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The Summit Podcast
Now Hiring : My New Boss with Bri Land
March 05, 2020 HMG Season 2 Episode 3
Mar 05, 2020 Season 2 Episode 3
Career transitions are tough, especially when they are unplanned. This full-stack marketer found themselves in the market for a new job after their most recent tenure at an agency came to an end. Did she let the grind of looking for her next position crush her? Not at all.
With a little luck, incredible ingenuity, and using the marketing techniques she had mastered, Bri Land turn a boring and mundane process on it's head, getting companies to apply for her services, not the other way around. Find out where she got the inspiration, how she did it, and what advice she has for today's job seeker in this episode of Summit.
About Bri Land
Bri is a full-stack marketer with startup and agency experience. Her superpower is thinking big picture and breaking down those big plans into bite-sized, actionable pieces. Her brain is equal parts analytical and creative and she's a problem solver at heart. Her campaign, NOW HIRING: My New Boss, recently gained viral status for its unique approach to the job search. Those who appreciate weird and unordinary are encouraged to apply. Outside of work, she's a wife and a mom to two teen girls, two boy dogs and a lady cat. They live close to downtown Houston in their tiny bungalow with all the pet hair.
About Kyle Hamer
A sales and marketing veteran with a deep understanding of strategy, digital marketing execution, and using technology to enhance brand impact. A hands-on leader with a passion for solving business challenges with process, operations, and technology. When Kyle's not tinkering on businesses, you'll find him spending time with those he loves, learning about incredible people, and making connections.
About Hamer Marketing Group
Market growth for a new product or service is often limited by market distractions, unreliable data, or systems not built to scale. Hamer Marketing Group helps companies build data-driven strategies focused on client acquisition and sales development supported by the technology and operations necessary to create profitable growth.
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Kyle Hamer: 0:00
Hello, welcome to the summit, the podcast where we bring you the knowledge and insights from today's industry leaders and professionals. No fluff, no double digit overnight growth schemes. We're having real conversations with real people a nd g etting y ou answers on how to take your career, your marketing, and your business to the next level. My name is K yle Haimer. I'm your host. And today we're with my special guest and new friend B ri. And I don't know how you s ay your last name, B ree. Why don't you introduce yourself?
Bri Land: 0:31
Yeah, I'm first name TBRI last name is land. Just like , uh , you know the land that you stand on.
Well , why do I want to go London or London ? I was like, Oh man, I should probably have asked that ahead of time. But I didn't, I didn't. Uh , today we want to talk about creative ways to find your new boss. I you did something pretty unique and cool. And this is a , a way in which you as a digital marketer have hacked the success to your next career opportunity. So before we get into that though, Bri , tell us a little bit about yourself. Other than, you know, your last name is like the place where you stand.
I guess I would describe myself as kind of a full stack marketer, less than a specialist, more of a, you know, kind of a big picture, putting it all together, type of marketer. I guess my superpower is taking that big picture and then walking it back into smaller steps to kind of create an actionable plan. So I have a lot of startup startup experience. I've owned my own business before and then most recently I was at a digital agency here in Houston, so
that's awesome. But you're not a full time marketer by day and that's all you do 24 hours, seven days a week. Right. There's part of breathe that's living and breathing and as cool stuff that happens outside of work. Tell me, tell me a little bit about your family and how you ended up in Houston.
Yeah, sure. For many years. I was a stay at home mom slash Navy wife that kind of moved all over, all over the place, including, you know , uh , Virginia and Florida and then a , uh , a nice three years in Italy and then landed in Austin, Texas. And when my husband got in the Navy, we found ourselves in Houston because of the oil and gas market at the same time. I was looking to get back into work and you know, my kids were of school age, so, so yeah, that was about 10 years ago. Time flies. So now I have a 13 year old and a 16 year old and um, college is quickly approaching, so , so yeah.
That's awesome. Now with, with, okay, for many years you were a stay at home mom, you, you went back in into the workforce. I've had become a full stack marketer as you've described. And then recently you found yourself in the middle of a career transition and that caused you to do something a little, a little different, a little creative. Tell us, you know, as you found yourself in the middle of a career transition, what was going on that, that what I'm doing is insane and you got to do something different.
Yeah. So I was laid off , um , at the very end of October, beginning of November time frame, right before the holidays were about to hit. And you know, I was luckily given a little bit of a severance and that gave me a little bit of a runway and I thought that, you know, the job B job market being what it is today or what we hear it is today, that I wouldn't have had an issue finding my next role. But you know, holidays hits and I was just applying and hearing absolutely nothing. And it started with a thought exercise for myself on, I'm not, I'm obviously not hitting the right, right people, my people and , and what, what would it look like? What would my perfect boss look like? What would my perfect company look like that I would want to work for? And so spent some time and put that together. And then I was like, you know what if I put this online? And so, you know, I talked about with my husband and he was like, yes, you absolutely have to do this. So I decided to kind of create a whole campaign around it. And um, I launched it, I guess it was the week of Christmas and I was like, this is either going to go really bad because nobody's on LinkedIn or even paying attention or it can , you know , possibly go well and people are on LinkedIn looking for their new new role and they're new in their spare time. So anyway , um, I launched it, I emailed it and asked very nicely to some people that I respected in the industry to share it and they did. And so I don't know how many, I probably should have looked this up before, before we talked, but I don't know how many new bosses have applied at this point, but I would say about 50% actually have a job for me. A lot of people were, you know, reaching out to say, you know, just words of encouragement. So, but yeah, so it , it eventually ended up going viral when a woman out of New York named Cindy Gallop, shared it with her network, got picked up on a Australian news site, and then eventually the local local news here in Houston, which that was just, I think it was two weeks ago today when that aired. And so that, that really helped get the word out locally to more realistic job opportunities for me. You know , because when Cindy shared it, she, you know, her network was on the coasts and has an amazing network and I'm connected to all these like crazy cool people now on LinkedIn. But at this point in our lives, you know, we're pretty settled in Houston unless they're, you know, willing to, to have me work remote. It's not really a , a feasible option right now. So,
Sure. Now for those that are listening, we haven't really talked to me. You've talked a little bit about the idea, but what did you create? What did you share out and what did go viral? So, so what is, what is it that you actually created?
Um, so I created a website that, you know, kind of introduces myself to recruiters, my new boss, you know, whoever's listening, you know, it talks a little bit about myself, kind of walks you through what I'm looking for and some of my strengths. There's a few , um, a few gifts in there, few emojis that make it fun. It's less about my absolute hard skills and experience and more about me as a person, which you don't really see on a resume. So yeah, it walks you through that and then at the end of it gives the person an opportunity to apply to be my new boss.
Well, what I can, what I can tell you is , is that it's one of the most novel concepts that I've ever seen. I mean , a lot of people talk about building a portfolio or professional experience, a landing a webpage just for yourself, but you built it and in the name of the site is now hiring my new boss. And the way that you, the way that you positioned it, the way that you put it on your LinkedIn profile, the way that you've done everything is it looks like company, right? It looks like you could be a recruiter now, hiring my new boss. Wait, I've got great talent all around me. I mean, I thought, I thought the concept was just fantastic and I was, and that's what I thought it was like a recruiting agency. Yeah . When I found out that it was your way of attracting your next job opportunity, I thought that it was just brilliant. There's , there's a lot of things that you, you share about yourself that go beyond the rank and file, normal boring, status quo, PC interview process. You share the nuances and stuff that that it is that makes you unique and that makes you stand out. Why ? I know, I think , I think it's super cool, but like what was it that you were struggling with that made you say, Hey, this is what I want to do? Was it, you were having certain bad experiences, you just weren't hearing from anybody? Like you had this creative expression you needed to get out, like it just like
Y yeah, sure. It was. Um, it's kind of multifaceted. I guess. One, it was out of frustration with the whole interviewing and hiring process in general. And then too , you know, it's so much easier to go into an interview process when somebody has read a little bit about the real you, you know, it makes things so much more comfortable. And me being a little bit of an introvert and having a hard time just in interviews in general, I mean, I know everybody does, but it's just such a nerve wracking process. It , it really has helped me become a little bit more comfortable that, that process. And then three, you know, I, that my next role is somewhere that I want to be for a long time. You know, I've worked for a lot of startups and smaller companies, three family businesses, and those can all be very unstable. And if the company falls on hard times, even just a little bit, it can affect everybody within the company. So, yeah. The next role that I'm, I'm looking for. I want to be in it for a long time and if I'm going to be in it for a long time, I want to know that people value the same things that I value.
Kyle Hamer: 10:29
So I want to ask questions about those, but in reverse order. So let's talk about, let's talk about number three here, which you want to be someplace for a long time.
Bri Land: 10:39
Yep .
What, what is it you're looking for in your new boss? Like you, you, you've obviously outlined it on the website, but what were the things that you saw in your, in your past opportunities, in your past positions where you're like, you know what, these are the things I liked and I want to see these characteristics outlined and these are the things that I don't like. What are you looking for?
Most of all, you know, the more that I, you know, the more experience that I get and the more , um, yeah , just talk to people in business. There are a lot of people out there that just kind of talk the talk and nobody has it all figured out. And you know, I'm, I'm looking for somebody that I can compliment and then, you know, maybe I have some skill sets that they don't and vice versa. Hopefully we can learn from each other. Yeah. It's a , a humble attitude is in a sense of humor is, you know, those are the number two things in my book that I'm looking for.
So you want to learn something, you want to bring something to the table and you want to do it with, we'll have a good time. That sounds like the perfect job for anybody.
Yeah . Right.
You, you mentioned you were super frustrated with the hiring process in January , right? The market today says that unemployment's at the lowest rate ever and digital marketers seem to be in demand everywhere. Especially with somebody, your, your capability in being full-stack . What's your being your reality? Like they talk about this, but is that, is that the reality in the market today?
I don't think so. You know, when I launched this campaign, I was not the only one by any means. I had people coming out of the woodwork who were also a too , you know, they've been out of work for like a year or more. You know, I don't think that what we're hearing in the news is really telling the whole whole picture. You know, I myself had felt, you know, always a little bit underemployed. You know, I, I feel like I have more to offer than the chances that I've been given. And I feel like there's a lot of that out there. I'm not sure that that is the reality, especially here in Houston. For somebody like me, I've got some B to B experience now, but you know , a lot of B to C stuff and Houston is just, it's a rough town for somebody like that.
Now the other thing that I thought was really, really interesting that you , you said in your three, I mean your first one is as you were frustrated with the market and , and traction, the second thing , uh, you know, we , we you shared was, is feeling comfortable in the interview and inside of your own skin. Tell me about what it is about sharing those, the more complete view of Brie in now hiring my new boss that makes you feel more comfortable around people. What, what is it that he, it , it gives you or, or how does it help build that confidence for you?
I think it kind of takes away, you know, in the interview process you can kind of feel like you're trying to sell yourself at some, some points and that is not a strength of mine at all. So I feel like it kind of takes away that, you know , desire to want to mold into whatever person that you're the person interviewing you wants to be. You know what I mean? It takes away the pressure and you know, everybody's always talking about authenticity in marketing, you know? But I feel like, like I was like, you know, I'm going to put my money where my mouth is and see if this really works know. And so far it has, you know, I , you know, still hiring. But uh, but yeah, the response has been really good all around.
So a lot of people out there might be thinking, okay, Bri, you've, you've convinced me I need to do something different. Take a different approach. But you had a severance package. Surely this was expensive to take on. Was this an expensive endeavor for you?
Oh, absolutely not. What tools did you use? Like how did you, like how did you make this all happen? Yeah, I mean, so you know, I have experience creating sites on Shopify, WordPress, HubSpot, and what I used for this site, because I wanted to keep it very clean and simple was just Squarespace. And it took me maybe a day, maybe not a day to write everything, but to get everything set up and you know, working and , uh, the way that I wanted it to. Yeah. That's, and expensive , maybe like under 20 bucks a month. And I of course bought my, about my domain as well as you know, that , that that's pretty cheap too . You can , uh , and you can also create , uh , a company on LinkedIn for free.
Yeah. LinkedIn, LinkedIn makes it easy to be, be a lot of things, but so it wasn't expensive. And, and one of the things that you shared in your blog was, is kind of this, this graph of traffic. So we've got, you've got Squarespace, 20 bucks a month, bought a domain, maybe it was $4, maybe it was 20. I dunno , you might, you might be in for what, maybe a hundred bucks at this point. Yeah . Did you, did you advertise at all? Like how did you get traffic in ? And then we'll talk a little bit more about how you went viral in just a second.
Sure. Um, I did test one ad I spent about a hundred dollars on that when I noticed that traffic and interest was kind of going down a little bit. And um, I use a little bit of ABM targeted some companies that I really, you know, was interested in. And at the same time my, my site was being shared in like Facebook groups and you know, all kinds of places. And , um, I think that's where it eventually started to, to really go viral. When, when Cindy Gallop, you know the, the lady that I mentioned earlier shared that she, she said she found it in this, in a Facebook group for like women in tech. So, so yeah, that's, that's kind of where, where it started and she's, like I said, she's kind of a , a force and so once, once she shared it, it really took off.
So you , you know, you tracked , so we got SquareSpace, we use LinkedIn, we did some targeting with , with LinkedIn ads, maybe shared in, in Facebook, social media. What did you share to try and get people to come apply to be a boss or did you get shared and get feedback? Like what, what was the spirit of, of some of your posting early on for people like Cindy to get exposed to, to my new boss.
Yeah. So I originally posted it on LinkedIn at the very exact time that I did that I asked, I sent an email to some people that I just really respect in the industry who I know have influence and ask them to share my LinkedIn post . That was the post that really, really got things started here locally in the beginning, knowing that all those people were kind of sharing it and liking it at the same time. And , and I think it's just [inaudible] it's something that people haven't seen before and we're just generally interested in it.
Well, it is unique, right? I mean it's , it's not every day it's somebody goes out and says, Hey, I'm now hiring you. Like flip, flip the , flip the script.
Well, I hope, I hope that it didn't come across as arrogant because I'm not that. So
I don't, I don't think anything about it comes across as arrogant, truthfully, bringing anybody that takes time to go out and read. I think that what they'll find is that it's a very empathetic, authentic view of somebody beyond the resume. My take as a, you know, as a marketer of many years is that it's somebody who's, who's playful, creative, a down to earth, but also earnest in, in the things that , um, that drive them. You know, I think one of the things that I found most fascinating was as you talked about all of the things, the skills that you had taught yourself. Sometimes job seekers, they, they don't think about the skills that that it takes to teach themselves do things right or, or the process of learning a new craft or a new skill. They think only about the skills that are required for that particular function or that particular job. And there are so many other nuanced pieces that happen when you pick up a skill elsewhere. So the , the, you've taught yourself how to play guitar and woodworking, if I remember right,
I'm not guitar but, but definitely wood working.
I , you know , if I could, if I could teach myself to do one thing, it would be play guitar, but my hands grandpop's so stinking fast. Now for folks that are out there that are not in your shoes or, or are struggling, what's some of the, what's some of the advice that you would give those people that are still in the market, either underemployed or unemployed and, and, and searching for their next opportunity that haven't built this inbound machine that you have? What , what would be some of your advice for them?
Um, you know, I, you know, you mentioned kind of self teaching. There is so much out there that's free if you're just willing to , to put in some of that work. For example, all of the HubSpot certifications that you can get just, I mean for free, I don't know how many they have, but uh, you know , it's probably like 20 at this point you can get certified in Google ads, Google analytics, like all these things are, are for free and things that I think employers really look for. Just put some thought into exactly like who, who do you want to work for because it is a two way street and when you start treating it that way, things change a little bit. I think , um, your confidence goes up a bit and that, and then, and then also the other thing that's really helped me is finding community. I it's amazing how I can have this community on LinkedIn now of I would say mostly women. Um, there , there's a few men out there too. There've been huge cheerleaders. But um , just the way that people have been rallying around me has been amazing and it really kind of gets you through those low points.
Having community and having families, I think one of the most underappreciated things as you're displaced from work. Yeah . Cause you go from interacting with folks all day, every day to very isolated and kind of quiet existence. Even if you've got a great severance package, the fact that you're, you know, you're a social circle goes from say you're working at a company if 30 all the way up to 300, you're interacting with at least five to 10 different people on a daily basis and the moment which that changes that community has gone. So I think that's, that's a really key key element.
Oh and also exercise. Why exercise? Cause that's my, I usually go in the afternoon, I run on the Heights jogging trail and uh, I just pop in my headphones and listen to, you know, marketing podcasts or, or , uh , true crime podcasts just to like kind of check out for a little bit. That's , that's been a lifesaver too .
Now that you've, you've been in the market for a period of months, you've tried it the old fashioned way of here's my cover letter, networking with people, sending them an resume, applying to jobs and then the way that you're doing it now, which is you're driving demand to yourself, what kind of advice do you have for employers that are out there, that are looking to get the best talent and to hire people for , um, for the positions that they have opened? What , what kind of advice do you have?
Um, I would say that, you know, there's not going to be one perfect person that checks all the boxes who also fits into your company culture. People are teachable and hire the person, not the, the product I guess. Um, if somebody gets along great, is helpful in his team player, no jobs too small or big, but they don't have, you know, a specific skill that you're looking for. All of those are, are just, those are all very teachable , um, things. So yeah, hire the person, not the product.
And along the way you've dealt with recruiters that help you try and land a position. What kind of advice would you have for recruiters based on your experience in the last however many months?
Call people back? No, I'm just kidding. Um, no, and I know that they're , you know, recruiters are in a tough spot just like job seekers are, but you know, just, just a note to keep people in the loop, you know? And if it's , if it's not a good fit then that's totally okay. But when we're left hanging and wondering, it's a, it can be pretty agonizing.
And then last but not least, I mean you've, we've, we've kind of touched on all of these across the board, but for those people that are out there, exercise community, doing something creative, teaching yourself new skills, what other advice, if any, is left for somebody that's in the job market and looking for it today?
Um, I would say to run through the open doors that are given to you because like doing things like this right now is completely out of my comfort zone and um, so it was being on the news two weeks ago. So just kind of run through those doors whenever they're opened and just do your best to make it through
the, the update is as of this recording that there are lots of bosses still going through the application process, but you haven't selected one yet.
So if somebody wants to get ahold of you once they be interviewed by you once to become a part of this process, what's the best way for them to get , get in contact with you Bri?
Yeah. Just going to my, going to my site now hiring my new boss.com. I'm kind of reading about me, connect to me on LinkedIn, did to see what I'm about and yeah, we'll go from there.
That's awesome. Well, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your story. Um , this, this just fabulous outside of the box, a way of flipping a, a very old paradigm on its head and putting a digital marketers creative twist on it. This, it's been fascinating learning about your story over the last couple of weeks and watching you catapult into the jet stream of opportunity. You're making me blush and I , we really , we really, really, really thankful you , you were on the show today and getting an update when you've selected that new boss. Sure. Awesome. We'll breathe . Thanks for being here. We'll talk soon. All right. Thank you.
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You are dead wrong… still. Caught in the orbit of the Constantinian Lie.
Love of pseudo-intellectual ping-pong… religio-academic onanism, is neither Faith, nor is it Truth. It is an incessant, religious (in the worst sense of the word) obsession with self. You could just as logically be a papist… or a Mormon. Like you, they have caged themselves in Cain's folly, as well. Defending a bloodless sacrifice, standing in the ruins of an ancient Temple without one stone left upon another… pontificating and debating… and mindless of the difference in those once-Solomon's-Temple material stones, and those post-Resurrectional stones that are 'living' ("quickened")… the True habitation of God. These Living stones expose and outrage (or drive into endless and fruitless debate) the horizontalists… carnal…outward… the "Religious".
Incessant talk and debate with no resolution is foreign and inimical to Truth, Who… as you give intellectual assent to… is A PERSON. 2 Corinthians 12:20 is a perfect description of what you refer to as the 'eastern' "catholic" "church" and the very thing you are constantly spurred on by. This is obvious to both a 5-year old or an alcoholic.
It is the height of arrogance to inject one's self into a millennia-old, deliberate debate and an endless (and ego-driven, $ profitable $) soliloquy which is nothing more than the fruit of pride and the rotten underpinning for religious tyranny and self-aggrandizing showmanship… to inject one's verbosely incontinent self, and audaciously think you'll end up the hero… the 'fixer'? Seriously??
Why do you canonize "Fathers", so-called, when what you claim is 'the Church' has not done so. You do so with your obsessive proof-texting of their 'writings'…Why do you exalt them above what is in fact understood outside your circularly-reasoned, religious spinning triumphalism, through time and Providence, as truly canonical… The Bible (and not the East/West accretive versions and ever-metastasizing editions)?
No, no. This is a false path, strewn with fig leaves, that you are turning into a rut that can leave you without the option to turn in any, much less a true, direction. But as you read this, your only thought and motive is how to devise a clever response and have a 'last word'; but such reflexive stirrings are not the thoughts and motives of a Truth-lover. They are the modus operandi of a religionist… a lover of argument and a worshiper of the fallen 'intellect'.
Find your heart. Your religio-mental masturbation is wearisome, and your rut deepens. And a false, 'eastern' mystical shroud over simple, common faith will not hide you in the end.
I wrote to you awhile back on this site, in bitterness. I want to ask your forgiveness for some of what I said that I am sure you found hurtful and offensive, and frustrating. To say that I love you, and to vent in such a way was hypocritical, and sinful. Please forgive me.
Though I am free from fig leaves, and from mistaking 'antiquity' for 'authenticity' now… I love you for Jesus' sake, and as a brother I miss dearly. I will not.. I cannot forget you and yours. In one of the last things that my dear friend Peter Gillquist said to me, not long before his repose, I have found respite and joy again. He told me that he would pray for me, that I would return to my first love. I believe, despite his foray into an exotic religious path where I eventually found myself as well, he desired the same for himself. A return. We both shared, somewhat, in those first days of the first love that Jesus Our Lord lavished on us.
Forgive me for each and every instance where I have hurt you. I think of you often.
I wish you well wherever you are in your journey. Forgive the late response, I haven't been blogging in a long time. May Christ enlighten you!


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Mitridates V o Mihrdat V d'Ibèria (en georgià: მირდატ V, llatinitzat Mithridates) fou un rei d'Ibèria de la dinastia dels Cosròides, que va regnar del 435 al 447.

Era fill d'Artxil al qui va succeir, segons diu a les cròniques georgianes, on també es diu que va regnar 12 anys. Com el seu pare és considerat un rei pietós.

Mihrdat V es va casar amb Sagdukht, la filla de Barzabod que és presentat a la crònica com marzban persa, eristhavi de Ran, i que Cyril Toumanoff considera un príncep de Gardam a Aghúania, de la dinastia mihrànida. Mihrdat i Sagdukht van tenir tres fills:

 Khwarandze (nascuda vers el 436), esposa de Bakur II o Bacurius II (vers 449/455), vitaxe de Gogarene de la dinastia dels Mihrànides;
 Varan-Khosro-Tang o Vakhtang, el successor
 Mihrandukht (nascuda vers 441), de la qual l'educació fou confiada al spasalar de Casp, i que fou casada amb un rei sassànida.

El rei Mihrdat va morir un any després del naixement de la seva segona filla i va deixar el tron al seu fill (de 7 anys), Vakhtang, que fou conegut com a Vakhtang I Cap de Llop.

Referències
 Marie-Félicité Brosset, Histoire de la Géorgie depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle, vol. 1-7, Sant Petersburg, 1848-58
 Cyrille Toumanoff, Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle : Tables généalogiques et chronologiques, Roma, 1990

Reis d'Ibèria


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Q: Why is the precision matrix not positive definite? I have a data matrix $X$ with shape $p\times n$.
It might not matter but I interpret $X$ is $n$ vectors each containing $p$ features.
Then I compute $Q = X X^{T} / n$. This implies that $Q$ is positive definite.
I interpret $Q$ as covariance matrix of data which are columns of $X$. (Normally mean should be subtracted from $X$ before computing covariance this way. However the mean of $X$ is 0 in my case. That is why the formula for covariance is simpler in my case.)
Then I compute $Q^{-1}$, the inverse of $Q$. Which should be also positive definite.
I want to compute Mahalanobis distance for each column $x$ of $X$ as follows:
$\sqrt{x^T Q^{-1} x}$
However for some columns I get that $x^T Q^{-1} x$ is negative. This should not be possible in theory. So I suspect that the error is caused by numerical errors caused by software.
I use the Math.Net numerics library in C#. How do I avoid this problem?
I tried replacing $Q$ and $Q^{-1}$ by their transpose. The result should be the same in theory but slightly differs in practice. But the difference wasn't big enough I still get negative number for the same column.
What else I can do?

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The degree to which you have learned these skills is the degree to which you are prepared to do your part to grow an awesome relationship.
You like and respect yourself. How could you expect someone else to love and respect you if you don't experience yourself as loveable and worthy of respect?
You trust your ability to make yourself happy. Happiness is an inside job! That is, we choose – consciously or not – when it's "safe" to express ourselves, and when and with whom we can feel happy.
You have a variety of ways to calm yourself when feeling vulnerable or threatened. Strategies that help you hang in there when you feel like fighting or running the other way.
You understand that you create your own thoughts and feelings. That's a scary thought for some of us. And the rest of us just don't believe it! The next time you're uncomfortable (scared, upset, sad, disappointed…) notice what you're thinking, change what you're thinking. What happened to your emotions? Consider how your life would be different if you truly had the power to change your thoughts and feelings any moment. If you don't believe this, then you have to believe that someone else has access to a switch inside you that causes your reactions. Seriously?!
That, of course, requires you to recognize your feelings. If you don't, they will control you – a set up for reacting in ways that violate your own rules for yourself.
You have friends outside of your relationship.
You are open to the possibility (inevitability?) that you don't know everything you need to know to create and sustain a loving relationship, and are willing to work with a partner to learn those things. A variety of sources exist – not the least of which is your partner.
You know that relationship is a place where you will learn more about yourself – and you're open to that.
This is not an exhaustive list. You probably don't like some of them. They might sound daunting. And, consider this: We are talking about creating something to last decades! We live in a push button, throw away culture that does not address how to make something last a long time. We take "til death do us part" so lightly – we say those words without thinking about the 30-40-60 years ahead of us – under the same roof where all your warts are illuminated. Maybe that's worth paying a little more attention to.
The payoff? Having done the work over years, you get to be loved even though your partner knows all your warts.
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Real estate brings out the worst in people, and for good reason. Finding a home and protecting it from outside threats is human nature, and neighbours' decisions about what do with their property can affect others' wellbeing. Turning a parking lot in an area of historical interest into a tall apartment building might profit an individual landowner and provide needed affordable housing units to the city, but it can also upset the area's character and the residents who love it.
The job of politicians and planners is to help bring worthy projects to fruition, but they find themselves squeezed. If they give developers too much, neighbourhood advocates will revolt. If they maintain the status quo, people looking for homes and those hoping to add value to property will be disappointed. Finding the right middle ground is very difficult.
Compromise is a lot easier when property rights are well-defined. If owners had the legal right to build whatever they wanted, politicians would have no right to block developments, no matter the harm to neighbours. On the other hand, if zoning rules were frozen forever, politicians would not have the capacity to create developments that respond to the evolving demands of the city.
For good reason, we avoid both extremes. There are zoning rules, but they are flexible. And this means property rights are poorly defined, hence all the conflict. Zoning squabbles are resolved with endless hearings and compromise solutions that give more weight to whichever side seems more politically compelling.
Ultimately, this is a bad way to make decisions.
I have a perhaps somewhat extreme solution that uses the magic of markets. Suppose that community groups were allowed to veto development projects, but could be paid cash to relent. For example, suppose a group of homeowners within some radius could insist that each square foot of apartment space built above current zoning requires payments of $200 to be shared equally, say through property tax reductions. Suppose further that every few months, the city could take bids from developers proposing violations to zoning law. The city could then match developer bids to neighbours' side payment demands.
Neighbours who are willing to sacrifice money to preserve their neighbourhood could do just that, and needy households would benefit from the matching. Everyone wins.
Increasingly around Vancouver, cities let developers build bigger buildings than zoning allows in exchange for cash, affordable units or other community benefits. Provincial guidelines urge cities to make "Community Amenity Contributions" negotiable and related to measurable costs. This advice adds uncertainty to the development process and ensures that only developers with experience negotiating contributions can participate successfully.
Some say these mandatory contributions ("zoning for dollars") hold up projects or get passed on to the already burdened real estate consumer. But others will argue that the increased supply in the market provided by these denser rezoned projects can drive prices down.
Politicians need a bargaining chip to help negotiate between these opposing sides. If they can't show some civic gain from what activists argue is density pain, what incentive do they have to allow more housing?
Let's not pretend money doesn't influence planning decisions. Instead, let's add market-oriented transparency to the process so that communities get as much benefit as possible from adding the housing that renters and immigrants need. The province should encourage cities to set actual prices up front, so that developers are those who build the best project at the lowest cost, not those who are best at gaming the political system.
Thomas Davidoff is an associate professor and director of the UBC Sauder School of Business's Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate.
To grapple with how Community Amenity Contributions can operate more like transparent prices and contracts, and look less to the public like backroom deals, I have assembled an expert panel. On June 22, developer Damon Chan from Westbank, Gil Kelley, head of Vancouver City Planning, Councillor Craig Cameron of West Vancouver, and David Taylor, VP Colliers, will discuss how Community Amenity Contributions and the like get priced into land acquisition and apartments, how they benefit communities, and how they can best be designed to encourage politically sellable and affordable homes. Details and registration information here.


Discussion in 'iPod' started by rhornbeck5964, Oct 11, 2005.
To transfer a CD to my shuffle, I first convert and transfer the audio files to computer then drag and drop them to my shuffle. Having no need for the files on my computer I delete them. When i delete them out of my library, they are also automatically removed from my shuffle... IS THERE ANY WAY TO AVOID THIS?!?! settings, 3rd party software, anything!
its a hassle and takes longer transferring music from a CD->computer->shuffle. is there any way to transfer music on a CD directly to the shuffle??? any way to do it at all?? i have a zen micro also and the software it comes with has this somewhat basic feature- ripping a CD straight to the device. no way to do it with itunes!?!? im really beginning to hate apple and wish i never purchased their product.
1:Yes, but I'm too tired to look for it. You should get prompted before anything gets deleted off of your iPod. Try syncing-unplug shuffle-delete. Then when you sync again, it should prompt you.
2: Not that I know of.
It migh be possible if you use the Shuffle as a removable drive -- mount it, mount the CD, use extraction software (choose one of the many) to extract the audio directly to the Shuffle/USB drive.
Not owning an iPod, I can't say if Apple has put up intentional barriers against this, but it seems straightforward enough.
You've already posted a thread on this. There are quite a few helpful reply's that you haven't done - including un-checking the songs and putting them in a playlist.


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ASHLEY FORCE HOOD REFLECTS ON FIRST WIN TEN YEARS LATER
COMMERCE, Ga. (May 5, 2018) — Ashley Force Hood was a fan favorite throughout her sportsman career and, when she moved up to the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, she took the sport by storm. In May of 2008, she changed the history of the Funny Car category when she defeated her then 14-time time Funny Car champion father John Force in the Southern Nationals final round to become the first female to win an NHRA Funny Car national event title. When she hung up her fire suit at the conclusion of the 2010 season, she had racked up four pro wins, including back to back U.S. Nationals victories, in 16 final round appearances.
"Winning Atlanta in 2008 was a huge deal for me personally, for many different reasons. It was my first win as a Funny Car driver, and I was the first female to win in that category which was special, but it also followed a very difficult 2007 season, losing our teammate Eric and my dad's crash," said Force Hood. "To have a really happy moment at the track with my team, that is what made that day most special. And to get to compete against my father in the final round was really exciting. There wasn't the nervousness or pressure that usually comes with a final round because JFR had already won the race. I remember being in the lanes with his team and mine, joking with each other and it was just a really great night."
The win was not without drama as Force Hood explained the week before the 10th anniversary of the historic moment.
"One unique memory about the win that not many people know is that I actually got really upset with my father on the starting line before the final," explained Force Hood. "We had done our burnouts and then it started to sprinkle and they shut us off. At the time we all had radios between teams and dad was freaking out on the radio about the safety of the track and if it was dry down track. Meanwhile I was trying to stay focused in my car. Looking back, I know yelling over the radio and talking nonstop was his way of keeping his energy up during the delay. But this was really distracting to me. I even remember wondering if he was trying to mess with me. I finally ripped the earplugs right out of my helmet. So I was actually really amped up and irritated by the time we started our cars and made the final run."
Since that win three more females have won in the Funny Car category including her youngest sister Courtney who has surpassed Force Hood's win total and is the winningest female Funny Car driver. Younger sister Brittany Force won the 2017 Mello Yello Top Fuel championship and both sisters credit their older sister Ashley with being one of their biggest influences and supporters. The feeling is mutual from Force Hood.
"I'm so proud of how well my sisters are doing in their careers, not only the driving part, but also handling the pressures that come along with it," summed up Force Hood. "There's so much more that goes into being a racer driver than just driving down a track. I've been especially proud of how they've handled this season, with the crashes we've had. That could easily get into a driver's head and affect them but they've both won races despite the distractions and are having great seasons. And most importantly, they are enjoying it. They both are very close to their teams, have great relationships with their sponsors and really enjoy interacting with fans whether at a race or through social media."


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Amy Bufalini had a full house for the April 9 grand opening of her Nature's Best CBD PA store on Vandergrift's Hancock Avenue, which sells cannabinoid lotions, creams and oils.
The following week, her bank notified her that it was closing her account.
"They said I'm selling marijuana-based products, and I'm not. I'm selling hemp," she said Saturday, as a steady flow of customers stopped by her convention center booth at the World Medical Marijuana Business Conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown.
"That's so hard. What am I going to do?"
Ms. Bufalini's cannabinoid, or CBD, oils are extracted from hemp, which contains less than 1 percent of THC, the psychoactive ingredient that gets pot smokers high. Marijuana, also derived from the same plant species, may have 5 to 20 percent THC.
The federal government does not make a distinction, however: In December, the U.S. Department of Justice posted a final rule in the Federal Register stating that cannabis extracts remain illegal Schedule I drugs.
To underscore how confusing and even conflicting the laws can be, consider this:
Even in the hospitable setting of a medical marijuana conference, Ms. Bufalini was told she could display her CBD products but not sell them because that would violate state and federal laws.
"I never thought I was going to hit barriers like I did," she admitted.
Yet when she returns home, she has Vandergrift Borough's full approval to operate her store in Westmoreland County, the first franchise in Pennsylvania for the Colorado-based Nature's Best CBD.
One conference panel Saturday laid out just how big the barriers can be for someone interested in starting a cannabis-related business. Banks may be reluctant to service such a business, one panelist noted, because providing such a service can technically be considered money laundering by federal regulators because the transactions involve an illegal product.
Attorney Steve Schain with the Hoban Law Group, which bills itself as the nation's only full-service cannabis business law firm, said he knows of only two banks in Pennsylvania that have expressed willingness to work with legal medical marijuana businesses.
"They don't want the headache," he said of the others.
Ms. Bufalini came to the cannabinoid business the same way many speakers and vendors at this weekend's conference did: Because of a family member's debilitating medical condition.
Her son Jesse Jon Salensky, now 40, has muscular dystrophy and has had muscle pain and circulation problems. She researched a wide variety of alternative treatments to help him, trying 33 different vitamins, supplements, herbs and minerals.
With the CBD creams, her son has regained a range of arm movement, and blood circulation to his legs has greatly improved, she said.
Her products fall into the $69 to $139 price range, but she said a $69 one-ounce bottle of the oil provides 270 servings because it only requires three drops under the tongue. While careful not to make any claim of cures, she said people use different CBD products for ailments ranging from pain to insomnia to skin disorders to seizures.
She hopes to eventually open a shop in Pittsburgh but admits "it's been a hard beginning" especially with the federal government classifying cannabinoid oils as an illegal drug.
"It's silly," she declared. "There's no drug in it."
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Edward Paul Grossetete Sr., born in Las Vegas, New Mexico and a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on September 3, 2022. Mr. Grossetete is survived by his sons, Joseph Grossetete and wife, Andrea, and Edward Grossetete Jr. and fiancée, Jessica Nguyen; sisters, Loretta Hernandez and husband, Gavino, Sandra Chavez and husband, Ron, and Jennie Grossetete. Mr. Grossetete served his country proudly and was honorably discharged from the United States Army. Visitation will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in the Gabaldon Memorial Chapel 1000 Old Coors Dr. SW with a Rosary to be recited by Sandra Chavez at 6:00 p.m. A final visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. and Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church 1400 Arenal Rd. SW. Interment with Military Honors will follow the services at Mt. Calvary Cemetery 1900 Edith Blvd NE. Pallbearers will be, Jordan Marquez, Joseph Marquez, Richard Lay, Lou Contreras, Gavino R. Hernandez, Victor Grossetete. Honorary Pallbearers will be, David Padilla, Moises Grossetete, Antoinette Marquez, Danette Lind.
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Our June 2013 meetup was Improving WordPress Performance. Topher DeRosia, Brian Richards, and Chad Warner talked about various ways to make WordPress sites load faster. Below are the video and notes from the meetup.
Also, Brian encouraged the group to get involved in WordCamp Grand Rapids 2013 by volunteering, speaking, and/or sponsoring.
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D.C. Comics Reveals New Trailer For 'Wonder Woman 1984'
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This weekend was a big one for the DC Comics family. Saturday, the company hosted their virtual convention DC Fandome where they gave a first look at trailers from some of their highly anticipated upcoming projects, including the 'Wonder Woman' follow up 'Wonder Woman 1984'. The second part of DC Fandome follows on Sept. 12.
'Wonder Woman 1984' sees our shero fast forwarded to the 1980s where she faces off against two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. The film reunites director Patty Jenkins with Gal Gadot, back in her titular role. Warner Bros. Pictures has high hopes for 'Wonder Woman 1984' after the DC Super Hero's first outing, 2017's record-breaking "Wonder Woman," took in $822 million at the worldwide box office. The film also stars Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Kristen Wiig as The Cheetah, Pedro Pascal as Max Lord, Robin Wright as Antiope, and Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta.
Check out the trailer below:
Patty Jenkins directed from a screenplay she wrote with Geoff Johns & David Callaham, story by Jenkins & Johns, based on characters from DC. Joining the director behind the scenes are several members of her "Wonder Woman" team, including director of photography Matthew Jensen, Oscar-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto ("Amélie"), and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming ("Topsy-Turvy"). Oscar-nominated editor Richard Pearson ("United 93") is cutting the film. The music is by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer ("Dunkirk," "The Lion King").
'Wonder Woman' is highly hailed as one of the best DC offerings and we're looking forward to seeing how 'Wonder Woman 1984' lives up to the original. Are you excited for this one?
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'You Can't Just Concede.' How One Expert Explains Negotiating With Cybercriminals
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A laptop displays a message after being infected by ransomware in 2017. Thousands of institutions in the U.S. fall victim to ransomware attacks each year.
Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid nearly $5 million worth of bitcoin to recover its data from cybercriminals who had hijacked the company's computer systems. The shutdown disrupted gas supplies across large parts of the South and East Coast.
The hackers used ransomware, which takes control of a victim's computer and locks them out of their data unless they agree to pay an anonymous hacker, usually in cryptocurrency. Hackers may also threaten to leak a company's sensitive data to the public unless paid to keep quiet.
Thousands of institutions fall victim to ransomware attacks each year in the U.S., including local governments, small businesses, schools, hospitals, airports and more. Law enforcement discourages paying the extortionists, but many businesses do. Surveys suggest at least a quarter of victims pay up, with payments often in the tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Data is spotty, though, because many companies don't report attacks. And even if they pay, there's no guarantee they'll recover all their data.
So when businesses are attacked with ransomware, one of the people they call is Bill Siegel, CEO of Coveware. The company collects data on ransomware attacks, helps victims respond to attacks and often negotiates with hackers.
"It's not a foregone conclusion that a company has to pay a ransom," he says. Large companies may need days to figure out whether their data is safely backed up. They can start talking just to buy time. "We'll kick off negotiation, knowing that a very likely outcome is that we actually don't end up paying."
Siegel talked with Rachel Martin on Morning Edition about what it's like to help companies respond to attacks. Here are excerpts:
So you can be negotiating just to buy time so the company can figure out if they have a backup and they can say, "Sorry, your threat's not good here because we're safe."
Yeah, that's the goal. The cost for a large company being down is so substantial that hours can mean the difference in millions or tens of millions of dollars of lost profit. Or in the case of a hospital or something, it can mean the difference between life and death. So you don't want to waste any time. You want to basically get to the finish line and be ready, even if the conclusion is, well, we don't need to do anything. And that's the best conclusion.
What happens when it becomes clear that a company really is at risk and they don't have adequate backup and the hackers really do have all the power? What do you and your clients have in terms of leverage in a situation like that?
The answer is you have very little, but you still have to find ways to negotiate successfully on behalf of your client. You can't just concede. You can't look desperate. And so you have to find ways to draw the negotiation to some semblance of a successful conclusion.
If a cyberattack happens and the company is forced to pay ransom, what's to prevent those same hackers from six months, a year later, just coming back and doing the same thing again?
Absolutely nothing is the answer. One of the biggest fallacies and misunderstood aspects of these attacks is that they are like lightning strikes — it's like, "Well, it happened once. It's not going to happen again." That's just, that's not the way it works. The groups that are carrying this out are part of a very well-organized and a very large industry.
The power laws of economics dictate how they behave. If there's one thing I've observed over doing a few thousand of these over the last couple of years is that economics rule how behavior runs in this space. If it is cost-effective — i.e., cheap — to attack a company and has a high likelihood of being profitable at low risk, they will do it. And they will do it over and over and over again, just like any other business would do the exact same thing if they found a very cheap way to sell very high-profit products. ... If a company does not take it seriously and they don't fix the vulnerabilities that allowed it to happen in the first place, there's a 100% chance it happens again.
Are you able to tell us the origin country of most of the cyberattacks that you see?
We don't do very detailed attribution. What I would say is that the contributory factors that have led us to where we are today are as much socioeconomic as they are other things. There are such low barriers to entry to cybercrime, and there are lots of well-educated, sometimes STEM-educated individuals in lots of parts of the world. They don't have the job prospects that will pay them the money that they aspire to make.
And sometimes their local jurisdictions are kind of out of the reach of Western law enforcement. And while it may be sort of frowned upon, it's sort of condoned by wherever they live. Because the local economy actually benefits from the laundered proceeds of these attacks filtering back in. And these people are buying houses and buying Starbucks and buying cars. And that's a good thing for the local economy. So they sort of look the other way.
As a facilitator of these payments, are you concerned that you are actually helping perpetuate this cycle?
Of course. And I think if you're going to be in this industry, you have to have a pretty big altruistic chip on your shoulder. And we founded this company to try and solve the problem. That may seem weird, but the reality is when we founded the company, there was no centralized data on how these attacks happened. And we felt that the first thing you have to do to solve the problem is to collect the data. And I think we've done that very well. ...
We share information with law enforcement. We share information with the public. And we have absolutely no problem winding up our company and closing it down if ransomware ceases to exist as a problem.
Scott Saloway edited the audio interview. James Doubek produced for the web.
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Q: Booting EBOOT.BIN displays blank screen? Having trouble finding any documentation on EBOOT.BIN.
Have an Intel NUC DCCP847DYE as my target device and another working PC as the host.
Would like to load a WEC7 image onto the target device, from VS2008 on the host device, so need to get it booted with Ethernet and a static IP via "eboot.bin".
When I try to boot eboot.bin (off a USB stick configured with DiskPrep) I get a splash screen for WEC7 and then a blank screen.
Is EBOOT.BIN compatible with most x86 boards and Ethernet controllers or do I need get a different Ethernet boot loader?
If so, how do I know which one?
Any point in the right direction is greatly appreciated.

A: After more research, it may be the issue that EBOOT.bin only sends output through the serial I/O device.
The target currently in use does not have a serial I/O - only HDMI.

A: S. !
You are almost through as you get the splash screen. I believe you might be getting BOOTME commands from the target system (where you want to run Win CE).
EBOOT.BIN is compatible with selected x86 boards and Ethernet controllers. You can check this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa447057.aspx for supported Ethernet cards. Though it is for Win CE 5.0, the info is relevant for other Win CE versions too.
Please be noted that the target MUST have a supported Ethernet card as mentioned in above links?
What if you don't get these Ethernet Cards for your host??
This had happened to me too! The workaround was to introduce a Ethernet Hub in between my Core i5 machine (Host) and the target machine (an older machine with Pentium 4 and RTL8139 Ethernet controller. We have been using it for past one year now and it works so well!!
Hope this helps you too..


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Carrying Naloxone Can Save Lives but Newly Abstinent Opioid Users Resist
March 25, 2021 | Yadira Galindo
Opioids are the main driver of fatal drug overdoses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resulting in 46,802 deaths in 2018, usually because the person stops breathing.
Naloxone — a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication used to reverse overdoses from opioids, such as heroin, morphine and oxycodone — works by restoring normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped.
"Opioid overdoses cause the largest number of accidental and avoidable deaths," said Peter Davidson, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. "The human toll of drug addiction is devastating. Using naloxone to prevent opiate overdoses can and has saved many lives."
In a study published in the March 23, 2021 online edition of the International Journal of Drug Policy, Davidson and an international group of researchers, found that opioid users who participate in a 12-step abstinence program and recently stopped using drugs refused to take home naloxone, even if having it on hand might save lives.
For the study, trained interviewers visited areas known for high drug use in three Southern California counties: San Diego, Orange and Ventura. Forty-four participants were asked questions about drug use initiation, overdose experiences, both their own and observed and past treatments.
"In our research, individuals who were newly abstinent from opioid use believed that carrying naloxone symbolically tied them to a drug-use identity that they were trying to leave behind," said first author Jeanette Bowles, DrPH, who is now a postdoctoral fellow with the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation in Toronto, Canada, but was a UC San Diego School of Medicine postdoctoral fellow at the time of the study.
"Twelve-step programs promote abstinence through social behaviors that include staying away from people, places and things considered to be tied to drug use. Naloxone was seen as an item linked to their drug use and clashing with these sober behaviors and their goal of abstinence."
To reduce the stigma associated with naloxone, researchers suggest reframing the meaning of carrying naloxone to represent a commitment to group safety and the wellbeing of those "who still suffer" and relabeling naloxone training programs in substance use disorder treatment settings as "overdose first aid."
In addition, researchers propose focusing on the lifesaving impact those trained to administer naloxone can have on their peers, and re-targeting naloxone distribution efforts to include persons at any phase of their drug use, including abstinence.
"It is very important that people understand that after periods of abstinence, the body is less tolerant if an individual resumes drug use, making them physiologically more vulnerable to overdose and death," said Davidson, co-corresponding author and principal investigator. "If someone is experiencing an opioid overdose, it is important to recognize the signs and respond quickly to prevent death."
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The new Airpods Pro marks a new wave for Apple headphones. It is the first line that features active noise cancellation technology meant to drown out the sounds of any exterior noises alongside a noise isolating design with its silicone tip which pushes into your ear canal, for a more snug fit.
With its new features, the wireless headphones are available for $249. We got out to test the headphones in terms of fit, sound quality and build. Do the Airpods Pro can truly live up to its hype?
A Better Fit
Let's admit it, not all ears are created equal.
It came quite as a surprise that with the new Apple Airpods Pro, I was able to do my regular errands without the fear of the pods falling off (and losing a couple of hundred dollars) with a more comfortable, snug fit. Plus, Apple provides better options to chose from, comes with small, medium and large ear tips.
If you are quite unsure which size to get, Apple guides you in testing which ear tip fits best using your iOS device. Replacements are also affordable, with only $4 for a set of three ear tips, so you won't have to worry in case yours got a bit old and gunky.
Now, even with these better sizing options, some still prefer the old Airpods, as they don't seem to be too intrusive and feel more comfortable than the new silicone tip sticking in your ear. Again, these are a matter of preference.
A Compact Fit
For people who are always on the go, having really bulky gadgets is a big no-no. Which is what makes a good selling point for the Airpods Pro. Its charging case is smaller compared to other wireless headphones like Sony's. Plus, it's lightweight and has really small packaging, making it easy to carry around.
The Airpods Pro were able to deliver the four hours of playing music it had promised, at 60-70% volume in our tests. In terms of charging, the headphones charge quickly and 5-minutes worth of charging from a QI wireless pad can also equal an hour of battery life.
What's really cool is that with its new Audio Sharing feature, your friend can connect and listen to the same content from your device, as long as they have a compatible Apple or Beats headphones.
One of the most important features for any headphones is making good calls. And Apple AirPods Pro call quality is top-notch. That's because each bud has three microphones, one of which is designed to pick the caller's voice. It is equipped with noise reduction capabilities and a vent-system which combines with its noise cancelling feature helps relieve any ambient noise.
Now here's the deal, the big difference between the Airpods and the Airpods Pro is that the latter sounds way better. Thanks to its noise isolating and noise cancellation design which helps eliminate any external noises, the Pros have much more bass and clarity to its sound, especially in noisy environment.
The downside is that, if we try to compare the Airpods Pro with other wireless headphones such as the Sony F-1000XM3's (which also have a noise-cancellation feature), the Pro is lacking in sound clarity and definition, especially compared with its cost.
There are also other models such as Anker Liberty 2 Pro ($150) that offers better sound quality and comes with a cheaper price. Amazon's Echo Earbuds ($130) also offers a sidetone feature which helps the caller to modulate their voice, something that the Airpods Pro doesn't have.
The Good: Apple's Airpods Pro provide better sound quality than the previous generation of Apple Airpods. Plus, with its new noise cancelation feature and isolating design, Apple delivers its best wireless headphones yet.
The Bad: Despite its new design feature, the $250 price tag might not be worth considering. There are other headphone brands that can provide better sound quality, at a cheaper cost.
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Part two of the iconic science fiction mini-series V, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, aired on 2 May, 1983. It aired the following night after part one, no week's wait, not even a couple of days. This was an event, and for two nights it ruled television.
Continuing it's sci-fi retelling of Nazi Germany and the Third Reich, the concluding episode sees the alien Visitors speeding up their plans to gather the resources they need, and the reveal of what they are looking for is truly troubling.
Donovan (Marc Singer) discovers that the entire town where his son and ex-wife lives has been wiped out, everyone is gone. Juliet (Faye Grant) is slowly assembling her Resistance team in a hidden location of the Los Angeles underground. And betrayals by human and Visitor alike begin to pile up as the story rockets along.
We watch humans selling one another out for alien trinkets as the Visitors comtinue to cement their hold on the planet. No one but the Resistance believes the truth that they are lizard like aliens who are here for some insidious purpose, The aliens control the media, the message, and the people as they strip away freedoms one at a time.
Donovan, sneaking aboard the mothership, gets a glimpse of the truth.
The mini-series doesn't hold anything back, as we see people getting loaded into transport cars, and the seemingly unstoppable power the Visitors have. There are familiar images represented here withing science fiction trappings. This story isn't so much about the Earth fighting back, as it is a look at past history and seeing how things like the French Resistance came into being during World War II.
The resistance is small, ill-equipped, and whether they truly have a chance of winning, they are determined to fight back.
The Visitors, led by John (Richard Herd) and Diana (Jane Badler) have dissension in their own ranks, as Martin (Frank Ashmore) informs Donovan. There's a Fifth Column at work, that may ally itself with the Resistance.
But more trouble arises as teenaged Robin (Blair Tefkin) is caught and brought to the mothership, where Diana creates a strange experiment involving Robin and the alien Brian (Pete Nelson).
Much like the first part, the story takes its time to spend time with each of the characters, give them all a bit of a character arc, relationships develop, character beats, little moments to flesh out the world.
As the Resistance begins their fight the story comes to its conclusion with a betrayal in the human ranks, and Juliet sending a signal out into space in search of an ally, someone who may have encountered the Visitors before and can help in the fight to come.
As cheesy as some of it is, constrained by a television budget, I loved this when I first saw it, and I love it now. Though I was never allowed to stay up late enough to watch it all, it definitely fired my imagination. But it wasn't until the sequel mini-series came along that I really got hooked into it. By that time there was a VCR involved, and I could watch it to my heart's content, thanks to someone having recorded it when it aired.
Next week, I join the Resistance and revisit that oft-watched videotape (now as a DVD) as The Final Battle begins, which is not how Johnson saw the story playing out, but the studio had different ideas.


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A very rushed summit
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump have their first summit in Washington next month. [JOONGANG PHOTO, AP/YONHAP]
The Korea-U.S. summit is scheduled for June, and if it goes well, major diplomatic issues could be resolved. The public calls for an early meeting, and President Moon Jae-in is meeting the U.S. president earlier than his predecessors. However, there are a few concerns about the early meeting.
First of all, U.S. President Donald Trump is an eccentric leader. He has met with a number of foreign leaders, and while some ended on a good note, many turned out to be disastrous. His phone conversation with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull eight days after the inauguration was one of them. Trump got angry when Turnbull told him that 1,200 refugees in Australia would be sent to the U.S. as agreed with the previous administration. He shouted that it was the "worst deal ever" and ended the call in 25 minutes, less than halfway through a conversation scheduled for one hour.
The summit meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel didn't go well either. After the awkward meeting, a reporter asked them to hold hands. While Merkel suggested shaking hands, Trump pouted and pretended not to hear her. Right before the meeting, Trump handed Merkel a $300 billion NATO bill. It is uncertain how Trump would act when he meets Moon.
Second, there is not enough time for preparation. The summit between Kim Dae-jung and George W. Bush in 2001 is considered to be the worst in history, and it was also rushed. President Kim was anxious to advocate the Sunshine Policy, and the meeting with newly inaugurated Bush didn't go as he hoped. When Kim proposed assistance to North Korea, Bush rejected the idea of helping a dictator who let his people die of starvation.
Third, the chemistry between Moon and Trump is a concern. No liberal South Korean leader has gotten along with a Republican U.S. president. President Kim and President Roh Moo-hyun had lukewarm relationships with George Bush, even when President Roh said, "I may have been in a political prisoner camp if the United States hadn't helped the South during the Korean War."
Then, how should the meeting be planned? The best leadership meeting for Korea was the 1998 Korea-Japan summit. Through the summit, the two countries reached the future-oriented Korea-Japan Partnership Declaration. The Korean leader at the time was President Kim Dae-jung, who had the worst meeting with Bush.
What was the difference? The key was through preparation. The foreign ministry prepared for eight months for the meeting, a process that generally takes three to four months. While we have less than one month until the meeting between Moon and Trump, Seoul needs to thoroughly and carefully prepare.
We also need to keep in mind that personal character and preferences could be critical. U.S. President George W. Bush was fond of President Lee Myung-bak because of prayer. Bush is a devout Christian and said that he was impressed by Lee saying grace before dinner.
What made Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting successful was golf. Trump is known to enjoy golf very much. Abe brought Trump a gift of a $3,755 gold driver and played 27 holes. Not surprisingly, they got along.
Trump is known to evaluate people through business experience and care about personal relationships. He is the polar opposite of Barack Obama, who treated everyone with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, Moon does not enjoy golf and cannot win Trump's heart with prayer, as Trump is a Christian but not very devout.
But we should not throw our hands up in despair. The foreign ministry needs to find kind of emotional common link between the two leaders and cleverly exploit it. Like it or not, Koreans often make comparisons to how Japan does things. The government needs to remember that Moon's meeting — and its success or failure — will be compared to Abe's success.
JoongAng Ilbo, May 23, Page 34
*The author is an editorial writer of the JoongAng Ilbo.
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Q: How to insert and check a list inside a list of list in Java? I have a scenario where I need to maintain a list of list and do some operation based on it. I am trying to get a list of following kind:
[{peter,se,red},{peter,da,red},{mark,se,red}]

where I first create a List to get the values and then insert this list to a list of list if it does not exist already. For instance, if {peter,se,red} comes again, it should not be inserted. Have provided the code snippet below:
ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> listOfList = new ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>();
ArrayList<String> singleList = new ArrayList<String>();

void someFunction() {
  singleList.add("val1");
  singleList.add("val2");
  singleList.add("val3");

 if(listOfList.containsAll(singleList)) {
    <<some operation>>
 } else {
   listOfList.add(singleList);
   <<some operation>>
 }
 //clearing the list, so it can be freshly used
 //upon successive invocation of the function
 singleList.clear();

Right now, the system just sticks to the else part even when I pass same list twice. Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong. Also, is there another better way to implement this task?

A: You could use a HashSet<ArrayList<String>>, maybe that would work? Or you could use the .contains() method to check if the List contains the element instead of containsAll

A: Try the following instead:
if(listOfList.contains(singleList)) {
    <<some operation>>
 } else {
   listOfList.add(singleList);
   <<some operation>>
 }

The key is that here you will be using the contains() method instead of the containsAll() method.
containsAll() is checking for a collection of objects. In this case, a collection of lists and you are just supplying it a single list.