pair. Both have their vices and Jack is a full blown drug addict. They're both willing to fight and they've both cursed each other out on a regular basis. Ok part of that is the English accent – I don't know why American writers of British accents feel the need to cram as much "authentic" British profanity into every line. No-one says "bugger" and "buggering" this often. Really. In fact, no-one swears that often – seriously it's ridiculous. Also what's with all the mohawks? Even when punk was in I don't think there were that many (frankly you need to take some great big suspension of disbelief pills to believe this is set in London – or even England. It probably won't be so bad to read if you're not British. But at least because you've concussed yourself to believe English people actually talk like that, believing that Pete is even remotely a police officer will be much easier).Read more


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US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh Tests Positive for COVID
By James Python Last updated Oct 1, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms, according to a court statement that said he would miss Friday's investiture ceremony for Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Kavanaugh, 56, tested positive just days before the court is scheduled to open its new term and resume in-person oral arguments for the first time since they were curtailed because of the pandemic.
The conservative justice, appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2018, is fully vaccinated, as are the other eight justices.
Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in a statement that all the justices had tested negative earlier in the week.
The Supreme Court, like many places of work, operated remotely earlier in the pandemic, with oral arguments heard by teleconference and all its rulings issued only via its website. The court building has been closed to the public for the last 18 months.
Kavanaugh is the first justice who the court has said has contacted COVID-19. The court statement did not say if or how he would participate in oral arguments scheduled for next week.
The coronavirus has proven to be particularly dangerous in elderly people, especially those with underlying medical issues. Three of the nine justices are over age 70: Stephen Breyer, 83, Clarence Thomas, 73, and Samuel Alito, 71.
Among the cases the court is scheduled to hear in the new term is a major challenge to abortion rights involving Mississippi's bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The court also will weigh a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state's restrictions on people carrying concealed handguns in public in a case that could further undermine firearms control efforts nationally. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority.
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KhrystyAna, a model and body-positive social media star from San Francisco, is speaking out about the sacrifices women often make in the name of beauty in an effort to shine a light on the importance of treating our bodies with love, Self reports. In an Instagram post, the model speaks bravely and openly about the ridiculous measures we often go to for the sake of looking beautiful — and turns the concept of "no pain, no gain" on its head.
It all started when KhrystyAna spent a day wearing clothing that was uncomfortably tight. At the end of the day, she returned home, only to discover she'd developed blisters on her feet and her legs had turned blue, thanks to too-tight shapewear that effectively cut off her circulation. She decided to speak out about her experience, in the hopes of making women think twice before sacrificing their needs to please others.
Though physician Hilary Hawkins tells Self that most of the health effects described by KhrystyAna are temporary, not long-term, they are very real — and at the end of the day, your health, comfort, and happiness are far more important than physical perfection (which in and of itself is a ridiculous concept).
Instead of wearing suffocatingly tight shapewear and uncomfortable heels at our own expense, we should all take a page from KhrystyAna's book and treat our bodies with respect and love. After all, we've only got the one, and we'd all be happier if we could just come to terms with our unique beauty, rather than trying to mold ourselves into an unrealistic ideal.


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Q: Why does one of the segments appear disabled on segmented control? I have a segmented control with custom images for segments.  I have created it as follows
[repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"-SingleJointOffState"] forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"-SingleJointOnState"] forState:UIControlStateSelected barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

[repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"on_div"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateSelected rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"off_div"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

CGRect frameSeg= repaymetSegmentedControl.frame;
[repaymetSegmentedControl setFrame:CGRectMake(frameSeg.origin.x, frameSeg.origin.y-5, frameSeg.size.width, frameSeg.size.height + 15)];

Here when I run the app I am selecting one of the segments based on preferences.  It appears as shown in image.  Not sure what's wrong with it.

The images being used are as follows

A: Using this code in viewDidLoad gave me the result that I think you are looking for (I renamed your images to make things a bit clearer for me).
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"whiteBG"] forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControll setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkBG"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkBG"] forState:UIControlStateSelected barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor blackColor]} forState:UIControlStateNormal ];
    [repaymetSegmentedControll setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor whiteColor]} forState:UIControlStateHighlighted ];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor whiteColor]} forState:UIControlStateSelected ];

    [repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkDivider"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateSelected rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkDivider"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal rightSegmentState:UIControlStateSelected barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkDivider"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateHighlighted rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pinkDivider"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal rightSegmentState:UIControlStateHighlighted barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"whiteDivider"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

Using this code, the result is like this . Attached Image:

A: My guess is that the text color for selected segments is set to black and white for the other. So in your screenshot the middle segment is selected.
The problem could be somewhere else:
[repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"-SingleJointOffState"] forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[repaymetSegmentedControl setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"-SingleJointOnState"] forState:UIControlStateSelected barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

It seems weird to have image names starting with -.
[repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"on_div"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateSelected rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[repaymetSegmentedControl setDividerImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"off_div"] forLeftSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal rightSegmentState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

You seem to be missing right selected/left normal option.
Also as your design seems pretty flat, I'm not sure you need any of those.
Finally could you attach all the images to the question?

A: Your segment divider image should be the same height as the background images.