If you have a Canon DSLR, congratulations! You have access to quite possibly the greatest collection of lenses on Earth. While it's more than possible to find some remarkable lenses for any DSLR — and I personally recommend checking out Sigma's excellent Art line for any camera brand — Canon lenses are generally considered the best in the world. Sure, Leica and Zeiss offer some truly astounding glass, such as the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95, that arguably outperform the very best from Canon. But if you want a huge selection of dozens of lenses with focal lengths ranging from 8mm to 800mm, look no further than Canon EF lenses.
But with such a massive selection to choose from, picking the lenses that are right for you can be a daunting task. If you're into a specialized form of photography that requires a specific kind of lens, such as a fisheye, macro, tilt-shift, or super telephoto, then you likely already know what you need. However, if you're just starting out with your Canon camera, a narrowed down selection of the best Canon has to offer may be helpful.
#1 The first thing to note is if your camera is full-frame or APS-C, already assuming it is an EF mount camera. This will determine what lenses are available to you, and you should always triple check that you're buying a full-frame lens if you have a full-frame camera. If you have an APS-C camera, you can use any EF-mount lens, but be sure to note that the "equivalent focal length" of a full frame lens on a crop-sensor Canon is 1.6x the listed focal length. So if a full-frame lens is 35mm, on APS-C it would be 35mm x 1.6, or 56mm. APS-C only lenses are denoted as EF-S and shouldn't be purchased for use with a full-frame camera.
Silver: These are the everyday lenses that come in camera kits and are generally not the best Canon can make, with a flimsy, plastic build. Though they work fine, these lenses should generally be avoided if you want good image quality, though there are a few exceptions noted on this list. I almost always recommend buying a camera body only and choosing your lenses for yourself, since a kit lens won't give you results that are much better than a point-and-shoot. These budget lenses have silver rings or no rings at all painted on the barrel.
Gold: The middle tier is essentially just a nicer version of the Silver series, often sporting similar optical design with higher quality glass or coating and a metal construction. some of these lenses are actually pretty good, and you can spot them by their gold ring on the barrel.
Luxury: Then, there is the L series. These are expensive, amazing lenses that pretty much every photographer lusts after. They are easily recognizable by the red ring painted at the end of the barrel, and by their high price tags. Though they have top-end optical and build quality, they are usually big and heavy regardless of the focal length. But if you're going to take your Canon system seriously, you should save up and focus mostly on L lenses.
STM: Stepper Motor, a low-vibration focusing motor that's good for video, with non-mechanical manual focus. It's generally not as fast or accurate as an UltraSonic Motor and comes in cheaper lenses.
I, II, III: These numerals denote if the lens is Mark I, Mark II, or Mark III, or how recent the design is. If a lens is updated it will usually receive a newer Mark in its name. No Mark designation means the lens is a Mark I, which is the case for most of the lenses in the list below. While newer mark lenses are typically a bit better, the improvement isn't always worth the higher price.
My advice to any new photographer is to allocate about 2/3 of your total photography budget on getting two or three quality lenses. The lens you use will have a far greater impact on your images than the camera you use, and your lenses can stay with you your entire life while you will likely replace your camera every five years or so. If you want proof that the lens is far more important than the camera body, check out this great comparison video by the venerable DigitalRev TV. So if you can, save up and get one L lens instead of two or three non-L lenses and thank me later.
Okay, let's dive into the list of the best Canon lenses out there. Since this is aimed at photographers who are new to the Canon lens lineup, we'll go in order from the least expensive to the most expensive. But if you get multiple lenses, make sure they actually serve different purposes by having different focal lengths, physical sizes, or minimum apertures.
The nifty fifty! Every photographer needs a compact 50mm prime, and Canon has you covered with an excellent lens at an amazing price.
Narrower field of view on APS-C cameras.
Considering the popularity of its predecesor, Canon decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens with a power upgrade; something that was amazingly valued by Canon's loyal customers.
It covers full-frame cameras and is an 80mm equivalent lens on APS-C. It's small and has a Stepper autofocus motor (Also known as Smooth Transitions for Motion or STM) that is equally suited for stills and video, something Canon is know for. While it's in the lowest, Silver tier of Canon lenses, it's still a no-brainer purchase because of the price point, fast minimum aperture, and sharp performance. A clear number 1 in this Canon lens review post.
Ideal for those situations were we're shooting at poor lit conditions, for portraits and also for our daily life photographs - in a few words: a lifelong companion.
While not at all necessary, having a pancake lens is always kinda fun. As you can see, it's called a pancake lens because it's... shaped like a pancake. While the downside is that it has a relatively simple optical design that lacks a bit of sharpness, the upside is that it's just so darn flat!
One of the main advantages of this lens is its focal length of 24 mm, which paired with an EOS APS-C camera, will get the same angle of view as with a target of 38 mm and a full frame camera. These conditions are similar to the way in which the human eye perceives images, so these photos will have a nice, natural look for your viewers.
This lens will make your camera feel much smaller and lighter and is great for street photography, since it's not very noticeable or intimidating. Though its optical quality isn't the absolute best, it still can take some great images and is a bargain for a useful wide angle lens.
This lens is also ideal for those DOF effects, as well as for night photography due to its big aperture value - as a great amount of light can be caught by the sensor without even requiring to use a Flash.
This baby has quite a bit of zoom range, and it's the first Gold lens on the list. Because of its super long reach, it doesn't have a great minimum aperture range, but that's the price you pay. It does, however, have optical image stabilization, which is something to look for in a telephoto lens.
The lens EF 70-300 mm f/5-5 6 IS USM is equipped with a three steps (IS) image stabilizer, which makes it ideal for working without a tripod. It is possible to use slower shutter speeds values, up to three steps more than would be possible in other cases, without decreasing the sharpness feeling of the image itself.
An element of the objective of UD glass (ultra low dispersion) corrects chromatic aberrations as well as offering resolution and contrasts elevated throughout the zoom range.
Its focus motor is virtually silent, very fast speed for a precise focus even in the most demanding situations.
A budget solution for those who desire to take a step further on travel/landscape/action photography.
For creative photographers, this is your lens to go - It is capable of altering the perspective of the image in such a way to get incredible dynamic effects.
Before you get too excited, remember that this is another APS-C lens, meaning the equivalent focal length is 16-35mm. This is, however, still a very wide angle lens that's right on the border of being a fisheye. This is a great budget option for those looking for a wide angle zoom since it covers basically the entire range you would want. It's also another Gold lens, so you know the build quality will be pretty good too.
Another advantage of this lens relies on its ability to separate the background plane from the plane of the subject to portray, reinforcing the feeling of presence while keeping an excellent sharpness value in both planes.
It is considered to be a lightweight option for a telephoto lens if you compare it to other similar models - comfortable enough for not requiring a tripod on your common daily-shooting sessions.
The first L lens on the list, and it's a real beauty. 135mm is an awesome prime length for nature photography and probably the longest prime you'll want. This is perhaps the largest aperture available in a 135mm lens and it can make for some dramatic images of wildlife. The f/2 aperture is also helpful for nature photography because it can let in lots of light at dusk or dawn, when nature is at its best. You could even use this as a studio portrait lens, though you'll need a decent amount of space between you and your subject because of the longer than ideal focal length.
This lens model also features integration with E-TTL II flash metering, as well as featuring a circular aperture to create a smooth bokeh effect.
Keep in mind that this lens is supplied with a flexible case and lens hood.
If you're a street photographer new to Canon, this is probably the lens you want. 35mm is, in my opinion, the best focal length you can have for street photography and really for photography in general. It's a very similar focal length to the human eye, more so than 50mm, and therefore the resulting images look very natural.
The large f/1.4 maximum aperture allows a broader passage of light in comparison with the optical lens, f/2.8, which makes it ideal for photography without a tripod with low light.
When doing photos with large aperture values, photographers can play with limiting the depth of field value. Through these effects of shallow approach can highlight a reason of the merits and is particularly effective when combined with great visual field wide-angle lens.
As well as with the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, the Ultra-low dispersion (UD) optics and two aspherical lens elements provide incredible on all frame sharpness, even when the lens is used in its more angular opening.
Basically, if you can afford only one L lens you should seriously consider choosing this one.
This is essentially the big-boy (full-frame) equivalent of the EF-S 10-22mm listed above. It has an impressive f/2.8 aperture throughout its zoom range, which is generally the smallest aperture you can use to get pleasingly low depth of field when not shooting macro.
The USM (Ultrasonic Motor) ring controls the fast auto focus system with a nearly silent operation. Mechanical manual focusing can be cancelled without disconnecting the AF system. The lens offers a minimum focus distance of 0.28 m over the entire zoom range.
It also proves itself to be another cool option for getting Bokeh effects; as well as including a flexible case and lens hood, just as we previously seen with the EF 135mm f/2L USM.
This is a great lens for landscapes and should be preferred over its older, Mark I sibling.
In the photography gear version of the "Desert Island Game," this is the one lens to bring with you. It covers basically every focal length you could need with excellent quality and a bright/shallow aperture. Many street photographers prefer to use this as their go-to lens over a 35mm or 50mm prime, because it can shoot both of those focal lengths and more.
The sacrifice you make for tons of versatility is a smaller but still good f/2.8 aperture as compared to an f/1.4, and the lens is also fairly big and heavy.
It's famous for its unique, "reverse zoom" design that actually makes the lens physically longest at 24mm and physically shortest at 70mm. A minimum distance of 0.38 m focus increases the versatility of the EF 24 - 70 mm f/2 8 L II USM, because that brings up 0. 21 x increase.
This is one of the, if not the, best all-arounders in photography and every Canon owner should try to own it at some point.
One portrait lens to rule them all. This is the ideal focal length for gorgeous portraits, with an impressive f/1.2 aperture that can soften your background beyond recognition without a problem. But be warned, if you get this lens you may find yourself only shooting at f/1.2 and feeling disappointed and frustrated with the rest of your lenses for lacking this extreme aperture.
You can see just by looking at the shape of this lens the lengths Canon went to in order to accomplish this massive aperture, opening up the barrel diameter to accommodate an aperture that physically can't fit inside a typical Canon lens barrel.
Ultrasonic autofocus system as we have seen on other previous lenses, get ready to experiment its large f/1.2 maximum aperture, with in combination with the fast focus motor, it provides a remarkable speed to shoot in "low-light without flash" situations. The large aperture also provides precise control over depth of field to capture striking portraits.
If you're a fashion photographer, you need this lens. Anything else just isn't going to match the results you can get from this marvel of design.
This is another great lens for nature photographers, though it's very popular with sports photographers as well. Price must probably be its only downside, however it can be considered a sort of lifetime investment if you pair it with a Full-Frame camera.
The grey barrel and tripod mount are common signs that it's designed for specialty use where extreme zoom and speed is of the utmost importance, and massive size really isn't a concern.
With no less than 23 pieces of glass, this behemoth ways about 3.2 pounds and is not fun to carry. But if you need a lens like this then you're probably pretty serious about getting the shot, and you likely won't mind the extra work.
Thanks to the circular aperture of 8 sheets, it is possible to create a magnificent background bokeh effect, isolating subjects when using large aperture values.
So there you have it, all the lenses you need to consider. Okay, it probably won't hurt to look at just about every lens in Canon's lineup if you're so inclined, but when you get totally lost in your selection just come back here and know any of these lenses is an excellent choice.
Be sure to plan your lens purchases for the long term, not to patch a focal length range you need right now. For example, if you have no lenses at all, it may be tempting to fill out your bag right now with the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM and the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM for a total of about $1,225. However, if you eventually purchase an L lens you will likely make one or two of these lenses useless. Instead, it would be wise to perhaps choose the EF 135mm f/2L USM and the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM for about $1,125, then fill in the range with the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM whenever you get the chance.
Whatever you choose, make sure to plan for a diverse and quality set of lenses that can last you a lifetime. Once you have the right lenses for your Canon, the rest of your gear will fall into place.


John Fahey & His Orchestra? His Orchestra? Anyone who has a passing interest in the finger picking work of John Fahey will be broadly familiar with this guitar maestro, a genius who sat on a stool, picked up his acoustic guitar and wove magic with his fingers.
Maybe it was something to do with the major label he had just joined – Reprise – and the fact that Of Rivers And Religion (1972) was his first outing for them. The fact that he was able to access a large bank of musicians for the first time too must have been interesting for Fahey.
Imagine what could be done with a brass section…and strings. The intriguing thing about this album is what does not happen. I fully expected Fahey to drown beneath the waves of the orchestra but that doesn't happen. Fahey is right up there, front and centre. In fact, you can still hear much of this album as a solo effort which will come as a relief to fans who have yet to hear this piece. Hence, a track like Steamboat Gwine 'Round de Bend is Fahey at his slide guitar best. What the orchestra does bring to the party is merely flavours. This is a truly great album. Every Fahey fans needs it.
After The Ball was Fahey's second and final Reprise release and it retains the quality of the previous issue with the man performing solo and in duet with mandolin, banjo, and uke player Allen Rouse. Maybe mood is a bit overused here but Fahey retains his own quirky humour and his odd sense of timing that will delight any Fahey follower.


An element of fun was added this year by using our tech lab to play a variety of awesome online games for treble clef. My heartfelt thanks to the developers out there creating some really cool stuff to make third grade fun.
They started to become aware of their understanding and now we can build strategies for them to practice. When the recorders arrive in February, we should be set to go!
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All students and faculty/staff at Columbus Academy may enjoy a dress down day tomorrow (Friday, November 2), meaning everyone can wear sneakers and jeans with school spiritwear or colors (maroon and gray) on top. It's a little reward to end a busy week as well as a terrific way to start a long weekend for students, since Monday is a professional development day for faculty and staff.
Columbus Academy will host its annual Admissions Open House for all grades from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 11. It is an afternoon when the school showcases all it has to offer to potential families, and parents/guardians play an important role in welcoming our guests and answering their questions. If you are interested in leading tours or being available to discuss Academy with those who are returning from tours, please contact Debbie Keeran at keerand@columbusacademy.org or 614-509-2236. And if you are on Facebook, please consider sharing the event link below with anyone who might be interested in learning more about our community!
Columbus Academy's Upper School will stage "Twelve Angry Jurors" in the Schoedinger Theatre at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, November 2-3. The cast includes seniors Aylah Mendenhall, Bobby Diller, Sophia Tidwell, Mira Bhasin, Sidney Edson and Cole Raiken, juniors Michael Hoffman and Simon Iobst, sophomores Jay Whitney, Sejal Jindal and CJ Leet, and freshmen Eden Singelton-Tarr and Ryan Reagan. "I'm very excited about the cast and can't wait for you to see them in action," says Scott Dillon, who is directing the show with junior Nikki Turley as his student assistant. Admission is free for Academy students and faculty/staff. For everyone else, tickets are $7 and will be available at the door.
At 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 12, Columbus Academy's College Counseling Office will host Junior College Night for our Class of 2020 students, parents and guardians in the Schoedinger Theatre. This is the only college counseling program exclusively focused on Grade 11 families all year. The presentation will provide a road map for the next 18 months as well as demystify the college admission process. Please come and gain a better understanding of what to expect from college counseling at Columbus Academy.
Columbus Academy is pleased to welcome Kimbal Musk as this year's Celebration of Leadership speaker on November 13. Recognized as a global social entrepreneur by the World Economic Forum, Mr. Musk is the co-founder of Big Green, a nonprofit organization that brings learning gardens to children and educators in underserved schools across the United States. Mr. Musk will be speaking to upper school students in the afternoon and at an Annual Fund leadership donor reception in the evening. The RSVP deadline is November 2, but space is limited. Please reply as soon as possible to attend.
Our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month concluded in mid-October after a variety of activities both on and off campus surrounded by an extended visit from a familiar friend, Estela Romero, a reporter from Journey North in Mexico. Many other opportunities for celebration of Hispanic heritage were on display throughout the month including lower and middle school Spanish-heritage assemblies, families gathering together to enjoy authentic recipes and a fun-filled community celebration organized by Amy Gonzalez and Gabriela May of ¡HOLA! (Hispanic Outreach & Latino Awareness).
Earlier this month, Columbus Academy hosted Hieros Gamos Redux (sacred marriage X2), a joint effort between the Ohio Classical Conference and the Ohio Junior Classical League. More than 160 people attended the event including secondary students from Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus as well as OSU graduate students, teachers from around the state and professors from Ohio University, Case Western, Marshall, Wake Forest, Kenyon and Miami. The purpose was an exchange of ideas and to celebrate a love of all things classical: Latin, ancient Greece and the history/culture of the ancient Mediterranean basin. The OJCL Board - which includes Academy's Marcus Grewal '19 and Andrew Cahall '20 - coordinated a number of fun activities for the more than 120 students in attendance. According to upper school Latin teacher Christy Bening, students engaged with adults throughout the day's fascinating talks and enlightening presentations, and "a special thanks to Elise Gursahaney for her work with the OJCL students and to Dr. Franz Gruber for his support of the OCC guests."
Winter After School Activities (ASA) will be coming to you with a new spin! Beginning with this winter season, registration will be available through My BackPack as well as the traditional paper form. You can expect registration for winter classes to be available in early December, and communication regarding ASAs to be new and much improved. Stay tuned!
Saturday, November 17, marks our final Parents' Day Out for the fall season. Take advantage of five hours of childcare from noon to 5:00 p.m. while our CASE staff entertains the children with a variety of games, crafts, companionship and fun! To reserve a space, please submit the Fall ASA registration form with a $30 payment to the Special Programs Office as soon as possible. For questions, please contact Rachel Kuhn at 614-509-2267 or programs@columbusacademy.org.
Several years ago, parent volunteers developed a talent show called "Celebrate the Arts" that featured parent, faculty and alumni performers with the goals of celebrating the arts and raising funds. The event evolved into an evening that celebrated our community's cultures and the arts with a variety of food and performances in addition to showcasing the new gallery space in Morris Hall. Now, we are embarking on a new chapter and are re-imagining this event.
Several members of our community stopped by the athletic lobby on October 10 to donate blood at the first blood drive of the school year, organized by our Service Board and coordinated by the Red Cross. A total of 22 donors combined to give 19 units of blood, good enough to save an estimated 53 lives in Central Ohio. A special thanks to all of our faculty, student and community donors who generously gave their time to help ensure the event was a success. The next drive is scheduled for January 16, 2019.
Columbus Academy's undefeated field hockey squad, now ranked #18 in the nation, faces Ursuline Academy in a noon state semifinal match tomorrow with the winner advancing to Saturday's 1:00 p.m. state championship game, both at Upper Arlington High School. The OHSAA Cross Country State Championships originally scheduled for this weekend have been postponed until next Saturday, November 10. Our boys team (making its fourth-straight appearance and sixth overall) will race at 11:00 a.m. while Academy junior Annalise Grammel (pictured) will take on the National Trail Raceway course at 1:30 p.m. Please click on the Additional Sports Links below for updates on how the rest of our fall sports seasons concluded.
Official practices for our girls basketball and ice hockey programs already have begun. In fact, our ice hockey team -- now varsity after successfully establishing itself on the JV level last year -- plays its first scrimmage at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, November 2) against Gahanna inside Chiller Easton. Click below to see when practices start for the rest of our winter programs.


CARY, N.C. - The Brevard College Tornados Baseball team (2-2) split a four-game series against the William Peace Pacers (2-2) at the USA Baseball National Training Complex to open the 2019 season.
Brevard battled William Peace valiantly on Sunday in the series finale but fell by way of a two-run walk-off home run in the 12th inning that earned WPU a series split. William Peace's Alec Seaton blasted a deep ball to left field that gave the Pacers a 4-2 win in what was a tight pitchers duel for most of the afternoon.
Michael Merryman, a senior RHP from Cary, N.C., got the starting nod in his hometown on Sunday afternoon. Merryman enjoyed the finest outing in his three-year BC career, pitching 6.0 innings of four-hit, one-run ball, striking out seven Pacers.
The Tornados, whose offense has been opportune all weekend, got their first run early thanks to a balk by WPU starting pitcher Brendan Shea. Ryan Roon came across and Beau Shealy moved to second for the Tornados as Brevard established itself with a 1-0 lead. BC stranded Shealy at second, sending the game to the bottom half of the first.
Easter Payton came around the horn for William Peace after he struck out, but reached first on a passed ball. Payton moved up on a groundout and a wild pitch then was singled home by the game's eventual hero Seaton. Merryman limited the damage to just one run, as the first inning came to a close with the score all square at 1-1.
Merryman retired WPU in order for two-straight innings, however, Brevard's bats could not break the tie.
The Tornados found a little offensive groove in the fourth inning, as Johnny Flynn singled home Holden Lanier to push BC up 2-1. Lanier advanced to second on a one-out groundout but didn't get brought home.
From innings five through eight, both sides combined to leave five runners on base, as both pitching staffs dominated. BC RHP Zane Beaver made his collegiate debut, working through innings seven and eight without giving up a run. Brevard entered the final inning looking to shut the door on a one-run lead, 2-1.
The Tornados had a major opportunity to add to their lead in the top of the ninth, as Christian Ezzell reached first on an error, stole second, and reached third on a groundout. However, with two outs Ezzell tried to score on a passed ball and was tagged out at the plate to send the contest into the bottom of the ninth.
William Peace would rise to the occasion in the final inning. Michael Stern started the rally against Beaver for WPU, singling to center to lead off the inning. Jonathan Rhew, Stern's pinch runner, stole second in between of two fly outs. The Tornados were one out away from a series victory, as WPU had a runner on second with two outs.
WPU's Tyler Tilson was intentionally walked, bringing up Nathan Holt. Beaver walked Holt to load the bases, then hit Payton in the following at-bat as a pitch got away from him inside. William Peace had the bases loaded with two outs and the game tied at 2-2.
Head Coach Sean Walsh sent Ben Melton on to pitch for Brevard, and it paid off as Melton forced WPU to hit a shallow fly ball to left that ended the frame. The game was bound for extra innings tied at 2-2.
Brevard threatened in the top half of the 10th inning but left runners on first and second. Melton worked a 1-2-3 frame in the bottom half of the inning to extend the contest to the 11th.
BC's Lanier singled and advanced to second with nobody out in the top of the 11th, however, the Tornados failed to advance him beyond there. The Pacers couldn't mount a rally after a two-out single, and the game went to the 12th inning still deadlocked at 2-2.
Jonte Wilkes came into the game for Brevard late but made waves as he singled to center to kick off the 12th inning. Wilkes was advanced to second on a groundout, but the Tornados left him stranded, giving William Peace a chance to walk-off in the home half of the 12th.
Payton kicked things off with a ringing double to left field. Payton moved to third on a groundout, setting the Pacers in perfect position.
Seaton didn't need a home run to win the game, but he got one as he connected for a two-run shot to left field to lift William Peace over Brevard, 4-2.
The Pacers and Tornados both left their fair share of runners on base in the game, as WPU stranded 11 compared to BC's nine.
Brevard will look to bounce back as it returns home to face local foe Montreat College in its home-opener on Wednesday, February 13. First pitch from Gil Coan Field is slated for 2 p.m.


Humanitarian access continues to be hampered by various constraints in the country, particularly violence against civilians and humanitarian workers.
(Bangui, July 22, 2015): The Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., Marc Vandenberghe and the entire humanitarian community in the Central African Republic (CAR) strongly condemns the attack against a World Food Programme (WFP) food convoy for populations affected by crisis on 18 July, 20 km from Baboua, in the north western part region.
A truck convoy of 20 vehicles escorted by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) peacekeepers, received gun shots that fatally wounded the driver and his vehicle immediately reversed causing injuries to other passengers. The humanitarian community expresses its most extensive condolences to the family of the victim and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
Humanitarian access continues to be hampered by various constraints in the country, particularly violence against civilians and humanitarian workers. The upsurge in armed attacks on the Main Supply Route 1 from the west of the country threatens the continuity of humanitarian activities in the country.
The humanitarian community launches an urgent appeal to all those involved in the clashes to refrain from attacking humanitarian workers and allow them to do their jobs and save lives safely in the country.


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Q: How to create div with angle I would like to create div like this picture:

So far I created this:

How I can add color gradient like the picture. And also how I can add 45 degree angle like the picture?

A: I think that you would need 2 divs to accomplish this using just css.
One as a block with the text and on the right side you should float a div and apply a similar style to this:
How do CSS triangles work?
I would personally consider images.

A: You can either use 2 divs, or you can use an :after pseudo-element with an image of the arrow point alone.
EDIT:
Come to think of it, using 2 skewed divs would also require you to use a :before pseudo-element with the image of the arrow point.

A: The idea is to use a pseudo element with the same gradient as the main element, but diagonally across, then rotate it 45 degrees:
h1 {
    background: linear-gradient(#5FA309, #3B8018);
    position: relative;
    line-height: 30px;
}

h1:after {
    content: '';
    background: linear-gradient(top left, #5FA309, #3B8018);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
    position: absolute;
    top: 4px; right: -11px;
    width: 21px;
    height: 21px;
}

Here's a demo: http://codepen.io/JosephSilber/pen/bFfqn
P.S. Don't forget vendor prefixes in production...

A: Here you go:

.container {
 width:300px;
 overflow:auto;
}

.arrow-body {
 width:270px;
 height:60px;
 background:green;
 float:left;
}

.arrow-right {
 width: 0;
 height: 0;
 border-top: 30px solid transparent;
 border-bottom: 30px solid transparent;
 border-left: 30px solid green;
 float:left;
}

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LG Bello II Unveiled With 5-inch Screen And 5 Mega Pixel Selfie Camera
Posted: Jul 20 2015, 1:37pm CDT | by Ahmed Humayun, in Technology News
Bello II is another Selfie phone from LG
LG has unveiled another mid-range cell phone, the Bello II focused at Selfie lovers. The organization touts that the LG Bello II is the successor to the LG L Bello, which was dispatched a year ago and features updated specifications. The cell phone will be accessible in single and double SIM variations, as indicated by LG. The Bello II otherwise known as LG Max is controlled by a 1.3GHz quad-center processor and elements a 5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) display.
The cell phone accompanies 1GB RAM and packs 8GB of internal memory with microSD card support. The cell phone includes an 8-megapixel back camera while there is a 5-megapixel selfie camera. The LG Bello II has some selfie features, for example, Gesture Shot and Selfie Flash, as of now seen on the organization's G Series. Gesture Shot permits clients to take selfies without squeezing any buttons and Selfie Flash transforms the phone's display into a delicate glimmer for pictures. The Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based cell phone accompanies 3G network supports with HSPA+ (accelerate to 21Mbps).
Other integration choices incorporate Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, and Micro-USB. The handset packs 2540mAh removable battery. It quantifies 140.8x71.6x9.6mm and measures 155 grams. The LG Bello II will be dispatching in Latin America and India this month. The cell phone will be taken off in Europe and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) in the second from last quarter.
The company reveals that the LG Bello II will be launching in Brazil and Chile as LG Prime II while in the Indian market and also Mexico and CIS the cell phone will be called LG Max. The LG organization said that the cost of the handset and extra accessibility points of interest will be declared provincially at the season of release. The cell phone will be accessible in White, Titan, and Gold colors.
With the likes of Xiaomi and Meizu, it is becoming hard for other smart phone manufacturers to come up with high end smartphones in a cheap price tag. The Chinese smartphone makers are giving a tough time to the main players in the market and as Xiaomi is just a year far from entering the US market, this is the time LG and others should start offering sweet deals which their loyal customers can't refuse.
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阅读此部分的大部分内容的前提是,你已对 C# 和一般编程概念有一定的了解。Most of this section assumes that you already know something about C# and general programming concepts. 如果完全没有接触过编程或 C#,建议参阅 C# 教程简介或 C# 入门互动教程,此教程不需要具备任何编程知识。If you are a complete beginner with programming or with C#, you might want to visit the Introduction to C# Tutorials or Getting Started with C# interactive tutorial, where no prior programming knowledge is required.
若要了解特定的关键字、运算符和预处理器指令,请参阅 C# 参考。For information about specific keywords, operators and preprocessor directives, see C# Reference. 若要了解 C# 语言规范,请参阅 C# 语言规范。For information about the C# Language Specification, see C# Language Specification.


First Iraqi Company (FIC) was founded on 1st November, 2005. The company was set up with the goal of providing Engineering, Security, Supply Chain Management and Life Support Services to International Companies involved in the reconstruction efforts in Iraq after 2003. Since then, FIC has been the first company that has provided these services to key clients in Iraq including KBR, Aim Group and Spectrum Worldwide LLC as their local partner for business.


Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He voiced Terrence in the season 24 episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool".
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U.S. gives Florida nightclub shooting victims nearly $8.5 million
Police lock down Orange Avenue around Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman in a shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Kolczynski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The victims of a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub in June 2016 will receive nearly $8.5 million for emotional and financial support for victims' families, those wounded in the attack and responders, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the department's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) said the funds would be granted on Wednesday and distributed by officials in Florida, where 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Shooter Omar Mateen was killed in a shootout with police after he took hostages during a three-hour standoff inside the Pulse nightclub. He also wounded dozens more people in the June 12, 2016 attack.
"This award will reimburse victim services costs for operation of the Family Assistance Center in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, and ensure that victims, witnesses and first responders receive necessary services to help them adjust in the aftermath of violence, begin the healing process and cope with probable re-traumatization," Marilyn McCoy Roberts, the office's acting director, said in a statement.
Similar funding was provided to help victims in other mass shootings in recent years, including in San Bernardino, California and Charleston, South Carolina, the department said in a statement.
Reporting by Susan Heavey and Letitia Stein; Editing by Bernadette Baum


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Constitution for the Mount Holyoke Chapter of the National College Equal Suffrage League, 1911
During the spring of 1911, Mount Holyoke students established a chapter of the National College Equal Suffrage League on campus. Slava Balanbanoff x'13, the first secretary-treasurer, hand-copied and signed the group's constitution, which set up procedures for election of officers and delegates to the national council, specified eligibility requirements for membership to the chapter, and outlined a mission statement. Faculty and students were eligible for membership, provided that they paid a fee of 25¢ (equivalent to about $6 in 2019). The purpose of the club was "to promote equal suffrage sentiment among college women and men."
National College Equal Suffrage League
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National College Equal Suffrage League, "Constitution for the Mount Holyoke Chapter of the National College Equal Suffrage League, 1911," Digital Exhibits of the Archives and Special Collections, accessed January 29, 2020, https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/items/show/3796.


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Ninja Reveals His Biggest Goal Yet
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By Nathan Simmons/Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 10:08 am EST
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has spent years building a streaming empire from the ground up. Along with his wife and manager, Jessica Blevins, Ninja has managed to cultivate a massive following and make an impact in mainstream culture, as well. With several things in his professional life up in the air at the moment, it seems that Ninja has finally set his sights on a new arena: Hollywood.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter's Natalie Jarvey, Ninja described his long journey to the big screen and what he plans to do next. According to Ninja, the scope of what he's hoping to do is rather broad. As he told Jarvey during the interview, he's considering "literally anything and everything Hollywood ... Movies, voice acting, cartoons."
In fact, it seems that Ninja has been trying to break into the mainstream entertainment industry for a little while now. Just last year, he appeared as a contestant on the second season of The Masked Singer. Though Ninja was eliminated during the first episode of the season, his appearance as a bizarre ice cream cone-slash-nightmare creature singing "Old Town Road" was certainly a memorable moment in prime-time television. He also clearly had a blast doing it, so it makes sense that he would be looking for other such gigs.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ninja also filmed some kind of cameo for the Jack Black film Jumanji: The Next Level, but it was unfortunately cut from the final version. There doesn't seem to be any information on what that scene might have entailed, but maybe it will surface on a future release of the film.
Now, Ninja is set to appear in a cameo role in the upcoming Ryan Reynolds video game satire Free Guy. The movie is about an NPC who realizes he's in a fictional world, so naturally the movie is packed with appearances from streamers and YouTubers, including Ninja, Jacksepticeye, and Pokimane. Ninja apparently received some positive responses from the crew of Free Guy for his performance, which apparently strengthened his resolve to do more.
Ninja did make it clear in his interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he's not planning to take just any old job. As Ninja explained, "I have always been afraid of becoming a sellout ... I'm never going to work with someone I don't want to work with and I'm never going to endorse something that I don't like."
According to Ninja, he is finding much more time to pursue projects outside of the streaming world since Microsoft announced the closure of its Mixer platform. In fact, there was a brief period of time when Ninja considered leaving streaming behind entirely. Ninja's viewership numbers had declined after signing to Mixer, so it was apparently something of a relief when the platform was shuttered, leaving Ninja a free agent. While Ninja has dabbled with streaming on YouTube, he has yet to sign any contracts that would tie him down to one spot.
Apparently, Ninja is more interested in the realm of voice work than appearing directly on screen. When asked if he was interested in pursuing some kind of hosting gig, he indicated that he enjoyed being behind a microphone more than being in front of a camera. As Ninja explained to Jarvey, he particularly loves to do impressions, with one of them being of Jim Carrey playing The Grinch. He declined to do the impression during the interview, but he did point out that there is a TikTok video of him doing the voice.
In fact, Ninja had been using TikTok for a while to seemingly get that acting bug out of his system. Ninja notably announced last month, however, that he was permanently leaving TikTok over privacy concerns. While that platform may no longer be his go-to, it seems like he's already planning new ways of using his vocal talents. That may be for the best, anyway, considering Ninja was frequently roasted for his TikTok output. Most notably, Dr Disrespect blasted Ninja for having "the worst TikToks."
Speaking of Dr Disrespect, Ninja wouldn't be the first streamer to attempt to parlay their stardom into a film or television career. Last year, Dr Disrespect signed a TV deal to develop a show based around his online persona. It's unclear if the Doc's ban from Twitch will have an impact on that development deal, however.
With Free Guy on the way and his future streaming plans unclear, it seems like Ninja may have the free time (and the existing fan base) to make his Hollywood dreams come true. Only time will tell.
Luckily, it appears as though fans won't ever have to worry about Ninja leaving video games behind. As he told The Hollywood Reporter, "I'll be gaming my entire life."


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Nature vs. Nintendo: Lawrence parents raise kids outdoors in a plugged-in world
Erin Curtis-Dierks' children play outdoors in Lawrence. Their mother says they limit technology fairly well, with limited TV time and a game on the Wii once a week or less.
By Phil Cauthon
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Simon Ruland, 7, Max Ruland, 3, and Jadelin McLeod, 7, sit inside a stick teepee, one of several natural play spaces in the Rulands' yard.
Sandy Beverly distinctly remembers when video games first came out in the '70s.
As a kid, she spent lots of time playing text-based adventure games on an early Texas Instruments computer, then the classic "Pong," and, eventually, her parents got an Atari for games like Pac-Man.
It was a transformative time for childhood entertainment — the dawn of today's Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, online games and all kinds of other games kids play today. But she's not exactly nostalgic about all that.
"It's the memories of outdoor time that are more powerful and real, that evoke emotions and a sense of nostalgia," Beverly says. "So many of us at our age remember just playing outside. That's what we did. Our parents didn't have to say, 'It's time for your outdoor time.' It's just what we did, so it became a part of us. I worry that it's not a part of kids' experience now."
Of course, these days there are a great many indoor distractions competing for kids' attention — video games, computers, the Internet, DVDs, entire cable channels devoted to kids.
Recent studies show that that kids ages 2 to 5 years old average more than 32 hours of TV a week. And half of U.S. kids play at least six hours of video games each week.
Beverly's 3- and 7-year-old boys are well below average in that respect because she limits their total "screen time" to six hours a week. She says if she didn't, no doubt they would be glued to the couch as much as most kids.
"It's not always about what kids are seeing on TV or in a video game, but it's what they're not doing when watching TV or playing a video game — they're not outside, they're not using their imaginations, they're not using their bodies," she says.
"For me, that's the main motivating factor for limiting screen time. I want my kids to be doing other things. I want them to be getting bored sometimes so they have to think, 'What am I going to do to entertain myself?' Or 'How am I going to get along with my brother, even though he's not my favorite playmate?'"
That's no small challenge, especially when turning on the tube or the Wii can be such a seductive way for parents to free up some time of their own.
That's one reason why Beverly and seven other like-minded moms from Lawrence decided to form a group to help keep each other educated and motivated to raise their kids mindfully. They use a discussion packet from the Northwest Earth Institute called "Healthy Children, Healthy Planet" ($20 via nwei.org)
"What I hope is that they're developing a love for the Earth, and a feeling of comfort from being outside. I used to teach at KU, and sometimes we'd try to have class outside because it was a beautiful spring day, and some of the kids didn't want to sit on the grass," Beverly says. "I think we just need to be comfortable being outside, getting a little bit wet, getting a little bit cold, getting a little bit muddy."
That's pretty much the approach, too, at East Heights Early Childhood Family Center, says principal Cris Anderson. She says they've made a conscious decision to not incorporate too much technology into their curriculum.
"We have looked at trends around the country as far as what's been missing from children's 'diet' in an educational setting and in their home setting. Things that continue to come out include children not having enough outdoor playtime, which substantiates the increase of obesity in young children," she says.
"If you don't like to be outside, you're not going to want to exercise outside — it's as simple as that."
Anderson says that, more than just being an opportunity to stretch their legs and run out the crazies, outdoor time helps improve many kids' learning development.
The Ruland brothers.
"Some kids are just more comfortable outside exploring, maybe without even knowing they're more comfortable," she says. "So you take this concept of 'same and different,' 'more and less' and all of a sudden it brings a whole other meaning when you're outside playing in the dirt or gathering bugs. It just opens of more opportunities when kids can extend their learning outdoors."
Erin Curtis-Dierks' kiddos are certainly more comfortable outside. Winters can be rough, but as soon as it warms back up, her two kids spend hours outside exploring and picking up sticks, rocks, dirt, worms or bugs — especially her 3-year-old son.
"He asked me just yesterday if he could go outside so he could use his new magnifying glass to explore the backyard. I love that he loves to just find things, and he finds the simple things that we take for granted absolutely fascinating," she says.
She says they keep technology-based fun to a relative minimum — the TV's downstairs and out of the kids' minds for the most part, they play the Wii as a family maybe once a week, and the Thomas the Train games on her iPhone are pretty much just for those times they're stuck somewhere and the kids are getting impatient. But that's about it.
"We like to draw from our childhood experiences and try to expose our kids to more outdoor activities than to technology. But we also don't keep all technology from our kids. We know they are growing up with so much more than we ever did, and that's OK," she says.
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Great article, Phil. Love it.
Here is a great follow up video that hits some of the same notes.
It's called "The Advertising Age and the Human Ego" http://www.filmsforaction.org/film/?Film=556
Intercutting thousands of contemporary and classic television commercials with insights by Stuart Ewen, Jean Kilbourne, Sut JhalIy and others, this film scrutinizes late 20th century American society and its prime inhabitant, Consumer Man. You will never look at an ad the same way again after viewing what critics are calling "the first comprehensive documentary on the cultural impact of advertising in America."
The opening quote reads: "A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for cultural reflection, not an invitation for hypnosis." -- Umberto Eco
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Winemaker and founder, Bob Pepi, built his reputation making Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Sangiovese for his family's Napa Valley winery throughout the 1980s and early '90s. Since 1995, Bob has worked as a consultant with vineyards in Argentina, Chile, Colorado, Texas, and most of the best grape growing areas in California. This has not only given him a broader background as a grape grower and winemaker, but has expanded opportunities to find some great vineyards from which he makes small quantities of his own wine for Eponymous.
I named my wine Eponymous in a playful vein. Eponymous means 'one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named.' My fanciful definition is 'a play on words by one who is unable to use his family name on his own bottle of wine'.
In 1966, the Pepi family bought a ranch with vineyards in the Napa Valley, thinking it would be a retreat from the city. In 1980, Bob and his retired father decided to start a winery on the property, giving it the name they each carried, Robert Pepi Winery. Focusing on vineyard quality and innovation, including the development of a new trellising system to improve quality and the reintroduction of the Sangiovese grape to California, their first harvest was in 1981 and Bob has been making wine ever since. After the winery sold in 1994, he became a consulting winemaker, working mainly in California, but traveling also to Argentina, Colorado, and Texas.
Consulting gave Bob success, freedom, and the ability to work with exceptional vineyards and craft wines of which he was very proud. From time to time, while traveling the back roads of California and Argentina and tending to his client's vineyards, Bob found vineyards that didn't necessarily fit into his client's needs, but that excited him with their potential for quality wines. These vineyards were the impetus for starting his own label, Eponymous Wines.
In 2000, Eponymous Wines was founded, giving Bob an opportunity to work with grapes that he felt would produce some of the best Cabernet in Napa Valley. Three vintages later another opportunity presented itself, through a friend and passionate vineyard manager, Javier Renteria, who was managing the MacAllister Vineyard just off the Mt. Veeder ridge. Planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, the vineyard's differing soils and exposures provided an opportunity to produce an elegant Bordeaux-style blend from Sonoma County. In 2008, Bob found a Syrah vineyard with which he wanted to work, and in 2009 made a Cabernet Franc from the MacAllister Vineyard and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Spring Mountain in Napa Valley, which was released in 2011.
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Work to ready dormant Cape Canaveral launch complex for Blue Origin rockets would receive $17 million under Florida Gov. Rick Scott's proposed budget.
Work to ready a dormant Cape Canaveral launch complex for flights of Blue Origin rockets would receive a $17 million boost from the state under Gov. Rick Scott's proposed $83.5 billion spending plan, unveiled Tuesday.
The governor's office said the budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year starting July 1 includes $34 million for launch complex improvements that "will help attract more commercial activity to the area."
Space Florida confirmed the total includes $17 million from the Florida Department of Transportation to help prepare Launch Complex 36, a state-run pad last used in 2005, into a site for Blue Origin's giant New Glenn orbital rockets. The company also plans to build an engine test stand, incorporating the adjacent Launch Complex 11.
Blue Origin, the private space firm started by Amazon.com's billionaire founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, will match the state's investment, resulting in the $34 million budget figure cited by the state.
Bezos and Scott in September 2015 visited Launch Complex 36 to announce Blue Origin's plans to build and launch rockets locally.
"The pad has stood silent for more than 10 years — too long," Bezos said then. "We can't wait to fix that."
By early next year, Blue Origin is expected to finish construction of a 750,000 square foot manufacturing facility at Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Park, which is managed by Space Florida.
There the company will build the stages for New Glenn rockets that will fly in two versions standing 270 feet and 313 feet tall, designed to launch astronauts and satellites.
State and local government agencies have pitched in $18 million to that project, including $10 million from the Department of Transportation and $8 million from the North Brevard Economic Development Zone.
In total, Blue Origin is expected to pump more than $200 million into the new facilities here.
The Department of Transportation for a number of years now has contributed roughly $20 million annually for space infrastructure, often requiring matching funds. Other beneficiaries have included Boeing, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.
Blue Origin has flown multiple unmanned test flights of its suborbital New Shepard rockets in Texas, landing the vehicle's booster four times. The company hopes to launch the much larger New Glenn by the end of the decade, again with plans to recover and reuse boosters.
Gov. Scott's proposed budget includes a $19.5 million request for Space Florida, identical to the agency's current budget. The total includes $10 million for operations, a $7 million financing fund to help attract new business, $1.5 million to market space-related tourism and $1 million to continue a research and development partnership with Israel.
The state Legislature's 2017 session to debate and approve next year's budget begins in March in Tallahassee.


Piet Hein Eek is one of the more fascinating designers working in Holland today. He created the groundbreaking scrapwood wallpaper range and is known for his unique approach to design, creating furniture out of scrap wood. Here, he has collaborated with NLXL to create a new photographic surface, the black brick, which fits perfectly in just about any interior scheme. An interesting take on the a black wall.


Evidence of increased Hepatitis E virus exposure in Lao villagers with contact to ruminants.
Although pigs are the main reservoir, ruminants have also been shown to be susceptible to hepatitis E virus (HEV). We investigated zoonotic transmission of HEV in rural settings of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) where humans are in close contacts with ruminants and where pigs are rare. Villagers with (n = 171, risk group) and without (n = 155, control group) cattle were recruited in seven villages in Vientiane Capital. Owners of pigs were excluded. Blood, as well as information on socio-demographics, animal contact, dietary habits and awareness of zoonoses were collected to assess risk factors. Blood and rectal swabs were collected from cattle (n = 173) and other ruminants (27 goat, 5 buffaloes) to measure anti-HEV antibody and virus prevalence. A similar anti-HEV antibody seroprevalence was found in cattle (6.8%) and other ruminants (8%). HEV RNA was detected in none of the animal rectal swabs and human sera. Anti-HEV IgG seroprevalence was higher in cattle farmers than in the control group (59.1% vs. 43.9%, p = 0.008) and increased significantly with age. Other risk factors included male gender, close contact with cattle and consumption of undercooked meat. We find that HEV is highly endemic in rural Laos and provide first evidence that HEV circulates in free-roaming ruminants with open access to village water sources. Despite some awareness about hygiene, villagers are likely constantly exposed to zoonotic diseases by dietary and lifestyle habits. Cattle farmers had a higher risk of HEV infection than other villagers. Our study highlights the need to raise the awareness of the rural population about water- and food-borne pathogens, and about the role of cattle as a possible source of infection. The knowledge gained on local risk factors and husbandry conditions should guide future awareness raising campaigns and promote appropriate hygienic measures including handwashing and the consumption of safe food and water.
2018 Jun. Zoonoses Public Health.65(6):690-701.


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PAA Pairs STEM and Project-Based Learning
July 06, 2019 | Education | Liesl Vistaunet
In a project-based learning classroom, students become a community of learners. Together, they seek solutions to real-life challenges. Smartphones and laptops are resources and tools. They share ideas freely, teach each other, and learn to work in and out of groups. Credit: Liesl Vistaunet
Precalculus students, (from left) Austin Ulloa, Bowen Shi and Courtney Clark chose to work together on PBL imaginary NASA work. Credit: Liesl Vistaunet
In all departments and at every level, teachers at PAA are introducing students to PBL. Bob Johnson (right) has been teaching math to teens for more than 30 years. He sees PBL and STEM as ideal classroom companions.
PAA student Courtney Clark (left) genuinely loves math, graphs, charts and solving problems.
In all departments and at every level, teachers at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) are introducing students to project-based learning (PBL).
"We're working for NASA," says Courtney Clark, a PAA junior, in her last week of school. She sits backward in her chair facing classmate Austin Ulloa as he carefully draws a tetrahedron. "We're supposed to create containers that can transport food long distances through space. It's a PBL."
In PBL classrooms like Clark's precalculus class, students become a community of learners who seek solutions to real-life challenges. Smartphones and laptops are resources and tools. Students share ideas freely, teach each other, and learn to work in and out of teams.
Modern learners like Clark and Ulloa thrive on PBL. They're intelligent, they're excited to learn, they're social, and they have all the answers to all of life's questions on their smartphones and laptops. They're excited to apply the answer it to solve real-life problems.
Veteran teacher Bob Johnson has been teaching math to teenagers for more than 30 years. He's excited about PBL because he believes it's an ideal companion to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. His classes come to life for many students who may typically dislike math.
In the final weeks of the school year, Johnson asked students to demonstrate their understanding of precalculus by solving problems NASA scientists might actually need to solve. Transporting food long distances through space may become a reality as humans explore the possibility of traveling to Mars.
On the last day of class, Clark proudly sports a NASA jacket and smiles widely as she holds up her final cylindrical prototype. Ulloa shows off the tetrahedron he was so carefully measuring earlier that week. While neither has any goals to work for NASA, they see value in this PBL.
Ulloa plans to work in health care as either a nurse or an imaging technician. "I know I will have a lot more classes in math and science ahead," he says.
Clark is enthusiastic for her future. "I really love working with numbers, graphs, budgeting, finance and all that kind of stuff," she says. "Even though I don't use precalculus in my everyday life, I know it's getting me ready for all the other things I still have to learn for what I really want to do someday."
And what is that? "I want to be a CFO, just like my dad."
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Mayor Pedersen Named Mayor of the Year - 2019
Mayor Barrett Pedersen was Mayor of the Year by the West Central Municipal Conference. He was given the Donald E Stevens Award of Excellence for his exemplary leadership and his devotion to the Village and to the region. The Mayor was selected for his vision in making Franklin Park a leading manufacturing center and a safe, stable, family-friendly community.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's 2017 Biosolids Beneficial Reuse Award
The Village was recognized for our continuous commitment to promoting biosolids to the public. The Village planted heirloom corn, pumpkin and sunflower seeds in soil provided by the MWRD which contained composted biosolids near the King Street Pumping Station which resulted in a robust crop harvest.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District presented Mayor Barrett Pedersen with a special award - 2016
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) President Mariyana Spyropoulos and Chairman of Finance Frank Avila presented Mayor Barrett Pedersen with a special award recently. The award is in recognition of the Village of Franklin Park's commitment to the health and welfare of our residents and the environment by utilizing natural lawn care on all Village-owned properties and for encouraging and educating residents and businesses about natural lawn care techniques.
Village Earns Recognition for Excellence in Financial Reporting -2010 - 2018
Franklin Park's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report has been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. This is the eighth consecutive year that we have earned this highest form of recognition in government accounting and financial reporting. Congratulations to everyone who worked hard to make this award possible!
Governor's Sustainability Award - 2014
The Village of Franklin Park was awarded with the Governor's Sustainability Award as a result for its commitment to excellence through outstanding and innovative sustainability practices, including the building of a LEED Gold Certified Police Station. The Village was also recognized for replacing outdated vehicles with energy efficient Electric Vehicles and for installing charging stations at Village Hall, the Metra Train Station and encouraging Walgreens to do the same. The Village encouraged residents to more fully utilize the existing community-wide recycling program, increasing the amount of recycling per household from 8.2 to 10.9 pounds per week. An anti-idling policy restricts police vehicles from idling on area streets resulting in gasoline savings of $40,000 and eliminated the release of 27,818 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere annually.
LEED Gold Certification - Franklin Park Police Station - 2014
The Village's Police Station was awarded LEED Gold certification by the US Green Building Council. This was made possible in great part by a $985,000 IEPA grant that provided for state-of-the art storm-water management practices that will benefit the region. The facility optimizes energy performance, reduces water-usage and incorporates regional materials and recycled content into the project. Innovative features include a cistern to capture and reuse rain water for landscaping and to flush toilets. These sustainable features will reduce costs for the police department and create a healthier environment for the staff and the surrounding community.
Midwest Pesticide Action Center - Individual of the Year - 2013
The Village was recognized for its commitment to pesticide reduction and utilization of natural lawn care techniques on all Village-owned property. Mayor Pedersen was lauded for his dedicated and continuous commitment to sustainability leadership.
Alliance of Illinois Manufacturers - Government Partnership Award - 2014
Mayor Pedersen was this year's recipient of the Government Partnership Award from the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing. The Mayor was selected based on his support and advocacy for manufacturers throughout the region.
Illinois State Crime Commission's Municipal Leader of the Year - 2013
Mayor Pedersen received the 2013 Municipal Leader of the Year Award for demonstrating an impressive record of achievement in crime prevention and public outreach. In particular, they cited a strong commitment to regional cooperation.
Green Intelligence Award – 2014
Mayor Pedersen is the 2014 recipient of the Green Intelligence Award from the West Central Municipal Conference. He was recognized for the Villages many eco-friendly initiatives and long-term commitment to sustainability including replacing outmoded Village vehicles with electric vehicles, installing charging stations at Village Hall, the Metra station and Walgreens, increased recycling programs with residents, instituting by ordinance a natural lawn care policy on all Village-owned property and utilizing a County grant to replace inefficient street lights with high efficiency LED lights.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's (MWRD) Sustainable
Landscaping Award –2014
The Village was recognized for leadership in sustainability for achieving LEED Gold status in the building of a new police station which included many Additionally, Franklin Park's commitment to utilizing natural lawn care on all Village-owned property and efforts to help resident's to incorporate these techniques were cited.


At Kent Coast Heating Limited, we are local and friendly Gas Safe registered engineers who quickly restore hot water and central heating. We aim to keep your family warm and safe all year round.
We pride ourselves on being reliable, competitive and flexible. We are dedicated to providing a clean and tidy service. We'll never leave a property until you are completely satisfied with the job.


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    public $field_type_slug = 'bootstrap_datepicker';
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    public $version = '1.0.0';
    public $author = array('name' => 'Jose Fonseca', 'url' => 'http://josefonseca.me');
    public $defaultFormat = 'd/m/Y';

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     * Event
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     * Load assets
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        $this->CI->type->add_css('bootstrap_time', 'bootstrap.css');
        $this->CI->type->add_js('bootstrap_time', 'datepicker.js');
        $this->CI->type->add_css('bootstrap_time', 'datepicker.css');
    }

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     * Output form input
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     * @access	public
     * @param   $params	array
     * @return	string
     */
    public function form_output($params) {
        $value = $params['value'];
        if (!empty($value)) {
            $date = new DateTime(str_replace('/', '-', $value));
        } else {
            $date = new DateTime();
        }
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                    'format' => 'dd/mm/yyyy'
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Ward (Alan): Varia: II. 'Will' and 'testament' in Irish.
In Ériu 24 (1973), pp. 183–185.
Discusses the semantics and etymology of iomna, tiomna, udhacht; iomna, tiomna = 'injunction, decreee' > 'mandatory will; udhacht = 'declaration, statement of fact or desire' > 'will' in general sense of 'dying statement'.
Mac an Bhaird (Alan): Dán díreach agus ranna as na hannála 867-1134.
In Éigse 17/2 (Geimhreadh 1977–1978), pp. 157–168.
Based on verse mostly from AFM and AU1, illustrates the gradual development of dán díreach from the ninth to twelfth century. Fifteen verses / excerpts ed. from printed editions of AFM and AU, with Engl transl. and notes. First lines: 1. Flann mac Conaing cosnaidh ríogh; 2. Ba congbhaidh Cearbhall do ghréas; 3. Brónach inniu Éire uagh; 4. Sudrall Muighe (maith re bágh); 5. Lasar Laighean lir go tráigh; 6. Má ro bíoth ua Breasail Bhric; 7. Ó ad-bhath Donnchadh, deilm do raoi; 8. Macha mhainbhtheach meadhraid muaidh; 9. Duibhlitir dionn eagna uaigh; 10. Flann a prímhchill Bhuithe bhinn; 11. Rángadar Laighin Luimneach; 12. Dubhthach duine dlightheach dúr; 13. Cumha ardríogh in Áth Cliath; 14. Ní chuala coinnmheadh n-eimhir; 15. Moghéanar duit id dheathaigh.


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Q: ansible share variables between hosts during run time I am using ansible 2.5.4 and I need to share variables between hosts.
I tried many examples thtat I saw on-line ( share with set_fact or using a dummy host ) and it is all not working.
maybe I am doing something different,
this is my playbook:
---
- hosts: master[0]
  tasks:
  - name: generate kubernetes BootrapToken
    command: kubeadm token generate
    register: generate_token_result

  - set_fact: token="{{generate_token_result}}"

- hosts: new       # requires creating new group in inventory.cfg named new
  tasks:
  - name: include docker-host role
    include_role:
      name: docker-host
    when: not skip_nodes_setup
  - name: include kubernetes-host role
    include_role:
      name: kubernetes-host
    when: not skip_nodes_setup
  - name: include kubernetes-operator role
    include_role:
      name: kubernetes-operator
    when: not skip_nodes_setup
  - name: join node to kubernetes cluster
    command: "kubeadm join --token {{ hostvars['master[0]']['token']['stdout'] }} --discovery-token-unsafe-skip-ca-verification {{ hostvars['kubernetes_machines']['kube_apiserver'] }}"

I am getting the following error:
The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: "hostvars['master[0]']" is undefined
the first task is able to run on master[0] but the second task does not recognize that host.
please help.
thanks
adding the inventory.cfg:
[kubernetes_machines:vars]
kube_apiserver=10.82.72.54:6443

[kubernetes_machines:children]
masters
nodes
new

[masters]
srv12

[nodes]
srv13

[new]
prd4

A: If you ask for "hostvars['master[0]']", you've got the entire master[0] inside quotes so you're referring to a host with the literal name master[0].  If you mean the first member of the master hostgroup, you need a variable reference, not a string, and you'll need to use the groups variable (and you need to remember your hostgroup is named masters not master):
hostvars[groups.masters.0]

You can find relevant documentation here.

A: Quoting from Playbook Basics

The hosts line is a list of one or more groups or host patterns

Pattern master[0] doesn't match hostname master[0]. If the hostname is master0 then the hostvars reference should be
hostvars['master0']

It's not clear why hosts: master[0] works. It should not according to the documentation. hosts: master.0 which should be the same doesn't work.


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Machete attacks and forest escapes, as conflict returns to Congo's troubled Ituri
'They burned everything'
Djugu/The Democratic Republic of Congo
Duniya Aslam Khan/UNHCR
Olivia Acland
Freelance journalist based in DRC.
A wave of militia attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern Ituri province has left hundreds dead and roughly 300,000 displaced in recent weeks, triggering a new humanitarian crisis in a region already grappling with the second worst Ebola outbreak in history, on top of multiple other conflicts and health epidemics.
On a visit to Ituri last week, Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi described the violence – blamed on an ethnic Lendu militia – as "attempted genocide" and a "plot" to destabilise the central government. The Congolese military said it had "totally neutralised" the armed group it considers responsible for the attacks.
In June, reporter and photojournalist Olivia Acland travelled across the conflict-torn province, finding camps overflowing with displaced people who told harrowing tales of machete attacks, lost loved ones, and villages burnt to the ground.
Ituri, a fertile region rich in gold deposits, has been an epicentre of conflict in Congo for decades. Between 1999 and 2003, around 60,000 people were killed here, as a power struggle between rebel groups escalated into ethnic violence.
Clashes regularly pit the region's Hema cattle herders against traditionally arable Lendu farmers. Tensions are rooted in social, economic, and political inequalities exacerbated by Belgian colonialists, controversial land laws, and foreign interventions by regional states.
After years of relative calm, conflict reignited in December 2017 following scuffles between Hema and Lendu youth. Subsequent attacks uprooted roughly 200,000 people – mostly Hema – and left more than 260 dead.
The motives and identity of the attackers are still subject to speculation, though analysts say the roots of the violence cannot be reduced solely to ethnic divisions. A decades-old agricultural-religious organisation called CODECO is alleged to have recruited and trained Lendu fighters.
The latest round of violence began on 10 June when four Lendu traders were killed in an ambush on their way back from a market. The attacks were blamed on Hema assailants and sparked a wave of brutal killings against Hema civilians.
An estimated 300,000 people have since fled to camps dotted around Ituri and in its biggest city, Bunia, while others have crossed into neighbouring Uganda. The death toll remains hard to estimate as some villages are remote and too dangerous to access.
"At this point our estimations are provisional," said Marie-Noel Nyaloka, coordinator for civil society groups in Bunia, before reeling off a list of villages and the number of people killed in each location.
Aid groups have been slow to respond and camps – most of which have existed since the last spike in violence in 2017 and 2018 – have received little help. "The last time we received tarpaulins was in 2018," said Dogu Uketwengu, head of a camp on the shores of Lake Albert.
The exodus of people is particularly worrying in a province where Ebola has killed 136 people since August. Three new cases have been confirmed in recent weeks in Bunia, where a treatment centre can be found right beside an overcrowded displacement site.
The UN's migration body, the IOM, has warned that poor living conditions in the camps "severely increase" the risk that Ebola – and other diseases like cholera and measles – will spread.
Fleeing through forests
congo-ituri-violence-photo-1.jpg
Olivia Acland/TNH
Beatrice Gbosi woke up to the sound of gunshots as rebels attacked her village at 5am one morning last month. She fled to the nearby forest but men armed with machetes chased her down, slicing the side of her mouth open and cutting the thumb off her right hand. She eventually escaped, making it to a nearby village before locals escorted her to a hospital. She doesn't know whether her sisters, aunt, and uncle are alive or dead. "I don't know if we'll ever find each other again," she said, from her bedside at the General Hospital in Bunia.
Killed in their fields
Batsi Lokana (pictured on the right), from an area called Iga-Barriere, was attacked while working in the fields with his mother. He lay on the ground playing dead as rebels decapitated his mother. "We never found her body, either they ate her or they threw her in the river," he said.
Villages burnt
The charred remains of Makpo village can be found on the edge of a dusty road in Djugu territory, where most of the fighting has taken place. All the houses were destroyed during an attack.
Neighbours killing neighbours
Innocent Lane, from Logo, recognised the attackers when they came to his village. "They were neighbours, I had eaten with them in the past, one of them went to my school," he said, before listing those he knew. The identity and motives of the assailants have been hard to work out as no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Shelters destroyed
The UN's refugee agency set up shelters in parts of Djugu to encourage those displaced in 2017 and 2019 to return home. But Gloria Ramazani, a spokesperson for UNHCR, said militias have now destroyed the shelters: "They burned everything," she said.
Two-year-old Ngabusi is the third child to die from measles in this camp in Bunia.
An outbreak of the infectious disease has killed more than 1,800 people in Congo since the start of the year. Malnourished children are the most vulnerable.
Sleeping rough, scavenging food
A woman looks after her grandchildren while her daughter returns to their ruined village to find food. The family is sleeping on the floor of a school classroom, which is sheltering dozens of other displaced people.
Setting up camp
Displaced people build new shelters as they prepare for a lengthy stay in the camps.
(TOP PHOTO: Refugees rest after fleeing violence in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.)
In Taiz, some Yemenis choose war – and home – over displacement
'Life amidst the battles is better than life as a displaced family'
Dear UN secretary-general, don't forget the internally displaced
Last year's global agreements on refugees and migrants ignore the needs of more than 40 million people displaced within their own countries.
From Syria to Sudan, women rights defenders need more than likes
'We fight every day for the space to raise our voices'
'The impact runs very deep, especially because farmers nurtured these crops for a year.'
In Yemen's internationalised war, it's time to give local peacemakers the floor
Yemen's complexity is an asset, not an impediment, to peacebuilding.


December 16, 2011 – MIM Software Inc. said Mobile MIM received its second U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the release of its new version, Mobile MIM 3.0. Mobile MIM is now cleared for diagnostic X-ray and ultrasound viewing, as well as radiation treatment plan review and approval. Mobile MIM 3.0 is available on the Apple App Store. The app includes sample images to demonstrate its expanded functionality.
Radiation oncologists can use Mobile MIM to review dose volume histograms, isodose curves, contours and images for treatment plans – actions commonly restricted to a limited number of dedicated workstations.
Mobile MIM is capable of displaying very large images, more than 25 megapixels, with lossless data compression. It is a thick client that brings the data to the device for fast and consistent manipulation, independent of network performance. Device-level hardware encryption provides security for HIPAA compliance, and users have the additional security option of removing data from the device after viewing. For rapid access, images are displayed as they download. Data can be downloaded to Mobile MIM using MIMcloud or an on-site MIM workstation.
With the release of Mobile MIM 3.0, MIM Software also plans to launch a co-branded version of the app with its partner Accuray Incorporated. The co-branded Accuray version of the app, PlanTouch will have an interface that allows physicians to review and approve a CyberKnife treatment plan via a direct link.
MIM Software Inc. provides practical imaging solutions in the fields of radiation oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, neuroimaging and cardiac imaging. MIM offers solutions for PC and Mac workstations, as well as mobile iOS and cloud-based platforms. MIM is a privately held company that sells its products globally to imaging centers, hospitals, specialty clinics, research organizations and pharmaceutical companies.


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Q: implement LIKE query in PDO I am running problems in implementing LIKE in PDO
I have this query:
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE '%?%' OR address LIKE '%?%'";
$params = array($var1, $var2);
$stmt = $handle->prepare($query);
$stmt->execute($params);

I checked the $var1 and $var2 they contain both the words I want to search, my PDO is working fine since some of my queries SELECT INSERT they work, it's just that I am not familiar in LIKE here in PDO.
The result is none returned. Do my $query is syntactically correct?

A: You have to include the % signs in the $params, not in the query:
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE ? OR address LIKE ?";
$params = array("%$var1%", "%$var2%");
$stmt = $handle->prepare($query);
$stmt->execute($params);

If you'd look at the generated query in your previous code, you'd see something like SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE '%"foo"%' OR address LIKE '%"bar"%', because the prepared statement is quoting your values inside of an already quoted string.

A: Simply use the following:
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE CONCAT('%', :var1, '%')
            OR address LIKE CONCAT('%', :var2, '%')";

$ar_val = array(':var1'=>$var1, ':var2'=>$var2);
if($sqlprep->execute($ar_val)) { ... }

A: No,  you don't need to quote prepare placeholders. Also, include the % marks inside of your variables.
LIKE ?

And in the variable: %string%

A: $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE ? OR address LIKE ?";
$params = array("%$var1%", "%$var2%");
$stmt = $handle->prepare($query);
$stmt->execute($params);

A: You can see below example
$title = 'PHP%';
$author = 'Bobi%';
// query
$sql = "SELECT * FROM books WHERE title like ? AND author like ? ";
$q = $conn->prepare($sql);
$q->execute(array($title,$author));

Hope it will work.


DON'T TILT: The left side of your belt shouldn't pull up on the downswing.
On virtually every short-game shot, you want to start with your weight forward and keep it there. To feel this, put all of your weight on your left foot and move your right foot back so only the tip of your shoe is on the ground. Hold the club in your left hand and balance yourself with it. Now, simply turn your right hip back, keeping your shoulders and hips level. Stay on your left side as you turn through. You'll get a sensation of rotary action on top of a single axis, not a slide or a tilt.
WHAT WEDGES DO YOU NEED IN YOUR BAG?
Bounce—the part of the clubhead that hangs down behind the leading edge and allows the club to skid instead of dig—makes wedges play differently. A 58-degree club with 12 degrees of bounce offers the most flexibility from sand and grass. I also carry a 52-degree gap wedge and a pitching wedge, but the 58 gets most of the action around the green. It's a more useful club than a 60-degree with no bounce (right), which is harder to hit from sand.


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Every guest room at the Tidal Watch Inn is uniquely furnished with a combination of antiques and contemporary luxuries. All rooms have private bath, television, hair dryer, coffee maker. Some rooms have fireplaces, whirlpools, views of the Bay and balconies or decks.
Part of the Tidal Watch Inn experience is the enjoyment of fine food that is prepared from the abundance of the ocean, local gardens, shops and the Inn's own herb and edible flower garden. We invite you to enjoy fresh Maritime cuisine and other specialties prepared with the freshest of ingredients blended to create a wholesome, dining experience.
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The picturesque area of St. Martins, New Brunswick has some of the most stunning sights you'll ever see. From the Sea Caves to the Fundy Trail Parkway, St. Martins overlooks the bay of Fundy which boasts some of the highest tides in the world.
More than a century ago the prosperous Skillen family built the gracious home that is now the Tidal Watch Inn. Their home became the social center of St. Martins where friends and family gathered. This community of shipbuilders became one of the wealthiest communities in the British Empire during the 1800's as they built and launched over 500 ships to sail the world.
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Q: Question about the strong law of large numbers (to build understanding) I'm learning about the LLN and CLT for the first time and I'm having some trouble. I've read through other posts but I have a quirky (likely dumb) question about denominators...

The Strong LLN says for $X_1,...,X_n$ iid with common mean $\mu$,
$$P \left( \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{X_1 + ... + X_n }{n} = \mu \right) = 1$$

My question 1: Instead of dividing by $n$, is it true that if I divide by a function of $n$, say $f(n) = Cn^k$ where $k \ge 1$ then the limit will converge to some constant always? (not necessarily $\mu$)
$$P \left( \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{X_1 + ... + X_n }{f(n)} = \text{some constant} \right) = 1$$
I believe this is true because $Var\left(\frac{S_n}{f(n)}\right) = \frac{n \sigma^2}{(f(n))^2}$ and as long as $f(n)$ grows as fast as $n$ then the variance will go to zero as $n$ goes to infinity.
My question 2: If instead of dividing by $n$ in the Strong LLN, if I divide by $ \sigma\sqrt{n}$ then is it true that
$$P \left( \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{X_1 + ... + X_n }{\sigma \sqrt{n}} = \text{some constant} \right) \neq 1$$
and it won't "converge" to a constant because the RV $\frac{S_n}{\sigma \sqrt{n}}$ is a Normal RV with variance $1$.
My question 3: It seems to me what you divide $S_n$ by is very important and can lead to very different results like the LLN or CLT... is that a somewhat correct way of thinking?
Thank you!!

A: Regarding 1 and 2: If you divide by $Cn^k$ then the limit will be $\mu/C$ (if $k=1$) or $0$ (if $k>1$). When $k<1$ the result will be $\infty$ with the same sign as $\mu$ unless $\mu=0$, in which case the situation is more complicated.
Regarding 3, yes: essentially you have different results when you measure deviation of the sample mean from the population mean in different scales relative to $n$. Under "typical" circumstances (when $X_i$ has a MGF existing in a neighborhood of $0$):

*

*$O(1)$ scale fluctuations asymptotically vanish (this is LLN)

*$O(n^{-1/2})$ scale fluctuations persist with probability strictly between $0$ and $1$ (this is CLT)

*$O(1)$ scale fluctuations decay exponentially fast in probability (this is Cramer's theorem, a type of large deviation principle).


Jimmy Cricket's sole appearance in the Republic of Ireland this year has been the subject of a recent newspaper article.
The show on Saturday 29 April in Donegal was featured in the Letterkenny Post.
The An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny will welcome Jimmy for his gig where every ticket is a tenner – although in this case it will be 10 euros and not the usual £10!
As always, ever-popular entertainer Jimmy has a special concessionary rate for U16s who come along and these tickets are priced at five euros.
Belfast-born Jimmy was last in County Donegal last autumn when he appeared at the Balor Theatre in Ballybofey. Joining him on that occasion was surprise guest and Donegal-based comedian Andy McGranaghan.
Andy did a great job for Jimmy at this show and they got on really well, so when Andy suggested he should come back to Donegal to appear at his local theatre in neighbouring Letterkenny, Jimmy thought it was a marvellous idea.
Hence on 29 April (8pm start) Jimmy and Andy will join forces once more to provide those present with an evening of fun, frivolity, and a barrel-full of laughs!