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How to enable external SD card storage support for Android apps like Netflix or Plex on your Chromebook (Update: One more step)
2019/12/05 1:06am PST Dec 5, 2019
Google's relationship with SD card support on mobile devices has been rocky at best; look no further than the absence of this feature since the very early days of the Nexus series and on every Pixel phone ever made. And while the company has been stepping up in terms of Chrome OS SD card features, there is one persistent glitch we now know how to fix.
Tip: If you still don't have the new Android Auto, check your app settings
2019/08/16 9:04am PDT Aug 16, 2019
Google started rolling out the new Android Auto earlier this month, and it's an overall improvement. You should have the updated interface already, but we've heard from a number of Android Auto users who haven't seen the update appear automatically. Luckily, there's a quick fix.
15 tips and tricks for Chrome on Android (2019 edition)
2019/07/17 12:02pm PDT Jul 17, 2019
Chrome for Android has plenty of hidden features, either tucked away behind experimental 'flags' or simply not made obvious by Google. Some of them can make switching between tabs quicker, improve your experience on shaky internet connections, or remove unnecessary functionality.
In this post, we'll go over 15 and tips and tricks for making the most out of Chrome on Android.
Here's how to delete those 'Ok Google' training recordings from Google's database
Hagop Kavafian
2019/05/12 9:25am PDT May 12, 2019
Remember when you first used Assistant and had to repeat "Ok Google" and "Hey Google" a couple of times to train it to recognize your voice? Well, there's a way to delete these recordings entirely from Google's database, in case you've decided to part ways with the search company.
It looks like OnePlus is killing its pop-up camera, and that's a bummer
Google quietly brings Live Caption to the Pixel 2
Your carrier will let basically any competent criminal hijack your phone number
Tip: Google Drive tells you if backed up photos and videos are using your storage quota [Update: Never mind!]
Google Photos makes it easy to back up every photo and video you capture on your phone, but some of those files might eat into your Google storage allowance. You can let Google compress files or get a Pixel if you want unlimited storage, but it can be hard to keep track of all those files. If you want to know which files are taking up your space, Google Drive has the answer (both the app and website).
How not to buy a phone on Black Friday - three simple rules to smarter phone purchases
2018/11/21 6:05am PST Nov 21, 2018
Carriers aren't looking to cut you a deal. Installment plans are just contracts by another name. Last year's phone is not "just as good" as this year's.
These are the three golden rules of Black Friday smartphone shopping. There are other important things to consider, sure, but those are the fundamentals that everyone needs to know and abide, because if you don't, you could end up with a phone you don't want that's stuck on a carrier you don't want to be with. And that sucks.
How to disable the Play Store's annoying pre-registration 'coming soon' notifications
2018/11/15 1:51pm PST Nov 15, 2018
Pre-registration is a handy feature on the Play Store that allows you to be notified when an unreleased app is available for download - it actually debuted several years ago. But around a year ago, Google started proactively pushing registration suggestions to some users, meaning you'd be notified if Google thought you'd be interested in a given app or game that had recently entered pre-registration. Engagement with the feature must be low, though, as a number of users have reported in recent weeks that they're receiving more of these pre-registration suggestions (some having never received them at all prior), and it's easy to understand how that could get annoying.
7 Tips and tricks to make the most of Google Photos Live Albums
2018/10/27 3:52am PDT Oct 27, 2018
Google Photos started rolling out Live Albums a couple of weeks ago. The feature, while simple in that it lets you automatically add faces to albums, is a little more complex than that. In this article, I will explore a few of the intricacies of Live Albums and help you make the most out of the feature.
[Update: EU Assistant alternative] Google releases trio of new system apps to Play Store, including Pixel exclusives
Ryne Hager
2018/10/24 2:24pm PDT Oct 24, 2018
Earlier this month, Google pushed up a Play Store listing for its new Search Suggestions app for Pixel phones, which powers — as you'd likely guess from the name — both the search functionality inside the Settings app and the suggestions which appear at the top. Now three more Pixel-specific apps have hit the Play Store: Pixel Tips, Connectivity Health Services, and Voice Action Services. Pixel Tips powers an animated guide that introduces you to your Pixel 3, Voice Action Services is connected in some imprecisely defined way to voice-based Assistant actions, and Connectivity Health Services does... something, probably.
Tip: You can download Google Assistant's relaxing ambient sounds in Google Podcasts
Taylor Kerns
2018/06/21 8:16am PDT Jun 21, 2018
One of Google Assistant's best features, in my opinion, is that it can play several types of ambient noise. It's a wonderful feature to have on Google Home, particularly for folks living in noisy environments. But the functionality extends to any Assistant-compatible device, and you're even able to download the sounds for offline listening through the Google Podcasts app.
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Kurtenbach: 49ers-Cowboys could finally provide…
Kurtenbach: 49ers-Cowboys could finally provide the definitive Levi's Stadium moment
San Francisco 49ers: Nine years at Levi's Stadium has given few — if any — memorable moments. That could change Sunday.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) leaves the field after leading a 41-23 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC wild-card playoff game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
By Dieter Kurtenbach | dkurtenbach@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: January 23, 2023 at 4:30 a.m.
SANTA CLARA — The 49ers have played in Levi's Stadium for nine years, and so far, it's just another Silicon Valley corporate campus.
How can the 49ers turn it into a home, a venue feared by opponents and revered by locals?
It's pretty simple: You need big moments, the kind that can be recalled in vivid detail years later, the kind that compel people to say they were there even when they weren't.
Levi's Stadium doesn't have any such moments. But Sunday's 49ers-Cowboys playoff game could produce one.
For now, Levi's Stadium is like the movie "Avatar." It's expensive, well-received and profitable, but no one can tell me anything interesting that happened in it.
Sure, a Super Bowl was played there, but do you remember the score, or even the teams involved? Levi's has hosted a multitude of sporting events from Wrestlemania to a College Football championship game to a National Hockey League match. But did any of them stir the soul of the 49ers' faithful?
The 49ers played an NFC Championship Game at Levi's four years ago, but that was a blowout, best remembered, vaguely, as the game quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo barely threw, and Raheem Mostert ran for 200-something yards and like three or four touchdowns.
There was no drama, no strife, and thus, no great, unforgettable moment.
(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
It's an unfair comparison, but Candlestick Park, the 49ers' former home, was filled with the ghosts of great games past. The Niners played eight NFC Championship games at Candlestick. That's a lot of opportunities for immortality, and many were captured for you-had-to-be-there memories, both good and bad.
Of course, the 1981 NFC Championship Game at Candlestick Park gave us "The Catch."
That was the kind of moment that caused the attendance at Candlestick to grow by the year. When Dwight Clark scored the biggest touchdown in 49ers history, 60,525 were in the stands, but as Sports Illustrated's Paul Zimmerman accurately predicted, "in 20 years, the number of people who were there will be more than a million."
Candlestick was also home to two more iterations of "The Catch," not to mention "The Greatest Comeback," "Run Kaep, Run," and "Steve Young's Victory Lap."
There were indelible moments that only require a few words — a simple, perhaps corny, phrase — to evoke vivid memories for 49ers fans.
Candlestick was a regrettable stadium in its final two decades, but its incredible history provided it with an aura. It was a tough place to play. The Niners had a real home-field advantage in San Francisco, one that has been slow to develop in Santa Clara.
It's about time this new(ish) stadium picks up some soul, no?
It has been 11 years since "The Vernon Post," the Alex Smith pass to Vernon Davis to beat the Saints that also picked up the moniker "The Catch III."
We're due for "The Catch IV."
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If you're looking for big, unforgettable moments, you need all the right ingredients: big expectations, a bit of difficulty and the perfect adversary.
Two of the three are already in place.
The Niners have Super Bowl aspirations, but the Cowboys have long held the role as the Niners' foil — they've played each other in the NFC Championship Game six times — and these iterations of the two storied teams are closely matched.
This is a game that has a good chance of going down to the wire, and that increases the possibilities of a signature moment.
"We had a big deal today just going back and showing our players the history of the Niners," coach Kyle Shanahan said. "We started with the '82 game, 'The Catch.' Then I showed them the '92 game, the '93 game, the '94 game — just to see all that history, so everyone kind of has an idea of what Dallas and the Niners mean to people.
"When I moved here in '92, I didn't really know. … I was in sixth grade, but all I heard about was this big rivalry with Dallas. It was cool this year to go back and show everything, and then we finished with our game last year, which was 2021, to show them that they're part of it. … It was really cool to watch and see the differences and to know that they're in that moment right now."
Yes, ultimately, football immortality must be achieved by the players, but the fans already have Levi's primed for a celebration explosion.
"I'm not trying to be cheesy and say the fans are everything, but they are," Shanahan said.
San Francisco 49ers' Kyle Juszczyk (44) waves to fans after a 41-23 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC wild-card playoff game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The Niners won six of eight home games in 2019, and made a late push last season — four-straight wins at Levi's to reach the postseason. But it wasn't until this season that you could say the Niners became truly inhospitable hosts to opposing teams.
The Niners won eight of nine home games this year. Chants of "Purdy" are a hit in the stands, and there's no jumbotron cajoling needed for fans to get loud when the opposing offense faces a third down.
Last Saturday's first-round playoff game against the Seahawks showed that Levi's Stadium can become the Denim Dungeon it was originally billed to be. Despite a mucky weather forecast — rain, rain and more rain; all at the perfect temperature to chill one's bones — Niners fans filled the stands. The rain held off, but the fans didn't: they were loud, engaged, and at times, downright ruthless.
"I think this last week was loud as it's been all season," fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. "It's a testament to the fans because I know it wasn't great weather. I'm sure not everybody wants to be sitting out in the rain, but they definitely brought it."
With Sunday's game expected to be played under sunny skies at 55 degrees — perfect football weather — "I think it'll be even louder," said Juszczyk.
Levi's Stadium is ready for its moment.
Are the Niners ready to create some South Bay lore?
We'll find out Sunday.
Dieter Kurtenbach | Sports Columnist
Sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach analyzes the amazing and roasts the absurd in the world of sports for the Bay Area News Group and his podcast, the Daily Dieter.
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Ipad Pro 2021 Vs Ipad 5Th Generation
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An apple executive denied these rumors.
I couldn't find a reason for why (maybe new magnet positions?), but looks like anyone upgrading will need to get a new mk too :/ a.
As with the iphone 12, the new 5th generation ipad pro supports 5g (if you buy a model with cellular support).
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Articles about fusion
Brit startup plans fusion-powered missions to the stars
InterviewA British startup has proposed combining the "maybe one day" technology of fusion power with the "slowly, slowly" tech of ion propulsion to create an engine capable of sending humanity to the stars. The Register sat down with Richard Dinan, CEO of Oxford-based Applied Fusion Systems (AFS), to learn a little more about the …
WANdisco: We need cash-o. About $10m would.. wahey... $22m
Sheffield-based replication supplier WANdisco, which was hoping to raise $10m to grow the company yesterday, has raised $22m from its share sale. Yesterday, the software dev was looking for $10m via a projected equity raise, by selling about 1.045 million existing ordinary shares at the price of 550 pence. Because of demand, …
Blade Runner time: Retail replicant buys into WANdisco's Fusion product
Data replicator WANdisco has won a US$2mn contract with a "major American multinational retail corporation," claimed to be "one of the world's largest retailers". That sounds like a Walmart/TJX Cos-class organisation. It's unlikely to be Amazon. This customer will deploy WANdisco's "big data" and cloud service, WANdisco …
US reactor breaks fusion record – then runs out of cash and shuts down
VideoIn a tale that tells you all you need to know about the parlous state of American science, a fusion reactor has broken plasma-handling records in the last few days before losing its funding. The Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, run for the past 23 years by MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, managed to contain …
That's cute, Germany – China shows the world how fusion is done
Days after the German chancellor triggered the creation of hydrogen plasma for less than a second, China has announced that one of its fusion reactors has broken the record for plasma creation. On Friday the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that its boffins had created the 98-second plasma burn in its Experimental …
German Chancellor fires hydrogen plasma with the push of a button
Pics and videoAngela Merkel has witnessed the first hydrogen plasma being created by the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor experiment as part of Germany's push to take the lead in future power generation. Chancellor Mutti, as the ex-research scientist is known by the German electorate, fired up the device – which then fired a two-megawatt …
VMware refreshes its Fusion and Workstation desktop hypervisors
As predicted by El Reg, VMware will have new desktop hypervisors to show off at VMworld next week (although we did get our guess about new names wrong). The headline items in both Fusion 8 and Workstation 12 is support for Windows 10, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3. Supporting the former is a no-brainer so VMware's gone and got it …
World-beating TWO-QUADRILLION-WATT LASER fired by boffins
Nuclear fusion researchers at Osaka University in Japan claim they have made history by firing the world's most powerful laser – emitting a two-quadrillion-watt beam albeit for a very, very brief period of time. The two-petawatt beam was formed using the huge LFEX (Laser for Fast ignition EXperiments) system developed by the …
Nuclear fusion simulator among boffinry tools picked for monster Summit supercomputer
In November, the US government announced it will build Summit, a $325m supercomputer capable of performing 300 quadrillion calculations per second if you redline it. When installed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2017 and powered up by 2018, it will be the fastest computer in the world compared to its publicly known …
Done with Microsoft and Adobe patches? Good, here's Oracle's load
Oracle is piling on this month's Patch Tuesday with a collection of security fixes for 16 of its enterprise software platforms. Among the massive wad of updates will be a package of 25 bug fixes for Java SE, 22 of which are remotely exploitable without authentication and 12 of which allow an attacker to take complete control …
POWER SOURCE that might END humanity's PROBLEMS: A step forward
Boffins have come up with a new way to bottle up the energy of a star, using an antenna to keep ultrahot plasma stable - and taking a big step towards cheap, clean, everlasting energy for the human race. Fusion research has been underway now for many decades, as controlled nuclear fusion offers practically limitless energy …
NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 days
NASA, and plenty of private individuals, want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of Washington, with funding from the space agency, is about to start building a fusion engine that could get humans there in just 30 days and make other forms of space travel obsolete. Rocket fuel is just so last century " …
Oracle snaps up Instantis to beef up Fusion and Primavera
Oracle has acquired project management software house Instantis, and says it will integrate the company's code into its Primavera and Fusion Applications platforms. "Organizations realize the need for a more simplified approach to address project portfolio management initiatives and yet most solutions are too complicated and …
AMD to double up cores with Jaguars
Hot ChipsFor those of us hoping that Advanced Micro Devices would get into the low-powered server racket with some earnestness, it looks like the forthcoming processors based on the "Jaguar" cores will fit the bill quite nicely. The Jaguars are the kickers to the current "Bobcat" family of x86 processors used in ceepie-geepie hybrids …
VMware desktop virt refresh lets you run Windows 8 everywhere
Just days ahead of its annual VMworld conference in San Francisco, VMware has announced new versions of its consumer desktop virtualization solutions for Windows and Mac OS X, both with improved support for Windows 8. VMware Workstation 9, which the company announced on Thursday, has been optimized for running on Windows 8 …
AMD launches 4 teraflops FirePro graphics at Nvidia Keplers
AMDevices is keeping the heat on rival Nvidia in the workstation graphics market with the launch of four FirePro graphics cards, topping out at 4 teraflops of floating point oomph, and two CPU-GPU hybrids based on the new "Piledriver" Opteron cores and bear the FirePro rather than the Fusion APU brand used for consumer gear. …
AMD smacked by channel slump in Q2
The bean counters at AMD have done a first pass on the company's second quarter, and it is not looking so good. The company said in a statement after Wall Street called it a day on Monday that revenues in the second quarter ended in June would fall by approximately 11 per cent sequentially from the first quarter. AMD had …
AMD to plunk ARM core onto Fusion, Opteron chips
In February, when the new management team at Advanced Micro Devices presented revised roadmaps for PC and server processors that were a bit more conservative than what the old AMD might have drawn up, the company's top techies hinted that they were interested in integrating other intellectual property into Fusion and Opteron …
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YOUTH GAMES: TEAM LAGOS SHINES AT ZONAL CONTEST
Lagos State contingent has emerged winners of (Zone1) South West Zonal Eliminations for the forthcoming third edition of the National Youth Games 2017 which will hold between September 7 and 19 in Ilorin, Kwara State. At the zonal elimination contests for five team sports, basketball, volleyball, cricket, handball and hockey held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium and Adamasingba Stadium, Ibadan, …
INVESTMENT IN SPORTS CRUCIAL TO WINNING COMPETITIONS – AMBODE
…Pledges To Increase Price Money For ITTF Nigeria Open Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday identified the right investment in sports as the necessary impetus that can bring about good performance of Nigerian athletes in sporting competitions, saying that it was time for the country to focus in such direction. Governor Ambode, who made the reamrks while …
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Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was originally called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm") or Eko ("war camp"), by its Bini conquerors.,.....
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Worcester Reed Warner (16 de mayo de 1846 – 25 de junio de 1929) fue un ingeniero mecánico estadounidense. Empresario, aficionado a la astronomía y filántropo, fundó con Ambrose Swasey la Warner & Swasey Company, empresa dedicada a la fabricación de máquinas herramienta y también de instrumental astronómico.

Biografía

Vida y carrera
Warner nació cerca de Cummington (Massachusetts). Conoció a Ambrose Swasey en la empresa Exeter Machine Works. Tras finalizar su aprendizaje en 1870, ambos se incorporaron a la compañía Pratt & Whitney en Hartford (Connecticut).

En 1880 fundó un empresa dedicada a fabricar máquinas con Ambrose Swasey. La empresa, Warner & Swasey, estuvo inicialmente localizada en Chicago, pero poco tiempo después se trasladó a Cleveland. Worcester Warner diseñaría el telescopio refractor de 36 pulgadas, instalado en el Observatorio Lick en 1888. Posteriormente construyó telescopios que se utilizaron en Canadá y Argentina.

Otras actividades
Warner era miembro fundador de la Sociedad Americana de Ingenieros Mecánicos (ASME), y entre 1897 y 1898 fue el 16º presidente de la sociedad (Ambrose Swasey posteriormemte serviría como 23º presidente). En 1900, la empresa se constituyó con el nombre de Warner & Swasey Company. Warner pasó a presidir el consejo de la nueva sociedad,y se retiró en 1911.

Muerte
Warner murió en la ciudad de Eisenach, en Sajonia-Weimar (Alemania), y está enterrado en el Cementerio de Sleepy Hollow, Nueva York.

Eponimia
 Tanto Warner como Ambrose Swasey fueron fideicomisarios de la Escuela Case de Ciencia Aplicada. Dado el interés de ambos por la astronomía, donaron a la escuela un observatorio completo, origen del Observatorio Warner y Swasey, que les fue dedicado en 1920.
 El Edificio Warner en la Universidad Case Western Reserve alberga el Laboratorio Worcester Reed Warner, nombrado así en su honor. La construcción de este edificio fue financiada en parte por Worcester Warner.
 El cráter lunar Warner lleva este nombre en su memoria.

Medalla Worcester Reed Warner
La Medalla Worcester Reed Warner es otorgada por la ASME para premiar  "contribuciones excepcionales a la permanencia de la literatura de la ingeniería". Se estableció por legado en 1930. Algunos de los premiados son:

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If you don't believe the hype, check out the rave reviews on this machine. People write that this dishwasher is perfect and "the best on the market." Most notably, people love its quiet operation, versatility, and thorough cleaning abilities.
The controls of a dishwasher are either located on the front of the machine or on top of the door, and there are benefits to each design. With a front-control dishwasher, you can quickly and easily program the appliance, monitoring its progress throughout the cycle. For a great front-control option, check out the Bosch Ascenta Series Front Control Tall Tub Dishwasher, an inexpensive model that delivers big results.
This 24-inch built-in dishwasher has a stainless steel tall tub for a spacious interior that can hold up to 14 place settings. It operates at 50 dBA and includes six wash cycles to cater to your every need. There's a built-in utility rack for oddly shaped items, and this budget option even includes a sanitize cycle to kill bacteria.
Reviewers say this machine washes and dries dishes well and operate quietly, but some people don't like the layout of the racks.
The other common dishwasher style is the top-control model, which hides its buttons on top of the door. Some homeowners prefer this style because it has a more streamlined appearance, and it's also helpful if you have young children who like to press buttons.
The Bosch 800 Series Top Control Tall Tub Bar Handle Dishwasher is a wonderful top-control option if you have a larger budget. The 24" appliance can accommodate up to 16 place settings in its stainless steel tall tub interior, and it features both flexible third rack and adjustable rack positions. The dishwasher includes six cycles and five extra options, including half load, sanitized, and extra dry. Plus, reviewers can barely find anything negative to say about this model, raving about its quiet 42 dBA operation.
If you live in a small apartment, you may not have room for a full-size dishwasher. Fret not, as you can still have all the convenience of a Bosch appliance with the 800 Series 18 in. Front Control Tall Tub Dishwasher. While smaller than many other models, this appliance still boasts all the features you expect from the brand.
This built-in dishwasher is only 18" wide, making it ideal for small living spaces. Despite its reduced size, the appliance can still hold up to 10 place settings, and it operates at a super-quiet 44 dBA. It has front controls where you can choose between six wash cycles and five extra options, and yes, this apartment-friendly dishwasher boasts both a third rack and utility rack!
According to reviewers, this dishwasher exceeds expectations both in terms of capacity and performance. Many say it's perfect for smaller households and delivers impressive results all while being incredibly quiet.
Water that contains a high amount of minerals—often referred to as "hard water," can cause problems with your dishwasher and compromise its performance. If you know your water supply has an excess of minerals, you may want to invest in a dishwasher that has a built-in water softener, such as the Bosch 300 Series Top Control Tall Tub Dishwasher.
While on the more expensive end of the spectrum, this 24" built-in dishwasher is worth it to ensure your dishes always are sparkling clean. Its stainless steel tall tub can accommodate 16 place settings, and you get to choose from five wash cycles with extra options via the top-control panel. Further, the appliance is ideal for those with hard water, as it has a built-in water softener to ensure spot clean shiny dishes.
People say this dishwasher's water softener is amazing, writing that it keeps stains from forming on glasses and even removes existing stains. Plus, its performance is the caliber you'd expect from a Bosch appliance, with a quiet 44 dBA noise level.
If you prefer for your dishwasher to blend in with your cabinets, you'll need a model like the Bosch 800 Series Top Control Tall Tub Dishwasher in Custom Panel Ready. With this model, you can simply attach a custom panel to the front, hiding the appliance in plain sight!
The 24" top-control dishwasher can hold 16 place settings and operates at just 42 dBA. There are six wash cycles and five extra options available, including half load, sanitize, and delicates. You'll be able to fit all your dishes into this appliance thanks to its adjustable racks and flexible third rack, and reviewers say that it gets dishes clean even if you don't prewash them—it's that efficient!


One of the most crucial parts in any interior design finish is the kind of lighting done for the house. Lighting adds to the whole outlook of the house. This includes the ambience, mood and the feel in general of the house. Each room in the house needs to have special touch of lighting. Lighting des not end at the room level, accessories in the house including wardrobes, aquariums, kitchen canopies and bathrooms need special lighting for them to stand out. One of the major steps that have to be taken is the design of the house. The feel and the ambience of the room one wants to create will, determine what kind of lights and bulbs will be installed in the rooms.
Kitchen lights need to be considered carefully. The fact that the kitchen is a busy place means that the lighting needs to be very clear and bright enough for one to operate easily. The lights in the kitchen do not have to be plain for the purpose of functionality. You can have lights in the shelves, the kitchen canopy and the roof making each and every part well lighted wit a touch of class. This is the best way to illuminate a kitchen with a spacious design as opposed to having one bright light. Consider the areas that need lighting and have bulbs or fluorescents put in specific areas. Low voltage white light is a bright option. It also saves you a lot of costs in terms of energy.
In the case whereby your kitchen doubles up as the dining room, you will need some pendant lights. These retractable lights will allow you to switch off light or dim those from the rest of the kitchen and create an ambience on the dining table. These can be also dimmed to the effect required if you are considering suing candles. These should use halogen bulb to improve or enhance the rendering of color.
The bathroom is a neglected part of the room yet a crucial one when it comes to the house design. It is possibly a place to wash away daily stress and strains. A dip in the tub can be turned into the most calming experience in the worlds. The lighting used here can be accentuated by using mirror lights. These will illuminate the face when using the mirrors. Recessed lights will be ideal if fuse with mirror lights. These cast no shadows and can be fused with dimmers to create an ambience. These are also halogen set with an energy saving advantage.
The living areas need flexible lighting due to their multiple functions. They are used as socializing rooms, TV rooms and for relaxing and reading. This means that the lights installed need to allow for these activities. The best way to deal with the living room is by creating layers of lighting. This incorporates chandeliers, pendant lighting, fluorescents and table lamps. This means that each section of the living room can be lighted separately and independently.
Cabinet lighting is well done by halogen colored or plain lights for illuminating trophies and items. They also do a good job when it comes to searching for things in the cabinet. Adding these same lights on the hall way, stairs and walk ways adds a beautiful ambience in the house. The most ideal lighting features for all the rooms and the hallways is the ability to provide flexibility. The more flexible the lighting system, the more functional it is.


President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa could be implicated in the allegation of gross foreign exchange violation against MTN Nigeria, according to an investigation by Finance Uncovered and Amabhungane, investigative websites based in the UK and South Africa respectively.
Ramaphosa, who was sworn in as South Africa's President in February following the resignation of Jacob Zuma, was MTN's non-executive Chairman as of the time the violations allegedly took place.
Also, Ramaphosa's former investment holding company, Shanduka, is among MTN Nigeria's major shareholders whose names have been mentioned in the forensic audit of billions of dollars which flowed illicitly in and out of Nigeria.
In September 2016, Dino Melaye raised the matter on the floor of the Senate, alleging that MTN had connived with a serving minister to illegally move over $12 billion out of Nigeria in the last decade.
According to a confidential audit report sighted by Finance Uncovered, no allegations of wrongdoing were made against MTN but questions were raised about whether MTN knew that its bankers violated Nigerian laws and that it might even have benefited from this.
South Africa's Standard Bank, which is also MTN's major banker, is one of several global banking groups alleged to have "breached" Nigeria's foreign exchange regulations repeatedly, to the tune of billions of dollars over a period of 15 years.
A spokesperson for the bank in Nigeria refused to comment on the development, saying the bank had received no "formal communication" that it was being investigated.
South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) was also accused of receiving an irregular forex clearance around the time it acquired its MTN Nigeria stake from Shanduka in 2015.
Ramaphosa's family trust held a 29.6 percent stake in Shanduka but he eventually unbundled his shareholdings after he became deputy president in 2014.
The investment was a bad one for the PIC: the shares were declared to be worth R2,802,327,000 at the time of purchase; in the 2017 annual report for the PIC they were valued at only R996,000,000 – 35% of what they were bought for.
Much of the loss in value was due to the massive fine imposed on MTN in October 2015 for violations of Nigerian subscriber registration rules.
In August 2012, Ramaphosa's Shanduka investment vehicle received clearance from its Nigerian bank, Standard Chartered Nigeria, to bring $10,9-million in preference shares and equity to Nigeria to invest in the MTN company there.
Also, the Nigerian forensic report indicates that between October 2012 and January 2015, Shanduka Telecommunication (Mauritius) Limited received dividends of $88,7 million from MTN Nigeria.
At the time, Ramaphosa held the largest stake in Shanduka, and was also the non-executive Chairman of the MTN Group.
When contacted, a spokesperson for the PIC confirmed that the corporation "acquired MTN Nigeria shares through Over The Counter (OTC) market in Nigeria … in 2015 for USD 230.993 million".


When most guys my age were growing up, it was a no-brainer. Come fall and winter, we went hunting. Our dads did; our grandpa's did; our cousins and neighbors did. As a result, it was a natural coming of age for youngsters back then to take to the woods and fields with rifle or shotgun.
Today, things are not the same as they were during those simpler times. Kids now have so much to compete for their time.
Another thing is that the generation in which parents of today's youngsters grew up, there is less interest in hunting for many. The result is an overall decline in the number of hunters resulting in a fading of recruitment of new hunters.
I read a statistic recently that is troubling. For every 100 adult hunters, there are only 69 youth hunters coming up to take their places. Lose a hundred guys who get too old or infirm to hunt and only two-thirds of them are being replaced.
The Families Afield web-site has some interesting facts that reveal what a monumental, though often overlooked, impact hunting has on the nation's economy.
According to the web-site, hunters have poured over $30 billion into the economy. More than 1 million jobs are supported by hunters. Nearly 80 percent of adult hunters today started out as youth hunters.
The question that begs an answer is what can be done to reverse this trend; to be sure that as today's hunters age, they will have plenty of youngsters stepping up to take their places.
Wildlife biologist and free-lance writer, Brian Grossman of Kentucky offers several suggestions that parents should consider in getting their offspring involved in hunting.
"Make it fun," writes Grossman. "Regardless of the child's age, these early days afield with you are probably the most critical in determining whether or not he/she maintains an interest in hunting. These first hunts are where the child is going to form an opinion about hunting. They'll either decide it's fun, or it's boring. It's up to the adult to make it fun.
"Make the initial outing brief; young kids especially have short attention spans.
"Hunt from a ground blind where excessive movement is not easily detected.
From personal experience, some of the most gratifying times I have ever had in the outdoors was when I had a youngster sitting alongside me and especially when the kid and I teamed up for success.
Years ago, I guided 12 year old Sarah Hebert on a youth turkey hunt on Jackson Bienville Wildlife Management Area. I called in a gobbler she was able to drop on the spot. The excitement I experienced in her success was right up there with hers.
As discouraging as are the statistics that show a declining interest in hunting for youth, Jeff Simmons, owner of Simmons Sporting Goods in Bastrop sees some positives about youngsters in our part of the country.
"Kids in this part of the country are more involved in hunting than I've seen in recent years. Our number one selling rifle at our store is a youth rifle and the number one selling shotgun is a youth model. People around here are getting their kids into hunting. I can't speak for the rest of the country but our kids are getting involved," Simmons said.
Let's make sure that as hunters in my age bracket are forced to give up the sport because of health or age, there will be plenty of young fresh faces standing ready to take our places.
Glynn Harris Outdoors is proudly sponsored by DSK, Ltd. of Minden.


Working parents now don't have to take time out to meet principals or teachers at their children's schools to receive updates on how their wards are performing. All they have to do is log on to the schools' websites.
Few schools are yet to update details on their websites after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) made it a mandatory procedure. Most already comply with the requirement and some have stolen a march on others by launching interactive websites to keep tech-savvy parents in the loop on how their children are faring.
Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram in Kilpauk, which launched a new website last week, has included a forum for discussion with parents to inform them about classes and homework.
"The school has given tablets to all teachers so parents and students can interact with them," said senior principal J Ajeeth Prasath Jain. "Parents can also subscribe to the discussion forum to get updates be email."
The website is meant to bridge the gap between parents and teachers, said Jagdish Devarajan, the site designer and parent of a student at Bhavan's. "It will allow for one-on-one communication between teachers and parents," he said. "A parent who wants to discuss his child's health, for example, can do so in private with the teacher."
"Some schools are reluctant to allow online interaction between parents and teachers because they think it will increase the burden on them," senior principal Jain said. "But it actually makes things easier for parents and teachers." The principal will be able to monitor all activities on the website to ensure conversations are not offensive.
CBSE regional director (Chennai) D T S Rao says some schools have taken the initiative to develop innovative websites because they understand that technology can benefit not just parents and teachers but students too. "We only inform schools what is compulsory to post on their websites, but some institutions go the extra mile and that is the sign of a good school."
The board had set a deadline of September 15 for schools to upload details such as information about staff and fees and the books in their libraries. As schools are in the process of registering their Class 9 and Class 11 students for the board examinations, CBSE asked all schools to mention website details on application forms. "This will help us check and identify the schools that are not following the rules," Rao said.
Schools like Chettinad Vidyashram have not only allotted space on their websites for the information stipulated by CBSE, but also update them on a regular basis.


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The School of Economics and the Institute for Advanced Research at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics invite applications for a number of tenure-track faculty positions and non-tenure/tenure-track Research Fellow positions in the coming year, to further advance the current group of over 50 full-time members hired in the last eleven years from renowned overseas universities and build up a top team in China. Ranks and fields for faculty positions are open. We are especially inviting applications from eminent professors worldwide to fill 5-8 senior faculty positions in the next few years. The Research Fellow will be associated with the Institute for Advanced Research and conduct China's economic analysis and forecasts.
Compensation package includes competitive salary, research funds, housing allowances, plus standard fringe benefits. For distinguished professors, we offer highly competitive compensation above market level. Appointees are expected to engage in active research and must possess Ph.D. by July 2017. Candidates with great potential or well-established credentials will be considered. We will conduct interview at AEA annual meeting in Chicago. Please email cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample of written work, three letters of reference, and evidence of teaching effectiveness to econ@mail.shufe.edu.cn and eco.shufe@gmail.com by Dec 1st, 2016.
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AMASA.
By: Gerson B. Levi, Louis Ginzberg
—Biblical Data:
—In Rabbinical Literature:
1. According to II Sam. xvii. 25, the son of Ithra, an Israelite; I Chron. ii. 17 calls his father Jether, the Ishmaelite. He was a nephew of David and cousin of Absalom, who made him chief of the army that rose against David (II Sam. xvii. 25). After the death of Absalom and the defeat of his army, David purposed making Amasa general-in-chief of his forces (II Sam. xix. 14). To him was entrusted the suppression of the uprising under Sheba, the son of Bichri (II Sam. xx.), but Joab murdered Amasa and took his place as leader of the host. For this treachery Joab was subsequently put to death (I Kings, ii. 5, 32). 2. Son of Hadlai, of the Bene Ephraim, who, obeying the words of the prophet Obed, refused to receive as captives the Judeans who had been taken from Ahaz, king of Judah, by the victorious Israelites under Pekah (II Chron. xxviii. 12).
G. B. L.—In Rabbinical Literature:
The Jerusalem Talmud relates (Sanh. x. 29a) that when Amasa and Abner, Saul's guards, refused to be participants in the murder of the priests (I Sam. xxii. 17), Amasa boldly said to the king: "Can you lay claim to anything more than our belts and mantles (our marks of distinction)? Here they lie at your feet!" This did not offend Saul; and Amasa remained near him during his entire reign, accompanying him when he went to the witch of En-dor (Tan., ed. Buber, Emor, 4, and the parallel passages quoted there). It was quite natural, therefore, that David should appoint as commander-in-chief, in place of Joab, one already tested by Saul. Amasa did not, however, possess the martial spirit of Joab; and when he was sent to gather an army, he devoted himself to the study of the Torah. God's law seemed more important to him than the will of the king. It was, therefore, wrong on the part of Joab to execute Amasa for transgressing the king's orders (Sanh. 49a).


My Facebook Crush (Episode 4) - BlogIT with OLIVIA!!!
The post about keeping to personal hygiene generated 3000 comments. I was in awe of how people were carried away with the said post. There was a particular comment that caught my attention. It was from a lady named Izie.
Of course you're always right my love. Anybody who disagrees with this post is irrational and unreasonable. And I totally relate with this. I once entered a taxi with a man who smelled awful. He was sandwiched between i and a fair complexioned lady. If his clothes were the only thing with the stench, it would have been better. But he has a booger carelessly dangling between his nostrils. His eyes were bloodshot like someone that drowned himself in alcohol soaked bucket. He was constantly flashing his browned teeth as he bickered about how tight the seat was. I didn't know whether to complain or cover my nostrils.
I expected him to shut up after we adjusted for him but he didn't. He rather decided to tackle me on why I covered my nose with my handkerchief while he bared his mind. It was from that moment that it occurred to me that he simply loves trouble and so I had to serve him back the food he desired passionately. The driver had to park the car when he noticed that the matter was getting to a whole different dimension. The man slapped me and I had no option than to retaliate, I held his shirt and pushed all my strength into squeezing life out of him.
He made a spectacle of himself as people on hearing the bone of contention took to my side. They berated him for daring to fight a lady. He wasn't in a bit moved and that was when I ran to the conclusion that not all human beings have conscience. Some are plain diabolical. So he wanted me to breathe in all the foul odour he was emitting? Like I almost puked.
The Ordeal she divulged was hilarious and I couldn't help but laugh as I read until I came to a line she scribbled "Emmy that's why I want us to be more than friends, I'm the neat lady you seek. She probably wanted passing a message across to Emmy.
I wondered why she was too straightforward and blunt about wantom desire. I meant people should be discrete with such things. You can outrightly be rejected and this can serve the purpose of not publicly making yourself an object for ridicule.
I clicked on her profile to see what she look like. Well, she appeared chubby, wasn't pretty and can't be described as cute either. She was dumpy and short with round knob-like nose, big perturbed ears, a square jaw, wide forehead and pudgy little hands. I have expected her to be stunningly beautiful in a manner that will make me salivate. But I wasn't in a bit intimidated from what I saw. However, I was sad that Emmy loved her comment. I felt a whip of jealousy lash through me. I wondered on how long they've been friends. Probably for decades?
From his online activity, he was a most desirable man on facebook and there was never a shortage of women for desirable men. His reaction to her comment clearly insinuated that he like her and that something might be brewing between after all.


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News Capital S.M.A.R.T applauded for sustainability practices
Capital S.M.A.R.T's environmental practices have received an accolade in the Victorian Government's Strategic Audit of Environmental management systems, released this month. The Audit is conducted by the Commissioner for Environment Sustainability, an independent statutory office, and looks at Victorian Government departments and agencies, but also includes international examples of best practice. The Commissioner seeks to enhance knowledge and understanding of issues relating to the social, economic and environmental aspects of an ecologically sustainable future for Victoria. In her report the Commissioner highlights the Australian Business Award for Environmental Sustainability, which is now in its 7th year and says the 2012 awards were made to some expected and some unexpected enterprises, including Capital S.M.A.R.T. The Commissioner notes that: "environmental sustainability was a key element in the design of S.M.A.R.T equipment and the new business model and Capital S.M.A.R.T management wanted to be ahead of any industry regulation. Business operations use almost 50 per cent less energy and generate approximately 30 per cent less CO2 emissions per repair. In every area, equipment has been designed or modified to address sustainability issues – including emissions, energy, waste, noise and water." Chief Executive Officer, Norman Moss said the endorsement from Victoria's Environmental Sustainability Commissioner was further recognition of S.M.A.R.T's focus on improving sustainability. "We are proud of our industry leadership in sustainability and are continuing to look for ways to improve the next generation of our equipment and processes." To read the entire report click on the link Commissioner for Environment Sustainability
By S.M.A.R.T on 17 Mar 2013 in Sustainability


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Head on the Block by Lucy Devlin
On the snowy night of March 12th, Joseph D. Martin gave an intriguing lecture at Colby College on Galileo's letter to the Grand Duchess Christina and the ideas of science, religion, and censorship associated with it. Before discussing this letter however, Joseph D. Martin first addressed some common myths surrounding Galileo. Today we tend to hold Galileo up as someone who had been crusading against the church to spread the truth, punished solely for his revolutionary ideas. For example, as the lyrics of the Indigo Girls' song go, "Galileo's head was on the block; his crime was looking up the truth." This however is quite different from the reality of what the situation actually was. Ideas of the heliocentricity first developed far before Galileo's time by a man named Copernicus, who published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestiumin in 1543. Despite presenting the same basic idea however, Copernicus never ended up in the same trouble that Galileo did-why?
The main reason for this, as Joseph Martin stressed throughout the lecture, is that censorship is not always ideological but rather can be personal. Copernicus was quite clever and far better at matters of diplomacy then Galileo. He had a clergyman, named Osiander, write the introduction to his book, explaining how the book was just proposing a model, and dedicated it to the pope to show his devotion to the church. The book itself fully presented his ideas; however, by flattering the church at every turn and ensuring that that his ideas only came across as a hypothetical theory he protected himself from becoming an enemy of the church and subsequently avoided punishment. He was just as at risk of being arrested as Galileo, still dealing with concerns of censorship; however, he knew how to play the system which was a skill Galileo lacked.
Galileo did try initially to avoid angering the church and to approach the whole situation as diplomatically as Copernicus did. The letter he wrote to the Grand Duchess, Joseph Martin explained clearly and concisely, was an attempt to gain her as an ally, something Galileo realized he would need due the potential unpopularity of his ideas. This letter ended up going into circulation meaning it was read by a much wider audience; being addressed to the Grand Duchess gave it greater credibility (a common practice). Galileo clearly articulated in this letter that he was not against the church and that he recognized the intelligence of the priests (especially the Jesuits). Furthermore, he stressed the fact his ideas were not new, but rather had been proposed by Copernicus and in discussion ever since. It was interesting to see him here giving such credit to Copernicus as today it is Galileo who most people immediately associate with the heliocentric theory.
As additional support for his case, Galileo went on to broadly discuss the ideas of science and religion, the book of nature and the book of scripture respectively. He claimed that although in general both were important, in some cases one may be a better choice to turn to than the other. The case of astronomy was one of those times that experience and demonstration (book of nature) were better options of study than studying scriptures. No response by the Grand Duchess to this letter has been found so sadly it is impossible for us to know her response, or if she even made one, to these and the other ideas he put forth.
Unfortunately for Galileo, this letter written in 1615 and was the height of his diplomatic skill. In his later publication Dialogue, in which he was presenting his theory, he slandered the pope via the character Simplico, a simple-minded man who stubbornly refused to facts and was clearly based on the pope. This choice certainly won him no friends in the church and lost the few remaining ones he had. Although technically it was his ideas that he was arrested for in 1633, the reason why he was arrested more had to do with the fact he made enemies in the wrong places.
This is not to say the ideas he was talking were not somewhat under attack. The heliocentric theory was never popular in the eyes of the church and legally Galileo was arrested for violating a law that stated no one could teach Copernican (heliocentric) ideas. But as Joseph Martin pointed out Galileo was not the only one talking about these ideas and as already discussed they were not new ideas. He was not a man ahead of his times in any way.
By angering the right people though, Galileo was the one singled out for punishment. Although never at risk of beheading as the Indigo Girls implied, he was forced to renounce his theory and placed under house arrest until his death in 1642. He was only pardoned by the Catholic Church in 1992, 359 years after his arrest. In this way, Galileo was an excellent choice as a lecture topic for a year devoted to censorship; some of our ideas about him may be slightly misinformed but that doesn't diminish the impact he has had or that he suffered for presenting his ideas.
Linder, Douglas. "The Trial of Galileo: An Account." Famous Trials. N.p., 2002. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. <http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/galileo/galileoaccount.html>.
"Vatican Science Panel Told By Pope: Galileo Was Right." New York Times. N.p., 1 Nov. 1992. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/world/vatican-science-panel-told-by-pope-galileo-was-right.html>.
Maclean, Robert. "Nicolaus Copernicus." Special Collections. University of Glasgow, Apr. 2008. Web. 13 Mar. 2014. <http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/apr2008.html>.
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This is a selection of news items that have been published on https://webplatform.news between February 28 and March 11.
Catalin Rosu: If a browser doesn't support at least one of the selectors in a selector list, the entire style rule is invalid. Hence, you may want to avoid grouping selectors that aren't widely supported with other selectors.
Note: The CSS Selectors module explains this rule in Section 4.1.
Andrey Sitnik: If your website loads heavy resources (e.g., 3D visualizations), consider loading them conditionally based on the saveData property, which signals that the user would like to reduce their data usage.
Note: The navigator.connection.saveData property is set to true in some browsers when the user enables a "Data Saver" or "Turbo" mode (Google also provides a "Data Saver" extension for desktop browsers).
Andrey Sitnik: If you're dynamically performing a task based on a change in the user's viewport width (e.g., loading a desktop-only component), consider using the matchMedia function instead of a 'resize' event handler.
Scott O'Hara: Chrome supports the standard HTML <dialog> element but this implementation is unfortunately still not suitable for creating modal dialogs because it does not provide a fully accessible user experience.
To build a fully accessible modal dialog, you might as well ignore the <dialog> element for now and implement a fully custom version [or] ask yourself if you really need a modal at all.
Visit https://webplatform.news for the latest web development news.
Thanks Šime, saveData and matchMedia seem awesome!
The browser defines a global variable for each ID in your HTML document.