All of these examples (with the exception of the second-to-last one) were captured on film by NASA astronauts or Russian Cosmonauts over the past half-century - showing many amazing examples from different eras - Gemini, Apollo, Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, Skylab, STS, the ISS, plus a couple Russian-source additions from their unmanned Zond and Mir Space Station programs as well thrown in to round things out.
The second last example is the only one in the compilation that features footage that was not taken in space and is not official-source (NASA or Soviet/Russian Space Agency).
That clip shows an LTP (Lunar Transient Phenomenon) event captured through a camera connected to the eyepiece of a terrestrial-based telescope that luckily was being focused on the Moon at the time.
In this case, the LTP manifests as an object transiting across the face of the lunar disc. Many thanks to amateur astronomer Alberto Mayer of Italy for doing a wonderful job of filming this stunning event (and for stacking the footage for us all to see).
While the examples you will see here captured on film can all be "officially" classified as "unidentified" objects, that absolutely does NOT mean that NASA, the DoD, and certain elements within the scientific community worldwide are completely in the dark as to what these things you are seeing are.
Make no mistake: The Powers That Be are indeed aware of far more about our mysterious Universe than they are ever willing to admit to us.
We, the plebeian masses of this planet, are being held in a state of enforced ignorance, deemed not worthy of knowing the full truth by those who are REALLY "running the show" down here on Earth.
As this video shows over and over again however, there are indeed snippets of that amazing truth that have been left scattered about the official government archives over the decades, there for us to find so we may begin to educate ourselves about what is the most monumental coverup in human history - where the only thing more incredible than the lies is the truth!
Also, be sure to check out Jose Escamilla's new motion picture documentary "MOON RISING", where we go into much further depth about what is, without exaggeration, the most monumental coverup in human history. You have NO idea what you have been missing!
Moon Rising - The Movie is available on Amazon.com and I encourage everyone to watch it ASAP. The information is really awesome!


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Secessionist group must be disbanded and prosecuted
Sat, 10 Oct 2020 Source: Maxwell Amoako
The selective agitations for "independence " by the Homeland Group only surfaces when a particular political tradition is in power. On the other hand, when a party with ties to the Volta Region is in power they totally forget about their secession cries.
This selective amnesia of who they are and where they belong gives their movement a partisan coloration, nurturing the emotions of unsuspecting citizens and driving them to extremes, which in recent times have included violent attacks on lives and properties.
The group that call themselves Homeland Study Foundation are predominantly a minority group within the Ewe tribe of the subregion who are fermenting insecurity in the Volta Region. History has it that they migrated in the 1600s to the Volta Region from Oyo Empire (present day Nigeria) to where they are now. After tribal wars and misunderstanding amongst them they kept on moving south and west ward till they settled at their present abode. The Ewes form three main groups, northern , middle and southern. The exodus of the southern group occurred because their King Agokoli treated them with iron hands where they hatched plans to escape to the southern part of Togo and southern Volta Region of Ghana.
Before the Ewes settled in Southern Benin to Volta region that part of the subregion was under the then Akwamu empire ( 1620 to 1710) which occupied the area from Agona, Winneba, Afram Plains Southern Togoland to Quida present day Porto Novo which is next to the Nigerian border. During the era of colonization that part of the subregion was Gold Coast, Trans Volta Togoland, Togoland and Dahomey. In May 1956 before the independence of Ghana a plebiscite was held where Trans Volta Togoland chose to be part of Ghana.
Observations since the plebiscite indicates that they are minute elements in the region who always want to break away against the will of the majority. These groupings become aggressive anytime anyone other than their tribesman forms a government.
The Pan African fathers of Ghana preached African Unity, the ECOWAS has been formed every nation around the globe is yawning for unity and regional integration. The subregion is striving to live in peace only for this Homeland Study Foundation to agitate secession. It has been about 5 to 6 generations since the group's ancestors migrated to the sub region where they were aborigines already occupying the land. Ghana will not allow the Akwamus to lay claim to the land and ask the Ewes to live. It is very unjustified and ungrateful for the Homeland Study Foundation under Charles Kormi Kudzedzi and his followers to want to claim the area and name it another country. The nation Ghana has been formed . It has laws that are universally recognized. All that live in our beloved nation of Ghana must abide by its laws or orders, failure to do so should be punishable to the maximum dictates of the law.
The million dollar question is, how can the government and this delusional fringe group step back from a show down ? Failure to do so in a timely manner may result in a regrettable irretrievably consequences.
UNITED WE STAND!
Columnist: Maxwell Amoako
Western Togoland freedom fighters are not terrorists
More trouble for fake Western Togoland lawyer as he faces treason charge
30 alleged Western Togoland separatists discharged, re-arrested
Discharged secessionists re-arrested
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Q: how to get a notification mail when build is killed/stopped/aborted How to configure Jenkins to send a notification email when a build is aborted or killed?
how can I configure Jenkins to send me a email notification in this case?

A: This feature does not come with Email Notification (Jenkins Mailer Plugin) , you need to use Email Ext plugin , After installation GO to advance settings and add
Trigger "Aborted" to receive email in case the jenkins job is aborted.
Email-ext plugin

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Years ago I purchased plans from an ad in Popular Science or Popular Mechanics magazine (for $20, I think) for the "JP-20 Pressure Jet" for use with propane. I still have the plans; they are 11 one-sided pages of 8-1/2 x 11 photocopied sheets; there is no copyright notice on them anywhere. This is not a Gluhareff Pressure Jet. It is a linear design. I have found absolutely no references to it on the internet by Googling subjects like JP-20.
As I remember, the magazine ad was not at all specific either in general details or specifications, and neither were the plans, but the ad did infer that two of them could be used on the ends of a helicopter blade. I think that there was no hint as to thrust, materials to be used, spark starting, and etc. Maybe it was just a scam. I built one out of mostly welded mild steel sheet metal of about .050" thickness but have been to afraid to try it.
I wonder if anyone visiting these forums has built this and got it to working. I would be interested in any and all info or comments.
"If it ain't no fun,... it's no fun!"
can you post us an image of your build or out of your plans, or total plan, if there is no copyright? Maybe then you get more answers.
I broke out the plans. There is a sentence or two about things I said were missing. Still cannot find any copyright notice, though.
I can post a photo of my build today or tomorrow.
please dont forget posting your images.
I don't know how to post photos here...cannot seem to find out in faqs, etc.
So, I have posted a group of 4 photos at FLICKR.
--I hope that you all can see them.
Shows the profile of the JP-20 Pressure Jet. The 2 D-Cell flaslight and the yard stick are in the photo to help give some idea of 'scale'.
--Exhaust Tube is about 3" diameter.
Show the Conical Fuel Nozzle supported by 3 sheet metal vanes welded to the Burn Chamber Inlet Orifice.
--The cone is threaded onto a 1/8" NPT pipe which extends about 8" toward the Exhaust Tube, where it turns 90 degrees to exit the engine in order to be the Fuel Supply Inlet.
--The Burn Chamber face of the Conical Fuel Nozzle is drilled so that 3ea. 1/8" holes 120 degrees apart, and angled toward the sides of the Burn Chamber, supply Propane (Gaseous or Liquid Propane) to the Burn Chamber.
have you pictures from inside?
The short answer to all your questions is "no".
It is pretty simple & straightforward. The only thing inside is the tip of the spark plug and the 1/8th inch NPT pipe which goes to the Conical Fuel Nozzle.
I guess I should make photos of a couple of the plans pages. Would that help?
yes, please do, DBene, add fotos or copies of plans please. Maybe you have a ramjet and no pressure jet ?
Posting photos is simple. Just look for the tab under the save, preview, submit buttons called "upload attachment", choose the file, add it, and just make sure it is 800x600 or less.
OK, sorry... my life got REAL busy. It has been close to a year.
There is no help in reproducing the plans here, because the photos tell the whole story (if you can decipher my notes about them.
Evidently, to fire this thing one turns on gaseous propane, sparks the spark plug, waits for a bit of warm up, then inverts the propane tank and meters liquid propane into the engine. period.
Given what is shown and seems to be ... It could be called an "Incomplete" engine ... What ever type it is ... Or some sort of "Frankensthein, parts from everywhere" unfinished experiment ... And even more amazing they got 20$ for it.
In fact, looking at the engine's geometry, It can somehow or somewhere qualifies between, a) Maybe a Ramjet ... But then the exhaust is too long and it's missing a flameholder, b) Maybe a pulsejet considering the tail pipe and the air inlet ... But then, it's missing the valve and valve plate, and c) Certaintly not a pressurejet ... For it's missing to many components, although running the gas tube from the tail pipe to the front nozzle indicate the designer knew stuff about "Fuel evaporation" ... Hummmm ... Mysterious it is ... Mostly misterious indeed.
Anyway .... Your appreciation of "Scam" is probably the best description you've given it and just happy you only spent 20$ for it.
ORRRRRR ... Maybe it is your drawing set that is "Incomplete" and why this engine construction seems to be.
And Noooooooo ... Puting gaseous or liquid propane and sparks won't have it start, other then giving you big flames coming out both the tail pipe and air inlet. In fact, if you do so given the spark plug location ... Will probably scare you more ... He he he.
This said ... Why don't you finish since you're that far? ... This could be a good plan.
I got an email notification of your post here.
Well, I guess I am the only one who is willing to admit they got taken for $20 (around 1992, I think) for these plans. Sort of amazes me that I found nothing at all online about it.
It occurs to me that it might be meant to be a ram jet...or just a scam.
--If a ram jet, then it obviously, after your comments today, was meant to be spinning at the ends of heli blades either before or after ignition... ??
I don't know. It has turned out to be a big mystery to me. Maybe I will just lite it off one day to see what happens. But just now there are too many other things on my plate...other things seem to be more intriguing, you know?
This said and probably being correct in your conclusion in regards of what the engine might be, here's a lead to information towards your conclusion and as I found a nice picture in my librairy on "Rotodyne". Push this word either in Google or Youtube and you will find alot.


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Oleg Władimirowicz Dieripaska (ros. Олег Владимирович Дерипаска; ur. 2 stycznia 1968 w Dzierżyńsku) – rosyjski biznesmen, uważany za jednego z najbogatszych ludzi na świecie.

Życiorys
Dieripaska jest z pochodzenia Białorusinem, dorastał w Kraju Krasnodarskim.
Skończył z wyróżnieniem fizykę na Uniwersytecie Łomonosowa w Moskwie w 1993 roku.

Jest przewodniczącym rady nadzorczej oraz właścicielem 66% akcji koncernu aluminiowego Rusal. Większość spółek kontroluje za pośrednictwem swojego holdingu Basic Element, którego dyrektorką naczelną była Gülżan Mołdażanowa.

Pod koniec 2007 roku wszedł w posiadanie pakietu większościowego Norilskiego niklu. Jest także udziałowcem kanadyjskiego producenta samochodów Magna i austriackiego koncernu budowlanego Strabag.

Jego inwestycje związane były m.in. z budową infrastruktury koniecznej do zorganizowania Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Soczi w 2014 roku.

Dieripaska jest uważany za przyjaciela Władimira Putina, zawdzięczając jego przychylności swoją karierę. Udało mu się np. odroczyć spłatę 4,5 mld dol. kredytu, który z łaski Kremla dostał na ratowanie swych zagrożonych kryzysem biznesów. Dostał też nowy kredyt na wypłatę zaległych pensji i uruchomienie produkcji cementu w Pikałowie. Uchodzi za idealne wcielenie idei imperium liberalnego, zgodnie z którą jednym z ważniejszych celów młodego kapitalizmu rosyjskiego jest przejmowanie firm zagranicznych. Sposób, w jaki dorobił się majątku, sprawił, że ma zakaz wjazdu do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Był przesłuchiwany przez zachodnich prokuratorów w związku z podejrzeniami o kontakty z mafią.

Interesuje się piłką nożną, w mediach pojawiały się spekulacje o jego planach zakupu klubu Arsenal FC, zainwestował jednak w FK Moskwa.

Decyzją z dnia 8 kwietnia 2022 r. Rada Unii Europejskiej nałożyła na Dieripaskę sankcje za wspieranie działań podważających integralność terytorialną, suwerenność i niezależność Ukrainy.

Rodzina
Żoną Deripaski jest córka Walentina Jumaszewa Polina. Jumaszew jest mężem Tatiany Diaczenko, córki Borysa Jelcyna. W ten sposób Dieripaska stał się członkiem rodziny Jelcyna.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Rosyjscy przedsiębiorcy
Ludzie urodzeni w Dzierżyńsku (Rosja)
Rosyjscy miliarderzy
Urodzeni w 1968

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package com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.Pipeline;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.GroupByKeyEvaluatorFactory.InProcessGroupByKeyOnly;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.InMemoryWatermarkManager.FiredTimers;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.InMemoryWatermarkManager.TransformWatermarks;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.InProcessPipelineRunner.CommittedBundle;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.InProcessPipelineRunner.PCollectionViewWriter;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.runners.inprocess.InProcessPipelineRunner.UncommittedBundle;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.transforms.AppliedPTransform;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.transforms.PTransform;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.transforms.windowing.BoundedWindow;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.transforms.windowing.Trigger;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.ExecutionContext;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.SideInputReader;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.TimerInternals.TimerData;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.WindowedValue;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.WindowingStrategy;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.common.CounterSet;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.util.state.CopyOnAccessInMemoryStateInternals;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.values.PCollection;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.values.PCollection.IsBounded;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.values.PValue;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * The evaluation context for a specific pipeline being executed by the
 * {@link InProcessPipelineRunner}. Contains state shared within the execution across all
 * transforms.
 *
 *
{@link InProcessEvaluationContext} contains shared state for an execution of the
 * {@link InProcessPipelineRunner} that can be used while evaluating a {@link PTransform}. This
 * consists of views into underlying state and watermark implementations, access to read and write
 * {@link PCollectionView PCollectionViews}, and constructing {@link CounterSet CounterSets} and
 * {@link ExecutionContext ExecutionContexts}. This includes executing callbacks asynchronously when
 * state changes to the appropriate point (e.g. when a {@link PCollectionView} is requested and
 * known to be empty).
 *
 *
{@link InProcessEvaluationContext} also handles results by committing finalizing bundles based
 * on the current global state and updating the global state appropriately. This includes updating
 * the per-{@link StepAndKey} state, updating global watermarks, and executing any callbacks that
 * can be executed.
 */
class InProcessEvaluationContext {
  /** The step name for each {@link AppliedPTransform} in the {@link Pipeline}. */
  private final Map<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>, String> stepNames;

  /** The options that were used to create this {@link Pipeline}. */
  private final InProcessPipelineOptions options;

  /** The current processing time and event time watermarks and timers. */
  private final InMemoryWatermarkManager watermarkManager;

  /** Executes callbacks based on the progression of the watermark. */
  private final WatermarkCallbackExecutor callbackExecutor;

  /** The stateInternals of the world, by applied PTransform and key. */
  private final ConcurrentMap<StepAndKey, CopyOnAccessInMemoryStateInternals<?>>
      applicationStateInternals;

  private final InProcessSideInputContainer sideInputContainer;

  private final CounterSet mergedCounters;

  public static InProcessEvaluationContext create(
      InProcessPipelineOptions options,
      Collection<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>> rootTransforms,
      Map<PValue, Collection<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>>> valueToConsumers,
      Map<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>, String> stepNames,
      Collection<PCollectionView<?>> views) {
    return new InProcessEvaluationContext(
        options, rootTransforms, valueToConsumers, stepNames, views);
  }

  private InProcessEvaluationContext(
      InProcessPipelineOptions options,
      Collection<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>> rootTransforms,
      Map<PValue, Collection<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>>> valueToConsumers,
      Map<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>, String> stepNames,
      Collection<PCollectionView<?>> views) {
    this.options = checkNotNull(options);
    checkNotNull(rootTransforms);
    checkNotNull(valueToConsumers);
    checkNotNull(stepNames);
    checkNotNull(views);
    this.stepNames = stepNames;

    this.watermarkManager =
        InMemoryWatermarkManager.create(
            NanosOffsetClock.create(), rootTransforms, valueToConsumers);
    this.sideInputContainer = InProcessSideInputContainer.create(this, views);

    this.applicationStateInternals = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
    this.mergedCounters = new CounterSet();

    this.callbackExecutor = WatermarkCallbackExecutor.create();
  }

  /**
   * Handle the provided {@link InProcessTransformResult}, produced after evaluating the provided
   * {@link CommittedBundle} (potentially null, if the result of a root {@link PTransform}).
   *
   *
The result is the output of running the transform contained in the
   * {@link InProcessTransformResult} on the contents of the provided bundle.
   *
   * @param completedBundle the bundle that was processed to produce the result. Potentially
   *                        {@code null} if the transform that produced the result is a root
   *                        transform
   * @param completedTimers the timers that were delivered to produce the {@code completedBundle},
   *                        or an empty iterable if no timers were delivered
   * @param result the result of evaluating the input bundle
   * @return the committed bundles contained within the handled {@code result}
   */
  public synchronized Iterable<? extends CommittedBundle<?>> handleResult(
      @Nullable CommittedBundle<?> completedBundle,
      Iterable<TimerData> completedTimers,
      InProcessTransformResult result) {
    Iterable<? extends CommittedBundle<?>> committedBundles =
        commitBundles(result.getOutputBundles());
    // Update watermarks and timers
    watermarkManager.updateWatermarks(
        completedBundle,
        result.getTransform(),
        result.getTimerUpdate().withCompletedTimers(completedTimers),
        committedBundles,
        result.getWatermarkHold());
    fireAllAvailableCallbacks();
    // Update counters
    if (result.getCounters() != null) {
      mergedCounters.merge(result.getCounters());
    }
    // Update state internals
    CopyOnAccessInMemoryStateInternals<?> theirState = result.getState();
    if (theirState != null) {
      CopyOnAccessInMemoryStateInternals<?> committedState = theirState.commit();
      StepAndKey stepAndKey =
          StepAndKey.of(
              result.getTransform(), completedBundle == null ? null : completedBundle.getKey());
      if (!committedState.isEmpty()) {
        applicationStateInternals.put(stepAndKey, committedState);
      } else {
        applicationStateInternals.remove(stepAndKey);
      }
    }
    return committedBundles;
  }

  private Iterable<? extends CommittedBundle<?>> commitBundles(
      Iterable<? extends UncommittedBundle<?>> bundles) {
    ImmutableList.Builder<CommittedBundle<?>> completed = ImmutableList.builder();
    for (UncommittedBundle<?> inProgress : bundles) {
      AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> producing =
          inProgress.getPCollection().getProducingTransformInternal();
      TransformWatermarks watermarks = watermarkManager.getWatermarks(producing);
      CommittedBundle<?> committed =
          inProgress.commit(watermarks.getSynchronizedProcessingOutputTime());
      // Empty bundles don't impact watermarks and shouldn't trigger downstream execution, so
      // filter them out
      if (!Iterables.isEmpty(committed.getElements())) {
        completed.add(committed);
      }
    }
    return completed.build();
  }

  private void fireAllAvailableCallbacks() {
    for (AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> transform : stepNames.keySet()) {
      fireAvailableCallbacks(transform);
    }
  }

  private void fireAvailableCallbacks(AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> producingTransform) {
    TransformWatermarks watermarks = watermarkManager.getWatermarks(producingTransform);
    callbackExecutor.fireForWatermark(producingTransform, watermarks.getOutputWatermark());
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link UncommittedBundle} for use by a source.
   */
  public <T> UncommittedBundle<T> createRootBundle(PCollection<T> output) {
    return InProcessBundle.unkeyed(output);
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link UncommittedBundle} whose elements belong to the specified {@link
   * PCollection}.
   */
  public <T> UncommittedBundle<T> createBundle(CommittedBundle<?> input, PCollection<T> output) {
    return input.isKeyed()
        ? InProcessBundle.keyed(output, input.getKey())
        : InProcessBundle.unkeyed(output);
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link UncommittedBundle} with the specified keys at the specified step. For use by
   * {@link InProcessGroupByKeyOnly} {@link PTransform PTransforms}.
   */
  public <T> UncommittedBundle<T> createKeyedBundle(
      CommittedBundle<?> input, Object key, PCollection<T> output) {
    return InProcessBundle.keyed(output, key);
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link PCollectionViewWriter}, whose elements will be used in the provided
   * {@link PCollectionView}.
   */
  public <ElemT, ViewT> PCollectionViewWriter<ElemT, ViewT> createPCollectionViewWriter(
      PCollection<Iterable<ElemT>> input, final PCollectionView<ViewT> output) {
    return new PCollectionViewWriter<ElemT, ViewT>() {
      @Override
      public void add(Iterable<WindowedValue<ElemT>> values) {
        sideInputContainer.write(output, values);
      }
    };
  }

  /**
   * Schedule a callback to be executed after output would be produced for the given window
   * if there had been input.
   *
   *
Output would be produced when the watermark for a {@link PValue} passes the point at
   * which the trigger for the specified window (with the specified windowing strategy) must have
   * fired from the perspective of that {@link PValue}, as specified by the value of
   * {@link Trigger#getWatermarkThatGuaranteesFiring(BoundedWindow)} for the trigger of the
   * {@link WindowingStrategy}. When the callback has fired, either values will have been produced
   * for a key in that window, the window is empty, or all elements in the window are late. The
   * callback will be executed regardless of whether values have been produced.
   */
  public void scheduleAfterOutputWouldBeProduced(
      PValue value,
      BoundedWindow window,
      WindowingStrategy<?, ?> windowingStrategy,
      Runnable runnable) {
    AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> producing = getProducing(value);
    callbackExecutor.callOnGuaranteedFiring(producing, window, windowingStrategy, runnable);

    fireAvailableCallbacks(lookupProducing(value));
  }

  private AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> getProducing(PValue value) {
    if (value.getProducingTransformInternal() != null) {
      return value.getProducingTransformInternal();
    }
    return lookupProducing(value);
  }

  private AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> lookupProducing(PValue value) {
    for (AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> transform : stepNames.keySet()) {
      if (transform.getOutput().equals(value) || transform.getOutput().expand().contains(value)) {
        return transform;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get the options used by this {@link Pipeline}.
   */
  public InProcessPipelineOptions getPipelineOptions() {
    return options;
  }

  /**
   * Get an {@link ExecutionContext} for the provided {@link AppliedPTransform} and key.
   */
  public InProcessExecutionContext getExecutionContext(
      AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> application, Object key) {
    StepAndKey stepAndKey = StepAndKey.of(application, key);
    return new InProcessExecutionContext(
        options.getClock(),
        key,
        (CopyOnAccessInMemoryStateInternals<Object>) applicationStateInternals.get(stepAndKey),
        watermarkManager.getWatermarks(application));
  }

  /**
   * Get all of the steps used in this {@link Pipeline}.
   */
  public Collection<AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?>> getSteps() {
    return stepNames.keySet();
  }

  /**
   * Get the Step Name for the provided application.
   */
  public String getStepName(AppliedPTransform<?, ?, ?> application) {
    return stepNames.get(application);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@link SideInputReader} capable of reading the provided
   * {@link PCollectionView PCollectionViews}.
   * @param sideInputs the {@link PCollectionView PCollectionViews} the result should be able to
   *                   read
   * @return a {@link SideInputReader} that can read all of the provided
   *         {@link PCollectionView PCollectionViews}
   */
  public SideInputReader createSideInputReader(final List<PCollectionView<?>> sideInputs) {
    return sideInputContainer.createReaderForViews(sideInputs);
  }

  /**
   * Create a {@link CounterSet} for this {@link Pipeline}. The {@link CounterSet} is independent
   * of all other {@link CounterSet CounterSets} created by this call.
   *
   * The {@link InProcessEvaluationContext} is responsible for unifying the counters present in
   * all created {@link CounterSet CounterSets} when the transforms that call this method
   * complete.
   */
  public CounterSet createCounterSet() {
    return new CounterSet();
  }

  /**
   * Returns all of the counters that have been merged into this context via calls to
   * {@link CounterSet#merge(CounterSet)}.
   */
  public CounterSet getCounters() {
    return mergedCounters;
  }

  /**
   * Extracts all timers that have been fired and have not already been extracted.
   *
   *
This is a destructive operation. Timers will only appear in the result of this method once
   * for each time they are set.
   */
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A three-year-old girl in Kathmandu will be anointed today as the city's latest Kumari, or living goddess, in a lavish ceremony despite calls for the tradition to be banned.
Trishna Shakya will be taken from her family home and moved to a palace in the Nepalese capital, where she will be waited on until she reaches puberty.
The Kumari is not allowed to leave the residence except for 13 holy festivals each year. Her feet are never supposed to touch the ground. For ordinary mortals even a glimpse of the Kumari is believed to bring good luck.


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def precision(predictions, labels):
  """Return the precision based on dense predictions and sparse labels."""
  return (100.0 *
      np.sum(np.argmax(predictions, 1) == labels) /
      predictions.shape[0])

def error_rate(predictions, labels):
  """Return the error rate based on dense predictions and sparse labels."""
  return 100.0 - (100.0 *
      np.sum(np.argmax(predictions, 1) == labels) /
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St. John Providence Health System (Michigan)
As a result of its Readmission Reduction Program, which made use of EchoAccess, St. John Providence Health System gained the following benefits:
10% reduction in readmission rate (from 25% to 15%) during initial measurement period
$2.5 million fine from CMS reduced by $1.9 million over two years
83% Kept Appointment Rate achieved for post-discharge physician visits
The percentage of PCPs with patient follow-up appointments within 7 days of discharge climbed from 30% to 85%
St. John Providence Health System is a leading healthcare provider in southeast Michigan and is part of Ascension Health—the largest Catholic Health System in the United States. Ascension Health Michigan includes six hospitals, more than 125 medical facilities, over 3,000 physicians and 31,000 employees who touch the lives of over 150,000 inpatients and nearly 4.5 million outpatients each year.
In 2010 the readmission rate for the health system was 25 percent, for which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fined the health system $2.5 million. Reducing preventable readmissions became an immediate priority. In response, nursing units in the hospitals began trying to coordinate discharge follow-up calls using Excel spreadsheets to manage the information. Unfortunately, this effort quickly unraveled. Legitimate, immediate patient care demands trumped data updates, and outbound calls to patients were made inconsistently.
Call Center Director Mary Alice Worrell suggested a solution—that the call center pilot a Readmission Reduction program serving all member hospitals in the System. The call center was IT-centric and data-driven, and already had a database with information on all affiliated physicians; it could serve all network hospitals as a single source of truth for readmissions data. The call center would have the ability to document and track outcomes in EchoAccess, and the system would enable them to call, email, and text providers and patients to schedule and confirm follow-up visits.
The call center's Readmission Reduction Pilot launched in January of 2011, with an initial goal to reduce readmissions from to 20 percent by the end of 2012. The pilot process included four steps:
Step 1: Receive discharge reports for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients every morning from each member hospital.
Step 2: Contact (call, email or text) the patient, and/or the caregiver to coordinate a day and time for the follow-up appointment with their physician.
Step 3: Make appointments with appropriate physician offices for CHF/COPD patients who were discharged the previous day.
Step 4: Call the physician office after the appointment to see if the patient kept the appointment. If the appointment was not kept, call the patient or the caregiver to reschedule.
EchoAccess functionality was a critical success factor for the Readmission Reduction Pilot, enabling both patient and physician records to be kept current, with all key data in one database, such as:
1. When a follow-up appointment was made for a patient
2. The physician with whom the appointment was scheduled
3. Whether or not the patient kept the appointment
A monthly referral letter is now generated from EchoAccess that states patient names, addresses, phone numbers, and their follow-up appointment dates and times. These letters are mailed or emailed to participating physicians. The call center also collaborated with marketing to prepare and distribute a care coordination brochure, which was provided to all participating physician practices.
During 2013, 15 FTEs in the SJPHS Contact Center managed 90,000 contacts. The result of the pilot was that the contact center successfully moved the needle on reducing avoidable readmissions.
Outcomes included:
Readmission rate declined from 25% in 2010 to 15% in 2013.
Fine from CMS was $2.5 million in 2011; $600k in 2012; the 2013 report from CMS had not yet been received at the time this writing.
Kept appointment rate is a substantive 83% for post-discharge physician visits.
The percentage of PCPs with patient follow-up appointments within 7 days of discharge increased from 30% to 85%.
As the program matured, senior leadership began to communicate a policy that "patients must be seen for a follow-up appointment within a week after discharge." This enabled the contact center to accelerate the number of follow-up appointments confirmed with physician's offices—which resulted in higher quality patient care and fewer readmissions. It also meant that physicians who agreed to schedule follow-up visits within 7 days began to benefit from additional payments from CMS, (which began in 2013 to encourage prompt follow-up visits). With this solution, the patient wins, the physician wins, and the hospital wins! Patient satisfaction scores improved as patients began to appreciate their partnership with care coordinators in the contact center who made their life easier at a critical time. One patient's feedback describes it well: "I love your Care Coordination Program. You took a personal interest in me and made certain I saw my doctor the week after my surgery. Thank you! I wouldn't want to go anywhere else."
Utilizing the Contact Center for Readmission Reduction freed up hospital nurses to concentrate on their mission-critical role: direct patient care. It also enabled Contact Center Care Coordinators to apply their training, ability and time to schedule and coordinate the appointments, while strengthening patient relationships. EchoAccess provides a single source of truth for physician information, and ensures the ability to capture data needed to monitor and improve quality. Finally, utilizing the Contact Center to manage follow-up appointments was more cost-effective than using professional nurses for that function.
More than 4,000 healthcare organizations have partnered with us to fulfill their promise of high quality care.


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La rue de la Pompe est une rue ancienne du centre de Liège (Belgique) se raccordant au boulevard de la Sauvenière.

Situation et description
Cette courte, plate et étroite rue d'une longueur d'environ  et large d'à peine deux mètres est piétonne. Elle relie le boulevard de la Sauvenière (entre les  et 172) à la rue Sur-la-Fontaine (entre les  et 83).

Il s'agit d'une des rues la plus courtes du centre de Liège derrière la Rue Pont-Thomas et aussi l'une des plus étroites derrière la rue du Carré (largeur moyenne de 80 centimètres).

Odonymie
Jusqu'au , il existait une pompe à eau dans cette rue. L'eau provenait d'une areine, celle de Gersonfontaine, percée par Jean Curtius en 1608.

Historique
Au Moyen-Âge, la rue reliait le cours d'eau de la Sauvenière à un bras secondaire et parallèle qui s'appelait la rivière delle Fontaine Saint-Lambert et qui coulait le long de l'actuelle rue Sur-la-Fontaine.

Sur un plan édité vers 1750 (voir ci-dessous), on dénombre dix rues ou ruelles reliant la rue Sur-la-Fontaine à la Sauvenière en aval du pont d'Avroy. Seules les rues de la Pompe et des Urbanistes existent encore aujourd'hui.

Voies adjacentes
 Boulevard de la Sauvenière
 Rue Sur-la-Fontaine

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 Liste des rues de Liège
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In today's globalized economy, mergers and acquisitions are being increasingly used the world over as a strategy for achieving a larger asset base. For entering new markets, generating additional manufacturing capacities and gaining complementary strengths and competencies, nowadays organizations focus on the M&A sector to sharpen their edges. Unlike the global market, nine years ago the term 'advisory services' was foreign to the Indian space and a majority of promoters were heavily dependant on their charted accountants and accountants who were acting as CFO to solve their financial mysteries. This is when Manhaday Consultants, came into exist; incorporated in the year 2006, on the strong principles of Uday Hegde, today, the firm is a soup to nuts provider in financial advisory services. Being an industry veteran, Uday foresaw the need of the Indian market to embrace the financial advisory sector, which paved the way to the inception of Manhaday Consultants.
Since its inception, Manhaday focused on the SME/MSME segment which is one of the greatest supporters to GDP and gives employment to a large number of individuals than substantial organizations. "Indian SMEs are mostly family promoter driven with less professional expertise / quality management for helping their growth story and we thought we could fill in the gap with our experience and knowledge," says Uday Hegde, Director, Manhaday Consultants. Under his leadership, the firm has been extending requirement-specific advisory services such as Project Advisory Services, Project & Corporate Finance Syndication, Corporate Advisory Services and Private Equity & Matching international licencee / marketing requirements to different sectors of the industry.
The success of an advisory firm depends on how it foresee the shifting market landscape can impact potential deals. When it comes to Manhaday, the firm helps clients to identify the true value of an opportunity by combining the meticulous financial analysis with the deep industry knowledge. "Our strength lies in understanding business gaps and what we can do with our experience and knowledge to make clients grow," says Uday. Manhaday consulting professionals bring deep industry expertise gained from countless hands-on experiences spanning functions, sectors and geographies.
Over a period of time, this Mumbai-headquartered firm succeeded in delivering well-planned decisions to its clients, which resulted in furnishing their clients with better opportunities and focused financial goals. Today, a majority of the clients associated with Manhaday enjoy long term solutions and growth opportunity. "We see our success in satisfied clients and client's satisfaction is our motto. We maintain a close and active relationship with most banks and lending financial institutions in the country," proudly expounds Uday. Today, Manhaday's industry experience and innovative thinking coalesce to move their recommendations beyond formula & orthodoxy and pinpoint the best and most practical course of action.
Uday, the promoter believes that it's time for India to look at acquiring international companies to do joint ventures and there is also a need for an India focused M&A internet site. Perceiving this, in future the firm plans to spread its wings across international boundaries from Singapore to Germany / London in Europe and finally in the US. Looking further, Manhaday is much focused on the Make in India campaign, which allows Indian companies to use their infrastructure to better capacity utilization by taking contract manufacturing.


text: Medical services and structures are integral to the history of Randall's Island, which was the site of various local hospitals in the 19th Century. My project for Frieze doesn't necessarily speak to these ideas directly. Those facts were really just a starting point from which to explore aspects of public and private experience and to manipulate certain tropes that interest me. I was immediately attracted to the Island's old ticket shack. It looks like a little theater and almost invites some kind of a spectacle. The structure feels childish—it's not infantile, but it does have something to do with a kind of conditioning, education, language, and even a moral authority. I am always working with these concepts, and they are connected with the idea of a hospital, which made me think about the role of a doctor. I turned the derelict structure into a fictional examination room in which actors and friends played the roles of doctors and patients to music composed and performed by Dan Aran, Nick Hempton and Itai Kriss.


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'HOUSE OF THE DRAGON' EMILY CAREY HAS DELETED TWITTER AFTER A FAN BACKLASH
The actress was chastised for remarks she made about her character, Alicent Hightower.
Being a celebrity on social media can't be easy, but it must be even more difficult when you're thrust into the spotlight due to starring in one of the year's most anticipated series - and one that already has a slew of devoted fans. Emily Carey, star of House of the Dragon, is currently going through it, and she's already over it.
The 19-year-old, who plays a younger Alicent Hightower in the Game of Thrones spin-off series, told news.com.au that fan backlash over a comment she made at Comic-Con this year drove her off Twitter.
A post shared by EMILY CAREY (@theemilycarey)
"I enjoy social media. I'm 19, so I'm all over social media, and I've been on it since I was a kid because I've worked since I was a kid, so I'm very aware of things... Any hate that comes in is simply... Behind the screen is a person. "You just have to move on," she said, before admitting that it can be too much at times.
"However, I will admit that I deleted Twitter [after Comic-Con] because it's just so loud." Even when it's good, there are too many people and it's too loud. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the buzz, but it can be overwhelming at times, and I'm being completely honest."
That "overwhelming" buzz came after Emily Carey revealed at Comic-Con that she had created a backstory for Alicent, who is an immoral villain in George R.R. Martin's books. Fans were furious at Carey, believing she was changing the nature of her character by humanising her.
Despite the fact that the incident was the catalyst that drove her off the social platform, Carey initially clapped back. Despite the fact that the Tweet has since been removed, she wrote, "I stand by what I said in the panel." People, Alicent is not the villain. When we first meet her, she is a child, a product of patriarchy. You just have to wait and see. Maybe you'll understand."
One thing is certain: the premiere episode of House of the Dragon will continue to draw a large number of Game of Thrones fans. It's currently available on Binge.
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7th Annual Indiana Artisan Marketplace!
Only once a year, the state's highest-quality Artisans come together — at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace. Talk with artisans at the top of their craft, recognized by the state for their exceptional art and food. Taste their wines and foods, see what makes them the best, and take advantage of the opportunity to take home some of their outstanding work made in studios, workshops and kitchens here in the Hoosier State.
Participating Artisans: Nearly 150 art, fine craft and food artisans are on-site so you can meet them and talk about their work. Of this group, 24 will be creating their work in their booths so you can see how it is made.
Parking: Four shuttles will run this continuous route all weekend. Park anywhere on the Fairgrounds, take the FREE shuttle to the Expo Hall (#22 on the shuttle map), enjoy your day at the Marketplace, leave your purchases at "Package Pick Up" just inside the Marketplace front door, shuttle back to your vehicle, and drive to the Expo Hall where a volunteer will bring your purchases to your car before you depart.


Injury forced Netsanet Achamo to withdraw from last year's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, but she will return to the Canadian city 20 October intent on beating the course record of 2:22:43 on.
The 25-year-old Ethiopian knows the Toronto course well, since she was partly responsible for the record-breaking run of her compatriot Koren Jelela in 2011.
Two years ago, in her second race over the classic distance, she ran with Jelela and Mare Dibaba through ridiculously quick splits of 32:41 at 10km and 1:08:39 at the half-way point, although she later faded to a disappointing fifth in 2:32:51.
However, she was to learn from that experience.
Achamo went on to win the 2012 Mumbai Marathon in a course record of 2:26:12, a race held in steamy hot and humid conditions, and crossed the line more than four minutes ahead of her nearest challenger.
Three months later, she lowered her personal best to 2:24:12 at the 2012 Hamburg Marathon, which remains her fastest time but a mark she is looking to improve on in Toronto.
An ankle injury earlier this year slowed her progress slightly but in May she finished fourth in the Ottawa Marathon in 2:27:44. Perhaps unwilling to jeopardise her luck, she is rather coy about her current fitness.
"I don't want to compare but I'm always in training to become better than before. I hope I can win the Toronto race," she commented.
Achamo trains with Jelela, among others, under the watchful eyes of Ethiopian coaches Gemedu Dedefo and Gebeyehu Berihun, and their group has been running upwards of 200 kilometres a week, most of it at altitudes of about 2400 metres above sea level.
She grew up in a village called Woba, in the southern part of Ethiopia, and moved to Addis Ababa in 2003 to become a runner.
At first, Achamo tried her hand at the 3000m Steeplechase and enjoyed some international success. She represented Ethiopia at the 2006 African Championships, just missing the medal podium by one place. A year later, she set a personal best of 9:28.03 and got a bronze medal at the All Africa Games but at that year's IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, she failed to make the final.
She has continued to race over the barriers, winning the Ethiopian title in 2011 and finishing second in her national championships this year but, wisely, her coaches saw her potential to run Marathons.
Victory in Toronto would be worth USD$20,000 and a bonus of USD$35,000 is on offer for a course record; that's the immediate goal but Achamo has tremendous ambition.
Among others, Achamo will face her Ethiopian compatriot Dinknesh Mekasha, who ran 2:25:09 this year in Paris, Kenya's Filomena Cheyech, the winner of the 2013 Vienna Marathon in 2:24:34, as well as Canadian internationals Krista DuChene and Natasha Wodak.


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Der Südliche Tschuja-Kamm () ist ein Gebirgszug in der russischen Republik Altai im zentralen Altaigebirge.

Der Südliche Tschuja-Kamm verläuft in West-Ost-Richtung zwischen den Flusstälern von Karagem und Tschaganusun im Norden sowie dem Argut und dessen Quellfluss Dschasator im Süden. Der Gebirgszug hat eine Länge von ungefähr 120 km. Höchste Erhebung ist der  hohe Gipfel Irbistu (Ирбисту). Die tieferen Hanglagen sind von Steppenlandschaft bedeckt. In höheren Lagen kommen Tundra, Grasflächen und Schotterflächen zum Vorschein. Die Gipfelregion ist vergletschert. Die nördlichen Berghänge und Flusstäler sind bewaldet.

Weblinks
 Landkarte Russischer Altai (Projekt der TU Dresden)

Einzelnachweise

Gebirge im Altai
Geographie (Republik Altai)


Why Do Mothers Stop Breastfeeding Early?
What Can You Do to Support Breastfeeding?
What Is Being Done to Improve Rates?
Although most infants receive some breastmilk, most are not exclusively breastfeeding or continuing to breastfeed as long as recommended.
MICH**-21: Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed.
* MICH-21 and MICH-23 current rates represent babies born in 2015, National Immunization Survey 2016-2017; MICH-22 current rates represent employers providing an on-site lactation/mother's room, Society for Human Resource Management, 2018 survey; MICH-24 current rates represent babies born in Baby-Friendly Hospitals and Birth Centers designated as of June 2018, Baby-Friendly USA.
Rates of Breastfeeding Vary Across States and Regions.
For state-by-state breastfeeding rates, please visit the Breastfeeding Rates page. Data are also available in DNPAO's online Data, Trends, and Maps database.
Visit The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding to learn how you can participate in a society-wide approach to support mothers and babies who are breastfeeding.
Given the importance of breastfeeding for the health of mothers and babies, CDC supports breastfeeding through hospital initiatives, worksite accommodation, continuity of care and community support initiatives.
AAP Section on Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human MilkExternal. Pediatrics. 2012;129(3):e827-841. 2011-3552. Accessed November 1, 2017.
World Health Organization Breastfeeding websiteExternal. Accessed November 1, 2017.
US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020 websiteExternal. November 1, 2017.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Immunization Survey (NIS) website. Accessed August 1, 2018.
Odom EC, Li R, Scanlon KS, Perrine CG, Grummer-Strawn L. Reasons for Earlier than Desired Cessation of BreastfeedingExternal. Pediatrics. 2013;131(3):e726–732. Accessed November 1, 2017.
Sriraman NK, Kellams A. Breastfeeding: What are the Barriers? Why Women Struggle to Achieve Their GoalsExternal. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(7):714-22. Accessed November 1, 2017.
Perrine CG, Galuska DA, Dohack JL, et al. Vital Signs: Improvements in Maternity Care Policies and Practices That Support Breastfeeding — United States, 2007–2013—United States, 2007-2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64(39):1112–1117. Accessed November 1, 2017.


Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its state-of-the-art broadcast lenses will be capturing the action at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas—the country's largest esports stadium. To outfit the stadium's 4K UHD broadcast cameras, the City of Arlington purchased three Canon UHD-DIGISUPER 66 4K UHD field box lenses, four CJ24ex7.5B 4K UHD telephoto zoom lenses and one CJ14ex4.3B 4K UHD wide angle zoom lens.
Located in the heart of Arlington's Entertainment District, Esports Stadium Arlington is a $10 million, 100,000 square-foot facility built to serve the unique and technologically advanced demands of the esports industry. Designed by award-winning architectural firm Populous and brought to life with build partner Shawmut Design and Construction, the stadium features a competition space with a built-in 85 foot-long, LED wall accompanied by an immersive sound and theatrical lighting system.
Providing 4K optical performance for cameras that feature 2/3-inch sensors, the UHD-DIGISUPER 66 mid-range telephoto zoom lens features a 66x zoom ratio, making it ideal for sports and live-event productions. Leveraging Canon's Optical Shift Image Stabilizer (Shift-IS), this lens provides both handling and operational controls similar to existing field-zoom lenses for HDTV broadcast cameras, offering stable imaging and comfortable maneuverability during indoor and outdoor sports broadcasting.
The City of Arlington also purchased four CJ24ex7.5B 4K UHD telephoto zoom lenses and one CJ14ex4.3B 4K UHD wide angle zoom lens, notable for their compact size and low weight, supporting high-mobility shooting often involved in sports-entertainment production. All the lenses, which are being paired with Grass Valley cameras, will enhance current HDTV optical-imaging performance, while solidifying a place for the shift to 4K production.
For more information on Canon's broadcast solutions, visit www.usa.canon.com/broadcast. For more information about Esports Stadium Arlington, visit http://www.arlington-tx.gov/esports.


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The average time private equity firms hold buyout investments has dropped to 5.5 years for companies sold so far in 2015, according to a Preqin report.
The average holding period has fallen for the first time since the financial crisis.
The average time private equity firms hold buyout investments has dropped to 5.5 years for companies sold so far in 2015, according to a report last week by Preqin, the alternatives data provider.
This is the first decline in the average holding period for buyout deals since the financial crisis. In 2014, the average holding period peaked at 5.9 years for companies exited.
The drop is coupled with a record number and total value of private equity-backed exits in 2014, Preqin reported.
Last year, 1,686 exits valued at a total of $442 billion took place, indicating that general partners were still capitalizing on suitable exit opportunities for their investments.
Preqin said this positive trend could be attributed in part to the increasing prominence of partial exits in recent years.
Partial exits accounted for 33% of all exits in 2014, compared with just 21% of all private-equity-backed exits in 2006 and 19% in 2008.
"Private equity investments are traditionally long-term investments with typical holding periods ranging between three and five years," Christopher Elvin, Preqin's head of private equity products, said in a statement.
Elvin said the healthy exit environment and the drop in average holding time for companies sold this year may indicate this trend has turned a corner.
Average holding periods for deals in the $250 million-to-$999 million range increased from 3.2 years in 2006 to 6.4 years for portfolio companies fully exited in 2014, and for deals of less than $250 million, it increased from 3.5 years in 2008 to 5.8 years in 2014.
Preqin reported some notable exceptions in the trend of longer holding periods.
Warburg Pincus held its investment in JHP Group Holdings a little more than a year before selling it to TPD-backed Par Pharmaceutical Cos. in early 2014, and reportedly reaped three times its original investment.
Similarly, Clearlake Capital Group earlier this year made a quick three-times return on its investment in PrimeSport, after holding a stake in the company for less than 12 months.
— Check out SEC Private Fund Unit Focused on Conflicts, Real Estate Managers on ThinkAdvisor.


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Westerly's North End
Official site of The Greater North End Community Development, Inc.
North End Crime Watch & Community Development, Inc.
The Greater North End Community Development, Inc.
68 Pierce Street,
ne.1674@verizon.net
Earth Day Clean Up
Flowerboxes-Businesses
Oral History Pictures
Oral History Pictures Page 2
Projects-past & present
North End Picnic, August 18, 2019, 12:30-3:30
Gingerella Soccer Complex, White Rock Road
Check out our new projects Here
The Greater North End Community Development, Inc., formerly known as North End Crime Watch & Community Development, Inc., was started in 1994 by Reverend Joshua A. McClure, Pete Pelchat and Tom Daniewicz to protect and revitalize Westerly's North End. GNECD's board members come from many backgrounds and they encourage all "North Enders" to come to the Open Meetings and get involved. Please contact us with your comments, suggestions or concerns.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to preserve and revitalize the cultural, social and historic character of the greater North End of Westerly through arts and educational initiatives for children and adults; to advocate for affordable housing and secure neighborhoods: to seek resources for families and the underprivileged; and to collaborate with social service, civic, and other organizations to these ends.
Encourage safety and security in Westerly's North End.
Encourage rehabilitation of existing properties.
Promote North End Businesses.
Promote North End history.
Exhibiting pride in the North End by implementing beautification projects.
HISTORIC NORTH END
150 acres of Westerly's "North End" (which includes 243 residential and commercial buildings) was designated the 'North End Historic District' and has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
We meet every fourth Tuesday of the month, 6pm at the police substation at 68 Pierce Street.
No meetings in July/December.
August 27th 6pm
Parking Bans/Weather-
Report a Concern-
Town of Westerly website:
www.westerlyri.gov
Copyright of The Greater North End Community Development, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Herald of Truth Obituaries - August, 1874
Herald of Truth - Volume XI, Number 8 - August 1874 - Pages 137, 143
Our Dead.
Fell asleep on the 19th of July, in Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Ind., of bowel complaint, GRACE ANNA, daughter of John F. and Salome FUNK, aged 1 month and 26 days. Her life is only another illustration of the truth of the words of the apostle, "What is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away." Eight short weeks was all that God gave her to complete her earthly mission, but brief as her life was, and powerless as her condition for good or evil may have seemed, we feel sure that her life was not without an influence; her sufferings and tears, her smiles and joys, were all little silken cords that twined our affections the more around her heart, and taught us to love her. Then when the destroyer laid his hand upon her, and for three days she lingered between life and death, our hearts were filled with deepest apprehension, and when at last the angels came down and bore her spirit away, so gently that we perceived it not, and we laid her down into her cold still grave we felt there was indeed "an aching void, the world can never fill." But our little GRACE, plucked like an opening bud, from the garden of this sin-stained earth, is with the angels now; and our three little ones may sing together in the spirit world the songs of the redeemed, until we too shall be gathered at the river and meet them there where no sorrow shall cloud the heart and no tear bedim the eye.
April 25th, in Washington co., Md., Bro. DANIEL SHANK, Sr. at the advanced age of 81 years, 1 month and 1 day. His remains were disposited in the family burying-ground on the farm on which he was born, lived, and died; there were present many sorrowing relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by _____ Rhodes, and _____ Overholtzer from Rev. 14:13. The aged brother leaves 8 children, 59 grand-children, and 31 great-grand-children living.
[Disposited transcribed as written.]
June 12th, near Masontown, Fayette co., Pa., Sister ELISABETH HIGH, wife of Jacob High, aged 49 years, 8 months and 2 days. She leaves a husband and a large family to mourn their loss. She was a faithful sister, and we believe she is now safe within the folds of Jesus. Discourse by the brethren, Bishop Snyder, and David Johnson, from 2 Cor. 5:1.
(Note - this correction was published in the Sept.1874 edition, but inclued here fyi:"CORRECTION. - In the death notices in the August No. It reads Elizabeth, wife of Jacob High: it should be Joseph.") I can't explain the two spellings of Elizabeth/Elisabeth. ddk
June 19th, in Bedminster, Bucks co., Pa., at the residence of Abner Landis, BARBARA MOYER, widow, aged 77 years, 5 months and 23 days. Buried at Deep Run burying-ground. Services by S. Godshalk, A. F. Moyer, and Isaac Moyer, from Isa. 3:10. "Say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."
June 20th, in Elkhart co., Ind., VIOLA, daughter of Asa and _____ McCLINTOCK, aged 16 days. Services by J. F. Funk and Christian Christophel.
June 23rd, at Mt. Clinton Va., Bro HENRY SHOWALTER, aged 70 years, 5 months and 17 days. Buried at the Bank Meeting-house.
June 25th, near Dale Enterprise, Va., Bro. BRENSON M. PARRET, aged 55 years, 7 months and 7 days. Interred at the Weaver Meeting-house.
June 21st, in McLean co., Ill., Bro. DANIEL MILLER, aged 61 years. Services by Christian Zehr, and John Stahly.
On the 23rd of June, at the residence of her son Abraham Moyer, near Franconia Meeting-house, in Montgomery co., Pa., of the infirmities of old age, BARBARA MOYER, widow of Rudolph Moyer dec'd and daughter of Martin Fretz, of Hilltown, dec'd, aged 86 years, 9 months and _____ days. On the 26th her remains were interred at the Franconia Meeting-house followed to the grave by a large concourse of friends and relatives. Bro. S. Godshalk preached at the house and Bro. Isaac Moyer at the Meeting-house. Text Phil. 1:23. About three months ago she broke her leg and since that time has been confined to her bed. She bore her affliction with Christian fortitude and meekness, looking forward to the rest which remaineth for the people of God. [During our recent visit to Pa., in the early part of April, we visited our aged aunt, only a few days after she had broken her limb. We found her as comfortable as could be expected under the circumstances, and entirely resigned to the will of our heavenly Father. Her limb was healed again, but her physical strength was too much exhausted to bear up under the suffering she endured. She was a faithful member of the church, and we mourn not as those who have no hope. - Editor]
July 1st, Waterloo co., Ont., Sister CATHARINE BENDER, wife of John Bender, aged 50 years, 7 months and 6 days. Sermon by Bishops Ruby and Litwiller, from 2 Cor. 5; Jn. 5:25-30.
July 4th, in Shelby co., MO., Sister CATHARINE, wife of Pre. Martin LAPP, aged 79 years, 11 months and 24 days. She fell in her room and her thigh was broken, from which she endured much pain, and inflammation followed. Services by Benjamin Hershey and Benj. Lapp, from Jn. 5:24-26.
July 21st, in Elkhart co., Ind., _____LANDIS, wife of Christian Landis, aged 68 years.
Transcribed by Ruth Schrock, Indiana
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Inspector Pink Dragon is a 1991 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, written by John Chan, and starring Lawrence Cheng, who produced with Chua Lam. The film is also one of the earliest Hong Kong productions shot in sync sound.

Plot
Inspector Ma Yue-lung (Lawrence Cheng) bumps into his ex-classmate and longtime lover, Julia (Rosamund Kwan), while catching a thief. They both later go to an alumni reunion and see another ex-classmate, Ma Yau-yau (Tony Leung Ka-fai), who is now Julia's superior. When Yau returns home, he is murdered by Peter (Peter Lai). Heavy Crime Bureau chief Pau Yu Chat (Kenneth Tsang) sends Lung to go undercover to take Yau's job. After Lung goes undercover, he rises in rank and his paychecks increase. Julia also begins to develop feelings for Lung. Lung's girlfriend, Ching (Nina Li Chi), suspects that something is wrong with Lung. Later, Julia brings Lung to meet a land developer, Tang Kwok-kiu (Damian Lau). During that time, another murder case comes up. Lung later finds out that Tang is the mastermind behind this, but he, Julia and Ching has become Tang's chests. Another inspector, Shek Chun (Waise Lee), then gathers evidence and is determined to bring Tang to justice.

Cast

See also
 Hong Kong films of 1991

Notes
 The Chinese name of Lawrence Cheng's character (馬如龍) is the same name of Jackie Chan's character in Project A. Chan's character also has an English name, Dragon Ma, while Cheng's does not.
 The Chinese name of Tony Leung Ka-fai's character (馬友友) is also the Chinese name of famed celloist Yo-Yo Ma.

Box office
The film grossed HK$8,179,321 at the Hong Kong box office.

External links

 Inspector Pink Dragon at Hong Kong Cinemagic

1991 films
1991 action comedy films
1990s crime action films
1990s crime comedy films
1990s police comedy films
1990s police procedural films
1990s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Gordon Chan
Films shot in Hong Kong
Golden Harvest films
Hong Kong action comedy films
Hong Kong crime action films
Hong Kong crime comedy films
Hong Kong police films
Police detective films
1990s Hong Kong films


The desire for new modes of gathering scientific evidence motivated the invention of motion pictures in the experimental photographs of human and animal motion, particularly those done by Eadweard Muybridge in the US and Etienne Jules Marey in France. The ability to record the mobile positions of limbs and muscles within a precisely measured time period led directly to the devices of chronophotography, which could film moving objects at brief intervals. The synthesis of motion from these still images led directly to the first displays of moving photography image, the basis of modern cinematography. One could claim that cinema was invented in order to study the motion of the body.


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Looks pretty healthy right? So what is it about this meal that could be sabotaging not only your weight loss, but also your health?
It all comes down to portions.
Lean protein and whole grains are of course healthy. But here's the problem. As a rule of thumb your plate at dinner time should be just a quarter carbohydrate. Carbohydrates include rice, pasta, noodles, quinoa, or other grains or starchy vegetables such as potato, sweet potato, corn, peas, pumpkin, parsnip etc.
Half of your plate should be non-starchy vegetables such as carrot, zucchini, mushrooms, onions, greens, capsicum, snow peas, celery etc.
The protein portion should be roughly the size of the palm of your hand, just 100-150g. So just about that last quarter of your plate. Having too much protein and carbohydrate at meal times is one of the most common mistakes of those wanting to lose weight, as this habit can result in a might more energy dense meal than ideal for weight loss.
Not enough of a better thing.
Too much protein or carbohydrate also means that you aren't likely to be getting in anywhere near a number of vegetables serves that you should be aiming for (5 serves a day). Aim to make non-starchy vegetables the bulk of your meal, and even better… make enough for leftovers the next day so you get that midday veggie hit as well!
Many of us struggle to fit in 2.5 cups of cooked vegetables or 5 cups of salad vegetables in at one sitting, so aiming to include vegetables in at lunch as well as dinner makes this much more achievable. Plus, vegetables are high in fibre and have a high water content so can help keep you feeling full and satisfied.


Cadwaladers Peppermint is a classic herbal tea made from only the finest pure peppermint leaves.
making it perfect as an after-dinner digestifor as a late evening refreshment.
For the best brew we recommend one heaped teaspoon per pot. Adjust to suit taste.
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Tag: tales
Face It…Ellis County Courthouse Has Quite a Story!
Stone emojis? Well, kind of! These faces silently tell the story of an unrequited love in Ellis County long ago.
The courthouse itself is exquisite. This 1897 Romanesque Revival stunner was designed by architect J. Riely Gordon. If you're a fan of Texas courthouses, you've heard his name before, since he designed 18 of them! But this one is undisputedly his masterpiece.
I promise to tell you more about this beauty another time, but for now we're just going to talk about those faces! If you feel as if someone is watching you as your walk around the grounds of the courthouse square, you're probably right.
MABEL'S FABLE
The story goes that sculptor Harry Herley arrived in Waxahachie in 1895 to work on carvings for the courthouse project during it's construction. The itinerant English artist moved into Mama Frame's boarding house, where he met and fell in love with her beautiful 16-year-old daughter Mabel.
As his work continued on the courthouse, Harry's love for Mabel grew, and he carved her angelic countenance to top the exterior columns of the courthouse.
But, as fate would have it, the love was unrequite d and Mabel discouraged his constant attentions. As it became apparent to Harry that his love wasn't returned, his disappointment slowly turned into bitterness, and the faces he carved to represent Mabel progressed from beautiful to grotesque and twisted. A lasting revenge for his broken heart.
The townspeople weren't too happy about the unattractive faces on the courthouse they had spend so much money to build, and one story relates that the cattlemen and farmers even tarred and feathered poor ol' Harry and ran him out of town on a rail.
It's a sad, but terrific tale ripe for retelling through the generations.
Spoiler alert: If you're charmed by the legend and would prefer
to leave it at that . . .you might want to stop reading this now.
Mabel's mother Hattie, although a widow, didn't seem to be running a boarding house according to the federal census. Even if she had been, the chances are that Herley never met the Frame family.
The biggest obstacle to this story were the characters were when it was supposedly taking place.
The stone sculptures for the courthouse were sub-contracted to the Dallas firm of German stonemason Theodore Beilharz. Hervey, who worked for the company at the time, is created with carving the exquisite red sandstone capitals perched atop the polished pink granite columns, but he also supervised other carvers who worked on the project.
The carvings would have been created in the Beilharz's Pacific and Hawkins Stoneyard in Dallas and shipped to Waxahachie by rail as finished pieces, ready to mount in place.
So…if Hervey wasn't actually in Waxahachie, he certainly wasn't occupied falling in love with one of its residents.
There's no record of Hervey coming to town until the summer of 1896, a year after his work for the courthouse was completed, to work on another stone carving assignment for a prominent businessman.
It was on this trip that he met local girl Minnie Hodges, whom he married in August of that year.
Many of Reilly's courthouses feature faces and gargoyles, appropriate for the Romanesque style, and its likely that the design or at least the theme for the faces was under his direction. Unfortunately no records show what the intended meaning of the progression was meant to represent…which opens them up to storytelling.
It's still a good story, and I bet if we checked back in a hundred years..it will still be told.
Most local lore has elements of truth woven into it. Does knowing the true stories "ruin it" for you, or make it more interesting?
And what's a Texas legend without a song to go along with it? To listen to Jeremiah Richey's ditty about the Eliis County Courthouse faces, click here.
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Sony is one of those companies that don't need much advertising. They make phone and sell it to individuals and make another one. The Z series has rapidly made its place in the market with newly launched Sony Xperia Z3, Sony again looking to deliver amazing performance to users.
The new flagship will confuse customer looking to buy Z2 because it just seems identical but Z3 with a better performance. It seems pretty impressive with the giant display and seamlessly fast processor. It's probably not great innovations but a best update till now that I have seen in Z series. Let's go down and check out goods and bad of device.
The Sony Z series has followed same OMNI BALANCE design as in previous devices. The lock button below the volume rockers, you can find bezel on upper and lower side of phone but Sony eliminates the Side bezels, which makes the phone sleek and slimmer and very comfortably fit to one hand.
In comparison to Z2, the design is pretty gorgeous. The Glass edges make it look more beautiful with the curved frames. The edges made up of metal with a nylon covering on to secure the device from dropping on floors. It is 10 gram lighter than its predecessor with curved edges.
Sony does have an amazingly wide and large display with the 5.2inch IPS Display. It is full and pure HD screen Capable to deliver 1080x1920pixels that is 424pixels per inch. The surprise change for users is, the brightness can now be go up for 600 candles that is approximately 50% better than its predecessor.
The screen is protected by shatter proof glass, X-reality Engine and Triluminos display technology. The display is equipped with multi touch up to 10 fingers. Over all the screen is very good and the IPS technology makes colors more colorful and bright.
The Phone is equipped with the Android OS 4.4.4 KitKat with Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5 GHz. The Snapdragon processor is one of the most demanded processor around OEMs right now.
There is a separate Aderno330 GPU for graphics processing, which produces seamlessly smooth graphics, capable to play big games with 3D Technology. It also has FM radio, HTML 5 enabled browser, Sensors proximity, gyroscope, ambient light, GPS. These all Packed in a single devices and makes it incredibly fast. 3 GB RAM and 16, 32 version available.
Device equipped with 20 megapixel rear camera and 2.2MP secondary camera capable to record HD videos with 2160p, 1080p and 720p with LED flash and auto focus, you can use it to click amazing photos in a low light.
The phone is equipped with the 2G, 3G, EDGE, and other Data connectivity. It is also NFC, Bluetooth and but the sometime in lower network coverage the battery drops quickly. It has non-removable 3100mAh battery enough for heavy usage such as playing games, snapping photos with flash on.
The Sony Xperia Z3 is no doubt an amazing device with the Android OS its very hands and easy to use. It will be available in last of October as of market suggests.


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First Detection of the Pre-Biotic Molecule Glycolonitrile in Space
Science Update - A look at CfA discoveries from recent journals
Heterocyclic molecules are those containing atoms of at least two different elements (plus hydrogen) arranged in a ring structure. Nitrogen heterocycles are key components in biological nucleic acids, and in theories of the origins of biogenic molecules they were synthesized from abundant, simpler nitrogen molecules like hydrogen cyanide, HCN. Adenine, one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids, is thought to have formed from one of the two known two-ring nitrogen heterocycles, glycolonitrile (HOCH2CN). In the cold interstellar medium of space, glycolonitrile could assemble on the surfaces of icy grain surfaces via reactions between formaldehyde (H2CO) and hydrogen cyanide. Astronomers have calculated that glycolonitrile could then be broken apart by ultraviolet light, leaving a variety of simpler nitrogen-bearing molecules, some of which have been detected in molecular clouds in space. Glycolonitrile itself, however, has not been reported leaving a step in the theory of the formation of nucleic acids unconfirmed.
CfA astronomer Rafael Martin-Domenech and his colleagues used the ALMA telescope facility to search for glycolonitrile in the young, solar-type protostar IRAS16293-2422B. This well-studied object lies about five hundred light-years in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It has a cold outer envelope of gas and dust and a hotter inner region heated by the star extending out to about a hundred astronomical units. Numerous, simpler organic molecules had already been seen in this warm zone. The team searched for the characteristic spectral signature of glycolonitrile in three frequency bands of ALMA, and found thirty-five of its transitions that were unambiguous. They modeled the data to reveal two components at two temperatures, about 24K and 158K, coming correspondingly from material in both the cold outer envelope of the star and its hotter inner zone. Their chemical analysis predicts a smaller abundance of the species than is actually seen, for both the cold and warm components, including under a variety of likely conditions including the cosmic ray ionization rate. The team concludes that some other chemical pathways must be operative, but that this critical chemical has now been measured and the theory is in general on the right track.
Reference(s):
"First Detection of the Pre-biotic Molecule Glycolonitrile (HOCH2CN) in the Interstellar Medium," S. Zeng, D. Quenard, I. Jimenez-Serra, J Martín-Pintado, V. M. Rivilla, L. Testi, and R. Martın-Domenech, MNRAS 484, L43, 2019.
A false-color infrared image of the molecular cloud containing the young star IRAS16293-2422. The marked square shows the region where the star is located, and the insert illustrates its chemical richness. Astronomers used the ALMA facility to detect the first evidence in space of the pre-biotic chemical glycolonitrile (HOCH2CN).
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Calçada (ESO) & NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team


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Huawei Mate 20 Pro camera samples: Triple camera setup tested across 50 photos
By Swapnil Mathur | Published on 27 Nov 2018
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro sports three cameras but this time, the company has dropped the monochrome sensor in favour of an ultra-wide camera
Huawei announced the Mate 20 Pro earlier last month at an event in London and today, the phone is set to launch in India. We've had the smartphone for some time and spent an extensive amount of time testing the camera. The new configuration does feel more versatile, but our concern was that with Huawei dropped the f/1.6 lens complimenting the monochrome sensor, would the image quality be impacted in any way? We shot plenty of photos around London and in New Delhi to see how the new imaging stack holds up against our expectations.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro Camera Specifications
Huawei's Mate 20 Pro boasts of a three-camera setup on the back, which is just one of the many highlights of this phone. The imaging setup features a 40-megapixel sensor which has a physical size of 1/1.7". This is mated to a 27mm lens with an aperture of f/1.8 for maximum light collection. The secondary imaging sensor has a resolution of 20-megapixels with a lens that offers a 16mm ultra-wide-angle view and an aperture of f/2.2. The third sensor has an 8 Megapixel resolution and offers a 3x optical zoom lens at 80mm f/2.4. All three lenses have been manufactured by Leica and are the real show-stopper of this imaging stack. It was very interesting to see Huawei drop the monochrome sensor, a signature Huawei offering, in favour of an ultra-wide camera, a first for the company.
Shooting with the Mate 20 Pro
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro stock camera app is where you will find the most exhaustive access to everything the smartphone camera can do. Besides offering an auto-mode, there's a Pro mode which unlocks the sensors' full potential, along with other usual suspects such as Hyperlapse, Timelapse, slow-motion (for video), Portrait etc. While there is no monochrome sensor on the Mate 20 Pro, there is a monochrome mode which will give you a very similar result. Overall, the hardware on the Mate 20 Pro is just as impressive sounding as the one that made the P20 Pro so popular.
Photo Samples
Before we get into discussing the experience of using the Mate 20 Pro for taking photos, I have to clarify that the unit that was given to us for experiencing the camera was not running the final version of the software and hence, the image quality, we were told, is not final. With that said, here's everything that I learned about the Mate 20 Pro's camera setup. All photos were shot during the day with adequate, diffused lighting thanks to overcast skies. You can see some image samples below.
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During the photo walk, we shot all photos in RAW+JPG (at least those that were shot in Pro mode), while some photos, which were shot in Portrait and Monochrome mode were only output in JPG. When looking at all the images (RAW and JPG) in Adobe Lightroom, we discovered that Huawei is applying some very heavy correction to the RAW files in order to generate the final image. RAW images from the Huawei Mate 20 Pro have significant vignette around the edges with a blue cast, which is incredibly difficult to remove or fix in post-production. Maybe is Huawei was to eventually release the lens correction data to Adobe, the issue would be resolved, but we don't think this will happen given the lack of P20 Pro's lens correction profile in Lightroom. Secondly, the final JPG file generated by the camera has significant JPG compression, leading to smudging of finer details like texture. Since both these issues are correctable through software, we can only hope it's something Huawei is working on in the days leading up to the launch of the smartphone.
Shooting with the smartphone at the time was actually a very pleasing experience. The focus was fast and accurate and the image stabilization helped me get blur-free shots even when my hand was shaking. Unfortunately, all the screenshots of the camera interface that I took ended up becoming corrupt during a hasty file-transfer.
Huawei's Mate 20 Pro is a smartphone that packs an incredible amount of innovation. The triple-camera setup, honestly, is just the icing on a very good cake. However, Huawei has to work on the algorithms they are using to generate the JPG. To see such loss of detail in an image coming from a sensor that should theoretically be delivering plenty of it is a little scary. However, it is still something that is software controlled, so we do expect Huawei to fix this issue in upcoming updates before the phone launches in India this month.
Swapnil Mathur
Digit's resident camera nerd, (un)official product photographer and the Reviews Editor
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