Do you need a compact, lightweight, portable telescope?
As is often said of cameras, "The best one is the one you have with you." For a telescope, that means the one that's small enough to roll with you, wherever you roam. Whether you're on a safari in the Outback, or camped out in a studio apartment in the city, small is beautiful as long as your view through the eyepiece is huge.
You stand a better chance of seeing the deep sights of the universe by taking a small telescope to a very-dark-sky location than by keeping a not-very-portable larger scope at home under light-polluted, smoggy skies.
Spotting scopes are a breed unto themselves. Generally used by hunters, marksmen and markswomen, animal-spotters and birders, they are made for portability.
Celestron's Regal M2 100ED spotting scope might be the one scope to have if you can have only one.
Now, Celestron has come to market with a spotting scope that is excellent for "grab-and-go" astronomy as well. The Regal M2 100ED can pull a lifetime of visual memories into its 19.25-inch (48.9 centimeters), 4.6s-lb. (2.1 kg) frame. The M2's body is cast of lightweight magnesium alloy, stronger than aluminum. And its detented, rotating tripod mount lets you set the whole instrument at the most comfortable viewing angle.
Optically, spotting scopes tend to be like one half of binoculars on steroids. The M2's 100mm (4-inch) aperture is large, even for a spotting scope. But it's perfect as an astronomical refractor that's still compact enough to take with you. That big front objective lens is cast of exceptional quality "ED" glass. The "ED" stands for "extra-low dispersion," which gives you the precise hues of planets, with reduced chromatic aberration (false colors) around the edges. These optics also give you tack-sharp stars and a deep contrast range to pick out fine detail in nebulas.
But that big lens is heavy compared to the rest of the rig. So Celestron has thoughtfully provided a balance plate. This keeps the scope's mass even atop a tripod. You attach this plate to your tripod (purchased separately) and slide the scope along the slotted portion of the plate until the balance feels right. Then, simply tighten the locking ring. Two cautionary notes: 1) The slide may not give enough clearance for tripods with quick-release blocks. 2) Be careful when rotating the scope as the slide can dig into the rubber coating on the tube and leave an ugly scratch.
The Celestron M2 100ED rotates to give you the most comfortable viewing angle. A dial-out eyecup tames stray light and sets up optimal distance for eyeglass wearers.
At the back of the scope, unscrew the protective guard to reveal the eyepiece. It has a twist-out eyecup. This works to block out extraneous light. It's especially important for eyeglass wearers. And if you're nearsighted, this helps you dial in the right amount of eye-relief distance for best focus. The M2's stock eyepiece is not specifically designed for astronomy. But the scope is designed to accommodate standard 1.25-inch astronomical eyepieces. You'll need to purchase these separately.
Zoom and focus are fast. You can continuously vary the magnification from 22x up to 67x. The smooth dual focuser has concentric coarse and fine adjustment knobs.
Up front, near the 100mm (4-inch) objective lens, you'll find a slide-out sun hood guarding the optics from unwanted light and protecting it from water. As temperatures change at night, that hood does double duty as a dew shield.
Astronomers don't come out only at night. If you're a birder or a people-watcher (think: sports) you'll like the sharp resolution and excellent color accuracy of this instrument. I was able to read a typical street sign from more than a mile away across a river.
This spotter hasn't yet caught on with many long-gun shooting clubs, but we think it might. The M2's maximum zoom of 67x can resolve small-caliber marks on faraway targets. (For example, .22-caliber ammo hits at 175 yards, or 160 meters).
Astronomical telescopes tend to be delicate. This one, because it's designed as a spotting scope, is more rugged. It's rubberized for shock and sealed for water resistance. The nitrogen-purged tube is less likely to fog up internally, and will form less dew on its optics, than a similarly size refractor telescope meant for the astronomy-only user.
You will need to buy an appropriate tripod; make sure it slides down to short length for travel. It needs to be fairly heavy so it doesn't wiggle in the wind, jiggling your view. And you'll want to pay attention to the type of mount; we recommend a paddle-handle locking altitude/azimuth rig.
Are you a "digiscoper?" That's someone who shoots their digital camera through a spotting scope. Birders and other animal-watchers often like to do this. The Regal M2 is compatible with a large number of point-and-shoot cameras. Celestron offers a universal camera adapter to facilitate such "afocal" photography (purchased separately). As with any digiscope setup, you do have to be careful about vignetting; that black area surrounding a circular image in the center of your picture. You can also attach your SLR camera to the M2 using the included T-adapter step ring, added to the eyepiece.
Wrap your Celestron M2 100ED in its protective case and get out there, day or night.
The M2 comes with a water-resistant soft case you can sling over your shoulder. It is light green ballistic nylon on the outside with a layer of shock-foam padding inside. You can operate the scope in this case but it isn't as well designed for accessibility as the case accompanying the Levenhuk Blaze spotting scope (reviewed below).
Our Editors' Choice of last year, the Pentax PF-80ED-A, is still a good choice. But Celestron's Regal M2 100ED boasts 125 percent larger aperture, balances better on your tripod and costs about $300 less.
Orion's StarMax 90 folds the light-path to give you big performance in a small package. It's Maksutov-Cassegrain optical design accepts light through a front objective, bounces it off a curved primary mirror at the back, to a secondary mirror mounted on the front objective, then out through a hole in the primary, through the eyepiece. Brilliant!
Is your table waiting? Not the first question you expect to hear when talking about astronomy. But that's something to consider when considering Orion's StarMax 90. It's a compact, powerful and — at $200 — very cost-effective portable telescope. But, yes, it needs a flat platform on which to perch. Orion calls it a "tabletop go-scope." Just know before you go if there will be a flat surface available for you under the sky.
At 6.5 lbs. (3 kg), this system is light enough to take on the road. Just be aware that the irregular shape of the base takes up more space than most other portable telescope configurations.
The optics come all ready to use. But, to give them something upon which to rock, you'll have to assemble the mount. After a few minutes of woodwork with simple tools provided, you'll have an up-down/left-right ("altitude / azimuth") base ready to observe. All you need, then, is that table to set it on.
Alternatively, you can mount the whole affair (optical tube with finder + "AltAz" base) on a sturdy tripod; there's a threaded collar on the bottom. Just make sure your 'pod can handle the weight of the pivoting/rocking base. (Orion offers a $300 bundle: telescope and tripod.) And figure that the tripod will add at least 2.5 lbs. (1.1 kg), for a total weight of about 9 lbs (4 kg). That's fine for car camping, but probably more than you want to carry in a backpack.
If you already own a camera tripod you can remove the StarMax optical tube from its wood mount and fit it to the head of your 'pod's swiveling head. Now you have the makings of a "spotting scope" (like those reviewed above). For true spotting scope performance, you would need to buy a separate "correct image" diagonal to flip the view upright and flop it so as not to appear reversed (like a mirror image). Just make sure your tripod is steady. The higher the magnification you use, the more your celestial image will dance around in the eyepiece, unless the base of the telescope is stable.
The StarMax 90 doesn't come with a tubular finder scope, just a small red-dot finder. But it's perfectly adequate for centering most targets and its tiny size helps keep this whole rig transportable.
Surprisingly, Orion gives you three eyepieces: 25mm, 10mm and 6.3mm. Most consumer telescopes come with only two. The low-power 25mm drives this scope to 50x. The 10mm — which would be considered high-power by other brands — takes it to 125x. The extra-high-power 6.2mm squeezes 198x out of this small telescope, just barely under its usable limit. But you'll need a very bright object — Mars, Jupiter or Saturn at opposition, for example — to actually see anything worthwhile. In general, the StarMax 90 is best for the moon and planets, but it can also pull in some higher surface-brightness galaxies and star clusters under dark skies.
If you have a camera — SLR, DSLR or mirrorless — you could adapt this optical tube as a long-range telephoto system. You would need so-called "T-adapter," specific to your camera's lens mount. And you'd have to get used to framing a flipped/flopped image. This will work best for daytime terrestrial shots. At night, you can shoot the moon (and, probably, only the moon) because it's bright enough for short exposures. But stars and planets will swim across a long exposure, giving you an artistic histogram of Earth's rotation; probably not what you want.
Telescopes are more about gathering light than they are about magnification. Once gathered, the art is in not letting photons bounce around willy-nilly inside the tube, You also don't want to lose them to diffusion into badly cast lenses. Orion's optical quality shines here: This small StarMax presents noticeably more contrast than comparably priced refractors and reflectors. It achieves this with well-coated optics and by folding the light path, using the clever and cost-effective "Maksutov-Cassegrain" design.
In the box, Orion includes a digital download for Starry Night Special Edition software. I believe it's a good tool for planning your observing targets and for fun learning about the cosmos. But — full disclosure — I contributed to the development of Starry Night software.
Imagine a table for two (or more) under the stars. Just add the StarMax 90, and you're ready to make memories.
Country or city, day or night, Levenhuk's Skyline Travel 80 is a flexible, portable, inexpensive telescopic companion. The optical tube and its accessories are made of light-duty plastic to save cost and weight. Treat it gently and it will do its job. But don't expect the Skyline to stand up to years of hard use.
Levenhuk's Skyline Travel 80 gives you a spotting scope-style refractor at a fraction of the cost of the typical spotting scope. Such instruments are commonly used by birders, target shooters and other outdoor sports-folk; less often, by amateur astronomers. But it's nice to have one telescope that serves a lot of different uses. Tuck it, along with its aluminum tripod, in its (provided) nylon transport bag and get out there — all for less than $150.
The Skyline Travel 80 refractor and its long-legged tripod comes in a tough nylon carry bag with handles and a shoulder strap. The rig is lightweight and highly portable. It sets up and breaks down quickly. But the telescope and its accessories aren't very durable. And the optical quality, while acceptable, cannot compete with more expensive spotting scopes.
High-end spotting scopes, from makers such as Nikon and Kowa, are often priced above $1,500. A top-of-the-line Swarovski spotting scope can cost double that. So, what don't you get with Levenhuk's Skyline Travel 80 that you would if you spent 20 times as much money?
Simply put, your images will not be as sharp, as bright, as flat, or as accurate in color, and they will have false-color outlines on the edges of objects. Why does it cost so much to get a better image?
When light passes through a lens, it bends. The shorter the wavelength (more toward blue and violet), the steeper the bending. As the colors are split out of white light, they "land" in different places. Your eye can be in only one place along the path. The result: You see blurry colored edges on objects. This visible and annoying break-up is called "chromatic aberration." Every refractor telescope exhibits some degree of this color distortion.
One way of counteracting this effect is to make the telescope very long. Another is to place additional lenses in the light-path to compensate. And a third way is to cast the lenses of very pure materials. Inexpensive refractors — like the Skyline Travel 80 — can't take advantage of any of these strategies. So, expect to see some color deviation and "fringing."
But the spectral distortion doesn't have to ruin your observing. Under the canopy of night, this Skyline is well-suited to view the moon at any phase except the four or so nights around the full moon (when the amount of sunlight reflected off the lunar surface makes it just too bright). You can see color on the brightest planets, but not a whole lot of surface details or cloud-forms. Under very dark skies — away from artificial lights and on moonless nights — the Skyline will pick up the brightest (nearest) few galaxies and star clusters. But it's neither optically fast enough nor powerful enough in magnification to look very far into deep space.
Levenhuk's Skyline 80 comes two Kellner eyepieces (9mm and 25mm) and a 3x Barlow lens to give four different magnifications. A mirror diagonal provides an upright, non-reversed image for daytime viewing. At night, a 5 x 20 finder-scope helps center-up celestial targets. And a built-in compass helps you find them. Focus knobs on either side let you dial in your image with left of right hand. The Skyline says "Zoom & Joy" on its optical tube, but that's a marketing tagline; It does not actually zoom.
Expensive upper-tier spotting scopes often come with a zoom eyepiece, to give varying magnifications. The Skyline 80 does not zoom, but it does give you configurations to achieve four different magnifications: The kit comes with 3x Barlow lens and two Kellner eyepieces: a high power (9mm) and a low power (25mm). Magnification tops out (theoretically) at 132x, but because you're stacking "slow speed" lenses, your image won't be very bright.
Younger astronomers will appreciate the Skyline's simplicity and intuitive operation. The included diagonal gives you an erect, intuitive view: "right side up and not mirror image." There's a built-in compass to help you orient. You'll also get a legitimate 5 x 20 finder-scope to help center-up your celestial target — most comparable scopes have only a rudimentary "red-dot" finder. You will, however, have to learn how to align the finder to the main telescope (it's easy to do).
City skies are full of light, and urban astronomers have two choices: Get a city-strong telescope to carry up to the roof, or get a highly portable scope and get out of town. Levenhuk's Strike 90 Plus Refractor gives you both, plus a nice bag to carry it in on your adventures. Add a "sky-glow" filter to your eyepiece to give you a fighting chance of seeing more than just the moon when observing from cities.
If you live in a city, your rooftop can make a surprisingly good observatory. Levenhuk's Strike 90 is a solid, and surprisingly tough, performer for urban astronomers. This short-tube refractor's design makes it compact enough to travel. The 3.5-inch (90 mm) aperture gathers enough light for you to observe plenty of deep-sky objects under dark skies. But in the city or suburbs, make sure to add a light-pollution ("sky-glow") filter.
This inexpensive scope is city-sturdy. The tripod is an animal, in a good way. Sturdy 1.14-inch (29 mm), round, steel legs extend the mount's platform height from 27 inches (69 mm) up to nearly 48 inches (121 mm). Three large rubber feet spin back to reveal spikes for poking into terrain, even if frozen. This tripod is very strong. To test it, I stood on top of the tripod's platform; I weigh 145 lbs. (66 kg), and I felt perfectly supported on this platform. Though why, exactly, I seem to want to do this is a mystery.
The triangular accessory platform has five cutouts for eyepieces. But it's not a tray; having no lip, it won't restrain any other items. And it can easily get knocked off, especially in cold night air as the metal shrinks and comes loose from the tripod. Your delicate eyepieces can come crashing down. Do be careful.
This Levenhuk's unusual altitude-azimuth mount shares heritage with the one on a previous telescope in this series, the smaller and lighter Strike 50. But the Strike 90 sports an oddly positioned counterweight off to the starboard side (right side when at the eyepiece end). It works; it just takes some getting used to. There's an awkward, inevitable collision waiting to happen: At some attitudes, the counterweight stalk will knock the azimuth slow-motion control knob off. You might not hear it fall and roll away in the dark.
The 3.5-inch (90 mm) primary lens is well-cast and coated. The tube's wall thickness has enough heft that it should equilibrate to temperature smoothly. There won't be any need to internally align or calibrate this scope because it's a refractor. Levenhuk claims a maximum useful power of 165x. That's a bit optimistic; with the highest-power eyepiece included in the box, you'll get about 100x.
But astronomy is really much more about brightness and contrast than magnification. And the simplicity of this refractor's optical path ensures that few celestial photons will go unused. That's important, because your eyes can never get fully dark-adapted in the city.
Unique among scopes of this class, the Strike 90 comes with a zoom eyepiece. This gives you a continuous range-change from a medium-wide low power (16 mm) up to a higher power (6.8 mm). Purists will complain that such a compound lens must let less light in. They're not wrong, but the convenience can't be beat, especially for young observers in a hurry. And for daytime, terrestrial use, the zoom lets you frame targets on Earth.
The mirror diagonal that comes with Levenhuk's Strike 90 Plus Refractor will let you focus on targets on Earth. But if you're in a city, add a "sky-glow" filter to your eyepiece to observe astronomical objects other than the moon.
But the Strike 90 doesn't come with a light-pollution filter. For use under or near city lights, you will want to get a "sky-glow" filter such as Orion's UltraBlock or Celestron's UHC/LPR. These devices are tuned to reduce the wavelengths produced by the most common types of artificial lighting.
Some filters are broadband, so they let most of the visible spectrum through, minus the city lights. Others are narrow-band, so they limit the light the observer sees to the emissions of glowing gas nebulas. Neither of these devices will brighten the image you see through the scope (in fact they slightly reduce it), but both will enhance the contrast, making it easier for your eye to see comet tails, the fuzzy remains of exploded stars or the blush of billions of stars defining a galaxy.
To take your telescope on tour — even if you're just going up to the roof or out on the fire escape — you'll need a bag. Levenhuk gets extra star-points for including a rugged-nylon carry-case for the whole rig (with the bizarre model name "Zongo 20"). It's fairly tough and puncture-resistant, though we could wish for more shock foam in the lining. There's no such thing as too much padding for an optical device in a soft case.
You'll be surprised at what you can see deep in the sky from deep in the city. Just be prepared to explain to local law enforcement that you're gazing at the stars, not at the neighbors.
The Orion ShortTube 80-A is like the Toyota Camry of telescopes. It's an economy choice that can get you almost anywhere in relative comfort. It's well built, with few indulgences. And there are many, many of them out there.
This is the most cost-effective "grab and go" compact telescope: Decent aperture, fairly tough, lightweight and very good optics.
The "A" stands for "astronomy." While you certainly can (and should!) use this excellent scope for animal watching or sports, Orion has specially coated the optics, and given this model a precisely engineered focuser mechanism, for observing the sky. The 80mm medium-fast f/5 optical path pulls in wide star-fields. You'll want to invest in neutral density (gray) "Moon Filter" to watch Earth's companion, which will be too bright in the unfiltered eyepiece.
You'll need a few other extras. Start by selecting a good camera-style tripod. Orion recommends its heavy-duty model tripod and head (about $160). This tripod folds down to a length of 34 inches (86 cm), which is not quite as small as we would like for travel. It is, however, wonderfully sturdy.
The Orion 80-A comes with a 90-degree mirror "star" diagonal for astronomy. If you also intend to use your Orion ShortTube 80-A for daytime terrestrial viewing (animals, people, boats, etc.), be sure to configure it with Orion's "correct image diagonal" ($57) and "correct image finder scope" ($100). These will show you the world as it is, rather than reversed left to right or upside down, or both, as with some types of astronomical telescopes. If you'd like help selecting accessories, Orion's Live Chat messaging app is brilliant. We've found that being in near real-time contact with a very knowledgeable customer service rep — one who is not all about the "hard sell" — is very reassuring.
Depending on the tripod you pick, your ShortTube 80 rig will weigh about 9 to 14 lbs. (4 to 6 kg). But it could be small enough to fit into your carry-on bag, so it won't tip your checked baggage into the extra-fee zone. We know a couple of world-class eclipse chasers whose go-to "grab and go" is the Orion ShortTube 80-A. Why not join them out there?
Up to this point, our compact "go scope" choices have all been refractors. But there's another way to squash down the photon-gathering power of a larger telescope into a smaller size: Fold the light path.
Celestron's NexStar 4SE is a hybrid of reflector and refractor — a "catadioptric" telescope. Specifically, it's a Maksutov-Cassegrain, a brilliant design that reduces a few of the inherent problems of both refractors (color anomalies) and reflectors (deviation from flatness). On the other hand, having both lenses and mirrors in the mix steals more than a few photons from the star party.
The most fully featured "Go-To" portable we tested, this Maksutov Cassegrain hybrid telescope aligns easil;y to the sky and tracks your celestial targets.
You look through a hole in the primary mirror and out through the front "corrector plate," so the 4SE can be used as a daytime spotting scope. Just make sure you get an "erect image" diagonal for your eyepiece (and maybe an "image erecting" finder scope). It's a little clunky, but it works. With an appropriate adapter, it will work beautifully as a telephoto lens for your DSLR or mirrorless camera.
To make a compact telescope, optics engineers are compelled to reduce the aperture. But, at just over 4 inches (10 cm), the NexStar 4SE's radiation-reaping opening isn't tiny.
The 4SE is the only one of our "travelers' scopes" to carry an onboard computer, Celestron's battle-tested SkyAlign system. It's not a fully automated setup, but it's not hard to get the scope and mount aligned and tracking on the sky. Then, you can take advantage of SkyAlign's 40,000-object database. Theoretically, your view won't rise to the level of the more expensive "Hobbyist and Learner" models reviewed elsewhere on Space.com. But you might find yourself in a faraway dark-sky location to which you could not have transported a bigger telescope, so you might end up with a more memorable experience, thanks to the smaller telescope.
Don't have much to spend? Have hardly any room? There's still a solution: At the opposite end of the cost curve from the superb Celestron Regal M2 100ED, you'll find the economic Celestron TravelScope 60 NPF. Everything about this package is small; yes, unfortunately, that means the telescope's 2.36-inch (6 cm) aperture is a bit puny. But when fully rigged, it can still manage 140x magnification.
At an almost unbelievably low price, this mini-refractor is ready to travel in it's custom backpack with included tripod, eyepieces, finder-scope, flashlight and compass. Although the aperture is small, you'll get satisfactory night sky and daytime Earth views.
This little spotting-scope-style refractor comes in its own backpack. It's ready to travel: You get a collapsible tripod, a finder scope, two eyepieces (20 mm and 8 mm), a lunar filter (a must!), an image-erecting diagonal (a must!), a 3x Barlow lens "supercharger," a compass and a mini LED flashlight on a carabiner. You even get a free download of a National Parks guidebook. That's a whole lot of instrument for less than $85.
The whole kit, including its backpack, weighs only 3.8 lbs. (1.7 kg). Yes, everything about this kit, including the price, is lightweight. Yes, the thin aluminum tripod trembles in the wind. Yes, the aperture is small and consequently light-limited. No, the lenses and coatings are not laboratory grade. But all the essentials are here. And, if your TravelScope 60 NPF gets damaged out there in the wild, the loss will be more of a "Darn it" than an "Oh, $#@*!" moment.
The TravelScope is also a great starter scope for kids. You and your child could each be out there enjoying the sky or nature in the daytime. And you'd each have an instrument of your own. No need to worry about junior damaging or dropping your more sophisticated (expensive) instrument.
There is one final thing to consider about compact travel telescopes: Your most portable scope might just be a great set of binoculars. Read our guide: How to Choose Binoculars for Astronomy and Skywatching.


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Els kplangs (o prangs) són els membres d'un grup ètnic guang que viuen al districte de Sene a la regió Brong-Ahafo, al centre de Ghana. La seva llengua materna és el kplang. Hi ha entre 1.600 (2003) i 2.100 kplangs. El seu codi ètnic és NAB59a i el seu ID és 14460.

Situació territorial i pobles veïns
El territori on es parla kplang està situat al sud de la ciutat de Yeji, al districte de Sene a la regió Brong-Ahafo, a la riba meridional del llac Volta.

Segons el mapa lingüístic de Ghana de l'ethnologue, el territori kplang està situat al centre de Ghana. És un petit territori que té la part superior del llac Volta a l'est i nord-oest i el territori dels chumburungs al nord. Segons aquest mapa, al sud i a l'oest no hi ha cap territori de cap grup ètnic definit.

Llengua
La llengua materna dels kplangs és el kplang. A més a més també parlen l'àkan.

Religió
La majoria dels kplangs són cristians (65%) i el 35% creuen en religions africanes tradicionals. La meitat dels kplangs cristians són catòlics, una quarta part són protestants i l'altre quarta part pertanyen a esglésies independents. Segons el joshuaproject, el 19% dels kplangs cristians segueixen el moviment evangèlic.

Referències

Grups kwa
Grups humans de Brong-Ahafo

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In a little town just to the west of Chicago, Bensenville Il, has brought down crime and gang violence by a staggering 80% in a little less than 3 years. Joel Vargas among many of his hats is also the Crime Prevention Officer for this little town that used to be known as the most dangerous down in it county. Using a unique program of Intellingece based, trained crime watch groups, they have succedded in reducing crime to the point most gang members just avoid the town alltogether. Can we use this program or parts of it to reduce crime in the Chicago gang areas? Officer Vargas will join us to talk about how that may work.
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I began checking out this show on Amazon Prime recently after I got some nods of support from friends and folks on social media. I just finished the first season and I'm definitely enjoying it. The show is mostly carried by Jeff Daniels as the newscaster Will McAvoy but it also has a wonderful ensemble cast to support him. It is essentially West Wing meets cable news. I haven't watched West Wing (I'm getting to it) but I know Sorkin's style and it embodies a lot of his usual tropes. Nevertheless, I find the optimism refreshing when compared to some of the other stuff I've been watching lately. I'm looking forward to continuing on with this series, since I know it is a bit short-lived and is a sort of love it or hate it kind of show.
My partner finished watching all of the series Friday Night Lights recently (which I came in and out for) so she was looking for a new show to dive into. Parenthood jumped out to her since it comes from the same creator as FNL. We've only watched a few episodes together (it's available on Netflix) but I can already tell it is going to be a great emotional journey with the large ensemble cast. These sort of shows work best when they hook you in to be invested in the characters early (which this one did) so I'm in unless the show somehow drops off. I look forward to sharing the experience of watching Parenthood with my partner as a way to relax whenever we have time to sit down together for it.
I'm usually a patient person. I'm content with waiting for stuff (especially since I usually arrive places way too early for my own good) but for some reason, lately I've been getting antsy. I mentioned last week that I've been thinking up some ideas of where to take this site. I'm also thinking of ideas for improving and expanding some of my other ventures as well as possible next steps for my job. When I get all excited for these ideas (I love coming up with stuff), I just want to get going on them immediately. I think I need to take a step back and calm down, since anything good is going to take time, and I also want to do it the best that I can.


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World Africa 20 Jul 2020 Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa
World, Africa
Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa
Published : Jul 20, 2020, 8:16 pm IST
The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don't have access to internet and even electricity is unreliable
Children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)
Kampala: Lessons via radio or TV. Math problems in newspapers. Classes on Zoom or WhatsApp.
The options for African students to keep studying while schools remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic seem varied, but the reality for many is that they will fall behind and possibly drop out of school forever — worsening inequality on an already unequal continent.
"I think education now is more of an emergency than the health issue," said Dr. Mary Goretti Nakabugo, a literacy expert who runs a Uganda-based education nonprofit called Uwezo, noting that there have been no reported virus deaths and just over 1,000 cases in this East African country, though, as elsewhere, limited testing means those figures are likely undercounts. Children "are completely helpless at the moment."
Although the pandemic has disrupted education across the globe, the schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don't have access to the internet and even electricity can be unreliable, making distance learning difficult, if not impossible. Schools also often provide refuge for vulnerable children, offering services that their families cannot afford.
Sub-Saharan Africa already has the highest rates of children out of school anywhere in the world, with nearly one-fifth of children between the ages of 6 and 11 and over one-third of youth between 12 and 14 not attendings, according to the U.N. culture and education agency.
But getting students back to school also comes with special challenges in Africa, where children in some countries may cram into tiny classrooms by the dozens.
The charity Save the Children called the pandemic the "biggest global education emergency of our time" in a report published this week. It identified 12 countries in which children "are at extremely high risk of dropping out forever." Nine of them are in sub-Saharan Africa.
With the help of outside groups, some African governments have announced measures to support learning from home. But many have been hindered by a lack of reliable electricity and poor internet connectivity. Even newspapers into which learning materials are inserted are not affordable for many in the region. In Uganda, for instance, annual per capita income was less than $800 in 2019, according to World Bank data.
Uganda's government has pledged to distribute 10 million radios and over 130,000 solar-powered TV sets, but authorities have failed to honour past promises, including giving a free mask to everyone.
In neighbouring Kenya, primary and secondary schools will remain closed through 2020, although colleges and other institutions of higher learning can reopen in September. That means Kenyan pupils will repeat an academic year, a phenomenon commonly described as a "dead year."
But the effects will not be limited to academic disruption.
"The critical consequences may be related to health, water and nutrition" because schools are often oases of stability, according to a report by the Norway-based Chr. Michelsen Institute.
The development research institute noted that school closures may deny students access to meals and health programs, and sometimes clean water and sanitation.
Schools also provide havens for children from work and exploitation. Girls may especially suffer, according to the literacy expert Nakabugo, who cited anecdotal reports of a growing number of teenage pregnancies — as the Norway-based institute's report noted happened during West Africa's Ebola epidemic.
The prolonged shutdown could also mean many schools close for good and many teachers quit, exacerbating what is already the world's worst teacher shortage.
Media reports in Uganda cite school owners who are looking to sell their properties or have turned dorms into rental units to keep up with loan payments. The local association of Ugandan teachers is urging authorities to employ furloughed teachers as village tutors.
"The teachers are so discouraged at the moment. They feel left out," said Stella Maris Basemera, a mathematics teacher who heads a Uganda-based group of tutors called Creative Learning Africa. "So some of them are going to run away from the profession."
In the West African nation of Senegal, education officials tried to keep children learning by broadcasting some classes on television after schools closed in March, a move aimed at reaching students without home internet access. But electricity is often lacking in villages.
"The potential of digital technology is enormous," said Djibril Tall, a teacher in Senegal's Louga region. But "in many places people are forced to travel long distances just to have enough to charge their phones."
Some students in Senegal returned to classrooms in June, but, for many in Africa, returning to school may be tricky.
In Zimbabwe, where in many schools up to 70 students may be crammed into a small room, the government is postponing a phased reopening that had been scheduled to begin this month. Teachers unions had warned that such a plan is dangerous in schools lacking face masks, hand sanitizer, and even running water.
Even in South Africa, the continent's most prosperous economy, the government has faced criticism from teachers unions for its decision to reopen schools despite a growing number of cases.
Since schools there reopened in June, at least 650 students and teachers have tested positive in the province of Gauteng, the country's economic hub, forcing 71 schools to close again.
Many private schools across Africa are offering online tutoring. But in poor and rural areas, children are more likely to spend their days playing games or housekeeping.
"It is the poorest schools that will continue to suffer and remain closed, while affluent schools reopen, only deepening inequality in both access to and quality of education," said Dipolelo Moime, spokesman for One SA Movement, a group of South African activists.
While some parents are paying hundreds of dollars a month for their children to attend online classes, others pay much less to teachers who conduct lessons in backyards. Many others cannot afford any support.
"I can't even afford to buy bread. Where will I get the money for these private lessons?" said Maud Chirwa, a mother in the Kuwadzana suburb of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. "They are better off at school where there are some controls."
Tags: online schooling, schooling crisis in africa, coronavirus, covid-19

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The photograph of Lieutenant Ernest Vivian Fox has been provided by Barrie Bertram (<bhbertram@tiscali.co.uk>), who was researching Lieutenant Fox's connections with the Channel Islands. Lieutenant Fox married a Guernsey girl in 1915, shortly after which he was reported as having been killed in action. This was not the case, however, and Lieutenant Fox went on to lead a distinguished career with the Green Howards (see below).
The following is taken from M L Ferrar's "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931".
Born at Saltaire, 19th June, 1884, son of Smith Fox, of Saltaire, Shipley.
2nd Lieut., 31st December, 1916, from Warrant Officer ; Lieut. 30th June, 1918 ; retired, with a gratuity, 24th June, 1920.
Served with the 2nd Battn. in Belgium and France from October, 1914, to June, 1915, and was present at the battles of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert and Givenchy. Was awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal for conspicuous gallantry during the winter of 1914-15. when he frequently made daring reconnaissances of the enemy's position at great personal risk. Served with the 6th Service Battn. from 18th September, 1915, to November, 1916, including the Dardenelles, Egypt and battle of the Somme.
Awarded a clasp to the Distinguished Conduct medal for conspicuous gallantry in action. He assumed command of a company, and led his men throughout the operations.
Promoted to a commission for distinguished service in the Field.
Served with the 7th Service Battn. from January, 1915, to May, 1917, including the Battle of Arras, when he was wounded (15th May, 1917). Was awarded the Military Cross for having, when in command of a bombing party, led his men with great gallantry and determination, driving the enemy back and improving our hold upon the trench. He was badly wounded, but remained in command until the objective was secured.
Also in possession of the Russian Medal of St. George, 2nd Class, and the bronze star with clasp.
From 21st October, 1918, to 3rd November, 1919, served with the 1st Battn. Nigeria Regt.
Served in Ireland during the rebellion.


The L30 lock is used mostly for industrial repairs. With an overall length of 2.818" and a maximum width of 0.609" it is large enough to be considered an industrial application. This size is intended for casting thicknesses of 3/8" to 1". A drill pilot bushing comes with the kit to make drilling easier. It allows you to pilot drill all of the holes to 3/16" prior to drilling the larger holes of the pattern.
The L40 lock has an overall length of 3.770" and a maximum width of 0.820". It is used in castings with wall thicknesses ranging from 1" to 3". The hole pattern for this lock can be drilled with a hand-held drill. A drill bushing is provided to allow pilot drilling of all holes to make drilling of the 1/2" diameter holes easier. Because of the aggressive design of LNS locks these L40 locks hold up extremely well, even under the cyclic stresses generated by punch presses and shears.


(Newser) – A driver in Montreal apparently got a little too carried away while grooving to a favorite song. Now he's going to court to defend his singing voice. When 38-year-old Taoufik Moalla got pulled over, officers asked if he'd been screaming, per the Montreal Gazette. No, Moalla replied, he'd merely been singing along to "Everybody Dance Now" by C+C Music Factory. The officers, unswayed, then issued a $118 ticket for "screaming in a public place."
The guy upstairs from me shrieks and howls, at the top of his voice, often for hours on end. Turns out he is "praying." Of course I broomstick the ceiling to make him stop. I hear that it is perfectly possible to pray silently. His right to religious freedom does not trump my right to "quiet enjoyment" of my rented apartment. It's right there in my lease.


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Rediff.com » Getahead » Why is Modi talking about Temsutula Imsong?
Why is Modi talking about Temsutula Imsong?
By Shobha Warrier
Last updated on: April 18, 2016 12:11 IST
'It took us two full days to remove those layers of human excreta, which had been there for years.'
'Even after washing ourselves several times, we felt we smelt of human excreta. It was so disgusting that we could not eat food for days!'
'But the satisfaction of seeing the clean ghat compensated for all this.'
From an ordinary Indian doing her bit for the ghats of Varanasi, Temsutula Imsong from Nagaland, who has made the holy city her second home, suddenly became famous when Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about her and her team's effort to clean the ghats at Varanasi. Then, he spoke about her at his address in Toronto.
"I could not believe it when I saw his tweet. My first reaction was: I am just an ordinary woman. Can it be true that the prime minister of the country read about my work and appreciated it?"
Suddenly, everyone wanted to know who Temsutula was.
Temsutula Imsong is a 34-year-old woman from Nagaland, a state located around 2,000 kilometres from where she lives today. She has made Varanasi her home and her mission is to clean the ghats.
Just a year ago, the steps at the ghats were dotted with human excreta. Thanks to her hard work, people can now sit here and watch the Ganga flow by.
Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com met Temsutula in the one room office at Sakaar, the NGO founded by her and a few of her friends, the walls of which are adorned by huge posters of the ghats of Varanasi.
IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Temsutula Imsong and other Sakaar volunteers.
They sat on the floor and spoke about her life in a village in Nagaland and why she has chosen to live in Varanasi.
Memories of home
I grew up in a small village in Nagaland called Mokokchung. My father was a school teacher and mother, a home maker.
Since childhood, my six siblings and I were involved in the voluntary activities of our church and students union. The latter has nothing to do with politics; it is a union of students who are interested in social activities. We made others aware of various social issues and did something about it.
One of our major activities was cleaning the school premises twice a month. As the school compound was not cemented, we would clean the entire area with water and coat the floor with cow dung. We also planted trees.
Cleanliness is one of the traditions we follow in our villages.
When a new season starts, an elderly person from the village council sends out a message for everyone to meet at one location. We assemble there and start cleaning the area. Every single member of the village, young and old, participates. Cleaning has always been a part of our life.
Insurgency was at its peak when I was in Class 9 and 10. It was an extremely disturbing phase for us children. I clearly remember hearing gunshots while in class.
Many days, there wouldn't be any buses to go back home so we had to walk 5,6 km. Walking through the deserted streets with not a single shop open, with gunshots in the background, was a scary experience.
Even in our village, we felt the impact of the insurgency. Militants would gatecrash into the houses of normal people and take a percentage of their salary.
After I completed my schooling, I moved to Shillong (the capital of Meghalaya). My brother, who was doing his graduation in Shillong, insisted I pursue college education there. By then, there was a ceasefire in Nagaland and things slowly started moving back towards normalcy.
After my graduation, I went to Delhi to do my post graduation as many of my friends were already there. It was a natural progression for the students from our area to go to Delhi via Shillong.
A stranger in her own country
It was a kind of culture shock for me to travel from the North East to Delhi, which is almost 2,000 km away. It was very hot when I arrived and it took me many months to adjust to the weather. Everything, from the food to the culture to the people, was different though I was still in India.
Yes, I look quite different from the majority of the people who live here. Though we, the north easterners, can differentiate between a person from Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur or Assam, to the general public, we are either from the North East or from some other South East Asian country.
Initially, it disturbed me when people called us chinkis. It also made me feel insecure when I was alone on the road. But when I was with friends, I would tell those who called us chinkis that we were Indians too and they had no right to call us names. But I have to say the general attitude has changed considerably over the years.
Sakaar, a new dream
IMAGE: Temsutula Imsong's spirited efforts made Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweet about her and mention her in his Toronto address.
After I completed my masters in human rights, nine of us friends got together and started the Sakaar Sewa Samiti. We registered our NGO in Kataria, a village near Varanasi.
Sakaar's main objective was to ensure that people from the villages do not migrate to the cities. This happens because there are no employment opportunities in the villages. For example, I migrated from a village in Nagaland to Delhi because there were no jobs in my village.
Though Sakaar was functioning from Varanasi, I was still working in Delhi. In 2012, I decided to resign from my 9 to 5 job; the only thing that made me happy about it was the salary I got at the end of the month.
I returned to my village to start a unit of Sakaar. In the five months that I was there, I worked in the fields along with other villagers and listened to my father and his friends reliving their old experiences.
Then a Sakaar meeting came up in Varanasi and I had to attend it. After that meeting, I didn't go back.
Cleaning the ghats
The most beautiful part of Varanasi is its ghats where you can sit and watch the Gangaji flow by. The rest of the city is very congested and dirty.
I used to go to the ghats regularly to escape the dust and dirt, but it pained me to see the condition of the ghats and the river.
People from all over India come to Varanasi to see Gangaji, sit on the ghats and visit the temples. I was disturbed to see the filthy nature of the ghats, which were constructed so beautifully.
I love rivers, so it was difficult to see Gangaji in such a condition.
Coming from a village in Nagaland where cleanliness is an integral part of our life, I couldn't understand why people used the ghats for defecation and as a dumping ground.
On March 2, 2013, we started our mission to clean the ghats. We began with the Shool Tankeshwar Ghat that is around 20 km from the city. It is not one of the major 84 ghats, so it is not crowded. But it was full of silt, garbage and human excreta.
Our volunteers brought friends from around the village. The village pradhan joined us with many villagers. We spent a lot of time cleaning the ghat. At that time, we were not active on social media so nobody knew what we did.
Spotlight on a simple act
One of our major achievements was cleaning the Prabhu Ghat in March 2015.
One day, Darshika Shah (one of the volunteers) and I were walking around this beautiful ghat when we got the overpowering smell of human excreta. The stench was so foul that nobody could stand there for more than a minute.
We wanted to do something about it, but didn't know how and where to start. We knew normal cleaning would not work as there were piles and piles of dry human excreta on each step.
Five of us went back to the ghat and put lots of bleaching powder on each step. Even after that, when we tried to remove it, the smell was so awful that we felt we would faint!
IMAGE: Sakaar volunteers fought odds to completely make over Prabhu Ghat and it is showing from these photographs taken before and after the Ghat was cleaned.
I still do not know how we cleaned it. It took us two full days to remove those layers of human excreta, which had been there for years. After cleaning, we washed the entire area with phenol and soap to get rid of the stench.
Even after washing ourselves several times, we felt we smelt of human excreta. It was so disgusting that we could not eat food for days! But the satisfaction of seeing the clean ghat compensated for all this.
When we returned on the third day, we found that a few people had again used the steps as public toilet. So we asked male volunteers to guard the place through the night to catch those who came there to defecate.
When our boys caught them, an aggressive guy said, 'I have been using this corner for many years. This is my place! You have no authority to tell me that I can't use this place.'
Another guy, a rickshaw puller, said he did not have the money to use public toilets.
Our boys calmly dealt with all of them. As punishment, we made them bring water in a bucket and clean up their mess.
After our major cleaning effort, open defecation came down dramatically. If there were hundreds of people who used the ghats as public toilet earlier, only one or two did so after our cleaning mission.
Personally, I don't understand the mentality of those who dirty the Ganga like this. I ask them, 'Don't you worship Gangaji? How can you do this to her?'
A prime minister takes notice
In 2015, we thought we would use social media as a tool to inspire people to make India swachch. We thought if we could inspire at least a few people, we would get more volunteers.
I started posting before and after pictures of Prabhu Ghat when we started cleaning it. Every day, I tweeted our progress with photographs as proof. Then, Niticentral wrote about our work.
On the night of March 31 last year, Modiji tweeted about our work. Early in the morning, friends called to tell me about it. I thought they were making fun of me since it was April 1.
I could not believe it when I saw his tweet. My first reaction was: I am just an ordinary woman. Can it be true that the prime minister of the country read about my work and appreciated it?
That was the starting point.
The local media came to talk to me. I spoke to many radio stations too. I feel the local people must be tired of seeing my face on television and in the newspapers!
What shocked the local people was that I was from faraway Nagaland. Everyone wanted to know, 'Why did you come all the way from Nagaland to clean our ghats?'
I told them cleaning was not new to me and I could do it anywhere. There is nothing to be ashamed of. I also tell them to start community cleaning like we do in Nagaland.
And then, another PM mention
I was watching Modiji on television when he was giving the speech in Toronto (on his three-day visit to Canada last year). I was stunned when he mentioned me. I just couldn't believe that he was talking about my work there too. It was too good to be true.
I have been an admirer of Modiji from the time he was the chief minister of Gujarat because of his work. The fact that he appreciated my work not once, but twice, left me speechless.
Meeting Modi
Darshika and I were among the 150 people invited by Modiji in July 2015 as those who influenced people through social media. The call from the PMO inviting us to 7 RCR left us stunned.
We were just ordinary people doing some cleaning work and we were being invited to the prime minister's residence. Even in our wildest dreams, we never thought something like this would happen.
At his residence, another surprise awaited. As I was entering, somebody told me I had to speak for two minutes about what we did. Only five of us were given the privilege to speak.
Though I was nervous initially, I spoke for two minutes in Hindi though my Hindi is not that great. By then we had cleaned four ghats. I also spoke about how I felt when the prime minister of the country tweeted about our work. When I said I thought I was made an April Fool, everybody started laughing!
The surprises did not end.
After all of us took photos with Modiji, he came back to me and asked, "So, what's your next plan?" Though speechless initially, I said, "Sir, we are maintaining the ghats we have already cleaned and moving on to other ghats too."
"Bahut badhiya (Very good)," said he and left the hall.
IMAGE: Just like Prabhu Ghat, Sakaar volunteers have completely changed the scene at Babua Pandey Ghat.
When he came to Varanasi, he invited us to meet him. I replied that we were 19 team members. They invited all of us. When we entered the room, Modiji smiled and said, "Yeh ghat safayi karne waale hani... (These are the people who have cleaned the ghats)."
The fact that the prime minister of India had appreciated our work encouraged us to work harder though we started working without expecting anything in return except our own satisfaction.
Now that the ghats were clean, we thought we should light diyas (small clay lamps) there. On Ganga Dussehra, we lit the Babua Pandey Ghat with 2,000 diyas; on Deepavali, we lit 10,000 diyas on two ghats. The people of Varanasi loved the sight!
Back home, more accolades
IMAGE: Temsutula Imsong with Amitabh Bachchan and chef Sanjeev Kapoor.
After Modiji spoke about me, and after I was invited to Amitabh Bachchan's show (Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi), my village came to know what I was doing in Varanasi.
When I went there to celebrate Christmas, many people, including elders, came to meet me. I felt happy when they appreciated my work and blessed me. My parents are naturally very proud of me!
After what we have done so far, the municipal commissioner suggested we adopt some ghats and maintain them. We have adopted Babua Pandey Ghat and Pandey Ghat.
Prabhu Ghat, which we cleaned last year, is now taken care of by the Bank of India.
We plan to continue cleaning the ghats till people stop defecating there and learn to keep it clean.
In November, we started Shram Dhan, a project where volunteers join hands to make their own city or town or village clean across India.
After every Shram Dhan in Varanasi, we arrange a Kashi debate, as Kashi is famous for debates. After the debate, we talk to people about how important it is for the community to clean the place they live in, maintain it and feel proud of it.
Our country will not be clean unless every citizen is involved in the effort.
Temsutula Imsong's photograph: Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com
Temsutula's photographs with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and of Ghats: Kind courtesy, Temsutula Imsong
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Jones Organizes Gift to Rescue Mission
Cheryl Jones (far left) and her granddaughter, Alexis Warren, presented 413 scarves to Barry Feaker (far right) and staff at the Rescue Mission.
Title I office paraprofessional Cheryl Jones has been busy for the past year. She set a goal of providing 200 hand-made scarves to the Rescue Mission during the holiday season. Since that's a lot for one person to make, she began looking for others to help. Through contacts with co-workers, friends and her church she got to work. As word spread, two other churches joined in the cause. The three churches who contributed were Sacred Heart, St. Joseph and First Congregational Church.
Cheryl has taken donations to the Rescue Mission before and she wanted to do more. "I started out by asking a few people to help me reach my goal. I was overwhelmed by the all the support I received; we more than doubled my goal of 200!"
When the final tally was made, Cheryl had inspired 413 handmade items, including the 25 she made herself. Most of the items were scarves, but there were also some hats. The delivery to the Rescue Mission was made on November 11.
She plans to continue the tradition for next year and welcomes the help of anyone who would like to contribute.


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Q: Image pixel slider effects are not working I'm using PixelShader effects for an image.

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*Image effects for adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB using SLIDERS

*Blend mode Image effects which are predefined & loaded in a combo box and users can select their own choice.

This is the Image element and the image effect for adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB are applied in this way.
<Viewbox  x:Name="cImage" Stretch="Uniform"  Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Margin="0" >
    <Image x:Name="ViewedPhoto"   Source="IMG_0071.jpg"
    Stretch="None" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left"  Margin="0,5,0,95" >
        <Image.Effect>
            <l:BrightContrastEffect
            Brightness="{Binding Value, ElementName=bVal}"
            Contrast="{Binding Value, ElementName=cVal}"
            Red="{Binding Value, ElementName=rVal}"
            Green="{Binding Value, ElementName=gVal}"
            Blue="{Binding Value, ElementName=blVal}"
        />

        </Image.Effect>
    </Image>
</Viewbox>

Slider for brightness:
    <Slider Maximum="1" Minimum="-1"  x:Name="bVal"  TickFrequency="1" TickPlacement="BottomRight"  />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <TextBox Text="{Binding Value, ElementName=bVal, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"  TextAlignment="Right" Width="30"  Height="10" Margin="0" RenderTransformOrigin="-1.167,0.423" Visibility="Hidden"/>
</StackPanel>

From the above when i move the sliders for adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB, it's working.
I apply predefined Blend mode image effects using comboBox.
<ComboBox x:Name="cColorEffects"  SelectionChanged="cColorEffects_SelectionChanged" />

To show the different effects i call ViewedPhoto.Effect = null; at first & then apply the selected effect.
if (cColorEffects.SelectedIndex == 0)
{
    ViewedPhoto.Effect = null;
    ViewedPhoto.Effect = new AverageEffect();
}
if (cColorEffects.SelectedIndex == 1)
{
    ViewedPhoto.Effect = null;
    ViewedPhoto.Effect = new ColorBurnEffect();
}

Problems:

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*I'm calling another image effects through comboBox so the image effects for  adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB are not working.

*I'm using ViewedPhoto.Effect = null; the image effects for  adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB are not working.
I want to make the sliders working for  adjusting Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB and apply the blend mode image effects simultaneously.  How can i fix this? Or Give me an idea to fix this?
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I have been thinking I could do make the slider binding pro-grammatically and the image effect. Does it make sense? if it's good; How can i apply this?
<Image x:Name="ViewedPhoto"   >
    <Image.Effect>
        <l:BrightContrastEffect
        Brightness="{Binding Value, ElementName=bVal}"
        Contrast="{Binding Value, ElementName=cVal}"
        Red="{Binding Value, ElementName=rVal}"
        Green="{Binding Value, ElementName=gVal}"
        Blue="{Binding Value, ElementName=blVal}"
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    </Image.Effect>
</Image>

<Slider Maximum="1" Minimum="-1"  x:Name="bVal"  TickFrequency="1" TickPlacement="BottomRight"  />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
    <TextBox Text="{Binding Value, ElementName=bVal, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"  Visibility="Hidden"/>
    <Button x:Name="bReset" Content="R" Height="10" Width="30" Margin="35,0,0,0" Click="bReset_Click"/>
</StackPanel>

<Slider Maximum="1" Minimum="-1" x:Name="cVal" TickFrequency="1" TickPlacement="BottomRight" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
    <TextBox Text="{Binding Value, ElementName=cVal, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"    Visibility="Hidden" />
    <Button x:Name="cReset" Content="R" Height="10" Width="30" Margin="35,0,0,0" Click="cReset_Click"/>
</StackPanel>

Additional info with codes:
 public class BlendModeEffect : ShaderEffect
    {
        public BlendModeEffect()
        {
            UpdateShaderValue(InputProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(TextureProperty);
        }

        public Brush Input
        {
            get { return (Brush)GetValue(InputProperty); }
            set { SetValue(InputProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty InputProperty =
            ShaderEffect.RegisterPixelShaderSamplerProperty
            (
                "Input",
                typeof(BlendModeEffect),
                0
            );

        public Brush Texture
        {
            get { return (Brush)GetValue(TextureProperty); }
            set { SetValue(TextureProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty TextureProperty =
            ShaderEffect.RegisterPixelShaderSamplerProperty
            (
                "Texture",
                typeof(BlendModeEffect),
                1
            );
    }
//Contrast, Brightness, CMY & RGB Effect
  public class BrightContrastEffect : ShaderEffect
    {
        private static PixelShader m_shader =
            new PixelShader() { UriSource = MakePackUri("bricon.ps") };

        public BrightContrastEffect()
        {

            PixelShader = m_shader;
            UpdateShaderValue(InputProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(BrightnessProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(ContrastProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(RedProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(GreenProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(BlueProperty);

        }

        // MakePackUri is a utility method for computing a pack uri
        // for the given resource.
        public static Uri MakePackUri(string relativeFile)
        {
            Assembly a = typeof(BrightContrastEffect).Assembly;

            // Extract the short name.
            string assemblyShortName = a.ToString().Split(',')[0];

            string uriString = "pack://application:,,,/" +
                assemblyShortName +
                ";component/" +
                relativeFile;

            return new Uri(uriString);
        }

        public Brush Input
        {
            get { return (Brush)GetValue(InputProperty); }
            set { SetValue(InputProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty InputProperty = ShaderEffect.RegisterPixelShaderSamplerProperty("Input", typeof(BrightContrastEffect), 0);

        public float Brightness
        {
            get { return (float)GetValue(BrightnessProperty); }
            set { SetValue(BrightnessProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty BrightnessProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Brightness", typeof(double), typeof(BrightContrastEffect), new UIPropertyMetadata(0.0, PixelShaderConstantCallback(0)));

        public float Contrast
        {
            get { return (float)GetValue(ContrastProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ContrastProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty ContrastProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Contrast", typeof(double), typeof(BrightContrastEffect), new UIPropertyMetadata(0.0, PixelShaderConstantCallback(1)));

        public float Red
        {
            get { return (float)GetValue(RedProperty); }
            set { SetValue(RedProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty RedProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Red", typeof(double), typeof(BrightContrastEffect), new UIPropertyMetadata(0.0, PixelShaderConstantCallback(2)));

        public float Green
        {
            get { return (float)GetValue(GreenProperty); }
            set { SetValue(RedProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty GreenProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Green", typeof(double), typeof(BrightContrastEffect), new UIPropertyMetadata(0.0, PixelShaderConstantCallback(3)));

        public float Blue
        {
            get { return (float)GetValue(BlueProperty); }
            set { SetValue(BlueProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty BlueProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Blue", typeof(double), typeof(BrightContrastEffect), new UIPropertyMetadata(0.0, PixelShaderConstantCallback(4)));

        //private static PixelShader m_shader = new PixelShader() { UriSource = new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/CustomPixelRender;component/bricon.ps") };

    }

//Average Blend Mode Effect
 public class AverageEffect : BlendModeEffect
    {
        public static Uri MakePackUri(string relativeFile)
        {
            Assembly a = typeof(ColorBurnEffect).Assembly;

            // Extract the short name.
            string assemblyShortName = a.ToString().Split(',')[0];

            string uriString = "pack://application:,,,/" +
                assemblyShortName +
                ";component/" +
                relativeFile;

            return new Uri(uriString);
        }
        static AverageEffect()
        {
            _pixelShader.UriSource = MakePackUri("AverageEffect.ps");
        }

        public AverageEffect()
        {
            this.PixelShader = _pixelShader;
        }

        private static PixelShader _pixelShader = new PixelShader();
    }

//ColorBurn Effect
  public class ColorDodgeEffect : BlendModeEffect
    {
        public static Uri MakePackUri(string relativeFile)
        {
            Assembly a = typeof(ColorBurnEffect).Assembly;

            // Extract the short name.
            string assemblyShortName = a.ToString().Split(',')[0];

            string uriString = "pack://application:,,,/" +
                assemblyShortName +
                ";component/" +
                relativeFile;

            return new Uri(uriString);
        }
        static ColorDodgeEffect()
        {
            _pixelShader.UriSource = MakePackUri("ColorDodgeEffect.ps");
        }

        public ColorDodgeEffect()
        {
            this.PixelShader = _pixelShader;
        }

        private static PixelShader _pixelShader = new PixelShader();
    }

//BlendModeEffect
  public class BlendModeEffect : ShaderEffect
    {
        public BlendModeEffect()
        {
            UpdateShaderValue(InputProperty);
            UpdateShaderValue(TextureProperty);
        }

        public Brush Input
        {
            get { return (Brush)GetValue(InputProperty); }
            set { SetValue(InputProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty InputProperty =
            ShaderEffect.RegisterPixelShaderSamplerProperty
            (
                "Input",
                typeof(BlendModeEffect),
                0
            );

        public Brush Texture
        {
            get { return (Brush)GetValue(TextureProperty); }
            set { SetValue(TextureProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty TextureProperty =
            ShaderEffect.RegisterPixelShaderSamplerProperty
            (
                "Texture",
                typeof(BlendModeEffect),
                1
            );
    }

A: As per the SO chat uses suggestion. I have called BrightContrastEffect as new Effect to the image in the slider changed event Handler. I set the biding values pro-grammatically.
private void cVal_ValueChanged(object sender, RoutedPropertyChangedEventArgs<double> e)
{
   cColorEffects.SelectedIndex = 0;
   BrightContrastEffect bce = new BrightContrastEffect();
   BindingOperations.SetBinding(bce, BrightContrastEffect.ContrastProperty, new        Binding("Value") { Source = cVal });
ViewedPhoto.Effect = bce;
}

I have applied the same approached for the other sliders.

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XL Group Ltd reported its fourth quarter and full year 2017 results, with net income attributable to common shareholders of $28.8 million, or $0.11 per fully diluted share, for the quarter, and net loss attributable to common shareholders of $560.4 million, or $2.16 per fully diluted share, for the full year.
Their natural catastrophe pre-tax losses net of reinsurance, reinstatement and premium adjustments and redeemable non-controlling interest for the quarter were $315.2 million.
Commenting on the Company's performance, XL's Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said: "XL's fourth quarter and full year 2017 results were impacted by the severe natural catastrophes in the year.
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Q: Using Django's memcache API on Dynamically created models So I have a function which creates a dynamic model. I accomplish this in a way very similar to AuditTrail (see django wiki).
Sample of code is here:
https://gist.github.com/0212845ae00891efe555
Is there any way I can make a dynamically-generated class pickle-able? Ideally something thats not a crazy monkeypatch/hack?

A: I am aware of the problem where pickle can't store a generated or dynamic class. I solved this by rigging in my dynamic type into the modules dict like so:
new_class = type(name, (models.Model,), attrs)
mod = sys.modules[new_class.__module__]
mod.__dict__[new_class.__name__] = new_class

It's FAR from a clean or elegant solution, so if someone can think of a more django-friendly way to make this happen, I am all ears. However, the above code does work.

A: The reason there aren't answers for this is because the answer is likely hackish. I don't think you can unpickle an object in Python without knowing the structure of the class on the receiving end without some sort of hackish solution. A big reason pickle doesn't support it is probably because it's a fantastic way to introduce malicious code into your application.
http://www.mofeel.net/871-comp-lang-python/2898.aspx explains a bit why dynamically created classes can't be unpickled.
In every case, I've either just serialized a dictionary of the attributes of the object using the dict method, or just figured out some awful work around. I hope you come up with something better.
Good Luck!


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Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère né à Saint-Sauvier (Bourbonnais) le  et mort à Saint-Brieuc (Bretagne) le  est un ecclésiastique français.

Il fut évêque de Saint-Brieuc et de Tréguier de 1817 à 1841.

Biographie
Mathias Le Groing de La Romagère naît dans le diocèse de Moulins d'une ancienne et noble famille du Berry. Il est le  enfant de Charles comte Le Groing de La Romagère et de Claire Mulatier de la Trollière.

Il fait ses études au collège des Oratoriens de Vendôme puis au séminaire Saint-Sulpice et à la Sorbonne à Paris. Chanoine théologal et vicaire général du diocèse de Chalons-sur-Marne qu'il dirige de facto au début de la Révolution française. Il est incarcéré de 1793 à 1795, d'abord à Bourges puis sur les pontons de Rochefort où meurt le  son frère Pierre-Joseph Le Groing de La Romagère. Il devient ensuite vicaire général du diocèse de Bourges et du diocèse de Clermont. Il est nommé en 1817 évêque du diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier, confirmé le  et sacré à Paris dans l'église des Carmélites par le cardinal  de Clermont Tonnerre, son ancien évêque de Chalons-sur-Marne. Lors de l'épidémie de choléra de 1832, il entoure de sa sollicitude les populations de Paimpol et de Bréhat.

Il meurt le  à Saint-Brieuc et est inhumé dans le transept de la cathédrale de Saint-Brieuc.

Armes

Distinction

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Notes et références

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Évêque catholique français du XIXe siècle
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Décès en février 1841
Décès à Saint-Brieuc
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Décès à 84 ans


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Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s
The big '80s show at the Modern in Fort Worth is surprisingly good.
Christina Rees, September 22, 2014
Robert Longo's drawing of Cindy Sherman
The big '80s show that just opened at the Modern in Fort Worth—"Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s"— is good, to my relief. It is, as expected, big and graphic and punchy. The iconic work is here; it's what turns on curator Michael Auping, who really belongs to this era, and his rekindled fondness for certain aspects of the decade transfers to the viewer. If you walk into the show with trepidation, you'll probably walk out feeling at least a little better about this uneven and unsettling moment in recent art history. I would have loved for it to have been even bigger; it could have easily engulfed the whole museum and then some, but then Auping would have been dealing with a lot more of the patchiness of '80s art. Here, limited by space, it comes off as cohesive.
I don't know if this concentration of the "good" stuff helps or hurts the show's overall energy level; it may be more formal than I'd like. But, as I told a colleague right after I saw the show, I may not be the most objective judge of an '80s show, because like a duckling, this era is my primary imprint. It was when I first started really looking at contemporary art. Cindy Sherman was my first memorable museum outing as a teenager (at the DMA). In high school, I wore my limited edition Haring Swatch until it broke. And in college we were all obsessed with David Salle and Eric Fischl and Nan Goldin. Etcetera.
By art history standards, the '80s legacy is unsettled still, though not for much longer. While hipster Millenials have been joyfully and not ironically borrowing style cues from that decade since even before Vice Magazine arrived in NYC in 1999, those of us who came of age in the '80s or lived through it as adults have had a complicated and sometimes dread-inducing association with that time.
A lot of what's problematic about the '80s—deregulation and Reagonomics, the unchecked hunger of a new art economy, the beginning of the narcissistic marketing of oneself, the AIDS crisis that killed so many bright stars and created a seemingly endless creative vacuum—still resonates today. Lee Atwater's evil master plan for co-opting the religious right and rural vote for the GOP happened then; we see where that got us. And the kind of ugly, post-modern free-for-all in design and clothing and music and architecture got going in the '80s. Things started to feel plasticky and superficial and unrigorous around that time. Pop music production was (despite an almost worldwide ongoing love affair with hits of early MTV) terrible—super synthetic and flattened. There are several generations of adults who just don't want to revisit all that, and they certainly don't like to look at photos of themselves taken in 1985. Yeesh.
So some would like to dismiss the whole decade, including much of the art. At the same time, right now the ravenous and excavating appetite of collectors and connoisseurs keeps looking backward, and the art of the 1980s is up for reexamination in a big way. Longo's "Men in the Cities" felt dated six years ago, but I've started to see a lot of '80s Longo and Kruger imagery being used illustratively in current pop culture. There's a sensibility there that's starting to feel fresh again. Of course. Thank Supreme, I guess. Follow the trickle up. Or just accept that the internet has made every well-documented decade accessible to all of us all the time, and anything earlier than 2001 is up for the nostalgia treatment.
But pre-internet, a lot of the artists in the '80s, especially those in New York, were dealing with their own here-and-now in a reflexive and boisterous way, and, again, the best thing any exhibition could communicate is that energy. And I do think the Modern show, almost by default, captures a bit of it. Street art came into its own at that time, of course, and the big, braggadocious gestures of Schnabel and Mary Boone's macho stable were everywhere too. These big Haring tarps and some of Basquiat's work and Schnabel's broken plate paintings are at the Modern, and one of the best things in the show is an environment made by Kenny Scharf (I was surprised, because though Scharf was always a downtown super-connector, his art is generally unconvincing) —you can walk into his dayglo cave-like time-machine and it reignites some of the nightclubby, counterintuitive optimism of the time. One should keep in mind that the changes between the early '80s and the late '80s meant the difference between downtown post-punk DIY-ness of Fab 5 Freddy—he and his cohort were still reeling from and riffing on recession—and the ultra-slick cocaine-fueled narcissism of Koons and "American Psycho," which is a breathtaking range of aesthetics and concerns. You can't pin the whole of the '80s on Holzer's earliest Inflammatory Essays (circa 1980) any more than you can on Mapplethorpe's photos of gimps (1985), or Christopher Wool's resilient text paintings (1990). It all unfolded in due time on one tiny island.
Auping secured some things I was happy to see. A whole room of Goldin's aesthetically un-aestheticized photos of her and her scruffy friends burning themselves out; a wall dedicated to Colab's seminal "Times Square Show"; three of Longo's best jerking Men (including one woman, who just happens to be Cindy Sherman, his better half at the time); another room given over to the Guerrilla Girls via documentation and still-charged ephemera. Ross Bleckner's heartbreaking "Sanctuary"—one of the best paintings of the era, is here. Laurie Anderson bangs away on her own body in a big video installation of a segment from "Home of the Brave." (I do wish there was more video in this show.) And '80s graphics still look sophisticated, and well-suited to delivering messages. Fifteen years ago I sort of agreed with Robert Hughes in dismissing Kruger's designer-y soundbites, but now she seems so prescient and wise, because we're still dealing with the dirty politics and distressing takeover of consumer culture and war on women she was addressing back then. The Clinton years and Generation X may have offered a moment of relief, but now these issues and the way money and power flows is worse than ever.
Kenny Sharf
The clear takeaway is that these artists were fearless. They called it like they saw it. Politics didn't scare them, and they knew how to use media because they were the first generation to grow up inundated by it. They called out the powerful, and often gained their own power in the process. And the tandem rise of the art dealer and art collector is telling. Economically, the decade was dizzying.
Oh, New York! For a lot of fans of the city, the '80s were the last years of it being fertile and open-ended, and also the first time the city hinted at what it might become. The movie "Smithereens," directed by Susan Seidelman, was shot in 1982, and downtown looks like an unrecognizable, post-apocalyptic (but very interesting) shit hole. The '80s windows in Warhol's diaries and Interview Magazine are a great resource for watching the decade unfold in real time, downtown and up, and while I flip through these at home for the millionth time, I'm also starting to think: But what about the 1990s? For they, too, are upon us. So go see this show before we move on.
Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sept. 21-Jan. 4, 2015.
This post originally appeared on Glasstire on Friday, September 19, 2014.
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PETA protesters dressed as orca whales "beached" themselves at SeaWorld to protest the captivity and violence at SeaWorld.


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Exchange rates spark confusion
By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter GULF NEWS Published: December 03, 2007, 01:41
Dubai: Arbitrary dirham rates offered by UAE money changers, in some cases as low as Dh3.05 per dollar or almost 17 per cent lower than the official rate, are sowing more confusion in the market where speculation on the dirham's revaluation is already rampant.
The UAE currency has been pegged at 3.6725 to the dollar since 1997 and until Sunday there was no change in the official peg.
UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Bin Nasser Al Suwaidi last month spoke about social and economic pressure to give up the dollar peg and to adopt a basket of currencies.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have cut interest rates in the recent days to make it less attractive for investors to bet on the appreciation of their currencies. But that has not discouraged people from taking bets on the dirham's revaluation.
The forward markets on Sunday were expecting the UAE dirham to appreciate to 3.54 against the dollar in a year.
"It is happening because there is a huge demand for Gulf currencies," Monica Malik, senior economist at EFG-Hermes investment bank, told Gulf News.
"Increasingly we feel there is going to be some sort of currency reform in the next six months," she said, but added that the two-day summit of Gulf leaders starting in Doha on Monday may not come up with a firm action on the issue.
Analysts have been expecting Gulf government action on the dollar pegs as the cost of living across the region has been rising as imports have become costlier due to the slide in dollar's value.
Money changers, hotels and stores in shopping malls were accepting dollars at rates ranging from Dh3.05 to Dh3.50 per dollar yesterday.
They began revising the exchange rates on Friday and gradually raised the dirham rate against all other major currencies. Unofficial exchange rates of other currencies versus the dirham were similarly affected.
Tourists complained that they were getting fewer dirhams for their currencies.
"It is strange," said Ahmad Jan from Saudi Arabia as he walked between a bank branch and a money exchange at Deira City Centre and noted that the bank offered 60 fils more per dollar.
"What you see here is the official rate," a manager at the bank said.
Moroccan visitor Nasser Bin Omar said he accepted the lower dollar rate from the money dealer because he did not want to wait in the long queue at the bank.
"Offering a lower rate [than the official rate] to the US dollar against the UAE dirham is against the law. Money exchange houses should stick to the UAE Central Bank guidelines," said B.R. Shetty, vice-chairman of the NMC Group that operates UAE Exchange.
However, UAE Exchange Centre was offering Dh3.30 per dollar, about 11 per cent lower than the official rate on Sunday.
As revaluation speculation gripped the market, many expatriates were also delaying their remittances. A manager at a money exchange in Dubai's Al Ghusais area said there has been a decline in remittances.
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As I've noted before, my blog platform's back end allows me to see how visitors come in. Never fear, I don't know who they are, but I know if they have entered words into a search engine that led them to my site. I am always pleased when someone finds me by Googling a word usage question.
The obvious referrals come from searches on various forms of "nymph." Some are innocent and some are quite obviously not.
Don't look for me to cite examples of sordid searches, because they are really dirty. Suffice it to say there are plenty of innocuous strings of words that have filthy connotations. And these phrases, when searched, lead a seamy trail to my innocent blog–even before my post about Mrs. Warren's Profession.
I hope the pervs aren't too disappointed when they find me. And I do hope they come back for legitimate reasons, such as a word usage question.
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