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Not sure about that. Some posters are adamant the cause is pilot error/lack of pilot training/pilot stupidity and the planes have had the system since 737 inception. I expect they take strong issue with the POTUS decision to ground the aircraft, which he says has airline agreement.Canada fell in line with grounding.
I`m reading the system giving trouble is a "fix" to correct a handling peculiarity of the aircraft which may now be corrected by a further "fix". But if the crashes are due to pilot incompetence, grounding and talk of further "fix" is unnecessary,and Govts.and aviation authorities around the world have got this completely wrong.
Fortunately our forthcoming flights are B787 and A350. Though on the A350 personal items placed on the windowsill can be lost into a gap.
Calling the MCAS system a "fix to correct a handling peculiarity" is a bit like saying deicing boots are just such a "fix".
Lion Air has one of the worst safety records on the planet, and when I think of the kind of infra structure needed for technological competence the first word that does not spring to mind is Ethiopia, even though the safety record for Ethiopian Air is very good.
The planes are grounded because people are freaked out because two planes piloted by third world pilots crashed, because of uninformed nonsense on the Internet, and in part likely because of poor training in a new aircraft that is marketed as nearly identical to the older 737, which it kind of is, and kind of not. Better training will likely cure the problem, but it would be a good idea to wait on the crash reports that I suspect will come very quickly now that the fleet is on the ground.
Want to know who agrees with this opinion? The stock market. Boeing stock was up today.
A lot of aircraft have uncommanded inputs or unusual emergencies during their growth.
The second type USCG helo I flew would sometimes reduce lift to zero while descending under 100 feet while making a approaches to the water at night. Talk about eye openers....but we didn't crash any.
Pilots that fly new aircraft or modded should understand more than the minimum training requirements.
Could you expound on this a little bit?
I cannot believe that the FAA allowed Boeing to certify this aircraft as a modified 737 and not as a new aircraft. The wing was moved several feet to accommodate the new engines changing the flight characteristics and yet they were permitted to avoid the costly full certification flight test program: WHY?
How do you tell that the "wing was moved several feet"? In relation to what, the nose, the tail, landing gear? There are many aircraft that have different physical dimensions but are still essentially the same airplane with the same type rating. These include ATRs, 737 Classics, 737NGs, 777s, 757s, 767s, A320s, A340s, A330s, MD80s, 727s, the list goes on. The 747-200 and the 747SP differed in overall length by around 50 feet, but were pretty much the same aircraft.
That said, there is still a valid point in that the FAA does not have the staff or expertise to effectively and extensively evaluate each and every design that aircraft manufacturers come up with. The FAA relies heavily on the manufacturers to explain and justify their designs. If the argument is convincing enough, the FAA accepts what the manufacturer tells them. But the FAA also relies on a lot of non-FAA personnel to carry out the regulatory functions that the FAA is responsible for (e.g. Designated Examiners).
How do you tell that the "wing was moved several feet"? In relation to what, the nose, the tail, landing gear?
I don't know about any wing relocation; the kludge that has a lot of engineers vexed is the engine movement in relation to the wing. To accommodate the high-bypass engines necessary to get the fuel efficiency competitive, the engines had to be slung forward and up to fit them to the airframe. This creates the inherent handling defects that the MCAS is designed to correct.
Take a look at these comparative pics of the original low-bypass JT8s the plane was designed for, and the CFM-LEAP that are fitted now. This is what, as I understand it, is the root of the alleged problem.
In the early days, the RADAR altimeters would lose tracking and cycle.
When flyinge hands off approaches to a hover, the autopilot system would see the RADALT cycle to max altitude, think the helo was too high and bottom the collective.(reduce lift to zero).
In daytime at 75 or so feet, it was scary, at night it almost made you want to give up flying. It took almost a ear or so till the worked it out.
"I am curious about the report of "new evidence" discovered at the Ethiopia site"
The claim is the sat track of both crashed aircraft is similar.
Seems like there's two major things that standout with this plane.
1. The philosophy that the airplane is smarter than the pilots so let's design a system that will protect the pilot if he screws up.
2. The proper training for emergency situations that require the correct action and that it be accomplished timely.
After 25000 hour in the air, I'm beginning to figure this out.
It's hard to understand why the Lion plane wasn't fixed after the FIRST time is had failed.
That wouldn't surprise me. If the reactions of the crews to whatever confused them was the same, the planes are going to react the same.
Pilots do make bad decisions sometimes. Distracted by my flight instructor's need to hop into the back seat to express milk for her new baby while I was pulling the aircraft ouy of the hangar, I neglected to detach the tow bar from the nose wheel. Took off, retracted gear, and flew all the way to Aurora Oregon trying to figure out why my airspeed was a few knots belore what it should have been. Greased the landing in Aurora and on taxi, got a call from another pilot -"Uh, 42 Tango Golf, you aware you have a tow bar attached to the nose gear?"
Based on the internet's reaction to the Boeing crash some would say Socata should be held accountable if I had the tow bar flip up during flight into the prop and cause a crash because "Remove the tow bar before taking off" wasn't in the flight manual. I would say that inattentive pilots should pay attention.
I wish Baker would comment on this thread, but he may not be able to talk about it. I bet he has flown the 737 Max.
Lots of 737 Max pilots are talking about this, in the right surroundings. Hardly prudent to do it on TF. As suggested, best to see what the boxes contain.
That would be great if he could. I've got quite a bit of time in the earlier models of the 737 and as it evolved the difference became significant and more automation. The Max seems like an entirely different plane.
According to the FAA it is the same plane as in 1968 when it first was certificated.
Would the FAA would issue a type certificate for a clean sheet design that has such undesirable flight characteristics as to need an MCAS to make it airworthy.? If not, why is this acceptable on yet another reworking of a 60 year old design?
The FAA has abrogated is responsibility to ensure safety by allowing Boeing to modify the 737 far beyond its type certification instead of forcing Boeing to pony up the scores of billions of dollars to recertify the newest modification as a new aircraft. Instead they have put the onus upon the flight crew and then decided to not even train them on their band-aid fix. They have also successfully shifted the discussion of responsibility from Boeing to to the pilots: this is so wrong on so many levels.
Actually the engines are moved forward and up because Boeing did not want to change the 737 landing gear and associated structure to provide more ground clearance to hang the larger engines in the original position. Same reason that a lot of 737s have the flattened engine cowl.
This is one of the main reasons for driverless cars.
A lot of "forgiveness* to pilots who "didn't have enough time to correct".
What's enough time?... and were they trained for paridigm shifts?
Too busy, bet all the Max pilots are in "training".
Mob rule and mass hysteria, some call it civilization. Welcome to the future. Grounding the planes is probably of little value, feel good, kumbaya moment.
I bet Boeing didn't want to appear concerned and asked "The Scapegoat in Chief" to call the shot.
Maybe Boeing`s insurers had a hand in Boeing supporting the grounding. Past Comet and DC10 issues come to mind. I`m sure, given time, Boeing will remedy the situation.
Perhaps it`s a combination of design and pilots, but it would be a courtesy not to tip a bucket of excrement over the pilots pending clarification of the issue.I`m not inclined to accept,without more information, that a Captain with 8000 hours amassed that service time drinking coffee and on social media, while the planes flew themselves.


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Q: Get raw transaction from transaction Id using web3js or something similar in nodejs So i will give an example let's say i have the transaction id https://etherscan.io/tx/0xafef64d0d03db9f13c6c3f8aec5902167ea680bd0ffa0268d89a426d624b2ae1
In etherscan i can use their menu to see the raw transaction which will be
0xf8a915850516aab3ad82be7c947d1afa7b718fb893db30a3abc0cfc608aacfebb080b844095ea7b300000000000000000000000022b1cbb8d98a01a3b71d034bb899775a76eb1cc2ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff26a003daa35e6aa4a7cd439133411a390ff0796420d5cb39e9e276db75b01218ed41a028605f36c601527bd435b36da5403ee972fc2fb2c8f70959199bcdba0d0e8c77

I can't get this with etherscan api or geth rpc , i have found eth_getRawTransaction but it give just 0x for transfer transaction is there anyway i can find the raw transaction using nodejs code
thank you
I think i need to rlp encode the transaction or something like that , i'm lost

A: A raw transaction is an object. This hex string represents a serialized transaction object.
Example code below.
Note that ethers requires you to parse out the signature and other params of an already mined/validated transaction, and pass the signature as a second argument. There's probably a more generic way of doing that, I couldn't think of any right now.
const tx = await provider.getTransaction("0xafef64d0d03db9f13c6c3f8aec5902167ea680bd0ffa0268d89a426d624b2ae1");

const unsignedTx = {
    to: tx.to,
    nonce: tx.nonce,
    gasLimit: tx.gasLimit,
    gasPrice: tx.gasPrice,
    data: tx.data,
    value: tx.value,
    chainId: tx.chainId
};
const signature = {
    v: tx.v,
    r: tx.r,
    s: tx.s
}

const serialized = ethers.utils.serializeTransaction(unsignedTx, signature);
console.log(serialized);

Docs:

*

*https://docs.ethers.org/v5/api/providers/provider/#Provider-getTransaction

*https://docs.ethers.org/v5/api/utils/transactions/#utils-serializeTransaction

A: Thank you for your answers
for the ones looking if you are hosting your own geth node , it doesn't index all the transactions
You need to run:
geth with --txlookuplimit 0

Then, the rpc call eth_getRawTransactionByHash will do the job
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After years of dominance in computer chips, Intel now is chasing the mobile chip market and trying to redefine its future.
During Intel's financial analyst meeting Monday, CEO Paul Otellini announced that he is refocusing the company, moving its "center" from PC processors to processors for the burgeoning mobile market . That means Intel will be trying to get a footing in the elusive, yet lucrative mobile market, which encompasses smartphones, tablets and netbooks.
It also means Intel is pulling out all the stops to battle ARM chips, which have taken over the mobile market.
ARM's chips are used in most tablets and smartphones today, making the company an increasingly formidable competitor to Intel, basically blocking the chip giant from getting a solid foothold in the new market.
"I think Intel recognizes that they absolutely have to get a win here," said Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Enderle Group. "All the activity is in mobile. A post-PC era would be a post-Intel era if they don't get a beachhead established. Intel absolutely needs a beachhead and they need to do whatever it takes to get one."
The smartphone and tablet markets have been coming on strong, while the PC market has been struggling. Intel has been badly positioned for the direction in which the industry is moving.
Earlier this month, Intel made a move in this new direction when it unveiled its new 3D transistor technology that is expected to position the chip maker to grab a piece of the mushrooming tablet market.
When embedded in Intel's low-power Atom processors, the 3D transistors should make the chips faster and more power-efficient, and that could be a game-changer for Intel in the mobile devices arena and make Intel's products more competitive with ARM processors.
So on the heels of that 3D transistor news, Intel now is saying that, while it won't be ignoring PC and server chips, it's throwing all its might behind the low-power processors.
"Intel had a choice," said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. "There isn't anything out there to make ARM obsolete or stop it. Intel could join ARM and make their own ARM chips or they could make an ARM alternative, which is what they're trying to do. They're betting that Intel's ability to apply the best process technology will enable them to beat ARM at ARM's own game."
And while all the analysts said this isn't gearing up to be an easy fight for Intel to win, it's one it has to wage.
"They can't let a huge chip market like this go unresponded to," added Olds. "Intel also is well aware of the fact that ARM isn't going to stop at phones and tablets. It's on its way up to server-ville and that's a big deal, too. It's not just threatening the cheap laptop. It's going to be threatening the more expensive servers."
Jim McGregor, an analyst with In-Stat, said this won't be a short-term project for Intel. Upping its game to go head-to-head with ARM chips could take Intel several years.
"They are shooting at a moving target that is moving very quickly and aggressively in terms of both hardware and software," McGregor said. "Intel faces many challenges breaking into the mobile market, including business relationships. Intel can be competitive in terms of technology, but it takes an entire ecosystem to compete in the market."
However, Olds also pointed out that Intel won't be starting from zero on this. It already has the low-power Atom processor and the new 3D transistors.
"I think we'll see something significant from them in the next year to 18 months," he said. "This will be incremental. This will be an evolution not a revolution."
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Conversation with painter Louis Le Broquy, who paints portraits of writers, on the occasion of an exhibit at the Picasso museum in Antibes.
If the importance of an artist can be judged by his price on the art market, Louis le Brocquy, born in Dublin in 1916, is certainly one of the major painters of contemporary Ireland. Very integrated in the Irish cultural milieu, he made friends with novelists, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, as much as with more popular artists as Bono, singer from the group U2. It is often said about Louis le Brocquy that he was a socialite Bacon.
Nicknamed the "civilised head-hunter", he made himself famous by painting a series of paintings that featured a lot of celebrities from the cultural arena, that were inspired by the Polynesian heads in the museum of man in Paris. James Joyce, Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso and Frederico Garcia Lorca were some of his "cut heads", and represented to him "avatars of human consciousness".
Conforming to the bohemian tradition of the twentieth century, Le Brocquy left Ireland in 1938 to visit the main European artistic collections. His first works were influenced by Manet, Degas and Spanish painting, in particular le Greco, Velasquez and Goya. He then evolved towards Cubism, dealing with solitude and marginality in his paintings. These themes are notably abundant in his series about travelling people and their living conditions, independent but precarious, something he really connected with.
At the Picasso castle-museum in Antibes, Louis Le Brocquy is exhibiting, until 30 September, more than 60 essays and pictures by poets, painters and famous writers. Jean-François Tealdi and Bernard Perrano went to go meet this world-famous creator who has been splitting his time, for over 25 years, between Ireland and the French Riviera.
Louis Le Brocquy paints famous men like Yeats, Beckett, Picasso, Joyce or Lorca because, as he says, they're famous but vulnerable and poignant. Born in Ireland, in Dublin, Le Brocquy was influenced by Spanish paintings at a very early age and especially by the gradation between white and grey. Even though he's been working at Carros Village for 30 years, his Celtic ancestors' influence is always present in these faces, which go beyond simple appearances, and seek to reflect the individual's interior. Nevertheless, Louis Le Brocquy has always refused to reproduce portraits now that photography and cinema accomplish this in such a superior way. On the contrary, he prefers to erase outlines that are too familiar in order to unearth the other images that are hidden beneath: that of unusual men.
All of us are so used to the human face. We're so used to see a face as an expression of someone that we all know that, in reality, we don't see, we only see a conception of this view, and not the view itself.
In your portraits, there is one thing that isn't too deconstructed. And that's the eyes.
Maybe that the eyes happen to be the main gateway to the... the main entrance to the soul which... this intangible reality that lurks behind the exterior view of the face.
Louis Le Brocquy, until 30 September, at the Picasso castle-museum in Antibes.


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Q: Memory dump analysis (application hang) I am attempting to analyze a memory dump that I received from one of my end users after a hang occurred in my application. It seems to be related to the audio playback portion of my application. I believe that there are two threads involved, the main thread which is about to start playing the sound, and an updater thread which iterates over the sounds in a linked list to update their state continuously. I do not understand what the source for the hang could be, however.
My WinDbg knowledge is limited, but I have managed to figure out that the hang seems to occur inside the SetLoop method of the audio library (in the static sound code specifically). I use DirectSound, and the application is running on Windows 7 32 bit in this case (I am developing on XP myself where I have never had an issue like this). The static sound class locks a critical section before it checks to see if the sound is playing, and if it isn't it sets the loop flag to either true or false. In this case, the main thread is calling SetLoop to set it to false because it wants to play the sound in a non-looped state. I can see that at the time of the hang, the main thread is stuck in a call to EtwEventEnabled in ntdll.dll which is apparently made by the SetLoop method of the static sound class. I wonder if it is stuck in the EnterCriticalSection call, or somewhere a little further down when it calls upon DirectSound's GetStatus method for the secondary buffer? Here's where my knowledge of memory dump analysis falls short, and I would very much appreciate it if someone would take the time to look at the dump.
Here is a link to the dump, with the application specific symbols:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5121962/hangdump.zip
Thanks very much in advance for any help.

A: You could try analysing the dump with Microsoft's Debug Diagnostics Tool - it seems to confirm what you suspect, but without your knowledge of the code or the Release build PDB's for your exe, I can't get more info from the call stack.
From the report (you can run the full analysis yourself using the tool) there are two threads involved - the summary is as follows:

The call stacks of threads 0 and 4 are as follows:

.. and ...

These might give you some more info to get you moving again....
Hope that helps,
Roger

A: Two threads (one is WinMain) are waiting on the same critical section 03cb6ffc which has no owner.
Look at StaticSound::Update and StaticSound::SetLoop. Maybe thread currently being terminated is still owning a critical section. Try use Application Verifier with Locks Stop Details - Verifies the correct usage for critical sections.
0:000> !analyze -hang -v
[...]
BUGCHECK_STR:  HANG
[...]

DERIVED_WAIT_CHAIN:

Dl Eid Cid     WaitType
-- --- ------- --------------------------
   0   768.d1c Critical Section       (Self)

WAIT_CHAIN_COMMAND:  ~0s;k;;

BLOCKING_THREAD:  00000d1c

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  APPLICATION_HANG_SELF_Unowned_CriticalSection

PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS:  APPLICATION_HANG_SELF_Unowned_CriticalSection

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 77d56a24 to 77d57094
[...]
0:000> !locks
CritSec +13af7d0 at 013af7d0
WaiterWoken        No
LockCount          0
RecursionCount     1
OwningThread       10a8
EntryCount         0
ContentionCount    2b7
*** Locked

CritSec +3cb6ffc at 03cb6ffc
WaiterWoken        No
LockCount          2
RecursionCount     0
OwningThread       0
EntryCount         0
ContentionCount    d
*** Locked

0:000> ~*
.  0  Id: 768.d1c Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffde000 Unfrozen
      Start: pontefract_timer!WinMainCRTStartup (01299030)
      Priority: 0  Priority class: 32  Affinity: f
   [...]
   4  Id: 768.10a8 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffdb000 Unfrozen
      Start: pontefract_timer!_threadstartex (012ae09f)
      Priority: 2  Priority class: 32  Affinity: f
    [...]
0:004> kb
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
021af9b4 77d56a24 77d42278 000002f0 00000000 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
021af9b8 77d42278 000002f0 00000000 00000000 ntdll!ZwWaitForSingleObject+0xc
021afa1c 77d4215c 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlpWaitOnCriticalSection+0x13e
021afa44 012882c2 03cb6ffc 013af7cc 00326ee8 ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0x150
021afa60 0128a1ed 021afa8c 021afa80 013af810 pontefract_timer!StaticSound::Update+0x12
021afa84 012ae079 013af700 73a14e26 00000000 pontefract_timer!UpdaterTick+0x7d
021afabc 012ae103 00000000 021afad4 7750ed6c pontefract_timer!_callthreadstartex+0x1b
021afac8 7750ed6c 013af810 021afb14 77d7377b pontefract_timer!_threadstartex+0x64
021afad4 77d7377b 013af810 6b63b5bd 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xe
021afb14 77d7374e 012ae09f 013af810 00000000 ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x70
021afb2c 00000000 012ae09f 013af810 00000000 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b
0:000> kb
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
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then i try to compile the demo code for the nano-x. when i try to compile it gives me the error
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Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and the health industries.
Leidos is seeking a AWS Network Engineer Lead for a position as part of a team supporting the Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) in Fort Meade, MD.
This is a full time position that will be telework friendly, but must be able to be on site in Pensacola, FL or Fort Meade, MD when needed.
This position supports UCSA Government Cloud Environment. Establishes Network information requirements using analysis of the Network engineer(s) in the development of enterprise-wide or large-scale networking infrastructure (CAN, MAN, WAN). Designs architecture to include the software, hardware and communications to support the total requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces. Ensures these Network systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for open systems architectures, the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and International Standards Organization (ISO) reference models and profiles of standards - such as Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Open Systems Environment (OSE) reference model - as they apply to the implementation and specification of Information Management (IM) solution of the network layers, across the application program interface (API) and the external environment/software application. Ensures that the network/transport layers of the common operating environment are compliant. Evaluates analytically and systematically problems of work flows and network usage, organization and planning and develops appropriate corrective action. Provides daily supervision and direction to staff.
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Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: A Choice Between User Experience and Affordable Price
Reported by Chakri K July 23rd, 2019 at 09:24 am 21
Xiaomi India has been in the news over the last few days, thanks to the launch of Redmi K20 series. The Xiaomi Redmi K20, in particular, seems to be taking all the flak from the users as they feel it's priced on the higher side. The Redmi K20 Pro, on the other hand, is well received by the consumers as it's the cheapest phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset. Starting at Rs 27,999, the Redmi K20 Pro takes on the Asus 6Z and OnePlus 7 which are the other two phones available in the similar price range with the same flagship chip from Qualcomm. The OnePlus 7 starts at Rs 32,999 and it's one of the best selling smartphones on Amazon India. Last year, when Xiaomi launched the Poco F1 in India, we chose not to compare it with the OnePlus 6 or 6T because the former had several compromises.
However, with the price gap between the Xiaomi flagship and OnePlus flagship coming down from a whopping Rs 13,000 to Rs 5,000 this year, we believe that it's fair to make a comparison between the Redmi K20 Pro and the OnePlus 7. Well, I have been using both the phones for a while now and here's which device has the upper hand between the two and which one I choose.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Design and Display
Kicking off with the design, the Redmi K20 Pro is the better-looking one between the two. The OnePlus 7 boasts of similar design as the OnePlus 6T, albeit the company has introduced new colour variants. The K20 Pro has a rear back that stands apart from the crowd. Xiaomi is calling the design of the Redmi K20 Pro as Aura Prime and the phone comes in three colours- Carbon Black, Flame Red and Glacier Blue. The back glass on the Redmi K20 Pro is a 3D curved one with flame patterns which shows the device in different colours once the light hits it.
Both the phones feature a glass back and they both are prone to fingerprint smudges, which is the reason why both the companies are including a case inside the retail box. In the case of OnePlus 7, users will get a TPU plastic case inside the box, whereas Xiaomi is bundling a plastic hard case which is more durable. The power button on the Redmi K20 Pro has a Red colour accent which adds to the overall look and feel.
Besides the rear panel, the rest of the design elements are pretty functional. On the OnePlus 7, we get the power button and alert slider to the right, while the K20 Pro features power button and volume rockers on the right. The left of the Redmi K20 Pro left empty, but the OnePlus 7 features volume keys and SIM card tray on the same side. To the bottom of the Redmi K20 Pro, we get a SIM card tray, USB Type-C port and single speaker grille, and the OnePlus 7 has two speaker grilles and a USB Type-C port on the bottom. The top of the OnePlus has just the secondary microphone, while the Redmi K20 Pro features a secondary microphone, 3.5mm headphone jack and the pop-up selfie camera.
Besides the looks, one aspect where the Redmi K20 Pro shines when compared to the OnePlus 7 is the phone comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack, something which most of the phones are lacking. So, big props to Xiaomi for including the headphone jack.
Both the phones offer similar in-hand feel but do make a note that the Redmi K20 Pro is slightly on the heavier side at 191 grams compared to OnePlus 7's 182 grams weight. And yes, the K20 Pro has a bigger battery as well. With the bundled hard care, the Redmi K20 Pro weighs over 200 grams, something which I felt annoying during my usage. The TPU case on the OnePlus 7 doesn't much affect the overall in-hand feel.
Moving onto the display, both the phones sport an AMOLED panel and it's a huge upgrade on the Redmi K20 Pro compared to the Poco F1 which had an LCD panel. The K20 Pro has a bezel-less 6.39-inch Full HD+ display on the front with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels; The OnePlus 7 rocks a 6.41-inch panel with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The screen quality is very much similar on both the phones since they are AMOLED panels after all delivering inky blacks and punchy colours.
The K20 Pro gets ahead of the OnePlus 7 in the screen-to-body aspect. Thanks to the usage of pop-up selfie camera, the K20 Pro offers almost bezel-less design and the OnePlus 7 has a more practical teardrop notch that houses the selfie camera. Viewing multimedia and playing games on the Redmi K20 Pro is an absolute treat. The display on the OnePlus phone is protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 6, whereas the K20 Pro's display has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Both the phones support HDR on Netflix with the Redmi K20 Pro receiving the support just a couple of days ago.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Hardware, Software and Performance
The Redmi K20 Pro is the first flagship from Redmi in India and it comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset- the same chip we have seen on the likes of OnePlus 7, Asus 6Z, OnePlus 7 Pro, Black Shark 2 and so on. Both the phones ship in two variants- 6GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB, and they both lack microSD card slot for storage expansion. The OnePlus 7 offers UFS 3.0 storage, whereas the K20 Pro has the good-old UFS 2.1 storage which is now trickling down to phones under Rs 20,000 as well.
Performance on both the phones is snappy, but what differentiates them is the software. When we say MIUI, what comes to every Indian consumer's mind is 'Ads.' Well, Xiaomi has confirmed that the Redmi K20 series will not have any ads like its mid-range or budget phones. However, MIUI comes with several third-party apps and they push notifications every now and then which is confusing a lot of users who're looking to purchase the device. Xiaomi firmly confirmed the Redmi K20 series would not have any ads; If ads are the reason that's stopping you from buying the Redmi K20 Pro, then you can go and get one right now.
Redmi K20 Pro's counterpart, the OnePlus 7, ships with OxygenOS which is the most loved Android skin out there, thanks to its optimisations, useful features, and more importantly, OnePlus' timely updates. As seen with other OnePlus phones, OxygenOS on OnePlus 7 is optimised very well and the user experience is top-notch.
MIUI on Redmi K20 Pro is optimised well with the Snapdragon 855 chipset, something which we won't see very often from Xiaomi. Usually, when a Xiaomi phone comes out, it's riddled with software issues and the user experience will be far from perfect. Although Xiaomi releases software updates to finetune the experience, it's something every buyer is aware of. Nevertheless, that's not the case with Redmi K20 Pro and even the Redmi K20 as they offer a lag-free experience.
Another area where both the phones compete against each other is in the in-display fingerprint scanner department. In-display scanners on both the Redmi K20 Pro and OnePlus 7 are on-par with each other, but the latter takes you to the home screen faster than the former because of the animation speed. Also, the Face Unlock feature is super fast on OnePlus 7 compared to the slow-opening of pop-up face unlock feature on Redmi K20 Pro.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Connectivity
In terms of connectivity, the K20 Pro and OnePlus 7 offers Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 with support for aptx HD and GPS. Additionally, the OnePlus 7 has NFC functionality, which the Redmi K20 Pro lacks. The K20 Pro has Dual GPS feature something the OnePlus 7 lacks, so there are on par with each other in terms of connectivity options.
In the LTE/LTE-A connectivity department, the OnePlus 7 and K20 Pro has 4×4 MIMO, LTE Cat-16 model that supports up to 1 Gbps download speeds and up to 150 Mbps upload speeds depending on the carrier. They both support 5CA on downloads and standard CA on uploads.
Here's the interesting part- call quality on the K20 Pro is better than the OnePlus 7. I used the OnePlus 7 with Airtel network in Hyderabad and other cities and noticed significant call quality issues over the entire usage period. I used another Airtel SIM card on K20 Pro, which offered significantly better call quality. Both the phones were on VoLTE during the entire testing period.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Cameras
Well, here comes the major part of this comparison. The Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro sports three cameras on the rear side- a primary 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.75 aperture, an 8MP telephoto lens with 2X Optical Zoom support and a 13MP ultra wide-angle lens with 124.8-degree field-of-view. Other camera features of the Redmi K20 Pro include 2X optical zoom, 10X digital zoom, laser autofocus and PDAF.
On the flip side, the OnePlus 7 rocks two rear cameras- a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.7 aperture that works in tandem with a 5MP depth sensor. So the versatility factor is with the Redmi K20 Pro as it offers additional telephoto lens and ultra-wide lens, but what about the real-life performance? Let's find out.
As you can see in the images below, the OnePlus 7 shots come out more natural and the colours look true to life. The Redmi K20 Pro boosts the colours and the overall picture looks oversaturated. Well, in some situations, the K20 Pro captures a better image than the OnePlus 7 and the HDR mode comes to the rescue to the K20 Pro. The portrait shots are pretty much similar on both the phones, but the K20 Pro allows you to switch between full-body mode and telephoto mode for the portrait shots- a nifty feature to have around. The low-light performance again is better on the OnePlus 7 but by a small margin. Both the phones ship with dedicated Night mode to improve the images shot in low-light and they help to some extent.
Redmi K20 Pro Standard
Redmi K20 Pro Telephoto Sample
Redmi K20 Pro Ultra Wide
Redmi K20 Pro Telephoto Portrait
Redmi K20 Pro Portrait
Redmi K20 Pro No Night Sight
Redmi K20 Pro Night Sight Photo
On the image front, the OnePlus 7 is a winner to me, well at least for now. But in the video department, the Redmi K20 Pro shines. Talking about the video capabilities first, the OnePlus 7 has both Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS) support, while the K20 Pro has just EIS support. Both the phones can record 4K video recording at 60fps and 30fps, 1080p video recording at 30fps and 60fps. The K20 Pro allows users to capture super-slow-motion recording in 960fps and that too in 1080p and 720p quality. The OnePlus 7 also has super-slow-motion video recording, but it's capped at 480fps and that too in 720p quality.
OnePlus Camera Sample Standard
OnePlus 7 Camera Sample Standard
OnePlus 7 Portrait Sample
OnePlus 7 Night Scape Turned On
OnePlus 7 Night Scape Off
In the 1080p video recording, the Redmi K20 Pro records better one as the EIS kicks in; The colours on the K20 Pro are also on the natural side compared to OnePlus 7. However, the 4K video recording department belongs to OnePlus 7 as the footage is stable compared to the K20 Pro.
As for the selfie camera, the OnePlus 7 has a 16MP Sony IMX471 sensor with f/2.0 aperture and fixed focus. The K20 Pro has a 20MP pop-up camera which has an aperture of f/2.2. Features wise, it's the K20 Pro altogether thanks to six Portrait Light effects. The pop-up selfie camera also acts as an LED light indicator for notifications- a cool feature to have around.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Battery
The OnePlus 7 is backed by a 3700mAh battery and comes with a 20W fast charger inside the retail box. The K20 Pro has a bigger 4000mAh battery and supports up to 27W fast charging. However, inside the retail box, the K20 Pro has an 18W fast charger. Talking about the charging speeds using the bundled charger, it's the OnePlus 7 that wins the race by a decent margin. The OnePlus 7 takes just over 90 minutes to fully charge from 0% to 100%, whereas the K20 Pro takes around 105 minutes to do the same with the bundled 18W charger. However, with the 27W charger which Xiaomi has launched for Rs 999, the K20 Pro charges in less than 80 minutes from 0% to 100%.
As for the battery life, it's the Redmi K20 Pro leading the way with a better screen-on time of around six and half hours, compared to the OnePlus 7's five and half hours of SoT. The slightly bigger battery and MIUI optimisations are making the Redmi K20 Pro a winner here.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7: Verdict
In almost every aspect, the Redmi K20 Pro gave a tough fight to the OnePlus 7, and in most departments, it has beaten the latter with ease. Design-wise, it's the Redmi K20 Pro; Display-wise, it's the Redmi K20 Pro, Battery wise- again the Redmi K20 Pro. But OnePlus 7 has some significant advantages going for it. For now, I prefer the cameras on the OnePlus 7 because they offer natural images and the OxygenOS user experience is unmatchable at this point
That being said, the Redmi K20 Pro has the price going its way. The K20 Pro's base variant is priced at Rs 27,999 which is Rs 5,000 lower than the same variant of OnePlus 7. The 8GB+256GB variant of the OnePlus 7 costs Rs 37,999, whereas the same model of Redmi K20 Pro costs Rs 30,999.
Well, which phone I would've chosen between the two. I would've liked a Redmi K20 Pro with OxygenOS, but we all know that's not going to happen, and I will go with the Redmi K20 Pro, especially because of the huge price gap it brings along. The OnePlus 7 is a great smartphone, but the K20 Pro undercuts it by delivering similar experience at a lesser price of Rs 5,000/Rs 7,000. What's your pick between the two phones? Let us know by commenting below.
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What to Do This Weekend: February 12 to 16
A Valentine's card-making workshop, the Georgetown Arts show, and a Jersey Shore party.
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Learn to make your own Valentine's Day card at the Portrait Gallery on Friday. Image via Shutterstock.
EAT: Here's a Jersey Shore party you'll actually want to go to—it makes no promises of blowouts or fist pumping or tanned orange people. Instead, the New Jersey State Society will serve up Taylor pork rolls, curly fries, crabcakes, and boardwalk chicken at Pop's SeaBar in Adams Morgan. $10. 6 PM.
FILM: Hole in the Sky art space is hosting Projectile Dysfunction, an every-once-in-a-while film screening. This month, check out the French-Italian sci-fi cult classic Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda as a spacefaring rescuer woman who ends up teaching space civilizations about Earth sex. Perfect for Valentine's Day. Free. 9 PM.
ART: This weekend is the Georgetown Arts show, featuring works by Georgetown residents and people who have studios in the neighborhood. It's at the House of Sweden, and there's an opening reception with delicious appetizers and drinks. The show will run through the weekend. Free. 6 PM.
VARIETY: Black Cat hosts Church Night, which is more blasphemous than religious, but hey, that kind of works? It's a night of comedy, burlesque, music, and other things that sinners love. Tickets ($10) are available online. 9 PM.
MAKE SOMETHING: The National Portrait Gallery presents SweetARTS and Valentine's, which is perfect for those of you who have no idea what to get your significant other for the holiday. You'll have professionals on hand to teach you how to make a fancy yet heartfelt card, and horticulturists will teach you how to make an orchid corsage, which is probably a skill you could have used in high school. Free for card workshop, $10 for corsage. All day (until 7 PM).
DANCE: Napoleon Bistro hosts Love Hurts, a dance night for those of us who are broken-hearted. The all-vinyl dance party will feature sad (but fun!) hits from Rick James, Whitney Houston, Aretha, Natalie Cole, and more, and will feature specialty cocktails stirred up for the occasion. Who knows, maybe you'll manage to meet that special someone. $10 (includes one drink). 6 PM to 2 AM.
DANCE: Malmaison hosts I Wanna Dance With Somebody, an '80s-themed Valentine's dance party—probably a good chance to pull out your red tracksuit. Tickets ($10) are available online. 9 PM.
FIND LOVE: Washingtonian is hosting its annual Singles Soiree, a blowout anti-Valentine's Day bash at Penn Social. It's the perfect place to meet someone cool—you know they have good taste in reading materials and in bars, and there's lots of games, drinks, food, music, etc. Admission is $10 and includes two drinks. For more anti-Valentine's Day fun, check out our roundup of parties.
STORYTELLING/DANCING: Whether you're in a relationship or not, 9:30 Club is a good place to be for Valentine's Day. First you get SpeakeasyDC's Sucker for Love storytelling night, in which the area's best comedians and minor celebrities talk about their trials and tribulations in love. Afterward, it's Mixtape, DC's best alt dance party (it caters to LGBT people but is very fun for all).
Storytelling: $25, 8:30 PM
Dancing: $12, 11 PM
BAR CRAWL: The Valentine's Day Dupont bar crawl has already happened and is so last week. This week, everyone has moved on to Presidents' Day. So, look presidential or at least patriotic, and try not to take too many pictures that can one day be used as opposition research. Tickets ($15) are available online. 2 to 10 PM.
DRINK: Jack Rose hosts QLIKD, which I think is an acronym but it's one I can't figure out. In any case, it's going to be a very classy and very fun Valentine's party, featuring GQ-approved mixologists, Scotch, on-site grooming by professionals, and more. Free. 5:30 PM.
RUN: In the winter, I prefer to put more clothes on to keep warm. Maybe I'm weird. But this weekend, a whole bunch of people will run in the cold half naked for the Cupid's Undie Run. It raises money for the Children's Tumor Foundation and is a ton of fun. It's not too late to run, and it's free to just hang out at Hawk N Dove for the afterparty. Free ($80 to run). Noon.
BARS: Mixologists from Bar Pilar and Hank's on the Hill take their show on the road for a once-a-month pop-up invasion of another bar. This month, they'll be taking over Cafe Saint-Ex for a tribute to Chicago's retro tiki bar Three Dots and a Dash. Sounds like a good way to warm up. Free. 7 PM.
LOUNGE: Dram & Grain mixologist Lukas Smith and actress Shayna Blass are throwing it back to the 1930s and '40s with the Secret Monkey Social Club, a night of cocktails and cabaret at the Dolcezza factory in Union Market. There'll be five punches for $8 apiece, music, and cabaret performances throughout the night. 9 PM.
TRIVIA: The Wonderland Ballroom hosts its usual trivia night, with a special Meatless Monday deal: Order one of the vegetarian entrees off the menu and get a free beer, cocktail, or glass of wine. A free drink is enough incentive to skip the burger just this once, right? 7:30 PM.
Know of something cool going on around town? E-mail Jason Koebler at jasontpkoebler@gmail.com, or find him on Twitter at @jason_koebler.
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Cops Corner: Sarasota 8.15.19
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
by: Observer Staff Staff
SCRATCH THE SURFACE
2:15 a.m. — 400 block of North Washington Boulevard
Property damage: The manager of a car sales business reported damage to two trucks on the lot. The manager said he watched surveillance video and saw an unknown man on the lot damaging the trucks. The man scratched the side of one vehicle and the rear of another with an unknown item. The manager estimated the damage at $800.
PHONE LOAN
2:45 a.m. — 1400 block of Main Street
Lost/found property: A man reported he lost his phone. The man said he met a woman at a bar and let her use his phone. He forgot the woman had his phone and left the area. The man called his phone to try to get her to return it to him. The woman said she would return to the area to give it back to him, but she never showed up. The woman said she would try to return it to him the next day. The man said he would keep the police department updated on whether the phone got returned.
SWING THROUGH THE FENCES
6:19 a.m. — 1600 block of 25th Street
Property damage: A woman noticed a car parked in front of a vacant property she owned. The woman asked two people at the site why they were on her property. The two people jumped into the car and sped off. While driving away, the people crashed into a wooden fence on the property. It was unclear whether the people crashed into the fence accidentally or on purpose. The woman estimated the damage to the fence at $250.
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Kirsten Gillibrand can't break through – is sexism to blame?
Gillibrand has struggled to get off the ground as white male candidates have dominated media coverage, with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders as early frontrunners
Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
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Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, at a roundtable discussion with abortion providers, health experts, pro-choice activists, and state legislators at the Georgia state house in Atlanta on 16 May. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
Kirsten Gillibrand launched her 2020 presidential campaign on Donald Trump's doorstep.
The Democratic 2020 frontrunners are too old. And I say that as an old man myself | Art Cullen
Standing outside the president's eponymous hotel in midtown Manhattan on a windy afternoon in March, delivering a scathing repudiation, the New York senator called the billionaire a "coward".
In the weeks that followed, Gillibrand became the first Democratic candidate to release her tax returns. That was a thinly veiled swipe at Trump, who has declined to make his records public despite intense pressure.
Gillibrand has also vowed to only nominate supreme court judges who support women's reproductive rights and released a plan to reduce the influence of special interests in politics by publicly funding small donations.
In an age when presidential campaigns are assessed through the prism of "moments", Gillibrand could have had several. But she has struggled to get off the ground.
There are a record number of female candidates for the nomination but former vice-president Joe Biden, 76, and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, 77, are the early frontrunners. Behind them, Pete Buttigieg, the once relatively unknown mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emerged as a younger but unexpectedly formidable contender.
White male candidates have dominated media coverage. Even with nine months to go until voting begins, the women in the field are being floated as vice-presidential picks.
President Trump's achilles heel is a woman who speaks her mind. His kryptonite is a mother who stands up for herself
Gillibrand is not the only candidate to suffer and her woes are not solely blameable on her gender. But there is a growing frustration, voiced by the senator and others, with the emerging notion that only a man can beat Trump.
"The evidence is contrary to that assumption," Gillibrand told the Guardian. "I really believe that President Trump's achilles heel is a woman who speaks her mind.
"I think his kryptonite is definitely a mother of young children who stands up for herself. I don't think he'll be able to be effective in demeaning or dismissing me. And if he tries, I think it not only makes me relevant but I think it will make him look small."
Finding relevance in a field of 23 candidates has proved challenging. Crisscrossing Iowa and New Hampshire, courting rural voters and students alike, making the rounds on national news and late-night TV, Gillibrand has boasted of having the most anti-Trump voting record in the race. Nonetheless, most early state and national polls have her at roughly 1%.
Gillibrand has not yet met the 65,000-donor threshold set by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to qualify for debates which begin in June and will be limited to 20 contestants.
Her struggles have been so public that the deputy campaign manager for Cory Booker publicly donated to the New Jersey senator's rival and urged others in a tweet to do the same, to ensure she makes the stage.
Gillibrand talks during a meet and greet at at a residence in Sioux City, Iowa. Photograph: Jerry Mennenga/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
It's certainly not for a lack of trying. Gillibrand has kept a rigorous campaign schedule – with events that range from intimate listening sessions with voters in rural Iowa to partaking in a game of beer pong at a New Hampshire bar.
Patrick Murray, the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said Gillibrand's challenges were not particularly unique in a crowded field where the candidates receiving most traction were those with name recognition.
"It's difficult for any candidate to break through who does not already have a high national profile or a viral media moment," Murray said. "I think the DNC debate rules have also played a role by putting more emphasis on early polling and fundraising rather than organizational strength in the early states."
Others see a frustrating but familiar trend in which the male candidates are the subject of flashy profiles and media buzz, affording them an inherent advantage over their female counterparts.
"Almost all of the metrics show that certain men are getting far more coverage than the women," said Christina Reynolds, the vice-president of communications at Emily's List, a group that works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to public office.
"We don't know what would happen if more people knew these women. I would love for people to get the opportunity to see what happens when Kirsten Gillibrand goes to Muscatine, Iowa, and engages with voters."
"I think there's some level of, 'Beto's just got something' and 'Buttigieg is so charismatic'," she added.
"I find the women in the race to have all of those things and to be all of those things. But I do wonder if we are judging what makes for interesting TV on metrics that women just can never meet."
Gillibrand's fiery demeanor would seem well suited to a restless Democratic base that is clamoring for Trump to meet his moment of reckoning. But she has encountered skepticism over aspects of her record, which during her time in the House representing a district in upstate New York was more moderate than the firebrand progressivism for which she is now known.
Gillibrand was elected in 2006, unseating a Republican on a platform that included opposing "amnesty for illegal immigrants" and arguing in favor of closing the southern border. Also, she once held an A-rating from the National Rifle Association.
Gillibrand's NRA rating is now an F, and she was among the first Democratic contenders to call for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the agency responsible for carrying out raids and apprehensions of undocumented migrants.
She has not shied away from expressing remorse for stances that she says were informed by her overwhelmingly rural constituency, using words like "ashamed" and "embarrassed" to describe what she calls a failure to lead.
Sorry is the easiest word – but should Democrats stop their apology tour?
"When you talk to a mom and a dad who lost their teenage daughter because she was at a party with friend and a stray bullet hit her and killed her, and you meet her whole class, not only do you immediately know that you were wrong but you know you have to do something about it," she said at a CNN town hall last month.
Gillibrand is not the only Democrat who has been forced to reckon with their record. Kamala Harris has faced tough questions over her record on criminal justice before she entered the Senate. Beto O'Rourke's voting record has been scrutinized for being more conservative than the average House Democrat. Buttigieg has apologized for once using the loaded phrase "all lives matter". Like Gillibrand, Sanders has had to answer for once earning the favor of the NRA.
And then there is former vice-president Joe Biden, whose personal behavior and record on issues from the Iraq war and crime legislation to school desegregation and banking reform are attracting serious scrutiny.
Even so, Gillibrand has been singled out as "transparently opportunistic", providing an echo of her early days on Capitol Hill, when she was disparagingly nicknamed Tracy Flick, after the ruthless blonde played by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 film Election.
I'm asked questions routinely that male colleagues will not be asked, and that's kind of par for the course
For women in politics, such characterizations are part of an old double standard. Whereas men are often praised for deftly navigating changing political climates, ambitious women are portrayed as cynical and calculating.
Speaking to the Guardian, Gillibrand said "gender bias" existed in all industries.
"Of course I'm asked questions routinely that male colleagues will not be asked, and that's kind of par for the course as a public servant," she said. "Those are the kinds of things that you just push past. You talk about what you're for and why you're for it and you talk about what your solutions are."
As the #MeToo movement ushered in a national discourse on sexual misconduct, touching powerful industries and not sparing American politics, it looked as though Gillibrand's moment had arrived.
"The New York senator has made sexual assault the focus of her political career. Now, the world has caught up with her," a Politico Magazine profile declared.
Gillibrand, one of the Senate's most prominent voices on sexual violence and gender discrimination, found herself at the center of Washington's own reckoning with its past and present.
When asked to revisit Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, and if he would have to resign over such conduct were he president now, Gillibrand responded in the affirmative. She faced immediate backlash from at least one Clinton aide, who publicly called her a "hypocrite" and wished her luck in the 2020 primaries.
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Ken Starr spent $70 million on a consensual blowjob. Senate voted to keep POTUS WJC. But not enough for you @SenGillibrand? Over 20 yrs you took the Clintons' endorsements, money, and seat. Hypocrite.
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But Gillibrand's most high-profile act – and arguably the one that carried the most long-term impact – was yet to come.
It was December 0f 2017, and Senator Al Franken of Minnesota had been rocked by multiple allegations of inappropriate behavior. Behind closed doors, Franken's female colleagues had forged a private agreement: if any one of them called for his resignation, the rest would follow.
At first, Democrats backed an ethics investigation. But as allegations mounted, so did pressure to take decisive action.
Few were as hounded by reporters in the hallways of Capitol Hill as Gillibrand, whose identity as a legislator was steeped in combating sexual assault and harassment. When a seventh woman came forward to accuse Franken of inappropriate behavior, Gillibrand reached a tipping point. She called on the progressive star to go.
Al Franken and his wife Franni Bryson arrive at the Capitol, for his resignation announcement. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
"This moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful," Gillibrand wrote. "We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person."
It took a matter of minutes for five other Democratic women in the Senate to urge Franken to quit. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, both now seeking the Democratic nomination for president, were among them. But Gillibrand has borne the brunt of the blame. Plagued by questions over her role in Franken's fall, she has been shunned by part of the donor class.
The author Rebecca Traister, whose work focuses on gender and politics, said the treatment of Gillibrand fell into a familiar pattern.
"Franken's female colleagues were paying the price for the allegations – being called hypocrites for not calling out their colleague," she said. "Then they called him out and Gillibrand has paid the price since.
If there are a few powerful donors who are angry because I stood up for women … that's on them
"Women historically have been asked to pay for men's bad behavior and their alleged bad behavior."
"It's important to recognize even in the midst of #MeToo, which frequently gets talked about as if it's somehow afforded women unlimited punitive power, women often still wind up answering for men's bad behavior and paying for challenging men's power."
Gillibrand has stood by her decision. At an MSNBC town hall in March, she had a message for her own sons.
"As a mother," she said, "I had to be really clear: it is not OK for anyone to grope a woman anywhere on her body without her consent. It is not OK to forcibly kiss a woman ever without her consent. It was not OK for Senator Franken, and it was not OK for you.
"And if there are a few Democratic powerful donors who are angry because I stood up for women who came forward with allegations of sexual harassment, that's on them."
Much of Gillibrand's time in office has been devoted to achieving equality. She has led the charge against sexual violence in the military and on college campuses. She has advocated for universal paid family leave, equal pay and affordable childcare.
It is thus of little surprise that amid national outcry over highly restrictive anti-abortion laws passed by Republican states, Gillibrand might finally be having a "moment".
Protesters hold signs against Georgia's anti-abortion bill at the state capitol in Atlanta. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
At the Georgia state capitol, in the wake of a ban on abortions once a embryonic heartbeat is detected, Gillibrand held a roundtable with advocates for reproductive rights. Following Alabama's near-total ban she went on a media blitz.
She made her supreme court pledge amid the renewed attack on Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that established abortion as a right, and her campaign has seized on the issue, blasting fundraising emails and investing in digital ads.
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It is too soon to know if such efforts will bring the kind of boost the senator needs.
"For me, it's a marathon not a sprint," Gillibrand told the Guardian. "I think my message is different than others, and I think my story is different than others, so I believe I will actually break through and I will prevail."
Gillibrand was quick to point out she was comfortably re-elected in New York last year, carrying 18 counties which went for Trump in 2016.
"I think it's an important moment for women to be heard," she said. "We are the breakthrough voices of the 2018 cycle and we won in the places where white men failed to win."


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The Japanese central bank is running out of monetary policy options
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will release its monetary policy statement on Tuesday, September 20 at around 11:00 pm EDT. A press conference with BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled in the first hour of Wednesday, September 21. The Japanese central bank is seen as divided between those members who see further negative rates as the next step versus those who wish to stick to asset purchases in an effort to stimulate the growth of the economy. Governor Kuroda appears to favour negative rates, but he will have to convince the rest of the central bank to go along with him.
The BoJ ordered a review of its quantitative easing (QE) to further evaluate the results. There is growing scepticism around the decision to cut rates into negative territory. The market is uncertain on the outcome of the Japanese central bank monetary policy meeting. One scenario is for the BoJ to wrap its review with no definite action but use forward guidance to signal additional stimulus. Another outcome would be to leave negative rates on the table if the policy review is favourable but without cutting rates for the time being. An internal compromise is also possible with lower rates and upgrading its QE program but given the lack of credibility in the central bank this could have the opposite intended effect.
The Bank of England (BoE), Bank of Canada (BoC), European Central Bank (ECB) have already kept monetary policy unchanged in September. The BoJ won't have the benefit of knowing exactly what the American central bank will announce. The Fed is heavily anticipated to keep rates on hold in September after mixed indicators with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in December the most likely candidate for raising rates in 2016.
The USD/JPY has lost 0.492 percent in the last 24 hours. The pair is trading at 101.76 ahead of the monetary policy announcements from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the U.S. Federal Reserve. The USD had gained last week as American inflation numbers had beat estimates and with other major central banks signalling further easing ahead. The BoJ has not been as transparent as other central banks and has paid the price as the market has resisted its guidance. The USD/JPY has been caught in a range between 100 and 104.30 and failure from the BoJ to convince the market about its easing program will boost the JPY against the USD.
The strategy put forth by Shinzo Abe paid early dividends when it was launched in 2013. Out of all the arrows, the only one to find its target was the aggressive quantitive easing by the BoJ. Three years after and with several upgrades and the introduction of negative rates, the arrow might have hit the target, but it doesn't appear to be sticking. QE programs around the world have been questioned about their effectiveness in fighting a global slowdown. The Japanese goal of reaching 2 percent inflation was lofty in 2013, but it now appears almost unreachable unless there is a major shift in strategy.
The JPY has risen ahead of the BoJ decision as the USD has weakened and the market is unsure if the Japanese central bank will stick with other central banks and show caution in September. A lack of changes to either the stimulus program or interest rate would cause a surge in the JPY which will have to be addressed by the central bank. A repeat of the July 30 meeting could be in place where minor tweaks are announce to give the market something to chew on. At that time in a Bloomberg survey 32 out of 41 analysts forecasted an expansion of monetary policy, the highest percentage in over three years. The BoJ is under pressure from all sides. Economic growth has stalled as macro economic conditions have erased the positive results of Abenomics and investors are looking for guidance from central banks but growing more disillusioned after every monetary policy meeting.
A rise by the JPY might be short lived if a hawkish Fed, a dovish hawk as there are no changes expected, sends a strong signal of a December rate hike. Another deja vu moment for a Fed that forecasted four rate hikes this year and will only deliver one, but with the majority of major central banks with their hand firmly on the easing lever has widened the interest rate divergence between nations. The U.S. presidential election are in full swing and it has always seen as an impairment of Fed monetary policy decisions. A December FOMC meeting would benefit from a known outcome and a stable market without adding volatility to the market.
Market events to watch this week:
9:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
8:30am USD Building Permits
12:45pm CAD BOC Gov Poloz Speaks
8:30pm AUD Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY BOJ Press Conference
10:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories
2:00pm USD FOMC Economic Projections
2:00pm USD FOMC Statement
2:00pm USD Federal Funds Rate
2:30pm USD FOMC Press Conference
5:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
5:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
8:30am USD Unemployment Claims
9:00am EUR ECB President Draghi Speaks
8:30am CAD Core CPI m/m
8:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
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Sydney property prices almost 10 times income
By James Mitchell
Australia's five major metropolitan areas have been "severely unaffordable" for 11 consecutive years, according to a new report.
The 11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey used the 'median multiple' – a price-to-income multiple method for calculating housing affordability – to assess housing affordability in 378 metropolitan markets in nine countries including Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Historically, the median multiple has been remarkably similar in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, with median house prices from 2.0 to 3.0 times median household incomes, according to the report.
However, in recent decades, house prices have been decoupled from this relationship in a number of markets, such as Vancouver, Sydney, San Francisco, London, Auckland and others, it said.
"Without exception, these markets have severe land use restrictions (typically 'urban containment' policies) that have been associated with higher land prices and in consequence higher house prices (as basic economics would indicate, other things being equal)."
The report found all of Australia's five major metropolitan areas were severely unaffordable.
"This is in significant contrast to broad housing affordability that existed before implementation of urban containment (urban consolidation) policies," it said.
"Before urban consolidation was adopted, each of Australia's major markets had housing that was affordable."
Urban containment policy has been implemented to stop 'urban sprawl', yet cities cover comparatively little land area, the report argued.
"Moreover, cities are not expanding at a rate that would threaten agricultural production," it said.
According to the report, the antisprawl justification is being challenged by the increasing awareness that strong restrictions on land supply drive up the cost of housing, which reduces the standard of living.
"Urban containment policy is also justified as a means to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Yet, urban containment policy is not among the most cost effective strategies. In requiring higher expenditures per tonne than necessary, urban containment policy is likely to reduce employment growth and economic growth, other things being equal."
Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics refers to a "fatal mismatch between the operational concepts of demand and supply in markets and the parallel concepts with which the planning system works."
"As noted above, younger households are among the most significantly victimised by the housing affordability losses," he said.
"The lucky ones will inherit homes from their parents – which is a big step away from legendary urbanologist Sir Peter Hall's 'ideal of a property-owning democracy'," he said.
Among Australia's major metropolitan area markets the overall median multiple was 6.5.
The least affordable market was Sydney, with a median multiple of 9.8, a substantial increase from last year's 9.0.
"This makes Sydney the third least affordable out of the 86 major markets rated in this survey," the report found.
Housing affordability also deteriorated in Melbourne, rising to a median multiple of 8.7 in 2014 from 8.3 in 2013.
Melbourne ranked 6th least affordable of the 86 major markets.
Housing affordability deteriorated slightly in Adelaide (from 6.3 to 6.4), Perth (from 6.0 to 6.1) and Brisbane (from 5.8 to 6.0).
Among all markets, Australia's median multiple remained severely unaffordable, at 5.5.
However, there were signs of considerable improvement among the smaller markets of Australia.
Gladstone (Qld) achieved a moderately unaffordable rating, with a median multiple of 3.9.
Townsville (Qld) and Latrobe (Vic) tied for fourth most affordable market, with a seriously unaffordable median multiple of 4.3.
This is the first time in 11 years of the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey that Australia had markets that were rated as affordable.
The most affordable market was Karratha, in Western Australia's Pilbara, with a median multiple of 2.6. Kalgoorlie, also in Western Australia was the second most affordable market, with a median multiple of 2.8.
These improvements appear related to resource industry-related demand decreases, the report found.
James Mitchell


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Yesterday, April 14, top global smartphone brand Vivo held a successful Consumer Launch at the Market! Market! In Taguig City wherein the smartphone's newest local brand endorser was also revealed.
Vivo in the Philippines is known for their hottest local brand endorsers, especially the most trending of all love teams. Headlined by celebrity royalties #KathNiel Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, the Vivo Family is composed of the most influential stars in the local entertainment industry. Just this year, the half of #MayWard, Edward Barber, was launched as the newest member of the Vivo Family, joining his other famous half May May Entrata, a Vivo endorser since last year. Same goes for TV heartthrobs Inigo Pascual and Maris Racal, collectively known as #MarNigo, whose strong bond in and out of the screen drove a rise in their fan head count. Vivo also has in its roster of local brand endorsers Kisses Delavin and Tony Labrusca whose love team was launched just last year to the delight of the two's fans; they are now collectively known as #Kisston.
Vivo, in the said event, officially announced Elisse Joson as its newest local brand endorser. Elisse, or Maria Chriselle Elisse Joson Diuco in real life, is the other half of Mclisse, a highly popular love team with McCoy De Leon making up the other half. McCoy De Leon has been a Vivo local brand endorser since its Philippine launch in 2016.
Elisse being gorgeous, trendy, and with a bubbly personality to boost, Vivo chose her to represent them as she embodies the young and hip audience of the top brand. With Elisse's vast following on social media platforms, she makes the perfect influencer to push the brand further up the popularity scale.
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Vivo Philippines' introduction of its new local brand endorsers coincides with the brand's release of its latest flagship smartphone, the Vivo V9. The Vivo V9 is an artificial intelligence (AI) selfie camera with a 16 MP+5 MP dual-camera setup. Much like its predecessors, the V7 and V7+, the V9 also rocks a 24 MP selfie camera that comes with features like AI Face Beauty Natural Light, Studio Light, and Monochrome background which brings selfie-taking with the new Vivo smartphone several notches higher in the quality scale.
Cup™, Vivo believes in the importance of encouraging young people to embrace self-expression and an energetic lifestyle. In the Philippines, Vivo is the top 3 smartphone brand in terms of market share with 1.5 million users nationwide.


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Dr. Nathaniel Noble Harris II
Dr. Nathaniel Noble
Harris II
Lewisburg-Dr. Nathaniel "Nat" Noble Harris II passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, with his daughter Kate Harris and devoted partner of 15 years, Charlotte Baldwin, by his side.
Nat was born in Ronceverte on Dec. 14, 1948, to the late Carolyn Moore Harris and the late Robert Miller Harris. He was the youngest of five siblings, including Robert "Bob" Harris, Shirley Wester, William "Bill" Harris, and Margaret McClain, all of whom preceded him in death.
Nat's formative years were spent by the Greenbrier River at Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca where he refined his basketball skills and learned to fish and trap wild game including skunk, raccoon, and fox. To the delight of his mother, many of these became pets. The last several years of his time spent at camp were as a camp counselor. He most enjoyed being a canoeing and swimming instructor as well as a wildlife mentor.
Nat attended Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg from 1962-1966, where he played varsity basketball and averaged double figures and led the team in assists. After graduation, he attended Centre College in Danville, KY, where he earned bachelor's degrees in Biology and Chemistry in 1970. Nat enrolled in the National Guard shortly after his college graduation and completed his basic training in Fort Still, OK, where he trained in artillery. He was a platoon leader and earned an expert distinction in riflery with an M16 at 300 yards.
He then attended West Virginia University for his master's degree in Freshwater Ecology. He used his degree to work for the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources where he supervised strip mine re-vegetation research and oversaw the state's Wild Rivers Program.
In 1974 he enrolled at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He returned to Lewisburg after completion of his residency in 1981 and served as an Emergency Physician for four years. He was also the medical director of EMT services for Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs during that time. He joined his uncle Dr. Houston Moore and formed Lewisburg Family Practice Center in 1983 where he proudly served the local community as a Family Physician for nearly 20 years. He took great pride in his profession and was endlessly dedicated to the well-being of his patients.
Nat was an outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing for smallmouth bass and red eye, as well as hunting grouse, turkey, and deer. He was also an avid sportsman who never missed a Mountaineer game and enjoyed golf, having been an active member of the Elks Club for 42 years. Nat was loved by his friends, and he loved them back. He was a wonderful father and grandfather and loved his family wholeheartedly.
A celebration of life in Nat's honor will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at the Lewisburg Elks Country Club from 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to: The Moore Family Community Fund, P.O. Box 1682, Lewisburg, WV 24901.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com
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Q: Siunitx conflicts with textbf I've recently updated my computer from TeXLive 2019 to TeXLive 2022, and a document that compiled perfectly with the 2019 version raises an error with the new version. The problem occurs when i try to use the \ohm unit (defined in the siunutx package) inside a \textbf command, but the strange thing is that using the \farad unit the problem does not arise.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
$ \si{\textbf{\farad}} = \si{\coulomb \per \volt} $ → no problem

$ \si{\textbf{\ohm}} = \si{\volt \per \ampere} $ → raise an error

$ \si{\ohm} = \si{\volt \per \ampere} $ → no problem
\end{document}

I'm using the $ ... $ because in other parts of the document I have to make some operations with these units, and also because this ensures the correct spacing.

A: Use \mathbf not \textbf, since \Omega is not "text".  An error would likewise occur if you had merely typed $\textbf{\Omega}$, in the absence of siunitx.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
$ \si{\textbf{\farad}} = \si{\coulomb \per \volt} $ → no problem

$ \si{\mathbf{\ohm}} = \si{\volt \per \ampere} $ → raise an error

$ \si{\ohm} = \si{\volt \per \ampere} $ → no problem
\end{document}

A: Another alternative could be the following, for the case where you are writing plain text and need to accompany quantities with their respective units, in text mode it simply works with:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\si{\textbf{\farad}} = \si{\coulomb \per \volt}
\si{\textbf{\ohm}} = \si{\volt \per \ampere}
\si{\ohm} = \si{\volt \per \ampere}
\end{document}