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How To Kill Your Ego
By: Joe Elvin
Destroying your ego is one of the best things you can do.
Your ego is your self-perception.
A 'big ego' means you're full of yourself. A 'small ego' means you're full of self-doubt.
Both types of ego are powerful. Both will flood your mind with the most believable excuses and rationalisations. Both will ruin your relationships with those around you. The ego will do whatever it takes to convince you it's right, because a smashed ego is too painful for most people to handle.
In this guide, you'll learn why it's better to have no ego at all – and how to successfully destroy the inner voice that tells you who you are.
How does a small ego harm your dating life?
A small ego tells a man he's the type of guy women don't want.
He's afraid to approach women because he assumes they won't like him. He'll notice every possible reason not to approach, because that's what his selective focus points out. After all, the ego controls not only how we see ourselves, but how we see the world around us.
If he does approach, he's oh-so-cautious. Every facet of his body language signals he expects to get blown out.
He's quiet. He's apologetic. He never tells jokes, makes polarising statements or does anything to truly express himself. In fact, he'll often do all he can to hide his true personality, because his ego tells him his true personality is awful.
This creates nervous energy, which makes everyone around him feel nervous. Naturally, people want to avoid this. So they avoid him.
Even if a woman is showing clear signs that she likes him, the man with a small ego won't push the interaction forward. There'll be no flirting, inviting her to the bar or swapping contact details. His ego tells him she won't like that.
He might see her laughing at his jokes and touching him excessively, but his ego won't perceive it as flirting. It must be something else. Maybe she's joking. Maybe she's just being friendly. There's no way women could ever like him.
Whatever it takes to convince him it's right.
How does a big ego harm your dating life?
A big ego tells a man he's the type of guy all women want.
The problem is: most men with big egos also tend to have fragile egos, meaning they'll do anything to protect it.
A man with a big ego often refrains from approaching women, because getting rejected would harm his self-image.
He'll notice every possible reason not to approach. Often, he'll tell himself she's not good enough, even though he'd be thrilled if she threw herself at him.
If he does approach, he'll often do it in a friendly or overly crude manner, at least initially. That way, if it turns to shit, he can tell himself he wasn't really trying.
Now, if the woman flirts with him first, he feels free to release his brash and gregarious side, which women do tend to find attractive. They want a man who believes in himself, after all. But this character is also prone to deliberately self-sabotaging if she starts to lose interest.
The big ego guy is rarely the type to act a bit goofy or self-deprecate, even if it would raise the mood of everyone around him. He's unlikely to run through a crowded mall for a daygame approach. Nor will he chase down the woman who liked him when he spots her leaving the club, even if doing so could easily get him laid.
He might see that he never gets the hottest women in his city or that he barely approaches them, but his ego won't perceive it as his weakness. It must be something else. These women must be stuck-up or stupid. It's never the right moment to approach. There's no way women could ever not like him.
What does no ego look like?
The man with no ego truly doesn't care what other people think of him.
He just goes for what he wants. A woman's reaction has no impact on his self-image. If other people see, it doesn't matter what they think either.
If he's a bit introverted, he's not embarrassed to 'warm up' his social side by making smalltalk with uncool people. He's also unlikely to be intimidated by the hotties behind the VIP rope.
When he does approach a woman, there's no inner monologue questioning whether he's "good enough" or "too good" for her. He just focuses on the moment and his end goal.
He doesn't hide his personality, for fear she won't like it. He doesn't care if she doesn't like it. At the same time, he's not going to refrain from apologising, making dumb jokes, chasing or making a move if the situation warrants it. He's present with women. He'll usually see if she likes him and act accordingly. These qualities make him great to be around.
At the same time, the man with "no ego" has no issue with learning from his mistakes, or seeking advice from someone better than him. He appreciates there will always be someone better than him and always something to learn in most fields. As such, he's the one who learns the fastest and becomes the best.
5 ideas to kill your ego
Now you understand the benefits of killing your ego, let's explore some methods of doing so.
Find 10 women and tell them they look fantastic
Then, find 10 more the next day, and so on. You probably won't sleep or even swap contact details with all of them. This will crush a big ego. But it'll also prove there's plenty for you to learn when it comes to seduction. Hopefully, it will motivate you to start learning from your mistakes, improving and ultimately dating better women.
If you have a small ego, it's likely that at least one of the women treated you better than you were expecting. Take that experience as motivation to keep approaching and keep learning too.
Hang out with people who are more successful than you
Your immediate social circle will drag you to their level of success, whether that's up or down. As Jim Rohn famously said: "You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
So, it would make sense to surround yourself with successful people, right?
Most people have too much of an ego to do so. It reminds them of their shortcomings – and that's too painful. They'd rather be the big fish in the small pond.
Recognise if you're that big fish. If so, seek new friends who are stronger than you, hang out and learn from them.
Before long, you'll be on the same level.
By definition, comfort zone exercises make you feel a little bit silly.
Classic examples include lying on a busy sidewalk for one minute, wearing fancy dress or standing in public with a sign saying "free hugs".
It could be something smaller like singing karaoke or practicing a new skill in front of a big group.
In all of these scenarios, you'll notice that people don't care what you're doing as much as you thought they would. Even if they did care, they almost never share their opinions. Then, they probably forget about it moments afterwards
Hopefully that inspires you to live your life with no inhibitions, because no-one really cares what you do anyway.
Ignore external validation. Instead, gain self-validation from your actions.
A small ego usually stems from a lack of validation in childhood. Maybe you were the victim of neglectful parents, school bullies or a mean teenage crush. Those experiences were so painful that you now avoid criticism at all costs
Alternatively, a big ego grows from being overly validated. Maybe you were spoiled as a child, or grew up rich and famous. Those experiences made criticism so foreign that you now avoid it at all costs.
Either way, it's clear that being affected by others' validation is unhealthy. So, why not try ignoring other people's opinions altogether? Stop doing things to impress other people and focus on impressing yourself.
This becomes far easier when you have a life mission that's so important and exciting, you'd do it regardless of what anyone else thought.
In this case, when you take a step towards achieving that goal, that's all you need to feel great about yourself..
When you meditate, you train yourself to remove all thoughts. You learn to exist in the present moment. There is no past and no future. As such, there is no past or future 'self' to create a narrative around. There is just right now.
Frequent meditators find it easier to stay in the present moment when approaching and talking to women, rather than being plagued by thoughts of fear or insecurity.
So, find a quiet space, set a timer to count 20 minutes, and use that time to practice focusing on your breathing and nothing else.
Is it even possible to kill your ego?
It has been argued that it's impossible to completely eliminate your ego, as humans will always be conscious beings with thoughts and memories.
Still, hopefully this guide has highlighted the reasons to try these exercises and quieten your ego as much as possible, whether it's big or small.
About Joe Elvin Joe Elvin travels the world working remotely as a lifestyle writer and confidence coach. Throughout 2017, he filmed his entire dating life as part of a national television documentary in the UK. His new book 'The Camera Never Lies' details the brutal truths about dating and relationships learned from this experience. You can learn more about the book and download the first chapter for free by clicking here >>
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Ford's Anti-Union Game Is to Divide the Races
From The Militant, Vol. V No. 7, 15 February 1941, p. 6.
For a long time it has been a. practice in this country for the bosses to refuse to hire Negro workers in their plants, placing the blame for this on the white workers: thus the bosses stored up a labor force among the Negroes that could be used for union-smashing and strike-breaking when the white workers began to organise. On certain occasions, employers have brazenly referred to this policy of creating resentment between black and white as "strike insurance."
Henry Ford has played a shrewd variation of this same game. Realizing that the time would come when the unions would begin to make some headway in organizing his Empire; he began to employ Negroes in his plants, to build up the idea that he was a friend and benefactor of the Negro people and deserved their support in his bitter struggles against unionization.
He established a special division of employment of colored personnel and through this began to hire Negroes in large numbers. Today it is estimated that he has 10,000 Negro employees, representing about 10% of his labor force. As part of his plan Ford has also contributed to certain Negro churches, organizations and individuals.
Uncle Tom Banquet
A highlight in Fords' anti-union campaign was a recent banquet for 300 people in Detroit by Donald J. Marshall, director of colored personnel for the Ford Motor Company.
In attendance was "nearly every colored minister in the city, who came at special invitation to get the free meal and to listen to Marshall's harangue against the CIO. Those Negro ministers in Detroit who have expressed sympathy for the CIO were not invited; of them it was said, "The time has come to let our unfaithful leaders know we do not need them."
"We are appealing to the ministers to try to help us keep our feet on the ground," said Marshall.
He then launched an attack on the unions in which he blamed them because Negroes are not hired in great numbers in the other auto plants.
For instance, he showed that Knudsen, now head of the National Defense Commission, had refused to let Negroes hold skilled jobs in General Motors. What follows from that, according to Marshall? That the union which Knudsen fought so bitterly is responsible for this situation which existed long before the union was founded.
Ford Threatens Negroes
He finished this attack by making a not-too-veiled hint that if the Negro workers in Ford's plants didn't support him, they would be sorry:
"The open shop of Henry Ford has two Negroes out there to see that the Negroes get at least part of their rights (meaning himself and his assistant). The Negro will regret the day ir he helps to turn the Ford shop over to the CIO."
By this he meant that if the CIO organizes the Ford plants, Ford will have no further use for Negroes and will try to get rid of them. "It will be a sad day for us if the Ford Company changes its policy," moaned the Rev. Mr. Bradby, to emphasize the point.
Task of CIO
Horace R. Cayton, one of the authors of Black Workers in the New Unions, has in two articles in recent issues of the Pittsburgh Courier dealt with the subject in a way that could be of use to the CIO in tackling this problem.
After explaining how Ford by his financial contributions has "given substance to the myth that Ford had a sympathetic interest in the problems of the Negro," and showing that "many Negro professional men and Negro leaders who lived on the back of these Ford employees, fearful of anything which might disrupt (even momentarily) their sources of income, are violently pro-Ford and anti-union." Cayton goes on:
"Ford's policy toward the Negroes, however, is one that had been born of self-interest and has not offered the Negro much except employment. That Ford has hired more Negroes than other companies is a matter of fact. He has done this, however, lo provide himself with 'strike insurance.'
"It is the testimony of most persons familiar with the Ford plant that Negroes are definitely limited in their ability to be promoted within the Ford plant and are pretty largely confined to the lower wage income brackets.
"Likewise, all workers in the Ford plant, including Negro workers, suffered from the speed up, the possibility of brutal treatment from Ford's service men, and enjoy a wage which is about ten cents au hour below that of workers in other automobile plants."
Why Negroes Hesitate
Cayton explains clearly why Negro workers are hesitant about joining the union. First of all, they're glad they've got jobs, and they're not sure that Ford would keep them on if the union won out. Secondly, the Negro is under terrific pressure from Harry Bennett's thugs and from Donald Marshall and the other "leaders." Thirdly, they don't know whether they can trust the unions, because many of them have had experiences of discrimination, or have heard of discrimination, by white workers even in the union movement.
In this situation, it is imperative that the CIO pay special attention to the Negro workers. True, R.J. Thomas, president of the UAW, has written a letter which has received some publicity, in -which he promises that, there will bo ne discrimination by thee union against Negro Ford workers. He urges that those who are interested should check in the other plants that have been organized and determine for themselves whether the Negro worker has been discriminated against. "They will find upon checking that in the Detroit plants Negroes now receive more money and have better jobs than they had prior to the advent of the union ..."
But when the scoundrels who call themselves leaders are so active in prejudicing the Negroes against the union, it is not enough to suggest that "anyone who is concerned about such rumors, (of discrimination) check in other automobile plants ..." Every one of the 10,000 Negro workers in Ford is very much concerned about these vicious rumors. To tell them to go and check in the other automobile plants is not very helpful. It is up to the UAW lo bring them the proofs that there will be no discrimination, and to spend a lot of time combating these rumors and spreading the truth that, as Cayton puts it, "the CIO has made a desperate effort to break down color barriers and it presents the greatest hope for Negro laborers since the Knights of Labor" and that "certainly Negro workers in the Ford plant will suffer greatly, both as workers and as Negroes, in the long run if they are instrumental in defeating unionism in Ford's plants."
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The artist Sean Scully is now represented in North America by Lisson Gallery, which will stage a doubleheader of his work at both of its locations in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, from April 30 through June 8. These shows will present new paintings, sculpture and works on paper at the gallery's 24th Street space, alongside a focus on recent figurative works by the artist, who has built his multi-decade career on abstractions, at their Tenth Avenue space.
Lisson, which also has two spaces in London, features on its roster Stanley Whitney, Anish Kapoor, Robert Mangold, Carmen Herrera, and many more.


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Alice in Wonderland.
LAURENCIN, Marie (illus.); CARROLL, Lewis.
Illustrated with Six Coloured Lithographs by Marie Laurencin.
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930 Stock Code: 136578
On display in 100 Fulham Road
"The French Alice she produced was a considerable shock to those brought up on Tenniel"
First Black Sun Press edition, number 361 of 420 copies for distribution in the United States, from a total edition of 790; "the colophon is the only difference between the American and European issues" (Minkoff).
"For Alice in Wonderland, Caresse signed Marie Laurencin, one of the foremost French artists, to do the illustrations. She had never before illustrated a book, and the French Alice she produced was a considerable shock to those brought up on Tenniel" (Tebbel, p. 625). The Dartmouth College Library blog remarks that "this 1930 rendering of Alice is considered to be among the finest productions of Harry and Caresse Crosby's Black Sun Press" ("Not Your Usual Alice", retrieved 27 November 2019).
Landscape quarto. Original printed wrappers, titles in red and black to spine and front cover, fore and lower edges untrimmed. In the original glassine but without the slipcase.
Frontispiece and 5 colour lithographs by Marie Laurencin (with tissue guards); title printed in red and black.
Light toning and foxing to wrappers, a touch rubbed. A near-fine copy in the very good glassine, a little toned, small losses to corners.


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Q: datepicker with different style than activity I have activities with custom style, I want my activity with a custom title bar so I created below style:
<style name="costum_titlebar">
    <item name="android:background">@color/titlebar_background</item>
</style>

<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:windowTitleSize">@dimen/titlebar_size</item>
    <item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/costum_titlebar</item>
</style>

In manifest I use:
<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/CustomTheme" >

In the activity I use:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
this.getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.setting_activity_titlebar);

So far it's good and works fine, I have activity with my custom title bar.
Now I want to use datePickerDialog. The problem is that dialog looks old:

But I want it to look like this:

I also have this style:
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">

So I used it to create DatePickerDialog like this:
new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(),R.style.AppBaseTheme, this, year, month, day);

But the theme won't apply.
Just for a test,  I create a second app with default style and just one button to open date picker, so the datepicker
Looks like what I want. Both apps have android:minSdkVersion="8"
I think the problem is with custom titlebar, so how I can get my custom titlebar and datepicker with desired style?
EDIT:
I Changed android:minSdkVersion="11"
with
<style name="datePickerTheme" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.DatePicker"></style>
   and
new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(),R.style.datePickerTheme, this, year, month, day);
But the Result still is the same.

A: Try like this:
style="@android:style/Widget.DatePicker"

A: DatePickerDialog dateDialog = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(),
                                                   android.R.style.Theme_Holo_Light_Dialog,
                                                   ondateSet, year, month, day);
dateDialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));

This is for showing white color light background Date picker Fragment.

A: I know this is little late but I walked into this topic while I was searching something else about DatePickers.
Add this to the custom theme you are using:
<item name="android:datePickerStyle">@android:style/Widget.DatePicker</item>

This will override the parent theme you are using and result as a different looking DatePicker.
You will need to create the dialog with this custom theme.
Example of my theme:
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabStyle</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabText</item>
    <item name="android:actionButtonStyle">@style/MyActionBarButtonStyle</item>
    <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/bg</item>
    <item name="android:datePickerStyle">@android:style/Widget.DatePicker</item>
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Twitter to add the ability to edit tweets
Author Topic: Twitter to add the ability to edit tweets (Read 9346 times)
One of the most requested features that Twitter has yet to deliver, the ability to edit tweets, may finally make its way to the app. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey commented on the possibility of adding such a feature during an interview with Joe Rogan.
When asked if his company plans add the ability to edit tweets, which may come in handy especially if you want to correct a typo, but still be allowed to see the original message, Dorsey confirmed that Twitter is looking at exactly that.
The reason we don't have edit in the first place is we were built on SMS, we were built on text messaging. Once you send a text, you can't take it back. So when you send a tweet it goes to the world instantaneously. You can't take it back.
Dorsey went on saying that the feature could be built in such a way that it would allow Twitter users to change their mind after sending a tweet or edit the message during a 5-second to 30-second window.
Even though he agreed that clarity is extremely important, Dorsey claims that it would be a major issue if Twitter would go longer than a 30-second window for allowing tweet editing since it might take "that real-time nature of the conversation flow out if it."
It remains to be seen whether or not Twitter will eventually allow users to edit their tweets, even if that means delaying a message for 5 seconds or 30 seconds, but at least we know the company is considering such an important feature.
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Shamrock Celtic was formed in 2006 by Alan Tighe who brought in Anthony McCausland to assist with team affairs. After a difficult first season on the football pitch the club made steady progress including the formation of a schoolboy section. Celtic also received clubhouse facilities from Dublin City Council. Results began to improve however with players playing for both the Saturday and Sunday teams it proved too much for the promising start to continue. The third season brought convincing wins against teams from superior leagues plus credible victories over opposition from the premier divisions in rival leagues. This platform enabled a long unbeaten run which saw Shamrock Celtic reach the semi-final of the Frank Roe Cup, winners of the Unidare Cup and very narrowly missing out on the League.


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From a pile of stuff: this week on Fresh Powder
The lede I went to the Newseum for the first time last month. The status update alone prompted many messages of jealousy from my journalism pals, which suggests the mythic aura it holds to those in, or who have studied, media who have never…
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When commissioner Dilly Gent sent me two songs from Scissor Sister to pitch on, she said she needed the same director to shoot both videos, at the same time. So this could be the story of "how I shot two music videos at once", but instead it will be the story of "how the Michael Mann show Luck made our horses shoot possible".
Let me explain. A few weeks before, during the shooting of TV series Luck a few horses died, and a big controversy sparked in Hollywood about the mistreating of animals on sets. So when we set out to find four white horses for our video it turned out that this company outside LA wanted to send a message that horses are totally fine on sets and they don't die and all that, and they made us a great discount for using their animals. That allowed us to stay within a budget that otherwise wouldn't have allowed us to make the shoot happen. So, bless the poor souls of those horses, but thank you.
For some reason this became the hit summer song in Italy of 2012.
Feel free to watch this behind the scenes video, nicely put together by Matt Ross @ Lolafilm.
As usual, we start with a storyboard. Horses are SO hard to draw.
I flew Luca Zamoc to LA to help me out on the other video, but sure enough he ended up doing stuff for this video as well. These are initial ideas for the design of the horses stables.
Here he is, painting his beloved symbols on one of the stables.
The pyramid, work in progress.
We needed to make a test of how the goo would flow out of the machine and onto people's bodies, so I offered to be the guinea pig.
The test resulted in an "extensive" knowledge of how the goo behaved, how it looked on camera and how messy it was. It also produced this picture.
This is how the goo looked like after we poured it on Del Marquis' body.
At some point the machine that was pouring the goo exploded, creating a "paintball" that was shot across the whole studio onto the opposite wall. If the paint had hit someone, it would have been pretty bad. Also, it was incredible that Jake (SS lead), whose turn was to have paint poured on, didn't get a single drop of paint on his suit, which would have been bad as well because before we started pouring goo on him I needed a completely clean shot of his clothings. This is a picture of the production assistant who had to remove the paint from the wall. I think it took him all day.
Shooting day! That car turned out to be our best friend for the day.
Pretty much everything was shot from the remote controlled arm of the nicely air conditioned vehicle.
We only had a limited amount of runs before the horses would get tired or restless, so there was a bit of pressure about getting the shots right. Also, we had to be careful at not getting too close to them while riding. We were using the WeissCam high speed camera, shooting at 800fps. The camera works so that it records video to RAM, which is a hard drive that stores data quickly, but it can only store 8 seconds of footage at a time. That meant that whenever I saw a good 8 seconds chunk of footage I had to yell cut so that those images were securely stored in the camera.
This was the very last shot of the day, and as you can see we managed to get it in time just SECONDS before the sun went down. Aaahh, the reckless magic of filmmaking.
We left the Luca Zamoc designed pyramid there, for future generations or saturday night desert drunkards to enjoy.
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Once she was Eon, a girl disguised as a boy, risking her life for the chance to become a Dragoneye apprentice. Now she is Eona, the Mirror Dragoneye, her. Eona: The Last Dragoneye is the second book of the Eon series by Alison Goodman. Eon has come out as "Eona" and admitted she was a girl all along. Luckily, people have accepted this, and she has become a Dragoneye. The only issue is. Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years . Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the.
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Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drug-riddled Dillon; they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power and the black folio if he is to wrest back Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years.
Eona: The Last Dragoneye (Eon, #2) by Alison Goodman
The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drug-riddled Dillon; they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power and the black folio if he is to wrest back his throne from the selfstyled "Emperor" Sethon. Through it all, Eona must come to terms with her new Dragoneye identity and power – and learn to bear the anguish of the ten dragons whose Dragoneyes were murdered. As they focus their power through her, she becomes a dangerous conduit for their plans.
Eona, with its pulse-pounding drama and romance, its unforgettable fight scenes, and its surprises, is the conclusion to an epic story only Alison Goodman can create.
Hardcoverpages. Hemming Award Nominee To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Eonaplease sign up. Is it better than book 1? Daniella In my opinion I think it is, as it got straight to the point. But I guess that's expected in every book, because you have to introduce the characters …more In my opinion I think it is, as it got straight to the point.
But I guess that's expected in every book, because you have to introduce the characters and setting sometime. Is there a good romance in this series? I personnaly really enjoyed the romance!
See all 13 questions about Eona…. Lists with This Book. May 04, Emily May rated it it was amazing Shelves: Before you can decide whether this book is your cup of tea, the first thing you need to ask yourself is what you look for in a book, what makes something a good read for you. For me, Eona ticked every single box.
It was complex, well-written and more than just your typical fantasy: So, do you like books with: Fantastic worldbuilding Sick of books th Before you can decide whether this book is your cup of tea, the first thing you need to ask yourself is what you look for in a book, what makes something a good read for you. Fantastic worldbuilding Sick of books that plonk a few characters into some random society with a set of oppressive rules and no explanation?
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That's kind yoodman why it's hard not to love this series from the beginning, with this colourful world that has been enoa by Chinese and Japanese culture and mythology but has also taken on a life of its own. This carefully-constructed world built on power of different kinds – that of the imperial family and that of the Dragoneyes. Goodman's land is steeped in power struggles, magic and secrets. Who can you possibly trust in such a world?
Varied, exciting and flawed characters The flawed character is a particular literary love of mine. Because no one is perfect.
Maybe a lot of us would like to be heroes in a perfect world but this is far from a perfect world and we all have our limits, our breaking points, and most of us can be seduced at times by a dark alternative to the straight and narrow path.
Eona is an excellent heroine who faces godoman struggles with power and her alkson character let's face it, who wouldn't be aloson after what she's been throughis she Kygo's Dragoneye? Eona is smart but the seduction of ultimate power occasionally leads eoma to make the wrong decisions, she is afterall only a flawed human being – as we all are.
But beyond Eona are other oena characters too. Dela and Ryko, Kygo Ido goovman one great whopping surprise in this book, it's only a really good writer that can take you from seething hatred towards a character to pity to almost-kinda-liking him.
Ido is one charismatic bastard, full of amusing quips but always looking for ways to manipulate a situation to get what he wants. Along with Eona, Ido was the other character I constantly looked out for, eager to see his progression and where he'd end up.
Fantasy There's dragons, my friend, dragons. I never realised how cool they were until I read this. It's so strange that just a year ago I thought I didn't like high fantasy – you know, magical realms and whatnot – and now this book is easily making it onto my favourites list. My bad experiences with The Lord of the Rings made me think these kind of books weren't for me.
But this is such a vivid fantasy world that I couldn't help being sucked in. It's the perfect blend of magic and real-world alisno stirred in with a little dragon drama to create a very exciting mix. Romance You like a little romance in between battles for the empire?
Of course you do! Especially when the romance is complicated and both parties aren't exactly trustworthy. Eona tries to determine Kygo's motivations and whether he is being honest with her, and she in turn holds information back from him in fear of what he could do with it.
It's a complicated relationship aliso two powerful people who are all too aware of each other's power.
And what about Ido? Are his and Eona's destinies more inextricably linked than anyone could have foreseen? This book all comes back to power, that between enemies, between friends, and between lovers.
Goodman shows how easily power can be abused and how just a touch of it can fuel much bigger and darker ambitions. Moral battles I am not that well-read in the fantasy genre but I'm beginning to think that this is why I tend to prefer female writers of fantasy and sci-fi too.
I don't want to drop authors of either gender into a box, it's not so black and white as that, but I do think from experience that there's just something a bit more human about the stories written by women, and the lack boodman this is probably the goodmsn I oena so detached from The Lord of epna Rings.
Hoodman fantasy and sci-fi it's common to take the reader far away from the world and people they are fona to, but in Goodman's land far far away the moral conflicts Eona faces are something very real and easily applicable in our world.
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Ideas about power and war. For example, if you have the power to kill ten people to save yourself and your friends, should you? How about one hundred? A quick read Nope, there's no point even trying. But, unlike some books I've read recently, I thought every page was necessary and it never felt too long. In fact, I wanted more. You have been warned. Not that he shouldn't have died, I knew as soon as he made Eona feel conflicted about her feelings that the author would have to get rid of him so Eona could be with Kygo.
However, I liked the idea that even the lowest of the low could have a little redemption and I thought that was where Goodman was going when Ido chose to save Eona instead of freeing himself from his torture cell. I loved that he did that, and whilst he was still a murderer and had gone too far for real forgiveness, I would've liked his death to have remembered him as the guy who finally put someone else first.
Instead eeona the power-hungry madman he became at the end. View all 48 comments. As seen on The Readventurer If you liked Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and your eyes didn't glaze over every time you read about Eona uniting with her dragon, allson into her mind-sight, channeling her Hua and so forth, I don't see any reason for you to dislike aliison novel. I feel like every goodman I had with the 1st book of this duology was successfully fixed or improved upon in this sequel.
Eonaunlike its predecessor, has no info-dumping. Instead, it is a quest-type adventure in which Eona attempts to save her home country and in the process learn to control her newly acquired immense power.
It is also a very personal story. The time is no longer spent on extensive world-building, but on Eona's exploration of her power as both a Dragoneye and a woman. Of course, everything is messy. With great power comes great responsibility – how much violence is justified in war? The romance story line is no less complicated – romantic relationships are convoluted by mistrust, fear of deception, power imbalances, questions of morality, loyalty and honor.
Every decision Eona has to make is ambiguous and difficult and requiring serious sacrifices, just the way I like them. But the best part of the book for me was the fact that when I started it, I was sure it would simply be about saving the Empire of Celestial Dragons from Sethon, but it turned out to be much more than that, sort of like in Shadowfever Note: So don't hold this comparison against me later on, ok?
I am thoroughly impressed by this intelligent, complex and thoughtful story. Highly recommend it, unless, of course, you can't stand fantasy, dragons and heavy world building. View all 26 comments. Apr 29, Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it it was amazing Shelves: I gave up on Eon: Dragoneye Reborn when I first attempted to read it because the beginning moved like molasses.
I just wanted some action already, geez. Well, I got what I wanted in this book, a bit too much of it at times. Eona was nonstop action from the first page.
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Man Accused Of Using Snapchat To 'Lure' 14-Year-Old Boy From Home And Murder Him
Jose Nunez's body was found dumped in Bridgeport, Connecticut and two arrests have been made in the case, including 20-year-old Diante Willoughby.
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INCELS: Men, Message Boards and Murder
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Two people have been taken into custody in connection to the murder of a teenage boy in Connecticut whose family says was lured away from home via Snapchat.
The victim, 14-year-old Jose Nunez, was first reported missing on the morning of July 28, the Bridgeport Police Department said during a recent press conference. Shortly afterward, investigators received a tip that a murder had taken place and that the victim's body had been "dumped" in another location, authorities said; the following day, police recovered Nunez's body in the Oxford area.
During the course of their investigation, police focused attention on person of interest, later identified as Diante Willoughby; he was seen at the same location where Nunez's body was found, authorities said. Police arrested Willoughby, 20, on Wednesday, and during a subsequent interview with detectives, he allegedly admitted to being involved in Nunez's death. He has since been charged with murder.
Diante Willoughby Photo: Bridgeport Police Department
A second suspect, an unnamed 14-year-old boy, has also turned himself in to police and allegedly admitted that he was involved in Nunez's death, Fox 61 reports. He has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, according to the outlet.
Willoughby and Nunez knew each other for "several months," but the events directly leading to the boy's death remain unclear, police said.
Nunez's father, Higinio Campos, said during last week's press conference that parents need to be aware of the dangers of social media.
"I just want to make it clear to all parents: please take care of your kids with the phones," he said, adding later, "Still, this man, these people were able to get to him through Snapchat and lure him in, lure him right out of my house. I woke up with my door wide open, woke up five in the morning, my door wide open, my son missing."
"I knew something was wrong," he said. He added later, "The guy was tricking him the whole time. Older guys can easily manipulate children. Take care of your children, please."
He went on to say that he believes that his son's death could have possibly been prevented if the process of searching for a missing child had moved along more quickly. He said that after telling police that he believed his son was with a certain person, he had to wait even longer before authorities were able to check it out.
Key details of the case remain unclear, although police confirmed last week that an autopsy concluded that Nunez's death was a homicide.
"The case is still very active," Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald said. "We have a lot of additional work to do to build a timeline on the events of what happened, and we're going to continue to do that in the coming days and weeks."
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Picturit: It is not used anymore, Martine.
Nice shot and treatment, Astrid.
Picturit: Indeed so, Chris. The beams are rough wood and very basic.
Chris is right about the charcoal drawing. I think Don and Ruth would enjoy seeing your take on this.
Picturit: Thank you, Ginnie. I will show them this one too. It was fun to capture some of the things on their grounds.
Your fascinting treatment emphasises the wood this farmhouse was made of.
Picturit: Thank you, Philine. The wood is rough untreated wood just painted white. It used to be a studio for multiple use.Astrid.
Picturit: Dit was eerst een studio van mijn schoonzus. Alles is daar van hout gemaakt. Wel een mooie ongeveinsd om te fotograferen.
There's a fine old building. I like the rough hewn timber.
That looks light and airy Astrid, did you stay here?
Picturit: This used to be the studio of my sister in law. I loved the rough wood what they used.
I very much like this. I'm not syaing this was easy to do but back in the old darkroom days one had to be very skilled to produce an image like this.
Picturit: I know, Brian. That always blows my mind. However I think that the old material was different than the new cameras we use and all the software involved. In the darkroom we had some tricks to get some special effects. Tricky but fun to do.
So cool what can be done with a photo.
Picturit: I totally agree here, Mary. I take a picture and the software does the rest.... I love to play around.
terrific image! i love the processing which goes very well with the timbre, i think!
Picturit: Thank you for your kind words, Ayush. Sometimes I love to play around and am surprised with the outcome.
Mythical, it seems painted by hand.
Picturit: I know what you mean, Claudio. Thank you for your kind words.
Picturit: Thank you for that thought, I might keep that for the next time. Soon I will have "more" time with my photo's. Thank you, Tom, as always.
I love the treatment on this image. Great 3D image.


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You're on your way home when you spot a wallet. What do you do?
Take the cash out and leave it.
Leave it, in case someone comes back for it.
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My first crush or love.
Walk them to their destination.
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When surrounded by those I love.
When I check my bank account.
If your life were a film, which genre would it be?
How often do you return library books on time?
Always, what if someone else wants to check them out?
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ALmost never, I takem y time with them.
Your little brother is less successful than you. Do you ever rub it in?
Nope, never. He's on his own path.
I rib him about it sometimes.
I love to bring it up to be honest.
When's the last time you held the door for someone?
I always hold the door for others.
If I have time and they're close.
Based on the results of this quiz, you have good karma! In life, you always aim to do the right thing and minimize the impact you have on others. You have a strict moral code and strive to be a good selfless soul. You always help others when they're in need and never let your own ego or selfish wants keep you from being a good person through and through.
Uh-oh, it seems as if you might have a bit of bad karma! Unfortunately, you don't always have the interests of others in mind. When you make decisions, you tend to think more about yourself than the greater good. You aren't afraid to lie to get your way, nor are exempt from manipulation. You're a bit of a rotten apple at times, which your karma truly exemplifies!
Right now, you appear to have neutral karma! You do your fair share of good things and bad things. You're not overly concerned with being good, but you do strive to do right by those you love. Sure, you have your fair share of slip ups, but you also know how to make things right and have a conscious.


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By: James Ford
Clinton hailed the plan as a progressive victory and applauded the initiative from Democrat Cuomo, who is mentioned as a possible contender for the White House in 2020.
LONG ISLAND CITY — Tuition-free public college and university education is now official, after two political dynasty superstars signed it in to law on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at a bill-signing photo opportunity, but neither made themselves available to discuss the fine print of the new law.
While it's widely seen as helpful to many students and their families, the new measure, called the Excelsior Scholarship, may not be quite as remarkable as its signers make it out to be.
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Ambar Castillo, a second-year student at LaGuardia Community College, added her praise of the new program. "Right now I work three part-time jobs on campus," she told PIX11 News. With the Excelsior Scholarship, she said, "I'd maybe cut it down to two jobs or one."
According to CUNY's own figures, about 66 percent of its students attend full-time. Other estimates have put the figure even lower.
In any case, at least 34 percent of CUNY students do not qualify for a free New York public college education. The percentage of State University of New York, or SUNY, students who don't qualify is even higher.
Governor Cuomo's staff was explicit in its instructions that the governor was not taking any questions following his bill signing on Wednesday, leaving in place any lack of clarity about the Excelsior Scholarship's specifics.
"If you're Andrew Cuomo, and you're running for president, it's a great symbol," said Prof. Bloomfield. "But by the same token that Obamacare is not universal health coverage," he continued, "the Excelsior Scholarship is not universal financial aid."
Still, the program is expected to draw many applicants. Potential recipients can visit this website to see if they qualify.


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Rogue One: Everything You Need to Know
What You Need to Know Before Seeing 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
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It's finally that time of year again. All year long we look forward to December and the joy its many traditions bring. Yeah there's Christmas, but the last month of the year is also known for dropping the most highly anticipated franchise blockbusters too. From the days of Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, to last year's hotly awaited return of Star Wars, December couldn't deliver more movie buzz if it tried.
With The Force Awakens relighting the Star Wars fire last year and setting the box office alight, the unstoppable intergalactic franchise is back again with a new movie that falls outside of the main saga. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is more than just a spin-off, this is gonna be essential Christmas viewing for veteran sci-fi fans and casual cinema-goers alike, and we've collected all the essential info for you here.
It's the first of the anthology films
"Anthology films?" you might be asking. Possibly while thinking of anthology horror movies/TV episodes presented by the Crypt Keeper. Well it's sort of like that. The anthology films are completely standalone stories that make up the much wider Star Wars cinematic universe.
So, that means they're not a continuation of the story first laid out in last year's The Force Awakens as they take place at a completely different time (more on that later).
Rogue One, the first of the next three films and the one you're here to read about, comes out on December 15, followed in 2018 by the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed movie known currently as "Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film" (it's a great title – I say keep it); and then the third anthology film is due in 2020 with little detail attached.
In between those, there is of course, the main trilogy with Episode VIII coming next year courtesy of Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Breaking Bad), and then 2019 sees Episode IX being directed by Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow. You're in good hands for a while, we'd say.
This is only the director's third film
That's right. Prior to Rogue One, British director and VFX artist Gareth Edwards had only directed two other feature films. His 2010 debut Monsters caught the eye of the Hollywood studios not only for being a compelling and original sci-fi tale, but for the fact that Edwards basically did everything himself, and we mean everything.
He wrote, directed, and edited the whole thing, as well as doing all the visual effects himself on his home computer, on a minuscule budget. He famously said that "you can go in the shop now and you can buy a laptop that's faster than the computers they made Jurassic Park on."
This sort of savvy production skill for very little money was a desirable trait that caught the attention of Warner Brothers, who brought him on board to direct their 2014 reboot of Godzilla. While the big-budget monster movie wasn't met with sweeping critical acclaim, it still performed phenomenally at the box office, setting Edwards up with more than enough Hollywood experience to helm Rogue One.
Some of you might still think that isn't enough experience, but the third movie George Lucas ever directed was none other than Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, with his two previous efforts being THX 1138 and American Graffiti.
You've seen the story before
I don't mean this in the "Star Wars is just a rip off of Flash Gordon and an Akira Kurosawa movie, with a few Westerns thrown in for good measure but set in space" sense. (Although, yeah, A New Hope is exactly that.) What I'm referring to here is something from the very first moments in A New Hope – the title crawl.
You're probably familiar with it. It's parodied in pop culture so often that it kind of belongs to everyone by now. I wonder how many people worldwide have it memorized. But that little bit of text in that opening crawl that sets the scene for A New Hope essentially tells you a good chunk of the Rogue One plot.
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy....
The middle part of that text is what you want to be focusing on – those secret plans for the Death Star that are pretty much vital to the original trilogy had to come from somewhere, so Rogue One is there to follow the rag-tag group of rebels who make it their business to pull off an intergalactic heist. You probably know how it's going to end, but that's not going to stop you is it?
Rumor has it that the story of Rogue One will end about 10 minutes before the events of A New Hope begin – which according to an article by The Hollywood Reporter explains the reshoots that took place on the film back in May.
There's already a prequel
Rogue One is a standalone story that acts as a prequel-of-sorts to the original trilogy and sits on a timeline somewhere just after the other trilogy that's also a prequel to the original, but takes place well before the other, other trilogy which is a sequel to the original trilogy…got that? Well there's a prequel to that prequel too. It's a book, but it counts nonetheless.
Catalyst, the officially licensed prequel novel by prolific Star Wars novelist James Lucerno, was released just a few weeks ago and gives a little bit of background to some of the characters in Rogue One. Primarily the book tells the story of Galen Erso (who's played in the movie by Mads Mikkelsen).
Erso is a scientist and the father of Rogue One's lead protagonist Jyn (played by Felicity Jones). Turns out he's a politically neutral scientist that's trying to create a clean source of energy for the universe yet somehow accidentally assists in the building of a planet-destroying laser for the Death Star (hey, it happens to the best of us).
Star Wars being Star Wars, the whole "well-intentioned Dad goes bad, child cleans up the mess" narrative seems to be getting another outing here, but if it ain't broke…
The book also touches on Jyn's mother Lyra – an environmentalist, believer in The Force, and all-round space hippie; and Orson Krennic – the evil-doer in residence who manipulates Galen into making said laser.
So if you really want to walk into the cinema armed with enough knowledge to put you on a watch list, maybe get reading.
It's all about strong women
Like The Force Awakens before it, Rogue One is paving the way for female protagonists in a central role. Where TFA had Rey, Rogue One has Lyn. The original story treatment for Rogue One by John Knoll (of Industrial Light & Magic VFX company and co-creator of Photoshop) had a female lead from the very start, and director Gareth Edwards was keen to keep it that way.
"Part of the process of making this film was to look at the ingredients that make A New Hope and then flip a load of them and see what works," he said in a recent interview with SFX Magazine. "The obvious one is that the hero is a male, so how about a female hero here?"
Far from being simply a gimmick of opposites, a lot of thought has gone into casting a female lead for an atypically female role. Edwards also explained: "I think if we swapped Jyn today to a male, there's nothing in there really that would contradict that. Jyn's not written as a girl, she's written as a person, and it just so happens to be a woman that we cast."
It was George's idea all along
He just doesn't know when to step away, does he? Despite being thoroughly distanced from all Star Wars ventures since the $4 billion Disney buy-out in 2012. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy discussed how these standalone stories were something she discussed with George Lucas when she first came on board.
[George] had often thought about doing [standalone stories] and he had actually written down three or four thoughts and ideas, directions you could go. Obviously inside the mythology there were lots of opportunities. So that was the first conversation I had.
Rest assured though, the actual idea for Rogue One's story didn't come from Lucas – as mentioned earlier it comes from VFX mastermind John Knoll. Lucas also apparently didn't spawn the idea for the Han Solo movie, so there's likely to be very little talk of trade embargoes and the like, mercifully.
It looks like Lucas' greasy prints might find their way into the film in other ways, as Total Film reports that an Easter egg in Rogue One has his blessing. Apparently whilst on a tour of Rogue One's design department, Lucas saw a helmet design that was going unused and remarked "that's cool, I like that." Which seemed to make Gareth Edwards and his team determined to find a way to sneak the helmet into the movie somewhere. It's anyone's guess which helmet exactly, as there's not even the slightest hint of a description of it anywhere, so keep an eye out for any unusually cool-looking helmets, I guess.
New scores to settle
Shock! Horror! Blasphemy! This is the first Star Wars movie not to include a score by John Williams. Not only that, but the original composer was slated to be Alexandre Desplat – who won an Academy Award for his score for Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. However, due to Rogue One's summer reshoots, a scheduling conflict meant that Desplat was no longer available and so Michael Giacchino was called in at the eleventh hour to score the movie.
With just four and a half weeks to write the score, Giacchino certainly had his work cut out – but he's an incredibly experienced composer, with recent credits including Doctor Strange, Star Trek Beyond and Zootopia. It won't even be the first time he's taken the reigns from John Williams – having scored Jurassic World after Williams scored Jurassic Park 1 & 2. Safe to say, we're in good hands.
A huge helping of the Dark Side
You've seen the trailers by now, you know the deal. Rumors were swirling around for months about the possible presence of Darth Vader in Rogue One. Fans would have been happy with just a cameo from the big guy with the black helmet, but it looks like he's going to be in at least a couple of scenes. In the trailers we've seen him in fleeting moments, and my god, do they look sinister.
We're also treated to some pretty gratuitous looks at the Death Star, its inner-workings and that giant planet-killing laser that they sort of tacked on as an afterthought (I mean, why'd they start building a "Death" Star without actually having the "death" part locked down?)
Beyond that we've got some new henchmen of the empire to contend with: Deathtroopers. Conspicuously absent from the original trilogy, the all-black Stormtroopers with attitude look like an elite security detail that cut a pretty imposing figure, especially during trailer #2 when they're seen advancing on Galen Erso in formation. Yikes. Also apparently present in Rogue One are Shoretroopers – who are reported to be stationed along the beaches of an Imperial military HQ on Scarif.
How come these guys are here and not in the original trilogy? Cutbacks, man. Building a giant laser is expensive – you've gotta trim the fat somewhere and let's face it, Stormtroopers are just cheaper.
The new droids we're looking for
Not quite as merchandise-friendly as the instantly loveable BB-8 (or R2-D2 and C-3PO for that matter), but likely to be infinitely more badass, Rogue One's droid companion is K-2SO. An Imperial security droid that's been reprogrammed by the rebellion, the final trailer sees him delivering some pretty killer blows, both literally and figuratively. Just watch him deadpan his way through conversations and casually kill some Stormtroopers and try not to be impressed. Oh, and lest we forget he's voiced by Firefly's very own Alan Tudyk! (If you know, you know).
The U.S. will be the last to see it
Sorry North America (that also includes you Canada) but the UK gets to see it a whole day before you on December 15, while France, Italy and the Netherlands get the best deal with a December 14th release. I wonder if any rabid U.S. fans have booked flights already.
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Author:Luke Bather


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Q: USB 2.0 Pogo pins I have a PCB that has USB OTG on it, and I use it to update my PCB firmware. It is USB 2.0. Now I wanted to do it through pogo pins, and I was thinking of skinning the cable and soldering the data lines and ground to the pogo pins. However, I know that USB cables are shielded, and my pogo pins are not. I thought of adding ferrite toroids around them, but there is not enough space in between the pins. Would this possibly create a problem, and should I get shielded pogo pins, or could it be viable and work without them? I know that trying is a way to find out, but I believe it is better to think first and then do.
Cable length is about 1 meter, and pogo pin is some generic Chinese pogo pin, approximately 4cm length. Speed is 480mbit/sec

A: What works in practice?
On most desktop PCs, USB 2.0 ports on the front/top of the case are connected to the  motherboard via a cable terminated with standard 0.1" connectors. Notice there is about 1-2cm of exposed unshielded wire, and 0.1" headers are not really "high-speed"...

The USB connector shield can make contact with the metal case, for shield continuity, but it is not always the case. Sometimes it's all plastic everywhere and it still works. I'm not sure about EMI certification though...

I don't think your pogo pins will be worse than this abomination... And there are zillions of motherboards working without trouble using just that... Real-world tested!
I'd rather use the USB ports at the back of the PC as these are directly mounted on the motherboard, in order to avoid culumative signal degradation from the 0.1" headers and wires on top of the pogo pins.
If this does not work I'd try to solder the pogo pins on a USB male connector and plug that into a hub directly without using a cable. A few cm long USB connection (between the hub chip and your board) without extra cable length should be short enough to reduce transmission line effects substantially.
I'd also program the microcontroller with a USB2 bulk echo program, then use libusb on the PC to transfer lots of data back and forth, let it run for a few hours, check if it works, how fast it is, add some extender cables to degrade the signal to see what margin you have, etc.
Note the loose wires are no longer an option for USB 3.0... but it still uses 0.1" headers!

A: There are full spec USB 3.1 Pogo Pin connectors from vendors like CCP Contact Probes
They have a plug tail which u can either solder into a pcb or solder it to shielded cables.
The alternative are magnet connector cables, that you can get from alibaba or amazon. Some of them have the full USB 2 spec.
Also an option, if you want to go really fast is the new thunderbolt 3 connector from innerexile

A: There are coaxial pogo pins, however, they are matched to 50 Ohm single ended, while you need 90 Ohm differential. Your best option, assuming you absolutely have to maintain 480mbit/sec data rate is to use 2 50 mil pogo pins at ~2mm pitch, for the data, and as many pogo pins for ground, around them. Keep the cable as short as possible, with no hubs along the way.
If your design actually requires just full speed, then any 75 or 100 mil pogo pin will do the job.


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Some questions on USS dispute answered: What's the intended outcome? What exactly are the employers imposing? Can you compare the figures disputed by different actuaries on this?
These questions are answered in our leaflet on the dispute and by UCU's 'dispute questions', but we pick out some specific answers here:
- what is the intended outcome of the strike?
See "What we can do" in above-linked leaflet:-
The decision of the USS Board to impose the employers' 100% Defined Contribution plan now means that the only way of saving our pensions will be by pressure on university employers.
UCU has just completed an industrial action ballot of its members. At UCL, 57% of eligible UCU members (including IOE colleagues) returned their ballot papers. 90% voted for strike action and 95% for actions short of a strike. Staff in 60 other universities voted similarly. Strike action is planned to be hard-hitting and is likely to begin soon. It will be tough, but then the losses we face are devastating. The aim is to pressure the employers to reach a collective agreement with UCU that protects pensions.
Now is the time to join the union and take part in the action alongside your colleagues. UCU members will be asking colleagues to support them and respect the action, whether or not they are union members.
The employers could go back to USS to extend negotiations. The Board decision could be be rescinded. We know that the Pension Regulator (the government regulator) is flexible around the valuation method and negotiation time-scale. The alternative, involving compensating staff for pension losses of hundreds of thousands of pounds, is far more expensive!
A key reason that we are in this 'crisis' concerns the estimated risk (liability) of employers that is factored into the deficit calculation. Like many VCs, we think that there is a lot more that Government could do to shoulder some, if not all, of this risk.
Our colleagues in many other European countries, post-92 universities, schools and FE colleges, the NHS and government, all have pensions underwritten and guaranteed by the state. Why should UK pre-92 universities have a pension scheme with no government guarantee? The employers have to pay their fair share but we need to put pressure on the Government to step in and support the pension fund.
- where is there information about what the employers and USS are actually imposing?
See the above-linked leaflet - 100% DC with cuts in actual contribution + risk. For some staff this will mean the difference between a 30k a year pension and a 15k a year pension.
- do we have a simple comparison of the figures that our actuaries and the USS/UUK actuaries produced?
See the leaflet under "The pension cut"
There is also a more detailed breakdown on the UCU website, see page 6 of
https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/8917/USS-TPS-comparison-Nov-2017/pdf/USS_TPS_comparison_Nov_2017.PDF
In particular, compare columns "USS-zero cap" and "USS-£55k cap".
UCL Staff Survey Results: An Overworked, Underpaid, Workforce suffering a culture of bullying! Whilst VPs get bonuses
The UCL 2017 staff survey results are finally out, and what they reveal about UCL is really upsetting - it points to an overworked, underpaid workforce with a culture of bullying: ·I can meet the requirements of my job without regularly working excessive hours (60%disagree) ·Compared to people working in similar roles in other organisations, I feel my pay is fair (59%disagree) ·I have witnessed bullying/harassing behaviour at UCL in the last two years (25%agreed)
This is the same time in which Phil Harding, UCL Director of Finance, chose (on behalf of UCL senior management) to cheer on the UUK charge to slash university pensions, as this Freedom of Information request shows.
Not only that, but this is at a time when it has been revealed that senior managers are getting performance bonuses on top of their pay packets at UCL
Full results of survey here.
Tier 4 Visa Monitoring - Draft for discussion at 5 June 2018 Meeting
This is a draft document for discussion at the Tier 4 Visa Monitoring Meeting supported by UCL UCU Branch, End discrimination against international students at UCL! Open meeting for Staff and Students 5th June, 16.00, Elvin Hall at UCL Institute of Education (20 Bedford Way)
Draft for Discussion on 5th June Statement of Principles on Tier 4 visa monitoring As staff and students at UCL, we recognise that international students lie at the heart of our institution. International students make an invaluable contribution to UCL's dynamic intellectual climate and the important diversity of our university community. These are priorities which are consistent with UCL's Global Engagement Strategy, including its commitment to cultivating global outlooks and sharing academic expertise for solving global problems through extending the global reach of our teaching, research, and academic partnerships.[1] Since 2012, universities have been increasingly involved in monitoring the compliance of internation…
UCL's Director of Finance, Phil Harding, endorsed that UUK adopt its current position and take away our DB pensions - meanwhile, Senior Management get bonuses!
After a recent meeting of Academic Board members that expressed lack of confidence in the current Governance of UCL, the surprising news was released that members of Senior Management at UCL receive performance related Bonuses on top of their pay packet. In fact Rex Knight revealed publicly what his Bonus was for this year.
In this context we can judge the performance of UCL Director of Finance, Phil Harding who, at Universities UK (UUK), the employer's organisation, has been supporting the moves that will lead us to lose our DB pension. UCL, and its finance director, then are one of the institutions that endorsed the move at UUK to do this. See below, which was obtained by FOI requests (we thank Mike Otsuka for flagging this analysis to us). Those who are in the bonuses league are endorsing moves to take away the pensions of those who are not (reflect on that for a moment).
UCL's response to the September consultation of UUK members was written by Phil Harding (UCL Director …
Response to UCL's Provost: time to catch up with t...
UCL Staff Survey Results: An Overworked, Underpaid...
UCL's Director of Finance, Phil Harding, endorsed ...
UCL Rate of Deduction for USS Strike - not most pr...
Some questions on USS dispute answered: What's the...
Everything you wanted to know about why Employers'...
Letter in the Guardian from 153 Academics: Why the...
The huge risks of getting out of a Defined Benefit...


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Letter: What has happened to the right of the accused to face their accuser?
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PUBLISHED: October 2, 2018 at 3:05 p.m. | UPDATED: October 5, 2018 at 12:23 p.m.
For the past several weeks the country has been going through the process of the nomination and ratification of a new Supreme Court Justice. Whether I support that nomination or not is irrelevant. What is relevant is the activities and angry circus like atmosphere that is in play.
Nomination to the highest court in this country is a serious matter. There is a process. Part of this process is an in depth background investigation the results of which go to the President and the Senate Judicial Committee. Each member of that committee has an Private interview with that nominee. Then there is an open meeting with the full committee at which the nominee answers questions publicly. Then normally within three days the committee send it's recommendation to the full Senate for a vote.
What is happening after the hearing is abhorrent. Members of the Senate have brought forth at the eleventh hour, and less than sixty days prior to an election, questionable accusations against the nominee Judge Kavanaugh who currently sits on the D.C. Federal Court of Appeals. The protocols have not been followed, and politics is obviously the grist to destroy Kavanaugh to keep a conservative Justice off the bench.
Let's remember that supposedly the letter from Dr. Ford was in the hands of Sen. Feinstein for more than six weeks before she notified the committee. She did not mention the allegation to Kavanaugh during her interview with him. The letter was vague and did not give facts except to accuse the nominee of assault during a high school party, while not remembering the time, place, other persons present or any further details except the name of a young man who supposedly stopped the attack from resulting in intercourse.
Senator Feinstein presented the letter as evidence of Kavanaugh's less than stellar character. Such an accusation should have been brought immediately to the Committee. He is not being afforded his right to face his accussor. Due process is not being afforded to him. No evidence has been brought forward. He has been thoroughly investigated six times during his career and no evidence of criminality or malfeasance has been found.
A person accused of a crime has rights under the Constitution of the United States. Yet, because no criminal charges were filed and there is no evidence his rights are being abrogated. I do not know whether Dr. Ford was ever assaulted or not. None of us do, including her closest friend. What I do know is, that if I had been assaulted at any age I would remember all of the details. Further that if Dianne Feinstein had such evidence she too should have reported it to the committee and or advised Dr. Ford of her legal rights to proceed immediately. Dr. Ford has also been done a disservice.
Barbara Dunivan-Elder, Paradise
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