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Q: Java Create and Read RGB pixel value different i try to create image from rgb value, this is my code :
try {
        BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(5, 5, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
                Color clc = new Color(40, 21, 60);
                int rgb = clc.getRGB();
                img.setRGB(i, j, rgb);
            }
        }
        // retrieve image
        File outputfile = new File("D:\\saved.jpg");
        ImageIO.write(img, "jpg", outputfile);
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }

I create color image red = 40, green = 21, and blue = 60
After image was created, i try to get pixel again. But output pixel different with rgb value when i create.
This is my code to get rgb value :
 public static void main(String[] args){
    try {
        BufferedImage bf = ImageIO.read(new File("D:\\saved.jpg"));
        RGB(bf);
    } catch (IOException ex) {
        Logger.getLogger(ektract.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }

}
public static void RGB(BufferedImage end)
 {

    System.out.println("GREEN");
    System.out.println("====");
    for (int y = 0; y < end.getHeight(); y++)
    {
        for (int x = 0; x < end.getWidth(); x++)
        {
            int rgb = end.getRGB(x, y);
            int red = (rgb >> 16) & 0x000000FF;
            int green = (rgb >>8 ) & 0x000000FF;
            int blue = (rgb) & 0x000000FF;
            System.out.print(red+" "+green+" "+blue+" ");
        }
        System.out.println();
    }

}

and this output :

GREEN
====
39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59
39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59
39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59
39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59
39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59 39 21 59

Please can you help me.
thanks

A: JPEG is a 'lossy' format. It is possible the colors will not be exactly the same after saving to JPEG and reloading. Use PNG instead. E.G.  Here is the output from the SSCCE shown below.  0 indicates the same color, whereas - indicates different.
JPG
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PNG
00000000000000000000
00000000000000000000
00000000000000000000
00000000000000000000
00000000000000000000
00000000000000000000

Code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

class ImagePixelComparison {

    private static BufferedImage convertImageToFormat(
            BufferedImage img, String type) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ImageIO.write(img, type, baos);
        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
        BufferedImage encodedImage = ImageIO.read(bais);
        return encodedImage;
    }

    private static void compareImagesByPixel(BufferedImage bi1, BufferedImage bi2) {
        for (int ii=0; ii<bi1.getHeight(); ii++) {
            for (int jj=0; jj<bi1.getWidth(); jj++) {
                boolean b = bi1.getRGB(jj, ii)==bi2.getRGB(jj, ii);
                String s = (b ? "0" : "-");
                System.out.print(s);
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedImage originalImage =
                new BufferedImage(20,6,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        Graphics2D g = originalImage.createGraphics();
        g.setColor(Color.RED);
        g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        g.drawLine(0, 0, 20, 6);
        g.dispose();

        System.out.println("JPG");
        BufferedImage jpegImage = convertImageToFormat(originalImage, "jpg");
        compareImagesByPixel(originalImage,jpegImage);
        System.out.println("PNG");
        BufferedImage pngImage = convertImageToFormat(originalImage, "png");
        compareImagesByPixel(originalImage,pngImage);
    }
}

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Acoustic duo playing original contemporary folk/Americana seasoned with fiddle and flute.
Mountaintide's second album, Coffee & Fried Steak, will be released worldwide on Friday, June 16, 2017. Continuing with the grownup lyrics, diverse musical settings and distinctive vocal and instrumental interplay of their first CD, Dancing in the Sun, the duo expands their palette by tapping more fully into their multi-instrumental skills. And having played together for three years, their musical interaction and shared songwriting prowess has grown considerably since that first release.
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"Virginia" is a song about longing for home when far away, with Jim's lyric set to one of Holly's most beautiful melodies.
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"Evanston" tells the tale of 16-year old Holly and a friend borrowing the family car and heading from her Salt Lake City home, up the interstate and over the Wyoming border to a small town truck stop.
Jim and Holly call "Colors of the Rainbow" their "campfire song." If only Pete Seeger were still around to sing and popularize it! They close their shows with audiences singing along.
Because Jim is a highly regarded jazz flutist, Holly wrote the instrumental "Solstice" as a feature for his flauting. But instead of copping a jazz feel, her song touches on folk, Celtic and new age influences.
Jim originally wrote a song called "Growing Guns on Trees" in 1977, when cheap handguns were a major concern, but never recorded it. After the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub last year, he took the opening lines of his song, updated and rewrote it for modern times. This is one of the most powerful songs in the Mountaintide repertoire.
Holly conceived of the idea for "Baby Jean" while looking at a picture of her favorite aunt as an infant.
She wrote "Flood" remembering the topography and sudden weather changes of her native wild west.
He wrote the "Desperate Days" lyric on January 10, 2017, on a snowy morning ten days before the Trump inauguration. Holly put the words to a beautiful melody that perfectly captures the angst and foreboding of the time, a foreboding that was inadequate for the days that have followed since.
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Indo-US defence ties to remain robust, says Pentagon
PTI Washington, DC, United States Jan 03, 2017, 10.44 PM(IST)
Pentagon has said that Indo-US defence ties will continue to remain robust even in the next administration. Photograph:( Getty )
The Pentagon has said that the Indo-US defence ties are on an excellent path and will continue to remain so in the next administartion and beyond.
The statement comes days before Donald Trump's inauguration.
"The (Defence) secretary's (Ashton Carter's) commitment to this (India-US) is clear. We think the defence relationship with India is on an excellent path and will continue to be so in the next administration and beyond," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters at a news conference.
Known as a friend of India and strong believer in a robust India-US defence relationship, Carter is the only American defence secretary to have so many trips to India and included New Delhi in his farewell overseas trip as well.
In his previous capacity, Carter was instrumental in the path-breaking India US Defence Technology and Transfer Initiative (DTTI), under which the two countries have started several joining development and co-production projects.
"Our relationship with India, you've seen the commitment made by this department and this Secretary of Defence and this administration to improving our defence relationship with India," Cook said.
Responding to a question on restrictions on technology transfer to India due to the outdated arms control act of the US, Cook said obviously there are several aspects to it.
"There are limits on what we can do in terms of technology -- the export of technology to India or any other country," he said.
"And we'll continue to abide by the law and to work with India in places where we can, where it's appropriate for that kind of -- for specific technology to be exported. Again, not just to India but to any country, but we're gonna follow the law," Cook said.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The son and grandson of golf professionals, Justin Thomas couldn't think of a better major to win than the PGA Championship.
And at age 24, he couldn't think of a better time.
"I didn't even see it go in," said Thomas, who had his back turned to the cup as he was asking caddie Jimmy Johnson how it didn't go in. Players are allowed reasonable time to get to the ball, and then they get 10 seconds before they hit the next shot, so he was well within the limit.
The key moment in his victory came along the infamous "Green Mile" at Quail Hollow, a brutal stretch of holes where players are trying to hang on with pars. Thomas had a one-shot lead over Hideki Matsuyama when he drove into the rough, and his approach tumbled into a bunker. He did well to get that out to 6 feet.
He finished with a bogey — his first since the third hole — when it no longer mattered. Thomas finished at 8-under 276.
Kisner ran off two important birdies on the 14th and 15th holes to get within one shot, but the final stretch is no place to make up more ground. He three-putted from 100 feet on the 16th hole to fall two back, couldn't convert from long range on the 17th and hit into the water because of mud on his ball on the 18th.
The week began with Spieth's bid to complete the career Grand Slam, and it never got out of the gates. Thomas, endlessly referred to as "Spieth's close friend," emerged from his shadow with a major of his own.


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ASG passes resolutions
Nicole Caporaso
The Association of Student Governments passed three resolutions written by Appalachian State University Student Government Association President Dylan Russell on Saturday at Winston-Salem State University.
The three resolutions called for allowing campus identification cards to qualify as voter IDs, restoring an on-campus voting site at Appalachian and the use of iClickers to record votes at ASG meetings.
The Campus Identification Reform Act was passed unanimously and is a resolution that Russell said he has been working on all year. The resolution calls for students' college identification cards, such as AppCards for Appalachian students, to qualify as legitimate voter identification.
The bill was written as a response to a North Carolina General Assembly house bill, titled the Election Viva Reform Act, which Russell said is one of the most suppressive voter identification reform laws to pass in the entire country.
"When I did my research on this reform act, the first five versions of the bill allowed our college IDs to be counted as legitimate forms of voter identification," Russell said. "That makes sense because our campus IDs are state-issued. They come from state-funded institutions."
Russell said the seventh version of the bill, the final version that passed, removed the clause allowing students to use their college identification cards as voter identification and that legislators provided no reasoning as to why the clause was removed.
The bill Russell wrote calls for the UNC system and Board of Governors to use a set of procedures and guidelines that adopt a uniform policy for what universities must display on college identification cards.
Russell said not to confuse his idea with a universal card for all students in the UNC system.
"Campus cards will remain the same, however, now we are trying to get policy where the card will have your birthdate, an expiration date for the card and your full name printed," he said.
"Students will also have to show more identification when you go get your card, so if the Board of Governors adopts this policy, you'll have to show your passport, driver's license or social security card or birth certificate to verify when initially receiving your AppCard."
Leigh Whittaker, current Student Body President of UNC Asheville and next year's Senior Vice President of ASG, said she does not agree with the voting barriers to students and that she commends Russell's work with ASG.
"While I do not believe that voter fraud is a significant issue in this state, nor do I agree with the notion of additional barriers to executing the most fundamental right of democracy, I wholeheartedly commend the efforts of President Russell for working within the political measures we are presented with and actively advocating on the behalf of students," she said.
The Restore Early Voting to Campus Act calls on the North Carolina Board of Elections to overturn the decision by the Watauga County BOE to remove early voting sites from Appalachian's campus, Russell said. This resolution was also unanimously passed by the delegates of ASG.
"This calls on the State Board of Elections to reconsider and repeal the Watauga County Board of Election's decision to move early voting off campus," Russell said.
According to the bill, it is the responsibility of the North Carolina BOE to maintain fair and lawful elections.
"Additionally, I am extremely proud of the efforts that Dylan and his team are taking to recover the on-campus voting site on ASU's campus," Whittaker said. "It is clear to me that
Appalachian State's Student Government is actively advocating for the voting rights of their campus community and for that ASU students should be proud."
The iClicker resolution was also sponsored by Antonio Reid, the vice president of Academic Affairs for ASG.
"There has been a lot of talk to reform the ASG to make it more a more effective organization," Russell said. "There is no formal way of tracking votes, most votes are done by hand count."
Russell said he hopes the iClickers will bring more accountability to members of ASG and he believes schools should know if their delegation voted for or against a bill.
"It is hard to keep track of what delegates are voting for," Russell said. "So Antonio and I decided to bring in iClickers, like what we use at our SGA meetings, so now each of the voting delegates will get an iClicker tracked to their name."
The resolution will go into effect next academic year.
The next and last ASG meeting for the academic year will be at Western Carolina University on April 4 and 5.
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Sherlock Holmes: First Reading
Friday night about a dozen folks gathered on our deck for a first reading of Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street. It was a beautiful late summer evening, Chennelle made buffalo chicken dip and chili, and I found a suitable Victorian era cocktail for those who partake.
Seems that on Charles Dickens' historic tour of the United States (when he wasn't becoming increasingly aware of and outraged by the fortune he was losing across the pond by dint of the widespread copyright violation of his written works) he became quite a fan of the mixed drinks he had been tippling. The one I chose the replicate was that one called simply "The Cock-Tail" (yaas) a concoction of rye, sugar, bitters, water and nutmeg.
Readers were present and former actor-teachers, in attendance members of the production company (notably, production director Lisa Ortenzi), playwrights, educators and friends. Perhaps more than any previous script I have written, there are so many elements I am trying to "get right" and for which comment and feedback has been sought and appreciated.
One element of this script which made a universal impression on those present were the "choose your own adventure" moments. These are points in the narrative when a character turns to a member of the audience with a clear choice of two, specific decisions ("should I a. or should I b.?") which result in the company performing one of two alternate pages.
Four Pounds Flour: Historic Gastronomy
In each case, the choice leads right back into the main story -- this isn't like Clue, there aren't alternate endings. But these adults were excited by the idea of getting to manipulate what happens, and no doubt children will, too. And these short scenes portray how different choices can produce different outcomes.
Having originally chosen to include three of these moments in the play, deeper discussion (as well as their evident popularity) has inspired me to create two more of these moments. I know where they should go, even if I do not yet know what will occur.
There was a lot of discussion about our narrator, Vicky. Characters in mysteries can be ciphers, characters who serve a purpose to the plot but do not have much background. And in a short play for children, we can lean on personality and type to carry a character through. However, she is our representative in the story, and while we know a little about her, we do not know yet what inspires her, or what she wants. We know what she's running from, but what is she running to?
I would say more about character, but I would hate to give up the mystery to anyone who wants to be surprised when they attend a public performance. Suffice to say there was also confusion about the motivation of some of the criminals in the tale, and I will be taking a careful look at those.
Pioneer Drama Service
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Our teachers in attendance were frank about the reaction their students have when presented with programs such as these. "Oh, great, another thing about bullying. Bullying is bad, I get it." The word hardly has any meaning anymore. "Someone called me a name today, I was bullied." Were you? Ironically, it is because administrators and teachers are seeking programming to address repeated abusive behavior among students that they seek out shows with the word "bully" in the title. And here we are.
Part of the challenge is in addressing what "bully" even means. Another of our teachers remarked, "bully is not a noun, it is a verb." It's about labeling, and what happens to a person when we call them by what they do. A child might thieve something, but does that make them a thief?
The discussion was vibrant, and animated. Some of the comments will make their way into our teacher resource guide. I have a list of edits and changes and new ideas. It was a wonderful, wonderful talkback.
After we made a bowl fire and had s'mores.
Four Pounds Flour: "What Dickens Drank" by Sarah Lohman, 10/29/2010
Many thanks to Adam, Allie, Chelsea, Chennelle, Chris, Eric, Lisa, Luke, Marcie, Sarah, Tim, Toni -- and Kim!
UPDATE: "Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street" is now available from Pioneer Drama Service!
Labels: bullying, Classics On Tour, first draft, playwriting, Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street
For the past several years I have taken a moment before the school year begins to reflect upon the fleeting days of summer. What does "summer vacation" mean to adults? Well, we do have school age children, and are each professionally tethered to the academic clock. We work, but we also play, and enable play.
The opportunities during warm weather months are great, and we endeavor to take advantage of them. This year my wife and I celebrated twenty years married, my daughter and I watched all of Stranger Things 3 over the course of two days, the boy and I went fishing. And there was so much more.
Beck Center for the Arts
Feels like a million years ago now, but the summer began with a five weekend run of King Lear at the Beck Center, directed by Eric Schmiedl. Performances were only three a week (Fri, Sat eve & Sun mat) and there was something about that schedule which made performance much less of a struggle than a traditional, non-professional four show a weekend schedule. Just that much more manageable.
And yet, the focus I needed to exhibit, the hyper self-awareness, to conduct myself as this stoic, wound-up character. At times it was maddening, walking out in the lead, having the first line for this three-hour ordeal. One night, I cannot even comprehend how this happened, my tongue lost control and I stuttered my first line, in its entirety. It was through a supreme effort of will not to lose all confidence right then and there. I do not know how I was able to remember the rest of my lines.
Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Working as an actor in a play (as opposed to writing or directing one) is that you are compelled to attend every performance. This is one of the reasons I don't like acting, but only one of them.
As a result of this selfish commitment, I missed out on the opportunity to see my daughter perform with Jason Mraz. As a violin player with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, she had been working on his catalog all spring, taking three days of rehearsal with this incredibly charming pop star culminating in two sold out performances at Severance Hall.
I was welcomed to one of the rehearsals, which was a delightful consolation prize.
Great Lakes Theater
CAMP THEATER!
Teaching middle school students to improv can be very challenging, and for a very good reason. Young people can be emotionally abused for making themselves look silly.
A: Help me to milk this water buffalo!
B: Uh, no.
The basic tenet of improv is YES, AND which is to say, agree to what is being offered and then add something to it. This year during Camp Theater! we had a camper who was not only very good at this, he raised acceptance to a new level. Shaun and I noticed that whenever someone made him a suggestion, he would not only agree, he would say, "Excellent!"
A: I have created for you a new dress made entirely out of termites!
B: Excellent, they will go so well with my new maggot boots.
It was the introduction to an inspiring summer of discovery.
Culver City Public Theatre
While I have had a number of my published plays produced in other cities, this was a first -- one of the works I wrote for Talespinner Children's Theatre was being revived, and on the west coast, too! Culver City Public Theatre produced Rosalynde & the Falcon. Not only that, but it was an outdoor performance, offered for free to area families! And you know I love free.
July was an odd month, in that I shared a bed with my wife for perhaps one out of every three days. This is no sign of marital tension or anything like that, we were simply not in each other's presence. She spent a week on silent retreat in Kentucky, we traveled separately to and from Maine, and I took my daughter on an extended weekend to New York City.
We visited potential schools on that journey, something we also accomplished driving home together from our Maine vacation by way of Providence, RI. My son and I drove there the week before, enjoying authentic Buffalo, NY buffalo wings and spying fancy cars.
For three years we have been subscribers to the KeyBank Broadway Series at Playhouse Square, and in all that time I was never so unprepared to be completely delighted and moved by a musical like Come From Away.
Come From Away is a magical illusion, with songs that still echo in my head, a small company, their everyday wear belying the speed and specificity with which they assume dozens of characters, to tell a story of tragedy without leaning into the tragedy (we all know the tragedy) instead focusing on what the best people do for each other no matter who the other people are.
One of our dates for the evening pointed out how refreshing it was to see a cast of characters who were entirely adults, and I have to admit I hadn't noticed. Was that it? I polled my friends on Facebook, wondering if younger audiences preferred, for example, the teen-directed Dear Evan Hansen, but I received almost universal praise from all ages for this special Canadian musical … which did not win the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical, whereas that other play did.
Story Board
WRITING "HOLMES"
Just the other day, Missy asked me about my writing process, and I have had a number of different processes, which is only correct. I am a creature of habit, but breaking them is as significant as adhering to them.
To complete the new touring script, I spent just one working week away from the office. I gathered all the notes I had made, then went into the attic to find an old cork board so I had a place to post them. I used drawing paper to create a "story cloud," connecting one plot point to the next and filling in all of the details in between, with lists of actors and characters and who would be available to do what when.
It was all mapped out before I had created a single word of dialogue. The entire thing was drafted in three days, completed just before heading out of town for two weeks.
FRIENDSHIP, MAINE
Actually, I spent only seven days in Flood's Cove this year. Sometimes that happens, but it felt even shorter as my wife and daughter (and mother-in-law) were flying in on a Monday, only to have their flight cancelled at LaGuardia. They did not arrive until Tuesday evening, and their travel drama troubled me for the better part of those two days.
There was an interesting collection of folks, so much coming and going, and the weather was hot. I missed cool weather, mornings by the fire, a slow pace, and perhaps most of all my father. His absence has been felt the past several years, this time he was just absent.
Hofbräuhaus Half Marathon
SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION
Last week I ate something which tried to kill me, or rather my body tried to kill me for something I ate. I've never had an allergic reaction, to anything. And yet, something in that sushi made my heart race, and my skin turn beet red.
I'm fine, but it was scary in a manner in which I am not used to being scared. The week that followed was one of dragging my ass from place to place as I coped with the side effects of medication meant to ensure that whatever was in my system had run its course.
That also meant not exercising for the better part of a week, so ironic following my time running the Hofbräuhaus Half Marathon just the day before my attack.
TRAINING FOR THE CHICAGO MARATHON
Which is where I am left today. Hotter days of summer are behind us, the days already noticeably shorter. I am currently training for the Chicago Marathon, October 13. Have been all summer, and raising money for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.
Preparing for New York in 2006, and for the Twin Cities four years ago, August is when the training is supposed to be ramping up, pushing further across the city in preparation for the big day. Instead, I have had to take the better part of a week off, and it is discouraging.
But then, has it ever been easy? And isn't that the point.
Labels: Camp Theater, Chicago Marathon, Come From Away (musical), Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Culver City Public Theatre, Jason Mraz, playwriting, Rosalynde & The Falcon, summer, vacation
The Rough First Draft Complete
So, Wednesday night I did something impulsive. I had put together the final pieces for the rough first draft of Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street. And by rough first draft I mean, I wrote all the words, put in all the puzzles, sprinkled all the clues, chosen all the songs, and created all the "choose your own" scenes.
Hadn't read it over, not more than once. But it was all there, beginning to end, all the working bits and pieces. Time to edit.
But first, I announced on Facebook that "I have just completed the first draft of a new play for children," adding that I would provide a copy for reading to anyone who wanted to respond with comments.
This was an impetuous act, but then, what is social media for? After all, these are my friends, my followers, my colleagues, and dare I add, fans of my writing. There will be development through the company in the weeks to come, but why not start out just sharing it with people, and letting them tell me what they think?
I have already received some very meaningful responses, and just what I would like to hear at this point in the process. The basics. Does it satisfy these two fundamental criteria:
Is this a suitable and appropriate introduction to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and the character of Sherlock Holmes?
Does this piece convey a strong message anti-bullying that encourages self-esteem, confidence, and empathy?
Yesterday, I looked over the text for what I assumed would be copious errors and inconsistencies. And for the most part found only the occasional spelling or grammatical error. The detail with which I had storyboarded the plot seems to have paid off very well. I knew what I wanted to have written before I wrote it.
So now, how about you? If you are interested in reading this play, and providing feedback, I would be glad for you to be in touch!
Labels: Classics On Tour, Great Lakes Theater, playwriting, public comments, Sherlock Holmes Meets the Bully of Baker Street, social media


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TransCanada eyes C$5 billion Alberta hydro project
CALGARY - - TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO: Quote) is mulling development of a C$5 billion ($4.9 billion) hydroelectric project on the Slave River in the remote reaches of northern Alberta, Alex Pourbaix, president of the power and pipeline company's energy division, said on Thursday.
The company said it is in the early stages of planning for a run-of-the river hydro project on the Slave, an undeveloped river that carries more that two-thirds of Alberta's water flow north to Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories.
The project, which would not include a large reservoir behind a dam, would likely generate 1,200 to 1,300 megawatts of electricity, and could be operating in a decade.
"We are in what I would call an early-stage feasibility exercise," Pourbaix said. "We've done a fair bit of work on the technical aspects and are now starting to engage with stakeholders."
TransCanada's partner on the project is a unit of Atco Ltd. (ACOx.TO: Quote), which owns generating plants in Canada, Britain and Australia.
Power from the project would be sold in Alberta as well as in export markets, Pourbaix said. However it would require significant additions to the province's electricity transmission network, which already lacks capacity to send power from the province's northern reaches to the more developed southern areas.
The project "will require significant transmission upgrades and, likely, better interconnections of the Alberta power market with markets to the south of us," Pourbaix said.
TransCanada is the country's biggest pipeline company. It also owns electricity operations in Canada and the United States. As well, the company is a partner in Bruce Power LP, which operates the Bruce nuclear facility in Ontario, which supplies a fifth of the province's power.
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Download Mp3 Ella Mai-Whatchamacallit Ft. Chris Brown- Ella Mai and Chris Brown link up in advance of her debut album. It feels like this is one of those collaborations that people have been waiting on for months. When Ella Mai broke onto the scene, she regularly referred to Chris Brown as one of her biggest influences and now she's finally getting to work with him. Last year, "Whatchamacallit" was previewed for fans to check out ahead of its release and after 12 months, its finally dropped as an official single. The English R&B singer is currently gearing up for her upcoming album drop, which is set to include John Legend and H.E.R. Today, we're getting a new look at one of the most exciting songs from the project.
Ella Mai was in the news last week because of the controversy surrounding Jacquees' remix of "Trip." While she appears to have not had any say in the removal of the track from SoundCloud and YouTube, she was still blamed heavily by his fans on social media. Her breakout single, "Boo'd Up," is one of the biggest songs of the year and she has a chance to recreate the magic with "Whatchamacallit."
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Jim Irsay hopes Colts, Andrew Luck can strike deal by training camp
ByMike Wells
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jim Irsay said Saturday that contract negotiations with franchise quarterback Andrew Luck have become serious, and theColts owner wants a deal to be agreed upon by the start of training camp in July.
During the NFL owners meetings in March, Irsay said he hoped a "nine-figure" deal would be reached with Luck by July 4.
On Saturday, while meeting with the media on the final day of the NFL draft, Irsay said, "Talks are progressing well. We have made progress. I mentioned Fourth of July before. I don't think that marker is something that needs to be watched as an indicator. We should be able to come to a deal. Until you do, we still have ground to cover. There's no question about that. It's a complicated contract. It's one that has to work both ways to make sure we're able to field a great football team."
The Colts signed receiver T.Y. Hilton and offensive tackle Anthony Castonzo to long-term deals before the start of the 2015 regular season.
"I think I remember doing [Peyton Manning's] last contract in training camp," Irsay said. "Obviously before we get to training [camp] we'd like to do it. There are times when you get to camp, you're into the preseason, you can still get something done."
Luck will play out the final year of his rookie contract if the two sides can't agree to an extension. The quarterback threw 15 touchdown passes but committed 13 turnovers last season, during which he sat out nine games because of injuries, including a lacerated spleen.
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Q: What's the idiomatic way of saying "hide your lips"?
What's the idiomatic way of saying "hide your lips"? I thought "bite your lips", but you're not biting your lips, your putting your lips inside your mouth. So what's the proper way to say it? I added a pic of someone doing it.

A: Lambie's answer describes the action of curling one's lips inwards. But if the OP is looking for a shorter expression, then I would say that the young mother in the photo appears tight-lipped.

1 : having the lips closed tight (as in determination)
  2 : reluctant to speak : TACITURN
Merriam-Webster

Cambridge Dictionaries has

Someone who is tight-lipped is pressing their lips together to avoid showing anger, or is refusing to speak about something:

A: To suck in one's lips.
The closed his mouth and sucked in his lips.
I can think of no other way to say this.
Alternative: to suck one's lips inward
EDIT: to turn one's lips inward is okay though clunky.


What is the purpose of the spring loaded trap door on the choke plate? I'm assuming it should be on the top when the plate is installed. Does the plate face the carburetor body or face the throat opening. Is it needed to be operational or could it be JB welded closed. I'm going to need to pull mine because it appears the spring is either broken or missing or detached as the door hangs down and does not choke the engine. Is it best to remove the carburetor from the engine to R&R the choke.
JB Weld it shut??? Really? You're joking, right? Why on earth would you want to do that? If the choke plate is installed backwards, you won't be able to open it at all. New complete carb kits have a new choke plate in them. I rebuild carbs all the time -send me yours and I will fix/rebuild it correctly. I have many used and new parts for these M/S carbs. Yes, you do need to detach the carb from the manifold and work on it in the shop or kitchen table. Take pictures before you remove a part and mark it so you know what it is. I use a muffin/cupcake pan to keep parts in order with a piece of masking tape to label the pocket. Have a document on how to rebuild as a guide.
"How do you send someone email on this board"
I sent you an email via the forum to make it easier.
The spring holds the plate closed when you're starting it.
flow pulls that plate open against the spring allowing enough air for it to run.
I have dozens of those springs. If you need one I'll mail you one. Free.
It looks like your choke plate is screwed onto the choke arm with the plate on the carb side. My plate is on the outside of the arm with the screw heads facing the throat of the carb. does that mater. The choke seems to close okay, except for the flapper door. How do you send someone email on this board, I could use one of those springs.
Some carbs have a "backfire relief" in the choke plate, but these are the opposite... they are "choke relief", and the flap opens INWARD.
Spring is readily available new, guess I'd take the carb off to install it, but it could probably be installed with the carb in place.


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Reed Schreck: Grossman signing justifiable
Reed Schreck
Feb 24, 2008 at 12:01 AM Feb 24, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Be honest with yourself — what was your reaction the second you heard the Bears re-signed Rex Grossman?
You can't say it was a surprise. Most reports had the Bears bringing Grossman back to compete for the starting quarterback job with Kyle Orton.
So, were you all giddy to learn that he's back, or did you go, "$&*%!?"
The take here is that it is a perfect move, for two reasons. First, it's only a one-year commitment. If Grossman realizes the potential the Bears always have felt he has, then it's smart. They can talk a new contract or even franchise him after 2008.
Second, there's the "Fear Factor" angle. The worst thing that could happen would be for Grossman to go find success elsewhere. What if he made the Pro Bowl next season leading, oh, the Vikings to the playoffs?
See what I mean?
There's nothing to lose and everything to gain. Well, they could lose another season trying to determine if it's really Good Rex or Bad Rex wearing that No. 8 jersey. The answer, if finally revealed, can be called priceless.
He's been such a tease to this point.
There might not be another active quarterback with so many awful performances to offset his 100-plus passer rating days. Research I did earlier this season revealed a fairly even break between good, bad and average with Grossman.
The catch is that he's only had one full season as a starter to be judged upon. That was 2006, when, like him or not, he helped the Bears reach the Super Bowl.
He didn't carry them on his back, but he didn't get in their way, either.
Every long pass he completes, fans yell keep doing that.
Every ugly interception he throws, fans yell stop doing that.
Thus the crossroads we're at. Can Grossman ever be the quarterback the Bears want him to be, think he can be?
A conclusive determination has been impossible to make. More time is needed..
One year seems just right.
Reed Schreck is the NFL Writer for the Rockford Register Star. Contact him at 815-987-1381 or rschreck@rrstar.com.


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So you've searched and you've finally found it: gleaming at you from a browser window is your perfect (sofa , lamp, rug). It's exactly what you have been looking for and you're ready to purchase and bring it home. But wait! Before you buy do some research and think twice.
Home items tend to be a bit more dangerous on the impulse by side. The question "does it fit?" becomes a much bigger issue than simply taking it to the tailor or passing it on to a lucky niece. Matching color can also be tricky as items that appear one way on screen may be a shade – or several – off from the item depicted. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
Product reviews are the best way to get a sense for the quality of an item before you buy. If there are no reviews for your item, Google your piece of furniture and see if you can find reviews on other sites. If you still can't find any information, read reviews of a similar type of furniture from the same manufacturer. Most companies use the same type of materials in several different items. If you can't find any peer review information, don't purchase. Reviews can also be found on the online site. See if peers have had any trouble with reaching the company when a problem arises. Or trouble returning items. Peers are perfect for reviewing; they will happily tell you if the color is off and they expected something different. Or if the quality isn't what was represented by the site.
While some will give you a full refund, others are store credit only, or final sale. Some retailers charge a restocking fee, which can really add up if it's a percentage of the item purchased. The last thing you want is to be stuck with something that wasn't what you expected or wanted.
Most online shops charge a delivery fee, either in addition to or in place of normal shipping fees for oversized items. There are several shops that deliver for free and charge if you need to return. While shopping, check delivery fees and factor this into the cost of your furniture.
Ask yourself if you would still want the item at full retail- It's easy to be flexible with our style when it comes to an alluring price tag, but if it's "modern" and your space is "traditional," that hot pink Jonathan Adler piece will look just as out of place in your home if it cost $50 as it would at $500.
Colors (and textures) can look really different on a computer than in person, so its always good to order swatches on a large purchase. Swatches can include fabric, rug, iron or different wood finishes. Search the web for other products shots and reviews of the item. Try to get the truest sense of the look, feel and color as possible before you commit.
That is, if you're familiar with a certain brand's sizing, finishes, or fabrics, buying online will usually work out just fine. If you're trying something new, it's more of a gamble. If you can make the extra effort to see your item in person, it might be worth the hassle, rather than having to mail back the item.
A 75-inch sofa may sound perfect- until you get it in your space and realize that 75 inches is way too big (or way too small). And by then, it's too late. To get a true idea of how a piece will feel in your space, create a mock-up. You can tape out the dimensions of your furniture on the floor, or cut out a piece of paper in the appropriate size and try it out in multiple spots. Don't neglect vertical dimensions, too. You can approximate these by taping the outline of the furniture on the wall, or even, if you're feeling particularly ambitious, making use of some cardboard boxes in the appropriate size.
Don't forget the doorway, stairway and hallway while you're at it. There's nothing worse than having a piece delivered and realizing you would need to remove sheetrock to get it inside.
Pause and consider before pressing "buy." Try to tune out the sense of urgency created by a"limited time" or "soon to be sold out" offer.
If you still love it, it's in your budget and you have considered the logistics, enjoy your find and happy shopping!


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Jewdas vs. Atzmon
March 14, 2019 by Gilad Atzmon
BY Eve Mykytyn
Jewdas has put forth a call to "shut down Atzmon." Their facebook headline proclaims that they intend to "stop Nazi apologist Jazz." I had not realized that music could be 'Nazi apologist.' Perhaps Atzmon improvised Wagner's 'tunes?' Why do a group of self proclaimed left wing activists attempt to control the music at a jazz venue? Apparently Jewdas has decreed that Atzmon's crimes are so heinous that they are entitled to dictate to other Londoners what music they may listen to.
Created in London more than a decade ago, Jewdas describes itself as "radical Jewish voices" who see themselves as at odds with most of Britain's mainstream Jewish organizations. The group claims to oppose capitalism and racism and is critical of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. Last year, Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn was denounced for celebrating passover with Jewdas because, according to the New York Times, Jewdas's name, [a play on Judas] and antics, "risk stoking age-old myths and hatreds that have led to anti-Semitic violence."
A visit to Jewdas' web site is instructive. Jewdas is obsessed with antisemitism. "Antisemitism, like all racism, is poison and must be defeated." Jewdas claims that the secret to ending antisemitism is for Jewish institutions not to "ally themselves with the rich and their political parties." It seems that Jewdas differs from the ultra Zionist Committee Against Antisemitism only in tactics.
Watch Jewdas fabricate 'antisemitic' quotes:
The version of history put forth by Jewdas is remarkably judeo centric claiming that Jews were what maintained the nobility and are now what protects the wealthy. Mendi Medem writes "[in the past] antisemitism was encouraged in order to direct the public's attention away from its exploitation, today antisemitism is vilified in order to divert public support away from the best chance for better living than we've had in decades." To Jewdas, antisemitism is the penultimate discrimination, used first by the nobility to protect themselves from the masses apparently by arranging it so that the peasants would attack the Jews rather than the nobility; and is now used now to "control the conversation: as long as we (the public, that is) are reading and thinking about antisemitism, we're not thinking about class oppression." I guess they pity the poor who somehow don't know they are poor because they are thinking instead about antisemitism.
Jewdas even addresses its exclusively Jewish membership, without, of course, acknowledging that a biological test for inclusion is, by definition, racist. Apparently a nonJew can be admitted as an 'honorary Jew' if they take the tongue in cheek test to discover if they have a 'Jewish' soul. In other words, only Jews are allowed but maybe with the joking inclusion of nonJewish wannabes. This does not seem like left wing, the people vs the capitalists ideology to me, but then I did not pass their test.
So what has Atzmon done to earn Jewdas' wrath? Atzmon writes that identity politics are anathema to the true left. According to Atzmon, by dividing us into biologically determined identity groups, the new left has diverted the causes that should be those of the left: decent education, housing, jobs and healthcare for all. It is clear that Atzmon opposes groups like Jewdas who form their membership by race.
Jewdas can't take on this argument. Are they, self-proclaimed radicals. going to oppose a decent living for all? Certainly not, although you would be hard pressed to find political arguments for such equality on their site. Instead, Jewdas reverts to the shibboleth of "Nazi apologist." An earlier version of their facebook page accuse Atzmon of Holocaust skepticism (my wording, not theirs).
Atzmon is neither a Nazi apologist nor a holocaust denier. I'm not familiar with the unidentified work of Atzmon's in which he apologizes for the Nazis. Perhaps in making such a claim Jewdas itself should identify their source. As for 'holocaust denier' Atzmon has simply made the point that the holocaust, like all historical crises (slavery, Armenian genocide, Rwanda, etc. etc.) should be open to intellectual examination. In fact, the more we can actually study the holocaust for real the more likely we will be able to avoid repeating its horrors.
Jewdas has somehow tried Atzmon, found him guilty of disproven, unspecified or imaginary crimes, and sentenced Londoners to have to put up with Jewdas protests in order to listen to jazz. Community activist Boaz Ben Hanoch, justifies harassing the music venue, claiming, "The Vortex hails itself as a community venue but by hosting, promoting and giving a platform to Atzmon who mixes his politics with his music, the club is supporting his beliefs." Hanoch's statement is first and foremost a statement in opposition to free speech rights, providing a platform does not constitute agreement, but in any case his claim that Atzmon mixes politics with music is simply wrong. I assume Hanoch has not heard Atzmon in concert, the only thing remotely to do with Jewish in his music act is a penchant for bad jokes.
When asked why he doesn't simply report Atzmon to the police for 'hate' speech, Hanoch claims Atzmon disguises his 'hate' speech in a mysterious code. Hanoch noted: " Gilad is a master of the art of shrouding a lot of what he says in psychobabble. It's not easy to pin him down in those kinds of contexts." Perhaps Hanoch's problem stems not from an inability to pin Atzmon down, but rather from Hanoch's failure to read or understand Atzmon's work.
My battle for truth and freedom involves some expensive legal services. I hope that you will consider committing to a monthly donation in whatever amount you can give. Regular contributions will enable me to avoid being pushed against a wall and to stay on top of the endless harassment by Zionist operators attempting to silence me.
March 14, 2019 /Gilad Atzmon


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Back to Basics – February Edition II
Posted by taengsoshi on February 27th, 2013
Hi and welcome to the February edition of Back to Basics. I hope by now everyone is familiar with how this column works and how it brings you back to events, special moments, and those precious memories throughout Girls' Generation's history. This installment will take you through the years 2011 and 2012 for the month of February, while the years 2008 to 2010 can be found here.
Unless you've been out of touch with important dates (and by important, I mean dates you should know as a member and a fan), you'd know that February 1st marks Soshified's fifth year anniversary. If not, then this is where I would insert a sad face. We love Girls' Generation for their beauty and fun, quirky personalities, but we treasure them for their compassion, kindness, and warm hearts. Thank you, Girls' Generation, for all the Soshified birthday wishes you have given us through the years. Thank you for loving and never forgetting your fans. Thank you for simply existing!
2011: I'm the happiest when standing on stage together with everyone. -Yuri
The official SM Entertainment USA Twitter account asked SONEs to tweet their wishes they would like from Girls' Generation, and three wishes from fans would be chosen and granted. One of our very own staff members wished that Girls' Generation would wish Soshified a happy birthday, and luckily, it was a winner.
2012: I'm happy and also a little burdened that Girls' Generation's music is spreading everywhere, but we will do our best to give you better music in the future. -Sooyoung
During Girls' Generation's first official U.S. fansign in New York City, the girls were kind enough to record an adorable message for Soshified's fourth year anniversary.
Pieces and Fragments of February
• The official twitter account for "CeCi Korea" confirmed that Girls' Generation would become the new models for Dior cosmetics. Taeyeon, Yoona, and Seohyun were not involved with the Dior contract at the time due to their existing contracts with A-Solution, Innisfree, and Clean & Clear, respectively.
• Arden Cho, a Korean American model and actress, wished Sooyoung a happy birthday through her Twitter account. After Soshified Twitter retweeted her message, Arden thanked Soshified and added, "I was telling Sooyoung to make a Twitter today! <3".
• On February 8th, Gaon charts released a list of the bestselling albums in 2010. "Oh!", "Hoot", and the repackaged "Run Devil Run" album placed second, third, and fourth, respectively. Girls' Generation was the only female artist to place in the top five.
• On February 8th, Girls' Generation reached an agreement with Kwangdong Pharmacy to become endorsers for its Vita500 vitamin drinks.
• "New Beginning of Girls' Generation" DVD was certified Gold on February 11th by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) by having over 100,000 copies sold.
• On a broadcast of OBS's "Unique Celebrity News", Comedian Park Sunggwang revealed that he is close to Sunny. He mentioned that she is the only idol that would pick up their phone when he contacts them.
• Girls' Generation filmed a commercial for e-ma throat candies. It was the members' first commercial shooting in Japan.
• Seohyun appeared in a CF for a skin care product brand, Clean & Clear, with f(x)'s Krystal.
• Girls' Generation was chosen as an endorser for Woongjin Coway's water filters on February 27th.
• Girls' Generation placed first on Forbes Korea's "Power Celebrity Top 40" list.
• Girls' Generation appeared on the February 1st broadcast of "LIVE! with Kelly", an American morning talk show, for a performance of "The Boys" in continuation of their brief promotion in the United States.
• On February 2nd, Girls' Generation held their first official U.S. fansign in New York City inside a Best Buy store.
• Girls' Generation was featured on an online blog for "Wall Street Journal", one of the largest newspapers in the United States.
• Girls' Generation attended and performed on KBS's "Music Bank" in Paris on February 8th.
• Brown Eyed Girls' Miryo collaborated with Sunny for Miryo's new song, "사랑해 사랑해" ("I Love You, I Love You"). The music video, which also featured Sunny, was released on February 10th.
• The girls continued their promotion of "The Boys" by appearing on popular French talk shows "Le Journal De 20H" for an interview and "Le Grand Journal" for a performance of "The Boys". The shows aired on February 9th and 10th, respectively.
• Girls' Generation's Taeyeon made a cameo appearance on "Salamander Guru and the Gang", a sitcom aired through SBS, on February 10th.
• "Girls' Generation – The 2nd Asia Tour" concluded on February 12th with a final concert in Bangkok, Thailand.
• "The Boys" album was released in France on February 13th under France's largest music label company, Polydor.
• Seohyun collaborated with Brown Eyes' Yoongun to release a duet entitled "Don't Say No". The song was released on February 13th.
• Shim Jaewon, a choreographer for SM Entertainment, uploaded a video of Girls' Generation's dance practice for "Chocolate Love" on February 14th.
• Sooyoung declined the main role in the TV Chosun drama, "Speed".
• Taeyeon and Seohyun made their debut as MCs on MBC's "Show! Music Core" on February 18th.
• Tiffany, Yoona, and Seohyun attended the "2012 F/W Burberry Prorsum Women's Collection Fashion Show" held in London on February 20th. They were invited as representatives of Korea for the show.
• On February 22nd, Taeyeon emceed the "First Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards" alongside Joo Younghoon. Taeyeon injured her toenail during the show, but she continued her MC duties while fighting through the pain.
• Jessica's first drama, "Wild Romance", aired its final episode on February 23rd.
• Girls' Generation placed first on Forbes Korea's "Power Celebrity Top 40" list for the second year in a row.
• Sunny became a solo MC for SBS MTV's "Music Island". The first episode aired on February 29th in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Philippines.
Shows of the Month:
[SoShi Subs] SBS Star King EP 201 – Tiffany Cut [02.05.11]
[SoShi Subs] MBC We Got Married S2 EP 70 – Seohyun & Yonghwa Cut [02.12.11]
Awards Achieved:
• "2nd Seoul Culture Arts Awards" – "Pop Singer Daesang Award" for "Oh!" album on February 28, 2011
• "First Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards" – "Album of the Year" for the fourth quarter of 2011 for "The Boys" and "Oricon Chart Special Award" for the first Japanese album, "Girls' Generation", on February 22, 2012
Member's Birthday Month: Sooyoung
Thanks for reading! See you guys in March.
Written by: taengsoshi@soshified
Edited by: MoonSoshi9@soshified
Gif by: taengoop
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This is great!! :) <3
iyanpermana says:
deraderut says:
Just looking at their signs make me really happy. :D
christianto says:
Franimal says:
this wasn't one of the longer versions
of back to basics…but boy was it impactful!
two of the more memorable moments in a
soshified sone's history…the celebration of
this long-standing fandom and community for
international fans…without it so many of
us would not be able to be the sone we want
to be…and the girls first fan signing in the
usa…i wish i could have been there…i will
forever regret not being able to get off work…
but a powerful bitter sweet moment nonetheless…
it sounded amazing!
marvin4859 says:
I like this FEBUARY EDITION xDD LOL
It's really nice of them to say happy birthday to Soshified. Thanks so much Soshified and all the staffs, without you guys… I wouldn't be a sone today. Our girls still have a long way to go, let's support them to the end… :)
I remember all this like yesterday. Last year is when I really started getting in GG after discovering them in the Fall of 2011. So much has happened since last year and I'm looking forward to what is next to come!!! ;)
GGisAwesome4 says:
Im really proud of soshified and girls' generation for all thri hard work. Soshi fighting!
Girls' Generation Places Second on Forbes Korea's Power Celebrity Top 40 List
After placing first in the Forbes Korea's Power Celebrity Top 40 list for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012), Girls'...