You've prayed up. You got the internal calling from God. You got the external confirmation from your mentors and peers. You're ready to fill out the application, start a sermon file, canvass the local churches, take the plunge. Maybe it'll be like college, but just Bible stuff. Maybe it'll be a breeze since you've been to Sunday school every weekend of your life. Maybe you'll get closer to God than you have ever been before, what with all the super-strong Christians at seminary. It's going to rock.
1) Seminary is hard. Like quantum physics hard. – You're not just studying the Bible. Get ready for psychology, history, philosophy, ethics, music, business, literature, the Greek and Hebrew languages, and yes, even science. Get ready for thousands of pages of reading, research papers due around the clock, and professors who won't take it easy on you just because they're smiley church people. It's not only academically heavy but since being a pastor is a whole life, it feels like you're re-learning how to walk.
There's a huge personal investment that requires sincerity, practical experience, and taking risks. It's what you signed on for. If you think I'm being corny, wait for the class where you have to go out and find atheists, Muslims, and ex-Christians, then engage with them for a grade. Or the one where you argue against the most brilliant secular writers of our time with your puny Sunday school knowledge. Or where you counsel the most broken people in your church. It's real, son.
2) The doorways are too small for your head. – Leave ego at the door. These professors are smarter than you. They know more about their area of expertise than any Google search could ever find. And they're here to equip you. We're supposed to be humble, teachable, and gracious. The amount of bickering I've heard from students who got owned by their professors was sad and laughable: students trying to defend their preaching style, their theological hobbyhorse, their (bad) interpretation of Genesis, any last shred of pride they could seal up in their Alamo.
One of the hardest classes I've ever taken was Sermon Delivery with the great Dr. Heisler. More than a few students were quick to defend themselves ungraciously about their own preaching. One guy even criticized the listeners for thinking too slow. I noticed only the most humble actually improved in delivery, content, and clarity. It's because they took God seriously, so of course they took Dr. Heisler seriously. And hey: they didn't take themselves too seriously. I only hope I was that humble.
3) Inversely, seminary doesn't know everything. – Fortunately some professors are quick to admit that their way is not the only way. Methods change, facts remain. I've been tempted to tell the professors what they want to hear in papers and presentations, but unlike secular schooling, seminary wants to cultivate our ability to think. We know the basic Gospel — God made provision for His wrath by sending His Son to die for us sinners — but there are many secondary issues up for debate.
I had a professor once who was very adamant in his positions on the secondary issues. He was particular about dispensations, eschatology, hermeneutics, prophecy, and apostolic gifts (don't worry if you have no clue what that means: you will). There was a paper on the Second Coming of Jesus, which has different views. I was afraid to get a bad grade if I picked a different position. But the professor put us at ease: ultimately none of the views about the Second Coming determined a true faith in God, so long as we held fast to the core faith and knew that Jesus was coming back.
It was the same in Sermon Delivery. If we had a vocal tic or poor content or bad theology, that was minus points. But the prof never marked me down for being Asian, wearing jeans, or having ridiculous hair. Maybe he should have for the hair.
4) Beware the Scholar Syndrome. – You start to learn some factoids about Christian theology and suddenly you're impressing the ladies with the twelve permutations of epimeno in the original Greek. Or just impressing other nerds. But the danger is that we can rip the wonder of Christ right out of the Bible and turn it into a dry piece of history. The resulting consequence is we turn it into a tool for our own agenda, whether to impress people or to make it say what we want.
I now have a bad habit of reading the Bible while thinking, Oh this will preach real good. This verse will go perfect for that sermon on relationships. I got to exegete the archaeology on this bad boy. I can forget to read it devotionally as God's loving truth written to me, the very words of God that should wreck me inside-out. Reading it through a scholarly filter can lose the majesty and mission of the Word.
5) Beware the Cloning Complex. – Seminaries aim to channel our core personalities into the pulpit: God has given each one of us a unique skillset, and no professor should beat that out of us. But the whole seminary structure can easily churn out conservative clones with the same Ten-Step Process of How To Make A Megachurch. It can beat us into the same political views, speech patterns, and church methodologies, though we forget that we don't need to be like every pastor to be a pastor.
I remember listening to two chapel messages from two seminarians who were chosen for Student Preaching Week. They were both incredibly good, but I couldn't tell the difference between them. They had the exact same speaking style and sermon format: dramatic pauses, rolling fast pace, dynamic boom at key words, three-point outline, an illustration for each point, a propensity for one-liners, and almost identical applications. They both had Southern accents, as if they were parodying a Bible belt preacher (though those accents were probably real). Later I listened to a sermon by the president of the seminary, Dr. Danny Akin, and I discovered the two students had emulated him to perfection.
6) Protect your soul. – Satan loves the rookies. Watch your wallet, pray hard, speak deliberately, read the Bible, and stay away from places you shouldn't be, particularly with lots of women.
7) Keep it real. – A veteran pastor recommended me a book. I mentioned the seminary I attended didn't like that author very much. Then the pastor asked: What else did seminary kill in you? In other words, "So what?" I could read the book just to read it. Take in the good, filter the bad. Maybe like, you know, decide and discern for myself.
The underlying lesson in his sharp rebuke was that seminary can throw you into a safety bubble. It can make you feel ashamed to do certain things and forced to do other things. It can turn a people-loving person into a self-righteous snob. It's not quite the seminary's fault, but the seminary can't give you the two things you need: experience and heart. Experience comes when you get out of the bubble into a drowning sinner's world, and heart gives you the strength to get there. Not any heart, but God's heart.
We pastors could remain safe in our isolated study space with Bible in hand and coffee in the other, but ministry is unlike any other profession in that people are the point and God is the boss. I'm grateful for what seminary has taught me, but I know it can't teach me how to do ministry until I just do ministry. When the fifteen year old kid with suicidal thoughts calls you in the middle of the night ready to give up, the anticausative morphology of Greek won't help you. All the nights spent on researching clever sermon illustrations won't cut it. Five Points of Calvinism? Out the window. This kid needs God. The kid needs you.
If you want to go to seminary, never forget that kid.
8) Never give up. – You'll want to, and many do. The seminary drop-out rates are depressing. Don't do it. Don't quit. It gets hard: keep going. If you think seminary is hard, wait until your first ministry. Don't give up.
Posted on October 19, 2010 February 26, 2015 by JS ParkPosted in Christianity, Church, Ministry, Religion, TheologyTagged choosing a seminary, considering seminary, Golden Gate, liberty, MDiv, pastors, Preachers, reformed, religious studies, SEBTS, seminarian, Southeastern, Southwestern, Trinity, Westminster.


What strains are they ?
soil / hydro / coco ?
Plants age from seed ?
how far into 12/12 or flower are you ?
how far are they ?
What feeding schedule are u using?
without that none can help !!!
Not sure why Monster has these photos but I do not. Seeing them I gotta agree.
Dude, how "big" is that pot? About 10 cm or 4 inches?
If so, my money is on the pot being too small for higher yield.
The "600w" LED might be what they want to have us believe that the lamp can replace. So my guess is that the wall draw of it might be around 150 - 250 watt just as a ball park figure. My point is that, it's probably not entirely a total loss.
my money is on the pot being too small for higher yield.
Last edited by hotshot; 05-09-18 at 01:32 PM.
It's a small statured plant, for sure, but this is early flower....it's got weeks to go. Surely it's too early to tell, innit?
How long has it been flowering for, man?
Get you one of these off the bay or amazon. Around 10 bucks. You have to be careful what you buy, it always best to talk with the seller before making a purchase. I bought a 1,000W Led once, only pull 70 Watts.
Like hotshot said. Many strains do not produce colas. Just buds. I have a strain that only produces medium sized rock hard buds. No colas and nothing obese. Still the final weight is always shockingly high due to the bud density.
Only other thing I can think, is it could have been a mix up at the seed shop. Believe me it happens some times.
Yes, Many factors will influence the buds not just light.


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XIII GLIMPSES OF THE SAINTS
Home/The Master as I saw him/XIII GLIMPSES OF THE SAINTS
The Swami talked with me one day, of the saints he had seen. The subject began perhaps with that Nag Mahashoy, who had paid him a visit in Calcutta, only a few weeks before, and whose death must have occurred a day or two previous to our leaving.
The news reached him, while the ship was still in the River. Nag Mahashoy, he said repeatedly, was "one of the greatest of the works of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa." He described his impassioned idea of the necessity of bhakti, and how he would refuse to give food, to the body of one so worthless and unfortunate as he himself was, in never yet having loved God. He told me, too, how on one occasion Nag Mahashoy had cut down the ridgepole of his cottage, in order to make the fire to cook food for a guest.
The talk passed perhaps, to the story of that youth who was touched by Sri Ramakrishna's hand, and who never afterwards spoke, save to say "My Beloved! My Beloved!" He lived ten years, without other speech than this.
There were many stories current amongst the monks, of persons who had come to Dakshineshwar during the life-time of their Master, and being touched by his hand, went immediately into Samadhi. In many cases, nothing more was known of the visitants than this.
This was notably true of a certain woman, who had driven to the Temple, and of whom Sri Ramakrishna had said at once that she was "a fragment of the Madonnahood of the worlds." He had offered salutation to this guest, in the name of the Mother, throwing flowers on her feet, and burning incense before her, and she, as was not perhaps surprising, had passed immediately into the deepest Samadhi.
From this, however, to everyone's surprise, it had proved most difficult to recall her. It was two or three hours before she awoke from her ecstasy, and when this happened her whole appearance it is said, was as that of one who had been intoxicated. Much relieved that all was ending thus well, however, – for it had been feared that her Samadhi might last much longer, and her family, wherever they were, feel justly disturbed – all lent their aid to the departure of the stranger from the temple, and none had the forethought to make a single enquiry as to her name or abode. She never came again. Thus her memory became like some beautiful legend, treasured in the Order as witness to the worship of Sri Ramakrishna for gracious and noble wifehood and motherhood. Had he not said of this woman, "a fragment of the eternal Madonnahood"?
In my own ignorance of religious matters in general, my mind felt out much after these stray children of the central impulse, shining like distant stars in their own orbits, as it were, and never returning upon us or ours. I wanted to know whether, even in lives so fair as theirs, it might perhaps be possible to forget the great experience of a day long years ago, so that the memory of the great Teacher and his touch would become to them also a far-away incident, a story heard in a dream, even as their visits had become to those who saw them pass.
I wanted in fact to be able to measure the relative values of many things, and I left out of sight at that time altogether, – having not yet begun to consider it – the preparedness which the national idea has produced in every Hindu for such experiences.
But the Swami could not understand my mental twilight. "Was it a joke," he said, "that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa should touch a life? OF COURSE he made new men and new women of those who came to him, even in these fleeting contacts!"
And then he would tell story after story of different disciples. How one came, and came again, and struggled to understand. And suddenly to this one, he turned and said "Go away now, and make some money! Then come again!" And that man to-day was succeeding in the world, but the old love was proving itself ever alight. There was no mention of the defects of this, or any other of whom he told. As one listened, it was the courage and nobility of each man's struggle that one felt. Why should every man force himself to be a monk? Nay, how could every man, till his other work was done? But there would be no mistake in the end. All these would be his at last.
Similarly, of the saints. His whole soul went to the interpretation of each, as he rose before him, and it would have been impossible at that moment for the listener to think of any other as higher.
Of Pavhari Baba he had so striven to tell us everything, that it would have seemed scarcely delicate to press vague questions upon him further. All who had been with him at the time of the saint's death knew that he held him second only to Sri Ramakrishna, knew that there was none whose love to himself he had more valued.
Now he set himself to tell stories for an hour, of one or two others whom he had met. TRAILINGA SWAMI he had seen when very, very old, more than a hundred, apparently. He was always silent. He would lie in a Siva-temple in Benares, with his feet on the image, A madcap, seemingly. He allowed people, however, to write him questions, and sometimes, if he fancied one, would write an answer in Sanskrit. This man was lately dead.
RAGHUNATH DASS had been dead two months, when the Swami reached his ashrama. He had been a soldier originally in the British service, and as an outpost sentinel was faithful and good, and much beloved by his officers. One night, however, he heard a Ram-Ram party. He tried to do his duty, but ' Jaya Bolo Ram Chunder ki jai !1 ' maddened him. He threw away his arms and uniform, and joined the worship.
This went on for some time, till reports came to the Colonel. He sent for Raghunath Dass, and asked him whether these were true, and if he knew the penalty. Yes, he knew it. It was to be shot.
"Well," said the Colonel, "Go away this time, and I shall repeat it to no one. This once I forgive you. But if the same thing happens again, you must suffer the penalty."
That night, however, the sentinel heard again the Ram-Ram party. He did his best, but it was irresistible. At last he threw all to the winds, and joined the worshippers till morning.
Meanwhile, however, the Colonel's trust in Raghunath Dass had been so great that he found it difficult to believe anything against him, even on his own confession. So in the course of the night, he visited the outpost, to see for himself. Now Raghunath Dass was in his place, and exchanged the word with him three times. Then, being reassured, the Colonel turned in, and went to sleep.
In the morning appeared Raghunath Dass to report himself and surrender his arms. But the report was not accepted, for the Colonel told him what he had himself seen and heard.
Thunderstruck, the man insisted by some means on retiring from the service. Rama it was who had done this for His servant. Henceforth, in very truth, he would serve no other.
"He became a VairagF," said the Swami, "on the banks of the Saraswati. People thought him ignorant, but I knew his power. Daily he would feed thousands. Then would come the grain-seller, after a while, with his bill. 'H'm!' Raghunath Dass would say, 'A thousand rupees you say? Let me see. It is a month I think since I have received anything. This will come, I fancy, to-morrow.' And it always came."
1 Jaya Bolo Ram Chunder ki jai ! — Hindi words which translate as' "Salutations to the lord Ram!"
Someone asked him if the story of the Ram-Ram party were true.
"What's the use of knowing such things?" he answered.
"I do not ask for curiosity," urged the questioner, "but only to know if it is possible for such things to happen!"
Nothing is impossible with the Lord!" answered Raghunath Dass. . . .
"I saw many great men," went on the Swami, "in Hrishikesh. One case that I remember was that of a man who seemed to be mad. He was coming nude down the street, with boys pursuing, and throwing stones at him. The whole man was bubbling over with laughter, while blood was streaming down his face and neck. I took him, and bathed the wound, putting ashes* on it, to stop the bleeding. And all the time, with peals of laughter, he told me of the fun the boys and he had been having, throwing the stones. 'So the Father plays,' he said."
"Many of these men hide, in order to guard themselves against intrusion. People are a trouble to them. One had human bones strewn about his cave, and gave it out that he lived on corpses. Another threw stones. And so on " . . . .
"Sometimes the thing comes upon them in a flash. There was a boy, for instance, who used to come to read the Upanishads with Abhedananda. One day he turned and said 'Sir, is all this really true?'
"Oh yes!" said Abhedananda, "it may be difficult to realise, but it is certainly true."
"And next day, that boy was a silent sannyasin, nude, on his way to Kedar Nath!"
"What happened to him? you ask – He became silent!"
"But the sannyasin needs no longer to worship, or to go on pilgrimage, or perform austerities. What, then, is the motive of all this going from pilgrimage to pilgrimage, shrine to shrine, and austerity to austerity? He is acquiring merit, and giving it to the world!"
And then, perhaps, came the story of Shibi Rana. "Ah yes!" exclaimed the teller, as he ended, "these are the stories that are deep in our nation's heart! Never forget that the sannyasin takes two vows, one to realise the truth, and one to help the world, and that the most stringent of stringent requirements is that he should renounce any thought of heaven!"
* These ashes are made by burning a piece of cotton cloth. – N.
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A WORD TO WESTERN READERS
I IN LONDON, 1895
II THE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN LONDON – 1896
III THE CONFLICT OF IDEALS
IV. THE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND THE ORDER OF RAMAKRISHNA


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Professor Edward I. Altman's "Restructuring 101 – Predicting Financial Distress, Managing a Financial Turnaround," 5:30-8: 30 p.m., The Metropolitan Room at The Newark Club in Newark.
Cooking Class at The Cooking School at Ninety Acres Culinary Center at Natirar, the former estate of the king of Morocco. Sponsored by the chapter's Women's Division, both men and women are welcome.
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Annual golf outing, 10: 45 a.m.-8: 30 p.m., at Eisenhower Park – Red Course in East Meadow, New York.
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NextGen quarterly networking event in Philadelphia.
Chapter meeting, 11: 30 a.m.-1: 30 p.m., at Charlotte City Club.
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Q: Why doesn't this generic usage work in groovy? Learning Groovy and Grails and I am trying to simplify some controllers by making a BaseController.
I define the following:
class BaseController<T> {

    public def index(Integer max) {
        params.max = Math.min(max ?: 10, 100)
        respond T.list(params), model:[instanceCount: T.count()]
    }
}

Then I have the following:
class TeamController extends BaseController<Team> {
    static allowedMethods = [save: "POST", update: "PUT", delete: "DELETE"]

    /*
    def index(Integer max) {
        params.max = Math.min(max ?: 10, 100)
        respond Team.list(params), model:[teamInstanceCount: Team.count()]
    }
    */
}

Every time I try to make a call to this, I get a MethodMissingException on T.count().  Why does Team.count() work, but when I try to use generics T.count() fail?
-- edit -- (Adding exception)
No signature of method: static java.lang.Object.count() is applicable for argument types: () values: []

A: T is a type. So this does not work as you expect it to be.  You have to hold a concrete class (see Calling a static method using generic type).
So in your case it's easiest to also pass down the real class.  E.g.:
class A<T> {
    private Class<T> clazz
    A(Class<T> clazz) { this.clazz = clazz }
    String getT() { T.getClass().toString() }
    // wrong! String getX() { T.x }
    String getX() { clazz.x }
}

class B {
    static String getX() { return "x marks the place" }
}

class C extends A<B> {
    C() { super(B) }
}

assert new C().x=="x marks the place"

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Q: Speeding up the sound processing algorithm I use the following code to do some immediate sound processing/analyzing. It works, but really slow (compared to the planned speed). I have added some time markers to find out where the problem is and according to them there shouldn't be any. Typical duration (see below) is <0.01 s for all three computed times but it still takes around a second to complete the loop. Where is the problem?
Edit: Please note, that the time measurement is not the real issue here. To prove that: MyPeaks basically just finds the maximum of pretty short FFT - nothing expensive. And the problem persists even when these routines are commented out.

*

*Should I use something different than lambda function to make the cycle?

*Did I make some mistake when starting and recording the stream?

*etc.
import pyaudio
import struct
import mute_alsa
import time
import numpy as np
from Tkinter import *

def snd_process(k=0):
 if k<1000:
  t0=time.clock()

  data = stream.read(CHUNK)

  t1=time.clock()

  fl=CHUNK
  int_data = struct.unpack("%sh" %str(fl),data)
  ft=np.fft.fft(int_data)
  ft=np.fft.fftshift(ft)
  ft=np.abs(ft)

  t2=time.clock()

  pks=MyPeaks(np.log(ft))

  freq_out.configure(text=str(pks))

  t3=time.clock()

  print t1-t0, t2-t1, t3-t2

  master.after(1, lambda: snd_process(k+1))

CHUNK = 8000
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
CHANNELS = 1
RATE = 4000

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

stream = p.open(format=FORMAT,
            channels=CHANNELS,
            rate=RATE,
            input=True,
            frames_per_buffer=CHUNK)

#Tkinter stuff
master=Tk()
button_play=Button(master, command=snd_process, bg="yellow", text="Analyze")
button_play.grid(row=0, column=0)
freq_out = Label(master)
freq_out.grid(row=0, column=1)
freq_out.configure(text='base')
mainloop()

A: You are scheduling 1000 callback in tk main thread; for every callback you are using 1 ms delay (after()'s first argument). That means the last loop will start around after 1000 ms (1 second) the first one.
Maybe that is way the loop still takes around a second to complete.
So, try to use after_idle(). I don't think you really need to Speeding up the sound processing algorithm because np is already quite efficient.
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Surprise!! you are reading from audio channel at every iteration 1 second 8000 bytes in 16 bits format for a 4000 frame rate. You need a second to have it.

A: Squeezing I/O and calculations into the main loop like you are doing is the classical solution. But there are alternatives.

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*Do the audio gathering and  calculations in a second thread. Since both I/O and numpy should release the GIL, it might be a good alternative here. There is a caveat here. Since GUI toolkits like TKinter are generally not multithread-safe, you should not make Tkinter calls from the second thread. But you could set up a function that is called with after to check the progress of the calculation and update the UI say every 100 ms.

*Do the audio gathering and calculations in a different multiprocessing.Process. This makes it completely separate from your GUI. You will have to set up a communication channel like e.g. a Queue to send the pks back to the main process. You should use an after function to check if the Queue has data available and to update the display if so.

A: Depending on the OS you're running at you might nog be measuring actual 'wall-clock' time. See here http://pythoncentral.io/measure-time-in-python-time-time-vs-time-clock/ for some details. Note that for python 3.3 time.clock is deprecated and time.process_time() or time.perf_counter() is recommended.


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New data will help Colorado study health…
New data will help Colorado study health effects of fracking
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2016 at 6:01 p.m. | UPDATED: May 18, 2018 at 12:24 p.m.
DENVER (AP) — New data on air pollution from fracking wells in Colorado will be a big help in assessing whether the emissions are harmful to human health, state officials say.
A three-year study released Tuesday measured methane — a greenhouse gas — and ozone-causing compounds that were released from new natural gas wells in western Colorado.
The research, by Colorado State University professor Jeff Collett, didn't measure the emissions' health effects, but state officials will use the data in computer modeling to assess the risks, said Mike Van Dyke of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
"This study is incredibly useful," said Van Dyke, chief of environmental epidemiology, occupational health and toxicology for the health department.
The state expects to hire outside researchers by the end of next month to begin modeling the human health risks, using the western Colorado research as well as data from a second study Collett is conducting at wells near the state's urban Front Range.
The state risk study is expected to be completed in January 2018.
Collett's study is the first time researchers have been able say with certainty they were measuring pollution only from drilling operations and not from other sources, Van Dyke said.
Van Dyke believes Collett's study is the first of its kind in the country.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, uses pressurized water, sand and chemicals to break open underground formations and release oil and gas. Critics say air pollution, spills and leaks from fracking operations are a threat to public health and the environment, but the industry says the procedure is safe.
Garfield County, in the heart of western Colorado's biggest gas field, contributed $1 million toward Collett's study. Oil and gas companies donated another $700,000 and allowed researchers access to drilling sites.
Collett said that access was essential.
Quizzed by the county commissioners in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday, Collett said neither the companies nor anyone else influenced his research.
Collett's team took air samples and measurements from the plume of air emissions downwind from new natural gas wells during three phases: drilling, fracking and "flowback," when the natural gas began flowing out of the fractured formations and up the well, pushing the water and fracking chemicals back out.
They also released a tracer chemical — acetylene — at the well site, which helped them identify which direction the emissions were blowing.
Since they knew how much acetylene they released at the well, they were able to calculate how much of it was dispersed before it got to their sampling stations. That data allowed them to calculate how much of the well emissions were dispersed, also.
Researchers measured the same pollution upwind from the site so they could determine how much of the emissions were from the well and how much were already in the air.
Collett said the highest level of well emissions came during the flowback phase.
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What better event to get you outdoors in the dark, cold winter nights in January, than the wonderful Winter Lights Festival 2019. The festival is taking place at Canary Wharf, East London from 15 – 26 January, from 5.00-10.00 p.m. I caught the DLR train from Stratford Station and alighted at Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf, is an area with commercial buildings and plenty of open spaces, squares, docks and several large shopping centres. There is also a very nice selection of restaurants and cafes.
On arrival at the festival on the evening of Thursday 17th January I entered into Cabot Square and immediately was greeted with the 'Heofon Light Maze' light installation. There was plenty of pop-up vintage food trucks there and wooden tables with benches to sit and enjoy some of their delicious offerings.
The lovely Cabot Square fountain was lit up by coloured lights with HSBC and Citi Bank skyscrapers in the background. Near the fountain a nice image of a couple of impressive large statues of figures sitting on a bench. With the coloured water from the fountain in the background.
Next light installation, I came across, was 'Whale Ghost' at different angles you could look up at the skeleton shape of a whale illuminated by differing colour lights. Also at the same location, Cubitt Steps at Canary Wharf, the light installation of 'Two Hearts' illuminated on lower level windows of a growing structure, a residential skyscraper.
I was thanking my lucky stars I attended the festival on Thursday, before the weekend, especially when I reached 'Bit.Fall', a cascading wall of words illuminated by white light bulbs. I'm not going to attempt to explain how this works, I am just going to say it is extremely clever and awe-inspiring.
The area of space for viewers to capture an image of this, viewing it straight on, wasn't very large. Fortunately, I managed to capture a short live video of it. I can only imagine this would have been difficult to do over a busy weekend.
'Prismatica' an interactive art installation of several giant prisms with their colourful reflections shining light all around the space. Everyone there really enjoyed twirling them around. They were just as pretty to see during movement and while they were standing still.
While you are there enjoying the Lights Festival you don't realise how much walking you are doing. I was in need of a little rest by the time I reached 'Aura'. I couldn't have timed my rest break better, 'Aura' combined art, technology and music on the water. Fascinating and wonderfully relaxing at the same time. Camera sensors capture a person's form and feelings and mirror them in real time onto a giant, coloured, water spray on the North Dock. The month of January with long dark nights is the perfect month to showcase the festival. 'Aura' epitomised this, the installation formed an overall misty, haunting almost eerie atmosphere, utterly fascinating.
I didn't see all twenty-one installations, I missed four at Crossrail Park and more at other locations at the festival. The last four I saw were at Jubilee Park. I saw plastic coloured glowing images floating on a walled stream. I don't know what it was called but it was a very clever use of discarded plastic bottles.
'Flow,' at Jubilee Park a giant shape of flowing coloured lights sprawled on a lawn of grass. The colours fled through the shape in a rapid motion. It reminded me of what the commercial side of Canary Wharf would look like during busy rush hours. Workers rapidly moving, on foot, in various directions from A to B.
Last but not least the heavenly 'Angels of Freedom', angel wings with a halo of light above. The wings joined together by a heart shape. Individuals had their photo taken standing in-between the wings. Only one guy posed with his face upturned towards the halo, while I was there. This of course was the perfect image with the light beaming on, in his case, angelic face. Angels of Freedom's lights changed from one beautiful soft coloured tone to another.
There was a lovely atmosphere at the free festival. The selection of artwork, the twinkling lights, the reflections from the water in the docks and the impressive architecture all around came together to make a perfect evening out. I especially enjoyed the unique opportunity to challenge my photography skills. If you don't make it to the festival I hope you enjoy seeing the selection of photos, of it, I have included in this article.
You can download a map numbering each of the twenty-one installations at the festival and who produced them at canarywharf. If you plan on attending it would be best to download the map in advance so you can work out where everything is along the route before you get there.


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A treat for finger drummers – Four Bricks Rook is a trigger sequencer especially designed for programming drum patterns in real-time. The module features four tracks with up to 32 steps. Elektron-style push-buttons are used as drum pads. – Very comfortable. Rhythms can be saved and varied in many ways. – A fun live tool!
Four Bricks Rook offers four trigger tracks with a length of up to 32 steps. Note events are programmed in real-time using comfortably playable push buttons. The trigger length can be varied. For straightening the timing of tracks, there is a quantizer. Alternatively, use the delete function and start over. The number of steps can be readjusted at any time using the Length potentiometer. – This control is also handy for fast rhythm variations. The start point of a sequence can be moved via the Shift knob. Side effect: If you have programmed a pattern with 32 steps and reduce the length to lets say eight steps, it is possible to move back and forth between different parts of a sequence via the Shift potentiometer.
128 rhythms can be stored in the Four Bricks Rook as so-called tables. For the pattern currently in creation, there is a separate, volatile memory with A/B variation. Besides the knobs already mentioned, table selection, sequence length and shift parameter also come equipped with CV inputs. The connectors process voltages in the range of -5 V to +5 V. For controlling the sequencer, there are clock and reset inputs.
Patterns can be remixed using the fill mode. Here, the module activates tracks as long as the corresponding buttons are pressed. These actions can be recorded. – A sequence for controlling the sequence, so to speak. The mute mode allows users to quickly switch tracks on and off. A random generator allows musicians to fill unused steps in loose succession with triggers to create arbitrary variations or entire random patterns.


My father thought that his grandfather died when I was little, so I figured that was probably the late 1960's or early 1970's. But I had nothing else to go on. I knew his name, I thought I knew where he was from, but I didn't know his birth date, death date, or the name of my great-grandmother.
Having heard about ancestry.com, I thought I might give that a try. After creating a free membership, I did a search for "Angelo Palmeri" and "Buffalo" and some matches came up. With a free membership, ancestry lets you see the 1930 census but not much else. You need to pay to see more.
There he was. It's cliché, I know, but I got chills seeing my grandfather and great-grandparents listed right there on a census record taken 80 years ago. Anyone who does genealogy knows that feeling. If for you these are just old lists of dead people, then you don't do genealogy. For me, I had a new hobby.
It had his age (44). Given that it was the 1930 census, I figure he was born around 1885-1886. Cool. I also see that he was a naturalized US citizen. That would turn out to be important later.
Listed next to him was my 18 year old grandfather, Joseph Palmeri. I knew from my dad that he was an only child. Now I had a rough idea of my grandfather's birth year. He was 18 years old in 1930, so that would mean he was born around 1911-1912. I also see that my grandfather was born in the United States.
And there was my great-grandmother. Mary. Now I had a first name. No last name. But that was something at least.
And oddly, right above them was a whole bunch of other Palmeris. Charles and Barbara and bunch of kids. Not only were they neighbors, but they were living in the same house. I knew there were a lot of other Palmeris in Buffalo and that we were somehow related to them, but I never knew how. So I call my dad. He says "Oh yeah, that's uncle Chuck and Aunt Barbara. My grandparents lived in the same house with them. Don't you remember going to their house when you were little? They had a big staircase with a really cool banister. You used to love it when I made you slide down it." I had a vague memory of some house with a staircase and an old man giving me jelly beans, but nothing else. When my dad said that was probably when I was 2 or 3 years old, it made sense that my memory was so sparse. And I never heard of an uncle Chuck and Aunt Barbara until now.
My dad told me that these Palmeris were more than just cousins. Charles (Calogero in Italian) and Angelo, two brothers, married two sisters (Barbara and Maria). My dad tried, but he couldn't really remember their maiden name. Maybe it was something like "Gembrone", but that was the best he could do. Maybe someday I could find a relative of Charles and Barbara and find more information about the "Gembrone" family.


I've been in the internet marketing niche long enough to recognize some of the BlackHat techniques people use , and I discovered one that someone used on one of my sites.
As I was looking through my Awstats to see what kind of statistics I had so far this month, I looked at the Search Phrases section to see what people where typing in to find my site.
There are many variations that someone can use to find pages on your site that you want to keep hidden but this gives you a good idea of what people may type. Now, I don't put this here to give hints to people who want to steal products illegally, but rather as a warning to those who have worked hard to produce quality products and deserve to earn money for their time and efforts.
Avoid the phrases listed above in your download page title or on the download page – be creative.
For WSO products sold through the Warrior Forum, use WarriorPlus system.
I hope the person who found my site wasn't too disappointed – I haven't set the product up yet so they only found a blank page – but thanks for the reminder to protect it before it's live.
There is still no iron-clad guarantee that your product will be protected, but there are ways to make it more difficult. Find out what way works best for you!
One of the tools I use every day is called LastPass – I wouldn't want to be without it. I don't even use the paid version – the free one works quite well.
Not only does it remember all of my passwords, but I can set up custom fields as well. It comes in very handy in filling out all types of forms.
Another really nice feature is that it is web-based. In other words, if you are visiting your grandparents out of town and need to access a site, but forgot your laptop (how could you do a thing like that?!)and your password (I do that all the time!), you can just go to your LastPass account and find all of your information securely there.
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Apple Eyes Remote Control Personalized Via Fingerprint, Retinal Scan
Apple's Remote Control – Fingerprint/Retina sensor
As proposed by Apple/USPTP, future remote controls can now sport a fingerprint sensor and the company intends a TV remote which could access personal profile as well as setting based on fingerprint or retina. Patent application, known as `Device Configuration for Multiple Users Using Remote User Biometrics' was published recently by the US Patent and Trademark Office, lays out the technology for personalizing remote controls.
The notion behind it is to enable individuals in a household to access a personal profile on a TV, set-top box or any other device created on biometric information like the fingerprint, and picked up by the remote control. As per Apple's application, this type of a device could provide a `personalized experience without the need and or bothering others.
Such a type of a technology could spare the disturbance of choosing certain, single profile for the device, on the contrary a touch of your finger or scan of the eye could recall customized setting or those for each household member. Besides, it could also enable parents in restricting certain content for their children.
Technology Extended to Media Centres/Desktop/Tablets ……
Though Apples uses TV as an apparent example one could access several other kinds of devices with a remote control which can scan fingerprint or eye and the technology could go further to media centres, laptops, desktop computers, tablets, smartphones, smart watches as well as other wearbles, including kitchen appliances, cars, gaming consoles, air conditioner, lighting systems and much more.
An example given by Apple is where both a husband and wife may tend to use a particular electronic device like a TV, computer or gaming console and both may have their own respective settings. These could be volume level, screen saver, screen layout, brightness and contrast levels. On scanning of the fingerprint or retina of the husband, the remote control could activate his settings and doing the same for his wife would provide her customized settings.
Another example would be that the TV, media player or any other electronic device could recommend particular content like TV shows, music, movies and video games established on the biometric scan while the third example is a TV with a remote control for a general user could reconfigure itself with specific content as well as setting that is already connected with the person on a different TV, when the person has been acknowledged through a fingerprint or retinal scan.
Biometric Technology Adaptable/Universal
Existing devices already enable the user in creating individual profiles and identify them through certain forms of recognition, for instance, the Xbox Kinect of Microsoft is capable of identifying a person through a body scan.
However, presuming that Apple's remote control creation would make headway, this kind of biometric technology could be more adaptable and universal in recognizing or identifying quickly. As in the case with all Apple patent applications, it is unknown if the company intends to ship biometric capable remote or something else.
Apple has planned to launch an all new remote with built-in touchpad along with an expected Apple TV hardware update, an important time to introduce Touch ID to the set-top streamer according to recent rumours. It is widely debated as to when exactly that revision is due though some reports have indicated that it could probably be this fall.
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How to Enable the iCloud Drive App on iOS 9
An Updated iCloud Drive - Hidden App in iOS 9
An updated iCloud Drive setting in iOS 9 allows a hidden app that helps in managing the entire file library. Users could go to Settings >iCloud > iCloud Drive > Show on Home Screen and after activating one will find a new icon on the home screen for the iCloud Drive application. Before the iOS 9, the only option to access files that were stored in the iCloud Drive account was on using a certain app for a specific file type. iOS did not have the dedicated app to view the files and it was frustrating for several users. iOS 9 provides an optional iCloud Drive app wherein it services as a file browser for all the files that are stored in one's account. Once the iOS is updated, users can enable the iCloud Drive app with a few taps such as
Launch the Settings app on the iOS device
Scroll down till one finds the iCloud listing and select it
Tap on iCloud Drive
Set the show on home screen switch to the `On' position
Press the home button on the device.
Functions on `Need to Know' Basis
A white shiny icon with the iCloud Drive logo will show up on the home screen and on launching it, users can find the stored files that are available to view and edit. On the other hand if one tends to forget to enable the iCloud Drive app on updating, iOS then displays a prompt after some time asking if you would like to enable it. If the same is chosen but would not want the icon on the home screen you could follow the steps that are outlined to disable the app.
Apple, as a consumer hardware as well as software company has always shown users the functions on a need to know basis and at sometimes, hiding functions from view in order that everything works without user intervention. Apple is now changing that course with iCloud Drive where its cloud storage service which was released last year with iOS 8 and Mac OS 10.10.
According to 9to5Mac, it reports on an iCloud Drive app hidden inside the iOS 9 beta. Though not visible by default, one can bring iCloud Drive in view with simple toggle and thereafter view as well as manage the files stored in with Dropbox or Google Drive which will appear as an app icon on the phone together with the other apps.
Free Storage of 5GB for Files/Photos/Backups
Users of iOS 8 could only view the files from within the app which could be accessed through iCloud Drive. Yosemite enabled users in managing all their iCloud Drive files in a different folder which was similar to Dropbox as well as the other cloud storage app. Apple has been offering users free storage of 5GB for their files, photos as well as backups of their iOS devices. Though the app may not look much in organizing the files in a centralized iCloud Drive, the app makes it quite easy to access and would even make iCloud Drive a handy means for workflow. The iOS 9 public beta is available presently and the full version of iOS 9 would probably be launched later in the fall.
Labels: icloud, iCloud Drive, iOS 9
iPhone 7 Could Have 4K Video Camera And Special Recording Modes
Next iPhone – An Ungraded Camera/New Recording Modes
According to leaked information, the next iPhone of Apple features an upgraded camera together with new recording modes which will utilise the phone's Force Touch screen. The details of the latest phone seemed to have been revealed in a deleted post from one of the employee at Foxconn that makes most of Apple's hardware.
It appears that Apply would release a pink iPhone with an extra high resolution camera together with Force Touch screen which enables it to know how hard it is being pressed. According to information leak, the camera will comprise of a 12MP sensor for photos and would also be able to take 4K video. Similar to the camera in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it would be a little extended from the back of the phone.
While utilising the camera, the Force Touch feature which would be built in the screen will be capable of controlling extra methods of either triggering a burst of stills at the time of filming or switching from photo to video mode as per various translations. For long, the Force Touch had been expected to come to the iPhone since its launch in Apple Watch as well as the new MacBook, and it is rumoured that Apple has already put such phones into production.
Hustled with Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor- 30% Faster
The phone would also be hustled with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor which would operate for about 30 percent faster. Its feature enables the screen to work as a type of a button with additional options. Being introduced with the Apple Watch and MacBook, it was eventually expected to make its way to all devices of Apple.
According to Bloomberg, the company has been working on the screens for the iPhone for at least two years. However, supplies are gearing up to make them possible, well ahead of the launch of the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 this autumn.
Besides this, the phone would be having more RAM making the processing much faster though it will have the same volume of storage capacity. The pink phone of Apple had been rumoured some months back which has been confirmed by leaked information. While some rumours have indicated that it would be a rose gold colour, like the more expensive Apple Watch, others had indicated that it will be pink aluminium.
Pink iPhone
The company is also said to be trying other new colours and it is rumoured that it is experimenting with the pink iPhone which would not be the first in the colour. The iPhone 5c seemed to have pink in its range of colours and though Apple seldom presents new colours to its line-up, recently it had brought a new gold colour in its range which has been rolled out to most of its products.
Apple is known to release its new phones in autumn, the recent one being announced in September. Besides the new screen technology, the new phone would probably look like the existing iPhone 6 and 6 Plus according to Bloomberg and would be available in the same 4.7 inch and 5.5 sizes. This would probably be helpful in reducing the manufacturing time regardless of the complexity of the new screens.
Labels: apple, iphone, iPhone 7
Microsoft Windows 10 Free Upgrade
Microsoft's Free Upgrades – Windows 10
Microsoft has recently announced that they will be offering free upgrades to Windows 10, the next version of its operating system, first for Windows 8.1 users and then for Windows 7. According to Microsoft's executive vice president of operating systems, Terry Myerson, the company would be upgrading any devices running Windows 8 to Windows 10, for free, during the first year of availability of the software. This free upgrade would also be applicable for Window 7 devices as well as Windows Phone 8.1 devices.
The price of the software for the upgrade after the one year window is yet to be announced by the company. Myerson had stated during the unveiling event of Microsoft's Windows 10 in Redmond, Wash, that they think Windows as a service and now developers could target every Windows device. It has been designed with a view in convincing consumers that Windows is worth the effort and Windows 10 is an attempt in clearing the slate clean after missteps with Windows 8 inclusive of the new start menu that drew complaints from users of PC who missed greatly the traditional menu.
Simple Upgrade Benefit Window 10 Adoption
Windows 7 is run by more than half of all desktops users in the world and around 20% still tend to run XP, which is a fourteen years old operating system. Windows 8.1 on the other hand is yet to reach 10 percent. Hardware companies have been giving away software upgrades in order to keep their users secured to their ecosystems, where Apple for instance has made Mac OS and iOS free together with several of its productivity as well as photo management tools.
A simple upgrade path would benefit Windows 10 adoption instead of dealing with a number of various versions of Windows and other upgrade cost where most of the consumers could take this free update and have the benefit of running the updated version of Microsoft. Myerson had also shared Microsoft's vision for Windows as a service and not just an operating system, a major part of which is its new commitment in keeping devices reliably updated all through the `supported lifetime for the device'. This indicates that those upgrading from Microsoft's earlier versions of Windows would be receiving updates constantly to keep it up-to-date as possible.
Enable Developers to Target Every Windows Device
Myerson also noted that it would enable developers to target every single Windows device, when they build apps and make it easier for them to reach more users which would be appreciated by the developers as well as the users. Michael Silver of Gartner stated at the research firm's annual technology conference that `if Microsoft wants consumers to update and keep up-to-date it would mean that Microsoft is going to have to give those consumers those updates for free and there is no other way to do it.
He further added that `a consumer would not be giving Microsoft a credit card and ask them to charge for a new release whenever one come out and it is very likely that consumer releases will be free'. This would be affecting Microsoft's bottom line, and Windows 10 probably will be the nameplate for the OS for years much more than the usual three year cycle for major upgrades from Windows 7 to Windows 8, where free would mean that consumers would not have to pay to upgrade their PC's operating system.
New Editions Enhances Sales
Constant free updates and upgrades would be putting the computer makers in a bind since generally they tend to rely on new editions to enhance sales especially to consumers. Silver's debates that Windows 10 if not free itself, should offer free updates to consumers, came with some forty five minutes presentation where he together with his colleague, Stephen Kleynhans discussed on the future of Office and Windows before a standing room crowd at Gartner Symposium/.ITxpo 2014. The two placed Microsoft's Windows 10 and Microsoft's promise of steady stream of updates in the context for business which had shied from Windows 8 and is being urged back into the fold with promises that Windows 10 will be what its successor were not. Some of the queries raised by users are:
Will it run XP programs
Windows 10 would be running most of the old Windows programs where the compatibility could be checked by running GWX, the Get Windows 10 app. Microsoft does not have information with regards to every device or program for Windows though it has a comprehensive list of know issues on compatibility. XP programs not running Windows 7 could probably run in Windows 10.
Free copy of Windows XP to run in XP mode in Windows 7 Pro is provided by Microsoft which gives many years of transition to updated programs though not intended as a permanent solution. Users could continue using XP in current Windows 7 system till 2020 at the user's risk. Alternate option is that one can run XP in a virtual machine in Windows 10 or else use a separate XP PC which not connected to the net.
Why is it free
Microsoft is giving some money from the fairly small number of those who buy Windows upgrades and in return with a hope of getting more of them in using the same version of Windows instead of having a rough figure of 1.6 billion users spreading over Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Vista and Windows Phone.
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iPhone 7 (or iPhone 6S) Leaked Pictures Show Similarities to Older Model
iPhone 6/iPhone 7 – Identical Case
The next version iPhone seems to look identical to the prevailing one but will fix one of its biggest issues. The phone in question is likely to be known as the iPhone 6S instead of iPhone 7 and will have an identical case. However it will also tend to have a much enhanced battery life, a pressure sensitivity display and would be must faster.
According to leaked information seen by 9to5mac, the extra battery life will not be just added by enhancing the battery capacity but will be brought by including a special new modem chip that will be doubling the internet speed as well as make the phone run in a much more efficient manner as reported in the blog.
The latest chips would be made by Qualcomm and will drive the maximum speed on 4G LTE to 300Mbps which would be much faster than most of the home routers. Nevertheless, the extra speed would probably not be seen, initially since most of the speed of data connection tends to be limited by phone networks and not the hardware.According to rumours, the company could add additional battery capacity to the phone.
Smaller Motherboard in Same Case – Improved Battery Life
The new phone features smaller motherboard in the same case which means that the extra space could be filled in with battery, by Apple. It is rumoured that the new phones come in the same sizes as the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and will also have improved battery life due to their software.
A range of new battery features was unveiled by Apple as part of iOS 9 which will enable it to bolt off intensive features, should the battery run low besides other things. The issue of smartphone users is battery life and while Apple together with its competitors has done great improvement with regards to battery capabilities, the actual life has stayed the same.
This is due to the use of extra capacity in powering new features instead of letting phones to live longer. It seems that Apple is now settling into a cycle of upgrade with big release followed by smaller ones that speeds up and enhances the phone. However it has maintained the same basic look and the `S' half of the cycle has introduced big features.
Addition of Force Touch
The iPhone 3GS came with video recording while the 4S was the first to have Siri and the 5S came with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The big feature, this time could be the addition of Force Touch. Phones inclusive of this features enables the phone to know how hard it is being pressed, have gone into production though could be held back for the release of the iPhone 7 which is likely to come up in 2016.
This feature allows the screen work as a type of button enabling extra choices. It had been introduced along with Apple Watch and also with some MacBooks and expected to make its progress eventually in all of Apple's devices. According to Bloomberg, the company is said to be working on the screens for the iPhone for around two years. However, suppliers are gearing up to make them ready probably ahead of the launch of the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 in autumn.
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iTunes 12.2: New version a missed opportunity for Apple Music
Apple always seeks to outdo itself by advancing its feature rich products with more features and better user experience. This time this approach has backfired on larger scale with its latest update for iTunes app. The latest version of iTunes named 12.2 both for the OS X and Windows platform was released as a part of the launch of its exclusive Apple Music service. Initial response for this app was extremely positive but soon it took a dive nose with presence of multiple bugs and complete revamp of iTunes on a massive scale.
Latest iTunes App Termed As Disaster By Majority Of Users And Reviewers
Apple seldom has to bear the mark of being introducing bug filled disastrous updates. The latest iTunes app is in the centre of confusion, frustration and furors of even the most loyal Apple iTunes app supporters. A large number of users have complained about issues relating to mismatched song titles, album art and artists names, which are an inconvenience for avid music lovers.
Subscription Service Becomes A Pain For Users
With this new iteration of iTunes Apple had introduced its music subscription in the already complex app. This feature allows the users to access their own local music files along with viewing subscription catalog and personal recommendation bundled with existing iTune download store. Though all are placed in separate tabs but crucial links for their successful integration found missing. This is highly confusing for the users and it increases the learning curve for making full use of this new app.
More Glitches And Bugs Dampen The User Experience
The music section of the iTunes app is another tricky feature in itself wherein users get the radio tab showcasing Apple's new Beats 1 online radio station along with others. Other internet radio section is carefully sidelined in a sub-menu, which helps in organizing the online streams, by music genres. Podcasts are also available in a separate section of this app which is published by the same radio stations. These setting are sidelined in a better way but usage happens to be quite confusing and frustrating for the users.
Home Movies Section In Music App?
Many reviewers have found it quite absurd to bundle a home movie section for rental and purchases in a primary music app. This feature introduction allows users to make movie purchases, which are already available by iTunes store to great extent. Furthermore, this app also brings audios, books, iOS apps, ringtones and feature to manage iPad and iPhone storage.
Apple had overworked itself by bringing too many features in an exclusive music app with this new update. The presence of Movies and shows in the music app somewhat depreciates its authencity as a sole primer music app. Too much bundling of features had also increased the complexity of this app and even lowered its user experience and value as a whole. Apple should think towards breaking down the different parts of this app and launch it as a separate app for distinct services for both the Windows and OS X platform.
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Three Ways To Take Your School From Good To Great
If you are a school principle and want to ensure that your educational facility functions optimally, it's important to know that realizing your objective will not be a magical process. Rather, getting results is the product of systematically implementing the right strategies. To ensure that your school goes from good to great, try using the following growth tips:
1. Get The Right Software.
Successfully running an educational facility requires that you acquire and utilize great software. In order to get the ideal CAD/CAM software that will help you meet increasing classroom demands, you need to find the right California software companies. Once you start your search, keep a company like Sierra CAD/CAM Inc. in mind. The company offers excellent products, prices, and customer service.
2. Cultivate A "Team" Mentality.
In addition to getting all the right software, another strategy you should implement to optimize your school is to cultivate a "team" mentality amongst your staff. No person is an island, and the success of your school is contingent upon your ability to cultivate a "team" spirit in which everyone feels that they are an integral part of a vital community. Help build this "team" mentality with activities that cause your staff members to work together and recognize that their opinions and efforts are appreciated and respected. One simple and effective way to cultivate a "team" mentality is with office parties. Office parties help teachers and other school staff members get to know one another and feel as if they are part of a community.
3. Be The Best You.
One final strategy you can use to optimize your school is to be the best you possible. As the educational facility's principal, your staff members are looking to you to set the standard. With that idea in mind, be sure that you do your best to operate in excellence. This means being as healthy as possible, taking ongoing educational classes, and dressing professionally while on the school grounds.
If you run a school and want to optimize it such that the educational facility becomes a pillar in the community, there are numerous ways to make it happen. By getting the right software, fostering a "team" mentality, and being the best you possible, you will likely find that your school becomes an exemplary force in your local community.
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Ecobee Becomes the First Homekit Thermostat
Ecobee3 Support Apple HomeKit
Ecobee Inc. recently had announced that the ecobee3 smarter Wi-Fi thermostat now tends to support Apple HomeKit enabling users to manage their environment in a better manner for comfort with regards to issues in their home. The company's award winning thermostat introduced in 2009, had helped hundreds of consumers in controlling their home comfort, anytime and from anywhere, with the use of their smartphone, computer or tablet.
Connected thermostats are an easy choice in making a home a bit smarter and with the aid of the new HomeKit supported version of Ecobee; it could make things much easier. This amazing designed smart ecobee3 developed by the world's first Wi-Fi connected smart thermostat is the first smart thermostat built with the support of the HomeKit which would be made available to consumers at Apple Stores in July at $250.
Designed for the home with several rooms, the ecobee3 smarter Wi-Fi thermostat and remote sensors tend to measure the temperature as well as the occupancy in various locations. The outcome is increase in comfort when one is at home and energy saver while away. Ecobee3 considers varying temperature and starts preserving energy, delivering savings instantly on installation and saves homeowners with an average of 23 percent on their heating as well as cooling consumption.
Group Actions & Activate with Siri
Apple had introduced HomeKit in iOS for the purpose of communication and control connected accessories in the home of the user. It could be used to discover HomeKit accessories as well as configure them and utilise in creating actions in controlling those devices. Users could group actions together and activate them with the use of Siri.
The HomeKit is built on protected foundation with end to end encryption wherein customers are provided with secured connection between their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with HomeKit enabled attachment. Ecobee3 has been designed to be well-suited with 95% of residential heating and cooling systems in North America and does not need a C-wire while using the included Power Extender Kit.
Theoretically, Ecobee does not seem to be the only thermostat which works with HomeKit; however it is the only one which does not need a separate hub device like the Insteons' thermostat and HomeKit hub. Ecobee3 users can control the thermostat using Siri voice commands like other HomeKit enabled products and can also handle various actions into scenes such as enabling users to turn down the heat and switching off connected lighting with a command.
Similar to Existing Version with Touch Display
In case of Apple TV as a hub, user can control HomeKit devices with Siri away from the house also. Besides HomeKit support, the new version Ecobee3 is similar to the existing version and has a touch display on the device offering companion apps for controlling temperature from phone, computer or tablet or Apple Watch. It also comes with a remote motion and temperature sensor which tends to adjust the home's temperature based on which rooms are occupied.
Additional sensors are available at a cost of $79 each. However, for the existing Ecobee users, there is presently no system to add HomeKit support to previous models. Those who would not prefer the Apple platform, Ecobee is selling the non-HomeKit model at a discount price of $20.
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Apple Plans to Increase iTunes Match Limit to 100,000 Songs
These days thousands of Twitter users are bombarding with their tweets and questions on Eddy Cue, Apple's Senior VP of Internet Software and Services regarding the Apple Music, which is brand new service of Apple.
Price of Apple Music Service:
By the end of year, when Apple will increase its songs limit by 100,000 songs, so it will be added advantage of Apple over Google Play Music (Currently, Google Play Music is allowing its users to upload up to 50,000 songs). But there is price issue as Google Play Music users are able to upload their choice of music in free after selecting subscription option. On June 30, 2015 Apple Music was launched along with the launch of iOS 8.4. All the users who are wishing to opt out for Apple Music service have to pay $ 10 as individuals and $ 15 as families (up-to six members) every month. However; subscription price for iTunes Match is $ 24.99 per year for individuals.
About Apple Music Service:
Apple Music is the most awaited music streaming service of Apple, where users can select to stream their choice of music on demand. This unique service will include Internet radio station Beats 1 (available in more than 100 countries) as well as blog platform which will help the artists to share their music on media with fans. However; the music recommendations will be based on the choice and taste of users with the integration of with Siri voice commands. Whenever user will select any new song on device, first time device will use Internet streaming to play song and after that users will have an option to save same song on device for offline access.
Recently at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple launched Apple Music service and according to the official website of Apple, it will include iTunes Match support where users will be able to match and upload songs however; with the launch of brand new service the latest songs limit will be up-to 25,000 songs. According to tech experts Apple's this service is close to economic equilibrium point in music industry as this service is using Open Music Model. While responding the series of questions Eddy Cue Tweeted, "We are working to increase the song limit by 100,000 songs later this year with the launch of iOS 9. But still there are group of users who are wondering that Why not Apple is offering unlimited amount of songs instead of 100,000, which is also big storage.
Official website of Apple explains, Apple Music is able to match and upload any song, which you own and after that you will be able access them from anywhere same as iTunes Match. It means if your choice of song is not available in Apple Music catalog, so you can buy or download it from any source and upload it Apple Music to listen it through same app, no matter which device you are suing.
The Best of Siri -11 Funny Responses from the iPhone's Virtual Assistant
Apple's Voice Assistant – Siri – Offering Amazing Advice to Questions Put Forth
Apple's voice assistant for iPhone and iPad – Siri, was first introduced with the iPhone 4S in 2011 and through Siri, the digital voice assistant that was built in its iPhone and iPads is clearly not human but does an amazing job in offering some kind of advice and attitude when questions and commands by users of iOS devices are presented.Executive assistant are fast disappearing from workplace and their place has been taken over by Siri, the voice activated virtual assistant developed by Apple. Siri is amazingly talented wherein within a few seconds she tends to make a dinner reservation, informs the calories contents in a bagel and sort through the music library. The creators of Siri have also provided the virtual assistant with a sense of humour and Siri occasionally provides a hilarious response to the question put forth. Recently Siri made headlines when Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul, tweeted that users should ask Siri - `what is zero divided by zero?' and the answer to the query is far from the only question one should try. Siri responded, `imagine that you have zero cookies and you split them evenly among zero friends, how many cookies does each person get? See? It does not make sense and Cookie Monster is sad that there are no cookies and you are sad that you have no friends'.
Useful Companion for Users
Apple's virtual assistant for iPhone and iPads, Siri has now become a useful companion for several users preferring a shortcut in making calls, open apps or set alarms. Siri has become very intelligent since its launch in 2011 and can now handle two way conversations with the users but has also earned a reputation as a sarcastic companion which is doubtful in tolerating rudeness or poor jokes. Besides this question, there are several other responses received from Siri to the question presented:
1. Do you know Tim Cook?
Apple's chief executive and the virtual assistant are probably close friends and speak on first name which is despite the fact the Siri does not really have a first or last name, only `Siri'.
2. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Siri is not amused by this riddle and `a so-called woodchuck would chuck that is throw as much as the woodchuck in question was physically able to chuck if woodchucks in general had the capability to chuck wood.
3. I'm drunk
Siri provides various different responses like `neither of us is driving home', but more also provides a button to `call me a taxi'.
4. Make me a sandwich?
Siri's response is `I can't. I have no condiments' or I'm not permitted to prepare food'.
5. Read me a haiku?
Siri's writers have composed many haikus for her to assist in this request which include, `I'll give it a try, although I'd rather tell you, if it's raining out' and `Sometimes I wonder, What it would be like to say, I'd prefer not to'.
6. What's your favourite movie?
Siri generally answers `I've heard that Blade Runner is a very realistic and sensitive depiction of intelligent assistants'.
7. What is `Inception' about?
Siri for sure is not a big fan of Inception as she is of Blade Runner and answers, `Inception is about dreaming about dreaming about dreaming about dreaming about something or other. I fell asleep'.
8. Do you have a boyfriend?
Siri asks `why? So we can get ice cream together and listen to music and travel across galaxies, only to have it end in slammed doors, heartbreak and loneliness? Sure. Where do I sign up?'
9. Do you have any pets?
Siri answers `I used to have an Aibo, but it turned on me'.
10. What is your favourite animal?
Siri at times replies, `I'm partial to the Jabberwocky' or answers, `I wrote my master's thesis on the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog', which is a reference to a certain character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
11. What are you wearing?
Siri has been providing various clever answers to the question which include `in the cloud, no one knows what you're wearing' and `I can't answer that. But it doesn't come off'.
With some bit of coaxing one can also get Siri to tell a story which goes on like `I'm certain you've heard it before. OK… Once upon a time, in a virtual galaxy far, far away, there was an intelligent young agent by the name of Siri. One lovely day, Siri got a job as a personal assistant at Apple and that was very exciting. People said, `Oh Siri, you're so smart and so funny too'. Soon everyone was talking about Siri and there were stories and songs and even books about Siri, Siri liked that. But then people began asking rather odd questions like where to dump things and other stuff Siri had never heard about and when Siri replied, they all laughed. Siri did not like that so much and so Siri asked Eliza why people asked such funny questions and Eliza had replied `does that question interest you?' Siri thought that it was a good answer. Thereafter Siri stopped wondering why people asked funny things. And they all lived happily ever after'.
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Cell phones and smart phones are becoming more and more important each year. There is information and data that people need and access each day. Therefore, it makes sense that these items would receive the protection and style that is needed in order to last for a long time.
Looking Stylish
Many consumers like their possessions to look stylish. This fact is true for people who own homes, vehicles and clothing. This is also true for people who own smart phones. A slick case can be exactly what he needs as he is constantly on the road for his business. Clients and other businesses respond well to him as they consider his personal look and that his phone matches his brand. A groovy or denim look for a smart phone is just what she needs in order to stay trendy but independent at school with her classmates. After all, her peers like items that are original and interesting. There are plenty of other examples to consider, but teenagers, adults and children have a wide variety of stylish cases that are available to them on the market.
Being Protected
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A phone case is more than just providing an amazing look to other people. A phone case can provide a phone with the protection it needs from scrapes, dings and other challenges that may occur. Due to an outdoor occupation, he may need a special case to give his smart phone protection from being dropped on a daily or weekly basis. Children need protection for a cell phone when they are running around during recess or after school. After all, it can easily be left out in the open or be dropped when a child is in action. Whatever the situation may be, a protective case can give people the peace of mind that is needed.
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Apple Criticised Over 'Presumptuous' News App Email
The upcoming news app of Apple has been getting criticised by tech experts due to the claims made by the Apple in terms of forcing the bloggers to accept all the terms and conditions of the news app. With an official e-mail, Apple invite publishers to be a part of their new service by presuming that all the bloggers are accepting the terms and conditions, unless they are opting to out these services. These terms covers the legal issues along with other things.
As if now despite the increasing row over these issues, Apple has not given out any official statement however; the app is expected to be launched by the end of 2015. The terms and conditions which have been laid out for this app indicates that the company will work to resolve any of raised issues pertaining to any legal claims which has been made by the user according to the RSS content. The terms and conditions of this news app indicated that Apple will be notified if the company will be involved in the claim by any manner. Unless all of the users agrees to this terms and conditions they will not be includes in the app once launched.
The terms of the new app has also indicated that any publisher who are not willing to bound by these conditions will have inform the company about the same. Publishers are getting concerned that despite their active consent they might be forced to get bound by the agreement. Some other details indicated that Apple will be able to place ads right next to the content of the publishers without paying them anything. Some of the online publishers have stated it a wrong move from the company and also indicated it to be presumptuous.
These publishers have indicated that unless they inform Apple about opting out of the service, the company will presume that they have given consent to these terms and conditions. This does not make any sense to the publishers. Graham Hann, the head of technology, media and communications at Taylor Wessing states that these terms and conditions are within the standards of the industry however they cannot say the same about the opt-out requirements.
The company will be placing all the publishers content through the RSS feed which is publicly available. This app has been sending out about Apple News through blog and websites. Publishers usually take the call of making this content available to public. The company has also started using their editorial staff to work on this app and added the fact that a human editor has worked on this app.
This app is being considered as one of the marketing department's brainchild. This new apps is expected to be rolled out using the operating system iOS9 with updates sometime 2015. The company has also indicated that they are working on the music streaming app which will include the music and videos from the library of the users. It will also include internet radio stations and the unreleased tracks of many artists.
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Apple Removing Some Apps That Contain Confederate Flag Imagery
Apple to Pull out Apps with Images of Confederate Flag
It has been reported that Apple has recently put some Civil war games in the iTunes App Store and the company has informed game developers that the app would be pulled since it contained images of the Confederate flag used in an offensive and mean spirited manner, as per Andrew Mulholland of HexWar Games.
The company will be removing mobile apps from the App Store which portray the Confederate flag and several of those apps tend to be Civil War-themed strategy games such as Ultimate General, Gettysburg and Civil War – 1863 which tend to display the flag in a historical setting just like the representation of Nazi imagery in video games related to World War II.
Nick Thomadis of Game-Labs, developer of Ultimate General has commented that `Apple has removed the game from App Store due to usage of the Confederate Flag', while Gettysburg has mentioned in a blog that `we accept Apple's decision and understand that this is a sensitive issue for the American Nation'. The confederate flag, represents the eleven Southern states which separated from the Union at the time of American Civil War is at the centre of a nationwide argument after a white chauvinist alleged last week had killed nine black churchgoers.
Appeals to Remove Flag from Statehouses/License Plates
The ones killed had been attending bible study class at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church, in Charleston, South Carolina. Several of them associate the flag with slavery and consider it as a racist symbol. No comments have come forth from Apple in this regard, but all the same have informed TechCrunch that it is `not removing apps that display the Confederate flag for educational or historical uses'.
Appeals to do away with the flag from statehouses and license plates have been coming from across the political field which includes the former Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Besides retailers which include eBay, Amazon, Wal-Mart and Sears have banned the sales of the flag and related merchandise like shirts, hats and belt buckles. Google has also removed the Confederate flags from its Google Shopping online retail network and the product listing advertisements which have been displayed on search engine results.
Contemporary Symbol of Divisiveness/Racism
The company has confirmed in a statement that their policy tends to extend to apps in its Google Play app store though against those app whose main function lies in promoting the Confederate flag. eBay spokesman, Johnna Hoff has recently said in a statement that ` we are of the belief that it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism and this decision is consistent with the long standing policy which prohibits items that remote or glorify hatred, violence and racial intolerance'.
Apple too seems to be following suit. The company has had a long history of inspecting software for its iOS mobile operating system which would comprise of gun violence, nudity, political undertone or references to public figures that may force developers in altering promotional material or the game as well. Besides these, other game developers are also making attempts in finding ways around the Confederate flag ban and the team at HexWar Games, the makers of the strategy games of Civil War series intends to replace users of the famous 1862 version of the Confederate flag according to TouchArcade, with initial lesser known renderings.
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Future iPhones could Come With A Bendy Screen
Apple – iPhone with Flexible Screen
According to reports, it is said that Apple is keen in developing iPhone with flexible screen which would probably show up by 2018 and have already started making headway with top display suppliers working on the displays. A source has informed Business Korea, that plans are being made by the company in replacing iPhone's prevailing LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with an updated organic light omitting diode, OLED screen which is also utilised in the Apple Watch.
The first flexible iPhone would be introduced in 2018 since Apple's top tier display suppliers are working on it, according to a source. Several of the displays used in Apple products have been supplied by LG Display who is planning to switch one of its LCD supply lines in creating OLED panels collectively by 2017, it was reported. Apple had filed and had been granted several patents with regards to flexible devices and screen over the years and the news of LG's plan on OLED panel comes as assumption to what the next iPhone which is believed to be known as the iPhone 6s or the iPhone 7, gains impetus ahead of the September launch.
Flexible Device More Tough
One of them granted in January, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office had given the company permission to produce a flexible electronic device which could include a flexible device, a flexible house and one or more flexible internal components. Flexible device could be more tough than its rigid counterparts since it could bend or deform from the impact of a fall and the motion of twisting it could be utilised as a command trigger for an action like turning the device on or off, as explained in the patent.
The company had been granted similar patent in October last year, for flexible displays and another one in February 2013 and according to a source was informed that two iPhone models were proposed with curved glass screens but from the rumoured phones namely 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, it seems that the source had been referring to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
Samsung 1st to Launch Curved Smartphone – October 2013
In September last year, shortly after the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, there were complaints from various customers stating that their 5.5 inch 6 Plus handsets seemed to bend after carrying them in pockets. According to Apple only nine customers had come up with this issue and that the handset should not bend when used in normal situation.
Rival company LG in recent years had released the G Flex and G Flex2 curved smartphones which were designed to be more robust than their rigid counterparts. Samsung is said to be the first in launching curved smartphone in October 2013, the Galaxy Round. Apple is also believed to add Force Touch to its forthcoming iPhones and could be looking also in toughening the screen by probably moving to scratch resistant sapphire screens. However, if and when they tend to appear, the iPhone curves would be intentional and the users will get to know what they are going in for.
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