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Instagram pictures look different after uploading? No worries!
by Pavneet KaurPosted on September 12, 2020
Instagram has been a main-stay in the social-media industry ever since its launch in 2010. It revolutionized how we share our photos and videos with the world, and has been ruling the hearts of the current generations in the post-Facebook era.
When it comes to providing features that lets you meet and interact with new people online, Instagram truly shines. In the last four years, Instagram has also seen a boom in the popularity of growing influencers and models.
Posting stories and pics of their daily life events have become a norm for the Gen-Z. Many people put a lot of effort behind the pictures they click and post on Instagram. But are you aware of the fact that Instagram intentionally changes the way your pictures look?
Many social media platforms have this tendency to compress and encode images as you upload them due to the limited data storage networks. Despite being one of the biggest networking platforms in the world, Instagram has a limited pool of data storage. According to a survey, 95 million posts are uploaded every day, which is an insane amount of data to handle, even for Instagram,
But we have got a way out for you. Whether it's tweaking the colors or applying different layers of effects, there are several tricks that you could use to prevent your Instagram picture look different after uploading. We have mentioned some of them below.
Ways to prevent your Instagram pictures look different after uploading
Use Lightroom to prevent your Instagram pictures look different after uploading
Adobe Lightroom has been one of the best photo-editing software since it came out. Both mobile and desktop versions offer plenty of excellent features to edit your photos. However, pictures that are rendered from Lightroom specifically are perfectly balanced according to the Instagram selection criteria. So, the end result is a close-to original post that will prevent your Instagram picture look different after uploading.
Go Monotone
This may come as a shock to all the professional photographers and designers, but Instagram tends to remove excess color from your pictures and videos to make them look more balanced on lower-end smartphones. If you can, try to bump down the excessive hue and brightness in your photos to avoid any post-Instagram rendering.
Try B&W
Ever wondered why black and white pictures look so wonderful on Instagram? This is because B&W images require much less processing time and also, they don't take a toll on Instagram's data storage.
Try the above methods to ensure that your Instagram pictures remain as original as they are meant to be.
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This Ford/Kavanaugh Effect on the Nation (or Lack of Effect)
If you go out outside of the beltway....to an average town of 100,000 people, every Saturday night....they face this unique dilemma which has some relationship to the Ford/Kavanaugh business. You see, there will on any average Saturday night in this town....at least twenty-five private parties being held, with kids ranging from 13 to 17 years old, and alcohol being poured for enjoyable consumption. You can figure that at least two-hundred-and-fifty kids are at these parties.
Between eleven and one....at least five parents will be called by friends, neighbors, or the cops.....to be told that their 'Junior' or 'Vicky' has passed out in such-and-such city park, or been found in badly drunken state with no clothing on.
At least ten of these young women in attendance (some as young as 13 and 14)....will admit under pressure from a parental interrogation that they've 'done' at least a dozen guys over the past six months. Three or four young ladies might even go and admit thirty guys in the past year. A couple of the ladies might even admit 100-plus guys by age eighteen. They laugh when dad suggests this is pretty stupid behavior.
Some young lady will tell of the young guy she latched onto while half-drunk....who convinced her that he was the quarterback star of the state university team forty miles away, and that she gave him full attention for over an hour. Then weeks later, she will admit that she found out that he was a 17-year old guy from the next town over, and that she's pregnant from the fake-quarterback and drunken night of 'fun'.
Some kids (male and female) will admit by age sixteen that they have a drug and alcohol problem, and Mom has to convince Dad that the kid really does need to go to 'Sky-ranch-rehab-center' for four months of rehab, and their health insurance only pays 50-percent of the $18,000 cost.
Some parent will review their kid's Facebook chatter....to discover that the kid procured four kegs of beer for last weekend's private party at the city park, and that two kids got so drunk....that they required an ambulance trip. Now this parent sits there in continual worry that the cops may call, and some prosecution effort may occur, and their 'Becky' might be facing six months in some state youth facility.
So all of these parents sit and view this televised soap opera out of DC, and have a different view on things. In their mind, their daughter is some dimwit or junior-alcoholic with no capability to control herself, and they see a bunch of political folks giving fake-enthusiasm or fake-worry over how this one incident occurred. But in this town, like in thousands of other towns, this is a daily worry confronting parents. So this business of hype with Ford-angle? It's not working, and it's maybe even having the opposite effect.
These are the parents who are putting tracking devices on their kid's cars. These are the parents forcing the 15-year old kid to take a drug-test on Sunday morning. These are the parents who are calling the cops on their son's friends for the alcohol being handed out to underage kids. These are the parents sitting there with some young 16-year old girl who is pregnant but she can't be sure who the father is....because she passed out in the middle of some party. And these parents are all angry because the system isn't working.
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In PRIZMA Foundation we are aware that satisfied and motivated employees are the driving force of successful work and development of the organisation. We believe that a successful career and family are compatible – for success in one field you don't need to sacrifice the other. That is also the message of Family friendly Enterprise Certificate. .
Due to this belief PRIZMA Foundation has joined in the process of attaining Family friendly Enterprise Certificate in March 2012. The evaluation of current situation of the personnel was implemented and plan of implementation adopted with measures for improving management of work process and quality of working environment, with the purpose of better reconciliation of work and family life of the employees.
Selection of measures was prepared and confirmed by project group of ten employees of both genders, different ages, in different workplaces and with different family status. We tried to create a working environment as optimal as possible, friendly to every employee, which would also follow values written in vision and mission of PRIZMA Foundation.


THE Limerick minor footballers recorded their best win in years on Wednesday night when they beat Tipperary by 3-8 to 0-11 in Semple Stadium.
Following on from last week's disappointing 0-9 to 1-5 loss to Clare in the opening round, this win is a huge boost for Limerick football.
In front of 729 in Semple Stadium with wind advantage, Limerick raced into 1-4 to 0-0 lead after ten minutes, their goal coming from Diarmuid Kelly in the 6th minute. The home side rallied somewhat by Limerick were still 1-7 to 0-5 up at the break.
Kelly hit a second goal (from a penalty) for Limerick early in the second half but Tipp began eating into the lead making it a very nervous period for Jerry O'Sullivan's men.
The home side got the difference back to two points but a late goal from Eoin O'Mahony sealed the win for Limerick.
Limerick now play Waterford next week with the prize for the winners a semi-final against Cork on May 11.
SCORERS - Limerick: Diarmaid Kelly 2-2 (1-0 penalty, 0-1 free), Eoghan O'Mahony 1-4 (0-2 frees, 0-1 '45'), James Ryan, Séamus Hurley 0-1 each; Tipperary: John Lyons 0-6 (all frees), Michael Barlow 0-2 (2frees), Adrian English, Ben Hyland, Colin English ('45') 0-1 each.
LIMERICK: Aaron Murphy; Gearóid Brennan, Fionn Murphy, Daniel Enright; Séamus Hurley, Adam Kearns, Oran Collins; Josh Ryan, Diarmuid Kelly; Eoin O'Mahony, Colm McSweeney, Noel Callinan; Anthony Barrett, Adam Storan, James Ryan. Subs: Darragh Ranahan for Noel Callinan, James Kelly for Anthony Barrett (48mins), Luke Cardy for Josh Ryan (52mins), Seán Ryan for Adam Storan (59mins), Jason Kiely for Séamus Hurley (61mins).
TIPPERARY: Jack Dolan; Jack Harney, Paudie Feehan; Jake Flannery; Colin English, Daire Brennan, Stephen Nolan; Conor Cashman, Ben Hyland; Ryan Lambe, Calvin Boland, Daire Egan; John Lyons, Michael Barlow, Adrian English. Subs: Eoghan Ryan for Paudie Feehan (black card, 10 mins), Shane Ryan for Calvin Boland (23mins), Jack Delahunty for Conor Cashman (half-time), Andrew Vance for Ryan Lambe (53mins), Calvin Boland for Adrian English (56mins).
- For a full report on this game, see the Monday and weekend print edition of the Limerick Leader.


JK Rowling has praise for a new portrait of herself at the National Portrait Gallery.
"This genuinely is the first time that I have seen this and I love it. I have to say it is quite unnerving to see yourself presented like this and to stand here and recognise it as me," the author said at the ceremony in central London.
Rowling added: "But this shows more of me than any photo has ever shown. Stuart and I had the most incredible laughs doing this and of course I am delighted and honoured to be here in the National Portrait Gallery Collection."
I love this portrait, don't you?
I wish I could see a larger picture of it. This one is from the National Portrait Gallery itself.


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Reliance Jio and Sodexo, the leader in employee benefits has partnered to accelerate India's digital transformation. Jio and Sodexo will leverage complementary strengths and offerings to create an enriched digital life ecosystem for Indians.
Jio Money, the PPI wallet offered by Jio Payments Bank, has enabled integration of Sodexo Meal Cards with a user's Jio Money account to allow mobile-based payments via Sodexo Meal Card. The partnership will enable thousands of Sodexo Merchants like grocery shops, kiranas, restaurants and cafes across the country, to accept digital payments via Sodexo.
Sodexo's proprietary meal benefit solution, Sodexo Meal Pass can be linked to the Jio Money App for making quick payments on-the-go. It will also be an added digital transaction option for Jio Money's rapidly growing user base across India. Consumers no longer have to carry the Sodexo's physical card for the purchase of food and non-alcoholic beverages. They can simply add the Sodexo Meal Card balance to the Jio Money app and start transacting on-the-go. Jio and Sodexo will continue to work together to accelerate adoption of services offered by both the brands.
The solution has already been launched in Mumbai and the consumer response has been excellent. The Jio Money solution will be enabled at all Sodexo accepting merchants nationally over a period of time. This partnership between Jio Money and Sodexo, both being leaders in their respective spaces brings high levels of domain expertise will bring about a radical change in the payments landscape across the country.


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Home The Beats Environment/Energy Colorado Needs $2.2 Billion for Wastewater Upgrades
Colorado Needs $2.2 Billion for Wastewater Upgrades
Dan Whipple
Federal funding to help pay for new treatment facilities is declining. One of the best-kept secrets in America is that the pipes and plants that provide us with clean water are falling apart. Colorado is facing a fast-growing burden on its wastewater infrastructure, with needs of about $2.2 billion, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA on Wednesday (Jan. 16) released its report to Congress, the Clean Watershed Needs Survey 2004. Between the last report in 2000 and this one, Colorado was one of six states that saw its needs in water quality infrastructure grow by more than 50 percent. Much of this growing need was in small communities – totaling $158 million, according to EPA estimates.
EPA looked at eight categories of needs in wastewater treatment and collection and storm water treatment. Nationwide it found that investment needed to address wastewater and stormwater issues totaled $202.5 billion.
Colorado's portion of this is about $2.2 billion, which is an increase of more than 50 percent from the 2000 report. According to Donna Davis, unit manager for EPA's outreach and project assistance unit in Colorado, the dramatic increase is partly the result of a more thorough survey, and partly the result of a steadily aging system.
The main federal funding mechanism for infrastructure improvements – apart from having ratepayers pay for them directly – is a federal "revolving fund" that provides low-interest loans for infrastructure improvements.
In 2004, Colorado got $10 million from this program. It has been cut substantially by the Bush administration, and the state will doubtless get less in 2008.
EPA's Davis says that a lot of Colorado's wastewater infrastructure was built in the 1960s and 1970s under a federal program that provided construction grants. Many of these facilities are now aging. Plants and distribution lines have to be replaced:
"We're not going to be able to provide funding for all the needs that there are out there. The funding we provide are loans at a reduced interest rate, about 20 percent below market rates. That subsidy won't be available to a lot of communities that need it."
Davis also said that the 2004 survey of water treatment infrastructure was undertaken before the oil and gas boom had really hit in western Colorado. Population growth in small Colorado towns will probably increase the burden of paying of clean water in small towns.
In 2002, EPA produced a "Gap Report" that examined the need for water infrastructure upgrades against the funds available to pay for needed upgrades. They found that, depending upon the assumptions one makes about the future, "capital needs for clean water from 2000 to 2019 range from $331 billion to $450 billion." The mid-range estimate was $388 billion.
In addition, "Estimates of capital needs for drinking water over the twenty-year period range from $154 billion to $446 billion." The mid-range estimate was $274 billion. In addition to capital construction, operation and maintenance is expected to cost between $72 billion and $229 billion, with a mid-range estimate of $148 billion.
Current federal capital spending for clean water is about $13 billion a year; for drinking water, $10.4 billion a year.
"A third of Americans now drink their water out of bottles," says Gretchen Daily, a Stanford University biology professor. "That tells you something. There have been nationwide declines in water quality. The good thing is that there are a lot of opportunities for win-win investments in natural capital where paying to protect it costs much less than trying to provide the benefits of it another way — like through bottled water."
Tracy Mehan, former assistant administrator for water at EPA, says, "We're going to see some increasing problems in not keeping up with population and economic growth, increasing levels of traditional kinds of pollution. If you freeze the frame now, we're okay. But these things are aging."
As Mehan notes, the U.S. has among the lowest water user rates in the world. "The average American pays more for soft drinks, than for water and wastewater charges on an annual basis," he says. "The Congressional Budget Office once claimed that, even if you paid for the entire infrastructure `gap' through rate increases, that same household would be paying less than one percent of average household income."
Report points to inadequacy of school water-quality testing


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Canada Revenue Agency shuts down electronic services over security fears
Canada's tax agency has shut down access to to its electronic system to protect the security of taxpayer information.
By The Canadian Press
Wed., April 9, 2014
OTTAWA—The Canada Revenue Agency says it has temporarily cut off public access to its electronic services over security concerns.
The agency says it shut down access to protect the security of taxpayer information.
It says it is working to restore safe and secure access as soon as possible.
The agency offered no other information beyond a terse statement on its website.
This is a busy time of year for the tax agency, as people file returns electronically and track the progress of refunds online.
As of the end of March, the agency had received 6.7 million returns, with 84 per cent filed electronically.
Canada Revenue Agency


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NHL DFS Picks: Yahoo Plays and Strategy for Tuesday, November 29
November 29, 2022, 2:46 AM ·4 min read
There's nothing terribly notable about this Tuesday. We're past Thanksgiving. We're not quite to the final day of November. All Tuesday is, in the end, is a day with nine NHL games on the slate. Hey, isn't that good enough? Here are some players to target, and to avoid, for your DFS lineups.
Juuse Saros, NAS vs. ANA ($29): Finally, the Predators can return to home ice, having settled their water main issues. Prior to the pause, Saros had a 2.34 GAA and .928 save percentage over his last five starts. I'm going with the Finn at home against a Ducks team that has averaged 2.55 goals per game.
GOALIE TO AVOID
Darcy Kuemper, WAS at VAN ($30): Kuemper has been inconsistent, posting a 2.60 GAA and .914 save percentage while seemingly alternating between great starts and iffy outings. The Canucks play games that are rich in incident. They are bad defensively, but their offense has averaged 3.59 goals per contest.
Dylan Strome, WAS at VAN ($17): Well, I did mention the Canucks are bad defensively. They have a 3.73 GAA and the 31st-ranked penalty kill. Strome has five points in his last six games, and on the season he's averaged a robust 4:15 per contest on the power play.
CENTER TO AVOID
Brayden Point, TAM at BOS ($22): Point and the Lightning are on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back Tuesday. That's tricky as is, but then you throw in the Bruins as an opponent. Boston has a 2.24 GAA, not to mention a top-three penalty kill.
Tyler Toffoli, CGY vs. FLA ($19): Toffoli scored in his last game, ending a brrief drought and giving him seven goals and seven assists this season. He's also put 65 shots on net in 21 contests. The Panthers are on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back, and far from home with questionable goaltending at their disposal. Sergei Bobrovsky has an .888 save percentage.
Nino Niederreiter, NAS vs. ANA ($13): Somebody has to step up and provide secondary scoring for the Predators. Though his 23.7 percent shooting will likely regress, Neiderreiter has nine goals through 20 games. He's also averaged 2:33 per contest with the extra man. The Ducks have a 4.23 GAA, and they also have the league's worst penalty kill.
WINGS TO AVOID
Blake Wheeler, WPG vs. COL ($18): Wheeler has 12 assists this season, though only four goals in 20 games. The thing is, he's only put 33 shots on net, so it's not like he's been unlucky. While Colorado has allowed a fair amount of shots, Alexandar Georgiev has handled them with gusto. He has a 2.29 GAA and .933 save percentage.
Bryan Rust, PIT vs. CAR ($12): Rust has been snakebit, as he only has two points in his last 12 games, and they both came on the same night. His 8.6 percent shooting should improve, but it's difficult to get a shot on net against the Hurricanes. Carolina has allowed a mere 25.9 shots on goal per game.
Noah Dobson, NYI at PHI ($20): It's encouraging to see Dobson building upon his breakthrough campaign of last season. He already has six goals on 67 shots on net, not to mention nine assists. Carter Hart's overall numbers aren't, but his recent performances paint a different story. Over his last seven starts he has a 3.93 GAA and .869 save percentage.
Matt Benning, SAN at MON ($10): Erik Karlsson has been the star for the Sharks, but Benning has contributed recently. He has four points over his last four games. The Habs have announced that Jake Allen will be in net, and he has a 3.62 GAA and .891 save percentage.
DEFENSEMEN TO AVOID
Victor Hedman, TAM at BOS ($22): It's the same story as with Point. The Lightning are on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back, and Linus Ullmark looms. Ullmark has a 2.00 GAA and .935 save percentage this season.
Tony DeAngelo, PHI vs. NYI ($14): DeAngelo got off to a strong start with his new team, but only has one point in his last nine games. It did come on the power play, which is the norm for him, but this matchup is not up his alley. The Islanders have a top-four penalty kill.
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Lavinia Gripentrog has been chosen by the Utah State Board of Education Special Education Department as the new School to Post-School Transition Specialist beginning January 31, 2017. She will replace Susan Loving who is retiring (See article on Susan Loving here).
Lavinia was formerly the Transition Specialist/Post-High Special Education Teacher and Assistive Technology Specialist for Murray School District for the past 14 years, completed the USU masters transition specialist program at USU, was the Team Leader of the ODEP School-to-Work Pilot Project for Murray District, and Mentor Teacher for Westminster College. She was also the 2016 Utah Council for Exceptional Children Joanne Gilles Teacher of the Year!
Lavinia has a wealth of direct service and consultation experience in employment, postsecondary education, assistive technology, and independent living.


Say hello to Hyderabad's most unique shopping festival ever seen – The SteppinOut Night Market in Hyderabad. We're back in the city for the 4th time with 70 of the best designer, festive stalls and restaurants from across the city!
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Q: Do sufficient statistics for parameters of interest depend on whether nuisance parameters are known? The definition of sufficient statistic is as follows:
A statistic $T(X_1,...,X_n)$ is sufficient for parameter $\theta$ if the conditional distribution of $X_1,...,X_n$, given that $T=t$, does not depend on $\theta$ for any value of $t$.
I often see in resources that in the case we have iid $X_1,...,X_n \sim N(\mu, \sigma^2)$, $\bar{X}$ is a sufficient statistic for $\mu$ when $\sigma^2$ is known. $\sigma^2$ has to be known otherwise the Factorization theorem doesn't factorize properly.
However, regardless of whether $\sigma^2$ is known or unknown, the conditional distribution of $f(X_1,...,X_n; \bar{X}, \mu, \sigma^2)=f(X_1,...,X_n|\bar{X}, \sigma^2)$ (from multivariate normal theory). Even when $\sigma^2$ is unknown, the conditional distribution of the data $\textbf{X}$ given $\bar{X}$ is independent of $\mu$, suggesting that $\bar{X}$ is a sufficient statistic for $\mu$ .
In general, it seems that if I have density defined by a parameter vector $\theta^\top=(\theta_1^\top, \theta_2^\top)$, where $T_1$ is a sufficient statistic for $\theta_1$ when $\theta_2$ is known, then regardless of whether $\theta_2$ is known or unknown, $f(X_1,...,X_n; T_1, \theta_1, \theta_2)=f(X_1,...,X_n;T_1, \theta_2)$(Essential Statistical Inference pg. 59 Boos and Stefanski).

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*Why does the Factorization Theorem fail to identify $\bar{X}$ as a sufficient statistic when $\sigma^2$ is unknown, even though it satisfies the sufficient statistic definition?

*How necessary is it to declare that a statistic is sufficient only when certain nuisance parameters are known, if the conditional distribution is still independent of the parameter of interest?

A: While, in the Normal $\mathcal N(\mu,\sigma^2)$, $\bar X$ brings the same (Fisher) information on $\mu$ than the entire sample, regardless of whether $\sigma$ is known or unknown, the Normal model also exhibits a distinction between known versus (nuisance) unknown parameters when considering $\mu$ as a nuisance parameter. When $\mu$ is known,
$$s^2_\mu(\mathbf x)=\sum_{i=1}^n (x_i-\mu)^2$$
is a sufficient statistic, but because it depends on $\mu$, it does not remain a sufficient statistic  when $\mu$ is unknown. In this case, even
$$s^2 (\mathbf x)=\sum_{i=1}^n (x_i-\bar x_n)^2$$
is not sufficient and one need keep both $\bar x_n$ and $s^2$ to achieve sufficiency in $\sigma$ for all (unknown) values of $\mu$.
A wider issue with the question is whether or not this conditional sufficiency notion (or any alternative) has statistical relevance as estimators based on the conditional sufficient statistics (e.g., MLEs) will generally have their distribution depend on both the parameter of interest and the nuisance parameters with the later needed in the end to construct confidence regions, &tc. Hence requiring an estimator on their own. Fisher's definition of sufficiency was introduced as a means to summarise data with no information loss. It is unclear this is feasible with this generalisation.

Following Fraser (1956) and Rao (1965), Sprott (1975) developed some notions of (conditional and marginal) sufficiency in the presence of nuisance parameters. The notion is not standard in that alternative definitions lead to different solutions. See for instance Basu (1977) (fantastic!) discussion on the "logical nightmare" of defining partial sufficiency.
The great Kolmogorov himself (1942) proposed a definition of partial sufficiency such that $T$ is partially sufficient for $\theta$ iff the posterior (marginal) distribution on $\theta$ only depends on
$T(x)$ for all prior distributions $\pi$  on $(\theta,\xi)$ when $\xi$ is the nuisance parameter. Unfortunately, as recalled by Ghosh (1988), "Hajek (1965) pointed out that if  $T$  is partially sufficient for $\theta$ in the sense of Kolmogorov, then $T$ must be sufficient for the universal parameter $(\theta,\xi)$."

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*Why does the Factorization Theorem fail to identify $\bar{X}$ as a sufficient statistic when $\sigma^2$ is unknown, even though it satisfies the sufficient statistic definition?

The likelihood for a sample of i.i.d. normal distributed variables can be factorized
$$\begin{array}{}
f(X, \mu, \sigma) &=& \underbrace{(2 \pi \sigma^2)^{-n/2} \cdot \exp \left( -{\frac{1}{2\sigma^2} \sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2 } \right)}_{\text{part that depends on $X$}} \cdot \underbrace{ \exp \left( {\frac{\mu}{\sigma^2} T(X) } \right) \cdot \exp \left( -{\frac{\mu^2}{2\sigma^2} } \right)}_{\text{part that depends on $T(X) = \sum_{i=1}^n x_i$}}\\
\end{array}$$
The part that depends on $T(x)$ is also dependent on $\mu$, but the remaining part that depends on $X$ is not dependent on $\mu$. So we have factorized the distribution function.

The problem is that the factorized part also contains unknown (nuisance) parameters which might make it difficult to compute a maximum likelihood estimate.
In the case of the normal distribution, it turns out ok because after taking the logarithm and the derivative the nuisance parameter factors out.

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Last year House & Garden launched its debut collection of furniture in collaboration with British makers Arlo & Jacob. We had a simple aim; to create stylish, affordable pieces inspired by shapes we see in the houses we feature - much loved classics, brought up to date, rethought and refined.
The designs were conceived by our decoration director Gabby Deeming, who during her fifteen years styling the magazine's decoration pages, has accrued an encyclopaedic knowledge of furniture and how to use it.
New to the range is the 'Jackson' family, a sophisticated and ultra-comfortable design whose heavy loose linen covers were inspired by Belgian interiors. 'The Jackson is quite minimal in a way,' says Gabby. 'It would work beautifully in a paired back space, although equally you could cover it with patterned cushions. I think that's the beauty of the pieces. They have been designed to work in any kind of interior.' As well as a straight forward sofa, the Jackson also comes as an L-shaped sofa, an armchair, or a chaise.
Handmade in Arlo & Jacob's Derbyshire factory, the House & Garden Collection first took life as sketches back in December last year. Factory visits followed, with our editors spending months making tweaks and deliberating over fabrics.
The pieces can be upholstered in the fabric of your choice, or alternatively House & Garden have put together an edit of fabrics that we love. New to the range are the 'True Linens', which come in four carefully selected and easy to use colours.'I think getting the fabric right is just as important as the shape and feel of a sofa or chair,' says Gabby.
See the pieces online, or in the flesh at Arlo & Jacob's London showroom, and very soon, their new Bristol outpost.


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Q: Area of nested pentagrams II A simple fractal. How to find the area of it? (only the arms of the star)
Working with pentagrams is quite complicated, I can not solve this.

A: The easiest method to calculate only the "arms" of the stars is to subtract the areas of all the larger triangles (for lack of better wording) in each iteration from the area of the entire pentagon.
First of all, we calculate the area of the entire pentagon (assuming the side length is 1) to be
$5\times\frac{1}{2}\times\left(\frac{sin{54}}{sin{72}}\right)^2\times\sin{72}$

Since pentagrams are well known for their relationship with the golden ratio ($\phi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}$), the side lengths can be calculated easily using these identities.

The total area of the obtuse triangles in the first iteration is
$5\times\frac{1}{2}\times(\phi-1)^2\times\sin{108}$
Next, we need to calculate the ratio between the area of each iteration of obtuse triangles. Since the triangles are similar, the ratio r (smaller/larger) can be simplified to
$(2-\phi)^2$
Since $r>1$, this is identified as a geometric series and therefore the area of all the obtuse triangles can be found using the formula $\frac{a}{1-r}$
$A_{total}=\frac{a}{1-r}$
$=\frac{5\times\frac{1}{2}\times(\phi-1)^2\times\sin{108}}{1-(2-\phi)^2}$
We then subtract this value from the area of the entire pentagon to get
$5\times\frac{1}{2}\times\left(\frac{sin{54}}{sin{72}}\right)^2\times\sin{72}-\frac{5\times\frac{1}{2}\times(\phi-1)^2\times\sin{108}}{1-(2-\phi)^2}$
The total area of all the "arms" of the star $\approx0.65716$

I do not think the last equation can be simplified further, but if anyone finds a way, please leave a comment.


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The Discussion Group fosters wide-ranging scientific discussion. It has its roots in the Geological Society Club, a dining club dating back to 1807. Since being established as a Specialist Group of the Society late in 2017, the Group has hosted Discussion Dinners at a number of different venues in London, including Burlington House, with a wide range of speakers and topics.
All Fellows of the Society are welcome to attend the meetings at which a speaker opens a topic of current geological interest, allowing for discussion over the meal. There are generally six to seven meetings a year.
At its AGM, held in the spring, a committee is elected, the business of the group is covered and suggestions for the development of the future programme are debated.
There is a charge of £30 for membership (reduced to £15 for those living more than 100 miles from central London) which entitles members to discounted rates for meetings. Membership dues also allow the Group to pay for speakers and to sponsor students to attend meetings.
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Scripture Biography for the Young: With Critical Illustrations and ..., Volume 2
By Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
and daughters wore, and to bring them to him,--a part of the very spoils which they had brought out of Egypt, and now to be used in imitating the wickedness of that idolatrous nation.
The ornaments were brought, and from them Aaron made a molten calf. ose who were active on the occasion, taking it from his hands, and setting it up in the presence of the people, cried out, "These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."
Aaron, seeing what was done, built an altar before the idol, and made a general proclamation, saying, " To-morrow is a feast to the Lord."
Some have conjectured, that Aaron did not really design to encourage idolatrous worship, but simply to permit the people to worship the true God as represented by the image which he had formed.
Poor excuse this for his conduct; even if he hoped, in this way, to escape the charge of himself being an idolater! The whole matter was in direct violation of the express commands of God, and a monstrous mingling, to say the least, of his worship with that of a senseless idol. It seems, too, that after making their offerings," the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play," to engage, as was the custom among idolaters, in riotous feasting and merriment, and perhaps in the most licentious and shameful conduct. Besides, we are told in Acts what the direct object of their worship was: " They made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the work of their hands."
What must have been the surprise of Moses at this time, to hear an account of these transactions from the Divine voice, accompanied with a com. mand to go
down from the mount, and utter this fearful denunciation; "I have seen this people, and behold it is a stiff-necked people : Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation."
Will Moses resist the offer;-unsought; coming thus unexpectedly from God; and held forth, too, as but the carrying into effect of his just indignation against a rebellious people ? To be great by the favor of God,--the illustrious head of a new nation,with whom another covenant would be made, probably securing to them all the blessings that the Israelites were to forfeit :-can he refuse
prospects so bright and alluring ?
Yes; and the trial proved his devotedness to against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power,
and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn away from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swearest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of, will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever."
The prayer of Moses prevailed; "and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people;" changed his intended course of conduct towards them, as a man changes his who has repented of his purpose.
What an example is here left on record of humble piety, and true magnanimity of soul! Moses regards the glory of God, and the preserving unsullied the honor of his character, so that his enemies shall not be able to bring any reproach against it; the fulfillment of the divine promises; and the prosperity of the children of Israel; as the supreme objects of desire. Himself dwindles into forgetfulness before them! How does the littleness of the falsely-called great ones of the earth, who chase the phantoms of ambition and renown, stand
abashed before the moral grandeur of this servant of the Lord ! How does the humble prayer which he poured forth, show that it came from a spirit exalted above all that is earthly, and fit for the companionship of heaven!
Imitate this example. Catch this spirit, my young friend. Be truiy great, by being humble, pious, and benevolent; by consecrating yourself to the promotion of God's glory, and the best good of your fellow-men. In the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom on earth, with all the sublime and interesting objects attending its progress, be absorbed to the full extent of every power of your soul. Here concentrate your affections, and put forth
your energies. Lose, forget, annihilate yourself in Christ, and the blessings which his salvation is to bring upon mankind. Live not for yourself, but for him.
Does he not deserve this devotion ? He gave himself for you, to redeem you, by his own blood, from the curse of sin.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Moses and Joshua descend. Moses destroys the golden
calf. Three thousand of the idolaters are slain. Moses again ascends the mountain.
As Moses was descending from Sinai, with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, he was met by Joshua, who had remained somewhere on the mountain till that time, and they proceeded together. Approaching the encampment of the Israelites, Joshua heard the noise of the people, who were shouting, and said unto Moses, " There is a noise of war in the camp;" thinking, no doubt, that they had been attacked by some enemy.
" It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery," replied Moses ; " neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear." And as they drew still nearer the camp, he saw the golden calf, the object of their worship, and the people dancing around it. Filled with a holy indignation at such conduct, he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them in the presence of the Israelites. It may seem to us a strange act; but the Jews, like other nations of the East, were accustomed to show the strength of their feelings in some such way,


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Stock Ideas 28-Aug-2019
Stocks with increasing mutual fund stake
Danish Khanna
Presenting three small-cap stocks wherein mutual funds have recently increased their stake
By Danish Khanna
The stock markets have been quite volatile over the past few weeks. With FPI surcharge rolled back, investors are now heaving a sigh of relief. In the last one year, the small-cap space has corrected a lot, thereby resulting in the index falling more than 25 per cent in the last one year.
In this article, we have analysed three stocks, wherein mutual funds have raised their stake the most in the last six months (from December 2018 to June 2019).
ISGEC Heavy Engineering
The company operates in two business segments. The first segment, engineering, which accounted for almost 80 per cent of its FY19 revenues, is involved in the production and sale of heavy engineering products. Besides, it is involved in the manufacturing and sale of sugar and its byproducts.
The company exports its products to 90 countries on the back of five manufacturing facilities in India. It has 10 subsidiaries and joint ventures, including companies like Eagle Press, Hitachi Zosen, among others. Over the years, ISGEC has successfully diversified its business from manufacturing sugar to heavy engineering products.
However, recent financials do not appear convincing. EPS declined two per cent over the last one year and was down 13 per cent annually in the last three years. Also, FY19 results were disappointing, with net margin at just 2.8 per cent, while ROE stood at 10 per cent. On the other hand, receivable days have been on the rise and stood at 110 days in FY19 from an earlier level of 83 days in FY15. Over the last one year, the stock has corrected by almost 45 per cent and currently trades at a P/E of 19x.
Sheela Foam
Incorporated in 1971, it is one of the leading manufacturers of mattresses in India and marketed under its flagship brand Sleepwell. The company also manufactures other foam-based home-comfort products, including furniture-cushioning, pillows, cushions, sofa-cum-beds etc. It has nine manufacturing facilities in India and five in Australia. It boasts an exclusive network of 110 distributors and 2,750 retail outlets for Sleepwell and other brands, such as Feather Foam and Lamiflex.
In terms of financials, the company has delivered an earnings growth of 37 per cent compounded annually over the last five years. As on March 31, 2019, the company reported profits of Rs. 134 crore over revenues of Rs. 2414, with a return on equity ratio of 20 per cent. Although the company's stock has corrected by more than 27 per cent over the last one year, it still trades at a high valuation of 42 times.
IEX
IEX was formed through a joint venture between Financial Technologies India Limited (FTIL) and PTC India Financial Services Limited (PFS), a subsidiary of Power Trading Corporation Limited, in 2008. This one-of-its-kind company operates and dominates in the power exchange market of the country, with a market share of 98 per cent, while Power Exchange India is its only competitor.
The company acts as an exchange, bringing together people who want power and those that have to sell it. IEX has two primary sources of revenue: transaction fees (~ 87 per cent of revenues in FY19) and annual subscription fees (~12 per cent of revenues). The company runs a highly profitable business, with operating margins of 96 per cent in FY19.
Coming to its financials, the company reported a revenue increase of 10 per cent y-o-y in FY19, driven by higher procurement of electricity volumes by power distribution companies. The company's ROE stood at more than 50 per cent in FY19 and has averaged close to 48 per cent in the last five years. The stock has corrected by more than 18 per cent in the last one year and currently trades at a P/E of 25 times.
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The Home Energy Score Report estimates home energy use, associated costs, and provides cost-effective energy solutions to improve the home's efficiency. Each Home Energy Score is shown on a simple one-to-ten scale, where a ten represents the most efficient homes. Use the Home Energy Score Interactive Label to explore some of the information provided.
If you are selling your home, a Home Energy Score is a great way to showcase your home's energy features. Be sure your home's listing reflects energy investments you have made with a Home Energy Score. The information can also be used by appraisers and mortgage lenders for energy-related financing products. This can make your home more attractive and accessible to potential buyers.
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Q: How to share textures between an NSOpenGLView and a full screen context in Mac OS? I am working on an app that uses 2D textures to create animated kaleidoscopes. It starts out displaying to an NSOpenGLView. I am adding an option to switch to full-screen mode.
I would prefer to use the OS 10.5 approach to full screen so I can support 10.5, but I think I would face the same issue if I was using the approach described in the docs under "Creating a Full-Screen Application in Mac OS X v10.6".
The NSOpenGLContext init method initWithFormat:shareContext: takes an optional pointer to "Another OpenGL graphics context whose texture namespace and display lists you want to share with the receiver".
The code I'm using to create the full screen OpenGL context is straightforward:
NSOpenGLPixelFormatAttribute myAttributes[] =               // Pixel Format Attributes for the FullScreen NSOpenGLContext
{
    NSOpenGLPFAFullScreen,                                  // specify full-screen OpenGL context
    NSOpenGLPFAScreenMask,
    CGDisplayIDToOpenGLDisplayMask(kCGDirectMainDisplay),   // specify main display
    NSOpenGLPFAColorSize, (NSOpenGLPixelFormatAttribute) 32,
    NSOpenGLPFADepthSize, (NSOpenGLPixelFormatAttribute) 0,
    NSOpenGLPFAStencilSize, 0,
    NSOpenGLPFADoubleBuffer,
    NSOpenGLPFAAccelerated,
    0
};

NSOpenGLPixelFormat *myPixelFormat = [[NSOpenGLPixelFormat alloc] initWithAttributes:myAttributes];  // Create FullScreen NSOpenGLContext with these attributes

NSOpenGLContext *fullScreenContext = [[NSOpenGLContext alloc] initWithFormat:myPixelFormat shareContext: myContext]; // Create an NSOpenGLContext with the FullScreen pixel format.

However, it doesn't seem to work.
My app only uses one texture, so I started out not using glGenTextures and glBindTexture. Instead I just used the single current texture for the context.
I tried changing my code to create a named texture with glGenTextures, in the hopes that I could bind the named texture after switching to the full-screen context, but no dice. Both approaches give the same result - the texture does not work in the full screen context.
I don't get any errors, but drawing with a texture doesn't do anything.
I am forced to recreate my texture each time I switch to full-screen mode. This is bad because the textures are potentially very large (depending on how big an image the user loads, up to the max texture size.) That forces me to load two copies of a very large object into VRAM. Worse, I have to do byte-swizzling in some cases to get the byte order correct. That takes several seconds on a large texture, which makes for a "pregnant pause" when entering full-screen mode.
Is there some trick I'm missing to sharing textures between an NSOpenGLView and a full screen OpenGL context?

A: I worked on the shared context on OSX in these days, struggling for the absence of a checklist of thing that should be done in order to make it work. I think it's worth to share a couple of little things or keyword that can help to find out where the problem is in your case.
Advise: working with drawing API like DirectX and OpenGL without the right inspection tool (see khronos or NVidia for developer website) can be very painful. A right tool is the first thing you need.

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*You created a new NSOpenGLContext initializing it with the same pixel format and inidicating the other context as source for sharing resources. Great!

*You should assign it to your NSOpenGLView using the setOpenGLContext method. (no need for update, setview or other things I saw around on the web in very old post)

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*if you've created your window using the xib files, you can use the method awakeFromNib of the NSOpenGLView class to change the default contextto the new one just created

*the old context attached to the view will be automatically destroyed

*any preexisitng resource in the shared context will be "imported" in the new one too.

*call [your_new_Context makeCurrentContext] - I did it in the awakeFormNib method

*(And here I think is the problem of @Duncan), you need to set all the rendering state you need. The rendering state are not shared accross context! Only the resources. Those are some of the render state you want to set (change them according to your needs):
glEnableVertexAttribArray(pgmImagePosition_);
 glEnableVertexAttribArray(pgmImageTextureCoord_);
 glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 glDisable(GL_DITHER);
 glDisable(GL_ALPHA_TEST);
 glDisable(GL_BLEND);
 glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
 glDisable(GL_FOG);
 glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
 glPixelZoom(1.0,1.0);
 glClearColor(0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0);
Hope this may help. A reading of https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/OpenGL-MacProgGuide/opengl_contexts/opengl_contexts.html is still suggested.


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Royston's unbeaten run ends as Crows lose ground at top
Dan Mountney
Royston manager Steve Castle on the sidelines. Picture: Danny Loo - Credit: Archant
Royston Town lost 2-0 away at Tamworth on Tuesday night to lose ground at the top of the Southern League Central Premier Division and see their 10-game unbeaten run come to an end.
The Crows went into the game full of confidence, but knowing they needed to beat fellow promotion-chasers Tamworth to boost their bid at the top.
They got off to a poor start when Dan Crean headed home Tyrell Waite's cross on 12 minutes to put the home side ahead, and that lead was doubled on the hour mark when Ryan Beswick scored a penalty.
The result means Royston drop to fifth in the table, keeping them in a play-off place but seeing them miss out on the chance to go second.
That came after a battling 1-0 win over Banbury United at Garden Walk on Saturday, with a late Matt Bateman penalty securing the victory after a dominant display.
Crows boss Steve Castle believed it was a deserved win, saying: "We played a very resilient Banbury United team, one that for 85 minutes kept us from scoring and were looking like getting a point until a penalty was awarded to us and Matt Bateman stepped up to do the honours to get the three points.
"Did we deserve it? Well, my take on it is yes we did. Banbury were pretty negative and wanted to waste time throughout the match.
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"They created little but then again chances were few and far between for both sides.
"In the second half we set about the job of scoring once more, huffing and puffing but never really getting close.
"I do feel that we could have shown more quality in the final third, but then again we can't always hit the heights."
Castle was also pleased to welcome back Taylor Parr from injury after missing all of the campaign so far following a pre-season injury.
"His attitude has been exemplary," said Castle.
"I'm sure it has been tough for him, but at this vital time it's like signing a new player to make our squad even stronger."
Royston are back in league action this weekend when they welcome Rushall Olympic to Garden Walk, knowing only a win will do to get their promotion push back on track.
On Saturday week (February 8), the Crows travel to Ebbsfleet United for their big FA Trophy game, and they will be hoping to continue their giantkilling run in the tournament by knocking out another side from the National League.


To make some delicious macarons, take 200 grams of egg white, 200 grams of ground almonds, 350 grams of icing sugar, 30 grams of 00-type flour, 70 grams of sugar and some natural food colourings. The filling is up to you but a delicious version can be made from 250 grams of mascarpone, 60 grams of icing sugar, 250 grams of fresh cream and any jam of your choice. Mix the almonds, sugar and... Like egg whites, they can be frozen individually in ice cube trays, then moved to a freezer-safe container or zip-top bag for storage. They'll also need to be thawed overnight in the refrigerator before using. Use them right after they are thawed in any recipe that calls for them.
Like egg whites, they can be frozen individually in ice cube trays, then moved to a freezer-safe container or zip-top bag for storage. They'll also need to be thawed overnight in the refrigerator before using. Use them right after they are thawed in any recipe that calls for them.... Eggs are one of the most widely eaten foods worldwide, thanks to the essential minerals and protein they contain. As you know, the egg is divided into two parts: the yolk and the white.
The egg white foam will increase in volume and become white and the size of the air bubbles will start to decrease. 4. When the egg white foam increases in volume with smaller bubbles, immediately add the cream of tartar at the side of the bowl.... 14 Clever Recipes to Use Leftover Egg Whites Heather Sage · Nov 14, 2014 If you do any amount of baking, it's only natural that you'll end up with a few extra egg whites on hand now and again.
Like egg whites, they can be frozen individually in ice cube trays, then moved to a freezer-safe container or zip-top bag for storage. They'll also need to be thawed overnight in the refrigerator before using. Use them right after they are thawed in any recipe that calls for them.
Beat egg whites with an electric mixer on medium speed until they are thick and white. To test for soft peaks, lift the beaters from the whites—the egg white peaks should curl down. For best results, make sure the bowl and beaters are free from oil and the egg whites contain no specks of yolk. Both will prevent the whites from reaching full volume.
The egg yolk separates easily from the egg white because of their differing viscosity. While the egg white is runny and slimy, the yolk is more solid, enabling the entire yolk to enter the bottle while the egg white runs off onto the plate or bowl.
An egg white omelet is an excellent and healthy option. This dish is light, full of protein and is especially important for those who want to look after their health, limit cholesterol intake or follow a diet that promotes muscle development.


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Q: Simulate RF transmission lines at Low frequencies I would like to simulate RF transmission lines in how they propagate, and how impedance mismatches at the end of the transmission line cause reflections and power transfer does not work.
It would be nice if I could send an audio frequency through the "transmission line" and watch the output, hooking up different resistors until it is matched to the characteristic impedance of the line, and max power transfer occurs.
A fun hands-on simulation project built from electronic components would help me grasp a better understanding of radio wave propagation through transmission lines, and would be a fun project for my electronic club in high school, attempting to understand RF a little more.
Any ideas on a circuit? It isn't really practical to make a big line multipule wavelengths of the Audio Frequency and I am thinking maybe using large inductors and capacitor arrays, possibly a circuit similar to the picture below.

A: You can simulate a transmission line with lots of series inductors and parallel capacitors, but that is a lot of trouble and I'm not sure will give you the insight you really want.
It's actually not that hard to see obvious transmission line effects at high frequencies if you have a oscilloscope.  If your electronics club doesn't have one, that would be a great piece of equipment to ask for.  In the mean time, find some company in the area that does electronics and is willing to help out high school students.  I suspect most of them would be happy to help if asked.
We did this in a lab in college, and I remember being surprised how clear and obvious the results were.  Get a spool of some cable.  Coax would be great, but 100 feet of ethernet twisted pair cable will work well too.  Most likely whoever handles the network in your school has a spool of "CAT5" or similar cable they can let you borrow.
Use a signal generator or a simple circuit with a digital output that makes a square wave.  Connect ground and this square wave to one end of a twisted pair, and get access to the other end of the same twisted pair.
First just look at the signal as injected at the transmitting end with and without about a 50 Ω resistor in series.  Especially with the resistor, you should be able to see stair steps as the reflection from the other end gets back to the transmitting end.  Now you can put a 50 Ω resistor accross the far end and see the effect it has on the transmitting end.  Also look a the signal at the far end with and without each of the resistors in place.  I think you'll see clear artifacts from the reflections, and how things quiet down but are half the voltage with the resistors in place.
Other things to do is to adjust the resistors for minimal ringing, which means finding the characteristic impedance of the line.  It would also be a interesting exercise to measure the total propagation time thru the cable, measure the length of cable, and compute the actual propagation speed on that cable.  You may be surprised what you find.

A: You may want to make a mechanical model instead. That would make it much easier to get something that works at frequencies so low that you can see the effect with your bare eyes.
Like this famous video from Bell Labs, where Dr. J.N. Shive explains waves so a layman can understand it :-)

A: That's an interesting idea.  (I'd get rid of the R's)  I had this idea of putting together different lengths of (say) 50 ohm and 75 ohm coax, the end goal to make 1/4 wavelength impedance matching networks. (And other structures.)  The problem is that for reasonable lengths of coax you need fairly high frequencies.  It would be nice to get something to work at lower frequencies (say 10-20 MHz.) such as are available with inexpensive signal generators.  One issue I wonder about with the lumped element approach is how many elements do you need?   You've got a discrete vs continuous structure, at some point the discreteness will show up.  (This is perhaps just a long comment and I'll delete it if/when someone complains.)


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By Abhijeet M.
Galaxy A8+ (2018) hands-on video reveals design, spec sheet
Well, the cat's out of the bag now. The Galaxy A8+ (2018) has just been laid bare for all to see in a hands-on video of the phone taken in Bangladesh. The Infinity display, dual front cameras, sensibly mounted rear fingerprint sensor, always-on software home button; everything's in there, and it looks like Samsung's mid-range lineup is going to be encroaching on flagship territory.
The maker of the video goes through the phone's home screen and settings menu first, with the latter revealing the new A7 is indeed called the A8+ (2018). We then see a walkthrough of the camera – the rear camera seems to take highly detailed photos, although it's tough to tell if that will be the case in all conditions, as the uploader only takes a photo of text on paper. The front and rear cameras are both 16-megapixel sensors, and the secondary front camera is an 8-megapixel unit and will allow for Live Focus portrait selfies (as revealed by the phone's manual).
Galaxy A8+ (2018) specs include 6GB of RAM
The rest of the spec sheet has been revealed in the video as well. There's a 6-inch Full HD+ (2220×1080) Infinity display, octa-core Exynos 7885 SoC with two 2.2GHz high-performance cores and six 1.6GHz low power cores, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, a 3,500 mAh battery, IP68 water resistance, and a USB Type-C port. Quite a few upgrades there, especially the increased RAM and internal storage, although it's unclear if all of that will be available on the smaller of the new A series phones. The screen size on the A8 (2018) remains unknown as well.
Check out the video and let us know what you think! We surely are excited to see the new A series phones, and it looks like an official announcement could happen at any moment.
Galaxy A7 (2018) Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018) Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus (2018)
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Wow! Looks great!
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I sincerely hope the S9s come with at least a 16MP dual pixel sensor.
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Hopefully the rumours of the s9 being single camera is actually based on the 2018 a series and that the new s9 both will have dual camera and 6 GB ram
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Elven Eyes is the web's best fan-site for Legolas Greenleaf, the Elf from Tolkien's realm of Middle-earth. Well, actually it's more like for the Legolas in the movies, The Lord of the Rings. I think the movie-Legolas is just so totally cute! The cutest Elf I've ever seen!
This site features a big Legolas image gallery, polls, background info on Legolas Greenleaf and Orlando Bloom (the actor). And yes! A Confession Center - a place for all you fellow Legolas-crazy gals to share your feelings with the rest of us!
And THANKS to all the ppl. who sent me reviews! I saw TTT first on the Sat. it came out. I'll be starting a new page in the Galleries soon, so check back again!
THE TWO TOWERS IS OUT TODAY!!!!!! I CAN'T SEE IT UNTIL AT LEAST FRIDAY!!!! NOOOO... Please, girls, E-mail me and tell me about the movies, for those who have seen it! How does Legolas act in there?!?! How many times does he come on screen?!?! AHhhhh... this is cruel torture!!!
SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING THE SITE LATELY! You see, I actually have a very good excuse: My computer completely crashed when I was compressing C drive, adn my dad went all purple and fuming and had to run out to buy a new one before 3pm, cuz he had this big translation project due at 9pm!!! So, yeah, it's been kinda hectic and tough for me... My dad is scared I'll screw up the computer again, so I'm limited to how much time I can go online for the time being.
But I do PROMISE I'll be back tomorrow with new pictures for the gallery, and I'm also planning new sections to this site. (What do you ppl suggest?) Check back lay-ta!
The school season's here, and my parents are making me go even though I will be leaving this world forever this winter. (If you're new around here, start with my earlier entries first.) Lots of homework, and nothing worth learning. I'd rather stay home and work on my Sindarian vocab.
Hi peeps. You may experience problems accessing the Guestbook and the Confession Book today, 'cause today's Labor Day, so the server's down. Sorry! It will be back tomorrow!
School starting tomorrow! Nooooo... Well, at least I got the prospect of me & Lego's wedding to keep me going. Yeah!
Elven Eyes has now over 30 000 hits! Thank you!
New poll: How do you pronounce Legolas' name??? I actually pronounce it as Luh-goh-lass?but I seem to be losing. Vote here! Anyway, continuing my story about me & Lego, we will be married this winter! (Har, har, My mother has stopped trying to convince me he's too old, but she's now worried about my school life?as if I still have a future in the present?No, my future rests in the past.
CHECK OUT THIS PIC OF ORLANDO!


Luke was born in Bethesda, MD. He grew up in the circumference of a hadron collider in Switzerland, in a valley between the Jura and the Alps.
He graduated from USC with Bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics.
He began graduate work in physics at MIT with Josh Winn, and transferred to Princeton to continue the same.
Over graduate school, he has enjoyed fruitful collaboration with the TESS science team, as well as the architects and executors of the HAT Exoplanet Surveys.
He is now a resident graduate student at Forbes College. He participates in and helps organize the Department of Astrophysical Science's public observing nights. His current favorite sport is rock climbing.


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El gran desafío es un reality show de la televisora TV Azteca en el que existen pruebas de baile, canto y retos entre 20 famosos, personalidades de la música, actuación y deportes. El Gran Desafío inició el 19 de abril del 2009, y está bajo la conducción del chileno Rafael Araneda.

Los Productores
Los productores originalmente eran los encargados de emitir su opinión acerca de los desafíos a los cuales los participantes eran sometidos. El panel estaba formado por Leonardo García, Lolita de la Vega, Magda Rodríguez y Héctor Martínez.

Sin embargo, para el segundo show ya se estaban realizando ajustes y eliminaron del panel a Leonardo García junto con Magda Rodríguez para agregar a la profesora de baile Guillermina Gutiérrez. Junto a ese cambio, los nuevos críticos tenían el poder para evitar que los participantes fueran eliminados de la competencia emitiendo sus votos.

Para el tercer show, se cambió el formato solo quedando en canto, eliminando los retos y las pruebas de baile, además que de ser El Gran Desafío el nombre del programa también cambio al Gran Desafío de Estrellas, todo el panel y el programa entero fue sustituido por bajo Rating por uno nuevo que incluía a Jesse Cervantes, Enrique Guzmán y Anette Fradera. A diferencia del segundo panel, este último no tiene la habilidad de salvar a los participantes, solamente brindar su opinión acerca de sus presentaciones.

Temática
Durante varias semanas 50 famosos participarán y con el apoyo del público llegaran únicamente 2 a la final, y el que resulte ganador se llevará 3 millones de pesos.

Participantes
 Cynthia y Jorge Guerrero
 Shanik Aspe y Christian
 Beraka 5 (Wendy Braga, Jonathan Ruiz, Juan Antonio "Torero", Alan Ciaguerotti y Diana)
 Las Güeras (Mara Almada y Dany Borja)
 Rigo Tovar Jr.
 La Posta (Adrián, Silvia, Vince, Yazmín y César)
 Juan Rivera
 Toñita
 Jorge Arce "El Travieso"
 Los Sandoval
 Las Reinas (Estrella, Erika y Aranza)
 G6 (Valeria, Perla, Fátima, Jackie, Alex, Marifer)
 Tinieblas Jr.
 Ivonne Montero
 Tachidito
 Los de la Mochila Azul (Elba Jiménez, Vanessa Cato y Aarón Beas)
 Atala Sarmiento
 Los Botti (Luis Armando y su familia)
 Los Compadres (Erasmo Catarino y Edgar)
 Los Papis (Ivan, Gerardo, Héctor y Matías)
 Colette
 Samuel Castelán

Se integraron a mitad de programa
 Myriam
 Miguel Ángel
 Fabiola Rodas---Ganadora del Show
 IQ
 Nadia
 Aline Hernández
 Banda Mix
 José Joel y Marysol

Eliminaciones

  La concursante ganó el Gran Desafío de Estrellas.
  El concursante fue expulsado de la competencia.
  El concursante abandonó la competencia.
  El concursante estuvo en peligro de ser eliminado.
  El concursante entró a la competencia y a la vez estuvo nominado .
  El concursante estuvo nominado en la zona de peligro.
  El concursante fue descalificado de la competencia.
  Entró como nuevo concursante a la competencia pero fue eliminado.
  Entró como nuevo/a concursante a la competencia.
  Entró como nuevo concursante y a la vez estuvo en la zona de peligro.
  El concursante empató con otro concursante y se salvó de la eliminación.
  El concursante se salvó de la expulsión y fue rescatado.
  El concursante recibió inmunidad.
  El concursante fue nominado para salvarse de la expulsión en el próximo concierto.
  El concursante fue salvado/a de la expulsión.
  El concursante fue salvado dos veces de las expulsiones.
  El concursante fue anunciado finalista de la competencia.
  El concursante no supo que fue eliminado en este concierto si no hasta la Gran Final.

Notas: Durante la tercera transmisión del programa, Beraka 5 y Las Güeras ya no participaron. El grupo de La Mochila Azul se desintegró por problemas entre los miembros y solamente Vanessa Cato siguió en la competencia.

Primer enfrentamiento
 Atala Sarmiento vs Ivonne Montero
 Cynthia y Jorge vs Tachidito
 Los Bottis vs Erasmo y Edgar
 G6 vs Dany Borja y Mara Almada
 Cristian y Shanik vs Samuel
 Colette vs La Posta
 Los Sandoval vs 'Travieso' Arce
 Toña vs Tinieblas Jr.
 Juan Rivera vs Rigo Tovar Jr.

Referencias

Reality shows de México
La Academia

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Q: SafeMM for Delphi XE2 Has anyone ported the SafeMM debugging memory manager to Delphi XE2?  The 2009 SafeMM on CodeCentral won't compile because the RTL now uses NativeInt instead of Integer for the memory functions.

A: I've uploaded my Delphi XE2 port of SafeMM to CodeCentral.  I've verified that it correctly allocates blocks larger than 4 GB and that it can allocate more than 4 GB worth of smaller blocks when used in a Win64 application and that it still works correctly in Win32 applications.
I've updated my CodeCentral submission on 7 July 2012 to fix a bug that causes SafeMM to crash when two threads try to free a large block (> 4KB) at the same time.  This bug was introduced in version 0.3 of SafeMM by its original developer.  If you're using this version of SafeMM with an older version of Delphi, you'll need to wrap the code in FreeLargeBlock in a critical section as I did in my version.


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By Jonathan Byrne
Ireland's First Olympic Flag Bearer: The Limerick Weight Thrower
As 2021 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at some of our favourite articles of the year on Balls.ie.
"Eighteen stone of bone and brawn" reads an article by the great Limerick sports writer, Séamus Ó'Ceallaigh.
John O'Grady, often referred to as Jack, has a bit of history behind him. In the summer of 1924, he became Ireland's first-ever flag bearer at the Summer Olympics.
Born and raised in Ballybricken, John was a national weight throwing champion. At first, sight, what stood out about him supposedly was his size and stature. At over six feet tall and eighteen stone, he was a sight to behold.
This monument was erected in memory of John O'Grady at the end of Mulgrave Street.
As recalled by Ó'Ceallaigh in a memoir of O'Grady's career, "it was only when he came into the company of men above the normal height that one could properly appreciate his inches."
A rather gentle and unassuming character, John was said to be "ever forgetful of his athletic prowess". He was a man who never let his athletic advantages get to his head as "a contest was no more occasion for fuss than any other natural and pleasant event."
O'Grady would make a name for himself on the national scene through his decorated career as a weight thrower. He was an All-Ireland champion at the 16-pound shot, the 28 pounds shot, the 56-pound push and the 56-pound sling.
Through his performances at the likes of the Tailteann Games, the Irish Championships and other regional events, his competency started gaining worldwide attention.
A picture from the Tailteann Games in the 1920s.
In 1915, O'Grady competed in the Dungarvan games, where he came close to achieving one of many world record throws. The late sports reporter Frank Dineen witnessed O'Grady at the event:
The outstanding feature at the Dungarvan meeting was the weight throwing of J. O'Grady. The weather, or, to be more particular, the ground as a consequence of the wet weather, was against records, but O'Grady went within inches of the world's records with the 28lbs and 56 off his shoulder.
It is a great pity that the weather is so wretched. A good hot summer and O'Grady would make world's records by the dozen.
Through national titles and world records, O'Grady's weight throwing career would go down in the books. What has become the pinnacle now for any athlete; is competing at the Olympics.
1924 was a symbolic year for Irish sport. Having become the Free State two years prior, it was Ireland's first time competing at an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
Despite holding world records and countless national titles, O'Grady didn't medal in Paris in 1924. He came seventeenth overall in the men's shot put, with fellow Irishman Paddy Bermingham representing the country in the discus.
The Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
Ireland did achieve two medals at that Olympics. Jack Butler Yeats won a silver medal for a painting entitled 'Swimming', now on view in the National Gallery of Ireland. Back in the day, there were Olympic categories for activities such as painting, poetry and literature.
O'Grady continued to compete in weight throwing after his Olympic journey, and later became Treasurer of Limerick Athletics Club. According to Ó'Ceallaigh, "there were few men in Ireland who could press O'Grady in pushing the two stone weight."
John passed away at the early age of 43 in 1934 - less than a decade on from his appearance at the Olympics. Symbolically, he left us the day after Limerick won the All-Ireland Hurling Championship against Dublin at Croke Park.
A monument has been erected in his honour at the end of Mulgrave Street to commemorate his athletic achievements and having been Limerick's first-ever Olympian.
SEE ALSO: Ranking The Gift Grub Sports Songs We Can Remember
The Top 20 Irish Sporting Moments Of 2021
By Michael McCarthy
After 11 Olympic Games, George Hamilton Finally Had His Irish Golden Moment
Irish Life
Seven Of The Memorable Post-Match Interviews From Irish Sport In 2021
1924 Olympics John O'Grady limerick
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See more from Jonathan Byrne


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Vzemi denar in zbeži () je ameriški psevdodokumentarni film, ki ga je režiral in zanj skupaj z Mickeyjem Rosom napisal scenarij Woody Allen. Film prikazuje zgodbo o življenju nesposobnega bančnega roparja Virgila Starkwella (Allen). V glavni ženski vlogi nastopi Janet Margolin kot Louise, preprosta perica, s katero se Virgil poroči in ima otroka.

Snemanje je potekalo v San Franciscu in državnem zaporu San Quentin. Film je bil nominiran za nagradi Laurel za najboljšo komično igro in najboljši novi moški obraz (obakrat Allen) ter za najboljšo izvirno komedijo Združenja ameriških filmskih in TV scenaristov (Allen in Rose). Na strani Rotten Tomatoes je prejel oceno 90%, leta 2000 ga je Ameriški filmski inštitut uvrstil na 66. mesto lestvice AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs.

Vloge
 Woody Allen kot Virgil Starkwell
 Janet Margolin kot Louise
 Marcel Hillaire kot direktor Fritz
 Jacquelyn Hyde kot ga. Blair
 Lonny Chapman kot zapornik Jake
 Jan Merlin kot bančni ropar Al
 James Anderson kot Chain Gang Warden
 Howard Storm as Fred
 Mark Gordon kot Vince

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Filmi v režiji Woodyja Allena
Filmi leta 1969
Psevdodokumentarni filmi
Ameriški kriminalno komični filmi
Zaporniški filmi
Filmi o ropih
Ameriški neodvisni filmi
Filmi, postavljeni v San Francisco
Filmi Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Filmi ABC Motion Pictures


Well, to start with, we would like to introduce ourselves as novice bloggers. Yet, we shall try making the blog as much interesting and intuitive as possible. We would like to thank Intel for this opportunity to blog.
The team Learn'o'sys has Shriram as the lead who is an Intel innovator and a professor at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India.
When the call for the challenge came, we started searching for some of the crucial problems which need solution. We ended up with proposing – VR/AR App for Learning Human Body - For School Children. Let us highlight why this is important and how impactful it will be.
India is a land of rich heritage and culture as all of us know. Knowledge Rich Vedas and Ancient Gurus have already glorified the country with their divine knowledge. And, the advancement of the science and technology has also put us in the limelight in the past couple of decades. Still, teaching Biology and human anatomy at a school level is a big challenge for the teachers. Explaining human organs to an 8th grade student is not easy and straight forward as preferred. Either, the teachers don't discuss the content or they do it for namesake. From the students' perspective, they don't have clear understanding of what they read and they end up either skipping the lesson or simply memorize and repeat it in exams. For instance, the do's and don'ts of the human anatomy is mandated as part of the syllabus but cannot be completely discussed in the class due to cultural hesitations.
Similarly, a teacher would not be in a position to talk about human reproductive system even at a high level because of the same hesitation mentioned above. This makes the learning tougher, harder and most importantly incomplete. Also, the children shall get an aversion and could even stay away from the dreams of becoming a medical professional. We hope we have made it clear about how impactful our problem statement in hand is and the need to address it.
Though the shipments were delayed due to lots of challenges, we are all set now. We can witness in these eight weeks that we can make it all happen with AR/VR power to make the biology learning easier and interesting.
There you go, we welcome to the blog that takes you through a "VR/AR App for Learning Human Body - For School Children". We will be building an interactive and intuitive app targeting school children for them to master the human anatomy. Exploiting the power of VR/AR along with our imagination and creativity is the key.
That's it for this week!! Meet you with more updates and progress in the weeks to come.


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Science Quotations
The price of a metaphor is eternal vigilance.
–Alexander Rosenbluth and Norbert Wiener
[I]t is a rule of evolution that characters at first merely an asset will, if they are retained long enough, finally become, through correlative evolutionary changes, a necessity... –Hermann Muller Genetic aspects of sex. Am. Nat. 66: 118-138 (1932).
I see the question of biological organization taking two prominent directions today. The first is the evolution of (proteinaceous) cellular organization, which includes sub-questions such as the evolution of the translation apparatus and the genetic code, and the origin and nature of the hierarchies of control that fine-tune and precisely interrelate the panoply of cellular processes that constitute cells. It also includes the question of the number of different basic cell types that exist on earth today: did all modern cells come from a single ancestral cellular organization?
The second major direction involves the nature of the global ecosystem. . . . Bacteria are the major organisms on this planet—in numbers, in total mass, in importance to the global balances. Thus, it is microbial ecology that . . . is most in need of development, both in terms of facts needed to understand it, and in terms of the framework in which to interpret them. –Carl Woese, 2005
The genes are the master programmers, and they are programming for their lives. –Richard Dawkins, 1976
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Short. The number of short sale homes have decreased throughout this year, a good sign for the economy. But there are still short sales coming on the market, about 10% of the inventory in Frederick County.
1. Short Sales take more time.
After a home receives a ratified contract, the short sale requires a "Third Party Approval". In this case the third party is the lender, or lenders that hold the mortgage. The bank(s) or investors who have loaned the money for the home must give their approval to the contracted price and conditions. This is what makes the process take so much longer than a standard home sale. If there is more than one lender, the process can be longer.
The lender(s) will assign a negotiator for the home sale. The negotiator will investigate the transaction, order an appraisal or BPO to determine the market value, and make a recommendation to the lender.
2. How long does the typical short sale take?
In 2007 short sales began to hit the market in numbers, as the first wave of home owners found themselves unable to pay their adjusting mortgages. Banks were overwhelmed and understaffed and there were no unified systems for handling the cumbersome process and the massive amount of paperwork. In Maryland only 1 in 31 short sales actually made it to a closed sale during 2007.
Since then, the process has gotten much more streamlined as banks have built short sale departments and trained employees. The government has stepped in with legislation and incentives to help banks move along in the process. The Banks have been motivated when they realized that the loss on a home that is sold in a short sale is much less than the loss they incur due to foreclosure. Today, 90% of homes that are marketed as short sales make it to settlement.
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3. Even if I have the time, should I get involved with a short sale?
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If your agent and the listing agent are trained and experienced with short sales, they can help set the proper expectations and you shouldn't find that you've wasted time over a home that won't settle.
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When a seller is in a short sale situation, they must have experienced a hardship. In our experience, there is usually no money for upgrades and maintenance. Truthfully, a typical short sale home needs a few minor repairs and upgrades, but is usually not in a state of huge neglect. A buyer ought to plan on doing some minor work.
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