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Some thoughts, mostly design-related, sometimes longwinded.
I enjoyed researching and writing this blog post at The Nerdery on the soon-to-be-released Business Chat for iOS. Really curious to see the reach and impact of this new platform.
This tweet from Sarah Doody and this mention in her newsletter reminded me that I never cross-posted my blog post at The Nerdery about UX in enterprise software. Almost a year later, it still feels relevant, though I'd like to think at some point soon UX's role in enterprise software will be so self-evident that this post could be seen as an artifact of a past time.
And for posterity's sake, I'm also including a copy of the post here.
I am not a manager, nor do I aspire to be one anytime soon. Radical Candor by Kim Scott was a book that I saw repeatedly being read at The Nerdery and I had heard good things about it. After listening to a podcast interview with the author, I realized that it wasn't only about management, and that it could apply equally well to general workplace relationships. Here are some notes – abbreviated and not by any measure a thorough representation of the book, but nevertheless potentially helpful to others considering reading the book (and of course to my future self trying to remember what the book was about ?).
The floating action button (FAB) is one of the most distinctive components of Material Design.
Its intention when it first came out was to offer easy access to the primary action on a page, and it was positioned near the bottom of the screen in order to make it easy for smartphone users to utilize. There has been debate about its merits among designers, but it has stuck around and become more prominent, even in apps that aren't designed by Google or that aren't based in Material Design.
I've been collecting some examples of the FAB and FAB-like buttons on iOS. I find these particularly interesting because iOS does not offer a FAB or anything like a FAB as an out-of-the-box component. But with tall screens becoming more of the norm (first the iPhone Plus and now the iPhone X) I wouldn't be terribly surprised if iOS 12 or a later version offered something like that for third-party apps. First-party iOS apps have traditionally placed common or primary actions in the navigation bar (see the Calendar app as an example). These aren't very thumb-friendly.
But iOS and first-party iOS apps have made "thumb-friendly" changes in recent years. "Swipe to go back" is one of them (it debuted in iOS 7). The Maps app in particular was redesigned as of a couple years ago so that most of the UI is within reach of your thumb. And in two apps, Apple seems to be dipping its toes into what looks awfully like a FAB as defined by the Material Design guidelines.
Let's a take a closer first at some of these first-party iOS apps that have adopted FABs.
I have been thinking about the role of user experience design in the ever-increasing automation of everything.
Previously, when I thought about automation, it was in the context of manufacturing, where robotics were and are supplanting human labor. But when you think about it, any technology or tool is really the amplification of human labor: the hole that two people can dig with their bare hands in one hour, could be dug in half that time by 1 person with a shovel. When we talk about designing software that is more user-friendly, more usable, more efficient, we are essentially faced with the same equation.
Two examples. Example 1: an information management system for a national grocery store chain is redesigned to be more user-friendly and lets the data team get work done more quickly. Example 2: A website for a utility company is reorganized so that customers can better find information, resulting in a reduction of calls to the call center.
Faced with such gains in productivity (aka less human labor needed to get the same job done) enabled by better software, where do the gains go? Who benefits and who loses out? Well, there is a number of scenarios that you could imagine.


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Thomas James Barratt: 'The Father of Modern Advertising'
Thomas James Barratt, 1841–1914
'Any fool can make soap,' said Thomas James Barratt. 'It takes a clever man to sell it.' And he was just such a clever man, making Pears' soap possibly the most famous brand of the nineteenth century.
He was born in St Pancras in 1841, the son of a piano-maker and his wife. He seems to have decided on his career early in life, supposedly carving 'Tom Barratt – merchant' into a tree on Hampstead Heath while still a boy.
He left his private school aged fifteen and had two other jobs before, in 1864, he became a bookkeeper in the Great Russell Street shop of the soap-makers A. & F. Pears. He soon became a commercial traveller for the company and then rose quickly, helped by his marriage in 1865 to Francis Pears' eldest daughter, Mary. In that same year he became a partner in the firm, along with Francis's nineteen-year-old son, Andrew.
At that time – and until well into the twentieth century – toilet soap was used only by the well-off; other people made do with household soap, if anything. But increased population and trade had increased the potential market for the better-quality product. Bathrooms were making their appearance in new middle-class houses – previously their owners would have washed in their bedrooms or dressing rooms with water brought up from the kitchen by servants – and more regular bathing followed. Cassell's Household Guide commented that
The virtues of the use of soap and water have been more appreciated of late. It is impossible to define the amount of good which results from habits of cleanliness … The use of soap is the most sure way of purifying the surface of the body … But there are good and bad soaps … [H]aving obtained a nice mild soap, it should be used to the face once a day, the heads of children twice a week, and the whole body once a week at least. This is in addition to taking the daily cold water bath to be by-and-by noticed. If persons can afford the time and have the inclination, there can be no question that the best possible results follow the use of soap to the arm-pits, the groin and parts about, and the feet, each day, and to those who luxuriate in the thing, it cannot hurt to employ good soap to the body generally each day. We have, however, stated that at least once a week the whole body should be soaped. Ordinary yellow soap does not meet with any favour at our hands, and we condemn it in the case of young children.
Barratt was keen to tap into this growing market. If people could be persuaded to ask for Pears' soap in the shops, he argued, the shops would stock it. But the means he proposed to get people asking for the product – advertising to consumers – was quite controversial.
At that time many business people regarded advertising with distaste as being the preserve of showmen, pedlars of patent medicines and the like. For a reputable firm to do more than make a bald announcement of the existence of its wares was tantamount to admitting that those wares were failing to sell themselves. Advertising could also bring unwelcome attention to business-owners' engagement in trade at a time when this was still looked down on in some quarters.
Francis Pears seems to have been sufficiently dubious about Barratt's ideas to retire from the firm in 1875, leaving his son Andrew to manage the soapworks, at Isleworth in west London, while Barratt looked after marketing.
The (expanded) Pears factory at Isleworth, c.1894. It remained there till 1962.
Barratt approached his job with originality and flair. If newspapers did not allow illustrated advertising he would spell out PEARS across several columns by building up the letters from repetitions of the name in minute type. As French ten-centime coins were accepted as pennies in Britain, he imported a quarter of a million of them, stamped them with 'Pears', and put them into circulation at fourteen to the shilling, until the Government bought them up, melted them down, and legislated to prevent a repetition of the stunt.
He also pioneered the use of testimonial advertising. His most celebrated instance of this was inducing the actress Lillie Langtry – a noted society beauty and sometime mistress of the Prince of Wales – to declare in 1882 that 'Since using Pears' Soap I have discarded all others.'
'Since using Pears' Soap I have discarded all others', Lillie Langtry (and other testimonials). The appearance of Langtry's signature in the ad prompted a forger to use it to steal jewels worth £40,000 from her bank.
This led Punch to publish a parody by Harry Furniss:
'I used your soap two years ago and have not used any other since' – Harry Furniss's 1884 parody of Lillie Langtry's Pears endorsement
Unabashed, Barratt bought the rights to the cartoon and reproduced it until became even more famous than Langtry's endorsement and the caption eventually entered the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, along with 'Good-morning! Have you used Pears' Soap?'
To boost Pears' American sales, Barratt gatecrashed a reception at the house of Dr Henry Ward Beecher, Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer (brother of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin), who has been described as 'the most famous man in America' in his day. Having waited until everyone else had left, Barratt eventually persuaded Beecher to endorse Pears' soap and bought the entire front page of the New York Herald to publicise the fact. Pears became one of the two most used toilet soaps in the USA.
'If Cleanliness is next to Godliness, soap must be considered as a "Means of Grace" and a Clergyman who recommends moral things should be willing to recommend soap. I am told that my commendation of Pears' Soap has opened for it a large sale in the United States. I am willing to stand by every word in favor of it that I ever uttered. A man must be fastidious indeed who is not satisfied with it' – Henry Ward Beecher quoted in this advertisement for Pears' soap.
Barratt also attracted attention to Pears' advertisements by commissioning or reproducing art involving nudity at the limit of what was then conventionally acceptable – aimed primarily at men with the power of money.
Part of an 1887 Pears advertisement in the Illustrated London News also including endorsements by Professor Sir Erasmus Wilson FRS and Adelina Patti
In 1877 Barratt moved into a house, Bell Moor (now replaced by a block of flats bearing a plaque commemorating his residency), on the edge of Hampstead Heath, in East Heath Road, and at around this time he began to collect works of art. His collection eventually included Landseer's Monarch of the Glen and John Gibson's controversial attempt to revive the Greek practice of colouring sculpture, known as The Tinted Venus, as well as works by John Constable, Sir Thomas Lawrence, members of the Norwich School, and others.
In 1892 he introduced Pears' Christmas Annual, which sold for a shilling and included between two and four good-quality colour prints of paintings selected or commissioned by Barratt – the Pears' Pictures for People scheme. The annual, which appeared for 38 years, usually sold out in a fortnight, and over 100 prints were issued.
The most famous of these was a picture by Sir John Everett Millais of his five-year-old grandson, William Milbourne James:
A Child's World (Bubbles), by Sir John Everett Millais
Originally entitled A Child's World, the painting – and its copyright – had been bought by Sir William Ingram, who reproduced it in his Illustrated London News, where it was seen by Barratt. Barratt paid Ingram £2,200 for the picture and had it reproduced with the addition of a bar of soap and a caption for use as a poster:
Lettering and a bar of soap added to Millais' original for a famous Pears' poster
Barratt took the result to Millais' home one morning to show him. The painter was initially furious, but realising he could do nothing – for, as he later pointed out to the novelist Marie Corelli when she accused him of degrading himself to sell soap, Barratt had bought the copyright too – he eventually calmed down and took an interest in the skill of the reproduction methods used. The painting, a print of which was given way with the 1897 Christmas annual, thereafter became known as 'Bubbles' – as did its sitter, even when he later became Admiral Sir William Milbourne James GCB.
Other promotions included the publication from 1897 of the Pears Cyclopaedia, a annual reference book which is still published, though no longer connected to Pears or its successor companies.
As well as collecting art, Barratt was a keen fly-fisherman and botanist and a fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. He also wrote a three-volume history of Hampstead, and started a programme to buy open lands for preservation against development. He admired Nelson so much that he gave a dinner in his honour each year, and left a collection of Nelson memorabilia – including a log from HMS Victory for which he had paid £4,000 – to the Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich.
Barratt had separated from his wife at some point and lived with a doctor's daughter, Florence Bell, who called herself Mrs Barratt and had two sons by him. He died after a short illness in Margate on 26 April 1914, and was buried in St Pancras Cemetery on 30 April. His estate was valued at £405,564 16s. 6d – equivalent to nearly £42 million today.
The writer of a posthumous profile in the American National Magazine remembered him as 'a tall, sturdy, energetic gentle man with a long white beard, bright blue eyes and a jovial manner', whose 'observations on different points of interest as we passed, his keen comments on the people in the streets of London which Dickens so vividly described, were like rereading the tales of Pickwick, while his estimate of the statesmen and legislators in the United States and Europe revealed a wide horizon of liberal observation'.
The techniques that Barratt had pioneered had made Pears' soap one of the most recognised products of the late nineteenth century. Pears' annual advertising expenditure had never been more than £80 before he joined the company, but was over £100,00 at the time of his death. The Isleworth factory had been repeatedly expanded to meet demand, especially in the 1880s, and in 1892 the firm had become a public company, with £810,000 in assets and Barratt as its chairman and managing director – as well as continuing to buy its advertising space, which he greatly enjoyed. It paid a dividend of 10 per cent every year until his death. The press baron Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, who in 1896 founded the Daily Mail, which at the time of his death in 1922 held the world record for daily newspaper circulation, described Barratt as 'the Father of Modern Advertising from whom I have learned so much'.
Barratt's grave in St Pancras Cemetery
• 'The Allure of Pears Soap' at collectables.com
• 'Plaque: Bell Moor House & T.J. Barratt' at London Memorials website
• 'Bubbles (painting)' at Wikipedia
• Cassell's Household Guide (London: Cassell, 1869– )
• W. A. Evans, Advertising Today and Tomorrow (London: Allen & Unwin, 1974; reprinted Abingdon: Routledge, 2013)
• Judith Flanders, The Victorian House (London: HarperCollins, 2003)
• Graham Kelley, 'Barratt, Thomas James (1841–1914)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
• Mitchell Mannering, 'The "Father" of Modern Advertising', National Magazine: An Illustrated American Monthly, Vol. 41 (October 1914–March 1915), pp. 689ff., reproduced in Zachary Petit, 'The Father of Modern Advertising Rides Again'
• Terry Nevett, 'Barratt, Thomas James (1841–1914)', in David J. Jeremy (ed.), Dictionary of Business Biography, Vol. 1: A–C (London: Butterworths, 1984)
• Andrzej Piotrowski, Architecture of Thought (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2011)
• The Times, 27 April 194 ('Death of Mr. T. J. Barratt'), 1 May 1914 ('Nelson Relics for the Nation')
• C. H. Ward-Jackson, 'The Great Persuader', Blackwood's Magazine, 317 (1975), pp. 204–19

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Selfridges lends its support to Marks & Spencer Marble Arch plan
Selfridges has voiced its support for the proposed redevelopment of Marks & Spencer Marble Arch, which has come up against resistance from environmental and historic building campaigners.
Marks & Spencer has submitted a proposal to demolish the store and covert it into a model multi-use site which will incorporate offices and leisure facilities, as well as retail space.
Campaigners argue that the existing building should be repurposed and among the high profile names to oppose M&S's plans are author Bill Bryson who is best known for Notes from a Small Island and A Short History of Nearly Everything, has also donated £500 to Save Britain's Heritage's campaign group.
The donation will be used to cover the group's legal costs in in opposing M&S at the inquiry that will be held this week. Bryson told the Architect's Journal: "I believe it would be a great shame to tear down the M&S building. I have no special knowledge or insights about the matter. I just wish to help stop a bit of foolishness."
Other opponents include the Stirling prize winner Steve Tompkins and Mark Hines, the project director for the remodelling of BBC Broadcasting House.
The proposed new look for Marble Arch
However Selfridges' new owners the Thai conglomerate Central Group and the Austrian real estate company Signa Holding have written to the Westminster Council Planning Inspectorate backing the plans, according to report in The Guardian.
In the letter, they say that M&S's plans will help in "maintaining Oxford Street as the UK's national shop window".
The former communities secretary Michael Gove announced an inquiry into the future of M&S's store near Marble Arch in June and that inquiry begins today and runs for the next two weeks.
M&S has argued that a refurbishment of the 100-year-old building is not feasible nor sustainable. It claims the new development will use only a quarter of the existing building's energy.
Fenwick appoints Simon Calver as chair
ASOS Marketplace launches capsule collection with in-house label, Collusion
Dermalogica opens experiential standalone store in Bluewater


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What's in a typical financial aid offer letter?
A financial aid offer letter explains the types, amounts, and sources of financial aid—the financial aid package—that the college is offering the student.
Typically around two-thirds of the financial award is made up of loans and one-third is grants and scholarships, but that percentage varies from college to college.
The letter will also include instructions on how to accept the financial aid offer and what to do next. If your child gets financial aid offers from several colleges, you can compare the packages and choose the one that's best for your family.


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New Report on State of Media Relations With L.A. Law Enforcement Released
By RTNA
The Radio & Television News Association of Southern California has released a comprehensive look at media relations between members of the Los Angeles Press Corps and the region's two largest law enforcement agencies, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The "State of Media Relations" report was the culmination of a survey sent to more than one-hundred-twenty reporters, videographers, editors and news managers. The survey questions were culled from a series of complaints received over the years by the RTNA's Media Access Committee. The survey also allowed for narrative comments. And, for the first time, the RTNA included participants from newspapers and digital media.
RTNA President Chris Little said, "This report was created to get a better sense of how the media feel about interacting with law enforcement, and if deficiencies exist, how we can work together to fix them. We have reviewed the report with LAPD Chief Moore, and Sheriff McDonnell and both were very appreciative and receptive of the results. This report was not created to attack an organization or individual it was simply a way to know how the members of the press feel about working with the LAPD and the LASD."
You can read the report by clicking here.


The regular Sunday Assembly is held every third Sunday of the month at 10:00 AM. The Assemblies are fun and vibrant and leave assemblers feeling refreshed. However, Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh realizes that everyone isn't a morning person, and some people will never come out early on a Sunday. Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh looks to reach those people with The Assembly After Dark.
This will be an opportunity for likeminded people to sit down and have a casual brew. Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh is looking to expand its community but has been missing out on the people who don't do mornings. This will be a chance to make new connections and decompress after the workday.
The Assembly After Dark will be held on November 15, 2018, from 5:30 pm to 8:00pm at the East End Brewing Company, located at 147 Julius Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Per their website, the East End Brewing company is "Pittsburgh's home for Fresh Local Beer".


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Clash Over Titan: Ad For New Watch Collection That Celebrates Tamil Culture Runs Into 'Dravidian' Trouble
by M R Subramani
Titan watch inspired by temple architecture (Pic via Twitter)
Titan chose the collection in view of its deep-rooted connection with the State that began in 1988.
Tamil Nadu accounts for around 12 per cent of Titan's business.
But many loyal to the Dravidian cause say the culture Titan is celebrating is 'Brahminical', and not 'Tamil'.
An advertisement released by Titan to promote its "Namma Tamil Nadu" (our Tamil Nadu) range of wristwatch collections has created a controversy on social media with views for and against it.
Titan, a joint venture between Tata and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), however, withdrew its advertisement after the controversy.
The advertisement captures the rich heritage of Tamil Nadu through glimpses of its Darasuram, Brihadeeswara and Kailasanathar temples, the architecture, its flowers that "gives the fragrance of history", the unique "zha" in the language and Kanchipuram silk. It says "the path of our forefathers was towards future", adding that it is the home to humanity.
Titan's Chief Development Officer Revathi Kant told media during the release of the "Namma Tamil Nadu" range that the collection was based on inspirations of Tamil Nadu's textile crafts, temple architecture and Tamil scripts.
She said Titan chose the collection in view of its deep-rooted connection with the State that began in 1988. Tamil Nadu contributes 12 per cent of Titan's business and the company sees that there is a lot more to unearth from Tamil Nadu's creativity point of view.
While the advertisement on the collection received a positive response from many on social media, there were some, describing themselves to be supporters of Dravidian ideology, who tried to portray it as a negative development.
For sometime on Saturday (7 December), the hashtag #boycottitanwatches trended on Twitter, forcing Titan to withdraw its advertisement.
One critic said it showcased the "Brahminical" side of Tamil Nadu and the advertisement had "visible markers against Dravidian culture".
Another said that Brahminical books, culture, food and anti-Tamil writers were projected as Tamil Nadu's culture and there was nothing Tamil in it.
But the objection to the advertisement seems to be a caricature of freedom fighter Subramaniya Bharathi and a glimpse of his name among the books that it shows on a bookshelf. The advertisement did not have anything about food.
There were many who found nothing wrong with the advertisement with one person saying he had ordered a Titan watch online.
Another person vouched for its brand, while a woman, who found the advertisement "beautifully encapsulated", said Titan probably reacted needlessly to the reaction of "Hindu TN".
The "Dravidian reaction" to the advertisement forced many to resolve that they will buy Titan watches henceforth.
One person posted the photo of the watch and wondered why there was a boycott call when it was equipped with the rich canvass of culture, art, and language of Tamil Nadu.
The advertisement has, in fact, won more appreciation and "spot on" comments with some even saying they would like to gift it to their friends.
Kant, during the release of the collection, said the design was as simple as possible with an idea to have a mass appeal.
Going by the positive responses to the advertisement, looks like it could be a good gift item for New Year and Pongal.
M.R. Subramani is Executive Editor, Swarajya. He tweets @mrsubramani
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CAATSA sanctions are hurting Turkey's military readiness at a time when NATO can't afford it
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On Dec. 14, 2020, the Trump administration sanctioned Turkey's Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), along with key individuals involved in the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system. The sanctions were issued under the 2017 Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a law intended to punish Russia for a wide range of malign activities. While Turkey's decision to purchase the S-400 — one of several decisions that have expanded Russia's presence in Turkey in recent years[1] — presents serious risks to NATO defenses and the F-35 in particular, responding with CAATSA sanctions undermines both the military capabilities and combat readiness of a key member of the transatlantic alliance.
The CAATSA sanctions are the third part of a trio of U.S. actions. The first was to remove Turkey from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter consortium and block the delivery of the jets to Turkey — effectively ending billions of dollars' worth of contracts as well as Ankara's opportunity to add the world's only fifth-generation fighter jet to its air force before any other European nation. In parallel, Congress imposed a de facto arms embargo on Turkey. This was largely in response to Ankara's invasion of Syria in October 2019, but hostile feelings began to emerge during the Turkish president's visit to Washington in 2017, when two Diplomatic Security special agents, six Secret Service officers, and one Metropolitan Police Department officer sustained multiple injuries in a fight with Turkish security personnel.
The CAATSA financial sanctions now coming into effect include a prohibition on loans or credits from U.S. financial institutions totaling more than $10 million in any 12-month period, a ban on U.S. Export-Import Bank assistance, and a requirement that the U.S. oppose loans by international financial institutions benefitting the SSB. The latter threatens the ability of future Europe-Turkey partnerships to develop advanced weapons platforms. Of particular concern is whether Americans will follow up on implementation such that other countries fear being caught up in CAATSA sanctions as well.
Full blocking sanctions, including an asset freeze and visa restrictions, have been imposed on the SSB's president, Dr. Ismail Demir, and three other SSB officers. Here, the biggest risk is that other European or Asian suppliers might hesitate to do business with the SSB because of the sanctions on its staff.
Likely the most damaging sanction is a prohibition on granting specific U.S. export licenses and authorizations for any goods or technology. This may directly impact billions of dollars' worth of potential business, as the United States historically has been the largest exporter of weapons to Turkey. Existing U.S.-Turkey defense contracts are not canceled, but new licenses will not be granted for the export of defense products or technology transfer to the SSB, which includes the re-export from Turkey to third countries.
Export licenses are obtained from the U.S. government by the respective U.S. company with end-user information. Previously, the end user was the specific force, but now most, if not all, agreements designate it as the SSB. Existing licenses under current contracts are insufficient to guarantee the supply of spare parts for U.S.-made weapons systems, since some current contracts specify the quantities involved.
The ban on licenses for re-export from Turkey to third countries will affect the 35% of Turkish defense industry exports that contain American subsystems, per SSB figures. Turkey's re-export problems occurred even before CAATSA, however. In 2018, Turkish Aerospace Industries signed a $1.5 billion contract with Pakistan for 30 T129 helicopters, but Honeywell could not obtain an export license for the engines. The contract is still in limbo. Similarly, Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters were delivered without airborne electronic warfare self-protection because BAE Systems could not obtain an export license for its Echidna Phase 2A Project system. Furthermore, any piece of equipment or part that returns to the United States for an upgrade requires a new export permit.
Substitutions for some parts can be found from alternative sources, but parts may not be substituted in products produced under license. Where Turkish industries lack capacity, sanctions will undermine readiness, obstruct planned upgrades to the Turkish Armed Forces, and hamper the export-driven growth of the Turkish defense industry. For example, engine building has been one of the weaker elements of Turkish industries, especially for defense, but also for general aviation, as was vividly displayed in the Altay tank project, now delayed for years for lack of appropriate engines and transmissions.
Any deals done through foreign military sales might survive, but sanctions threaten equipment and systems that rely on parts usually obtained via commercial channels, such as the crucial early warning and control aircraft E-7T AEW&C Peace Eagle. This type of plane, in addition to the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, has been the sine qua non of Turkey's Libya campaign. Without it, operational capacity will be significantly hampered. Similar problems might arise with the P-235 Meltem II, which is a CASA CN-235 with several key Honeywell upgrades, such as ground proximity warning, weather radar, and satellite communications; GE Aviation's F110 afterburning turbofan jet engine, which is license-built in Eskişehir by TUSAŞ Engine Industries for F-16 fighter aircraft; and with Lockheed's service life extension program for the F-16s, which are the backbone of the Turkish Air Force. Turkey's order of Korea Aerospace Industries' KT-1T trainer aircraft, developed in cooperation with Lockheed, is also under threat.
Procurement and substitution
Procurement issues have already arisen with the Phalanx MK-15 Block 1B Close-In Weapons System, Raytheon's Rolling Airframe Missile MK-49 mod-3 guided missile launching system, and Lockheed's MK-41 vertical launching system with 16 cells, which was to be installed on the brand-new Turkish frigate TCG Istanbul. As a result, at the launch ceremony, only alternative Turkish systems were mentioned. Another potentially serious problem is that GE Marine is the contractor for the gas turbines to power all ships for the Turkish Navy's new DIMDEG fleet replenishment ship.
Impairing Turkey's capacity also affects America and NATO. For example, when the B-1s from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota patrol the Black Sea, it's Turkish KC-135 planes that conduct in-flight refueling.
If sanctions continue, Turkey will be forced to make purchases from other countries to maintain defense readiness — not necessarily from Russia, but perhaps South Korea or other European countries willing to engage. The Turkish government amplifies the view that every Western product has an alternative. While there is some truth to this claim, not every alternative offers the same quality, and substitutes pose a threat to NATO interoperability.
Like many of its domestic industries, Turkey's defense industry relies on imported parts to manufacture high-quality products for export. These companies already sell as much domestically as is provided for in the defense budget, and their growth is powered by foreign sales, based on the quality of their products. If parts can't be imported from America, companies will find alternatives — perhaps not as good as their Western counterparts, but significantly cheaper. Off-the-shelf products are always cheaper than your own R&D, and they provide an opportunity for reverse engineering. By using such substitutes, Turkey might produce lower quality products and damage its brand, but it might also make cheaper products and open new markets. Such is the case with armored combat vehicles. The Turkish defense industry began with licensed production of amphibious armored combat vehicles, but after facing procurement problems, developed its own vehicles and systems, such as armored amphibious rigs and anti-tank vehicles, with a wide range of turret options.
The broader impact
Washington is increasingly disregarding Turkey's strategic geographical position as a matter of importance. Yet the reality is that Turkey remains the only country to have successfully blocked unchecked Russian military expansionism in the past 16 months. In 2020, in Idlib, Syria, the Turkish military single-handedly halted a Russian-Iranian offensive. Shortly thereafter, Turkish-led forces in Libya delivered another blow to Russia, and in the last year, Turkey successfully maneuvered itself into Nagorno-Karabakh, preventing a full Russian takeover. It would be indeed tragic if Russia grabbed another part of Ukraine or Georgia because a new generation of analysts has not grasped this. Russian expansionism won't wait while Congress reviews sanctions on Turkey.
Ukraine, Georgia, and NATO's entire eastern membership are currently under threat from Russia's massive troop movements and "combat readiness" exercises. If Russia escalates further, the first unit to respond would be NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). As of 2021, Turkey took over command of the VJTF from Poland. Built around Turkey's 66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of around 4,200 troops, the VJTF includes a total of around 6,400 soldiers in units from Albania, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. Turkey has made substantial investments in the VJTF — among the most mobile in NATO — particularly in its logistics and ammunition requirements planning. The latest models of Turkish armed vehicles, anti-tank missiles, and howitzers have been allocated to the force.
If viewed from a short-term perspective, CAATSA sanctions provide a tool to punish Turkey for its S-400 purchase. But the long-term damage to the transatlantic security structure outweighs any short-term gain. Sanctions are a blunt instrument that will cause significant collateral damage to American business as well as the military capabilities and combat readiness of a key member of the transatlantic alliance and the relationship between these long-time allies.
To protect transatlantic security and the alliance itself, the United States must engage at the highest level to bring Turkey back in from the cold. Aside from the S-400s and F-35s, other problems have emerged in recent years that must be addressed, starting with the countries' respective policies in Syria. Without such high-level dialogue, opportunities will be missed and Russia will keep exploiting the void.
Yörük Işık is a geopolitical analyst based in Istanbul, where he runs the Bosphorus Observer, a consultancy analyzing maritime activity on the Turkish Straits. He is also a non-resident scholar with MEI's Turkey Program. The opinions expressed in this article are his own.
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I recently acquired a Voigtlander brass lens. All 5 lbs of it. Serial # in the 19000+ range, putting it somewhere around 1868? Comparing focal length against a 14.5 in. Wolly Verito, it appears to be in roughly the same 14.5 inch range. I'm gonna try to make my own waterhouse stops (wish me luck).
Anyway, the rear-most element is faintly yellowed and seems to have minute ripples all over the glass. a) what are the ripples. Is it possible it was used as a projection lens (it has the crank on it) and the element partially melted? b) I haven't mounted it on a board yet, so what do you supposed these ripples are going to do to the image?
I plan to put it on a 6x6 cambo board (for a 4x5). It's the only camera I have. I could borrow a Century, but I don't have the facilities to develop 8x10 sheets.
Just for giggles, does anyone have a spare flange for something this size? I used rubber tubing and a hose clamp for the Verito, and could probably do the same thing for this one.
You're not really giving me enough clues here. It could be a Petzval, or an aplanat, or something else.
It's a petzval. Cemented in front (clear), then two air separated elements in the rear. The innermost one is clear, the outermost one has the (very) faint yellowing and the subtle rippling. The rippling is only visible when you look thru that single element, and is much much less when looking thru the two rear elements in combination. But (always but) even with all in place it never quite goes away. Since the lens dates from 1862 I wonder if it's the effect of age or that's just the way things worked out in 1862.
If it's a Petzval, then the yellow rippling stuff is a coating of gunk on the lens. Nothing could make glass go "ripply" without destroying it completely.
Peter Wilhelm Friedrich Voigtländer was a very fine lens maker, and I find it hard to believe he would have let "sub-standard" lenses out of his workshop.
Ah. This then begs the question of how to remove the gunk. If this is tricky, error prone and likely to really damage the lens, then it's ship-it-to-an-expert time (something tells me that steel wool is a no-no :p ). If it's simply a matter of soaking it in dish-washing solution or alcohol for a while then I may have a go at it. More dreadful than anything is the possibility that granny sprayed it with lacquer to keep the brass shiny (acetone anyone?). Any suggestions?
Maybe, but they can confidently advise you on what to do about the gunk and not harm the lens.
Got home, and on the advice of those before me, took out the rear element, held my breath, and soaked it in acetone. The crud just about floated off as a sheet. Real smeary and icky. I guess granny DID hose it down with some brass spray. Then I used window cleaner and a soft cotton cloth, followed by a micro-fiber lens wipe.
Result: It looks brand new. Not a flaw present. It looks like granny's mistake protected it from the dust all those years.
Thanks to Adam at SKG and Jim Galli.
Got any pics? I'd like to see the lens after the acetone treatment.
I would be careful dipping lenses joined by balsam in acetone. I would think you would start to see edge seperation pretty quick!
I used to work for a company that repaired and calibrated surveying instruments and we used ether to clean the lenses. This was in pre-digital days. Don't sniff it and don't smoke while you're using the stuff.
I managed to mount it on a cambo board and made some waterhouse stops. Here's the first photo (ordinary stuff). This is at what I think is around f16.
A few more, at various openings. One at f32 (2nd from left), showing how it does closed down. The third from the left shows the petzval swirl effect.


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Deborah Greenblatt has been teaching, performing, composing, recording, and writing professionally since 1971. She received her degree in violin performance from Boston University School of Fine Arts in 1973. Deborah was the first woman to win the Nebraska State Fiddling Championship, the first woman to win the Mid-America Fiddle Championship and is a member of the Mid-America Old-Time Fiddler's Hall of Fame. She is a master artist with the Nebraska Arts Council's Artist in the Schools/Communities Program and a past President of the Nebraska American String Teachers Association. Ms. Greenblatt's upcoming presentation gives us a whimsical glimpse into the world of James Whitcomb Riley, the famous Hoosier poet. The show will feature musical settings of Riley's poems composed by Ms. Greenblatt, as well as portions of Riley's lectures and memories. Poems included in this show are "When the Frost is on the Punkin", "Little Orphan Annie", "Uncle Sidney's Logic", "My Fiddle", "Give Me the Baby", "The Raggedy Man", "At Aunty's House", etc.
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Q: Why QThread: Destroyed while thread is still running? My Code...
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5 import uic
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
import pyupbit
import datetime
from upbit1 import *
import multiprocessing as mp

from QThread1 import Thread1
from QThread2 import Thread2
from QThread3 import Thread3

form_class = uic.loadUiType("autotrading.ui")[0]
with open("pyupbit.txt", "r") as f:
            key0 = f.readline().strip()
            key1 = f.readline().strip()
now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y.%m.%d - %H:%M:%S')
upbit = pyupbit.Upbit(key0, key1)

class Login_Machine(QMainWindow, QWidget, form_class):
    class_attribute = pyqtSignal(str)
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

        super(Login_Machine, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        form_class.__init__(self)
        self.setUI()

        self.login_event_loop = QEventLoop()

        self.k = Login()
        self.key0.setText(key0)
        self.key1.setText(key1)

        self.btn.setText("AutoTrading Start")
        self.btn2.setText("Login")

        self.btn.clicked.connect(self.auto)
        self.btn2.clicked.connect(self.login_slot)

        self.buying.setAlignment(Qt.AlignRight)
        self.buying.setDecimals(0)
        self.profit.setAlignment(Qt.AlignRight)
        self.profit.setDecimals(1)
        self.stop_loss.setAlignment(Qt.AlignRight)
        self.stop_loss.setDecimals(1)

        self.buying.setValue(5500)
        self.profit.setValue(2.5)
        self.stop_loss.setValue(0.5)

    def setUI(self):
        self.setupUi(self)

    def login_slot(self, errCode):
        balance = upbit.get_balance("USDT")
        if errCode == 0:

            self.log.append(f"{now} Login Success!")
            self.log.append(f"my balance: {balance}")

        self.login_event_loop.exit()

    def auto(self):

        a = Thread1(parent = self)
        b = Thread2(parent = self)
        c = Thread3(parent = self)

        if self.btn.text() == "AutoTrading Start":

            a.start()
            b.start()
            c.start()

            self.btn.setText("AutoTrading Stop")

        elif self.btn.text() == "AutoTrading Stop":

            a.end()
            b.end()
            c.end()

            self.log.append("AutoTrading Stop")
            self.btn.setText(""AutoTrading Start"")

if __name__ == "__main__":

    p = mp.Process(target = Login_Machine)
    p.start()
    p.join()

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    CH = Login_Machine()
    CH.show()
    app.exec_()

When write this code, the error you saw in the title pops up and the window goes off.
I thought this was going to be fixed, but another problem arose.
How to use multiprocessing in QMainWindow?
If do this, the loop continues from the beginning, don't go to the end.
example, If it is from 1 to 100, proceed to 5, then go back to the beginning and start at 1.
Maybe it's because I'm stupid,'pool' and 'multithread' the result was the same.
If anyone can teach me, even one is fine, so please.
thanks for looking at my question.

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What's a midlife crisis?
Around the age of 30 a person suffers from a "midlife crisis", a turning point in development related to their conceptions of life that were built between 20 and 30 and don't satisfy him anymore.
Analyzing the way they have passed, all their achievements and failures, a person sees that even if they have a good family life their personality is not ideal, their life is not perfect, so much time has been wasted, and they have done so little in terms of how much they could have done.
In other words, it is soul-searching. The person looks at himself more critically. They understand they are not able to change anything in their life: education, profession, or lifestyle. The crisis at 30 makes a person want to do something and shows that they go to the new step of their life – adulthood.
Indeed, this crisis is a very obscure term. But sooner or later it will come.
For men it is typical to change their job or lifestyle, however, their concentration on work and career does not change. The most common reasons for leaving an old job are dissatisfaction with the salary, schedule.
But for women during the time of the crisis, it is common to change priorities that were created at the beginning of their adulthood. Women focused on marriage and parenting begin to care about their professional goals. But those who used to spend all the time working very often start to think about marriage and family.
During this period a person looks for a second opportunity to find their place in the world. They want to have a good job and strive for safety and stability. They are sure that they can make all their dreams and hopes come true and go on to work on it.
However, acuteness of the midlife crisis can be different
Some people feel deep internal discomfort, and the process of changing to a very emotional state of mind can lead to a disease. The most common psychological consequences during this period are depression, chronic fatigue, insomnia, increased anxiety, and fear.
At the same time, the midlife crisis can start not only at the age of 30. It can even come in youth sometimes if you don't have personal development.
Viktor Frankl dedicated his research to the "purpose of life" problem. He wrote: "Nowadays a patient does not suffer from the feeling of inferiority as much as from the deep feeling of loss of the meaning connected with the feeling of emptiness – that's why I am talking about an existential vacuum".
Also, the midlife crisis can appear because of the loss of a family, friends, a job; a serious disease.
So, what is the "meaning" of life as a psychological category?
We speak of "meaning" as a psychological phenomenon when goals do not match the motive in an activity. This all means that the problem of the meaning of life emerges when a goal hasn't been defined properly.
A successful solution to the midlife crisis depends on how efficiently a person solves their development problem.
A person needs to be who they are. A human comes to integrity when love, affection, and deep interests start to determine their personality.
We can talk about harmony with the world, but it's primary level of motivation when a person has hedonistic orientation, the basic needs of pleasures and entertainment (parasitic existence). But such person's inner contentment is relative, and a person with a lack of development is prone to satiety. Even one potential, unrealized motive can lead to existential frustration and loss of the meaning of life.
The whole loss of the meaning of life (existential vacuum) is possible when there is no important motive in the life of an individual.
Discussing the motives of the meaning of life, Viktor Frankl points out that the loss of them can lead to alcoholism and drug addiction. The subjective experience of happiness an addict has is identified with implementation experience of the fundamental motive of getting joy and satisfaction. As a psychological phenomenon, alcoholism and drug addiction are identical to exaggerated biological needs like hunger, thirst, the deficit of oxygen.
Physiological activity at the age of 30
The libido of approximately 25% of young women reaches its top by 26-30 and remains at this level till the age of 60. Some women experience the recession of libido at the age of 45-50. On the contrary, men have big sexual appetite till the age of 25-30 years, and it reduces after this time. That's why a lot of women complain that their husbands have record sexual activity until the age of 30, but during the midlife crisis their sexual activity begins to reduce.
There is such a term as climacteric virile, or male menopause. At the age of 30, there are hormonal changes that prepare a man to this challenge. In women climax affect, first of all, fertility, but in men it starts with the central nervous system. That's why men become a little bit childish, have strange behavior. All these symptoms are possible to prevent. Such people should have a special diet containing rice, vegetables, fish (no fat and spicy meals). Unfortunately, not every man follows this diet, that's why you have to change his ration little by little so that he will not be able to see any changes. The vegetable diet should include spinach, celery, and leek (cleans liver and vessels).
It seems that adults grow up from the physiological point of view. But from the point of view of their natural characteristics they can be not very mature and even not know it. Thus, newlyweds that have just created a family (the middle age is about 24 years) are experiencing not just the beginning of a new family life but the critical period of development. As known, the midlife crisis in interpersonal relationships manifests itself in frequent conflicts.
Psychological plan of solving vital problems during midlife crisis entails the art of learning each other and becoming a joint community – a home for two different but united souls. Comprehension of other people and oneself is the permanent existential content of family life. If it corresponds to reality, then a person's family life becomes rich and eventful.
The midlife crisis: how to reach a solution?
Psychologists suppose that the most important premise of the positive solution of the midlife crisis is the development of your own internal world, appearance, social manifestations. The constructive solution of this crisis leads to the improvement of self-organization and time-planning.
It's very important for the family to be supportive when a person is going through the midlife crisis. The success of the formation of the family psychological space depends on the understanding how many family members recognize their similarity with other people. This similarity reveals itself primarily in the existence of basic, simple human feelings. Recognizing these feelings at any moment unites a person with others.
Life is never the same, and you're constantly changing as well. Don't worry that you don't have time for everything. It is not possible to do all things at once. You always have a choice! Determine your priorities. Do what you like, and what makes your life happy and rich. Take care of people who are important to you. Support each other, and you will get over everything. Then the midlife crisis will pass, and you'll be happy again.
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Excursion dans la lune, també titulada Voyage dans la lune i Nouveau voyage dans la lune, és una pel·lícula muda del 1909, cmb guió i direcció de Segundo de Chomón. Acolorida a mà, aquesta pel·lícula és una adaptació de la reeixida Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) de Georges Méliès, amb algunes escenes addicionals.

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Un grup d'astrònoms discuteix la possibilitat de realitzar una expedició a la lluna. Fan construir un coet-bala, que és disparat a la boca del satèl·lit amb un canó. Quan arriben aquí, els terrícoles, dormen una migdiada, però una nevada els desperta i entren en un cràter, i arriben així a una zona amb bolets gegantins. Les habitants de la lluna els porten davant el seu rei, qui, en un acte de bondat i benvinguda, fa que les seves dones ballin per als terrícoles, però un d'ells escapa amb una noia. El rei treu foc pels queixals, però els visitants ràpidament s'embarquen en el coet i es llancen des d'un penya-segat de retorn a la Terra amb la noia, i són rebuts pels seus amics astrònoms.

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Aquest film correspon al període de Chomón a la casa Pathé Frères, on editava pel·lícules de temàtica imaginativa a l'estil de George Méliès. De fet, Excursion dans la lune és vista com una nova versió de Le Voyage dans la Lune de 1902 d'aquest pioner francès. A més, perquè la còpia és gairebé mil·limètrica.

Chomón fa ús d'una sèrie de personatges extravagants i, com en el curt de Georges Méliès, se'ls construeix una bala que és llançada cap a la lluna; només que, en aquesta ocasió, el projectil no és llançat al seu ull, sinó que entra en la seva boca, empassant-l'hi. Els personatges viuen unes poques incidències fins a ser atrapats pels selenites. El retorn a la Terra està efectuat d'igual manera que en el curt referit.

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Pel·lícules de França del 1909
Pel·lícules de França de la dècada del 1900
Curtmetratges de França
Pel·lícules dirigides per Segundo de Chomón
Pel·lícules basades en llibres

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2. Lead by delegation from the admin executive (office boys to do their work professionally).
3. Search and compare the best provider to purchase office facilities, and shipping contracts and submit it to the direct manager.
5. Provide secretarial support to management and administrative support to other departments.
6. Arrange for and coordinate events and meetings including documenting it.
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Q: I want to invoke the virtual keyboard with javascript while the physical keyboard is still connected I am creating a web application for a smart phone. Is there any way to call the virtual keyboard with JavaScript even if a physical keyboard is connected?
This application uses a bar code scanner. When a barcode scanner is connected, it is recognized as a physical keyboard. From a usability standpoint, we would like to control it with JavaScript as much as possible, rather than with OS settings.
I see that there is a VirtualKeyboard API, but is this API only for visual adjustments and not for calling the virtual keyboard?
https://www.w3.org/TR/virtual-keyboard/


This report summarises the findings from a research study which sought to explore how we can better broker constructive conversations with citizens to tackle wicked issues when implementing new models of care.
Updated paper on Total Transformation, which looks at the potential of scaling up small, community-based preventative services. Originally published in November 2016, it has been updated to include additional models.
Reablement webinar recording. SCIE and the British Red Cross. The latest evidence of what works in reablement. Examples of leading practice, including from the British Red Cross. What good reablement services need.
A quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care.
This film for health and adult social care commissioners introduces reablement, which we see in operation with Jill Hunter, recently discharged from hospital following surgery. We also see how investment in a 'step-down' reablement unit has facilitated far more hospital discharges, reducing health costs.
This booklet covers all aspects of the hospital stay including how to prepare for the hospital visit, essential things to pack, what to expect from doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals.


Are you passionate about contemporary maritime issues such as plastics and the sea and the future for Britain's seaborne trade? Do you want to share that passion with the public? If so, then this could be the exciting career opportunity that you have been waiting for - at a unique and inspiring organisation. We already have a successful programme of engagement with a wide variety of audiences for contemporary astronomy and space through the Royal Observatory and our Public Astronomer, and we are now keen to ensure contemporary maritime issues are brought to the attention of a wider audience.
Royal Museums Greenwich holds the world's most extensive maritime collections and is the largest institution of its kind with four established sites – the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, the Queen's House and Cutty Sark. We are dedicated to enriching people's understanding of sea, space and Britain's place in world history. We have recently built a new collections and conservation facility, the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, to help us continue our mission to highlight the importance of the sea to our nation both now and in the past. Lloyd's Register Foundation has generously agreed to fund a new post in order for us to achieve this.
We need an engaging and passionate individual to communicate to the general public making links between the historical and the contemporary using the Museum's collections and expertise. This post will cover a wide variety of maritime issues, including environmental, cultural and industrial, and will help promote and stimulate wider public understanding, awareness and interest in maritime matters, the Museum and Lloyd's Register Foundation.
As well as being directly involved in the Museum's visitor programmes you will manage and develop relationships with key stakeholders, relevant agencies and public and academic networks to ensure your awareness of issues linked to and affecting the maritime sector is kept up to date and that they continue to support and get involved with the work of the Museum. Attendance of conferences, seminars, briefings and events are a vital part of this, allowing you to maintain professional networks, and to be pro-active in developing the Museum's reputation.
With degree level education or equivalent and exceptional knowledge of the maritime sector, you must demonstrate strong communication and networking skills. You should also be passionate about using historic collections in the broader cultural sector. Experience working in museums, universities and/or the media would be welcomed but is not essential.
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Q: Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS with authority from IIS We are using third party web service to send SMS. Web service does not require any certificate and if i enter service address in browser i get below output. As the output its confirmed that we do not need any certificate to call this service.

The service is working fine if i call it from my development machine using visual studio but from IIS im getting error
Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS with authority.

A: Try to add this line in your code!
System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = System.Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;


Blackheads are tiny, dark spots on the skin. They are caused by a small plug in the opening of a follicle (pore). Blackheads are also called open comedones.
Blackheads can be treated with creams that contain salicylic acid or tretinoin. They can be removed by a skin doctor.
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Dragon Ball Legends for PC on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista & Mac Computer
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Dragon Ball Legends for PC is the most awaited game that every action game lover is waiting for. The game is supported by 3D stages and character voicing. In your opposition, players from all across the world participate in this game and have 1 on 1 competition. Within this game, you can have complete freedom to control your Dragon Legends fighters and release powerful combos and explosives just by a single tap of your figure.
The Dragon Ball Legends game will give you an opportunity to participate in real-time battle with players from all across the world. Show your winning spirit by powering up your own character and beat the competition. The game lets you play as all the latest characters designed by Akira Toriyama. When you play Dragon Ball Legends game, you will experience full of adventure with your favorite character Goku and many others.
Download Dragon Ball Legends for PC on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista & Mac Computer
The voice within this game will give you great enthusiasm to become a dominant fighter and win the battle. And the animation is simply superb. Once you start playing this game, you will experience as if you have entered into an adventurous scene and you are the real hero in this action game.
So don't miss this amazing experience to play this game, moreover, you'll have more fun playing this game on your PC. But, Dragon Ball Legends for PC is officially not available on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP & Vista and Mac Computer; so this article is posted for letting you know the way to install this app on your PC.
So read this article fully to know the complete information about the game and its installation procedure for your PC.
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Features of Dragon Ball Legends for PC/Laptop
Get involved in a true battle of fighters and enjoy the action by playing Dragon Ball Legends game.
Fight against worldwide participants and get a different exposure to adventure.
Just by a single tap, you can have complete control over your fighter and the game.
Play as if you're a popular character like Goku and experience the real-time fighting with other fighters.
One on one competition with various fighters.
Enjoy terrific voicing and animation which make you get addicted to playing this game more and more times.
Download Dragon Ball Legends for PC on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP & Vista and Mac Computer
As you know that Dragon Ball Legends for PC is officially not available on Windows and Mac Computers, you can now install this game on your PC using BlueStacks Emulator. So, first download BlueStacks and then through this emulator, you can download Dragon Ball Legends. To start with, look at this post completely and you find a link clicking on which, you can download BlueStacks exe file for free.
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After this download of the file, click on it and run it on your PC. This will let the installation of the BlueStacks initiated and here, you need to follow the on-screen instructions and mark the options where ever required. Now the program files get copied and the successful installation gets completed. It's time to launch BlueStacks on your PC, for this open BlueStacks main page and enter your Google account ID and do the initial setup. Hence, BlueStacks is ready to use.
Installation of Dragon Ball Legends for PC on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP & Vista and Mac Computer
When you look at the BlueStack homepage, you can find a search bar, where you need to type Dragon Ball Legends and press enter.
This will result in the opening of the Play Store showing you Dragon Ball Legends game.
Select it and do the installation.
The download will start and once it ends, you can see the shortcut key of the game created in My Apps option of BlueStacks. Now you can click on the game icon and enjoy playing it on your PC.
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With all the above information, you might be eager to start the installation of Dragon Ball Legends for PC on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP & Vista and Mac Computer. So, start installing this game on your PC and have fun playing it.
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Disaster History
Three year anniversary of tornado outbreak in eastern Kentucky
It was three years ago that a series of tornadoes ripped through southern Indiana and central Kentucky. By the end of the day on March 2, 2012, hundreds of people were injured with 39 fatalities over seven states.
The National Weather Service and other weather forecasters had predicted some sort of severe storms outbreak for days. Many businesses and government agencies closed early on that Friday. As the storms progressed throughout the South and Midwest, nearly 300 tornado warnings were issued.
West Liberty, KY suffered millions of dollars in damage. It was the first EF-3 tornado to tear through eastern Kentucky since 1988. The tornado cut a 60-mile-long path through several counties. Six people died and 75 were injured.
The rebuilding continues in West Liberty as it does in the communities that suffered damage from the storms.
It's important to remember that advanced warning about severe weather is something to take seriously. Knowing what to do to keep yourself and family members safe is important any time of the year. Severe weather doesn't just happen in the Spring.
Here's information about how to prepare for tornadoes and severe storms.
More information about how the storms formed
The assessment from the National Weather Service office in Louisville
Some stories from local media outlets about the storms and the rebuilding process.
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Impeachment Update: Oct 22nd 2019 »
The perfidy of William Barr
Osio Report
by Patrick Osio
William Barr: His betrayal to his oath of office and citizens of the United States, will forever blacken and bring shame to the Barr name.
President Trump's appointed Attorney General, William Barr, who has taken it upon himself to become Trump's defense attorney has apparently decided that to help his client best, he must prosecute the likes of Special Counsel Mueller and all the investigators who worked with him in the Russian probe. He will probably also have to prosecute the members of the Senate Republican committee who participated in the probe regarding the Russian interference in the 2016 election finding and issuing a report that indeed Russia and Russia alone did interfere for the benefit of Trump against Clinton.
Others that Barr will have to prosecute will be all the heads of the nation's seventeen national security agencies and offices plus at minimum the last two FBI directors, and possibly several former CIA directors. All who found that Russia is the culprit and no others, and that it was for the benefit of Trump.
Barr wants to help Trump out in the worst way, (pun on purpose). Trump is deadly afraid of having the legitimacy of his election victory questioned which Russian interference for his benefit hangs heavy as the multitude of U.S. agencies have found compelling evidence that Russia indeed interfered on his behalf in the 2016 election.
So, Barr not satisfied with the overwhelming evidence against Russia, set about to create his own brand of justice to prove that Trump was indeed the winner without Russian help and to prove and then prosecute those who said otherwise. And in passing, help Trump win reelection in 2020.
To this end, he began secretly traveling to various countries interviewing the intelligence agencies, which among several included Australia and Italy. Apparently, in at least to those two countries, Barr's fishing trip came away without fish as he was refuted in his quest to find dirt.
Not one to give up on his quest to vindicate his client, Barr has now handed the reigns to a Federal Prosecutor with instruction for his office to investigate all who were involved in finding that Russia was the culprit and in obtaining evidence of such criminal conspiracy, to prosecute all those involved.
Barr and Trump know that there will not be found any evidence of a conspiracy, so why do this?
To Trump it makes no difference because, as you will soon see, he and his zombies at Fox News, to wit Trump's chief propaganda liar, Hannity, along with the cheerleaders, Fox Friends, and some of the other entertainers, wannabe journalists, will begin reporting as fact that the investigation was launched because of evidence that there was a major conspiracy against Trump which was begun by former President Obama and continues. This is the payday for Trump – he feeds red meat to his non-reading, non-digesting news other than Fox propaganda followers.
The bad news for Trump is that Barr has already branded himself as not representing the people of the United States, that in fact he cares little for them, and that his sole purpose in office, is to help and protect Trump from the multitude of crimes he, his three adult children, Ivanka, Don Jr., and Erik have and continue to commit.
Additional bad news is that Trump brought Barr in on the crime that is now the basis for his upcoming impeachment. Trump asked the Ukraine president to meet with Giuliani and Barr to find the dirt on Joe Biden and his son that will help him in the 2020 presidential election. This is enough to force Barr to recuse himself from further activity and interference with the ongoing impeachment investigation.
There is evidence that Barr has already attempted to interfere as the whistleblower's report that was sent and investigated finding it credible and urgent, that was then sent to the White House for their review (still not answered as to why a report accusing the White House of the potential crime, would have been sent to them for their review). The White House apparently gave the AG a heads-up as the report was then sent to Barr's office. There the whistleblower's report was deemed as having nothing to investigate and no action to be taken.
Barr probably didn't think that those who did review the report and deemed it credible and urgent at not getting a response sent the report directly to Congress… and the rest is history — the final chapter on the Trump presidency is now been written. And hopefully so is William Barr's.


Enstoa's 90-day Sprint is a modern methodology for improving business operations within dynamic environments. The key is to make information systems useful to people who have challenging responsibilities and managers who need to unlock the power of team collaboration to succeed.
The reality is no one can wait a year to get solid information, especially when it's being used to manage critical, capital-intensive projects.
Responding to these challenges, the 90-day Sprint breaks down large, complex projects into discrete, highly manageable chunks. Core functionality is delivered in 90 days and each additional Sprint produces incremental functionality and visibility.
You need a plan for your information systems, a strategy to define how IS can support your project goals. Enstoa's Sprint 0 takes 2 calendar weeks and puts to bed questions on what should we do and how should we do it. Our experienced team runs workshops at your office to define management metrics, discover pain points and bring to light new opportunities.
A Calibration Session with the Steering Committee is facilitated at the conclusion of each 90-day Sprint. Deployed solutions are presented, the backlog of initiatives fine-tuned based on current needs, and decisions are made on go-forward scope for the subsequent Sprint. The refined scope is approved a week later by the Steering Committee and the team locks and loads for another focused burst.
How far should I Sprint?
It depends on your organization and your needs. Some of our clients can gain the functionality they need within a few 90-day cycles. Others, once they see the business value that Enstoa delivers, keep finding new areas of their organization to apply our approach. One of our largest clients has completed 20 Sprints with us.
Either way, Enstoa's 90-day Sprint is an extremely effective approach that provides exceptional value at near-zero client risk. Clients are free to change direction with their Enstoa solution as it evolves, without incurring costly scope change fees.