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Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colourless, tasteless, odourless, poisonous gas produced by incomplete combustion of fuel. This can include 'cold' or badly tuned engines.
It is estimated that road transport is responsible for almost 90% of all carbon monoxide emissions in the UK, and thus ambient concentrations will generally be highest close to busy roads. Monitoring data suggests that annual average Carbon Monoxide concetrations have been decreasing over the last few years, and it is now almost always in the "low" banding. This decrease is due to improved vehicle engine efficiency and the introduction of catalytic converters, which reduce some of the pollutant gases coming out of exhausts.
Badly ventilated domestic fuel appliances (gas, oil or solid fuel) can lead to high indoor concentrations, as can smoking.
Carbon Monoxide affects the transport of oxygen around the body by the blood. Breathing in low levels can result in headaches, nausea, tiredness and difficulty in thinking clearly. Exposure to high concentrations can kill, but this would almost never happen outdoors.
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Sanliurfa.com, a news portal in this southeastern Turkish city, said Islamic State troops had dug in around the tomb, which is located alongside the Euphrates River, and that the standoff is being interpreted as a hostage crisis underway.
A previous hostage crisis – the Islamic State's capture in June of 49 Turks and Iraqi staff members of the Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq – was resolved only 10 days ago in a still unexplained deal that saw all 49 released unharmed. The government said it did not pay a ransom, but it has not disputed reports that a Syrian rebel force had traded Islamic State prisoners it was holding for the Turkish hostages.
The Turkish government said the Mosul hostage crisis was the reason for its reluctance to give full support to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State. Since the hostages' release, the Turkish government has been engaged in intensive deliberations about what role it should have in the coalition.
The government has drafted on a new war powers act that would grant it the authority to use ground troops in neighboring countries and to participate in operations against the Islamic State if Turkey's own security and stability are threatened. Parliament returns from a recess on Wednesday, and a vote is scheduled for Thursday.

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    def initialize(rack_app)
      unless @app = rack_app
        raise "rack application not found, make sure the rackup file path is correct"
      end
    end

    def call(env)
      Response.new(@app.call(env))
    end
  end
end

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Ginger is a key ingredient for Indian cooking
Indian spices are famous on a global scale for their medicinal and herbal properties. These noticeably colourful and vibrant spices are a value to the history of trade and culinary success within India.
While most Indian spices are essential for South Asain cuisine, many western chefs have been known to incorporate Indian spices in their classy dishes.
However, the history of Indian spices is unbelievable. Indian spices became popular as early as the 14th century through merchant trade across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In fact, poets of that time began writing about the fragrance and wonders of these spices. Most noticeably the poet Guillaume de Loris who in his writing lists a number of the more exotic Indian spices which were not common in that century.
According to the ancient and holistic Indian Ayurvedic practice, in every Indian dish, there should be six tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, astringent and pungent. Providing you use fresh and pure ingredients.
When it comes to spices to achieve these tastes, the proportion of spices used matters significantly. Wrong amounts use can alter the taste quickly.
Hence, there are essential Indian spices which should always be available be in your cupboards to use. These spices are the basic ingredient for many simple, incredible and versatile Desi recipes.
Indian curries mostly have a base which is made from fried onions and spices. The spices are added to the onions once they are translucent and brown in the order stated by recipes.
For that tantalising flavour, these spices are mandatory to give your dishes an authentic taste.
Therefore, we present 10 essential Indian spices that you really do need for cooking Indian food.
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Garam masala is one of the most fundamental spices used in Indian cooking. It is actually a combination of a number of different spices providing a very aromatic flavour to your cooking.
The ingredients of garam masala typically include coriander, cumin, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
The mixture contains this even blend of the strong and warm spices which can be used in multiple dishes.
It is a spice which in South Asia and even in the UK is made at home. Some cooks prefer to make their own garam masala to create a balance of spices they prefer to be in it.
This can be done by dry roasting individual spices and then grinding them until powdered.
It was common to see Indian mothers and grandmothers in the 1970s-1990s in the UK, buying the ingredients from a Desi store and grinding them in a blender to create this essential Indian spice.
In fact, the original way to blend spices was to use a pestle and mortar which some families brought over from India to create garam masala.
Today, you can buy it at supermarkets and practically any store so it is readily available under different brands.
Depending on the brand of garam masala, most blends contain up to seven or eight spices.
The spice is used essentially in nearly every curry be it meat or vegetable based. Recipes will provide the exact amount depending on what you are making.
When you have a recipe with the word masala in it, it's likely that garam masala will be a key ingredient.
Too much garam masala can make a dish taste gritty. Also, if the dish is not cooked for long enough, the garam masala will be very overpowering in taste. So, only use the right amount.
Garam masala can also be added to a variety of other dishes too including cakes, popcorn, mayo, apple butter, coffee and aam panna (a summer drink).
Turmeric (Haldi)
Turmeric is one of the main spices needed in Indian cooking. It's known as Haldi in native terms.
When cooking most curry dishes and soup-like dishes, this is one of the spices often added first.
The spice gives a yellow colour to the dish and has a bitter taste. So it is important to use the right quantity. Most recipes use between a 1/4 tsp to 1/2 tsp in dishes. Too much will result in a powdery and bitter taste.
Occasionally, people add turmeric to the caramelisation process of the onions alongside with salt. This step is the beginning of colour forming in a curry or marinade.
Turmeric can be purchased as a ground spice all though Desi mothers are know to create their own turmeric for added freshness. This process takes practice and creating ground spice can be complex.
Turmeric has multiple health benefits and sources say it has the ability to prevent cancer. It has really become a major health craze with it being available in health stores like Holland and Barrat.
The spice can also be used to elevate dishes like pakoras, paneer and frittatas. As well as contributing to a vibrant golden crisp colour.
The spice is available in powder form in most supermarkets in packets or pots.
Paprika is a spice often used to give Desi dishes a nice red colour and contributes to their taste. In India, it is called Deghi Mirchi.
The spice originated in central Mexico and in the 16th century it was brought to Spain. Hungarians are very proud of this spice. It was transported to South Asia primarily by the Portuguese.
The spice is made from dried bell or sweet peppers (capsicums) or an exotic fruit found in India. It adds nice-depth to any Indian dish and should be used according to recipes.
Paprika is essential for meat-based dishes of a dry masala nature, especially chicken. As it gives a nice binding to the masala being made.
It is best added before any other spice after frying and making onions a brown colour and translucent.
The amount of paprika added to dishes must be right otherwise it can add too much sweetness and bitter tones to your Indian dish.
Smoked paprika is known to have a richer flavour for Indian cooking.
You can buy paprika in powdered form at most supermarkets in packets or pots.
Garlic has been quoted as 'the third key ingredient in Indian home cooking' by Meera Sodha. In fact, the order of cooking, people add oil, ginger and then garlic.
This spice is available in many forms, fresh, ground, paste, pureed and frozen.
Fresh, ground and frozen garlic are used mainly in curry dishes. While paste and puree are preferred for marinades and fried dishes like kebabs.
Garlic has an extremely strong lasting taste and is used to flavour the oil in curry dishes.
One dish it is commonly used for is Tarka Daal (yellow daal) where it an active ingredient for the tarka which is added to the daal just before serving.
Many have been known to charcoal garlic over the stove or on the grill. Then add it to dishes like tomato chutneys dishes and mango salad.
This spice is also eaten raw to relieve heart burns and to help reduce blood pressure
Garlic is available at most grocery stores.
Ginger is a key ingredient for Indian cooking.
It is an established spice known for its health properties, distinct taste and even a hint of heat. This spice has herbal and medicinal properties.
In Indian cooking, ginger is frequently used in dishes containing meat and chicken as it helps bring out the flavour. It is also used as a garnish for daals and water-based dishes.
Ginger is also great for making chutneys and as well as a delicious lemon ginger drink.
Most supermarkets have ginger available in multiple forms. Such as fresh, frozen and paste.
Many prefer cooking with frozen ginger as it can be added to the pan straight away. It is much more convenient and often tastes the same.
Desi mothers and aunties are known to buy it fresh and prepare it by peeling it and cutting it into small cookable pieces and then freeze it themselves too for later use.
During colds and coughs, people use ginger to make tea and or a ginger curry is which is well-known to help when you are under the weather.
Eating it raw or lightly sucking on a freshly cut piece is of ginger known to ease digestion issues and nausea.
Some the best dishes with ginger include ginger chicken, shrimp with ginger, ginger curry and drinks which use ginger.
Cumin is available as seeds or as a ground spice. It is natively known as Jeera.
It's found in ready-made spice mixes like tikka masala and garam masala.
This essential spice is used in many Indian dishes and is popular in meat and chicken dishes. Mostly used in curry recipes, this spice provides strong notes and a scented aroma.
In curries, some add pre-made ground cumin alongside with the curry powder and paprika. Then cook the mixture until thick masala forms.
While others use cumin seeds and do what is known as 'dry roasting'. To dry roast, the cumin seeds are placed in a skillet an then roasted with the heat. Then they are placed in a blender until they become ground.
In some Indian dishes, cumin is the first spice used in whole seed form and fried with the oil or butter until you start hearing it crackle and pop. It has a very aromatic taste when bitten into in dishes.
There are many Indian dishes where cumin is the main spice, such as jeera aloo, cumin fried rice and even cumin biscuits.
You can buy cumin seeds or the spice in powdered form in packets at established supermarkets or Desi stores.
Coriander is available as coriander seeds and as fresh leaves. These are both important and necessary based on the recipe.
Coriander is also available in a ground powdered form, which is used as a substitute if fresh coriander is not available. But the taste is never the same as its fresh form.
Fresh coriander leaves are used as a garnish for most Indian dishes, like daals, sabzis, chicken or meat curry, on top of tandoori roast, once the dish has been cooked.
Whereas, coriander seeds are used in the early stages of cooking, like in kebabs and sometimes in masala recipes.
The seeds are dry roasted and then crushed to create ground spice. Coriander has a citrusy flavour with a distinct aroma.
Furthermore, coriander carries a lot of health benefits including being a source of vitamin C and K. These help with the bodies healing process.
Some popular Desi recipes with this spice include coriander rice, coriander paneer and coriander chutney.
Fresh coriander can be bought as a shelf plant from many stores, or in bunches and even in powder from supermarkets.
Red Chilli Powder
Red chilli powder is made up of ground chillies and used in almost every lunch and dinner recipe.
Adding a hint of chilli powder makes all the difference as it has the power to uplift the dish.
However, the spice is not only used to create a delicious curry but is also mixed in with marinade. Chilli is one of the key ingredients for most masala specials and tandoori or tikka mixes.
It can accompany fresh green or red chillies or used as a substitute but note it does not taste the same. Fresh chillies are known for their crisp potency and heat, whereas red chilli powder has a different kind of subliminal heat.
Red chilli powder is notorious for its hidden health benefits which known to the Desi elders. One being, providing the body with a stronger immune system.
This mischievous Indian spice is added after all the other curry or masala spices.
In a curry, the chilli powder is mixed in with the chicken or meat as it sizzles along with the other spices. This is done before adding the water to create a curry base.
You can buy the powder in packets or post at any well-known supermarket.
Saffron without a doubt is one of the most expensive Indian spices to purchase and grow. This luxury spice comes from the plant named 'saffron crocus'. The plant resembles a light purple flower with a crimson thread in the centre.
The vibrant threads are used in South Asian cooking such as biryani or milky desserts.
To extract the flavour from the saffron, some people like to crush the saffron strands using a pestle and mortar and soaking it in milk. Or, simply leaving whole strands in milk and remove them once the milk takes on the colour of the saffron.
Saffron is also used as food colouring, often to colour white rice. To do this, saffron strands are placed in warm water which will help absorb the colour from the stands as well as the fragrance.
In cooking, only a few strands are used because saffron in nature is strong, expensive and too much can ruin a dish.
Cinnamon, available as a ground spice or as cinnamon sticks. This is a must-have in South Asian kitchens and our Desi mums cannot do without this Indian spice.
A sweet tasting spice which has a distinct fragrance which is favoured in meat dishes and desserts. The cinnamon stick is not eaten, rather removed from the dish once the dish is ready.
In curry dishes, cinnamon is fried with other spices like curry leaves and cardamon to illuminate and enhance the fragrance of the curry base.
While in dessert dishes or tea, the cinnamon stick is boiled along with the contents for the best results and removed before consumption.
For many famous Indian desserts, cinnamon remains the key secret ingredient and without it, perfection cannot be achieved.
Spices have a long shelf life so they can be used over a period of months and help create tasty and luxury dishes.
These spices are the most essential in Indian cooking and cuisine. So, make sure you stock these in your kitchen, to use as and when you make those delicious Indian dishes.
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In Slavonia the balance of power in 1991-2 was that the Serb paramilitaries had the artillery units left behind by the Armija on their way out of newly independent Croatia. There was extensive shelling of the whole area. The balance of power had reversed by 1995 when Croatia had managed to build its own army, which it didn't have before.
Let's be clear about who was cleansing whom when: Serbs were driving Croats out in 1991-2 and Croats drove Serbs out in 1995. Neither of these were done by "small mobile paramilitary units" - allegedly there was heavy artillery involved in both cases.
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Q: Microsoft Graph API update user authentication method - Access Denied I'm creating an application in Azure AD as a daemon to get user phone
authentication methods using the python msal library and calling the following following endpoint GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/{id | UPN}/authentication/phoneMethods but i get the following error
{
  "error": {
    "code": "accessDenied",
    "message": "Request Authorization failed",
    "innerError": {
      "message": "Request Authorization failed",
      "date": "2020-11-19T19:26:28",
      "request-id": "11975e07-ee6b-4bd2-9a74-7c175c5da560",
      "client-request-id": "11975e07-ee6b-4bd2-9a74-7c175c5da560"
    }
  }
}

My app has the required application permissions to get the info i'm looking for, which are UserAuthenticationMethod.Read.All and UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All and it already works with different end points such as GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/{id | UPN}, this is the code i'm using in order to get the access token required and call the graph api
import json
import logging

import requests
import msal

config = {
"authority": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/TENANT_NAME",
    "client_id": "APP_ID",
    "scope": ["https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"],
    "secret": "APP_SECRET",
    "endpoint": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/{USER_ID}/authentication/phoneMethods"
}

app = msal.ConfidentialClientApplication(
    config["client_id"], authority=config["authority"],
    client_credential=config["secret"],
    )

result = None
result = app.acquire_token_silent(config["scope"], account=None)

if not result:
    logging.info("No suitable token exists in cache. Let's get a new one from AAD.")
    result = app.acquire_token_for_client(scopes=config["scope"])

if "access_token" in result:
    graph_data = requests.get(
        config["endpoint"],
        headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + result['access_token']}, ).json()
    print("Graph API call result: ")
    print(json.dumps(graph_data, indent=2))
else:
    print(result.get("error"))
    print(result.get("error_description"))
    print(result.get("correlation_id"))

i tried to do the same thing using curl or postman and i get the exact same error, so i'm guessing it's an access token issue maybe ?
Thanks in advance

A: The api call does not support application permissions. You need to grant delegated permissions to the application, and then use the auth code flow to obtain the token.

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THE GOSPEL OF BARNABAS: A PRODUCT OF MEDIEVAL ITALY
1. The Centenary Jubilee
In reply to a question put forth by the Samaritan woman, Christ is represented by "Barnabas" to have said:
I am indeed sent to the house of Israel as a prophet of salvation; but after me shall come the Messiah……for whom God hath made the world. And then through all the world will God be worshipped, and mercy received, insomuch that the years of jubilee, which now cometh every hundred years, shall by the Messiah be reduced to every year in every place.
"Barnabas" thus makes the jubilee a centenary event! The Jewish jubilee, it will be remembered, was celebrated every fifty years. How are we therefore to account for such a mistake?
The only solution is that the reference is to the Centenary Jubilee of Pope
Boniface VIII, which was celebrated in 1300 A.D., being the very first of the series. Owing, however, to its financial success, Pope Clement VI altered the intention of Boniface, which was avowedly to make it every hundred years, shortened the period and celebrated the next jubilee in 1350. It is clear, therefore, that "Barnabas" falls after 1300, but before 1350, and that he refers to the jubilee of his times. In other words, he must have been a contemporary of Dante, who witnessed the celebration of the centenary jubilee when he was twenty-five, but died long before the jubilee of 1350.
2. Quotations from Dante
Quotations from Dante are another evidence proving a late authorship of this"Gospel". They cannot be accidental coincidences, since they are of great number. Of these we may mention a verse which is clearly a quotation from Dante: "They go and serve false and lying gods", which has been quoted by "Barnabas" in two places (78, 217). The expression "raging hunger" (60) is probably another specimen of such a directquotation.
But we find a stronger evidence in the close coincidence of the doctrines of Dante and of "Barnabas". The only hypothesis for such a phenomenon is that the latter had a wide knowledge of the works of the former, which he must have absorbed. Examples of this are not lacking. The description of the joys of paradise and the horrors of hell, and the pains which the unbelievers suffered in the latter, recall to us Dante's descriptions of the same. (Compare "Barnabas" 59 and 60 with lines 22 and 103, Canto III of Dante'sInferno.)
Stranger still is the coincidence between Dante's "circles" of hell and those of "Barnabas". "Barnabas" has Jesus saying to Peter:
Know ye therefore, that hell is one, yet hath seven centuries one below another. Hence, even as sin is of seven kinds, for as seven gates of hell hath Satan generated it; so are there seven punishments therein. (135)
This is exactly what Dante says in Canto David, VI, etc. of his Inferno.
Again, "Barnabas" says that God, having created the human senses, condemned them "to hell and to intolerable snow and ice". (106; see Dante's Inferno, Canto XXVIII and III, line 22).
The description of human sins and their returning at the end like a river to Satan, who is their source, is another indirect quotation from Dante's description of the rivers of hell. Similarly, the passage about the believers going to hell, not to be tortured but to see the unbelievers in their torments, recalls to us Dante's picture of the same.
The denial of forgiveness to the sinners who, at the very moment of repenting contemplates new sins in his heart, is identical with the same idea expressed by Dante. (Compare "Barnabas" 36 with the Inferno, Canto XXVII). Similarly, the differentiation of the degrees of glory and the absence of all feuds and jealousies in heaven are taken entirely from Dante's Paradise. (Compare "Barnabas" 176 with Paradise, Canto III, line 70).
But still stronger evidence that "Barnabas" quotes directly or indirectly from Dante is his description of the "geography of Heaven". Here "Barnabas" agrees with Dante and contradicts the Qur'an. The Qur'an (2:29) say that the Heavens are seven in number, while "Barnabas" gives the number as nine. (178).
Though there are other possible quotations from Dante, the number of the foregoing is quite sufficient to prove that our "Barnabas" was either a contemporary of, or a successor to, Dante; how else can we account for such numerous similarities; it would certainly be wrong to say that these similarities are mere random coincidences.
3. Traces of Medieval Doctrines
In addition to the above evidence there are traces of medieval doctrines, which also help to prove a late authorship of this forgery. These traces are more or less indicative of the disputes which arose among medieval scholars about such topics as mysticism, predestination, free-will, etc. The question of free-will, it will be remembered, played a great role in medieval controversies. "Barnabas" views on this subject seem to be contradictory to those of the Qur'an. According to him, man is endowed with a free-will; whatever, therefore, happened to him depends on his own actions. On the other hand the Qur'an says: "Whoso willeth taketh the way of his Lord, gut will it ye shall not, unless God will it." (76:29, 30: compare Barnabas 163, 164).
Asceticism in "Barnabas" bears traces of medieval times. In no way can it be said to breathe the first century atmosphere.
4. Traces of Medieval Society
No reader of this ""The Gospel of Barnabas" can fail to observe the clear traces which it exhibits of medieval society in Europe, especially in Italy. It is true that5 the general contents of the book may intentionally suggest other periods; but we may say on the whole, and that with confidence, that the book breathes a medieval Italian atmosphere, which is a clear proof that the writer is an Italian who lived in medieval times. Such traces are bound to appear in spite of all precautions, and must be considered as an indisputable internal evidence of the real date and authorship of the book in questions. It is just as much against internal evidence to date back our "Gospel" beyond medieval times as to assign Milton's Paradise Lost to an early century. We can do nothing better than reproduce here some of the traces to which we refer.
There is the picturesque description of the summer season in the fields and valleys (169), much more suggestive of beautiful Italy than of Palestine in summer, when the fields are utterly burnt up!
There is also the reference to stone-quarries (109), which, everybody knows, are characteristic of Italy. Indeed, stone-quarrying is one of the chief occupations of the Italian labourer, and Italy's fame in quarries is worldwide. But Jewish literature takes little or no account of quarrying. (8)
(6) Here Gairdner makes a mistake, Stone quarries were found in Palestine in Jesus' days, as excavations clearly indicate.
The reference to (ocean) ships and sailors (103) does not suggest the relevant atmosphere of the first century.
Again, we find soldiers occupying their time during peace by drilling and practicing military tactics. Medieval Italy swarmed with professional soldiers, whose tactics must have been one of the most familiar of sights. But in the literature of the first century, especially the writings of the Jews, the technical details of military routine in peace time are never thought worth mentioning. Here again, therefore, the imagery suggests Italy rather than Palestine.
Among the clearest of all these traces are those of the system of feudalism, which was in full vogue in medieval times. According to this system land was divided amount the different feudal lords, who in turn subdivided their property into minor divisions and rented them to vassals who owed them a perpetual allegiance, above all, in times of war. The writer of the "The Gospel of Barnabas" represents to us Mary, Martha and Lazarus as feudal lords, in whose private hands was the proprietorship of whole villages! (194).
Thus there is a description of the vassal who owes to his liege or padrone a portionof his crop (22). This is quite in accordance with the laws of feudalism, but it is foreign to the practice obtaining in Gospel times, when the "servants" were mere labourers and had to give the whole produce up to their "lord". In fact, this reference alone should settle all disputes as to the real date of this book. It is a true description of the vassals of the medieval ages, not of the serfs or salves of the first century.
Clearer still, the references to wine-casks is more suggestive of Italy than of Oriental lands (152). It may, however, be argued that the reference is to "skins", which were commonly used in the East. But "Barnabas" reference is to casks of wood, or barrels, which are rolled "when they are washed to refill them with wine" (152). Skins are incapable of being similarly rolled about. This reference also is almost sufficient by itself to settle the question.
Another trace is that referring to medieval court procedure where the arrested prisoner is questioned by a magistrate, while a notary jots down memoranda of the evidence. (121).
The reference to the duel between two rival lovers reminds one of the age of chivalry (99). It will be remembered that chivalry was a creation of medieval society and played its role for a considerable period. The incident is utterly foreign to Orientals of the first century.
All these traces - and there are many more - are a clear proof of the real atmosphere in which the book was written, and a conclusive argument against a pre-medieval date. (9)
(7) Gairdner did not deal with the odd size of pseudo-Barnabas: 222 chapters. The Italian text was modeled after the Tuscan and Venetian diatessarons or gospel-harmonies. These 13th and 14th century harmonies were widely used in Italy. See J. Stomp, op cit. pp. 121-126.
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'Mom' stars the wildly popular duo of Anna Faris and Alison Janney as moms. While their responsibilities as mothers are similar, their fashion of dealing with things certainly isn't. The show premiered in 2013 and has received constantly hight viewer ratings, averaging 11.79 million in the first two years. 'Mom' has won accolades for its charming duo of Faris and Janney and certainly rests squarely on their capable shoulders. The sixth season just got the green light a month back and has set the fans buzzing. After Janney's well-deserved sweep at the awards this season for her magnificent portrayal of a cold mother in 'I, Tonya', it remains to be seen how will that affect her performance as the charming, funny, and sexually radiant Bonnie on 'Mom'.
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The dynamic duo of Faris and Janney will definitely return to the fore if there is a seventh season. While no new entries had been announced for season 6, a couple was brought on board later in the year when the shooting began. The recurring characters of Victor, Beverly, Mr Munson, and Beatrice should also be seen returning to the series.
Mom Season 6 Plot: What's it about?
Season 5 saw Bonnie find a new boyfriend who doesn't do a lot of boyfriend things. Christy has stayed strong and helped the flailing relationship between her mother and Adam. She has problems to deal with of her own as she negates her personal life. Another distinguishing feature of the show is the use of vague and meaningful titles for the episodes. Everything is related to the characters' actions and their possession, sometimes even opting to use future references in the show.
It was expected that Christy might finally take the step of moving out of her mother's and start a life of her own. While that might seem extremely upsetting and would definitely disturb the dynamics of their relationship, it can be a great way to eventually culminate the show if and when it does. It was interesting to note how the relationship between the two was further developed in season 6. As the seventh season is yet to be renewed, there isn't much to say about its plot.
Mom Season 7 Release Date: When will it premiere?
CBS announced the renewal of the show for a sixth season in the first quarter of 2018. Kelly Kahl, the President of CBS Entertainment showered praise on the show and said: "Mom has been a lynchpin comedy for us over the last several years. It's a fearless series that tackles provocative social issues with laughter and grace, and a large, loyal audience has followed. With gifted talents like Anna [Faris] and Allison [Janney] leading a great ensemble cast, and a production team headed by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Nick Bakay and Gemma Baker, this series just keeps getting better." The show found a spot in the post-autumn slate of shows and released on 27th September 2018. It ended with a hike in its viewership and ratings as compared to its last season. There have been rumours that the contracts of the lead pair might soon be up and chances of renewal are low. Janney, who has now officially assumed a full-fledged space in Hollywood, might not want to return to TV and thus could hint towards the wrapping up of the show. However, until there is an official confirmation from the showrunners, the fate of season 7 remains undecided and a tentative air date for the same is unknown.
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Endorsements have become an almost inseparable part of an actor's resume and the latest entrant to jump on this brand-wagon is Rana Daggubati. The scion of the Daggubati family who made his Bollywood debut last year with Dum Maaro Dum has been signed up to be the new face of Seagram's Royal Stag campaign.
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MRT Castings' 'Covid' efforts helps it claim Company of the Year at the UK Cast Metals Industry Awards
A company that tripled the size of its business in weeks to support the UK Covid-19 effort was named as the 'Best of British Casting' at the recent UK Cast Metals Industry Awards 2022.
Andover-based MRT Castings secured 'Company of the Year', impressing judges with the way it scaled up rapidly to supply cast aluminium components to one of the world's largest producers of critical care ventilators.
Bosses at the firm invested over £3.5m in two additional diecasting cells, seven additional CNC machines and recruited 45 staff to meet huge increases in volumes that saw it grow from £7.8m to £20.8m in a matter of months.
Organised by the Cast Metals Federation, there were also major accolades for Sarginsons Industries' digital twin activities (Innovation) and Atkinson Vos who, working in partnership with The Boro Foundry, ADI Treatments, Partline and Lancaster University, claimed the 'Component of the Year' title.
The award-winning part is a 3-point linkage power lift arm for Unimog, which produces a range of multi-purpose tractors, trucks and lorries used in agriculture, forestry and rail sectors.
Initially a steel fabrication, consisting of 9 laser-cut parts, the component was inelegant and prone to distortion and failure.
By converting it from a fabrication to a casting in Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI), the new cast design is four times stronger in the critical areas, whilst being lighter due to the inherent stiffness of the ADI compared with the steel equivalent.
CMF Chairman and CEO of Castings PLC Adam Vicary opened the celebration dinner at the Drayton Manor Resort: "Despite the gloomy economic predictions, the majority of our foundries are doing well, and this is typified by the quality and innovation of our finalists.
"We can clearly see a commitment to innovation and problem solving, working with customers and embracing new technology from all our winners, not to mention a willingness to collaborate, develop workforces and push forward with sustainability."
He continued: "The castings and foundry industry can be part of the solution to growth for the UK. And let's remember, our sector makes all the components a modern economy depends upon, and metals recycle forever."
The UK Cast Metals Industry Awards, which attracted nearly 200 guests, focused on the great castings being manufactured in metal by UK foundries, and their huge achievements in innovation, growth and component performance.
Co-presented by Dr Pam Murrell of the Cast Metals Federation (CMF) and comedian Patrick Monahan, the evening clearly showcased the successes of the sector and its evolving impact on UK manufacturing.
This was typified by the Innovation winner, with Sarginsons Industries recognised for the way it has embraced the latest 4.0 digital platforms.
Based in Torrington Avenue in Coventry, the company took the strategic decision to invest in a series of digital twin activities that was fundamental in developing business strategy and improving supply chain management.
The new enhanced 'design for manufacture' not only includes the traditional aspects of design and simulation, but also now features property simulation, data mapping to client's computer-aided engineering software and integrated optimised topography – all conducted before tooling manufacture.
Importantly, judges were really impressed with the way the automotive supplier has worked with leading UK universities and involved many of its apprentices, interns and graduates.
Anthony Evans, Chairman at Sarginsons Industries, said: "Our customers are now able to make informed decisions on design suitability, leading to significant lightweighting, through reduced safety factors, and critical reductions in development timescales. In fact, one of our clients has described this development as 'the most exciting innovative concept in aluminium casting in the last 30 years'!"
The final element of the evening was a presentation from William Cook Cast Products on its work in making 'Shiny Sheff' – a memorial to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Sheffield during the Falklands conflict with the loss of 20 personnel.
Both the base and the crests were cast by the company in stainless steel and the memorial is now located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
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The first ten days of Donald Trump's Presidency has been outrageous and only a little surprising. Of course everyone KNEW he was going to be the illogical, uninformed, shallow thinker that we have gotten to know during the campaign. The only surprise was that he hasn't been even a teeny tiny bit subtle with his xenophobic agenda. Perhaps some of us were naive to think this slippery business man would at least have some phony "policy meetings" before rolling out executive orders. Where are the photo ops with token "immigrants/minorites" invited to "voice their opinions" on policy the discussion? By the way, if you are wondering why I've combined the words "immigrants/minorities", it's because in Trump universe, they have magically morphed into the same thing! I'm sure that Fox News will eventually decide to adopt the word "immorities". They're just a little busy debating whether "alt-right" should be hyphenated and insist that it's spelled capital letter A.
Nobody in Donald Trump's circle has been able to explain WHY Mexico would ever pay for a border wall. However, that hasn't stopped Trumpsters from insisting it's going to happen. Apparently, "No" doesn't mean no, in Trump's "alternative facts" universe.
Anyways, as dark as these times are, it has forced many people to wake up. The blissful slumber of some of the privileged and unaffected, is ending. The Women's March, the airport protests, and dozens of similar events, have begun to rouse the apathetic. Although not everybody has woken up yet. For example, while immigrant families were being banned and separated, Ivanka Trump (who has converted to Judaism) decided to tweet this picture of herself and her Jewish husband at a fancy dinner. In a sadly telling twist, it was also International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In fact, there was no mention of this important observance on Ivanka's Twitter account. None. Instead, Ivanka decide to draw our attention to her sparkly dress. Awww…how sweet.
Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner.
On a similar note, the White House also chose not to mention Jews, Judaism, or antisemitism, in their official statement about Holocaust Remembrance day. Hmmm… perhaps the alt-right supporters and Nazi loyalists surrounding Donald Trump cashed in some of their election IOUs?
The White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day didn't mention Jews or anti-Semitism because "despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered," administration spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN on Saturday.
Thankfully, many world leaders, such as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have spoken up against Trump's attempt to dehumanize and devalue immigrants.
Industry leaders like Google, Apple, FaceBook, Apple, and many others, have all condemned Trump's 7 country ban, and pledged to support their affected employees. As well, international travel giant Airbnb is offering free accommodations to people stranded in foreign countries because of the new U.S. travel ban. With reactions like these, there is a lot to be hopeful about Trump's reign. HOPEFULLY, after seeing this worse case scenario play out, the world will further embrace human rights and peace.
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On Inauguration Day: 15 Things I Didn't Blog About Lately, 9 Wishes for Our Future, 8 Points of Gratitude and Pride, and 3 Gifts for You
Posted on January 20, 2017 by David Rodeback
As I post this, one President of the United States is in the last minutes of his second term. (Much of the chattering class said this as New Year's Day approached, but now it's literally true.) Another President will call this the first day of his first term. Yet I will finish the day much as I begin it: a citizen of a country whose chief executive's political aspirations and principles, or personal qualities, or both, I expect to be more harmful than beneficial to the freedom and welfare of my nation and the world.
Ten and a half weeks have passed since Election Day; one day less has passed since I last blogged here. True, I've been caught up in personal, professional, and church obligations; I spent more than half that span at least slightly ill (due to nonpolitical causes); and there was a holiday season stuck in there somewhere. So I have plenty of excuses for not blogging here. But they are only excuses. Obviously, I had some time to write, as you can see at my non-political blog, Bendable Light. I just didn't want to write about politics enough to finish anything I started. I'm not sure what that means.
But here we are. I propose to do four things during our time together here today. First, I'll briefly mention most of the political topics on which I've considered writing in recent weeks. I don't know what that will do for you – paint a picture of my current political thoughts, perhaps, without belaboring any of them – but it will probably make me feel better and help me move on. Second and third, I'll try to lift my eyes and words above grim politics, mostly, to some hopes and some points of pride and gratitude we're more likely to share. Fourth, I have three small gifts for you.
If you want to skip the first section, (a) I'll never know, and (b) I won't mind.
A Drawerful of Political Shorts (15 Things I Didn't Blog About)
I developed thoughts on these themes, but didn't post them:
I enjoyed the Democrats' fleeting concern for the integrity of our elections. But don't worry; it's over. Lately they dredged up an old case where the new president's nominee for Attorney General prosecuted some folks for falsifying – stealing – African-American citizens' votes. Yes, I mean that they claimed prosecuting the vote-stealers was racist. Some things, no matter how absurd, never change.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir isn't the only musical group performing at the inaugural events today. (Check your programs; it's not all Mormons from Utah, and you can bet there was controversy elsewhere too.) But let's focus on "America's Choir." This is the twenty-first century, so it's to be expected that (a) someone would resign from the Choir in protest, then (b) write an appropriate blog post about it, which then (c) hit the national news. I don't know what I would have done, if I were in the Choir, but I suspect it's this. I would have rejoiced that it wasn't my decision and that they could only take about two-thirds of the Choir; I would have declined to apply to be among those who went; and if they still needed basses and asked me to go, I would have gone. Maybe I would have blogged about it, but in any case my going wouldn't have been national news.
I don't recall Republicans committing violence or vandalism or threatening terroristic acts, like shutting down the DC subway, in protest of president-elects they (formerly we) thought would be bad for the country.
Over the years I've called certain presidents "lawless" for seizing legislative authority which Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution clearly reserves to Congress. Over the years more than a handful of readers and friends have taken me to task for this word choice, despite – for example – the outgoing president's public, systematic imposition of sweeping, invasive regulations without Congressional action, and his periodic crowing that, if Congress wouldn't do his will, he would do it himself. It's disappointing how many of those good people who didn't like my "name-calling" have, within my vision or earshot, lately compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. They defend this on the basis of things he's said, not done (so far) – as if a drawing of a mini-cupcake could reasonably be compared to the biggest actual sheet cake you ever saw. Granted, the period in which I can argue that he has committed no acts at all as president is nearly at an end, for good or ill, or both, and we shall soon begin to see what sort of administration he will lead.
After the present administration modified key parts of the definitions used to calculate the unemployment rate, so the numbers would be lower, and manipulated the stock market through profligate monetary policy and borrowing, so the Dow Jones Industrial Average would maintain an artificially high altitude, it's no surprise that the Big Media Acronyms just fudged the one number which arguably is politically more important than those other two. They egregiously manipulated their polling samples, so that they could report that President Obama's approval rating reached 60 percent at the end.
On one hand, I understand why Mr. Trump's tweeting makes sense. It's his way of reaching past the Big Media Acronyms, who now both decry "fake news" and produce some of it, to communicate directly with the people. (I cringe at the comparison, but President Reagan systematically did the same, through different means.) On the other hand, Mr. Trump is bad at tweeting – childish, pugilistic, insulting, easily distracted – so I wish he'd either stop or (sorry, Twitterverse, but this phrase gives me pause) start tweeting like an adult. Neither seems particularly likely.
President Obama's parting boast that his administration has been uniquely free of major scandal is delightfully imaginative and utterly unsurprising.
Also unsurprising is the number of people who think one's attitude toward ObamaCare is a good litmus test of one's personal kindness and compassion. It's bad, sloppy, sprawling law, which has mostly the opposite of its publicly intended effects, and at an irresponsible cost in freedom and treasure. I think it's unkind to do things you know will increase costs, then penalize people for not buying insurance they already couldn't afford. I think it's unjust to flood Medicaid with able-bodied recipients, thereby reducing the care available to more needy, traditional Medicaid recipients. And the president's boast that the Affordable Care Act has given 20 million people insurance who couldn't afford it before is deceptive. It's based on survey data, not actually signups. The actual net gain in Americans with health insurance is about 14 million; about 84 percent of that came through Medicaid expansion. I think there are far better ways than ACA to help people — and I don' t think that makes me cruel or selfish or unkind.
Russia supposedly "hacked" our election, via all the WikiLeaks activity that made the Democrats look so bad, so manipulative, so hypocritical, so corrupt. In fact the leaks may have influenced the voters, but they weren't an election hack. That would involve tampering with vote counts. Notably, the talking heads have managed to focus discussion on how wrong it was to reveal those communications, not how wrong it was to do and say the things described in those communications. Beyond that, I am skeptical. We were told that all umpteen US intelligence agencies confirmed the Russian role. But they all work for a Democratic president. And I wonder, is it common for them to agree quickly on anything substantive, if you can get them to talk at all? And it soon came out that not all of the agencies had even investigated the matter before the White House announced their unanimous conclusion. Moreover, the fact that the Russians are so obviously to blame makes me wonder if it really was someone else; I think the Russians are more clever than that. But even if they did it, it's naive to suggest that their efforts to influence US elections are unprecedented. And shall we speak sometime of US intervention in others' elections? Even millennials are old enough to have seen the Obama machine try to take down the Prime Minister of Israel. (I wonder if all their spending there was legal under US law.)
For a brief period, as the year turned, the United States had no aircraft carrier deployed anywhere in the world – for the first time in my lifetime, I suspect, and that's about half the history of aircraft carriers. It was a temporary condition, but I heard the news with unease. The outgoing administration's policy was largely one of retreating from our established role in the modern world, while somehow remaining perpetually engaged in armed conflict. I believe we can already see the harm this has done at home and abroad, but I have no more faith in the incoming president's mix of ego and isolationism than I had in the outgoing president's combination of arrogance and America-as-world-villain ideology.
It's been briefly and mildly entertaining to watch the Left agonize over a Republican president-elect's cabinet appointments, who in most cases seem to embrace Republican, not Democrat, views of major issues. What did they expect?
The Democrats briefly flirted with fondness for the Electoral College, when they hoped it would undermine or at least embarrass Mr. Trump. Then more electors forsook Mrs. Clinton than Mr. Trump, and we're back to the usual accusations that it overrides the will of the people. I have written at some length of the Electoral College and will not repeat myself here. Suffice it to say, I honor the Electoral College as a mechanism which does the will of the people of each state. As long as we are the United States, not the United People, of America, we need the Electoral College, even if we often dislike the results.
The present, self-consoling Democratic fondness for federalism – the vertical division of sovereignty among national, state, and local governments – must be a healthy thing. If only they loved it when they're in power. Federalism is an important safeguard of our liberties, besides allowing me to live in a state where policies help us to have a robust economy, when many others don't. Long may it wave.
Speaking of flirtations, I had a brief one years ago with the College Republicans. I thought it might be a good way to get involved, and I suppose it is for some. But the College Republicans at my school then were toxic. For example, when Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) cosponsored reasonable legislation with Senator Edward Kennedy, they were scandalized – not by the content of the legislation, but by the fact that Senator Hatch would do anything more friendly or cooperative than spit on the senator from Massachusetts, whenever he was in range. (You think that is hyperbole, but the CR rhetoric was quite unrestrained, especially in private. They thought that I, an intern, should have derided and embarrassed Senator Kennedy when I shared an elevator with him.) I quickly absented myself from the organization. Since then, on the basis of personal and political respect and a long-standing family association, I have defended and campaigned for Senator Hatch, including in 2012. However, I think his reported consideration of running for yet another term is ill-advised, and I'll be difficult to convince otherwise in 2018.
I don't blame Generation Snowflake for being itself. I blame the two previous generations, including my own, for creating it and indulging it. And I hope it doesn't take a world war to redeem them into responsible, industrious adulthood.
Nine Wishes for the Future
I wish for the inaugural festivities to proceed peacefully, without violence or major interruption by the American Left, the various forces of nature, or those barbaric throwbacks to the Dark Ages who have bloody, oppressive designs on the modern world, and who have been our sworn enemies these many years.
I wish my country well these next four years, as I have wished it well these past eight. To the extent that my country's welfare constitutes or requires the new president's personal success, I wish him success. To the extent that my country's welfare requires the new president's failure . . . I wish my country well. These sentiments are constant in me; they were the same toward the outgoing president and toward the presidents before him.
I wish for the United States Congress to reassert its legislative authority. I think this is more likely with the new president than it would have been with his principal opponent, but I'm not sure that makes it a good bet.
I wish for the last several months' tempestuous civics lesson to settle in the minds and hearts of my fellow citizens and contribute to sustained engagement that is both greater and more enlightened.
I wish I could believe that the new president will carry himself with the outward dignity modeled by his predecessor.
I wish for broad, generous, sustained, legal immigration to the United States – an orderly welcoming of all who legitimately wish to live out their lives as decent Americans. (In this I probably wish in vain, as I have for years.)
I wish that President Trump, in his first week of office, would offer Mrs. Clinton a full pardon for her violation of laws protecting classified materials while she was Secretary of State – which she could then accept, if she ever needed it. It would be a gracious act, if not implemented too clumsily, and would help us get on with the more important tasks of self-government.
I wish that I thought both parties would be willing now to legislate in a responsible, transparent, reasonable, frugal manner.
I wish for us all, from the top down, to understand that a nation is and must be greater than its leader.
Eight Causes for Gratitude and Pride
I begin today with a president I don't like, in political and ideological terms. I will end the day with a president I don't like, in political, ideological, and personal terms. But President Obama's inauguration was not the Apocalypse, and President Trump's won't be. I'm dismayed and concerned at how many people have so little understanding of history and of American government that they think this must be the end of the world. Perhaps one cause for this alarmism is an insufficiency of gratitude.
That said, I note my gratitude and pride on these eight points, among many others:
I am an American. My country has not always – perhaps not ever – fully lived up to our founding ideals, but I am proud of those ideals and of our ongoing struggles to embody them.
I am grateful to be mostly free, despite modern attacks on the First, Second, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments, to name a few. I still get to worship as I please and to advocate my religion in peaceful ways. I still get to opine on politics, even in opposition to current administrations. And while I may occasionally incur the displeasure, disdain, or wrath of friends, neighbors, or strangers, I have yet to be censored by government, sent to jail, or sentenced to death for my words. This blessing is not even close to universal among humans, modern or otherwise.
While my country's activities abroad, even in my lifetime, have not always been honorable, wise, or faithful to our promises, I am proud of the fact that no nation in the world's history has spilled more blood or spent more treasure in defense of other nations' freedom, or asked so little in return.
I am grateful for the mostly-peaceful transfer of political power in my country, state, and community, which calms our existence, no matter how tempestuous our politics.
I am grateful for my cautious confidence that, because we inaugurate one president today and not another, for most of my remaining lifetime the US Supreme Court is likely to be a smaller threat to the US Constitution, and a greater defender of it, than it would otherwise have been. (I wish I thought that other good things would fare as well, such as the dignity of the Presidency and our historic national commitment to being a melting pot.)
I am grateful to know and to live surrounded by good people of many political and religious persuasions and national origins, many of whom try earnestly to transcend the worst urges of partisanship and tribalism, and to work for the welfare of their neighbors, nations, and world. Granted, in some matters we work against each other, at least on the surface. But the long-term result is better government and better lives for more people.
Almost finally, here is a blessing we ponder far too little. I will cast it in personal terms. I have never had to go to war. My sons and daughter have never been drafted and sent into battle. Yet there have always been others who were willing to go, including my father and my uncles. I have been conscious of this blessing since childhood. If anything, I grow more conscious of it as the years pass. God bless them all, and the families who send them.
Finally, thank you for reading.
Three Small Gifts
In case you missed it, and you shouldn't, here's Dave Barry's 2016 Year in Review. It's must reading.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was delightfully brief and is one of the greatest pieces of American writing. Here's a link.
And in case this really is the end of the world, we may as well enjoy it. Here's "The Last Song in the World," by Marion Call, a geeky folksinger I like. (Apologies for one foul word you may or may not notice – but now probably will, because I mentioned it.)
There. The slate is clean, or at least mostly so. Let's see where tomorrow leads.
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Dell XPS 17 (2021)
Dell XPS 17 (2021) Review
By Mike Jennings May 24, 2022 4:19 pm BST
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As usual, the Dell XPS 17 looks superb, and it has a sensational display, good keyboard and plenty of power. Dell could certainly have gone further with the design, though, and you'll find some missing features – and a hefty bill if you want beefier components inside this lightweight productivity portable.
Great-looking, sturdy chassis
Fantastic high-resolution touchscreen
Good everyday creative power
A crisp, comfortable keyboard
Other processors are faster
Not the best port selection
Middling battery life
UKRRP: £2599
USARRP: $2198
EuropeRRP: €2598
Stunning designThe Dell XPS 17 looks fantastic, with a body that combines carbon fibre with diamond-cut aluminium. If you want a work laptop to turn heads, this is the machine to buy.
A bold, bright screenThe 17-inch display has a vast resolution, huge brightness, fantastic colours and a 16:10 aspect ratio, so it's well-suited to creative tasks and colour-sensitive workloads.
Lashings of powerThe Dell XPS 17 is always available with power Intel processors, so you can be sure of having enough grunt to handle difficult workloads and multi-tasking.
The Dell XPS 17 is the largest rig from Dell's range of luxury productivity portables, and this laptop looks imposing and impressive thanks to a body hewn from carbon fibre and aluminium.
XPS machines aren't just about good looks, and this 17.3in version is no different. This version is aimed at high-end creators with a 500-nit, high-resolution touchscreen and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics.
You'll have to pay $2199 / £2599 / €2599 to get your hands on this big-screen beast, though, and $2899 / £2699 / €3099 if you'd like the equivalent specification with an updated Intel Alder Lake Core i7 processor.
The XPS faces competition from Dell's own range. The XPS 15 is the more compact version, and an equivalent specification costs $1899 / £1899 / €2099 or $2399 / £2199 if you upgrade the CPU but accept a slightly weaker graphics core.
And then there's the 16in Apple MacBook Pro with its mighty M1 Pro processors. Those machines start at $2499 / £2399 / €2749 and come with 3456 x 2234 displays with P3 gamut ability.
Fantastic looks and build quality
Plenty of Thunderbolt ports and biometrics
High-quality keyboard and trackpad, but no number pad
Dell's XPS laptops have used broadly the same design for years, with wrist-rests made from carbon fibre inside aluminium enclosures. As usual, the XPS 17 looks brilliant, and the diamond-cut edges and tiny bezels add class.
Build quality remains fantastic, and the XPS is only 20mm thick and 374mm wide. It's slimmer than the MacBook Pro and hardly thicker than the XPS 15, and only a couple of centimetres wider than the competition.
While the 2.4kg weight means the XPS 17 is heavier than its competitors, that figure and the dimensions certainly aren't bad – this is about as slim and light as sturdy 17-inch laptops get.
Positively, the XPS has four Thunderbolt 4 connectors with DisplayPort and power delivery alongside an SD card reader, and its power button includes a fingerprint reader. The webcam supports Windows Hello facial recognition, too. There are no full-size USB ports on this rig, though, and this 17in rig matches the XPS 15 for connectivity – Dell hasn't used the extra space to add extra features.
The MacBook Pro has one fewer Thunderbolt port, but it does have a native HDMI output. Dell includes a USB and HDMI adapter in the box, but that's an awkward solution. And while the XPS 17 does have dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, there's no wired internet.
So, while the Dell XPS 17 undoubtedly looks great and has a decent selection of features, the fact that it shares its core design with the XPS 15 means that it brings nothing new to the table. It feels like a missed opportunity.
The Dell's keyboard has large, clear and comfortable keys with a crisp, consistent action – it's excellent, and suitable for all-day typing sessions. The trackpad is vast, with impressive gesture support and a responsive clicking action. However, this is another area where I wish Dell had pushed the design further: there's no numberpad and plenty of space to accommodate that feature if Dell were willing to move the speakers.
At least those speakers are superb. The pairs of 2W woofers and 2.5W tweeters supply clear, punchy sound with loads of bass, balance and volume, and they're as good as anything you'll find on a MacBook.
Top-notch colours, contrast and brightness
16:10 aspect ratio makes for absorbing work environment
Easily the match of any MacBook Pro
The Dell's 17in display has a 16:10 aspect ratio, which is a clever design decision for anyone who needs a laptop for workloads or creative tasks – it means more vertical space.
Three of the bezels are tiny and the bottom one sneaks below the hinge, so they're barely visible and the display looks absorbing and immersive. That said, its 17-inch diagonal is a tad smaller than the more conventional 17.3in design, and it leaves the XPS 17 closer to the 15.6in display in the XPS 15.
The 500-nit brightness levels enables this display to work effectively in any indoor or outdoor situation, and the huge resolution of 3840 x 2400 supplies the sharpness needed for demanding creative workloads.
The contrast ratio of 1807:1 is excellent and ensures that the Dell's display has incredible punch and depth, and the screen renders 100% of the sRGB and Adobe RGB colour gamuts – and almost all of the DCI-P3 space. The panel's Delta E of 1.76 is superb, ensuring great colour accuracy, and the Gamma average of 2.2 is perfect.
This is, in short, a fantastic display. It's easily tackles any creative task, it's better than the screen inside the XPS 15, and it'll match any MacBook. And if you'd like to save cash, the same 500-nit configuration is used in a cheaper screen with a 1920 x 1200 resolution.
Good speed for mainstream creative tasks
Apple's M1 chip is far faster unless you buy newer, pricier models
The XPS 15 is cheaper, not much smaller, and just as quick
The Dell XPS 17 I've reviewed uses the 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H. That's the same CPU as the XPS 15 I evaluated, and it's a good chip – it's got eight Hyper-Threaded cores with a peak speed of 4.6GHz.
This XPS 17 has 16GB of DDR4 memory and a 1TB SSD with decent read and write speeds of 3542MB/s and 2920MB/s.
Graphical power comes from an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, although it's a low-power version of the GPU that is only suitable for creative tasks and modest gaming situations.
Still, there's a solid amount of ability here. In Geekbench's single and multi-core tests the XPS scored 1528 and 7685 points, and the rig hit 6286 points in PCMark 10. The Geekbench scores sit a step behind the XPS 15, which had the same CPU but twice as much memory, but don't fret: that Core i7 CPU will still easily handle mainstream photo-editing and creative tasks alongside loads of browser tabs. It never had thermal problems, either, with consistently low fan noise and cool exterior panels.
Dell XPS 17 (2021) Dell XPS 15 (2021) MacBook Pro 16-inch
CPU Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H Apple M1 Pro
Geekbench 5 Single / Multi 1528 / 7685 1539 / 8935 1745 / 12,520
PCMark 10 6286 6214 N/A
3DMark TimeSpy 6817 4596 N/A
The low-power RTX 3060 scored 6817 in 3DMark Time Spy, which is a modest result for this GPU. That said, it's still more than 2000 points ahead of the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti you'll find in the XPS 15 and in some versions of the XPS 17, and it's still capable of tackling eSports games and single-player titles at 1080p and with mid-range graphics settings. It's also easily able to lend a hand in creative tasks.
There's no doubt that the XPS 17 has the grunt for most creative tasks, but Dell's machine isn't infallible. The Apple M1 Pro chip in the MacBook Pro 16 is far more powerful – it regularly hits 12,000 points in the multi-threaded Geekbench test. That's a huge improvement, and it means that Apple's rig will deliver loads of extra power, albeit with prices that exceed the 11th Gen XPS 17.
Of course, if you're happy to pay more, than you could shell out for an XPS 17 with the newer i7-12700H or i9-12900HK. The former chip scores around 11,000 in Geekbench and the latter scores about 13,000.
That's a decent way to close the performance gap to the Apple M1 chip while sticking with Windows. However, the newer Core i7 Dell costs $2899 / £2699 / €3099 and the Core i9-based rig will set you back $2949 / £3099 / €3599, so those Alder Lake laptops are generally pricier than Apple's notebook until you start upgrading Apple's memory and storage configurations. Neither manufacturer offers cheap upgrades, but Apple's prices are stratospheric – while Dell's are merely very expensive.
Also bear in mind that you can get the Dell XPS 15 with the i7-12700H, the high-resolution display and an RTX 3050 Ti for $2229 / £2149 / €2599 and the i9-12900HK for $2649 / £2549 / €2899.
The Dell XPS 17 is a good-looking, robust laptop with a fantastic display and solid components, but you'll have to spend more if you want to get the most powerful hardware and its 17in chassis feels sparse despite its style.
This is a powerful and stylish creative notebook, but the Apple MacBook Pro 16 often delivers more speed for a lower price, and the XPS 15 has many of the same advantages in a smaller design. Ultimately, the XPS 17 is only worth buying if you're committing to the screen size, and it doesn't have many unique features beyond its larger form factor.
Enough power for a day of moderate work usage
Apple's MacBook Pro 16 will last far longer in many situations
The Dell XPS 17 has a reasonable battery. It lasted for 9hrs 23mins in PC Mark 10's modern office benchmark with the display at 150 nits, and it handled ten hours of video playback. If you want to use the Dell for everyday work tasks and web browsing, you'll get through a day away from the mains.
That said, the Dell's longevity plummets if you push the hardware – if you really stress the processor and graphics core, you'll struggle to see lunch.
The MacBook Pro is generally better here. In tough tasks it lasted for six hours, which is a bit longer than the Dell, and in low-intensity tasks we got 21 hours of life from the Apple – twice as good as the Dell.
You'd like a stylish, big-screen Windows notebook
The Dell XPS 17 has a fantastic big screen in a great chassis, so it's a top option if you want an immersive Windows machine for creative work tasks.
You're chasing ultimate CPU power or need loads of ports
Apple's M1 chips are often faster than the Intel silicon used here. And, despite the XPS 17's size, it's not swimming in ports.
The Dell XPS 17 looks fantastic, and its good processors, stunning display and robust keyboard make it an ideal creative companion. It could have better connectivity, though, and you'll often find more power and better battery life from the Apple MacBook Pro 16.
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I seem to recall that you said you might break some elements of backwards-compatibility in 0.2. If so, I have a request. I'm not sure it'd even break anything, to be honest.
Current PICO-8 executables allow the use of // instead of -- for comments. This has the unfortunate side effect of preventing us from using lua's // operator, which is the 'idiv' operator, e.g. a//b == flr(a/b).
I have never seen anyone upload code that uses "//" comments, so I think it might not even break anything. You'd probably know better, since you presumably have all of the uploaded carts in some kind of database. If nothing else, maybe you could disable it based on the version number you added to files recently?
It'd just be nice sometimes to use that operator, and if it's already supported but masked by the alternate comment form, I'd hope it wouldn't be a big chore to unmask it.
Actually, as an aside, I'd also like to request access to lua's built-in unpack().
It feels weird having lua and the ability to turn a tuple into a table, but not having unpack() to turn a table back into a tuple for passing to functions. That's really useful in drawing code.
Maybe cost 1 or 2 cycles per table element converted to tuple element? I dunno, something like that.
Whatever the assigned cost would be, it's gotta be better than the cost incurred by writing unpack() in Lua, which is both slow and requires some ugly recursion.
a limited set of code that could run at "assembly" speed (a la Gameboy Advance): as of now, you cannot code, say, a line drawing code that could compete w/ native function.
"ctrl-f should remember last typed search (or introduce a ctrl-n)."
On Mac at least, cmd-g repeats the last search. Maybe ctrl-g does what you're asking for?
But this would be a useful feature, so I wouldn't mind switching to just -- and --[].


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Home public opinion
Poll suggests local opposition to Osaka IR increasing
A poll conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shinbun and TV Osaka suggests that local opposition to the construction of the proposed IR at Yumeshima in Osaka may be increasing, with 52 percent opposed versus 37 percent in favor.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Osaka's IR bid
Japan - September 25, 2020
If it can be said that Yoshihide Suga's emergence as prime minister of Japan is something of a poisoned chalice for Yokohama's IR bid, for the leaders of Osaka, it is, in contrast, both uncomplicated and quite beneficial.
IR development at the "confrontational axis" of Japanese politics
"The casino issue is symbolic of the clear confrontational axis between top-down politics and grassroots politics… We cannot let matters continue as they have under the Abe administration." So declared Leader of the Opposition Yukio Edano on Wednesday while touring Yamashita Pier, the proposed site for Yokohama's major urban IR.
Prime Minister Suga likely to hit the brakes on IR development
Japan - September 4, 2020
The emergence of Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga as the all-but-certain next prime minister of Japan is good news for Japan's pro-IR community. However, even with a solid friend in the Kantei, there's plenty of reason to believe that the government is about to hit the brakes.
The Osaka Yumeshima IR loses its inevitability
Japan - August 7, 2020
A year ago there were many things uncertain about IR development in Japan, but if there was one thing you could depend upon—one prediction that could be made with near total confidence—it was that the man-made island of Yumeshima in Osaka Bay was destined to become host to one of the biggest and grandest IRs in the world.
Public opposition to Yokohama IR appears to intensify
Japan - July 3, 2020
It has often been suggested that Japanese local communities will become more understanding of IR development projects once their nature is better explained, but...
Governor Koike accused of deceiving public on Tokyo IR plans
Japan - June 26, 2020
In the summer of 2017, Fumiko Hayashi won reelection as mayor of Yokohama claiming to be a "blank slate" but in reality favoring IR development in her city. Anti-casino activists believe that history may be repeating itself; this time with Governor Yuriko Koike in neighboring Tokyo.
Recall campaign against Yokohama mayor could be formidable
All of the candidate locations seeking IR development are facing local citizen protests of one sort or another, but the one that really deserves attention is the recall campaign against Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi.
The seven trials for Japanese IR legislation
Japan has seen numerous twists and turns in its bid to establish an integrated resort industry, though perhaps one of the most unwelcome was the arrest of a deputy minister at the centre of a money-for-favours scandal surrounding IR development plans for Okinawa and Hokkaido.
Japanese public support for IR construction falls below 23 percent
Never a popular policy in the first place, the recent casino bribery scandal has lowered Japanese public support for the construction of domestic IRs...


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