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Nicola Piras, Matteo Bonotti, Andrea Borghini, Beatrice Serini
The Justice and Ontology of Gastrospaces
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10677-022-10357-x.pdf (PDF, 12461 words)
In this paper, we establish gastrospaces as a subject of philosophical inquiry and an item for policy agendas. We first explain their political value, as key sites where members of liberal democratic societies can develop the capacity for a sense of justice and the capacity to form, revise, and pursue a conception of the good. Integrating political philosophy with analytic ontology, we then unfold a theoretical framework for gastrospaces: first, we show the limits of the concept of "third place;" second, we lay out the foundations for an ontological model of gastrospaces; third, we introduce five features of gastrospaces that connect their ontology with their political value and with the realization of justice goals. We conclude by briefly illustrating three potential levels of intervention concerning the design, use, and modification of gastrospaces: institutions, keepers, and users.
Political Continental History Ethics
Found 2 days, 15 hours ago on Andrea Borghini's site
Hedonic Offsetting for Harms to Artificial Intelligence?
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2023/01/hedonic-offsetting-for-harms-to.html (HTML, 2057 words)
Suppose that we someday create artificially intelligent systems (AIs) who are capable of genuine consciousness, real joy and real suffering. Yes, I admit, I spend a lot of time thinking about this seemingly science-fictional possibility. …
Ethics Continental Political
Found 2 days, 16 hours ago on The Splintered Mind
James Sterba
Defending the Free Will Defense: A Reply to Sterba
philpapers.org/archive/OLIDTF-2.pdf (PDF, 7877 words)
James Sterba (2019, chapter 2) has recently argued that the free will defense fails to explain the compossibility of a perfect God and the amount and degree of moral evil that we see. I think he is mistaken about this. I thus find myself in the awkward and unexpected position, as a non-theist myself, of defending the free will defense. In this paper, I will try to show that once we take care to focus on what the free will defense is trying to accomplish, and by what means it tries to do so, we will see that Sterba's criticism of it misses the mark.
History Ethics Political Continental Formal
Ivan Boldyrev
Ernst Bloch
plato.stanford.edu/entries/bloch/ (HTML, 10745 words)
Ernst Bloch (1885–1977) was a German philosopher and cultural critic who is mostly credited for renewing the interest in utopia and for mediating between the radical philosophy of emancipation, non-dogmatic religious thought, analysis of mass culture, and new aesthetic forms, notably those of Expressionism. His books, especially The Principle of Hope (1954–1959), contributed to a particular form of critical theory and, being written in a peculiar essayistic style, made him quite popular both in academic and non-academic circles. Bloch was an important voice among the intelligentsia of Weimar Germany and then, for a short period after the Second World war, the leading philosopher of the Eastern Germany.
History Continental Political
Found 4 days, 3 hours ago on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oriol Vidal, David Teira
Are animal breeds social kinds?
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21680/1/s11229-022-04016-y.pdf (PDF, 8399 words)
Breeds are classifications of domestic animals that share, to a certain degree, a set of conventional phenotypic traits. We are going to defend that, despite classifying biological entities, animal breeds are social kinds. We will adopt Godman's view of social kinds, classifications with predictive power based on social learning processes. We will show that, although the folk concept of animal breed refers to a biological kind, there is no way to define it. The expert definitions of breeds are instead based on socially learnt conventions and skills (artificial selection), yielding groupings in which scientific predictions are possible. We will discuss in what sense breeds are social, but not human kinds and in what sense the concept of a breed is necessary to make them real.
Science Continental Political Ethics
Found 5 days, 4 hours ago on PhilSci Archive
How to do things with deepfakes
philpapers.org/archive/ROBHTD-3.pdf (PDF, 10246 words)
In this paper, I draw a distinction between two types of deepfake, and unpack the deceptive strategies that are made possible by the second. The first category, which has been the focus of existing literature on the topic, consists of those deepfakes that act as a fabricated record of events, talk, and action, where any utterances included in the footage are not addressed to the audience of the deepfake. For instance, a fake video of two politicians conversing with one another. The second category consists of those deepfakes that direct an illocutionary speech act—such as a request, injunction, invitation, or promise—to an addressee who is located outside of the recording. For instance, fake footage of a company director instructing their employee to make a payment, or of a military official urging the populace to flee for safety. Whereas the former category may deceive an audience by giving rise to false beliefs, the latter can more directly manipulate an agent's actions: the speech act's addressee may be moved to accept an invitation or a summons, follow a command, or heed a warning, and in doing so further a deceiver's unethical ends.
Political Language
Brian Leiter
The Epistemology of the Internet and the Regulation of Speech in America
www.law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-j...ent/uploads/sites/23/2022/12/Leiter.pdf (PDF, 17409 words)
The Internet is the epistemological crisis of the 21st century: it has fundamentally altered the social epistemology of societies with relative freedom to access it. Most of what we think we know about the world is due to reliance on epistemic authorities, individuals, or institutions that tell us what we ought to believe about Newtonian mechanics, evolution by natural selection, climate change, resurrection from the dead, or the Holocaust. The most practically fruitful epistemic norm of modernity, empiricism, demands that knowledge be grounded in sensory experience, but almost no one who believes in evolution by natural selection or the reality of the Holocaust has any sensory evidence in support of those beliefs. Instead, we rely on epistemic authorities—biologists and historians, for example. Epistemic authority cannot be sustained by empiricist criteria, for obvious reasons: salient anecdotal evidence, the favorite tool of propagandists, appeals to ordinary faith in the senses, but is easily exploited given that most people understand neither the perils of induction nor the finer points of sampling and Bayesian inference. Sustaining epistemic authority depends, crucially, on social institutions that inculcate reliable second-order norms about whom to believe about what. The traditional media were crucial, in the age of mass democracy, with promulgating and sustaining such norms.
Found 5 days, 22 hours ago on Brian Leiter's site
Respecting conscience
alexanderpruss.blogspot.com/2023/01/respecting-conscience.html (HTML, 1246 words)
One of the central insights of Western philosophy, beginning with Socrates, has been that few if any things are as bad for an individual as culpably doing wrong. It is better, we are told through much of the Western philosophical tradition, that it is better to suffer than do injustice. …
Political Ethics History Continental
John Symons
The Ideal of Global Philosophy in an Age of Deglobalization
www.johnsymons.net/wp-content/uploads/...osophy-in-an-Age-of-Deglobalization.pdf (PDF, 2923 words)
Global philosophy is an ideal. It includes the affirmation of intercultural philosophy and internationalism but it goes well beyond cultural and geographic cosmopolitanism. To embrace global philosophy is to reject any approach to philosophy that cleaves to closed communities and private conversations.
Political History Continental Ethics
Found 1 week ago on John Symons's site
Allen Buchanan, Alexander Motchoulski
plato.stanford.edu/entries/revolution/ (HTML, 12522 words)
Political revolutions are transformative moments marked by profound, rapid change in the political order achieved through the use of force rather than through consensus or legal process. Moral responses to revolutions are often ambivalent or deeply polarized. On the one hand, revolutions promise to be powerful engines of moral progress, allowing a community to abolish an oppressive social order and providing the opportunity to institute a better one. On the other hand, revolutions risk unravelling the fabric of political community and devolving into bloody, prolonged conflicts that only manage to reinstate a new oppressive regime.
Political History Ethics Continental
Found 1 week, 1 day ago on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Alex John London, Yosef S. Razin, Jason Borenstein, Motahhare Eslami, Russell Perkins, Paul Robinette
Ethical Issues in Near-Future Socially Supportive Smart Assistants for Older Adults
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/philosophy/docs/l...e_smart_assistants_for_older_adults.pdf (PDF, 12632 words)
— This paper considers novel ethical issues pertaining to near-future artificial intelligence (AI) systems that seek to support, maintain, or enhance the capabilities of older adults as they age and experience cognitive decline. In particular, we focus on smart assistants (SAs) that would seek to provide proactive assistance and mediate social interactions between users and other members of their social or support networks. Such systems would potentially have significant utility for users and their caregivers if they could reduce the cognitive load for tasks that help older adults maintain their autonomy and independence. However, proactively supporting even simple tasks, such as providing the user with a summary of a meeting or a conversation, would require a future SA to engage with ethical aspects of human interactions which computational systems currently have difficulty identifying, tracking, and navigating. If SAs fail to perceive ethically relevant aspects of social interactions, the resulting deficit in moral discernment would threaten important aspects of user autonomy and well-being. After describing the dynamic that generates these ethical challenges, we note how simple strategies for prompting user oversight of such systems might also undermine their utility.
Political Ethics Continental
Found 1 week, 1 day ago on Alex London's site
Sean D. Kelly
From Redemption to Proper Dignity Being Human in a Technological Age
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdkelly/file...the_philosopher_spring_2022_draft_2.pdf (PDF, 5971 words)
The standard vocabulary of modernity and post-modernity suggests that something is coming to an end. Sometimes the end is much desired. "When I fall," says Clov in Samuel Beckett's Endgame, "I'll weep for happiness." Sometimes, by contrast, the end is measured primarily by a sense of loss. "To write poetry after Auschwitz," says Theodore Adorno, "is barbaric." And sometimes, as in Martin Heidegger's later work, the end of our epoch announces the possibility of a new beginning. A famous line from Hölderlin is the catchphrase here: "In the danger, the saving power grows." But what exactly is the danger that threatens to end our age? It is something beyond the danger of climate change, nuclear annihilation, pandemics, and the other physical threats we confront, something underlying these that makes them alive to us as the totalizing terrors we feel them to be. It extends beyond the threat of our mere extinction, in other words, reaching all the way to the possibility of our ontological end.
History Continental Political Ethics
Found 1 week, 1 day ago on Sean Kelly's site
Normative Dehumanization, Essentialism, and the Ordinary Concept of a True Human
www.bensphillips.com/uploads/2/2/4/7/22471740/manuscript.pdf (PDF, 12860 words)
Research suggests that many social concepts, such as FRIEND and ARTIST, have two independent sets of criteria for their application: one descriptive, and one normative. These have become known as "dual character concepts." Recently, it has been argued that HUMAN is a dual character concept, and that this engenders a distinctively normative variety of dehumanization (Phillips, 2022). In what follows, I develop this model by examining which form of essentialism drives normative dehumanization. In particular, I focus on three candidates: Platonic essentialism; teleological essentialism; and value-based essentialism. Across four experiments, I found evidence that normative dehumanization is driven by value-based essentialism, as opposed to Platonic or teleological essentialism. I also found evidence that normative dehumanization is a unique predictor of intergroup hostility, over and above like/dislike; as well as perceptions of ideal humanness, and typical humanness. Together, these findings clarify the ordinary concept of a "true human," and thus what it means to normatively dehumanize someone. These findings also suggest that research concerning intergroup hostility will benefit from focusing on the distinction between descriptive and normative dehumanization.
Political Ethics Continental History
Found 1 week, 3 days ago on Ben Phillips's site
Janko Nešić
Affording autistic persons epistemic justice
philpapers.org/archive/NEIAAP.pdf (PDF, 6425 words)
Autism is a psychopathological condition around which there is still much prejudice and stigma. The discrepancy between third-person and first-person accounts of autistic behavior creates a chasm between autistic and neurotypical (non-autistic) people. Epistemic injustice suffered by these individuals is great, and a fruitful strategy out of this predicament is much needed. I will propose that through the appropriation and implementation of methods and concepts from phenomenology and ecological-enactive cognitive science, we can acquire powerful tools to work towards greater epistemic justice for autistic individuals. I will use the resources found in the skilled intentionality framework, integrated with various phenomenological theories.
Continental Political
Brian Berkey
Effective Altruism, Global Justice, and Individual Obligations
faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/u...-Justice-and-Individual-Obligations.pdf (PDF, 10045 words)
On at least most accounts of what global justice requires, those living in severe poverty around the world are unjustly disadvantaged. Remedying this unjust disadvantage requires (perhaps among other things) that resources currently possessed by well off people are deployed in ways that will improve the lives of the poor. In this article, I argue that, contrary to the claims of some critics, effective altruist giving is at least among the appropriate responses to global injustice for well off people. In addition, I suggest some reasons to think that effective altruist giving will often be among the best ways for such people to satisfy obligations that they have in virtue of being beneficiaries of global injustice. The argument that I offer for this conclusion has at least two important implications. First, critics of effective altruism who claim that it is incompatible with taking global injustice sufficiently seriously are mistaken. And second, effective altruists have reason to reject the non-normative accounts of the movement's core commitments that have been advocated by some prominent proponents.
Found 1 week, 5 days ago on Brian Berkey's site
Social Doubt
philpapers.org/archive/ROBSDA-9.pdf (PDF, 9722 words)
We introduce two concepts—social certainty and social doubt—that help to articulate a variety of experiences of the social world, such as shyness, self-consciousness, culture shock, and anxiety. Following Carel's () analysis of bodily doubt, which explores how a person's tacit confidence in the workings of their body can be disrupted and undermined in illness, we consider how an individual's faith in themselves as a social agent, too, can be compromised or lost, thus altering their experience of what is afforded by the social environment. We highlight how a loss of bodily or social certainty can be shaped and sustained by the environments in which one finds oneself. As such, we show how certain individuals might be more vulnerable to experiences of bodily and social doubt than others.
Dalia Nassar
plato.stanford.edu/entries/alexander-humboldt/ (HTML, 13863 words)
Alexander (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander) von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a scientific explorer and natural philosopher, who achieved fame following his return from South America in 1804. Already during his lifetime, biographies celebrating Humboldt began to appear (Rupke 2008), and upon his death in 1859, Humboldt was commemorated across the world—from Alexandria to New York City, from Paris and Moscow to Adelaide and Melbourne (Wulf 2015). An ocean current was named after him, as were numerous national parks, regions, and a penguin species. He has been described as the first ecologist (Bertaux 1985), the "father of American environmentalism" (Sachs 2004), the inspiration behind the National Parks Movement in the United States and Great Britain, and a major influence on environmentalism in India (Grove 1990).
Found 1 week, 6 days ago on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sara Bernstein
Biased Evaluative Descriptions
www3.nd.edu/~sbernste/BEDs_penultimate.pdf (PDF, 8444 words)
This paper identifies a type of linguistic phenomenon new to feminist philosophy of language: biased evaluative descriptions. Biased evaluative descriptions (BEDs) are descriptions whose well-intended positive surface meanings are inflected with implicitly biased content. Biased evaluative descriptions are characterized by three main features: (i) they have roots in implicit bias or benevolent sexism, (ii) their application is counterfactually unstable across dominant and subordinate social groups, and (iii) they encode stereotypes. After giving several different kinds of examples of biased evaluative descriptions, I distinguish them from similar linguistic concepts, including backhanded compliments, slurs, insults, epithets, pejoratives, and dog-whistles. I suggest that the framework of traditional Gricean implicature cannot account for BEDs. I discuss some challenges to the distinctiveness and evaluability of BEDs, including intersectional social identities. I conclude by discussing the social significance and moral status of BEDs. Identifying BEDs is important for a variety of social contexts, from the very general and broad (political speeches) to the very particular and small (bias in academic hiring).
Political Language Continental
Found 2 weeks ago on Sara J. Bernstein's site
plato.stanford.edu/entries/gramsci/ (HTML, 10538 words)
Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) has been enormously influential as a Marxist theorist of cultural and political domination in "developed" capitalism. However, his career was that of a radical journalist and revolutionary organizer, not a professional philosopher. Gramsci was a socialist activist, cultural commentator and, later, communist party leader in Italy. Most of his writings are concerned with assessing the immediate political situation and, particularly, the prospects for revolution in interwar Italy. Nonetheless, Gramsci was conversant with philosophical currents of the time—especially Italian neo-idealism, native intellectual and political traditions dating back to Machiavelli, and the major currents of Marxist thought.
Science and Justice: Beyond the New Orthodoxy of Value-Laden Science
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21660/1/Scien...e-Laden%20Science%20%20-%20preprint.pdf (PDF, 10495 words)
In the face of climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and rising anti-science populism, an unlikely alliance of scholars has emerged to "regain some of the authority of science", as Bruno Latour puts it in an interview with Science (Vrieze 2017). Historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science, who have long operated in competing intellectual niches, find a common calling in highlighting the existential importance but also increasingly fragile position of science in society.
Found 2 weeks, 2 days ago on PhilSci Archive
Charbel N. El-Hani, Luana Poliseli, David Ludwig
Beyond the divide between indigenous and academic knowledge: Causal and mechanistic explanations in a Brazilian fishing community
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21648/1/1-s2.0-S0039368121001783-main.pdf (PDF, 11974 words)
Transdisciplinary research challenges the divide between Indigenous and academic knowledge by bringing together epistemic resources of heterogeneous stakeholders. The aim of this article is to explore causal explanations in a traditional fishing community in Brazil that provide resources for transdisciplinary collaboration, without neglecting differences between Indigenous and academic experts. Semi-structured interviews were carried out in a fishing village in the North shore of Bahia and our findings show that community members often rely on causal explanations for local ecological phenomena with different degrees of complexity. While these results demonstrate the ecological expertise of local community members, we also argue that recognition of local expertise needs to reflect on differences between epistemic communities by developing a culturally sensitive model of transdisciplinary knowledge negotiation.
Science Continental Political History


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Compare the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne: car rankings, scores, prices and specs.
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I don't win too many arguments around here, so could someone please give me some solid reasons why we should get the BMW? Tell her to test drive a x5 she will leave with a smile. ML will be replaced very soon with GLE. Does she want to be the last one to buy an ML? X5 in Mineral white with M-sport is a prettier and way more fun to drive than ML.
ML drives with lots of understeer - feels heavy in curves, and not confidence inspiring. Electronics are dated - although I heard gets a new interior. Diesel is only a 4 banger, so car is less responsive. Personally the x5 should win on looks and drive alone. ML is already replaced by glc so it's an outgoing model whereas x5 will retain this current shape atleast another 5 years.
BMW has limited time free maintenance. Tell her with the money saved, she can go shopping. A ML here is a old persons car old farts , people over 65 buy them, would not be seen dead in one. To liven them up they put a 63 AMG version out, and still they don't drive round corners? And way to much chrome on the damn things also, big seller in Asia, love there bling.
As many have said above, get her to drive the X5 and see if she likes it better. Since you prefer the X5 I am assuming for its driving dynamics, nicer interior and tech you have to do some selling of why the X5 is a much better car. Here is one tip. Go and test drive the ML first and right after go for a test drive of an X5. That should do it. My wife was leaning towards the ML vs.
Ultimately I asked her to trust my judgment. But you should drive both, you'll notice even with the standard suspension the X5 handles much better.
My wife loves her X5, she continually thanks me for how I optioned the car, which is nice to hear. One of my problems with the ML is that the had too much chrome, even with the Sport Pkg. Our X5 is the M Sport. The current ML W has been around since and it looks very similar previous model W that has been around since Old looks and old tech.
I'd like to say that with all the correct options Driver Assist Plus the X5 is probably a safer vehicle too. All that plus the fact that they are replacing it with the GLE no more ML name soon is enough for me to not pick the Mercedes. I didn't even consider the ML when cross-shopping.
It's just a dated car with old electronics and body style. The interior is not modern, especially the center console. And we own an S-Class so it's not as if we have anything against Mercedes. Actually you should take a look at the redesigned RX. Read the first post in this "featured" thread: Two great cars, and a matter of taste.
The third row of windows in the boot space on the ML is hideous slant and virtually unchanged in all three generations. It looks very dated. The car itself is a good car. Gas engines are fairly comparable, but the ML diesel is a complete dud. Last edited by MattBianco; at Originally Posted by MattBianco. Make her sit in the back of the ml and simply drive that dingy on wheels and let the motion sickness kick in I only say the back because my wife used to ride in the back of an ML we had when my son was first born.


One of the most commonly consumed sweets of kids and even adults nowadays are gummy bears or gummies but, we are sure that you are oblivious of the fact that there are already gummies that have healing benefits or healing effects. Alongside the many people who are enjoying the benefits that CBD in the form of oil as tincture has to offer to them, These gummies are starting to invade the market, leading to is slow yet sure rise in popularity. We want you to know for a certain that these delectable candies share similar benefits as those other types of CBD you can find in the market today yet, many people still prefer to take them in this manner due to varied reasons, one of which is its great flavor.
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It is part of safety precaution to always read the label before we purchase a particular product so we will know what exactly it is that we are buying and consuming and the same goes with CBD gummies, as we have to purchase them from reputable vendors so that we can guarantee that they are organic and are made from all natural ingredients. As for the CBD substance that is infused in these gummies, they are organic thus, you have nothing to worry about. This will lead from you getting a healthy and amazingly tasty CBD gummy. Due to the fact that no harmful stimulants and chemicals are involve, this will lead from you getting the finest advantages from taking it.
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There are metal spinning and pressing process, this is a form of metalworking prices where metals are rotated at high speed then there is compressing and this gives the artisan the products that they need to have. It is significant that when you need the metal spinning and pressing services to consider the best professional specialist for this service thus you will have the best metal spinning and pressing services to have the best metal products shape and structure. There are metal spinning and pressing service company such the Winward engineering, this company specializes in metal spinning and pressing service, hence when you need you metal spinning and pressing services, you need to chose the best. Not all of the service company will deliver the best services for metal spinning and pressing services hence it is challenging to choose the best company to deliver this service. The following are tips to consider when choosing the best metal spinning and pressing services this include.
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The use of marijuana was termed harmful and illegal in many countries earlier before. For this reason, people abused this drug while hiding due to the effects it has on the brain. But with the multiple scientific findings, it was found that cannabis can be used for good to cure a number of ailments. With these breakthroughs, some governments have allowed the use of marijuana by their citizens in a controlled way due to the health benefits associated with the usage. Therefore, several marijuana products have been made using cannabis plant extracts for use in treatments in people ailing from various conditions such as cancer, Post-traumatic stress disorder, HIV and AIDS and pain among others. Due to this, the demand of marijuana products have shot up leading to the emergence of multiple manufacturers to provide the products. Among the best product from the marijuana extracts is the cannabidiol oil majorly known as CBD oil. In the countries where marijuana products are legalized, CBD oil is used in curing various treatments. Thus, when seeking a CBD oil dealer, it is advisable to consider some of the stated tips below.
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It can be time to install the solar panels for your home if you have found out that you are using too much money on the energy bill. You should know that the installation of the solar panels in your home is crucial when it comes to their functionality. With the numerous companies that claim to be installers, you may have some challenges when determining the most appropriate for the work. It is impossible to speak about the most proficient solar installation firms in Dallas and Fort Worth without mentioning Kosmos Solar. Deliberated in this text are the tips that you should use when finding the right solar panel installation firm.
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The most substantive source of details is the web and hence it can be erroneous to overlook it when you are choosing a solar installer. Do not fail to use some of your moments to check what other customers are saying about the standard of works that are performed by the said service provider. It is vital that you leave no piece unturned by calling some of the people who have hired the company in question in the past so that they can brief you on the quality of works they obtained. The perfect solar panel installation service provider is one whose clients were happy with the services they received.
It is crucial that you conclude with looking at the amount of cash that you will have to spend on the functions of the said installer. Ensure that you will choose to work with the service provider who is not asking for more than you can afford for the task. It is necessary that you consider asking for quotes from numerous companies so that you will have the chance to select the most affordable.
Generators have become part of life today. They are being used more than before and their demand seems to be increasing daily. It works with the basic principle of being powered by a fossil fuel which is used to rotate the turbine found inside the generator. To be able to get the electrical power that is needed than the turbine has got to rotate at a very high speed. These fossil fuels are namely petrol and diesel. Between the two it is the diesel generators that has been the choice of people and is commonly used. This is due to the many advantages that you will get from owning one. You can commonly find them in residential places plus in most commercial buildings. In companies, you will still find diesel driven generators as the most common ones. They can either be portable or ones that are permanently installed. If you want to get a generator then you should go for a diesel generator. This is because of the following reasons which can be said to be the advantages.
It is cheap to own a diesel generator. This is because of the fact that diesel tends to be cheap as compared to other fossil fuels such as petrol. This is because of the same reasons that you can get to save on a lot of money as the owner of the generator. You will spend very little in terms of purchasing the diesel that you need. In addition it is cheap because it has a very low consumption rate. It needs little diesel to help with operating it. With just a liter you can be able to keep the generator running even for an hour. It will just depend on the size of the generator.
You can also get portable diesel generators that you can move from one place to the next. With this as a feature it can make it possible to use it at any location that you want. It helps with providing a source of electrical power to points that do not have or rather cannot get access. All you have to do is to carry your diesel generator and use it at any point that you want. They also happen to be lighter and you can get to carry them around much easily.
They are also very durable and tend to last for much longer. If you buy one then be sure of using it for very many years. They tend to have a very long lifespan because they are diesel engines. This has gotten to be proved in the motor vehicle industry. This is the same reason why they are used in making of heavy commercial vehicles in the auto world. An example is of buses, trucks and some super charged cars.
Tips to Contemplate When Choosing the Best Hairdresser.
It is best to note that all the hairstylists are styled up to meet the customers' requirements and expectations. Getting the best hairstylist is a stressful activity, and the following tips will help you.
The area of the hairdresser should be highly contemplated to avoid any delays or failures. Always consider the distance of the hair salon carefully before. The best hairdresser should be in an area where you visit more often to avoid making any extra transport costs. If it is near the places you visit most it is well convenient because you can fix your errands to fit in the hair salon appointment. The salon near to your place makes it easy to plan since there no considerations of traffic congestions if it was a long hours' drive. The best hairdresser will ensure that you receive quality services since the hairdresser has good intention with the community around the salon. Having a stylist within your area will be beneficial since you will served excellently at an affordable price. The hair salons within your community employ qualified staff members enhancing that communication is efficient.
The best hair salon is the salon that has served people for many years. Ensure you have a hairstylist who has an excellent track record over working period and has fewer failures. Always inquire from friends and family about the efficiency of the salon, you can also check from the websites for reviews from previous clients; the best salon has many positive reviews about their services. The reviews are attained due to a good performance of the staff. The hairstylist should have excellent performance to ensure that they keep your time and perform excellent work.
Compare the different prices of the hairstylist to ensure you get the best services. The best salon to work with are the most affordable since they cost quality services. Associate the various costs of a different hairstylist. If you decide to use the hairstylist services most of the time ensure you have the services charged at an affordable price to avoid making any errors in quality and financial ability. Pick the prices that are affordable and match with good quality to avoid discouragements at the expense of saving money. The best hairstylist to work with should have an excellent training certification indicating the training program.
The best hair stylist should ensure you get the best after sale and during sale services . The staff handles the customers correctly creating a good impression about the salon. The best hairdresser should have proper health maintenance to avoid having any problems of health in your hair. The equipment's to maintain and make your hair look good should be well maintained to avoid causing pain to the clients.
Choosing the right masonry contractor may not be a simple thing as many people may think. This is because of a large number of masonry contractors out there that identifying the best one might be challenging. Here are some of the points that will help you to learn how you can choose the right masonry contractor.
One of the things that you should check is their portfolio. One good thing with the portfolio is that it will show you some of the projects that they have handled before and the number of years they have been in the field. With this, you will be in a place to determine whether the masonry contractor that you have hired is experienced or not. In this case, you will have to hire a masonry contractor that has been handling many such projects before. This is because they know what they are doing and you will not need to supervise them.
Also, you should also gauge their professionalism. In this case, you will have to look at their professional training and academic certificates. One good thing with this is that you will be able to see if they have the right knowledge in delivering masonry services. Also, you should also make sure that they have a license that shows that they are accredited to offer masonry services.
Apart from that, you should also check the reputation of the masonry contractor. It is essential that you hire a contractor that people talk positively about. For you to know this you should ask around from the locals on the testimonies about their services. Besides, you should read their reviews so that you can know what the clients feel about them. You will be in a position to identify a right masonry contractor by a large number of compliments.
Apart from that, you should also visit the rating sites. You find that many sites always gauge masonry contractors according to the quality of services that they are delivering. Like one of the sites that you should check is the better business bureau. In this case, it is recommended that you hire a masonry contractor that has a higher rating compared to the rest.
There are many factors that force people to start looking for new hair salons.Dissatisfaction, relocation to new environments and maternity issues are some of the reasons that force people for a start looking for new hair salons.It becomes a tough task to settle for a new salon.You will find the following top tips helpful in your hunt for a new hair salon.
You should ask for recommendations from people around you.Family , friends and even relatives can form a good recommendation base for you. While receiving recommedations for a hair salon, remember to request for specific names of the stylists working in that hair salon.Personal recommendation is the most effective way of getting the right information.
You should also check interactive social networks as they are an important source of current information.Therefore make an attempt to join the Instagram or Facebook and search for stylists in your locality.You will be lucky to get some of your closest hair salons and stylists online.You can, therefore, network with them and finally get what you are looking for.
Another determining factor in your choice of a new hair salon is the price of their services.Do not be distracted by high prices as they do not reflect quality service.High prices are just an aspect used in beauty magazines, and that does not cover the real picture on the ground.However, you need to narrow down and conduct research about a specific stylist rather than depend on beauty magazines.
Another ideal tip during your search for a new hair salon is meeting the individual salon owners.A consultative meeting with your new stylist serves as a good opportunity for you to see things at close range.If you like the place and find out that your wavelengths are rhyming, then there are high chances that you have made the right choice.
The last essential tip in choosing a new hair salon is that you should take your time.You can start by buying simple services as you study keenly how the service is packaged.It is important to remember that you are still new here and you, therefore, need enough time to familiarize yourself with their services. These simple steps are essential in determining whether you are going to be a return customer or not.
In a nutshell, you need to understand that choosing a new hair salon is not as easy as it looks.First of all, you need to understand what you are looking for in the new salon in terms of your color, texture, and hairstyle.Then go ahead and ask for recommendation from friends and relatives as well as do tire internet search for information about hair salons and stylists in your region.Plan consultative meetings with hair stylists and learn more about the services they offer.Stroll along this journey and finally, you will meet your heart desires.


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package controllers

import javax.inject.Inject

import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.api.Authenticator.Implicits._
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.api._
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.api.exceptions.ProviderException
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.api.repositories.AuthInfoRepository
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.api.util.{
  Clock,
  Credentials,
  PasswordHasherRegistry
}
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.impl.exceptions.IdentityNotFoundException
import com.mohiva.play.silhouette.impl.providers._
import net.ceedubs.ficus.Ficus._
import forms.SignInForm
import models.User
import models.services.UserService
import play.api.Configuration
import play.api.i18n.{Messages, MessagesApi}
import play.api.libs.concurrent.Execution.Implicits._
import play.api.mvc.Action
import utils.MyEnv

import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.concurrent.duration._
import scala.language.postfixOps

/**
  * The credentials auth controller.
  *
  * @param messagesApi The Play messages API.
  * @param userService The user service implementation.
  * @param authInfoRepository The auth info repository implementation.
  * @param credentialsProvider The credentials provider.
  * @param configuration The Play configuration.
  * @param clock The clock instance.
  */
class CredentialsAuthController @Inject()(val messagesApi: MessagesApi, val silhouette: Silhouette[MyEnv[User]],
    userService: UserService, authInfoRepository: AuthInfoRepository, credentialsProvider: CredentialsProvider,
    passwordHasherRegistry: PasswordHasherRegistry, configuration: Configuration, clock: Clock) extends WebController {

  //로그인 인증이 여기로 전달
  //로그인 성공시 -> /index 로 전달
  //로그인 실패시 -> /signIn 로 전달
  def authenticate = Action.async { implicit request =>
    SignInForm.form.bindFromRequest.fold(
      form => Future.successful(BadRequest(views.html.signIn(form))),
      data => {
        val credentials = Credentials(data.email, data.password)
        credentialsProvider.authenticate(credentials).flatMap {
            loginInfo => val result = Redirect(routes.ApplicationController.index())
            userService.retrieve(loginInfo).flatMap {
                case Some(user) => val c = configuration.underlying
                env.authenticatorService.create(loginInfo).map
                {
                      case authenticator
                        if data.rememberMe =>
                        authenticator.copy(expirationDateTime =
                                              clock.now + c.as[FiniteDuration]("silhouette.authenticator.rememberMe.authenticatorExpiry"),
                                              idleTimeout = c.getAs[FiniteDuration]("silhouette.authenticator.rememberMe.authenticatorIdleTimeout"),
                                              cookieMaxAge = c.getAs[FiniteDuration]("silhouette.authenticator.rememberMe.cookieMaxAge")
                                          )
                      case authenticator => authenticator
                }.flatMap {
                            authenticator => env.eventBus.publish(LoginEvent(user, request))
                                             env.authenticatorService.init(authenticator).flatMap { v => env.authenticatorService.embed(v, result) }
                          }
                case None =>
                  Future.failed(new IdentityNotFoundException("Couldn't find user"))
              }
          }.recover {
                      case e: ProviderException =>
                        Redirect(routes.ApplicationController.signIn()).flashing("error" -> Messages("invalid.credentials"))
                    }
      }
    )
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Since its inception, the Internet has operated under the policy that all data is created equal. This means that any Internet based start-up can send and receive data at the same rate as Internet Giants, such as Amazon and Netflix, for no extra cost.
However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is threatening to end this balance by allowing cable companies, such as Comcast and Time Warner to charge extra for increased data speed.
The FCC describes their proposed changes as introducing a "fast lane" that services, like Netflix, could pay to use. This would stream videos quicker to more users.
In practice, however, it is highly unlikely that services unable to pay extra will continue to receive adequate data speeds from cable companies. To continue the FCC's highway metaphor, they claim to be opening a new fast lane, when in reality they're simply allowing cable companies to open up a toll booth.
A large part of the issue is that of representation. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was appointed by President Barack Obama in November of 2013 in spite of the fact that Wheeler worked for many years as a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry.
A potential conflict of interest coming from the chairman, however, isn't what sparked this debate.
It all started in January when a federal court of appeals ruled in favor of Verizon by overturning protections the FCC had imposed. It prevented broadband providers from blocking and discriminating against content.
The FCC then had to come up with a new plan to protect net neutrality, this time under the new chairman and former lobbyist Wheeler. He then introduced a plan that would prevent cable companies from discriminating against content outright but would allow broadband companies to charge indiscriminately.
While the problem is complex, the solution is relatively simple. Anyone can write the FCC to tell them to protect net neutrality by reclassifying broadband companies as common carriers. This will subject them to stricter regulations that would protect the open Internet. This however, is a short term fix and a government solution to a government problem.
The long term issue still remains. Cable companies have a virtual monopoly in many areas and immense lobbying power. Citizens need to pressure their congressional representatives to break these monopolies. The only way for consumers to reduce cable companies' power is to be able to take their business elsewhere.


I moved to Jackson in the summer of 1995.
Bauhaus Prairie Gallery. Online Juried Exhibition. 1st place.
Bauhaus Prairie Gallery. Online Juried Exhibition. 2 Honorable mentions +1.
Bauhaus Prairie Gallery. Online Juried Exhibition. 1 Honorable mention + 2.
Bauhaus Prairie Gallery. Online Juried Exhibition.
I participated in group exhibits in Jackson, in yearly fund raisers for Jackson's Art Association and had two solo exhibits in Jackson.
"Coming Back Home," a mixed media painting, is in the State Museum' collection in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
My sculptures can be seen outdoors in Jackson and Vail, Colorado.
The irrigation patterns seen from the sky reveal an esthetic beyond the necessity of growing crops to feed people. They become food for hearts and souls.
Living in Wyoming, the wild West sate, I love mining the symbols and the beauty of the culture of the living West. I also love celebrating wildlife.


The use of mathematics to define and verify the behaviour of software is called formal methods. Aerospace companies and other writers of critical software traditionally use formal methods to help ensure that the most vital parts of their software are dependable.
In past years, it has not been economic to apply formal methods to the development of non-critical software. The tools available required the developer to express specifications using mathematical notations and to assist in the theorem-proving process. Further, the semantics of the specification language were often far removed from the semantics of the programming languages used to write code, making it hard to relate the two languages.


Lovely meal! And the fact that you were still able to glean some bits from the garden...even better!
o m g that looks delicious... =_=!!!
A delightful dinner! Very savory!
I never thought of stuffing a chicken, how clever of you! and yum.
Thanks all - it was so very good and will feed us for days to come. Sweet!
I bet the little bits left over in a day or two will make some of the most delicious soup! mmmmmmm!
Most definitely Eva ~ when you have a chicken that raised on a diet you know, and that got some fresh air and sunshine, simmering those bones and scraps for a day or two is not to me be missed.
I'll even be rendering the fat so that I can make proper matza balls to go with my "penicillin soup!"


A bulk of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, were released on Wednesday.
The schoolgirls, 110, were abducted on February 19 but only 91 have been confirmed released by the federal government.
While some Nigerians expressed delight over their return, others accused the government of playing politics with the abduction.
Taking a moment to just rejoice with the parents of the 76 returned #DapchiGirls. And holding on to hope for the remaining 34.
Who don't know that this is #DapchiGirls yahoo yahoo by @APCNigeria led for federal government..
My question before celebrating the release of #DapchiGirls is; "Who ordered the withdrawal of security from Dapchi?"
Our government noticed that people didn't care anymore about their fake abductions… That's why they returned the #DapchiGirls 😂😂, watch out for another political strategy , now way " kidnapping " don cast ..
Our sisters from the north are now tools for the politics.
#DapchiGirls have been returned to point of kidnap by BH.
Journalists are barred from the pool.
President Buhari is working, isn't he?
We need to ask #DapchiGirls if they saw the remaining #ChibokGirls in the camp. Or does Boko boys now have two factions?
I am happy the girl have returned. God be praised. When will heads roll on this #DapchiGirls issue? Why wasn't anyone arrested?
BREAKING GOOD NEWS: Boko Haram has reportedly returned all kidnapped #DapchiGirls back to Dapchi township in Yobe.
BREAKING BAD NEWS: Report claim Five of them are dead.


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Which companies are on your wishlist of who Microsoft should acquire?
Microsoft has a huge portfolio of services spread across various industries and sits among the top firms for cloud services, consumer computing, and video games. With the benefit of being among the world's largest companies, sometimes existing products are ushered into the Microsoft family.
Several high-profile acquisitions have been seen over the years, including LinkedIn and most recently, Github. There are still several companies well-positioned to be bought out too, even if they may be costly. One Windows Central forum user brought up the top firms they'd like to see Microsoft acquire.
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Vasa: the Swedish Empire's doomed flagship
Vasa by Nils Stödberg
Date: November 3, 2017Author: Alexander Hamer 1 Comment
Maritime history is filled with vessels that were constructed at a great cost in time, money and manpower only to fall victim to disaster on its maiden voyage. By far the most well-known of all such ships is, of course, the RMS Titanic, which sank on its maiden crossing of the Atlantic after striking an iceberg.
However, at least the Titanic made it roughly 1800 nautical miles into her maiden voyage. In the case of the 17th Century Swedish warship Vasa, the vessel didn't even make it out of the harbour.
Before discuss the Vasa herself, it is worth addressing the broader context in which she was constructed.
Europe in the 17th Century was a continent consumed by famine, disease and war. This was the time of the European Wars of Religion, triggered by the onset of the Protestant Reformation the previous century.
Sweden at this time was counted amongst the great powers of Europe. The Swedish Empire is generally accepted to have begun in 1611, with the ascension to the throne of Gustav II Adolph (more commonly known as Gustavus Adolphus), who would, thanks to his formidable military reputation, become known as the Lion of the North and one of the great generals in history.
When he took the throne, Gustav inherited from his father no less than three separate wars. The most important of these was against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, whose ruler claimed the throne of Sweden was rightfully his. The conflict against the Poles would continue, punctuated by periods of truce, until 1629. During the periods of active war, Gustav invaded Polish possessions along the Baltic coast on several occasions.
Gustav II Adolph
However, while the war on the Continent was going well, Sweden had suffered a series of naval losses throughout the 1620s, including two of its flagships and several of its larger warships. Gustav was determined that the Swedish navy should be rejuvenated and brought into line with what was expected of a great power.
To that end, he ordered the construction of a series of mid-to-large warships. The first of these vessels was to be the new flagship: the Vasa (named for Sweden's royal House of Vasa).
This was a period of transition in European naval warfare. Until the 17th century, artillery technology had not advanced enough to produce guns capable of decisively damaging an enemy ship. Previously those cannons that were mounted on warships were used to target the enemy crew, rather than the ship itself. Since boarding was still the primary means of naval combat, casualties in the enemy crew were more important than damaging the enemy ship. By the 17th century, however, larger guns had begun appearing on warships, though still not in enough numbers to be decisive in a naval engagement. Over time this would change, as naval combat shifted away from the era of boarding to the era of the so-called ships-of-the-line, where the guns were the primary weapon of the vessel.
This period of transition is reflected in the design in the Vasa. Gustav demanded a flagship that had an unusually high number of guns. 72 cannons were to be mounted on the ship, including 48 heavy 24-pounders. Since the Vasa was not an especially large vessel, two gundecks were required to house so many cannons, something that had almost never been attempted before. Shipbuilding in the 17th century was not yet the science that it would later become and the design compromises required to facilitate two gundecks while maintaining the stability of the vessel as a whole were quite poorly understood.
Cross section of the Vasa
Despite possessing an armament on par with later ships-of-the-line, Vasa still possessed the high and narrow aft-castle, complete with intricate ornamentation, that characterised warships of the old tradition. She also possessed, for a ship of her size, an unusually shallow draft (the portion of the hull that sat beneath the waterline, a crucial part of the design necessary for balancing the weight of the ship above the surface). This mingling of the old tradition with the new design requirements of a heavy armament would have disastrous consequences.
When the captain tasked with supervising the ship's construction ordered a test of the Vasa's stability (involving 30 men running from one side of the deck to the other repeatedly to make the ship roll) in the summer of 1628, he was forced to stop the test not long after it began for fear of capsizing the ship. It was clear as daylight that there were some serious flaws in the design of the ship.
However, Gustav was impatient for the Vasa to be launched as soon as possible. He regularly sent letters to the shipyard demanded that construction be sped up. When the shipwrights raised the prospect of postponing the launch so that the design flaws could be rectified as much as possible, the king dismissed their concerns out of hand. He wanted the ship made ready as early as humanly possible and there were to be no compromises on its design.
In August 1628, Gustav ordered the Vasa be put to sea.
Unable to stand up to the king, the captain had no choice but to obey.
On August 10, the Vasa began her maiden voyage. Thousands of civilians, as well as dozens of foreign dignitaries, lined Stockholm's harbour to see the flagship off. The ship's guns were fired in a salute.
Initially, all appeared to be going well.
That soon changed.
As the ship passed the eastern end of what is now Södermalm island, it was hit with a powerful gust of wind. The vessel immediately began to lean heavily onto its port side. The lower gunports (which the captain had forgotten to close) on the port side were open and were soon forced below the waterline. Water rushed into the lower holds of the ship, sealing her fate. Within minutes, the ship sank to a depth of 32m less than 120m from the shore and in full view of the spectators. It is believed that at least 30 sailors drowned.
The Sinking of the Vasa by Andrew Howat
And that seemed to be the end of the story of the ill-fated Vasa.
Until, that is, the wreck was rediscovered in 1956.
Admittedly, the wreck had not been entirely lost to history since the ship sank. Within 50 years the majority of the cannons (the most expensive and valuable part of the ship) had been recovered. And in the 19th century, there were several diving operations performed in and around the site of the wreck. However, since the late 19th century, the location of the Vasa's resting place had been lost.
In 1956, the amateur maritime archaeologist Anders Franzen believed he had found the shipwreck when he noticed a suspicious lump on the sea floor just off the island of Beckholmen in the results of a sounding program. Swedish Navy divers soon confirmed that it was a shipwreck and it was a vessel that possessed two gundecks.
The Vasa had been found.
Discussions quickly turned to the possibility of raising the wreck from the sea floor, an extremely difficult proposition as the ship was deeply ensconced in the heavy clay mud of the Stockholm Ström.
Eventually, the newly formed Vasa Board settled on a means of recovery. Six tunnels would be dug underneath the ship, through which steel cables would be threaded. Two pontoons would then slowly tighten the cables, raising the ship from its resting place.
The reality of this recovery operation for the divers involved was extremely dangerous. For months, divers used high-pressure hoses to cut through the thick clay of the sea flow. At all times there was the possibility that the wreck might move or settle deeper into the mud with a diver trapped in the tunnels beneath hundreds of tonnes of mud-filled shipwreck. Despite this everpresent danger, the tunnels were dug without any major incidents.
Model showing a diver during the recovery operation
Over the course of several years, the cables were slowly tightened and the ship was ever so slowly raised closer to the surface. As the ship was freed from the mud, divers began the painstaking archaeological process of clearing out the mud from the lower decks of the ship. Since the lower decks were almost entirely intact, the utmost care was needed to excavate and catalogue everything that was uncovered. It was during this period that the remains of several individuals were discovered, along with a veritable treasure trove of unique archaeological finds, including personal items of the ship's crew.
Complete tables (board-game) set recovered from the Vasa
In 1961, the final lift raised the ship above the surface.
333 years after she sank on her maiden voyage, the Vasa was afloat once more.
When it was finally revealed, the ship was astonishingly well preserved. It was quickly discovered that a combination of the heavy clay of the sea floor and, somewhat ironically, the heavy pollution of the Stockholm Ström until the late 20th century had created an environment so hostile to life that even the bacteria that would have caused the ship to decompose were unable to survive.
Additionally, it quickly became clear exactly why the ship sank in the first place. The portion of the ship above the waterline was too high, too heavy and not properly counterbalanced by a proportionally deep draft. The centre of gravity was simply too high.
The re-floated Vasa was towed into a drydock, where it underwent significant restoration. It was later moved to the half-finished Vasa Museum, where it now rests. The remainder of the museum was constructed around the ship.
However, almost as soon as the battle to recover the ship had ended, another had begun. The Vasa was freed from her tomb but also from her protection. Since it was raised in 1961, the caretakers of the ship have been in a constant battle to protect the vessel from deterioration.
The harsh chemicals that had protected the ship from bacteria had also penetrated the wood itself. Exposure to the air triggered chemical reactions within the timbers that produce sulfuric acid, as well as some acids caused by the spraying of preservative chemicals on the wood.
The deterioration of the ship is inevitable. The process can only be slowed and scientists and conservationists from teams around the world are currently researching methods of preserving this spectacular piece of history for as long as possible.
The Vasa is now among Sweden's most popular tourist attractions, with an estimated 35 million visitors since 1961. Hopefully, millions more may get the chance to see this incredible relic of a by-gone age for many years to come
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Wow what a costly experiment in ship building; hopeful valuable lessons were learned. I would like to see this ship in person some day. Thanks for your great post!
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Firmware News: Redmi 6 And 6A Won't Get Their Slice of Pie, And More
By George Kasiouras on Apr 19, 2019 - News
This week, on our weekly firmware news: turns out that the Redmi 6 and 6A will not get updated to Android Pie, multiple Huawei devices set to receive the latest version of Android, and more!
What's New This Week?
Honor 8 Pro gets its slice of Pie
Honor Magic 2 and View 20 are expected to get GPU Turbo 3.0 by the end of May
6 Huawei phones get updated to the latest version of Android
P30 Pro gets AR measurement tool
Nokia 9 PureView receives a ton of improvements with the latest update
Moto G6 is now receiving Android Pie in the US
Latest update for the Galaxy M20 improves charging speed
Galaxy Fold is expected to receive at least one update out of the box
Android Pie community beta is now available for the OnePlus 3 and 3T
Latest MIUI beta build brings a new feature to the table
Redmi 6 and 6A unlikely to receive Android Pie
The stable version of Android Pie is finally here for the the Honor 8 Pro. And along with it, EMUI 9.
If you're already running the beta version, then you'll only have to download something more than 300 megabytes. However, if you're on the stable version, then you're looking at more than 3 gigs. So, do keep that in mind.
Apart from Android Pie, you also get some of its features, like Adaptive Battery. Furthermore, you also get the new UI of EMUI 9 and lots of new stuff.
There is AI object recognition, Huawei Share 3.0, ViLTE, and more. March's security patch is included in the updated, which is always a good thing.
Honor View 20 and Magic 2
Honor Magic UI 2.1, Honor's custom ROM, is already in development. It's expected to become available in beta for View 20 and Magic 2 users by the end of this month.
If all goes well, everyone should see the stable version coming by the end of May. With this release, you can expect to see GPU Turbo 3.0. In case you haven't heard about it, GPU Turbo is a piece of software that increases gaming performance and power efficiency.
The only downside? It only works with a handful of games right now. However, as time goes on, it is expected that the list of compatibility will get longer and longer.
Apart from GPU Turbo, we're also expecting to see features like AI video editing, dual SIM switching, an AR measurement tool, and more!
Six more Huawei devices are getting upgraded to Android Pie. Those include the:
Honor Play 7X
Honor 9 youth version and Honor 9i
Furthermore, starting from today, the Huawei Enjoy 9 Plus has also started receiving the update. Do keep in mind that this is most likely an incremental roll-out, which means that not everybody will receive the update at first.
Apart from Android Pie, you also get some of its features, like Adaptive Battery, along with EMUI 9.0. And of course, along with EMUI 9, you get the new UI and any new features that it has.
When the P30 Pro was first revealed, Huawei showcased an interesting featured called "AR measurement". And what basically does is that it can measure the distance between two objects in real life by using the camera.
That may sound interesting, but we never came to see the feature on the actual released P30 Pro. Good thing that according to our sources, it's now being delivered through an update.
We can't say for sure just why the phone didn't ship with the feature included. Maybe it wasn't quite ready yet. Maybe it needed small improvements and/or fixes.
This is made possible by Huawei's time of flight sensor. At the moment, nobody can safely say just how accurate it is. Once it arrives on a worldwide scale and millions of people will be able to use it, then we'll definitely have more data to work with.
Speaking of worldwide delivery, according to our sources, this update is currently only available in China. Still, if it's already available in one region, then chances are that it'll go Global pretty soon.
So, if it so much happens that you've got a P30 Pro in your possession, let us know if you've received this update or not by using this comments section.
The latest update for the Nokia 9 PureView improves system stability, brings the latest security patch, and offers user interface enhancements. It weighs about 250 megabytes, so, make sure that you're on your Wi-Fi.
However, according to numerous users, this update brings more improvements than what it says. HDR, fingerprint reader, and screen calibration have been improved. And other things like over-sharped images and weird skin colors have been fixed.
This update is currently rolling OTA. We don't know if it's incremental or not. So, there's a chance that you won't get it at first. In which case, it really is incremental and is being delivered in waves.
That's all we've got for now. We'll let you know if anything else comes up. So, stay tuned!
Other regions had already started receiving Android Pie a couple of months ago. Now the USA joins in as well.
A potential reason for this delay is how carriers work there. Most, if not all devices are locked and this makes it much more difficult to deliver updates.
Apart from Android Pie, you're also getting some of its features along with the latest Android security patch. Now, according to our sources, Motorola pushes their updates only a few days after announcing them. So, you may have to wait for a tiny bit longer before getting your slice of Pie.
The latest update for the Samsung Galaxy M20 is here. The description says that it improves fast charging, brings the March security patch, and brings a few general performance and stability improvements.
At less than 100 megabytes, this is a rather small update which doesn't bring much else to the table. The phone still runs on Android Oreo, which kinda sucks. But, hey, what can you do about it?
The Samsung Galaxy Fold is Samsung's first handheld device that is flirting with a $2K price tag. So, it's no surprise that they are trying to ensure that their users will get the best possible experience out of it.
As the release date is coming closer and closer, more and more updates are stacking over one another. Security builds, bug fixes, etc. It's expected that you'll get several updates right out of the box.
OnePlus 3 and 3T
Good news for OnePlus 3/3T owners. You're now closer to Android Pie than ever before.
The community build is ready and pretty much everyone can try it. However, you can't install it OTA. At the moment, you need to head over to the OnePlus forums and follow the instructions.
However, do keep in mind that this is still considered a beta build. So, don't complain if anything goes wrong. You'll be installing it at your own risk.
As for the stable OTA version? Well, it's certainly hard to say at the moment. If everything goes well, you'll probably get it by the end of the next month. However, if more bugs keep on coming up with these tests, then OnePlus may have to extend the wait times.
That's all we've got for now. Stay tuned for more.
The latest MIUI beta brings a new feature to the table which highly resembles Google's Digital Wellbeing.
This is called screen time and it basically works like Digital Wellbeing. It counts how many hours you've been using your phone, which apps you've been using and the duration of usage, number of times that you've unlocked your device, number of notifications, and possibly more in the future.
We suppose that this is a good thing since Xiaomi won't have to worry too much about implementing Digital Wellbeing without experiencing extra bugs and issues. Not to mention that this integrates more deeply within the MIUI ecosystem.
Update: starting from today, this feature is now also available in the Global variant of the ROM.
Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A
The Redmi 6 series came about a year ago with Android Oreo out of the box. They were originally meant to get Android Pie. However, the company lately changed the development status to: "Change of plans - Suspension of recruitment".
If you ask us, that sounds like a polite way of saying that the phone will no longer be supported. So, since the those phones are no longer supported, chances are that they'll never get to see Android Pie.
This could be due to the fact that the phone is powered by a Mediatek chipset and that makes delivering updates a bit harder. Or it could be because this is one of the cheapest Xiaomi phones out there.
After all, when everything is said and done, smartphone manufacturers are known for focusing more towards their flagships instead of their budget devices. And to be honest, that's kind of the logical approach here.
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Miller believes Sabres can make up for last year
Ryan Miller vividly recalls the walk he took last year after the crushing end to the Sabres' season, when Buffalo was in position to steal the Eastern Conference title from Carolina. Buffalo led Game 7 on the road in the third period before things fell apart.
Miller and the Sabres returned to hockey's final four yesterday with a 5-4 victory in New York over the Rangers, giving them a 4-2 series win and an Eastern Conference final showdown with their Northeast Division rival, the Ottawa Senators.
"It feels pretty good to be back where we feel we belong," Miller said.
Chris Drury had a goal and assist in the Sabres' four-goal second period that erased an early deficit, and Miller preserved the win with 32 saves, including 11 in a frantic third period.
"I remember walking out of Carolina's rink talking to my dad, shaking my head and saying, 'I was 20 minutes away from a chance,' " Miller said. "It stuck with me the whole year. I want that chance again and I think everybody in this room appreciates it more that we got so close."
The only team standing in the way of the Presidents' Trophy-winning Sabres is Ottawa. In a game in February between the teams, a brawl that was sparked by a hit to Drury led to 100 penalty minutes.
"We definitely have some history with Ottawa and we're going to have to go out and play our best hockey, to have a chance to win that series," Miller said.
Dmitri Kalinin, Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht joined Drury in Buffalo's offensive onslaught that lasted 9 minutes, 46 seconds.
"Odd-man rushes," the Rangers' Jaromir Jagr lamented. "We said that all series long. We just can't give it to them. We didn't lose it, we just gave it to them. They are a great team but they aren't better."
Jagr scored his 72nd career postseason goal in the loss.
"I think there is a lot more hockey left in this club so we're going to have some fun," Miller said.
At the world championships:
Erik Staal scored 23 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic at Mytischi, Russia, setting up today's Canada-United States game to determine first place in the teams' group. Both teams are assured of quarterfinal berths.
The Czechs also advanced because the point they gained in the regulation loss was enough to put them into the quarterfinals.
In another game in Mytischi, Pavol Demitra scored the winning goal and Slovakia reached the quarterfinals with a 4-3 victory over Belarus.
In Moscow, Johan Akerman scored and Johan Backlund made 38 saves in Sweden's 1-0 win over Finland, while Ilya Kovalchuk scored a goal and set up another to lead Russia over Switzerland, 6-3, also putting both winners into the quarters, which will be played in Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday.
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A Crisis in The Church
Dear Editor: Ed Wilkinson's Sept. 8 column wrongly casts the crisis in the Church in exclusively ideological terms. He attacks the letter of former Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Vigano, which accused many bishops and the Holy Father of failing to act on former Cardinal McCarrick's history of sexual abuse, as having a "vindictive" tone and accuses him of "throw[ing] so many people under the bus that you just have to question his motives."
However, a significant number of American bishops and archbishops who personally know Vigano disagree with Wilkinson's assessment. They call Vigano a man of faith and integrity. USCCB president Cardinal DiNardo said the questions raised by Vigano "deserve answers that are conclusive and based on evidence." Bishop Robert Barron and many others have joined the call for an honest and objective investigation into Vigano's claims.
Wilkinson refers to McCarrick's practice of inviting seminarians to his beach house, where he'd routinely assign one or another to join him in bed for the night, as mere "sexual indiscretions" that were "something much different" than his sexual abuse of a 16-year-old altar boy.
But molesting a teenaged altar boy is "much different" only if one accepts the false premise that the sexual abuse of young men studying for the priesthood is a mere "indiscretion." Wilkinson may have unwittingly provided an insight into the mindset of some in the hierarchy, which may explain why McCarrick rose through the ranks, notwithstanding complaints and secret monetary settlements by the Metuchen and Newark dioceses over a decade ago to victims of his "indiscretions." We've reached a sad point when even The New York Times, which described McCarrick as preying on, abusing and sexually harassing seminarians, calls out grave sin more clearly than our diocesan newspaper.
Wilkinson also calls "wise" the Holy Father's refusal to address Vigano's allegations, so the press may conduct its own investigation. But why should we not expect and demand transparency and the truth from the Vatican, and why should we place our trust in a politicized media? Since when is the media to do the work of cleaning up the Church? Wilkinson says that "the subtleties of the situation are not served by a war in the headlines," but The Tablet wages that war on Vigano.
Wilkinson is right that there is a cancer in the Church, but he misassigns the blame. Bishop Barron said that now is the time to for the laity to fight for the Church. I respectfully disagree with the Holy Father's refusal to address Vigano's claims. Only when there are answers and real transparency about the persons and structures that supported and shielded McCarrick will we, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, begin to cure the sickness ailing Christ's Church.
PATRICK M. COLLINS
Editor's Note: To be accurate, sexual misconduct with a minor is "different" from sexual relations with a legal adult. But to be clear, both are signs of evil, just "different" signs. Also, nowhere did I use the word "mere" to describe the sexual indiscretion. To do so would have been to minimize the sin committed. That certainly was not my intention.
Dear Editor: In response to your editorial (Sept. 8) I offer the following: You cite … "a full scale civil war" of liberals and conservatives. That's a bit over the top. Current verbal communication can hardly be described as war. Alas, silence and procrastination could lead to a similar fate of the 15th Century or just an abandonment of the Church.
You question whether there were ever sanctions against McCarrick? Well, if not, there should have been! There is "credible evidence" of his indiscretions going back a long time. A letter from 2006 surfaced this week alluding to the Vatican's knowledge of his indiscretions prior to 2000. That letter was from an official in the Vatican seeking a reference as to the character of a member of the clergy who may been exposed to McCarrick's antics pre-dating 2000.
You also suggest that Vigano may be a conservative. So what? Does that make his statements any less truthful? You describe his charges as being "very vindictive" and throwing "many people under the bus" thus questioning his motives. Obviously, this cardinal has spent more than 20 years reporting these indiscretions through the chain of command without any response.
At what point does one explode and fight back ? Or as Vigano put it; 'I'm an old man who will soon meet my Maker, Who will ask me what I did about the knowledge I had of McCarrick'?
Comparing the degree of abusing minors versus young seminarians really neutralizes any argument you may have in this matter. (your paragraph 6 of your op-ed)
Should the Pope resign? Certainly not at my pay grade to judge. However, silence is not the answer. Time to investigate? How much time is needed – 20 years isn't sufficient?
Silence and procrastination is what has brought us to this situation in the Church. The clock has run out of time. We have South America and Pennsylvania to thank for burying our head in the sand. Action speaks louder than words!
Belle Harbor
Editor's Note: No one is advocating silence on the issue. The Diocese of Brooklyn has been extremely aggressive in combatting the sexual abuse issue. All charges go directly to civil authorities and any credible charges, whether they fall within the statute of limitations or not, result in the immediate dismissal of the clergyman.
Dear Editor: In observing the recent fallout from the McCarrick affair, it is important to note that there is no mechanism to force a pope to resign. It is Pope Francis' papacy for life, or he alone can decide to retire. However, the circumstances that have brought us to this great crisis are sobering for anyone who loves the Church. At the very least, at the time Cardinal McCarrick was advising Pope Francis on U.S. bishop appointments, he had caused two dioceses to pay large settlements to victims he personally abused. Indeed, as reported by the NY Times on July 19, 2018, one of the abuse victims was originally the first baby he baptized, an outrage that cries to heaven for vengeance. Moreover, in numerous press reports, and even in some bishops statements, the former cardinal was open and notoriously sexually active.
How could such a man, with his reputation and two sexual abuse lawsuits settled against him, get to the level of advising the Pope? Some like Cardinal Cupich say the problem is "clericalism."
Others say the problem is the "backlash," as Father James Martin said on Aug. 31, 2018, that some are engaging in a "witch-hunt" against gay priests. My own view is that the faithful have been much too passive in demanding answers – similar to what the USCCB is now saying, we require detailed answers about not just how the McCarrick affair happened, but other "incidents" that have taken place at high levels of our Beloved Church.
Are there other senior advisers with squalid records? Is there is a culture of pederasty in the Church that somehow has enabled this crisis?
And finally when can it be effectively terminated through holy and faithful men replacing the wicked.
JAMES C. GANGE
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