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From Paris to New York, Seoul to Sydney, and Mumbai to the legendary New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, the once-in-a-generation 24-hour Global Citizen Live broadcast reached all seven continents this past weekend.
With an incredible lineup of performances from around the world, dozens of commitments towards defending our planet and defeating poverty, and a worldwide audience of Global Citizens, the last stop on the Global Citizen Live world tour was Lagos.
Hundreds of fully-vaccinated frontline workers were in the audience at the New Afrika Shrine to see Tiwa Savage, Femi Kuti, Davido, and Made Kuti perform from the iconic venue that has been at the heart of the social justice mission since the days of Fela Kuti himself.
Hosted by actress Nancy Isime and lawyer Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, also host of Nigeria's biggest reality TV show Big Brother Naija, the Lagos event was a spectacular one that the audience and viewers around the world will not forget in a hurry.
"I am so excited to be here on stage at the iconic New Afrika Shrine, where on this very same spot the father of Afrobeat, legend, and activist — one of my personal heroes — Fela Kuti performed and shared a message of hope for nearly three decades," Isime said.
It was a fantastic show that brought poetry, dance, music, and — most importantly — pledges and commitments that will improve environmental protections, strengthen the fight against COVID-19, and support Nigeria's recovery efforts.
Image: Andrew Esiebo for Global Citizen
"Not only do we reflect on the important history of this stage, but we are also adding to its powerful history through this once-in-a-lifetime show," added Obi-Uchendu.
If you missed Global Citizen Live in Lagos in the global broadcast, you're in luck because we've compiled a list of some of the most incredible moments from the show — and there was a lot to pick from!
1. Davido's Energetic Performance
Anyone that knows Davido, knows he loves to have a good time (the title of his second studio album says that much) and the audience at Global Citizen Live in Lagos were treated to the best time with the pop star all through his set.
From his remix of South African sing Focalistic's "Ke Star", to his global hits "If", "Fall", and "Fia", the BET International Act of 2018 kept the audience dancing.
To take it up a notch, Davido brought singer CKay on the Global Citizen Live stage to perform their viral 2020 hit song La La, sending the crowd wild. The audience was definitely pumped for the rest of the night's performances after that.
2. Lagos State Governor Commits to Vaccinate 30% of Lagosians Within One Year
Without overcoming COVID-19, defeating poverty and defending the planet are a much taller order. And an absolutely vital way the world can combat COVID-19 is through the vaccines and reaching herd immunity. It was this issue that Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu committed to on the Global Citizen Live stage at the New Afrika Shrine.
Sanwo-Olu said his government will ensure that, through a partnership with the private sector, 50% of all vaccines procured will be made available free-of-charge at government health centres across the state, to ensure that at least 30% of Lagosians are fully-vaccinated within one year.
At the time of filming, only 1.2% of Lagosians — just under 290,000 people— are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, way below the WHO's recommended target of 60%.
"Lagos State will commit to prioritising vaccine equity among its entire population, as we did with COVID PCR testing. We plan to partner with the private sector once again to procure, store, distribute and administer vaccines across the State under the guidance of Federal and State Government laws," Sanwo-Olu said.
"To safely achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, a substantial proportion of a population would need to be vaccinated, lowering the overall amount of virus able to spread in the whole population," he added. "With our approach, we expect to vaccinate 30% of the population of Lagos State within one year. This will put us on a better and more sustainable path towards herd immunity."
3. Tiwa Savage's Performance was a Vocal Masterpiece
The Queen of Afrobeats has sung backup vocals for the likes of George Michael, Mary J. Blige, and Whitney Houston, so her vocal capabilities have never been in question.
But Savage delivered a hair-raising vocal performance that the audience at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos did not see coming and frankly, we were blown away too!
Starting off with her hit single "Attention", off her 2020 album Celia, Savage took the audience on a vocal journey through her hits like "Tales by Moonlight" and "Koroba", before finishing off her set with her latest viral hit: the Brandy-supported "Somebody Son", with the crowd singing along with all their hearts. What a moment it was.
4. Maryam Bukar Hassan's Powerful Poem on Climate Change, Hunger, and Justice
Hassan is a popular poet and activist who represents hope and possibility as an advocate for women and girls' rights in Nigeria, and a true voice for change.
Spoken word poetry can be a powerful medium of communicating important issues and Maryam Bukar Hassan (a.k.a Alhanislam) delivered a poem so powerful, the crowd gave a thundering ovation afterward.
Covering the major themes of the night: hunger, climate change, justice, and equality, Hassan's poem was moving in its content, but it was how she delivered it with intent and passion that made her performance one of the major highlights of Global Citizen Live in Lagos.
5. A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Why the New Afrika Shrine Is Such an Iconic Venue
Featuring interviews with the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's children Seun and Yeni Kuti, as well as his grandson Made Kuti, the Lagos broadcast featured a behind-the-scenes look at what the New Afrika Shrine means to Fela's legacy and a little peek into the Kuti family's activist heritage.
It took viewers down memory lane through some of the songs and moments that made Fela's activism such an iconic representation of Nigerian resilience and how the Kuti family is taking his legacy forward.
Fun fact: Internationally known people like President Emmanuel Macron of France and Naomi Campbell, among others, have been hosted at the Shrine.
6. Ghanaian Musician Okyeame Kwame and the Climate Clock
Did you know we have just over seven years to reverse the damaging effects of climate change?
To drive home the urgency of defending our planet, Climate Clock ambassador Kwame took to the Global Citizen Live stage in Lagos to call on individuals, corporations, and world leaders to prioritise climate change at the upcoming COP26 summit in Scotland.
"We must move away from the fossil fuels which bring death and destruction to our planet and replace them with clean, renewable energy sources which foster life and protect our precious planet. Now is the time for leaders all around to take action and protect the future of our world," he said.
7. Access Bank Commits to Continuing Its Investments in Sustainability
As one of Africa's biggest banks, and sponsor of Global Citizen Live in Lagos, Access Bank leading the way in sustainability was a highlight of the show.
Taking to the stage at the New Afrika Shrine, Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe said the company will continue its investments in sustainable projects and committed to encouraging the adoption of green initiatives by all its employees.
"We issued the first Climate Bonds Initiative's Corporate Green Bond in Africa, valued at about $41 million, to finance and refinance environmentally friendly projects, such as renewables, which would lead to an estimated annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 730 tonnes (carbon dioxide equivalent)," Wigwe said. "Other projects include the flood defense system in Lagos, to protect over 400,000 residents from flooding."
"Let's remember always that we are first humans, and as individuals and businesses, we have an obligation to drive the recovery of our planet, and to end extreme poverty," he concluded.
8. Femi, Seun, and Made Kuti's cover of Fela's 'Water No Get Enemy'
When three Kutis take to the stage to perform a classic Afrobeat song, you know you are in for a spectacle and that is exactly what the audience got at Global Citizen Live in Lagos.
Performing a medley of Fela's classic song "Water No Get Enemy", Femi Kuti, his brother Seun, and his son Made gave an amazing rendition complete with saxophone solos which sent the crowd into a frenzy of gyration and vibes.
Three generations of awesomeness represented on the same stage is not something you see every day and the Global Citizen Live audience in Lagos will definitely remember that performance for quite some time.
9. Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning Commits to Gender and Climate Responsive Policy
During her stage moment, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed spoke about the intersectionality of the challenges the world is facing regarding pandemic management and recovery, and how working together is the only way to overcome these challenges.
It is against the backdrop of this that she announced a commitment to double gender and climate responsive policy-making in Nigeria's public financial management processes by 2025.
"Working with our relevant agencies, we will also institute climate budget tagging by 2023 to raise awareness and highlight climate change-related policies across all sectors, and to assess gender and climate inclusiveness in fiscal policy implementation," Ahmed said. "No policy is measurable and trackable without data, and so to ensure the effectiveness of our commitments, we will seek to establish, conduct, and institutionalise the collection of sex and age-disaggregated data and gender statistics, including the gender impact of climate change, displacement, and extreme weather incidents as part of national planning processes by 2025."
"I also commend and celebrate Global Citizens around the world who have ensured that truly together we will achieve more," she added
You can join the Global Citizen Live campaign to defeat poverty and defend the planet by taking action here, and become part of a movement powered by citizens around the world who are taking action together with governments, corporations, and philanthropists to make change.
TopicsNigeriaClimate ActionGlobal Citizen LiveLagosEnd PovertyFemi KutiTiwa SavageFela KutiAccess BankGlobal Citizen LifeMade KutiDavidoNew Afrika Shrine
9 of the Most Amazing Moments from Global Citizen Live in Lagos
By Akindare Okunola

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Q: Android ICS, Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8 My android app has one background service. I observed that this service is restarting and not showing any exception in debug log also.
I taken more interest to identify the problem with my app and finally found one special message Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8... in debug log.
After this message appears, I saw message as my service created and printing all debug messages of my application as when we launch first time.
My app's ,manifest file has <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
and i am using Android 4.0 Samsung Galaxy S Duos mobile phone to test my app.
Can anybody please suggest the solution or what is the exact problem with my app.
Or please tell me if anything I missed in my app's manifest, because I am new to Android 4.0.

A: The "Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8" message is not a bug, it's just the system informing you that it is turning on some compatibility features due to the fact that your device is running Android 4+ while the code is compiled for an older version (API level 8).
So whatever causes your problem is not this logcat line!

A: Just replace your Manifest's string
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to
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And don't forget to download 14 SDK version.

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Snow and Confetti Will Ruin Your Video Quality – But Why?
Video compression is what allows us to watch Youtube or stream videos, and it is a great thing when it comes to file sizes. Raw video files are massive, and watching one would require a lot of time to download or buffer. The best way to watch and stream videos then becomes to compress the file, and while video compression is awesome, it has issues when it comes to snow, confetti, or anything that does a lot of movement in the frame. Video compression works by predicting what pixels will look like, and basically tells certain pixels to repeat. Take for example if a video had a solid blue background, then most of the pixels would repeat blue, and the storage space would be used up tracking movement. To see why confetti and snow are a problem, check out the video below.
Back in the day, analog TVs would play uncompressed video, meaning that everything the camera lens saw was directly transferred to your TV screen. This works great when there isn't much video to play, but once you start getting say, more than 5 channels, well then you have to start compressing video files. Video compression is the only way in which digital video and television works, so you can thank your ability to binge watch your favorite TV series on it.
By now we've established that video compression is great, but what's the big drawback? Confetti. Most of the time confetti is seen at concerts, sports games or other big events, but issues come when snow is present as well. Like I mentioned earlier, when a video is compressed, pixels are told to repeat certain values based on prediction. The problem is, video compressing algorithm pretty much cannot predict where or when a confetti will move, so the video quality significantly drops since it needs to take up more space to store this data.
You may be saying, NO! I want my HD television all the time. Well you see, you can't have it. If you wanted to ensure HD or 1080P through complex video situations, then you would need to have a lot of data streaming capabilities. In fact, to stream the above video in full HD, the whole time, it would require 1.1 gigabits per second of data transmission, and our guess is you don't have that.
Digital technology has brought us a long way and enabled us to see things that never before would have been possible. Sometimes you have to compromise on video quality when it's snowing or there's confetti in order to be able to binge watch Netflix at other times. As predictive algorithms ultimately get better, this problem may become less of an issue, but for now, we just have to deal with it.


17403 has a SeniorScore® of 69, which is the 6th highest of any zip code in York, PA.
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There are 23 senior living facilities in the area, including Colonial Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Senior Commons at Powder Mill, and Rest Haven - York.
There are 31 golf courses nearby, including Country Club of York, The, Regents\' Glen Country Club, The, and Hawk Lake Golf Club.
There are 84 churches nearby, including Friendship Baptist Church, St Andrew\'s Episcopal Church, and New Fairview Church.
The area has an average household income of $66,783, which is in the top 33% of all incomes in the US.
The area has a median household income of $45,447, which is in the top 55% of all incomes in the US.
The area has a per capita income of $25,455, which is in the top 39% of all per capita incomes in the US.
The unemployment rate is about 11.33%, which is high compared to national statistics.
17403 has a dense population density of 1,911.0 people per square mile.
This area has a low education attainment of 82.67%.


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Eventually there will be many styles of homes and special detail elements represented here, with a series for each style. If you don't find an architectural style you like on this visit, please check back from time to time as new releases will appear regularly. You can also email us and ask to be added to our notification list so you are emailed when a new print is released. Thanks for visiting.
We are unable to sell any prints to customers in California at this time. We will be able to sell to California customers starting January 2019.


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Šaca  est un des quartiers de la ville slovaque de Košice.

Histoire

La première mention écrite du village date de 1275.

La localité fut annexée par la Hongrie après le premier arbitrage de Vienne le . En 1938, on comptait six-cent-soixante-six habitants. Elle faisait partie du district de Košice, en hongrois Kassai járás. Durant la période 1938 -1945, le nom hongrois Saca était d'usage. À la libération, la commune a été réintégré dans la Tchécoslovaquie reconstituée.
Le village fut rattaché à la ville de Košice en 1968.

Territoires cadastraux

Le quartier de Šaca est divisé en deux territoires cadastraux : Šaca et Železiarne.

Notes et références

Quartier de Košice

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The first day of school for students will be Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
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Here stood the lumbermen's village of Searsville whose first settler, John Sears, came in 1854. Across the road westerly from this monument stood a hotel. The school, store, blacksmith shop, and dwellings were to the southeast, some on the site of the present lake and others overlooking it. Buildings were removed in 1891, as water rose behind the new dam.
Plaque placed by the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County in cooperation with the San Mateo County Historical Association.


The Economics Forum 21: CHINESE HAN RATS ARE PANICKING! WE SHALL SOON BURN THEM AT THE STAKE!
CHINESE HAN RATS ARE PANICKING! WE SHALL SOON BURN THEM AT THE STAKE!
hina's crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang province has spread to Ningxia, signalling a hardening in Beijing's management of ethnic and religious groups. Authorities began a security clampdown in Xinjiang last year, detaining at least 1m Muslim Uighurs in internment centres, a move that has drawn international condemnation . China's leaders said the detentions were necessary and have recast them as "vocational education" facilities. Efforts by Beijing to broaden its control over China's ethnic minorities were highlighted last week when Ningxia signed a counter-terrorism co-operation agreement with Xinjiang. Zhang Yunsheng, a senior Ningxia party official, has praised Xinjiang's counter-terrorism efforts, calling on his province to "better integrate with Xinjiang" and to "strengthen the deep co-operation between the two places in antiterrorism, social stability, and ethnic religion". Mr Zhang's entourage last month visited an internment centre in Urumqi, the provincial capital, as well as two Xinjiang prisons, according to the Legal Daily, a newspaper managed by the Communist party's political and legal commission. The high-level exchange has paved the way for the export of Xinjiang's techniques to Ningxia, home to the largest concentration of the Muslim Huis, one of China's largest ethnic minority groups numbering more than 10m. Even before the agreement, there had been tight religious restrictions in Ningxia. This summer, residents in Weizhou gathered in a rare protest over the planned demolition of the city's recently completed Grand Mosque. Religious classes for children have been suspended region-wide since February while Islamic symbols and halal signs have been removed as part of a campaign to "Sinocise" Islam. "The Hui, for the most part, are extremely well integrated economically and socially. They have been well entrenched in China since the 12th century," said Reza Hasmath, a political science professor at the University of Alberta. Beijing's hardening religious approach also amounts to a tacit admission that its decades-old ethnic policy, aimed at replicating the country's economic success among ethnic minorities, has failed. In the early days of Communist party rule, the largest ethnic groups, including Muslim Huis and Uighurs, were allocated "autonomous regions" where they were promised a higher degree of independence in governing religious and cultural affairs. Minority groups were also exempted from the country's former one-child policy and continue to receive preferential access to certain social welfare benefits, particularly in education. A vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng, Xinjiang © Reuters But under Chen Quanguo, the hardline party secretary of Xinjiang who formerly governed Tibet, China's two largest autonomous regions have been heavily policed. James Leibold, an expert on ethnic policy at Melbourne's La Trobe University, said there used to be a "belief that economic development will ultimately solve the ethnic question: if you bring development to the frontier, people will be gracious and loyal to the party". "There is a belief now," he added, "that that approach has failed and what is required is a far more coercive or assertive approach, one that puts stability first even if it means sidelining economic development".


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Morpheus is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses he is the son of Sleep, who appears in dreams in human form.  Morpheus may also refer to:

Characters
 Morpheus (DC comics), a moniker for Dream, a fictional personification of dreams in the comic book series The Sandman
 Morpheus (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
 Morpheus (The Matrix), a character of The Matrix franchise
 King Morpheus, a fictional character in the Little Nemo comics
 Morpheus, a minor artificial intelligence character in the game Deus Ex
 Morpheus (Percy Jackson), a character who appears in the last book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series
 Morpheus D. Duvall, the principal antagonist of Resident Evil: Dead Aim

Technology
Morpheus (software), file-sharing client/server software operated by the company StreamCast Networks
 Morpheus (morphing software), morphing software for Windows and Mac OS X
 Morpheus (1987 video game), a video game developed by Andrew Braybrook in 1987
 Morpheus (1998 video game), a video game released in 1998
 Project Morpheus, a NASA project to produce a vertical test bed and pre-prototype lunar lander called Morpheus
 Project Morpheus, the codename for PlayStation VR
 Morpheus (communications system) an evolution of the British Armed Forces' Bowman communications system

Music
 Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke), a composition for viola and piano by Rebecca Helferich Clarke
 Morpheus (album), a music album by Canadian group Delerium
 A synthesizer produced in the mid-1990s by E-mu Systems

Other
 "Morpheus" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the sci-fi TV series Stargate SG-1
 Morpheus (role-playing game), a tabletop role-playing game
 Morpheus (hotel), a hotel under construction at City of Dreams, Macau
 4197 Morpheus, an asteroid

See also
 Morfey, a Russian air defense system


If you're thinking about buying life insurance, there are several policies to consider including a universal life insurance policy or cash value policy and term life insurance. With a universal life insurance policy, you pay over time and part of the premium goes into a savings plan with little value unless you stick with it for the long run. With term life insurance, you pay a smaller yearly premium for a certain length of time. Because term life insurance costs less, it offers more of an opportunity to save on your own.
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things I was worried about—I don't have to worry about. It really made the
process a lot easier." – Rick, Red Cross shelter resident.
January 6, 2017—After an extremely busy week responding
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residents affected by power outages in Cave Junction, the Red Cross in Oregon
and Southwest Washington is helping more than 60 people displaced from their
homes by an apartment fire. On the afternoon of January 4, 2017, a three-alarm
fire broke out at the historic Hotel Alder, located at SW Alder St. and SW 4th
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than 700 meals and snacks had been served to displaced residents by 70 Red
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Region has staffed in recent years.
Rick, a SW Alder resident, was at
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fire. He said he couldn't believe it and was immediately concerned about where
he would go for shelter, but his stress faded when the Red Cross stepped in to
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Although the fire was a shocking
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In addition to providing shelter
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health equipment lost in the fire, as well as address residents' medical needs
related to the disaster. The Red Cross
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residents' pets and service animals have a safe and warm place to stay close to
their owners.
The operation—from shelter, to food,
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people strong. Scott Fine is helping to address medical needs of
residents.
Fine, a retired firefighter and EMT
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Cross for about six months.
Scott has previously deployed to
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major flooding events.
Scott Fine
"It's been an amazingly
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This week, Scott cut his vacation
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WARNER BROS 2014 Fall Film Preview
By The Critic | August 25, 2014
DOLPHIN TALE 2 In theaters on September 12 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Alcon Entertainment) Director: Charles Martin Smith Cast: Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Austin Stowell, Bethany Hamilton "Dolphin Tale 2" continues the story of the brave dolphin Winter, whose miraculous rescue and recovery—thanks to a groundbreaking prosthetic tail—made… Read More »
Category: Fall Previews Movies Tags: Abigail Spencer, Adam Brown, Adam Driver, Aidan Turner, Alfre Woodard, AMERICAN SNIPER, and Orlando Bloom. Also starring (in alphabetical order, ANNABELLE, Annabelle Wallis, Arnold Oceng, Ashley Judd, Austin Stowell, Balthazar Getty, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bethany Hamilton, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Charles Martin Smith, Charlie Day, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Lee, Clint Eastwood, Corey Stoll, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, David Dobkin, David Krumholtz, Dax Shepard, Dean O'Gorman, Denis O'Hare, DOLPHIN TALE 2, Emma Tremblay, Emmanuel Jal, Evangeline Lilly, Ger Duany, Grace Zabriskie, Graham McTavish, Harry Connick, HORRIBLE BOSSES 2, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, INHERENT VICE, Jake McDorman, James Nesbitt, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis Jennifer Aniston, Jed Brophy, Jena Malone, JEREMY STRONG, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, John Callen, John Leonetti, Josh Brolin, Jr, Katherine Waterston, Kathryn Hahn, Keir O'Donnell, Ken Howard, Ken Stott, Kevin Spacey, Kris Kristofferson, Kuoth Wiel, Lawrence Makoare, Lee Pace, Leighton Meester, Luke Evans, Luke Grimes, Manu Bennett, Mark Hadlow, Martin Freeman, Martin Short, Melissa Leo, Mikael Persbrandt, Morgan Freeman, Nathan Gamble, Navid Negahban, Owen Wilson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Hambleton, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Rose Byrne, Ryan Gage, Sarah Baker, Sarah Lancaster, Sean Anders, Shawn Levy, Sienna Miller, Stephen Fry, Stephen Hunter, Sylvester McCoy, THE HOBBIT:THERE AND BACK AGAIN, THE JUDGE, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, Tina Fey, Vera Farmiga, VINCENT D'ONOFRIO, Ward Horton, William Kircher
INTO THE STORM – New Trailer
By Alex | June 29, 2014
Here is the new trailer from Village Roadshow and New line Cinema's upcoming film INTO THE STORM. The film is directed by Steven Quale , starring Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Arlen Escarpeta, Nathan Kress, Jon Reep and Jeremy Sumpter. INTO THE STORM in theaters August 8, 2014 In the span of a… Read More »
Category: Movie Trailers Movies Tags: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Arlen Escarpeta, INTO THE STORM, Jeremy Sumpter, Jon Reep, Nathan Kress, Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Steven Quale
Warner Bros 2014 Summer Preview
By The Critic | May 1, 2014
GODZILLA In 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on May 16 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures) Director: Gareth Edwards Cast:Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston In Summer 2014, the world's most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action… Read More »
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INTO THE STORM – Trailer
By The Critic | March 30, 2014
Here is the trailer from Village Roadshow and New line Cinema's upcoming film INTO THE STORM. The film is directed by Steven Quale , starring Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Arlen Escarpeta, Nathan Kress, Jon Reep and Jeremy Sumpter. INTO THE STORM in theaters August 8, 2014 In the span of a single… Read More »
Warner Bros 2014 Film Preview
By The Critic | December 13, 2013
HER In theaters on January 10 (Wide) (Warner Bros. Pictures) Director: Spike Jonze Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Scarlett Johansson Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, "Her" follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after… Read More »
Category: Movie Release Dates Movies Tags: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Abdoulaye Ngom, Abigail Spencer, Adam Brown, Adam Driver, adam sandler, Aidan Turner, Akiva Goldsman, Alison Brie, Allison Janney, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Amy Adams, and Orlando Bloom. Also starring (in alphabetical order, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Arlen Escarpeta, Ashley Judd, Austin Stowell, Balthazar Getty, Bella Thorne, Ben Falcone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bethany Hamilton, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Connolly, BLENDED, Braxton Beckham, Bryan Cranston, Callan Mulvey, Cate Blanchett, Channing Tatum, Charles Martin Smith, Charlie Day, Charlotte Riley, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Lee, Christopher Miller, Christopher Walken, Ciarán Hinds, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins, Clint Eastwood, Colin Farrell, Corey Stoll, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Dan Aykroyd, David Dobkin, David Douglas, David Krumholtz, David Strathairn, David Wenham, Dax Shepard, Dean O'Gorman, Denis O'Hare, DOLPHIN TALE 2, Doona Bae, Doug Liman, Douglas Booth, Dragomir Mrsic, Drew Barrymore, Eddie Redmayne, EDGE OF TOMORROW, Elizabeth Banks, Elizabeth Olsen, Emily Blunt, Emma Fuhrmann, Emma Tremblay, Erich Bergen, Eva Green, Eva Marie Saint, Evangeline Lilly, Frank Coraci, Franz Drameh, Gareth Edwards, Gary Cole, GODZILLA, Grace Zabriskie, Graham McTavish, Hans Matheson, Harry Connick, Her, HORRIBLE BOSSES 2, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Igal Naor, INTO THE STORM, ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR, Jack O'Connell, James D'Arcy, James Nesbitt, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis Jennifer Aniston, Jed Brophy, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Piven, JEREMY STRONG, Jeremy Sumpter, JERSEY BOYS, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jessica Lowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McHale, John Callen, John Lloyd Young, Johnny Depp Paul Bettany, Jon Reep, Jonas Armstrong, Jr, Juliette Binoche, JUPITER ASCENDING, Kate Mara, Kathryn Hahn, Kathy Bates, Ken Howard, Ken Stott, Ken Watanabe, Kevin Nealon, Kevin Spacey, Kick Gurry, Kris Kristofferson, Kyle Davis, Kyle Red Silverstein, Lawrence Makoare, Lee Pace, Leighton Meester, Lena Headey, Liam Neeson, Luke Evans, Manu Bennett, Mark Duplass, Mark Hadlow, Martin Freeman, Masayoshi Haneda, Matt Walsh, Max Deacon, Mckayla Twiggs, Melissa Leo, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Lomenda, Mikael Persbrandt, Mila Kunis, Morgan Freeman, Nat Faxon, Nathan Gamble, Nathan Kress, Nick Offerman, Noah Taylor, Noam Murro, Olivia Wilde, Peter Hambleton, Peter Jackson, Phil Lord, Rebecca Hall, Richard Armitage, Ripley Sobo, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Rodrigo Santoro, Rooney Mara, Rose Byrne, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gage, Sally Hawkins, Sarah Lancaster, Sarah Wayne Callies, Scarlett Johansson, Scott Lawrence, Sean Anders, Sean Bean, Shawn Levy, Spike Jonze, Stephen Fry, Stephen Hunter, Sullivan Stapleton, Susan Sarandon, Sylvester McCoy, TAMMY, Terry Crews, THE HOBBIT:THERE AND BACK AGAIN, THE JUDGE, The LEGO® Movie, The Wachowskis, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Toni Collette, Tony Way, TRANSCENDENCE, Tuppence Middleton, Vera Farmiga, VINCENT D'ONOFRIO, Vincent Piazza, Wally Pfister, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, William Hurt, William Kircher, Winter's Tale


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To Have an Ordinary Life - part 3
From Spectrum, 12:30 pm on 8 January 2017
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Mike Gourley looks at the support available for disabled people making the transition from school to further training or work.
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Transition services refer to a range of disability support agencies that focus on helping younger learning or intellectually disabled people make it in the world of post-compulsory education, either in further training or in the job market.
One such agency is Emerge Supported Employment.
Transitions Coordinator Alex Sligo Green outlines his role in getting alongside the younger person – some who've been mainstreamed in secondary school and are keen to follow up on further training opportunities, mainly in polytech courses, designed to meet specific learning neds, or more job-oriented courses that are inclusive of disabled people.
The Operations Manager of Emerge, Linda Fisher, says they're appreciative of their partnership with Weltech's Community and Vocational Living Skills, or CVLS Course, taught at their Petone Campus, north of Wellington.
Scott Breckman heads up the CVLS Course. He describes it as providing learners with the necessary foundation to either pursue further training or getting a job.
Adrian Gordon is an example of the latter. Adrian is affected by William's syndrome, a condition that renders a person gregarious and outgoing, but also intellectually impaired.
Adrian's mother Brenda Gordon was thrilled to attend her son's graduation earlier this year. In her message of gratitude to Weltech, she acknowledged the aspects of the course that had benefitted Adrian, not the least of which was the travel Adrian had to negotiate to get from Hataitai to Petone every day.
The other aspect she praised was the "build a bridge and get over it" component. To cap it off, she reports that Adrian has since garnered a part-time job with a website development business.
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Anais Mitchell's new musical Hadestown opened last night on Broadway and it is fantastic. The story is so beautiful and the music is gorgeous and the cast is spectacular and it just blew me away. The experience gives me hope for a lot of things.
Shooting educational videos for @pbskids !
No one deserves this, it's tour-ending for many musicians, but on top of everything Rose Cousins is simply phenomenal. If anyone in her touring area (below) can lend a helping instrument, you will be doing something very good and likely end up in a better world for helping an amazing artist.
Holiday Tour 2018, 16 cities, 16 shows, 16 nights right up to Christmas Eve! We're a little tired but grateful. Thank you to everyone who came out!
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Lahore school expels five, including victim of bullying
A private school in Lahore expelled five students, including the victim of bullying, after a video of the girl being tortured by her classmates went viral on social media, prompting authorities to take notice and launch an investigation.
According to police officials, the school management did not cooperate with the police and refused to provide the CCTV footage of the incident to the investigating officer.
However, the statements of four eyewitnesses were recorded.
The seven accused named in the case of violence against the student include the principal Bilal and canteen employee Nasir, among others.
A five-member committee was also formed by the education department to investigate the matter.
The video footage, which was shared numerous times on Twitter on Friday, shows two to three teenage girls holding the alleged victim by the hair and pinning her to the ground.
The girls could be heard verbally abusing the alleged victim and telling her to "say sorry".
Another girl could be seen recording a video of the episode on her mobile phone.
Read More than just bullying
The official accounts of the Capital City Police Lahore and the Punjab Police had responded to the video shared on Twitter, saying a case was registered and that an investigation was launched into the incident.
The first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with the Express Tribune, was registered on the complaint of the victim's father. According to the FIR, the complainant has said that her daughter was beaten by three of her class fellows at a private school located in DHA Phase 4 Lahore.
The father claimed in the FIR that his daughter's class fellows were drug addicts and were "forcing my daughter into the drug culture which compelled me to send a video of her doing drugs to her father".
"In order to take revenge from my daughter, they assaulted her on the 16th of January, 2023," the complainant states in the FIR.
The victim's father claimed that the girls "tried to strangle my daughter and stabbed her with knives multiple times. They also stole her gold jewellery worth 1.5 tola".
According to the victim's father, the videos have been recorded and shared on social media by a few people witnessing and recording the incident, and he has sought the Federal Investigation Department's help in this regard as well.
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The National Institute of Statistics' (Istat) composite business confidence indicator (IESE, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator), which covers the manufacturing, construction, service and retail sectors, rose from 101.2 in June to 103.3 in July.
All four categories of the indicator increased compared to the previous month. In particular, the construction sector recorded the highest reading since July 2008, and the retail sector returned to positive territory.
Panelists expect fixed investment to increase 1.6% in 2016, which is down 0.6 percentage points from last month's forecast. For 2017, panelists see fixed investment growing 1.4%.


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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Reportedly Secretly Welcomed a Second Baby
By Hilary Weaver
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake welcomed a second son into their family. The Mail said that the couple had their son earlier last week and have been spending time at home with the new baby and his older brother, Silas (5).
The Mail added that Biel's mother, Kimberly Conroe Biel, has been spending much of the week with the family. Biel and Timberlake have quarantining at their home in Montana, where Biel reportedly gave birth this week. The couple has not made an official statement about the new addition.
Lately Timberlake and Biel have been using their social media to uplift and give visibility to the Black Lives Matter Movement and have not been posting much personal content. The last post Timberlake published, on July 17, was a video of Black Lives Matter co-creator Alicia Garza, who spoke about the work she is doing at Black Futures Lab.
The last thing Biel posted was this gif of herself from the movie I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998):
On Father's Day, she posted this shot of Silas and Timberlake with the message: "To the dad who not only protects and provides but most importantly, PLAYS, and puts up with all our shenanigans. And teaches and guides and comforts and accepts and respects. Being a dad can sometimes be a thankless job, but today we hope you know how important you are in our lives. We love you forever and ever and a day. Love mom and Silas ❤."
Hilary Weaver Hilary Weaver is a freelance writer based in New York who writes about politics, queer issues, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, and every woman the Queen has ever made a dame.
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It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.
I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. ---->>>
I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions. ---->>>
Name: Roland Gift
Nationality: British
Born: 05-28, 1962
Birthplace: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961) is a British singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the band Fine Young Cannibals, who rose to fame in the late 1980s.(wikipedia)


The decision is contained in the General Strategy for the Allocation of Petroleum Concessions, approved on February 18 of this year, by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, through Presidential Decree 52/19.
The Angolan news agency wrote that the General Strategy presents a distribution map, which plans to allocate nine concessions this year, the same number in 2020, eight in 2021 and 12 and 11 concessions in 2023 and 2025, respectively.
The award of oil concessions will be made, according to the Strategy, through a public tender, limited public tender and direct negotiation.


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Miftah Ismail says government increased taxes instead of adopting austerity measures
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal on Friday slammed the federal government for approving the supplementary finance bill, termed by the opposition as 'mini-budget', and said that January 13 was the "darkest day in the history of Pakistan".
Referring to Thursday's National Assembly session in which the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and the supplementary finance bills were passed with a majority vote, Abbasi – during a press conference in Islamabad along with other party leaders – said that "January 13 was the darkest day for parliament, as the bills were approved without any discussion".
The former prime minister said that the bills being passed in the Senate without discussion was also unprecedented, adding that "bills from NA session were approved in haste".
Abbasi further said that the incumbent government was handing over the country's economic keys to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that the burden of more than Rs700 billion had been placed on the nation's shoulder.
He went on to say that no rules and constitutional guidelines were followed during the voting on the bills and "it all happened in the prime minister's presence". He also lashed out at federal ministers, saying, "The ministers admitted that they were compelled to pass the bill under pressure from the IMF."
"Why are you defending the supplementary bills when you are forced to pass them?" he asked. "We are not ready to hand over the country's economy to the IMF for the sake of a $6billion loan," he added. The PML-N leader said that such things happen when a "disgraced government comes to power and the prime minister resorts to telling lies."
Talking about Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak's brawl with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Abbasi said that it only happened over a "shortage of gas". "Why has the government not bought liquefied natural gas (LNG) when the country is going through a gas crisis?" he questioned.
Addressing the media, PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said that he had begged before the NA speaker that the bill regarding the SBP was against Pakistan, but it was approved "in violation of all the rules and regulations".
Criticising the passage of the bill, he said, "Six months ago, the finance minister had painted a rosy picture about the country's historic tax collection targets, but the government ended up economically suppressing the masses." He further said the passage of the bill was a way of "destroying the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)."
On the occasion, former finance minister Miftah Ismail said that the IMF had been asking Pakistan to reduce the budget deficit, but instead of taking austerity measures, the government decided to jack up taxes.
He said that in the supplementary bill, the incumbent government had imposed a tax on chicken feed, adding that it would ultimately increase chicken prices. "Tax on machinery and a 140% tax burden has also been imposed on pharmaceuticals," he said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the NA on Thursday passed the SBP and supplementary finance bills, giving effect to new tax measures in an ambitious bid to achieve a tax target of Rs5.8 trillion as per the requirement of the IMF.
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Why is the Ipad screen not 16:9?
Thread starter gadget123
As the title says?
If the new Iphone will be 16:9 why was this never? Could they make it 16:9 in it's current size for Ipad 4?
If it does go 16:9 I hope they make the shape a bit more square and drop the curve.
spice weasel
If the iPad were 16:9, it would make it great for viewing movies and video, but horrible for reading books and magazines and for web browsing. A 16:9 aspect ratio just doesn't work for those types of activities.
spice weasel said:
Could they have an option to switch between 4:3 and 16:9?
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Somewhere Back In The Long Ago
gadget123 said:
If it's movies you are predominantly talking about here, then you can achieve a very good compromise using Handbrake to rip your DVD's..Many threads on the topic on these boards...Search should take you where you need to be for the information.
scaredpoet
You can't physically change the size of the screen.
However, plenty of movies I've watched that are in the 16:9 format play fine on the iPad screen. You just get some letterboxing at the top and bottom.
kaibob
The following is an interesting MacRumors article on how the iPad got it's current size and aspect ratio:
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/25/steve-jobs-biography-on-the-development-and-launch-of-ipad/
Piggie
The great benefit 16:9 or 16:10 would bring is that in landscape mode, which time and time again most people have said they use the most is that in the future it gives the ability to run, to some extent two apps side by side.
You have to forget those people who think 16:9 means chopping off the top and bottom of the current screen, when it can just as easy mean adding MORE screen to the current display so you see more.
Windows 8 Surface tablets have a special mode where an app can run in a small area to the side of the main display.
Also Samsung have shown this in action in their latest tablet..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbgBxr4H59A&feature=player_embedded
See how much easier it COULD be on an iPad if you could see two apps at once and drag/drop data across two apps on screen.
Renzatic
Gramps, what the hell am I paying you for?
You know, the iPad sporting a 4:3 screen was one of the things I originally didn't like about it. I thought that in this day and age, it was kinda stupid to go back to that old long since past standard. That'd it'd be sacrificing a goodly bit of potential just so a few people could read books on it a little easier.
Now that I've actually got one, I've come around to thinking that it's the perfect shape for a 10" tablet. The iPad actually sports a little more screen in comparison to the wider 10" tablets. All the apps fit comfortably on it, are perfectly usable, and yes, it's a better fit for internet pages and books. Having to watch Netflix movies letterboxed on it isn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be.
I'm now wishing more tablets were 4:3.
Renzatic said:
Rather than seeing it in this way (as so many people seem to) how would you like the idea of a little MORE screen, with MORE pixels be added to the left and right side of your current iPad screen ?
Piggie said:
You have to think about the pixels less, and more about how comfortable it is to hold. The iPad is mainly designed to be held in portrait orientation, like a book or magazine. A 16:9 or 16:10 screen would be too unwieldy in comparison, and reading on a wider screen in landscape would require you to scroll up and down a helluva lot more. I don't even like reading on the iPad in landscape.
For media consumption (a phrase almost as abused as "innovation"), a 4:3 screen is a better ratio overall. But...
There will come a point when we'll be using our tablets for more than just reading, checking out emails, and all the other things we love doing on the iPad. We'll reach a point where they'll be sporting enough power to run a true, proper version of Photoshop, or Office, or Max and Maya and Modo. Content creation. For all these programs, you'll want that extra space to see what you're working on and still have enough room for your UI. Even on a super dense retina display, 4:3 will be wayyy too cramped in comparison.
You can see proof of this by comparing PS Touch on Android to the iPad. Almost every Android tablet is widescreen, and the UI feels a bit more spacious over there.
So I guess it all depends on what you'll be using your tablet for. 4:3 is the perfect size for the iPad as it currently is. But for work, you'll want a little more.
16:9 or 16:10 really isn't that much wider as far as running applications are concerned. The issue is more to do with ergonomics. 16:9 or 16:10 displays are horrible to use in the portrait orientation, whereas 4:3 is well balanced in the hand, and very close to the aspect ratio of magazines that size. (which is no coincidence)
Look at how unweildy the Surface (blue) is compared to the iPad. (green) This is to scale:
16:9 or 16:10 is essentially a landscape-only tablet, and is focused on watching videos over anything else. I almost never watch videos on my iPad, its primary function is as a reading device.
It's a nice idea in theory, but almost entirely useless in practice. So far I have yet to find anything that is actually useful when snapped to the side like that.
Metro only allows for a 25/75 split, and the slim bar that you get at the side is nothing like working with multiple windows on a notebook. Essentially, you get a 4:3 tablet app with a little sliver of another app at the side, but they're barely functional in that view, more like widgets than apps.
Zetaprime
Ohio, US
I have a feeling future iPads will go to 16:9 with the next iPhone leading the way. I use my iPad mostly in landscape mode and 16:9 is just fine on my Macbook Air, so I don't see why an iPad of the same shape would be a bad thing at all.
Pacific Coast, USA
Well said. It's precisely why, if the new iPhone has the horribly restrictive, narrow elongated display we've seen, it will not be much of an upgrade.
The most interesting aspect of this rumored choice may never be revealed. And that's why? It fails to follow any logical deduction, but rather begs the question: why does Apple insist on such an odd choice.
I know & have read most of the reasons given here from those who admire what Apple does, no matter how strange. But it will be interesting to see if we ever find out the true method to their madness.
voronoi
I don't buy that 16:9 is better for movies. Most movies I've seen are in 2.35:1, which results in quite a bit of letterboxing, even on a 16:9 screen. I could understand the argument for TV shows or home videos.
As far as general use goes, it might work if we only ever used tablets in landscape mode, but we don't and there are many valid portrait orientation uses that work better with a 4:3 ratio (e.g. reading). Also for web browsing 16:9 can be incredibly short, since many websites expand to fill the width of the screen, regardless of how it looks (websites are best read vertically in a column).
If there is to be an iPad mini, I'd recommend a 3:2 ratio. At a smaller size, it would feel more like a paperback book. It reduces letterboxing for videos without becoming so narrow as to be cumbersome in portrait orientation and web browsing. For photos, this it would be ideal since most cameras default to 3:2. App development would be less of a pain to optimize since the iPhone already uses something very close to this aspect ratio.
Hopefully never!
The 4:3 aspect ratio is way superior when consuming everything else than movies (which mostly are 1.85:1 and 2.39:1 and not 16:9).
BergerFan
Mos Eisley
The 16:9 aspect ratio is a one-trick pony - It only shines with video.
In any other situation, 4:3 is a by far better compromise, in my opinion, where tablets are concerned.
Ironically, 16:9 does feel better in a phone, probably because it's primarily used in portrait mode, and because of the small footprint.
augustya
BergerFan said:
Yep ! Couldn't agree more !
Nope didn't understand what you mean :-( how is watching a 16:9 screen in a portrait mode in a Phone more ideal than in a portrait mode on a 9.7 inch tablet ?
darngooddesign
16:9 is worse for most regular tasks in landscape. Because of the way that web pages, for example, scale up to fit the screen's width you will see less content vertically.
The attached image is the iPad 2's 1024x768 which is 4:3. The red box is 1024x600 which is 16:9. Text will also be smaller when viewed in portrait.
Assuming Apple has decided their keyboard size is ideal from a usage pov, consider how much less of the screen you would see when the keyboard is visible.
I do think people like 16:9 because it makes for a smaller device without going significatly smaller.
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You'd doing it again.
You are removing the top and bottom parts of the current screen to turn it from 4:3 into 16:9 or 16:10 rather than adding extra screen onto the side.
As I've pointed out, (and as Microsoft and Samsung have shown) You could have the same 4:3 web browser view on screen, but then perhaps an extra sidebar area for a second program to run, say a email app or a video app, or something else to can drag/drop onto or from.
I can't help but feel as time goes on, two apps on screen, in some way is going to become a no brainer way of making tablet usage more practical. And that's going to call for a wider screen at 4:3 really is just no suitable for splitting.
I don't expect the Microsoft Surface tablets will get the split screen idea right on their 1st attempt, but really it's such an obvious thing to wish to do. Not having to copy data, close the app, open another full screen app, paste the data in, do back to the 1st app, copy some more data, reopen the 2nd app, paste more in.
Come on, even you can accept this is no sensible way to do computing.
I posted that image to illustrate my point. Since the web page is scaled to the width of the screen, there is no way not to loose the content outside of the red box.
Having used Quasar on my JB iPad I agree that being able to display two apps is very nice. I can watch Hulu while surfing.
darngooddesign said:
Apps are irrelevant to this discussion because the interface can be designed for the wider screen, but web pages are a different matter.
There is no reason at all for the web browser to scale up in width to match whatever screen size (pixels) there are, None at all.
On your proper computer you can change the width of the web browser window and you do not lose any height
We are discussing iOS in its current form.
Currently iOS scales its Safari up to fit the width of the screen, so currently 16:9 will result in less vertical content displayed.
All iOS apps are currently full-screen, and iOS renders desktop webpages exactly as they are. So if Safari displayed the same vertical content on a 16:9 device you would end up with black bars or wasted space on either side, just like when you display a widescreen movie on the iPad's screen.
Discussing a theoretical evolution of iOS where there are non-full screen, windowed apps or one app and a sidebar does not answer the question of why the current iPad is 4:3 instead of 16:9 and what would happen if the current iOS were displayed on a 16:9 device like the rumored taller iPhone 5.
If the iPhone 5 is a taller device, instead of a proportionally larger device, it will make pretty clear whether a 16:9 iPad would be better or worse. You can just do the same email and web browsing to see for yourself.
We are not discussing a proper computer, we are discussing iOS which has full screen apps that scale to fit the width of the device.
augustya said:
I know it's weird.
I guess, it's because of the sheer device size and that a phone is predominantly used one-handed and in portrait mode, hence no landscape home screens.
TheWheelMan
You can "see" it any way you like, but it would still be a change in the aspect ration and a reduction in the iPad's usability for the things I use it for. The iPad is way more than just a media consumption device, and the reason it is good for so many things in in part because of the screen size.
TheWheelMan said:
How can more screen space (as the iPhone5 is getting) with more pixels cause a reduction in the iPad's usability?
More pixels could only allow more options. If you reduced the size of the screen of reduced the resolution then you could say that.


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Klanned Parenthood (KP) is finally beginning to pay the price for their abhorrent practice of auctioning off body parts of aborted fetuses.
Texas took a major step toward eliminating funding for KP when health officials informed their affiliates statewide that all Medicaid funding was being cut off.
The move comes as a similar battle is underway in neighboring Louisiana where Governor Bobby Jindal has blocked all Medicaid funding for KP. A federal judge ordered Louisiana to continue the funding for 14 more days while legal proceedings continue.
It's interesting that it two Southern states that have taken the initiative to defund this sister division of the KKK. The part that remains consistent is Republican are the people again doing their part to save black people.
A series of undercover videos taken by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress show representatives from KP callously discussing selling baby parts "harvested" of dead fetuses. KP insists the videos are "misleading," despite hours of multiple videos. KP aligned Leftist politicians, most of whom never watched the videos, dismissed them as right wing propaganda.
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"Planned Parenthood affiliates statewide were told in a letter that their enrollment in the joint state-federal Medicaid program was in the process of being terminated because they were potentially 'liable, directly or by affiliation, for a series of serious Medicaid program violations.'"
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Office of Inspector General sent a five page letter to the state's KP clinics addressing the issue of access to other services. According to the article:
"'Your termination and that of all your affiliates will not affect access to care in this state because there are thousands of alternate providers in Texas, including federally qualified health centers, Medicaid-certified rural health clinics, and other health care providers across the state that participate in the Texas Women's Health Program and Medicaid,' the letter said."
Several states have indicated they will take matters into their own hands since the federal government seems powerless to defund KP. Even some pro-life Democrats were appalled by what the videos showed.
At least in Texas and Louisiana the farce of "women's reproductive rights" has been seen for what it is. Why should these butchers have so-called special clinics for women? Klanned Parenthood offers NOTHING that other forms of healthcare don't currently offer. In fact, MEN should get that money back from defunding Klanned Parenthood, as we have been paying for this racist nonsense for decades.
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Brazil–Turkey relations (; ) are foreign relations between Brazil and Turkey.

Relations between Brazil and Turkey have roots that predate the foundation of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923.

Brazil maintains an embassy in Ankara while Turkey is represented in Brazil through the Embassy of Turkey in Brasília and a Consulate General in São Paulo. Both countries are full members of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Early relations
The Empire of Brazil was the second state in the Americas (after the United States) to enter into treaty relations with the Ottoman Empire (predecessor of modern Turkey). On 5 February 1858, the two empires signed a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, which had eleven articles and was similar in nature to the other Ottoman capitulations to Christian powers. Brazil set up four consulates in the Ottoman Empire: at Cairo, Jaffa, Mansouri and Tanta. The Ottomans had two consulates in Brazil: at Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Although Brazil tried after 1909 to establish consulates in Constantinople (Istanbul) and Beirut, it was unable to since the Ottomans would not allow it and there was no agreement on consular reciprocity. As a result of the opening of diplomatic relations and establishment of formal rules of residence for each other's subjects, over 100,000 Ottoman subjects, mainly from Syria, emigrated to Brazil, often to work on the coffee plantations. About twenty Arabic newspapers were published in Brazil for the Ottoman expatriate population from the late 19th century on. These generally took an anti-Ottoman editorial stance, putting strain on the countries' relations.

Brazil formally recognized Turkey in 1926. Brazil and Turkey, by then both republics, signed a new treaty of friendship on 8 September 1927. In 1930 the two countries opened their respective embassies and in 1933 signed a trade agreement.

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In 2003 then Turkey Defense minister Vecdi Gönül paid an official visit to Brazil and met Brazilian Defense Minister José Viegas Filho. The sides signed an agreement on cooperation on defense related matters on August 14, 2003. But the agreement came into the force only in 2007.

In 2006 Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gül paid an official visit to Brazil.

In 2009 then President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Turkey.

In 2012 former Turkish defense minister İsmet Yıldız arrival Brazil to meet Brazilian then defense minister Celso Amorim. The discussion between the two was about production of military equipment. During the visit a letter of intention was signed between two which was about the exchange of the experiences in the field of military.

In May 2010, Brazil and Turkey signed a tripartite agreement with Iran aimed at partly resolving the diplomatic crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program.

In 2013 Brazil and Turkey established visa agreement. Countries mutually do not require entrant visas for touristic visitors for stays no longer than three months. However, entrants with other status such as students, legal workers, and long-term visitors will have to obtain visas upon their entries.

Relations between the two countries have been strained as of June 2015, when Brazil recognized the Armenian genocide. Turkey recalled its ambassador to Brazil soon afterwards.

See also
 Foreign relations of Brazil
 Foreign relations of Turkey
 Turks in Brazil

References

External links
 Brazil-Turkey visitor agreement.
 Embassy of Brazil in Ankara
 Embassy of Turkey in Brazil
 Consulate of Turkey in São Paulo

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